Abstract: The present invention relates to mounting of a sound tube inside a shell of a hearing aid. The invention provides a sound tube adaptor, a tool for insertion of the adaptor and a method for attaching a sound tube to a shell, the sound tube adaptor facilitating attachment of a sound tube to a shell, having a first end for attachment to one end of a sound tube and a second end that is adapted to be received inside the shell in a hole in the shell in such a way that the adaptor and the sound tube extend inside the shell from the hole towards the entrance of an ear canal of a user when the shell is positioned in the ear canal.

Abstract: A recombinant prototrophic micro-organism such as a yeast is provided which over-expresses the activity of an enzyme catalysing the conversion of glucose-1 phosphate to glucose-6 phosphate in the galactose uptake and metabolism pathway. Suitably the increased enzyme activity is due to over-expression of the gene PGM2. This produces increased uptake of galactose and increased ethanol production when the organism is grown on a galactose containing medium.

Abstract: The electronic device is formed in a die including a body of semiconductor material having a first face covered by a covering structure and a second face. An integral thermal spreader of metal is grown galvanically on the second face during the manufacture of a wafer, prior to cutting into dice. The covering structure comprises a passivation region and a protective region of opaque polyimide; the protective region and the passivation region are opened above the contact pads for the passage of leads.

Abstract: The process for forming a film of TiSiN includes the following sequence of steps: deposition of a TiN film at medium temperature, for example, 300-450° C., by thermal decomposition of a metallorganic precursor, for example TDMAT (Tetrakis Dimethylamino Titanium); exposition to a silicon releasing gas, such as silane (SiH4) and dichlorosilane (SiH2Cl2) at 10-90 sccm—standard cube centimeters per minute—for a quite long time, for example, longer than 10 s but less than 90 s, preferably about 40 s; exposition to a H2/N2 plasma at 200-800 sccm, for 10-90 s, preferably about 40 s.

Abstract: Transmission spectrometers require low levels of background light so that the signal to noise ratio is increased, and also require stable performance over wide temperature ranges. Light reflected by the transmission grating can result in increased background levels. One approach to reducing the background level is to orient the transmissive diffraction grating so that light reflected by the grating is reflected out of the diffraction plane. The temperature-induced wavelength drift of a transmission spectrometer can be due to the frame upon which the transmission grating is mounted. The wavelength drift is reduced by allowing the thermal expansion of the grating to be independent of the frame.

Abstract: The process aims at providing a covering, such as a flooring, that has an appearance substantially free from phenomena of directionality, starting from a vulcanizable elastomer material, the said process comprising the operations of: feeding an extruder with strips of vulcanizable elastomer material of different color, subjecting said material to extrusion, causing it to pass through a drawplate provided with openings; subjecting to shredding the material obtained by means of drawing so as to obtain, as a result of the action of shredding, a granular material; subjecting said granular material to mixing until it is rendered substantially homogeneous; feeding said granular material rendered homogeneous by mixing to a calender, by direct feeding by gravity of the homogeneous granular material into the gap between the rollers of the calender so as to obtain, as a result of calendering, a strip of vulcanizable elastomer material; and subjecting said material in the form of a strip to vulcanization.

Abstract: Wheel disc, comprising a radially outer circular mounting part, a radially inner fixing and centering part with a bearing region comprising a specified number of fixing apertures and ending radially inwardly with a centering vent, and arms connecting the inner and outer parts, each arm being disposed substantially circumferentially between two adjacent fixing apertures and the radially inner free edges of the radially outer circular part defining perforations with the free lateral edges of the arms, wherein in order to mechanically reinforce each arm the central region of each arm is deformed in order to house a swelling receding axially outwardly relative to the lateral regions of the disc arms, including a yoke opening into the centering vent.

Abstract: A device for blocking at least one strand of a lace or other filiform element, the device including a rotatable blocking member and a hollow body, the hollow body having a cavity for housing the blocking member. The blocking member is circular, freely rotatable, and elastically biased in the direction of blocking the strand(s). The device further includes an unblocking member. The unblocking member has a gripping portion located at a distance from the hollow body.

Abstract: The invention discloses and claims benzimidazole compounds of formula (I): wherein X is C—R2; Y is C—R2 or C—R3; W and Z are each C—R3; R1 is an optionally substituted aryl, heteroaryl or a saturated 5- or 6-membered monocyclic heterocyclic radical or a bicyclic heterocyclic radical; and A5 is H or alkyl; or a stereoisomer, a racemate, an enantiomer or a diastereoisomer of said compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; the use of compounds of formula (I) for the treatment of a disorder of proliferation of blood vessels, uncontrolled angiogenesis, a fibrotic disorder, a disorder of proliferation of mesangial cells, a metabolic disorder, allergy, asthma, thrombosis, a disease of the nervous system, retinopathy, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, muscle degeneration, solid tumors and cancers, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvants or diluents and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compou

Abstract: A codifying and storing method for membership functions representing a membership degree of fuzzy variables defined within a universe of discourse which is discretized into a finite number of points is provided. The membership functions are quantized into a finite number of levels corresponding to a finite number of membership degrees and are stored by means of a characteristic value of each sub-set of values of fuzzy variables having for their image the same value of the membership degree corresponding to one of said levels. Also provided is a method for calculating the value of the membership degree of a fuzzy variable defined within a universe of discourse discretized into a finite number of points with reference to a membership function thereof, as well as to a circuit for calculating the membership degree of a fuzzy variable with reference to a membership function thereof.

Abstract: A method for controlling in closed loop an analog system generating an output signal from a control signal, wherein the control signal is a series of digital values, each new digital value being determined based on the difference between a signal linked to the output signal and the last determined value of the control signal multiplied by a selected factor. The present invention also relates to a device for controlling an analog system generating an analog output signal.

Abstract: Composite plastic compositions based on the dispersion of selected cross-linked polymers in certain thermoplastic matrices are disclosed. The composite compositions are readily formed and processed by thermal extrusion processes versus conventional casting processes. Preferred composite plastics compositions based on cross-linked poly(alkyl (meth)acrylate) polymers and modified poly(alkyl (meth)acrylate) thermoplastics are especially useful in the preparation of synthetic architectural materials having a mineral-like appearance, such as that of granite.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-to-use composition for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibres, and in particular human keratin fibres such as the hair, comprising, in a medium which is suitable for dyeing, para-phenylenediamine as first oxidation base, at least one para-aminophenol as second oxidation base, 2-methyl-5-N-(?-hydroxyethyl)aminophenol as coupler and at least one enzyme of 2-electron oxidoreductase type in the presence of at least one donor for the said enzyme, and to the dyeing process using this composition.

Abstract: A method for detecting the position of a rotor of a DC motor with N phases having a plurality of windings, comprising the steps of connecting two of the windings between first and second prefixed voltages through to a first current path for a prefixed time, allowing the current stored in the two windings to discharge through a second current path; comparing the voltage across one of the two windings with a reference voltage and providing a control signal when the voltage is smaller in absolute value than the reference voltage, performing the above steps for each of the winding pairs of the motor; detecting the position of the rotor on the basis of the control signals obtained.

Abstract: The production of recombinant gene products from cultures of the yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii strains transformed with expression vectors bearing the gene coding for the proteins.

Abstract: Steering system for vehicles comprises a frame with a front axle and a rear axle, at least one of these carrying two steered wheels, the wheels of each axle being driven by a hydraulic motor via a differential unit, the steered wheels being connected, for steering control, to a cylinder-piston unit fed by a usual power steering device, in which at least the hydraulic motor associated with one axle is of variable piston displacement, and is associated with piston displacement adjustment means governed by the position of the cylinder of the cylinder-piston unit which controls the steering.

Abstract: Snowboard binding comprising a baseplate (1) on which is mounted a bow (7) that is adjustable in terms of position by means of two pairs of nuts and screws and a highback (8) mounted on the bow so chat it is orientable. Each of the screws (25) used to mount the highback (8) on the bow (7) and one of the screws (22, 24) of the pair of screws used to fix the bow to the baseplate arc coaxial and share a common nut (17, 19). This construction has the effect of simplifying the nut-and-screw fittings and of increasing the range of orientation of the highback.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a moving picture decoding processor for multimedia signal processing. In more detail, it relates to a moving picture decoding processor, based on RISC processor, having a separate bus structure for minimizing memory access. And thus, it can provide optimized systems for various application fields.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical puncturing device comprising a rigid needle being at one end adapted for facilitating the puncturing and comprising at the opposite end a hub, the hub comprising a handle part and a shield part being pivotable in relation to the handle part and further comprising locking means on the shield part and the handle part, the locking means being adapter to interlock the shield and the handle part in a pivoted position of the shield part where the rigid needle is covered by this.

Abstract: A new and distinct red-flowered Lavatera plant is provided that is a somaclonal mutation of the ‘Breedon's Spring’ cultivar (non-patented in the United States). Callus culture and regeneration were carried out and the new variety was selected from the resulting plants. The new cultivar can be readily distinguished from the parent cultivar by the presence of larger and deeper pink flowers, a compact well-branched growth habit, and the presence of attractive relatively thick tomentose leaves. The new cultivar also is a tetraploid unlike the parent cultivar.