Abstract: The invention relates mold, particularly a mold for producing foam articles. In a preferred embodiment, the mold comprises a lid and a bowl releasingly engageable to define a mold cavity, the lid comprising: (i) a vent having a passageway for gas to escape from the mold cavity, and (ii) a plurality of grooves connected to the vent. The use of a plurality of grooves/slots in the mold cavity surface effectively acts as a siphon to draw gas away from the composition to be molded. The plurality of grooves/slots is connected to one or more vents which then allows for escape of the gas from the mold cavity to the exterior of the mold.

Abstract: A packet data retransmission control method, where a base-station upper-level control system transmits downstream packet data, which is terminated at a terminal station, to a plurality of base stations. A specific base station that is one of the base stations transfers the downstream packet data to the terminal station. The plurality of base stations receive an upstream control signal with which reception of the downstream packet data is acknowledged and which is returned from the terminal station. Base stations other than the specific base station notify the specific base station via the base-station upper-level control system that they have received the upstream control signal. The specific base station determines packet data to be retransmitted according to the receiving situation thereof for the upstream control signal returned from the terminal station and the receiving situations of the other base stations for the upstream control signal.