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1. A telecommunications network comprising:
at least one service delivery unit having a data port and a network interface port and a memory that stores data for managing the at least one service delivery unit;
the network interface port coupled to a switch fabric;
the data port coupleable to at least one local area network;
a network management station communicatively coupled to the at least one service delivery unit; and
wherein the at least one service delivery unit is configurable to allow the network management station to view selected portions of the data in the memory of the at least one service delivery unit, over a range from none of the data to all of the data in the memory, to facilitate shared-management of the at least one service delivery unit.
2. The network of claim 1, wherein the memory of the at least one service delivery unit stores data including at least one of configuration data, monitoring data, billing data, diagnostic data and control data.
3. The network of claim 1, wherein the at least one service delivery unit uses passwords to select viewable portions of the data in the memory for the network management station.
4. The network of claim 1, wherein a secure connection is provided between the network management station and the at least one service delivery unit to select viewable portions of the data in the memory for the network management station.
5. The network of claim 1, wherein the at least one service delivery unit uses an address of the network management station to select viewable portions of the data in the memory for the network management station.
6. The network of claim 1, wherein tunneling between the network management station and the at least one service delivery unit is used to select viewable portions of the data in the memory for the network management station.
7. The network of claim 1, and further including a policy server that is communicatively coupled to the at least one service delivery unit, the policy server including policies for bandwidth allocation stored on a computer readable medium, such that the at least one service delivery unit selectively allocates bandwidth to users based on the policies stored in the policy server.
8. The network of claim 1, wherein the at least one service delivery unit is configured to allow the network management station to view data related to management of physical and link layers.
9. The network of claim 1, wherein the at least one service delivery unit is further configurable to allow at least one additional network management station to view a second selected portion of the data stored in the memory of the at least one service delivery unit.
10. The network of claim 1, wherein the at least one service delivery unit is further configurable to allow at least one additional network management station to view a second, different selected portion of the data stored in the memory of the at least one service delivery unit.
11. A telecommunications network comprising:
a switch fabric;
at least one network entity having a memory that stores data for managing the at least one network entity;
the at least one network entity coupled to the switch fabric;
the at least one network entity further providing at least one port that is coupleable to at least one local area network;
a network management station communicatively coupled to the at least one network entity; and
wherein the at least one network entity is configurable to allow the network management station to view selected portions of the data in the memory of the at least one network entity to control the level of management of the at least one network entity allowed by the network management station.
12. The network of claim 11, wherein the at least one network entity comprises a service delivery unit that uses policy based bandwidth management.
13. The network of claim 11, wherein the at least one network entity comprises a service delivery unit with a memory that stores data including at least one of configuration data, control data, billing data, diagnostic data and management data.
14. The network of claim 11, wherein the at least one network entity uses at least one of passwords, encryption, tunneling or an address of the network management station to select viewable portions of the data in the memory for the network management station.
15. The network of claim 11, wherein the at least one network entity is configured to allow the network management station to view data related to management of physical and link layers.
16. The network of claim 11, wherein the at least one network entity is further configurable to allow at least one additional network management station to view a second selected portion of the data stored in the memory of the at least on service delivery unit.
17. An enterprise network, comprising:
a number of local area networks each coupleable to at least one network element of a service provider network; and
a network management terminal communicatively coupled to the at least one network element of the service provider network such that the network management terminal is operable to view a configurable portion of data stored in a memory of the at least one network element to facilitate management of selected aspects of the network element.
18. The network of claim 17, wherein the data stored in the memory of the at least one network element comprises at least one of configuration data, management data, billing data, diagnostic data and control data.
19. The network of claim 17, wherein the network management terminal further includes a policy server for use in policy based bandwidth management.
20. The network of claim 17, wherein the network management terminal views a configurable portion of the data using at least one of a password, encryption, tunneling or an address of the network management terminal.
21. A service provider network, comprising:
a switch fabric;
at least one service delivery unit having a memory that stores data for managing the at least one service delivery unit, the data including at least one of configuration data, monitoring data, billing data, diagnostic data and control data;
the at least one service delivery unit coupled to the switch fabric;
the at least one service delivery unit further providing at least one port that is coupleable to at least one local area network;
the at least one service delivery unit coupleable to a policy server that provides policies to the at least one service delivery unit to selectively allocate bandwidth in the switch fabric based on the policies stored in the policy server;
a network management station communicatively coupled to the at least one service delivery unit; and
wherein the at least one service delivery unit is configurable to allow the network management station to view selected portions of the data in the memory of the at least one service delivery unit to facilitate management of selected aspects of the at least one service delivery unit.
22. The network of claim 21, wherein the at least one service delivery unit uses passwords to select viewable portions of the data in the memory for the network management station.
23. The network of claim 21, wherein a secure connection is provided between the network management station and the at least one service delivery unit to select viewable portions of the data in the memory for the network management station.
24. The network of claim 21, wherein the at least one service delivery unit uses the address of the network management station to select viewable portions of the data in the memory for the network management station.
25. The network of claim 21, wherein tunneling between the network management station and the at least one service delivery unit is used to select viewable portions of the data in the memory for the network management station.
26. A service delivery unit, comprising:
a network interface port coupleable to a switch fabric;
a data port coupleable to at least one local area network;
a memory configured to store at least one of configuration data, control data, billing data, diagnostic data, and management data; and
a central processing unit, communicatively coupled to the network interface port, the data port and the memory, the central processing unit executing instructions to allow a first network management terminal to view a first, configurable portion of the data in the memory and to allow a second network management terminal to view a second, configurable portion of the data in the memory to allow shared management of the service delivery unit.
27. A method for providing bifurcated management of a network element, the method comprising:
monitoring operation of a telecommunications network at a network entity;
storing management data in a memory of the network entity;
allowing a first network management station of an enterprise network to view a first, configurable portion of the management data; and
allowing a second network management station of a service provider network to view a second, configurable portion of the management data.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein allowing a first network management station of an enterprise network to view a first, configurable portion of the management data comprises using at least on of a password, encryption, tunneling or an address.
29. A service delivery unit, comprising:
a network interface port coupleable to a wide area network;
a data port coupleable to at least one local area network;
a memory configured to store data related to aspects of the management of the service delivery unit; and
a central processing unit, communicatively coupled to the network interface port, the data port and the memory, the central processing unit executing instructions to allow configurable access to the stored data to define a boundary between management by a service provider and management by an enterprise network.
30. A telecommunications network comprising:
at least one service delivery unit having a data port and a network interface port and a memory that stores data for managing the at least one service delivery unit;
the network interface port coupled to a switch fabric;
the data port coupleable to at least one local area network;
at least one service provider network management station communicatively coupled to the at least one service delivery unit; and
wherein the at least one service delivery unit is configurable to allow the service provider network management station to view selected portions of the data in the memory of the at least one service delivery unit, over a range from none of the data to all of the data in the memory, to facilitate shared-management of the at least one service delivery unit with an enterprise network management station.
31. An enterprise network, comprising:
a number of local area networks each coupleable to at least one network element of a service provider network; and
at least one enterprise network management terminal communicatively coupled to the at least one network element of the service provider network such that the enterprise network management terminal is operable to view a configurable portion of data stored in a memory of the at least one network element to facilitate shared management of the network element with at least one service provider network management terminal.
32. A service delivery unit, comprising:
a network interface port coupleable to a wide area network;
a data port coupleable to at least one local area network;
a memory configured to store data related to aspects of the management of the service delivery unit; and
a central processing unit, communicatively coupled to the network interface port, the data port and the memory, the central processing unit executing instructions to divide the stored data into a selected number of management domains to facilitate shared management of the service delivery unit between an enterprise network and a service provider network.
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 of identifying an agent that modulates a retinal abnormality, the method comprising: (a) providing a transgenic mouse whose genome comprises a knockout of the gene which encodes for the native sequence PRO224 polypeptide, said mouse comprising a retinal abnormality resulting from said PRO224 gene knockout; (b) measuring a physiological characteristic of a retina of the transgenic mouse of (a); (c) comparing the measured physiological characteristic of (b) with that of a gender matched wild-type mouse, wherein the physiological characteristic of a retina of the transgenic mouse that differs from the physiological characteristic of a retina of the wild-type mouse is identified as a retinal abnormality resulting from the PRO224 gene knockout in the transgenic mouse; (d) administering a test agent to the transgenic mouse of (a); and (e) determining whether the test agent modulates said retinal abnormality, whereby an agent which is determined to modulate a retinal abnormality is identified.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the retinal abnormality comprises a retinal artery obstruction or occlusion.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the retinal abnormality is a vascular retinal abnormality.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the retinal abnormality causes vision problems or blindness.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the retinal abnormality is retinitis pigmentosa.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the retinal abnormality is characterized by retinal degeneration or retinal dysplasia.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the retinal abnormality is selected from the group consisting of retinal dysplasia, a retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, retrolental fibroplasia, neovascular glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, retinalchoroidal neovascularization, neovascularization of the angle (rubeosis), ocular neovascular disease, vascular restenosis, arteriovenous malformations (AVM), meningioma, hemangioma, angiofibroma, thyroid hyperplasia, Grave’s disease, retinal artery obstruction or occlusion, retinal degeneration causing secondary atrophy of the retinal vasculature, retinitis pigmentosa, macular dystrophies, Stargardt’s disease, congenital stationary night blindness, choroideremia, gyrate atrophy, Leber’s congenital amaurosis, retinoschisis disorders, Wagner’s syndrome, Usher syndrome, Zellweger syndrome, Saldino-Mainzer syndrome, Senior-Loken syndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Alport’s syndrome, Alstrom’s syndrome, Cockayne’s syndrome, dysplasia spondyloepiphysaria congentia, Flynn-Aird syndrome, Marshall syndrome, Albers-Schnoberg disease, Refsum’s disease, Keams-Sayre syndrome, Stickler syndrome, Wolfram syndrome, Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, abetalipoproteinemia, incontinentia pigmenti, Batten’s disease, mucopolysaccharidoses, homocystinuria, and mannosidosis.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transgenic mouse exhibits an increased mean artery-to-vein ratio associated with retinal degeneration, as compared with gender-matched wild-type littermates.

1. An apparatus for localizing a mobile robot, comprising:
a forward image map processor for building a forward image map including features extracted from forward images captured by the mobile robot according to a position at which the forward images are taken and feature descriptors of the extracted features, wherein the forward images include an image captured from a space ahead of a direction in which the robot is traveling; and
a localizer for, when a new forward image is input, localizing the mobile robot on the basis of a feature extracted from the new forward image and the forward image map, and for setting particles, which are samples indicating virtual positions of the mobile robot, giving weights to the particles on the basis of the estimated position, and re-sampling the particles on the basis of the weights given to the particles to localize the mobile robot and increasing weights of particles existing within a specific range from the estimated position of the mobile robot and having an angle difference of a specific value or less from a heading angle of the mobile robot when giving weights to the particles on the basis of the estimated position.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the forward image map processor searches the forward image map for a feature of the previous forward images matching the feature extracted from the new forward image and information on a position at which a previous forward image including the matching feature is taken, and calculates an estimated position of the mobile robot using the search result.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the forward image map processor updates the forward image map when the mobile robot moves a specific distance.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the features extracted from the forward images are extracted regardless of scale.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the forward image map processor compares a size of the searched feature of the previous forward image with a size of the feature extracted from the new forward image and corrects the estimated position of the mobile robot, and the localizer gives weights to the particles on the basis of the corrected estimated position.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a ceiling simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) performer for performing localization and map building on the basis of ceiling images,
wherein the ceiling SLAM performer includes:
a ceiling feature processor for extracting features from the ceiling images and generating feature descriptors of the extracted features; and
a ceiling image map builder for building a ceiling image map on the basis of the extracted ceiling image features and the feature descriptors of the extracted features.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the ceiling SLAM performer searches the ceiling image map for a ceiling image feature matching a feature extracted from a newly input ceiling image and calculates an estimated position of the mobile robot using the search result, and the localizer gives weights to particles on the basis of the estimated position of the mobile robot calculated from the feature of the forward image and the estimated position of the mobile robot calculated from the feature of the ceiling image.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein when the localizer gives the weights to the particles, a range of particles to which weights are given on the basis of the estimated position of the mobile robot calculated from the feature of the forward image is larger than a range of particles to which weights are given on the basis of the estimated position of the mobile robot calculated from the feature of the ceiling image.
9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the localizer increases weights of particles included in an intersection set of particles to which weights are given on the basis of the estimated position of the mobile robot calculated from the feature of the forward image and particles to which weights are given on the basis of the estimated position of the mobile robot calculated from the feature of the ceiling image.
10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the forward image map processor builds the forward image map on the basis of the estimated position of the mobile robot calculated on the basis of the ceiling image map built by the ceiling SLAM performer.
11. A method of localizing a mobile robot comprising a processor, the method comprising:
building, under control of the processor, a forward image map including features extracted from forward images captured by the mobile robot according to a position at which the forward images are taken and feature descriptors of the extracted features, wherein the forward images include an image captured from a space ahead of a direction in which the robot is traveling; and
when a new forward image is input, localizing the mobile robot on the basis of a feature extracted from the new forward image and the forward image map, and setting particles, which are samples indicating virtual positions of the mobile robot, giving weights to the particles on the basis of the estimated position, and re-sampling the particles on the basis of the weights given to the particles to localize the mobile robot and increasing weights of particles existing within a specific range from the estimated position of the mobile robot and having an angle difference of a specific value or less from a heading angle of the mobile robot when giving weights to the particles on the basis of the estimated position.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the localizing of the mobile robot includes:
searching the forward image map for a feature of the previous forward images matching the feature extracted from the new forward image and information on a position at which a previous forward image including the searched feature was taken; and
calculating an estimated position of the mobile robot using the search result.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the building of the forward image map comprises updating the forward image map when the mobile robot moves a specific distance.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the features extracted from the forward images are extracted regardless of scale.
15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
extracting features from ceiling images and generating feature descriptors of the extracted features; and
building a ceiling image map on the basis of the features extracted from the ceiling images,
wherein the localizing of the mobile robot further includes:
searching the ceiling image map for a ceiling image feature matching a feature extracted from an input ceiling image, and calculating an estimated position of the mobile robot using the search result; and
giving weights to the particles on the basis of the estimated position of the mobile robot calculated from the feature of the forward image and the estimated position of the mobile robot calculated from the feature of the ceiling image.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein building a forward image map comprises building the forward image map on the basis of the estimated position of the mobile robot estimated on the basis of the built ceiling image map.

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 of treating or inhibiting endometriosis in a mammal in need thereof, which comprises providing to said mammal an effective amount of a compound of formula I, having the structure
wherein
P and P\u2032 are each, independently, hydrogen, alkyl of 1\u20136 carbon atoms, or acyl of 2\u20137 carbon toms;
X is hydrogen or halogen;
R is hydrogen, alkyl of 1\u20136 carbon atoms, halogen, \u2014CN, or \u2014CHO;
R\u2032 is alkoxy of 1\u20136 carbon atoms, or cyanoalkyl having 1\u20136 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.