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An enhanced eductor element for an inhalation device comprising: a conduit comprising an inlet and an outlet; an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface forms a hollow bore extending from the inlet to the outlet, and the inner surface is a generally smooth continuous curvilinear surface; a constriction zone having an internal diameter; a convergent zone where the internal diameter of the conduit narrows from the diameter of the inlet to the constriction zone diameter; a divergent zone, in which the internal diameter of the conduit increases from the constriction zone diameter to the diameter of the outlet; characterized in that the constriction zone is between the convergent zone and the divergent zone; a modification member disposed upon the inner surface and in the constriction zone, wherein the modification member is a protrusion that locally reduces the diameter and cross-sectional area of the constriction zone; and a siphon channel which establishes fluid communication between the outer surface and the inner surface through said channel, wherein said channel is adjacent to or surrounded by the modification member. a conduit comprising an inlet and an outlet; an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface forms a hollow bore extending from the inlet to the outlet, and the inner surface is a generally smooth continuous curvilinear surface; a constriction zone having an internal diameter; a convergent zone where the internal diameter of the conduit narrows from the diameter of the inlet to the constriction zone diameter; a divergent zone, in which the internal diameter of the conduit increases from the constriction zone diameter to the diameter of the outlet; characterized in that the constriction zone is between the convergent zone and the divergent zone; a modification member disposed upon the inner surface and in the constriction zone, wherein the modification member is a protrusion that locally reduces the diameter and cross-sectional area of the constriction zone; and a siphon channel which establishes fluid communication between the outer surface and the inner surface through said channel, wherein said channel is adjacent to or surrounded by the modification member.
A hydraulic leak detection method for a grass mowing machine, the grass mowing machine comprising: a vehicle controller, a leak detection switch, wherein the vehicle controller is electrically connected to the leak detection switch, a warning device, a hydraulic mowing circuit, and a lift and lower circuit for a plurality of grass cutting units; the method comprising: the vehicle controller receiving a signal if the leak detection switch detects a hydraulic fluid level is low, and activating the warning device in response to the signal, characterized by the vehicle controller further allowing operation of the hydraulic mowing circuit until the plurality of grass cutting units are fully raised by the lift and lower circuit, and then stopping the hydraulic mowing circuit and blocking the lift and lower circuit from lowering the grass cutting units. a vehicle controller, a leak detection switch, wherein the vehicle controller is electrically connected to the leak detection switch, a warning device, a hydraulic mowing circuit, and a lift and lower circuit for a plurality of grass cutting units; the method comprising: the vehicle controller receiving a signal if the leak detection switch detects a hydraulic fluid level is low, and activating the warning device in response to the signal, characterized by the vehicle controller further allowing operation of the hydraulic mowing circuit until the plurality of grass cutting units are fully raised by the lift and lower circuit, and then stopping the hydraulic mowing circuit and blocking the lift and lower circuit from lowering the grass cutting units. the vehicle controller receiving a signal if the leak detection switch detects a hydraulic fluid level is low, and activating the warning device in response to the signal, characterized by the vehicle controller further allowing operation of the hydraulic mowing circuit until the plurality of grass cutting units are fully raised by the lift and lower circuit, and then stopping the hydraulic mowing circuit and blocking the lift and lower circuit from lowering the grass cutting units.
A stable colloidal dispersion comprising: (a) a non-conductive, non-aqueous and non-water miscible fluid, (b) at least one solid nanoparticle, wherein the solid comprises at least one of a metal oxide, metal carbide, and mixtures thereof, and (c) a surfactant. (a) a non-conductive, non-aqueous and non-water miscible fluid, (b) at least one solid nanoparticle, wherein the solid comprises at least one of a metal oxide, metal carbide, and mixtures thereof, and (c) a surfactant.
A method of establishing position dependent focal laws for the ultrasonic inspection of a specimen with complex geometry using a phased array scanner, said method being performed by a dedicated module (24, 1604) located on a computing device (14, 1214, 1614) and comprising the steps of: (a) the dedicated module loading a computer model of said specimen into a portion of memory; (b) the dedicated module partitioning said model into distinct regions; (c) the dedicated module generating a distinct set of focal laws for each of said distinct regions; and (d) the dedicated module associating each position of the scanner with at least one of said distinct regions and storing the association in memory; whereby during ultrasonic inspection of said specimen, each position of said scanner utilizes said distinct set of focal laws associated with said at least one region, wherein partitioning said model into distinct regions comprises: (i) characterizing a surface corresponding to a first scanner position on said model, and designating this surface as belonging to a first region; (ii) characterizing each of the surfaces corresponding to all other scanner positions on said model; (iii) using a defined measure of difference between surface characteristics to calculate a set of error values, each error value representing a difference in surface characteristics between one of the surfaces in said all other scanner positions and the surface in said first scanner position; (iv) selecting a second scanner position from said all other scanner positions, said second scanner position being the scanner position having the largest error value; and (v) designating the surface corresponding to the second scanner position as belonging to said second region. (a) the dedicated module loading a computer model of said specimen into a portion of memory; (b) the dedicated module partitioning said model into distinct regions; (c) the dedicated module generating a distinct set of focal laws for each of said distinct regions; and (d) the dedicated module associating each position of the scanner with at least one of said distinct regions and storing the association in memory; (i) characterizing a surface corresponding to a first scanner position on said model, and designating this surface as belonging to a first region; (ii) characterizing each of the surfaces corresponding to all other scanner positions on said model; (iii) using a defined measure of difference between surface characteristics to calculate a set of error values, each error value representing a difference in surface characteristics between one of the surfaces in said all other scanner positions and the surface in said first scanner position; (iv) selecting a second scanner position from said all other scanner positions, said second scanner position being the scanner position having the largest error value; and (v) designating the surface corresponding to the second scanner position as belonging to said second region.
A microneedle injection apparatus comprising: a housing having a base and an opening formed in the base, the opening defining an area; an applicator comprising a microneedle array, the microneedle array comprising a first major surface and a plurality of microneedles that protrude from the first major surface, the applicator movable between a first position in which the microneedle array is recessed within the housing such that the microneedle array does not extend beyond the base of the housing, and a second position in which at least a portion of the microneedle array extends through the opening in the base and beyond the base of the housing; and an adhesive assembly adhered to the base of the housing, the adhesive assembly including an extension that extends at least partially into the area defined by the opening, such that when the applicator is in the second position, at least a portion of the first major surface of the microneedle array is in contact with the extension of the adhesive assembly. a housing having a base and an opening formed in the base, the opening defining an area; an applicator comprising a microneedle array, the microneedle array comprising a first major surface and a plurality of microneedles that protrude from the first major surface, the applicator movable between a first position in which the microneedle array is recessed within the housing such that the microneedle array does not extend beyond the base of the housing, and a second position in which at least a portion of the microneedle array extends through the opening in the base and beyond the base of the housing; and a first position in which the microneedle array is recessed within the housing such that the microneedle array does not extend beyond the base of the housing, and a second position in which at least a portion of the microneedle array extends through the opening in the base and beyond the base of the housing; and an adhesive assembly adhered to the base of the housing, the adhesive assembly including an extension that extends at least partially into the area defined by the opening, such that when the applicator is in the second position, at least a portion of the first major surface of the microneedle array is in contact with the extension of the adhesive assembly.
A method for monitoring a health condition of a trip circuitry associated with trip operation of a circuit breaker and a status of circuit breaker contacts with a trip circuit supervision relay, the circuit breaker is connected in an electrical line and operates to interrupt a current flowing in the electrical line by opening main contacts and has auxiliary contacts to indicate the status of the circuit breaker contacts, and wherein the circuit breaker is electrically connected with a protection relay at trip contacts and is tripped with a signal from the protection relay, and wherein the trip circuitry includes the electrical connection between the protection relay and the circuit breaker, and trip coils (120a, 120b) to activate tripping of the circuit breaker, the method comprises: utilizing auxiliary contacts for monitoring the status of circuit breaker with the trip circuit supervision relay by electrically connecting the auxiliary contacts with a first coil in the trip circuit supervision relay; utilizing the trip contacts for monitoring the health condition of the trip circuitry associated with trip operation of the circuit breaker with a second coil in the trip circuit supervision relay; wherein the first coil and the second coil are comprised within a single trip circuit supervision relay and the trip circuit supervision relay is magnetically operated by any of the first coil and the second coil to indicate the status of the circuit breaker and the health condition of the trip circuitry associated with the circuit breaker, characterised in that the first coil and the second coil are electrically insulated and magnetically connected. utilizing auxiliary contacts for monitoring the status of circuit breaker with the trip circuit supervision relay by electrically connecting the auxiliary contacts with a first coil in the trip circuit supervision relay; utilizing the trip contacts for monitoring the health condition of the trip circuitry associated with trip operation of the circuit breaker with a second coil in the trip circuit supervision relay; wherein the first coil and the second coil are comprised within a single trip circuit supervision relay and the trip circuit supervision relay is magnetically operated by any of the first coil and the second coil to indicate the status of the circuit breaker and the health condition of the trip circuitry associated with the circuit breaker,
Device for the presentation of cold and/or hot food, having a heat-retaining region and a cooling region, and an operating device with a finger-operable screen, which has an integrated electronically programmable controller, by means of which the climate settings can be changed depending on the food presented, characterized in that several different compartments (2A, 2B, 2C) are provided, which each have a finger-operable screen.
A cartridge configured to isolate genomic material comprising: a reaction chamber; at least one binding and release substrate, wherein the at least one binding and release substrate lies within the reaction chamber and is configured to bind and release at least a portion of genomic material contained in a sample by changing a charge of the binding and release substrate; a genomic separation and direction system; and an ejector head that is stationary relative to the reaction chamber within the cartridge, wherein a chamber in the ejector head is configured to receive at least a portion of the sample from the genomic separation and direction system, and wherein the ejector head expels at least a portion of the received sample out of the cartridge as ejected sample droplets through a liquid ejection mechanism; wherein the ejector head is a piezo jet system, wherein the genomic separation and direction system includes a channel connecting the reaction chamber and the chamber in the ejector head. a reaction chamber; at least one binding and release substrate, wherein the at least one binding and release substrate lies within the reaction chamber and is configured to bind and release at least a portion of genomic material contained in a sample by changing a charge of the binding and release substrate; a genomic separation and direction system; and an ejector head that is stationary relative to the reaction chamber within the cartridge, wherein a chamber in the ejector head is configured to receive at least a portion of the sample from the genomic separation and direction system, and wherein the ejector head expels at least a portion of the received sample out of the cartridge as ejected sample droplets through a liquid ejection mechanism; wherein the ejector head is a piezo jet system, wherein the genomic separation and direction system includes a channel connecting the reaction chamber and the chamber in the ejector head.
A square baler having a baling chamber, a plunger reciprocably mounted in the baling chamber for compressing crop material, an intake duct within which slices of crop material are accumulated for transfer into the baling chamber, a pickup for picking up crop material resting on the ground and introducing the crop material into the intake duct, and a stuffer having tines that may selectively execute a packer stroke to advance crop material partially along the intake duct and a stuffer stroke to transfer the crop material accumulated in the intake duct into the baling chamber, the stuffer comprises a stuffer arm (20;120) connected at a first pivot point (22;122) to a crank arm that is driven to rotate at a multiple of the cycling rate of the plunger, characterised in that the stuffer arm (20;120) is acted upon at a second pivot point (26;126) by a cam track (30;130) and follower arrangement selectively driveable in synchronism with the crank arm by way of a disengageable clutch.
An image display device for displaying multiple tomographic images acquired while moving a probe in an axial direction of a catheter and multiple X-ray images captured during the movement of the probe, comprising: a processor configured to: extract a line extending along the probe from an X-ray image captured during a predetermined period before the probe starts to move; and detect a position of a radiopaque marker disposed in the probe on each of the multiple X-ray images captured during the movement of the probe, by using the extracted line; and a display for synchronously displaying the multiple X-ray images and the multiple tomographic images so as to specify the position of the detected radiopaque marker on the multiple X-ray images, wherein the image display device further includes: estimation means for estimating the position of the radiopaque marker on an X-ray image captured during the movement, based on the extracted line and searching means for searching for an image of the radiopaque marker in the vicinity of the position estimated by the estimation means, on the X-ray image captured during the movement. extract a line extending along the probe from an X-ray image captured during a predetermined period before the probe starts to move; and detect a position of a radiopaque marker disposed in the probe on each of the multiple X-ray images captured during the movement of the probe, by using the extracted line; and a display for synchronously displaying the multiple X-ray images and the multiple tomographic images so as to specify the position of the detected radiopaque marker on the multiple X-ray images, wherein the image display device further includes: estimation means for estimating the position of the radiopaque marker on an X-ray image captured during the movement, based on the extracted line and searching means for searching for an image of the radiopaque marker in the vicinity of the position estimated by the estimation means, on the X-ray image captured during the movement. estimation means for estimating the position of the radiopaque marker on an X-ray image captured during the movement, based on the extracted line and searching means for searching for an image of the radiopaque marker in the vicinity of the position estimated by the estimation means, on the X-ray image captured during the movement.
A movement trainer for small animals, having a water basin and a treadmill arranged in the water basin, the water basin having a peripheral side wall, characterised in that the side wall slopes into the interior of the water basin along a peripheral face and forms a movement limit for the animal, wherein the free space within the movement limit is smaller than the running surface of the treadmill.
A pharmaceutical formulation comprising vancomycin encapsulated in a liposome, wherein the liposome comprises 1,2-distearoyl- sn -glycero-3-phosphocholine (DSPC), cholesterol and methylpolyethyleneglycol-1,2-distearoylphosphatidyl ethanolamine conjugate (MPEG-2000-DSPE), and wherein DSPC, cholesterol, and MPEG-2000-DSPE are present in respective molar ratios of 3: 1: 0.02.
A multilayer article comprising: (i) a polymeric substrate comprising an abstractable atom; and (ii) a hydrogel coating thereon wherein the hydrogel coating has a water content of at least 10 wt% and is covalently bonded to the polymer substrate, and wherein the hydrogel coating is derived from an aqueous composition having a pH less than 9.5, the aqueous composition comprising: (a) a hydrophilic monomer selected from at least one of (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide; (b) at least 0.1 wt% of a water-swellable clay; (c) a first initiator, wherein the first initiator is water-soluble and is a Type I photoinitiator; and (d) a second initiator, wherein the second initiator is water-soluble and is a Type II photoinitiator; and (e) an acid. (i) a polymeric substrate comprising an abstractable atom; and (ii) a hydrogel coating thereon wherein the hydrogel coating has a water content of at least 10 wt% and is covalently bonded to the polymer substrate, and wherein the hydrogel coating is derived from an aqueous composition having a pH less than 9.5, the aqueous composition comprising: (a) a hydrophilic monomer selected from at least one of (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide; (b) at least 0.1 wt% of a water-swellable clay; (c) a first initiator, wherein the first initiator is water-soluble and is a Type I photoinitiator; and (d) a second initiator, wherein the second initiator is water-soluble and is a Type II photoinitiator; and (e) an acid. (a) a hydrophilic monomer selected from at least one of (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide; (b) at least 0.1 wt% of a water-swellable clay; (c) a first initiator, wherein the first initiator is water-soluble and is a Type I photoinitiator; and (d) a second initiator, wherein the second initiator is water-soluble and is a Type II photoinitiator; and (e) an acid.
An electronic device (1,100) comprising: an input detection unit being configured to detect a contact operation or a proximity operation performed by a user; a display unit that includes a first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) displaying a first image representing a display area for an application and a software keyboard being configured to receive a first operation to enter characters on the software keyboard; and a control unit (10, 103) being configured to change a display mode of the first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) based on a second operation when the input detection unit detects the second operation which is detected in the first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) and that causes the display unit to display a second image representing a display area for a new application displayed in a second display region (202, 212, 222) where a third operation is received, wherein the control unit (10, 103) is configured to reduce a size of the first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) based on the second operation, wherein the second display region (202, 212, 222) includes a region made blank due to the fact that the first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) is reduced, and wherein the second operation is a slide or flick operation in a direction with a range exceeding a predetermined angle in relation to the horizontal and vertical directions. an input detection unit being configured to detect a contact operation or a proximity operation performed by a user; a display unit that includes a first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) displaying a first image representing a display area for an application and a software keyboard being configured to receive a first operation to enter characters on the software keyboard; and a control unit (10, 103) being configured to change a display mode of the first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) based on a second operation when the input detection unit detects the second operation which is detected in the first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) and that causes the display unit to display a second image representing a display area for a new application displayed in a second display region (202, 212, 222) where a third operation is received, wherein the control unit (10, 103) is configured to reduce a size of the first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) based on the second operation, wherein the second display region (202, 212, 222) includes a region made blank due to the fact that the first display region (201, 211, 221, 223) is reduced, and wherein the second operation is a slide or flick operation in a direction with a range exceeding a predetermined angle in relation to the horizontal and vertical directions.