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A method of using a belaying device for blocking a rope, the belaying device comprising a main body formed by two flat plates (2, 3) constrained one to each other preferably according to two parallel planes by means of a plurality of constraining means (4 - 7), said rope being adapted to be inserted inside the body of the device between the two plates (2, 3), a portion of the side surface of the device is open for allowing the restraining rope to be inserted into the device body in the space between the two plates (2, 3), the restraining rope being "U" folded for the insertion through the open portion of the outer side surface of the device body until the lower portion of the latter is reached, the device further comprising at least one contrast element, a single carabiner and an opening, constraining the device to a belayer using said carabiner, attaching said carabiner to the main body of the device passing through said opening, the belayer leaving a free end of the rope running inside the device to provide it to a climber constrained to an occupied end of the rope, said carabiner being further movable along said opening between a non-blocking position of said rope and a blocking position of said rope, and vice versa, wherein the outline of said opening comprises one or more projecting tooth which separates said opening in a first portion and a second portion, said carabiner being located at said first portion when it is in said non-blocking position of said rope, said carabiner being located at said second portion when it is in said blocking position of said rope wherein said rope is disposed between said carabiner and said contrast element, so that the running of the free end of the rope is blocked because of the friction of the carabiner that is forced against the contrast element under a tension effect of the rope.
A print controller, characterized in that it comprises: a first identification information-acquiring unit that acquires, from a printing medium, first identification information to identify a first character printed on said printing medium; a second identification information-acquiring unit that acquires, from image data of an image that is a subject of printing on said printing medium, second identification Information to identify a second character contained in said image, wherein the second identification information comprises Image data of the Image that is a requested print subject on the printing medium; a print permission judgment unit that makes a judgment whether the image is permitted to be printed on the printing medium, wherein the judgment Is based on the first identification information, the second identification information and a print permission information that indicates whether the first character and the second character are permitted to be printed on a common printing medium; and an output unit that performs an output based on the judgment. a first identification information-acquiring unit that acquires, from a printing medium, first identification information to identify a first character printed on said printing medium; a second identification information-acquiring unit that acquires, from image data of an image that is a subject of printing on said printing medium, second identification Information to identify a second character contained in said image, wherein the second identification information comprises Image data of the Image that is a requested print subject on the printing medium; a print permission judgment unit that makes a judgment whether the image is permitted to be printed on the printing medium, wherein the judgment Is based on the first identification information, the second identification information and a print permission information that indicates whether the first character and the second character are permitted to be printed on a common printing medium; and an output unit that performs an output based on the judgment.
A method for preparing the compound comprising amidation of the potassium hemi-N,N-dimethylacetamide solvate compound followed by crystallization, further comprising the coupling of to generate the compound
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a plurality of image bearing bodies (201, 202, 203, 204); a secondary transfer roller; an intermediate transfer belt made of a resin film and supported by a plurality of rollers (211, 212, 213); a driving roller that is one of the plurality of rollers (211, 212, 213), arranged to drive the intermediate transfer belt, and that also functions as an opposing unit with respect to the secondary transfer roller; wherein the driving roller is made of metal, and is arranged to apply a bias to the secondary transfer roller at least at a time of performing primary transfer to the image bearing bodies (201, 202, 203, 204), characterized in that a ten point average roughness Rz for the driving roller is more than 0.03μm and less than 0.1μm. a plurality of image bearing bodies (201, 202, 203, 204); a secondary transfer roller; an intermediate transfer belt made of a resin film and supported by a plurality of rollers (211, 212, 213); a driving roller that is one of the plurality of rollers (211, 212, 213), arranged to drive the intermediate transfer belt, and that also functions as an opposing unit with respect to the secondary transfer roller; wherein the driving roller is made of metal, and is arranged to apply a bias to the secondary transfer roller at least at a time of performing primary transfer to the image bearing bodies (201, 202, 203, 204), characterized in that a ten point average roughness Rz for the driving roller is more than 0.03μm and less than 0.1μm.
A compression bone screw for compressing adjacent bone portions together, comprising: a head portion comprised of a superior end and an inferior end; a shank extending distally from the inferior end to a distal end; and proximal threads and distal threads disposed along the shank, the proximal threads comprised of a first thread pitch and the distal threads comprised of a second thread pitch, such that the shank comprises a differential pitch; wherein the superior end includes a shaped opening that is substantially concentric with the head portion and configured to engagedly receive a tool for driving the compression bone screw into the hole drilled in the bone, and wherein the inferior end comprises a plurality of barbs disposed around the circumference of the inferior end and configured to fixedly engage with surrounding bone tissue; and wherein the shaped opening comprises a multi-lobe shape; wherein a center hole extends from the head portion to the distal end and is configured to receive any of various guidewires, trocars, and other similar instruments configured to direct the compression bone screw to a target opening of a hole drilled in a bone; characterised in that: a tapered diameter extends from the distal threads to a rounded portion that comprises the distal end; and in that the distal end and the tapered diameter of the bone screw are further comprised of one or more flutes that extend from adjacent of the center hole and spiral along the tapered diameter; wherein a pair of cutting edges borders each of the flutes. a head portion comprised of a superior end and an inferior end; a shank extending distally from the inferior end to a distal end; and proximal threads and distal threads disposed along the shank, the proximal threads comprised of a first thread pitch and the distal threads comprised of a second thread pitch, such that the shank comprises a differential pitch; wherein the superior end includes a shaped opening that is substantially concentric with the head portion and configured to engagedly receive a tool for driving the compression bone screw into the hole drilled in the bone, and wherein the inferior end comprises a plurality of barbs disposed around the circumference of the inferior end and configured to fixedly engage with surrounding bone tissue; and wherein the shaped opening comprises a multi-lobe shape; wherein a center hole extends from the head portion to the distal end and is configured to receive any of various guidewires, trocars, and other similar instruments configured to direct the compression bone screw to a target opening of a hole drilled in a bone; characterised in that: a tapered diameter extends from the distal threads to a rounded portion that comprises the distal end; and in that the distal end and the tapered diameter of the bone screw are further comprised of one or more flutes that extend from adjacent of the center hole and spiral along the tapered diameter; wherein a pair of cutting edges borders each of the flutes.
An apparatus for stacking sheet material received from a converting machine, comprising: a trim section for receiving a plurality of blanks of sheet material from a converting machine and permitting scrap material to fall away from the plurality of blanks of sheet material; a stacking section, downstream the trim section for receiving the blanks of sheet material and forming bundles each comprising a plurality of blanks and transferring the bundles downstream; and a plurality of longitudinal positioning systems (1102, 1108) for independently longitudinally positioning a plurality of components of the apparatus including the trim section and the stacking section in at least one of upstream and downstream directions so as to create an operator access space between at least two of the components. a trim section for receiving a plurality of blanks of sheet material from a converting machine and permitting scrap material to fall away from the plurality of blanks of sheet material; a stacking section, downstream the trim section for receiving the blanks of sheet material and forming bundles each comprising a plurality of blanks and transferring the bundles downstream; and a plurality of longitudinal positioning systems (1102, 1108) for independently longitudinally positioning a plurality of components of the apparatus including the trim section and the stacking section in at least one of upstream and downstream directions so as to create an operator access space between at least two of the components.
A bus emulator device comprising: a first computer; a second computer; and an information interface, wherein the first computer is configured to connect to a main bus system comprising at least one mission critical device and write information and data from the at least one mission critical device into the information interface, and the second computer is configured to read the information and data from the information interface and use the data and information to emulate the main bus system in an emulated bus system wherein either i) the first computer comprises at least write access into the information interface, and the second computer comprises read-only access into the information interface, or ii) the first computer comprises write-only access into the information interface and the second computer comprises at least read access into the information interface. a first computer; a second computer; and an information interface, wherein the first computer is configured to connect to a main bus system comprising at least one mission critical device and write information and data from the at least one mission critical device into the information interface, and the second computer is configured to read the information and data from the information interface and use the data and information to emulate the main bus system in an emulated bus system wherein either i) the first computer comprises at least write access into the information interface, and the second computer comprises read-only access into the information interface, or ii) the first computer comprises write-only access into the information interface and the second computer comprises at least read access into the information interface.
An audio coding device which is adapted to use a first-channel signal, a second-channel signal, and a plurality of channel prediction coefficients included in a code book, according to which predictive coding is performed on a third-channel signal, the first-channel signal, the second-channel signal, and the third-channel signal being included in a plurality of channels of an audio signal, the device comprising: a determining unit which is adapted to determine a distribution of error defined by a difference between the third-channel signal before predictive coding and the third-channel signal after predictive coding as a given curved surface according to the first-channel signal, the second-channel signal, and the third-channel signal before predictive coding; and a calculating unit which is adapted to calculate channel prediction coefficients, included in the code book, that correspond to the first channel and the second channel from the code book, according to a minimum value of the error, the minimum value being defined by the given curved surface, and to a code book range defined by a minimum channel prediction coefficient and a maximum channel prediction coefficient among the plurality of channel prediction coefficients. a determining unit which is adapted to determine a distribution of error defined by a difference between the third-channel signal before predictive coding and the third-channel signal after predictive coding as a given curved surface according to the first-channel signal, the second-channel signal, and the third-channel signal before predictive coding; and a calculating unit which is adapted to calculate channel prediction coefficients, included in the code book, that correspond to the first channel and the second channel from the code book, according to a minimum value of the error, the minimum value being defined by the given curved surface, and to a code book range defined by a minimum channel prediction coefficient and a maximum channel prediction coefficient among the plurality of channel prediction coefficients.
Variable displacement oil pump, comprising a pump body connected to an intake channel and to a delivery channel, a rotor capable of rotating inside the pump body about a rotation axis and provided with a plurality of vanes, an oscillating stator arranged in an eccentric position around the rotor and pivoted inside the pump body at a rotation pin, and adjustment means for adjusting the displacement of the oil pump which acts on the oscillating stator to displace it with respect to the rotor and position it in at least one predetermined operative position, wherein said adjustment means comprise first thrusting means configured to exert a first thrusting action on a first outer surface portion of the oscillating stator arranged on a substantially opposite side with respect to the rotation pin taking as a reference the rotor, and at least one thrusting chamber defined between the pump body and a second outer surface portion of the oscillating stator arranged between the rotation pin and said first outer surface portion, said at least one thrusting chamber being configured to be filled with a predetermined amount of a pressurised fluid to exert on the oscillating stator a second thrusting action opposite to said first thrusting action and suitable for displacing the oscillating stator to bring it to said at least one predetermined operative position, wherein said at least one thrusting chamber is fluid-dynamically insulated with respect to the rotation pin by two opposite sealing gaskets (132, 133), characterised in that the variable displacement oil pump comprises an insulation chamber arranged between said at least one thrusting chamber and the rotation pin and connected to an intake conduit.
A MHC molecule construct in soluble form in a solubilizing medium or immobilized onto a solid or semi-solid support, said MHC molecule construct comprising a soluble polysaccharide carrier molecule attached to at least 5 MHC molecules, wherein said MHC molecules are attached to the polysaccharide carrier molecule via more than one binding entity, wherein each binding entity is attached to from 1 to 10 MHC molecules.
An in vitro method of diagnosing thyroid cancer in a subject comprising: (a) determining an expression level of gene products in a thyroid tissue sample obtained from the subject, said gene products consisting of gene products expressed by the CXCR3, CCR3, CXCL10, CK-19, TIMP-1, CLDN-1, CAR, XB130, HO-1 and CCR7 genes; and (b) identifying the thyroid tissue sample as cancerous or benign by correlating the expression levels determined in (a) with the presence or absence of thyroid cancer in the thyroid tissue sample, wherein the thyroid tissue sample is identified as cancerous if there is a difference in the expression level of three or more of the gene products between the thyroid tissue sample and normal control expression levels. (a) determining an expression level of gene products in a thyroid tissue sample obtained from the subject, said gene products consisting of gene products expressed by the CXCR3, CCR3, CXCL10, CK-19, TIMP-1, CLDN-1, CAR, XB130, HO-1 and CCR7 genes; and (b) identifying the thyroid tissue sample as cancerous or benign by correlating the expression levels determined in (a) with the presence or absence of thyroid cancer in the thyroid tissue sample,
Process for the obtention of seaweed flour comprising the steps of: a) selection of a red seaweed of interest; b) cold wash at 15 - 25 °C; c) treatment in brine with a solution of water with 10 - 20 % w/v of a mixture of NaCl and KCI at 15 - 25 °C for 3 - 5 days; d) hot wash at 35 - 45 °C for 2 - 4 hours; e) cold wash at 10 - 15 °C; f) alcoholic wash; g) wet grinding; h) pre-dry; i) dry; and j) dry grinding and sieving. a) selection of a red seaweed of interest; b) cold wash at 15 - 25 °C; c) treatment in brine with a solution of water with 10 - 20 % w/v of a mixture of NaCl and KCI at 15 - 25 °C for 3 - 5 days; d) hot wash at 35 - 45 °C for 2 - 4 hours; e) cold wash at 10 - 15 °C; f) alcoholic wash; g) wet grinding; h) pre-dry; i) dry; and j) dry grinding and sieving.
A cover (100, 200, 300) for a medical male member (10, 30) that is configured to cover at least a tip of a bar-shaped medical male member in which a flow channel for flow of a liquid is formed, the cover (100, 200, 300) for a medical male member (10, 30) comprising: an outer circumferential wall that has a substantially tubular shape and is capable of elastic compression deformation in a central axis direction of the cover (100, 200, 300), and a head portion that is provided at one end of the outer circumferential wall and is passed through by the tip of the medical male member when the outer circumferential wall undergoes compression deformation, wherein the outer circumferential wall comprises a plurality of compression units (110, 120) arranged along the central axis direction, the plurality of compression units (110, 120) each undergo deformation due to compression force in the central axis direction, characterised in that letting N be an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of compression units (110, 120) each have N thick portions formed at equiangular intervals with respect to the central axis, or have N thin portions formed at equiangular intervals with respect to the central axis, or have both N thick portions and N thin portions formed at equiangular intervals with respect to the central axis, the thickness of each of the plurality of compression units (110, 120) periodically changes in a circumferential direction, and a phase with respect to the central axis of the periodic change in thickness is shifted between two compression units (110, 120) that are neighboring in the central axis direction. an outer circumferential wall that has a substantially tubular shape and is capable of elastic compression deformation in a central axis direction of the cover (100, 200, 300), and a head portion that is provided at one end of the outer circumferential wall and is passed through by the tip of the medical male member when the outer circumferential wall undergoes compression deformation, wherein the outer circumferential wall comprises a plurality of compression units (110, 120) arranged along the central axis direction, the plurality of compression units (110, 120) each undergo deformation due to compression force in the central axis direction, characterised in that letting N be an integer of 2 or more, the plurality of compression units (110, 120) each have N thick portions formed at equiangular intervals with respect to the central axis, or have N thin portions formed at equiangular intervals with respect to the central axis, or have both N thick portions and N thin portions formed at equiangular intervals with respect to the central axis, the thickness of each of the plurality of compression units (110, 120) periodically changes in a circumferential direction, and a phase with respect to the central axis of the periodic change in thickness is shifted between two compression units (110, 120) that are neighboring in the central axis direction.
Process for preparing a beverage by dissolution of soluble beverage powder or of beverage concentrate with a diluent, the process being implemented in a beverage dispenser, said beverage dispenser comprising: - at least one mixing chamber (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) for mixing a dose of soluble beverage powder or of beverage concentrate with diluent, said mixing chamber being at least partially transparent, and the process comprising the steps of: - introducing a dose of soluble beverage powder or beverage concentrate in the mixing chamber, - mixing the dosed soluble beverage powder or beverage concentrate with diluent in the mixing chamber, - dispensing the beverage from the mixing chamber, - rinsing the mixing chamber, wherein, in said process, the content of the mixing chamber is made visible from the outside of the dispenser during the step of mixing only. - at least one mixing chamber (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) for mixing a dose of soluble beverage powder or of beverage concentrate with diluent, said mixing chamber being at least partially transparent, - introducing a dose of soluble beverage powder or beverage concentrate in the mixing chamber, - mixing the dosed soluble beverage powder or beverage concentrate with diluent in the mixing chamber, - dispensing the beverage from the mixing chamber, - rinsing the mixing chamber,
Ammonia production method comprising the steps of: - providing at least one rare earth nitride material or layer in a chamber, the at least one rare earth nitride material or layer comprising an external surface consisting solely of rare earth nitride atoms; or an external surface including at least one area consisting solely of rare earth nitride atoms; or a plurality of areas consisting solely of rare earth nitride atoms, said at least one area or each of said plurality of areas being a sub-area of a surface defined by the external surface; - creating a vacuum in the chamber for nitrogen release from the at least one rare earth nitride material or layer, or creating an inert atmosphere in the chamber for nitrogen release from the at least one rare earth nitride material or layer; and - providing hydrogen (H 2) to react with nitrogen released at an external surface of the at least one rare earth nitride material or layer to produce ammonia (NH 3). - providing at least one rare earth nitride material or layer in a chamber, the at least one rare earth nitride material or layer comprising an external surface consisting solely of rare earth nitride atoms; or an external surface including at least one area consisting solely of rare earth nitride atoms; or a plurality of areas consisting solely of rare earth nitride atoms, said at least one area or each of said plurality of areas being a sub-area of a surface defined by the external surface; - creating a vacuum in the chamber for nitrogen release from the at least one rare earth nitride material or layer, or creating an inert atmosphere in the chamber for nitrogen release from the at least one rare earth nitride material or layer; and - providing hydrogen (H 2) to react with nitrogen released at an external surface of the at least one rare earth nitride material or layer to produce ammonia (NH 3).