Abstract: A network device for processing a packet can have at least one port within the network device configured to received or transmit a packet, and a storage unit configured to store a port bit map, wherein the port bit map corresponds to the at least one port. Furthermore, the network device for processing a packet can have a rules table configured to have at least one port match entry and at least one action corresponding to the at least one port match entry therein, and a control unit configured to compare the port bit map with the at least one port match entry, and to implement the at least one action when a first positive value results from comparing the port bit map with the port match entry.

Abstract: A fabrication method to rapidly fabricate different prototypes of drug delivery systems, medical devices, pharmaceutical dosage forms, tissue scaffolds or other bioaffecting agents in small batches or individual forms using a computer-guided system to vary the composition and structure in order to optimize the product and the manufacturing process. The process is immediately scalable. An Expert System can be used with the method to recommend different compositions and designs of the prototypes, devices, dosage forms, tissue scaffold or other bioaffecting agents.

Abstract: Methods and systems for accessing file system entities. A lookup routine receives a request from a node to access a file system entity. After determining that a file system view table does not have a first entry that corresponds to the file system entity, the lookup routine searches the file system view table for an alternate entry. The alternate entry comprises an entity name of the requested entity, extended by an uncommon string of characters including an expandable sequence. The lookup routine then expands the expandable sequence of the alternate entry by a value corresponding to the node, and retrieves information from the file system view table corresponding to the expanded alternate entry.

Abstract: A rapidly dispersing dosage form is described, which releases its active ingredients within a period of less than about ninety seconds. These dosage forms exhibit a three-dimensional shape that is retained for adequate storage but is readily dispersed in the presence of excess moisture. Also disclosed are methods of administration of a medicament and a process for the preparation of rapidly dispersing dosage forms.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is formed with a pair of transparent substrates, each substrate having on one of its surfaces a coating of a transparent electrically conducting material which serves as an electrode. A nematic discotic material is sandwiched between the coated surfaces of the substrates thereby forming a cell. The nematic discotic material has a negative dielectric anisotropy and acts as the electrically switchable material for the electro-optic functioning of the liquid crystal display device. In addition, the cell resides between a pair of crossed polarizers.

Abstract: A fabrication method to rapidly fabricate different prototypes of drug delivery systems, medical devices, pharmaceutical dosage forms, tissue scaffolds or other bioaffecting agents in small batches or individual forms using a computer-guided system to vary the composition and structure in order to optimize the product and the manufacturing process. The process is immediately scalable. An Expert System can be used with the method to recommend different compositions and designs of the prototypes, devices, dosage forms, tissue scaffold or other bioaffecting agents.

Abstract: A circuit and method for obtaining a stable delay for a clock signal comprises a current source to generate a constant current having a first value; first and second current over capacitance (I/C) stages coupled to the current source and between a supply voltage and ground; and a capacitor, having a second value and coupled to a node formed by an output of the first I/C stage and an input of the second I/C stage. Application of a clock signal to an input of the first I/C stage produces an output at a logic gate coupled to an output of the second I/C stage. The output has a stable delay based on the first and second values. Additionally, the first and second values (i.e., the value of the current or capacitance) can be changed to achieve a desired amount of the delay applied to the input clock signal.

Abstract: Mold press apparatus for use in the manufacture of molded articles, particularly starch-bound containers and other articles. The mold press apparatus includes a planar array of female mold halves and a corresponding planar array of male mold halves. The planar array of mold halves remain substantially coplanar throughout the process of selectively mating and separating the male and female mold halves. When used to manufacture molded articles from aqueous starch-based compositions, the molds are equipped with venting means, such as vent holes and/or a vent gap, which allow for the escape of water vapor from the mold cavities defined by the mated male/female mold pairs. A suction removal system may be used to remove the molded articles from the mold press apparatus, typically from the female mold halves. The demolded articles are deposited on a conveyor system equipped with individual nests for each article.

Abstract: A software system with self-describing attribute vocabularies that enhance the capability of service providers to advertise their resources and that facilitate the addition of new types of attributes and resources to the system. Each self-describing attribute vocabulary is characterized by a corresponding set of attribute properties and a corresponding set of:matching rules that are adapted to the corresponding attribute properties. The software system includes a matching engine that enables a service provider of a resource to describe the resource to the software system in terms of any one or more of the self-describing attribute vocabularies.

Abstract: The present invention provides spray-dried polyene compositions for oral inhalation to the lung. The polyene antifungal compositions demonstrate superior aerosol properties, do not exhibit appreciable degradation of the polyene upon spray-drying, and are useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of both pulmonary and systemic fungal infections.

Abstract: A rapidly dispersing dosage form is described, which releases its active ingredients within a period of less than about ninety seconds. These dosage forms exhibit a three-dimensional shape that is retained for adequate storage but is readily dispersed in the presence of excess moisture. Also disclosed are methods of administration of a medicament and a process for the preparation of rapidly dispersing dosage forms.

Abstract: A software system that provides access control to resources and that disassociates access rights to resources from references to resources to prevent the formation of large and unwieldy access control lists and to enable advanced decentralized security controls. The software system includes a repository that holds a resource descriptor for each resource including lock/permission pairs. Access to particular resources or groups of resources is provided by providing users with the appropriate keys. The keys are themselves are resources with resource descriptors in the repository. Access rights for users may be revoked by deleting keys from the repository. The software system also provides visibility fields for compartmentalizing access to resources. In addition, the software system provides authorizers that maintain audit trails when critical resource such as keys are passed among users and that enable advanced security control when passing resources among users.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is formed with a pair of transparent substrates, each substrate having on one of its surfaces a coating of a transparent electrically conducting material which serves as an electrode. A nematic discotic material is sandwiched between the coated surfaces of the substrates thereby forming a cell. The nematic discotic material has a negative dielectric anisotropy and acts as the electrically switchable material for the electro-optic functioning of the liquid crystal display device. In addition, the cell resides between a pair of crossed polarizers.

Abstract: A software infrastructure for providing an open digital services marketplace including a naming manager that enables a requesting task to refer to a desired resource using a name which is local to the requesting task and a router that forwards the request to an appropriate handler for the desired resource and that enables at least one additional task to be invoked in response to the request. The infrastructure includes a permission manager that compares a set of access rights of the requesting task to the desired resource to a set of permissions associated with the desired resource such that the access rights are kept separately from the reference to the desired resource. The desired resource, the requesting task, the additional task, and a set of additional components used to handle the request are each modeled as a resource defined by a corresponding set of meta-data which includes a set of attributes and a reference to a grammar for interpreting the attributes.