Abstract: The plug guide comprises a bore for receiving a nail comprising a head and a shaft onto which a skirt is slid, the bore having a passing section determined so that the head and the skirt of the nail cause it to be guided therein, a recess being provided in the front part of the plug guide for ejecting and expanding the guiding skirt. The recess comprises at least one radial bulge projecting inside, for extending the wall of the bore of the plug guide and forming a narrowing for guiding the nail. This invention further relates to a fastening device comprising the plug guide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a control method for a digital ink-jet printing device to carry out multicolor ink-jet printing on an intermittent rotary printing device. The method includes: determining whether a current page is the first page; if yes, calculating a length of an image to be printed on the current page by subtracting a distance between an imaging component group and a reference from a length of a page, wherein the reference is the foremost printing imaging component group in a movement direction of a printed body, and acquiring image data of the current page, the length of which is the calculated length, after delaying the distance; if no, acquiring unprinted image data of a previous page, the length of which is the distance, and image data of the current page, the length of which is the calculated length.

Abstract: The grinding surface of a grinding stone is formed from a circular conical surface, a drive device for rotation is installed within a housing. The blade of a cutting tool is ground while the longitudinal direction of the cutting tool is aligned with the direction of a generating line of the grinding surface. When grinding the blade, the cutting tool can be aligned with the direction of the generating line of the grinding surface and the blade can be brought in contact with the grinding surface without the handle of the cutting tool and the hand that holds the cutting tool being interfered with the grinder. This is achieved irrespective of in which one of the directions of lines the tip of the blade faces, the lines being obtained by extending the generating line of the grinding surface from both ends of the generating line.

Abstract: An embodiment of a method includes generating a regulated output signal from a regulated intermediate signal in response to a reference signal and the regulated output signal, and generating the regulated intermediate signal from an input signal in response to the regulated output signal and the regulated intermediate signal. By generating one regulated signal (e.g., a regulated output voltage) from another regulated signal (e.g., a regulated intermediate voltage), the magnitude of the ripple component of the one regulated signal may be reduced. Furthermore, by generating the regulated intermediate signal in response to the regulated output signal, the efficiency of the regulation may be increased.

Abstract: Voice verification systems for controlling access to electronic accounts using spoken utterances are disclosed. These systems include a database of words and a sentence synthesis engine that uses the dictionary to construct challenge sentences. A challenge logic routine selects a challenge sentence and processes a spoken response from an entity to determine if the entity is authorized to access an electronic account. Both human and machine spoken utterances can be processed as responses, and in some embodiments, the entity may be an automated agent authorized by a human to conduct transactions in said electronic account.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor and of a farnesyl-pyrophosphate synthase inhibitor, or of one of their associated physiologically acceptable salts, in the preparation of a composition, particularly a pharmaceutical composition, for use in the treatment of human or animal, pathological or nonpathological situations related to the accumulation and/or the persistence of prenylated proteins in cells, such as during progeria (Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome), restrictive dermopathy or physiological ageing.

Abstract: A system for cooling internal combustion engine pistons comprising an oil pump driven by the engine, jets projecting oil on the pistons, and a control device (2) interposed between the oil pump and the jets, where the control device comprises a valve (14) positioned between an oil inlet pipe (8) connected to the pressurised oil pump and a jet supply pipe (10), where said valve allows the oil to flow out from the pump to the jets when the oil pressure is at least equal to a threshold pressure, and where the device also comprises a solenoid valve (22) capable of causing the valve (14) to close by permitting the pressurised oil to be brought into contact with the closure member (16), in a direction of closure of the valve (14).

Abstract: Polyelectrolyte resulting from polymerization, for 100 mol %, of: a) a molar ratio ?50% and ?99% of monomer units originating from at least one cationic monomer; b) a molar ratio >1% and ?50% of monomer units originating from at least one monomer including a fully or partially salified free weak acid function; c) optionally a molar ratio >0 mol % and ?5 mol % of monomer units originating from at least one monomer of formula A-C(?O)—O—[(CH2—CH(R1)—O]n—R (I), where n is, independently, a number from 1 to 50, A is a monovalent unsaturated aliphatic radical having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl radical, or an ethyl radical, and R is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 8 to 30 carbon atoms; and d) optionally a molar ratio >0% and ?1% of a diethylene or polyethylene cross-linking monomer.

Abstract: The invention provides a crystalline hydrochloride salt of 4-[2-(2,4,6-trifluorophenoxymethyl)phenyl]piperidine. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline salt, processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline salt, and methods of using the crystalline salt to treat diseases.

Abstract: An elliptical exercise device has a frame supporting guide links and foot support links. A cam system has a horizontal control cam portion with a first and second offset horizontal drive portion. Horizontal control followers are pivotally connected to a horizontal follower support and each has a control portion and a cam engagement portion engaging a horizontal drive portion. Horizontal control couplings couple the guide links to the control portions of the horizontal control followers. A vertical drive system is coupled to the foot support links. A foot receiving area of each foot support link moves in a generally elliptical path when the cam portion rotates about the cam axis.

Abstract: Generator (1) of synthetic jets (2) for a main flow of fluid, comprising a cavity (10) delimited by a fixed wall (13) and a mobile wall. The fixed wall comprises a sleeve (8) and a head (4) provided with an orifice (14) through which the generated jet of fluid (2) is drawn in from and ejected into the main flow of fluid. The mobile wall is opposite the head. The generator comprises a rigid piston (3) including the mobile wall and sliding in a fluid-tight manner in the sleeve (8), and comprises an actuator mechanically linked with the piston and able to drive the piston with an alternating movement having an amplitude and a frequency. The actuator is capable of providing a movement of variable amplitude and frequency, at least the amplitude being variable during the movement. The actuator comprises a mechanism for the mechanical amplification of displacement.

Abstract: A method for preparing an abrasion resistant optical article comprising: providing an optical article having at least one main face bearing an abrasion resistant coating; positioning said optical article in a vacuum deposition chamber; depositing a first inorganic layer comprising SiO2 onto and in direct contact with said abrasion resistant coating by vacuum evaporation of SiO2 and/or SiOx, with 1<x<2, in said vacuum chamber, the thickness of said first inorganic layer ranging from 10 to 100 nm, wherein oxygen is introduced inside said vacuum chamber during said evaporation; said deposition being conducted without ion assistance; depositing a second inorganic layer comprising SiO2 onto and in direct contact with said first inorganic layer by vacuum evaporation of SiO2 and/or SiOx, with 1<x<2, in said vacuum chamber, the thickness of said second inorganic layer ranging from 70 to 300 nm, wherein said deposition is conducted without ion assistance and the pressure in said vacuum chamber during the d

Abstract: This invention provides an inkjet printing positioning device and control method thereof. The inkjet printing positioning device comprises: base; linear guide rail fixedly mounted on the base; inkjet unit, moving in matched manner with the linear guide rail; ball screw, driving the inkjet unit to move linearly when being rotated; servomotor, for driving the ball screw to rotate; zero position detecting device, mounted in a position on the moving travel route of the inkjet unit from the initial position to the printing area, and for sending zero position signal when detects that the inkjet unit is passing by; controller connecting the zero position detecting device and the servomotor, and for controlling the servomotor to drive the inkjet unit to move from the current position to the printing area and locate there, and controlling the servomotor to drive the inkjet unit to move predetermined displacement upon receipt of zero position signal.

Abstract: A failure diagnosis circuit includes a multiplexer and a controller. The multiplexer receives address signals, and selectively outputs one of the address signals to an addressable module in response to a selecting signal. The controller generates a first one of address signals and the selecting signal. A built-in self-test circuit generates the second address signal. The addressable module includes addressable components responsive to the address signal. The controller processes the output of the addressable module responsive to the address signal to make a failure diagnosis. The built-in self-test circuit performs signature analysis on the read out output of the addressable module.

Abstract: A system, method and a computer program product for automatically provisioning an abbreviated dialing code are disclosed. The system includes a provisioning manager designed to process a request to provision an abbreviated dialing code. The provisioning manager includes a provisioning server that receives the request and a database of rules, communicatively coupled to the provisioning server, that stores one or more rules associated with the abbreviated dialing code. The system also includes a registry manager, communicatively coupled to the provisioning manager, that determines whether an abbreviated dialing code is registered.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for measuring the angular position of a contrasting edge of an object having a luminance transition zone which is substantially rectilinear in a given direction and separates two regions of different luminances. This method comprises the functional steps of: —carrying out, in a transverse direction different from the given direction, an amplitude modulation of the signals delivered by a first and a second optical sensor; and —calculating an output signal (Yout(t)) starting from the signals delivered by the first and the second optical sensors (D1, D2) as a function of the angular position of the luminance transition zone. Device and set of devices for measuring the angular position of a contrasting edge and steering aid system for fixation and tracking a target comprising at least one such contrasting edge.