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An impact absorbing unit (111; 151) for a vehicle which is subjected an axial compressive force from an impact in the event of a collision, comprising: a columnar piece of wood (121; 161) having an axis that extends along a grain direction; and a metallic housing (131; 171) covering lateral faces of the piece of wood (124; 161), characterised in that the metallic housing (131; 171) has a plurality of ribs (141r-144r; 181r-184r) formed in an outer surface or an inner surface of the metallic housing (131; 171), the plurality of ribs (181r-184r) protruding at right angles from at least a pair of opposite walls of the housing, wherein the plurality of ribs (141r-144r; 181r-184r) extends from a first end to a second end of the housing (131; 171) parallel to the axis of the piece of wood (121; 161), wherein the piece of wood (121; 161) and the housing (131; 171) have a gap therebetween and wherein when it is subjected to an axial compressive force, the housing (131; 171) bulges outwards as viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to the axis of the piece of wood (121; 161). a columnar piece of wood (121; 161) having an axis that extends along a grain direction; and a metallic housing (131; 171) covering lateral faces of the piece of wood (124; 161), characterised in that the metallic housing (131; 171) has a plurality of ribs (141r-144r; 181r-184r) formed in an outer surface or an inner surface of the metallic housing (131;
Reel changer having a holder for supporting a material reel with a winding sleeve, the holder having a supporting journal and a number of carrier elements (06; 07), the carrier elements (06; 07) being arranged engaging in a front side of the winding sleeve, characterized in that the number of the carrier elements (06; 07) engaging in the front side of the winding sleeve is alterable.
A pedal driven apparatus comprising: manually operable pedals fixed for rotation with a pedal spindle for receiving a manually provided driving force; a motor having a shaft for receiving a motor provided driving force; a first torque transmission path for transferring said manually provided driving force to a sprocket of said pedal driven apparatus; a second torque transmission path for transferring said motor provided driving force to said sprocket of said pedal driven apparatus; wherein a first one way drive means is provided in said first torque transmission path between said pedal spindle and said sprocket such that when said sprocket is being driven by said motor provided driving force through said second torque transmission path, said pedal spindle is able to freewheel; and a second one way drive means is provided in said second torque transmission path between said motor shaft and said sprocket such that when said sprocket is being driven by said manually provided driving force through said first torque transmission path, said motor shaft is not caused to rotate; wherein said motor is arranged concentrically around said pedal spindle such that said pedal spindle is freely accommodated through a hollow bore of said motor shaft and such that their axes of rotation are parallel, characterised by that said second one way drive means having an axis of rotation offset by a predetermined amount with respect to an axis of rotation of said motor shaft. manually operable pedals fixed for rotation with a pedal spindle for receiving a manually provided driving force; a motor having a shaft for receiving a motor provided driving force; a first torque transmission path for transferring said manually provided driving force to a sprocket of said pedal driven apparatus; a second torque transmission path for transferring said motor provided driving force to said sprocket of said pedal driven apparatus; wherein a first one way drive means is provided in said first torque transmission path between said pedal spindle and said sprocket such that when said sprocket is being driven by said motor provided driving force through said second torque transmission path, said pedal spindle is able to freewheel; and a second one way drive means is provided in said second torque transmission path between said motor shaft and said sprocket such that when said sprocket is being driven by said manually provided driving force through said first torque transmission path, said motor shaft is not caused to rotate; wherein said motor is arranged concentrically around said pedal spindle such that said pedal spindle is freely accommodated through a hollow bore of said motor shaft and such that their axes of rotation are parallel, characterised by that said second one way drive means having an axis of rotation offset by a predetermined amount with respect to an axis of rotation of said motor shaft.
The use of a Fischer-Tropsch derived fuel, or of a fuel composition containing a Fischer-Tropsch derived fuel, to improve the responsiveness of a compression ignition engine and/or a vehicle powered by such an engine, into which engine said fuel or fuel composition is introduced.
A lubrication apparatus for a four-stroke engine comprising: a piston; a cylinder; a crank chamber; and a valve operating chamber, the lubrication apparatus configured to lubricate driving parts while circulating oil mist through an oil circulation pathway, using pressure fluctuation in the crank chamber, the pressure fluctuation being caused by reciprocating motion of the piston, the lubrication apparatus further comprising a direct passageway configured to allow communication between the valve operating chamber and the crank chamber when a negative pressure is created in the crank chamber, wherein the direct passageway includes a flexible tube part that is formed out of the cylinder; wherein L-shaped pipe lines (146a and 146b) are provided at both ends of the tube part, respectively; wherein the tube part of the direct passageway is formed between the cylinder and an air guiding cover configured to guide cooling air to cool the cylinder; and wherein an opening of the direct passageway in the crank chamber opens when the piston moves from a position near a top dead center to the top dead center, and closes when the piston moves from a position near the top dead center to a bottom dead center. a piston; a cylinder; a crank chamber; and a valve operating chamber, the lubrication apparatus configured to lubricate driving parts while circulating oil mist through an oil circulation pathway, using pressure fluctuation in the crank chamber, the pressure fluctuation being caused by reciprocating motion of the piston, the lubrication apparatus further comprising a direct passageway configured to allow communication between the valve operating chamber and the crank chamber when a negative pressure is created in the crank chamber, wherein the direct passageway includes a flexible tube part that is formed out of the cylinder; wherein L-shaped pipe lines (146a and 146b) are provided at both ends of the tube part, respectively; wherein the tube part of the direct passageway is formed between the cylinder and an air guiding cover configured to guide cooling air to cool the cylinder; and wherein an opening of the direct passageway in the crank chamber opens when the piston moves from a position near a top dead center to the top dead center, and closes when the piston moves from a position near the top dead center to a bottom dead center.
A method for remote access by a client computer (206, 318) to a service (210, 320) of a private network (212, 308) via two or more gateways (202, 204, 302, 304, 306), the method comprising: assigning (402, 502) a single service address (116, 222, 328) of the service to the two or more gateways, wherein the single service address includes an internet Protocol version six, IPv6, address assigned to an external network interface card, NIC, of one of the two or more gateways, and wherein each of the two or more gateways is accessible at a public network address (218, 220, 322, 324, 326) that is different from the single service address; turning off (404, 504) duplicate address detection at each of the two or more gateways; receiving a request from the client computer to access the service of the private network at one of the two or more gateways, wherein the request is directed to the single service address, and wherein the request from the client computer is directed to the IPv6 address assigned to the external NIC of the one gateway; and routing the request from the one gateway to the private network, wherein roaming from the one gateway to another gateway of the two or more gateways is performed without reconfiguration of the client computer when it changes location. assigning (402, 502) a single service address (116, 222, 328) of the service to the two or more gateways, wherein the single service address includes an internet Protocol version six, IPv6, address assigned to an external network interface card, NIC, of one of the two or more gateways, and wherein each of the two or more gateways is accessible at a public network address (218, 220, 322, 324, 326) that is different from the single service address; turning off (404, 504) duplicate address detection at each of the two or more gateways; receiving a request from the client computer to access the service of the private network at one of the two or more gateways, wherein the request is directed to the single service address, and wherein the request from the client computer is directed to the IPv6 address assigned to the external NIC of the one gateway; and routing the request from the one gateway to the private network, wherein roaming from the one gateway to another gateway of the two or more gateways is performed without reconfiguration of the client computer when it changes location.
An effective component generation device (1, 1A) comprising: an internal component including a discharger that generates an effective component; a case having a box shape having a discharge port through which the effective component is discharged, the case housing the internal component; and an air passage member that is housed in the case and surrounds the discharger, wherein the internal component further includes an air blower that generates an air flow for outputting the effective component from the discharge port to an outside of the case, and the air passage member includes an upstream block forming an air supply passage on an upstream side as viewed from the air blower, and a downstream block forming an air discharge passage on a downstream side as viewed from the air blower, the upstream block and downstream block are integrally formed, and the air supply passage and the air discharge passage are located in the case to form an air passage through which the air flow passes; characterized in that the air passage member forms a sound attenuating chamber housing the discharger, and the sound attenuating chamber is configured to reduce a discharge sound generated in the discharger by using a resonance phenomenon when the effective component is generated; and a distance D1 between a pair of wall surfaces (591, 592) provided in the sound attenuating chamber so as to face each other with the discharger interposed therebetween is expressed by using a wavelength λ of the discharge sound and an integer n, as D 1 ≈ 1 / 4 + n / 2 × λ. an internal component including a discharger that generates an effective component; a case having a box shape having a discharge port through which the effective component is discharged, the case housing the internal component; and an air passage member that is housed in the case and surrounds the discharger, wherein the internal component further includes an air blower that generates an air flow for outputting the effective component from the discharge port to an outside of the case, and the air passage member includes an upstream block forming an air supply passage on an upstream side as viewed from the air blower, and a downstream block forming an air discharge passage on a downstream side as viewed from the air blower, the upstream block and downstream block are integrally formed, and the air supply passage and the air discharge passage are located in the case to form an air passage through which the air flow passes; characterized in that the air passage member forms a sound attenuating chamber housing the discharger, and the sound attenuating chamber is configured to reduce a discharge sound generated in the discharger by using a resonance phenomenon when the effective component is generated; and a distance D1 between a pair of wall surfaces (591, 592) provided in the sound attenuating chamber so as to face each other with the discharger interposed therebetween is expressed by using a wavelength λ of the discharge sound and an integer n, as D 1 ≈ 1 / 4 + n / 2 × λ.
A computer-implemented method comprising: a touch sensing unit sensing a first movement of an object in a first direction defined between a first point and second point, the touch sensing unit sensing a second movement of said object in a second direction defined between said second point and a third point, said second direction being different from said first direction, and characterized by further comprising: calculating by a control unit a first scroll parameter a scroll function based on said first movement, the first scroll parameter being a scroll speed and being determined by a distance between the first point and the second point; calculating by a control unit a second scroll parameter for the scroll function based on said second movement, the second scroll parameter being a scroll direction and depending on a variable comprising information regarding the direction of the second movement; controlling by a control unit the scroll function based on said first scroll parameter and said second scroll parameter, wherein said object is in contact with the touch-sensing unit from the start of the first movement to the end of the second movement. a touch sensing unit sensing a first movement of an object in a first direction defined between a first point and second point, the touch sensing unit sensing a second movement of said object in a second direction defined between said second point and a third point, said second direction being different from said first direction, calculating by a control unit a first scroll parameter a scroll function based on said first movement, the first scroll parameter being a scroll speed and being determined by a distance between the first point and the second point; calculating by a control unit a second scroll parameter for the scroll function based on said second movement, the second scroll parameter being a scroll direction and depending on a variable comprising information regarding the direction of the second movement; controlling by a control unit the scroll function based on said first scroll parameter and said second scroll parameter, wherein said object is in contact with the touch-sensing unit from the start of the first movement to the end of the second movement.
A sterilizable pouch for a surgical instrument, the pouch comprising: a first sterilant permeable sheet having a first sealing strip; a sterilant impermeable sheet having a second sealing strip, the first sealing strip being sealed to the second sealing strip to define the pouch (10, 26), the pouch (10, 26) having a pouch volume configured to store the surgical instrument and at least one sealable open portion configured to seal the pouch (10, 26) after the surgical instrument is located inside the pouch volume; wherein the sterilant impermeable sheet is a laminate, which laminate includes a polyethylene sheet and a polypropylene sheet, the polypropylene sheet facing inside the pouch (10, 26); an indicator material for indicating sterile processing conditions inside the pouch (10, 26), the indicator material being located on an inner surface of the sterilant impermeable sheet inside the pouch volume; and a second sterilant permeable sheet located over the indicator material so as to sandwich the indicator material between the polypropylene sheet and the second sterilant permeable sheet. a first sterilant permeable sheet having a first sealing strip; a sterilant impermeable sheet having a second sealing strip, the first sealing strip being sealed to the second sealing strip to define the pouch (10, 26), the pouch (10, 26) having a pouch volume configured to store the surgical instrument and at least one sealable open portion configured to seal the pouch (10, 26) after the surgical instrument is located inside the pouch volume; wherein the sterilant impermeable sheet is a laminate, which laminate includes a polyethylene sheet and a polypropylene sheet, the polypropylene sheet facing inside the pouch (10, 26); an indicator material for indicating sterile processing conditions inside the pouch (10, 26), the indicator material being located on an inner surface of the sterilant impermeable sheet inside the pouch volume; and a second sterilant permeable sheet located over the indicator material so as to sandwich the indicator material between the polypropylene sheet and the second sterilant permeable sheet.
A composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of KDM4A and a chemotherapeutic agent for use in the treatment of cancer in a subject, wherein the chemotherapeutic agent is an mTOR inhibitor selected from the group of rapamycin, everolimus, temsirolimus, AZD8055, AP-23573, AP-23481, LY294002, wortmannin, BEZ-235, BKM-120, BGT-226, and wherein the inhibitor of KDM4A is a miRNA.
A process for purifying albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, a fusion protein comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, or a conjugate comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof the process comprising: (i) loading a solid matrix comprising 2-chloro-4,6-di(2'-sulphoanilino)-S-triazine bound to a solid support with an aqueous solution comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, a fusion protein comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, or a conjugate comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof; (ii) washing the matrix to remove at least some impurities; and (iii) eluting the albumin, an albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, a fusion protein comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, or a conjugate comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof from the matrix to provide a purified albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, a fusion protein comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, or a conjugate comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof. wherein: the fragment is selected from domain I, domain II and domain III, as well as combinations of two of these; and the variant comprises a sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to the sequence of HSA (SEQ I D NO: 1). (i) loading a solid matrix comprising 2-chloro-4,6-di(2'-sulphoanilino)-S-triazine bound to a solid support with an aqueous solution comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, a fusion protein comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, or a conjugate comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof; (ii) washing the matrix to remove at least some impurities; and (iii) eluting the albumin, an albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, a fusion protein comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, or a conjugate comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof from the matrix to provide a purified albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, a fusion protein comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof, or a conjugate comprising albumin, a variant or fragment thereof. the fragment is selected from domain I, domain II and domain III, as well as combinations of two of these; and the variant comprises a sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to the sequence of HSA (SEQ I D NO: 1).
Valve monitoring method, in particular for execution with a motor vehicle transmission, wherein for each of a multiplicity of valves a target value (I S1...n) is predefined for the actuation of said valve, in particular per actuation period, characterized in that an actual operating parameter is determined for a respective valve in an actuation period, wherein the actual operating parameters of at least two valves for which the same target value (I S1...n) is predefined for the actuation period are compared, wherein depending on the comparison result either a malfunction of at least one valve or satisfactory functioning of the valves is detected.
Lighting arrangement for vehicles, comprising - at least one light guide which, starting from a common end region opening into a bifurcation, branches at the bifurcation into at least two light guide sections (4', 4"), the common end region having a light main propagation direction, the light guide sections (4', 4") having one or more decoupling points for decoupling light, as well as - an intermediate element for homogenising scattered light emerging from the at least one light guide at the bifurcation, the intermediate element extending between the at least two light guide sections (4', 4") and having a light entry surface and a light exit surface opposite the light entry surface for radiating light into a region lying between the light guide sections (4', 4"), wherein the light entrance surface of the intermediate element is spaced from a beam splitting point located at a vertex of the bifurcation, the light entrance surface being oriented substantially normal to the light main propagation direction of the common end portion, wherein the intermediate element is connected to a clamping means for clamping to the light guide or to a light guide section (4', 4") and/or wherein the intermediate element is connected to a covering element which extends up to the bifurcation and in which or in a clamping means which engages on the bifurcation for clamping on the bifurcation. - at least one light guide which, starting from a common end region opening into a bifurcation, branches at the bifurcation into at least two light guide sections (4', 4"), the common end region having a light main propagation direction, the light guide sections (4', 4") having one or more decoupling points for decoupling light, as well as - an intermediate element for homogenising scattered light emerging from the at least one light guide at the bifurcation, the intermediate element extending between the at least two light guide sections (4', 4") and having a light entry surface and a light exit surface opposite the light entry surface for radiating light into a region lying between the light guide sections (4', 4"), wherein the light entrance surface of the intermediate element is spaced from a beam splitting point located at a vertex of the bifurcation, the light entrance surface being oriented substantially normal to the light main propagation direction of the common end portion, wherein the intermediate element is connected to a clamping means for clamping to the light guide or to a light guide section (4', 4") and/or wherein the intermediate element is connected to a covering element which extends up to the bifurcation and in which or in a clamping means which engages on the bifurcation for clamping on the bifurcation.
A colored translucent zirconia sintered body, which does not comprise lanthanide rare earth element as a coloring agent, comprising yttria in an amount of at least 6 mol% and at most 15 mol% and at least one member selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, manganese, cobalt, chromium, copper and vanadium in an amount of at least 0.02 mol% and at most 0.6 mol% as calculated as oxides, and having a porosity of at most 1,000 ppm.
A loop-forming fastener element for hook-and-loop fasteners, comprising a nonwoven fabric material with continuous fibres of a spunbonded fabric, and carded staple fibres, wherein the continuous fibres and staple fibres are entangled with one another, and together form a nonwoven fabric layer of a fibre mixture, and wherein the proportion of the continuous fibres relative to the proportion of the staple fibres varies over the thickness of the nonwoven fabric layer, characterised in that the nonwoven fabric material is embossed, and in that staple fibres protrude from both sides of the nonwoven fabric layer.