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A product use and behavior instrument comprising: a housing comprising a first housing end, a second housing end, and a housing wall, the housing defining a central compartment therein, the first housing end defining a combustible smoking article holder configured to receive a combustible smoking article, the second housing end comprising a hollow flow member extending from the second housing end in a direction axially away from the first housing end; and a controller positioned within the central compartment of the housing, the controller comprising: a sensor circuit structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action in response to detection of a change in ambient temperature within the product use and behavior instrument, wherein the smoking action is associated with the use of the combustible smoking article; local memory structured to buffer the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action; and a communication interface structured to communicate the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device. a housing comprising a first housing end, a second housing end, and a housing wall, the housing defining a central compartment therein, the first housing end defining a combustible smoking article holder configured to receive a combustible smoking article, the second housing end comprising a hollow flow member extending from the second housing end in a direction axially away from the first housing end; and a controller positioned within the central compartment of the housing, the controller comprising: a sensor circuit structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action in response to detection of a change in ambient temperature within the product use and behavior instrument, wherein the smoking action is associated with the use of the combustible smoking article; local memory structured to buffer the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action; and a communication interface structured to communicate the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device. a sensor circuit structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action in response to detection of a change in ambient temperature within the product use and behavior instrument, wherein the smoking action is associated with the use of the combustible smoking article; local memory structured to buffer the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action; and a communication interface structured to communicate the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.
A wireless communication device capable of performing wireless communication with an external device, the wireless communication device comprising: setting means setting a connection control information relevant to wireless connection with the external device; and control means controlling a transmission interval of a wireless signal relevant to the wireless communication, on the basis of the connection control information set in the setting means, wherein the setting means sets the connection control information on the basis of usage condition information indicating a usage condition about the wireless communication at the time of performing the wireless communication with the external device; characterized by storage means recording the usage condition information, wherein the setting means sets the connection control information on the basis of the usage condition information recorded in the storage means; function execution means realizing a predetermined function, wherein the storage means records the usage condition information in response to suspension of supplying a power source to the function execution means, the setting means sets the connection control information in response to activation of the function execution means, and the control means performs the re-connection of the wireless communication in response to the activation of the function execution means. setting means setting a connection control information relevant to wireless connection with the external device; and control means controlling a transmission interval of a wireless signal relevant to the wireless communication, on the basis of the connection control information set in the setting means, wherein the setting means sets the connection control information on the basis of usage condition information indicating a usage condition about the wireless communication at the time of performing the wireless communication with the external device; characterized by storage means recording the usage condition information, wherein the setting means sets the connection control information on the basis of the usage condition information recorded in the storage means; function execution means realizing a predetermined function, wherein the storage means records the usage condition information in response to suspension of supplying a power source to the function execution means, the setting means sets the connection control information in response to activation of the function execution means, and the control means performs the re-connection of the wireless communication in response to the activation of the function execution means.
A method of post-mold cooling of a molded article, the molded article having just been molded within mold halves (8, 9), the method comprising: receiving, in a post-mold device, the molded article; subjecting the molded article to post-mold cooling, the post-mold cooling including: balancing cooling rates during the post-mold cooling of the molded article so that the molded article reaches a target exit temperature, which substantially precludes post-ejection defects, at a point of time that substantially coincides with removal of the molded article from post-mold cooling, wherein said balancing comprises controlling cooling rates at a first post-mold cooling portion and a second post-mold cooling portion and/or balancing cooling rates between portions (2', 2", 2"') of the molded article. receiving, in a post-mold device, the molded article; subjecting the molded article to post-mold cooling, the post-mold cooling including: balancing cooling rates during the post-mold cooling of the molded article so that the molded article reaches a target exit temperature, which substantially precludes post-ejection defects, at a point of time that substantially coincides with removal of the molded article from post-mold cooling, wherein said balancing comprises controlling cooling rates at a first post-mold cooling portion and a second post-mold cooling portion and/or balancing cooling rates between portions (2', 2", 2"') of the molded article. balancing cooling rates during the post-mold cooling of the molded article so that the molded article reaches a target exit temperature, which substantially precludes post-ejection defects, at a point of time that substantially coincides with removal of the molded article from post-mold cooling, wherein said balancing comprises controlling cooling rates at a first post-mold cooling portion and a second post-mold cooling portion and/or balancing cooling rates between portions (2', 2", 2"') of the molded article.
A device for cleaning a platen of a processing platen press, the processing platen press comprising a lower and an upper platen (11, 12) of which at least one is movable towards the other and wherein at least one is arranged to allow tools to process a plate element fed between the lower and the upper platen (11, 12), comprising: - a frame having a base defining a base plane substantially parallel to a surface on which the frame is positioned, - a lift member arranged to the frame such that a relative movement can be executed between the frame and the lift member in a direction substantially perpendicular to the base plane, - lifting means for moving the frame relative to the lift member, and - a rotating element arranged on the lift member and configured to rotate around an axis substantially parallel to the direction of relative movement between the frame and the lift member, characterised in that the lifting means are pneumatic lifting means configured to press the rotating element against the platen (11, 12) to be cleaned with a predetermined pressure. - a frame having a base defining a base plane substantially parallel to a surface on which the frame is positioned, - a lift member arranged to the frame such that a relative movement can be executed between the frame and the lift member in a direction substantially perpendicular to the base plane, - lifting means for moving the frame relative to the lift member, and - a rotating element arranged on the lift member and configured to rotate around an axis substantially parallel to the direction of relative movement between the frame and the lift member,
A wheel mounting, in particular for a bicycle, having at least two dropouts (2, 3) arranged opposite one another and at least one through axle for a wheel, wherein one of the dropouts has a, in particular circumferentially-closed, through hole and the opposite-arranged dropout has a fixing device for the through axle and the through axle is in a fixed operating state mounted in the through hole and fixed in and/or on the fixing device by means of a fixing end of the through axle and the through axle is in a released operating state detached from the fixing device and displaceably mounted in the through hole along a longitudinal axis of the through axle, characterized in that the wheel mounting has an anti-loss means for the through axle in the released operating state and the anti-loss means secures the through axle in a position in which the through axle is mounted in the through hole and is completely pulled out of an intermediate region between the dropouts (2, 3).
Dishwasher comprising a useful volume for receiving dishes, a sorption means which can absorb moisture from an air stream (U, F), a heater (5, 24) for heating the sorption means, and a fan (6, 27) for conveying the air stream (U, T), wherein the fan (6, 27), for the purpose of drying the dishes, can draw in ambient air and then direct the said ambient air through the sorption means in order to allow the said ambient air to be dried by the said sorption means, and wherein the dried ambient air can be directed into the useful volume where it can absorb moisture from the dishes and then exit from the useful volume as moist air to the surrounding area again through an opening (8, 28), characterized in that the fan (6, 27) is configured such that it can convey the conveyed air stream (U, T) in reverse through the sorption means.
Protector for the male or female end of a threaded tubular connection for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells, comprising a principal body, a first sealing gasket formed from a material which is less rigid than the material of the protector body and intended to make a seal with a surface of an end of the component, the principal body comprising a plurality of orifices through which the sealing gasket passes and characterized in that the principal body comprises a plurality of bores into which a plurality of orifices open.
An aqueous dispersion of inorganic fibers, comprising: water, inorganic fibers, a dispersing agent, an anti-settling agent and optionally additional additives, wherein the inorganic fibers have an average fiber diameter of from 1 micron to 100 microns and have a number average aspect ratio of from 1.1:1 to 10:1; wherein the aqueous dispersion does not contain a film-forming amount of a polymeric resin; and wherein the inorganic fiber is surface modified with a coupling agent. wherein the inorganic fibers have an average fiber diameter of from 1 micron to 100 microns and have a number average aspect ratio of from 1.1:1 to 10:1; wherein the aqueous dispersion does not contain a film-forming amount of a polymeric resin; and wherein the inorganic fiber is surface modified with a coupling agent.
A toner comprising at least a binder resin and a colorant, wherein, in a master curve of the toner at a reference temperature of 150°C obtained by frequency dispersion measurement in viscoelasticity measurement, a difference G' - G'(0.1) between a storage modulus G'(0.1) at a frequency of 0.1 Hz and a storage modulus G' at a frequency of 1000 Hz is within a range of from 0 to 2.5 × 10 5 Pa, where an activation energy Ea determined from a shift factor aT in the preparation of the master curve of the toner at a reference temperature of 150°C is within a range of from 50 to 130 kJ/mol, wherein the master curve, G'(0.1), G', Ea and aT are determined in accordance with the description using, as a measuring instrument, a rheometer of a rotary plate type; and wherein (i) the binder resin is a hybrid resin in which a polyester unit and a vinyl-type copolymerization unit are chemically bonded, and a ratio of the polyester unit and the vinyl-type copolymerization unit is polyester unit / vinyl-type copolymerization unit = 50/50 to 90/10, (ii) when subjected to extraction for 6 hours, the binder resin contains a THF-insoluble matter within a range from 15 to 50 mass%, (iii) the polyester unit is synthesized by using at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1, 2, 4-benzenetricarboxylic acid and an anhydride thereof and pentaerythritol. (i) the binder resin is a hybrid resin in which a polyester unit and a vinyl-type copolymerization unit are chemically bonded, and a ratio of the polyester unit and the vinyl-type copolymerization unit is polyester unit / vinyl-type copolymerization unit = 50/50 to 90/10, (ii) when subjected to extraction for 6 hours, the binder resin contains a THF-insoluble matter within a range from 15 to 50 mass%, (iii) the polyester unit is synthesized by using at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 1, 2, 4-benzenetricarboxylic acid and an anhydride thereof and pentaerythritol.
A method of testing HIV viral load, which comprises detecting HIV viral RNA in a sample of leukocyte depleted blood that has been obtained by filtering a whole blood sample or a diluted whole blood sample through a leukoreduction filter to deplete the whole blood sample or the diluted whole blood sample of at least 99.9% of the leukocytes present in the whole blood sample or the diluted whole blood sample, and wherein the method is carried out without preparing a plasma sample.
A solar cell element comprising: a silicon semiconductor substrate including a p-type semiconductor region on one main surface (1a; 1b) thereof; a first passivation layer, containing aluminium oxide, located on the p-type semiconductor region; a second passivation layer, including a silicon oxide layer, located between the p-type semiconductor region and the first passivation layer; and a protective layer, containing silicon oxide which contains hydrogen and carbon, located on the first passivation layer; wherein a thickness of the second passivation layer is smaller than a thickness of the protective layer, and the total thickness of the second passivation layer and the protective layer is smaller than the thickness of the first passivation layer. a silicon semiconductor substrate including a p-type semiconductor region on one main surface (1a; 1b) thereof; a first passivation layer, containing aluminium oxide, located on the p-type semiconductor region; a second passivation layer, including a silicon oxide layer, located between the p-type semiconductor region and the first passivation layer; and a protective layer, containing silicon oxide which contains hydrogen and carbon, located on the first passivation layer; wherein a thickness of the second passivation layer is smaller than a thickness of the protective layer, and the total thickness of the second passivation layer and the protective layer is smaller than the thickness of the first passivation layer.
A device, comprising: a printed circuit board, "PCB" (200, 200A); a ground plane conductor (210, 300, 500) disposed on the PCB (200, 200A), the ground plane conductor including a contiguous metal surface defining one or more channels (214, 302, 502) extending inward from a perimeter of the contiguous metal surface, the channels (214, 302, 502) being gaps in the contiguous metal surface of the ground plane conductor; a high-frequency antenna coupled to the ground plane conductor (210, 300, 500) and tuned for a first frequency range; a low-frequency antenna coupled to the PCB (200, 200A) and tuned for a second frequency range, wherein the first and second frequency ranges do not overlap; and at least one capacitor for each of the channels (214, 302, 502), each capacitor sized to operate substantially as a short circuit in the first frequency range and substantially as an open circuit in the second frequency range. a printed circuit board, "PCB" (200, 200A); a ground plane conductor (210, 300, 500) disposed on the PCB (200, 200A), the ground plane conductor including a contiguous metal surface defining one or more channels (214, 302, 502) extending inward from a perimeter of the contiguous metal surface, the channels (214, 302, 502) being gaps in the contiguous metal surface of the ground plane conductor; a high-frequency antenna coupled to the ground plane conductor (210, 300, 500) and tuned for a first frequency range; a low-frequency antenna coupled to the PCB (200, 200A) and tuned for a second frequency range, wherein the first and second frequency ranges do not overlap; and at least one capacitor for each of the channels (214, 302, 502), each capacitor sized to operate substantially as a short circuit in the first frequency range and substantially as an open circuit in the second frequency range.
An electric machine module capable of being cooled by a coolant, the electric machine module comprising: an electric machine including a stator with stator end turns and a rotor; a housing enclosing the electric machine, an inner wall of the housing defining a machine cavity; a cover coupled to the housing and extending radially inward into the machine cavity; and an agitator member operatively coupled to the rotor and extending substantially outward along at least a portion of an axial length of the stator end turns, wherein the agitator member comprises a radially distal surface disposed radially inward of the stator end turns; the cover, the agitator member, and the stator end turns defining a stator cavity, the stator cavity being in fluid communication with the machine cavity; the electric machine module further comprising a coolant jacket (50, 59) substantially surrounding the electric machine and coolant apertures (48, 61) in fluid communication with the coolant jacket and the stator cavity, the coolant apertures (48, 61) being disposed radially outward of the stator end turns; characterised in that the agitator member receives coolant from the stator end turns onto the radially distal surface of the agitator member such that as the coolant reaches the radially distal surface, the coolant is substantially radially slung back outward towards the stator end turns and/or the cover due to rotation of the agitator member in synchronicity with the rotor. an electric machine including a stator with stator end turns and a rotor; a housing enclosing the electric machine, an inner wall of the housing defining a machine cavity; a cover coupled to the housing and extending radially inward into the machine cavity; and an agitator member operatively coupled to the rotor and extending substantially outward along at least a portion of an axial length of the stator end turns, wherein the agitator member comprises a radially distal surface disposed radially inward of the stator end turns; the cover, the agitator member, and the stator end turns defining a stator cavity, the stator cavity being in fluid communication with the machine cavity; the electric machine module further comprising a coolant jacket (50, 59) substantially surrounding the electric machine and coolant apertures (48, 61) in fluid communication with the coolant jacket and the stator cavity, the coolant apertures (48, 61) being disposed radially outward of the stator end turns; characterised in that the agitator member receives coolant from the stator end turns onto the radially distal surface of the agitator member such that as the coolant reaches the radially distal surface, the coolant is substantially radially slung back outward towards the stator end turns and/or the cover due to rotation of the agitator member in synchronicity with the rotor.
An information processor for detecting a position of a given target of a subject in a three-dimensional space shot with a camera with respect to another part of the subject as a reference target, the given target with respect to the reference target being a) a hand with respect to a shoulder or elbow, b) a foot with respect to a leg joint or knee, c) an elbow with respect to a shoulder, or d) a knee with respect to a leg joint, the information processor comprising: a depth image acquisition portion adapted to acquire a depth image representing, on an image plane, a distance of the subject from the camera in a depth direction as a pixel value; and a coordinate point analysis portion adapted to identify a tip position of the given target and generate and output position information thereof by performing a given calculation on each of coordinate points included in a detection area set in the three-dimensional space and setting the detection area includes judging if a given number or more of coordinate points representing pixels of the depth image in the three-dimensional space are included in the detection area, wherein the coordinate point analysis portion determines a reference vector representing a direction which the given target should face when the target exists in the detection area on the basis of a relative position of the detection area relative to the respective reference target in a three-dimensional space and a motion characteristic of the given target relative to the respective reference target and identifies the tip position of the given target in a direction of the reference vector by calculating and comparing inner products, each between a coordinate point vector from the respective reference target to one of the coordinate points included in the detection area and the reference vector. a depth image acquisition portion adapted to acquire a depth image representing, on an image plane, a distance of the subject from the camera in a depth direction as a pixel value; and a coordinate point analysis portion adapted to identify a tip position of the given target and generate and output position information thereof by performing a given calculation on each of coordinate points included in a detection area set in the three-dimensional space and setting the detection area includes judging if a given number or more of coordinate points representing pixels of the depth image in the three-dimensional space are included in the detection area, wherein the coordinate point analysis portion determines a reference vector representing a direction which the given target should face when the target exists in the detection area on the basis of a relative position of the detection area relative to the respective reference target in a three-dimensional space and a motion characteristic of the given target relative to the respective reference target and identifies the tip position of the given target in a direction of the reference vector by calculating and comparing inner products, each between a coordinate point vector from the respective reference target to one of the coordinate points included in the detection area and the reference vector.