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A mouthpiece attachable to a rod portion of a smoking article, the mouthpiece comprising an elongate cylindrical element formed from plastic as a hollow tube arranged to be inserted into a corresponding recess of the smoking article rod portion by a user; wherein the cylindrical element comprises an outer surface having at least one raised area, and the at least one raised area is arranged to engage with an inner surface of the recess to provide a resistance to the movement of the cylindrical element within the recess, and wherein the at least one raised area is arranged to provide a lower resistance to movement of the cylindrical element into the recess than out of the recess, wherein the at least one raised area is embossed in an outer surface of the cylindrical element. wherein the cylindrical element comprises an outer surface having at least one raised area, and the at least one raised area is arranged to engage with an inner surface of the recess to provide a resistance to the movement of the cylindrical element within the recess, and wherein the at least one raised area is arranged to provide a lower resistance to movement of the cylindrical element into the recess than out of the recess, wherein the at least one raised area is embossed in an outer surface of the cylindrical element.
A method for manufacturing a security element, the method comprising the steps of: forming a first layer from a transparent material, forming a holographic surface structure on the first layer, metallization of the first layer to form a first metal layer, forming a second layer from a radiation-sensitive polymer on the first metal layer, forming a holographic surface structure on the second layer, metallization of the second layer to form the second metal layer, forming a pattern of a coating on the second metal layer, said pattern comprising regions covered by the coating and regions uncovered by the coating, removal of the metal in regions of the second metal layer which are uncovered by the coating by a process of de-metallization, exposing the de-metallized regions of the second layer to light or radiation, so as to transfer the radiation-sensitive polymer in the de-metallized regions into a soluble state and removing the soluble radiation-sensitive polymer, removal of the metal in regions of the first metal layer, which are not covered by the second layer, by a process of de-metallization. forming a first layer from a transparent material, forming a holographic surface structure on the first layer, metallization of the first layer to form a first metal layer, forming a second layer from a radiation-sensitive polymer on the first metal layer, forming a holographic surface structure on the second layer, metallization of the second layer to form the second metal layer, forming a pattern of a coating on the second metal layer, said pattern comprising regions covered by the coating and regions uncovered by the coating, removal of the metal in regions of the second metal layer which are uncovered by the coating by a process of de-metallization, exposing the de-metallized regions of the second layer to light or radiation, so as to transfer the radiation-sensitive polymer in the de-metallized regions into a soluble state and removing the soluble radiation-sensitive polymer, removal of the metal in regions of the first metal layer, which are not covered by the second layer, by a process of de-metallization.
A compound for use in the reduction of retinal edema, ophthalmic angiogenesis or choroidal neovascularization in the treatment of a subject with an ophthalmic disease or disorder selected from the group consisting of diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, age related macular degeneration, chronic macular edema, retinal vein occlusions, wherein: the compound has an effective amount of a general stereochemical formula 12 or 13, wherein R is hydrogen, straight chained C 1-16 alkyl, or a salt -M, wherein M is a cation selected from the group consisting of ammonium, tetra-alkyl ammonium, sodium, potassium, magnesium and zinc.
A method for preparing at least one ester polyol ester, the method comprising esterifying an ester polyol reaction mixture to produce ester polyol, the reaction mixture comprising an ozone acid mixture and at least one primary polyol, wherein the ozone acid mixture comprises at least one dicarboxylic acid and at least one monocarboxylic acid; and capping the ester polyol with at least one capping carboxylic acid to produce ester polyol ester.
Agricultural centrifugal spreader, wherein at least one radar sensor (6, 6.1, 6.2) for determining the distribution characteristic of the centrifugal spreader is arranged on the centrifugal spreader, wherein the radar sensor (6, 6.1, 6.2) is assigned to a first spreading disc (3.1, 3.2) of the centrifugal spreader, characterized in that a shielding apparatus is arranged at least in a possible visual axis between the radar sensor (6.1, 6.2) and a second spreading disc (3.2, 3.1) of the centrifugal spreader and/or the thrower blades thereof, and the shielding apparatus blocks one or more direct lines of sight between the radar sensor (6.1, 6.2) and the second spreading disc (3.2, 3.1) and/or blocks the thrower blade(s) of the second spreading disc (3.2, 3.1) such that no undesired backscatter of radar waves can take place at the second spreading disc (3.2, 3.1).
A double stranded RNA comprising annealed complementary strands, wherein at least one of said strands comprises a polyribonucleotide selected from the group consisting of: (i) polyribonucleotides complementary to at least 21 contiguous nucleotides of a target gene represented by any of SEQ ID NOs 23, 121 to 123, 157, 158, 230, 259, 503, 896, 1010, 1023 to 1025, 1040, 1061, 1113, 1437, 1677, (ii) polyribonucleotides complementary to at least 21 contiguous nucleotides of a target gene encoding the amino acid sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 24, 260, 897, and 1114, and (iii) polyribonucleotides having at least 85% sequence identity with the polyribonucleotides of (i) or (ii). (i) polyribonucleotides complementary to at least 21 contiguous nucleotides of a target gene represented by any of SEQ ID NOs 23, 121 to 123, 157, 158, 230, 259, 503, 896, 1010, 1023 to 1025, 1040, 1061, 1113, 1437, 1677, (ii) polyribonucleotides complementary to at least 21 contiguous nucleotides of a target gene encoding the amino acid sequence represented by any of SEQ ID NOs: 24, 260, 897, and 1114, and (iii) polyribonucleotides having at least 85% sequence identity with the polyribonucleotides of (i) or (ii).
A method of lubricating a driveline device comprising supplying a lubricating composition to the driveline device, wherein the driveline device contains a synchronizer or axle, and wherein the lubricating composition comprises: an oil of lubricating viscosity, 0.01 wt % to 2 wt % of a non-borated dispersant, 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % of a detergent, and an antiwear package comprising (a) an amide, ester or imide derivative of a hydroxycarboxylic acid, (b) an amine salt of a phosphoric acid ester, and (c) a phosphite having at least one hydrocarbyl group with 4 or more carbon atoms; wherein the amide, ester or imide derivative of a hydroxycarboxylic acid is present at 0.05 wt % to 1.5 wt % of the lubricating composition; the amine salt of a phosphoric acid ester is present at 0.1 wt % to 2.5 wt % of the lubricating composition; and the phosphite having at least one hydrocarbyl group with 4 or more carbon atoms is present at 0.05 wt % to 2.0 wt % of the lubricating composition. an oil of lubricating viscosity, 0.01 wt % to 2 wt % of a non-borated dispersant, 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % of a detergent, and an antiwear package comprising (a) an amide, ester or imide derivative of a hydroxycarboxylic acid, (b) an amine salt of a phosphoric acid ester, and (c) a phosphite having at least one hydrocarbyl group with 4 or more carbon atoms; wherein the amide, ester or imide derivative of a hydroxycarboxylic acid is present at 0.05 wt % to 1.5 wt % of the lubricating composition; the amine salt of a phosphoric acid ester is present at 0.1 wt % to 2.5 wt % of the lubricating composition; and the phosphite having at least one hydrocarbyl group with 4 or more carbon atoms is present at 0.05 wt % to 2.0 wt % of the lubricating composition. (a) an amide, ester or imide derivative of a hydroxycarboxylic acid, (b) an amine salt of a phosphoric acid ester, and (c) a phosphite having at least one hydrocarbyl group with 4 or more carbon atoms;
A method for manufacturing a composite comprising the steps of: - laying at least one reinforcement layer (2, 3, 4) onto the inner surface of a mould (6, 6a, 6b), - positioning a degradable membrane onto the outermost reinforcement layer of the at least one reinforcement layer (2, 3, 4), wherein the degradable membrane is made of a material having a lower air permeability than the at least one reinforcement layer, - applying suction between the inner surface of the mould (6, 6a, 6b) and the degradable membrane to press the at least one reinforcement layer (2, 3, 4) towards the inner surface of the mould (6, 6a, 6b), - covering the degradable membrane at least partly with at least one vacuum film, - generating a vacuum in the region between the vacuum film and the mould (6, 6a, 6b), - injecting resin into this region by means of vacuum, and - letting the resin cure, wherein the method comprises initiating a degradation of the degradable membrane by provoking a physical or chemical change of the membrane material after having generated a vacuum in the region between the vacuum film and the mould and before the resin has cured completely. - laying at least one reinforcement layer (2, 3, 4) onto the inner surface of a mould (6, 6a, 6b), - positioning a degradable membrane onto the outermost reinforcement layer of the at least one reinforcement layer (2, 3, 4), wherein the degradable membrane is made of a material having a lower air permeability than the at least one reinforcement layer, - applying suction between the inner surface of the mould (6, 6a, 6b) and the degradable membrane to press the at least one reinforcement layer (2, 3, 4) towards the inner surface of the mould (6, 6a, 6b), - covering the degradable membrane at least partly with at least one vacuum film, - generating a vacuum in the region between the vacuum film and the mould (6, 6a, 6b), - injecting resin into this region by means of vacuum, and - letting the resin cure, wherein the method comprises initiating a degradation of the degradable membrane by provoking a physical or chemical change of the membrane material after having generated a vacuum in the region between the vacuum film and the mould and before the resin has cured completely.
A communications device comprising: a plurality of In-phase, I, power amplifiers (84a-84b) configured to generate a plurality of I amplified signals; a plurality of Quadrature, Q, power amplifiers (83a-83b) configured to generate a plurality of Q amplified signals; an I controller coupled to said plurality of I power amplifiers and configured to selectively enable at least one of said plurality of I power amplifiers based upon at least a selected output power, and configured to control the plurality of I power amplifiers to modulate and mix an I carrier signal directly with an I digital baseband signal to generate the plurality of I amplified signals; a Q controller coupled to said plurality of Q power amplifiers and configured to selectively enable at least one of said plurality of Q power amplifiers based upon at least the selected output power, and configured to control the plurality of Q power amplifiers to modulate and mix a Q carrier signal directly with a Q digital baseband signal to generate the plurality of Q amplified signals; a power combiner configured to combine the plurality of I amplified signals and the plurality of Q amplified signals in a combined amplified signal; and an antenna coupled to said power combiner. a plurality of In-phase, I, power amplifiers (84a-84b) configured to generate a plurality of I amplified signals; a plurality of Quadrature, Q, power amplifiers (83a-83b) configured to generate a plurality of Q amplified signals; an I controller coupled to said plurality of I power amplifiers and configured to selectively enable at least one of said plurality of I power amplifiers based upon at least a selected output power, and configured to control the plurality of I power amplifiers to modulate and mix an I carrier signal directly with an I digital baseband signal to generate the plurality of I amplified signals; a Q controller coupled to said plurality of Q power amplifiers and configured to selectively enable at least one of said plurality of Q power amplifiers based upon at least the selected output power, and configured to control the plurality of Q power amplifiers to modulate and mix a Q carrier signal directly with a Q digital baseband signal to generate the plurality of Q amplified signals; a power combiner configured to combine the plurality of I amplified signals and the plurality of Q amplified signals in a combined amplified signal; and an antenna coupled to said power combiner.
Crosslinked organopolysiloxane, characterized in that it has organopolysiloxane units linked by building blocks of the formula -CH 2 -CH 2 - n O x y z -, where G = divalent organic radical, EO = (C 2 H 4 O) PO = (C 3 H 6 O) XO = (C 2 H 3 R 5 O) n = 1 to 16, x = 2 to 50, y = 0 to 50, z = 0 to 10, R 5 = independently of one another, identical or different radicals selected from the group comprising: alkyl radicals having 2 to 16 carbon atoms, which are optionally interrupted by ether functions, alkaryl radicals having 7 - 18 carbon atoms and aryl radicals having 6 to 16 carbon atoms, where the building blocks of the formula are directly linked to an Si atom at both linkage points. G = divalent organic radical, EO = (C 2 H 4 O) PO = (C 3 H 6 O) XO = (C 2 H 3 R 5 O) n = 1 to 16, x = 2 to 50, y = 0 to 50, z = 0 to 10, R 5 = independently of one another, identical or different radicals selected from the group comprising: alkyl radicals having 2 to 16 carbon atoms, which are optionally interrupted by ether functions, alkaryl radicals having 7 - 18 carbon atoms and aryl radicals having 6 to 16 carbon atoms,
A subtilisin variant comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 34, and comprising amino acid substitutions including D15K-D53R-N56K-S105K-D122H-D166N-D184S-P197K-E248Q-D255N-V274E, wherein the amino acid positions of the variant are numbered by correspondence with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said variant has protease activity, wherein said variant has improved cleaning performance when compared to a reference subtilisin comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 34, wherein said variant has a BMI, POM, and/or egg yolk with pigment swatch cleaning PI >1 wherein said cleaning performance in detergent is measured in accordance the cleaning performance in detergent assay of Example 1.
A caliper (1, 1a, 1b) for an opposed-piston disc brake, the caliper (1, 1a, 1b) comprising: a pair of bodies (3, 6, 7) provided at two sides of a rotor that rotates with a wheel, each of the pair of bodies including five cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b), characterized in that a central cylinder among the five cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b) provided on each of the pair of bodies (3, 6, 7), which is surrounded by four of the cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b), has a center which is located in a region on a radially inner side relative to an outer reference circle and on a radially outer side relative to an inner reference line, the outer reference circle passes through a center of a cylinder (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d) provided on a radially outermost side among the four of the cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b) and has a center thereof on a center of the rotor, and the inner reference line passes through centers of two of the cylinders (21a, 21b) provided on a radially inner side among the four of the cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b). a pair of bodies (3, 6, 7) provided at two sides of a rotor that rotates with a wheel, each of the pair of bodies including five cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b), characterized in that a central cylinder among the five cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b) provided on each of the pair of bodies (3, 6, 7), which is surrounded by four of the cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b), has a center which is located in a region on a radially inner side relative to an outer reference circle and on a radially outer side relative to an inner reference line, the outer reference circle passes through a center of a cylinder (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d) provided on a radially outermost side among the four of the cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b) and has a center thereof on a center of the rotor, and the inner reference line passes through centers of two of the cylinders (21a, 21b) provided on a radially inner side among the four of the cylinders (19, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d, 21a, 21b).
A computer-implemented method (200; 500) of identifying queries with the same semantics in a functional graph traversal language, the method comprising: obtaining a first query in the functional graph traversal language, the first query involving a directed edge (311, 312, 313, 321, 331) describing a neighboring relation between vertices (310, 320, 330, 340) in a graph; translating the first query to a second query in an extended Structured Query Language, the second query including a clause describing the directed edge (311, 312, 313, 321, 331); obtaining a third query in the functional graph traversal language; translating the third query to a fourth query in the extended SQL; determining whether the second query and the fourth query have the same execution plan; and in response to determining that the second query and the fourth query have a same execution plan, determining that the first query and the third query have same semantics. obtaining a first query in the functional graph traversal language, the first query involving a directed edge (311, 312, 313, 321, 331) describing a neighboring relation between vertices (310, 320, 330, 340) in a graph; translating the first query to a second query in an extended Structured Query Language, the second query including a clause describing the directed edge (311, 312, 313, 321, 331); obtaining a third query in the functional graph traversal language; translating the third query to a fourth query in the extended SQL; determining whether the second query and the fourth query have the same execution plan; and in response to determining that the second query and the fourth query have a same execution plan, determining that the first query and the third query have same semantics.
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to: receive identification information and a request for use of the information processing apparatus from a user terminal of a user; and transmit the identification information to a management device, wherein the management device authenticates the user and determines whether the user is allowed to use the information processing apparatus according to the identification information; in a case where the user is successfully authenticated by the management device and the user is not allowed to use the information processing apparatus indicated by the management device, acquire position information of the user from the user terminal; determine whether the user is present in a predetermined range from the information processing apparatus according to the position information; in a case where the user is determined present in the predetermined range from the information processing apparatus and the received identification information is not included in the group of users who can use the information processing apparatus, request the management device to allow the user to use the information processing apparatus. receive identification information and a request for use of the information processing apparatus from a user terminal of a user; and transmit the identification information to a management device, wherein the management device authenticates the user and determines whether the user is allowed to use the information processing apparatus according to the identification information; in a case where the user is successfully authenticated by the management device and the user is not allowed to use the information processing apparatus indicated by the management device, acquire position information of the user from the user terminal; determine whether the user is present in a predetermined range from the information processing apparatus according to the position information; in a case where the user is determined present in the predetermined range from the information processing apparatus and the received identification information is not included in the group of users who can use the information processing apparatus, request the management device to allow the user to use the information processing apparatus.
An alarm apparatus for detecting radiation and/or pollutants including smoke and carbon monoxide, the apparatus comprising: an alarm circuit including detection means for detecting said radiation and/or pollutants and an audible alarm emitting device; a power supply circuit (A, B), connectable to an external AC power supply, including a rectifier circuit configured to provide a DC power supply to said alarm circuit and means comprising a capacitance (10, 12) in the AC power supply line of said power supply circuit (A, B) to limit a current drawn from the AC power supply and supplied to said rectifier circuit; a controller configured to operate the power supply circuit (A, B) in a first mode of operation in which it supplies current to the alarm circuit at a first power level less than that required to energise the audible alarm emitting device and, in response to the detection of said radiation and/or pollutants, to operate the power supply in a second mode of operation wherein it supplies current to the alarm circuit at a second power level sufficient to energise the audible alarm emitting device, wherein the rectifier circuit comprises a capacitor connected to the rectified AC power supply line and the power supply circuit (A, B) includes means, controlled by the controller, for controlling a voltage charge on said capacitor wherein the capacitor is charged to a first voltage in the first mode of operation and wherein the capacitor is charged to a second, higher voltage to provide current to the alarm circuit at the second power level in the second mode of operation. an alarm circuit including detection means for detecting said radiation and/or pollutants and an audible alarm emitting device; a power supply circuit (A, B), connectable to an external AC power supply, including a rectifier circuit configured to provide a DC power supply to said alarm circuit and means comprising a capacitance (10, 12) in the AC power supply line of said power supply circuit (A, B) to limit a current drawn from the AC power supply and supplied to said rectifier circuit; a controller configured to operate the power supply circuit (A, B) in a first mode of operation in which it supplies current to the alarm circuit at a first power level less than that required to energise the audible alarm emitting device and, in response to the detection of said radiation and/or pollutants, to operate the power supply in a second mode of operation wherein it supplies current to the alarm circuit at a second power level sufficient to energise the audible alarm emitting device, wherein the rectifier circuit comprises a capacitor connected to the rectified AC power supply line and the power supply circuit (A, B) includes means, controlled by the controller, for controlling a voltage charge on said capacitor wherein the capacitor is charged to a first voltage in the first mode of operation and wherein the capacitor is charged to a second, higher voltage to provide current to the alarm circuit at the second power level in the second mode of operation.