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An ulcer, lymphoedema and DVT treatment device (10) comprises a drive unit (12) adapted to deliver mechanical vibrations at its surface in three orthogonal directions at a frequency in each orthogonal direction of between 15 and 75 Hz and with an amplitude in each orthogonal direction of between 0.1 and 0.5 mm. A pad (110) is connected to the drive unit, and a strap (46) enables the pad to be pressed against the limb of the animal or human. The motor drives an eccentrically mounted weight (22) to provide oscillations of the casing in a radial plane. The device is employed to treat a patient suffering from leg ulcers, lymphoedema and DVT by applying three-dimensional vibrations. A cover (150) is provided to protect the pad (110) from contamination.

Described is a method and system in which storyboard objects coordinate the animation of multiple elements and / or media displayed on a computer graphics display. Storyboards relate properties of elements in an element tree to a timeline, such that the properties associated with a storyboard are animated / play together as a group by starting, stopping, seeking or pausing the storyboard. Triggers, such as controlled by user interaction with the displayed information, including property triggers that change values in response to a state change, and event triggers that fire events, may cause the storyboard to start, stop, pause and seek. Storyboards may be used in XAML-based programs, and may be directly associated with elements, or indirectly associated with elements via styles. Complex properties and changeables are supported. Media playback may be controlled via storyboards, and thereby coordinated with other media playback and / or animations.

Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling sounds in a three dimensional listening environment. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for controlling the apparent localization of sounds in a 3-dimensional listening environment. The method can include receiving one or more audio channels, receiving decode data associated with the one or more audio channels, routing the one or more audio channels to a plurality of processing channels, selectively processing audio associated with the plurality of processing channels based at least in part on the received decode data, and outputting processed audio to a plurality of speakers.

The invention relates to a granulated powder intended, in particular, for the production of ceramic sintered parts, said powder having the following chemical weight composition, based on dry matter, namely: at least 1% of a first binder having a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 25° C.; 0-4% of an additional binder having a glass transition temperature greater than 25° C.; 0-4% of a temporary additive different from the first binder and the additional binder, the total content of the first binder, the additional binder and the temporary additive being less than 9%; 0-15% of an additive for sintering the ceramic material; at least 2% impurities; and the remainder comprising a ceramic material, and optionally an agent for stabilising said ceramic material, to make up 100%. According to the invention, the median diameter D50 of the powder is between 80 and 130 μm, the percentile D99.5 is less than 500 gm and the relative density of the granules is between 30% and 60%.

The invention relates to an instrument (10) intended to be used to modify the volume of the stomach of a patient.The invention is characterized in that the instrument comprises:a body (12) having a distal end (12a);a clamping device (16) comprising first (18) and second (20) arms pivotably mounted at the distal end (12a) of the body (12) while pivoting relative to each other, each of the first and second arms (18, 20) comprising a plurality of guides for passage of a suture needle;an opening device (30) for moving the first and second arms (18, 20) apart from each other by having them pivot relative to each other, said opening device comprising a spring member (32) connecting the first and second arms (18, 20) and tending to keep them apart from each other; anda closing device (40) for bringing the first and second arms (18, 20) together by having them pivot relative to each other.

An Internet-based Commercial Content Provider Controller (CCPC) system and method that allows individual users to select and modify the commercial content provider, control the commercial content (ads) layout and choice of the commercial content provided with the Web page or as part of the search engine results delivered to such users by various Websites and search engines. The CCPC establishes and provide user with selection options and control over the CCPs and ad formats as part of the registration process or as a plugin for the browser, and further allows to replace ads appearing in the Web page results and search engine results by reference to the ad pattern database of commonly used ad pattern for Web sites that include commercial content, ad content providers and search engines in different regions and replacing the ads with those that correspond to user's preferences and CCP choices concerning ad content.

A method for forming spacers of a transistor gate having an active layer surmounted by the gate, including forming a porous layer covering the gate and having a dielectric constant equal to or less than that of silicon oxide, forming a protective layer covering the porous layer and the gate, etching the protective layer anisotropically to preserve residual portions of the protective gate only at the flanks of the gate, forming a modified layer by penetration of ions within the porous layer anisotropically to modify the porous layer over its entire thickness above the gate and above the active layer and so as not to modify the entire thickness of the porous layer on the flanks of the gate, the latter being protected by protective spacers constituting porous spacers, and removing the modified layer by etching to leave the protective spacers in place.

A semiconductor memory device includes a refresh counter that outputs an address of a word line to be refreshed, a ROM circuit that stores a relevant address related to a refresh defective address, and a multiple refresh control circuit that simultaneously or continuously activates the refresh defective address and the relevant address within one refresh cycle in response to a fact that the ROM circuit detects the relevant address. The multiple refresh control circuit excludes a pattern having a risk that a power supply potential or a ground potential varies greatly such as a pattern that the multiple refresh occurs continuously. With this arrangement, a refresh defective cell can be saved while restricting the variation in the power supply potential or the ground potential.

A device for centering and guiding rotation of a turbine engine shaft. The device includes a roller bearing and a ball bearing mounted around the shaft and carried respectively by first and second flexible annular supports, together with an oil film compression damper having a rigid annular support arranged around the roller bearing, the supports of the ball bearing and of the damper, and the roller bearing being stacked transversely, extending one around another.

A system and a method are provided to initiate a popup web browser window without the need for manual installation or configuration of components on a client workstation, to bypass the apparent limitations of a web browser and simultaneously provide security and protection that the web browser's security would provide, if not bypassed. The system and method are configured and arranged to prevent malicious third parties from invoking a flood of popped-up web browser sessions resulting in a Denial of Service (DOS) attack.

This invention relates to shine control cleansing compositions, which are capable of controlling the appearance of oily and shiny skin for an extended period of time.

The invention relates to a granulated powder intended, in particular, for the production of ceramic sintered parts, said powder having the following chemical weight composition, based on dry matter, namely: a zirconia stabiliser selected from the group containing Y2O3, Sc2O3, MgO, CaO, CeO2, and mixtures thereof, the weight content of stabiliser, based on the total zirconia and stabiliser content, being between 2% and 20% and the MgO+CaO content being less than 5% based on the total zirconia and stabiliser content; at least 1% of a first binder having a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 25° C.; 0-4% of an additional binder having a glass transition temperature greater than 25° C.; 5-50% alumina; 0-4% of a temporary additive different from the first binder and the additional binder, the total content of the first binder, the additional binder and the temporary additive being less than 9%; less than 2% impurities; and ZrO2 to make up 100%. According to the invention, the median diameter D50 of the powder is between 80 and 130 μm, the percentile D995 is less than 500 μm and the relative density of the granules is between 30% and 60%.

The invention relates to a side wall (1) of a plant for the continuous casting of metal strip (5) between two counter-rotating rolls (2, 2′) having horizontal axes and being internally cooled, the surfaces of which define a casting space confined laterally by two side walls (1) made of refractory, of the type comprising:a support plate (6) on the front face of which a recess (7) is made;an insert (9) made of hard material placed around the periphery of the recess (7);a lining (11) that fills the remainder of the recess (7);characterized in that the front face (12), turned towards the casting space, of the said lining (11) is set back by a maximum distance (d) from the front face (13) of the insert (9) over at least part of its length.

This invention relates to shine control cleansing compositions, which are capable of controlling the appearance of oily and shiny skin for an extended period of time.

A method for correcting the phase difference between two input signals of a phase-locked loop may include a charge pump connected to a filter. Prior to the occurrence of the first of the two input signals, a calibration phase may be carried out in which the input of the filter is disconnected from the output of the charge pump, the output voltage from the charge pump is equalized, to within a given error, with the input voltage of the filter, the amplitudes of the opposing currents flowing in the charge pump being equalized. Then, during the two respective occurrences of the two input signals, the input of the filter is reconnected to the output of the charge pump, and two phase-shifted signals that are delayed with respect to the input signals are respectively generated, in response to which the two opposing currents are, respectively and successively, interrupted, before the calibration phase is recommenced.

A method for correcting the phase difference between two input signals of a phase-locked loop may include a charge pump connected to a filter. Prior to the occurrence of the first of the two input signals, a calibration phase may be carried out in which the input of the filter is disconnected from the output of the charge pump, the output voltage from the charge pump is equalized, to within a given error, with the input voltage of the filter, the amplitudes of the opposing currents flowing in the charge pump being equalized. Then, during the two respective occurrences of the two input signals, the input of the filter is reconnected to the output of the charge pump, and two phase-shifted signals that are delayed with respect to the input signals are respectively generated, in response to which the two opposing currents are, respectively and successively, interrupted, before the calibration phase is recommenced.

The invention relates to the production of sterically restricted antigens, antibodies useful for the recognition of sterically restricted antigens, and methods of identifying and / or using the same. The invention further relates to methods of using the sterically restricted antigens and antibodies to treat a disease or to prevent infection with a disease.

The invention relates to a granulated powder intended, in particular, for the production of ceramic sintered parts, said powder having the following chemical weight composition, based on dry matter, namely: a zirconia stabiliser selected from the group containing Y2O3, Sc2O3, MgO, CaO, CeO2, and mixtures thereof, the weight content of stabiliser, based on the total zirconia and stabiliser content, being between 2% and 20% and the MgO+CaO content being less than 5% based on the total zirconia and stabiliser content; at least 1% of a first binder having a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 25° C.; 0-4% of an additional binder having a glass transition temperature greater than 25° C.; 5-50% alumina; 0-4% of a temporary additive different from the first binder and the additional binder, the total content of the first binder, the additional binder and the temporary additive being less than 9%; less than 2% impurities; and ZrO2 to make up 100%. According to the invention, the median diameter D50 of the powder is between 80 and 130 μm, the percentile D99.5 is less than 500 μm and the relative density of the granules is between 30% and 60%.

The invention relates to a granulated powder intended, in particular, for the production of ceramic sintered parts, said powder having the following chemical weight composition, based on dry matter, namely: at least 1% of a first binder having a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 25° C.; 0-4% of an additional binder having a glass transition temperature greater than 25° C.; 0-4% of a temporary additive different from the first binder and the additional binder, the total content of the first binder, the additional binder and the temporary additive being less than 9%; 0-15% of an additive for sintering the ceramic material; at least 2% impurities; and the remainder comprising a ceramic material, and optionally an agent for stabilizing said ceramic material, to make up 100%. According to the invention, the median diameter D50 of the powder is between 80 and 130 μm, the percentile D99.5 is less than 500 μm and the relative density of the granules is between 30% and 60%.

The slide of a pistol using a short recoil locking breech system is internally machined to house a barrel designed to stay in-line during the complete firing cycle. As the slide goes in battery, a mobile bolt is forced upward to lock the handgun and downward to unlock it to let slide and barrel separate after a shot is fixed.

The handpiece for treating the skin with irradiation using a light beam (F1), comprises a first window (1) and a second window (2) and first means for cooling the first window (1). Said first window (1) and said second window (2) are positioned opposite one another and are separated by a gas-filled space. They are capable of transmitting a light beam (F1) and said first window (1) is intended to be applied in contact with the skin during the treatment. The handpiece comprises means for heating the gas between the two windows (1, 2).

A molding element for a tire mold manufactured from a metallic powder fused together layer by layer. The molding element contains a first surface intended to mold all or part of a tread surface of the tire and a second surface opposite to the first surface and intended to be in contact with another part of the mold. The thickness (E) of the molding element is between 1 and 6 millimeters. The molding element overall has a density greater than or equal to 98%. The molding element also contains at least one first porous area extending into the thickness of this molding element, this first porous area having a plurality of pores allowing air to pass between the first surface of the molding element and the second surface thereof.

Disclosed are a large-scale composite synthesis system, a reactor therefor, and a synthesis method using the same, wherein two or more different samples are vaporized in respective vaporizers, and are then fed into a reactor that has a relatively large transverse cross-sectional diameter compared to the connector for transporting the samples in a gas phase and is maintained at a temperature lower than that of the connector, thus producing a powder composite, the composite being synthesized while being electrostatically attached to an adherend surface.

A braking system for aircraft landing gear including a plurality of clamping zones for clamping a brake disk. The braking system comprises an actuator, a caliper, a rim rotatable about an axis of rotation, and the brake disk, which is floatingly mounted relative to the rim. The caliper comprises a stationary inner support, a movable intermediate support, and an outer support that is hinged relative to the inner support. Under action of the actuator, the movable intermediate support moves and causes the brake disk to move so that the brake disk is clamped between the intermediate support and the outer support, and then causes the outer support to tilt so that the brake disk is damped between the inner support and the outer support.

Method for converting a first type of concrete reinforcing material to an equivalent quantity of concrete reinforcing fibers for designing a reinforced concrete slab. Fibers may be steel or other materials. User determines whether a slab to be reinforced is a lightly reinforced slab; and then uses spacing theory to get a minimum fiber dosage for a given concrete slab thickness, if the slab is a lightly reinforced slab. User then uses an equivalent area of steel calculation to determine proper fiber dosage, if the minimum fiber dosage for a given concrete slab thickness is insufficient to give a residual strength factor greater than 30 percent. If minimum fiber dosage for a given concrete slab thickness suffices to give a residual strength factor greater than 30 percent, then user uses equivalent moment capacity calculation to determine a proper fiber dosage. Concrete design calculator may incorporate method and values.