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A method of securing an optical fiber within an optical fiber connector having a connector housing with an open front end and a ferrule with an outer surface, an axial bore, and a front-end section, the method comprising: a) positioning a heating sleeve so that the front-end section of the ferrule resides within an interior of the heating sleeve; b) conducting heat from the heating sleeve to the ferrule and to a bonding agent in the axial bore of the ferrule to bring the bonding agent to a securing temperature; c) inserting the optical fiber into the optical fiber connector so that a front-end section of the optical fiber resides within the axial bore of the ferrule, wherein the optical fiber is secured in the axial bore of the ferrule by the bonding agent reaching the securing temperature; and characterized in that the method further comprises: inhibiting the conduction of heat from the heating sleeve to the connector housing by disposing a thermally insulating sleeve between the heating sleeve and the connector housing. a) positioning a heating sleeve so that the front-end section of the ferrule resides within an interior of the heating sleeve; b) conducting heat from the heating sleeve to the ferrule and to a bonding agent in the axial bore of the ferrule to bring the bonding agent to a securing temperature; c) inserting the optical fiber into the optical fiber connector so that a front-end section of the optical fiber resides within the axial bore of the ferrule, wherein the optical fiber is secured in the axial bore of the ferrule by the bonding agent reaching the securing temperature; and
A device for detecting an analyte, the device comprising: a substrate having a polymer material formed on a surface thereof, the polymer material formulated to bind to the analyte, wherein a heat transfer property of the polymer material is formulated to vary based on an amount of the analyte bound thereto; a heat transfer element thermally coupled to a surface of the substrate opposite the polymer material; a temperature modification device thermally coupled to the heat transfer element; further characterized by a controller configured to cause the temperature modification device to produce a thermal wave emanating from the heat transfer element; a flow cell located and configured to pass a liquid over the polymer material of the substrate; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature (T 2) of the liquid passing over the polymer material; and a processor configured to calculate a concentration of an analyte in the liquid based at least in part on a phase shift between the thermal wave at the heat transfer element and an attenuated thermal wave in the liquid. a substrate having a polymer material formed on a surface thereof, the polymer material formulated to bind to the analyte, wherein a heat transfer property of the polymer material is formulated to vary based on an amount of the analyte bound thereto; a heat transfer element thermally coupled to a surface of the substrate opposite the polymer material; a temperature modification device thermally coupled to the heat transfer element; further characterized by a controller configured to cause the temperature modification device to produce a thermal wave emanating from the heat transfer element; a flow cell located and configured to pass a liquid over the polymer material of the substrate; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature (T 2) of the liquid passing over the polymer material; and a processor configured to calculate a concentration of an analyte in the liquid based at least in part on a phase shift between the thermal wave at the heat transfer element and an attenuated thermal wave in the liquid.
A mobile appliance with a sensor device for acquiring a respiratory flow signal that is indicative of the respiratory gas flow; and an electronic data processing unit to process the respiratory flow signal, and a memory device; wherein the electronic data processing unit is configured so as to initiate the storage of data that are indicative of the temporal course of the respiratory flow to the memory device; wherein the mobile appliance comprises an interface device for transmitting the stored data to an external analysis system; and wherein the appliance comprises a power supplying device which is formed by a battery device.
Fan comprising: a fan housing (22, 24; 122, 124) which has an axial air inlet opening (58; 158) and an air outlet opening (60; 160); an electronically commutated external-rotor motor which is arranged in the fan housing (22, 24; 122, 124) and has an internal stator (30; 130) and an external rotor (46; 146); a fan wheel (56; 156) which is connected to the external rotor (46; 146) and is designed to suck air through the air inlet opening (58; 158) and blow it out through the air outlet opening (60; 160); a circuit board (68; 185) having a first portion (66; 188) which extends in the region of the air inlet opening (58; 158) and has a support part (88; 188); a sensor (86; 186), which is arranged on said support part (88; 188), for detecting at least one value of the air which flows through the fan (20; 120) during operation, in particular temperature, moisture, air quality etc.; conductors (82, 84; 182', 182") which are arranged on the first portion (66; 188) and to which the sensor (86; 186) is electrically connected, wherein the first portion of the circuit board is provided with at least one air through-opening, and wherein the support part (88; 188) of the circuit board (68; 185) extends into said air through-opening. a fan housing (22, 24; 122, 124) which has an axial air inlet opening (58; 158) and an air outlet opening (60; 160); an electronically commutated external-rotor motor which is arranged in the fan housing (22, 24; 122, 124) and has an internal stator (30; 130) and an external rotor (46; 146); a fan wheel (56; 156) which is connected to the external rotor (46; 146) and is designed to suck air through the air inlet opening (58; 158) and blow it out through the air outlet opening (60; 160); a circuit board (68; 185) having a first portion (66; 188) which extends in the region of the air inlet opening (58; 158) and has a support part (88; 188); a sensor (86; 186), which is arranged on said support part (88; 188), for detecting at least one value of the air which flows through the fan (20; 120) during operation, in particular temperature, moisture, air quality etc.; conductors (82, 84; 182', 182") which are arranged on the first portion (66; 188) and to which the sensor (86; 186) is electrically connected, wherein the first portion of the circuit board is provided with at least one air through-opening, and wherein the support part (88; 188) of the circuit board (68; 185) extends into said air through-opening.
A contact device, comprising: a contact point retainer configured to hold a movable contact point in one end portion thereof, the contact point retainer including a plurality of contact point retaining springs superimposed in a thickness direction and formed of leaf springs; a housing configured to fix the other end portion of the contact point retainer and hold a fixed contact point in a position where the movable contact point can come into contact with or out of contact with the fixed contact point in response to elastic deformation of the contact point retainer wherein each of the contact point retaining springs includes a bulging portion swelling away in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a direction from the movable contact point and toward the fixed contact point characterized in that a first terminal plate electrically connected to the movable contact point and held in the housing such that an end portion thereof protrudes outside the housing; and a second terminal plate electrically connected to the fixed contact point and held in the housing such that an end portion thereof protrudes outside the housing; wherein the first terminal plate and the second terminal plate protrude outside the housing in a same direction. a contact point retainer configured to hold a movable contact point in one end portion thereof, the contact point retainer including a plurality of contact point retaining springs superimposed in a thickness direction and formed of leaf springs; a housing configured to fix the other end portion of the contact point retainer and hold a fixed contact point in a position where the movable contact point can come into contact with or out of contact with the fixed contact point in response to elastic deformation of the contact point retainer wherein each of the contact point retaining springs includes a bulging portion swelling away in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to a direction from the movable contact point and toward the fixed contact point characterized in that a first terminal plate electrically connected to the movable contact point and held in the housing such that an end portion thereof protrudes outside the housing; and a second terminal plate electrically connected to the fixed contact point and held in the housing such that an end portion thereof protrudes outside the housing; wherein the first terminal plate and the second terminal plate protrude outside the housing in a same direction.
A vacuum pump, in particular a turbomolecular vacuum pump, comprising a pump inlet, a pump outlet and at least one Holweck pump stage which has a Holweck stator sleeve having an inner side and an outer side and an inlet end facing the pump inlet against the pumping direction, wherein a Holweck thread is formed at the inner side and/or at the outer side of the Holweck stator sleeve and comprises a plurality of spirally revolving webs which each have a first thread flank facing the inlet end and a second thread flank facing away from the inlet end, wherein the webs at the inlet end of the at least one Holweck pump stage further each have a radially oriented end face, wherein the radially oriented end face of each web includes an obtuse first angle (α 1) with the second thread flank, said angle being less than 300°, in particular less than 270°, and wherein each radially oriented end face includes an obtuse second angle (α 2) with a plane in which the inlet end of the at least one Holweck pump stage lies, said angle being smaller than the adjacent angle of the pitch angle (β) of the Holweck thread at the inlet end, characterized in that the second angle (α 2) is between 95° and 120°. wherein the webs at the inlet end of the at least one Holweck pump stage further each have a radially oriented end face, wherein the radially oriented end face of each web includes an obtuse first angle (α 1) with the second thread flank, said angle being less than 300°, in particular less than 270°, and wherein each radially oriented end face includes an obtuse second angle (α 2) with a plane in which the inlet end of the at least one Holweck pump stage lies, said angle being smaller than the adjacent angle of the pitch angle (β) of the Holweck thread at the inlet end, characterized in that the second angle (α 2) is between 95° and 120°.
A computer implemented method of updating a MES database to include a MES entity corresponding to plant equipment modeled by a corresponding SCADA system object, wherein a SCADA system includes at least a utilization capability object, UCO, which has configurable attributes, wherein the attributes include a set of raw reason codes, wherein the raw reason codes describe the states of the attribute, wherein the UCO is used for synchronization of the SCADA system and a MES, wherein the SCADA system further includes the SCADA system object, which models the plant equipment, wherein the MES comprises the MES database, and wherein the SCADA system and MES define a SCADA/MES system, which comprises an entity model builder, wherein the method comprises the steps: - providing the UCO, wherein the UCO comprises an executable, - executing the executable of the UCO to apply collected status data for the SCADA system object to a set of logical expressions associated with a set of raw reason codes to render a current raw reason code for the UCO, and wherein at runtime the logical expression associated with each configured raw reason code in the UCO is evaluated to determine the current raw reason code for corresponding plant equipment; - providing a user the possibility of defining the contents of the raw reason codes via a user interface; - generating an entity element in the MES database by the entity model builder by reading the attributes contained in the UCO, - using the MES database for a MES application for tracking the status of the plant equipment. - providing the UCO, wherein the UCO comprises an executable, - executing the executable of the UCO to apply collected status data for the SCADA system object to a set of logical expressions associated with a set of raw reason codes to render a current raw reason code for the UCO, and wherein at runtime the logical expression associated with each configured raw reason code in the UCO is evaluated to determine the current raw reason code for corresponding plant equipment; - providing a user the possibility of defining the contents of the raw reason codes via a user interface; - generating an entity element in the MES database by the entity model builder by reading the attributes contained in the UCO, - using the MES database for a MES application for tracking the status of the plant equipment.
A vacuum cleaner with wet scrubber comprising: a housing configured to contain a volume of scrubbing liquid, said scrubbing liquid defining a level of the scrubbing liquid having a free surface; an inflow opening for air streams to be scrubbed, said inflow opening directing said air streams under said free surface; an outflow opening for scrubbed air streams; a dynamic separating means for impurities, disposed in a proximity of said outflow opening; cleaning means disposed in said housing, said cleaning means acting on said dynamic separating means wherein inside said housing concave diverting means are arranged facing said inflow opening and hit by un-scrubbed air streams and wherein deviated air streams into said volume of scrubbing liquid are generated by said diverting means, said air streams being divided both along two opposite circular directions and in a turbulent wavy motion having waves. a housing configured to contain a volume of scrubbing liquid, said scrubbing liquid defining a level of the scrubbing liquid having a free surface; an inflow opening for air streams to be scrubbed, said inflow opening directing said air streams under said free surface; an outflow opening for scrubbed air streams; a dynamic separating means for impurities, disposed in a proximity of said outflow opening; cleaning means disposed in said housing, said cleaning means acting on said dynamic separating means wherein inside said housing concave diverting means are arranged facing said inflow opening and hit by un-scrubbed air streams and wherein deviated air streams into said volume of scrubbing liquid are generated by said diverting means, said air streams being divided both along two opposite circular directions and in a turbulent wavy motion having waves.
A method of determining quantitative flux distribution from a formation in a petroleum reservoir, at along a fracture plane, intersecting a wellbore in the formation, and an effective half-length for the fracture plane, comprising the steps of: (a) performing pressure transient testing of the formation to obtain pressure transient test data; (b) determining by computer processing well pressure and well pressure derivative for the formation from the pressure transient test data; (c) determining by computer processing formation fracture parameters based on well pressure and well pressure derivative for the formation; (d) determining by computer processing the flux distribution from the formation along the fracture based on the determined formation fracture parameters; (e) determining by computer processing the effective fracture half-length of the fracture based on the determined formation fracture parameters; (f) determining by computer processing a quantified amount of flux along the fracture plane intersecting the wellbore; (g) storing in computer memory the determined flux and flux distribution from the formation along the fracture, the quantified amount of flux from the fracture, and the determined effective fracture half-length of the fracture; (h) mapping in a reservoir model by computer processing the determined flux distribution along the fracture plane and the determined effective fracture half-length of the fracture. (a) performing pressure transient testing of the formation to obtain pressure transient test data; (b) determining by computer processing well pressure and well pressure derivative for the formation from the pressure transient test data; (c) determining by computer processing formation fracture parameters based on well pressure and well pressure derivative for the formation; (d) determining by computer processing the flux distribution from the formation along the fracture based on the determined formation fracture parameters; (e) determining by computer processing the effective fracture half-length of the fracture based on the determined formation fracture parameters; (f) determining by computer processing a quantified amount of flux along the fracture plane intersecting the wellbore; (g) storing in computer memory the determined flux and flux distribution from the formation along the fracture, the quantified amount of flux from the fracture, and the determined effective fracture half-length of the fracture; (h) mapping in a reservoir model by computer processing the determined flux distribution along the fracture plane and the determined effective fracture half-length of the fracture.
A method for characterizing kidney transplant subjects for the diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring or therapy selection for kidney transplant rejection in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising comparing the level of expression of a panel of biomarkers comprising CXCL9, IFNGR1, CXCL10, PXMP2, TNFRSF19, IL32, AGTR1, EPHX2, PDE4A, IRAK2, IL22RA1, IL1RAP, CXCL13, CXCL6, PTGES, STAT1, TSLP, BMP7, IL15RA, CCL8, PYCARD, C3, and ZMYND15 in nucleic acids extracted from a microvesicle fraction isolated from a biological sample from the subject with a control level of expression of the panel of biomarkers to determine and/or to predict kidney transplant rejection in the subject, wherein the control level of expression of the panel of biomarkers is from a patient who has experienced kidney transplant rejection or wherein the control level of expression of the panel of biomarkers is from a patient who has not experienced any symptom of kidney transplant rejection.
A pneumatic tire (1A, 1B), comprising: a plurality of circumferential main grooves (21, 22) that extend in the tire circumferential direction; a plurality of lug grooves (41, 42) that extend in the tire width direction; and a plurality of blocks (311, 321) partitioned by the circumferential main grooves (21, 22) and the lug grooves (41, 42), characterized in that the blocks including a bent groove (5, 5a, 5b) have a bent shape that is convex in one direction and that extends in the tire circumferential direction dividing the block into two in the tire width direction, and the blocks that are adjacent to each other in the tire circumferential direction are disposed such that the bend direction of the bent grooves (5, 5a, 5b) are alternately reversed. a plurality of circumferential main grooves (21, 22) that extend in the tire circumferential direction; a plurality of lug grooves (41, 42) that extend in the tire width direction; and a plurality of blocks (311, 321) partitioned by the circumferential main grooves (21, 22) and the lug grooves (41, 42), characterized in that the blocks including a bent groove (5, 5a, 5b) have a bent shape that is convex in one direction and that extends in the tire circumferential direction dividing the block into two in the tire width direction, and
A switching circuit comprising: a plurality of insulated gate transistors connected in parallel between a high voltage line and a low voltage line; gate resistors, each being connected to one of the plurality of insulated gate transistors, wherein each of the gate resistors includes a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of each of the gate resistors being connected to the respective gate electrode of each of the plurality of insulated gate transistors; a gate voltage application unit configured to apply pulsing gate voltage to the gate electrode of each of the plurality of insulated gate transistors, the gate voltage application unit being connected to the second terminal of each of the gate resistors via a gate voltage apply line; characterized by: a capacitor which is connected between the gate voltage apply line and the high voltage line. a plurality of insulated gate transistors connected in parallel between a high voltage line and a low voltage line; gate resistors, each being connected to one of the plurality of insulated gate transistors, wherein each of the gate resistors includes a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of each of the gate resistors being connected to the respective gate electrode of each of the plurality of insulated gate transistors; a gate voltage application unit configured to apply pulsing gate voltage to the gate electrode of each of the plurality of insulated gate transistors, the gate voltage application unit being connected to the second terminal of each of the gate resistors via a gate voltage apply line; a capacitor which is connected between the gate voltage apply line and the high voltage line.
Use of (a) a medium comprising a solvent, a functional fluid, an additive concentrate, or combinations thereof; and (b) a friction modifier component comprising a condensation product of tartaric acid with an alcohol and/or an amine that is not fully soluble in the medium; and (c) a stabilizing component comprising a phosphorus containing additive that is soluble in (a) and that interacts with (b) such that (b)'s solubility in (a) is improved; wherein the phosphorus containing additive of component (c) comprises an amine salted version of a compound represent by the following formula: (X 1 =) a P(X 2 b -R) 3 wherein: each X 1 is independently O or S, a is 0 or 1, each X 2 is independently O or S, b is 0 or 1, and R is H or a hydrocarbyl group for providing a clear and stable composition wherein the clarity of the resulting mixture is improved, as defined by a lower Jackson Turbity Unit and/or Nephelometric Turbity Unit value as measured by US EPA method 180.1 compared to the same composition that does not contain (c), the stabilizing component. (b) a friction modifier component comprising a condensation product of tartaric acid with an alcohol and/or an amine that is not fully soluble in the medium; and (c) a stabilizing component comprising a phosphorus containing additive that is soluble in (a) and that interacts with (b) such that (b)'s solubility in (a) is improved;