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An ultrasound system comprising: a probe including an array of CMUT (capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer) cells, each cell comprising a substrate carrying a first electrode, the substrate being spatially separated from a flexible membrane including a second electrode by a gap; and a voltage source coupled to said probe and adapted to provide the respective first electrodes and second electrodes of at least some of the CMUT cells with a monotonically varying voltage including a monotonically varying frequency modulation in a transmission mode of said probe such that the CMUT cells are operated in a collapsed state and transmit at least one chirped pulse during said transmission mode. a probe including an array of CMUT (capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducer) cells, each cell comprising a substrate carrying a first electrode, the substrate being spatially separated from a flexible membrane including a second electrode by a gap; and a voltage source coupled to said probe and adapted to provide the respective first electrodes and second electrodes of at least some of the CMUT cells with a monotonically varying voltage including a monotonically varying frequency modulation in a transmission mode of said probe such that the CMUT cells are operated in a collapsed state and transmit at least one chirped pulse during said transmission mode.
A vertical connection apparatus for connecting a pipeline to a subsea structure the apparatus comprising: a guide funnel for controlling the position of the pipeline relative to the subsea structure; a moveable barrier; and an attachment region for a tool operable to move the pipeline relative to the subsea structure; wherein the moveable barrier is operable to convert the guide funnel between an open position in which the pipeline can pass through the guide funnel; and a closed position in which the barrier prevents the lower end of the pipeline passing through the end of the guide funnel. a guide funnel for controlling the position of the pipeline relative to the subsea structure; a moveable barrier; and an attachment region for a tool operable to move the pipeline relative to the subsea structure; wherein the moveable barrier is operable to convert the guide funnel between an open position in which the pipeline can pass through the guide funnel; and a closed position in which the barrier prevents the lower end of the pipeline passing through the end of the guide funnel.
Electrical protection arrangement comprising - a residual current protection device for connection to a circuit breaker or a load break switch and comprising - a circuit breaker, wherein the residual current protection device has: - a detection device for detecting a residual current, - a tripping device, which is actuable by the detection device, wherein the circuit breaker trips as a result of actuation by the tripping device, and - a connection device, which is connected to the tripping device, for connecting a switching device, wherein - the detection device and the tripping device are designed in such a way that the tripping device is trippable via the connection device by the switching device independently of the detection device, and also a housing, in which the detection device together with the connection device are arranged permanently, wherein - the switching device is arranged externally with respect to the housing and is connected to the connection device, - the circuit breaker is arranged in a separate housing, which is connectable in form-fitting manner to the housing of the residual current protection device, - the housing of the circuit breaker has a shaft (10, 11, 12), in which the tripping device is fastened, and - the tripping device is in the form of a module which can be plugged into the housing of the circuit breaker. - a residual current protection device for connection to a circuit breaker or a load break switch and comprising - a circuit breaker, wherein the residual current protection device has: - a detection device for detecting a residual current, - a tripping device, which is actuable by the detection device, wherein the circuit breaker trips as a result of actuation by the tripping device, and - a connection device, which is connected to the tripping device, for connecting a switching device, wherein - the detection device and the tripping device are designed in such a way that the tripping device is trippable via the connection device by the switching device independently of the detection device, and also a housing, in which the detection device together with the connection device are arranged permanently, wherein - the switching device is arranged externally with respect to the housing and is connected to the connection device, - the circuit breaker is arranged in a separate housing, which is connectable in form-fitting manner to the housing of the residual current protection device, - the housing of the circuit breaker has a shaft (10, 11, 12), in which the tripping device is fastened, and - the tripping device is in the form of a module which can be plugged into the housing of the circuit breaker.
Method comprising: - the reception, by a device comprising an integrated circuit, of a control signal for the selection of a first application from among a plurality of compressed applications stored in a non-volatile memory of the device during the fabrication of the integrated circuit, the compressed applications being not yet installed in the integrated circuit, but being ready to be installed in the integrated circuit during a customization operation of the device, the first application being stored in a first location of the non-volatile memory; and - the decompression by the device of the first application, and the storage of the first decompressed application into the memory at least partially: in the first location; and in a second location of storage of a second compressed application among the plurality of applications, the first decompressed applications overwriting at least a portion of the second compressed application. - the reception, by a device comprising an integrated circuit, of a control signal for the selection of a first application from among a plurality of compressed applications stored in a non-volatile memory of the device during the fabrication of the integrated circuit, the compressed applications being not yet installed in the integrated circuit, but being ready to be installed in the integrated circuit during a customization operation of the device, the first application being stored in a first location of the non-volatile memory; and - the decompression by the device of the first application, and the storage of the first decompressed application into the memory at least partially: in the first location; and in a second location of storage of a second compressed application among the plurality of applications, the first decompressed applications overwriting at least a portion of the second compressed application. in the first location; and in a second location of storage of a second compressed application among the plurality of applications, the first decompressed applications overwriting at least a portion of the second compressed application.
A nucleic acid molecule encoding a leader sequence and an albumin fusion protein comprising a polynucleotide encoding a HSA (human serum albumin)/kex2 leader sequence, a polynucleotide encoding mature human serum albumin, a polynucleotide encoding a mature granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), and a polynucleotide sequence comprising a promoter sequence, a selectable marker sequence, and a region for termination of transcription, wherein the encoded HSA (human serum albumin)/kex2 leader sequence is fused to the N-terminus of mature human serum albumin, wherein said mature human serum albumin is fused to the N-terminus of said mature G-CSF, and wherein said albumin fusion protein has G-CSF activity, optionally wherein the nucleic acid molecule is part of an expression cassette.
A device for the constant tension feeding of threads or yarns fed to a textile machine or a winding machine working on a metallic wire, said machine being apt to produce a manufactured product or to process the thread, said feeding taking place in a discontinuous way that is with phase sequences wherein the thread motion takes place with at least a first and at least a second feeding or absorption state by the machine different therebetween, said states following each other in time, comprising tension detecting means, thread accumulating means and control means connected to said tension detecting means and thread accumulating means and apt to intervene on the latter based upon a tension value obtained from said detecting means, characterized in that a compensating means is provided and arranged between said thread accumulating means and said tension detecting means apt to cooperate with such thread so as to compensate a variation of the feeding or absorption state of the latter upon the passage between each first and each second feeding or absorption state following the first one, said compensating means which comprises a mobile compensating organ apt to compensate with the motion thereof the thread absorption variation in the transient state between two different feeding states, said compensating organ moving from a resting position in the feeding direction of the thread when the latter passes from a state of less absorption by the machine to a state of greater absorption, but moving in the opposite direction when the thread passes from a state of greater absorption to a state of less absorption, said motion being obtained in an automatic and free way and by allowing control means to adapt the action of the thread accumulating means onto the thread to the changed feeding state so as to keep constant in time the tension value detected by the tension detecting means at a pre-fixed value, said constant tension value being kept also during the changing phase of the feeding state, said compensating organ returning back to the resting position at the end of said critical absorption variation, said mobile compensating organ being placed downward the thread accumulating means and are able to move freely under the action of the thread with respect to the resting position, which is placed inside a motion path of the compensating organ having two limit positions (PA, PC).
An energy-absorbing structural member having an enhanced load bearing capacity per unit mass, the structural member comprising: strips of a rigid elastic material formed into a skeleton of desired shape; said strips being joined together along or around a common central axis; a tensile material which is woven around said common central axis of the skeleton in a desired weave; and characterized by spaced notches placed on the side of the strips of rigid elastic material; said tensile material, woven around said common central axis of the skeleton, being placed in said notches; and a central core comprising internal strands of tensile material embedded in said skeleton and extending along said common central axis. strips of a rigid elastic material formed into a skeleton of desired shape; said strips being joined together along or around a common central axis; a tensile material which is woven around said common central axis of the skeleton in a desired weave; and characterized by spaced notches placed on the side of the strips of rigid elastic material; said tensile material, woven around said common central axis of the skeleton, being placed in said notches; and a central core comprising internal strands of tensile material embedded in said skeleton and extending along said common central axis.
An aqueous composition for ink-jet printing, comprising a blocked isocyanate A, at least one compound B selected from the group consisting of a carbodiimide compound and an oxazoline compound, and water, characterized in that the mass ratio of the blocked isocyanate A to the compound B (A/B) is not less than 3 and not more than 15.
Exhaust-gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine for arrangement in an exhaust-gas system of the internal combustion engine, comprising a first catalytic converter and a catalytic converter for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides (SCR catalytic converter), arranged downstream of the first catalytic converter in a flow direction of the exhaust gas through the exhaust-gas aftertreatment assembly, wherein the first catalytic converter is a ring catalytic converter with a first, tubular, inner flow cross section and with a second, ring-shaped, outer flow cross section, wherein the second flow cross section surrounds the first flow cross section at least in certain sections, wherein the first flow cross section and the second flow cross section are flowed through in opposite directions by an exhaust-gas flow of the internal combustion engine, and having a diverting element which diverts the exhaust-gas flow through the ring catalytic converter between the first flow cross section and the second flow cross section, furthermore comprising a dosing element by means of which a reducing agent for the catalytic converter for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides can be dosed into the exhaust-gas system, wherein a mixing section is formed between the diverting element and the catalytic converter for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides, wherein, in the mixing section, there is provided an electric heating element for heating the exhaust-gas flow before it enters the catalytic converter for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides, wherein the diverting element forms an end side of a housing of the ring catalytic converter, wherein the dosing element is arranged at the end side of the housing of the ring catalytic converter, wherein the dosing element is arranged concentrically with respect to the cylindrical pipe at the end side of the housing of the ring catalytic converter, characterized in that the electric heating element is arranged at the ring catalytic converter such that both the inner flow cross section and the outer flow cross section are heatable by means of a common heating element, and wherein the heating element has multiple heating zones, such that different temperatures can be set for the first catalytic converter and the mixing section, wherein the heating zones are situated in each case upstream of the catalytically active zones of the first catalytic converter and of the catalytic converter for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides.
A fire resisting gate or door comprising two or more door leaf members provided with a first front side and a second front side along their longitudinal extension, wherein a first spring is disposed on the first front side and a first groove is disposed on the second front side, wherein the first spring of a first door leaf member engages in the first groove of a similar second door leaf member, wherein an additional spring is disposed on the base area of the first groove, wherein an additional groove is disposed on the front surface of the first spring, wherein the additional spring of the first door leaf member engages in the additional groove of the similar second door leaf member, and wherein the cross section of the first spring and/or the second spring tapers towards the corresponding front surface (12, 13) in a wedge shaped way, respectively the cross section of the first groove and/or the additional grove tapers towards the corresponding base surface (5, 14) in a wedge shaped way, such that the similar door leaf member are held together by a wedge effect.
A method for preparing polyester polyol comprising following steps: a) mixing inorganic oxyacid ester, polyhydric alcohol as raw materials and transesterification catalyst, and then performing the transesterification under stirring conditions and in an inactive protection atmosphere, wherein the reaction temperature ranges from 80 to 180°C, and the reaction time ranges from 2 to 10 hours; b) after the reaction in step a), performing vacuum distillation during which the vacuum degree ranges from 0.01 to 5kPa, the reaction temperature ranges from 170 to 230 °C, and the reaction time ranges from 0.5 to 5 hours; wherein a molar ratio of inorganic oxyacid ester, polyhydric alcohol and transesterification catalyst satisfies: inorganic oxyacid ester: polyhydric alcohol = (0.8~1.2)n 3 /x, wherein x is the number of moles of alkoxyl groups contained in each mole of inorganic oxyacid ester, and n 3 is the number of moles of hydroxyl groups contained in each mole of polyhydric alcohol. a) mixing inorganic oxyacid ester, polyhydric alcohol as raw materials and transesterification catalyst, and then performing the transesterification under stirring conditions and in an inactive protection atmosphere, wherein the reaction temperature ranges from 80 to 180°C, and the reaction time ranges from 2 to 10 hours; b) after the reaction in step a), performing vacuum distillation during which the vacuum degree ranges from 0.01 to 5kPa, the reaction temperature ranges from 170 to 230 °C, and the reaction time ranges from 0.5 to 5 hours; wherein a molar ratio of inorganic oxyacid ester, polyhydric alcohol and transesterification catalyst satisfies: inorganic oxyacid ester: polyhydric alcohol = (0.8~1.2)n 3 /x, wherein x is the number of moles of alkoxyl groups contained in each mole of inorganic oxyacid ester, and n 3 is the number of moles of hydroxyl groups contained in each mole of polyhydric alcohol. wherein a molar ratio of inorganic oxyacid ester, polyhydric alcohol and transesterification catalyst satisfies: inorganic oxyacid ester: polyhydric alcohol = (0.8~1.2)n 3 /x, wherein x is the number of moles of alkoxyl groups contained in each mole of inorganic oxyacid ester, and n 3 is the number of moles of hydroxyl groups contained in each mole of polyhydric alcohol.
A method for identifying a mammalian tumour that does respond to a HER2-directed therapy or for identifying a subject with cancer for the therapy, wherein the tumour or cancer over-expresses HER2, the method comprising the detection of a pattern of expression and/or phosphorylation of IGFR polypeptide in combination with the detection of a pattern of expression and/or increased or decreased phosphorylation of one or more polypeptides selected from: (a) NDF polypeptide; (b) phosphorylated S6 ribosomal polypeptide; and (c) phosphorylated AKT polypeptide, in a sample from the tumour or in a cell or tissue sample from the subject, wherein (i) the detected pattern is normal or increased expression of IGFR polypeptide, accompanied by decreased phosphorylation of AKT polypeptide and/or decreased phosphorylation of S6 ribosomal polypeptide, as compared to a non-tumour tissue or cell sample; or (ii) the detected pattern is decreased expression of IGFR polypeptide, accompanied by increased phosphorylation of S6 ribosomal polypeptide, as compared to a non-tumour tissue or cell sample; or (iii) wherein the detected pattern is decreased expression of IGFR polypeptide, accompanied by increased expression of NDF polypeptide, as compared to a non-tumour tissue or cell sample, preferably wherein the detected pattern further includes increased phosphorylation of S6 ribosomal polypeptide. (a) NDF polypeptide; (b) phosphorylated S6 ribosomal polypeptide; and (c) phosphorylated AKT polypeptide, (i) the detected pattern is normal or increased expression of IGFR polypeptide, accompanied by decreased phosphorylation of AKT polypeptide and/or decreased phosphorylation of S6 ribosomal polypeptide, as compared to a non-tumour tissue or cell sample; or (ii) the detected pattern is decreased expression of IGFR polypeptide, accompanied by increased phosphorylation of S6 ribosomal polypeptide, as compared to a non-tumour tissue or cell sample; or (iii) wherein the detected pattern is decreased expression of IGFR polypeptide, accompanied by increased expression of NDF polypeptide, as compared to a non-tumour tissue or cell sample, preferably
Citalopram or escitalopram, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for use in the treatment of Machado-Joseph disease, spinobulbar muscular atrophy, dentatorubralpallidoluysian atrophy, spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, spinocerebellar ataxia type 7, spinocerebellar ataxia type 17.
A web material advancement arrangement for a packaging machine acting on a web, wherein the web material advancement arrangement defines an upstream end and a downstream end, characterised in that the arrangement comprises: a pair of endless spaced-apart web engagement members, each of which is configured to engage the web adjacent one of a pair of opposite edges defined by the web, wherein each of the web engagement members is engaged with an upstream rotatable drive member located toward the upstream end and is engaged with a rotatable downstream engagement member located toward the downstream end; and a drive system for imparting rotation to the upstream rotatable drive members, wherein the drive system comprises a motor having an output, a rotatable input member to which each of the upstream rotatable drive members is secured, and a drive arrangement between the motor output and the rotatable input member, wherein operation of the motor causes rotation of the motor output and rotation of the upstream rotatable drive members through the drive arrangement so that the upstream rotatable drive members are driven together in response to operation of the motor and advance the pair of endless spaced-apart web engagement members, and the web therebetween, in a downstream direction through the packaging machine. a pair of endless spaced-apart web engagement members, each of which is configured to engage the web adjacent one of a pair of opposite edges defined by the web, wherein each of the web engagement members is engaged with an upstream rotatable drive member located toward the upstream end and is engaged with a rotatable downstream engagement member located toward the downstream end; and a drive system for imparting rotation to the upstream rotatable drive members, wherein the drive system comprises a motor having an output, a rotatable input member to which each of the upstream rotatable drive members is secured, and a drive arrangement between the motor output and the rotatable input member, wherein operation of the motor causes rotation of the motor output and rotation of the upstream rotatable drive members through the drive arrangement so that the upstream rotatable drive members are driven together in response to operation of the motor and advance the pair of endless spaced-apart web engagement members, and the web therebetween, in a downstream direction through the packaging machine.
Swab for taking biological samples comprising a support rod having an end portion coated with a layer of fibres, each fibre extending in length orthogonally to a surface of the support rod with a corresponding free end portion, wherein said layer of fibres has hydrophilic properties to allow the absorption of biological samples, wherein each of said fibres is mechanically anchored at a bottom portion to a textile substrate which in turn is fixed to a surface of the end portion of said rod, characterised in that said fibres have a count between 60 dtex and 90 dtex.