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Low-pressure recirculated flue gas circuit for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising: - a pollution control device connected downstream by means of aeraulics to an exhaust outlet pipe and to - a flue gas cooler connected to a flue gas recirculation circuit, the cooler comprising a condensate removal circuit opening at a first end into a downstream end of the cooler and at a second end into the exhaust outlet pipe, the removal circuit further comprising a condensate retention reservoir and a condensate ejection pipe connected to the retention reservoir and opening into the exhaust outlet pipe, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the condensate retention reservoir comprises a means for controlling the opening of the ejection pipe, the control means comprising a condensate circulation pipe comprising two successive circulation arms (45, 46) having a vertical axis and opposite directions. - a pollution control device connected downstream by means of aeraulics to an exhaust outlet pipe and to - a flue gas cooler connected to a flue gas recirculation circuit, the cooler comprising a condensate removal circuit opening at a first end into a downstream end of the cooler and at a second end into the exhaust outlet pipe, the removal circuit further comprising a condensate retention reservoir and a condensate ejection pipe connected to the retention reservoir and opening into the exhaust outlet pipe, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the condensate retention reservoir comprises a means for controlling the opening of the ejection pipe, the control means comprising a condensate circulation pipe comprising two successive circulation arms (45, 46) having a vertical axis and opposite directions. the cooler comprising a condensate removal circuit opening at a first end into a downstream end of the cooler and at a second end into the exhaust outlet pipe, the removal circuit further comprising a condensate retention reservoir and a condensate ejection pipe connected to the retention reservoir and opening into the exhaust outlet pipe, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the condensate retention reservoir comprises a means for controlling the opening of the ejection pipe, the control means comprising a condensate circulation pipe comprising two successive circulation arms (45, 46) having a vertical axis and opposite directions.
Process for preparing self-binding pigment particles comprising the following steps: a) providing an aqueous mineral pigment material suspension; b) providing at least one polymeric binder, wherein the binder comprises at least one modified polysaccharide having a degree of carboxylation in the range of 0.4 to 2.0 and having an intrinsic viscosity in the range of > 300 to 500 ml/g, c) mixing the binder of step b) with the aqueous mineral pigment material suspension of step a) and adjusting the solids content of the obtained suspension so that it is ≥ 45 to 95 wt.-%, preferably from 45 to 80 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the suspension; d) grinding the aqueous mineral material suspension of step c) wherein in step c) the binder is added to the aqueous mineral pigment suspension in an amount from 0.1 to 10.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the suspension. a) providing an aqueous mineral pigment material suspension; b) providing at least one polymeric binder, wherein the binder comprises at least one modified polysaccharide having a degree of carboxylation in the range of 0.4 to 2.0 and having an intrinsic viscosity in the range of > 300 to 500 ml/g, c) mixing the binder of step b) with the aqueous mineral pigment material suspension of step a) and adjusting the solids content of the obtained suspension so that it is ≥ 45 to 95 wt.-%, preferably from 45 to 80 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the suspension; d) grinding the aqueous mineral material suspension of step c)
A protective agent for use as a pharmaceutical in the treatment of a keratoconjunctiva or a suppressive agent for use as a pharmaceutical in the treatment of a keratoconjunctival disorder, comprising glucosylglycerol as an active ingredient, characterized in that the agent is for use for protecting the keratoconjunctiva against an endogenous disease of Sjogren's syndrome, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, or dry eye syndrome (dry eye) or an exogenous disease due to postsurgery, a drug, an injury, or the wearing of a contact lens or suppressing the keratoconjunctival disorder due to said diseases.
An electrical stimulation lead comprising: a stimulation cuff having a length, an exterior surface, and an interior surface that defines a nerve channel having a nerve channel axis; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the interior surface of the cuff, wherein the plurality of electrodes is arranged into a plurality of rows with each row extending parallel to the nerve channel axis, wherein each row comprises at least two of the electrodes; a longitudinal opening extending through the cuff and further extending along an entire length of the cuff, the opening operable to receive a target nerve from a region outside of the cuff to within the nerve channel; at least one slot defined by the stimulation cuff, wherein each of the at least one slot is located between two of the rows of electrodes and has a slot length that extends more than 50% of the entire length of the stimulation cuff and less than the entire length of the stimulation cuff; a mount disposed on the exterior surface of the cuff and radially offset from the nerve channel axis; a lead body having a lead body axis radially offset from the nerve channel axis; and a plurality of conductors extending through the lead body, mount and cuff, with the plurality of conductors electrically coupled to the electrodes. a stimulation cuff having a length, an exterior surface, and an interior surface that defines a nerve channel having a nerve channel axis; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the interior surface of the cuff, wherein the plurality of electrodes is arranged into a plurality of rows with each row extending parallel to the nerve channel axis, wherein each row comprises at least two of the electrodes; a longitudinal opening extending through the cuff and further extending along an entire length of the cuff, the opening operable to receive a target nerve from a region outside of the cuff to within the nerve channel; at least one slot defined by the stimulation cuff, wherein each of the at least one slot is located between two of the rows of electrodes and has a slot length that extends more than 50% of the entire length of the stimulation cuff and less than the entire length of the stimulation cuff; a mount disposed on the exterior surface of the cuff and radially offset from the nerve channel axis; a lead body having a lead body axis radially offset from the nerve channel axis; and a plurality of conductors extending through the lead body, mount and cuff, with the plurality of conductors electrically coupled to the electrodes.
A method for establishing an emergency call in a mobile communications network, the method comprising: receiving a registration request at a roaming network that is not a home network for the registration request; characterised by determining if the registration request is from an eCall-only subscriber by referencing an eCall-only list of eCall-only subscribers provided by the home network, the eCall-only list equating to pre-approval for the roaming network to approve a registration request from an eCall-only subscriber listed on the eCall-only list; if the registration request is from an eCall-only subscriber, then approving the registration request; and if the registration request is not from an eCall-only subscriber, then further processing the registration request to ascertain whether to approve or disapprove the registration request. receiving a registration request at a roaming network that is not a home network for the registration request; characterised by determining if the registration request is from an eCall-only subscriber by referencing an eCall-only list of eCall-only subscribers provided by the home network, the eCall-only list equating to pre-approval for the roaming network to approve a registration request from an eCall-only subscriber listed on the eCall-only list; if the registration request is from an eCall-only subscriber, then approving the registration request; and if the registration request is not from an eCall-only subscriber, then further processing the registration request to ascertain whether to approve or disapprove the registration request.
Use of a substance being chosen from the group consisting of methyl malonate, lactate, methyl succinate, p-cresol, 3-hydroxy isovalerate, citrate, methyl guanidine, malonate, taurine, phenyl acetyl glycine, trigonelline, α-glucose, acetyl carnitine, phenyl acetate and hippurate as marker in a method for determining the risk of kidney rejection in an individual in whom a kidney transplantation has been carried out, wherein the method requires analyzing a urine sample of the individual with NMR spectroscopy to obtain a signal corresponding to a concentration of the substance to be used as marker.
Hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission comprising a plurality of frictional-locking shift elements, the hydraulic control device comprising at least one shut-off valve assigned to a shift element and a plurality of pressure-adjusting devices respectively assigned to a shift element and also a shut-off pressure-adjusting device assigned to the shut-off valve, wherein, to form a transmission stage, there are to be kept closed at least two shift elements for transmitting a torque by means of the pressurization by a hydraulic activating pressure (p_K) generated by a pump and adjusted in the pressure-adjusting device, wherein, at least in one operating state of the automatic transmission in which a transmission stage is engaged and no shifting occurs, the shut-off valve is in a first shifting position in which at least the torque-transmitting shift element is tightly closed off with respect to the respective pressure-adjusting device by means of the assigned shut-off valve, with the result that the actuating pressure (p_K) enclosed in the shift element remains substantially constant or does not drop, characterized in that the at least one shut-off valve is formed and arranged in the hydraulic system in such a way that it is held in the first shifting position by the force of a shut-off pressure (p_S) generated by the pump and, upon a standstill of the pump, or when falling short of a defined value of the pressure generated by the pump, and thus of the shut-off pressure (p_S), the shut-off valve is automatically displaceable at least through the effect of the locked-in shift element pressure (p_K) into a second shifting position in which the respective shift element is connected to the respective pressure-adjusting device.
A method of increasing the integrity of the dermal-epidermal junction in a person's skin by stimulating the production of proteins and enzymes in dermal and epidermal cells that aid in connecting the dermal layer to the epidermal layer comprising topically applying to skin in need thereof a composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of a combination of plant extracts comprising argania spinosa kernel extract and cucurbita pepo fruit extract; and (b) an effective amount of a combination of amino acids comprising serine and proline, wherein topical application of the composition to skin in need thereof increases the integrity of the dermal-epidermal junction by stimulating the production of proteins and enzymes in dermal and epidermal cells that aid in connecting the dermal layer to the epidermal layer. (a) an effective amount of a combination of plant extracts comprising argania spinosa kernel extract and cucurbita pepo fruit extract; and (b) an effective amount of a combination of amino acids comprising serine and proline,
Coating device for coating motor vehicle body parts with a multi-axis robot (3,4) having a multi-axis robot hand axis on which an application device is mounted applying the coating agent as area having an edge area defined by a coating edge, characterised in that the application device is a print head (8, 9) which discharges the coating agent from a plurality of coating agent nozzles, and the coating agent nozzle arrangement comprises differently sized coating agent nozzles such that a sharp course of the coating edge is achieved, the smaller coating agent nozzles applying correspondingly small coating agent areas (40, 41) at the coating edge of the edge area.
Method for determining a voltage bounding range defining a range of a wind turbine reference voltage for a wind turbine for controlling an output voltage (Vturb) of the wind turbine at a wind turbine output terminal, the method comprising: obtaining information regarding an electrical characteristic of a transmission line connecting the wind turbine output terminal to a point of common coupling to which plural other wind turbines are connectable; and defining the voltage bounding range based on the electrical characteristic of the transmission line. obtaining information regarding an electrical characteristic of a transmission line connecting the wind turbine output terminal to a point of common coupling to which plural other wind turbines are connectable; and defining the voltage bounding range based on the electrical characteristic of the transmission line.
An organic Rankine cycle system including a reservoir (2; 2') for the reception of a condensed working fluid, the reservoir including an internal volume, an inlet port for the intake of condensed working fluid into the internal volume, and an outlet port for the condensed working fluid, the organic Rankine cycle system being characterized in that the reservoir (2; 2') includes a pump housed in said internal volume, said pump having an intake port (4IN, I34, I36, I38, I22) for the withdrawal of said condensed working fluid from said internal volume and a delivery port (4OUT, D34, D36, D38, D22) for the delivery of said working fluid through said outlet port of the reservoir.
Method for manufacturing a battery, in particular for a motor vehicle, in the case of which electrical connections (20, 22) of a plurality of battery cells, which have respectively one single galvanic element accommodated in a battery cell housing of the respective battery cell, are connected by means of at least one electrically conductive connecting element such that a nominal voltage is provided by the battery which is greater than the nominal voltage of one of the battery cells, characterised in that after the connecting of the electrical connections (20, 22) of at least two battery cells at least one switching element of one of the battery cells, which is disposed within the battery cell housing between an arrester of the galvanic element and at least one of the electrical connections (20, 22) of the battery cell, is converted into a switching state, in which an electrically conducting connection is established between the arrester and the at least one electrical connection (20, 22) of the battery cell, wherein the arrester of the galvanic element leads to one of the electrical connections of the battery cell, wherein a control unit, disposed in the same way as the switching element within the battery cell housing, of the battery cell having the at least one switching element actuates the switching element in order to convert the switching element into the switching state in which the electrically conducting connection is established, wherein a command is transmitted from a superordinate control device of the battery to the control unit to actuate the switching element, and wherein by means of the control unit criteria are predetermined, at the fulfilling of which the at least one switching element is switched such that the electrically conducting connection is established.
A method of determining whether a subject exhibits a gene expression pattern characteristic of dermatomyositis or polymyositis, and not characteristic of inclusion body myositis, comprising: a) assaying a test biological sample from said subject containing peripheral blood mononuclear cells, for the expression of the gene interferon-induced protein 44-like (IFI44L); b) concluding that said subject has a gene expression profile that is characteristic of dermatomyositis or polymyositis, and is not characteristic of IBM, if the results determined in the assaying indicate that the IFI44L gene is expressed at least 10 fold higher in said test sample than in one or more control samples. a) assaying a test biological sample from said subject containing peripheral blood mononuclear cells, for the expression of the gene interferon-induced protein 44-like (IFI44L); b) concluding that said subject has a gene expression profile that is characteristic of dermatomyositis or polymyositis, and is not characteristic of IBM, if the results determined in the assaying indicate that the IFI44L gene is expressed at least 10 fold higher in said test sample than in one or more control samples.
A wireless switch comprising: a mechanical switch, the mechanical switch comprising a power switch, the power switch being connected to a hot wire; a charging module, the charging module being connected to the mechanical switch; a power storage module, the power storage module being connected to the charging module; and a wireless control module, the wireless control module being connected to the charging module; characterized in that the wireless switch further comprises an electronic switch module, the electronic switch module being connected to the hot wire, the electronic switch module being connected to the mechanical switch in parallel, wherein the charging module is further connected to the electronic switch module; wherein when one of the mechanical switch and the electronic switch module is turned on, the power storage module is configured to charge through the charging module; wherein the wireless switch further comprises a micro controller unit being connected to the power storage module, the electronic switch module and the wireless control module; wherein the micro controller unit is configured to detect an energy level stored by the power storage module; wherein when the energy level stored in the power storage module is lower than a lower limit level, the micro controller unit is configured to turn on the electronic switch module to charge the power storage module. a mechanical switch, the mechanical switch comprising a power switch, the power switch being connected to a hot wire; a charging module, the charging module being connected to the mechanical switch; a power storage module, the power storage module being connected to the charging module; and a wireless control module, the wireless control module being connected to the charging module; characterized in that the wireless switch further comprises an electronic switch module, the electronic switch module being connected to the hot wire, the electronic switch module being connected to the mechanical switch in parallel, wherein the charging module is further connected to the electronic switch module; wherein when one of the mechanical switch and the electronic switch module is turned on, the power storage module is configured to charge through the charging module; wherein the wireless switch further comprises a micro controller unit being connected to the power storage module, the electronic switch module and the wireless control module; wherein the micro controller unit is configured to detect an energy level stored by the power storage module; wherein when the energy level stored in the power storage module is lower than a lower limit level, the micro controller unit is configured to turn on the electronic switch module to charge the power storage module.
An acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine composition comprising Bordetella pertussis antigens pertussis toxoid, filamentous hemagglutinin, and fimbriae types 2 and 3, wherein FIM is present in an amount of 12-100 μg per human dose.
A sleep quality estimation device comprising: a physiological index detection unit which is configured to detect a physiological index of a subject, wherein the physiological index detection unit detects the respiration of the subject as the physiological index of the subject; a sleep depth estimation unit which is configured to estimate the depth of sleep of the subject during sleep based on the index detected by the physiological index detection unit; a sleep quality estimation unit which is configured to estimate the appearance time of δ-wave of the subject during sleep from the depth of sleep of the subject during sleep estimated by the sleep depth estimation unit and is configured to estimate the sleep quality of the subject based on the appearance time of δ-wave; and a database in which models associated with the appearance probability of δ-wave for the depth of sleep during sleep are recorded, wherein the sleep quality estimation unit is configured to estimate the appearance time of δ-wave of the subject during sleep based on the depth of sleep of the subject during sleep and the models associated with the appearance probability of δ-wave for the depth of sleep during sleep recorded in the database and is configured to estimate the sleep quality of the subject based on the appearance time of δ-wave. a physiological index detection unit which is configured to detect a physiological index of a subject, wherein the physiological index detection unit detects the respiration of the subject as the physiological index of the subject; a sleep depth estimation unit which is configured to estimate the depth of sleep of the subject during sleep based on the index detected by the physiological index detection unit; a sleep quality estimation unit which is configured to estimate the appearance time of δ-wave of the subject during sleep from the depth of sleep of the subject during sleep estimated by the sleep depth estimation unit and is configured to estimate the sleep quality of the subject based on the appearance time of δ-wave; and a database in which models associated with the appearance probability of δ-wave for the depth of sleep during sleep are recorded, wherein the sleep quality estimation unit is configured to estimate the appearance time of δ-wave of the subject during sleep based on the depth of sleep of the subject during sleep and the models associated with the appearance probability of δ-wave for the depth of sleep during sleep recorded in the database and is configured to estimate the sleep quality of the subject based on the appearance time of δ-wave.
Cutting line comprising: a. a steel band with a cutting edge; b. a back of the steel band opposite to the cutting edge; wherein c. the back comprises protrusions that are sized such that they are plastically deformable during the first use of the cutting line; characterized in that d. the protrusions comprise a height (h) of essentially 2% - 20% of the thickness of the steel band, and that e. the protrusions are generated by cavities that are introduced in a cross direction of the steel band. a. a steel band with a cutting edge; b. a back of the steel band opposite to the cutting edge; wherein c. the back comprises protrusions that are sized such that they are plastically deformable during the first use of the cutting line; characterized in that d. the protrusions comprise a height (h) of essentially 2% - 20% of the thickness of the steel band, and that e. the protrusions are generated by cavities that are introduced in a cross direction of the steel band.