Abstract: The invention concerns a method for transmitting in an area (100) information items in the form of sound waves representing a signal X(t), through a loudspeaker enclosure (2), said method comprising a step of setting up a public address system which consists in applying to the input of the loudspeaker enclosure (2) an electric signal P(t)=W(t) ?X(t) wherein is the convolution product and W(t)=S(?t)? I(t), wherein S(?t) is the temporal return of the pulse response S(t) between the enclosure and the target zone (101) belonging to the area to be fitted with a P.A. system (100) t representing time, and I(t) is the temporal response of the product e?2inft0.Sc (f), wherein f represents the frequency, t0 is a constant Sc(f)=1/(S1(f))?, ? being a non-null positive number and S1(f) being a real function obtained by peak clipping of the modulo I S(f) I of the frequency response S(f) of S(t).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for organizing the registers of a peripheral in memory, the peripheral including at least one control register to be addressed in memory to store configuration data of the peripheral, one transmission register to be addressed in memory to store data to be transmitted from the memory to the peripheral, and one reception register to be addressed in memory to store data to be transmitted from the peripheral to the memory, the method including: duplicating, within a data memory range, the transmission/reception register to different contiguous addresses; and implementing in memory the control registers at contiguous addresses at the level of a memory range adjacent to the memory range where the transmission/reception register has been duplicated.

Abstract: A process of programming or reprogramming a reprogrammable onboard memory (5) comprises programming or reprogramming the onboard memory of several modules (M0, M1) in parallel through a multiple access bus (6) to which the modules are connected. In the case of blank flash memories, a process downloads code through the multiple access bus (6) and executes the code, eliminating all external constraints (such as frequency, binary throughput). The process is more particularly intended to apply to onboard flash type memories.

Abstract: An article of manufacture is provided including a computer with memory including stored therein a first list of employees each having a criteria of eligibility data associated therewith and a second list of work area functions each having a criteria of eligibility data associated therewith; a computer usable code having a computer readable program code medium embodied therein for controlling the transfer of a shift change in a place of employment, the computer readable program code medium in said article of manufacture including computer-readable program code for causing the computer to ascertain an identity of an owner of a shift, computer-readable program code for causing the computer to ascertain an identity of a recipient of a shift, and computer-readable program code for causing the computer to approve the transferring of a shift of the owner to the recipient only if the eligibility data of the recipient matches that of the work area function associated with the shift of the owner.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for programming or reprogramming a reprogrammable onboard memory (5), characterised in that it consists of programming or reprogramming the onboard memory of several modules (M0, M1 . . . ) in parallel through a multiple access bus (6) to which the said modules are connected. In the case of blank flash memories, the invention also defines a process used to download code through the multiple access bus and to execute it, eliminating all external constraints (frequency, binary throughput).

Abstract: Structured antiperspirant emulsion formulations for topical application to human skin in a cosmetic method for controlling sweat and body odor generation can suffer from problems of impaired sensory properties and impaired efficacy (sweat reduction), which are ameliorated or overcome in structured antiperspirant emulsions in which (%s by weight of the emulsion) i) the hydrophilic phase comprises 25 to 55%; ii) the hydrophilic phase contains 0 to 15% polyhydric alcohol; iii) the emulsifier comprises an alkyl dimethicone copolyol; iv) the weight ratio of the hydrophilic phase to the emulsifier is selected in the range of at least 60:1 v) the structurant comprises an acylated sugar and vi) the water-immiscible oil and the structurant are present in a weight ratio of 1.5:1 to 8.5:1.

Abstract: Structured antiperspirant emulsion formulations for topical application to human skin in a cosmetic method for controlling sweat and body odor generation can suffer from problems of impaired sensory properties and impaired efficacy (sweat reduction), which are ameliorated or overcome in structured antiperspirant emulsions in which (% s by weight of the emulsion)

Abstract: A layered capacitor device with high capacitance per unit area is realized by alternating in the vertical direction first layers (FL1, FL2, FL3, FL4, FL5) and second layers (SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4). A first layer (FL2) consists of horizontally alternating electrically conducting tracks (T2,2; T2,3) and electrically insulating tracks, whereas a second layer includes of electrically insulating material, e.g. an oxide. In this way top-bottom capacitors (CTB) and side-wall capacitors (CSW) are constituted that are parallel coupled to form the layered capacitor device. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, this parallel coupling is realized by conductively interconnecting diagonally neighboring electrically conducting tracks (T1,2; T2,3).

Abstract: This invention discloses a radiation curable coating composition which is comprised of (1) a crosslinked polymeric resin which is comprised of repeat units which are derived from (a) at least one member selected from the group consisting of acrylate monomers and vinyl aromatic monomers and (b) a crosslinking monomer; (2) an acrylate diluting monomer; and (3) a photocatalyst.

Abstract: To form a double windrow of a grass crop after it has been cut, a windrow grouper is mounted behind a mower conditioner unit. The windrow grouper has an upright rotating drum which is provided with crop-engaging tines, and is positioned to deflect the cut crop into the double windrow when the crop is still in flight from the mower conditioner unit and before it has any substantial contact with the ground. The windrow grouper is swung clear of the crop delivered by the mower conditioner unit to enable an initial windrow to be laid, and then is swung back into the flight path of the crop to form the double windrow.

Abstract: A heat-insulating enclosure contains temperature-regulating means and open-topped vessels each containing a sample of predetermined volume and transferred from a storage position to an analysis position in which a predetermined volume of reagent solution is contacted with the sample. Means are provided for detecting the respective temperatures of the sample and the reagent, for detecting the heat flux released and limiting thermal variations in the vicinity of each sample.

Abstract: Fluorescent X-ray image intensifying screen comprising discrete particles of fluorescent material dispersed in a binder layer which screen has an outer layer containing solid particulate material protruding from a coherent film forming organic binder medium and having a static friction coefficient at room temperature not higher than 0.30 on steel.