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A smoking article comprising: a column comprising a smokable tobacco; a paper wrapper surrounding the column of the smokable tobacco, the paper wrapper comprising cellulose fibers and filler particles, the paper wrapper including a first surface and a second and opposite surface, the paper wrapper being positioned so that the second surface faces the column of the smokable tobacco, and at least one treated area located on the first surface of the paper wrapper, the treated area comprising an ignition reducing composition, the ignition reducing composition containing a film forming material, the treated area reducing the ignition proclivity characteristics of the smoking article, characterized in that the filler particles form a concentration gradient over a thickness of the paper wrapper such that a greater concentration of filler particles is present at the first surface in comparison to the concentration of filler particles at the second surface, the first surface being smoother than the second surface. a column comprising a smokable tobacco; a paper wrapper surrounding the column of the smokable tobacco, the paper wrapper comprising cellulose fibers and filler particles, the paper wrapper including a first surface and a second and opposite surface, the paper wrapper being positioned so that the second surface faces the column of the smokable tobacco, and at least one treated area located on the first surface of the paper wrapper, the treated area comprising an ignition reducing composition, the ignition reducing composition containing a film forming material, the treated area reducing the ignition proclivity characteristics of the smoking article, characterized in that the filler particles form a concentration gradient over a thickness of the paper wrapper such that a greater concentration of filler particles is present at the first surface in comparison to the concentration of filler particles at the second surface, the first surface being smoother than the second surface.
Minicomputer, in particular a smart watch or smart device, comprising a processor and a display unit and a communication unit and including a haptic operating device, the haptic operating device comprising a rotatable rotating unit and a controllable transmission apparatus so that the resistance to rotation is dynamically variable as the rotating unit (202, 301) rotates, the transmission apparatus comprising at least two components (2, 3) provided for coupling, the coupling intensity of which can be influenced, wherein a magnetorheological medium having magnetically polarizing particles which can be influenced by a magnetic field is disposed in a duct for influencing the coupling intensity between the components (2, 3) provided for coupling, and wherein at least one magnetic field generating device is provided for generating at least one magnetic field so as to influence the magnetorheological medium by means of the magnetic field, wherein a main body is coupled with one of the two components (2, 3) and the rotating unit (202, 301), with the other of the two components (3, 2), wherein at least one rotatable transmission member is provided in the duct as a magnetic field concentrator, wherein the rotatable transmission member is caused to rotate by way of rotational movement of at least one of the components (2, 3) provided for coupling, characterized in that the main body comprises a base plate and a takeup housing and wherein the takeup housing rotatably accommodates a shaft and wherein the magnetorheological medium is accommodated between the main body and the shaft, and that in a radially inwardly region a circulating ring which is non-rotatably connected with the shaft and separated therefrom by an axial gap follows the takeup housing, and that the takeup housing and the circulating ring are made of a material whose magnetic conductivity is better than that of the base plate.
An ice maker comprising: an upper tray having at least one upper chamber, wherein the at least one upper chamber has an upper opening at the upper side of the upper tray; a lower tray having at least one lower chamber, wherein one upper chamber and one lower chamber form an ice chamber; a lower support configured to support the lower tray; a lower heater mounted on the lower support and in contact with the lower tray to provide heat to the lower chamber; and a control unit configured to control an output of the lower heater in an ice making process so that bubbles included in water in the ice chamber are gathered in a lowermost section of the ice chamber in the ice making process. an upper tray having at least one upper chamber, wherein the at least one upper chamber has an upper opening at the upper side of the upper tray; a lower tray having at least one lower chamber, wherein one upper chamber and one lower chamber form an ice chamber; a lower support configured to support the lower tray; a lower heater mounted on the lower support and in contact with the lower tray to provide heat to the lower chamber; and a control unit configured to control an output of the lower heater in an ice making process so that bubbles included in water in the ice chamber are gathered in a lowermost section of the ice chamber in the ice making process.
An apparatus for fining molten glass, comprising: an objective having a laterally outer extremity, where a molten metal stream flows from an opening in the objective and over the objective, and separates from the objective at a molten metal separation location that is inboard of the extremity; and a molten metal receptacle disposed below the objective and configured to receive the molten metal stream, wherein a molten glass stream flows downwardly toward the objective and over the molten metal stream, and wherein the molten glass stream separates from the molten metal stream at a molten glass separation location that is laterally outboard of the molten metal separation location and flows into a molten glass receptacle. an objective having a laterally outer extremity, where a molten metal stream flows from an opening in the objective and over the objective, and separates from the objective at a molten metal separation location that is inboard of the extremity; and a molten metal receptacle disposed below the objective and configured to receive the molten metal stream, wherein a molten glass stream flows downwardly toward the objective and over the molten metal stream, and wherein the molten glass stream separates from the molten metal stream at a molten glass separation location that is laterally outboard of the molten metal separation location and flows into a molten glass receptacle.
An apparatus for use in determining a plurality of characteristics of a multiphase flow within a pipe, the apparatus comprising: a first constriction; a second constriction; a zone between the first constriction and the second constriction; a sensing device coupled to an interior wall of the pipe, wherein a first characteristic of the plurality of characteristics is determinable from data generated by the sensing device; and a device coupled to the interior wall of the pipe and located within the zone between the first constriction and the second constriction, wherein a second characteristic of the plurality of characteristics is determinable from data generated by the device; and wherein the zone between the first constriction and the second constriction comprises: a conical section expanding from the first constriction; and a cylindrical section extending from the conical section, wherein a diameter of the cylindrical section is greater that a diameter of the pipe outside the zone between the first constriction and the second construction. a first constriction; a second constriction; a zone between the first constriction and the second constriction; a sensing device coupled to an interior wall of the pipe, wherein a first characteristic of the plurality of characteristics is determinable from data generated by the sensing device; and a device coupled to the interior wall of the pipe and located within the zone between the first constriction and the second constriction, wherein a second characteristic of the plurality of characteristics is determinable from data generated by the device; and wherein the zone between the first constriction and the second constriction comprises: a conical section expanding from the first constriction; and a cylindrical section extending from the conical section, a conical section expanding from the first constriction; and a cylindrical section extending from the conical section, wherein a diameter of the cylindrical section is greater that a diameter of the pipe outside the zone between the first constriction and the second construction.
A data processing method, comprising: obtaining (201; 301; 401), by a network device, target information of a target beam or a target cell, wherein the target information comprises a transmission delay difference, the transmission delay difference is a difference between communication round trip delays respectively corresponding to a first location and a second location, the first location is a location corresponding to a reference point in a coverage region of the target beam or the target cell, and the second location is a location farthest from the network device in the coverage region of the target beam or the target cell; determining (202; 302; 402), by the network device based on the transmission delay difference in the target information, a first preamble format required for a random access preamble corresponding to the target beam or the target cell; determining (203; 303; 403), by the network device, first configuration information of a random access occasion from one or more types of configuration information based on the first preamble format, wherein the first configuration information is used to indicate the first preamble format and a first set of random access occasions comprised in a random access period, and an interval between random access occasions comprised in the first set is greater than or equal to a preamble length corresponding to the first preamble format; and generating (204; 304; 404), by the network device, a corresponding first configuration index based on the first configuration information. obtaining (201; 301; 401), by a network device, target information of a target beam or a target cell, wherein the target information comprises a transmission delay difference, the transmission delay difference is a difference between communication round trip delays respectively corresponding to a first location and a second location, the first location is a location corresponding to a reference point in a coverage region of the target beam or the target cell, and the second location is a location farthest from the network device in the coverage region of the target beam or the target cell; determining (202; 302; 402), by the network device based on the transmission delay difference in the target information, a first preamble format required for a random access preamble corresponding to the target beam or the target cell; determining (203; 303; 403), by the network device, first configuration information of a random access occasion from one or more types of configuration information based on the first preamble format, wherein the first configuration information is used to indicate the first preamble format and a first set of random access occasions comprised in a random access period, and an interval between random access occasions comprised in the first set is greater than or equal to a preamble length corresponding to the first preamble format; and generating (204; 304; 404), by the network device, a corresponding first configuration index based on the first configuration information.
An immunomodulator composition, wherein the immunomodulator composition comprises: a. a cationic liposome delivery vehicle comprising [1-[2-[9- -octadecenoyloxy]ethyl]-2- -heptadecenyl]-3-[2-hydroxyethyl]imidazolium chloride (DOTIM) and cholesterol; and b. a nucleic acid molecule, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is an isolated bacterially-derived non-coding DNA plasmid vector without a gene insert, for use in the treatment of bovine respiratory disease caused by Mannheimia haemolytica in cattle. a. a cationic liposome delivery vehicle comprising [1-[2-[9- -octadecenoyloxy]ethyl]-2- -heptadecenyl]-3-[2-hydroxyethyl]imidazolium chloride (DOTIM) and cholesterol; and b. a nucleic acid molecule, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is an isolated bacterially-derived non-coding DNA plasmid vector without a gene insert, for use in the treatment of bovine respiratory disease caused by Mannheimia haemolytica in cattle.
Soil-tilling device having an assembly of wing-share cultivator tines that are arranged on a frame of the device in three rows following each other in the longitudinal direction and extending over the working width of the device, wherein a graduation of the cultivator tines of the sequential rows on one side of the longitudinal central axis of the soil-tilling device is to one side, and on the other side of the longitudinal central axis to the opposing side, and the graduation on the sequential beams is in each case one third of the lateral distance of the cultivator tines on the same beam, respectively, characterized in that either in the first or in the last row all the cultivator tines of this row have equal distances between each other, that the graduation is starting from said row towards the central axis of the device, that, in the middle row, two cultivator tines are arranged between the two middle cultivator tines of the first and last row, which in each case are both spaced from each other by a third of the mutual lateral distance of the cultivator tines in the first and the last row, as well as arranged offset from the two middle cultivator tines of the first and last row towards the longitudinal central axis, and that one of these two cultivator tines of the middle row is arranged towards the front, and the other one towards the back, with respect to the middle row, in each case with an offset of about a third of the mutual distance of the three rows in the longitudinal direction of the soil-tilling device.
A dual-edge modulation controller, comprising: a first ramp circuit which provides a leading-edge ramp signal synchronous with a clock signal; an error amplifier which compares a feedback signal with a reference signal and which provides a compensation signal indicative thereof; a first comparator which compares said leading-edge ramp signal with said compensation signal and which asserts a set signal indicative thereof; a second ramp circuit which provides a trailing-edge ramp signal that begins ramping when said set signal is asserted; a second comparator which compares said trailing-edge ramp signal with said compensation signal and which asserts a reset signal indicative thereof; and pulse control logic which asserts a pulse-width modulation (PWMN) signal when said set signal is asserted and de-asserts said PWM signal when said reset signal is asserted. a first ramp circuit which provides a leading-edge ramp signal synchronous with a clock signal; an error amplifier which compares a feedback signal with a reference signal and which provides a compensation signal indicative thereof; a first comparator which compares said leading-edge ramp signal with said compensation signal and which asserts a set signal indicative thereof; a second ramp circuit which provides a trailing-edge ramp signal that begins ramping when said set signal is asserted; a second comparator which compares said trailing-edge ramp signal with said compensation signal and which asserts a reset signal indicative thereof; and pulse control logic which asserts a pulse-width modulation (PWMN) signal when said set signal is asserted and de-asserts said PWM signal when said reset signal is asserted.
Multiple access method to a frequency band of a communication channel of a communication network with carrier sensing and collision avoidance, said frequency band being broken down into a set of sub-bands (SBO, SB1,..., SBi,..., SBn) of the communication channel, each sub-band comprising a set of sub-carriers, characterised in that it comprises at a source node: after it has been detected that the communication channel is available, the transmission to a destination node of several request to send messages on all the sub-bands of the communication channel (RTS NS0, RTS NS1, RTS NS2), each of said messages being sent on a sub-band of the communication channel, after reception of a clear to send message on the communication channel by the source node, the transmission of data to the destination node on all the sub-bands of the communication channel. after it has been detected that the communication channel is available, the transmission to a destination node of several request to send messages on all the sub-bands of the communication channel (RTS NS0, RTS NS1, RTS NS2), each of said messages being sent on a sub-band of the communication channel, after reception of a clear to send message on the communication channel by the source node, the transmission of data to the destination node on all the sub-bands of the communication channel.
Set of moulding elements designed to be inserted into a mould for moulding a tyre, said set of moulding elements comprising: - at least one first moulding element and one second moulding element, each moulding element (1, 2) extending in a main moulding-element direction between two ends of said moulding element; - and an assembly means designed for joining one of the ends of the first moulding element to one of the ends of the second moulding element by insertion into at least one notch provided in the assembly means, said assembly means extending along a main assembly-means axis, - the main assembly-means axis being substantially perpendicular to the main moulding-element axis, - characterized in that the height of the assembly means is at least equal to 30% of the height of the moulding element (1, 2), and preferably at least 50% of the height of the moulding element. - at least one first moulding element and one second moulding element, each moulding element (1, 2) extending in a main moulding-element direction between two ends of said moulding element; - and an assembly means designed for joining one of the ends of the first moulding element to one of the ends of the second moulding element by insertion into at least one notch provided in the assembly means, said assembly means extending along a main assembly-means axis, - the main assembly-means axis being substantially perpendicular to the main moulding-element axis, - characterized in that the height of the assembly means is at least equal to 30% of the height of the moulding element (1, 2), and preferably at least 50% of the height of the moulding element.
A method for adaptively controlling use of receiver diversity by a wireless communication device, the method comprising: determining an active data traffic pattern; defining a physical layer metric threshold based at least in part on a physical layer channel quality needed to support the active data traffic pattern; defining an application layer metric threshold based at least in part on an application layer quality of service, QoS, needed to support an active application that generates at least in part the active data traffic pattern; comparing a measured physical layer channel quality to the physical layer metric threshold; comparing an application layer measurement to the application layer metric threshold; disabling receiver diversity in an instance in which the measured physical layer channel quality metric satisfies the physical layer metric threshold and the application layer measurement satisfies the application layer metric threshold; and enabling receiver diversity in an instance in which the application layer measurement does not satisfy the application layer metric threshold. determining an active data traffic pattern; defining a physical layer metric threshold based at least in part on a physical layer channel quality needed to support the active data traffic pattern; defining an application layer metric threshold based at least in part on an application layer quality of service, QoS, needed to support an active application that generates at least in part the active data traffic pattern; comparing a measured physical layer channel quality to the physical layer metric threshold; comparing an application layer measurement to the application layer metric threshold; disabling receiver diversity in an instance in which the measured physical layer channel quality metric satisfies the physical layer metric threshold and the application layer measurement satisfies the application layer metric threshold; and enabling receiver diversity in an instance in which the application layer measurement does not satisfy the application layer metric threshold.
A service transfer apparatus, comprising: an acquiring unit, configured to acquire first information that is used to instruct the apparatus to perform service transfer to a wireless local area network, WLAN, access point; a processing unit, configured to perform service transfer to a target WLAN access point according to the first information acquired by the acquiring unit; and a sending unit, configured to send a service transfer result to a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, access point that serves the apparatus, wherein when the service transfer fails, the service transfer result comprises a cause of service transfer failure to the target WLAN access point; and when the service transfer succeeds, the service transfer result comprises an identity of the target WLAN access point that is selected by the processing unit. an acquiring unit, configured to acquire first information that is used to instruct the apparatus to perform service transfer to a wireless local area network, WLAN, access point; a processing unit, configured to perform service transfer to a target WLAN access point according to the first information acquired by the acquiring unit; and a sending unit, configured to send a service transfer result to a 3rd Generation Partnership Project, 3GPP, access point that serves the apparatus, wherein when the service transfer fails, the service transfer result comprises a cause of service transfer failure to the target WLAN access point; and when the service transfer succeeds, the service transfer result comprises an identity of the target WLAN access point that is selected by the processing unit.