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A rapid absorption modified release pharmaceutical composition for reducing postprandial glucose excursions in a normal subject or in a subject having an insulin-related disorder or dysglycemia, the pharmaceutical composition comprising one active agent containing layer comprising a dry blended mixture comprising: i) a therapeutically effective amount metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and ii) an amphipathic compound in monomeric form consisting of an amphipathic ionic compound in monomeric form having a net charge opposite to that of metformin or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts; wherein the metformin-containing layer is layered with an adhesive composition comprising an effective amount of a mucoadhesive agent for prolonging the residence time of the pharmaceutical composition in the mid- to lower gastro-intestinal tract of subject, wherein the adhesive composition is coated with an enteric polymer; wherein the metformin-containing layer further comprises an effective amount of cetyl alcohol and wherein the dry blended mixture comprises a sufficient amount of amphiphatic ionic compound such that upon contact with an aqueous fluid, the amphipathic ionic compound form a reverse micelle comprising the metformin or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts. i) a therapeutically effective amount metformin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and ii) an amphipathic compound in monomeric form consisting of an amphipathic ionic compound in monomeric form having a net charge opposite to that of metformin or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts;
A sheet processing apparatus, comprising: a housing section (120; 303) configured to accommodate a sheet (G; P); a conveyance mechanism (122; 305) configured to convey the sheet (G; P) accommodated in the housing section (120; 303) to a predetermined position (124; 307) at a downstream side of a sheet conveyance path (126; 330) in a sheet conveyance direction; a controller configured to control the conveyance mechanism to remove a needle-free binding section of a sheet bundle including, as an uppermost sheet, the sheet (G; P), if a conveyance jam of the sheet (G; P) occurs; and a document sensor (128, 332) configured to detect the sheet (G; P) moving along the document conveyance path (126, 330), wherein the conveyance mechanism (122; 305) comprises a second roller (132; 336) configured to convey the sheet (G; P) accommodated in the housing section (120; 303) towards the downstream side in the sheet conveyance direction, and a third roller (134; 338) arranged opposite to the second roller (132; 336) and forming a nip for sandwiching the sheet (G; P), the controller is configured to perform control to rotate the second roller (132; 336) and the third roller (134; 338) such that the second roller (132; 336) and the third roller (134; 338) rotate in the sheet conveyance direction at different rotation speeds from each other if the conveyance jam of the sheet (G; P) occurs in order to remove the needle-free binding section, wherein the controller is configured to determine if the conveyance jam of the sheet (G; P) occurs using a detection result of the document sensor (126, 330). a housing section (120; 303) configured to accommodate a sheet (G; P); a conveyance mechanism (122; 305) configured to convey the sheet (G; P) accommodated in the housing section (120; 303) to a predetermined position (124; 307) at a downstream side of a sheet conveyance path (126; 330) in a sheet conveyance direction; a controller configured to control the conveyance mechanism to remove a needle-free binding section of a sheet bundle including, as an uppermost sheet, the sheet (G; P), if a conveyance jam of the sheet (G; P) occurs; and a document sensor (128, 332) configured to detect the sheet (G; P) moving along the document conveyance path (126, 330),
A method comprising: at a device including one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, and one or more displays: displaying a bounded region based on a first set of world coordinates (X 1, Y 1, Z 1), wherein content within the bounded region includes a stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates (X 2, Y 2, Z 2); receiving an input directed to the content; and moving the content within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded region in accordance with the input, including: moving the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) within the perimeter of the first side of the bounded region in accordance with the input; and animating the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) in accordance with the second set of world coordinates (X 2, Y 2, Z 2), wherein animating the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) in accordance with the second set of world coordinates (X 2, Y 2, Z 2) includes: determining a distance of the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) from the perimeter of the first side of the bounded region based on the first set of world coordinates (X 1, Y 1, Z 1); and in accordance with a determination that the distance is within a threshold, retracting the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) into the first side of the bounded region, and occluding a portion of the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) by the perimeter of the first side of the bounded region. displaying a bounded region based on a first set of world coordinates (X 1, Y 1, Z 1), wherein content within the bounded region includes a stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) displayed in accordance with a second set of world coordinates (X 2, Y 2, Z 2); receiving an input directed to the content; and moving the content within a perimeter of a first side of the bounded region in accordance with the input, including: moving the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) within the perimeter of the first side of the bounded region in accordance with the input; and determining a distance of the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) from the perimeter of the first side of the bounded region based on the first set of world coordinates (X 1, Y 1, Z 1); and in accordance with a determination that the distance is within a threshold, retracting the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) into the first side of the bounded region, and occluding a portion of the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) by the perimeter of the first side of the bounded region. retracting the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) into the first side of the bounded region, and occluding a portion of the stereoscopic virtual object (512, 520) by the perimeter of the first side of the bounded region.
A hot forming die (1, 2) which is configured to press-form a heated steel plate and to cool the heated steel plate by ejecting a cooling medium onto the heated steel plate when the heated steel plate is held on the die, the hot forming die comprising: a main supply path configured to facilitate the cooling medium to pass there through, and a plurality of branch supply paths extending from the main supply path and including ejection ports which open at a forming surface of the die, and which are configured to eject the cooling medium, characterized in that the hot forming die further comprises a nozzle member removably fixed on the ejection port side of each of the branch supply paths and configured to restrict a passage amount of the cooling medium via a passage hole which facilitates the cooling medium to pass there through, wherein the distance between the end face on the ejection port side of the nozzle member and the forming surface of the die is not shorter than 0.05 mm and not longer than 50 mm, wherein the passage hole of the nozzle member opens into the ejection port and a cross-sectional area of the passage hole in the nozzle member is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the branch supply, and the nozzle member has a threaded part engaging with a threaded part formed in a region on the ejection port side of the branch supply paths. a main supply path configured to facilitate the cooling medium to pass there through, and a plurality of branch supply paths extending from the main supply path and including ejection ports which open at a forming surface of the die, and which are configured to eject the cooling medium, characterized in that the hot forming die further comprises a nozzle member removably fixed on the ejection port side of each of the branch supply paths and configured to restrict a passage amount of the cooling medium via a passage hole which facilitates the cooling medium to pass there through, wherein the distance between the end face on the ejection port side of the nozzle member and the forming surface of the die is not shorter than 0.05 mm and not longer than 50 mm, wherein the passage hole of the nozzle member opens into the ejection port and a cross-sectional area of the passage hole in the nozzle member is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the branch supply, and the nozzle member has a threaded part engaging with a threaded part formed in a region on the ejection port side of the branch supply paths.
An airflow control arrangement for a direct-drive wind-turbine with a generator comprising an outer rotor free to rotate about an inner stator, which airflow control arrangement comprises an outflow fan arranged to draw an exit airflow (AF_out) through an exit duct, which exit duct extends from an interior cavity of the stator to the exterior of the wind turbine; characterized in that it further comprises an exit outflow arrangement for guiding the exit airflow (AF_out) from the exit duct to the exterior of the wind turbine and/or back into the canopy interior, which exit outflow arrangement comprises a first hatch for regulating the exit airflow (AF_out) to the exterior of the wind turbine and a second hatch for regulating the exit airflow (AF_out) into the canopy interior or which exit outflow arrangement comprises a three-way hatch for regulating the exit airflow (AF_out) to the exterior of the wind turbine and/or into the canopy interior.
A propeller-type propulsion system for aircraft, having: - a propeller; - a plurality of electric motors, each comprising an output shaft; - a gearbox having an output shaft onto which the propeller is mechanically coupled, and having an input shaft onto which the plurality of electric motors is mechanically coupled, the input shaft being off-centre with respect to the output shaft; and in which all of the electric motors are mechanically coupled one after the other along the input shaft in such a way that the electric motors are entirely installed in a space, on the opposite side of the gearbox from the propeller, that is left free owing to the input shaft and the output shaft being off-centre with respect to one another, the electric motors being moreover arranged in such a way that: - their output shafts are parallel to the input shaft, each output shaft comprising a first gearwheel mechanically coupled to a second gearwheel on the input shaft, the first gearwheel and the second gearwheel being coplanar, or - their output shafts are perpendicular to the input shaft, each output shaft comprising a first conical gearwheel mechanically coupled to a second conical gearwheel on the input shaft, the first conical gearwheel and the second conical gearwheel therefore being in perpendicular respective planes. - a propeller; - a plurality of electric motors, each comprising an output shaft; - a gearbox having an output shaft onto which the propeller is mechanically coupled, and having an input shaft onto which the plurality of electric motors is mechanically coupled, the input shaft being off-centre with respect to the output shaft; - their output shafts are parallel to the input shaft, each output shaft comprising a first gearwheel mechanically coupled to a second gearwheel on the input shaft, the first gearwheel and the second gearwheel being coplanar, or - their output shafts are perpendicular to the input shaft, each output shaft comprising a first conical gearwheel mechanically coupled to a second conical gearwheel on the input shaft, the first conical gearwheel and the second conical gearwheel therefore being in perpendicular respective planes.
A urinary catheter assembly comprising a first outer package of a first material, the first material having a first water vapour transmission rate (WVTR) measured according to ASTM F1249 at 90 % RH and 38°C between 1 g/(m 2 ·24h) and 6 g/(m 2 ·24h), the first outer package contains a second inner package of a second material, the second material having a second water vapour transmission rate (WVTR) at 65% RH and 30°C below 3 g/(m 2 ·24h) said second water vapour transmission rate (WVTR) measured according to test method A, which comprises enclosing an amount of liquid in a test-package made of a test-material and leaving this test-package in a conditioned environment at 30°C and at a difference between absolute RH value on either side of the test-material of 65% until the water vapour transmission per 24 h is steady; an intermediate cavity (22, 25) defined as an area inside the first outer package and outside the second inner package, the second inner package defining an enclosure (21, 24), the enclosure (21, 24) containing an intermittent urinary catheter with a hydrophilic coating, and a swelling medium.
A gas detector cell unit comprising a gas cell having a diffusive membrane, the diffusive membrane having at least one opening; an outer housing having a passage (11; 12; 17) for a first incoming gas outside the outer housing to pass therethrough; a protecting filter in fluid communication with the passage (11; 12; 17); characterised by the gas detector cell unit being adapted to detect a reduction in circulation through the protecting filter based at least in part on a change in a pressure transfer function of the protecting filter over a predefined time; and a catalyst being positioned in the at least one opening of the diffusive membrane, the catalyst being adapted to convert the first incoming gas to a predetermined second gas, the gas detector cell unit being adapted to detect the predetermined second gas.
A precision forging method that includes arranging a metal material including a wall portion (14, 60, 114), which extends in a moving direction of a punch, and a pre-working projecting wall (12A, 17A, 64A, 112A, 120A), which extends from the wall portion (14, 60, 114) in a direction intersecting the moving direction, in a die cavity of a die, and moving the punch to forge the metal material, the precision forging method being characterized by: a first step of arranging the punch, which includes a working end surface and a cutting blade formed at an edge of the working end surface, in the die cavity so that the punch is opposed toward part of the wall portion (14, 60, 114) thickness-wise and the pre-working projecting wall (12A, 17A, 64A, 112A, 120A) of the metal material; and a second step of moving the punch within a range of a height of the wall portion (14, 60, 114) in a state in which the metal material is held in the moving direction of the punch and a length of the pre-working projecting wall in the intersecting direction is maintained so that the cutting blade cuts the part of the wall portion (14, 60, 114) thickness-wise located in a moving path of the punch and causes shear deformation in the cut part to move the cut part toward the pre-working projecting wall.
A prosthetic heart valve, comprising: a base; and one or more heart valve leaflets, wherein at least a portion of each leaflet comprises a composite material that includes a polymer substrate and a reinforcement element at least partially disposed in the polymer substrate, characterised in that the reinforcement element is a pre-tensioned or pre-compressed reinforcement element and the pre-tensioned or pre-compressed reinforcement element is a fiber or wire having a diameter or width of more than 2.54 μm which is subject to a respective tensile or compression load of 0.44 N to 44.5 N in relation to the surrounding polymer substrate that is in a non-stressed state. a base; and one or more heart valve leaflets, wherein at least a portion of each leaflet comprises a composite material that includes a polymer substrate and a reinforcement element at least partially disposed in the polymer substrate, characterised in that the reinforcement element is a pre-tensioned or pre-compressed reinforcement element and the pre-tensioned or pre-compressed reinforcement element is a fiber or wire having a diameter or width of more than 2.54 μm which is subject to a respective tensile or compression load of 0.44 N to 44.5 N in relation to the surrounding polymer substrate that is in a non-stressed state.
Roof-top antenna module for a motor vehicle, having at least one primary antenna arrangement, in particular to receive radio programmes, wherein at least one radar antenna arrangement of a radar sensor is integrated in the roof module in addition to the primary antenna arrangement, characterised in that the antenna elements of the radar antenna arrangement are arranged on at least three antenna circuit boards of the radar antenna arrangement, wherein three antenna circuit boards are arranged in the form of a triangle with outward-pointing partial antenna arrangements and/or four antenna circuit boards are arranged in the form of a square with outward-pointing partial antenna arrangements.
An apparatus for use in a radio access network, the apparatus comprising: means for receiving first uplink tunnel parameters relating to a serving gateway node in a core network, means for selecting first downlink tunnel parameters relating to a first node, means for sending the first uplink and downlink tunnel parameters to a cache node designated to the first node, means for receiving second uplink and downlink tunnel parameters relating to the cache node, means for sending the second downlink tunnel parameters to the serving gateway node, thereby enabling establishment of a second tunnel between the cache node and the serving gateway node based on the first uplink tunnel parameters and the second downlink tunnel parameters, means for establishing a first tunnel between the first node and the cache node based on the second uplink tunnel parameters and the first downlink tunnel parameters, means for sending uplink user plane data to the serving gateway node through the first and second tunnels via the cache node, and means for receiving downlink user plane data from the serving gateway node through the second and first tunnels via the cache node, enabling user plane data between the first node and the serving gateway node to be cached at the cache node.
A packet forwarding method, comprising the steps of: obtaining, by a mapping server, path information on an external network through a first forwarding device (Oe21, Oe22) connected to the external network; generating, by the mapping server, a mapping information item that relates the path information and identification information of the first forwarding device (Oe21, Oe22); searching, by a control device, for identification information of the first forwarding device that corresponds to a destination address of a received packet based on the mapping information item; calculating, by the control device, a path from a second forwarding device to the first forwarding device (Oe21, Oe22); and forwarding, by the second forwarding device (Oi25, Oi26), along the calculated path a packet having the same destination address as the received packet; wherein each of the first and second forwarding devices (Oe21, Oe22, Oi25, Oi26) comprises a flow table, the flow table includes a per flow rule to be matched with a packet header, an action defining an action on a flow, and an activity counter including flow statistics information, and wherein the mapping server, the control device, the first forwarding device (Oe21, Oe22), and the second forwarding device (Oi25, Oi26) are on the same internal network. obtaining, by a mapping server, path information on an external network through a first forwarding device (Oe21, Oe22) connected to the external network; generating, by the mapping server, a mapping information item that relates the path information and identification information of the first forwarding device (Oe21, Oe22); searching, by a control device, for identification information of the first forwarding device that corresponds to a destination address of a received packet based on the mapping information item; calculating, by the control device, a path from a second forwarding device to the first forwarding device (Oe21, Oe22); and forwarding, by the second forwarding device (Oi25, Oi26), along the calculated path a packet having the same destination address as the received packet; wherein each of the first and second forwarding devices (Oe21, Oe22, Oi25, Oi26) comprises a flow table, the flow table includes a per flow rule to be matched with a packet header, an action defining an action on a flow, and an activity counter including flow statistics information, and wherein the mapping server, the control device, the first forwarding device (Oe21, Oe22), and the second forwarding device (Oi25, Oi26) are on the same internal network.
A fluid applicator including a contact detector device for detecting contact, and in particular direct or indirect contact with the skin, the applicator being characterized in that the contact detector device includes a flexible outer substrate that defines an outer contact surface, the flexible outer substrate covering a detection zone that comprises a plurality of conductive chips (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) that are separate from one another, the conductive chips (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) being arranged above a common conductive plate, the conductive chips (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), in the absence of stress, being spaced apart from the common conductive plate by insulating spacers, so that pressure exerted on the flexible outer substrate causes at least one of the conductive chips (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) to come into contact with the common conductive plate, thereby creating at least one short-circuit signal.
A method for purifying acrylamide alkyl sulfonic acid, wherein the method comprises steps of: making a material A evenly mixed and contacted with a solvent C, the material A comprising at least one acrylamide alkyl sulfonic acid compound represented by the following general formula: in which R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen and/or an alkyl group containing 1 to 20 carbons, and an amount of the material A exceeds a solubility of the material A in the solvent C under a condition where the material A is located, so that the material A is not completely dissolved by the solvent C; keeping the material A even mixed and contacted with the solvent C for at least 5 minutes, the solvent C includes at least one selected from the group consisting of the following solvents: water, acid containing 1-8 carbons, amide containing 1-8 carbons, ketone containing 1-8 carbons, ether containing 1-8 carbons, ester containing 1-8 carbons, alkane containing 1-8 carbons, and halogenated hydrocarbon containing 1-8 carbons; performing a solid-liquid separation to obtain a solid, namely, a purified product B, wherein the product B is the purified material A. making a material A evenly mixed and contacted with a solvent C, the material A comprising at least one acrylamide alkyl sulfonic acid compound represented by the following general formula: in which R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen and/or an alkyl group containing 1 to 20 carbons, and an amount of the material A exceeds a solubility of the material A in the solvent C under a condition where the material A is located, so that the material A is not completely dissolved by the solvent C; keeping the material A even mixed and contacted with the solvent C for at least 5 minutes, the solvent C includes at least one selected from the group consisting of the following solvents: water, acid containing 1-8 carbons, amide containing 1-8 carbons, ketone containing 1-8 carbons, ether containing 1-8 carbons, ester containing 1-8 carbons, alkane containing 1-8 carbons, and halogenated hydrocarbon containing 1-8 carbons; performing a solid-liquid separation to obtain a solid, namely, a purified product B, wherein the product B is the purified material A.