A distributed DSLAM, which comprises a head end subsystem located within a switching facility and a remote subsystem located outside of the switching facility. A digital computer continually calculates a change in clutch temperature at frequent intervals and updates a running sum of clutch temperature changes. The catheter applicator includes a needle cavity for containing the hypodermic needle after use. In some embodiments, this method represents the playback speed of a video clip in terms of a graph that is part of a graphical user interface. Scanning lines of the second progressive pictures are decimated so that the number of remaining scanning lines of the second progressive pictures after decimation is equal to the number of scanning lines of interlaced pictures to be displayed, thus outputting second interlaced pictures. 5 percent by weight glycated chitosan.