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The method comprises a stage of drying of the granular materials followed by a stage of coating of the whole thereof with a hot bituminous binder. According to the invention, the drying stage is carried out in conditions which allow a fraction of the initial humidity of the granular materials to remain. The invention has application in road building.

A dental implant system comprising an implant member, an abutment member and a transfer key with cooperatively engaging structures for ensuring proper alignment and orientation of an abutment assembled on the implant member and for preparing an accurate dental impression and mold which represents the implantation site and its relationship to adjacent teeth structures. The abutment has the advantage of being easily removed for maintenance, repair or replacement with minimal or no discomfort to the patient. The invention also includes a dental implant with an improved bone-engaging structure for enhancing implant stability and fixation as well as an O-ring type abutment assembly with a reduced footprint in its assembled state when compared with similar conventional systems. Further, dental reconstruction and abutment installation methods utilizing the dental implant system and instruments of the invention are disclosed.

A vessel valve including a sleeve or ring having a central opening and openable and closeable flap elements intended to allow the flow of blood through the central opening in one direction, whereas the flap elements are designed as circle segments, and the sector angle is 360⁢°nwherein n is a number of circle segments and is equal to 3, 4, 5 or 6, and wherein each flap element at its outer edge is pivotably connected to an inwardly directed flange on the inside of the ring so that in a closed position they co-operate to form a sealing body and in an open position they allow free passage of blood. The ring is composed of n sections, whose pair-wise juxtaposed ends form recesses in the flange accommodating hinge elements which are arranged in the middle of the outer edge of each of the flap elements and which with assembled sections are locked by undercutting; and a method for the manufacture of such vessel valve.

The invention relates to an arrangement in connection with a feedback control system, the arrangement comprising a controllable device (10), a measuring device (7), a controlling device (9) and a user interface by which the controlling device (9) can be monitored by means of set values. The measuring device (7) is adapted to measure a measuring value (8) from a measuring point, which measuring value is dependent on the operation of the controllable device and the controlling device (9) is adapted to monitor the controllable device (10) on the basis of the measuring value and set values. To improve safety, the arrangement comprises means (15a, 15b, 15c) adapted to feed a reference signal (16) to the measuring device (7) periodically. The controlling device (9) is adapted to compare a measuring value (18) obtained from the reference signal with the real reference value (17) of the reference signal and adapted to take a safety measure when the measuring value (18) and the real reference value (17) differ substantially from each other.

A workflow management apparatus for managing one or more document-related workflows is disclosed. In the workflow management apparatus, the document-related workflows are managed by an object-oriented model that includes a process instance class defining one of the document-related workflows, an activity instance class defining one of steps of the document-related workflows, and a form instance class defining one of user interfaces employed in executing the steps of the document-related workflows.

A light deflector is disclosed that includes a bearing, a motor, a rotary body supported by the bearing and rotated by the motor, and a polygon mirror fixed to the rotary body. The motor includes an annular permanent magnet circumferentially magnetized with six poles and fixed to the rotary body, a rotational position detector part configured to detect the rotational position of the permanent magnet, and a stator assembly including a stator core and nine coils fixed to the stator core.

The method involves searching shared information in a database as per a request transmitted by a user terminal (10-13). A list of shared information is transmitted from a server to the terminal. The shared information is selected on the terminal and is downloaded towards the terminal not connected to a peer-peer network based on a downloading request transmitted by the user terminal. The user terminal includes a personal computer (10), a personal digital assistant (PDA) (11), a television set (12) and a mobile terminal (13). An Independent claim is also included for a system for accessing a peer-to-peer network.

The present invention relates to implementing new ways of automatically and robustly evaluating agent performance, customer satisfaction, campaign and competitor analysis in a call-center and it is comprising; analysis consumer server, call pre-processing module, speech-to-text module, emotion recognition module, gender identification module and fraud detection module.

A display control method is for performing a process executed by a computer including a processor. The process includes reporting a theme to two or more user terminals; receiving options selected at the two or more user terminals with respect to the theme, from the two or more user terminals; and displaying, on a display device, the options and user information items regarding users who selected the options, in display areas provided for the respective options.

A flange connection has two pipe ends (1′, 2′, 51′, 52′) on each of which one flange (1, 2, 51, 52) is disposed and which have flange faces (11, 11′, 61, 61′) and a centering ring (33, 34) with an elastomer sealing ring (14) in contact with the ring. Both flanges include a mechanism for the detachable clamping against one another such that the flange faces (11, 11′, 61, 61′) are in contact on the centering ring and thereby are held at a predetermined flange distance (10, 60, D). The elastomer sealing ring (14) is pressed on the flange faces (11, 11′, 61, 61′) in the direction of the pipe axes (15) forming a seal, wherein the centering ring (33, 34) is positioned such that it is at least partially in contact on the periphery of the flanges (1, 2, 51, 52). A bearing mechanism (18) is disposed thereon, annularly directed inwardly, about which the elastomer sealing ring (14), which is U-shaped in cross section, is disposed such that on the side flanks of the U-shape, on both sides, an annular areal flange contact zone (6, 6′, 56, 56′, B) is formed.

A method of manufacturing a surface acoustic device that has a surface acoustic wave filter including comb-like electrodes, electrode pads, and wiring patterns formed on a joined substrate produced by joining a piezoelectric substrate and a supporting substrate to each other. This method includes the steps of: activating at least one of the joining surfaces of the piezoelectric substrate and the supporting substrate; and joining the piezoelectric substrate and the supporting substrate in such a manner that the activated joining surfaces face each other.

Methods for treatment of human skin damaged by laser treatment or chemical peelings, said method comprising topical application of a lamellar oil-in-water system, said lamellar oil-in-water system comprising at least one vegetable oil as the oily component and at least one hydrogenated phospholipid as emulsifier, said at least one hydrogenated phospholipid comprising not more than 10 percent by weight of negatively charged phospholipids the remainder being neutral phospholipids. Compositions useful in carrying out said methods are lamellar oil-in-water systems comprising at least one vegetable oil as the oily component and at least one hydrogenated phospholipid as emulsifier, said at least one hydrogenated phospholipid comprising not more than 10 percent by weight of negatively charged phospholipids the remainder being neutral phospholipids. Said lamellar oil-in-water system may further comprises sodium carboxymethyl beta-glucan (Sodium Carboxymethyl Betaglucan) as a compound for improving wound healing and / or coenzyme Q10 as a compound for improving skin regeneration.

A method and apparatus for measuring at least one polarization-related characteristic of an optical path (FUT) uses an optical source means connected to the FUT at or adjacent a proximal end of the FUT and an analyzing-and-detection unit connected to the FUT at or adjacent its proximal or distal end. The optical source means injects into the FUT at least partially polarized light having a controlled state of polarization (I-SOP). The analyzer-and-detection unit extracts corresponding light from the FUT, analyzes and detects the extracted light corresponding to at least one transmission axis (A-SOP), and processes the corresponding electrical signal to obtain transmitted coherent optical power at each wavelength of light in each of at least two groups of wavelengths, wherein the lowermost (λl) and uppermost (λU) said wavelengths in each said group of wavelengths are closely-spaced. A processing unit than computes at least one difference in a measured power parameter corresponding to each wavelength in a wavelength pair for each of the at least two groups, the measured power parameter being proportional to the power of the said analyzed and subsequently detected light, thereby defining a set of at least two measured power parameter differences; computes the mean-square value of said set of differences; and calculating the at least one polarization-related FUT characteristic as at least one predetermined function of said mean-square value, the predetermined function being dependent upon the small optical frequency difference between the wavelengths corresponding to the said each at least said two pairs of closely-spaced wavelengths.

The invention relates to a method for the continuous dyeing of warp ends, in particular cotton warp ends, with indigo or other dyestuff groups which, after impregnating and squeezing out, require oxidation or thermal treatment for fixing. The method eliminates the disadvantages of traditional methods for the continuous dyeing of warp ends. In particular, the required bath amount is considerably reduced by this method. By using a new dyeing reactor (1), the residence time of the warp ends in the dyeing installation can be varied without having to increase the bath volume. The option of heating or cooling the dyeing bath enables a fixing temperature between below room temperature and over 100° C. to be chosen. Optimal conditions can thus be created for all dyeing methods which are habitual for warp ends. In this way, the number of immersion-oxidation processes in the indigo dyehouse can be reduced and the growing demand for indigo blue jeans material with different wash resistances and shades can thus be catered for with increased flexibility. And the same can be done for black and colored denim.

A device for generation of three-dimensional images in the observer's eye using at least one two-dimensional display and an optical system with an adjustable focal length. The display generates planar images corresponding to the different depths of the designed three dimensional (3D) image and the images are then directed to at least one mirror or lens with the adjustable focal length synchronized to the particular image. The optical system generates virtual images at different virtual planes in such a way that the eye receives a complete 3D virtual image.

Rotary bullet feeder and toolhead assemblies for use with commercially available progressive cartridge reloading machines automatically supply correctly-oriented bullets to a bullet seating die position thereof. The rotary bullet feeder assembly randomly collects hoppered bullets in a desired orientation in a multiplicity of bullet pockets formed along the peripheral edge of a rotating bullet feed ring. An arcuate bullet wall prevents gravitational release of the bullets contained in the bullet pockets until each of the bullet pockets, in turn, reaches the apex point along its circular route of travel, at which point an opening in the bullet wall allows a bullet to fall into a bullet guide for gravitational descent to a toolhead assembly. The toolhead assembly includes a toolhead plate for receiving the rotary bullet feeder assembly and a flat circular bullet feedwheel mounted for rotation on the underside of the toolhead plate. The bullet feedwheel includes a plurality of bullet feed holes equidistantly arranged in a circle proximate the peripheral edge of the bullet feedwheel. An indexing mechanism, positioned beneath the bullet feedwheel, serves to incrementally rotate or index the bullet feedwheel in response to each user actuation of the handle of the cartridge reloading machine. Each incremental indexing rotation of the bullet feedwheel serves to sequentially advance each bullet feed hole containing a bullet received from the rotary bullet feeder assembly into alignment with a conventional seating die positioned in the toolhead plate.

A wireless communication device constitutes a wireless network which includes plural wireless communication devices and which is for performing communications between the plural wireless communication devices. The wireless communication device has a base station index based on which the wireless communication device functions as a base station of the wireless network. The base station index expresses a degree to which the wireless communication device functions as the base station. The wireless communication device includes a base station transfer unit configured to perform a transfer process of transferring a function of the base station of the wireless network from a first wireless communication device functioning as the base station of the wireless network already formed to a second wireless communication device that is newly joining the wireless network, when the base station index of the second wireless communication device is higher than that of the first wireless communication device.

A surface acoustic wave device includes: interdigital transducers; first electrode pads that are connected to the interdigital transducers through wire patterns; and a piezoelectric substrate on which the interdigital transducers, the first electrode pads, and the wire patterns, are formed. In this surface acoustic wave device, at least one of the first electrode pads is not connected to a ground pattern, and the piezoelectric substrate has a conductivity in the range of 10−12 / Ω·cm to 10−6 / Ω·cm.

A security tag includes a tag body and an attaching pin for attaching the tag body to a protected article. The security tag further includes a locking mechanism for releasably preventing the attaching pin from being removed from the protected article. The locking mechanism is provided for mechanically or magnetically released the attaching pin for detaching the tag body from the article. In a preferred embodiment, the locking mechanism further includes a plurality of balls for tightly holding to the attaching pin for releasably preventing the attaching means from being removed from the article. In a preferred embodiment, the locking mechanism further includes a mechanical unlocking probe finger for applying a mechanical force to release the balls from the attaching pin whereby the attaching pin may be released and detached from the tag body. In a preferred embodiment, the locking mechanism further includes an unlocking magnet for applying a magnet force to release the balls from the attaching pin whereby the attaching pin may be released and detached from the tag body.

A backlight illumination system for illuminating a large area with light of a uniform color has a set of a pre-determined number of light emitters arranged along a straight line. The set is divided in a plurality of subsets, each subset including at least two light emitters. Each subset comprises light emitters with substantially the same light-emission color point, the respective subsets having color points different from each other. As a first step, the light emitters of the subset with a smallest number of light emitters are assigned to respective substantially equidistant positions. The light emitters of the set are assigned to the respective positions by iteratively starting with the subset with the smallest number of light emitters, assigning the light emitters of the subset to substantially equidistant positions which are not yet occupied. The backlight illumination system according to the invention has a uniform light and color distribution.

An inkjet carriage unit is disclosed that includes a main body, a sensor holding part detachably attached to the main body, and an encoder sensor attached to the sensor holding part.

The present invention provides a high-pressure discharge lamp in which a seal part between the translucent ceramics discharge vessel and the current introducing conductor has an improved sealing capability, as well as a high-pressure discharge lamp operating apparatus and an illuminating apparatus which use the high-pressure discharge lamp. A high-pressure discharge lamp MHL includes a translucent ceramics discharge vessel 1 having an opening 1b, a current introducing conductor 2 inserted into and sealed to the opening, electrodes 3 connected to the current introducing conductor 2 and sealed in the translucent ceramics discharge vessel, and a discharge medium. The sealing of the current introducing conductor is provided by the fusion of ceramics in the opening of the translucent ceramics discharge vessel or / and a material of the same quality as that of a material of a part of the current introducing conductor which is opposite the opening.

An echo canceller includes: an echo cancellation part canceling echo included in a near-end input signal; a noise suppression part employing a low-pass filter having a variable cut-off frequency adaptive to power of an input signal, the noise suppression part removing a residual echo component from an output of the echo canceller part; a threshold generation part generating a variable threshold varying in accordance with a power level of a far-end input signal; a determination part making a determination based on a comparison between a power level of the output of the echo cancellation part and the variable threshold; and a processing part performing noise suppression using the low-pass filter on the output of the echo cancellation part when the determination part determines that the power level of the output of the echo cancellation part is lower than or equal to the variable threshold.

The present invention provides a side-entry lamping fixture and cartridge, comprising a fixture having an upper fixture wall and a lower fixture wall, first and second sidewalls joining said upper and lower fixture walls and, at least one of the first and second sidewalls having a re-lamping aperture. The apparatus further comprises a lamping cartridge having a cover including a socket attached to the cover, a lamp in electrical communication with the socket and a fastening portion extending from the cover. The fixture and cartridge provide for a removable lamp which may be replaced without interfering with the fixture walls or a reflector therein, yet remain properly oriented when installed.

A radar transmits electromagnetic energy in pulse repetition intervals and receives reflections from objects in range gates including Doppler filters. The radar approves desirable ambiguous echoes and suppresses ambiguous echoes of no interest or that interfere with the radar's display. The radar frequency varies according to a staggered or wobbling pattern. The ambiguous echoes produce one pulse in the range gates within a predetermined number of periods. The Doppler filter works with an impulse function response that includes a small number of samples. The Doppler filter, during the predetermined number of periods, gives rise to independent samples from reflectors within the radar's unambiguous range. When the independent samples exceed the small number of samples, the radar approves the ambiguous echo. Otherwise, it is suppressed. In this way, ambiguous echoes are prevented from interfering with the reception or display of echoes. The suppression of asynchronous interferences can be made easier.

A card with a core and at least one chip incorporated into the core, characterised in that at least 5% of at least one main surface are covered by a seal, the chip is covered on both main surfaces with a seal or a plastics layer and a recess of the core and / or a seal exhibit fine structures, is distinguished by elevated anti-counterfeiting security and very good durability.

An image forming apparatus operates according to setting information, and includes a storage unit for storing the setting information; an interface for connecting a portable storage medium; a processing unit for reading / writing the setting information from / to the storage unit, and reading / writing the setting information from / to the portable storage medium via the interface, and a log creating unit for creating a first processing result log indicating a first processing result of a reading / writing process when the processing unit reads the setting information from the storage unit and writes the setting information in the portable storage medium, and storing the first processing result log, and creating a second processing result log indicating a second processing result of a reading / writing process when the processing unit reads the setting information from the portable storage medium and writes the setting information in the storage unit, and storing the second processing result log.

A service providing system provides a service to a service usage device connected via a network. The service providing system is constituted by at least one information processing apparatus. The service providing system includes at least one log information storage unit configured to store log information relating to the service provided to the service usage device, in association with organization identification information of the service usage device; an organization information storage unit configured to store a standard time of an organization identified by the organization identification information; and a log information providing unit configured to collect the log information from the log information storage unit based on the organization identification information, correct time and date information included in the log information according to the standard time of the organization identified by the organization identification information, and subsequently provide the log information to a request source of the log information.

A service providing device includes a requesting unit for receiving, from the device operated by a user, a request for a process of using a service providing system having a different authentication base, and making a request to acquire authorization information for using the service providing system; a substitute authentication unit for acquiring authentication information of the service providing system from a second storage when the authorization information associated with the user is not stored in a first storage, and acquiring the authorization information from the service providing system by using the authentication information; and a providing unit for providing the authorization information stored in the first storage when the authorization information associated with the user is stored in the first storage, and providing the authorization information acquired from the service providing system when the authorization information associated with the user is not stored in the first storage.