Abstract: A method of fabricating a composite insulator with a protective housing made of a polymer material incorporating an antioxidant and an antiozonant includes the step consisting in incorporating said antiozonant at a final concentration by weight lying in the range 0.005% to 1%, and said antioxidant at a final concentration by weight lying in the range 0.005% to 1%, said antiozonant being selected from the family of phenylenediamines, and said antioxidant being selected from the family of multifunctional phenolic antioxidants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic balance adjusting centrifuge which calculates the magnitude and the location of imbalance of itself based on the vibration generated in the dynamic state and automatically compensate for the imbalance based on the calculation, and the control method thereof. The method includes: (a) measuring the amount of vibration of a rotor of a centrifuge, supporting buckets that load samples, at a predetermined rotational velocity; (b) determining whether the amount of vibration measured in step (a) is greater than an allowed value; and (c) when the amplitude of the vibration is greater than the allowed value, compensating for a weight imbalance of the rotor by an amount calculated based on the vibration amount measured in step (a) and returning to step (a), otherwise, performing a centrifugal separation by accelerating the rotor to a working velocity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 3-phenyl(thio)uracils and -dithiouracils of the formula I where the variables are each as defined in the description, and also intermediates for their preparation.

Abstract: A method of dynamically adjusting the buffer delay of an adaptive jitter buffer of a network node receiving packets of a media stream from a packet switched network. The method comprises inserting packets arriving to the network node into the jitter buffer and executing a jitter buffering procedure once every Trepin, wherein Trepin is equal to the jitter buffer play-out interval. Executing the jitter buffer procedure involves updating a jitter protection time, Tjit, wherein Tjit defines a current target value for the maximum buffering delay, on the basis of the variation of the number of pending packets, N in the jitter buffer.

Abstract: A portable or embedded access device is provided for being coupled to, and for allowing only authorized users access to, an access-limited apparatus, device, network or system, e.g. a computer terminal, an internet bank or a corporate or government intranet. The access device comprises an integrated circuit (IC) providing increased security by bridging the functionality of biometrics input from a user and, upon positive authentication of the user's fingerprint locally to provide secure communication with the said access-limited apparatus, device, network or system, whether local or remote. A corresponding method of using the portable device or the embedded device is disclosed for providing a bridge from biometrics input to a computer locally, into secure communication protocol responses to a non-biometrics network. A method of providing secured access control and user input in stand-alone appliances having an embedded access control or user input device according to the invention is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for selecting charged particles possessing a predetermined property from a population of a multiplicity of different particles, and also to a device which is suitable for implementing the method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of limiting local bandwidth impairment in a telecommunications system, wherein tone reservation is used to reduce peak power of a multi-carrier signal using successive processing stages. The present invention also relates to an apparatus for limiting local bandwidth impairment and to a base station including such an apparatus.

Abstract: For aspiration and dispensation of a metering fluid, a pipetting apparatus comprises a work fluid which differs from the former, the work fluid being accommodated in a work space with a variable volume which extends along a channel axis and, with reference to the latter, is formed by a piston-cylinder system at least along an axial section of the channel axis, having a cylinder which delimits the work space along a cylinder section in the radial direction and a piston which delimits the work space in a first axial direction, the cylinder and the piston being arranged so that they can move with respect to each other such that the piston-cylinder system has an axial longitudinal end region for metering, which is open for aspiration and dispensation, and an axial longitudinal end region for work which is closed by the piston, the piston being designed as an outer piston and surrounding the cylinder on the outside in the longitudinal end region for work of the piston-cylinder system.

Abstract: This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a lipase inhibitor; a lipophilic oil absorbent selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated castor oil, hydrogenated vegetable oil, glyceryl behenate, glyceryl palmitostearate and a mixture thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable additive, an oral formulation of a lipase inhibitor prepared there from and a method for preparing said formulation. The formulation of the present invention can minimize side effects such as oily spotting, fatty/oily stool, abdominal distension and flatus, and thus it can be advantageously used for preventing or treating obesity and hyperlipaemia.

Abstract: A yarn feeding device for a knitting machine comprises a motor for driving a roller from which a yarn is fed out, and a rotatable arm which intermediately stores the yarn fed out from the roller, and the yarn is fed from the arm to a knitting machine body. A torque generator is provided to apply a variable torque to the arm. A yarn speed is obtained from a loop length of a stitch for each knitting needle and a knitting speed calculated on the basis of knitting data used in the knitting machine body. The yarn speed is converted into a torque to be applied to a buffer using a conversion table at each knitting section in a knitting course so as to correct a yarn tension fluctuation caused by the yarn speed, and the torque generator is controlled in accordance with the torque thus obtained. The yarn tension fluctuation is reduced so that high-speed knitting and knitting using a weak yarn can be facilitated.

Abstract: Disclosed is a crystalline form of irinotecan hydrochloride (I) and processes for the preparation thereof from crude irinotecan hydrochloride or another polymorphic form of irinotecan. Said crystalline form is particularly suitable for industrial use, because it is easily filtered and possesses characteristics of high stability and purity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating insulin resistance, neuronal loss associated with stroke, ischemia, central nervous system trauma, a central nervous system disorder, a neurodegenerative disease, the adverse consequences of the over-stimulation of excitatory amino acids, a psychiatric disease, epilepsy or other convulsive disorder, chronic pain, CMV retinitis, urinary incontinence, or for inducing anesthesia; which comprises administering to an animal or human in need thereof an effective amount of a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an effective amount of a pyrone-indole derivative of formula (I): Ar—B—Ar???(I) wherein Ar represents an indole nucleus ring system: Ar? represents an alpha-, beta- or gamma-pyrone nucleus ring system: and each of B, R1-4, and R1-2? are one of the groups as defined herein.

Abstract: Monitoring apparatus (100, 200, 300) for registration and warning of overtemperature, particularly in connection with harmful heat development in electric installations, as for example outlets, switches and fuse equipment. The apparatus provides for timely warning of heat development, so that overheating and damage is avoided, whereby the operation of electric installation equipment for mounting in electric installations, will have a significantly improved safety. The temperature registration is performed in a unit (100) by means of a sensor (1) which provides an electrical magnitude that is influenced by the temperature, for example a thermistor, which is a temperature-dependent resistor. When a low current is applied to such a component, it will result in a temperature-dependent voltage drop that is measured and gives a direct measure of the temperature.

Abstract: A system for generating recommendation data includes an assessment unit and an evaluation unit. The assessment unit is configured to receive transaction data for a plurality of transactions and to assess each transaction and generate assessment data based thereon. The evaluation unit is coupled with the assessment unit and configured to receive an evaluation request including a proposed transaction, and generate recommendation data including a certainty indicator which indicates a level of certainty that the proposed transaction will be successful according to predetermined criteria.

Abstract: A method of treating mesothelioma in a mammal, whereby a methylol-containing compound is administered to the mammal intrapleurally.

Abstract: A method of developing seedlings includes germinating the seeds and air pruning the seedlings to a depth of about 3 inches.

Abstract: A method and computer program product for minimizing short-term risk to a portfolio of securities holdings during implementation of executing an outstanding trade list of securities to be traded, takes into account covariances between securities in the outstanding trade list and between securities in the outstanding trade list and securities in the portfolio of holdings so as to minimize risk to the portfolio of holdings as well as to a residual trade list of unexecuted orders during said implementation.

Abstract: A mailpiece unstacker device comprises a feed magazine for moving the mailpieces in a stack and on edge in a certain direction towards an unstacker head. It is provided with materials sensors for delivering signals indicating that a current mailpiece has a cover made of a plastics material and/or includes a metal material. A control unit forces the feed magazine and the unstacker head to operate as a function of the signals generated by the sensors so that the mailpieces are presented facing the unstacker head in positions that are inclined backwards to various extents.

Abstract: A resist pattern forming method using a coating and developing apparatus and an aligner being connected thereto which are controlled to form a resist film on a surface of a substrate with a base film and a base pattern formed thereon, followed by inspecting at least one of a plurality of measurement items selected from: reflection ratio and film thickness of the base film and the resist film, line width after a development, an accuracy that the base pattern matches with a resist pattern, a defect on the surface after the development, etc. A parameter subject to amendment is selected based on corresponding data of each measurement item, such as the film thickness of the resist and the line width after the development, and amendment of the parameter is performed. This results in a reduced workload of an operator, and the appropriate amendment can be performed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new injectable composite material suitable for use as a bone substitute. The composite material according to the invention comprises a reactive ceramic phase based on tricalcium phosphate and an organic phase comprising a polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel. By varying the concentration of the two phases it is possible to modulate the mechanical and injectability properties of the material.