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Process for producing zirconia-based multi-phasic ceramic composite materials, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: a) providing at least one ceramic suspension, called suspension A, by dispersing at least one ceramic zirconia powder in at least one aqueous medium to obtain at least one matrix for said composite material; b) providing at least one aqueous solution, called solution B, containing one or more inorganic precursors and adding said aqueous solution B to said ceramic suspension A to surface modify said ceramic zirconia powder and obtain at least one modified suspension, called suspension C; c) quickly drying said modified suspension to obtain at least one additived powder, where "quickly" means a drying performed in a time on the order of milliseconds, said step c) comprising the sub-step c1) of nebulizing said modified suspension C at a temperature included between 80°C and 200°C, said sub-step c1) providing for supplying at least one nozzle of a nebulizer with said modified suspension C, said nozzle being adapted to transform said modified suspension C into an aerosol of micro-drops; d) heat treating said additived powder, called powder D, to obtain at least one zirconia powder coated on its surface by second phases; and e) forming said zirconia powder coated on its surface by second phases. a) providing at least one ceramic suspension, called suspension A, by dispersing at least one ceramic zirconia powder in at least one aqueous medium to obtain at least one matrix for said composite material; b) providing at least one aqueous solution, called solution B, containing one or more inorganic precursors and adding said aqueous solution B to said ceramic suspension A to surface modify said ceramic zirconia powder and obtain at least one modified suspension, called suspension C; c) quickly drying said modified suspension to obtain at least one additived powder, where "quickly" means a drying performed in a time on the order of milliseconds, said step c) comprising the sub-step c1) of nebulizing said modified suspension C at a temperature included between 80°C and 200°C, said sub-step c1) providing for supplying at least one nozzle of a nebulizer with said modified suspension C, said nozzle being adapted to transform said modified suspension C into an aerosol of micro-drops; d) heat treating said additived powder, called powder D, to obtain at least one zirconia powder coated on its surface by second phases; and e) forming said zirconia powder coated on its surface by second phases.
An implantable device for monitoring neural activity in the brain arising from a stimulus, the device comprising: a stimulus source for providing a stimulus to be delivered from one or more stimulus electrodes to a target structure of the brain; and measurement circuitry for obtaining a neural measurement from a sense electrode in contact with the target structure, the neural measurement configured to capture a measure of any late response arising in the target structure, wherein the device is further configured to determine whether a non-linear late response is present in order to determine a therapeutic effect of the stimulation, the late response being a neural response arising after a compound action potential arising directly from the stimulus, the device further being configured to use the therapeutic effect determined from the late response to regulate neural activity to a target level. a stimulus source for providing a stimulus to be delivered from one or more stimulus electrodes to a target structure of the brain; and measurement circuitry for obtaining a neural measurement from a sense electrode in contact with the target structure, the neural measurement configured to capture a measure of any late response arising in the target structure, wherein the device is further configured to determine whether a non-linear late response is present in order to determine a therapeutic effect of the stimulation, the late response being a neural response arising after a compound action potential arising directly from the stimulus, the device further being configured to use the therapeutic effect determined from the late response to regulate neural activity to a target level.
A rucksack comprising a main body and a hipbelt, wherein the hipbelt is attached to the main body, wherein the hipbelt comprises a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector is configured to interact with the second connector such that the hipbelt fits around the waist of a user, and wherein the first connector is further configured to interact with a first complementary connector on the main body in order to hold the hipbelt in a stowed position, characterised in that the second connector is configured to interact with a second complementary connector on the main body in order to hold the hipbelt in the stowed position. wherein the hipbelt is attached to the main body, wherein the hipbelt comprises a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector is configured to interact with the second connector such that the hipbelt fits around the waist of a user, and wherein the first connector is further configured to interact with a first complementary connector on the main body in order to hold the hipbelt in a stowed position, characterised in that the second connector is configured to interact with a second complementary connector on the main body in order to hold the hipbelt in the stowed position. wherein the first connector is configured to interact with the second connector such that the hipbelt fits around the waist of a user, and wherein the first connector is further configured to interact with a first complementary connector on the main body in order to hold the hipbelt in a stowed position, characterised in that the second connector is configured to interact with a second complementary connector on the main body in order to hold the hipbelt in the stowed position.
Method for creating a data record which can be used for a rapid prototyping method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis, wherein an end data record is obtained from a starting data record, so that in at least one area of a dental prosthesis manufactured with the end data record, excess material is provided compared to a dental prosthesis manufactured with the starting data record, wherein several starting data records of various dental prostheses are changed to become end data records, and the several end data records are summarised to become one production data record, where connecting means, such as webs, one or several frames or one or several shells are provided which connect the different dental prostheses with each other and wherein a referencing is generated by means of which the position of the dental prostheses is identifiable for a machining method and wherein from the data record being used for performing the rapid prototyping method a geometrical relation between the dental prostheses and the referencing is known.
A transmitting device comprising: a clock transmitting part comprising: a phase locked loop, PLL, generating a PLL output clock having a frequency obtained by multiplying the frequency of an input clock by a certain value; a counter receiving the PLL output clock, counting pulses of the PLL output clock, and outputting a clock selection signal at a significant value at a specific count of the pulses, the specific count alternating between two predefined values; and a clock inverting part receiving the clock selection signal and the PLL output clock, and outputting a 180-degree phase shift of the PLL output clock as a transmission clock when the clock selection signal is at the significant value; and a data transmitting part that transmits data in sync with the transmission clock. a clock transmitting part comprising: a phase locked loop, PLL, generating a PLL output clock having a frequency obtained by multiplying the frequency of an input clock by a certain value; a counter receiving the PLL output clock, counting pulses of the PLL output clock, and outputting a clock selection signal at a significant value at a specific count of the pulses, the specific count alternating between two predefined values; and a clock inverting part receiving the clock selection signal and the PLL output clock, and outputting a 180-degree phase shift of the PLL output clock as a transmission clock when the clock selection signal is at the significant value; and a phase locked loop, PLL, generating a PLL output clock having a frequency obtained by multiplying the frequency of an input clock by a certain value; a counter receiving the PLL output clock, counting pulses of the PLL output clock, and outputting a clock selection signal at a significant value at a specific count of the pulses, the specific count alternating between two predefined values; and a clock inverting part receiving the clock selection signal and the PLL output clock, and outputting a 180-degree phase shift of the PLL output clock as a transmission clock when the clock selection signal is at the significant value; and a data transmitting part that transmits data in sync with the transmission clock.
A personal armband storage device comprising: a body portion having an opening for access to a storage compartment contained within the body portion; a back plate attached to the body portion, the back plate including a plurality of layers of material arranged to mirror the musculature of a human upper arm in the region where the deltoid muscle, the triceps muscle, and the bicep muscle meet; and a strap attached to the back plate for securing the body portion to a user, wherein the back plate includes a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness, the second region being located between two portions of the first region characterized in that the back plate further includes a third region, the third region being thicker than the first region and the third region being thicker than the second region, the third region being at least partially surrounded by the second region being wider near a top of the body portion and narrower near a bottom of the body portion. a body portion having an opening for access to a storage compartment contained within the body portion; a back plate attached to the body portion, the back plate including a plurality of layers of material arranged to mirror the musculature of a human upper arm in the region where the deltoid muscle, the triceps muscle, and the bicep muscle meet; and a strap attached to the back plate for securing the body portion to a user, wherein the back plate includes a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness, the second region being located between two portions of the first region characterized in that the back plate further includes a third region, the third region being thicker than the first region and the third region being thicker than the second region, the third region being at least partially surrounded by the second region being wider near a top of the body portion and narrower near a bottom of the body portion.
A control apparatus comprising: a first information acquisition part that is configured to acquire first user posture information indicating a posture of a first user operating a robot; a second information acquisition part that is configured to acquire pre-change posture information indicating a pre-change posture, which is a posture of the robot before changing the posture of the robot on the basis of the first user posture information; a specification part that is configured to select, as a subject reference posture information corresponding to the pre-change posture information and the first user posture information, a reference posture information corresponding to one piece of reference information selected from among a plurality of pieces of the reference information in which the pre-change posture information is associated with the reference posture information indicating the posture of a second user differing from the first user acquired at a previous point in time when the robot is in the pre-change posture indicated by the pre-change posture information; and a determination part that is configured to determine, as the posture of the robot, a posture corresponding to the subject reference posture information selected by the specification part. a first information acquisition part that is configured to acquire first user posture information indicating a posture of a first user operating a robot; a second information acquisition part that is configured to acquire pre-change posture information indicating a pre-change posture, which is a posture of the robot before changing the posture of the robot on the basis of the first user posture information; a specification part that is configured to select, as a subject reference posture information corresponding to the pre-change posture information and the first user posture information, a reference posture information corresponding to one piece of reference information selected from among a plurality of pieces of the reference information in which the pre-change posture information is associated with the reference posture information indicating the posture of a second user differing from the first user acquired at a previous point in time when the robot is in the pre-change posture indicated by the pre-change posture information; and a determination part that is configured to determine, as the posture of the robot, a posture corresponding to the subject reference posture information selected by the specification part.
A DC-to-DC converter for coupling at least three DC networks, - having at least three DC-to-DC actuators (101, 102, 301), each of which has a DC network connection (X11, X12, X21), to which a DC system voltage (UG1, UG2, UA1) related to a common reference potential is applied and through which a DC system current (IG1, IG2, IA1) flows, - wherein the DC-to-DC actuators (101, 102, 301) are coupled via a first intermediate circuit capacitor, which is switched between a first intermediate circuit potential and a second intermediate circuit potential, wherein the first intermediate circuit potential and the second intermediate circuit potential are different to the common reference potential, characterised by an intermediate circuit actuator, via which the first intermediate circuit potential and/or the second intermediate circuit potential can be adjusted independently of the DC system voltages (UG1, UG2, UA1) and the DC system currents (IG1, IG2, IA1). - having at least three DC-to-DC actuators (101, 102, 301), each of which has a DC network connection (X11, X12, X21), to which a DC system voltage (UG1, UG2, UA1) related to a common reference potential is applied and through which a DC system current (IG1, IG2, IA1) flows, - wherein the DC-to-DC actuators (101, 102, 301) are coupled via a first intermediate circuit capacitor, which is switched between a first intermediate circuit potential and a second intermediate circuit potential, wherein the first intermediate circuit potential and the second intermediate circuit potential are different to the common reference potential,
A method for producing a three-dimensional structure in a lithographic material that can be polymerized and thus solidified using energy input methods, wherein initially a shell wall of the structure to be produced is polymerized using a first spatially resolving energy input method such that a volume of unpolymerized lithographic material is enclosed, wherein lithographic material surrounding the polymerized shell wall is removed in an intermediate development step, wherein subsequently the volume enclosed by the shell wall is polymerized using a second energy input method, characterizing in that using the first, spatially resolving energy input method also a support structure is defined, which is located within the volume enclosed by the shell wall.
A method for evaluating a subject's risk of developing a cardiovascular disease or condition or atherosclerosis, comprising the steps of a) determining the amount of sCD14-ST in a sample of said subject, b) comparing the amount determined in step a) to at least one reference amount, and c) evaluating the subject's individual risk of developing a cardiovascular disease or condition or atherosclerosis based on the result obtained in step b). a) determining the amount of sCD14-ST in a sample of said subject, b) comparing the amount determined in step a) to at least one reference amount, and c) evaluating the subject's individual risk of developing a cardiovascular disease or condition or atherosclerosis based on the result obtained in step b).
Device for separating feed material for separating a first fraction comprising moist, slippery, slimy, kneadable, dough-like, cohesive and/or tough soils and/or soil materials, preferably clay-containing or clay-like adhesions, further preferably intended for use in a quarry, with a plurality of rotary elements designed as helical screws, wherein a rotary element has a shaft and at least one helix extending spirally around the shaft, characterized in that at least one entraining element arranged on the outer surface of the shaft and projecting from the outer surface of the shaft is provided for entraining and/or separating the first fraction, wherein the entraining element is designed as a linear and/or bead-shaped elevation and/or as a strip-shaped web which is in particular continuous and/or uninterrupted in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, wherein the entraining element has a thickness of at least 1 mm and wherein the entraining element is designed as a build-up welding and/or armour-plating. at least one entraining element arranged on the outer surface of the shaft and projecting from the outer surface of the shaft is provided for entraining and/or separating the first fraction, wherein the entraining element is designed as a linear and/or bead-shaped elevation and/or as a strip-shaped web which is in particular continuous and/or uninterrupted in the longitudinal direction of the shaft, wherein the entraining element has a thickness of at least 1 mm and wherein the entraining element is designed as a build-up welding and/or armour-plating.
A body implant, particularly a stent, for introducing or implanting into a living body, comprising a marker element (2; 2a) of an x-ray visible material inserted into a cutout of an implant structure, characterized in that at least a rim of the cutout is deformed or compressed in part(s) such that the marker element (2; 2a) is positively received by the cutout by deformed rims and non-deformed rims alternating along the circumference of the cutout.
An arrangement for mechanical and electrical contacting of an incandescent wire of a thermal radiation source, comprising an incandescent wire made of refractory metal having at least one flat connection surface to be contacted, a contact surface on which the incandescent wire is contacted and a contacting medium which joins the incandescent wire to the contact surface, characterized in that the flat connection surface of the incandescent wire has at least two perforations (11, 12, 13, 14) and/or a circumferential edge of the connection surface of the incandescent wire has at least two cutouts (15, 16, 17), wherein the contacting medium is joined to the contact surface with an atomic-level join at the site of the perforations (11, 12, 13, 14) and/or cutouts (15, 16, 17) and through a flange-like configuration of the contacting medium above the connection surface of the incandescent wire at the site of the perforations (11, 12, 13, 14) and/or cutouts (15, 16) forms both an electrical and a mechanical connection with the incandescent wire.
A multistage reciprocating piston air compressor for compressing atmospheric pressure air to an elevated pressure level, said air compressor having a first, second and third reciprocating piston stages, said first stage including a first inlet unloading means, said second stage including a second inlet unloading means and said third stage including a third inlet unloading means, a first actuating means operable in response to a sensed discharge pressure level from a discharge of said first stage to actuate said first inlet unloading means, a second actuation means operable in response to a sensed discharge pressure level from a discharge of said second stage, to actuate said second inlet unloading means, and a third actuating means operable in response to a sensed discharge pressure level from said third stage to actuate said third inlet unloading means, said multistage reciprocating air compressor having a first pressurised air discharge at said elevated pressure level from said third stage and said multistage reciprocating air compressor being characterised by an intermediate pressure level discharge from an interstage region between at least one of said first and second stages or said second and third stages.
A process for the production of methylpyridine by dehydrogenation of methylpiperidine comprising: (i) preparing a dehydrogenation catalyst by a process comprising in the order (a) to (e) the steps of (a) providing a carrier comprising 65-100 weight% silicon oxide and 0-35 weight % aluminium oxide, (b) impregnating the carrier with palladium, whereby the carrier is brought into contact with an aqueous solution of a palladium-ammonia-complex to obtain a catalyst precursor, (c) drying the catalyst precursor under air at a temperature between 20 °C and 60° °C to obtain a dried catalyst precursor, (d) calcining the dried catalyst precursor under air at a temperature between 80 °C and 200°C to obtain a calcined catalyst precursor, and (e) activating the calcined catalyst precursor in a deydrogenation reactor under a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen under active depletion of oxygen at a temperature between 250 and 320 °C to obtain a dehydrogenation catalyst, (ii) contacting the methylpiperidine with the dehydrogenation catalyst prepared in (i), wherein the contacting is done immediately after the activation step (e) in the same dehydrogenation reactor at a temperature between 250 and 320°C. (i) preparing a dehydrogenation catalyst by a process comprising in the order (a) to (e) the steps of (a) providing a carrier comprising 65-100 weight% silicon oxide and 0-35 weight % aluminium oxide, (b) impregnating the carrier with palladium, whereby the carrier is brought into contact with an aqueous solution of a palladium-ammonia-complex to obtain a catalyst precursor, (c) drying the catalyst precursor under air at a temperature between 20 °C and 60° °C to obtain a dried catalyst precursor, (d) calcining the dried catalyst precursor under air at a temperature between 80 °C and 200°C to obtain a calcined catalyst precursor, and (e) activating the calcined catalyst precursor in a deydrogenation reactor under a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen under active depletion of oxygen at a temperature between 250 and 320 °C to obtain a dehydrogenation catalyst, (a) to (e) the steps of (a) providing a carrier comprising 65-100 weight% silicon oxide and 0-35 weight % aluminium oxide, (b) impregnating the carrier with palladium, whereby the carrier is brought into contact with an aqueous solution of a palladium-ammonia-complex to obtain a catalyst precursor, (c) drying the catalyst precursor under air at a temperature between 20 °C and 60° °C to obtain a dried catalyst precursor, (d) calcining the dried catalyst precursor under air at a temperature between 80 °C and 200°C to obtain a calcined catalyst precursor, and (e) activating the calcined catalyst precursor in a deydrogenation reactor under a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen under active depletion of oxygen at a temperature between 250 and 320 °C to obtain a dehydrogenation catalyst, (ii) contacting the methylpiperidine with the dehydrogenation catalyst prepared in (i), wherein the contacting is done immediately after the activation step (e) in the same dehydrogenation reactor at a temperature between 250 and 320°C.