Abstract: Disclosed are substituted benzimidazole compounds of formula(I): 1

Abstract: Methods, devices and test kits for monitoring the ovulation cycle, involve testing the body fluid, e.g. urinary, concentration of one or more analytes. Preferably estrone-3-glucuronide and luteinizing hormone are both measured, and a reference concentration for E3G is established at about day 6 of the current cycle. Preferably, disposable testing devices are used, in conjunction with a relatively permanent electronic reader/monitor. The number of “daily” tests required per month can be minimized.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for processing reports. Upon system startup, a report server automatically starts one or more report processes. As client report commands are received from one or more client applications, the client report commands are assigned to one or more of the executing report processes. After a report is completed, the report process is automatically reinitialized and kept active to process another report. The report server automatically adjusts the number of active report processes based on the current report processing load requirements. According to another aspect of the present invention, a report queue is provided to store client report commands as they are received from the client applications. A report queue manager is also provided for externally managing the report queue.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing reports is disclosed. After receiving a current report request, a duplicate job detection (DJD) key is generated based upon the current report request. The DJD key is then compared to DJD keys associated with previous report requests to determine whether the currently requested report has been previously requested. If the currently requested report has been previously requested, then a saved report generated in response to the previous report request is retrieved. Otherwise, a new report is generated based upon the current report request and then stored.

Abstract: A frequency allocation method for allocating carrier frequencies to a plurality of fixed beams in a cellular radio based transceiver station comprises maintaining a reserve pool of carrier frequencies, such that any available carrier frequency can be allocated to any fixed beam at any one time in order to deal with capacity demands from mobile stations within an area covered by a fixed beam. A frequency allocation algorithm operates such as to allow a plurality of transceivers to float anywhere across a plurality of fixed directional beams. More carrier frequencies can be added to a beam to deal with increased mobile station capacity demand. The occupancy of channels on the carrier frequencies is continuously monitored, and the number of carrier frequencies per beam is continuously monitored, with the object of releasing unused carrier frequencies to a reserve pool of carrier frequencies, allowing re-deployment of unused carrier frequencies to other beams where necessary.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing reports is disclosed. After receiving a current report request, a duplicate job detection (DJD) key is generated based upon the current report request. The DJD key is then compared to DJD keys associated with previous report requests to determine whether the currently requested report has been previously requested. If the currently requested report has been previously requested, then a saved report generated in response to the previous report request is retrieved. Otherwise, a new report is generated based upon the current report request and then stored.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radio communications base station antenna. In a first embodiment, the arrangement comprises a plurality of antennas each capable of forming a separate narrow beam in azimuth, wherein the antennas are positioned such that the beams formed by the antennas overlap and the centre of each beam falls midway between the centre and first null of the adjacent beam to provide a uniform coverage in azimuth. The present invention can be deployed in mobile wireless terminals. The use of downlink beam-forming is proposed for systems such as Digital AMPS (D-AMPS). A downlink beam-former typically consists of a number of narrow beams formed by either multiple narrow beamwidth antennas or an array of elements in conjunction with a fixed beam-former. Signal processing techniques can then be used to select an appropriate beam directed towards the subscriber.