Abstract: There is disclosed a releasable cable tie having an elongated flexible strap provided with a plurality of strap teeth and with a locking head disposed at one end of the strap. The locking head defines a passage therethrough wherein there is located a resiliently movable pawl being configured to engage with the strap teeth when the strap is inserted through the passage. The locking head has a first leg joined to the strap and a second leg being pivotally movably joined to the first leg at a hinge. The locking head can be selectively disposed between an open position and a closed position. In its closed position the second leg butts against the first leg to define the passage, whereas in its open position the second leg is spaced away from the first leg to provide a side opening into the passage.

Abstract: There is disclosed a releasable cable tie having an elongated flexible strap provided with a plurality of strap teeth and with a locking head disposed at one end of the strap. The locking head defines a passage therethrough wherein there is located a resiliently movable pawl being configured to engage with the strap teeth when the strap is inserted through the passage. The locking head has a first leg joined to the strap and a second leg being pivotally movably joined to the first leg at a hinge. The locking head can be selectively disposed between an open position and a closed position. In its closed position the second leg butts against the first leg to define the passage, whereas in its open position the second leg is spaced away from the first leg to provide a side opening into the passage.

Abstract: Non-activated charcoals from living plant materials are useful as ion exchange agents for adsorbing cations from an environment, especially metal ions.

Abstract: A method for maintaining reliable communication on a bidirectional communication link is provided. A receiver on the bidirectional communication link detects an error and maintains a count of detected errors. The transmitter on the bidirectional communication link polls the receiver in order to determine the count of detected errors, and performs a downshift evaluation for the bidirectional communication link. In response to performing the downshift evaluation for the bidirectional communication link, the transmitter maintains a transmission speed of the bidirectional communication link if the downshift evaluation determines that forgoing transmission speed downshift is required for the bidirectional communication link, and reduces the transmission speed of the path if the downshift evaluation determines that transmission speed downshift is required for the bidirectional communication link.

Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the therapeutic delivery of carbon monoxide to humans and other mammals that employ transition metal complexes having at least a substituted cyclopentadienyl, indenyl or fluorenyl ligand and two or more carbonyl ligands.

Abstract: A metadata browse system supports the capture of metadata from multiple sources and formats, its conversion to a standard format, the linking of concepts from disconnected namespaces, discovery of hidden information, and the display of this data.

Abstract: A method for maintaining reliable communication on a bidirectional communication link is provided. A receiver on the bidirectional communication link detects an error and maintains a count of detected errors. The transmitter on the bidirectional communication link polls the receiver in order to determine the count of detected errors, and performs a downshift evaluation for the bidirectional communication link. In response to performing the downshift evaluation for the bidirectional communication link, the transmitter maintains a transmission speed of the bidirectional communication link if the downshift evaluation determines that forgoing transmission speed downshift is required for the bidirectional communication link, and reduces the transmission speed of the path if the downshift evaluation determines that transmission speed downshift is required for the bidirectional communication link.

Abstract: Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the therapeutic delivery of carbon monoxide to humans and other mammals that employ transition metal complexes having at least a substituted cyclopentadienyl, indenyl or fluorenyl ligand and two or more carbonyl ligands.

Abstract: Non-activated charcoals from living plant materials are useful as ion exchange agents for adsorbing cations from an environment, especially metal ions.

Abstract: Microbially colonised charred biological material, such as charcoal, wherein the colonising microbes are capable of metabolising at least one selected environmental substance, such as a pollutant, and wherein a selective amount of the substance is present in the charred material provide protected colonies of environmentally active microbes useful in bioremediation, for example.

Abstract: A hatch installation comprises a hatch surround defining a hatch opening and a hatch door. The hatch door has a mounting end and a free end, and is pivotal between a closed position in which it abuts against the hatch surround and an open position spaced away from the hatch surround. The installation includes a cover member shaped to form a ventilation passage together with the hatch surround having one ventilation opening at the free end of the door and the other ventilation opening towards the end. The ventilation cover includes a water screen having three baffles and a sheet mesh for screening out moisture entrained with air. The ventilation cover includes a further sheet mesh water screen across the other opening. The sheet mesh acts with the hatch door to remove moisture entering through the opening.

Abstract: Arrangements according to the invention embody a radio frequency receiver for use in a proximity detecting system, the radio frequency receiver comprising at least one antenna coil operable to receive radio frequency signals; tunable receiver circuitry arranged in operative association with the antenna coil and being arranged to modify the frequency at which radio signals are received by the radio frequency receiver; and a signal processor arranged to amplify and filter signals received by the radio frequency receiver, wherein the radio frequency receiver is operable to receive and process radio signals of frequencies between 100 kHz and 10 MHz. By operating in the low frequency range, multi-path problems associated with high frequency equipment (such as reflections from objects located between the path of the transmitter and receiver) are significantly reduced, whilst distance between transmitter and receiver can be identified extremely accurately.

Abstract: Digital data storage conventionally requires an election to be made between retaining data on-line, which consumes expensive media, or moving it to a far cheaper archive medium, which is relatively inacessible. This specification discloses a hybrid arrangement in which all material is retained on-line, but is progressively degraded as it becomes less useful, with off-line storage of the source material. On-line browsing of an entire library remains possible, but without incurring the expense of maintaining the entire library at source quality on-line.

Abstract: In a method of processing video into an encoded bitstream in which the encoded bitstream is intended to be sent over a WAN to a device, the processing of the video results in the bitstream (a) representing the video in a vector graphic format with quality labels which are device independent, and also (b) being decodable at the device to display, at a quality determined by the resource constraints of the device, a vector graphics based representation of the video.