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A microfluidic card comprising an on-board waste fluid isolation apparatus, said on-board waste fluid isolation apparatus configured to prevent egress of waste fluid from the microfluidic card and comprising: a) a plastic body having an external surface and encasing a waste fluid receiving reservoir, the waste fluid receiving reservoir having a waste fluid receiving end and a vent end, the waste fluid receiving end in fluid communication with a waste fluid channel and the vent end in fluid communication with a vent exiting the external surface of the plastic body; b) a flexible film disposed within said waste receiving reservoir, the flexible film comprising a first side facing the waste receiving end and a second side facing said vent end, wherein said flexible film is sealed to said plastic body such that said flexible film fluidly isolates the waste end from the vent end, and c) an absorbent bat of bibulous material disposed between the flexible film and the waste fluid receiving end, the absorbent bat capable of absorbing a fluid, wherein the bibulous material is pre-treated to comprise a disinfectant. a) a plastic body having an external surface and encasing a waste fluid receiving reservoir, the waste fluid receiving reservoir having a waste fluid receiving end and a vent end, the waste fluid receiving end in fluid communication with a waste fluid channel and the vent end in fluid communication with a vent exiting the external surface of the plastic body; b) a flexible film disposed within said waste receiving reservoir, the flexible film comprising a first side facing the waste receiving end and a second side facing said vent end, wherein said flexible film is sealed to said plastic body such that said flexible film fluidly isolates the waste end from the vent end, and c) an absorbent bat of bibulous material disposed between the flexible film and the waste fluid receiving end, the absorbent bat capable of absorbing a fluid, wherein the bibulous material is pre-treated to comprise a disinfectant.
Device for replacing a missing tooth, or missing teeth, characterised in that it comprises a female part and a male part, which, when they are assembled, form a strut, said female and male parts (1, 2) being each provided with an anchoring portion, the anchoring portions being intended to cooperate with grooves produced in adjacent supporting natural teeth, said strut serving as a support for a substitution part intended to replace the missing tooth or teeth, device wherein the female part includes a tubular-shaped cross-section forming the anchoring portion and intended to be placed in a groove of one of the adjacent supporting natural teeth, two fins intended to mould on either side the morphology and the convexity of the supporting tooth, a strut portion provided with a bevel-shaped abutment and a notch-shaped cut area produced on an upper half of the strut portion.
A method performed by one or more processing devices for producing a scaled compressed bitstream from a single plenary file, comprising: creating the plenary file having a plenary bitrate by combining a plurality of separately encoded audio object files, wherein an audio object is a source signal of a particular sound or combination of sounds; segmenting each of the encoded audio object files into data frames; comparing a data frame activity of the data frames of each of the encoded audio files at a selected time period to each other to obtain a data frame activity comparison for all the encoded audio files at the selected time period; assigning bits from an available bitpool to each of the data frames of the encoded audio object files during the selected time period based on the data frame activity comparison to obtain a bit allocation for the selected time period; scaling down the plenary file by truncating bits of the data frames in accordance with the bit allocation to generate pared-down frames; obtaining bit-reduced encoded audio object files from the pared-down frames and multiplexing together the bit-reduced encoded audio object files; and packing the multiplexed bit-reduced encoded audio object files into the scaled compressed bitstream such that the scaled compressed bitstream has a target bitrate that is lower than or equal to the plenary bitrate in order to facilitate post-encoding bitrate reduction of the single plenary file. creating the plenary file having a plenary bitrate by combining a plurality of separately encoded audio object files, wherein an audio object is a source signal of a particular sound or combination of sounds; segmenting each of the encoded audio object files into data frames; comparing a data frame activity of the data frames of each of the encoded audio files at a selected time period to each other to obtain a data frame activity comparison for all the encoded audio files at the selected time period; assigning bits from an available bitpool to each of the data frames of the encoded audio object files during the selected time period based on the data frame activity comparison to obtain a bit allocation for the selected time period; scaling down the plenary file by truncating bits of the data frames in accordance with the bit allocation to generate pared-down frames; obtaining bit-reduced encoded audio object files from the pared-down frames and multiplexing together the bit-reduced encoded audio object files; and packing the multiplexed bit-reduced encoded audio object files into the scaled compressed bitstream such that the scaled compressed bitstream has a target bitrate that is lower than or equal to the plenary bitrate in order to facilitate post-encoding bitrate reduction of the single plenary file.
A nanoparticle comprising a solid core, said solid core comprising a solid noncrosslinked albumin matrix and a monoclonal antibody wherein the monoclonal antibody is distributed throughout the albumin matrix, and wherein said solid noncrosslinked albumin matrix is coated directly with a non-ionic polymer.
Manufacturing process for a light-alloy hybrid wheel, particularly based on aluminum or magnesium, including a front flange and a rim, the process implementing the following separate operational phases: - the flange is made with an internal profile capable of constituting a tire bead seat; - the rim is made with, on the one side, an external profile capable of constituting a tire bead seat, and on the other side, a circular flank for assembly with part of the flange; - the flange is assembled to the rim, at the seat of said flange and the circular flank of the rim. characterized in that the assembly of the rim and the flange is made by welding the circular flank of the rim and the flange by means of a single friction stir weld using a pin, in a position that allows access to both sides of the weld. - the flange is made with an internal profile capable of constituting a tire bead seat; - the rim is made with, on the one side, an external profile capable of constituting a tire bead seat, and on the other side, a circular flank for assembly with part of the flange; - the flange is assembled to the rim, at the seat of said flange and the circular flank of the rim.
A parking facility that horizontally moves a pallet on which a vehicle is mounted, to thereby store the vehicle in a storage space, comprising: the pallet having magnetic field transmissibility in a portion corresponding with a power-receiving coil provided on a bottom surface of the vehicle; a power-supplying coil that is provided in the storage space so as to be opposed to the portion with the magnetic field transmissibility and that supplies power wirelessly to the power-receiving coil; and a foreign matter removal section that is provided on a lower surface of the pallet and that, with a movement of the pallet, engages, by contacting an upper surface of the power-supplying coil or by being spaced a given distance from the upper surface of the power-supplying coil, foreign matter present on the upper surface of the power-supplying coil, to thereby remove the foreign matter from the upper surface of the power-supplying coil. the pallet having magnetic field transmissibility in a portion corresponding with a power-receiving coil provided on a bottom surface of the vehicle; a power-supplying coil that is provided in the storage space so as to be opposed to the portion with the magnetic field transmissibility and that supplies power wirelessly to the power-receiving coil; and a foreign matter removal section that is provided on a lower surface of the pallet and that, with a movement of the pallet, engages, by contacting an upper surface of the power-supplying coil or by being spaced a given distance from the upper surface of the power-supplying coil, foreign matter present on the upper surface of the power-supplying coil, to thereby remove the foreign matter from the upper surface of the power-supplying coil.
Firearm support system, for being installed on a vehicle, in particular an aircraft; the vehicle comprising a compartment to accommodate the crew, wherein the compartment has: - a bearing surface, - an upper structure rising above the bearing surface, and - an opening, through which a firearm is going to shoot; the support system comprises: - an anchoring portion, for being fixed to the upper structure and located in the compartment, - a mobile support, which is coupled to the anchoring portion in a mobile manner, on which the firearm is being assembled, and is able to allow the firearm to move between an operating position, in which the firearm is ready to shoot through the opening, and a non-operating position, in which the firearm is retracted; wherein the mobile support comprises an arm, which is connected, at a first of its ends, to the anchoring portion in a mobile manner, and is connected, at a second of its ends, to a firearm support, which is able to allow the firearm to rotate relative to the arm; wherein the firearm support comprises: - a body, which is provided with at least one profile on its surface; - a feeler pin, for striking against profile and for being coupled to the firearm so as to follow the movement of said firearm; - a support element, rotatable around a traverse axis (z-z) relative to body, the support element being also for being coupled to the firearm, thus allowing a mutual rotation between said firearm and said support element around an elevation axis (x-x). - a bearing surface, - an upper structure rising above the bearing surface, and - an opening, through which a firearm is going to shoot; - an anchoring portion, for being fixed to the upper structure and located in the compartment, - a mobile support, which is coupled to the anchoring portion in a mobile manner, on which the firearm is being assembled, and is able to allow the firearm to move between an operating position, in which the firearm is ready to shoot through the opening, and a non-operating position, in which the firearm is retracted; - a body, which is provided with at least one profile on its surface; - a feeler pin, for striking against profile and for being coupled to the firearm so as to follow the movement of said firearm; - a support element, rotatable around a traverse axis (z-z) relative to body, the support element being also for being coupled to the firearm, thus allowing a mutual rotation between said firearm and said support element around an elevation axis (x-x).
Spreading unit, which is designed as an end effector for a manipulator, having a nozzle for application of a viscous material, in particular a sealing material, to a component, and having a shaper for spreading the viscous material, in particular sealing material, on the component, wherein the shaper has a first shaping contour for shaping the viscous material during spreading in a spreading direction, wherein at least a second shaping contour of the shaper for shaping the viscous material is, by means of an actuator, able to be brought into overlap with the first shaping contour in the spreading direction, so that a shape of the shaper is adjustable during an application process, and wherein the nozzle and the shaper have a fixed spacing.
A purified BNP2 polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: a) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:36, or SEQ ID NO:1; or b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. a) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:36, or SEQ ID NO:1; or b) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1.
A method for determining total pressure distribution across a fan entry plane of a fan situated within a fan casing provided with struts which are positioned upstream of the fan, with respect to the normal air flow direction through the fan, the method comprising the steps of: measuring static pressure at first measurement points on the leading edges of at least some of the struts; deriving local angularity (α) values at each measurement point from the respective static pressure measurements; deriving, from the local angularity (α) values, the total pressure loss at first derived points in the fan entry plane which correspond to the first measurement points; measuring static pressure at second measurement points around the intersection between the fan entry plane and the fan casing; deriving, from the static pressure measurements at the second measurement points, the total pressure loss at each second measurement point, and interpolating between total pressure loss values at the first derived points and the second measurement points to determine total pressure distribution across the fan entry plane. measuring static pressure at first measurement points on the leading edges of at least some of the struts; deriving local angularity (α) values at each measurement point from the respective static pressure measurements; deriving, from the local angularity (α) values, the total pressure loss at first derived points in the fan entry plane which correspond to the first measurement points; measuring static pressure at second measurement points around the intersection between the fan entry plane and the fan casing; deriving, from the static pressure measurements at the second measurement points, the total pressure loss at each second measurement point, and interpolating between total pressure loss values at the first derived points and the second measurement points to determine total pressure distribution across the fan entry plane.
Robot cleaner for cleaning a surface, which has a carriage with at least a drive wheel, a dust absorption device and a support, which, in conjunction with the carriage, determines the distance between the dust absorption device and the surface to be cleaned, wherein the dust absorption device is a rotation brush which, viewed from a front side of the robot cleaner, is arranged offset to the right eccentrically, wherein the support, viewed from the front side of the cleaning robot, is arranged to the left eccentrically adjacent to the rotation brush.
A beverage comprising rebaudioside A and naringin, wherein: the rebaudioside A has a purity greater than 80% by weight on a dry basis; and naringin is present in an amount from 0.1 to 1,000 ppm. the rebaudioside A has a purity greater than 80% by weight on a dry basis; and naringin is present in an amount from 0.1 to 1,000 ppm.
A system for admitting medical imaging data in clinical trials or healthcare, the data comprising image data and associated metadata, the system comprising input means arranged to receive image data from at least one source, a memory having stored therein consistency data defining at least one consistency criterion wherein the consistency data includes reference data and the at least one consistency criterion comprises a degree of similarity between the imaging data and the reference data, the reference data comprising at least one of reference image data and reference metadata, and processing means arranged to analyse the imaging data to determine whether it meets the consistency criterion, wherein to analyse the imaging data includes to determine the degree of similarity between the imaging data and the reference data using a plurality of properties of the data, the degree of similarity being measured using distance in a multi-dimensional classification space in which each dimension corresponds to a property of the data, characterized in that the processing means is further arranged, if the degree of similarity is above a predetermined limit, to correct the imaging data so that it corresponds to the reference data.
A process for depositing thin films, the process comprising: dispensing drops of a pre-cursor liquid organic material at a plurality of locations on a substrate by an array of inkjet nozzles; closing a gap between said substrate and a superstrate thereby allowing said drops to form a contiguous film captured between said substrate and said superstrate; selecting parameters of said superstrate or said contiguous film or said substrate to enable increased time to an equilibrium state thereby enabling capture of non-equilibrium transient states of said superstrate, said contiguous film and said substrate; curing said contiguous film to solidify it into a solid; and separating said superstrate from said solid thereby leaving a polymer film on said substrate. dispensing drops of a pre-cursor liquid organic material at a plurality of locations on a substrate by an array of inkjet nozzles; closing a gap between said substrate and a superstrate thereby allowing said drops to form a contiguous film captured between said substrate and said superstrate; selecting parameters of said superstrate or said contiguous film or said substrate to enable increased time to an equilibrium state thereby enabling capture of non-equilibrium transient states of said superstrate, said contiguous film and said substrate; curing said contiguous film to solidify it into a solid; and separating said superstrate from said solid thereby leaving a polymer film on said substrate.
A method of transmitting uplink data by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving information on a cell-specific sounding reference signal, SRS, subframe configuration candidate including multiple cell-specific SRS subframe configurations for uplink Coordinated Multi-Point, CoMP, operation; characterised in that it further comprises obtaining information on an SRS subframe based upon a final cell-specific SRS subframe configuration which is obtained from one or more cell-specific SRS subframe configurations indicated by downlink control information, DCI, for the user equipment among the multiple cell-specific subframe configurations of the cell-specific SRS subframe configuration candidate; determining whether or not the uplink data is mapped to a last Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA, symbol of a subframe, based upon whether or not the subframe scheduled to transmit the uplink data corresponds to the SRS subframe; and transmitting the uplink data at the subframe, based upon a result of the determination. receiving information on a cell-specific sounding reference signal, SRS, subframe configuration candidate including multiple cell-specific SRS subframe configurations for uplink Coordinated Multi-Point, CoMP, operation; characterised in that it further comprises obtaining information on an SRS subframe based upon a final cell-specific SRS subframe configuration which is obtained from one or more cell-specific SRS subframe configurations indicated by downlink control information, DCI, for the user equipment among the multiple cell-specific subframe configurations of the cell-specific SRS subframe configuration candidate; determining whether or not the uplink data is mapped to a last Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA, symbol of a subframe, based upon whether or not the subframe scheduled to transmit the uplink data corresponds to the SRS subframe; and transmitting the uplink data at the subframe, based upon a result of the determination.
Method for the production of a positively charged membrane, comprising the following steps a) mixing at least an aprotic solvent, a polyarylether, 2,3,4,5-tetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide and a polycation; b) heating of the mixture above the critical mixing temperature of the polyarylether to obtain a clear and homogenous mixture, wherein 2,3,4,5-tetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide is present in the homogenous mixture from 50% to 80%, preferably from 55% to 70%, more preferably from 60% to 65%, and wherein the polycation is present in the homogeneous mixture from 0.1% to 10%, preferably from 0.2% to 5%, most preferably from 0.3% to 1.8%, based on the total weight of the mixture; c) let the mixture cool down to below said critical mixing temperature, preferable to room temperature; d) followed by non-solvent induced phase separation resulting in the formation of the positively charged membranes. a) mixing at least an aprotic solvent, a polyarylether, 2,3,4,5-tetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide and a polycation; b) heating of the mixture above the critical mixing temperature of the polyarylether to obtain a clear and homogenous mixture, wherein 2,3,4,5-tetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide is present in the homogenous mixture from 50% to 80%, preferably from 55% to 70%, more preferably from 60% to 65%, and wherein the polycation is present in the homogeneous mixture from 0.1% to 10%, preferably from 0.2% to 5%, most preferably from 0.3% to 1.8%, based on the total weight of the mixture; c) let the mixture cool down to below said critical mixing temperature, preferable to room temperature; d) followed by non-solvent induced phase separation resulting in the formation of the positively charged membranes.
Optical scanner that comprises: - a support having a first plane face; - at least one optical source able to emit a main optical beam with a wavelength λ; - a plurality of elementary scanners that each comprise: - a beam that comprises a movable part and a fixed part, said fixed part resting on the first face; - a plurality of waveguides disposed on or in the movable part and intended to divide the main optical beam into a plurality of secondary optical beams; - a phase-control optical array that comprises a plurality of optical phase shifters each coupled to a waveguide, disposed on or in an emission section of the movable part and which extends from a free end of the beam opposite to a fixed end; the movable part of at least one of the beams has, at rest, a deflection different from the deflections at rest of the movable parts of the other beams. - a support having a first plane face; - at least one optical source able to emit a main optical beam with a wavelength λ; - a plurality of elementary scanners that each comprise: - a beam that comprises a movable part and a fixed part, said fixed part resting on the first face; - a plurality of waveguides disposed on or in the movable part and intended to divide the main optical beam into a plurality of secondary optical beams; - a phase-control optical array that comprises a plurality of optical phase shifters each coupled to a waveguide, disposed on or in an emission section of the movable part and which extends from a free end of the beam opposite to a fixed end; the movable part of at least one of the beams has, at rest, a deflection different from the deflections at rest of the movable parts of the other beams.