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An oral pouched nicotine product comprising a filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch of a packaging material enclosing the filling material, the filling material comprising: - a non-tobacco material, - a nicotine source, - a flavouring agent, - moisture in an amount within the range of from 1 wt % to 50 wt% based on the total weight of the filling material, - a pH adjuster comprising one or more of the following: Na 2 CO 3 , K 2 CO 3 , MgCO 3 , NaHCO 3 , KHCO 3 , NaOH, KOH, and - optionally a tobacco material within the range of from 0.05 wt% to 5 wt% based on the total weight of the filling material, the packaging material comprising an acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, ascorbic acid, tartaric acid and any combination thereof, said acid being present in an amount within the range of from 5 wt % to 20 wt% based on the total dry weight of the packaging material. the filling material comprising: - a non-tobacco material, - a nicotine source, - a flavouring agent, - moisture in an amount within the range of from 1 wt % to 50 wt% based on the total weight of the filling material, - a pH adjuster comprising one or more of the following: Na 2 CO 3 , K 2 CO 3 , MgCO 3 , NaHCO 3 , KHCO 3 , NaOH, KOH, and - optionally a tobacco material within the range of from 0.05 wt% to 5 wt% based on the total weight of the filling material, - a non-tobacco material, - a nicotine source, - a flavouring agent, - moisture in an amount within the range of from 1 wt % to 50 wt% based on the total weight of the filling material, - a pH adjuster comprising one or more of the following: Na 2 CO 3 , K 2 CO 3 , MgCO 3 , NaHCO 3 , KHCO 3 , NaOH, KOH, and - optionally a tobacco material within the range of from 0.05 wt% to 5 wt% based on the total weight of the filling material, the packaging material comprising an acid selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, ascorbic acid, tartaric acid and any combination thereof, said acid being present in an amount within the range of from 5 wt % to 20 wt% based on the total dry weight of the packaging material.
An apparatus for stabilizing at least a portion of an imaging device that comprises an optical unit and a non-optical unit, said optical unit and non-optical unit constituting the entire imaging device, said apparatus comprising: a frame assembly supporting the optical unit of the imaging device, without supporting the non-optical unit, wherein the frame assembly comprises a first frame member and a second frame member configured to permit rotation of the optical unit about at least a first rotational axis and a second rotational axis , wherein the optical unit comprises at least a lens and a photosensor that is optically coupled to the lens, and wherein the non-optical unit comprises a power supply for powering the imaging device; and a motor assembly comprising a first motor and a second motor operably connected to the first frame member and the second frame member respectively of the frame assembly, wherein the motor assembly is configured to drive the frame assembly so as to permit rotation of the optical unit about at least the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis , wherein the first frame member is connected to and supporting the optical unit , and the second frame member is movable relative to the first frame member and the optical unit about the first rotational axis ; characterized in that a center of gravity of the first frame member, the second frame member and the optical unit is located on the second rotational axis of the second frame member, wherein the first and second rotational axes are not orthogonally disposed to each other. a frame assembly supporting the optical unit of the imaging device, without supporting the non-optical unit, wherein the frame assembly comprises a first frame member and a second frame member configured to permit rotation of the optical unit about at least a first rotational axis and a second rotational axis , wherein the optical unit comprises at least a lens and a photosensor that is optically coupled to the lens, and wherein the non-optical unit comprises a power supply for powering the imaging device; and a motor assembly comprising a first motor and a second motor operably connected to the first frame member and the second frame member respectively of the frame assembly, wherein the motor assembly is configured to drive the frame assembly so as to permit rotation of the optical unit about at least the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis , wherein the first frame member is connected to and supporting the optical unit , and the second frame member is movable relative to the first frame member and the optical unit about the first rotational axis ; characterized in that a center of gravity of the first frame member, the second frame member and the optical unit is located on the second rotational axis of the second frame member, wherein the first and second rotational axes are not orthogonally disposed to each other.
A battery pack for a vehicle , comprising: - a plurality of battery modules (100.1, 100.2) being positioned above each others in at least two different levels of the battery pack ; and - a liquid cooling circuit being in thermal contact with the battery modules (100.1, 100.2) in each of the levels of the battery pack , wherein the liquid cooling circuit includes a bypass tube (80.2) with an inlet opening (81.2) positioned at a highest point of the cooling circuit and an outlet opening (83.2) positioned at a lower point of the cooling circuit within the cooling circuit, wherein the cooling circuit includes a connection tube (62.3) vertically extending between the levels of the battery pack , and wherein the bypass tube (80.2) passes through the interior of the connection tube (62.3). - a plurality of battery modules (100.1, 100.2) being positioned above each others in at least two different levels of the battery pack ; and - a liquid cooling circuit being in thermal contact with the battery modules (100.1, 100.2) in each of the levels of the battery pack , wherein the liquid cooling circuit includes a bypass tube (80.2) with an inlet opening (81.2) positioned at a highest point of the cooling circuit and an outlet opening (83.2) positioned at a lower point of the cooling circuit within the cooling circuit,
A method performed by a first base station in a communication system supporting a dual connectivity, the method comprising: receiving, from a second base station , a request for updating a first security key associated with the second base station , generated in case that a packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, count for the second base station is about to wrap around computing an updated first security key based on a counter value associated with the second base station and a base security key of the first base station as input parameters to a key derivation function, the base security key being used for encrypting data between a terminal and the first base station ; and transmitting, to the second base station , a response including the updated first security key as a response to the request, wherein the updated first security key is used to generate a second security key, which is used for encrypting data between the terminal and the second base station . receiving, from a second base station , a request for updating a first security key associated with the second base station , generated in case that a packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, count for the second base station is about to wrap around computing an updated first security key based on a counter value associated with the second base station and a base security key of the first base station as input parameters to a key derivation function, the base security key being used for encrypting data between a terminal and the first base station ; and transmitting, to the second base station , a response including the updated first security key as a response to the request, wherein the updated first security key is used to generate a second security key, which is used for encrypting data between the terminal and the second base station .
Rotary laser comprising a head in the form of a deflection element , and comprising a control device and a laser device , wherein the laser device is designed to generate a laser beam pulsed at a pulse frequency by the control device , wherein the deflection element is arranged such that the laser beam , as a pulse sequence (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 ) from the deflection element rotating about an axis of rotation , is deflected in part by the deflection element from a direction parallel to the axis of rotation into a plane of rotation extending perpendicularly to the axis of rotation as a rotating laser beam and emerges in part as an axial laser beam directed in parallel with the axis of rotation such that the axial laser beam can emerge from the head of the rotary laser substantially without deflection in the axial direction, wherein the control device is designed such that the pulse sequence (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 ) is phase shifted several times in one second by phase angles (φ 1 , φ 2 , φ 3 , φ 4 ) that are different from one another and are between 0 Π and 2 Π. wherein the laser device is designed to generate a laser beam pulsed at a pulse frequency by the control device , wherein the deflection element is arranged such that the laser beam , as a pulse sequence (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 ) from the deflection element rotating about an axis of rotation , is deflected in part by the deflection element from a direction parallel to the axis of rotation into a plane of rotation extending perpendicularly to the axis of rotation as a rotating laser beam and emerges in part as an axial laser beam directed in parallel with the axis of rotation such that the axial laser beam can emerge from the head of the rotary laser substantially without deflection in the axial direction, wherein the control device is designed such that the pulse sequence (P 1 , P 2 , P 3 , P 4 ) is phase shifted several times in one second by phase angles (φ 1 , φ 2 , φ 3 , φ 4 ) that are different from one another and are between 0 Π and 2 Π.
A computer implemented method for attribute-based encryption of a message M, comprising executing an encryption algorithm of the CP-ABE type, or derived from CP-ABE, associated with a policy for accessing the encrypted message M described by an access structure organised in the form of a tree, the encryption of the message M by said algorithm requiring, for each non-leaf node (a) of the tree, the random generation of a main polynomial q a (x) and at least one product computation between the main polynomial q a (x) taken at at least one point q a (i) and at least one element of a cyclic group Q, P or H(j), said method being characterised in that it comprises: - pre-computing , in a step preceding the encryption of the message M, the product between a plurality of integers r i that are randomly generated and at least one element of a cyclic group Q, P or H(j), and saving the pre-computation results in a memory L; - accessing, in order to encrypt the message M, the pre-computation results saved in the memory L and using them to carry out said at least one product computation between the main polynomial taken at at least one point q a (i) and at least one element of a cyclic group Q, P or H(j). - pre-computing , in a step preceding the encryption of the message M, the product between a plurality of integers r i that are randomly generated and at least one element of a cyclic group Q, P or H(j), and saving the pre-computation results in a memory L; - accessing, in order to encrypt the message M, the pre-computation results saved in the memory L and using them to carry out said at least one product computation between the main polynomial taken at at least one point q a (i) and at least one element of a cyclic group Q, P or H(j).
A manufacturing method of an acoustic wall coating of a turbomachine in an ordered array of interconnected micro-channels intended to receive, on a reception surface, an incident acoustic wave with direction (Ac) normal to this surface, the method consisting in: depositing a sacrificial material on a substrate surface to form a three-dimensional scaffold of filaments , infiltrating at least one part of said three-dimensional scaffold with a thermosetting material , solidifying said thermosetting material to form a solidified material , and removing said sacrificial material from said solidified material to form said ordered array of interconnected micro-channels by the points of contact between said filaments, method wherein, to confer acoustic properties to said ordered array of interconnected micro-channels and thus form said acoustic wall coating of a turbomachine, said filaments forming by superimposed layers said three-dimensional scaffold are, for a given layer of filaments, oriented in a direction forming, in a plane formed by said layer, a first predetermined angle (θ) relative to the direction (Ac) of said incident acoustic wave. depositing a sacrificial material on a substrate surface to form a three-dimensional scaffold of filaments , infiltrating at least one part of said three-dimensional scaffold with a thermosetting material , solidifying said thermosetting material to form a solidified material , and removing said sacrificial material from said solidified material to form said ordered array of interconnected micro-channels by the points of contact between said filaments,
A terminal comprising: a receiving unit that receives downlink control information indicative of allocation of an uplink signal of a first transmission time interval, TTI, or an uplink signal of a second TTI having a shorter TTI length than the first TTI; a transmission power determination unit that determines transmission power of the uplink signal of the first TTI and transmission power of the uplink signal of the second TTI; and a transmitting unit that transmits the uplink signal of the first TTI and the uplink signal of the second TTI by using the determined transmission power on a basis of the downlink control information, wherein the transmission power determination unit reserves desired transmission power for the uplink signal of the second TTI in the first TTI in a case where decoding of the downlink control information indicative of allocation of the uplink signal of the second TTI to be transmitted within the first TTI is completed before start of transmission of the uplink signal of the first TTI. a receiving unit that receives downlink control information indicative of allocation of an uplink signal of a first transmission time interval, TTI, or an uplink signal of a second TTI having a shorter TTI length than the first TTI; a transmission power determination unit that determines transmission power of the uplink signal of the first TTI and transmission power of the uplink signal of the second TTI; and a transmitting unit that transmits the uplink signal of the first TTI and the uplink signal of the second TTI by using the determined transmission power on a basis of the downlink control information, wherein the transmission power determination unit reserves desired transmission power for the uplink signal of the second TTI in the first TTI in a case where decoding of the downlink control information indicative of allocation of the uplink signal of the second TTI to be transmitted within the first TTI is completed before start of transmission of the uplink signal of the first TTI.
An in vitro method for identifying a compound that inhibits type II collagen degradation in extracellular matrix (ECM) and/or cartilage, comprising: (a) contacting a compound with a population of mammalian cells expressing a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 (a disintegrin-like and metalloprotease (reprolysin type) with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 6 : ADAMTS6), wherein the cells have been activated by being contacted with a pro-inflammatory factor; (b) determining the expression of matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP13) in said cells; and (c) identifying the compound that inhibits type II collagen degradation in cartilage and/or ECM as the compound which suppresses the release of MMP13 from the cells, wherein said compound exhibits a binding affinity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 (ADAMTS6) of at least 10 micromolar. (a) contacting a compound with a population of mammalian cells expressing a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 (a disintegrin-like and metalloprotease (reprolysin type) with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 6 : ADAMTS6), wherein the cells have been activated by being contacted with a pro-inflammatory factor; (b) determining the expression of matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP13) in said cells; and (c) identifying the compound that inhibits type II collagen degradation in cartilage and/or ECM as the compound which suppresses the release of MMP13 from the cells,
A method for controlling a transmit power of a wireless device in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: receiving a frame comprising transmit power information element comprising one or more maximum transmit power fields ; and determining an actual maximum of transmit power level from the transmit power information element, wherein the actual maximum of transmission power level is based on channel bandwidth and a maximum transmit power per transmission channel, wherein the transmit power information element comprises maximum transmit power information for channel bandwidths for a plurality of transmission channels supported by a basic service set to which the wireless device is associated; and wherein the transmit power information element comprises transmit power below the maximum transmit power information for a channel bandwidth for each transmission channel of the plurality of transmission channels. receiving a frame comprising transmit power information element comprising one or more maximum transmit power fields ; and determining an actual maximum of transmit power level from the transmit power information element, wherein the actual maximum of transmission power level is based on channel bandwidth and a maximum transmit power per transmission channel, wherein the transmit power information element comprises maximum transmit power information for channel bandwidths for a plurality of transmission channels supported by a basic service set to which the wireless device is associated; and wherein the transmit power information element comprises transmit power below the maximum transmit power information for a channel bandwidth for each transmission channel of the plurality of transmission channels.
An apparatus that welds together a plurality of film-like members comprising: a pair of molds that extend in a first direction and sandwich and heat an overlapping part of the plurality of film-like members to at least partially weld the overlapping parts together; a pair of heater blocks that extend in the first direction and support the pair of molds respectively; a plurality of first support blocks that are disposed intermittently on the first direction and are connected via a plurality of rod-like members respectively to one heater block out of the pair of heater blocks , wherein the plurality of rod-like members extend in a direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and midway include parts that restrict transmission of heat respectively; a plurality of second support blocks that are disposed intermittently on the first direction and are connected via the plurality of rod-like members to another heater block out of the pair of heater blocks ; and a driving mechanism that changes, via the plurality of first support blocks and the plurality of second support blocks , a distance between the pair of molds to press together the film-like members, wherein the plurality of first support blocks include at least one movable support block including a mechanism that moves in the first direction relative to the driving mechanism corresponding to thermal deformation in the first direction of a heater block to be supported, and the plurality of second support blocks include at least one movable support block . a pair of molds that extend in a first direction and sandwich and heat an overlapping part of the plurality of film-like members to at least partially weld the overlapping parts together; a pair of heater blocks that extend in the first direction and support the pair of molds respectively; a plurality of first support blocks that are disposed intermittently on the first direction and are connected via a plurality of rod-like members respectively to one heater block out of the pair of heater blocks , wherein the plurality of rod-like members extend in a direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and midway include parts that restrict transmission of heat respectively; a plurality of second support blocks that are disposed intermittently on the first direction and are connected via the plurality of rod-like members to another heater block out of the pair of heater blocks ; and a driving mechanism that changes, via the plurality of first support blocks and the plurality of second support blocks , a distance between the pair of molds to press together the film-like members, wherein the plurality of first support blocks include at least one movable support block including a mechanism that moves in the first direction relative to the driving mechanism corresponding to thermal deformation in the first direction of a heater block to be supported, and the plurality of second support blocks include at least one movable support block .