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A rotor blade for a wind turbine, comprising: a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint, each of the first and second blade segments comprising at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface and an internal support structure, the internal support structure of the first blade segment comprising a beam structure extending lengthwise, the internal support structure of the second blade segment comprising a receiving section, the receiving section receiving the beam structure of the first blade segment, wherein the at least one beam structure is hollow; at least one chord-wise extending pin positioned through the beam structure and the receiving section at the chord-wise joint so as to secure the first and second blade segments together; and, at least one additional support member receiving at least a portion of the chord-wise extending pin so as to reduce a chord-wise bending deflection of the chord-wise extending pin at the chord-wise joint, characterized in that the at least one additional support member comprises at least one web member, the at least one chord-wise extending pin extends through the at least one web member, and the at least one web member is arranged within the hollow beam structure. a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint, each of the first and second blade segments comprising at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface and an internal support structure, the internal support structure of the first blade segment comprising a beam structure extending lengthwise, the internal support structure of the second blade segment comprising a receiving section, the receiving section receiving the beam structure of the first blade segment, wherein the at least one beam structure is hollow; at least one chord-wise extending pin positioned through the beam structure and the receiving section at the chord-wise joint so as to secure the first and second blade segments together; and, at least one additional support member receiving at least a portion of the chord-wise extending pin so as to reduce a chord-wise bending deflection of the chord-wise extending pin at the chord-wise joint, characterized in that the at least one additional support member comprises at least one web member, the at least one chord-wise extending pin extends through the at least one web member, and the at least one web member is arranged within the hollow beam structure.
An insulating joint (20; 120; 220; 320) for electrically insulating a pair of adjacent rail sections (12A,...,12D) of a railway track, each rail section (12A,...,12D) extending along a longitudinal axis and defining at least one connecting surface substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of lateral surfaces (15, 16, 17, 18) extending along the longitudinal axis; the insulating joint (20; 120; 220; 320) comprising a joint body having substantially the same cross section as the rail sections (12A,...,12D) and defining two contacting surfaces (30A, 30B), each contacting surface (30A, 30B) being intended to be in contact with the connecting surface of one of the rail sections (12A,...,12D); wherein the joint body is made from an insulating material comprising a reinforcing structure made of metal or carbon fibers, the reinforcing structure being placed inside of the joint body with a distance from the contacting surfaces (30A, 30B), characterized in that the insulating joint (20; 120; 220; 320) further comprises attaching portions (24A,..., 26A, 24B,..., 26B; 124A,..., 126A, 124B,..., 126B; 224A,..., 226A, 224B,..., 226B; 324A,..., 326A, 324B,..., 326B) configured to be extended along the longitudinal axis for reinforcing the fixation of the insulting joint (20; 120; 220; 320) to at least one of the rail sections (12A,...,12D). the insulating joint (20; 120; 220; 320) comprising a joint body having substantially the same cross section as the rail sections (12A,...,12D) and defining two contacting surfaces (30A, 30B), each contacting surface (30A, 30B) being intended to be in contact with the connecting surface of one of the rail sections (12A,...,12D); wherein the joint body is made from an insulating material comprising a reinforcing structure made of metal or carbon fibers, the reinforcing structure being placed inside of the joint body with a distance from the contacting surfaces (30A, 30B), characterized in that the insulating joint (20; 120; 220; 320) further comprises attaching portions (24A,..., 26A, 24B,..., 26B; 124A,..., 126A, 124B,..., 126B; 224A,..., 226A, 224B,..., 226B; 324A,..., 326A, 324B,..., 326B) configured to be extended along the longitudinal axis for reinforcing the fixation of the insulting joint (20; 120; 220; 320) to at least one of the rail sections (12A,...,12D).
A process for making a lithographic printing plate, comprising the steps of preparing a lithographic printing plate precursor having above a hydrophilic support an image-forming layer comprising (i) an infrared-absorbing agent, (ii) a polymerization initiator, (iii) an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and (iv) a carboxylic acid-containing aqueous alkalisoluble or -swelling organic polymer as a binder polymer; image-wise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor; and processing the image-wise exposed lithographic printing plate precursor using a processing solution which has a pH in the range of 8.5-10.8 and comprises an alkali metal carbonate salt and an alkali metal bicarbonate salt; and - a water-soluble polymer compound wherein the total amount of the carbonate and bicarbonate salts is 1-20 wt.-% based on the weight of the processing solution. preparing a lithographic printing plate precursor having above a hydrophilic support an image-forming layer comprising (i) an infrared-absorbing agent, (ii) a polymerization initiator, (iii) an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and (iv) a carboxylic acid-containing aqueous alkalisoluble or -swelling organic polymer as a binder polymer; (i) an infrared-absorbing agent, (ii) a polymerization initiator, (iii) an ethylenically unsaturated compound, and (iv) a carboxylic acid-containing aqueous alkalisoluble or -swelling organic polymer as a binder polymer; image-wise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor; and processing the image-wise exposed lithographic printing plate precursor using a processing solution which has a pH in the range of 8.5-10.8 and comprises an alkali metal carbonate salt and an alkali metal bicarbonate salt; and - a water-soluble polymer compound wherein the total amount of the carbonate and bicarbonate salts is 1-20 wt.-% based on the weight of the processing solution. - a water-soluble polymer compound wherein the total amount of the carbonate and bicarbonate salts is 1-20 wt.-% based on the weight of the processing solution.
A sample measurement device, comprising: a transporting mechanism adapted to transport a rack on a transport surface; a sample measurement chamber provided below the transport surface and in which a sample container from the rack can be stored; a base frame that forms a bottom of the sample measurement chamber; and a lifting/lowering mechanism that has a shaft penetrating through the base frame in an up-and-down direction and a head provided at an upper end of the shaft and on which the sample container is to be placed, and that is adapted to transport the sample container between the rack and the sample measurement chamber, wherein an upper surface of the base frame and a lower surface of the head are joined in a base state where the shaft is lowered to a lowermost end, and characterized in that the sample measurement device further comprises a light-shielding structure surrounding the shaft and comprising a ring-shaped protrusion provided on one of the upper surface of the base frame and the lower surface of the head; and a ring-shaped recess provided on the other of the upper surface of the base frame and the lower surface of the head, wherein the ring-shaped protrusion and the ring-shaped recess are combined in the base state. a transporting mechanism adapted to transport a rack on a transport surface; a sample measurement chamber provided below the transport surface and in which a sample container from the rack can be stored; a base frame that forms a bottom of the sample measurement chamber; and a lifting/lowering mechanism that has a shaft penetrating through the base frame in an up-and-down direction and a head provided at an upper end of the shaft and on which the sample container is to be placed, and that is adapted to transport the sample container between the rack and the sample measurement chamber, wherein an upper surface of the base frame and a lower surface of the head are joined in a base state where the shaft is lowered to a lowermost end, and characterized in that the sample measurement device further comprises a light-shielding structure surrounding the shaft and comprising a ring-shaped protrusion provided on one of the upper surface of the base frame and the lower surface of the head; and a ring-shaped recess provided on the other of the upper surface of the base frame and the lower surface of the head, wherein the ring-shaped protrusion and the ring-shaped recess are combined in the base state.
A composition for use in treating Dengue Virus (DENV) infection, said composition comprising a purified polypeptide, said polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence (Xaa 1)m-Cys-Ala-Xaa 2 -His-Leu-Gly-Glu-Leu-Val-Trp-Cys-Thr-(Xaa 3) n (SEQ ID NO:53), wherein Xaa 1 is any amino acid, Xaa 2 is Trp, Tyr or Phe, 5-Hydroxytrphophan (5-HTP), or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), Xaa 3 is any amino acid, and m and n independently are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
A failure detection apparatus for a particulate filter in which a failure of the particulate filter arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine is detected, said failure detection apparatus comprising: a PM sensor that is arranged in the exhaust passage at the downstream side of said particulate filter, and outputs a signal corresponding to an amount of particulate matter deposited on itself; a PM removal processing execution part that executes PM removal processing to remove the particulate matter deposited on said PM sensor; a failure determination part that determines the presence or absence of a failure in said particulate filter by making a comparison between an output value of said PM sensor at the time when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the execution of the PM removal processing by said PM removal processing execution part is completed, and a predetermined threshold value; characterized by further comprising an average intake air amount calculation part that calculates an average value of an amount of intake air in the internal combustion engine during a time after the execution of the PM removal processing by said PM removal processing execution part is completed until said predetermined period of time elapses; and a threshold setting part that sets said threshold value based on the average value of the amount of intake air calculated by said average intake air amount calculation part. a PM sensor that is arranged in the exhaust passage at the downstream side of said particulate filter, and outputs a signal corresponding to an amount of particulate matter deposited on itself; a PM removal processing execution part that executes PM removal processing to remove the particulate matter deposited on said PM sensor; a failure determination part that determines the presence or absence of a failure in said particulate filter by making a comparison between an output value of said PM sensor at the time when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the execution of the PM removal processing by said PM removal processing execution part is completed, and a predetermined threshold value; characterized by further comprising an average intake air amount calculation part that calculates an average value of an amount of intake air in the internal combustion engine during a time after the execution of the PM removal processing by said PM removal processing execution part is completed until said predetermined period of time elapses; and a threshold setting part that sets said threshold value based on the average value of the amount of intake air calculated by said average intake air amount calculation part.
A process for oxidizing a sulfoxide to the respective sulfone, said process comprising (i) reacting the sulfoxide with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst, obtaining a mixture comprising the sulfone and the catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a porous titanium-containing silicate as a catalytically active material and wherein the porous titanium-containing silicate comprised in the catalyst is a titanium-containing zeolitic material having a zeolitic framework structure comprising titanium and silicon, wherein the framework structure of the titanium-containing zeolitic material comprised in the catalyst is the MWW framework structure. (i) reacting the sulfoxide with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst, obtaining a mixture comprising the sulfone and the catalyst,
A method of forming an absorbent article, the method comprising: providing a nonwoven substrate comprising a layer of fibers; allowing the nonwoven substrate to increase in specific surface area by at least 10% post-nonwoven substrate formation under ambient conditions; thereby allowing the plurality of fibrils to grow out of at least some of the fibers post-nonwoven substrate formation under ambient conditions, wherein at least some of the of fibers comprise a plurality of fibrils extending outwardly from a surface of the fibers after the allowing step, and wherein the fibrils comprise a lipid ester and wherein the lipid ester has a melting point greater than 40°C; and incorporating the nonwoven substrate into the absorbent article, wherein the incorporating step comprises forming a portion of a filmless barrier leg cuff of the absorbent article. providing a nonwoven substrate comprising a layer of fibers; allowing the nonwoven substrate to increase in specific surface area by at least 10% post-nonwoven substrate formation under ambient conditions; thereby allowing the plurality of fibrils to grow out of at least some of the fibers post-nonwoven substrate formation under ambient conditions, wherein at least some of the of fibers comprise a plurality of fibrils extending outwardly from a surface of the fibers after the allowing step, and wherein the fibrils comprise a lipid ester and wherein the lipid ester has a melting point greater than 40°C; and incorporating the nonwoven substrate into the absorbent article, wherein the incorporating step comprises forming a portion of a filmless barrier leg cuff of the absorbent article.
A first apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the first apparatus forming a Machine-to-Machine, M2M, device being connected to an M2M communications network via its communication circuitry, the first apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the first apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the first apparatus, cause the first apparatus to: a. manage a set of point-of-contact information of one or more M2M terminal devices, M2M applications or M2M gateway entities at an M2M Service Layer including a first entity residing on the first apparatus, the service layer providing service capabilities between an application layer and a network communication layer the set of point-of-contact information comprising for each included entity a service level identifier, an address, a list of interfaces, and a set of interface selection preferences; and b. facilitate communications between the first entity and a second entity residing on a second apparatus, via selection of a preferred interface in accordance with the set of point-of-contact information for the first entity, wherein the set of point-of-contact information of one or more entities comprises point-of-contact information for the second entity; and c. the computer-executable instructions further cause the first apparatus to resolve the selection of the preferred interface in accordance with the interface selection preferences of the first entity and the second entity; d. whereby communications between the first entity and the second entity are facilitated according to the resolved selection. a. manage a set of point-of-contact information of one or more M2M terminal devices, M2M applications or M2M gateway entities at an M2M Service Layer including a first entity residing on the first apparatus, the service layer providing service capabilities between an application layer and a network communication layer the set of point-of-contact information comprising for each included entity a service level identifier, an address, a list of interfaces, and a set of interface selection preferences; and b. facilitate communications between the first entity and a second entity residing on a second apparatus, via selection of a preferred interface in accordance with the set of point-of-contact information for the first entity, wherein the set of point-of-contact information of one or more entities comprises point-of-contact information for the second entity; and c. the computer-executable instructions further cause the first apparatus to resolve the selection of the preferred interface in accordance with the interface selection preferences of the first entity and the second entity; d. whereby communications between the first entity and the second entity are facilitated according to the resolved selection.
A solar thermal storage method for storing heat from solar light energy using a reactive ceramics layer that transforms from an oxidized form to a reduced form with a release of oxygen when heated and returns to the oxidized form when brought into contact with oxygen, the solar thermal storage method comprising: a concentrated beam irradiation step of irradiating a reactive ceramics layer with a concentrated beam obtained by concentrating solar light to heat the same; and a thermal storage step of storing the heat emitted from the reactive ceramics layer in thermal storage means while bringing the reactive ceramics layer heated in the concentrated beam irradiation step into contact with gas containing oxygen; wherein the reactive ceramics layer is moved so as to pass a first position in which it is irradiated by said concentrated beam and to pass a second position in which it emits said heat; wherein the concentrated beam irradiation step and the thermal storage step are performed repeatedly on the reactive ceramics layer; wherein the thermal storage means is provided so as to have a slight gap between the thermal storage means and the reactive ceramics layer; and wherein the heat is transferred to the thermal storage means through radiation from the reactive ceramics layer and the convection of the air generated between the reactive ceramics layer and the thermal storage means. a concentrated beam irradiation step of irradiating a reactive ceramics layer with a concentrated beam obtained by concentrating solar light to heat the same; and a thermal storage step of storing the heat emitted from the reactive ceramics layer in thermal storage means while bringing the reactive ceramics layer heated in the concentrated beam irradiation step into contact with gas containing oxygen; wherein the reactive ceramics layer is moved so as to pass a first position in which it is irradiated by said concentrated beam and to pass a second position in which it emits said heat; wherein the concentrated beam irradiation step and the thermal storage step are performed repeatedly on the reactive ceramics layer;
A composition for use in a negative active material in a valve regulated lead-acid battery, comprising: a carbon material having a BET surface area from 150 m 2 /g to 2000 m 2 /g and having a D 90 -value greater than 5 μm; wherein the amount of carbon material ranges from 0.1 wt% to 1.5 wt% based on the total weight of the composition; wherein the carbon material comprises an activated carbon, a graphite or a combination thereof; and comprising a sulfated leady oxide, a barium sulfate, a fiber, an oxylignin, and water. a carbon material having a BET surface area from 150 m 2 /g to 2000 m 2 /g and having a D 90 -value greater than 5 μm; wherein the amount of carbon material ranges from 0.1 wt% to 1.5 wt% based on the total weight of the composition; wherein the carbon material comprises an activated carbon, a graphite or a combination thereof; and comprising a sulfated leady oxide, a barium sulfate, a fiber, an oxylignin, and water.
A method for processing an Internet Protocol version 6, IPv6, network parameter, comprising: receiving a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service, RADIUS, access request message sent by an RADIUS client corresponding to a remote user; and sending an RADIUS access accepting message carrying information identifying an IPv6 transition technology type supported by the remote user to the RADIUS client after the remote user passes authentication according to the RADIUS access request message. receiving a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service, RADIUS, access request message sent by an RADIUS client corresponding to a remote user; and sending an RADIUS access accepting message carrying information identifying an IPv6 transition technology type supported by the remote user to the RADIUS client after the remote user passes authentication according to the RADIUS access request message.
Process for preparing polyesters and copolyesters by reacting A) at least one lactone, B) at least one alcohol or amine as starter, and C) in the presence of bismuth triflate as catalyst. A) at least one lactone, B) at least one alcohol or amine as starter, and C) in the presence of bismuth triflate as catalyst.
Digital filter cascade consisting of at least one first digital filter (F DEZ ') with in each case a higher band width and at least one second digital filter (F M ', F IIR ') consisting of two cascaded filters with in each case a lower band width, wherein the input of the digital filter cascade is supplied with a sampled input signal (x DEZ (k 0· T a0)) with a plurality of valid signal portions separated from one another by in each case an invalid signal portion, characterised in that the filter states of each second digital filter (F M ', F IIR ') with a low band width at the beginning of each invalid signal portion of its input signal (x M (k 1.T a1), x IIR (k 2.T a2)) remain unchanged over the entire duration of the respective invalid signal portion so that the output value produced before the beginning of each invalid signal portion of its input signal is present at the output of each second digital filter (F M ', F IIR ') with a lower band width over the entire duration of each invalid signal portion of its input signal and in that a unit for producing a control signal (St 0, St 1) associated with the in each case preceding digital filter (F DEZ ', F M ') produces a control signal (y FSDEZ (k 1.Ta 1), y FSM (k 2.T a2)) which signals to the in each case following digital filter (F M ', F IIR ') whether the input signal (x M (k 1.T a1), x IIR (k 2.T a2)) associated with the in each case following digital filter (F M ', F IIR ') currently has a valid or an invalid signal portion, wherein an external control signal of the unit associated with the first digital filter is used to produce the control signal.