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A cooling system for use with a gas turbine engine, comprising: a heat exchanger operative to cool air of a first working fluid stream of the gas turbine engine; characterized by a cooling medium inlet for said heat exchanger structured to receive a cooling medium from a second working fluid stream in one of a first fan bypass duct and a second fan bypass duct in fluid communication with a fan (12, 14) of the gas turbine engine; a cooling medium outlet for said heat exchanger structured to discharge the cooling medium to a third working fluid stream in the other of the first fan bypass duct and the second fan bypass duct in fluid communication with another fan (12, 14) of the gas turbine engine; and wherein said cooling system is structured to transfer heat from the air of the first working fluid stream to the cooling medium and discharge the cooling medium into the third working fluid stream. a heat exchanger operative to cool air of a first working fluid stream of the gas turbine engine; characterized by a cooling medium inlet for said heat exchanger structured to receive a cooling medium from a second working fluid stream in one of a first fan bypass duct and a second fan bypass duct in fluid communication with a fan (12, 14) of the gas turbine engine; a cooling medium outlet for said heat exchanger structured to discharge the cooling medium to a third working fluid stream in the other of the first fan bypass duct and the second fan bypass duct in fluid communication with another fan (12, 14) of the gas turbine engine; and wherein said cooling system is structured to transfer heat from the air of the first working fluid stream to the cooling medium and discharge the cooling medium into the third working fluid stream.
A bracket (1, 101, 201) together with and for supporting a covering assembly for an architectural opening such as a window, wherein: said bracket comprises: - a base mountable (9,109,209) to a fixed vertical lateral surface (5A, 105A) adjacent the architectural opening, and - a resilient tab (11, 111, 211) projecting from said base (9, 109, 209); and characterized in that: said covering assembly comprises: - a housing or a head rail, wherein said housing or head rail comprises an end cap at a first end of the covering assembly, the end cap including a surface facing the bracket (1, 101, 201) when mounted thereto, and a recessed area in said surface including a recess in which the resilient tab can be accommodated and a lateral horizontal top surface which can rest on a tab top rim of the resilient tab, whereby the resilient tab is capable of supportably engaging the lateral horizontal top at the first end of the covering assembly when mounted to the bracket (1, 101, 201). - a base mountable (9,109,209) to a fixed vertical lateral surface (5A, 105A) adjacent the architectural opening, and - a resilient tab (11, 111, 211) projecting from said base (9, 109, 209); and - a housing or a head rail, wherein said housing or head rail comprises an end cap at a first end of the covering assembly, the end cap including a surface facing the bracket (1, 101, 201) when mounted thereto, and a recessed area in said surface including a recess in which the resilient tab can be accommodated and a lateral horizontal top surface which can rest on a tab top rim of the resilient tab, whereby the resilient tab is capable of supportably engaging the lateral horizontal top at the first end of the covering assembly when mounted to the bracket (1, 101, 201).
A low salt ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition comprising a sub-micron emulsion, a polymer lubricant, and a salt-sensitive viscosity modulating polymer, wherein said sub-micron emulsion comprises a surfactant and a therapeutic lipid; wherein said therapeutic lipid is castor oil; wherein said surfactant is a sorbitan ester; wherein said salt-sensitive viscosity modulating polymer is an acrylate/C 10 -C 30 acrylate crosspolymer; wherein said polymer lubricant is carboxymethylcellulose sodium; and wherein said castor oil is present at a concentration of about 0.25% (w/w), wherein about refers to the nominal amount ± 10% thereof, wherein low salt refers to a salt content which is sufficiently low so as to provide a stabilized sub-micron emulsion within the ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition. wherein about refers to the nominal amount ± 10% thereof, wherein low salt refers to a salt content which is sufficiently low so as to provide a stabilized sub-micron emulsion within the ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition.
A brassiere comprising: a brassiere main body made of a front body for covering a chest and a back body for covering a back; right and left inclined shoulder straps provided between upper end edges of the front body and the back body; an under belt that is provided at a lower end edge of the brassiere main body with an intermediation of an under-bust line; and a pair of right and left cup parts provided in the front body, wherein an attachment angle of the shoulder straps to the brassiere main body is defined by such an angle that an intermediate line of each shoulder strap extends to pass through a central portion of the cup part at a diagonal position of the shoulder strap and reach a range including an inferior point of a bust point and an inferior point of an anterior axilla point on the under-bust line. a brassiere main body made of a front body for covering a chest and a back body for covering a back; right and left inclined shoulder straps provided between upper end edges of the front body and the back body; an under belt that is provided at a lower end edge of the brassiere main body with an intermediation of an under-bust line; and a pair of right and left cup parts provided in the front body, wherein an attachment angle of the shoulder straps to the brassiere main body is defined by such an angle that an intermediate line of each shoulder strap extends to pass through a central portion of the cup part at a diagonal position of the shoulder strap and reach a range including an inferior point of a bust point and an inferior point of an anterior axilla point on the under-bust line.
A method of operating a memory device, the memory device comprising a top select cell (Cts), a top dummy cell (Ctd) and a string of memory cells, the top select cell (Cts) having a first terminal coupled to a bit line, a control terminal coupled to a top select line, the top dummy cell (Ctd) having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the top select cell (Cts), a control terminal coupled to a top dummy word line (TDWL), the string of memory cells having a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the top dummy cell (Ctd), and control terminals coupled to respective word lines, the method comprising: prior to a program operation, applying a first voltage to the word lines, applying a pre-pulse voltage (Vpre) to the top dummy word line (TDWL), the top select line and the bit line connected with an unselected string of memory cells of the strings of memory cells, whereas the first voltage is less than the pre-pulse voltage (Vpre), then applying the first voltage to the word lines, sequentially applying the first voltage to the top dummy word line (TDWL), the top select line and the bit line connected with the unselected string of memory cells, and in the program operation, applying a program pulse to a selected word line of the word lines, applying a top dummy cell voltage (Vdmc) to the top dummy word line (TDWL), and applying a pass voltage (Vpass) to unselected word lines of the word lines. prior to a program operation, applying a first voltage to the word lines, applying a pre-pulse voltage (Vpre) to the top dummy word line (TDWL), the top select line and the bit line connected with an unselected string of memory cells of the strings of memory cells, whereas the first voltage is less than the pre-pulse voltage (Vpre), then applying the first voltage to the word lines, sequentially applying the first voltage to the top dummy word line (TDWL), the top select line and the bit line connected with the unselected string of memory cells, and in the program operation, applying a program pulse to a selected word line of the word lines, applying a top dummy cell voltage (Vdmc) to the top dummy word line (TDWL), and applying a pass voltage (Vpass) to unselected word lines of the word lines.
Process for leaching sulfide minerals, characterized by the fact that it comprises: crushed ore leaching in a vat reactor in which an input leaching solution is fed with an oxidation reduction potential value close to the upper limit of an oxidation reduction potential range suitable for ore leaching and from where the exiting leaching solution leaves with an oxidation reduction potential above the lower limit of the oxidation reduction potential range that is suitable for leaching the ore of interest; and where part of the output leaching solution that leaves the leaching reactor goes through an iron oxidation stage, external to the leaching reactor, with the iron oxidation producing soluble ferric sulfate that is mixed with a recirculated portion of the output leaching solution to increase its oxidation reduction potential up to a value close to the upper limit of the redox potential range that is suitable for the ore leaching. crushed ore leaching in a vat reactor in which an input leaching solution is fed with an oxidation reduction potential value close to the upper limit of an oxidation reduction potential range suitable for ore leaching and from where the exiting leaching solution leaves with an oxidation reduction potential above the lower limit of the oxidation reduction potential range that is suitable for leaching the ore of interest; and where part of the output leaching solution that leaves the leaching reactor goes through an iron oxidation stage, external to the leaching reactor, with the iron oxidation producing soluble ferric sulfate that is mixed with a recirculated portion of the output leaching solution to increase its oxidation reduction potential up to a value close to the upper limit of the redox potential range that is suitable for the ore leaching.
An information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire depth information of each pixel of a texture image representing a position of each pixel in a depth direction, and depth representation information including a minimum value and a maximum value of the depth information; a preprocessing unit configured to, on the basis of the depth representation information, generate a depth image obtained by quantizing the depth information; and a file generation unit, for generating an mp4 file, configured to: arrange, in a first track of the mp4 file, an encoded stream obtained by encoding the depth image in units of samples, group one or more consecutive samples of the depth representation information with the same depth representation information in groups, arrange, in a second track of the mp4 file, wherein the second track is different from the first track, the depth representation information for each group as a sample, and describe, in the mp4 file, information specifying the first track for the encoded stream as a track referred to by the second track for the depth representation information. an acquisition unit configured to acquire depth information of each pixel of a texture image representing a position of each pixel in a depth direction, and depth representation information including a minimum value and a maximum value of the depth information; a preprocessing unit configured to, on the basis of the depth representation information, generate a depth image obtained by quantizing the depth information; and a file generation unit, for generating an mp4 file, configured to: arrange, in a first track of the mp4 file, an encoded stream obtained by encoding the depth image in units of samples, group one or more consecutive samples of the depth representation information with the same depth representation information in groups, arrange, in a second track of the mp4 file, wherein the second track is different from the first track, the depth representation information for each group as a sample, and describe, in the mp4 file, information specifying the first track for the encoded stream as a track referred to by the second track for the depth representation information. arrange, in a first track of the mp4 file, an encoded stream obtained by encoding the depth image in units of samples, group one or more consecutive samples of the depth representation information with the same depth representation information in groups, arrange, in a second track of the mp4 file, wherein the second track is different from the first track, the depth representation information for each group as a sample, and describe, in the mp4 file, information specifying the first track for the encoded stream as a track referred to by the second track for the depth representation information.
An implantable unit for a cochlear implant system, the implantable unit comprising: a plurality of operational components, comprising: a processor configured to generate electrical stimulation signals; and an electrode array (20, 63) configured to deliver the electrical stimulation signals to an implantee's auditory nerve; characterized by a deactivation system including a resonance circuit configured to be periodically excited; a waveform generator circuit configured to output a narrow energy spike to excite the resonance circuit at regular intervals, wherein the resonance circuit's response to the excitation by the waveform generator circuit changes when the metallic object is positioned in proximity to the deactivation system; and a waveform monitoring device configured to detect the change in the response of the resonance circuit, wherein the deactivation system is configured to shut down the implantable unit or to stop electrical stimulation of the cochlea by the electrode array in response to a detection by the deactivation system of a change in a response to the periodic excitation of the circuit resulting from the positioning of an external metallic object in proximity to the deactivation system. a plurality of operational components, comprising: a processor configured to generate electrical stimulation signals; and an electrode array (20, 63) configured to deliver the electrical stimulation signals to an implantee's auditory nerve; a processor configured to generate electrical stimulation signals; and an electrode array (20, 63) configured to deliver the electrical stimulation signals to an implantee's auditory nerve; a deactivation system including a resonance circuit configured to be periodically excited; a waveform generator circuit configured to output a narrow energy spike to excite the resonance circuit at regular intervals, wherein the resonance circuit's response to the excitation by the waveform generator circuit changes when the metallic object is positioned in proximity to the deactivation system; and a waveform monitoring device configured to detect the change in the response of the resonance circuit,
A polyaxial bone screw assembly including: a) a bone screw having an upper capture structure; b) a receiver having an inner cavity operably receiving the shank capture structure; and c) a retaining and articulation retainer structure for operably maintaining the shank capture structure within the receive; characterized in that d) the shank capture structure has an outer partially spherically shaped first surface and a top; e) the retainer structure has an inner partially spherically shaped second surface that mates' with and polyaxially rotates with the first surface during positioning of the bone screw relative to the receiver during positioning; f) the retainer structure 12 has an outer partially spherically shaped third surface; and g) the receiver has an inner partially spherically shaped fourth surface that mates and polyaxially rotates, with the third surface during positioning of the bone screw relative to the receiver during positioning; h) whereby the retainer structure forms a dual articulation between the shank capture structure and the receiver and the shank capture structure top extends above the retainer structure. a) a bone screw having an upper capture structure; b) a receiver having an inner cavity operably receiving the shank capture structure; and c) a retaining and articulation retainer structure for operably maintaining the shank capture structure within the receive; characterized in that d) the shank capture structure has an outer partially spherically shaped first surface and a top; e) the retainer structure has an inner partially spherically shaped second surface that mates' with and polyaxially rotates with the first surface during positioning of the bone screw relative to the receiver during positioning; f) the retainer structure 12 has an outer partially spherically shaped third surface; and g) the receiver has an inner partially spherically shaped fourth surface that mates and polyaxially rotates, with the third surface during positioning of the bone screw relative to the receiver during positioning; h) whereby the retainer structure forms a dual articulation between the shank capture structure and the receiver and the shank capture structure top extends above the retainer structure.
A process for the preparation of an aqueous polyurethane dispersion comprising the steps of: i) synthesizing a polyurethane prepolymer from isocyanates, polyols, which may include polyols with hydrophilic groups or polyols that have an additional functional group that is capable of forming a salt, and a phosphine oxide polyol, preferably a phosphine oxide diol or a phosphine oxide triol; and ii) dispersing the obtained prepolymer into a water phase optionally comprising other additives, (iii) adding one or more neutralizing agents prior to, simultaneously with or after dispersing the prepolymer in water, (iv) forming polyurethane by reacting with one or more extension agents simultaneously with or subsequent to the dispersing, after which optionally other additives may be added. i) synthesizing a polyurethane prepolymer from isocyanates, polyols, which may include polyols with hydrophilic groups or polyols that have an additional functional group that is capable of forming a salt, and a phosphine oxide polyol, preferably a phosphine oxide diol or a phosphine oxide triol; and ii) dispersing the obtained prepolymer into a water phase optionally comprising other additives, (iii) adding one or more neutralizing agents prior to, simultaneously with or after dispersing the prepolymer in water, (iv) forming polyurethane by reacting with one or more extension agents simultaneously with or subsequent to the dispersing, after which optionally other additives may be added.
A transmit power control, TPC, command generating device, comprising: a processor, configured to determine a target cell in at least one non-serving high speed downlink shared channel, HS-DSCH, cell comprised in an active set of user equipment, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a TPC command of the target cell according to a measurement result of a downlink channel of the target cell. a processor, configured to determine a target cell in at least one non-serving high speed downlink shared channel, HS-DSCH, cell comprised in an active set of user equipment, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a TPC command of the target cell according to a measurement result of a downlink channel of the target cell.
A tissue retractor adapted for use in orthopedic procedures, the retractor comprising: a longitudinal axis defining an instrument access channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end; an outer ring; an inner ring, the inner ring having a smaller diameter than the outer ring; and a flexible, generally frustoconical sheath, tapering from a proximal end, coupled to the outer ring, to a distal end, coupled to the inner ring, wherein: the instrument access channel extends through the outer ring, the inner ring, and the sheath; the sheath has greater circumferential stretch than longitudinal stretch; and at least a portion of the sheath is puncture resistant. a longitudinal axis defining an instrument access channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end; an outer ring; an inner ring, the inner ring having a smaller diameter than the outer ring; and a flexible, generally frustoconical sheath, tapering from a proximal end, coupled to the outer ring, to a distal end, coupled to the inner ring, wherein: the instrument access channel extends through the outer ring, the inner ring, and the sheath; the sheath has greater circumferential stretch than longitudinal stretch; and at least a portion of the sheath is puncture resistant. the instrument access channel extends through the outer ring, the inner ring, and the sheath; the sheath has greater circumferential stretch than longitudinal stretch; and at least a portion of the sheath is puncture resistant.
A puncture needle comprising: a shaft part; a needle tip part disposed at a tip of the shaft part; and a plurality of processed parts (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) that are arranged on an outer peripheral part of the shaft part along a length direction of the shaft part and form a geometric progression with a geometric ratio of 2 in which arrangement intervals (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5) gradually decrease toward the needle tip part, wherein a distance (K1,K2) between a reference point, which is located on a needle tip part side of a first processed part closest to the needle tip part among the plurality of processed parts (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) said reference point being located at a predetermined distance from the needle tip part, and the first processed part is equal to an arrangement interval between the first processed part and a second processed part which is second closest to the needle tip part. a shaft part; a needle tip part disposed at a tip of the shaft part; and a plurality of processed parts (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) that are arranged on an outer peripheral part of the shaft part along a length direction of the shaft part and form a geometric progression with a geometric ratio of 2 in which arrangement intervals (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5) gradually decrease toward the needle tip part, wherein a distance (K1,K2) between a reference point, which is located on a needle tip part side of a first processed part closest to the needle tip part among the plurality of processed parts (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5) said reference point being located at a predetermined distance from the needle tip part, and the first processed part is equal to an arrangement interval between the first processed part and a second processed part which is second closest to the needle tip part.
A cutting guide for spinal osteotomy, comprising two polyhedral blocks, each comprising a respective tubular guide member; each tubular guide member extending from a proximal opening to a distal opening and having an axial cavity, to guide the insertion of a surgical instrument on a patient's vertebra, extending along a longitudinal axis; a connecting bridge, which connects said two polyhedral blocks to each other, adapted to surmount a spinous process of said vertebra, contact members designed to match a corresponding plurality of surfaces or points of contact on the patient's vertebra in order to define a unique coupling configuration of the cutting guide on the patient's vertebra, characterized in that said polyhedral blocks each comprise at least a first and a second slotted body; said first and second slotted body being associated in pairs with a respective tubular guide member and being arranged one opposite the other with respect to the corresponding tubular guide member associated therewith; said first and second slotted bodies having respective extension surfaces (7', 8'), which define cutting planes, converging below the proximal opening of the respective tubular guide member.