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Microphone comprising: a first electret microphone portion having a first membrane and a first free space and a second electret microphone portion having a second membrane and a second free space, wherein the first and second electret microphone portions (801, 802) are arranged in a back-to-back arrangement, wherein a vent channel is provided for venting the first free space or the second free space to an ambient pressure, and wherein first contacts (806a, 806b) for deriving a first electrical signal are arranged at the first microphone portion, and wherein second contacts (808a, 806b) are arranged at the second microphone portion for deriving a second electrical signal, wherein the vent channel comprises a plurality of first channel portions in the first electret microphone portion and a plurality of second channel portions in the second electret microphone portion, wherein the plurality of first channel portions and the plurality of second channel portions are connected by a third vent channel portion so that the first free space and the second free space communicate via the third vent portion with the ambient pressure, and wherein the plurality of first channel portions, the plurality of second channel portions and the third channel portion are realized in such a way that the first and the second free spaces do not build up an additional counter-pressure in addition to the ambient pressure, irrespective of the movements of the first and the second membranes, so that the first free space and the second free space are always equalized to the ambient pressure. a first electret microphone portion having a first membrane and a first free space and a second electret microphone portion having a second membrane and a second free space, wherein the first and second electret microphone portions (801, 802) are arranged in a back-to-back arrangement, wherein a vent channel is provided for venting the first free space or the second free space to an ambient pressure, and wherein first contacts (806a, 806b) for deriving a first electrical signal are arranged at the first microphone portion, and wherein second contacts (808a, 806b) are arranged at the second microphone portion for deriving a second electrical signal, wherein the vent channel comprises a plurality of first channel portions in the first electret microphone portion and a plurality of second channel portions in the second electret microphone portion, wherein the plurality of first channel portions and the plurality of second channel portions are connected by a third vent channel portion so that the first free space and the second free space communicate via the third vent portion with the ambient pressure, and wherein the plurality of first channel portions, the plurality of second channel portions and the third channel portion are realized in such a way that the first and the second free spaces do not build up an additional counter-pressure in addition to the ambient pressure, irrespective of the movements of the first and the second membranes, so that the first free space and the second free space are always equalized to the ambient pressure.
A temperature sensor substrate for exhaust gas sensors comprising: an insulating substrate comprising a plurality of inorganic particles (1b, 1c) formed of an insulator in contact with each other, and glass; and a wiring conductor disposed on the insulating substrate, characterized in that the plurality of inorganic particles (1b, 1c) and the glass are in contact with the wiring conductor, and the glass is disposed at a position between the plurality of inorganic particles (1b, 1c) and the wiring conductor, and a contact portion between the plurality of inorganic particles (1b, 1c) and the wiring conductor is larger than a contact portion between the glass and the wiring conductor in a longitudinal sectional view. an insulating substrate comprising a plurality of inorganic particles (1b, 1c) formed of an insulator in contact with each other, and glass; and a wiring conductor disposed on the insulating substrate, characterized in that the plurality of inorganic particles (1b, 1c) and the glass are in contact with the wiring conductor, and the glass is disposed at a position between the plurality of inorganic particles (1b, 1c) and the wiring conductor, and a contact portion between the plurality of inorganic particles (1b, 1c) and the wiring conductor is larger than a contact portion between the glass and the wiring conductor in a longitudinal sectional view.
A triblock copolymer of formula I: wherein: each represents a point of attachment to a urethane or urea linkage; each of R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 is independently selected from one or more of halogen, R, OR, -CO 2 R, a fluorinated hydrocarbon, a polyether, a polyester or a fluoropolymer; each R is independently hydrogen, an optionally substituted C 1-20 aliphatic group, or an optionally substituted group selected from phenyl, 8-10 membered bicyclic aryl, a 4-8 membered monocyclic saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1-2 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulphur, or 5-6 membered monocyclic or 8-10 membered bicyclic heteroaryl group having 1-4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur; each of m n and p is independently 2 to 100; and each of L 1 and L 2 is independently a bivalent C 1-20 hydrocarbon chain wherein 1-4 methylene units of the hydrocarbon chain are optionally and independently replaced by -O-, -S-, -N C O-, -N C N -, -OC N -, -N -, -C -, -C N -, -N C -, - SO 2 -, -SO 2 N -, -N SO 2 -, -OC -, -C O-, or a bivalent cycloalkylene, arylene, heterocyclene, or heteroarylene, and wherein L 1 is -NHC O- or -NHC NH-. each represents a point of attachment to a urethane or urea linkage; each of R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 is independently selected from one or more of halogen, R, OR, -CO 2 R, a fluorinated hydrocarbon, a polyether, a polyester or a fluoropolymer; each R is independently hydrogen, an optionally substituted C 1-20 aliphatic group, or an optionally substituted group selected from phenyl, 8-10 membered bicyclic aryl, a 4-8 membered monocyclic saturated or partially unsaturated heterocyclic ring having 1-2 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulphur, or 5-6 membered monocyclic or 8-10 membered bicyclic heteroaryl group having 1-4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur; each of m n and p is independently 2 to 100; and each of L 1 and L 2 is independently a bivalent C 1-20 hydrocarbon chain wherein 1-4 methylene units of the hydrocarbon chain are optionally and independently replaced by -O-, -S-, -N C O-, -N C N -, -OC N -, -N -, -C -, -C N -, -N C -, - SO 2 -, -SO 2 N -, -N SO 2 -, -OC -, -C O-, or a bivalent cycloalkylene, arylene, heterocyclene, or heteroarylene, and wherein L 1 is -NHC O- or -NHC NH-.
An electrosurgical system comprising: an electrosurgical instrument including an active electrode (112, 122); and an electrosurgical generator coupled to the electrosurgical instrument and configured to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue through the active electrode, the electrosurgical generator including: impedance sensing circuitry configured to measure impedance of the tissue; and charactersised by a microprocessor configured to determine whether a tissue reaction corresponding to a boiling point of tissue fluid has occurred as a function of a minimum impedance value and a predetermined rise in the impedance, the microprocessor is further configured to generate a target impedance trajectory including a plurality of target impedance values as a function of the measured impedance and a predefined rate of change of the impedance based on the tissue reaction determination, wherein the microprocessor is further configured to detect a negative deviation between the impedance and a corresponding target impedance value associated with an unexpected drop in tissue impedance. an electrosurgical instrument including an active electrode (112, 122); and an electrosurgical generator coupled to the electrosurgical instrument and configured to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue through the active electrode, the electrosurgical generator including: impedance sensing circuitry configured to measure impedance of the tissue; and charactersised by impedance sensing circuitry configured to measure impedance of the tissue; and charactersised by
Piste grooming vehicle with a cable winch, characterized in that the piste grooming vehicle comprises: - sensors for detecting operating data of the cable winch, and - an electronic controller unit (St), wherein the sensors and the electronic controller unit (St) are configured for analyzing a wear condition of a winch cable of a winch, wherein - operating data of the winch are detected by the sensors and stored by the controller unit (St) over an operating period of the winch, - wherein the operating data relevant for wear of the winch cable are evaluated with regard to stresses of the winch cable resulting over the cable length during the operating period and the stresses occurred over the cable length - accumulated over the operating period - are provided as retrievable items of information, wherein options for a further cable utilization are provided as a function of the detected wear condition, - and wherein at least one among at least two of the following three options - recommended disassembly and turning of the winch cable and reassembly of the winch cable, - recommended shortening of the winch cable on severely stressed locations, and - recommended exchange of the winch cable is selected as a function of the detected wear condition. - sensors for detecting operating data of the cable winch, and - an electronic controller unit (St), - operating data of the winch are detected by the sensors and stored by the controller unit (St) over an operating period of the winch, - wherein the operating data relevant for wear of the winch cable are evaluated with regard to stresses of the winch cable resulting over the cable length during the operating period and the stresses occurred over the cable length - accumulated over the operating period - are provided as retrievable items of information, wherein options for a further cable utilization are provided as a function of the detected wear condition, - and wherein at least one among at least two of the following three options - recommended disassembly and turning of the winch cable and reassembly of the winch cable, - recommended shortening of the winch cable on severely stressed locations, and - recommended exchange of the winch cable is selected as a function of the detected wear condition. - recommended disassembly and turning of the winch cable and reassembly of the winch cable, - recommended shortening of the winch cable on severely stressed locations, and - recommended exchange of the winch cable
A method of evaluating the efficacy of a treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD), pulmonary embolism, emphysema, lymphoma, or pericarditis in a subject, the method comprising: selecting a subject having COPD, pulmonary embolism, emphysema, lymphoma, or pericarditis; determining a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample from the selected subject having COPD, pulmonary embolism, emphysema, lymphoma, or pericarditis at a first time point; identifying a subject that has an elevated level of soluble ST2 at the first time point compared to a predetermined reference level of soluble ST2; determining a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample from the identified subject at a second time point following the administration of a treatment; comparing the level of soluble ST2 at the second time point to the level of soluble ST2 at the first time point; and identifying the treatment as being effective when there is a decrease in the level of soluble ST2 at the second time point compared to the level of soluble ST2 at the first time point. selecting a subject having COPD, pulmonary embolism, emphysema, lymphoma, or pericarditis; determining a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample from the selected subject having COPD, pulmonary embolism, emphysema, lymphoma, or pericarditis at a first time point; identifying a subject that has an elevated level of soluble ST2 at the first time point compared to a predetermined reference level of soluble ST2; determining a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample from the identified subject at a second time point following the administration of a treatment; comparing the level of soluble ST2 at the second time point to the level of soluble ST2 at the first time point; and identifying the treatment as being effective when there is a decrease in the level of soluble ST2 at the second time point compared to the level of soluble ST2 at the first time point.
A driving rod for the piston of a reciprocating compressor of the type that comprises: a cylinder block defining, therewithin, a compression chamber; a piston axially reciprocating within the compression chamber according to the axis of the latter; a driving means mounted in the cylinder block to apply reciprocating forces to the piston; and a driving rod coupled to the piston and to the driving means, characterized in that the driving rod comprises a bundle of "n" rods disposed side by side along the axis of the driving rod, each rod presenting a cross-section that is dimensioned and configured to impart to the driving rod, jointly with the other rods, an axial rigidity sufficient to transmit the reciprocating forces to be applied to the piston, as well as a flexibility, in at least one direction transversal to the axis of the driving rod, which is sufficient to absorb, at least substantially, the forces exerted on the piston, in said transversal direction, by the driving rod and by the driving means in the region of the compression chamber.
Fine particles of a solid solution alloy, in which a plurality of metal elements are mixed at the atomic level wherein the plurality of metal elements are a plurality of metal elements that do not form a solid solution even in the liquid phase, the plurality of metal elements are two kinds of metal elements, and the two kinds of metal elements are silver and rhodium, or gold and rhodium.
Gas cooking appliance (11, 111, 211, 311) having at least one gas cooking zone (16, 116, 216, 316) and having a gas burner (18, 118, 218, 318) for the gas cooking zone, wherein the gas cooking appliance includes on the gas cooking zone and the gas burner a pot support (21, 121, 221, 321) for holding a pot on the gas cooking zone above the gas burner, wherein a sensor device (33, 133, 233, 333) for detecting the position or the rotational movement of the pot support relative to the gas burner and/or relative to the other gas cooking appliance is integrated in the gas cooking appliance for power adjustment at the gas cooking zone by turning the pot support with the pot placed-on, characterized in that the pot support (21, 121, 221, 321) is turnable relative to the gas cooking zone (16, 116, 216, 316) and/or relative to the gas burner (18, 118, 218, 318) about a rotational axis which has a vertical extension.
A catalyst coated membrane comprising a proton exchange membrane and an electrocatalyst layer applied to at least one face of the proton exchange membrane, wherein the proton exchange membrane comprises an ion-conducting layer which comprises an ion-conducting polymer and a supported recombination catalyst, wherein the recombination catalyst is supported on graphene, and the supported recombination catalyst has a D 50 particle size in the range of and including 0.1 to 20 μm as measured by dynamic light scattering.
A method for producing acetic acid by heterogeneous carbonylation of methanol with carbon monoxide in a reaction liquid in the presence of alkyl iodide and a solid catalyst containing rhodium, wherein hydrolysis of methyl acetate is accelerated by an acid having an acid dissociation constant (pK a) smaller than the constant of acetic acid, that acid being co-existent with the solid catalyst in the reaction system, and wherein the rhodium is supported on a carrier comprising a sulfonated copolymer of 4-vinylpyridine, styrene, and divinylbenzene.
A resin composition comprising polyvinyl alcohol-based resin containing a structural unit represented by the following formula, fluororesin containing a polar functional group capable of reacting with or forming hydrogen bond(s) with hydroxyl group (hereinafter called as "polar functional group-containing fluororesin"): wherein each of R 1 to R 6 is independently hydrogen or an organic group, and X is single bond or a binding chain, and wherein the content mass ratio (A/B) of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin to the polar functional group-containing fluororesin is in the range of 98/2 to 2/98, and other additives in an amount of at most 5 % by mass based on the total weight of the resin composition. polyvinyl alcohol-based resin containing a structural unit represented by the following formula, fluororesin containing a polar functional group capable of reacting with or forming hydrogen bond(s) with hydroxyl group (hereinafter called as "polar functional group-containing fluororesin"): wherein each of R 1 to R 6 is independently hydrogen or an organic group, and X is single bond or a binding chain, and wherein the content mass ratio (A/B) of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin to the polar functional group-containing fluororesin is in the range of 98/2 to 2/98, and other additives in an amount of at most 5 % by mass based on the total weight of the resin composition.
A liquid laundry detergent composition comprising by weight percentage of said composition: a. from 1 % to 80% of anionic surfactant; b. from 0.1 % to 10% of fabric care agent, wherein said fabric care agent is selected from the group of: silicone derivates; oily sugar derivatives; dispersible polyolefins; polymer latexes; cationic surfactants; and combinations thereof; c. from 0.01 % to 2% of deposition aid consisting of a cationic polymer having a net positive charge and having a cationic charge density of from 0.05 milliequivalents/g to 12 milliequivalents/g of the polymer, wherein the cationic polymer is poly(acrylamide-methacrylamidopropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (MAPTAC)); and d. from 0.05% to 10% of performance booster selected from enzymes, and anionic polymers. a. from 1 % to 80% of anionic surfactant; b. from 0.1 % to 10% of fabric care agent, wherein said fabric care agent is selected from the group of: silicone derivates; oily sugar derivatives; dispersible polyolefins; polymer latexes; cationic surfactants; and combinations thereof; c. from 0.01 % to 2% of deposition aid consisting of a cationic polymer having a net positive charge and having a cationic charge density of from 0.05 milliequivalents/g to 12 milliequivalents/g of the polymer, wherein the cationic polymer is poly(acrylamide-methacrylamidopropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (MAPTAC)); and d. from 0.05% to 10% of performance booster selected from enzymes, and anionic polymers.
An analyte treatment apparatus that successively supplies a variety of liquid chemicals individually stored in a plurality of liquid chemical tanks made of resin to a treatment unit, in which an analyte collected from an organism has been placed, and carries out a treatment to facilitate observation of the analyte, wherein liquid chemicals are individually stored in a plurality of liquid chemical tanks made of resin, wherein each liquid chemical tank is housed inside a housing unit, which is provided with a door characterized in that the analyte treatment apparatus comprises light projecting means on one side of the liquid chemical tanks so that light is projected into each liquid chemical tank from at least one side surface thereof and the light that has passed through a resin wall of the liquid chemical tank is scatteredinside the liquid chemical stored inside the liquid chemical tank, wherein the door is a colored transparent door, provided on the side of the housing unit opposite the at least one side surface through which the light from the light projecting means is projected.
A battery-fed sensor assembly, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising: a sensor circuit, wherein the sensor circuit comprises a voltage supply connection, a feeding capacitor coupled with the voltage supply connection, a switching regulator coupled in between a feeding battery and the feeding capacitor, the switching regulator being regulated in a power saving mode in such a way that it lowers the battery voltage to a fraction for feeding the feeding capacitor, and a control circuit (in 15) coupled with the sensor circuit and the switching regulator, the control circuit being configured such that it suppresses switching of the switching regulator for recharging the feeding capacitor, when it activates the sensor circuit. a sensor circuit, wherein the sensor circuit comprises a voltage supply connection, a feeding capacitor coupled with the voltage supply connection, a switching regulator coupled in between a feeding battery and the feeding capacitor, the switching regulator being regulated in a power saving mode in such a way that it lowers the battery voltage to a fraction for feeding the feeding capacitor, and a control circuit (in 15) coupled with the sensor circuit and the switching regulator, the control circuit being configured such that it suppresses switching of the switching regulator for recharging the feeding capacitor, when it activates the sensor circuit.
A system for treating a patient having a disorder related to a patient's intestine, the patient having a reservoir for receiving and temporarily collecting therein intestinal contents, the reservoir being formed from surgically modified intestine that has been cut along a mutual contact line of laterally adjacent sections of bent portions of intestine and connected so that the resulting upper and lower halves of the intestine form an intestinal wall of the reservoir with surgically created folds, said system comprising: an artificial flow control device implantable in the patient's body and adapted to control flow of intestinal contents from said reservoir when implanted in relation thereto, the flow control device comprising at least one pump adapted to act on said intestinal wall so as to reduce the reservoir's volume and, thereby, empty the reservoir, characterized in that the at least one pump comprises a pump adapted to be implanted outside the reservoir, wherein the at least one pump comprises an electrical stimulation type pump with at least one electrical stimulation apparatus, wherein the electrical stimulation apparatus comprises two or more electrodes adapted to electrically stimulate a muscle or neural tissue of said intestinal wall so as to cause at least partial contraction thereof and wherein said electrical stimulation apparatus comprises one or more longitudinal, stripe-like or rod-like holding device (160, 161) carrying said two or more electrodes at different positions relative to the reservoir, when implanted.
Device for fastening comprising a threaded rod, a nut can be screwed on the rod and means for locking the nut in rotation in relation to the threaded rod comprising an intermediary ring mounted between the nut and an end of the threaded rod, this ring comprising rotational coupling means with the end of the threaded rod and rotational coupling means with the nut, characterized in that the nut comprises a thinned portion which is elastically deformable to tightening during the screwing on the threaded rod and in that the intermediary ring is assembled and immobilized in rotation in said thinned portion by the rotational coupling means with the nut.