Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for processing user profiles using data structures that are specialized for processing by a GPU. More particularly, the disclosed techniques relate to systems and methods for evaluating characteristics of user profiles to determine whether to offload certain user profiles to the GPU for processing or to process the user profiles locally by one or more central processing units (CPUs). Processing user profiles may include comparing the interest tags included in the user profiles with logic trees, for example, logic trees representing marketing campaigns, to identify user profiles that match the campaigns.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator, including an armature movable along a longitudinal axis in an armature chamber, a solenoid coil extending around the longitudinal axis for generating a magnetic field for moving the armature, an actuating element coupled to the movements of the armature, and a flux washer body which is situated at an axial end of the solenoid coil and has a recess extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis in which the actuating element is displaceably mounted. It is provided that the flux washer body has a two-piece design and includes a base body made of sintered soft magnetic material, which faces the solenoid coil and in which the recess for the actuating element is situated, and a metal washer pressed onto an end of the base body facing away from the solenoid coil.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator, including an armature movable along a longitudinal axis in an armature chamber, a solenoid coil extending around the longitudinal axis for generating a magnetic field for moving the armature, an actuating element coupled to the movements of the armature, and a flux washer body which is situated at an axial end of the solenoid coil and has a recess extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis in which the actuating element is displaceably mounted. It is provided that the flux washer body has a two-piece design and includes a base body made of sintered soft magnetic material, which faces the solenoid coil and in which the recess for the actuating element is situated, and a metal washer pressed onto an end of the base body facing away from the solenoid coil.

Abstract: System and method of identifying a fault in an aircraft having at least one monitored system, including receiving operational data for the at least one monitored system during at least a portion of a flight, receiving user input data from a user input corresponding to the operation of the at least one monitored system, and identifying an actual fault condition, by a controller, when the user input data is determined to be symptomatic of the identified possible fault condition.

Abstract: Devices having one or more transfer elements (wick, emanator) formed from plant material derived from the stems of sola plants from the genus Aeschynomene L., family Fabaceae in air fresheners or evaporation devices for other actives (fragrances, insecticides, fungicides, pharmaceuticals). Methods of assembling a device having one or more transfer elements (wick, emanator) formed from plant material derived from the stems of sola plants from the genus Aeschynomene L., and for using the device to transfer or evaporate liquids containing active are also provided. The material when used in form of a wick or emanator shows excellent liquid transfer and of both aqueous and non-aqueous liquids and a low fractionation of a mixture of actives.

Abstract: System and method of identifying a fault in an aircraft having at least one monitored system, including receiving operational data for the at least one monitored system during at least a portion of a flight, receiving user input data from a user input corresponding to the operation of the at least one monitored system, and identifying an actual fault condition, by a controller, when the user input data is determined to be symptomatic of the identified possible fault condition.

Abstract: A candle comprising a body of combustible wax and a wick, there being dispersed within the body inclusions of a combustible wax that has a higher melting point than has the wax of the body, said inclusions comprising a modifier, typically a fragrance or a pyrotechnic substance.

Abstract: A device adapted to provide volatile liquid material to an atmosphere, comprising a reservoir containing volatile liquid material, a rod-like transfer member extending therefrom and adapted to transfer liquid from the reservoir, and at least one diffusion surface adapted to receive the liquid from the transfer member and facilitate its evaporation into the atmosphere, the diffusion surface extending essentially laterally from the transfer member and comprising at least one non-integral, non-porous sheet bearing a surface capillarity, which sheet has an extent and a capillarity sufficient to allow an appropriate evaporation. The device is cheap and easy to construct, versatile and diffuses odor without major changes of the odor over time.

Abstract: Devices having one or more transfer elements (wick, emanator) formed from plant material derived from the stems of sola plants from the genus Aeschynomene L., family Fabaceae in air fresheners or evaporation devices for other actives (fragrances, insecticides, fungicides, pharmaceuticals). Methods of assembling a device having one or more transfer elements (wick, emanator) formed from plant material derived from the stems of sola plants from the genus Aeschynomene L., and for using the device to transfer or evaporate liquids containing active are also provided. The material when used in form of a wick or emanator shows excellent liquid transfer and of both aqueous and non-aqueous liquids and a low fractionation of a mixture of actives.

Abstract: A multipiston pump including a plurality of piston pumps hydraulically combined into at least two pump units are coupled on the intake side, but supply two separate hydraulic circuits of a vehicle brake system with pressure fluid. To reduce brake pedal pulsation the piston pumps are driven in phase-offset fashion. An eccentric unit comprising two spaced-apart cams rotated counter to one another, with the individual piston pumps being located in a number of sectional planes through the pump housing corresponding to the number of cams and locate the connecting conduits for hydraulically coupling the pump units are located in a region of the pump housing defined by the sectional planes.

Abstract: An apparatus adapted to spray into an atmosphere a volatile liquid, the apparatus comprising an aerosol container (12) comprising a liquid-containing vessel with spray-actuating button (11), the aerosol container being fixed to the apparatus by means of a resilient support member (15,16) integral with the container, the container having a rest position, in which the button is in a non-depressed position in relation to a pressure pad (10) fixed within the apparatus, and a spray position, in which the button is in spray-actuating contact with the pressure pad against the resilience of the resilient member seeking to maintain the rest position. The apparatus is simple to construct and operate, and may be constructed such that only appropriate refills can be used.

Abstract: An apparatus adapted to disseminate a volatile liquid, for example, a fragrance, into an atmosphere, the apparatus comprising a reservoir containing the liquid and a porous liquid transfer member through which the liquid is conveyed from the reservoir to the atmosphere and from which part extending into the atmosphere it is disseminated, the reservoir consisting of a collapsible bladder that reduces in volume responsive to atmospheric pressure and the loss of liquid, the porous transfer member being encased in an impermeable sleeve that is open to the liquid at that end of the member remote from the that part in the atmosphere, the transfer member additionally comprising at or adjacent to the open end means that interact with the collapsing bladder to maintain liquid contact with the transfer member.

Abstract: A device adapted to disseminate one of a plurality of volatile liquids into an enclosed atmosphere, the device comprising (i) an enclosure (1) within which is defined a plurality of separate compartments (3,4), each compartment having at least one inlet and at least one outlet port (10, 9), and within the compartment, a source of volatile liquid (5), (ii) a source of forced air current external to the compartments and adapted to blow air through them into the atmosphere; characterised in that the device additionally comprises automatic liquid regulating means in the form of paired port closures (11, 12) for both inlet and outlet ports of each compartment, slidable between a number of inlet and outlet port-closing rest positions equal to the number of compartments, such that, in any rest position, the inlet and outlet ports of only one compartment are open.

Abstract: A plug-in device adapted to disseminate a plurality of volatile liquids, such as fragrances, individually into an atmosphere, the device comprising a plurality of volatile liquids and a dissemination means, the liquids being accommodated on a rotatable wheel, which wheel is rotated such that the individual liquids come into liquid disseminating proximity to the liquid disseminating means. The device substantially overcomes the problem of “habituation” encountered with a single fragrance air freshener.

Abstract: A device adapted to disseminate into an atmosphere in a desired sequence and timing, a plurality of active volatile liquids, such as fragrances, comprising a plurality of individual liquid reservoirs, a dissemination element associated with each reservoir, a source of forced air current and a conduit from the source of forced air current to each dissemination element, the conduit being a single conduit that is adapted to be movable so as to supply air current to each dissemination element in a desired sequence. The device may be provided as a simple plug-in type and overcomes the problem of “habituation” encountered with a single fragrance.

Abstract: A device adapted to disseminate into an atmosphere in sequence a plurality of active volatile liquids, such as fragrances, comprising a plurality of individual liquid reservoirs, a dissemination element associated with each reservoir, a central source of forced air current and one air channel per reservoir leading from an entrance at the central source to each dissemination element, air current being provided to one channel at a time by means of an air-tight rotatable barrier comprising a plurality of apertures, the spacing of these apertures being adapted to close all but one entrance at any given time. The device may be provided as a simple plug-in type and substantially overcomes the problem of “habituation” encountered with single fragrance air fresheners.

Abstract: An active volatile liquid-dispensing device comprising a gel and a separate source of active volatile liquid (“the source”), the gel (a) comprising volatile material the emission of which causes the reduction in size of least one physical property of the gel, and (b) being equipped with a screening means that screens the source from the atmosphere, which screening means is caused to open by the size reduction in physical property, thus causing a progressively greater exposure of the source to the atmosphere with passage of time, the exposure of the gel to the atmosphere remaining essentially constant. The physical property utilised is usually reduction in weight or shrinkage in physical dimensions. The devices permit a more controlled release of active into the atmosphere and a longer life, and are especially useful as air fresheners.