Abstract: A method includes receiving information indicative of a first vehicle identification number (VIN) for a first vehicle, determining that the first vehicle includes a first recalled component by comparing the first VIN to information in a recall database stored in a memory of an auditing system, receiving first image data generated by a mobile device, the first image data being reproducible as a first image of the first VIN on the first vehicle and associated with a first location of the mobile device, receiving second image data generated by the mobile device, the second image data being reproducible as a second image of at least a portion of the first recalled component and associated with a second location of the mobile device, and validating a status of the first recalled component by comparing the first location of the mobile and the second location of the mobile device.

Abstract: A method includes receiving information indicative of a first vehicle identification number (VIN) for a first vehicle, determining that the first vehicle includes a first recalled component by comparing the first VIN to information in a recall database stored in a memory of an auditing system, receiving first image data generated by a mobile device, the first image data being reproducible as a first image of the first VIN on the first vehicle and associated with a first location of the mobile device, receiving second image data generated by the mobile device, the second image data being reproducible as a second image of at least a portion of the first recalled component and associated with a second location of the mobile device, and validating a status of the first recalled component by comparing the first location of the mobile and the second location of the mobile device.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of determining the delivery of a dosage from an inhaler able to deliver an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) as an inhalable aerosol to a user comprising at least the steps of (i) measuring user inhalation airflow during a use occasion of the inhaler to determine the portion of the inhalation above an airspeed threshold F1; (ii) measuring the volume of air inhaled by the user during the use occasion of the inhaler to determine the portion of inhalation occurring prior to a swept volume threshold V1; (iii) determining a first portion P1 of the dosage provided by the inhaler during the use occasion above the threshold F1 and provided prior to threshold V1.

Abstract: A non-combustible tobacco article for use in conjunction with a heat source to produce an inhalable aerosol includes at least one tobacco derived portion, at least one distal filter portion and at least one mouth-end filter portion held together in an overwrap; the complete article having a compressibility factor in the longitudinal axis of <10%.

Abstract: A container for a tobacco product having a base and a lid, the lid comprises an outer skirt and a first abutment projection. The abutment projection runs circumferentially on an inside surface of the lid, adjacent to the outer skirt. The base comprises a side wall configured to contact an outward-facing surface of the first abutment projection during closure of the lid, such that the side wall is outwardly deflected and contacts an inside surface of the outer skirt of the lid, sealing the container when the lid is closed.

Abstract: A flight control system and method including a primary flight control path between one or more pilot controls and control surface actuators on an associated aircraft, wherein the primary control path includes one or more flight control computers and one or more first data concentrators; and a secondary flight control path between the one or more pilot controls and the control surface actuators, wherein the secondary flight control path utilizes direct mode control laws to control the control surface actuators; wherein the primary flight control path and the secondary flight control path are independent from each other and the secondary flight control path is operative upon detection of a fault in the primary flight control path.

Abstract: A flight control system and method including a primary flight control path between one or more pilot controls and control surface actuators on an associated aircraft, wherein the primary control path includes one or more flight control computers and one or more first data concentrators; and a secondary flight control path between the one or more pilot controls and the control surface actuators, wherein the secondary flight control path utilizes direct mode control laws to control the control surface actuators; wherein the primary flight control path and the secondary flight control path are independent from each other and the secondary flight control path is operative upon detection of a fault in the primary flight control path.