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A hand-held biopsy sampling instrument comprising: a member (13, 13a) configured for effectively dispensing an anesthetic to a selected biopsy site, a member (14, 14a) configured for taking a biopsy sample from the biopsy site, and a housing for the anesthetic dispensing member (13, 13a) and the biopsy sample taking member (14, 14a), the housing having an aperture therein, the housing further comprises an extension and retraction mechanism (13', 14') configured to enable the anesthetic dispensing member (13, 13a) and biopsy sample taking member (14, 14a) to be held in offset positions relative to the aperture, characterized in that the aperture is adapted to be placed into contact directly against a biopsy site on the skin of a user, and in that the extension and retraction mechanism (13', 14') is further configured to enable the anesthetic dispensing member (13, 13a) and biopsy sample taking member (14, 14a) to be alternately brought into alignment with the aperture for extension therethrough, to sequentially provide an anesthetic to the selected biopsy site and to take a biopsy sample from the anesthetized biopsy site, without necessity for removal of the instrument from contact with the biopsy site. a member (13, 13a) configured for effectively dispensing an anesthetic to a selected biopsy site, a member (14, 14a) configured for taking a biopsy sample from the biopsy site, and a housing for the anesthetic dispensing member (13, 13a) and the biopsy sample taking member (14, 14a), the housing having an aperture therein, the housing further comprises an extension and retraction mechanism (13', 14') configured to enable the anesthetic dispensing member (13, 13a) and biopsy sample taking member (14, 14a) to be held in offset positions relative to the aperture, characterized in that the aperture is adapted to be placed into contact directly against a biopsy site on the skin of a user, and in that the extension and retraction mechanism (13', 14') is further configured to enable the anesthetic dispensing member (13, 13a) and biopsy sample taking member (14, 14a) to be alternately brought into alignment with the aperture for extension therethrough, to sequentially provide an anesthetic to the selected biopsy site and to take a biopsy sample from the anesthetized biopsy site, without necessity for removal of the instrument from contact with the biopsy site.
A method for manufacturing a non-tobacco moist snuff composition for oral use, comprising one or more plant fibers, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing one or more plant fibers selected from the group consisting of maize fibers, oat fibers, tomato fibers, barley fibers, rye fibers, sugar beet fibers, buck wheat fibers, potato fibers, cellulose fibers, apple fibers and cocoa fibers, preferably in flour form, optionally preceded by grinding or cutting and/or sieving of raw material for providing said one or more plant fibers; b) processing of the one or more plant fibers provided in step a), preceded by mixing if more than one type of fibers are used or if fibers with different size distribution are used; wherein step b) comprises the following steps: i) adding water, to give a final water content of from 30 to 50% per weight, one or more humectants, and NaCl to the plant fibers under stirring to form a mixture; ii) heating and keeping the mixture heated, thus achieving a pasteurisation of the mixture, iii) cooling the moist snuff mixture; and iv) optionally adding other ingredients such as one or more other salts, humectants, dyes, flavours and flavour additives, such as liquorice and ammonium chloride, c) and optionally packing, either in pouches, which is preferred, or as is in cans. a) providing one or more plant fibers selected from the group consisting of maize fibers, oat fibers, tomato fibers, barley fibers, rye fibers, sugar beet fibers, buck wheat fibers, potato fibers, cellulose fibers, apple fibers and cocoa fibers, preferably in flour form, optionally preceded by grinding or cutting and/or sieving of raw material for providing said one or more plant fibers; b) processing of the one or more plant fibers provided in step a), preceded by mixing if more than one type of fibers are used or if fibers with different size distribution are used; wherein step b) comprises the following steps: i) adding water, to give a final water content of from 30 to 50% per weight, one or more humectants, and NaCl to the plant fibers under stirring to form a mixture; ii) heating and keeping the mixture heated, thus achieving a pasteurisation of the mixture, iii) cooling the moist snuff mixture; and iv) optionally adding other ingredients such as one or more other salts, humectants, dyes, flavours and flavour additives, such as liquorice and ammonium chloride, i) adding water, to give a final water content of from 30 to 50% per weight, one or more humectants, and NaCl to the plant fibers under stirring to form a mixture; ii) heating and keeping the mixture heated, thus achieving a pasteurisation of the mixture, iii) cooling the moist snuff mixture; and iv) optionally adding other ingredients such as one or more other salts, humectants, dyes, flavours and flavour additives, such as liquorice and ammonium chloride, c) and optionally packing, either in pouches, which is preferred, or as is in cans.
A zeolite honeycomb-shaped structure which has partition walls composed of a metal exchanged zeolite obtained by extruding and firing a non-metal exchanged zeolite to a honeycomb shaped body and then ion-exchanging with metal ions and forming a plurality of cells extending from one end face of the zeolite structure to its other end face and functioning as passages for fluid, wherein the content, expressed as a mole content, per unit zeolite amount of metal ion in the surface portion of the partition wall is larger than the content, expressed as a mole content, per unit zeolite amount of metal ion in the inner portion of the partition wall, the inner portion being a portion which is the whole partition wall minus the two surface portions, and is a portion whose center is at the midpoint of the thickness of the partition wall and which occupies 50% of the thickness of the partition wall, wherein the metal ion in the surface portion of the partition wall is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of iron ion, copper ion and silver ion and the metal ion in the inner portion of the partition wall is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of iron ion, copper ion and silver ion, and wherein the main metal ion in the surface portion of the partition wall and the main metal ion in the inner portion of the partition wall are different from each other, wherein the main metal ion is defined as an ion present in at least 60 mass % relative to the total metal ions.
A process for welding of two separate vehicle panels (12, 14) to form an integral part for a vehicle, comprising: providing a first panel including a first weld line area; providing a second panel including a corresponding second weld line area, the second weld line area for abutting in a weldable relationship to the first weld line area wherein the first and second weld line areas (18, 19) have a first weldable portion and second portion at which welding is hindered during welding attachment of the first and second panels (12, 14); applying a curable adhesive at the second portion and placing the first and second panels (12, 14) in welding position; and, welding the panels (12, 14) at the first weldable portion such that the panels (12, 14) are held together during curing of the adhesive, characterized in that the curable adhesive is neither heat curable nor heat cured such that premature curing of the adhesive before or during welding is avoided. providing a first panel including a first weld line area; providing a second panel including a corresponding second weld line area, the second weld line area for abutting in a weldable relationship to the first weld line area wherein the first and second weld line areas (18, 19) have a first weldable portion and second portion at which welding is hindered during welding attachment of the first and second panels (12, 14); applying a curable adhesive at the second portion and placing the first and second panels (12, 14) in welding position; and, welding the panels (12, 14) at the first weldable portion such that the panels (12, 14) are held together during curing of the adhesive, characterized in that the curable adhesive is neither heat curable nor heat cured such that premature curing of the adhesive before or during welding is avoided.
A C-yoke configured to handle a wind turbine blade, which C-yoke comprises: - a yoke member extending between a first C-member attached to a first end of the yoke member and - a second C-member attached to the other end of the yoke member, where the C-members (8, 8') comprise a support member (10, 10') configured to receive a wind turbine blade, where the C-members (8, 8') comprise a clamp member (18, 18') and means (24, 24') for displacing the clamp member (18, 18') relative to the support member (10, 10'), where the support members (10, 10') have a contact surface that has a geometry corresponding to the outer geometry of the wind turbine blade, characterised in that, the support members (10, 10') are provided with a number of pads (20, 20', 20") having a coefficient of static friction (μ s), that allows for tilting the wind turbine blade into an angle (θ) up to at least 25 degrees, such as 30 degrees, relative to horizontal without providing any additional force towards the wind turbine blade by using the clamp members (18,18'), wherein the displacement means (24, 24', 48, 48') configured to move the clamp members (18, 18'), preferably up and down parallel to the longitudinal axes (Z, Z') of the first C-member and the second C-member respectively, are provided at the C-members (8, 8'). - a yoke member extending between a first C-member attached to a first end of the yoke member and - a second C-member attached to the other end of the yoke member,
A warm working method for a stainless steel foil, the method comprising: disposing an austenitic stainless steel foil with a thickness equal to or less than 300 μm to face a punch, and subjecting the stainless steel foil to drawing in a state in which an annular region of the stainless steel foil that is in contact with a shoulder portion of the punch is set to a temperature up to 30°C characterized in that an external region outside the annular region is set to a temperature of from 40°C to less than 60°C when the stainless steel foil is subjected to drawing. disposing an austenitic stainless steel foil with a thickness equal to or less than 300 μm to face a punch, and subjecting the stainless steel foil to drawing in a state in which an annular region of the stainless steel foil that is in contact with a shoulder portion of the punch is set to a temperature up to 30°C characterized in that an external region outside the annular region is set to a temperature of from 40°C to less than 60°C when the stainless steel foil is subjected to drawing.
An electronic balance comprising: a weighing pan on which a to-be-weighed object is placed; a windshield surrounding the weighing pan; a door opening and closing mechanism configured to automatically open and close a door of the windshield; a weight sensor to which a load applied to the weighing pan is transmitted; a built-in weight to be loaded on and unloaded from the weight sensor; a weight applying and removing mechanism for the built-in weight; and characterized in that a control unit is configured to measure a standard deviation of the built-in weight and control the door opening and closing mechanism and the weight applying and removing mechanism, wherein the control unit obtains a first standard deviation measured while the door of the windshield is left closed, and a second standard deviation measured accompanied by a series of opening and closing operations consisting of opening the door by the door opening and closing mechanism, loading the built-in weight by the weight applying and removing mechanism, closing the door by the door opening and closing mechanism, acquiring weighing data of the built-in weight, opening the door by the door opening and closing mechanism, unloading the built-in weight by the weight applying and removing mechanism, and closing the door by the opening and closing mechanism. a weighing pan on which a to-be-weighed object is placed; a windshield surrounding the weighing pan; a door opening and closing mechanism configured to automatically open and close a door of the windshield; a weight sensor to which a load applied to the weighing pan is transmitted; a built-in weight to be loaded on and unloaded from the weight sensor; a weight applying and removing mechanism for the built-in weight; and characterized in that a control unit is configured to measure a standard deviation of the built-in weight and control the door opening and closing mechanism and the weight applying and removing mechanism, wherein the control unit obtains a first standard deviation measured while the door of the windshield is left closed, and a second standard deviation measured accompanied by a series of opening and closing operations consisting of opening the door by the door opening and closing mechanism, loading the built-in weight by the weight applying and removing mechanism, closing the door by the door opening and closing mechanism, acquiring weighing data of the built-in weight, opening the door by the door opening and closing mechanism, unloading the built-in weight by the weight applying and removing mechanism, and closing the door by the opening and closing mechanism.
A reduced pressure delivery system for applying reduced pressure tissue treatment to a tissue site comprising: a manifold delivery tube having at least two lumens; a manifold having a plurality of flow channels, the manifold disposed within a first of the lumens of the manifold delivery tube; a balloon having an inner space and being capable of assuming collapsed and expanded positions, the inner space being fluidly connected to a second of the lumens of the manifold delivery tube; and the system being characterized in that a sharp tip is operably associated with the manifold delivery tube for selectively puncturing the balloon. a manifold delivery tube having at least two lumens; a manifold having a plurality of flow channels, the manifold disposed within a first of the lumens of the manifold delivery tube; a balloon having an inner space and being capable of assuming collapsed and expanded positions, the inner space being fluidly connected to a second of the lumens of the manifold delivery tube; and the system being characterized in that a sharp tip is operably associated with the manifold delivery tube for selectively puncturing the balloon.
A cleaning composition comprising a particle said particle comprising: (a) from 30 to 70% by weight thereof of a polymer having a softening point in the range from 20°C to 60°C; (b) from 20 to 60% by weight thereof of a first material having a BET surface area greater than 100 m 2 /g and a D50 from 5 to 20 μm; (c) from 3 wt% to 15% by weight thereof of a second material having a BET surface area from 0.01 to 5 m 2 /g and a D50 from 30 to 100 μm. (a) from 30 to 70% by weight thereof of a polymer having a softening point in the range from 20°C to 60°C; (b) from 20 to 60% by weight thereof of a first material having a BET surface area greater than 100 m 2 /g and a D50 from 5 to 20 μm; (c) from 3 wt% to 15% by weight thereof of a second material having a BET surface area from 0.01 to 5 m 2 /g and a D50 from 30 to 100 μm.
A method comprising: receiving a prediction unit, PU, for a coding unit, CU, of video content; determining, by a computing device, a size of a transform unit, TU, based on a size of the prediction unit based on a set of rules, wherein the set of rules specify the size of the transform unit is linked to the size of prediction unit and not a size of the coding unit; and outputting the size of the transform unit for use in a transform operation, wherein a residual quadtree representation, RQT, for a partitioning of the CU into transform units is encoded and transmitted with a compressed bitstream of the video content, wherein the set of rules specify one fixed size of the transform unit is allowed for the prediction unit, and a depth parameter is required to control configuration of the RQT, but not a minimum size parameter for the transform unit and a maximum size parameter for the transform unit, wherein nodes at a same level of the RQT have a same value for a bit representing a split or stop at the node, wherein one split or stop bit for each level is encoded for the RQT and split or stop bits for nodes at the same level are not encoded for the RQT. receiving a prediction unit, PU, for a coding unit, CU, of video content; determining, by a computing device, a size of a transform unit, TU, based on a size of the prediction unit based on a set of rules, wherein the set of rules specify the size of the transform unit is linked to the size of prediction unit and not a size of the coding unit; and outputting the size of the transform unit for use in a transform operation, wherein a residual quadtree representation, RQT, for a partitioning of the CU into transform units is encoded and transmitted with a compressed bitstream of the video content, wherein the set of rules specify one fixed size of the transform unit is allowed for the prediction unit, and a depth parameter is required to control configuration of the RQT, but not a minimum size parameter for the transform unit and a maximum size parameter for the transform unit, wherein nodes at a same level of the RQT have a same value for a bit representing a split or stop at the node, wherein one split or stop bit for each level is encoded for the RQT and split or stop bits for nodes at the same level are not encoded for the RQT.
An air conditioning system, which comprises an outdoor subsystem, an indoor subsystem and a power module for driving a cooling medium, the outdoor subsystem is configured with a plurality of parallel branches and said branches comprise a branch inlet and a branch outlet, wherein the cooling medium flows into the indoor subsystem through the power module and the outdoor subsystem, performs heat exchange with the indoor air in an indoor unit of the indoor subsystem, and subsequently returns to an outdoor unit of the outdoor subsystem through the power module for heat exchange, thereby forming a circulation of the cooling medium, characterized in that: each branch is configured with an outdoor unit and a first control valve, the air conditioning system further comprises a controller, a first pressure sensor for measuring the pressure at the branch inlet and a second pressure sensor for measuring the pressure at the branch outlet, the controller comprises a first pressure difference determination module that communicates with the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor, and a first control module of the first pressure difference that communicates with the first pressure difference determination module and the first control valve, wherein the first pressure difference determination module receives the pressure at the branch inlet and the pressure at the branch outlet from the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor, and determines the pressure difference between the outlet and the inlet of the branches.
A process, which, on the basis of a provided test sample comprising a mix of a plurality of preknown sample components and on the basis of provided absolute sample separation properties for each of the sample components, comprises: experimentally determining a real sample separation result by executing a sample separation method for separating the test sample by a sample separation apparatus; characterized in that the process further comprises determining a real value of at least one operation parameter characterizing the sample separation method based on a comparison between the absolute sample separation properties and the real sample separation result for characterizing a real course of the sample separation method, wherein the absolute sample separation properties denote intrinsic properties of each individual of the sample components. experimentally determining a real sample separation result by executing a sample separation method for separating the test sample by a sample separation apparatus; characterized in that the process further comprises determining a real value of at least one operation parameter characterizing the sample separation method based on a comparison between the absolute sample separation properties and the real sample separation result for characterizing a real course of the sample separation method, wherein the absolute sample separation properties denote intrinsic properties of each individual of the sample components.
A manoeuvring device suitable for equipping a carriage of a rail vehicle comprising a bogie having at least one wheel, the shunting device comprising a motor and a roller that can be driven in rotation by the motor, the roller being movable between two positions: - an engaged position in which the roller is adapted to be in contact with the wheel to drive it by friction in rotation, and - a spread position in which the roller can be moved away from the wheel, the manoeuvring device also comprising an extension system for moving the roller by translation between the spread position and the engaged position of the roller the elongation system comprising a first part connected to the roller, and a second part suitable for connection to the bogie, characterised in that the first and second parts are movable in relation to each other the other for moving the roller from the engaged position to the spread position, and vice versa the motor comprising a housing integral with the elongation system, the manoeuvring device further comprising a hooking system suitable for connecting the manoeuvring device to a body of the bogie, the first part being integral with the housing and the second part being integral with the attachment system. - an engaged position in which the roller is adapted to be in contact with the wheel to drive it by friction in rotation, and - a spread position in which the roller can be moved away from the wheel, the manoeuvring device also comprising an extension system for moving the roller by translation between the spread position and the engaged position of the roller the elongation system comprising a first part connected to the roller, and a second part suitable for connection to the bogie, characterised in that the first and second parts are movable in relation to each other the other for moving the roller from the engaged position to the spread position, and vice versa the motor comprising a housing integral with the elongation system, the manoeuvring device further comprising a hooking system suitable for connecting the manoeuvring device to a body of the bogie, the first part being integral with the housing and the second part being integral with the attachment system.
A water-dispersible tablet formulation consisting of a powder phase and a granular phase comprising deferasirox or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and colloidal silicon dioxide, characterized in that i. 50.0% by weight of the total amount of colloidal silicon dioxide is provided in the granular phase, and only water is used as granulation solvent, and ii. 50.0% by weight of the total amount of colloidal silicon dioxide is provided in the powder phase, provided that the granular phase does not include a binder. i. 50.0% by weight of the total amount of colloidal silicon dioxide is provided in the granular phase, and only water is used as granulation solvent, and ii. 50.0% by weight of the total amount of colloidal silicon dioxide is provided in the powder phase,