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A wire rope barrier comprising a plurality of posts and at least one cable, each post being linked to one or more of the cable(s) via one or more hangers, wherein each hanger comprises: (a) a cable holding portion; (b) at least two legs (5, 6) extending from the cable holding portion, wherein both legs attach to the respective post in an orientation so that each leg has a different axis of rotation relative to the post; wherein Z the cable holding portion of each hanger has a cradle shape with a U-shaped portion, with the respective cable being seated within the U-shaped portion, and when a predetermined impact force from a vehicle collision is imposed on the barrier, one or more of the hangers release the cable retained therein when at least one of the legs (5, 6) or a part thereof deforms and the or each said hanger at least partially detaches from its respective post. (a) a cable holding portion; (b) at least two legs (5, 6) extending from the cable holding portion, wherein both legs attach to the respective post in an orientation so that each leg has a different axis of rotation relative to the post; wherein Z the cable holding portion of each hanger has a cradle shape with a U-shaped portion, with the respective cable being seated within the U-shaped portion, and when a predetermined impact force from a vehicle collision is imposed on the barrier, one or more of the hangers release the cable retained therein when at least one of the legs (5, 6) or a part thereof deforms and the or each said hanger at least partially detaches from its respective post.
Installation for processing a workpiece with UV, NIR or IR radiation, having a plurality of UV, NIR and/or IR radiation emitting emitters and at least one reflection surface associated to said emitters, comprising an irradiation chamber lined in the major part of the inner wall with a highly reflecting planar composite material which exhibits, on a metal sheet carrier of in particular aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a coating having a reflectance of 97.5% or more for the UV, NIR or IR radiation, and a transparent oxidic or vitreous corrosion protection layer thereon, and characterized in that the irradiation chamber is optically closed on all sides and has an inlet and outlet area which arw adapted to the dimensions of the workpiece and to which optical sealing means are associated to prevent radiation leakages.
A composite material element, particularly for the manufacture of sports equipment, characterized in that it comprises at least one compressed mixed layer of cork granules and short fibers.
A fixing bone plate for use in dental surgery, orthognathic surgery and facial bone contouring surgery, the fixing bone plate comprising: a plate body, which has a main plate part, two locking portions extending through the plate body at two ends of the plate body, and two attachment portions having a bone attachment surface, wherein the main plate part is connected to the locking portions at the two ends of the plate body, and the attachment portions are arranged at the side of the locking portions facing the bone when the fixing bone plate is in use, wherein the plate body and the attachment portion are individually made by using laser metal additive manufacturing technique or 3D metal printing technique.
A bulkhead assembly for a wind turbine blade, the bulkhead assembly comprising: a flexible sheet material; and a mounting piece for for mounting said flexible sheet material in a wind turbine blade as a bulkhead, characterised in that said flexible sheet material is formed of a fabric material, a canvas material, a durable plastics material, or a tarpaulin. a flexible sheet material; and a mounting piece for for mounting said flexible sheet material in a wind turbine blade as a bulkhead, characterised in that said flexible sheet material is formed of a fabric material, a canvas material, a durable plastics material, or a tarpaulin.
Roller device for processing webs of material, comprising - at least one rotatably mounted roller (12, 14) that has a main body, - a roller chamber formed in the main body, and - a mixing apparatus for mixing a temperature control fluid in the roller chamber, which is provided in the roller chamber, characterised in that an end of an intake channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the roller axis leads into each of the end faces of the roller chamber, which channel is connected, adjacently to the other end thereof that faces away from the roller chamber, to an end of each of a plurality of flow channels, the other end of which leads into the roller chamber radially outside of the intake channel, preferably adjacently to the wall surface. - at least one rotatably mounted roller (12, 14) that has a main body, - a roller chamber formed in the main body, and - a mixing apparatus for mixing a temperature control fluid in the roller chamber, which is provided in the roller chamber,
A dental composition comprising 10-50 wt-% of a methacrylate-based first matrix component, a polymerisation system and as a second matrix component 1-50 wt-% of a compound having a general formula wherein when n=1, R=NH, R' is (Ia) or (Ib) wherein k is 2 or 3, when n=2, R=O, R' is (Ic) or (Id) wherein x=1-12, when n=2, R=NH or O, R' is (Ie) wherein m=0-16, and when n=2, R=O, R' is (If)
A neutron therapy apparatus for multi-angle irradiation of an object; comprising: a beam shaping assembly including a moderator and a reflector surrounding the moderator, wherein the moderator is adapted to moderate neutrons to a predetermined energy spectrum and the reflector guides deflected neutrons back to enhance the neutron intensity in the predetermined energy spectrum; a neutron generator for generating neutrons by being irradiated by an ion beam, wherein the neutron generator is embedded inside the beam shaping assembly; a tube for transmitting the ion beam to the neutron generator, wherein the tube defines an axis; deflection magnets (30, 31, 32) for changing a transmission direction of the ion beam; a collimator for concentrating neutrons; a supporting frame, and wherein said beam shaping assembly is fixed to the supporting frame, and wherein said beam shaping assembly moves on the supporting frame in order to irradiate the object from different angles; an irradiation room for receiving an object to be irradiated; a shielding assembly (70, 70') being connected to the beam shaping assembly; and the shielding assembly (70,70') being connected to the supporting frame; and the shielding assembly (70,70') is configured to move along with the movement of the beam shaping assembly and thereby shielding the irradiation room from radioactive rays leaked from the beam shaping assembly. a beam shaping assembly including a moderator and a reflector surrounding the moderator, wherein the moderator is adapted to moderate neutrons to a predetermined energy spectrum and the reflector guides deflected neutrons back to enhance the neutron intensity in the predetermined energy spectrum; a neutron generator for generating neutrons by being irradiated by an ion beam, wherein the neutron generator is embedded inside the beam shaping assembly; a tube for transmitting the ion beam to the neutron generator, wherein the tube defines an axis; deflection magnets (30, 31, 32) for changing a transmission direction of the ion beam; a collimator for concentrating neutrons; a supporting frame, and wherein said beam shaping assembly is fixed to the supporting frame, and wherein said beam shaping assembly moves on the supporting frame in order to irradiate the object from different angles; an irradiation room for receiving an object to be irradiated; a shielding assembly (70, 70') being connected to the beam shaping assembly; and the shielding assembly (70,70') being connected to the supporting frame; and the shielding assembly (70,70') is configured to move along with the movement of the beam shaping assembly and thereby shielding the irradiation room from radioactive rays leaked from the beam shaping assembly.
A downlink Inter-Cell Interference Coordination, ICIC, method, comprising: obtaining, by an evolved NodeB, eNB, information about multiple carriers in a current cell, wherein the information about multiple carriers in the current cell comprises a frequency and bandwidth of each carrier of the multiple carriers; predicting, by the eNB, according to the frequency and bandwidth of each carrier of the multiple carriers, system performance indices that the multiple carriers can achieve under different configurations of downlink ICIC parameter combinations, wherein each downlink ICIC parameter in the downlink ICIC parameter combinations corresponds to each carrier of the multiple carriers; obtaining, by the eNB, a downlink ICIC parameter combination whose system performance indices satisfy set system performance index thresholds from the different downlink ICIC parameter combinations; and sending, by the eNB, the downlink ICIC parameter corresponding to each carrier to a neighboring cell of the current cell so as to enable the neighboring cell to perform, according to the downlink ICIC parameter, downlink interference coordination with the current cell. obtaining, by an evolved NodeB, eNB, information about multiple carriers in a current cell, wherein the information about multiple carriers in the current cell comprises a frequency and bandwidth of each carrier of the multiple carriers; predicting, by the eNB, according to the frequency and bandwidth of each carrier of the multiple carriers, system performance indices that the multiple carriers can achieve under different configurations of downlink ICIC parameter combinations, wherein each downlink ICIC parameter in the downlink ICIC parameter combinations corresponds to each carrier of the multiple carriers; obtaining, by the eNB, a downlink ICIC parameter combination whose system performance indices satisfy set system performance index thresholds from the different downlink ICIC parameter combinations; and sending, by the eNB, the downlink ICIC parameter corresponding to each carrier to a neighboring cell of the current cell so as to enable the neighboring cell to perform, according to the downlink ICIC parameter, downlink interference coordination with the current cell.
A method for operating a gas turbine, the gas turbine comprising at least a compressor, a first combustion area where fuel is combusted with air fed by the compressor generating a first hot gas, a second combustion area where fuel is combusted with oxygen contained in the first hot gas generating a second hot gas, a turbine where the second hot gas is expanded to collect mechanical power, a flue gas being discharged from the turbine, the method being characterised by - supplying the first combustion area with a fuel being hydrogen or a mixture containing hydrogen, - supplying the second combustion area with a fuel being hydrogen or a mixture containing hydrogen, - supplying the second combustion area with water, - regulating the amount of water supplied to the second combustion area based on a residual oxygen content in the flue gas or a value indicative thereof. the gas turbine comprising at least a compressor, a first combustion area where fuel is combusted with air fed by the compressor generating a first hot gas, a second combustion area where fuel is combusted with oxygen contained in the first hot gas generating a second hot gas, a turbine where the second hot gas is expanded to collect mechanical power, a flue gas being discharged from the turbine, the method being characterised by - supplying the first combustion area with a fuel being hydrogen or a mixture containing hydrogen, - supplying the second combustion area with a fuel being hydrogen or a mixture containing hydrogen, - supplying the second combustion area with water, - regulating the amount of water supplied to the second combustion area based on a residual oxygen content in the flue gas or a value indicative thereof. - supplying the first combustion area with a fuel being hydrogen or a mixture containing hydrogen, - supplying the second combustion area with a fuel being hydrogen or a mixture containing hydrogen, - supplying the second combustion area with water, - regulating the amount of water supplied to the second combustion area based on a residual oxygen content in the flue gas or a value indicative thereof.
A process for moving a droplet from a first location to a second location, which process comprises: (i) exposing a droplet which is situated at a first location, which droplet comprises (a) an aqueous medium, (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules on at least part of the surface of the aqueous medium, and (c) a magnetic material disposed in the aqueous medium, to a magnetic field of a magnet, and thereby causing the droplet to be attracted to said magnet by magnetic attraction; (ii) moving the magnet relative to the first location whilst maintaining said magnetic attraction, and thereby causing the droplet to move away from said first location and towards a second location; and (iii) disposing the droplet at said second location, wherein: disposing the droplet at said second location comprises bringing the droplet into contact with another droplet so that a bilayer of amphipathic molecules is formed at an interface between the contacting droplets; or the droplet at the first location forms a bilayer with another droplet, and exposing the droplet at the first location to said magnetic field causes the droplet at the first location to move away from the other droplet and the bilayer between the droplet at the first location and the other droplet to separate. (i) exposing a droplet which is situated at a first location, which droplet comprises (a) an aqueous medium, (b) an outer layer of amphipathic molecules on at least part of the surface of the aqueous medium, and (c) a magnetic material disposed in the aqueous medium, to a magnetic field of a magnet, and thereby causing the droplet to be attracted to said magnet by magnetic attraction; (ii) moving the magnet relative to the first location whilst maintaining said magnetic attraction, and thereby causing the droplet to move away from said first location and towards a second location; and (iii) disposing the droplet at said second location, wherein: disposing the droplet at said second location comprises bringing the droplet into contact with another droplet so that a bilayer of amphipathic molecules is formed at an interface between the contacting droplets; or the droplet at the first location forms a bilayer with another droplet, and exposing the droplet at the first location to said magnetic field causes the droplet at the first location to move away from the other droplet and the bilayer between the droplet at the first location and the other droplet to separate. disposing the droplet at said second location comprises bringing the droplet into contact with another droplet so that a bilayer of amphipathic molecules is formed at an interface between the contacting droplets; or the droplet at the first location forms a bilayer with another droplet, and exposing the droplet at the first location to said magnetic field causes the droplet at the first location to move away from the other droplet and the bilayer between the droplet at the first location and the other droplet to separate.
A hydrogel comprising a plurality of amphiphilic peptides and/or peptoids capable of self-assembling into three-dimensional macromolecular nanofibrous networks, which entrap water and form said hydrogel, the amphiphilic peptides and/or peptoids having the general formula: Z p - n - m -AA thiol -Z' q, wherein Z is an N-terminal protecting group, n - m -AA thiol is selected from the group consisting of LIVAGDC (SEQ ID NO: 45), ILVAGDC (SEQ ID NO: 47), AIVAGC (SEQ ID NO: 49), ILVAGC (SEQ ID NO: 50), IVKC (SEQ ID NO: 51), IVDC (SEQ ID NO: 52) and IVSC (SEQ ID NO: 53). Z' is a C-terminal protecting group, and p and q are independently selected from 0 and 1, wherein, preferably, p is 1, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of amphiphilic peptides and/or peptoids is chemically cross-linked. Z is an N-terminal protecting group, n - m -AA thiol is selected from the group consisting of LIVAGDC (SEQ ID NO: 45), ILVAGDC (SEQ ID NO: 47), AIVAGC (SEQ ID NO: 49), ILVAGC (SEQ ID NO: 50), IVKC (SEQ ID NO: 51), IVDC (SEQ ID NO: 52) and IVSC (SEQ ID NO: 53). Z' is a C-terminal protecting group, and p and q are independently selected from 0 and 1, wherein, preferably, p is 1,
A communication apparatus comprising: a storage unit (276b; 276c; 305) to store frame information for referring to first storage areas in each of which a frame to be transmitted or received is stored, in a plurality of second storage areas depending on priorities of frames; and a distribution unit (43; 271b; 271c) configured to distribute and store the frame information of the frames into the plurality of second storage areas according to the priorities of the frames, wherein the frame information includes an address indicative of a head position of one of the first storage areas in which a corresponding frame is stored and a length of the corresponding frame, characterized in that a plurality of virtual machines (22a, 22b, 22c) operates in the communication apparatus, the communication apparatus further comprises a first internal communication control unit (27a-1; 27a-2; 27b; 27c) configured to perform transmission processing of the frame to one of the virtual machines (22a, 22b, 22c) according to the address of the corresponding frame or perform reception processing of the frame from the one of the virtual machines (22a, 22b, 22c), and the frame information further includes reference authority information indicative of authority to refer to the frame from the one of the virtual machines (22a; 22b; 22c) in which an opposing second internal communication control unit (27a-1; 27a-2; 27b; 27c) operates. a storage unit (276b; 276c; 305) to store frame information for referring to first storage areas in each of which a frame to be transmitted or received is stored, in a plurality of second storage areas depending on priorities of frames; and a distribution unit (43; 271b; 271c) configured to distribute and store the frame information of the frames into the plurality of second storage areas according to the priorities of the frames, wherein the frame information includes an address indicative of a head position of one of the first storage areas in which a corresponding frame is stored and a length of the corresponding frame, characterized in that a plurality of virtual machines (22a, 22b, 22c) operates in the communication apparatus, the communication apparatus further comprises a first internal communication control unit (27a-1; 27a-2; 27b; 27c) configured to perform transmission processing of the frame to one of the virtual machines (22a, 22b, 22c) according to the address of the corresponding frame or perform reception processing of the frame from the one of the virtual machines (22a, 22b, 22c), and the frame information further includes reference authority information indicative of authority to refer to the frame from the one of the virtual machines (22a; 22b; 22c) in which an opposing second internal communication control unit (27a-1; 27a-2; 27b; 27c) operates.
A method for modulating the release rate of microencapsulated active ingredients (a.i.) comprising the following steps: I) preparation of an aqueous suspension A) comprising microcapsules of at least one active ingredient, II) preparation of a water-emulsifiable liquid, component B), comprising a solvent of the microencapsulated active ingredient for at least 50% w/w, the solvent selected from those having the following characteristics: - capability to solubilize the active ingredient at room temperature (25°C) for at least 5% w/w, preferably 10% w/w, more preferably at least 20% w/w, - inertia with respect to the capsule shells, for example they do not cause rupture or swellings of the capsule, - immiscibility with water, and at least one surfactant selected from nonionic surfactants or from admixtures of nonionic surfactants with anionic surfactants for the remaining part to 100% w/w, III) providing water as component C), for diluting the active ingredient to the application rate, and mixing A), B) and C), wherein the release rate is modified by changing the weight ratio of solvent of component B)/a.i. of component A), wherein the weight ratio between the solvent of component B) and the active ingredient of component A) is between 0.1:1 and 40:1. I) preparation of an aqueous suspension A) comprising microcapsules of at least one active ingredient, II) preparation of a water-emulsifiable liquid, component B), comprising a solvent of the microencapsulated active ingredient for at least 50% w/w, the solvent selected from those having the following characteristics: - capability to solubilize the active ingredient at room temperature (25°C) for at least 5% w/w, preferably 10% w/w, more preferably at least 20% w/w, - inertia with respect to the capsule shells, for example they do not cause rupture or swellings of the capsule, - immiscibility with water, and at least one surfactant selected from nonionic surfactants or from admixtures of nonionic surfactants with anionic surfactants for the remaining part to 100% w/w, - capability to solubilize the active ingredient at room temperature (25°C) for at least 5% w/w, preferably 10% w/w, more preferably at least 20% w/w, - inertia with respect to the capsule shells, for example they do not cause rupture or swellings of the capsule, - immiscibility with water, and at least one surfactant selected from nonionic surfactants or from admixtures of nonionic surfactants with anionic surfactants for the remaining part to 100% w/w, III) providing water as component C), for diluting the active ingredient to the application rate, and mixing A), B) and C), wherein the release rate is modified by changing the weight ratio of solvent of component B)/a.i. of component A), wherein the weight ratio between the solvent of component B) and the active ingredient of component A) is between 0.1:1 and 40:1.