Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment and/or prevention of age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) with a modulator of a metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 (mGluR7).

Abstract: A teething toy that is chewable and sensory stimulating uses a hollow cylinder made of a soft clear polymeric material. It is approximately half filled with a colored fluid. Shiny particle specks and different shaped multicolored floating objects are suspended in the fluid. Nipple shaped protrusions extend from end spherical end. A circular handle with oval cross section extends from the side of the cylinder. Directly opposite this handle is a rectangular shaped handle with oval cross section. The sides of both handles have small extension knobs protruding from the narrow sides of the cross sections. Options include longitudinal ribs running along the cylinder surface for easy grasp and manipulation. Additional options include rectangular grips extending, from the sides of the toy. Options include a suction cup and suspended from a flexible plastic cord that tethers the toy to a surface such as a high chair tray.

Abstract: A teething toy that is chewable and sensory stimulating uses a hollow cylinder made of a soft clear polymeric material. It is approximately half filled with a colored fluid. Shiny particle specks and different shaped multicolored floating objects are suspended in the fluid. Nipple shaped protrusions extend from each spherical end. A circular handle with oval cross section extends from the side of the cylinder. Directly opposite this handle is a rectangular shaped handle with oval cross section. The sides of both handles have small extension knobs protruding from the narrow sides of the cross sections. Options include longitudinal ribs running along the cylinder surface for easy grasp and manipulation. Additional options include rectangular grips extending from the sides of the toy. Other options include a suction cup end suspended from a flexible plastic cord that tethers the toy to a surface such as a high chair tray.

Abstract: Methods for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a human that include providing blood serum, contacting the serum with an Eis antigen fixed on a substrate, thereby forming complexes of Eis antigen with a human antibody that binds to the Eis antigen, contacting the antibody/Eis complexes with a labeled anti-human secondary antibody, and measuring a titer of the human antibody bound to the Eis antigen. In addition, statistically significant positive or negative diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is provided by comparing patient serum antibody titer with a second titer from a negative control blood sample.

Abstract: A resource description framework transcoder repository includes an interface, a resource manager and at least one resource description framework transcoder. The interface receives indicia of a first metadata scheme used to receive digital assets. The resource manager identifies digital assets stored under the same and different metadata schemes. When the first metadata scheme does not match the identified metadata scheme, the resource manager accesses an appropriately configured resource description framework transcoder. The resource description framework transcoder translates metadata associated with digital assets from the identified metadata scheme to the first metadata scheme thus exposing the digital assets.

Abstract: The specification may disclose a method of overloading a programming language programs, where a distinction between the overloaded methods are their return parameter types.

Abstract: The specification may disclose a method comprising creating a unit test framework to test a Resource Description Framework (RDF) based object, and creating a plug-in to access an application program interface (API) of the RDF based object by the unit test framework.

Abstract: The specification may disclose a method of reading, by a compiler program, a Resource Description Framework (RDF) based input source and generating implementation by the compiler to access information coded based on the RDF model.

Abstract: A method for using a component technology based software system to access a Jena application program interface (API).

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system processes resource description framework (RDF) data. The system comprises a plurality of RDF schemas defining RDF elements and relationships between ones of the RDF elements, an RDF data store for storing RDF triples that conform to the plurality of RDF schemas, and an RDF database service for receiving database transactions to add RDF triples to the RDF data store, wherein the RDF database service is operable to validate an RDF triple against the plurality of RDF schemas before populating the RDF triple into the RDF data store.

Abstract: The specification may disclose a method of reading, by a compiler program, a Resource Description Framework (RDF) based input source, generating implementation by the compiler to access information coded based on the RDF model, and generating an interface to allow remote access to the information coded based on the RDF model over one of several possible systems and/or protocols.

Abstract: A server system for providing information regarding server traffic, comprising a servlet residing within a servlet container configured to receive a request, process the request, and formulate a response corresponding to the request, and logic contained within the servlet container configured to receive the request and index the request, the logic configured to receive the requests from the servlet container.

Abstract: A method of unit testing of a component selected from the group consisting of applications and server implementations for response relative to the WebDAV protocol is provided. The method comprises providing a WebDAV unit testing framework and providing a WebDAV compliance utility containing a suite of unit tests. The method further comprises applying a unit test from the suite to the component under test via the unit-testing framework, and comparing the response of the component to the applied unit test with a standard unit test response stored in memory.

Abstract: A method of unit testing of a component selected from the group consisting of applications and server implementations for response relative to the WebDAV protocol is provided. The method comprises providing a WebDAV unit testing framework and providing a WebDAV compliance utility containing a suite of unit tests. The method further comprises applying a unit test from the suite to the component under test via the unit-testing framework, and comparing the response of the component to the applied unit test with a standard unit test response stored in memory.

Abstract: A servlet filter chain includes an interface and an interceptor coupled to the servlet filter chain interface. The interface is configured to receive a web-service request. The interceptor identifies when a received web-service request is designated for a particular servlet, and in response thereto, executes an instruction set corresponding to the particular servlet.

Abstract: A website test system includes an interface and a test engine. The interface receives a test specification encoded in an extensible markup language. The interface forwards the test specification to the test engine, which receives the test specification, identifies a source code of interest, establishes a communication session with a server hosting the source code of interest, and evaluates the source code in accordance with the test specification.

Abstract: A method for connecting a client with a WebDAV-compliant server over a HTTP channel is provided. The method comprises, at a Java™ Virtual Machine (JVM), configuring a WebDAV protocol handler for handling HTTP URL requests. The method further comprises invoking a WebDAV URL connection, allowing a client making a URL request to connect to a WebDAV-compliant server, connecting the client to the WebDAV-compliant server via the WebDAV URL connection; and allowing the connected client to execute WebDAV methods via the WebDAV URL connection.

Abstract: A method that conforms to a Java™ Connector Architecture (JCA) specification for accessing WebDAV-compliant servers as enterprise resources is provided. The method comprises providing a WebDAV-compliant connector communicating with a multilayer resource adapter API, and creating a SAX-based processing pipeline. The method further comprises processing property values using the processing pipeline, using a MultiStatus Response Record to map a resource URL to a set of properties, and implementing accessor methods for marshaling property values to and from an XML format. The method further comprises using the processed property values to enable transmitting WebDAV messages between a client and a server.

Abstract: Disclosed are WebDAV server components comprising a servlet architecture providing generic interfaces with respect to a plurality of WebDAV methods. Embodiments provide a computer program product comprising code for defining servlets for providing generic interfaces with respect to a plurality of WebDAV methods. Further, embodiments provide a plurality of WebDAV servlets having generic interfaces with respect to a plurality of WebDAV methods, and provide generic interfaces with respect a plurality of HTTP extensions not specifically directed to WebDAV.

Abstract: A method for invoking a WebDAV method via a non-WebDAV protocol is provided. The method comprises receiving a request for a WebDAV method via a non-WebDAV protocol, and responsive to receiving the request, invoking the requested WebDAV method. A system for invoking a WebDAV method via a non-WebDAV protocol is provided. The system comprises a means for receiving a request for a WebDAV method from a client via a non-WebDAV protocol, and a means for invoking the requested WebDAV method responsive to a received request.