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An exercise apparatus and method for exercising at least a user’s abdominal muscles is provided having a support frame, a platform pivotally connected to the support frame and having means for tilting the platform relative to the frame between a forward tilting position and a rearward tilting position. The first interface communicates with the peripheral device over a differential data connection having a first data conductor and a second data conductor. In some embodiments, the machine has no unconstrained RAM into which malware may insert itself and needs no anti-virus software. The object of the invention is to provide improved footwear as referred to in the introduction, as well as improved spring means according to the invention, with on the one hand small constructional dimensions whilst retaining an advantageous spring effect, which is furthermore easier to adjust.

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe sealants for use in integrated circuit package assemblies. The triangular lifting blade may have carbide strips on the front and rear of the lifting blade. The sail guide arrangement can be deflated for convenient storage and handling.

The administration of cannabinoid receptor agonists for inhibition of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations, gastroesophageal reflux disease and regurgitation is disclosed. At least one console receiving module is movably connected to the track and is in electrical communication with an electrical system of the vehicle. The present invention also relates to the production and use of such a vaccine in medicine. A device may include wireless operation. The method includes supplying a combustor fuel to the plurality of combustors, combusting the combustor fuel to produce a heated combustor exhaust when the fuel cell stack assemblies are substantially electrochemically inactive, and using the heated combustor exhaust to elevate the temperature of the fuel cell stack assemblies to be electrochemically active.

A novel reverse-tone mask method which is capable of eliminating metal overburden humps in a metal layer electroplated onto a substrate, is disclosed. After that, an injector provided for each cylinder is actuated so that a fuel injection quantity supplied into each of the cylinders is controlled in accordance with the command value. The lamp assembly can be used in substitution for a conventional wedge-based push-fit bulb.

In a system for avoiding section collision for application server requests over a single database connection, the database server assigns query identifiers to each instance of the same cursor opened for the same processing level within an application, allowing multiple instances of the same cursor to be processed in parallel without section collision. The specimen retrieval device includes an applicator. The present hyaluronic acid-based compositions including lidocaine have an enhanced stability and cohesivity, relative to conventional compositions including lidocaine, for example when subjected to sterilization techniques or when stored for long periods of time. The first parity circuit generates a first signal indicative of the parity of the first set of bits. In a drive train of this type, the components for transmitting the torque of the starter generator require only little space and, during starting, the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is decoupled from tensile forces and weights which would be observed when a belt drive is used. The mobile device comprises a downloadable educational mobile app capable of presenting educational and instructional material retrieved from the server, facilitating group interactions, providing a mock test, conducting an actual test and arranging automatic registration of a user of the mobile device based on a test result from the actual test.

A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing virtual disk service hints based storage. The first electrode comprises two combs symmetrical to a first mirror plane. The repeatable run-out estimator compensates for a constant bias torque disturbance in the drive. The semiconductor wafer structure comprises a slip core formed of a semiconductor material, a first annular portion, and a second annular portion. Application particularly for solar cells in thin layer. The device outputs or stores the test result, and receives, based on the test result, a request for a diagnostic analysis of the code.

A method and apparatus for assigning radio resources and controlling parameters for transmission over a random access channel in wireless communications by enhancing a random access channel is disclosed. In order to take the topically of the content of the message to be transmitted point-to-multipoint into account, a life time is determined for the message in the method and the message waiting to be transmitted is deleted from the buffer in response to expiry of the life time. The flip-connector can be interconnected to a first end of the second jaw body by a pivot connection. After URL generation, a network resource can be requested from the URL. Also, the control method of the invention will have the following characteristics and economic advantages such as high accuracy, fast response, low cost and robustness, etc. A plurality of input signals which can be derived from the drive device and which represent a deceleration of the adjustment movement of the drive device are input at input neurons of an input layer of a neural network with at least one hidden layer having hidden neurons.

The present invention provides a contact surface between the blade of a surgical retractor and an underlying tissue that directly reduces the injury of the tissue caused by the application of pressure during the retraction process. One embodiment of a network device having router functionality includes a processor, memory in communication with the processor, and program instructions. The passage as a first portion extending in a first direction from the inlet and a second portion extending from the first portion to the outlet in a second direction, opposite to the first direction. A portion of the polysilicon layer is then removed to form a plurality of dummy patterns. Each one of a second level of power indicators is associated with a different one of the devices.

A decompression device for an aircraft includes a cabin lining element, which has a first aperture for discharging exhaust air in normal operation of the aircraft. After a first recorded media content instance is displayed, one or more graphical user interfaces configured to allow a user to choose to delete or retain the first media content instance and transition to a second recorded media content instance may be displayed. The diagnostic transducer surveys the tissue of the severed limb, searching for a Doppler flow signal. After a specified amount of movement of the valve assembly with respect to the pressure tube in an extension movement of the shock absorber, the sleeve engages a plurality of spirally positioned bores and reduces the fluid flow through the valve assembly to progressively switch the shock absorber from soft damping to firm damping.

The invention relates to a device comprising at least one safety shut-off control valve. An optically timed deposition phase is provided comprising providing a flow of deposition phase gas, detecting the presence of deposition gas within the plasma processing chamber, providing RF energy for forming a plasma from the deposition phase gas in the plasma processing chamber, and stopping the flow of the deposition gas into the plasma processing chamber. A cam is mounted around the gear wheel, a counterweight surrounds the piston cylinder, and a cam follower is provided on the counterweight. The method may further comprise feeding the data stream to the AI algorithm to classify the variables in the data stream. By the present invention, there is obtained a release of the active component over a longer period of time than by the use of the active itself.