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One aspect of the invention is a removable strap for a snowboard boot to preventing the rider's foot from lifting in the boot. The ankle strap enables a soft boot to be used with both a strap-less step-in binding system, and a strap binding system. Another aspect is a snowboard binding including a strap adapted to releasably secure the snowboard boot and constructed and arranged to avoid creation of a pressure point at an instep bone of the rider. A further aspect is an apparatus comprising a snowboard boot and a strap attached thereto. The strap is arranged to prevent the rider's heel from lifting in the snowboard boot, and is constructed and arranged to avoid creation of a pressure point at an instep bone of the rider.

Provided are methods for ameliorating a symptom of a neuropsychiatric disorder in a subject. Also provided are methods for ameliorating at least one physical symptom or at least one psychological symptom resulting from tobacco cessation in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of Alzheimer's disease or other cognitive disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or other psychotic disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of a depressive disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of bipolar disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder or other anxiety disorder in a subject, methods for predicting a predisposition to suicide, suicidal ideation, suicidal behavior, or a combination thereof in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of a pain disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a neurodegenerative disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of traumatic brain injury in a subject, methods for ameliorating a sleep disorder in a subject, and methods for improving cognitive functioning in a subject. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a neuroactive steroid composition comprising pregnenolone (PG), allopregnanolone (ALLO), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), progesterone (PROG), precursors thereof, metabolites thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, derivatives thereof, or combinations thereof.

A method for expressing a psychological change of a character according to a positional relation, in a ball game realized by a game apparatus. The method for moving a predetermined character according to an inputted operation, executing a ball game in which a plurality of characters including the predetermined character appear, and generating an image of a virtual space in which the plurality of characters are provided, on the basis of a view point, has: determining whether a positional relation between a ball possessing character which possesses a ball and a second character, of the plurality of characters, satisfies a positional condition, or not; and changing a movement ability of at least one of the ball possessing character and the second character, when the positional relation satisfies the positional condition.

Provided are methods for ameliorating a symptom of a neuropsychiatric disorder in a subject. Also provided are methods for ameliorating at least one physical symptom or at least one psychological symptom resulting from tobacco cessation in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of Alzheimer's disease or other cognitive disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or other psychotic disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of a depressive disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of bipolar disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder or other anxiety disorder in a subject, methods for predicting a predisposition to suicide, suicidal ideation, suicidal behavior, or a combination thereof in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of a pain disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a neurodegenerative disorder in a subject, methods for ameliorating a symptom of traumatic brain injury in a subject, methods for ameliorating a sleep disorder in a subject, and methods for improving cognitive functioning in a subject. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a neuroactive steroid composition comprising pregnenolone (PG), allopregnanolone (ALLO), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, derivatives thereof, or combinations thereof.

A device for delivering a powdered medicament by inhalation comprises an air inlet passage having low pressure-drop and low turbulence for stabilizing air flow before aerosolization, a dosing cup in the region of reduced air velocity to delay aerosolization, a high pressure drop throat to generate a high velocity flow, a rapidly expanding diverging passage to create a free jet of air with high turbulence and an outlet passage having large cross-sectional area to control the rate of dissipation of the free jet. The device is simple yet capable of consistently providing uniform and effective powder aerosolization and deagglomeration over a variety of patient inhalation profiles.

A series of beverages and/or foods, which have protecting and enhancing effects on human's joints and bones and can therefore prevent and treat osteoarthritis, is provided. The beverages and/or foods comprise one or more cartilage- and synovial fluid-enhancing active ingredients or combinations of these ingredients with bone-enhancing calcium and phosphorus additives. Active ingredients in these beverages and/or foods are taken in liquid forms. So they can be easily absorbed and utilized thoroughly by human body.

A substrate cleaning method includes: a first step in which a cleaning liquid is ejected from a nozzle N2 to a central portion of a wafer W; a second step in which a dry gas is ejected from a nozzle N3 to the central portion of the wafer W to form a dry area; a third step in which the cleaning liquid is ejected from the nozzle N2 while the nozzle N2 is moved from a central side of the wafer W to a peripheral side thereof; a fourth step in which a width of an intermediate area generated between a wet area and the dry area is acquired; and a fifth step in which, when the width of the intermediate area exceeds a predetermined threshold value, a process parameter is changed such that the width of the intermediate area becomes the threshold value or less.

The invention refers to hearing devices (1) and methods of operating hearing devices (1). In one aspect, the hearing device (1) comprises a power supply unit (2) comprising a primary energy storing unit (3) and, in addition, a secondary energy storing unit (4). The power supply unit (2) is configured such that the secondary energy storing unit (4) is rechargeable by means of the primary energy storing unit (3). E.g., the primary energy storing unit (3) has a higher energy density than said secondary energy storing unit (4), and the secondary energy storing unit (4) has a lower internal resistance than said primary energy storing unit (3). This allows to provide electronic circuits (11;12;13;14) of the hearing device (1) with pulsed currents. In another aspect, the hearing device (1) comprises at least one processor (10;13;14), which is alternately operated in one of at least two operating modes. A first operating mode (A) is characterized by high processing activity and high power consumption, a second (B) by low or no processing activity and low or no power consumption. This allows to use of high-clock-frequency processors in a hearing device (1).

A loop track 12 for race horses is disposed at the center of a horse race game device 10. Twelve race horses 14 run on the track 12. A gate 18 is disposed in a paddock 20 in the track 12. The gate 18 is advanced to a start point of the track 12 from the paddock 20. Twelve satellites 12 are disposed on three sides of the track 12. A large projector 24 for displaying images of developments, ect. of a race is disposed on one of the short sides of the track 12. Speakers 25 for live broadcasting, fanfares, BGM, etc. are disposed on both sides of the large projector. The horse race game device enables a larger number of running objects to be raced at once, whereby race developments are made more amusing.

A software wrapper for interfacing to pre-existing software code is provided. The software wrapper is capable of inheriting from a first application program interface (API) and a second API. For calls to the first API, the software wrapper delegates to a pre-existing enumeration of objects. The wrapper creates a vector identifying elements of the enumeration. Iterators provided by the wrapper maintain positional cursors for calls to the second API. A comparison is made between each of the positional cursors and the vector. If a positional cursor exceeds the size of the vector, additional elements are extracted from the enumeration, placed in the vector, and returned on the second API. Otherwise, if the positional cursor is smaller than the vector size, the wrapper delegates directly to the vector. The first API can be a java-based enumeration API and the second API can be a java-based collection API.

An elevator includes a first elevator unit vertically movable in a hoistway, and a second elevator unit vertically movable in a hoistway. At least one of said elevator units is an elevator car. One or more belt-shaped hoisting ropes interconnects the first elevator unit and the second elevator unit. A drive wheel is provided for moving said one or more belt-shaped hoisting ropes. Each of the belt-shaped hoisting ropes passes around the drive wheel and includes consecutively a first rope section extending between the drive wheel and the first elevator unit, and a second rope section extending between the drive wheel and the second elevator unit. The elevator further includes non-driven cambered diverting wheels, each said first rope section being arranged to pass around a first cambered diverting wheel, in particular resting against a cambered circumferential surface area thereof, and each the second rope section being arranged to pass around a second cambered diverting wheel, in particular resting against a cambered circumferential surface area thereof. A rope monitoring arrangement is configured to monitor displacement of each of the first rope sections in the axial direction of the wheels away from a predefined zone, and displacement of each of the second rope sections in the axial direction of the wheels away from a predefined zone. The elevator is configured to stop the rotation of the drive wheel when one or more of the first and second rope sections is displaced in the axial direction of the wheels away from a predefined zone.

A method for generating a cryptographic key, wherein a first node transmits a first signal on a first channel to a relay, a second node transmits a second signal on a second channel to the relay, the first node receives a third signal from the relay on the first channel and a fourth signal derived at least from the first signal and from the second signal, the second node receives the third signal and the fourth signal from the relay on the second channel, the first node determines the key based on the first signal, on the third signal and on the fourth signal and the second node determines the key based on the second signal, on the third signal and on the fourth signal.

The purpose of the invention was to develop a training device that allows acquiring sense of water immediately after workouts with it.

The possible embodiment comprise an elastic or stretching material with gaseous medium between water and sportsman's palm and (or) forearm, and at least one valve. The embodiment allows to create the artificial gaseous medium at the inner side of human hand and/or forearm in water and to change its pressure and volume. The gaseous medium pressure and volume are set for a sportsman to change his psychosomatic sensations and lead to changes in mechanics and dynamics of the sportsman strokes in water.

The invention with gaseous medium assists swimmer to improve his ability to sense water. If pressure of gaseous medium is properly selected there is an effect of vanishing support during execution of strokes. The effect occurs due to properties of fluent gaseous medium in elastic/stretchy material. Shape of the gaseous medium is very responsive to propulsive forces during underwater part of a stroke. The gaseous medium deformations by water streams/flows cause feedback to swimmer hand, arm, and brain about applied forces. Interactive perception of water through the vanishing gas support assists swimmer to find right mechanics and dynamics of strokes that correspond with the current factors influencing swimming. In other words the device assists in development of human physical qualities required for increase in efficiency of applying hand's (or arm's) force during underwater part of strokes. A sportsman recalls the developed mechanics and dynamics right after workout with the device and its doffing.

A carbonaceous material for electric double-layer capacitors that is based on a plant-derived carbon precursor, in which carbonaceous material: a BET specific surface area is 1,900 to 2,500 m²/g; an average pore size is 2.2 to 2.6 nm as determined by a nitrogen adsorption method; a volume of micropores having a pore size of 2 nm or smaller is 0.84 to 1.30 cm³/g as determined by the MP method; a ratio of a volume of micropores having a pore size of 1 to 2 nm with respect to the volume of the micropores having a pore size of 2 nm or smaller is 25 to 50% as determined by the MP method; and a volume of mesopores having a pore size of 2 to 50 nm is 0.16 to 0.4 cm³/g as determined by the BJH method.