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A catheter for implanting a prosthesis, comprising: a retaining sleeve defining a hollow cavity for containing a prosthesis, the retaining sleeve having an outer diameter; and a distal tip assembly configured to move axially relative to the retaining sleeve; the distal tip assembly having: a distal portion, and a proximal portion configured to move between a contracted position having a first outer diameter to an expanded position having a second outer diameter, the second outer diameter being larger than the outer diameter of the retaining sleeve, wherein the proximal portion comprises a biasing member and wherein the biasing member is a spring, wherein the proximal portion includes an annular flange extending proximally from the distal portion, the annular flange defining an interior cavity configured to receive the spring. a retaining sleeve defining a hollow cavity for containing a prosthesis, the retaining sleeve having an outer diameter; and a distal tip assembly configured to move axially relative to the retaining sleeve; the distal tip assembly having: a distal portion, and a proximal portion configured to move between a contracted position having a first outer diameter to an expanded position having a second outer diameter, the second outer diameter being larger than the outer diameter of the retaining sleeve, wherein the proximal portion comprises a biasing member and wherein the biasing member is a spring, wherein the proximal portion includes an annular flange extending proximally from the distal portion, the annular flange defining an interior cavity configured to receive the spring. a distal portion, and a proximal portion configured to move between a contracted position having a first outer diameter to an expanded position having a second outer diameter, the second outer diameter being larger than the outer diameter of the retaining sleeve, wherein the proximal portion comprises a biasing member and wherein the biasing member is a spring, wherein the proximal portion includes an annular flange extending proximally from the distal portion, the annular flange defining an interior cavity configured to receive the spring.
Drive train for a motor vehicle, having - a first electric machine for the provision of drive power, the first electric machine being connected to an electric energy store; - a differential which can distribute drive power to two driven wheels (18L, 18R) or axles of the motor vehicle; - a first transmission arrangement which connects the first electric machine to the differential; - an internal combustion engine; - a second electric machine which is coupled to the internal combustion engine, in order to charge the electric energy store in a generator mode; and - a second transmission arrangement which connects the internal combustion engine to the differential; the second transmission arrangement having a first gear stage and a second gear stage which can be switched alternately by means of a clutch arrangement for the transmission of drive power from the internal combustion engine to the differential, characterized in that the transmission ratios of the first and the second gear stage (G1, G2) are selected in such a way that a drive of the vehicle by means of the internal combustion engine is possible in normal operation only at vehicle speeds of higher than 30 km/h. - a first electric machine for the provision of drive power, the first electric machine being connected to an electric energy store; - a differential which can distribute drive power to two driven wheels (18L, 18R) or axles of the motor vehicle; - a first transmission arrangement which connects the first electric machine to the differential; - an internal combustion engine; - a second electric machine which is coupled to the internal combustion engine, in order to charge the electric energy store in a generator mode; and - a second transmission arrangement which connects the internal combustion engine to the differential;
Method for synchronizing a turbine with an AC network having a network frequency, comprising the following steps: A) accelerating the turbine up to a nominal rotational speed without taking into consideration a difference angle between turbine and AC network; B) detecting a difference angle between turbine and AC network; C) accelerating or decelerating the turbine such that the differential speed follows a target trajectory, wherein the differential speed represents the metrologically detected frequency difference between turbine and AC network, wherein the target trajectory is a trajectory which specifies a target rotational speed in dependence on the detected difference angle, so that a target angular position suitable for a synchronous supply is achieved between turbine and AC network. A) accelerating the turbine up to a nominal rotational speed without taking into consideration a difference angle between turbine and AC network; B) detecting a difference angle between turbine and AC network; C) accelerating or decelerating the turbine such that the differential speed follows a target trajectory,
A self healing optical fiber cable assembly comprising: an elongated optical fiber core having a cladding layer adjacent to, concentric with and surrounding the optical fiber core; a buffer layer adjacent to, concentric with and surrounding the cladding layer; a sealing layer adjacent to, concentric with and surrounding the buffer layer, wherein the sealing layer seals any microcracks or defects in the buffer layer, the cladding layer, and the optical fiber core; and, an outer protection layer adjacent to, concentric with and surrounding the sealing layer, wherein an end of the outer layer is connected to a strain relief device to provide expansion protection to the cable assembly and to minimize strain on the cable assembly, and further wherein an end of the strain relief device is connected to an optical fiber module. an elongated optical fiber core having a cladding layer adjacent to, concentric with and surrounding the optical fiber core; a buffer layer adjacent to, concentric with and surrounding the cladding layer; a sealing layer adjacent to, concentric with and surrounding the buffer layer, wherein the sealing layer seals any microcracks or defects in the buffer layer, the cladding layer, and the optical fiber core; and, an outer protection layer adjacent to, concentric with and surrounding the sealing layer, wherein an end of the outer layer is connected to a strain relief device to provide expansion protection to the cable assembly and to minimize strain on the cable assembly, and further wherein an end of the strain relief device is connected to an optical fiber module.
A boiler plant for generating heat through combustion of at least one fuel, comprising a burner basket for receiving a burner, with which a flame can be generated, wherein the boiler plant is designed to realize an internal recycling of flue gas generated during the combustion into the flame, namely by recycling flue gases recirculated in the incineration chamber directly to the burner outlet into the combustion process, wherein a cooling device is arranged in the region of the flue gas recycling, with which heat can be received from the recycled flue gas and conducted away, wherein the cooling device has at least one cooling element, in which a cooling medium can be received or is received, and wherein the cooling medium-carrying cooling element protrudes far enough into the combustion chamber or is positioned at such a distance from a boiler wall on which the burner is arranged that the cooling element can be flowed around by recycled flue gas.
A method comprising: supplying deuterium to a fusion reactor; supplying 3 He to the fusion reactor conducting deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fusion reactions to produce reaction products comprising 3 He and tritium byproducts; conducting deuterium- 3 He (D- 3 He) reactions; pulsing the fusion reactor by sequentially energizing formation coils of the fusion reactor for simultaneously forming, accelerating and compressing filed reversed configuration plasmoids and for allowing access to reaction products which allows removal of tritium byproducts formed during the D-D fusion reactions; removing, responsive to the pulsing of the fusion reactor, at least some of the tritium byproducts from the fusion reactor produced in the D-D fusion reaction prior to a D-T fusion reaction; wherein the supplied 3 He is from the reaction products of the D-D fusion reactions and/or the decay of the removed tritium byproducts, and the method being characterised in that a quantity of deuterium and rate fusion reactions are selected such that the amount of the supplied 3 He to be produced through the reaction products of the D-D fusion reactions and/or the decay of tritium byproducts from said fusion reaction allows for a self-sustaining D- 3 He fuel cycle. supplying deuterium to a fusion reactor; supplying 3 He to the fusion reactor conducting deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fusion reactions to produce reaction products comprising 3 He and tritium byproducts; conducting deuterium- 3 He (D- 3 He) reactions; pulsing the fusion reactor by sequentially energizing formation coils of the fusion reactor for simultaneously forming, accelerating and compressing filed reversed configuration plasmoids and for allowing access to reaction products which allows removal of tritium byproducts formed during the D-D fusion reactions; removing, responsive to the pulsing of the fusion reactor, at least some of the tritium byproducts from the fusion reactor produced in the D-D fusion reaction prior to a D-T fusion reaction; wherein the supplied 3 He is from the reaction products of the D-D fusion reactions and/or the decay of the removed tritium byproducts, and the method being characterised in that a quantity of deuterium and rate fusion reactions are selected such that the amount of the supplied 3 He to be produced through the reaction products of the D-D fusion reactions and/or the decay of tritium byproducts from said fusion reaction allows for a self-sustaining D- 3 He fuel cycle.
Pencil, comprising a lead and a casing element which encases said lead, at least in portions, wherein the casing element is formed, at least in portions, in particular completely, from a waxy material, wherein the waxy material consists of at least one waxy constituent and at least one non-waxy constituent, wherein the non-waxy constituent is formed from a thermoplastic, wherein the hardness of the casing element is below 60 Shore D, in particular between 10 and 50 Shore D.
A mouse that expresses from an FcγRI gene comprising a FcγRI promoter and regulatory sequence an FcγRI protein comprising: an extracellular portion of a human FcyRI α chain comprising a human EC1 domain, a human EC2 domain, a human EC3 domain, or a combination thereof; and a cytoplasmic domain of a mouse FcγRI α chain. an extracellular portion of a human FcyRI α chain comprising a human EC1 domain, a human EC2 domain, a human EC3 domain, or a combination thereof; and a cytoplasmic domain of a mouse FcγRI α chain.
A nicotine-containing pharmaceutical composition, comprising: a source of nicotine; and a mixture of a porous particulate carrier and a non-active ingredient sorbed onto the porous particulate carrier, the non-active ingredient being in the form of a base or a buffering agent, wherein the non-active ingredient is in intimate contact with the porous particulate carrier, and wherein the intimate contact is provided by dissolving or dispersing the non-active ingredient in a liquid solvent to provide a solution or dispersion, contacting the solution or dispersion with the porous particulate carrier, and removing the liquid solvent to provide a solid material having the non-active ingredient sorbed onto the porous particulate carrier, wherein the source of nicotine is a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of nicotine, wherein the porous particulate carrier comprises microcrystalline cellulose, and wherein the composition is contained in a pouch material so as to be provided in the form of a pouch product. a source of nicotine; and a mixture of a porous particulate carrier and a non-active ingredient sorbed onto the porous particulate carrier, the non-active ingredient being in the form of a base or a buffering agent, wherein the non-active ingredient is in intimate contact with the porous particulate carrier, and wherein the intimate contact is provided by dissolving or dispersing the non-active ingredient in a liquid solvent to provide a solution or dispersion, contacting the solution or dispersion with the porous particulate carrier, and removing the liquid solvent to provide a solid material having the non-active ingredient sorbed onto the porous particulate carrier, wherein the source of nicotine is a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of nicotine, wherein the porous particulate carrier comprises microcrystalline cellulose, and wherein the composition is contained in a pouch material so as to be provided in the form of a pouch product.
A method for decoding video or image information, comprising: receiving a set of quantized transform coefficients; de-quantizing the quantized transform coefficients into de-quantized transform coefficients, wherein the quantized transform coefficients are logically arranged in a block, and wherein for each of the quantized transform coefficients the de-quantizing includes: based on a position of the quantized transform coefficient in the block, selecting a group from among plural groups of scaling factors; depending on a quantization parameter, selecting a scaling factor within the selected group; and multiplying the quantized transform coefficient by the selected scaling factor; and applying an inverse transform process to the de-quantized transform coefficients to reconstruct information therefrom, the inverse transform process applying inverse transformation calculations having values such that each multiplication operation between one of the values and one of the de-quantized transform coefficients in the inverse transformation calculations can be performed by a shift operation, wherein the inverse transform process is orthogonal. receiving a set of quantized transform coefficients; de-quantizing the quantized transform coefficients into de-quantized transform coefficients, wherein the quantized transform coefficients are logically arranged in a block, and wherein for each of the quantized transform coefficients the de-quantizing includes: based on a position of the quantized transform coefficient in the block, selecting a group from among plural groups of scaling factors; depending on a quantization parameter, selecting a scaling factor within the selected group; and multiplying the quantized transform coefficient by the selected scaling factor; and based on a position of the quantized transform coefficient in the block, selecting a group from among plural groups of scaling factors; depending on a quantization parameter, selecting a scaling factor within the selected group; and multiplying the quantized transform coefficient by the selected scaling factor; and applying an inverse transform process to the de-quantized transform coefficients to reconstruct information therefrom, the inverse transform process applying inverse transformation calculations having values such that each multiplication operation between one of the values and one of the de-quantized transform coefficients in the inverse transformation calculations can be performed by a shift operation, wherein the inverse transform process is orthogonal.
A railway vehicle comprising: - at least a first (5A, 5B, 3) and a second (7, 3) adjacent carriage arranged one behind the other longitudinally and connected to each other; - a bogie (13, 14) located on each side of a connection between the first (5A, 5B, 3) and second (7, 3) cars, each bogie (13, 14) being specific to one of the first (5A, 5B, 3) and second (7, 3) cars; - a first collision energy absorption system, located at the link between the first (5A, 5B, 3) and second (7, 3) cars, comprising at least one link bar equipped with an irreversible energy absorption system located in the link bar, said link bar being connected by one of its ends to the first carriage (5A, 5B, 3) and by the other of its ends to the second carriage (7, 3); said first collision energy absorption system further comprising a plurality of irreversibly deformable modules (30A, 30B, 32A, 32B) configured to deform in the longitudinal direction, said irreversibly deformable modules (30A, 30B, 32A, 32B) comprising an end face provided with an anti-overlap system comprising a plurality of noticeably parallel webs, characterised in that the said webs are oriented at an angle of 30° to 60°, relative to the rolling plane of the vehicle. - at least a first (5A, 5B, 3) and a second (7, 3) adjacent carriage arranged one behind the other longitudinally and connected to each other; - a bogie (13, 14) located on each side of a connection between the first (5A, 5B, 3) and second (7, 3) cars, each bogie (13, 14) being specific to one of the first (5A, 5B, 3) and second (7, 3) cars; - a first collision energy absorption system, located at the link between the first (5A, 5B, 3) and second (7, 3) cars, comprising at least one link bar equipped with an irreversible energy absorption system located in the link bar, said link bar being connected by one of its ends to the first carriage (5A, 5B, 3) and by the other of its ends to the second carriage (7, 3); said first collision energy absorption system further comprising a plurality of irreversibly deformable modules (30A, 30B, 32A, 32B) configured to deform in the longitudinal direction, said irreversibly deformable modules (30A, 30B, 32A, 32B) comprising an end face provided with an anti-overlap system comprising a plurality of noticeably parallel webs, characterised in that the said webs are oriented at an angle of 30° to 60°, relative to the rolling plane of the vehicle.
Integrated panel made of interconnected laminates which panel comprises a first laminate and a second laminate, in which the first laminate comprises stacked first metal layers (5, 5', 5") and at least one fibre-reinforced adhesive layer between adjacent metal layers of the first metal layers (5, 5', 5"), in which the second laminate comprises stacked second metal layers (4, 4', 4") and at least one fibre-reinforced adhesive layer between adjacent metal layers of the second metal layers (4, 4', 4"), in which, from the first and second metal layers, a metal layer forms in turn an outer metal layer (5, 4) which defines an outer surface of that laminate and said outer surfaces define one and the same continuous and uniformly formed panel surface, in which, of one pair of outer metal layers that comprises a first outer metal layer of the first laminate and a second outer metal layer of the second laminate, the second outer metal layer comprises a joggled edge part that overlaps with an adjacent edge part of the first outer metal layer and that is adhered to an adhesion surface of the edge part of the first outer metal layer by means of an adhesive, which adhesion surface faces away from the panel surface, wherein at a location of the transition from the outer surface of the first outer metal layer to the outer surface of the second outer metal layer an adhesive filler is located, characterised in that the panel further comprises a cladding layer, which cladding layer comprises at least one fibre-reinforced adhesive layer (15, 24) and an adhesive layer or a fibre layer embedded in an adhesive material; the at least one fibre-reinforced adhesive layer (15, 24) extending over the filler and the adjacent outer surface areas (12, 13) of the outer metal layers (5, 4) located on opposite sides of the filler and being adhered to the outer surface areas (12, 13) and in that the outer side of the cladding layer consisting of the adhesive layer or the fibre layer embedded in the adhesive material defines an outer surface of the cladding layer having adhesive prisms at the extremities of the cladding layer; the outer surface of the cladding layer coinciding with the contour of the panel surface.
A method for manufacturing a catalyst, the method comprising: preparing a raw catalyst comprising a support and a main particle supported on the support; preparing a metal precursor, wherein the main particle and the metal precursor comprise the same metal element; preparing a weak reducing agent selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, formic acid, oxalic acid, ascorbic acid, citric acid, urea, ethylenediamine, hexamethylenetetramine and mixtures of two or more thereof; mixing the raw catalyst, the metal precursor, and the weak reducing agent to obtain a mixture; and hydrothermally treating the mixture to selectively grow only a specific active lattice plane of the main particle or to grow an entire active lattice plane of the main particle, wherein the main particle comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), and a platinum-Me alloy, and wherein the Me is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of palladium (Pd), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), gallium (Ga), titanium (Ti), vanadium, chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), silver (Ag), gold (Au), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten, lanthanum (La), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), zirconium (Zr), cerium (Ce), yttrium and rhodium (Rh). preparing a raw catalyst comprising a support and a main particle supported on the support; preparing a metal precursor, wherein the main particle and the metal precursor comprise the same metal element; preparing a weak reducing agent selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, formic acid, oxalic acid, ascorbic acid, citric acid, urea, ethylenediamine, hexamethylenetetramine and mixtures of two or more thereof; mixing the raw catalyst, the metal precursor, and the weak reducing agent to obtain a mixture; and hydrothermally treating the mixture to selectively grow only a specific active lattice plane of the main particle or to grow an entire active lattice plane of the main particle, wherein the main particle comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), and a platinum-Me alloy, and wherein the Me is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of palladium (Pd), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), gallium (Ga), titanium (Ti), vanadium, chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), silver (Ag), gold (Au), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten, lanthanum (La), niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), zirconium (Zr), cerium (Ce), yttrium and rhodium (Rh).