Abstract: Sealable and repositionable implant devices are provided with one or more improvements that increase the ability of implants such as endovascular grafts to be precisely deployed or re-deployed, with better in situ accommodation to the local anatomy of the targeted recipient anatomic site, and/or with the ability for post-deployment adjustment to accommodate anatomic changes that might compromise the efficacy of the implant. A surgical implant includes an implant body and a selectively adjustable assembly attached to the implant body, having adjustable elements, and operable to cause a configuration change in a portion of the implant body and, thereby, permit implantation of the implant body within an anatomic orifice to effect a seal therein under normal physiological conditions.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards sealable and repositionable endovascular implant grafts, and methods for their use for the treatment of aortic aneurysms and other structural vascular defects. Sealable, repositionable endograft systems for placement in a blood vessel are disclosed, in which endograft implants with circumferential sealable collars and variable sealing devices upon deployment achieve a desired controllable seal between the collar and the vessel's inner wall. Embodiments of endovascular implants according to the present invention may further be provided with retractable retention tines or other retention devices allowing an implant to be repositioned before final deployment. An endograft system according to the present invention further comprises a delivery catheter to allow placement through a peripheral arteriotomy site, and of sufficient length to allow advancement into the thoracic or abdominal aorta.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods for determining the cost of poor quality of an incident within a business. One way to measure costs associated with an incident is by measuring failed customer interactions (“FCIs”). FCIs are defined as incidents that occur within the business that either directly or indirectly affect a customer's ability to use a product or service offered by the business. In most situations an FCI relates to a failed interaction between the business and the customer through a channel that affected the customer's use of a product or service through the channel. The cost of poor quality application calculates the total cost of an incident through a multifaceted valuation that factors in hard metrics, such as but not limited to actual costs, duration, channel costs, FCI severity, etc. in order to calculate a remediation cost, a channel FCI cost, and a reputation cost.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide apparatuses and methods for determining the cost of poor quality of an incident within a business. One way to measure costs associated with an incident is by measuring failed customer interactions (“FCIs”). FCIs are defined as incidents that occur within the business that either directly or indirectly affect a customer's ability to use a product or service offered by the business. In most situations an FCI relates to a failed interaction between the business and the customer through a channel that affected the customer's use of a product or service through the channel. The cost of poor quality application calculates the total cost of an incident through a multifaceted valuation that factors in hard metrics, such as but not limited to actual costs, duration, channel costs, FCI severity, etc. in order to calculate a remediation cost, a channel FCI cost, and a reputation cost.

Abstract: Network operators can control how data replication services use available bandwidth, in order to make the most efficient usage of that bandwidth, using parameters applied to a data object to be replicated. The parameters may be both time dependent and also relate to how urgently that object needs to be replicated. A change log lists all objects at the device and/or server to be replicated and the parameters then comprise a weight associated with each object that defines how urgently that object needs to be replicated; the weight of each object is then locally compared to a threshold at a given time and the outcome of the comparison determines whether the object is sent for replication or not at that time. This combination of weight and threshold gives a flexible way to control the timing of data replication and hence make the best use of bandwidth.

Abstract: A network device has a communications link to allow the device to communicate with customer devices and a processor. The processor is to receive neighbor discovery messages from requesting customer devices, examine the neighbor discovery messages to determine if the neighbor discovery message should be forwarded to other of the customer devices, and respond to the requesting customer devices.

Abstract: Flow-through substrates, such as honeycombs, comprising certain zeolites. The flow-through substrates may be used, for example, in the removal of a heavy metal from a fluid such as a gas stream.

Abstract: A pneumatic seat cushion system (10) has a deformable cushion (11) having a seating surface (12) and a self inflating cushion bladder (14) positioned beneath the seating surface (12). The self inflating cushion bladder (14) has an airtight envelope (15) containing compressible material (16) which is in air communication (19) with a displacement bladder (18) such that when in use the airtight envelope (15) and the displacement bladder (18) form a closed system from which no air can enter or escape. When there is no person seated on the seating surface (12), the self inflating cushion bladder (14) is inflated and the displacement bladder (18) is deflated. When there is a person seated on the seating surface, the weight of the person compresses the compressible material (16) so as to partially deflate the self inflating cushion bladder (14) which results in the contained air passing into the displacement bladder (18) which becomes fully inflated.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a router, a first router advertisement message from an attachment router that provides an attachment link used by the router, the first router advertisement message specifying a first IPv6 address prefix owned by the attachment router and usable for address autoconfiguration on the attachment link. The router detects an unsolicited delegated IPv6 address prefix from the attachment router and that is available for use by the router. The router claims a second IPv6 address prefix from at least a portion of the delegated IPv6 address prefix, for use on at least one ingress link of the router.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a router, an unsolicited first router advertisement message from an attachment router that provides an attachment link used by the router, the first router advertisement message specifying a first IPv6 address prefix owned by the attachment router and usable for address autoconfiguration on the attachment link; detecting, by the router, an unsolicited delegated IPv6 address prefix from the attachment router and that is available for use by the router; and automatically selecting by the router a second IPv6 address prefix based on concatenating a suffix to the delegated IPv6 address prefix, including dynamically generating the suffix based on a prescribed distributed hash operation executed by the router, the second IPv6 address prefix for use on at least one ingress link of the router.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a router, a first router advertisement message from an attachment router that provides an attachment link used by the router, the first router advertisement message specifying a first IPv6 address prefix owned by the attachment router and usable for address autoconfiguration on the attachment link. The router detects an unsolicited delegated IPv6 address prefix from the attachment router and that is available for use by the router. The router claims a second IPv6 address prefix from at least a portion of the delegated IPv6 address prefix, for use on at least one ingress link of the router.

Abstract: A coloured coating composition comprising a white base paint and at least one coloured pigment in a form that can be readily mixed with the white base paint, the white base paint comprising a film-forming polymer, a liquid carrier, one or more opacifying white pigments and one or more extenders, the coloured coating composition having a light reflectance value Y less than 110, and greater than that defined by the equation Y=mC+K, where 25>C>1.0, C being the chroma of the coloured coating composition, m and K being empirical coefficients selected according to the type and number of the type of the at least one coloured pigment, and dependant on the hue angle of the coating composition.

Abstract: A chair or seat comprising seat back (11) and seat bottom (10) is provided with one or more self inflatable devices (12) inserted therein. Each inflatable device comprises a flexible, open celled foam filled bladder connected to a control valve (13), and optionally, a bleed valve (27). Control and bleed valves can either be incorporated into the seat back or seat bottom or they can be provided in a remote panel (30) for operating the degree of inflation of the self inflatable devices. The control valves and bleed valves may be manually valves, or they may be electric valves incorporating solenoids. Electric valves can be used in combination with vehicle's electrical and central locking systems to provide for the automatic reinflation and preservation of personal settings.

Abstract: Where a first computing device is given responsibility for determining whether data that is time stamped by a second computing device is replicated or not, then the first device can compare a time stamp from the second device against a time signal from its own internal clock to determine a delta and use that delta to deduce the correct delta to apply to time stamps associated with later data from the second computing device.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a regulator for receiving an input voltage and producing an output voltage, the regulator including an output device and a controller coupled to the regulator. The controller is configured to monitor at least one operating parameter of the output device and, in response, generate a control signal that adjusts the input voltage to a minimum input voltage needed to maintain the output device in saturation regardless of variation in the monitored operating parameter.

Abstract: An analyte for atomic spectrometry detection is prepared by introducing an aerosol of the analyte into a chamber, and irradiating the aerosol with ultraviolet light in the presence of a low molecular weight organic acid or other suitable photoactivatable ligand donor species to create vapor containing the analyte. The vapor containing the analyte is extracted from the chamber and used for atomic spectrometry detection.

Abstract: This invention relates to an indicator post comprising an elongate sheet of high strength engineering polymer (HSEP) material, the elongate sheet being resiliently bendable to enable the indicator post to revert upright after an impact. An associated reinforcement means attachable to a driveable portion of the indicator post is also disclosed.