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A method for clearing a blockage in a pitot pressure line or static pressure line of a duct of a pressure sensor, the duct comprising a first portion, the pressure line and a second portion the first portion having an open end (28, 30) and a further end, the open end (28, 30) being open to a fluid, the further end being connected to the second portion such that fluid is permitted to flow between the first portion and the second portion; and the second portion having a first opening and a second opening, the further end being connected to the first opening, the second opening being connectable to a pressure transducer (14, 15); the method characterised by the steps of: arranging a non-return valve (18, 24) being connected to a further opening of the second portion such that the non-return valve (18, 24) is positioned at or proximate to the further end, and such that, upon application of a suction force to the first portion at the open end (28, 30), fluid flows into the first portion via the non-return valve (18, 24) from outside the duct, and through the first portion from the further end to the open end (28, 30); applying a suction force to the first portion at the open end (28, 30) so as to remove the blockage from the first portion; and upon application of the suction force to the first portion at the open end (28, 30), the non-return valve (18, 24) acts to reduce an effect of the suction force on the pressure transducer (14, 15). arranging a non-return valve (18, 24) being connected to a further opening of the second portion such that the non-return valve (18, 24) is positioned at or proximate to the further end, and such that, upon application of a suction force to the first portion at the open end (28, 30), fluid flows into the first portion via the non-return valve (18, 24) from outside the duct, and through the first portion from the further end to the open end (28, 30); applying a suction force to the first portion at the open end (28, 30) so as to remove the blockage from the first portion; and upon application of the suction force to the first portion at the open end (28, 30), the non-return valve (18, 24) acts to reduce an effect of the suction force on the pressure transducer (14, 15).
A system for injecting semisolid metal into a mould, comprising: - said mould comprising a mould chamber suitable to receive the metal through a mould injection mouth; - at least one press device for pressure-injecting metal in said mould; - said at least one press device comprising a cylinder having a vertical axis (X-X) and a mouth for coupling to the injection mouth of said mould and a thrust piston accommodated within said cylinder, defining with said cylinder an injection chamber suitable to contain molten metal; - said cylinder having passageways to receive cooling fluid of said molten metal poured into said injection chamber converting it into semisolid metal; - a cup for drawing the molten metal and pouring the latter into said injection chamber; - a positioning device; - said positioning device supporting a blending device, said blending device having an active portion and being associated with a hood or cover; - said positioning device being arranged to selectively positioning said blending device with said active portion in said injection chamber and making uniform the temperature of the semisolid metal and simultaneously to positioning said hood or cover in order to temporarily close said mouth coupling the press device to the mould; - an actuating device that selectively acts on said thrust piston to inject said semisolid metal into said mould when the coupling mouth of the injection chamber is opened and connected to the injection mouth of said mould. - said mould comprising a mould chamber suitable to receive the metal through a mould injection mouth; - at least one press device for pressure-injecting metal in said mould; - said at least one press device comprising a cylinder having a vertical axis (X-X) and a mouth for coupling to the injection mouth of said mould and a thrust piston accommodated within said cylinder, defining with said cylinder an injection chamber suitable to contain molten metal; - said cylinder having passageways to receive cooling fluid of said molten metal poured into said injection chamber converting it into semisolid metal; - a cup for drawing the molten metal and pouring the latter into said injection chamber; - a positioning device; - said positioning device supporting a blending device, said blending device having an active portion and being associated with a hood or cover; - said positioning device being arranged to selectively positioning said blending device with said active portion in said injection chamber and making uniform the temperature of the semisolid metal and simultaneously to positioning said hood or cover in order to temporarily close said mouth coupling the press device to the mould; - an actuating device that selectively acts on said thrust piston to inject said semisolid metal into said mould when the coupling mouth of the injection chamber is opened and connected to the injection mouth of said mould.
A fusion protein comprising: (i) an antibody, functional fragment or functional derivative thereof having specific binding affinity to either the extracellular domain of oncofetal fibronectin (ED-B) or to at least one of the extracellular domains of oncofetal tenascin fused to (ii) cytokine IL-10, or functional fragments thereof. (i) an antibody, functional fragment or functional derivative thereof having specific binding affinity to either the extracellular domain of oncofetal fibronectin (ED-B) or to at least one of the extracellular domains of oncofetal tenascin fused to (ii) cytokine IL-10, or functional fragments thereof.
A method of producing a protein of interest by culturing a recombinant eukaryotic cell line comprising an expression construct comprising a regulatable promoter and a nucleic acid molecule encoding a POI under the transcriptional control of said promoter, comprising the steps a) cultivating the cell line with a basal carbon source repressing the promoter, wherein the basal carbon source is a carbon source suitable for cell growth, b) cultivating the cell line with no or a limited amount of a supplemental carbon source de-repressing the promoter to induce production of the POI at a transcription rate of at least 20% as compared to the native pGAP promoter of the cell, and c) producing and recovering the POI, wherein the promoter is selected from the group consisting of i) pG1 (SEQ ID 1), pG3 (SEQ ID 2), pG4 (SEQ ID 4), pG6 (SEQ ID 3), pG7 (SEQ ID 5), or pG8 (SEQ ID 6); and ii) a sequence comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least 200 bp and having at least 80% sequence identity to any of pG1 (SEQ ID 1) pG3 (SEQ ID 2), pG4 (SEQ ID 4), pG6 (SEQ ID 3), pG7 (SEQ ID 5), or pG8 (SEQ ID 6), or to a part of any of the foregoing with a length of at least 200 bp. a) cultivating the cell line with a basal carbon source repressing the promoter, wherein the basal carbon source is a carbon source suitable for cell growth, b) cultivating the cell line with no or a limited amount of a supplemental carbon source de-repressing the promoter to induce production of the POI at a transcription rate of at least 20% as compared to the native pGAP promoter of the cell, and c) producing and recovering the POI, i) pG1 (SEQ ID 1), pG3 (SEQ ID 2), pG4 (SEQ ID 4), pG6 (SEQ ID 3), pG7 (SEQ ID 5), or pG8 (SEQ ID 6); and ii) a sequence comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least 200 bp and having at least 80% sequence identity to any of pG1 (SEQ ID 1) pG3 (SEQ ID 2), pG4 (SEQ ID 4), pG6 (SEQ ID 3), pG7 (SEQ ID 5), or pG8 (SEQ ID 6), or to a part of any of the foregoing with a length of at least 200 bp.
A walking training system comprising: a treadmill configured to prompt a trainee to walk; a camera system configured to image the trainee at an angle of view at which at least a part of a gait of the trainee walking on the treadmill is recognizable; a determination unit configured to determine whether abnormal walking occurs in the trainee based on a plurality of predetermined determination criteria; an image processing unit configured to: clip, as a video clip, a video in a predetermined period including a timing when the determination unit determines that the abnormal walking occurs from a video captured by the camera system; and perform image processing to emphasize an abnormal part of the abnormal walking determined by the determination unit; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the video clip subjected to the image processing. a treadmill configured to prompt a trainee to walk; a camera system configured to image the trainee at an angle of view at which at least a part of a gait of the trainee walking on the treadmill is recognizable; a determination unit configured to determine whether abnormal walking occurs in the trainee based on a plurality of predetermined determination criteria; an image processing unit configured to: clip, as a video clip, a video in a predetermined period including a timing when the determination unit determines that the abnormal walking occurs from a video captured by the camera system; and perform image processing to emphasize an abnormal part of the abnormal walking determined by the determination unit; and clip, as a video clip, a video in a predetermined period including a timing when the determination unit determines that the abnormal walking occurs from a video captured by the camera system; and perform image processing to emphasize an abnormal part of the abnormal walking determined by the determination unit; and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display the video clip subjected to the image processing.
A polyalphaolefin composition comprising a mixture of (i) a C12 trimer-enriched oligomer fraction of trimers of C12 alpha-olefins and (ii) a C14 dimer-enriched oligomer fraction of dimers of C14 alpha-olefins, where the ratio by weight of the C12 trimer-enriched oligomer fraction to the C14 dimer-enriched oligomer fraction in the PAO composition is within a range of 4:1 by weight to 1:4 by weight, where the C12 trimer-enriched oligomer fraction has an average branching ratio <0.2 and the C14 dimer-enriched oligomer fraction has an average branching ratio of >0.20, and where the average branching ratio for the mixture of the C12 trimer-enriched oligomer fraction and the C14 dimer-enriched oligomer fraction is between 0.19 and 0.26; where the composition has a boiling point distribution where less than 30% by weight of the composition has a boiling point between 420 °C and 455 °C; where the resulting base oil has a kinematic viscosity of about 3.3 to 4.7 cSt at 100 °C; where the average branching ratio is calculated as disclosed in the description; where the boiling point distribution is calculated by a simulated distillation analysis (ASTM D2887). where the C12 trimer-enriched oligomer fraction has an average branching ratio <0.2 and the C14 dimer-enriched oligomer fraction has an average branching ratio of >0.20, and where the average branching ratio for the mixture of the C12 trimer-enriched oligomer fraction and the C14 dimer-enriched oligomer fraction is between 0.19 and 0.26; where the composition has a boiling point distribution where less than 30% by weight of the composition has a boiling point between 420 °C and 455 °C; where the resulting base oil has a kinematic viscosity of about 3.3 to 4.7 cSt at 100 °C; where the average branching ratio is calculated as disclosed in the description; where the boiling point distribution is calculated by a simulated distillation analysis (ASTM D2887).
A device for generating an identification key, the device comprising: a plurality of conductive layers designed to be formed in a first region in a semiconductor chip, the plurality of conductive layers comprising conductive layers forming a boundary of the first region, and a first conductive layer located between the conductive layers that form the boundary of the first region, and a reader comprising a pull-down circuit including a transistor and a resistor coupled between an output node and a power supply connection (Vdd), the first conductive layer being designed to be connected between the output node and a drain node of the transistor, the reader being configured to determine the identification key dependent on whether a connection between the output node and the drain node of the transistor is open or shorted, characterized in that a density of the plurality of conductive layers disposed in the first region being equal to or greater than a first threshold and equal to or less than a second threshold, and the first threshold and the second threshold being less than a minimum density (Dmin) according to a design rule that ensures that all the plurality of conductive layers are formed in the first region. a plurality of conductive layers designed to be formed in a first region in a semiconductor chip, the plurality of conductive layers comprising conductive layers forming a boundary of the first region, and a first conductive layer located between the conductive layers that form the boundary of the first region, and a reader comprising a pull-down circuit including a transistor and a resistor coupled between an output node and a power supply connection (Vdd), the first conductive layer being designed to be connected between the output node and a drain node of the transistor, the reader being configured to determine the identification key dependent on whether a connection between the output node and the drain node of the transistor is open or shorted, characterized in that a density of the plurality of conductive layers disposed in the first region being equal to or greater than a first threshold and equal to or less than a second threshold, and the first threshold and the second threshold being less than a minimum density (Dmin) according to a design rule that ensures that all the plurality of conductive layers are formed in the first region.
A medical device, comprising: an elongate shaft having a working lumen; and a staple disposed in an open position in the working lumen, the staple comprising a first tine and a second tine connected by a bridge portion, the staple further comprising a shape memory material and being configured to transition from the open position to a closed position at or above a transformation temperature of the shape memory material, wherein the first tine is disposed distal of the second tine when in the working lumen; characterised in that an end of the second tine is bent toward the first tine so that the end of the second tine is generally oriented toward a distal end of the shaft when in the working lumen. an elongate shaft having a working lumen; and a staple disposed in an open position in the working lumen, the staple comprising a first tine and a second tine connected by a bridge portion, the staple further comprising a shape memory material and being configured to transition from the open position to a closed position at or above a transformation temperature of the shape memory material, wherein the first tine is disposed distal of the second tine when in the working lumen; characterised in that an end of the second tine is bent toward the first tine so that the end of the second tine is generally oriented toward a distal end of the shaft when in the working lumen.
An electrical connector comprising: a female portion having external threads including a receptacle; a male portion separate from the female portion and including internal threads and a center conductor providing a male center pin, the center conductor fits inside a cylindrical insulative element formed of an insulation material, the male portion configured for coupling together with the female portion at a longitudinal interface for forming the connector; a shear collar formed on at least one of the male portion or female portion and configured for rotatably coupling with the other of the at least one male portion and female portion when the portions are brought together, the shear collar having a first cavity formed therein and extending radially through the collar; the other of the at least one of the male portion and female portion including a corresponding second cavity extending radially therein, the first and second cavities (102, 100) configured for being aligned to span across the longitudinal interface when the male and female portions are brought together; a shear pin configured for engaging both the first and second aligned cavities (102, 100) and spanning radially in the connector and across the interface for joining the male and female portions together as a connector, the shear pin including a shear section aligned to span across the interface and configured for breaking when a sufficient rotational force is applied to one of the male portion and the female portion with respect to the other portion. a female portion having external threads including a receptacle; a male portion separate from the female portion and including internal threads and a center conductor providing a male center pin, the center conductor fits inside a cylindrical insulative element formed of an insulation material, the male portion configured for coupling together with the female portion at a longitudinal interface for forming the connector; a shear collar formed on at least one of the male portion or female portion and configured for rotatably coupling with the other of the at least one male portion and female portion when the portions are brought together, the shear collar having a first cavity formed therein and extending radially through the collar; the other of the at least one of the male portion and female portion including a corresponding second cavity extending radially therein, the first and second cavities (102, 100) configured for being aligned to span across the longitudinal interface when the male and female portions are brought together; a shear pin configured for engaging both the first and second aligned cavities (102, 100) and spanning radially in the connector and across the interface for joining the male and female portions together as a connector, the shear pin including a shear section aligned to span across the interface and configured for breaking when a sufficient rotational force is applied to one of the male portion and the female portion with respect to the other portion.
A sensor array comprising a plurality of apparatus wherein each apparatus within the array comprises: a plurality of sensors; readout circuitry configured to read information from each of the plurality of sensors; wherein each apparatus has identifier information and calibration information stored with the identifier information such that the identifier information enables the calibration information to be retrieved and each apparatus is configured to be coupled to at least one other apparatus in the sensor array; wherein the calibration information comprises information obtained from calibration measurements; and wherein the sensor array is provided on a substrate. a plurality of sensors; readout circuitry configured to read information from each of the plurality of sensors; wherein each apparatus has identifier information and calibration information stored with the identifier information such that the identifier information enables the calibration information to be retrieved and each apparatus is configured to be coupled to at least one other apparatus in the sensor array; wherein the calibration information comprises information obtained from calibration measurements; and wherein the sensor array is provided on a substrate.
Method for controlling the rotary drive of a hot-moulding machine having a plurality of processing stations which are arranged in a circular manner and a rotary table which is arranged thereabove and in which glass pipes which are intended to be processed are retained and are moved by a gradual rotary movement from one processing station to the next, wherein the rotary table is driven by means of a stepping gear (42, 46), by means of which a movement of a drive shaft is translated into a cyclical step movement whose step cycle comprises a movement phase and a subsequent stop phase, characterised in that the angular speed of the drive shaft at a first time in the movement phase of a step cycle assumes a first value and at a second time in the stop phase of the same step cycle assumes a second value which is different from the first value.
A method of communicating with a switch unit (120, 122) located on a perforating gun, release device, or explosive device for lowering into a wellbore comprising the steps of: sending a signal to the switch unit (120, 122); processing the signal with a state machine comprised in the switch unit (120, 122); controlling the position of one or more switches comprised in the switch unit (120, 122); and returning a signal validating switch status from the switch unit (120, 122) at a current level in the range of from about 4 milliamps to about 15 milliamps wherein the return signal further comprises the state of the switch unit (120, 122). sending a signal to the switch unit (120, 122); processing the signal with a state machine comprised in the switch unit (120, 122); controlling the position of one or more switches comprised in the switch unit (120, 122); and returning a signal validating switch status from the switch unit (120, 122) at a current level in the range of from about 4 milliamps to about 15 milliamps wherein the return signal further comprises the state of the switch unit (120, 122).
An assembly, comprising a member subjected to a time-varying torque, the member comprising a magnetized region, and a sensor for detecting a rate of change of torque experienced by the member capable of transmitting torque, the sensor being positioned proximate to the member and comprising: a. a sense element configured to output a signal indicative of a rate of change in torque experienced by the member subjected to a time-varying torque, wherein the sense element is capable of detecting a change in magnetic flux of the magnetized region of the member positioned proximate to the sense element in response to a change in torque experienced by the member, wherein the sense element comprises a plurality of loops of an electrical conductor and said signal being the voltage induced in the electrical conductor; and b. a processor operatively associated with the sense element, characterized in that the voltage induced in the electrical conductor is proportional to the rate of change of torque, in that the processor is configured to process signals output from the sense element to determine a rate of change of torque experienced by the member, and in that the magnetized region is configured as a circumferentially magnetized magnetoelastic region, wherein upon torque application to the member the circumferential magnetization of the magnetized region tilts toward a helical orientation. a. a sense element configured to output a signal indicative of a rate of change in torque experienced by the member subjected to a time-varying torque, wherein the sense element is capable of detecting a change in magnetic flux of the magnetized region of the member positioned proximate to the sense element in response to a change in torque experienced by the member, wherein the sense element comprises a plurality of loops of an electrical conductor and said signal being the voltage induced in the electrical conductor; and b. a processor operatively associated with the sense element,