A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer program product are presented for reducing synchronization waits when unique sequential identifiers are being allocated for transactions committed to a database that are occurring in a multi-threaded server environment. A molding having an ink layer, wherein the molding is formed from an alicyclic structure-containing polymer, and the ink layer is provided after a pattern on the surface of the molding and has an index of wetting of at most 42 dyncm. The pulse generator includes a window comparator engaged with the analog memory, and is responsive to a portion of the pulse width modulated signal.