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1. An electronic device, comprising:
a rack-mountable housing having a plurality of receptors, including receptors configured to receive a number of electronic components, and a receptor that is not configured to receive one of the number of electronic components, and
a quantity of modular bezels each configured such that it can be disposed in any of the plurality of receptors that are unoccupied by the number of electronic components, wherein each modular bezel includes:
a front panel sized to cover two or more of the receptors and covering a portion of the front of the rack-mountable housing, the front panel excluding any features that are graspable as an aid in removing the modular bezel from a receptor, and
a connection device configured to be receivable by any one of the plurality of receptors to connect the modular bezel to the rack-mountable housing,

wherein each of the plurality of receptors is occupied by either one of the number of electronic components or one of the quantity of modular bezels, and the quantity of modular bezels can be arranged in different configurations to accommodate different configurations of the number of electronic components in the plurality of receptors.
2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device includes receptors that are not configured to receive one of the number of electronic components, with one of the quantity of modular bezels being disposed in each of the receptors that are not configured to receive the one of the number of electronic components.
3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein each of the quantity of modular bezels is configured to be disposed in each of the receptors that are not configured to receive the one of the number of electronic components.
4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein an area defined by an outer peripheral edge of each modular bezel is configured to cover a portion of the front of the rack-mountable housing that is less than an entire area of the front of the rack-mountable housing.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the front panel is a substantially planar member.
6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the front panel is a plastic member.
7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the front panel is a decorative panel.
8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the rack-mountable housing includes at least one unoccupied receptor configured to receive one of the number of electronic components, wherein the connection device of one of the quantity of modular bezels is connected to the unoccupied receptor.
9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the connection device is configured to connect the front panel to the rack-mountable housing by at least one of friction between the connection device and the rack-mountable housing, elastic deformation of the connection device, and a snap connection.
10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the connection device comprises a plurality of flexible members configured to engage the rack-mountable housing.
11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a server.
12. A method of configuring a front of an electronic device having a rack-mountable housing with a plurality of receptors, including a portion of the receptors configured to receive an electronic component and a portion of the receptors not configured to receive an electronic component, comprising:
installing a number of electronic components in the portion of the receptors configured to receive the electronic component according to a first particular configuration;
providing modular bezels in the portion of the receptors that are not configured to receive the number of electronic components;
providing modular bezels in unoccupied receptors that are configured to receive the number of electronic components; and
re-arranging the number of electronic components and modular bezels in a second particular configuration, different from the first particular configuration,
wherein each modular bezel comprises:
a front panel sized to cover two or more of the plurality of receptors, and
a connection device, wherein the connection device is configured to connect the modular bezel to a front portion of the rack-mountable housing.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the electronic device includes a plurality of receptors that are not configured to receive an electronic component, the method further comprising:
providing a plurality of modular bezels in the receptors that are not configured to receive an electronic component.
14. An apparatus, comprising:
a rack;
a rack-mountable housing coupled to the rack and having a plurality of receptors, including receptors configured to receive a number of electronic components, and a receptor that is not configured to receive one of the number of electronic components, and
a quantity of modular bezels each configured such that it can be disposed in any of the plurality of receptors that are unoccupied by the number of electronic components, wherein each modular bezel includes:
a front panel covering a portion of the front of the rack-mountable housing, the front panel excluding any features that are graspable as an aid in removing the modular bezel from a receptor, and
a connection device configured to be receivable by any one of the plurality of receptors to connect the modular bezel to the rack-mountable housing,

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. LCST polymers containing terminal andor pendant alkoxysilane groups \u2014Si(OR1)xR1y on the main chain, where R1 stands for an alkyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, Y can adopt the values 0, 1 and 2, and furthermore: x+y=3.
2. LCST polymers according to claim 1, where the proportion of alkoxysilane groups, based on the total number of recurring units of the LCST polymer, is between 0.1 and 55 mol %.
3. LCST polymers according to claim 1, obtainable by copolymerisation of:
A. 45.0 to 99.9 mol % of at least one monomer or macromonomer containing the structural unit:
a. N,N-dialkylacrylamide
in which n denotes 1 to 10,000 and R2 (identical to or different from one another) denotes hydrogen or alkyl groups having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, where the radicals R2 may also form a ring together with the nitrogen atom;

b. N-vinylcaprolactam
in which o denotes 1 to 10,000;

c. N-vinylpiperidone
in which p denotes 1 to 10,000;

d. N-vinylpyrrolidone
in which q denotes 1 to 10,000;

e. methyl vinyl ether
in which r denotes 1 to 10,000;

f. andor N-vinylalkylamide
in which s denotes 1 to 10,000 and R3 denotes an (iso)alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a cyclopentyl group;
B. 0 to 55.0 mol % of at least one comonomer from the group of:
a. hydroxyalkyl acrylates or methacrylates in which the hydroxyalkyl group contains 1 to 5 carbon atoms;
b. glycidyl(meth)acrylate;
c. allyl glycidyl ether;
d. \u03b1,\u03b1-dimethyl-meta-isopropenylbenzyl isocyanate;
e. vinyl isocyanate;
f. isocyanatoethyl(meth)acrylate andor isocyanatopropyl(meth)acrylate;
g. propenyl isocyanate;
h. primary and secondary acrylamides and methacrylamides;
i. hydroxy- and amino-terminated polyalkylene oxide(meth)acrylates, allyl and vinyl compounds;

C. 0 to 55.0 mol % of at least one comonomer of the formula I:
in which:
R1, each independently, denotes an alkyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
X1 denotes a single bond or an alkylene radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
Z, each independently, denotes an oxygen atom or a single bond;

where comonomers (A), (B) and (C) add up to 100%, and where furthermore, if the LCST polymer contains comonomers B, the polymer obtained by copolymerisation of the monomers or macromonomers (A), (B) and optionally (C) is derivatised by means of a derivatisation agent which contains at least one group which is able to react with a group of a recurring unit emanating from the comonomer (B) with formation of a covalent bond, and at least one alkoxysilane group \u2014Si(OR1)xR1y, where R1 stands for an alkyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, y can adopt the values 0, 1 and 2, and furthermore: x+y=3.
4. LCST polymers according to claim 3, where the derivatisation agent has a structure of the formula II:
in which:
R1, each independently, denotes an alkyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
X2 denotes an alkylene radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenylene radical, \u2014(O\u2014(CH2CHY))m\u2014, where m=1 to 6 and Y\u2550H, CH3;
Z, each independently, denotes an oxygen atom or a single bond;
L denotes \u2014OH, \u2014NH2, \u2014SH, \u2014N\u2550C\u2550O, \u2014N\u2550C\u2550S,
5. LCST polymers according to claim 4, where comonomer (B) is selected from the group (a), (h) and (i), and L in the derivatisation agent of the formula II is selected from \u2014N\u2550C\u2550O, \u2014N\u2550C\u2550S,
6. LCST polymers according to claim 4, where comonomer (B) is selected from the group (b) to (g), and L in the derivatisation agent of the formula II is selected from \u2014OH, \u2014NH2 and \u2014SH.
7. Process for the preparation of an LCST polymer according to claim 4, where 45.0 to 99.9 mol % of at least one monomer or macromonomer (A), 0 to 55% by weight of a comonomer (B) and 0 to 55% by weight of a comonomer (C), where (A), (B) and (C) add up to 100%, are subjected to a free-radical polymerisation, and, if the resultant polymer contains comonomers (B), the resultant polymer is derivatised by means of a derivatisation agent which contains at least one group which is able to react with a group of a recurring unit emanating from the comonomer (B) with formation of a covalent bond, and at least one alkoxysilane group \u2014Si(OR1)xR1y, where R1, each independently, stands for an alkyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, y can adopt the values 0, 1 and 2, and furthermore: x+y=3.
8. A method for coating particles or non-particulate substrate surfaces comprising coating with the LCST polymers according to claim 1.
9. A method according to claim 8, where the LCST polymers are brought into contact with the particles or non-particulate substrate surfaces in a liquid medium below the LCST, the temperature is raised to above the LCST, and the polymers are polycondensed on the surface of the particles or on the non-particulate substrate surfaces via the alkoxysilane groups \u2014Si(OR1)xR1y at this or a higher temperature.
10. A method according to claim 9, where a catalyst is added for the polycondensation.
11. A method according to claim 10, where the catalyst is a protic acid or dibutyltin acetate.
12. Particles or non-particulate substrate surfaces coated with the polymerised LCST polymers according to claim 9.

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1. A method of scaling a bit budget for encoding a digital video picture, said method comprising:
receiving a value identifying a particular relaxation level from a plurality of relaxation levels, each relaxation level identifying a different scaling relationship from a plurality of scaling relationships, each scaling relationship specifying a particular relationship for scaling the bit budget in relation to usage of a decoder buffer;
from the plurality of scaling relationships, selecting a scaling relationship that corresponds to the particular relaxation level identified by the received value;
based on the decoder buffer usage and the selected scaling relationship, scaling the bit budget; and
at a rate controller, encoding said digital video picture by using the scaled bit budget.
2. A method of encoding a sequence of video frames, the method comprising:
allocating an initial value for a bit budget for a current frame in the sequence of video frames;
receiving a relaxation control value specifying a particular scaling relationship from a plurality of scaling relationships for scaling the bit budget in relation to a percentage of memory buffer space used, the scaling performed in order to prevent an underflow or an overflow of the memory buffer;
determining a scale value for scaling the bit budget based on the percentage of memory buffer space used and the particular scaling relationship;
determining a final bit budget for the current frame based on the scale value; and
at a rate controller, encoding the current video frame using the final bit budget.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the received relaxation control value is in a range from 0 to 1, wherein the determined scale value is in a range from 0 to 1.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the final bit budget for the current frame comprises multiplying the initial value for the bit budget by the scale value.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein a larger relaxation level results in a smaller scaling of the bit budget for the digital video picture.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the bit budget is not scaled when the decoder buffer does not deviate from a target path.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein a relaxation level of 0 results in maximal scaling of the bit budget with respect to the decoder buffer usage and a relaxation level of 1 results in no scaling of the bit budget regardless of the decoder buffer usage.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of scaling relationships includes a base scaling relationship when the value identifying the particular relaxation level is 0, wherein the other scaling relationships are derived by using the base scaling relationship and the value identifying the particular relaxation level.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of different scaling relationships maps a plurality of buffer anxiety levels quantifying buffer underflow or overflow to a plurality of scaling values for scaling the bit budget.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein a first value identifying a first relaxation level results in selection of a first scaling relationship between the decoder buffer usage and the scaling of the bit budget and a second value identifying a second relaxation level results in selection of a second scaling relationship between the decoder buffer usage and the scaling of the bit budget, wherein the first value results in a greater effect on the scaling of the bit budget with respect to the decoder buffer usage as compared to the second value, wherein the first relaxation level corresponds to a greater concern regarding optimal use of the decoder buffer.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program which when executed by a processor scales a bit budget for encoding a digital video picture, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for:
receiving a value identifying a particular relaxation level from a plurality of relaxation levels, each relaxation level identifying a different scaling relationship from a plurality of scaling relationships, each scaling relationship specifying a particular relationship for scaling the bit budget in relation to usage of a decoder buffer;
selecting, from the plurality of scaling relationships, a scaling relationship that corresponds to the particular relaxation level identified by the received value;
scaling the bit budget, based on the decoder buffer usage and the selected scaling relationship; and
encoding the digital video picture by using the scaled bit budget.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the scale value is set in a range from 0 to 1, wherein the relaxation control value is set in a range from 0 to 1.
13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program which when executed by a processor scales a bit budget for encoding a digital video picture, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for:
receiving a value identifying a particular relaxation level from a plurality of relaxation values, each relaxation level identifying a different scaling relationship, each scaling relationship specifying a particular relationship for scaling the bit budget in relation to usage of a decoder buffer;
selecting, from the plurality of scaling relationships, the scaling relationship that corresponds to the particular relaxation level identified by the received value;
scaling the bit budget, based on the decoder buffer usage and the selected scaling relationship; and
encoding the digital video picture by using the scaled bit budget.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of scaling relationships includes a base scaling relationship when the value identifying the particular relaxation level is 0, wherein the other scaling relationships are derived by using the base scaling relationship and the value identifying the particular relaxation level.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of different scaling relationships maps a plurality of buffer anxiety levels quantifying buffer underflow or overflow to a plurality of scaling values for scaling the bit budget.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein a first value identifying a first relaxation level results in selection of a first scaling relationship between the decoder buffer usage and the scaling of the bit budget and a second value identifying a second relaxation level results in selection of a second scaling relationship between the decoder buffer usage and the scaling of the bit budget, wherein the first value results in a greater effect on the scaling of the bit budget with respect to the decoder buffer usage as compared to the second value, wherein the first relaxation level corresponds to a greater concern regarding optimal use of the decoder buffer.

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 making an article comprising:
providing a substrate being at least partially constructed of a polymeric material, said substrate having an active surface; and
spray depositing a first metal layer on said active surface by making at least one pass with at least one spray gun so that the metal merges with the polymeric material of said substrate,
wherein the polymeric material of said substrate and the metal of said first metal layer have approximately the same coefficient of thermal expansion.
2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of roughening said active surface prior to said spray depositing step.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said roughening step includes sandblasting.
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of spray depositing a second metal layer on said first metal layer.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the second metal layer is selected from the group consisting of nickel, aluminum, stainless steel, silver, gold or copper.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the polymeric material comprises an epoxy and carbongraphite fibers embedded therein, and the first metal layer comprises Invar.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first metal layer is approximately between 0.040-0.060 inches thick.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said substrate is cylindrically shaped.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein said spraying step includes encompassing said active surface at least partially along its length.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said spraying step includes rotating said substrate.
11. An article comprising:
a substrate at least partially constructed of a polymeric material; and
a first metal layer bonded with said substrate,
wherein the polymeric material of said substrate and the metal of said first metal layer have approximately the same coefficient of thermal expansion.
12. The article according to claim 11, wherein the polymeric material comprises an epoxy and carbongraphite fibers embedded therein, and the first metal layer comprises Invar.
13. The article according to claim 11, further comprising a second metal layer bonded to said first metal layer.
14. The article according to claim 13, wherein said second metal layer is selected from the group consisting of nickel, aluminum, stainless steel, silver, gold or copper.
15. The article according to claim 11, wherein the first metal layer is approximately between 0.040-0.060 inches thick.
16. The article according to claim 11, wherein said substrate is cylindrically shaped.
17. The article according to claim 11, substrate is encompasses by said metal layer at least partially along its length.