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An oral care implement, comprising: a body comprising a handle, a head at an end of the handle, and at least one fluid outlet, the head having at least one oral care element extending therefrom; a reservoir in the body and for storing an oral care fluid; and a supply mechanism connected to the body, the supply mechanism comprising: a user-operable selector comprising a cam, and an actuator comprising a follower in contact with the cam, the actuator operable to cause the oral care fluid to flow from the reservoir towards the fluid outlet, and wherein the cam comprises a planar first surface in contact with a planar second surface of the follower, the first surface being parallel to the second surface; wherein the cam is movable relative to the body along a first axis to cause movement of the follower relative to the body along a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and thereby operate the actuator; wherein the second axis is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis (A-A) of the oral care implement; and wherein the selector defines a portion of a fluid passageway extending between the reservoir and the fluid outlet. a body comprising a handle, a head at an end of the handle, and at least one fluid outlet, the head having at least one oral care element extending therefrom; a reservoir in the body and for storing an oral care fluid; and a supply mechanism connected to the body, the supply mechanism comprising: a user-operable selector comprising a cam, and an actuator comprising a follower in contact with the cam, the actuator operable to cause the oral care fluid to flow from the reservoir towards the fluid outlet, and wherein the cam comprises a planar first surface in contact with a planar second surface of the follower, the first surface being parallel to the second surface; wherein the cam is movable relative to the body along a first axis to cause movement of the follower relative to the body along a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and thereby operate the actuator; a user-operable selector comprising a cam, and an actuator comprising a follower in contact with the cam, the actuator operable to cause the oral care fluid to flow from the reservoir towards the fluid outlet, and wherein the cam comprises a planar first surface in contact with a planar second surface of the follower, the first surface being parallel to the second surface; wherein the cam is movable relative to the body along a first axis to cause movement of the follower relative to the body along a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and thereby operate the actuator; wherein the second axis is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis (A-A) of the oral care implement; and wherein the selector defines a portion of a fluid passageway extending between the reservoir and the fluid outlet.
A method of transferring a single metal atom from a first location to a second location on the surface of a metal oxide, the method comprising: (a) obtaining a material having metal atoms deposited on the surface of a metal oxide, wherein a first metal atom is deposited on a first oxygen atom vacancy of the metal oxide; and (b) transferring the first metal atom on the first oxygen atom vacancy to a second location on the metal oxide by applying a voltage to the first metal atom, wherein the second location is a second metal atom on a second oxygen atom vacancy of the metal oxide, and wherein the first and second metal atoms form a first metal atom-second metal atom species, or wherein the second location is a metal atom of the metal oxide, and wherein the first metal atom and the metal atom of the metal oxide forms a first metal atom-metal atom of the metal oxide species. (a) obtaining a material having metal atoms deposited on the surface of a metal oxide, wherein a first metal atom is deposited on a first oxygen atom vacancy of the metal oxide; and (b) transferring the first metal atom on the first oxygen atom vacancy to a second location on the metal oxide by applying a voltage to the first metal atom,
An aerosol generator, comprising: (a) a fluid passage arranged between a first and a second layer, wherein the first and second layers at least partially define the fluid passage; (b) a fluid supply arranged to provide a fluid in liquid phase to the fluid passage; (c) a heater arranged to volatilize the fluid in the fluid passage; and (d) an outlet, in which the fluid passage is arranged between the first and the second layer, and in that the outlet is arranged to receive the volatilized fluid and direct the volatilized fluid out of the fluid passage, characterised in that a third layer defining a void space is arranged between the first and second layers, whereby the fluid passage is defined by the first and second layers and the void space in the third layer. (a) a fluid passage arranged between a first and a second layer, wherein the first and second layers at least partially define the fluid passage; (b) a fluid supply arranged to provide a fluid in liquid phase to the fluid passage; (c) a heater arranged to volatilize the fluid in the fluid passage; and (d) an outlet,
A preparation method, comprising: housing a plurality of vials in a temperature-controlled environment, which is a lyophilisation apparatus in which the condenser is disabled, wherein the plurality of vials each have a volume of a liquid or frozen substance therein and each defines an unfilled volume therein, each vial having a stopper partially inserted into an opening of the vial so that gas can transfer between the unfilled volume and an external volume; applying a vacuum to the environment to reduce pressure in the environment and in the unfilled volume of each vial to a first pressure level; venting an inert gas into the environment to raise the pressure in the environment and in the unfilled volume of each vial to a second pressure level; allowing the vials to rest in the environment at the second pressure level for a predetermined period; repeating the applying, venting and allowing at least once; and fully inserting the stopper into each opening to seal each vial after the repeating. housing a plurality of vials in a temperature-controlled environment, which is a lyophilisation apparatus in which the condenser is disabled, wherein the plurality of vials each have a volume of a liquid or frozen substance therein and each defines an unfilled volume therein, each vial having a stopper partially inserted into an opening of the vial so that gas can transfer between the unfilled volume and an external volume; applying a vacuum to the environment to reduce pressure in the environment and in the unfilled volume of each vial to a first pressure level; venting an inert gas into the environment to raise the pressure in the environment and in the unfilled volume of each vial to a second pressure level; allowing the vials to rest in the environment at the second pressure level for a predetermined period; repeating the applying, venting and allowing at least once; and fully inserting the stopper into each opening to seal each vial after the repeating.
Hot runner device, which comprises at least one needle valve nozzle and a shut-off needle which is movable with a moving means in the needle valve nozzle, as well as an overload protection device for the shut-off needle, characterized in that the overload protection device is realized as follows: the shut-off needle is connected to the moving means in at least one first direction of movement directly or indirectly by at least one frictional connection which is releasable when exceeding a limit force.
An operating mechanism for a Bowden cable, comprising a support bracket, an operating lever, a hub mounted on the support bracket for rotation about a first axis by the operating lever, a transmission lever connectable to the Bowden cable and mounted on the support bracket for pivoting about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, and an actuating arm connected at one end to the hub and connected at its end remote from the hub by a sliding ball and socket joint to the transmission lever so that rotation of the hub about said first axis causes rotation of the transmission lever about the second axis to extend and retract the Bowden cable, wherein said sliding ball and socket joint comprises a ball retained in a spherical socket in said actuating arm, and a pin slidably received in a bore in said ball representing a sliding axis of said joint, which pin extends in a direction of the sliding axis of said joint and being firmly connected to the transmission lever, wherein said ball is retained within a spherical socket defined by a sleeve, wherein said sleeve is retained within the end of the actuating arm by a screw, and wherein said sliding axis of the ball and socket joint is inclined relative to both the first axis and the second axis, wherein the operating lever is pivotable relative to the hub about an axis perpendicular to the first and second axes only when the hub is in a neutral position in order to engage the operating lever in a neutral locating recess defined by the support bracket for locking said operating lever in said neutral position.
A method for distributing feed over a plurality of separate feeding locations using a feed delivery device, comprising the following steps: a) determining which feeding locations (10a-10f) have a feed requirement; b) selecting a first feeding location among the feeding locations having a feed requirement; c) determining a feed composition for the feed to be delivered to the first feeding location and determining a first feed amount of said feed to be delivered to the first feeding location; characterised in that the method further comprises: d) determining which further feeding locations (10a, 10b, 10d) having a feed requirement require the same feed composition as the first feeding location; e) selecting at least one further feeding location and determining a further amount of said feed to be delivered to said further feeding location; f) filling the feed delivery device with an amount of the determined feed composition; g) distributing the filled amount of feed in the feed delivery device over the selected feeding locations, wherein the amount of feed from the filled amount which is distributed to a selected feeding location is dependent on the ratio between the amount of feed to be delivered to said selected feeding location and the sum of the amounts of feed to be delivered to all selected feeding locations times the filled amount. a) determining which feeding locations (10a-10f) have a feed requirement; b) selecting a first feeding location among the feeding locations having a feed requirement; c) determining a feed composition for the feed to be delivered to the first feeding location and determining a first feed amount of said feed to be delivered to the first feeding location; characterised in that the method further comprises: d) determining which further feeding locations (10a, 10b, 10d) having a feed requirement require the same feed composition as the first feeding location; e) selecting at least one further feeding location and determining a further amount of said feed to be delivered to said further feeding location; f) filling the feed delivery device with an amount of the determined feed composition; g) distributing the filled amount of feed in the feed delivery device over the selected feeding locations, wherein the amount of feed from the filled amount which is distributed to a selected feeding location is dependent on the ratio between the amount of feed to be delivered to said selected feeding location and the sum of the amounts of feed to be delivered to all selected feeding locations times the filled amount.
A method for managing carrier information in a multi-carrier system, the method comprising: when an activated carrier of a User Equipment, UE, is changed, a base station, NodeB, informing a Radio Network Controller, RNC, of change information of the activated carrier of the UE, characterized in that the NodeB triggers the resource re-allocation by sending a radio link parameter update message or a multi cell information update message including the change information of the activated carrier of the UE to the RNC, wherein the change information of the activated carrier of the UE comprises: a high speed dedicated physical control change indication cell with a value of 1SF128, 1SF256 or 2SF256, wherein, the value of 1SF128 represents an HS-DPCCH with a spreading factor of 128, the value of 1SF256 represents an HS-DPCCH with a spreading factor of 256 and the value of 2SF256 represents two HS-DPCCHs with a spreading factor of 256. when an activated carrier of a User Equipment, UE, is changed, a base station, NodeB, informing a Radio Network Controller, RNC, of change information of the activated carrier of the UE,
A method of performing a communication by an apparatus in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: performing, every N time units, wherein N > 1, a procedure for receiving a downlink control information, DCI, for a unlicensed frequency band, wherein the DCI includes information related with channel occupancy of the unlicensed frequency band; and performing the communication in a contiguous time period of the unlicensed frequency band, based on the DCI, wherein the information indicates whether the unlicensed frequency band is available during the contiguous time period. performing, every N time units, wherein N > 1, a procedure for receiving a downlink control information, DCI, for a unlicensed frequency band, wherein the DCI includes information related with channel occupancy of the unlicensed frequency band; and performing the communication in a contiguous time period of the unlicensed frequency band, based on the DCI, wherein the information indicates whether the unlicensed frequency band is available during the contiguous time period.
Device for collating flat objects, in particular printed products, and for conveying the collated objects further, which device comprises a plurality of feeding units for feeding the objects, a plurality of compartments circulating on a circuit for collating the fed objects, means for conveying the compartments along the circuit and for the substantially continuous conveyance at least through a feeding region of the circuit as well as an extraction means for removal of the collated objects out of the compartments in an extraction region of the circuit, wherein outlets of the feeding units in the feeding region are arranged successively in a line and the circuit of the compartments runs in parallel to the named line in the feeding region, characterized in that the compartments comprise compartment bases for the lying stacking of the objects and a transverse wall and are coupled to the means for conveying, such that the compartment bases at least in the feeding region are inclined in conveying direction and are conveyable in a manner arranged with the transverse wall in transverse to the circuit and such that the compartments are rotatable in relation to the circuit around substantially horizontal and/or around a substantially vertical rotation axis.
A shielding material for shielding radioactive ray consisting of: water; a cementing material; a fine aggregate consisting of a borosilicate glass powder and a barite sand, wherein a content of boron element in the borosilicate glass powder accounts for 0.5% to 1 % of the total weight of the shielding material; a coarse aggregate consisting of a barite, and an additive, wherein a content of barium sulfate in the barite sand and the barite accounts for 71 % to 75% of the total weight of the shielding material, a sum of contents of all the components is 100% total weight of the shielding material. water; a cementing material; a fine aggregate consisting of a borosilicate glass powder and a barite sand, wherein a content of boron element in the borosilicate glass powder accounts for 0.5% to 1 % of the total weight of the shielding material; a coarse aggregate consisting of a barite, and an additive, wherein a content of barium sulfate in the barite sand and the barite accounts for 71 % to 75% of the total weight of the shielding material, a sum of contents of all the components is 100% total weight of the shielding material.
A wireless transmission method for controlling a plurality of actuators in a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of: providing a commanding node and a plurality of sub-networks, each of the sub-networks including at least one responding node (552a-j), which provides operation of an actuator; assigning time slots to the sub-networks such that time slots assigned to each said sub-network are interleaved in time with time slots assigned to at least one other said sub-network; and sending command packets from the commanding node to the sub-networks; characterized by the steps of within each said time slot, transmitting at least one acknowledgement packet from the at least one responding node (552a-j) before a command packet is sent from the commanding node within the time slot, each said at least one acknowledgement packet indicating: whether a most recent command packet from the commanding node was correctly received by the responding node (552a-j); and a status of an action by the responding node (552a-j), when providing the actuator operation, in response to the most recent command packet from the commanding node. providing a commanding node and a plurality of sub-networks, each of the sub-networks including at least one responding node (552a-j), which provides operation of an actuator; assigning time slots to the sub-networks such that time slots assigned to each said sub-network are interleaved in time with time slots assigned to at least one other said sub-network; and sending command packets from the commanding node to the sub-networks; characterized by the steps of within each said time slot, transmitting at least one acknowledgement packet from the at least one responding node (552a-j) before a command packet is sent from the commanding node within the time slot, each said at least one acknowledgement packet indicating: whether a most recent command packet from the commanding node was correctly received by the responding node (552a-j); and a status of an action by the responding node (552a-j), when providing the actuator operation, in response to the most whether a most recent command packet from the commanding node was correctly received by the responding node (552a-j); and a status of an action by the responding node (552a-j), when providing the actuator operation, in response to the most recent command packet from the commanding node.
A method of communicating between a server and a target node device (10 2) operating in a network of operatively interconnected node devices, each node device comprising a first communication interface and a second communication interface, wherein said first communication interface is arranged for direct uplink and downlink wireless message exchange via a wireless communication system between said server and a node device, and said second communication interface is arranged for inter-node device communication between node devices in said network, wherein said server is arranged for keeping a record of a last message exchanged with each node device, said method comprising the steps of: - determining, by said server, prior to communicating with said target node device (10 2), a current communication status of said target node device (10 2), based on said last message exchanged with said target node device (10 2); - communicating, by said server, with said target node device (10 2), via said first communication interface of said target node device (10 2), if said determined communication status of said target node device (10 2) indicates availability for data exchange via said first communication interface, and - communicating, by said server, with said target node device (10 2), via at least one other node device of said network selected by said server, if said determined communication status of said target node device (10 2) indicates non-availability for data exchange via said first communication interface; wherein said communication status of said target node device (10 2) is determined by said server to be non-availability for data exchange via said first communication interface when said last exchanged message with said target node device (10 2) is exchanged at a point in time prior to a predetermined time period from determining said communication status by said server. - determining, by said server, prior to communicating with said target node device (10 2), a current communication status of said target node device (10 2), based on said last message exchanged with said target node device (10 2); - communicating, by said server, with said target node device (10 2), via said first communication interface of said target node device (10 2), if said determined communication status of said target node device (10 2) indicates availability for data exchange via said first communication interface, and - communicating, by said server, with said target node device (10 2), via at least one other node device of said network selected by said server, if said determined communication status of said target node device (10 2) indicates non-availability for data exchange via said first communication interface;
An apparatus for delivering a medium at an adjustable temperature, said apparatus comprising a pump, a hose, of which one end is connected to the pump, and of which the other end is provided for delivery of the medium, a heating element, which is provided along a portion of the hose in such a way that the medium flowing through the hose is heated, wherein a thermal resistance is present between the heating element and the medium, and a circuit for adjusting the temperature of the heating element, a resistance detection device, which is connected to the heating element and is designed to detect the resistance of the heating element, a power detection device, which is connected to the heating element so as to detect the fed electrical power, characterized by a regulation device, which is designed to establish the temperature of the medium on the basis of the values established by the resistance detection device and the power detection device and, under consideration of the thermal resistance of the system, to adjust the temperature of the heating element according to said established temperature of the medium.
A composition comprising a compound of formula: (formula I; suplatast tosilate), or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, for use in a method of treating cough associated with interstitial lung disease.