Abstract: An integrated lancet and testing striplet for measuring a body analyte level in a health care regimen includes a skin piercing member and an analyte sensor coupled together.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I):or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are GPCR agonists and are useful as for the treatment of diabetes and obesity.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are GPCR (GPR119) agonists and are useful as for the treatment of diabetes and obesity.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus and method provide fault tolerance when executing a sequence of data processing operations. The data processing apparatus has processing circuitry for performing the sequence of data processing operations, and a redundant copy of that processing circuitry for operating in parallel with the processing circuitry, and for performing the same sequence of data processing operations. Error detection circuitry detects an error condition when output data generated by the processing circuitry differs from corresponding output data generated by the redundant copy. Shared prediction circuitry generates predicted data input to both the processing circuitry and the redundant copy, with the processing circuitry and redundant copy then performing speculative processing of one or more data processing operations in dependence on that predicted data.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus comprising a processor for executing a data processing process and a processor for executing a tuning process is disclosed. The data processing apparatus is arranged such that the tuning process which is a different process to the data processing process can access the parameters of speculative mechanisms of the data processing process and tune the parameters so that the mechanisms speculate differently and in this way the performance of this data processing process can be improved.

Abstract: A lamp assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing receiving at least one light source. The housing includes a covering pane and including first and second fixing arrangement for releasably securing the lamp to the vehicle.

Abstract: Devices and methods for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample of liquid are provided.

Abstract: Each of plural processing units has a cache, and each cache has indication circuitry containing segment filtering data. The indication circuitry responds to an address specified by an access request from an associated processing unit to reference the segment filtering data to indicate whether the data is either definitely not stored or is potentially stored in that segment. Cache coherency circuitry ensures that data accessed by each processing unit is up-to-date and has snoop indication circuitry whose content is derived from the already-provided segment filtering data. For certain access requests, the cache coherency circuitry initiates a coherency operation during which the snoop indication circuitry determines whether any of the caches requires a snoop operation. For each cache that does, the cache coherency circuitry issues a notification to that cache identifying the snoop operation to be performed.

Abstract: A dual-mode stereoscopic three-dimensional (3D) projection display with two micro-display panels is provided. In a passive 3D mode, the 3D projection display simultaneously projects left-eye and right-eye images with first and second polarizations on the screen. The first and second polarizations are orthogonal to each other. In a first passive mode, a polarization-preserving screen is used and passive polarizing glasses can be worn to see the 3D images. In a second passive mode, an ordinary screen is used and 3D color filter glasses can be worn to see the 3D images. In an active mode, the display projects left-eye and right-eye images, with both first and second polarizations, time-sequentially and liquid crystal shutter glasses synchronized with the image sources can be worn to see 3D images. The dual-mode 3D projection display can be switched electronically to project 2D images when the same 2D image signals are fed to both micro-display panels.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of GPR119 and are useful for the treatment of diabetes and as peripheral regulators of satiety, e.g. for the treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biocatalytic method or process for the synthesis of esters of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid free of positively chargeable/charged groups, comprising reacting one or more alcohols (alcohol starting materials) which are free of positively chargeable or charged groups with (meth)acrylyl-CoA, preferably in the presence of a catalyst (inorganic, organic or organometallic, or preferably a biocatalyst) capable of effecting the transfer of an alcohol radical from an alcohol starting material as defined above or below to (meth)acrylyl CoA under removal of the CoA moiety transferase activity, such as an enzyme of the transferase or hydrolase class of enzymes. The (meth)acrylyl-CoA is preferably formed by reaction of (meth)acrylic acid or its salts with coenzyme A in the presence of an energy providing substance and a biocatalyst e.g.

Abstract: A fastener installation tool for installing breakstem fasteners, wherein a part of the fastener is broken installation and ejected into a collector bottle, provided with a safety disabling means, comprising a valve located in series with and between the tool trigger and main operating valve, wherein removal of the collector bottle causes the valve to close to prevent operation of the main operating valve, thereby to prevent use of the tool with the connector bottle disconnected.

Abstract: A shade analysis device includes an accelerometer providing samples that represent an elevation defined by a sighting reference, an electronic compass providing samples that represent an azimuth heading defined by the sighting reference, and a processor under the control of a program included in the shade analysis device, acquiring an array of the samples that represent an azimuth heading and an array of corresponding samples that represent the elevation, in response to tracing with the sighting reference, a skyline at an interface between an open sky and at least one solar obstruction over a range of azimuth headings.

Abstract: Data processing apparatus and methods are provided. One data processing apparatus comprises: a plurality of pipelined stages, each of the plurality pipelined stages being operable in each processing cycle to receive a group of data elements from an earlier pipelined stage; permute logic operable to buffer ‘n’ of the groups of data elements over a corresponding ‘n’ processing cycles thereby creating a bubble within pipelined stages, and forwarding logic operable, once the ‘n’ of the groups of data elements have been buffered by the permute logic, to forward permuted groups of data elements comprising the data elements reordered by the permute logic to fill the bubble within the pipelined stages.

Abstract: This invention relates to an element (11) for generating a fluid dynamic force, the element (11) comprising first (13) and second (15) surfaces extending in opposite directions from a leading edge (17) of the element (11) and meeting at a trailing edge (18) thereof to define a three dimensional body that is shaped to generate a fluid dynamic force when immersed at an angle of attack ? to a fluid flow over the element (11) in a flow direction U, the first surface (13) comprising an array of fluid inlets (19) and the second surface (15) comprising a corresponding array of fluid outlets (21), each said inlet (19) being fluidly coupled to a said outlet (21) by means of a fluid duct (23) at least part of which is pitched at an angle ? to a tangent plane (Y-Y) to said second surface (15) in the vicinity of said outlet (21) and skewed at an angle ? to said fluid flow direction U, the arrangement being such that the element (11) is operable in use to generate a relatively high fluid pressure region downstream of said

Abstract: The present invention is directed to therapeutic compounds which have dual activity as agonists of GPR119 and inhibitors of DPP-IV and are useful for the treatment of metabolic disorders including type II diabetes.

Abstract: Devices and methods for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample of liquid are provided.

Abstract: Devices and methods for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample of liquid are provided.

Abstract: An asymmetric multiprocessor apparatus 2 is provided in which respective slave diagnostic units 20, 22, 24 are associated with corresponding execution mechanisms 6, 8, 10. A master diagnostic unit 26 tracks the migration of thread execution between the different execution mechanisms 6, 8, 10 so that the execution of a given thread can be followed by the diagnostic mechanisms 20, 22, 24, 26 and this information provided to the programmer. The execution mechanisms 6, 8, 10 can be diverse such as a general purpose processor 6, a DMA unit 12, a coprocessor, an VLIW processor, a digital signal processor 8 and a hardware accelerator 10. The asymmetric multiprocessor apparatus 2 will also typically include an asymmetric memory hierarchy such as including two or more of a global memory, a shared memory 16, a private memory 18 and a cache memory 14.

Abstract: A programmer 10 for a target device 16 is provided with a mass storage interface 12 for connecting to a host 2 so as to appear as a mass storage device to the host 2. A target programmer 18 is responsive to an image transferred from the host 2 to the programmer 10 to apply that image to the target device 16.