Abstract: The invention relates to a spot welding cap changer (1) with a cap puller (2) and two cap magazines (3, 3A), the cap puller (2) having a gripper (20) with spring-loaded, pivotable jaws (21, 22), which in response to a turning and axial pulling-off movement detaches a spot welding cap (K) of a pincer spot welding head introduced into it from a shaft of the pincer welding head in such a way that it is clamped to prevent it twisting, and the cap magazines (3, 3A) holding spot welding caps respectively in a round cap carrier (31) such that they are circularly arranged in a directed and oriented manner and are respectively transported individually one after the other into an access position against a stop (32) by an advancing force (P).

Abstract: A method is provided by the present invention for allocating channel resources in a wireless network. The method comprises: a) transmitting at least one message which comprises information that would allow association of at least one service flow for conveying data from/to a subscriber terminal, with at least one group of service flows; b) transmitting from a base station messages adapted to provide information which relate to the allocation of resources of a channel along which data will be transmitted to/from said subscriber terminal via one or more service flows associated with that at least one group of service flows, and wherein the information comprises an identification of the at least one group of service flows; and c) transmitting data from/to the subscriber terminal in accordance with the allocation of the channel resources for the at least one group of service flows.

Abstract: A stable solid pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of an effective amount of a crystalline salt of formula (II) together with an alkaline-reacting component maintaining the pH preferably above 8, or a salt with a divalent metal cation; and at least one pharmaceutical excipient; said salt of formula (II) being essentially stable during storage at room temperature for a period of at least 3 years. A process for stabilizing the salt of formula (II). A crystalline salt of formula (II) and a process for preparing said salt.

Abstract: With a method for determining the load of a washing machine, the load can be determined in a simple and exact manner in that the load is calculated by a comparison between suspension forces of the at least one suspension element and damper forces of the at least one damper with a non-linear characteristic in the unloaded and loaded state of the washing machine.

Abstract: Steam wrinkle-removing appliance comprising a steam-producing boiling chamber (60) incorporated into a water tank (110), said boiling chamber (60) being in direct communication with the water tank (110) while being supplied with water by gravity via at least one supply line (70) extending from the tank (110), said boiling chamber (60) comprising a heating unit (4) and a steam outlet (62) through which the steam can freely flow toward a wrinkle-removing element (3) such as a steam brush, the tank (110) comprising a filling inlet (121A) in the upper part of the tank (110), characterized in that said steam outlet (62) is in direct communication with a hose (2) connected to the steaming element (3) so that the steam produced by the boiling chamber (60) is not diffused into the tank (110).

Abstract: Equipment (1) for a funfair includes: a rigid body (5) provided with at least a place (51) for a passenger; a frame (10) for supporting the body (50), through a supporting mechanism (14, 17, 52) which enables the body (50) to rotate with respect to a first rotation axis (X) and a second rotation axis (Y) located perpendicular to one another and being solidly mobile in rotation with respect to a fixed third rotation axis (Z); and a mechanism (16, 18, 22) for rotating the body (50) with respect to the first rotation axis (X), the second rotation axis (Y) and the third rotation axis (Z), independently of one another.

Abstract: A hinge device of a plane monitor is capable of manually rotating a plane display in lateral horizontal direction, manually inclining (tilting, laying) in longitudinal direction, or manually adjusting the height in vertical direction, being simple in structure and easy in manual operation. The structure includes a mechanism for supporting a plane display in lower part, and rotating it manually in lateral horizontal direction, in which the rotary mechanism in the lateral horizontal direction includes horizontal rotary position holding means, and transmitting means for transmitting rotary motion in lateral horizontal direction of the plane display to the horizontal rotary position holding means.

Abstract: An inhaler for preparations in powder form, includes a first body (2), which is provided with an inhaling channel (3), and a second body (4), which is provided with at least one reservoir (6), which is open toward the outside and is preset to contain at least one dose of preparation in powder form. The first body (2) is associated with the second body (4) and can move with respect to the second body (4) between a first position, at which it closes the reservoir (6), and a second position, at which at least one connection is open between the reservoir (6) and the inhaling channel (3), making the dose of preparation in powder form available for inhaling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the regulatory role of caspase-8 in infection by intracellular pathogen, inflammation and wound healing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sliding bearing for an internal combustion engine which is used as a cylindrical bearing by combining a pair of semi-cylindrical bearings. An axial groove A exists between the circumferential end surface and an opposite circumferential end surface. A circumferential oil groove and the axial groove A communicate with each other, depths of the circumferential oil groove in the communication portion and the axial groove A in the circumferential end surfaces differ from each other, and a groove bottom of the circumferential oil groove is located at a position displaced to a side of the inner circumferential bearing surface from the groove bottom of the axial groove A. A cross-sectional area of the circumferential oil groove in the communication portion is larger than a cross-sectional area of the axial groove A.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a compound represented by the formula (1): [wherein Ar is an arylene group to be attached selected from the following formula (2): (wherein * represents a binding site to a nitrogen atom and ** represents a binding site to T); T represents —(O)n—R; R represents a C1-C6 alkyl group or the like; n represents 0 or 1; X represents O or the like; R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom or C1-C3 alkyl; or R2 and R3 may join together with an urea structure containing the nitrogen atoms to which they bind to form a 5- or 6-membered heterocycle; Y represents CH or N], or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a prodrug thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of the souluble LDL receptor (sLDLR) in viral hepatitis.

Abstract: A system for continuously metering and transporting a powder comprises means (104-107) for fluidizing (F2) the powder in a closed reservoir (4), a tube (110) dipping into the fluidized powder (L4) and discharging (110B) to the outside of the reservoir (4), and means (S2, C2) for pressurizing the reservoir. The system further comprises supply means (C3) for continuously supplying pressurizing gas from the reservoir (4) to a chamber (V6) for mixing the gas with fluidized powder leaving the tube (110), said supply means (C3) being equipped with or constituting a constriction (R3) to the flow of the pressurizing gas. A hose (7) for transporting the powder mixed with the pressurizing gas is connected to the downstream end of the mixing chamber (V6).

Abstract: An addressable outlet for use as part of local area network based on wiring installed in a building, such as telephone, electrical, cable television, dedicated wiring, and the like. The use of such wiring for data communications networks in addition to the wiring's primary usage creates a need for ways of determining the condition of the network and monitoring this information remotely. Network condition includes such factors as continuity of wiring, connector status, connected devices, topology, signal delays, latencies, and routing patterns. Providing basic processing and addressing capabilities within the outlet permits messaging to and from specific individual outlets, thereby allowing inquiries and reports of the condition of the immediate environment of each outlet. In addition, outlets can be configured with sensors to report on voltage, temperature, and other measurable quantities.

Abstract: A sharpening device for manually sharpening the cutting teeth of saw chains for chain saws has a frame, which has two head parts (spaced apart from one another and two pairs of guide rods which are, in each case, arranged parallel to one another and to a longitudinal axis and rigidly connect the head parts to one another. Parallel to the longitudinal axis, round files and two file faces are held without play, but exchangeably in the head parts. The pairs of guide rods and the respective associated round files and the respective file faces are arranged rotationally symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel nanostructure composed of at least one elongated structure element, an elongated structure element of said nanostructure bearing a different zone made of metal, metal alloy, conductive polymer or semiconductor and selectively grown onto at least one of the end portions of the elongated structure element. The present invention further provides a selective method for forming in a liquid medium, such nanostructures.

Abstract: A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the subject a siRNA molecule capable of inducing degradation of an mRNA encoding a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 in cells of the cancer thereby treating the cancer in the subject.

Abstract: There is provided an oil/air lubrication system capable of surely detecting lubrication oil in oil/air adapted to be fed into a rotary portion of a machine tool. A detection means which is provided to a pipe line in the vicinity of a mixing valve, just downstream of the mixing valve, is adapted to detect a flow of lubrication oil with the use of electromagnetic waves, and accordingly, a flow of air/oil can be accurately detected, irrespective of vibration of the machine tool, influence by the gravity, variation in the flow and a length of the pipe line from the mixing valve to the machine tool, and irrespective of a viscosity of the lubrication oil, and as well, irrespective of the installation of the detecting portion of the detecting means in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction.