The present invention relates to a Cynara scolymus extract with a high content of caffeoylquinic acids, and a composition containing said Cynara scolymus extract with a Phaseolus vulgaris extract. Said composition is useful in reducing obesity as it reduces cholesterol, triglycerides and blood glucose by sensitising the cells to insulin. This combination, when taken before meals, reduces th...

Compositions comprising; - vasokinetic natural coumarins or extracts containing them; - anti-phosphodiesterase agents selected from 3,7-O-di-(2-hydroxyethyl)icaritin or 7-O-hydroxyethyl-icariside II and/or forskolin or extracts containing them; - phytoestrogens selected from ferutinine or ferutinine-containing extracts of Ferula sp.or p-pivaloylferutinine.

In an internal combustion engine provided with a flywheel damper, an operation range in which misfire detection is affected by the flywheel damper is set in advance. Whether or not an operation state of the engine (internal combustion engine) is within "the operation range affected by the flywheel damper (ranges A and C)" is determined (step ST3). When the operation state is within "the operation ...

A capping mechanism is disclosed for a printhead (51) having a plurality of nozzles arranged to deliver ink onto print media which is transported past the printhead. The capping mechanism comprises actuating means (84, 85) arranged to move the printhead (51) in an arcuate direction away from a transport plane of the print media, from a printing first position to a capping second position, and a ca...

A capping/purging mechanism is disclosed for a pagewidth printhead assembly having a pagewidth printhead (51) and a plurality of nozzles (57) located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media which is transported past the printhead. The capping/purging mechanism comprising : i) a capping member (82) having a length corresponding substantially to that of the printhead, ii) means (83, ...

A capping mechanism (21) for a printhead having a capping member (29) which has a length corresponding substantially to the length of the printhead and which is configured to contact the printhead in nozzle capping engagement, and a pivotal carrier (30) supporting the capping member. An actuating mechanism (31) is provided and arranged to effect pivotal movement of the carrier back and forth betwe...

A printer is disclosed which comprises a pagewidth printhead assembly having a pagewidth printhead (51) and a plurality of nozzles located along the printhead for delivering ink onto print media as it is transported past the printhead and a capping mechanism having a capping member (82) having a length corresponding substantially to that of the printhead, a first actuating mechanism (84) arranged ...

The formation of a one time programmable (OTP) transistor based electrically programmable read only memory (EPROM) cell ( 100 ) is disclosed. The cell ( 100 ) includes multiple concentric rings ( 108, 110 ) out of which gate structures are formed. An inner transistor based cell ( 130 ) formed from the inner ring ( 108 ) is shielded from isolation material ( 106 ) by one or more outer rings ( 110 )...

The control means (41 and 42) cause the air conditioner to start air temperature control when temperature To of the outdoor air is in a pre-set range at the time of starting the air conditioning system (1), after the lapse of a pre-set time since the humidity controller (10) started adjusting air humidity. The room temperature nears the humidity set value Rs during the time air temperature control...

In the air conditioning system (1) , switching is selectively made between a normal operation where air is dehumidified by the humidity controller (10) alone according to operating conditions and a simultaneous dehumidifying operation where air is dehumidified by the humidity controller (10), while at the same time air is dehumidified by the air conditioner (20) by condensing moisture in the ...

In a delay regulating device for a feedback signal and a feedback signal of an adaptive predistorter type distortion compensation device, delay regulation is performed using a delay circuit performing delay regulation in a clock unit and a delay filter performing delay regulation in a tap unit smaller than the clock unit. Moreover, the delay regulation is performed so as to obtain the maximum valu...

The present invention discloses two methods and two servers thereof for detecting condition of network communication. The first method includes: receiving a detecting request for obtaining the condition of network communication between a source client and a destination client; sending the detecting request to the destination client and receiving a detecting response returned from the destination c...

A power module 3 that converts a dc voltage into a three-phase ac voltage, current sensors 1 and 2 that detect the ac side current of the power module 3, a shunt resistor 7 and an amplifier 6 that detect a dc side current of the power module 3, and a control section 11A that controls the power module 3 by pulse-width modulation using a spatial vector modulation method on the basis of the ac side c...

When setting a communication parameter, apparatuses decide on each other's roles for setting the communication parameter. When constructing a new network after the communication parameter is set, the roles of individual communication layers (e.g., a physical layer, IP layer, transport layer, and application layer) are decided on to correspond to the roles when the communication parameter is set.