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A method of detecting bacteria suspended in a biological fluid by means of a system for detecting bacteria having a light source for generating an illuminating light beam having a beam axis to illuminate a portion of said biological fluid, and a light detector for receiving light forwardly scattered by said portion of biological fluid, wherein said portion of biological fluid is contained in a cuvette axially disposed with said illuminating beam, wherein said cuvette has skewed sidewalls that are not parallel and two windows, wherein each of said skewed sidewalls extends in a general direction along said beam axis between said two windows and said beam axis intersects said two windows, said method comprising: decreasing the level of direct illuminating light propagating towards said light detector; decreasing the level of light reflected off any of said skewed sidewalls and windows propagating towards a predefined segment disposed across a plane of said light detector by (i) inclining said skewed sidewalls such that the tangent planes of said skewed sidewalls intersect at a side of the cuvette where the light source is disposed and (ii) inclining said two windows at different angles relative to a normal of said beam axis such that reflected light from said windows is directed away from said predefined segment of said light detector; measuring the intensity of light scattered by said biological fluid at least at one scattering angle, which is the first scattering angle; comparing said measured intensities to a calibration scale, wherein said first scattering angle is measured relative to said beam axis, and wherein said first scattering angle does not exceed a predefined maximal scattering angle of 5 degrees. decreasing the level of direct illuminating light propagating towards said light detector; decreasing the level of light reflected off any of said skewed sidewalls and windows propagating towards a predefined segment disposed across a plane of said light detector by (i) inclining said skewed sidewalls such that the tangent planes of said skewed sidewalls intersect at a side of the cuvette where the light source is disposed and (ii) inclining said two windows at different angles relative to a normal of said beam axis such that reflected light from said windows is directed away from said predefined segment of said light detector; measuring the intensity of light scattered by said biological fluid at least at one scattering angle, which is the first scattering angle; comparing said measured intensities to a calibration scale, wherein said first scattering angle is measured relative to said beam axis, and wherein said first scattering angle does not exceed a predefined maximal scattering angle of 5 degrees.
Method for establishing and managing a route at an interlocking area for an approaching guided vehicle, the interlocking area comprising an interlocking track device configured for exchanging data relative to its locking and releasing with the guided vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: - a wireless reception by the interlocking track device of a request for a reservation of the interlocking track device, wherein said reservation comprises a temporal starting point T1 and a duration D1 for locking the interlocking track device from said temporal starting point T1 for said duration D1, and wherein said request is remotely and wirelessly sent by the approaching guided vehicle; - a determination whether a temporal overlap of said reservation with another reservation occurs, wherein said another reservation is recorded in a memory of the interlocking track device and comprises another temporal starting point T2 and another duration D2, and ▪ if no overlap is determined, then recording said reservation in the memory and wirelessly confirming the reservation to the approaching guided vehicle, ▪ if an overlap is determined, then returning to said approaching guided vehicle a message rejecting its request; and - a control/command of the interlocking track device according to each recorded reservation for locking or releasing the interlocking track device. - a wireless reception by the interlocking track device of a request for a reservation of the interlocking track device, wherein said reservation comprises a temporal starting point T1 and a duration D1 for locking the interlocking track device from said temporal starting point T1 for said duration D1, and wherein said request is remotely and wirelessly sent by the approaching guided vehicle; - a determination whether a temporal overlap of said reservation with another reservation occurs, wherein said another reservation is recorded in a memory of the interlocking track device and comprises another temporal starting point T2 and another duration D2, and ▪ if no overlap is determined, then recording said reservation in the memory and wirelessly confirming the reservation to the approaching guided vehicle, ▪ if an overlap is determined, then returning to said approaching guided vehicle a message rejecting its request; and ▪ if no overlap is determined, then recording said reservation in the memory and wirelessly confirming the reservation to the approaching guided vehicle, ▪ if an overlap is determined, then returning to said approaching guided vehicle a message rejecting its request; and - a control/command of the interlocking track device according to each recorded reservation for locking or releasing the interlocking track device.
Exhaust gas turbocharger with a hydrodynamic plain bearing with a rotor and a stator, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the stator, wherein a rotor bearing surface faces a counter surface of the stator for hydrodynamic pressure generation in the region of a converging gap, wherein a lubricant supply is provided, wherein lubricant can be supplied to a supply line (53. 2) via a lubricant channel, the supply line (53.2) being spatially connected to the converging gap, and the supply line (53.2) being formed between the rotor and the stator, or the supply line (53.2) extending through the stator to the gap region, characterized in that the rotor bearing surface and/or the counter surface, when cut longitudinally and through the axis of rotation in sectional view, forms a continuous bearing contour formed by at least two contour sections (13.1 - 13.5, 21.1 - 21.4) formed as a straight line and a curvature to produce hydrodynamic load carrying capacities in radial and axial directions.
Method for the preparation of an aqueous composition, preferably of a water-based latex binder, by emulsion polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of at least one water-soluble diaminostilbene disulphonic optical brightener of formula in which R 1 and R 6 signify independently from each other hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 alkyl, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 hydroxyalkyl, CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 or CH 2 CH 2 CN, R 2 and R 4 signify independently from each other hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 alkyl, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 hydroxyalkyl, CH 2 CO 2 M, CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 or CH 2 CH 2 CN, R 3 and R 5 signify independently from each other linear or branched C 1 to C 4 alkyl, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 hydroxyalkyl, CH 2 CO 2 M, CH(CO 2 M)CH 2 CO 2 M, CH(CO 2 M)CH 2 CH 2 CO 2 M, benzyl or R 2 and R 3 signify together with their neighbouring nitrogen atom a morpholino ring and/or R 4 and R 5 signify together with their neighbouring nitrogen atom a morpholino ring, R 7 and R 8 signify independently from each other hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 alkyl X and Y signify independently from each other CO 2 M or SO 3 M, n and m signify independently from each other an integer selected from 0, 1 or 2, and M signifies at least one cation for balancing the anionic charge of the optical brightener and is selected from the group comprising or essentially consisting of hydrogen, an alkali metal cation, an alkaline earth metal cation, ammonium, ammonium which is mono-, di-, tri- or tetrasubstituted by a C 1 to C 4 linear or branched alkyl radical, ammonium which is mono-, di-, tri- or tetrasubstituted by a C 1 to C 4 linear or branched hydroxyalkyl radical, ammonium which is di-, tri-, or tetrasubstituted by a mixture of C 1 to C 4 linear or branched alkyl radical or C 1 to C 4 linear or branched hydroxyalkyl radical or mixtures of said cations. R 1 and R 6 signify independently from each other hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 alkyl, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 hydroxyalkyl, CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 or CH 2 CH 2 CN, R 2 and R 4 signify independently from each other hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 alkyl, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 hydroxyalkyl, CH 2 CO 2 M, CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 or CH 2 CH 2 CN, R 3 and R 5 signify independently from each other linear or branched C 1 to C 4 alkyl, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 hydroxyalkyl, CH 2 CO 2 M, CH(CO 2 M)CH 2 CO 2 M, CH(CO 2 M)CH 2 CH 2 CO 2 M, benzyl or R 2 and R 3 signify together with their neighbouring nitrogen atom a morpholino ring and/or R 4 and R 5 signify together with their neighbouring nitrogen atom a morpholino ring, R 7 and R 8 signify independently from each other hydrogen, linear or branched C 1 to C 4 alkyl X and Y signify independently from each other CO 2 M or SO 3 M, n and m signify independently from each other an integer selected from 0, 1 or 2, and
A device for aspirating body fluids and supplying a substance to a human or animal body, comprising a first pump for aspiration of the body fluids; a second pump for conveying the substance to the body by means of the second pump (3, 3'); and a drive (70, 70') for driving the first pump; wherein the same drive (70, 70') which serves to drive the first pump also serves to drive the second pump (3, 3'), characterized in that the device further comprises at least a first freewheel (72, 73), by means of which the first pump or the second pump (3, 3') is coupled to the drive (70, 70'), wherein the first pump is a vacuum pump, and wherein the device additionally comprises a valve, which allows the vacuum pump to be connected to the environment in order to aspirate air from the environment at least partially instead of body fluids. a first pump for aspiration of the body fluids; a second pump for conveying the substance to the body by means of the second pump (3, 3'); and a drive (70, 70') for driving the first pump; wherein the same drive (70, 70') which serves to drive the first pump also serves to drive the second pump (3, 3'), characterized in that the device further comprises at least a first freewheel (72, 73), by means of which the first pump or the second pump (3, 3') is coupled to the drive (70, 70'), wherein the first pump is a vacuum pump, and wherein the device additionally comprises a valve, which allows the vacuum pump to be connected to the environment in order to aspirate air from the environment at least partially instead of body fluids.
An aqueous epoxy resin dispersion comprising water or water mixed with 10 wt.% or less of one or more water miscible solvent and, based on the total solids weight of the epoxy resin dispersion, i) from 20% to 80%, of a high Mw epoxy resin; ii) from 30% to 80%, of a liquid epoxy resin; and iii) from 2% to 20%, of a dispersant selected from the group consisting of cationic surfactants having a hydrophobic group and from 2 to 40 ethoxy units, anionic surfactants having a hydrophobic group and from 2 to 40 ethoxy units, or non-ionic surfactant copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide dispersants having a molecular weight of from 7,000 to 20,000 or mixtures thereof having an interfacial tension such that at processing temperature of from 50 to 150 °C a drop of the mixture of the dispersant in the processed melt of the high Mw and liquid epoxy resin blend against water at the concentration of the dispersant in the epoxy resin being processed is less than 0.002 N/m (2 dynes/cm), wherein the epoxy resin dispersion is a homogeneous dispersion; the high Mw epoxy resin has an epoxide equivalent weight of from 800 to 10000 g/eq, and a weight average molecular weight of from 3000 to 40000 g/mol; and the liquid epoxy resin has an epoxide equivalent weight of from 100 to 200 g/eq, and a weight average molecular weight of from 200 to 600 g/mol, all weight average molecular weights as determined by gel permeation chromatography combined with static light scattering (absolute method) based on polystyrene standards, the epoxide equivalent weight determined by ASTM D-1652, and further wherein the dispersion has a mean volume average particle size of from 0.1 to 5 μm as determined by laser diffraction according to ISO 13320-2009 using Coulter counter particle size and count analyzers. i) from 20% to 80%, of a high Mw epoxy resin; ii) from 30% to 80%, of a liquid epoxy resin; and iii) from 2% to 20%, of a dispersant selected from the group consisting of cationic surfactants having a hydrophobic group and from 2 to 40 ethoxy units, anionic surfactants having a hydrophobic group and from 2 to 40 ethoxy units, or non-ionic surfactant copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide dispersants having a molecular weight of from 7,000 to 20,000 or mixtures thereof having an interfacial tension such that at processing temperature of from 50 to 150 °C a drop of the mixture of the dispersant in the processed melt of the high Mw and liquid epoxy resin blend against water at the concentration of the dispersant in the epoxy resin being processed is less than 0.002 N/m (2 dynes/cm),
An agent for the agronomic treatment of a living plant supported by a wet substrate, such as a soil, said agent being in the solid state and divided, and comprising solid particles including at least one active entity for the agronomic treatment, characterized by that each particle comprises: - a core consisting of a grain of an inert solid material vis-à-vis the substrate, including an inner developed surface greater than its apparent surface, and therefore suitable for an adsorption and/or an absorption, - the active entity for agronomic treatment, absorbed into the grain and/or adsorbed to the surface of said grain, - a first membrane encapsulating the core comprising the active entity, consisting of at least one hydrophilic polymer, permeable outwards vis-à-vis the active entity, when it is in direct or indirect contact with the moist substrate, - a second membrane, said second membrane consisting of at least one hydrophobic polymer which can be disintegrated in contact with the substrate and said second membrane coating the first membrane. - a core consisting of a grain of an inert solid material vis-à-vis the substrate, including an inner developed surface greater than its apparent surface, and therefore suitable for an adsorption and/or an absorption, - the active entity for agronomic treatment, absorbed into the grain and/or adsorbed to the surface of said grain, - a first membrane encapsulating the core comprising the active entity, consisting of at least one hydrophilic polymer, permeable outwards vis-à-vis the active entity, when it is in direct or indirect contact with the moist substrate, - a second membrane, said second membrane consisting of at least one hydrophobic polymer which can be disintegrated in contact with the substrate and said second membrane coating the first membrane.
A catheter pump system comprising: a shaft assembly; an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly; a motor assembly comprising a motor configured to impart rotation to the impeller through the shaft assembly; a fluid pathway (335, 317) for supplying a fluid from outside the body, the fluid pathway (335, 317) conveying at least a portion of the supplied fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system; and a seal disposed between the motor assembly and the impeller, the seal configured to impede the fluid conveyed proximally in the fluid pathway (335, 317) by the impeller from entering the motor assembly at least about an outer periphery of the shaft assembly, the shaft assembly comprising a lumen therethrough, the lumen passing through the motor, and the seal comprising an opening through which a portion of the shaft assembly extends, characterised in that the lumen comprises a portion of the fluid pathway (335, 317) such that at least some of the fluid passes through the lumen. a shaft assembly; an impeller coupled with a distal portion of the shaft assembly; a motor assembly comprising a motor configured to impart rotation to the impeller through the shaft assembly; a fluid pathway (335, 317) for supplying a fluid from outside the body, the fluid pathway (335, 317) conveying at least a portion of the supplied fluid proximally during operation of the catheter pump system; and a seal disposed between the motor assembly and the impeller, the seal configured to impede the fluid conveyed proximally in the fluid pathway (335, 317) by the impeller from entering the motor assembly at least about an outer periphery of the shaft assembly, the shaft assembly comprising a lumen therethrough, the lumen passing through the motor, and the seal comprising an opening through which a portion of the shaft assembly extends, characterised in that the lumen comprises a portion of the fluid pathway (335, 317) such that at least some of the fluid passes through the lumen.
A speed change gear unit for a synchronizing unit of a manual transmission, comprising a speed change gear and a clutch disc fastened to the speed change gear, the speed change gear and the clutch disc being rotatable about a common central axis, the clutch disc including a radially inner clutch disc portion and a radially outer clutch disc portion, with one of the two clutch disc portions (20, 22) being reshaped relative to the other clutch disc portion (20, 22) in the direction of the central axis, characterized in that the radially inner clutch disc portion and the radially outer clutch disc portion have essentially the same thickness (D i, D a) along the central axis, wherein the radially inner clutch disc portion and the radially outer clutch disc portion fully surround the central axis circumferentially and are connected by an offset that fully surrounds the central axis circumferentially, and wherein a first contact surface is provided on the radially inner clutch disc portion on a face side projecting in the axial direction with respect to the radially outer clutch disc portion, and the first contact surface rests against the speed change gear.
A method for offloading tasks, comprising: exposing, by a mobile device, one or more functions available at the mobile device to a host device communicatively connected to the mobile device, wherein the exposing the one or more functions includes uploading a software module from the mobile device to the host, wherein the software module includes one or more interfaces for calling the one or more functions exposed by the mobile device, and wherein code for the one or more functions is kept on the mobile device and executed on the mobile device; uploading, by the mobile device, host policies to the host device, wherein the host policies determine when execution of a host task can be performed by the one or more functions exposed by the mobile device; executing a function from the one or more functions at the mobile device in response to a call received from the host via the one or more interfaces, the function being used to complete the host task; and returning a result of the function to the host device. exposing, by a mobile device, one or more functions available at the mobile device to a host device communicatively connected to the mobile device, wherein the exposing the one or more functions includes uploading a software module from the mobile device to the host, wherein the software module includes one or more interfaces for calling the one or more functions exposed by the mobile device, and wherein code for the one or more functions is kept on the mobile device and executed on the mobile device; uploading, by the mobile device, host policies to the host device, wherein the host policies determine when execution of a host task can be performed by the one or more functions exposed by the mobile device; executing a function from the one or more functions at the mobile device in response to a call received from the host via the one or more interfaces, the function being used to complete the host task; and returning a result of the function to the host device.
A downlink information sending method, said method being performed by a base station and comprising: allocating a cell radio network temporary identifier, C-RNTI, and an extension identifier to a user equipment, UE, wherein a combination of the extension identifier and the C-RNTI is used to identify the UE; notifying the UE of the C-RNTI and the extension identifier; generating downlink control information, DCI, for the UE and determining a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, of said DCI; and scrambling the CRC using the C-RNTI; and sending the scrambled CRC with the DCI, wherein the DCI carries the extension identifier, and communicating with the UE according to the DCI. allocating a cell radio network temporary identifier, C-RNTI, and an extension identifier to a user equipment, UE, wherein a combination of the extension identifier and the C-RNTI is used to identify the UE; notifying the UE of the C-RNTI and the extension identifier; generating downlink control information, DCI, for the UE and determining a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, of said DCI; and scrambling the CRC using the C-RNTI; and sending the scrambled CRC with the DCI, wherein the DCI carries the extension identifier, and communicating with the UE according to the DCI.
Clamshell grab with a least two cutting edges (20, 22) working in opposite directions, characterized in that along the outer edge of the cutting edges (20, 22), rollers are disposed next to one another in a row which are rotatably mounted between webs perpendicularly protruding from the cutting edges, and in that the clamshell grab is suitable for digging works.
Bistable solenoid valve device for a fluid system, in particular compressed air system, wherein the bistable solenoid valve device has a bistable solenoid valve with: a permanent magnet, an adjustable armature between a first armature position and a second armature position, a first switching coil for energizing the adjustment of the armature in the first armature position as well as a second switching coil for energizing the adjustment of the armature in the second armature position, wherein an evaluation device for measuring an induced coil voltage (Uia, Uib) and/or induced coil current in at least one unenergized switching coil (5a, 5b) and for evaluating the switching behavior of the armatures is provided, characterized in that the evaluation device is configured in such a way to measure in a sleep mode without switching operation of the armature induced voltages (Uia, Uib) and/or induced currents of the two unenergized switching coils (5a, 5b). a permanent magnet, an adjustable armature between a first armature position and a second armature position, a first switching coil for energizing the adjustment of the armature in the first armature position as well as a second switching coil for energizing the adjustment of the armature in the second armature position, wherein an evaluation device for measuring an induced coil voltage (Uia, Uib) and/or induced coil current in at least one unenergized switching coil (5a, 5b) and for evaluating the switching behavior of the armatures is provided, characterized in that the evaluation device is configured in such a way to measure in a sleep mode without switching operation of the armature induced voltages (Uia, Uib) and/or induced currents of the two unenergized switching coils (5a, 5b).