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An apparatus for creating incisions in a human cornea, the apparatus comprising: a source of pulsed laser radiation; a scanner device for scanning the laser radiation; a control computer for controlling the scanner device based on a control program, the control program containing instructions that, when executed by the computer, bring about the creation in the cornea of: a flap cut (42, 44) defining a corneal flap that is connected to surrounding corneal tissue through a hinge; and a reservoir located at least partially deeper within the cornea than the flap cut, characterized by additionally bringing about the creation in the cornea of: one or more auxiliary cuts in connection with the flap cut for removing gas generated during creation of the flap cut, wherein the one or more auxiliary cuts define a first channel extending from the flap cut to an anterior surface of the cornea, and wherein the reservoir is connected with the first channel and locations of connection of the reservoir and the first channel with the flap cut (42, 44) are at least partially overlapping. a source of pulsed laser radiation; a scanner device for scanning the laser radiation; a control computer for controlling the scanner device based on a control program, the control program containing instructions that, when executed by the computer, bring about the creation in the cornea of: a flap cut (42, 44) defining a corneal flap that is connected to surrounding corneal tissue through a hinge; and a reservoir located at least partially deeper within the cornea than the flap cut, characterized by additionally bringing about the creation in the cornea of: one or more auxiliary cuts in connection with the flap cut for removing gas generated during creation of the flap cut, wherein the one or more auxiliary cuts define a first channel extending from the flap cut to an anterior surface of the cornea, and wherein the reservoir is connected with the first channel and locations of connection of the reservoir and the first channel with the flap cut (42, 44) are at least partially overlapping. a flap cut (42, 44) defining a corneal flap that is connected to surrounding corneal tissue through a hinge; and a reservoir located at least partially deeper within the cornea than the flap cut, characterized by additionally bringing about the creation in the cornea of: one or more auxiliary cuts in connection with the flap cut for removing gas generated during creation of the flap cut, wherein the one or more auxiliary cuts define a first channel extending from the flap cut to an anterior surface of the cornea, and wherein the reservoir is connected with the first channel and locations of connection of the reservoir and the first channel with the flap cut (42, 44) are at least partially overlapping.
A method for determining a flow speed of a fluid in a fluid conduit with a travel time flow meter comprising: - providing the fluid conduit with a fluid that has a predetermined velocity with respect to the fluid conduit, - providing the fluid conduit with a first ultrasonic transducer, a second ultrasonic transducer and a third ultrasonic transducer, wherein respective connection lines between the first ultrasonic transducer, the second ultrasonic transducer and the third ultrasonic transducer extend outside of a symmetry axis of the fluid conduit, the first ultrasonic transducer and the third ultrasonic transducer being offset with respect to the second ultrasonic transducer in a longitudinal direction of the fluid conduit, - applying a first measuring signal to the first ultrasonic transducer, and - measuring a first response signal of the first measuring signal at the second ultrasonic transducer, - applying a second measuring signal to the first ultrasonic transducer, - measuring a second response signal of the second measuring signal at the third ultrasonic transducer, characterised in that the first measuring signal and the second measuring signal respectively comprise a reversed signal portion with respect to time of a response signal of an impulse signal that is sent between the same pair of transducers as the corresponding measuring signal, or of a signal derived therefrom, - deriving time of flight from at least one of the first response signal and the second response signal, - deriving a flow speed of the fluid from the time of flight. - providing the fluid conduit with a fluid that has a predetermined velocity with respect to the fluid conduit, - providing the fluid conduit with a first ultrasonic transducer, a second ultrasonic transducer and a third ultrasonic transducer, wherein respective connection lines between the first ultrasonic transducer, the second ultrasonic transducer and the third ultrasonic transducer extend outside of a symmetry axis of the fluid conduit, the first ultrasonic transducer and the third ultrasonic transducer being offset with respect to the second ultrasonic transducer in a longitudinal direction of the fluid conduit, - applying a first measuring signal to the first ultrasonic transducer, and - measuring a first response signal of the first measuring signal at the second ultrasonic transducer, - applying a second measuring signal to the first ultrasonic transducer, - measuring a second response signal of the second measuring signal at the third ultrasonic transducer, - deriving time of flight from at least one of the first response signal and the second response signal, - deriving a flow speed of the fluid from the time of flight.
A method of detecting somatic mutations across single cell lineages comprising: a) isolating single cells from a clonal population, each single cell representing a lineage segment of the clonal population; b) sequencing genomic DNA representing each single cell; and c) determining true somatic mutations along the single cell lineage of the clonal population based, at least in part, on the sequencing of the genomic DNA representing each single cell, wherein true somatic mutations are determined by tracing the mutations across the cell lineage for each generation and wherein each mutation is observed in at least two cells in the lineage. a) isolating single cells from a clonal population, each single cell representing a lineage segment of the clonal population; b) sequencing genomic DNA representing each single cell; and c) determining true somatic mutations along the single cell lineage of the clonal population based, at least in part, on the sequencing of the genomic DNA representing each single cell, wherein true somatic mutations are determined by tracing the mutations across the cell lineage for each generation and wherein each mutation is observed in at least two cells in the lineage.
An aerosol delivery device comprising: an air inlet; a flavouring reservoir arranged to provide release of flavouring material to air passing therethrough; an aerosol chamber arranged to provide an aerosol in air passing therethrough; an aerosol forming member arranged to generate the aerosol in air passing through the aerosol chamber, wherein the aerosol forming member comprises a heating element arranged to generate the aerosol, the aerosol being a condensation aerosol; and an aerosol outlet; the air inlet, flavouring reservoir, aerosol chamber and aerosol outlet are arranged in fluid communication in that order; wherein the flavouring reservoir is in conductive thermal communication with the heating element; and wherein the flavouring reservoir is arranged at least partially about, or at least partially surrounding, the aerosol chamber. an air inlet; a flavouring reservoir arranged to provide release of flavouring material to air passing therethrough; an aerosol chamber arranged to provide an aerosol in air passing therethrough; an aerosol forming member arranged to generate the aerosol in air passing through the aerosol chamber, wherein the aerosol forming member comprises a heating element arranged to generate the aerosol, the aerosol being a condensation aerosol; and an aerosol outlet; the air inlet, flavouring reservoir, aerosol chamber and aerosol outlet are arranged in fluid communication in that order; wherein the flavouring reservoir is in conductive thermal communication with the heating element; and wherein the flavouring reservoir is arranged at least partially about, or at least partially surrounding, the aerosol chamber.
A method of manufacturing a gamma radiation source, comprising: providing an unacceptable material that is a combination of acceptable and unacceptable isotopes, wherein an unacceptable material and/or isotope of a material is one having gamma rays with energies above 401 keV and a half life greater than 66 hours; transforming the unacceptable material into an acceptable material by removing unacceptable isotopes from the unacceptable material, leaving only acceptable isotopes; mixing selenium-74 and the acceptable material; and heating the mixture to cause the constituents to inter-react and subsequently subjecting the reaction product to irradiation to convert at least a proportion of the selenium-74 to selenium-75. providing an unacceptable material that is a combination of acceptable and unacceptable isotopes, wherein an unacceptable material and/or isotope of a material is one having gamma rays with energies above 401 keV and a half life greater than 66 hours; transforming the unacceptable material into an acceptable material by removing unacceptable isotopes from the unacceptable material, leaving only acceptable isotopes; mixing selenium-74 and the acceptable material; and heating the mixture to cause the constituents to inter-react and subsequently subjecting the reaction product to irradiation to convert at least a proportion of the selenium-74 to selenium-75.
An electrical device, comprising a metal - interface layer - Si-based semiconductor junction in which the interface layer comprises a passivation layer and a separation layer, wherein the passivation layer includes a passivating material, and the electrical device has a specific contact resistance of less than 1000 Ω-μm 2.
A diffuser (20; 200) for a compressor of a gas turbine engine, the diffuser (20; 200) comprising: a plurality of diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240) circumferentially distributed about an axis of the compressor, each of the plurality of diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240) extending from an inlet to an outlet, a bend section (45; 145; 245) between the inlet and the outlet, and having a low pressure side and an opposite high pressure side, the low pressure side and the high pressure side extending on opposite sides of a longitudinal plane coinciding with a center line of a given one of the plurality of the diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240) and extending along the center line; and a recirculation conduit (50; 150; 250) defining a recirculation path from a first flow region to a second flow region in one or more of the plurality of the diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240), the first flow region having a greater static pressure than that of the second flow region, the recirculation conduit (50; 150; 250) having a conduit inlet (51; 151; 251) and a conduit outlet (52; 152; 252), at least the conduit outlet (52; 152; 252) located within the low pressure side of one of the plurality of the diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240). a plurality of diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240) circumferentially distributed about an axis of the compressor, each of the plurality of diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240) extending from an inlet to an outlet, a bend section (45; 145; 245) between the inlet and the outlet, and having a low pressure side and an opposite high pressure side, the low pressure side and the high pressure side extending on opposite sides of a longitudinal plane coinciding with a center line of a given one of the plurality of the diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240) and extending along the center line; and a recirculation conduit (50; 150; 250) defining a recirculation path from a first flow region to a second flow region in one or more of the plurality of the diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240), the first flow region having a greater static pressure than that of the second flow region, the recirculation conduit (50; 150; 250) having a conduit inlet (51; 151; 251) and a conduit outlet (52; 152; 252), at least the conduit outlet (52; 152; 252) located within the low pressure side of one of the plurality of the diffuser pipes (40; 140; 240).
A method for making a cyclic olefinic polymer, comprising: contacting an olefin monomer with a silica supported olefin metathesis catalyst; and subjecting the olefin monomer and the silica supported olefin metathesis catalyst to conditions effective to promote an olefin metathesis reaction, wherein the silica supported olefin metathesis catalyst is of the formula: where n is 3 and m is 11, or n is 11 and m is 3, or n is 11 and m is 6, wherein the olefin monomer is represented by the structure of formula (A ∗): wherein R A1∗ is selected from: H, OH, NH 2, CH 2 OH, C(CH 3) 3, or Si(CH 3) 3, or wherein the olefin monomer is represented by the structure of formula (D ∗): wherein R A2∗ is selected from: H, OH, NH 2, CH 2 OH, C(CH 3) 3, or Si(CH 3) 3. contacting an olefin monomer with a silica supported olefin metathesis catalyst; and subjecting the olefin monomer and the silica supported olefin metathesis catalyst to conditions effective to promote an olefin metathesis reaction, wherein the silica supported olefin metathesis catalyst is of the formula: where n is 3 and m is 11, or n is 11 and m is 3, or n is 11 and m is 6, wherein the olefin monomer is represented by the structure of formula (A ∗): wherein R A1∗ is selected from: H, OH, NH 2, CH 2 OH, C(CH 3) 3, or Si(CH 3) 3, or wherein the olefin monomer is represented by the structure of formula (D ∗): wherein R A2∗ is selected from: H, OH, NH 2, CH 2 OH, C(CH 3) 3, or Si(CH 3) 3.
A layered sheet comprising a carrier having a first and second surface and an inorganic refractory layer adjacent to at least one surface of the carrier wherein the refractory layer has a dry areal weight of from 15 to 50 gsm, the bond strength between the refractory layer and the surface of the carrier is no less than 0.25 lb/in (0.044 N/mm), and wherein the carrier (i) comprises from 70 to 90 weight percent of aramid fibers and from 10 to 30 weight percent of polymeric binder, (ii) is hydrophilic, (iii) has a wet tensile strength of at least 3 lb/in (0.53 N/mm) in a first direction and at least 2 lb/in (0.35 N/mm) in a second direction, the second direction being transverse to the first direction, (iv) has a dry tensile strength of at least 7 ib/in (1.23 N/mm) in a first direction and at least 5 lb/in (0.88 N/mm) in a second direction, the second direction being transverse to the first direction, (v) has an air permeability no greater than 100 Gurley Air Resistance (sec/100cc, 20 oz. (567 g) cyl.), (vii) has a thickness of from 0.025 to 0.175 mm, (viii) has a density of from 0.25 to 1.1 g/cc, and (ix) has a basis weight of from 20 to 70 gsm. (i) comprises from 70 to 90 weight percent of aramid fibers and from 10 to 30 weight percent of polymeric binder, (ii) is hydrophilic, (iii) has a wet tensile strength of at least 3 lb/in (0.53 N/mm) in a first direction and at least 2 lb/in (0.35 N/mm) in a second direction, the second direction being transverse to the first direction, (iv) has a dry tensile strength of at least 7 ib/in (1.23 N/mm) in a first direction and at least 5 lb/in (0.88 N/mm) in a second direction, the second direction being transverse to the first direction, (v) has an air permeability no greater than 100 Gurley Air Resistance (sec/100cc, 20 oz. (567 g) cyl.), (vii) has a thickness of from 0.025 to 0.175 mm, (viii) has a density of from 0.25 to 1.1 g/cc, and (ix) has a basis weight of from 20 to 70 gsm.
An element for producing a vascular clip, comprising: • a support plate, • a clip tab with a gripping face and defining a longitudinal axis, • means for securing said clip tab and the edge face of said plate, • two substantially identical brackets (21, 22), each substantially having the shape of a cylinder sector with thickness Ep taken along a line parallel to the generatrix defining the cylinder sector, with a through hole (23, 24) having a definite diameter and an axis parallel to said generatrix, • means for securing the two brackets and a face portion of said plate in such a way that the axes of the two through holes (23, 24) are located along the same straight line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said clip tab and the opposite faces (25, 26) of the two brackets (21, 22) are set apart from each other by a value equal to the thickness Ep, said means for securing the two brackets (21, 22) and the face portion of said plate being arranged in such a way that one of the two brackets has a face located on the plane of an edge of the edge face of the plate perpendicular to said straight line, and said face portion is substantially flat, characterized in that the width of the said face portion taken along a direction parallel to said straight line is at least substantially equal to four times the thickness Ep so as to define, on the face portion, a free part bordering the face of the other bracket that is the farthest away from the face of the bracket located on the plane of an edge of said edge face. • a support plate, • a clip tab with a gripping face and defining a longitudinal axis, • means for securing said clip tab and the edge face of said plate, • two substantially identical brackets (21, 22), each substantially having the shape of a cylinder sector with thickness Ep taken along a line parallel to the generatrix defining the cylinder sector, with a through hole (23, 24) having a definite diameter and an axis parallel to said generatrix, • means for securing the two brackets and a face portion of said plate in such a way that the axes of the two through holes (23, 24) are located along the same straight line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said clip tab and the opposite faces (25, 26) of the two brackets (21, 22) are set apart from each other by a value equal to the thickness Ep, said means for securing the two brackets (21, 22) and the face portion of said plate being arranged in such a way that one of the two brackets has a face located on the plane of an edge of the edge face of the plate perpendicular to said straight line, and said face portion is substantially flat, characterized in that the width of the said face portion taken along a direction parallel to said straight line is at least substantially equal to four times the thickness Ep so as to define, on the face portion, a free part bordering the face of the other bracket that is the farthest away from the face of the bracket located on the plane of an edge of said edge face.
An image displaying device, comprising a demodulating portion, adapted to demodulate an input digital television broadcasting signal, a decoder adapted to apply a decoding processing to image data from said demodulating portion, a motion vector detecting portion adapted to detect a motion vector between frames or fields of the input image signal from said decoder; an interpolating vector evaluating portion adapted to allocate an interpolating vector between frames or fields based on the motion vector detected by the motion vector detecting portion and the input image signal from said decoder; an interpolation image generating portion adapted to generate an interpolation image signal between frames or fields of the input image signal from said decoder, based on the output from said interpolating vector evaluating portion to convert the number of frames or fields of the input image signal by giving a motion compensation processing to the input image signal based on the motion vector; a switching portion disposed between said motion vector detecting portion and said interpolating vector evaluating portion and adapted to switch over the motion vector from said motion vector detecting portion to a zero-vector; and a control portion adapted to determine the degree of deterioration based on the S/N ratio or the carrier/noise ratio of the input image signal from said demodulating portion or based on the number of errors of the input Image signal from said demodulating portion corrected by an error correcting portion in said demodulating portion, and to switch said switching portion to the zero-vector to forcibly replace the motion vector detected by the motion vector detecting portion with the zero-vector, when the degree of the deterioration of the input image signal determined by the control portion Is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, so that the interpolation of the image signal is not executed.
A control device for an in-vehicle solar cell which performs at least MPPT control of output of the solar cell mounted in a vehicle, comprising: a determination unit that determines whether the vehicle is in a travelling state or a stationary state, wherein different control methods are applied when the vehicle is determined by the determination unit to be in the travelling state and in the stationary state respectively, and characterized in that in a case in which the vehicle is determined by the determination unit to be in the travelling state, when a speed of the vehicle is equal to or more than a predetermined speed, output control of the solar cell is suppressed by setting the control cycle of the MPPT control to be longer than the control cycle when the speed of the vehicle is less than the predetermined speed of the vehicle or controlling the output of the solar cell at a fixed voltage, and in a case in which the vehicle is determined by the determination unit to be in the travelling state, a control cycle of the MPPT control is set to be shorter than the control cycle when the vehicle is determined to be in the stationary state. a determination unit that determines whether the vehicle is in a travelling state or a stationary state, wherein different control methods are applied when the vehicle is determined by the determination unit to be in the travelling state and in the stationary state respectively, and characterized in that in a case in which the vehicle is determined by the determination unit to be in the travelling state, when a speed of the vehicle is equal to or more than a predetermined speed, output control of the solar cell is suppressed by setting the control cycle of the MPPT control to be longer than the control cycle when the speed of the vehicle is less than the predetermined speed of the vehicle or controlling the output of the solar cell at a fixed voltage, and in a case in which the vehicle is determined by the determination unit to be in the travelling state, a control cycle of the MPPT control is set to be shorter than the control cycle when the vehicle is determined to be in the stationary state.
Steam-smoothing apparatus comprising a smoothing head (1; 101) and a base intended for producing a steam flow and connected to the smoothing head (1; 101) via a flexible pipe (2; 102) in which the steam produced by the base freely escapes to the smoothing head (1; 101), the flexible pipe (2; 102) comprising an end connected to the base which communicates freely with a boiling chamber, and an end connected to the smoothing head (1; 101) which communicates freely with the first dispensing chamber, the smoothing head (1; 101) comprising a rear portion forming a grasping handle (3; 103), and a widened front portion (4; 104) comprising a surface (5; 105) provided with a plurality of steam outlet holes (51, 52; 151, 152) through which the flow of steam from the base is distributed, characterised in that the widened front portion (4; 104) contains a first steam-dispensing chamber (71; 171) which supplies steam to a first group of steam outlet holes (51; 151), and a second steam-dispensing chamber (72; 172) which supplies steam to a second group of steam outlet holes (52; 152), and in that the smoothing head (1; 101) comprises means (80; 109) for blocking or reducing the steam flow in the direction of the second group of steam outlet holes (52; 152), which means can be actuated from outside the smoothing head (1; 101).