All Prior Art

Novel bisphosphonate cyclic acetal compounds are disclosed, as well as methods of preparing the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and administration of the compounds in methods of treating bone metabolism disorders, such as abnormal calcium and phosphate metabolism. Each slot 23 has a roughly rectangular backside opening 33, a roughly rectangular front-side opening 32, and a through-hole 31 that connects these two openings 33, 32. A thin membrane is disposed across a registration pin hole to close off the registration pin hole and resist dental casting material from substantially filling the registration pin hole. A deflecting mechanism is adapted for the generation of a torque on the head portion of the torque wrench to be tested. At least one elongate bead of material is fixedly applied to the second face in a desired pattern, the bead typically including a foam-in-place silicone material. In the optical fiber core assembly, plural optical fiber cores two-dimensionally are arranged in parallel with each other.

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for controlling access to telecommunications resources implementing a legacy protocol based upon a policy. A feature-based processing stream is applied to video data having a series of video frames. The probing device comprises a power supply and at least two conductive elements.

A detachable detection window suitable for being disposed on a sidewall of a plasma chamber is disclosed. Chamber access region 12A proximate edge 12E of the package, provides entrance into the chamber and access to the stored article. The attached data remains with the call as it transferred about a businesses communication system for display at recipient endpoints.

A storage device adapted to contain a food item such a butter comprises a closeable container, a means for maintaining a predetermined temperature with the container irrespective of ambient temperature and an internal power source adapted to power the means for maintaining a predetermined temperature. The system comprises a Biographic Identity Management System having a non-anonymous sector in communication with an anonymous sector through a network cloud. The restrictor plate is adapted to control the flow of at least one gas flowing between the process region and the exhaust port. An association is drawn between the processor compatibility of the operating system and one of a plurality of drivers embedded in the application, where the one of the drivers is compatible with the operating system. The device includes a deformable nozzle tip portion having a wall portion defining a nozzle tip lens delivery passageway portion, the wall portion having a deformable transverse cross-sectional profile which deforms as an intraocular lens is advanced through the nozzle tip lens delivery passageway portion. A release material layer 41 as release means is provided in a streak shape on an adhesive surface 22 of an adhesive tape 2 with the adhesive surface 22 formed on one surface of the base material 21.

Methods and systems are provided for provisioning a network by identifying the classes of traffic to be transported in the network as well as the QoS criteria of the identified classes of traffic. The heat element can be connected to an electrical power source and also includes a carrier element to which en electrically conductive heat layer of a PTC material with positive temperature resistance co-efficient is applied. The method optimizes the cost function by jointly updating the positions and the set of switching times to produce an optimal trajectory of the movement. The box-shaped case is filled with a cement material in surrounding relation to the resistive element and the heat radiator. The video frame still image sequence may be displayed according to timing information to resemble play of the video. In some embodiments, the energized biomedical ophthalmic device can include an energized contact lens with a light source in communication with a processor controlling said light source according to the light therapy regimen.

A computerized method for learning a delivery point of a first mail piece by using unmatched andor unused data from at least one other mail piece is disclosed. A front end part and a rear end part of a support panel are fixed to the seat frame, and the seat-cushion shell unit is attached to the seat frame. A supply of reformed gas flows through the reformed gas passage. A heat exchanger may be in thermal contact with the probe support. The IO generation tool creates correct RTL from the transistor fabric for correct placement, timing, testing, and function of IO buffer amplifiers for the semiconductor product, either incrementally or globally. Once the underlying system state is restored, an environment is created by copying a set of files required to run the programs that will restore the remainder of the data.

An optical disc having marks for dispersed addresses that can be easily detected with high precision. A first and second supply line and a first and second discharge line of each of the first and second fluid channels, respectively, are connected to first and second meter-in control valve and first and second meter-out control valves, respectively. Subsequently, a second subsample may be ashed at low temperature to remove cellulose and refluxed with a concentrated acid followed by refluxing with a base and rinsing with deionized water to wash away gypsum, vermiculite and other soluble components. For example, when an instruction to start an event-data collecting process is received, a control unit initiates the event-data collecting thread.

An exhaust silencer assembly for use with an auxiliary power unit includes an eductor and a discharge pipe. An HTML document is scanned and the information organized into groupings of HTML tags and text. The wheel segment is movable from a rolling orientation, where the outer edge of the wheel segment is aligned with an outer edge of the center wheel section such that the folding wheel takes a rolling circular shape, to a folded orientation where the wheel segment extends laterally away from the pivot axis. The method further includes allowing the third solution to gel, thereby forming a wet gel monolith.

Disclosed is a FAX signal transmission system, in which the transmission side and the reception side are inter-coupled by a bearer. The the system for repairing a brassiere includes at least one connecting ring assembly for coupling a shoulder strap to a main portion of a brassiere, and at least one length adjusting assembly positionable on the shoulder strap and couplable to an end of the strap. The method includes composing the at least two digital video sequences into the video stream in correspondence with a result of the multiplexing and subsequently including a sequence of dummy timing pictures into the video stream. The methods may be practiced with any encoder, including absolute and incremental encoders. A disguised decoy data sequence number is generated and inserted into the MAC header. A pressure source of the present includes a pump coupled to a reservoir through unidirectional valves.

A field effect transistor is provided. Using the target metallic solutions results in damage free use to surrounding optical components since no debris are formed. The bed status system is coupled to the patient bed and is configured to monitor at least one condition of the bed, and to generate a bed message indicating the status of the monitored condition. Each of the heat transfer fins includes a plurality of sets of cut-and-raised parts with each set being straightly aligned from the upstream side toward the downstream side.