Abstract: Compounds of formula I are provided as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein the substituents are as disclosed in the specification. The compounds have utility for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (II): wherein X, n, R1–R12 are defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by formula (II) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. The invention further provides a method for treating cancer comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by formula (II).

Abstract: A multi-polarisation dielectric resonator antenna (1) having three mutually orthogonal feeds (5a, 5b, 5c) displaying C3V point group symmetry is disclosed. The antenna (1) may be operated so as to determine the polarisation of any incoming signal, since the three feeds (5a, 5b, 5c) have polarisations at 120 degrees to each other. Furthermore, a plurality of mult dielectric resonator antennas (1) may be formed into a composite dielectric resonator antenna with beamsteering, direction feeding and polarisation detection capability over a full 4? streradians.

Abstract: A system, according to various aspects of the present invention, provides a presentation to a hazard display. The system includes a memory having surveillance data and a processor. The processor updates an image in accordance with the surveillance data to provide an updated image. The processor also prepares a presentation in accordance with the updated image. The processor further provides the presentation to the hazard display. At least one of updating, preparing, and providing utilize a first scan mode for a hazardous region of the presentation and a second scan mode for a nonhazardous region of the presentation.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are provided, wherein R1 and R2 are as designated in the specification. The compounds have utility for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I): and formula (II): wherein X, n, and R1-R12 are defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by formula (I) or (II) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. The invention further provides a method for treating cancer comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by formula (I) or (II).

Abstract: A system and method of installing a preconstruction support system for a building, according to which the corresponding ends of two piling sections are connected together and an a auger is provided on one or more of the piling sections. The piling sections are driven into the ground in a manner so that a portion of the uppermost piling section extends above ground; and a concrete slab encases the portion of the piling sections.

Abstract: A system and method for recovering from write errors during writing of a moving storage medium suspend write current while allowing the storage medium to continue moving. The system and method continue to format data for writing while the write current is suspended and resequence the data for subsequent storage. Information is recorded to distinguish previously written data from current data with error correction pointers adjusted accordingly. Write errors may be detected in a track following streaming tape system based on data errors from a read back check or based on positioning errors of a read/write head servo system, for example. By allowing the storage medium to continue moving through the error event, the system and method improve speed, capacity utilization, and throughput of the storage and retrieval process.

Abstract: A laser diode system is provided. The laser comprises first and second reflective gratings at each end of the laser. The laser further comprises an outcoupling grating between the first and second reflective gratings, wherein the outcoupling grating couples light out of the laser. The reflectors and outcoupling grating each have a unique wide-band reflective spectrum. A first laser cavity exists between the first and second reflective gratings. A second laser cavity exists between the first reflective grating and the outcoupling grating. A third laser cavity exists between the second reflective grating and the outcoupling grating, and a fourth laser cavity exists with in the outcoupling region. The overlap of reflective spectra determine the lasing wavelengths that reach resonance within each cavity. Wavelengths resonant in one cavity are suppressed in the others unless a wavelength is resonant in all cavities. This matching of mode intensities causes the outcoupled beam to be confined to a single wavelength.

Abstract: A method for displaying horizontally aligned characters on a radial display is disclosed. Each range bin for each scan line is associated with a rectangular grid location to determine the character located in the grid location and the background color and foreground color for the grid location. A font matrix corresponding to the appropriate character is then used to determine if the range bin corresponds to one of the pixels that make up the character or if the range bin corresponds to a background pixel. This determines if the range bin is assigned the foreground color or background color. The method is done for each range bin value and for each scan line. The range bin and scan line information is sent to a display.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I are provided 1

Abstract: A method for displaying horizontally aligned characters on a radial display is disclosed. Each range bin for each scan line is associated with a rectangular grid location to determine the character located in the grid location and the background color and foreground color for the grid location. A font matrix corresponding to the appropriate character is then used to determine if the range bin corresponds to one of the pixels that make up the character or if the range bin corresponds to a background pixel. This determines if the range bin is assigned the foreground color or background color. The method is done for each range bin value and for each scan line. The range bin and scan line information is sent to a display.

Abstract: A method and system is disclosed which allows a smaller competitor online marketplace to efficiently compete against an established online marketplace. A software application, which allows to directly interact and conclude transaction with online marketplaces, is distributed as widely as possible to end-users. It is expected that initially, users will use the software application mostly for interacting with the established online marketplace. However, by seamlessly displaying items available for sale in the competitor online marketplace within the software application, the users of this software application become buyers in the competitor online marketplace, allowing it to reach the critical mass of buyers necessary to attract a large number of sellers.

Abstract: A laser source is provided by the present invention, comprising a laser diode and has an active region with asymmetric distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) at either end to reflect light within the cavity, and an outcoupling grating in the center of the device, which couples light out of the cavity. One DBR is long and shallow, with a narrow-band reflective spectrum. The other DBR is short and deep, with a wide-band reflective spectrum. The lasing wavelength is determined by the reflective spectrum overlap of the two DBRs. Since the shallow DBR is highly reflective to only one Fabry Perot wavelength, and the deep DBR is highly reflective to a wide band of Fabry-Perot wavelengths, it is the reflective spectrum of the shallow DBR that determines the lasing wavelength.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds having formula (I): 1

Abstract: A multi-polarisation dielectric resonator antenna (1) having three mutually orthogonal feeds (5a, 5b, 5c) displaying C3V point group symmetry is disclosed. The antenna (1)may be operated so as to determine the polarisation of any incoming signal, since the three feeds (5a, 5b, 5c) have polarisations at 120 degrees to each other. Furthermore, a plurality of multi-polarisation dielectric resonator antennas (1) may be formed into a composite dielectric resonator antenna with beamsteering, direction feeding and polarisation detection capability over a full 4&pgr; streradians.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound according to formula I 1

Abstract: A laser diode system is provided. The laser comprises first and second reflective gratings at each end of the laser. The laser further comprises an outcoupling grating between the first and second reflective gratings, wherein the outcoupling grating couples light out of the laser. The reflectors and outcoupling grating each have a unique wide-band reflective spectrum. A first laser cavity exists between the first and second reflective gratings. A second laser cavity exists between the first reflective grating and the outcoupling grating. A third laser cavity exists between the second reflective grating and the outcoupling grating, and a fourth laser cavity exists with in the outcoupling region. The overlap of reflective spectra determine the lasing wavelengths that reach resonance within each cavity. Wavelengths resonant in one cavity are suppressed in the others unless a wavelength is resonant in all cavities. This matching of mode intensities causes the outcoupled beam to be confined to a single wavelength.