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A method that optimizes the centration of a contact lens on eye comprising the steps of: identifying a desired strain energy map, wherein the desired strain energy map has a location of minimum strain energy that is both horizontally and vertically centered at the selected resting position for a given lens geometry and ocular surface geometry, and wherein identifying the desired strain map comprises controlling the slope or rate of change of the desired strain energy map relative to the lens position on eye to optimise movement of the lens on eye; inputting ocular surface geometry and initial contact lens geometry into an analytical model; obtaining an initial strain energy state of the contact lens geometry that interacts with the ocular surface geometry as a function of position of the contact lens; fitting the resulting strain energy map to a parametrized polynomial function; iteratively adjusting back surface contact lens geometry until the fitted strain energy map is equivalent to the desired strain energy map; and fabricating a contact lens using the adjusted contact lens geometry. identifying a desired strain energy map, wherein the desired strain energy map has a location of minimum strain energy that is both horizontally and vertically centered at the selected resting position for a given lens geometry and ocular surface geometry, and wherein identifying the desired strain map comprises controlling the slope or rate of change of the desired strain energy map relative to the lens position on eye to optimise movement of the lens on eye; inputting ocular surface geometry and initial contact lens geometry into an analytical model; obtaining an initial strain energy state of the contact lens geometry that interacts with the ocular surface geometry as a function of position of the contact lens; fitting the resulting strain energy map to a parametrized polynomial function; iteratively adjusting back surface contact lens geometry until the fitted strain energy map is equivalent to the desired strain energy map; and fabricating a contact lens using the adjusted contact lens geometry.
An apparatus comprising: a coupling arrangement comprising an intermediate element and a first quick coupler operable to selectively couple the intermediate element to an arm arrangement of a machine, the intermediate element comprising a second quick coupler operable to selectively couple a tool to the intermediate element, the first and second quick couplers (31, 32) each being selectively actuatable to lock the intermediate element to the arm arrangement of the machine or tool respectively; an input device; and a machine control unit configured to determine whether the intermediate element is coupled to the arm arrangement of the machine, receive an input signal from the input device and, in response to the input signal, restrict the unlocking of the first quick coupler if it is determined that the intermediate element is coupled to the arm arrangement of the machine, characterised in that the machine control unit is programmed such that the machine control unit is unable to actuate the first quick coupler in response to an input from the input device if the intermediate element is determined to be coupled to the arm arrangement such that, in order to uncouple the intermediate element from the machine, a first coupling has to be manually unlocked by an operator. a coupling arrangement comprising an intermediate element and a first quick coupler operable to selectively couple the intermediate element to an arm arrangement of a machine, the intermediate element comprising a second quick coupler operable to selectively couple a tool to the intermediate element, the first and second quick couplers (31, 32) each being selectively actuatable to lock the intermediate element to the arm arrangement of the machine or tool respectively; an input device; and a machine control unit configured to determine whether the intermediate element is coupled to the arm arrangement of the machine, receive an input signal from the input device and, in response to the input signal, restrict the unlocking of the first quick coupler if it is determined that the intermediate element is coupled to the arm arrangement of the machine, characterised in that the machine control unit is programmed such that the machine control unit is unable to actuate the first quick coupler in response to an input from the input device if the intermediate element is determined to be coupled to the arm arrangement such that, in order to uncouple the intermediate element from the machine, a first coupling has to be manually unlocked by an operator.
A structural joint, comprising: a vertical column, wherein a first gusset portion (200a; 300a; 400a; 500a; 602; 702) is fixedly connected to the vertical column at a joint location; a horizontal beam (Bm) fixedly connected to the vertical column at the joint location, wherein the horizontal beam has a second gusset portion (200b; 300b; 400b; 500b; 604; 704) fixedly connected to the horizontal beam, wherein the second gusset portion is spaced apart from or contacts the first gusset portion at the joint location; and a diagonal brace (Br) moveably connected to the first gusset portion and the second gusset portion at the joint location, wherein the first gusset portion is not directly connected to the horizontal beam and wherein the second gusset portion is not directly connected to the vertical column. a vertical column, wherein a first gusset portion (200a; 300a; 400a; 500a; 602; 702) is fixedly connected to the vertical column at a joint location; a horizontal beam (Bm) fixedly connected to the vertical column at the joint location, wherein the horizontal beam has a second gusset portion (200b; 300b; 400b; 500b; 604; 704) fixedly connected to the horizontal beam, wherein the second gusset portion is spaced apart from or contacts the first gusset portion at the joint location; and a diagonal brace (Br) moveably connected to the first gusset portion and the second gusset portion at the joint location, wherein the first gusset portion is not directly connected to the horizontal beam and wherein the second gusset portion is not directly connected to the vertical column.
A microinjection apparatus for injecting an object into a cell with a needle, the microinjection apparatus comprising: an image acquiring unit configured to: acquire a first image, that is an image of the cell, at a first focal position; set a standard brightness using the brightness of the first image; and acquire a second image, that is an image of the cell, at a second focal position, and a state deciding unit configured to decide a state of the cell by evaluating a level of brightness in a difference image relative to the standard brightness, and an area of a region in the difference image having a brightness lower than a predetermined threshold, the state deciding unit being further configured to obtain the difference image from the first image and the second image. an image acquiring unit configured to: acquire a first image, that is an image of the cell, at a first focal position; set a standard brightness using the brightness of the first image; and acquire a second image, that is an image of the cell, at a second focal position, and a state deciding unit configured to decide a state of the cell by evaluating a level of brightness in a difference image relative to the standard brightness, and an area of a region in the difference image having a brightness lower than a predetermined threshold, the state deciding unit being further configured to obtain the difference image from the first image and the second image.
A yeast extract comprising free proline in an amount of 15.0% or more of the free amino acid composition, which comprises free glycine in an amount of 5.0% or more of the free amino acid composition, and free alanine in an amount of 12 to 17% of the free amino acid composition.
A protein depleted rapeseed meal comprising, based on dry matter content, from 20 to 35% (w/w) of protein and from 15 to 35% (w/w) of oil, wherein said meal comprises a total amount of cruciferins and napins of less than 1% (w/w).
A method of controlling light luminosity in a space including an installed light source and an external light source, comprising: measuring individual light intensity components from the installed light source and the external light source, respectively, at a location within the space, controlling an intensity level of the installed light source and an amount of light from the external light source entering the space based on the measured light intensity components, and tuning the intensity level of the installed light source and the amount of external light entering the space simultaneously to optimize the conditions that a combined light intensity measured from said light sources is closest to a pre-defined target luminance level at said location, and an amount of energy consumed by the installed light source is minimized. measuring individual light intensity components from the installed light source and the external light source, respectively, at a location within the space, controlling an intensity level of the installed light source and an amount of light from the external light source entering the space based on the measured light intensity components, and tuning the intensity level of the installed light source and the amount of external light entering the space simultaneously to optimize the conditions that a combined light intensity measured from said light sources is closest to a pre-defined target luminance level at said location, and an amount of energy consumed by the installed light source is minimized.
Filter support for an oil filter of a transmission, in particular of a ship's transmission, the filter support being fastenable to a transmission housing by a plurality of fastening means in such a way that a susceptibility to vibration is significantly reduced, the filter support having a first connection for an oil inflow, which is connectable fluidically to a pump or a cooler, and a first connection for an oil outflow, which is connectable fluidically to the cooler or to a hydraulic control, the first connection for the oil inflow and the first connection for the oil outflow being configured and arranged in such a way that a flow-benefitting 90° deflection is achieved between the connections and the oil filter without additional components, and the filter support comprising a connection for a contamination indicator of the oil filter, characterized in that the filter support has at least one internal thread for screws for fastening an oil pan.
Method of making a brake disc comprising the following operating steps: a) providing a brake disc, comprising a braking band, made in aluminium or aluminium alloy and provided with two opposite braking surfaces (2a, 2b), each of which defines at least partially one of the two main sides of the disc; b) depositing a material in particle form on the disc using HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Fuel) technique, or HVAF (High Velocity Air Fuel) technique or KM (Kinetic Metallization) technique to form a protective coating which covers at least one of the two braking surfaces of the braking band, said material in particle form being composed of 80 to 90% by weight of tungsten carbide, 8% to 12% by weight of cobalt and 2% to 6% by weight of chromium, characterized by the fact that the deposition step b) comprises two or more separate deposition passages of the material in particle form on the same surface to form the protective coating and that the deposition step b) comprises a first deposition passage of the material in particle form to create a base layer of the coating directly on the disc and a second deposition passage of the material in particle form to create a finishing layer on the base layer, the material in particle form deposited in the first deposition passage having a particle size greater than that deposited in the second deposition passage. a) providing a brake disc, comprising a braking band, made in aluminium or aluminium alloy and provided with two opposite braking surfaces (2a, 2b), each of which defines at least partially one of the two main sides of the disc; b) depositing a material in particle form on the disc using HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Fuel) technique, or HVAF (High Velocity Air Fuel) technique or KM (Kinetic Metallization) technique to form a protective coating which covers at least one of the two braking surfaces of the braking band, said material in particle form being composed of 80 to 90% by weight of tungsten carbide, 8% to 12% by weight of cobalt and 2% to 6% by weight of chromium,
A single-axis capacitive multi-touch system, comprising: a multi-touch panel having a substrate and a plurality of conductive lines formed on one side of the substrate, wherein the conductive lines are arranged in a single axis; a driving circuit, for producing an alternating-current signal, operatively coupled to the conductive lines of the multi-touch panel; and a measuring circuit, for receiving an output signal according to the alternating-current signal to determine touch location, operatively coupled to the conductive lines of the multi-touch panel, wherein the driving circuit is configured to provide the alternating-current signal to drive the conductive lines in turn, and the measuring circuit works in synchronization with the driving circuit and is configured to receive an output signal from one of the conductive lines at a time, thereby characteristics of a transfer function of the conductive line is determined based on the alternating-current signal and the output signal, characterized in that the system is further adapted to obtain filter coefficients of an equivalent electrical circuit to analyze the characteristics of the transfer function, and to determine the number of a plurality of simultaneous touching points on the same conductive line and their corresponding locations on the same conductive line by analyzing the filter coefficients; wherein in the equivalent electrical circuit, the conductive line is modelled as an RL interconnected line having a number of segments, each segment including a resistor and an inductor; a capacitance due to an object touching a segment of the conductive line is modelled as a capacitor (C 1, C 2, C 3); and a combination of the inductor, the resistor and the capacitor (C 1, C 2, C 3) form a filter. a multi-touch panel having a substrate and a plurality of conductive lines formed on one side of the substrate, wherein the conductive lines are arranged in a single axis; a driving circuit, for producing an alternating-current signal, operatively coupled to the conductive lines of the multi-touch panel; and a measuring circuit, for receiving an output signal according to the alternating-current signal to determine touch location, operatively coupled to the conductive lines of the multi-touch panel, wherein the driving circuit is configured to provide the alternating-current signal to drive the conductive lines in turn, and the measuring circuit works in synchronization with the driving circuit and is configured to receive an output signal from one of the conductive lines at a time, thereby characteristics of a transfer function of the conductive line is determined based on the alternating-current signal and the output signal,
A liquid circulation type inkjet head for an inkjet printer having a tank from which ink is ejected, comprising: a base plate; a plurality of supply holes configured to penetrate the baseplate; a plurality of discharge holes configured to penetrate the baseplate; a plurality of pressure chambers configured such that the ink is supplied to the pressure chambers through the supply holes and that the ink which is not ejected and used in the pressure chambers is collected to the tank from the discharge holes; wherein the inkjet head further comprises: a nozzle plate configured to include a first surface at the side of the pressure chambers, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first nozzle formed into a frustum which penetrates the first surface and the second surface and the diameter of which decreases as it goes closer to the second surface, and a second nozzle formed into a frustum which penetrates the first surface and the second surface and the diameter of which decreases as it goes closer to the second surface; and a driving element configured adjacent to the pressure chambers to eject droplets from the first nozzle and the second nozzle simultaneously; wherein the part of the first nozzle on the first surface is integrally connected to the part of the second nozzle on the first surface, and the part of the first nozzle on the second surface is separated from the part of the second nozzle on the second surface. a base plate; a plurality of supply holes configured to penetrate the baseplate; a plurality of discharge holes configured to penetrate the baseplate; a plurality of pressure chambers configured such that the ink is supplied to the pressure chambers through the supply holes and that the ink which is not ejected and used in the pressure chambers is collected to the tank from the discharge holes; wherein the inkjet head further comprises: a nozzle plate configured to include a first surface at the side of the pressure chambers, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first nozzle formed into a frustum which penetrates the first surface and the second surface and the diameter of which decreases as it goes closer to the second surface, and a second nozzle formed into a frustum which penetrates the first surface and the second surface and the diameter of which decreases as it goes closer to the second surface; and a driving element configured adjacent to the pressure chambers to eject droplets from the first nozzle and the second nozzle simultaneously; wherein the part of the first nozzle on the first surface is integrally connected to the part of the second nozzle on the first surface, and the part of the first nozzle on the second surface is separated from the part of the second nozzle on the second surface.
A method for producing a film of compound semiconductor comprising the steps of providing a substrate (210, 310, 810); providing a pre-reacted compound bulk material having a first chemical composition CIGS 1-z that includes at least one first chemical element Cu, In, Ga and a second chemical element Se, wherein the first chemical composition CIGS 1-z is non-stoichiometric and has a deficiency z of chemical element Se, wherein said deficiency z of chemical element Se is in the range of 0.15 to 0.4; depositing a film (230, 340) on the substrate (210, 310, 810) via sputtering using the pre-reacted compound bulk material as a single source of material, wherein the deposited film has a composition substantially the same as the first chemical composition CIGS 1-z; inducing a residual chemical reaction in the deposited film (230, 340) by heating the film in the presence of H 2 Se and to thereby increase the content of the second chemical element Se in the deposited film so that the deposited film (230, 340) has a stoichiometric second chemical composition CIGS.
A radio with a key and knob combination comprising a housing, characterised by a Push-To-Talk key unit, a volume control unit, and operating circuits arranged in the housing, the volume control unit includes a knob and a volume switch, the Push-To-Talk key unit includes a key and a Push-To-Talk switch; wherein the Push-To-Talk key unit and the volume control unit are combined together, the knob is a hollow structure, the key is installed inside a central cavity of the knob, to form the key and knob combination.
Tablet transfer drum cooperating with a support strip having "n" seatings or alveoli organized to constitute one or more lines or rows in the support strip, comprising circumferentially on its surface and disposed axially a defined number of seatings organized as the "n" compartments or alveoli present in the support strip which receives the tablets are organized, characterized in that said tablet transfer drum has sequences consisting on its periphery of "w" groups of gripper and transport elements (25, 26) that are able to be reciprocally positioned axially both in the step of gripping the tablets and also in the step of delivering the tablets, "w" being a finite integer number higher than one.
A reactor for the synthesis of urea comprising a vertical shell and at least one internal perforated baffle arranged to define compartments of the reactor, characterized in that said baffle comprises an array of individual perforated tiles wherein each tile comprises side walls (101A - 101D) and a top face, at least one of the side walls having first perforations and said top face having second perforations, wherein said second perforations are smaller than said first perforations, and the tiles are distributed over the baffle with a two-dimensional pattern and adjacent tiles are separated by gaps wherein the first perforations provide a preferential route for a liquid phase and the second perforations provide a preferential route for a vapor phase in the reactor.
A hybridization composition for in situ hybridization, comprising: (a) a molecular probe that detects a denatured nucleotide sequence associated with a chromosomal aberration; (b) at least one polar aprotic solvent in a concentration from 1% (v/v) to 30% (v/v), preferably from 10% (v/v) to 20% (v/v), wherein the polar aprotic solvent has lactone, sulfone, sulfite, nitrile and/or carbonate functionality; and (c) a hybridization solution, wherein said hybridization solution comprises one or more components selected from the group consisting of buffering agents, chelating agents, salts, detergents, and blocking agents; and at least one accelerating agent selected from the group of consisting of FICOLL, PVP, heparin, dextran sulfate, proteins such as BSA, glycols such as ethylene glycol, glycerol, 1,3 propanediol glycerol, propylene glycol, or diethylene glycol, combinations thereof such as Dernhardt's solution and BLOTTO, and organic solvents such as formamide and dimethylformamide and DMSO; wherein the composition contains less than 10% formamide; and wherein the nucleotide sequence is a marker for a chromosomal aberration in in situ hybridization. (a) a molecular probe that detects a denatured nucleotide sequence associated with a chromosomal aberration; (b) at least one polar aprotic solvent in a concentration from 1% (v/v) to 30% (v/v), preferably from 10% (v/v) to 20% (v/v), wherein the polar aprotic solvent has lactone, sulfone, sulfite, nitrile and/or carbonate functionality; and (c) a hybridization solution, wherein said hybridization solution comprises one or more components selected from the group consisting of buffering agents, chelating agents, salts, detergents, and blocking agents; and at least one accelerating agent selected from the group of consisting of FICOLL, PVP, heparin, dextran sulfate, proteins such as BSA, glycols such as ethylene glycol, glycerol, 1,3 propanediol glycerol, propylene glycol, or diethylene glycol, combinations thereof such as Dernhardt's solution and BLOTTO, and organic solvents such as formamide and dimethylformamide and DMSO;