Abstract: An adjustable, channel-mount system for mounting a sign to a shelf includes a spring-loaded mounting bracket having a mounting portion moveably connected to a sign-holding portion and an elongated sign-holder. The sign-holding portion of the mounting bracket features at least one channel. At least one securing element configured for engagement with the at least one channel of the sign-holding portion of the mounting bracket is included on a back surface of the sign-holder.

Abstract: A backing for a floor covering and a floor covering including such a backing are provided. Methods of making such a backing and a floor covering also are provided.

Abstract: A floor covering comprising polyvinyl butyral is provided.

Abstract: A thrust vector actuation control system and method is configured to allow self-testing of the entire actuation system and/or its individual system components. The control system also provides real-time, continuous monitoring of actuation system status, and allows system gain and compensation parameters to be changed during vehicle operation remote from its launch site.

Abstract: A flight control actuation system comprises a controller, electromechanical actuator and a pneumatic actuator. During normal operation, only the electromechanical actuator is needed to operate a flight control surface. When the electromechanical actuator load level exceeds 40 amps positive, the controller activates the pneumatic actuator to offset electromechanical actuator loads to assist the manipulation of flight control surfaces. The assistance from the pneumatic load assist actuator enables the use of an electromechanical actuator that is smaller in size and mass, requires less power, needs less cooling processes, achieves high output forces and adapts to electrical current variations. The flight control actuation system is adapted for aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, and other flight vehicles, especially flight vehicles that are large in size and travel at high velocities.

Abstract: A method of preparing prostanoid cross-conjugated dienones, via a tandem conjugate addition-Peterson olefination reaction route is described. Such compounds may be useful in medicine and other fields.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring an aircraft accessory. The apparatus comprises a processor associated with said aircraft accessory, a transducer coupled to said processor and operable to produce parametric data relating to said aircraft accessory and a memory coupled to said processor having baseline parametric data residing therein, wherein said baseline parametric data comprises the parametric data obtained during an acceptance test procedure. The method comprises installing a transducer configured to produce parametric data relating to said aircraft accessory, coupling said transducer to a processor associated with said aircraft accessory, coupling said processor to a memory associated with said aircraft accessory, recording baseline parametric data relating to said aircraft accessory in said memory during an acceptance test procedure for said aircraft accessory.

Abstract: A stackable module for a processor system including a support plate with a set of topside circuit components mounted to its topside, and topside and underside connectors. The module is stackable with other such modules and are provided with conductive tracks that are arranged to convey transport stream data and transport stream control signals between modules in a stack. A stack of such modules in a processor system is also provided.

Abstract: A biased-assisted sign mounting system is for mounting a sign to a structure, that includes a vertical upright post having a face having a plurality of vertically extending, spaced apart openings. The mounting system includes a spine adapted to mount to the vertical post. The spine has a face portion. Upper and lower sign mount portions are mounted to the spine. At least one of the mount portions has a biasing element securing portion. Upper and lower arms are mounted to respective upper and lower sign mount portions. The arms each have a pivot defining collinear axes. One of the upper and lower arms has a biasing element securing portion. A biasing element operably connects one of the arms to its respective mount portion such that the arm is pivotal between first and second positions and is biased toward the first and second positions by the biasing element. A floating insert mounts the spine to the upright.

Abstract: In a third generation (3G) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, a method, system and Radio Base Station (RBS) for paging a Mobile Station (MS) wherein a portion of the master routing area-cell mapping table related to a particular Radio base Stations (RBS) is downloaded in that RBS. The serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) initiates a page request and sends it through an IP based network directly to the RBSs, without involving a Radio Network Server (RNS) or a Radio Network Management Control Point (RMCP), via broadcast message, such as for example an IP broadcast message or an IP Multicast Message. Upon receipt of the page request, each RBS decapsulates the received message, extracts the routing area (RA) information, derives the cell list to be paged from the RBS resident routing area-cell mapping table and performs the actual radio page broadcast over the destination cells.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for producing a stereoscopic line-scan image of an object in which a detector camera is used to view the object, means are provided to move relative to one another the surface of the object past the detector in a direction which is at right angles to the scanning lines direction of the detector, and means are provided to select the outputs from two spaced lines in each picture frame produced by the detector and store those lines in a frame store to build up individual pictures from each of the two lines, so that one individual picture constitutes a left hand picture of a stereoscopic pair and the other individual picture constitutes a right hand image of a stereoscopic pair. Preferably the detector camera is a television camera or a full field digital.

Abstract: A stackable module for a processor system including a support plate with a set of topside circuit components mounted to its topside, and topside and underside connectors. The module is stackable with other such modules and are provided with conductive tracks that are arranged to convey transport stream data and transport stream control signals between modules in a stack. A stack of such modules in a processor system is also provided.

Abstract: A stackable module for a processor system including a support plate with a set of topside circuit components mounted to its topside, and topside and underside connectors. The module is stackable with other such modules and are provided with conductive tracks that are arranged to convey transport stream data and transport stream control signals between modules in a stack. A stack of such modules in a processor system is also provided.

Abstract: A mobile handset for use in a mobile communications system includes a user interface, a radio communications front end, a radio transceiving antenna, and a browser application to interpret a multimedia document received from a remote server. The browser application recognizes textual presentation markup tags in the document and presents text to a user in accordance with the markup tags. The browser application recognizes a standard set of document-independent local library file markup tags in the document, and stores a standard set of non-textual local library files corresponding to the local library file markup tags. The browser application further presents content provided by one of the local library files via the user interface in response to the recognition of one of the local library file markup tags in the document.

Abstract: A mobile handset for use in a mobile communications system includes a user interface, a radio communications front end, a radio transceiving antenna, and a browser application to interpret a multimedia document received from a remote server. The browser application recognizes textual presentation markup tags in the document and presents text to a user in accordance with the markup tags. The browser application recognizes a standard set of document-independent local library file markup tags in the document, and stores a standard set of non-textual local library files corresponding to the local library file markup tags. The browser application further presents content provided by one of the local library files via the user interface in response to the recognition of one of the local library file markup tags in the document.

Abstract: There is disclosed a compound having the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R1a, R1b and R1c are independently fluorine or hydrogen; R2 is C1 to C12 alkyl being straight or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated, mono-substituted or unsubstituted, said substituents being selected from piperidine, pyrroliding, morpholine, thiomorpholine and cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl of 3 to 9 carbon atoms; a cycloalkyl of 3 to 9 carbon atoms having a C1 to C6 alkyl substituent; a polycycloalkyl of 2 to 3 rings having 7 to 12 carbons; and phenyl or phenyl substituted with halogen, hydroxy, C1 to C6 alkoxy, C1 to C6 alkyl, nitro, methylene dioxy or trifluoromethyl; and R3 is a moiety selected from: (I), (II) or a pyrrolidin-3-yl moiety of the formula (III). The compounds are disclosed for use as muscarinic antagonists with M3 selectivity.

Abstract: A data access system is provided, including proxy servers (100) for caching “local” copies of selected data sets stored on data servers (115) to which users request access. Each proxy server (100) is adapted to generate (135) a subscription request message in respect of each identified cached data set for submission to a conventional “publish & subscribe” data distribution system (110). The data distribution system (110) is arranged with access to “published” updates to data sets, made available from respective data servers (115). Upon receipt of a published updated data set having an identifier matching that in an earlier-received subscription request, the data distribution system (110) forwards the data set to the subscribing proxy server (100) to enable update to the respective cached copy.

Abstract: A data distribution system provides capability for synchronised delivery of data elements to each of a set of receivers. In the system, a number of forwarding computers are linked together in a predetermined configuration by a communications network. An originating forwarding computer receives a data element from a source and forwards it to one or more predetermined destination forwarding computers of the system for delivery to receivers. Each forwarding computer operates a cyclical monitoring process to measure at least one characteristic known to contribute to delay in transferring a data element between forwarding computers, calculating the maximum expected delay for each cycle. On forwarding a data element, an originating forwarding computer calculates a prescribed time for delivery to a receiver by a destination forwarding computer taking account of the maximum expected delay at that time, writing the prescribed delivery time into the data element being forwarded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for distributing data elements from a data source (N) to receivers (H1 to H9) over a communications network. A data element may be one at least two types, including a type conveying a full data set and a type conveying a data set comprising only corresponding meta-information. The meta-information data set includes at least a unique identifier for the full data set to which it corresponds. A hierarchy of forwarding computers (P, C1 to C3) is provided to forward a data element supplied by a data source (N) to sets of receivers (H1 to H9). Each forwarding computer (P, C1 to C3) is arranged with access to a respective forwarding table for recording the requirements of receivers to receive data elements of one of the available types, each forwarding computer (P, C1 to C3) forwarding a received data element according to the contents of the respective forwarding table.

Abstract: A stackable module for a processor system including a support plate with a set of topside circuit components mounted to its topside, and topside and underside connectors. The module is stackable with other such modules and are provided with conductive tracks that are arranged to convey transport stream data and transport stream control signals between modules in a stack. A stack of such modules in a processor system is also provided.