Abstract: A heating system for an aerosol generation assembly, includes a coil, a susceptor and an oscillation circuitry configured to generate AC current on the coil from a DC current provided by the battery. The oscillation circuitry comprises includes at least one power circuit including two power transistors (Q1A, Q1B) and a bias line (LA, LB) for each power transistor (Q1A, Q1B). Each power transistor (Q1A, Q1B) includes a gate terminal connected to the corresponding bias line (LA, LB) and able to control the current between the corresponding source and drain terminals. The oscillation circuitry further includes a microcontroller connected to both bias lines (LA, LB) and able to generate a voltage signal on each of the bias lines (LA, LB). The at least one power circuit further includes a potential divider defining an output terminal (T) connected to the microcontroller.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for controlling a heating system for an aerosol generation assembly containing a vaporizable material. The method includes controlling the temperature of a susceptor, during a pre heating phase, based on at least one vaporizable material characteristic inherent to the vaporizable material, at least one device characteristic inherent to the aerosol generation assembly, or on an ambient characteristic inherent to the ambient area; and controlling the temperature of the susceptor, during a heating phase, based on temperature measurements provided by a heating temperature sensor and a predetermined offset.

Abstract: Printed circuit board pad layouts and mechanical retainers are disclosed herein. For example, a printed circuit board is disclosed having a row of electrically conductive pads, the row of pads including pairs of signal pads with exactly one reference pad interposed between each pair of the signal pads. As another example, a mechanical retainer is disclosed that may assist in interconnecting two printed circuit boards and that has a longitudinal body with a threaded end, a head at an end opposite the threaded end, and a shank connecting the head to the threaded end.

Abstract: Printed circuit board pad layouts and mechanical retainers are disclosed herein. For example, a printed circuit board is disclosed having a row of electrically conductive pads, the row of pads including pairs of signal pads with exactly one reference pad interposed between each pair of the signal pads. As another example, a mechanical retainer is disclosed that may assist in interconnecting two printed circuit boards and that has a longitudinal body with a threaded end, a head at an end opposite the threaded end, and a shank connecting the head to the threaded end.

Abstract: A wearable wound simulant for simulating a battlefield wound is presented. The simulant facilitates a graphically and functionally realistic medical training tool. The simulant includes a skin replica and a wound. The skin replica is shaped to conformably contact and cover a body region either in part or whole. The skin replica further includes a plurality of bendable layers arranged to approximately replicate the visual and tactile properties of human tissue and at least one tear resistant layer composed of a fabric material disposed between two bendable layers. At least one tear resistant layer is less stretchable than the elastic limit of the bendable layers so as to prevent failure thereof. The bendable and tear resistant layers form a self-sealing structure. A three-dimensional wound structure is disposed along the skin replica so as to replicate the appearance and functionality of a penetrating or non-penetrating injury.

Abstract: A wearable wound simulant for simulating a battlefield wound is presented. The simulant facilitates a graphically and functionally realistic medical training tool. The simulant includes a skin replica and a wound. The skin replica is shaped to conformably contact and cover a body region either in part or whole. The skin replica further includes a plurality of bendable layers arranged to approximately replicate the visual and tactile properties of human tissue and at least one tear resistant layer composed of a fabric material disposed between two bendable layers. At least one tear resistant layer is less stretchable than the elastic limit of the bendable layers so as to prevent failure thereof. The bendable and tear resistant layers form a self-sealing structure. A three-dimensional wound structure is disposed along the skin replica so as to replicate the appearance and functionality of a penetrating or non-penetrating injury.

Abstract: A wearable wound simulant including a skin replica having the appearance of a particular region of the human body, examples including but not limited to a leg, arm, torso, or stomach, and a wound disposed along the skin replica is described. The skin replica includes a plurality of bendable layers arranged to replicate the visual and tactile properties of human tissues and at least one tear resistant layer comprised of a fabric material disposed between two bendable layers. The tear resistant layers are less stretchable than the bendable layers so as to prevent the bendable layers from stretching beyond their failure threshold. Design elements of the present invention facilitate the visual, tactile, and functional aspects of a battlefield wound so as to allow for the diagnosis of injuries associated therewith.

Abstract: A magazine well plug used to render a weapon safe and/or to prevent sand, water, and other contaminants from entering a weapon is described. The magazine well plug includes a main body substantially shaped to conform to the interior of a magazine well, an optional flange substantially disposed about the main body, and an optional grip element disposed at one end of the main body facilitating insertion and removal of the plug with respect to the magazine well. The main body and flange are comprised of one or more compressible materials. The main body is dimensionally larger than one or more dimensions within a magazine well so as to require the main body to be compressed in part or whole when inserted into a magazine well. The invention avoids openings inherent with rigid plugs, thereby preventing solid and/or liquid contaminants from entering a magazine well.

Abstract: A magazine well plug used to render a weapon safe and/or to prevent sand, water, and other contaminants from entering a weapon is described. The magazine well plug includes a main body substantially shaped to conform to the interior of a magazine well, an optional flange substantially disposed about the main body, and an optional grip element disposed at one end of the main body facilitating insertion and removal of the plug with respect to the magazine well. The main body and flange are comprised of on e or more compressible materials. The main body is dimensionally larger than one or more dimensions within a magazine well so as to require the main body to be compressed in part or whole when inserted into a magazine well. The invention avoids openings inherent with rigid plugs, thereby preventing solid and/or liquid contaminants from entering a magazine well.

Abstract: A wearable wound simulant including a skin replica having the appearance of a particular region of the human body, examples including but not limited to a leg, arm, torso, or stomach, and a wound disposed along the skin replica is described. The skin replica includes a plurality of bendable layers arranged to replicate the visual and tactile properties of human tissues and at least one tear resistant layer comprised of a fabric material disposed between two bendable layers. The tear resistant layers are less stretchable than the bendable layers so as to prevent the bendable layers from stretching beyond their failure threshold. Design elements of the present invention facilitate the visual, tactile, and functional aspects of a battlefield wound so as to allow for the diagnosis of injuries associated therewith.

Abstract: A motor car structure is built up from flat panels joined together, each panel comprising two mutually parallel spaced apart structural skins braced with respect to each other by a core of expanded material united to both skins. Each joint between two panels comprises a series of integral projections formed on a first panel by cutting the panel to a required shape and recesses in the second panel corresponding to the projections. The projections are inserted and bonded into the recesses by means of an adhesive.

Abstract: Compounds having the general formula (I), ##STR1## wherein X and Y represent individually H or --NO, at least one of them being a group-NO, n is 0, 1 or 2, R represents hydrogen, an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, cycloaliphatic-alkyl, aryl or aralkyl radical, or a group of formula, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is a lower alkyl radical or an aryl, all these radicals being optionally substituted. The present invention also relates to the compounds hereabove defined in the form of mixtures of their position isomers. Furthermore, the present invention discloses processes for preparing such compounds, as well as compositions, useful particularly in anticancerous chemotherapy, containing at least one of said compounds as an active principle.