Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for replicating modifications made to a subject table from a primary system to a subscriber system. A subject table is partitioned across a plurality of processors in both the primary and subscriber systems, wherein each of the processors manages at least one partition of the subject table. Change row messages are generated for each modification made to a subject table, wherein the change row message identifies the processor in the primary system making the modification, and includes a sequence number for the processor in the primary system. The processor in the primary system identified in the change row message is re-mapped to a new processor in the subscriber system and the sequence number for the processor in the primary system identified in the change row message is re-mapped to a new sequence number for the new processor in the subscriber system, so that the modifications are applied in a correct order on the subscriber system.

Abstract: Multiphase soaps in which the individual phases are highly visible when viewed from above and from the side have high stability. Their use permits various scent experiences to be achieved during the washing operation.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling in a path-dependent manner the force generated by a piston. A first piston travels in a first cylinder—divided into a first and second chamber by the first piston—together with a pressure fluid. A second cylinder is provided in which a second piston travels. Like the first cylinder, the second cylinder is also divided by the second piston into a first and a second chamber, in this case by the second piston. The first and second pistons are coupled mechanically. The pressure in the second chamber of the second cylinder is regulated such that it is always equal to the counterpressure in the first chamber of the second cylinder and the second chamber of the first cylinder.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a subject table in a computer system. The subject table is partitioned across a plurality of processing units of the computer system. A trigger is defined for the subject table, such that when a triggering event occurs on the subject table, a triggered action is performed. Both the triggering event and triggered action can be performed in parallel by the computer system. A spool table is generated for each partition of the subject table, wherein the spool table stores one or more necessary records accessed from the subject table by the triggering event. In this manner, triggered actions that refer to these necessary rows need not access the subject table again.

Abstract: To increase the versatility of a household food grater, in which grating inserts can be inserted into a plate-like body formed with an opening, a slicing insert is provided, fitting into the opening. The slicing insert has a frame and a guide path (10) hinged to the frame, and moveable with respect thereto. The frame also carries a knife blade (14). A lever (15) projecting laterally from the frame, adjusts the position of a cutting gap between the knife (14) and the guide path (10) to control the thickness of slices being made, the lever engaging a camming surface of the guide path from beneath the surface on which food is being fed to the knife blade. Adjustment is by interengaging teeth and saw tooth-like depressions, for step-wise adjustment.

Abstract: A device for supporting and electrically contacting brushes, with which an electrical loop contact can be established with slip-rings on a shaft of a current generator or an electric motor. The device includes a support having a support base and a plurality of pins fastened thereto, through which at least one brush can be connected supportively with the support base. The device has at least one current distributor which can be electrically contacted in a short-circuiting manner with at least two brushes and can be connected to at least one electrical connection line. More than one of the pins function as an electrical contact pin with a contact surface and are integral components of at least one current distributor, so that at least one brush can be connected supportively through it and electrically contacted. The supporting base is electrically insulated at least in regions of connecting locations to the contact pins.

Abstract: A screwdriver or screwdriver bit comprising a working end with radially extending engagement surfaces profiled in particular by machining or forming. A surface layer forming a working surface due to nitriting has a hardness of at least 900 HV 0.3 or 67-68 HRC and in an intermediate layer, lying between the hard surface layer and a softer region of a core of the working end, the hardness decreases with a hardness gradient of 1500 to 3000 HV 0.3/mm.

Abstract: A tool handle (3) in which a handle part (5) is made from a material with a Shore hardness of at least 70 and a thumb and/or finger rests (6, 8) which is integral with the handle part (5) is made from a material having a Shore hardness of no more than 60. The thumb and/or finger rests (6, 8) are molecularly bonded, or integrated into the handle part (5) by a two-component molding process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a repetition pipette including a syringe receiving section for a mounting portion of a syringe, said pipette comprising a receiving member having a piston receiving portion for the mounting portion of a syringe piston, piston returning means for moving said receiving member away from said syringe receiving portion, piston advancing means for advancing said receiving member towards said piston receiving portion in steps corresponding to the liquid volumes to be ejected by the syringe, and step width adjusting means for adjusting the width of the steps of said receiving member by means of an adjustment element, characterized by constant step means for setting the width of the first step to a constant value independent of adjustments of said adjustment element for the widths of following steps.

Abstract: A process for inactivating the biological activity of DNA, especially recombinant DNA, is disclosed. The process includes the step of heating the DNA at 60.degree. to 100.degree. C. in the presence of an acid other than percarboxylic acid at a concentration of at least 0.2 mM and a pH value of maximum 4, preferably 3.

Abstract: An arrangement for connecting aligned sections of a bus bar includes connecting pieces of approximately rectangular basic shape. Crown-rounded contact surfaces are provided at the ends of the connecting pieces to rest on the narrow sides of the rectangular profile of the bus bars. Two contact surfaces flanked by elevations are provided on one of the sides of the connecting piece, while two pairs of contact surfaces are provided on the opposite side. To connect the sections of single bus bars, the connecting pieces are used in such a manner that the sections are flanked by the elevations, while to connect double bus bars the reversed position is provided, in which elevations between the pairs of contact surfaces are situated between the parallel sections of the bus bar set.