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Hob comprising a hotplate (Pc), at least one heating element extending in a heating plane positioned beneath said hotplate (Pc), and a cooling system comprising: - air circulating means arranged beneath said hotplate at a rear edge of said hob; and - a ventilation duct extending from the air circulating means, said ventilation duct comprising an inlet end positioned at the air circulating means such that an air flow from the air circulating means enters said ventilation duct through said inlet end, said hob being characterised in that said cooling system further comprises: - inlet-side air deflection means which are positioned between the air circulating means and the inlet end of the ventilation duct, and designed to divide the air flow coming from the air circulating means, and characterised in that said inlet-side air deflection means also reverse the direction of the air flow; and - at least one rear-side air discharge opening, said at least one heating element being located between said at least one air discharge opening and the inlet-side air deflection means. - air circulating means arranged beneath said hotplate at a rear edge of said hob; and - a ventilation duct extending from the air circulating means, said ventilation duct comprising an inlet end positioned at the air circulating means such that an air flow from the air circulating means enters said ventilation duct through said inlet end, - inlet-side air deflection means which are positioned between the air circulating means and the inlet end of the ventilation duct, and designed to divide the air flow coming from the air circulating means, and characterised in that said inlet-side air deflection means also reverse the direction of the air flow; and - at least one rear-side air discharge opening, said at least one heating element being located between said at least one air discharge opening and the inlet-side air deflection means.
Method of insulating a cavity in an aluminium profile or a thermal break cavity of an aluminium frame or leaf/casement frame of a door or window, the method comprising the following steps: (a) inserting, into said cavity, an insulating device comprising a foamed body of a first polymer composition of polygonal cross-section provided on at least one surface, preferably on each of two opposing surfaces, with one or more foamed or unfoamed ribs of a second polymer composition, wherein the distance between said surface provided with ribs of the foamed body and the surface opposite thereto, or preferably between the two opposing surfaces provided with ribs of the foamed body amounts to 80 to 97% of the distance between the corresponding faces of the cavity, in which the foamed body of the first polymer composition is based on one or more (co)polyesters, preferably of the polyalkylene terephthalate type, such as for example polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polybutylene naphthalate and/or polytrimethylene terephthalate, and (b) heating the aluminium profile or the aluminium frame to a temperature of between 180 and 250°C to bring about softening or melting of the second polymer composition, expansion of the foamed body and compression of the ribs through the effect of expansion of the foamed body, and cooling of the aluminium profile or aluminium frame, bringing about solidification of the second polymer composition and fixing the insulating device to the corresponding face(s) of the cavity. (a) inserting, into said cavity, an insulating device comprising a foamed body of a first polymer composition of polygonal cross-section provided on at least one surface, preferably on each of two opposing surfaces, with one or more foamed or unfoamed ribs of a second polymer composition, wherein the distance between said surface provided with ribs of the foamed body and the surface opposite thereto, or preferably between the two opposing surfaces provided with ribs of the foamed body amounts to 80 to 97% of the distance between the corresponding faces of the cavity, in which the foamed body of the first polymer composition is based on one or more (co)polyesters, preferably of the polyalkylene terephthalate type, such as for example polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polybutylene naphthalate and/or polytrimethylene terephthalate, and (b) heating the aluminium profile or the aluminium frame to a temperature of between 180 and 250°C to bring about softening or melting of the second polymer composition, expansion of the foamed body and compression of the ribs through the effect of expansion of the foamed body, and cooling of the aluminium profile or aluminium frame, bringing about solidification of the second polymer composition and fixing the insulating device to the corresponding face(s) of the cavity.
An EMC power filter comprising a filter circuit and a conductive housing enclosing the filter circuit, wherein said filter circuit comprises: at least one electric conductor consisting in a rigid busbar for carrying an electric power; at least one ferromagnetic element for modifying the impedance of the at least one electric conductor; at least one capacitor electrically connected between the at least one electric conductor and the conductive housing; wherein said housing has a tubular shape with a square cross section, allowing a rotation of the filter circuit of 90° within the housing, characterized in that the EMC power filter, further comprises a plastic holder frame for holding the at least one capacitor and the at least one ferromagnetic element around the at least one electric conductor. at least one electric conductor consisting in a rigid busbar for carrying an electric power; at least one ferromagnetic element for modifying the impedance of the at least one electric conductor; at least one capacitor electrically connected between the at least one electric conductor and the conductive housing; wherein said housing has a tubular shape with a square cross section, allowing a rotation of the filter circuit of 90° within the housing, characterized in that the EMC power filter, further comprises a plastic holder frame for holding the at least one capacitor and the at least one ferromagnetic element around the at least one electric conductor.
Foldable telescopic stick made up of at least four tubular portions (200, 300, 400, 500) of which an upper telescopic tubular part provided with a grip, a first intermediate telescopic tubular part sliding inside said upper telescopic tubular part, said tubular parts (200, 300) being held together by a locking element to block the sliding of said upper part on said first intermediate part; said first intermediate telescopic part being suitable for regulating the overall length of the stick according to the height of the user when the upper tubular part slides on it; a second intermediate telescopic tubular part entering telescopically said first intermediate telescopic tubular part, said tubular parts (300, 400) being held together by a locking element to block the sliding of said second intermediate part with respect to said first intermediate part; said telescopic parts (200, 300, 400) being fixable in position by means of said locking elements (10, 10'), said stick further including a lower tubular part terminating with a pointed end connected to said second intermediate telescopic part adjacent to it, wherein said lower tubular part is restrained to the remaining parts by means of a rope which traverses at least said second intermediate part, characterised in that in the closed form, said stick is folded into two parts only, wherein said telescopic parts (200, 300, 400) are telescopically closed into a position of minimum extension and said lower part is folded next and alongside said other telescopically closed parts (200, 300, 400) after having released said lower part from the adjacent intermediate part.
Method for contactless ignition of an arc between an electrode and a workpiece to be welded in order to carry out a welding method, a welding current and a welding voltage being provided at an output of a welding power source,the welding power source containing a resonant converter for generating a periodically changing, substantially sawtooth-shaped open-circuit welding voltage (U LL) having voltage maxima (U LL, max) that recur periodically with a repetition frequency (fw), characterised in that the resonant converter is formed by a series-parallel resonant converter, and in that high-frequency pulses (U I, HF) are superimposed on the open-circuit welding voltage (U LL) in the region of at least some periodically recurring voltage maxima (U LL, max) of the open-circuit welding voltage (U LL) in a temporally synchronous manner.
An in vitro method of inhibiting expression of a gene product encoded by a target polynucleotide comprising contacting the target polynucleotide with (i) a core-shell nanoparticle, the core comprising a single protein, and the shell comprising a dense shell of polynucleotides, the polynucleotides attached to the protein surface via covalent bonds, wherein at least one polynucleotide is sufficiently complementary to the target polynucleotide to hybridize under conditions sufficient to inhibit expression of the gene product, wherein the density of polynucleotides on the protein surface is about 10 pmol/cm 2 to about 100 pmol/cm 2; or (ii) a composition comprising a plurality of the core-shell nanoparticles of (i), preferably wherein expression of the gene product is inhibited by at least about 5%.
Method for producing a nitrided packaging steel with a carbon content of 10 to 1,000 ppm relative to the weight and a content of uncombined nitrogen dissolved in the steel of more than 100 ppm relative to the weight, characterised by the following steps: a) nitriding a steel melt to a nitrogen content of maximum 160 ppm relative to the weight by introducing a nitrogen-containing gas and/or a nitrogen-containing solid into the steel melt; b) casting a slab from the steel melt and hot-rolling the slab to form a hot strip; c) cold-rolling the hot strip to form a flat steel product; d) recrystallizing annealing of the cold-rolled flat steel product in an annealing furnace, in particular a continuous annealing furnace, wherein a nitrogen-containing gas is introduced into the annealing furnace and directed onto the flat steel product in order to increase the quantity of uncombined nitrogen in the flat steel product above the nitrogen content already present in the steel melt. a) nitriding a steel melt to a nitrogen content of maximum 160 ppm relative to the weight by introducing a nitrogen-containing gas and/or a nitrogen-containing solid into the steel melt; b) casting a slab from the steel melt and hot-rolling the slab to form a hot strip; c) cold-rolling the hot strip to form a flat steel product; d) recrystallizing annealing of the cold-rolled flat steel product in an annealing furnace, in particular a continuous annealing furnace, wherein a nitrogen-containing gas is introduced into the annealing furnace and directed onto the flat steel product in order to increase the quantity of uncombined nitrogen in the flat steel product above the nitrogen content already present in the steel melt.
An apparatus for estimating blood concentration of an analyte, comprising: an optical sensor configured to emit light towards a skin surface of a user, and detect an optical signal reflected by the skin surface of the user; and a processor (520, 620) configured to: select an interval-specific blood concentration estimation model, from among a plurality of interval-specific blood concentration estimation models, based on an interval selection indicator, the interval selection indicator being determined, by the processor (520, 620), by linearly or nonlinearly combining a plurality of obtained interval selection factors; and estimate a blood concentration change or a blood concentration of the analyte using the selected interval-specific blood concentration estimation model and the detected optical signal, characterized in that the processor (520, 620) is further configured to select a blood concentration change interval based on the interval selection indicator; and to select the interval-specific blood concentration estimation model that corresponds to the selected blood concentration change interval from among the plurality of interval-specific blood concentration estimation models. an optical sensor configured to emit light towards a skin surface of a user, and detect an optical signal reflected by the skin surface of the user; and a processor (520, 620) configured to: select an interval-specific blood concentration estimation model, from among a plurality of interval-specific blood concentration estimation models, based on an interval selection indicator, the interval selection indicator being determined, by the processor (520, 620), by linearly or nonlinearly combining a plurality of obtained interval selection factors; and estimate a blood concentration change or a blood concentration of the analyte using the selected interval-specific blood concentration estimation model and the detected optical signal, select an interval-specific blood concentration estimation model, from among a plurality of interval-specific blood concentration estimation models, based on an interval selection indicator, the interval selection indicator being determined, by the processor (520, 620), by linearly or nonlinearly combining a plurality of obtained interval selection factors; and estimate a blood concentration change or a blood concentration of the analyte using the selected interval-specific blood concentration estimation model and the detected optical signal, characterized in that the processor (520, 620) is further configured to select a blood concentration change interval based on the interval selection indicator; and to select the interval-specific blood concentration estimation model that corresponds to the selected blood concentration change interval from among the plurality of interval-specific blood concentration estimation models.
Monitoring system (100, 300) for a software defined network (190, 1191, 1262), SDN, comprising at least one monitored device (191, 391-396, 1099, 1197, 1199, 1261, 1361), wherein the monitoring system (100, 300) comprises at least one monitoring instance (104, 370-375, 570, 660, 661, 860, 861, 1070, 1170, 1171, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1370, 1371, 1372), wherein the at least one monitoring instance (104, 370-375, 570, 660, 661, 860, 861, 1070, 1170, 1171, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1370, 1371, 1372) is a hardware or software monitoring component being connected to and adapted to operate at least one probe (105, 381, 382, 383, 1080, 1383) for monitoring the at least one monitored device (191, 391-396, 1099, 1197, 1199, 1261, 1361), wherein the monitoring system (100, 300) further comprises a monitoring orchestrator (101, 322, 422, 722, 922) and at least one sub-monitoring orchestrator (102, 332, 342, 352, 432, 532, 632, 732, 735, 832, 932, 935, 1141, 1241, 1341), wherein the monitoring orchestrator (101, 322, 422, 722, 922) is adapted to determine at least one first parameter to be monitored according to a monitoring request and to orchestrate monitoring the at least one first parameter by sending instructions to the at least one sub-monitoring orchestrator to implement the monitoring requirements, and wherein the at least one sub-monitoring orchestrator (102, 322, 342, 352, 432, 532, 632, 732, 735, 832, 932, 935, 1141, 1241, 1341) is adapted to determine at least one second parameter to be monitored according to the at least one first parameter and orchestrate monitoring the at least one second parameter; the system further comprising at least one monitoring server (360-375, 570, 660, 661, 860, 861, 1070, 1170, 1171, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1370, 1371, 1372) being adapted to - determine at least one third parameter to be monitored according to the at least one second parameter, and - operate the monitoring instances (104, 370-375, 570, 660, 661, 860, 861, 1070, 1170, 1171, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1370, 1371, 1372) for monitoring the at least one third parameter by use of the at least one probe. - determine at least one third parameter to be monitored according to the at least one second parameter, and - operate the monitoring instances (104, 370-375, 570, 660, 661, 860, 861, 1070, 1170, 1171, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1370, 1371, 1372) for monitoring the at least one third parameter by use of the at least one probe.
A method to generate conditioned medium for the propagation of pluripotent stem cells, comprising the steps of: (a) culturing cells that supply the conditioning factors, (b) adding a base medium to the cells that supply the conditioning factors, (c) exposing the base medium to the cells that supply the conditioning factors for a period of time sufficient to condition the medium, and (d) removing the conditioned medium; wherein the cells that supply the conditioning factors are amniotic fluid-derived cells and express at least one of the following markers: HNF-1beta, HNF-3beta, SOX- 17, or GATA 6. (a) culturing cells that supply the conditioning factors, (b) adding a base medium to the cells that supply the conditioning factors, (c) exposing the base medium to the cells that supply the conditioning factors for a period of time sufficient to condition the medium, and (d) removing the conditioned medium;
A micro-power system for a tyre pressure measurement system, the micro-power system comprising a mechanical energy harvester unit (120; 520); a power management module for receiving power generated by the mechanical energy harvester unit (120; 520); and a radio frequency energy harvester unit; characterised in that the mechanical energy harvester and the radio frequency energy harvester unit share at least one sensor element.
Optical surveying instrument, including: an optical arrangement including at least one lens and a viewing element defining a viewing direction and a field of view; a distance measurement unit for emitting a light beam towards the field of view and for measuring a distance to an object in the field of view based on a reflection of the light beam from the object; a movable mirror arranged to direct the light beam towards the object; characterized by including a mirror control unit configured to read, from a calibration value memory, calibration values to control movement of the movable mirror to adjust a direction of the light beam to be aligned with the viewing direction, and configured to move the movable mirror using the calibration values to adjust the direction of the light beam to be aligned with the viewing direction, wherein the light beam and the viewing direction are aligned, when the light beam and the viewing direction coincide or when the light beam and the viewing direction are parallel to one another. an optical arrangement including at least one lens and a viewing element defining a viewing direction and a field of view; a distance measurement unit for emitting a light beam towards the field of view and for measuring a distance to an object in the field of view based on a reflection of the light beam from the object; a movable mirror arranged to direct the light beam towards the object; characterized by including a mirror control unit configured to read, from a calibration value memory, calibration values to control movement of the movable mirror to adjust a direction of the light beam to be aligned with the viewing direction, and configured to move the movable mirror using the calibration values to adjust the direction of the light beam to be aligned with the viewing direction, wherein the light beam and the viewing direction are aligned, when the light beam and the viewing direction coincide or when the light beam and the viewing direction are parallel to one another.
A method comprising: testing a sample obtained from a subject to determine the presence of one or more mutations, wherein at least one of the mutations is sequence change 1824delA in exon e12 of the cDNA sequence (SEQ ID NO:2) of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene or protein, wherein the presence of the one or more mutations indicates that the subject has cystic fibrosis or a CF related disorder, is at risk of developing CF or a CF related disorder, or is a carrier of a CFTR mutation. testing a sample obtained from a subject to determine the presence of one or more mutations, wherein at least one of the mutations is sequence change 1824delA in exon e12 of the cDNA sequence (SEQ ID NO:2) of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene or protein, wherein the presence of the one or more mutations indicates that the subject has cystic fibrosis or a CF related disorder, is at risk of developing CF or a CF related disorder, or is a carrier of a CFTR mutation.
A coating process for the deposition of a layer of a first material onto a substrate of a second material, the second material optionally being different from the first material, the process including the steps: entraining powder particles of the first material into a carrier gas flow to form a powder beam directed to impinge on the substrate, thereby defining a powder beam footprint region at the substrate; causing relative movement of the powder beam and the substrate in a movement direction to move the powder beam footprint relative to the substrate to deposit the layer of the first material; operating a laser source to direct a laser beam along a laser beam direction to provide a laser beam footprint to cause direct, local heating of at least one of the forward substrate region and the powder beam footprint region, characterized in that the laser beam direction is defined: (i) with reference to a plane coincident with a surface of the substrate at the centre of the laser beam footprint, or (ii) when the substrate is non-planar, with reference to a plane tangential to surface of the substrate at the centre of the laser beam footprint, in terms of an elevation angle from the plane to the laser beam direction and in terms of an acute azimuthal angle from the movement direction to the laser beam direction, wherein the elevation angle is 30° or more and 80° or less and the azimuthal angle is in the range -60° to +60°. entraining powder particles of the first material into a carrier gas flow to form a powder beam directed to impinge on the substrate, thereby defining a powder beam footprint region at the substrate; causing relative movement of the powder beam and the substrate in a movement direction to move the powder beam footprint relative to the substrate to deposit the layer of the first material; operating a laser source to direct a laser beam along a laser beam direction to provide a laser beam footprint to cause direct, local heating of at least one of the forward substrate region and the powder beam footprint region, (i) with reference to a plane coincident with a surface of the substrate at the centre of the laser beam footprint, or (ii) when the substrate is non-planar, with reference to a plane tangential to surface of the substrate at the centre of the laser beam footprint,