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A process for recovering diphosphite-containing compounds from a feed mixture comprising diphosphite-containing compounds, organic mononitriles and organic dinitriles in a multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor with extraction solvent comprising aliphatic hydrocarbon, cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon or a mixture of aliphatic and cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon, said process comprising: a) flowing the feed mixture to the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor; and b) contacting the feed mixture with extraction solvent in the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor, wherein the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor comprises a mixing section and a settling section, wherein a light phase separates from a heavy phase in the settling section, wherein the light phase comprises extraction solvent and extracted diphosphite-containing compounds, wherein the heavy phase comprises organic mononitriles and organic dinitriles, wherein a first portion of the light phase is withdrawn from the settling section and treated to recover diphosphite-containing compounds extracted into the light phase, and wherein a second portion of the light phase is withdrawn from the settling section and recycled to the mixing section of the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor. a) flowing the feed mixture to the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor; and b) contacting the feed mixture with extraction solvent in the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor,
A method for communication, comprising: intercepting Domain Name System, DNS, messages that are sent in a communication network in preparation for setting up respective communication sessions that provide respective services associated with respective service types, wherein the communication sessions are associated with respective users consuming the respective services, and with respective geographical areas over which the communication sessions are delivered; extracting from the intercepted DNS messages DNS information that is indicative of the respective service types, and caching the extracted DNS information globally for pluralities of users per geographical area and not only per user; and identifying a service type associated with a given communication session using the globally cached DNS information, and applying a traffic policy to the given communication session depending on the identified service type. intercepting Domain Name System, DNS, messages that are sent in a communication network in preparation for setting up respective communication sessions that provide respective services associated with respective service types, wherein the communication sessions are associated with respective users consuming the respective services, and with respective geographical areas over which the communication sessions are delivered; extracting from the intercepted DNS messages DNS information that is indicative of the respective service types, and caching the extracted DNS information globally for pluralities of users per geographical area and not only per user; and identifying a service type associated with a given communication session using the globally cached DNS information, and applying a traffic policy to the given communication session depending on the identified service type.
A method of arranging a network of coplanar ends of optical fibers (17, 17a) of a bundle of parallel fibers inclined with respect to the normal to the plane of the fiber ends, opposite a corresponding network of ends (27, 27a) of waveguides (28, 28a) of a semiconductor wafer, the bundle of fibers and the wafer being displaceable with respect to each other in first and second orthogonal directions (X, Y), the method comprising the successive steps of: a) arranging the wafer so that the upper surface of the wafer is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the first and second directions, and arranging the fiber bundle above the wafer so that the end networks have the same orientation with respect to the first and second directions and the projection of the axis of each of the fibers (17, 17a) on the wafer is parallel to the second direction; b) injecting, into one of the fibers, a light beam having a wavelength such that light is scattered from the lateral walls of the fiber with a power greater than 1 μW, preferably greater than 3 μW, per fiber centimeter, locating the fiber axis based on the scattered light from the lateral walls of the fiber, and displacing the fiber bundle and the wafer with respect to each other in the first direction to align a characteristic point (41, 27a) of the wafer in line with the projection of the axis of the fiber on the wafer; and c) displacing the fiber bundle and the wafer with respect to each other until the end of the fiber is located opposite a corresponding end of a waveguide. a) arranging the wafer so that the upper surface of the wafer is substantially parallel to a plane defined by the first and second directions, and arranging the fiber bundle above the wafer so that the end networks have the same orientation with respect to the first and second directions and the projection of the axis of each of the fibers (17, 17a) on the wafer is parallel to the second direction; b) injecting, into one of the fibers, a light beam having a wavelength such that light is scattered from the lateral walls of the fiber with a power greater than 1 μW, preferably greater than 3 μW, per fiber centimeter, locating the fiber axis based on the scattered light from the lateral walls of the fiber, and displacing the fiber bundle and the wafer with respect to each other in the first direction to align a characteristic point (41, 27a) of the wafer in line with the projection of the axis of the fiber on the wafer; and c) displacing the fiber bundle and the wafer with respect to each other until the end of the fiber is located opposite a corresponding end of a waveguide.
A beer glass, comprising ∘ a substantially cylindrical container for beer, wherein the cylinder shape defines two end surfaces; wherein ▪ the container comprises an opened side on one first end surface and a closed side on one other end surface; wherein ▪ the end surface on the closed side is adapted to support the beer glass on a support surface; and ▪ at least a part of the periphery of the opened side extends in a plane at an angle relative to the support surface; • characterized in that ▪ the angle is less than 3 degrees, and amounts particularly to about 2.5 degrees. ∘ a substantially cylindrical container for beer, wherein the cylinder shape defines two end surfaces; wherein ▪ the container comprises an opened side on one first end surface and a closed side on one other end surface; wherein ▪ the end surface on the closed side is adapted to support the beer glass on a support surface; and ▪ at least a part of the periphery of the opened side extends in a plane at an angle relative to the support surface; ▪ the container comprises an opened side on one first end surface and a closed side on one other end surface; wherein ▪ the end surface on the closed side is adapted to support the beer glass on a support surface; and ▪ at least a part of the periphery of the opened side extends in a plane at an angle relative to the support surface; • characterized in that ▪ the angle is less than 3 degrees, and amounts particularly to about 2.5 degrees. ▪ the angle is less than 3 degrees, and amounts particularly to about 2.5 degrees.
A terminal spacer having a cylindrical shape to be attached to a circumference of an electric wire connected to a terminal, the terminal spacer comprising a slit portion extending across the entire length in an axial direction of the terminal spacer, the slit portion including: an electric wire insertion slit portion into which the electric wire can be inserted; and a narrow slit portion continuously extending from the electric wire insertion slit portion and having an opening width narrower than that of the electric wire insertion slit portion, wherein the electric wire insertion slit portion has a tapered surface having an opening width which gradually decreases toward the narrow slit portion, characterized in that the end surface of the terminal spacer is provided with a rubber receiving wall portion projecting in an inner circumferential direction. an electric wire insertion slit portion into which the electric wire can be inserted; and a narrow slit portion continuously extending from the electric wire insertion slit portion and having an opening width narrower than that of the electric wire insertion slit portion, wherein
A fuel cell apparatus, comprising: a fuel cell module comprising fuel cells housed in a housing; a plurality of auxiliary machines which operate the fuel cell module; and an exterior case, shaped in a rectangular prism having a height which is larger than a transverse width and is smaller than a longitudinal width, which houses the fuel cell module and the auxiliary machines, a gravity center of the fuel cell apparatus being located below a level equal to half a height of the exterior case, the fuel cell apparatus further comprising a heat exchanger which carries out heat exchange between an exhaust gas from the fuel cell module and a heat medium; and a heat-storage tank which stores therein a heat medium heated under the heat exchange carried out by the heat exchanger, wherein the heat-storage tank, at least partly, extends along an inner bottom face of the exterior case at a location below the level equal to half the height of the exterior case; and wherein, when the fuel cell apparatus is seen in a plan view thereof, a position of the gravity center of the fuel cell apparatus is offset from a center in a width direction of the fuel cell apparatus. a fuel cell module comprising fuel cells housed in a housing; a plurality of auxiliary machines which operate the fuel cell module; and an exterior case, shaped in a rectangular prism having a height which is larger than a transverse width and is smaller than a longitudinal width, which houses the fuel cell module and the auxiliary machines, a gravity center of the fuel cell apparatus being located below a level equal to half a height of the exterior case, the fuel cell apparatus further comprising a heat exchanger which carries out heat exchange between an exhaust gas from the fuel cell module and a heat medium; and a heat-storage tank which stores therein a heat medium heated under the heat exchange carried out by the heat exchanger, wherein the heat-storage tank, at least partly, extends along an inner bottom face of the exterior case at a location below the level equal to half the height of the exterior case; and wherein, when the fuel cell apparatus is seen in a plan view thereof, a position of the gravity center of the fuel cell apparatus is offset from a center in a width direction of the fuel cell apparatus.
A roller skate equipped with three or four wheels (3, 3a) arranged in one line on a carrier which is joined to a shoe, where each wheel (3, 3a) is cushioned independently with a spring system consisting of at least two compressing coiled springs characterized in that the front wheel is provided with two springs, said springs having the longitudinal axes oriented in the extent between horizontal and vertical directions, with the bottom ends of said springs being located in front of the top ends of said springs, and each of other wheels is equipped with four springs having the longitudinal axes oriented vertically, said roller skate in a version with three wheels (3, 3a) is provided with 10 springs and in a version with four wheels (3, 3a) is provided with 14 springs, stiffness of each spring is in the extent of 7 to 15 kg at maximum depression.
A single-crystal silicon carbide comprising a seed crystal and a grown crystal grown on the seed crystal, wherein the nitrogen concentration of the seed crystal is greater than 1×10 19 cm -3, the doping element concentration of the grown crystal at least in a region in the vicinity of the seed crystal is 2 x 10 19 cm -3 to 6 x 10 20 cm -3, a ratio of higher to lower doping element concentrations on opposite sides of an interface between the seed crystal and the grown crystal (concentration of high concentration side crystal / concentration of low concentration side crystal) is 5 or less, the doping element is nitrogen, and the region in the vicinity of the seed crystal is a region from 0.05 mm or more to 0.5 mm or less thickness on the grown crystal side of the interface between the seed crystal and the grown crystal.
A process for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material with a polyamide matrix by a) providing a solid polymerizable composition which comprises A) at least one lactam, B) at least one catalyst, and C) at least one activator selected from isocyanates, anhydrides, acyl halides, reaction products of these with A), and mixtures of these, b) applying, in solid, free-flowing form, the polymerizable composition provided in step a) onto a fiber material, c) subjecting the fiber material obtained in step b) with the applied polymerizable composition to treatment at elevated pressure and at a temperature at which the mixture of components A), B), and C) is flowable, where this encloses and penetrates the fiber material, d) cooling the product obtained in step c). a) providing a solid polymerizable composition which comprises A) at least one lactam, B) at least one catalyst, and C) at least one activator selected from isocyanates, anhydrides, acyl halides, reaction products of these with A), and mixtures of these, A) at least one lactam, B) at least one catalyst, and C) at least one activator selected from isocyanates, anhydrides, acyl halides, reaction products of these with A), and mixtures of these, b) applying, in solid, free-flowing form, the polymerizable composition provided in step a) onto a fiber material, c) subjecting the fiber material obtained in step b) with the applied polymerizable composition to treatment at elevated pressure and at a temperature at which the mixture of components A), B), and C) is flowable, where this encloses and penetrates the fiber material, d) cooling the product obtained in step c).
A thin coiled, hot rolled steel strip having a thickness of less than 3.0 mm and comprising, by weight, less than 0.25% carbon, between 0.20 and 2.0% manganese, between 0.05 and 0.50% silicon, less than 0.01% aluminum, at least one element selected from the group consisting of niobium between 0.01% and 0.20% and vanadium between 0.01% and 0.20%, and optionally molybdenum between 0.05% and 0.50%, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and having more than 70% niobium and/or vanadium in solid solution after coiling and cooling and having a majority of the microstructure comprised of bainite and acicular ferrite, the steel strip having a yield strength of at least 340 MPa and a total elongation of at least 6%.
Silyl-derivative of polysaccharide of formula which is a derivatized polysaccharide (POH and/or PNH), with at least one silicon (Si) atom characterized in that said silyl-derivative of polysaccharide derives from reaction between said polysaccharide and at least one reactive derivative of silicon selected from trimethylchlorosilane, trimethylsilanol, trimethylsilazane, hexamethyldisilazane, said polysaccharide being hyaluronic acid
A method for preparing a pharmaceutical composition, the method comprising: purifying a fucoidan composition from a heterogeneous mixture, wherein purifying comprises: removing heavy metal ions from the heterogeneous mixture by treating with a chelating agent to produce a first fucoidan mixture; selectively precipitating fucoidan present in said first fucoidan mixture to remove contaminants; resuspending the fucoidan-containing precipitate in aqueous solution to produce a second fucoidan mixture; repeating the precipitating and resuspending steps one or more times; and filtering the aqueous solution comprising fucoidan to remove bacterial and endotoxin contaminants to yield a purified fucoidan composition; and combining the purified fucoidan composition with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. removing heavy metal ions from the heterogeneous mixture by treating with a chelating agent to produce a first fucoidan mixture; selectively precipitating fucoidan present in said first fucoidan mixture to remove contaminants; resuspending the fucoidan-containing precipitate in aqueous solution to produce a second fucoidan mixture; repeating the precipitating and resuspending steps one or more times; and filtering the aqueous solution comprising fucoidan to remove bacterial and endotoxin contaminants to yield a purified fucoidan composition; and combining the purified fucoidan composition with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.
An optical transponder comprising: a processor configured to modulate a drive signal to be output to a coherent optical transmitter and/or to demodulate a sampled electric signal received from a coherent optical receiver using a two-dimensional 5-bit symbol coding/decoding constellation, the constellation comprising: a first ring having radius R1, including a first four symbol sub-constellation employing a quadrature phase-shift keying; a second ring having radius R2, including a first twelve symbol sub-constellation employing a phase-shift keying; a third ring having a radius R3, including a second twelve symbol sub-constellation employing the same phase-shift keying employed for the second ring; a fourth ring having a radius R4, including a second four symbol sub-constellation employing the same quadrature phase-shift keying employed for the first ring. a first ring having radius R1, including a first four symbol sub-constellation employing a quadrature phase-shift keying; a second ring having radius R2, including a first twelve symbol sub-constellation employing a phase-shift keying; a third ring having a radius R3, including a second twelve symbol sub-constellation employing the same phase-shift keying employed for the second ring; a fourth ring having a radius R4, including a second four symbol sub-constellation employing the same quadrature phase-shift keying employed for the first ring.
A system, comprising: a member of a monofilament rigid memory material and a percutaneous delivery subsystem comprising a skin-piercing element, with said member adapted for delivery through an axial longitudinal channel of the percutaneous delivery subsystem, said channel including a first axial opening, said member includes a body portion and an aperture portion (115, 305, 415), said aperture portion includes an expanded mode having a lateral dimension greater than an inner diameter of said channel when said aperture portion extends outside said channel and a collapsed mode wherein said lateral dimension is not greater than said inner diameter of said channel when said aperture portion is within said channel said channel includes a second axial opening said aperture portion transitions from said expanded mode to said collapsed mode when inserted into said openings and said aperture portion transitions from said collapsed mode to said expanded mode when exiting from said openings, wherein said member is sufficiently rigid to be able to be pushed/pulled through the percutaneous delivery subsystem and sufficiently elastic that said aperture portion (115, 305, 415) can transition between said collapsed mode and said expanded mode. a member of a monofilament rigid memory material and a percutaneous delivery subsystem comprising a skin-piercing element, with said member adapted for delivery through an axial longitudinal channel of the percutaneous delivery subsystem, said channel including a first axial opening, said member includes a body portion and an aperture portion (115, 305, 415), said aperture portion includes an expanded mode having a lateral dimension greater than an inner diameter of said channel when said aperture portion extends outside said channel and a collapsed mode wherein said lateral dimension is not greater than said inner diameter of said channel when said aperture portion is within said channel said channel includes a second axial opening said aperture portion transitions from said expanded mode to said collapsed mode when inserted into said openings and said aperture portion transitions from said collapsed mode to said expanded mode when exiting from said openings, wherein said member is sufficiently rigid to be able to be pushed/pulled through the percutaneous delivery subsystem and sufficiently elastic that said aperture portion (115, 305, 415) can transition between said collapsed mode and said expanded mode.
A relay system comprising a plurality of relay devices which are connected to one another through a communication line and to which respective unique relay channels are allocated, each relay device being configured to wirelessly transmit control information generated based on information obtained from the communication line to a wireless terminal device in order to select a relay channel for the wireless terminal device registered in the respective relay device to communicate with an other wireless terminal device, wherein the plurality of relay devices comprise a master relay device which is configured for transmitting a synchronization signal over the communication line in a slot of a predetermined period and which is configured for communicating over the communication line in synchronization with the synchronization signal, wherein the other relay devices other than the one serving as the master relay device are configured for serving as slave relay devices by obtaining the synchronization signal through the communication line in the slot of the predetermined period and by communicating over the communication line in synchronization with the synchronization signal, wherein the relay system is further configured in such a way that to the master relay device and to each of the slave relay devices a slot for transmitting information on itself is allocated, wherein these slots are different from the slot for transmitting the synchronization signal, wherein the information that relates to a respective relay device and was transmitted over the communication line in the allocated slot for the respective relay device is shared among all relay devices, and wherein each of the relay devices is configured to detect a condition in which no synchronization signal is transmitted over the communication line, a relay device among the slave relay devices is configured to, when the condition holds, start transmitting a synchronization signal in accordance with a predetermined rule over the communication line in the slot of the predetermined period, and thereafter serve as the master relay device.