Author: claimsbot

1. A method of treating anxiety in a subject, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a TRPC5 antagonist of formula (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:
wherein
R11 is halo, C1-C6 alkoxy, cycyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; optionally substituted with 1-3 R16;
R12 is OR17, SR17, or NR14R15;
R13 is H, cycyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; optionally substituted with 1-3 R18;
each R14 and R15 is independently H or C1-C6 alkyl optionally substituted with 1-3 R19;
each R16 and R18 is independently C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6haloalkyl;
R17 is C1-C6 alkyl, optionally substituted with 1-3 R19;
R19 is C(O)OC1-C6alkyl, C(O)C1-C6alkyl, or OC(O)C1-C6alkyl.

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 monitoring system capable of monitoring a central processor unit utilization in a computer, the system comprising:
a power supply for supplying a core voltage to the central processor unit; and
a comparing circuit for comparing a voltage proportional to the core voltage to a reference voltage and producing a sense voltage, a first input of the comparing circuit connecting to the power supply and a second input of the comparing circuit connecting to a reference voltage source that outputs the reference voltage, wherein the reference voltage is set at a level corresponding to a nominal off-load voltage value for the core voltage.
2. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the first input of the comparing circuit is a non-inverting input and the second input of the comparing circuit is an inverting input.
3. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the first input of the comparing circuit is an inverting input and the second input of the comparing circuit is a non-inverting input.
4. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the power supply has an output for outputting the core voltage, the comparing circuit having a first input coupled to the output of the power supply for inputting the core voltage and a second input for inputting the reference voltage.
5. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the comparing circuit comprises an operational amplifier.
6. The monitoring system of claim 1 further comprising a digital-to-analog converter for generating the reference voltage input to the comparing circuit.
7. A method for monitoring processing device utilization in a computer, the method comprising the following steps:
generating a core voltage for supply to a central processor unit;
comparing a voltage proportional to a core voltage of the processing device to a reference voltage, wherein the reference voltage is set at a level corresponding to a nominal off-load voltage value for the core voltage;
generating a sense voltage according to a difference between the voltage proportional to the core voltage and the reference voltage; and
utilizing the sense voltage to control a central processor unit management process.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein generating a core voltage for supply to a central processor unit comprises outputting the core voltage from a power supply.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein comparing a voltage proportional to a core voltage of the central processor unit to a reference voltage comprises comparing the core voltage to the reference voltage.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein comparing a voltage proportional to a core voltage of the processing device to a reference voltage comprises inputting the voltage proportional to the core voltage of the processing device to an inverting input of a comparing circuit and comparing the voltage proportional to a core voltage of the processing device to a reference voltage.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein generating a sense voltage comprises generating a sense voltage that is inversely proportional to the core voltage.
12. The method of claim 7, wherein comparing a voltage proportional to a core voltage of the processing device to a reference voltage comprises inputting the voltage proportional to the core voltage of the processing device to a non-inverting input of a comparing circuit and comparing the voltage proportional to a core voltage of the processing device to a reference voltage.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein generating a sense voltage comprises generating a sense voltage that is proportional to the core voltage.
14. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating the reference voltage according to a nominal off-load core voltage of the processing device.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising utilizing a digital to analog converter to generate the reference voltage.

1. A method for reducing interference between overlapping first and second wireless local area network cells in a medium, each of the first and second wireless local area network cells including a respective plurality of member stations, comprising:
coordinating by a first access point station in the first wireless local area network cell a periodic sequence of first contention-free sessions, each of the first contention-free sessions including multiple bursts with other member stations in the first wireless local area network cell, and retaining a control of the medium by the first access point station by using interframe spaces between the multiple bursts such that the multiple bursts appear to contending stations to be a single instance of activity in the medium;
transmitting by the first access point station a preemptive peg packet to maintain a contiguity of a transmission timing position of the first access point station with respect to a timing position of a second contention-free session transmitted by a second access point station; and
wherein the preemptive peg packet is for preventing gaps to be left idle for longer than a distributed coordination function interframe space;
whereby other stations are prevented from using the distributed coordination function interframe space to seize the medium, until the first and second access point stations have completed one contention-free session per periodic cycle.
2. The method of claim 1, which further comprises:
setting by the first access point station a backoff timer to a fixed deterministic post-backoff delay, which has a value of Bkoff times a fixed number of idle time slots, the value of Bkoff being greater than a number of overlapping cells;
counting down the backoff timer by the first access point station;
transmitting another one of the first contention-free sessions by the first access point station when the backoff timer expires; and
resetting the backoff timer to the value of Bkoff to start a new cycle.
3. The method of claim 2, which further comprises:
the backoff timer being counted down using an interframe space.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the interframe space being a priority interframe space.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein the interframe space being a minimum arbitration interframe space.
6. The method of claim 2, further comprises:
listening by the second access point station in the second wireless local area network cell to the activity in the medium and detecting an end to one of the first contention-free sessions indicated by an interval longer than a priority interframe space idle interval following an end to the activity in the medium;
setting a second post-backoff delay by the second access point station to transmit a minimal interval after the one of first contention-free sessions of the first access point station; and
coordinating by the second access point station in the second wireless local area network cell a second contention-free session of the second contention-free sessions, the second contention-free session including multiple bursts with other access point stations in the second cell, and retaining the control of the medium by the second access point station by using interframe spaces between the multiple bursts such that the multiple bursts appear to contending stations to be a single instance of activity in the medium.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second post-backoff delay being a minimum arbitration interframe space.
8. The method of claim 6, further comprises:
initiating by the second access point station another one of the second contention-free sessions when the second post-backoff delay is counted down to zero; and
resetting the second post-backoff delay to start a new cycle.
9. The method of claim 6, further comprises:
separating consecutive ones of the first and second contention-free sessions by idle gaps which are less than a priority interframe space.
10. The method of claim 9, where the setting the second post-backoff delay further comprises:
detecting an idle period X=priority interframe space+x, x>0 at time t; and
setting the second post-backoff delay at time t, to a value of Bkoff\u2212x.
11. A wireless communications system having reduced interference between overlapping first and second wireless local area network cells in a medium, each of the first and second wireless local area network cells including a respective plurality of member stations, comprising:
a first access point station in the first wireless local area network cell, wherein the first access point station coordinates in the first wireless local area network cell a periodic sequence of first contention-free sessions, each of the first contention-free sessions including multiple bursts with other member stations in the first wireless local area network cell, and retaining a control of the medium by the first access point station by using interframe spaces between the multiple bursts such that the multiple bursts appear to contending stations to be a single instance of activity in the medium;
wherein the first access point station transmits a preemptive peg packet to maintain a contiguity of a transmission timing position of the first access point station with respect to a timing position of a second contention-free session transmitted by a second access point station; and
wherein the preemptive peg packet is for preventing gaps to be left idle for longer than a distributed coordination function interframe space;
whereby other stations are prevented from using the distributed coordination function interframe space to seize the medium, until the first and second access point stations have completed one contention-free session per periodic cycle.
12. The system of claim 11, further comprises:
the first access point station setting a backoff timer to a fixed deterministic post-backoff delay, which has a value of Bkoff times a fixed number of idle time slots, the value of Bkoff being greater than a number of overlapping cells;
the first access point station counting down the backoff timer;
the first access point station transmitting another one of the first contention-free sessions when the backoff timer expires; and
the first access point station resetting the backoff timer to the value of Bkoff to start a new cycle.
13. The system of claim 12, further comprises:
the backoff timer being counted down using an interframe space.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the interframe space being a priority interframe space.
15. The system of claim 13, wherein the interframe space being a minimum arbitration interframe space.
16. The system of claim 12, further comprises:
the second access point station listening in the second wireless local area network cell to the activity in the medium and detecting an end to one of the first contention-free sessions indicated by an interval longer than a priority interframe space idle interval following an end to the activity in the medium;
the second access point station setting a second post-backoff delay to transmit a minimal interval after the one of first contention-free sessions of the first access point station; and
the second access point station coordinating in the second wireless local area network cell a second contention-free session of the second contention-free sessions, the second contention-free session including multiple bursts with other access point stations in the second wireless local area network cell, and retaining the control of the medium by the second access point station by using interframe spaces between the multiple bursts such that the multiple bursts appear to contending stations to be a single instance of activity in the medium.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the second post-backoff delay being a minimum arbitration interframe space.
18. The system of claim 16, further comprises:
the second access point station initiating another one of the second contention-free sessions when the second post-backoff delay is counted down to zero; and
the second access point station resetting the second post-backoff delay to start a new cycle.
19. The system of claim 16, further comprises:
the second access point station separating consecutive ones of the first and second contention-free sessions by idle gaps which are less than a priority interframe space.
20. The system of claim 19, in which the setting the second post-backoff delay further comprises:
the second access point station detecting an idle period X=priority interframe space+x, x>0 at time t; and
the second access point station setting the second post-backoff delay at time t, to a value of Bkoff\u2212x.

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 dye-sensitized solar cell comprising:
a base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell that functions as an electrode, has flexibility, and has a porous layer, containing a dye-sensitizer-supported fine particle of a metal oxide semiconductor, provided on one surface of the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell;
a counter electrode base material that is arranged so as to oppose the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell, functions as an electrode, and has flexibility; and
a solid electrolyte layer that is provided between the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material so as to come into contact with the porous layer,
wherein at least one of the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material has transparency; at least one of the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material has an insulating layer provided on a surface thereof; the insulating layer is provided in a region which surrounds a porous layer-forming region where the porous layer is formed, and which is where the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material are opposed to each other; the insulating layer has an external communication portion that leads from an inside of the porous layer-forming region to outside; and the external communication portion is a void space which is directly between the insulating layer and one of the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell and the counter electrode base material.
2. The dye-sensitized solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the base material for the dye-sensitized solar cell is composed of a metal foil and the counter electrode base material has transparency.
3. The dye-sensitized solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the insulating layer has a tackiness of 100 mN25 mm or larger .
4. The dye-sensitized solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the porous layer-forming region is quadrilateral and the insulating layer is provided along two opposite sides of the porous layer-forming region.
5. A dye-sensitized solar cell module comprising two or more of the dye-sensitized solar cell according to claim 1 connected together.