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A method for detecting surface deformations of body surfaces of living beings for determining suitable contact surfaces for guiding and supporting structures which can be brought into contact with the surface of the living beings, the surface deformations being brought about by changes in muscle volume, the method comprising at least the steps: orienting at least one body part of the living being with respect to a detection device for the at least partial detection of the surface shape of at least one surface area of the body part, characterised by the steps detecting a first surface shape of the surface area by means of the detection device, wherein the body part is in a first load state, in particular a state with the muscles relaxed, detecting a second surface shape of the surface area by means of the detection device, wherein the body part is in a second load state different from the first load state, in particular a state with the muscles tensed, determining the local surface deformations (2, 4, 5) that result between the first load state and the second load state. orienting at least one body part of the living being with respect to a detection device for the at least partial detection of the surface shape of at least one surface area of the body part, characterised by the steps detecting a first surface shape of the surface area by means of the detection device, wherein the body part is in a first load state, in particular a state with the muscles relaxed, detecting a second surface shape of the surface area by means of the detection device, wherein the body part is in a second load state different from the first load state, in particular a state with the muscles tensed, determining the local surface deformations (2, 4, 5) that result between the first load state and the second load state.
A method for the manufacture of composites consisting of carbon nanotubes or carbon fibres or a combination of the two and crystalline diamond, said method at least comprising the steps of - coating carbon nanotubes and/or carbon fibres or a structure formed of carbon nanotubes and/or carbon fibres with a barrier layer, a barrier material of said barrier layer being selected to protect the carbon nanotubes and/or carbon fibres against reactive gases required for diamond formation, - equipping the barrier layer with nucleation sites for diamond, - growing crystalline diamond on the nucleation sites of the barrier layer of the carbon nanotubes and/or carbon fibres using a chemical vapor deposition process in a reactive gas atmosphere that promotes the formation of sp 3 -bonded carbon. - coating carbon nanotubes and/or carbon fibres or a structure formed of carbon nanotubes and/or carbon fibres with a barrier layer, a barrier material of said barrier layer being selected to protect the carbon nanotubes and/or carbon fibres against reactive gases required for diamond formation, - equipping the barrier layer with nucleation sites for diamond, - growing crystalline diamond on the nucleation sites of the barrier layer of the carbon nanotubes and/or carbon fibres using a chemical vapor deposition process in a reactive gas atmosphere that promotes the formation of sp 3 -bonded carbon.
A lifting apparatus (16, 16', 16") for an aircraft, comprising at least one inflatable cushion (19, 19', 19") with at least two chambers (20, 20', 20", 21, 21', 21"), at least one compressor, at least one pressure control device, wherein each of the chambers (20, 20', 20", 21, 21', 21") is connected to the compressor via the pressure control device by means of a hose (9, 9'), and a pressure-sensitive device with at least two pressure sensors, which is arranged between the uppermost chamber (20, 20', 20", 21, 21', 21") of the cushion (19, 19', 19") and the area (22, 22', 22") of the aircraft which is to be lifted, characterized in that the pressure-sensitive device consists of a mat and/or a film-like material, and the pressure sensors are arranged at preset regular intervals (27, 28) on the pressure-sensitive device.
Method for the reduction of the complexity of nucleic acid pool(s), comprising • providing a sample with one or more nucleic acid molecules, • cutting the nucleic acid molecules by a random and/or sequence independent cutting step thereby obtaining a pool of nucleic acid fragments, • linking fragments to linkers with a universal sequence, • amplifying at least a fraction of said fragments with linkers, and wherein the amplified or amplifying fragments are divided into different subpools by selecting a nucleic acid feature, which is one or more nucleic acid type(s), selected from A, G, T, U, or C, at the same position of the fragment sequence, shared by at least more than one fragment, thereby the fragments of each subpool all share the same nucleic acid feature and a subpool comprises more than one fragment. • providing a sample with one or more nucleic acid molecules, • cutting the nucleic acid molecules by a random and/or sequence independent cutting step thereby obtaining a pool of nucleic acid fragments, • linking fragments to linkers with a universal sequence, • amplifying at least a fraction of said fragments with linkers, and wherein the amplified or amplifying fragments are divided into different subpools by selecting a nucleic acid feature, which is one or more nucleic acid type(s), selected from A, G, T, U, or C, at the same position of the fragment sequence, shared by at least more than one fragment, thereby the fragments of each subpool all share the same nucleic acid feature and a subpool comprises more than one fragment.
A cosmetic composition, comprising: a copolymer having from 15 to 60 mass% based on the total mass of the copolymer of a constituent unit corresponding to a vinyl monomer having a carboxyl group in a structure and from 40 to 85 mass% based on the total mass of the copolymer of a constituent unit corresponding to a vinyl monomer represented by the following formula; a cationic surfactant; an alcohol having a carbon number of 12 to 24; and a silicone oil; CH 2 =C(R 1)-CO-X-(Q-O) r -R 2 (in formula, R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 5, each of which may have a substituent; Q represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of 2 to 4, which may have a substituent; r represents an integer of 2 to 15; and X represents an oxygen atom, provided that in formula, the number of atoms bonded linearly to each other in the structure of -(Q-O) r -R 2 is 70 or less). a copolymer having from 15 to 60 mass% based on the total mass of the copolymer of a constituent unit corresponding to a vinyl monomer having a carboxyl group in a structure and from 40 to 85 mass% based on the total mass of the copolymer of a constituent unit corresponding to a vinyl monomer represented by the following formula; a cationic surfactant; an alcohol having a carbon number of 12 to 24; and a silicone oil; CH 2 =C(R 1)-CO-X-(Q-O) r -R 2 (in formula, R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 5, each of which may have a substituent; Q represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of 2 to 4, which may have a substituent; r represents an integer of 2 to 15; and X represents an oxygen atom, provided that in formula, the number of atoms bonded linearly to each other in the structure of -(Q-O) r -R 2 is 70 or less).
An automatic station to cover a support with a membrane element, comprising an articulated arm, a stapler moved by the articulated arm and a fixing sub-station to retain the membrane element in a predefined position on the support, characterized in that the automatic station is further comprising a gripping element moved by the articulated arm and adapted to hook an edge portion of the membrane element while the support is retained by the fixing sub-station to tension the edge portion before the stapler fixes the edge portion to the support.
Arrangement comprising an electric power supply circuit and an operating electronics system, wherein the power supply circuit is used to make available a first essentially constant value and a second essentially constant value of a supply voltage, which differs from the first value, said supply voltage being used to operate the operating electronics system, wherein the power supply circuit is used to output the first value of the supply voltage if the supply voltage is derived from a first voltage source, and wherein the power supply circuit is used to output the second value of the supply voltage if the supply voltage is derived from a second voltage source, characterized in that a detection circuit is provided in the operating electronics system that is used to measure the value of the supply voltage.
A stitched unidirectional or multi-axial reinforcement for the manufacture of fiber reinforced composites by one of resin transfer molding process and vacuum infusion molding process, the stitched unidirectional or multi-axial reinforcement comprising at least one layer of continuous unidirectional rovings arranged in the reinforcement, and means for facilitating, when wetting-out a stack of reinforcements with resin, the flow of resin in a direction transverse to the direction of the unidirectional rovings the thin discrete flow passage forming means being arranged transverse to the unidirectional rovings and forming to the sides thereof flow passages extending from one edge of the stitched unidirectional or multi-axial reinforcement to the opposite edge thereof, the at least one layer and the thin discrete flow passage forming means being bonded together by means of stitching, characterized in that the resin flow facilitating means are thin discrete means for forming flow passages for resin having, under compression, a diameter of 70 - 300 μm, and in that the unidirectional rovings are arranged side by side..
Fluorescent composite material comprising a polymeric matrix formed from an optically transparent polymeric material and a polymeric multilayer film containing phosphors, characterized in that the multilayer polymeric film comprises at least three layers, one of which represents an optically transparent polymer film, the other one is a polymeric composition with dispersed semiconductor nanocrystals, and the third layer is a polymer composition comprising inorganic phosphors, wherein the semiconductor nanocrystals are made of a semiconductor core, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, and they emit a fluorescent signal with fluorescence peak maxima in the wavelength range of 580-650 nm.
Use of a solution comprising a polyacene and a polyacene dissolving solvent comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, lactones and carbonates, for forming a crystalline organic semiconductor thin film on a substrate wherein the long axis of the molecule of the polyacene is perpendicular to the surface of said substrate after evaporation of the solvent.
A firebox air control regulator comprising: a hollow body having an inlet and an outlet and forming a channel for air to flow through said body, said outlet being pneumatically connectable to an inlet to a firebox, a disc located within said body and being movable along a first support rod attached to said body, said disc being situated to provide resistance to said airflow, said body comprising an inner surface configured to form said airflow into air columns as air is drawn through said body and around said disc, said inner surface providing an air passage of varying size as said disc moves along said first support rod, upper and lower stop members to limit the maximum movement of said disc, whereby said disc is held by gravity against said lower stop member when air is not flowing through said body, and moves along said first support rod toward said upper stop member in response to said airflow such that the volume of air passing through said body is automatically regulated by the movement of said disc within said body, whereby the disc is steadily supported by said columns of incoming air during use, so that the incoming air is directly controlled with the burn rate, characterised in that: a lower portion of said inner surface comprises an ovaloid opening that is larger than the circumference of said disc, and the perimeter of said ovaloid opening is formed from a plurality of intermittently-spaced, arc shaped depressions and scalloped edges to form columns of air when in use. a hollow body having an inlet and an outlet and forming a channel for air to flow through said body, said outlet being pneumatically connectable to an inlet to a firebox, a disc located within said body and being movable along a first support rod attached to said body, said disc being situated to provide resistance to said airflow, said body comprising an inner surface configured to form said airflow into air columns as air is drawn through said body and around said disc, said inner surface providing an air passage of varying size as said disc moves along said first support rod, upper and lower stop members to limit the maximum movement of said disc, whereby said disc is held by gravity against said lower stop member when air is not flowing through said body, and moves along said first support rod toward said upper stop member in response to said airflow such that the volume of air passing through said body is automatically regulated by the movement of said disc within said body, whereby the disc is steadily supported by said columns of incoming air during use, so that the incoming air is directly controlled with the burn rate, a lower portion of said inner surface comprises an ovaloid opening that is larger than the circumference of said disc, and the perimeter of said ovaloid opening is formed from a plurality of intermittently-spaced, arc shaped depressions and scalloped edges to form columns of air when in use.
Processing machine for processing a substrate, comprising at least one shaping unit and/or at least one application unit, the at least one application unit and/or the at least one shaping unit in each case comprising at least one forme cylinder (616; 901) and at least one impression cylinder (617; 902), the at least one forme cylinder of the application unit comprising at least one application forme including at least one application surface and/or the at least one shaping unit comprising at least one shaping tool including at least one working surface, the application surface and/or the working surface being arranged so as to cover at least a portion of the outer surface of the at least one forme cylinder (616; 901), the processing machine comprising at least one control unit (1201; 1203) for correcting a processing length and/or printing length, which controls in an open loop and/or a closed loop the speed (ω1; ω2; v1; v2) of the at least one forme cylinder (616; 901) and/or of the at least one impression cylinder (616; 902), the speed (v1; ω1) of the at least one forme cylinder (616; 901) and/or the speed (v2; ω2) of the at least one impression cylinder (617; 902) having a speed ratio (v1/v2; ω1/ω2) with respect to one another, the application surface of the at least one application forme and/or the working surface of the at least one shaping tool comprising a plurality of sections for processing multiple-ups of the one substrate which are arranged one behind the other, characterized in that the at least one forme cylinder (901; 616) and the at least one impression cylinder (902; 617) have a first speed ratio (v1/v2; ω1/ω2) when one of the plurality of sections of the working surface passes through the processing point and/or when one of the plurality of sections of the application surface passes through the processing point, and in that the at least one forme cylinder and the at least one impression cylinder have a second speed ratio (v1/v2; ω1/ω2) that differs from the first when another section of the working surface passes through the processing point and/or when another section of the application surface passes through the processing point.
A transgenic mouse comprising a transgenic expression construct that encodes a MOG-binding T-cell receptor β chain under control of a T-cell specific transcriptional promoter, characterised in that the nucleotide sequence that encodes said MOG-binding TCR β chain comprises a sequence that encodes a CDR3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1, or an amino acid sequence variant of at least 80% sequence identity, preferably at least 90% sequence identity, to SEQ ID No. 1, whereby the variant exhibits MOG-binding.
An LED fixture comprising: - at least one LED, - an electrical power terminal (100, 110), electrically connected to the LED, the electrical power terminal for electrically connecting the LED to an LED driver, - a storage device for storing data in relation to the LED, and - a data processing device, electrically connected to the storage device for storing data in the storage device and reading data therefrom, the data processing device being arranged and connected for providing data communication via at least one of the electrical power terminal and the LED, characterized in that the data processing device is arranged for sending data to the LED driver by: - detecting a LED driver output voltage decrease; and - sending the data to the LED driver by modulating an impedance of the electrical power terminal when an LED driver output voltage decrease has been observed. - at least one LED, - an electrical power terminal (100, 110), electrically connected to the LED, the electrical power terminal for electrically connecting the LED to an LED driver, - a storage device for storing data in relation to the LED, and - a data processing device, electrically connected to the storage device for storing data in the storage device and reading data therefrom, the data processing device being arranged and connected for providing data communication via at least one of the electrical power terminal and the LED, - detecting a LED driver output voltage decrease; and - sending the data to the LED driver by modulating an impedance of the electrical power terminal when an LED driver output voltage decrease has been observed.
Process for manufacturing a solid cosmetic composition cast as a stick the said composition having an outer surface, and containing one or more magnetic bodies of non-zero magnetic susceptibility, the magnetic bodies are on at least part of the said outer surface non-randomly oriented in the solid composition so as to form on the said outer surface one or more pattern(s), the process is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - preparing a fluid cosmetic composition comprising one or more magnetic bodies of non-zero magnetic susceptibility, - casting the cosmetic composition while hot as a stick, - at least partially exposing the composition to a magnetic field, so as to modify the orientation of and/or at least partly to move the magnetic bodies when the composition is fluid, in order to distribute them non-randomly in the solid composition. - preparing a fluid cosmetic composition comprising one or more magnetic bodies of non-zero magnetic susceptibility, - casting the cosmetic composition while hot as a stick, - at least partially exposing the composition to a magnetic field, so as to modify the orientation of and/or at least partly to move the magnetic bodies when the composition is fluid, in order to distribute them non-randomly in the solid composition.
A method of treating a well, the method comprising the steps of: forming a treatment fluid comprising: (i) water; (ii) a water-soluble β-polysaccharide, which is a β-galactomannan; (iii) a borate cross-linker; (iv) a base to adjust the pH of the water in the treatment fluid to be at least 8.5; and (v) a water-soluble α-polysaccharide comprising partially hydrolyzed starch; and introducing the treatment fluid into the well. forming a treatment fluid comprising: (i) water; (ii) a water-soluble β-polysaccharide, which is a β-galactomannan; (iii) a borate cross-linker; (iv) a base to adjust the pH of the water in the treatment fluid to be at least 8.5; and (v) a water-soluble α-polysaccharide comprising partially hydrolyzed starch; and (i) water; (ii) a water-soluble β-polysaccharide, which is a β-galactomannan; (iii) a borate cross-linker; (iv) a base to adjust the pH of the water in the treatment fluid to be at least 8.5; and (v) a water-soluble α-polysaccharide comprising partially hydrolyzed starch; and introducing the treatment fluid into the well.
A device for receiving ions travelling in a plume in an area of high pressure and for passing said ions into an area of low pressure, said device comprising: an inlet housing mounted on a wall separating said area of low pressure from said area of high pressure, wherein said inlet housing has a junction point, a first passage and a second passage, said first passage having a first passage axis, an entrance in fluid communication with said area of high pressure for receiving said ions travelling thereto, and a terminal end in fluid communication with said junction point, said junction point being in fluid communication with said second passage having a second passage axis and an exit for discharging said ions into said area of low pressure, said second passage axis being a second axis said ions in said low pressure area travel along or in parallel therewith, and said first passage axis intersecting with a first axis said ions in said area of high pressure travel along, for defining a first angle, and said second passage axis intersecting with said first passage axis for defining a second angle, characterized in that said inlet housing is configured for assuming a first position and a second position on said wall, wherein in said first position said first passage axis has a first angle equal to or less than about 75 degrees, and in said second position said first passage axis has a first angle equal to or greater than 105 degrees. an inlet housing mounted on a wall separating said area of low pressure from said area of high pressure, wherein said inlet housing has a junction point, a first passage and a second passage, said first passage having a first passage axis, an entrance in fluid communication with said area of high pressure for receiving said ions travelling thereto, and a terminal end in fluid communication with said junction point, said junction point being in fluid communication with said second passage having a second passage axis and an exit for discharging said ions into said area of low pressure, said second passage axis being a second axis said ions in said low pressure area travel along or in parallel therewith, and said first passage axis intersecting with a first axis said ions in said area of high pressure travel along, for defining a first angle, and said second passage axis intersecting with said first passage axis for defining a second angle, characterized in that said inlet housing is configured for assuming a first position and a second position on said wall, wherein in said first position said first passage axis has a first angle equal to or less than about 75 degrees, and in said second position said first passage axis has a first angle equal to or greater than 105 degrees.