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US20080192825 VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING RESIDUAL RESIZING  
A video encoding method and apparatus and a video decoding method and apparatus are provided. The video encoding method encodes residual values included in a residual block of a current block after...
US20080194253 Search method of a roaming service  
A search method of a roaming service for registering a mobile station to a network service includes searching for a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) when the mobile station is first switched...
US20080195735 Motion Triggered Data Transfer  
Methods of controlling the transfer of data between devices are described in which the manner of control is determined by a movement experienced by at least one of the devices. The method involves...
US20080194491 Methods of Diagnosing, Preventing, and Treating Early Onset of Pulmonary Hypertension  
Early onset of pulmonary disorders such as pulmonary hypertension are treated or prevented by administration of an apoptosis inhibitor or a survival factor. Early onset of such disorders may be...
US20080194376 BICYCLE HUB ASSEMBLY  
A multi-speed internal bicycle hub transmission assembly includes a hub axle, a driver, a hub shell, a power transmission mechanism, a pawl and a pawl retracting mechanism. The driver is rotatably...
US20080194499 Composition for selective serotonin reuptake inhibition and process thereof  
The present invention relates to a novel pharmaceutical composition for serotonin reuptake inhibition, wherein the composition comprises pentacyclic terpenoid glycosides, preferably asiaticoside...
US20080191525 SEAT WITH ADJUSTABLE DYNAMIC JOINT  
A pivoting joint for use in a task chair or the like provides an adjustable elastomeric coupling that permits multi-axis rocking of the seat pan with a restoring force that provides controlled...
US20080195210 Intervertebral Disc Restoration  
An intervertebral disc implant ( 10 ) includes an envelope ( 12 ) of a stretchable and elastically deformable elastomeric material. The envelope includes an attaching formation ( 74 ) for...
US20080195274 VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF SAME  
A vehicle control apparatus includes a first storage area in which malfunction record information that is information on the record of a malfunction in a vehicle, and identifying information used...
US20080195059 Syringe barrel and syringe  
A syringe barrel is provided with a hollow barrel body, a needle fitting arranged extending in an axial direction from a front end of the barrel body, and a finger flange arranged extending in an...
US20080195336 Method and a System For Generating Three- or Two-Dimensional Images  
In a method and a system for generating images a laser being tuneable at a rapid frequency and a corresponding synchronized detector are provided. In a preferred embodiment the tuneable laser and...
US20080192493 HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY PACKAGING FOR SOLID STATE LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLING METHODS  
One or more solid state light emitting elements are mounted on a hardcoat anodized aluminum substrate. One or more bars also may be provided that slidably contact an edge of the hardcoat anodized...
US20080190800 Apparatus and method for securing a collection of products  
An apparatus and method for securing a collection of products. The apparatus includes a base body and a container body for containing the product, such as lotion in bottles. One of the bodies...
US20080195750 SECURE CROSS PLATFORM AUDITING  
A method and apparatus is described for recording or auditing events. In one example, a device is connected to a first host device and may receive data from the first host device. The first host...
US20080193722 Hard coat film  
According to one embodiment of this invention, there is provided a hard coat film including a triacetylcellulose film and a hard coat layer formed on the triacetylcellulose film. The hard coat...
US20080193833 Polyolefin Microporous Membrane  
Disclosed is a polyolefin microporous membrane including a multilayer film having two or more layers. In this polyolefin microporous membrane, at least one surface layer has a thickness of not less...
US20080192083 CAPPING DEVICE, AND RECOVERY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME  
A capping device for a fluid ejection device, includes: a cap having a fluid receptacle and a first fluid path; a cap holder supporting the cap and having a second fluid path; and an absorber...
US20080195420 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS  
A method, computer program product, and apparatus for generating an integrated electronic health record. The integrated electronic health record provides an aggregate of health information across...
US20080193568 Polyacetylenic Compounds  
This invention relates to a method of treating type II diabetes with a polyacetylenic compound of the following formula: in which R 1 is H, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 2 -C 10 alkenyl, C 2 -C 10 ...
US20080195164 Pacemaker-patient hemodynamic assessment/adjustment methodology  
A method for gathering, creating and utilizing signal-processed ECG and acoustic signals for assessing, via presenting a highly intuitive, multi-component, common-time-base, real-time output...
US20080191099 Concept of a Variable Winglet for Lateral Load Reduction for Combined Lateral and Vertical Load Reduction, and for Improving the Performance of Means of Locomotion  
The present invention relates to a device for adapting aerodynamic characteristics of a wing element ( 1 ), wherein the device comprises a winglet ( 2 ), wherein the winglet ( 2 ) is movably...
US20080190164 Tube bending apparatus  
A portable bending apparatus includes a frame, a major gear, a forming member, a workpiece guide and a gear mechanism. The major gear is mounted rotatably to the frame about a bending axis. The...
US20080192752 PARAMETERIZED QUALITY OF SERVICE ARCHITECTURE IN A NETWORK  
A communication system and method including the steps of receiving a first request to initiate a guaranteed quality of service flow in a network, broadcasting a second request from a Network...
US20080194977 RAPID THERMAL DETECTION OF CARDIAC OUTPUT CHANGE  
An improved method and apparatus for measuring changes in blood flow, particularly in the context of an automatic arrhythmia treatment device. The invention may employ a flow sensor which is...
US20080190321 Cellulose Solutions in Ionic Liquids  
The present invention relates to a solution comprising cellulose and an ionic liquid comprising anions and cations as solvent, wherein the cations comprise at least one atom selected from the group...
US20080192754 Routing system and method for managing rule entries of ternary content addressable memory in the same  
A method of managing rule entries of a Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) in a routing system includes: creating a hash table having a hash key corresponding to each entry; creating a single...
US20080194995 Method For Analyzing Support Pressure  
The invention relates to a method for analyzing support pressure of a support for a human body, which method comprises the steps of: -providing an array of pressure sensors at the support for...
US20080195387 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LARGE POPULATION SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION IN TELEPHONE INTERACTIONS  
A method and apparatus for determining whether a speaker uttering an utterance belongs to a predetermined set comprising known speakers, wherein a training utterance is available for each known...
US20080192802 Colour Switching Temperature Indicator  
A temperature indicator ( 101 ) is adapted to be provided on a surface ( 116 ) for providing a first type of light emission and a second type of light emission (L 2 ). The temperature indicator (...
US20080191802 Low Voltage Operational Transconductance Amplifier Circuits  
Circuits that operate with power supplies of less than 1 volt are presented. More particularly, circuits that operate with supply voltages (VDD) near or lower than the threshold voltage of the...
US20080189927 Cell Production Method and Cell Production Facility  
A cell manufacturing method in which a main operator, who carries out main operations that include a plurality of steps in which parts are attached to a workpiece, is moved along with the workpiece...
US20080190556 Methods of and apparatus for aligning electrodes in a process chamber to protect an exclusion area within an edge environ of a wafer  
Positional relationships are established in a process chamber. A base is configured with a lower electrode surface to support a wafer, and an upper electrode has a lower surface. A drive mounted on...
US20080193740 Composite building material and method for making composite building material  
A composite building material and a method for its manufacture are provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a foamable mixture comprising a polymeric matrix material, a filler, a...
US20080191599 DISCHARGE LAMP  
The discharge lamp comprises: an arc tube including electrodes disposed at both ends of a glass tube; and bases provided at the two ends of the glass tube and supplying power to the electrodes. The...
US20080192344 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS  
A lens, an apparatus, and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to receive a plurality of left-eye rays through a first plurality of separating facets of a lens at an...
US20080193136 Inline Repeater and Optical Fiber Communication System  
An inline repeater that uses a forward-pumped DRA that can use a pumping light source such as an FBG pumping light source and a fiber laser, which are the most commonly used, and an optical fiber...
US20080192892 Methods for Implementing Microbeam Radiation Therapy  
A method of performing microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) includes delivering a dose only to selected tissue in a target volume ( 10 ) with continuous broad beam, first, by interleaving arrays of...
US20080193503 MEMANTINE INTRAVITREAL IMPLANTS  
Biocompatible intraocular implants include an anti-excitotoxic agent and a biodegradable polymer that is effective to facilitate release of the anti-excitotoxic agent into an eye for an extended...
US20080192327 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECKLE REDUCTION USING AN ACTIVE DEVICE  
A system and method for reducing speckle of a laser beam is disclosed. The system includes at least an active device capable of temporally and/or spatially averaging the speckle pattern of a laser....
US20080192071 Automatic Formation of Groups of Channels  
A method of automatically grouping channels for display uses a pair of multipurpose knobs, one assigned for selection and the other assigned for movement. A channel or a grouping of channels that...
US20080191033 Memory Cards Having Two Standard Sets Of Contacts  
Enclosed re-programmable non-volatile memory cards include at least two sets of electrical contacts to which the internal memory is connected. The two sets of contacts have different patterns,...
US20080190324 Organic/inorganic complexes as color compositions  
A composition includes a compound selected from the group consisting of formula (I), (III), and (IV). The compound of formula (I) is: wherein A is N, C, or S; the A-R 5 bond is a single bond or...
US20080195320 Systems And Methods For Determining In-Situ Gas Hydrate Saturation  
Systems and methods for determining in-situ hydrate saturation of hydrate-bearing formations using dielectric properties of gas hydrate amounts are described. In accordance with one aspect, a...
US20080193947 Complementary Peptides For Beta-Amyloid 29-42 Peptide  
The invention relates to peptides derived from the wild type ApolipoproteinE3 peptidic fragment 270-287 (ApoE WT) of sequence EDMQRQWAGLVEKVQAAV (SEQ ID NO: 2), having improved interaction with the...
US20080192177 Backlight module with light source holder and liquid crystal display using the same  
An exemplary backlight module ( 1 ) includes a light guide plate ( 10 ) and at least one light source assembly ( 16 ). Each of the light source assembly includes a plurality of point light sources...
US20080192124 Lens Module  
A voice coil motor lens module has a lens holder adapted to carry a lens or lens assembly. The lens holder supports a coil which interacts with a permanent magnet field generated by one or more...
US20080195155 LOCKING INSTRUMENT FOR IMPLANTABLE FIXATION DEVICE  
Instruments are provided for linearly inserting a locking member into a coupling member that secures a rod to a bone or portion of a bone. A moveable drive member of the instrument drives the...
US20080194387 Stepping exerciser  
A stepping exerciser includes a base having a pair of inclined pivot axles, a pair of foot pedals having one end rotatably attaching to the inclined pivot axles, to allow the foot pedals to be...
US20080191904 Method For Manufacturing Thin Keypad Assembly And Such Assembly  
A method for manufacturing a thin keypad with no seams on a panel surface and such assembly includes the following steps. Inks of different colors are printed onto the surface of a rigid substrate...
US20080191743 Level shifter  
Input transistors have sources which are connected to a first input reference node and gates to which a pair of input signals are input. Input-side voltage relaxing transistors have sources...