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A drive system for driving a load, comprising: a gas turbine configured and arranged for driving the load, wherein said gas turbine comprises a gas generator including a gas generator rotor (9R,11R), and a power turbine including a power turbine rotor, said rotor of the power turbine being mechanically separated from, or not torsionally coupled to, said gas generator rotor (9R,11R); an electric motor/generator electrically connected to an electric power grid, a first load coupling for connecting the power turbine to the load, a second load coupling, for connecting the load to said electric motor/generator, a frequency converter connected between the electric motor/generator and the electric power grid, said frequency converter being configured and controlled for conditioning the electric frequency from the electric power grid to the electric motor/generator and from the electric motor/generator to the electric power grid; wherein said electric motor/generator is adapted to function as a generator for converting excess mechanical power from said gas turbine into electrical power and delivering the electrical power to the electric power grid, and as a motor for supplementing driving power to the load, and wherein said drive system comprises a disconnecting device to reversibly disconnect the load from said gas turbine, so that the load can be driven only by said motor. a gas turbine configured and arranged for driving the load, wherein said gas turbine comprises a gas generator including a gas generator rotor (9R,11R), and a power turbine including a power turbine rotor, said rotor of the power turbine being mechanically separated from, or not torsionally coupled to, said gas generator rotor (9R,11R); an electric motor/generator electrically connected to an electric power grid, a first load coupling for connecting the power turbine to the load, a second load coupling, for connecting the load to said electric motor/generator, a frequency converter connected between the electric motor/generator and the electric power grid, said frequency converter being configured and controlled for conditioning the electric frequency from the electric power grid to the electric motor/generator and from the electric motor/generator to the electric power grid; wherein said electric motor/generator is adapted to function as a generator for converting excess mechanical power from said gas turbine into electrical power and delivering the electrical power to the electric power grid, and as a motor for supplementing driving power to the load, and wherein said drive system comprises a disconnecting device to reversibly disconnect the load from said gas turbine, so that the load can be driven only by said motor.
Animal passageway of a farming installation or a slaughterhouse, the passageway comprising a push cart for animals by means of a barrier movable between a position blocking the passageway and a position clearing the passageway, the cart being movable in the passageway by a sliding connection, the sliding connection comprising rolling elements arranged in contact with an upper face of a guiding element of the connection and supporting all or part of the weight of the cart, the rolling elements and/or the upper face of the guiding element comprising an elastomer or a polymer, characterized in that the sliding connection is actuated by a pinion and rack system.
A loading/unloading robot comprising: a support unit installed so as to be capable of being raised and lowered in a raising/lowering direction; an arm unit attached to the support unit; and a hand unit for conveying an object to be loaded and unloaded, attached to the arm unit, wherein the support unit includes a base portion that can be revolved around an axis of revolution that extends in said raising/lowering direction and a head portion (23,33) rotatably attached to the base portion, the arm unit includes an arm (41,51) that is rotatably attached to the head portion (23,33), a front end of the arm (41,51) moves forward and backward along a forward/backward direction that passes the head portion (23,33), the hand unit includes a loading/unloading hand (61,71) rotatably attached to the front end of the arm (41,51); characterized in that the center distance from the rotational axis of the head portion (23,33) to the rotational axis of a rear arm (42,52) of the arm (41,51) is shorter than the center distance from the axis of revolution of the base portion to the rotational axis of the head portion (23,33). a support unit installed so as to be capable of being raised and lowered in a raising/lowering direction; an arm unit attached to the support unit; and a hand unit for conveying an object to be loaded and unloaded, attached to the arm unit, wherein the support unit includes a base portion that can be revolved around an axis of revolution that extends in said raising/lowering direction and a head portion (23,33) rotatably attached to the base portion, the arm unit includes an arm (41,51) that is rotatably attached to the head portion (23,33), a front end of the arm (41,51) moves forward and backward along a forward/backward direction that passes the head portion (23,33), the hand unit includes a loading/unloading hand (61,71) rotatably attached to the front end of the arm (41,51); characterized in that the center distance from the rotational axis of the head portion (23,33) to the rotational axis of a rear arm (42,52) of the arm (41,51) is shorter than the center distance from the axis of revolution of the base portion to the rotational axis of the head portion (23,33).
A hand-held electronic device comprising a camera component, the device comprising: an objective portion configured to collect light from a subject; a sensor portion reversibly separable from the objective portion, the sensor portion including an array of optical sensor elements; an alignment-sensing system configured to sense alignment between the objective portion and the sensor portion; a retaining member configured to couple the objective portion to the sensor portion when the objective and sensor portions are aligned and also when the objective portion is separated from the sensor portion, a plurality of linear actuators configured to move the objective or sensor portion in a corresponding plurality of directions; a computer configured to control one or more of the plurality of linear actuators responsive to output of the alignment-sensing system, so as to bring the objective and sensor portions into alignment; wherein the plurality of linear actuators includes outer and inner actuators configured to move the objective or sensor portion in the same direction; wherein the outer actuator has a different stroke and is differently frequency-damped than the inner actuator; wherein the outer actuator moves a floating stage (70O, 70Z) on which the inner actuator is coupled. an objective portion configured to collect light from a subject; a sensor portion reversibly separable from the objective portion, the sensor portion including an array of optical sensor elements; an alignment-sensing system configured to sense alignment between the objective portion and the sensor portion; a retaining member configured to couple the objective portion to the sensor portion when the objective and sensor portions are aligned and also when the objective portion is separated from the sensor portion, a plurality of linear actuators configured to move the objective or sensor portion in a corresponding plurality of directions; a computer configured to control one or more of the plurality of linear actuators responsive to output of the alignment-sensing system, so as to bring the objective and sensor portions into alignment; wherein the plurality of linear actuators includes outer and inner actuators configured to move the objective or sensor portion in the same direction; wherein the outer actuator has a different stroke and is differently frequency-damped than the inner actuator; wherein the outer actuator moves a floating stage (70O, 70Z) on which the inner actuator is coupled.
An isolated polypeptide or peptide: a) comprising SEQ ID NO:117, 118, or 119; b) which is a functional variant of SEQ ID NO:117, and comprises a sequence sharing at least 90% identity with the full length sequence of SEQ ID NO:117; c) which is a functional variant of SEQ ID NO:118, and comprises a sequence sharing at least 95% identity with the full length sequence of SEQ ID NO:118; d) which is a functional variant of SEQ ID NO:119, and comprises a sequence sharing at least 90% identity with the full length sequence of SEQ ID NO:119; e) a fragment of SEQ ID NO:117, which fragment includes at least 15 amino acids of SEQ ID NO:117; f) a fragment of SEQ ID NO:118, which fragment includes at least 15 amino acids of SEQ ID NO:118; or g) a fragment of SEQ ID NO:119, which fragment includes at least 15 amino acids of SEQ ID NO:119, wherein said polypeptide or peptide has cell-association or cell-permeabilisation activity.
A casting device for producing molded products, comprising: a split mold configured to form a cavity including a sprue, comprising a lower mold, a middle mold that slides on the lower mold and an upper mold; a split case configured to form a chamber, comprising a lower case to which the lower mold is attached and an upper case to which the upper mold is attached, in which the cavity and the chamber are formed when the middle mold is closed on the lower mold and the split case is closed; a chamber suction device configured to reduce a pressure at least in the chamber through a chamber pipe that is connected to the chamber and extends to an outside of the chamber; a holding furnace disposed below the split mold to hold molten metal therein; a stalk with an upper end connected to the sprue of the split mold and a lower end dipped in the molten metal in the holding furnace; a compressor configured to increase a pressure in the holding furnace to supply the molten metal held in the holding furnace at least to the sprue; and a cavity suction device configured to directly reduce a pressure in the cavity through a cavity pipe that is directly connected to the cavity and extends to the outside of the chamber. a split mold configured to form a cavity including a sprue, comprising a lower mold, a middle mold that slides on the lower mold and an upper mold; a split case configured to form a chamber, comprising a lower case to which the lower mold is attached and an upper case to which the upper mold is attached, in which the cavity and the chamber are formed when the middle mold is closed on the lower mold and the split case is closed; a chamber suction device configured to reduce a pressure at least in the chamber through a chamber pipe that is connected to the chamber and extends to an outside of the chamber; a holding furnace disposed below the split mold to hold molten metal therein; a stalk with an upper end connected to the sprue of the split mold and a lower end dipped in the molten metal in the holding furnace; a compressor configured to increase a pressure in the holding furnace to supply the molten metal held in the holding furnace at least to the sprue; and a cavity suction device configured to directly reduce a pressure in the cavity through a cavity pipe that is directly connected to the cavity and extends to the outside of the chamber.
Method for non-destructive material examination of a workpiece consisting of electrically conductive material by means of EMUS testing, which is based on the use of EMUS transducers, each of which is equipped with a magnet unit for the local introduction of a magnetic field into the workpiece and with a radio-frequency coil arrangement, abbreviated as an RF coil, which interacts with the magnetic field, in which relative to a surface of the workpiece at least two EMUS transducers are arranged at a distance from each other along the surface, of which at least one first EMUS transducer generates and also detects ultrasonic waves within the workpiece and the second EMUS transducer, as a receiving transducer, detects at least ultrasonic waves, and in which the following measurement signals are determined: a) using the first EMUS transducer, ultrasonic wave echo signals emitted by the first EMUS transducer are detected, b) using the second EMUS transducer, ultrasonic wave signals, so-called sound transmission signals, which are generated by the first EMUS transducer are detected in a time-resolved manner characterized in that the following measurement signals are determined: c) detection of an amplitude of the transmitter current with which the RF coil of the first EMUS transducer is operated, d) detection of an acoustic emission signal that arises at a flaw forming within the workpiece by the transducer, and that on the basis of all the measurement signals a) to d) the non-destructive material examination is carried out for the purpose of early detection of microstructure changes. a) using the first EMUS transducer, ultrasonic wave echo signals emitted by the first EMUS transducer are detected, b) using the second EMUS transducer, ultrasonic wave signals, so-called sound transmission signals, which are generated by the first EMUS transducer are detected in a time-resolved manner characterized in that the following measurement signals are determined: c) detection of an amplitude of the transmitter current with which the RF coil of the first EMUS transducer is operated, d) detection of an acoustic emission signal that arises at a flaw forming within the workpiece by the transducer, and
A kisspeptide-pentasaccharide conjugate having the formula R 1 -Z 1 -(Asn) n -Z 3 -Asn-Z 5 -Phe-Z 7 -Z 8 -Arg(R 3)-Z 10 -NH 2 Formula wherein Z 1 is Tyr or D-Tyr; Z 3 is Trp, Hyp, Phe or Lys(R 2); Z 5 is Thr, Aib or Ala; Z 7 is Gly or azaGly; Z 8 is Leu; or Z 7 and Z 8 together represent Z 10 is Phe or Trp; n is 0 or 1; R 1 or R 2, when present, represents a pentasaccharide derivative having the formula wherein R is methyl or SO 3 X; X is a positively charged counterion; with the proviso that when R 2 is present, R 1 is H or (C 1-6) alkylcarbonyl; R 3 is H or (C 1-3)alkyl; and L represents a pharmacologically inactive linker moiety having 10-50 atoms; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Z 1 is Tyr or D-Tyr; Z 3 is Trp, Hyp, Phe or Lys(R 2); Z 5 is Thr, Aib or Ala; Z 7 is Gly or azaGly; Z 8 is Leu; or Z 7 and Z 8 together represent Z 10 is Phe or Trp; n is 0 or 1; R 1 or R 2, when present, represents a pentasaccharide derivative having the formula wherein R is methyl or SO 3 X; X is a positively charged counterion; with the proviso that when R 2 is present, R 1 is H or (C 1-6) alkylcarbonyl; R 3 is H or (C 1-3)alkyl; and L represents a pharmacologically inactive linker moiety having 10-50 atoms; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
An apparatus capable of hosting a secure module, which secure module comprises at least one secure module application, wherein the apparatus is configured to provide connectivity to the secure module, the apparatus comprising: a near field communication module configured to provide an interface for the secure module to communicate with an external source, a processing module configured to obtain from the secure module information concerning the at least one secure module application, wherein the at least one secure module application is configured to implement at least one of a payment and a ticketing application to enable the apparatus to conduct a contactless transaction with the external source, wherein the processing module is, based on the obtained information, further configured to check whether a compatible counterpart application is present in the apparatus, wherein the counterpart application is configured to provide a user interface at the apparatus for the corresponding secure module application, and a communication module (14,18) coupled with the processing module configured to obtain the compatible counterpart application from an outside source in case no compatible counterpart application is present in the apparatus, wherein said information indicates a network resource from which the compatible counterpart application or update for the counterpart application can be downloaded. a near field communication module configured to provide an interface for the secure module to communicate with an external source, a processing module configured to obtain from the secure module information concerning the at least one secure module application, wherein the at least one secure module application is configured to implement at least one of a payment and a ticketing application to enable the apparatus to conduct a contactless transaction with the external source, wherein the processing module is, based on the obtained information, further configured to check whether a compatible counterpart application is present in the apparatus, wherein the counterpart application is configured to provide a user interface at the apparatus for the corresponding secure module application, and a communication module (14,18) coupled with the processing module configured to obtain the compatible counterpart application from an outside source in case no compatible counterpart application is present in the apparatus, wherein said information indicates a network resource from which the compatible counterpart application or update for the counterpart application can be downloaded.
A detection device for detecting presence of at least one pathogenic microorganism and/or at least one corresponding antibody in a biological sample, the detection device comprising: - a body, - at least one first detection member and one second detection member on said body and prearranged for binding said at least one pathogenic microorganism and/or said at least one corresponding antibody, - at least one fluidic circuit in said body, comprising at least one introduction portion (3B, 4B, 7) for said biological sample, wherein from the at least one introduction portion (3B, 4B, 7) there extend at least one first circuit branch and a second circuit branch (6"), for receiving at least one first fraction and one second fraction of the biological sample, respectively, wherein the first and second circuit branches (6', 6") and the first and second detection members (5A, 5B) are configured in such a way that said first fraction can reach the first detection member and said second fraction can to reach the second detection member, wherein one of the first circuit branch and the second circuit branch (6") comprises a dissociation chamber for performing a dissociation of complexes between said at least one pathogenic microorganism and said at least one corresponding antibody possibly present in the biological sample. - a body, - at least one first detection member and one second detection member on said body and prearranged for binding said at least one pathogenic microorganism and/or said at least one corresponding antibody, - at least one fluidic circuit in said body, comprising at least one introduction portion (3B, 4B, 7) for said biological sample, wherein from the at least one introduction portion (3B, 4B, 7) there extend at least one first circuit branch and a second circuit branch (6"), for receiving at least one first fraction and one second fraction of the biological sample, respectively, wherein the first and second circuit branches (6', 6") and the first and second detection members (5A, 5B) are configured in such a way that said first fraction can reach the first detection member and said second fraction can to reach the second detection member, wherein one of the first circuit branch and the second circuit branch (6") comprises a dissociation chamber for performing a dissociation of complexes between said at least one pathogenic microorganism and said at least one corresponding antibody possibly present in the biological sample.
A fusion protein comprising an N-intein polypeptide and an N-intein solubilization partner joined by a peptide bond, wherein the N-intein solubilization partner has a molecular weight of less than 15 kDa, an Aliphatic Index value less than 60, and a Grand Average Hydropathy value less than -1, and enhances solubility of the N-intein polypeptide compared to the N-intein polypeptide expressed in the absence of the solubilization partner.
Use of an aqueous condom-compatible sexual lubricant composition to provide lubrication during sexual activity, wherein the composition comprises a coolant which is a cyclic carboxamide.
A damped snap hinge for furniture, comprising a first and a second articulated quadrilateral, associated with a first and second plate (2,3) for fixing to a wall and a door of a piece of furniture, the quadrilaterals each comprising a pair of rocker arms (5,7; 8,10) of which one (7; 8) extends beyond the vertex of the relative quadrilateral so as to form a connecting rod (6,9) of the other quadrilateral, the hinge further comprises a pair of articulated levers (23,24) extending between the rocker arms (5,7) of the quadrilateral of the first plate, wherein the hinge also comprises elastic means for opposing the rotation of the door of the furniture, which extend between a body of one of the articulated levers and an engagement abutment coupled with the first plate, characterized in that the connecting rod of the quadrilateral of the second plate comprises an extension that extends beyond a hinge point with a first of the respective rocker arms and in that the hinge also comprises a damper coupled between the extension of said connecting rod and the first rocker arm.
A system comprising a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, a piezoelectric sensor for capturing a pressure profile in the combustion chamber, and a protective device for the piezoelectric sensor; wherein the piezoelectric sensor comprises a membrane and a piezoelectric transducer; wherein the piezoelectric sensor is mechanically secured in a wall of the combustion chamber; wherein the protective device substantially covers a face of the membrane that faces away from the piezoelectric transducer; and wherein the protective device comprises passages through which liquid or gaseous medium passes from the combustion chamber to the membrane, characterized in that on a face of the protective device that faces the membrane said passages communicate with a cavity, which cavity is arranged between the protective device and the membrane with respect to a longitudinal axis (AA'); the protective device comprises a protective body; with respect to the longitudinal axis (AA') a center of the passages in the protective body are arranged on at least one passage radius; said passage radius being a distance between a center of the protective body on the longitudinal axis (AA') and the centers of the passages on a face of the protective device that faces the membrane; the membrane comprises a radial membrane portion, an elastic membrane portion and a central plunger, said radial membrane portion being radially spaced apart from a central portion of the membrane, said central plunger extending in the central portion on the longitudinal axis (AA'), and said elastic membrane portion mechanically connecting the radial membrane portion with the central plunger; the piezoelectric sensor comprises a housing, said radial membrane portion being supported in a planar manner on a radially inner end face of said housing; the central plunger supports the piezoelectric transducer; and in that the passages directly aim at the radial membrane portion.