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A rechargeable battery, comprising: an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap assembly coupled with the case, the cap assembly including a terminal (21, 22); a first current collecting member, the first current collecting member including: a fuse portion connecting the terminal with the first electrode, and an electrode bonding portion fixed to the electrode assembly, the fuse portion having a lower melting point than other portions of the first current collecting member; and a current distribution member fixed to the first current collecting member, the current distribution member electrically connecting the first current collecting member with the case, wherein the current distribution member is configured to be fixed to the first current collecting member at a connecting path that is between the fuse portion and the electrode assembly, and wherein the current distribution member includes: a current collecting member-fixing portion that is fixed to the first current collecting member, and a case fixing portion that is fixed to the case, characterized in that the case fixing portion is configured to be fixed to a bottom of the case. an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap assembly coupled with the case, the cap assembly including a terminal (21, 22); a first current collecting member, the first current collecting member including: a fuse portion connecting the terminal with the first electrode, and an electrode bonding portion fixed to the electrode assembly, the fuse portion having a lower melting point than other portions of the first current collecting member; and a fuse portion connecting the terminal with the first electrode, and an electrode bonding portion fixed to the electrode assembly, the fuse portion having a lower melting point than other portions of the first current collecting member; and a current distribution member fixed to the first current collecting member, the current distribution member electrically connecting the first current collecting member with the case, wherein the current distribution member is configured to be fixed to the first current collecting member at a connecting path that is between the fuse portion and the electrode assembly, and wherein the current distribution member includes: a current collecting member-fixing portion that is fixed to the first current collecting member, and a case fixing portion that is fixed to the case, a current collecting member-fixing portion that is fixed to the first current collecting member, and a case fixing portion that is fixed to the case, characterized in that the case fixing portion is configured to be fixed to a bottom of the case.
A pressurized apparatus, in particular an apparatus of a urea plant, equipped with a device for measuring a level of a liquid in the pressurized apparatus, the measuring device comprising a radioactive source, positioned inside a container of the apparatus in which the liquid level has to be measured; a receiver, apt to receive and measure the radiation emitted by the source and positioned outside the container; a charge-holder tube that houses the source and projects inside the container to support the source inside the container, the charge-holder tube being positioned through a side wall of the container and being substantially horizontal; and a service tube, which is positioned through a wall of the container and has a proximal end, located outside the container and facing towards the receiver, and a distal end, facing towards the source, the service tube projecting inside the container and the distal end of the service tube being located inside the container and spaced apart from said wall, characterized in that the service tube is positioned through a bottom wall of the container, and is substantially vertical; and the receiver is positioned below said bottom wall and facing an opening of the proximal end of the service tube, or is partially inserted in said opening.
Method of manufacturing a photoluminescent element, characterized in that at an ambient temperature of 15 - 55 °C onto the plate or into at least one mold a thick transparent layer is applied whose density is 1-1,5 t/m 3, when such a thick transparent layer is allowed to dry for over 8 hours to 10 minutes, then a thin transparent layer is applied on it whose viscosity is from 0.1 to 0.2 Pa.s ( 100 to 200 cP.s), wherein a photoluminescent powder is immediately applied to this thin transparent layer, which falls by gravity through this thin transparent layer and adheres at the interface of the transparent layers and, thereby forming a continuous photoluminescent layer, and further, these layers,, are hardened.
A method of nucleic acid processing comprising: providing an adapted nucleic acid fragment comprising a nucleic acid fragment linked to a 3'-adapter molecule by a triazole linkage comprising a 1,2,3-triazole group; annealing a primer to the adapted nucleic acid fragment, wherein the primer anneals to a region of the 3'-adapter molecule; and transcribing the adapted nucleic acid fragment with reverse transcriptase, providing an adapted nucleic acid fragment comprising a nucleic acid fragment linked to a 3'-adapter molecule by a triazole linkage comprising a 1,2,3-triazole group; annealing a primer to the adapted nucleic acid fragment, wherein the primer anneals to a region of the 3'-adapter molecule; and transcribing the adapted nucleic acid fragment with reverse transcriptase,
Universal device for the automation of solid fuel barbecues and ovens that comprises an automated draft valve that can be installed at the smoke exhaust of the oven or barbecue to be controlled and an electronic board housed in a control module linked to a motor that rotates the valve and that drives the exit of the gas flow by means of the exit signal that the control module supplies to the motor of the valve, the electronic board being provided with connection with at least a room temperature probe located within the chamber of the oven or barbecue, the said control module possessing control means and power supply characterized in that the valve is a butterfly type valve housed in a chimney module and in that the control module comprises a remote control, by means of application for mobile devices app or by means of web service, for handling it.
A reverse drive warning device for a vehicle driving in reverse, comprising: a) a signal generator for generating an acoustic signal, b) an amplifier for outputting the acoustic signal via a loudspeaker, c) a microphone for recording ambient noises, d) an analyser for measuring the sound pressure level of the recorded ambient noises, wherein the analyser is designed to adjust the sound pressure level of the acoustic signal and to adapt it to the sound pressure level of the ambient noise, wherein e) the frequency and/or the frequency range of the signal generator is adjustable, characterised in that f) the analyser is designed, by implementing a psychoacoustic model, to measure selected frequency bands of the ambient noise and to determine the frequency band in which the lowest masked threshold lies, and g) to adjust the signal generator such that the frequency of the acoustic signal and/or the frequency range of the acoustic signal lies in the determined frequency band in which the lowest masked threshold lies, wherein h) the analyser has several octave or one-third octave bandpass filters for measuring and evaluating the recorded ambient noise, which are designed as a filter bank or as a switchable, preferably digital octave or one-third octave filter for time-division multiplex operation. a) a signal generator for generating an acoustic signal, b) an amplifier for outputting the acoustic signal via a loudspeaker, c) a microphone for recording ambient noises, d) an analyser for measuring the sound pressure level of the recorded ambient noises, wherein the analyser is designed to adjust the sound pressure level of the acoustic signal and to adapt it to the sound pressure level of the ambient noise, wherein e) the frequency and/or the frequency range of the signal generator is adjustable, f) the analyser is designed, by implementing a psychoacoustic model, to measure selected frequency bands of the ambient noise and to determine the frequency band in which the lowest masked threshold lies, and g) to adjust the signal generator such that the frequency of the acoustic signal and/or the frequency range of the acoustic signal lies in the determined frequency band in which the lowest masked threshold lies, wherein h) the analyser has several octave or one-third octave bandpass filters for measuring and evaluating the recorded ambient noise, which are designed as a filter bank or as a switchable, preferably digital octave or one-third octave filter for time-division multiplex operation.
Soluble fiber for use in reducing food intake by an animal or controlling the weight of an animal wherein the soluble fiber is present in a food composition comprising: (a) at least 0.3% of the soluble fiber and from 1% to 20% dietary insoluble fiber; and (b) at least one of the following: (i) from 5% to 70% protein, and (ii) from 2% to 50% fat, and optionally further comprising no greater than 50% carbohydrate. (a) at least 0.3% of the soluble fiber and from 1% to 20% dietary insoluble fiber; and (b) at least one of the following: (i) from 5% to 70% protein, and (ii) from 2% to 50% fat, and optionally further comprising no greater than 50% carbohydrate. (i) from 5% to 70% protein, and (ii) from 2% to 50% fat, and optionally further comprising no greater than 50% carbohydrate.
An underwater equipment item for tensioning anchor lines of an offshore structure, comprising: - a platform intended to rest on a seabed and to ensure the stability of the equipment and its self-alignment by sliding on the seabed when tensioning the anchor lines, the platform comprising a passive end equipped with a passive ring intended to be connected to a passive anchor line terminating in a retaining anchor, an active end opposite the passive end defining a pulling axis, and two haulage rings aligned along the pulling axis, located in the lower part of the platform and set back from the ends, and able to allow deployment from the surface to the seabed and recovery of the equipment by a hauling winch from an installation vessel on the surface; - a V-shaped trough mounted on the platform extending between the passive end and the active end of the latter and intended to recover an active anchor line; - a tensioning system of the active and passive anchor lines comprising two bolts (18, 20) spaced apart from one another and engaging with the active anchor line recovered by the trough; - means for measuring, in real time during the deployment and recovery of the equipment item, trim, list and azimuth angles of the equipment item, as well as its depth of immersion; and - means of acoustic communication to transmit to the installation vessel the measurements of the angles and the immersion depth of the equipment item during its deployment and its recovery. - a platform intended to rest on a seabed and to ensure the stability of the equipment and its self-alignment by sliding on the seabed when tensioning the anchor lines, the platform comprising a passive end equipped with a passive ring intended to be connected to a passive anchor line terminating in a retaining anchor, an active end opposite the passive end defining a pulling axis, and two haulage rings aligned along the pulling axis, located in the lower part of the platform and set back from the ends, and able to allow deployment from the surface to the seabed and recovery of the equipment by a hauling winch from an installation vessel on the surface; - a V-shaped trough mounted on the platform extending between the passive end and the active end of the latter and intended to recover an active anchor line; - a tensioning system of the active and passive anchor lines comprising two bolts (18, 20) spaced apart from one another and engaging with the active anchor line recovered by the trough; - means for measuring, in real time during the deployment and recovery of the equipment item, trim, list and azimuth angles of the equipment item, as well as its depth of immersion; and - means of acoustic communication to transmit to the installation vessel the measurements of the angles and the immersion depth of the equipment item during its deployment and its recovery.
Electric arc welding method using an arc-welding torch provided with an electrode, in which a central gas flow is delivered in contact with the electrode and an annular gas flow is delivered peripherally to said first gas flow, the central gas flow consists solely of argon and hydrogen (H 2), the proportion of hydrogen being between 2% and 8% by volume, and the sheathing gas flow consists solely of argon and 1.8% to 3% by volume of carbon dioxide (CO 2).
A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus, comprising: a wound dressing comprising an elongate portion having a longitudinal axis and a bridging portion, wherein the bridging portion comprises a first end and a second end, wherein the bridging portion extends away from a middle portion of the elongate portion at a substantially right angle from the longitudinal axis at the first end of the bridging portion, the wound dressing comprising within both the elongate portion and the bridging portion: a wound contact layer configured to be positioned in contact with a wound; an absorbent layer and/or transmission layer over the wound contact layer; and a cover layer configured to cover and form a seal over the wound contact layer and the absorbent layer and/or transmission layer, wherein the cover layer comprises an aperture at a second end of the bridging portion; and a fluidic connector positioned over the aperture in the cover layer at the second end of the bridging portion; and characterized in that the elongate portion is sized and configured to cover one or more post-surgical breast wounds, with the bridging portion being located between the breasts, the elongate portion comprising a first lobe on a first side of the bridging portion and a second lobe on a second side of the bridging portion and wherein the absorbent layer/and or transmission layer is a continuous layer between the bridging portion and the elongate portion and has a narrow portion that extends between the first and second lobes at the first end. a wound contact layer configured to be positioned in contact with a wound; an absorbent layer and/or transmission layer over the wound contact layer; and a cover layer configured to cover and form a seal over the wound contact layer and the absorbent layer and/or transmission layer, wherein the cover layer comprises an aperture at a second end of the bridging portion; and a fluidic connector positioned over the aperture in the cover layer at the second end of the bridging portion; and characterized in that the elongate portion is sized and configured to cover one or more post-surgical breast wounds, with the bridging portion being located between the breasts, the elongate portion comprising a first lobe on a first side of the bridging portion and a second lobe on a second side of the bridging portion and wherein the absorbent layer/and or transmission layer is a continuous layer between the bridging portion and the elongate portion and has a narrow portion that extends between the first and second lobes at the first end.
A method of operating a SAW sensor to detect an analyte in a liquid sample comprising: providing a SAW sensor with at least one functionalized detection lane in a handheld, portable assay and sensor system; maintaining the at least one functionalized detection lane of the SAW sensor dry until the sample is fluidicly disposed in the at least one detection lane; fluidicly disposing the sample in the at least one functionalized detection lane; removing fluid from the at least one functionalized detection lane to concentrate the sample in the at least one functionalized detection lane to increase the probability of a specific antibody-antigen interaction binding the analyte in the sample on the at least one functionalized detection lane; washing the at least one functionalized detection lane so that substantially only the specific antigen-antibody interaction remains in the at least one functionalized detection lane; removing fluid from the at least one functionalized detection lane again; and then measuring an amount of the analyte bound to the at least one functionalized detection lane. providing a SAW sensor with at least one functionalized detection lane in a handheld, portable assay and sensor system; maintaining the at least one functionalized detection lane of the SAW sensor dry until the sample is fluidicly disposed in the at least one detection lane; fluidicly disposing the sample in the at least one functionalized detection lane; removing fluid from the at least one functionalized detection lane to concentrate the sample in the at least one functionalized detection lane to increase the probability of a specific antibody-antigen interaction binding the analyte in the sample on the at least one functionalized detection lane; washing the at least one functionalized detection lane so that substantially only the specific antigen-antibody interaction remains in the at least one functionalized detection lane; removing fluid from the at least one functionalized detection lane again; and then measuring an amount of the analyte bound to the at least one functionalized detection lane.
A process for preparing a microporous carbon material comprising the following steps: i) providing a cross-linked polymer obtainable by reacting either A1) a maltodextrin deriving from starch comprising amylose in the range from 25 to 50% expressed as dry weight relative to the dry weight of the starch or A2) a cyclodextrin with an organic aromatic dianhydride in a mass ratio of either maltodextrin or cyclodextrin with respect to the organic aromatic dianhydride in the range of 1:0.50 to 1:2; ii) pyrolyzing at a range from 700 to 900°C with a heating ramp in the range from 5°C/min to 30°C/min in a inert gas flux; and iii) cooling the obtained residue. i) providing a cross-linked polymer obtainable by reacting either A1) a maltodextrin deriving from starch comprising amylose in the range from 25 to 50% expressed as dry weight relative to the dry weight of the starch or A2) a cyclodextrin with an organic aromatic dianhydride in a mass ratio of either maltodextrin or cyclodextrin with respect to the organic aromatic dianhydride in the range of 1:0.50 to 1:2; ii) pyrolyzing at a range from 700 to 900°C with a heating ramp in the range from 5°C/min to 30°C/min in a inert gas flux; and iii) cooling the obtained residue.
Applicator for inserting an implant, in particular a rod-like implant containing an active substance, under the skin of a human or animal, comprising: a housing; a cannula for accommodating the implant, the cannula extending from the housing; a cannula holder; a rod mounted on or in the housing and at least partially inside the cannula and/or the cannula holder; an actuator for sliding the cannula and the rod relative to each other to expel the implant from the cannula; and a handle for grasping and manoeuvring the applicator and the cannula during insertion of an implant, characterised in that the handle extends along and spaced from at least 30% of the length of the cannula extending from the housing, at least during insertion of the cannula under the skin of a patient and in that the actuator is located on the handle. a housing; a cannula for accommodating the implant, the cannula extending from the housing; a cannula holder; a rod mounted on or in the housing and at least partially inside the cannula and/or the cannula holder; an actuator for sliding the cannula and the rod relative to each other to expel the implant from the cannula; and a handle for grasping and manoeuvring the applicator and the cannula during insertion of an implant, characterised in that the handle extends along and spaced from at least 30% of the length of the cannula extending from the housing, at least during insertion of the cannula under the skin of a patient and in that the actuator is located on the handle.
Wind power plant for power generation by way of head-on incident flow having a stator and at least one generator which is driven by way of a vertical rotor, the vertical rotor being connected to the stator such that it can be rotated about a vertical rotational axis, at least three rotor blades which are fastened by means of a connecting apparatus being arranged on the vertical rotor, the rotor blades being oriented on the connecting apparatus for an identical rotational direction, and the stator having an inlet surface construction with at least four inner faces which frame the vertical rotor, the rotor blades being of wing-like configuration in horizontal cross section, and the inlet surface construction having two vertically arranged stator blades which lie opposite one another and are wing-like in horizontal cross section, and two horizontally arranged stator blades which lie opposite one another, the stator blades (12, 13) being configured and arranged in such a way that they accelerate an air flow which is produced by way of the head-on incident flow and flows through the inlet surface construction of the stator at least in an edge region which runs along the inner faces of the vertically arranged stator blades, the edge region having a width which runs horizontally and perpendicularly with respect to the head-on incident flow and is less than or equal to a magnitude of a section of the vertically arranged stator blades which is widest horizontally and perpendicularly with respect to the head-on incident flow, the rotor blades being arranged and configured on an outer edge of the vertical rotor in such a way that the rotor blades dip completely into the respective edge region of the stator during a rotation of the vertical rotor, characterized in that the stator blades (12, 13) of the inlet surface construction in each case have, in a basic state, a wing side which lies radially on the outside with respect to the rotational axis and the inner face which lies radially on the inside with respect to the rotational axis and is configured as a wing side, the inner faces which lie radially on the inside with respect to the rotational axis being fixed, and the wing sides of the stator blades (12, 13), which wing sides in each case lie radially on the outside with respect to the rotational axis, are pivotable in a pivoting state in each case about a longitudinal edge of the respective stator blades (12, 13) in the inlet region of the head-on incident flow, in order to form a funnel.