Abstract: In general, the SRM provides a network provider with visibility and control of its broadband network. A SRM connection manager receives setup signals to and from a subscriber and acts on them by analyzing the setup signals and by either comparing the setup signals to predefined rules, which are either static or dynamic, or modifying them. The access server provides intelligence to the SRM by verifying authentication information according to the connection manager's database and continuously updating the connection manager database for further modification of the subscriber's acquired session.

Abstract: Piperidine derivatives and pharmaceutical derivatives thereof useful in methods of treatment of bacterial infections in mammals, particularly in man.

Abstract: A tissue product having improved hand feel and good wettability is produced by printing onto one or both sides of the tissue an aqueous emulsion containing a hydrophilically-modified amino-functional polydimethylsiloxane. The hydrophilically-modified amino-functional polydimethylsiloxane structure has one or more pendant groups containing an ethylene oxide moiety and/or propylene oxide moiety.

Abstract: The three-dimensional structure of the surface of a cavity is reconstructed. The cavity can be the outer ear canal of a person. A probe with an optical sensor is introduced into the cavity to produce video signals, which are transmitted to a computer device. The computer device transforms the video signals into position data representing the surface of the cavity, thereby defining the three-dimensional structure of the cavity.

Abstract: A tissue product having improved hand feel and good wettability is produced by printing onto one or both sides of the tissue an aqueous emulsion containing a derivitized amino-functional polysiloxane. The derivitized amino-functional polysiloxane structure has one or more pendant groups containing an amine derivative.

Abstract: The ability of a data reader, such as a CD-ROM drive, to access, extract, or otherwise read the data on a digital audio compact disc provides a problem for the music industry. A user can use his CD-ROM drive to read the data from an audio disc into a computer file, and then that data can be copied. To provide copy protecton, errors are deliberately introduced into the data on a CD, but these errors are of a type which are generally transparent to an audio player but which will interfere with the reading of the audio data by a data reader. According to the standards, the data on a CD is encoded into frames by EFM (eight to fourteen modulation). Each frame has sync data, sub-code bits providing control and display symbols, data bits and parity bits, and includes 24 bytes of data, which is audio data for a CD-DA. The standard requires that 98 such frames are grouped into a sector. To provide copy protection, each is provided with a non-standard number of frames, for example, has 99 rather than 98 frames.

Abstract: The ability of a data reader to access, extract, or otherwise read the data on a CD-DA provides a problem for the music industry. A user can use his CD-ROM drive to read the data from an audio disc into a computer file, and then that data can be copied. Therefore, errors are deliberately introduced into the encoded data, these errors being of a type which are generally transparent to an audio player but which will interfere with the extraction or reading of the audio data by a data reader. The data on a CD is encoded into frames by EFM (eight to fourteen modulation), and each frame includes 24 bytes of audio data. There are 8 sub-code bits contained in every frame which enable 8 different subchannels, P to W, to be formed. The P- and Q-subchannels incorporate timing and navigation data for the tracks on the disc, and generally are the only subchannels utilised on an audio disc.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a paper product that is printed with a masking pattern. The masking pattern is such that it is not discernible on the paper product, yet is heavy enough to obscure objects which may appear behind the product to the eye of the consumer. In this manner, the consumer perceives the paper product to have a greater opacity than the product actually has, and thereby the consumer is not misled to assume the absorbency and/or strength of the paper product is less than is actually the case.

Abstract: A tissue product having improved hand feel and good wettability is produced by printing onto one or both sides of the tissue an aqueous emuslion containing a hydrophilically-modified amino-functional polydimethylsiloxane. The hydrophilically-modified amino-functional polydimethylsiloxane structure has one or more pendant groups containing a terminal amine functionality and at least one pendant group containing an ethylene oxide moiety.

Abstract: A tissue product having improved hand feel and good wettability is produced by printing onto one or both sides of the tissue an aqueous emusilion containing a hydrophilically-modified amino-functional polydimethylsiloxane. The hydrophilically-modified amino-functional polydimethylsiloxane structure has one or more pendant groups containing a terminal amine functionality and at least one pendant group containing an ethylene oxide moiety.

Abstract: The invention comprises a motor driven machine, the machine such as a lathe, drill, router, saw, or shaping tool includes a machine spindle and a switch reluctance motor having a motor spindle. The construction is such that the longitudinal axis of the motor spindle and the longitudinal axis of the machine spindle lie on substantially the same axis. In one form of the invention the machine spindle and motor spindle can be unitary.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a paper product that is printed with a masking pattern. The masking pattern is such that it is not discernible on the paper product, yet is heavy enough to obscure objects which may appear behind the product to the eye of the consumer. In this manner, the consumer perceives the paper product to have a greater opacity than the product actually has, and thereby the consumer is not misled to assume the absorbency and/or strength of the paper product is less than is actually the case.

Abstract: A multifunctional photoinitiator is obtainable as the reaction product of a multifunctional core material containing two or more reactive groups and a photoinitiator or a derivative thereof. The photoinitiator or its derivative has a reactive group capable of reacting with the reactive groups of the multifunctional core.

Abstract: Found is a pharmaceutical preparation which provides Tamoxifen Citrate in a liquid dosage form, viz. as an oral solution. The finding is based on a solvent comprising the following components: (a) of from 10% to 20% by weight of ethanol, (b) of from 10% to 60% by weight of a glycol; and (c) water, optionally containing additives, in a volume percentage adding up to 100% by volume. A preferred additive is sorbitol.

Abstract: A speaker-phone telephone, in which a speaker-microphone unit is powered by wall current, and a separate telephone is separately powered, by telephone line current. The speaker-microphone unit contains a switch by which a user can call for a speaker-phone call. The switch initiates a signal, which is held in existence, until a microprocessor detects the signal, and removes it.

Abstract: A method of enhancing amyloid precursor protein processing along a non-amyloidogenic pathway in patients suffering from, or at risk of developing, Alzheimer's disease and a method of treatment or prophylaxis of Alzheimer's disease by reducing .beta.A4 production in patients suffering from, or at risk of developing, Alzheimer's disease comprising administering to the patient an effective, non-toxic amount of an acetonitrile compound, use of the compound in preparation of a medicament for use in the method and a composition for use in the method.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for establishing a video dialtone connection between a customer's terminal, such as a set top terminal, and a server system, such as a video server. The connection is established via an access switch that is not part of a backbone broadband network. The backbone network is connected to the video server system and the access switch. A level one gateway controller controls establishment of the connection by establishing a connection between the server system and the access switch using the backbone network. A separate connection is then established between the path to the access switch and a circuit through the access switch to the customer terminal. Advantageously, the access switch need not be a part of the backbone network, an arrangement that is desirable for serving consumer type customers. The connection to the access switch is treated by the backbone network essentially as if it were a connection to a terminal or any of a group of terminals.

Abstract: A toilet lid apparatus for flushing the toilet by closing the toilet lid is provided. The apparatus includes a hinge that provides a pair of standoffs adapted for attachment to the toilet for supporting a horizontal hinge bar. The toilet lid is adapted for pivotal mounting to the hinge bar and rotates between a horizontal position for covering the toilet and a near vertical position for uncovering the toilet. The lid further includes a toothed sprocket adapted for engagement with a first sleeve that is rotatably mounted on the hinge bar and has teeth arranged annularly at one end for engaging the toothed sprocket. Rotation of the lid, and hence the toothed sprocket, drives the first sleeve in rotation therewith in one rotational direction, but not in the alternate rotational direction.

Abstract: A handling and packaging system for utensils comprised of a device for packaging the utensils; and a device for obtaining the utensils and moving them to the packaging device. Preferably, the obtaining device includes N specialized end-effectors which seize the utensils, where N.gtoreq.1 and is an integer. A method for utensil handling and packaging. The method comprises the steps of obtaining the utensil and packaging the utensil. Preferably, the obtaining step includes the steps of moving an end-effector in proximity to the utensil. An end-effector for a robot comprising a structure and a device for producing magnetic force to seize objects made of metal. The producing device is supported by the structure. A bin for holding utensils. The bin is comprised of a base; and a container wherein the utensils are stored. The container is supported by the base such that one end of the container is higher than the other end of the container. A bin for holding utensils.

Abstract: An optical multiplex system has an LED which supplies broad band optical radiation to one end of a fiber-optic cable that extends, via displacement transducers connected in series, to a receiver. Each transducer has a movable filter plate with a neutral region and a region that attenuates radiation in different respective narrow bands of wavelengths. The receiver includes a detector that receives radiation from the other end of the cable via a filter. The filter has a variable narrow band transmission characteristic so that radiation in either one of the narrow bands can be selected and supplied to the detector which thereby gives an output representative of the state of the selected transducer.