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1. A resin article comprising a propylene resin having a crystalline phase and a non-crystalline phase, wherein the propylene resin shows, in its scattering profile measured at a temperature of 155\xb0 C. to 165\xb0 C. by small-angle X-ray scattering method, a plurality of scattering peaks, and the propylene resin contains a polypropylene having an intrinsic viscosity of 6.0 dlg or more in an amount of 5% by weight to 40% by weight relative to the overall amount of the propylene resin.
2. The resin article of claim 1, wherein in the scattering profile, at least one scattering peak is present within a wave number range (i) of not less than 0.08 nm\u22121 but less than 0.15 nm\u22121 and at least one scattering peak is present within a wave number range (ii) of 0.15 nm\u22121 to 0.30 nm\u22121, wherein the ratio of a peak intensity (1) to a peak intensity (2) falls within the range of from 1 to 5 where the peak intensity (1) is the peak intensity of a scattering peak having the maximum intensity among the at least one scattering peaks in the wave number range (i) and the peak intensity (2) is the peak intensity of a scattering peak having the maximum intensity among the at least one scattering peaks in the wave number range (ii).
3. The resin article of claim 1, the propylene resin further contains a polypropylene having an intrinsic viscosity of 4.5 dlg or less in an amount of 60% by weight to 95% by weight relative to the overall amount of the propylene resin.
4. A method for producing the resin article of claim 1, comprising a step of shaping a propylene resin containing a polypropylene having an intrinsic viscosity of 6.0 dlg or more in an amount of 5% by weight to 40% by weight to produce an article precursor, and a step of heating the article precursor at 150\xb0 C. to 170\xb0 C.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A television audio signal encoder, comprising:
a matrix configured to sum a left channel audio signal and a right channel audio signal to produce a sum signal, and to subtract one of the left and right audio signals from the other of the left and right signals to produce a difference signal; and
a configurable infinite impulse response digital filter configured to selectively use one or more sets of filter coefficients to filter the difference signal, wherein each selectable set of filter coefficients is associated with a unique filtering application to prepare the difference signal for transmission, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select an input signal for said configurable infinite impulse response digital filter from a group of input signals, and wherein one input signal from the group of input signals includes an output signal of the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter.
2. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select one of the one or more sets of filter coefficients.
3. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a second order infinite impulse response filter.
4. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a low pass filter.
5. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a high pass filter.
6. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a band pass filter.
7. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as an emphasis filter.
8. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein selection of the one or more sets of filter coefficients is based on a rate that the television audio signal is sampled.
9. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the sets of filter coefficients are stored in a memory.
10. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the sets of filter coefficients are stored in a look up table.
11. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the television audio signal complies to the Broadcast Television System Committee (BTSC) standard.
12. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the television audio signal complies to the Near Instantaneously Companded Audio Muliplex (NICAM) standard.
13. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the television audio signal complies to the A2Zweiton standard.
14. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the television audio signal complies to the EIA-J standard.
15. The television audio signal encoder of claim 1, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is implemented in an integrated circuit.
16. A television audio signal decoder, comprising:
a configurable infinite impulse response digital filter configured to selectively use one or more sets of filter coefficients to filter a difference signal, wherein the difference signal is produced by subtracting one of a left channel and a right channel audio signal from the other of the left channel and right channel audio signal, each selectable set of filter coefficients is associated with a unique filtering application to prepare the difference signal for separating the left channel and right channel audio signals, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select an input signal for said configurable infinite impulse response digital filter from a group of input signals, and wherein one input signal from the group of input signals includes an output signal of the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter; and
a matrix configured to separate the left channel and right channel audio signals from the difference signal and a sum signal, wherein the sum signal includes the sum the left channel audio signal and the right channel audio signal.
17. The television audio signal decoder of claim 16, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select one of the one or more sets of filter coefficients.
18. The television audio signal decoder of claim 16, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a second order infinite impulse response filter.
19. The television audio signal decoder of claim 16, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a low pass filter.
20. The television audio signal decoder of claim 16, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a high pass filter.
21. The television audio signal decoder of claim 16, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a band pass filter.
22. The television audio signal decoder of claim 16, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as an emphasis filter.
23. The television audio signal decoder of claim 16, wherein selection of the one or more sets of filter coefficients is based on a rate that the television audio signal is sampled.
24. The television audio signal decoder of claim 16, wherein the sets of filter coefficients are stored in a memory.
25. The television audio signal decoder of claim 16, wherein the sets of filter coefficients are stored in a look-up table.
26. The television audio signal encoder of claim 16, wherein the television audio signal complies to the Broadcast Television System Committee (BTSC) standard.
27. The television audio signal encoder of claim 16, wherein the television audio signal complies to the Near Instantaneously Companded Audio Muliplex (NICAM) standard.
28. The television audio signal encoder of claim 16, wherein the television audio signal complies to the A2Zweiton standard.
29. The television audio signal encoder of claim 16, wherein the television audio signal complies to the EIA-J standard.
30. The television audio signal encoder of claim 16, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is implemented in an integrated circuit.
31. A digital BTSC signal encoder for encoding digital left and right channel audio signals so that the encoded left and right channel audio signals can be subsequently decoded so as to reproduce the digital left and right channel audio signals with little or no distortion of the signal content of the digital left and right channel audio signals, the encoder comprising:
a matrix configured to sum the left channel audio signal and the right channel audio signal to produce a sum signal, and to subtract one of the left and right audio signals from the other of the left and right signals to produce a difference signal; and
a configurable infinite impulse response digital filter configured to selectively use one or more sets of filter coefficients to filter the difference signal, wherein each selectable set of filter coefficients is associated with a unique filtering application to prepare the difference signal for transmission and comply with the BTSC standard, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select an input signal for said configurable infinite impulse response digital filter from a group of input signals, and wherein one input signal from the group of input signals includes an output signal of the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter.
32. The digital BTSC signal encoder of claim 16, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select one of the one or more sets of filter coefficients.
33. The digital BTSC signal encoder of claim 31, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a second order infinite impulse response filter.
34. The digital BTSC signal encoder of claim 31, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a low pass filter.
35. The digital BTSC signal encoder of claim 31, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a high pass filter.
36. The digital BTSC signal encoder of claim 31, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a band pass filter.
37. The digital BTSC signal encoder of claim 31, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as an emphasis filter.
38. The digital BTSC signal encoder of claim 31, wherein selection of the one or more sets of filter coefficients is based on a rate that the television audio signal is sampled.
39. The digital BTSC signal encoder of claim 31, wherein the sets of filter coefficients are stored in a memory.
40. The digital BTSC signal encoder of claim 31, wherein the sets of filter coefficients are stored in a look-up table.
41. A digital BTSC signal decoder for decoding digital left and right channel audio signals with little or no distortion of the signal content of the digital left and right channel audio signals, the decoder comprising:
a configurable infinite impulse response digital filter configured to selectively use one or more sets of filter coefficients to filter a difference signal that complies with the BTSC standard, wherein the difference signal is produced by subtracting one of a left channel and a right channel audio signal from the other of the left channel and right channel audio signal, each selectable set of filter coefficients is associated with a unique filtering application to prepare the difference signal for separating the left channel and right channel audio signals, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select an input signal for said configurable infinite impulse response digital filter from a group of input signals, and wherein one input signal from the group of input signals includes an output signal of the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter; and
a matrix configured to separate the left channel and right channel audio signals from the difference signal and a sum signal, wherein the sum signal includes the sum the left channel audio signal and the right channel audio signal.
42. The digital BTSC signal decoder of claim 41, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select one of the one or more sets of filter coefficients.
43. The digital BTSC signal decoder of claim 41, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a second order infinite impulse response filter.
44. The digital BTSC signal decoder of claim 41, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a low pass filter.
45. The digital BTSC signal decoder of claim 41, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a high pass filter.
46. The digital BTSC signal decoder of claim 41, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as a band pass filter.
47. The digital BTSC signal decoder of claim 41, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter is configured as an emphasis filter.
48. The digital BTSC signal decoder of claim 41, wherein selection of the one or more sets of filter coefficients is based on a rate that the television audio signal is sampled.
49. The digital BTSC signal decoder of claim 41, wherein the sets of filter coefficients are stored in a memory.
50. The digital BTSC signal decoder of claim 41, wherein the sets of filter coefficients are stored in a look-up table.
51. A television audio signal encoder, comprising:
an input stage configured to receive a secondary audio programming signal; and
a configurable infinite impulse response digital filter configured to selectively use one or more sets of filter coefficients to filter the secondary audio programming signal, wherein each selectable set of filter coefficients is associated with a unique filtering application to prepare the secondary audio programming signal for transmission, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select an input signal for said configurable infinite impulse response digital filter from a group of input signals, and wherein one input signal from the group of input signals includes an output signal of the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter.
52. The television audio signal encoder of claim 51, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select one of the one or more sets of filter coefficients.
53. The television audio signal encoder of claim 51, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a second order infinite impulse response filter.
54. A television audio signal decoder, comprising:
a configurable infinite impulse response digital filter configured to selectively use one or more sets of filter coefficients to filter a secondary audio programming signal, each selectable set of filter coefficients is associated with a unique filtering application to prepare the secondary audio programming signal for a television receiver system, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select an input signal for said configurable infinite impulse response digital filter from a group of input signals, and wherein one input signal from the group of input signals includes an output signal of the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter.
55. The television audio signal decoder of claim 54, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a selector configured to select one of the one or more sets of filter coefficients.
56. The television audio signal decoder of claim 54, wherein the configurable infinite impulse response digital filter includes a second order infinite impulse response filter.

1. A method for treating a mammalian host in need of an anticancer treatment, which comprises administering to said host an effective anticancer amount of at least one compound represented by the formula 1:
wherein each R individually is H, an aliphatic acyl group or an aromatic acyl group;
A is selected from the group consisting of
wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano and nitro.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein each R is H.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein A is
4. The method of claim 3 wherein X is H.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein X is H.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said compound is 1-(4-thio-\u03b2-D-arabinofuranosyl) cytosine.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said host is suffering from a cancer selected from the group consisting of melanoma, prostate cancer, mammary cancer, renal cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, leukemias and lymphomas.
8. A method of inhibiting replication of DNA which comprises contacting said cell with an effective amount of at least one compound represented by the formula 1:
wherein each R individually is H, an aliphatic acyl group or an aromatic acyl group;
A is selected from the group consisting of
wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano and nitro.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein each R is H.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein A is
11. The method of claim 10 wherein X is H.
12. The method of claim 8 wherein X is H.
13. The method of claim 8 wherein said compound is 1-(4-thio-\u03b2-D-arabinofuranosyl) cytosine.
14-19. (Cancelled)
20. The method of claim 1 wherein A is:
21. The method of claim 20 wherein X is H.
22. The method of claim 7 wherein each R is H.
23. The method of claim 7 wherein A is:
24. The method of claim 23 wherein X is H.
25. The method of claim 7 wherein X is H.
26. The method of claim 7 wherein said compound is 1-(4-thio-\u03b2-D-arabinofuranosyl) cytosine.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method to archive log entries created by a data storage system, comprising the steps of:
providing a data storage system comprising first memory and a library log encoded in said first memory;
writing a plurality of log entries to said library log, wherein each log entry comprises a log entry time;
encoding a log archive in a second memory, wherein said second memory is external to said data storage system;
setting a time T0 equal to current time;
at time T0, copying to said log archive said plurality of log entries written to said library log;
determining a time T1 when an earliest log entry was written to said library log;
determining a time T2 when a latest log entry was written to said library log;
calculating a log interval TINT equal to (T2\u2212T1);
setting a retrieval time equal to (T0+TINT);
determining whether to perform an intermediate inspection of the library log;
when performing an intermediate inspection of the library log, determining a number (N) of log entries written to library log retrieved at time T0;
establishing a previous log filling rate equal to (N)TINT;
setting an intermediate sampling interval TS, wherein said intermediate sampling interval is less than said log interval;
setting an intermediate sampling time, wherein said intermediate sampling time equals (T0+TS);
when current time equals said intermediate sampling time, inspecting the library log created after time T0;
determining a number (M) of log entries written to the library log after time T0;
establishing a current log filling rate equal to (M)TS;
determining whether said current log filling rate is greater than said previous log filling rate; and
when said current log filling rate is greater than said previous log filling rate, adjusting said log interval TINT to be less than (T2\u2212T1).
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
setting a minimum log interval;
determining if said adjusted log interval is less than said minimum log interval; and
when said adjusted log interval is less than said minimum log interval, setting said log interval equal to said minimum log interval.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
when said current log filling rate is not greater than said previous log filling rate, determining if said current log filling rate is less than said previous log filling rate; and
when said current log filling rate is less than said previous log filling rate, adjusting said log interval TINT to be greater than (T2\u2212T1).
4. An article of manufacture comprising a processor and a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code disposed therein to archive a plurality of log entries stored by a data storage system in a first memory, wherein each log entry comprises a log entry time, the computer readable program code comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect:
encoding a log archive in a second memory, wherein said second memory is external to said data storage system;
setting a time T0 equal to current time;
at time T0, copying to said log archive said plurality of log entries written to said library log;
determining a time T1 when an earliest log entry was written to said library log;
determining a time T2 when a latest log entry was written to said library log;
calculating a log interval TINT equal to (T2\u2212T1);
setting a retrieval time equal to (T0+TINT);
determining whether to perform an intermediate inspection of the library log;
when performing an intermediate inspection of the library log, determining a number (N) of log entries written to library log retrieved at time T0;
establishing a previous log filling rate equal to (N)TINT;
setting an intermediate sampling interval TS, wherein said intermediate sampling interval is less than said log interval;
setting an intermediate sampling time, wherein said intermediate sampling time equals (T0+TS);
when current time equals said intermediate sampling time, inspecting the library log created after time T0;
determining a number (M) of log entries written to the library log after time T0;
establishing a current log filling rate equal to (M)TS;
determining whether said current log filling rate is greater than said previous log filling rate; and
when said current log filling rate is greater than said previous log filling rate, adjusting said log interval TINT to be less than (T2\u2212T1).
5. The article of manufacture of claim 4, said computer readable program code further comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect:
setting a minimum log interval;
determining whether said adjusted log interval is less than said minimum log interval; and
when said adjusted log interval is less than said minimum log interval, setting said log interval equal to said minimum log interval.
6. The article of manufacture of claim 4, said computer readable program code further comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect:
when said current log filling rate is not greater than said previous log filling rate, determining if said current log filling rate is less than said previous log filling rate; and
when said current log filling rate is less than said previous log filling rate, adjusting said log interval TINT to be greater than (T2\u2212T1).