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Device for generating ionized particles from a plasma, the device having a front radiation face on which at least one mouth (30, E1... E14) of a particle emitter is arranged, the at least one mouth communicating with one of the openings provided on the radiation face, the particle emitter being formed of a sheath which is brought to a first voltage and located in the extension of said mouth, and of a rod which consists of an electrically conductive material and is inserted into said sheath, said rod having a tip at the mouth, which tip is brought to a voltage of a second polarity, characterized in that it comprises an electrically conductive structure located at the front face and in that said structure is formed of segments (S1... S15) of elongated shape placed in the vicinity of the mouth.
A method for dose-optimized acquisition of a computed tomography scan of a target organ, comprising: starting a localizer spiral CT scan at a beginning of a confidence range before a target organ of a patient; receiving real-time localizer scan images from the localizer spiral CT scan as a patient is moved relative to a gantry of a CT scanning device; automatically analyzing the real-time localizer scan images to predict a beginning location of the target organ based on the real-time localizer scan images; automatically starting a diagnostic spiral CT scan at the predicted beginning location of the target organ; receiving real-time diagnostic scan images from the diagnostic spiral CT scan as the patient is moved relative to the gantry of the CT scanning device; automatically analyzing the real-time diagnostic scan images to predict an end location of the target organ where full coverage of the target organ will be reached based on the real-time diagnostic scan images; and automatically stopping the diagnostic spiral CT scan in response to reaching the predicted end location of the target organ. starting a localizer spiral CT scan at a beginning of a confidence range before a target organ of a patient; receiving real-time localizer scan images from the localizer spiral CT scan as a patient is moved relative to a gantry of a CT scanning device; automatically analyzing the real-time localizer scan images to predict a beginning location of the target organ based on the real-time localizer scan images; automatically starting a diagnostic spiral CT scan at the predicted beginning location of the target organ; receiving real-time diagnostic scan images from the diagnostic spiral CT scan as the patient is moved relative to the gantry of the CT scanning device; automatically analyzing the real-time diagnostic scan images to predict an end location of the target organ where full coverage of the target organ will be reached based on the real-time diagnostic scan images; and automatically stopping the diagnostic spiral CT scan in response to reaching the predicted end location of the target organ.
Dispenser device for dispensing a liquid in a washing machine for household use, in particular a dishwasher, said dispenser device being of the type that comprises: - an inner cavity; - a first air-break device associated with a supply duct for supplying the liquid coming from the water main; - an aperture for collecting and venting vapours, in particular coming from a wash tub, said aperture being such as to communicate with the inner cavity of the dispenser device; - a first compartment positioned above the aperture for venting and/or condensing said vapours coming from the aperture, in particular said first compartment comprising a second aperture for draining the vapours out of the dispenser device, characterized in that the air-break device is positioned in said aperture for collecting and venting vapours coming from the wash tub. - an inner cavity; - a first air-break device associated with a supply duct for supplying the liquid coming from the water main; - an aperture for collecting and venting vapours, in particular coming from a wash tub, said aperture being such as to communicate with the inner cavity of the dispenser device; - a first compartment positioned above the aperture for venting and/or condensing said vapours coming from the aperture, in particular said first compartment comprising a second aperture for draining the vapours out of the dispenser device,
Examiner-linking apparatus for modifying a challenge message as a function of examiner-context information, having: - an examiner-context-information interface for receiving the examiner-context information from an examiner-context-information provisioning unit of an examination apparatus and for making the examiner-context information available to an examiner-linking unit; - a challenge-message interface for receiving the challenge message from a challenge-message provisioning unit of the examination apparatus and making the challenge message available to the examiner-linking unit; and - the examiner-linking unit which computes a modified challenge message (C') using a context-binding function as a function of the examiner-context information and challenge message that have been made available, for transmission to a device requiring to be authenticated by the examination apparatus, wherein the examiner-linking apparatus binds the received challenge message to the examination apparatus using the examiner-context information, wherein an authenticity of the device can be checked by the examination apparatus on the basis of a response message provided by the device to the modified challenge message (C'). - an examiner-context-information interface for receiving the examiner-context information from an examiner-context-information provisioning unit of an examination apparatus and for making the examiner-context information available to an examiner-linking unit; - a challenge-message interface for receiving the challenge message from a challenge-message provisioning unit of the examination apparatus and making the challenge message available to the examiner-linking unit; and - the examiner-linking unit which computes a modified challenge message (C') using a context-binding function as a function of the examiner-context information and challenge message that have been made available, for transmission to a device requiring to be authenticated by the examination apparatus, wherein the examiner-linking apparatus binds the received challenge message to the examination apparatus using the examiner-context information, wherein an authenticity of the device can be checked by the examination apparatus on the basis of a response message provided by the device to the modified challenge message (C').
A railway vehicle, comprising: - at least one end car, each arranged at a respective end of the vehicle, - for each end car, a first car adjacent to this end car, - at least one second car, one of which is adjacent to the first car, wherein each second car comprises a second structural body, and each first car comprises a first structural body substantially identical to the second structural body of each second car, characterized in that each first car comprises a structural extension part attached on the first structural body and intended to be connected to the adjacent end car. - at least one end car, each arranged at a respective end of the vehicle, - for each end car, a first car adjacent to this end car, - at least one second car, one of which is adjacent to the first car,
A human growth hormone variant having GH antagonistic activity and comprising the following amino acid substitutions: H18D, H21N, G120K, R167N, K168A, D171S, K172R, E174S, I179T compared with the native GH amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, and an oligonucleotide 15 to 30 nucleobases in length comprising at least one modified internucleoside linkage, sugar moiety, or nucleobase, targeted to a nucleic acid encoding human growth hormone receptor so as to inhibit expression of the GHR, for use in a method for treatment or prevention of a disease caused by and/or associated with an increased level of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), wherein the disease is acromegaly, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy, or an IGF-I positive cancer such as prostate, myeloma, lung, breast, or colon cancer, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof, the GH variant in combination with the oligonucleotide, thereby reducing the level of IGF-I in the subject.
A bipolar electrolyzer for alkaline water electrolysis being a bipolar electrolyzer comprising: a plurality of combinations of an anode, a cathode, and a membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the anode or the cathode is a porous electrode having an average pore size, determined as described in the description, of 10 nm or more and 200 nm or less, and the membrane is a porous membrane containing inorganic particles having an average primary grain size, determined as described in the description, of 20 nm or more and 300 nm or less. a plurality of combinations of an anode, a cathode, and a membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the anode or the cathode is a porous electrode having an average pore size, determined as described in the description, of 10 nm or more and 200 nm or less, and the membrane is a porous membrane containing inorganic particles having an average primary grain size, determined as described in the description, of 20 nm or more and 300 nm or less.
Ventilation device for ventilating and/or air-conditioning a room of a building, in particular a hotel room of a hotel, comprising a housing and at least one heat exchanger having heat exchanger lamellae, at least one air inlet for room air, and at least one air outlet, located at a front end of the ventilation device, for incoming air entering the room, the device being formed as an induction device and ceiling installation device and the housing having a housing length and a housing width, the longitudinal extension direction of the heat exchanger lamellae of the heat exchanger extending transverse, in particular perpendicular or almost perpendicular, to the air release direction of the air outlet, the housing length extending in the air release direction of the air outlet, and the heat exchanger lamellae extending over the entire or almost the entire housing width, the induction device having at least one primary air connecting piece for the supply of primary air, and the heat exchanger possessing medium connecting pieces, characterized in that the primary air connecting piece and the medium connecting pieces extend in the air release direction or substantially in the air release direction of the air outlet, and both the primary air connecting piece and the medium connecting pieces are positioned at a rear end of the ventilation device.
A roof hook of split design, with a foot part and a hook part (2, 3), wherein the foot part is configured in the shape of a T profile with a fastening plate for screwing together with the roof substructure and with a fastening projection projecting in the manner of a T for one end of the hook part, and wherein the fastening projection and the end of the hook part each have at least one bore for producing a nut and bolt joint therebetween, characterized in that next to the fastening projection a further projection is arranged detachably in a groove-type receptacle located parallel to the fastening projection in the fastening plate, such that a receptacle for the end of the hook part arises between the fastening projection and the further projection, and the further projection has a bore, so that it can be incorporated into the nut and bolt joint, wherein, once the nut and bolt joint has been produced, the fastening projection and the further projection each rest on opposing sides against the end of the hook part in at least force-locking manner and wherein the further projection has a foot portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the projection and engaging in the receptacle, wherein the foot portion is arranged eccentrically on the projection.
A printing cartridge (135, 300), the printing cartridge (135, 300) comprising: a fluid container; a plurality of capacitor plates (425, 425a-d) configured to detect fluid in the fluid container, each of the capacitor plates (425, 425a-d) associated with a respective fluid level; and a shift register configured to capture fluid level information from the plurality of capacitor plates (425, 425a-d), characterized in that the shift register includes a plurality of sensing flip-flops (422, 422a-d) in circuit with the respective capacitor plates (425, 425a-d), wherein a sensing flip-flop (422, 422a-d) is configured to store a first fluid level value when a corresponding capacitor plate (425, 425a-d) detects presence of the fluid in the fluid container, and the sensing flip-flop (422, 422a-d) is configured to store a second fluid level value when the corresponding capacitor plate (425, 425a-d) does not detect presence of the fluid in the fluid container. a fluid container; a plurality of capacitor plates (425, 425a-d) configured to detect fluid in the fluid container, each of the capacitor plates (425, 425a-d) associated with a respective fluid level; and a shift register configured to capture fluid level information from the plurality of capacitor plates (425, 425a-d), characterized in that the shift register includes a plurality of sensing flip-flops (422, 422a-d) in circuit with the respective capacitor plates (425, 425a-d), wherein a sensing flip-flop (422, 422a-d) is configured to store a first fluid level value when a corresponding capacitor plate (425, 425a-d) detects presence of the fluid in the fluid container, and the sensing flip-flop (422, 422a-d) is configured to store a second fluid level value when the corresponding capacitor plate (425, 425a-d) does not detect presence of the fluid in the fluid container.
An electric cutting-tool grinder comprising a rotary grinding member including a grindstone, wherein the rotary grinding member is secured to a rotary shaft rotated by a rotation drive unit to rotate integrally with the rotary shaft, the grindstone includes a grinding surface formed by a conic surface, the rotary grinding member is rotated in a plane perpendicular to the rotary shaft, the rotation drive unit is mounted in a housing, and a blade of a cutting-tool is ground with a longitudinal direction of the cutting-tool aligned with the direction of a generating line of the grinding surface, the electric cutting-tool grinder being characterized in that the housing is formed to incline with respect to a vertical line at a predetermined angle, wherein the predetermined angle is the same angle as the inclination angle of the conic surface, which forms the grinding surface of the grindstone, with respect to the rotary shaft, wherein the rotary shaft also extends diagonally at the same angle as the housing, the housing includes an upper surface portion and an outer circumferential surface, which are formed to be perpendicular to each other, and wherein the rotary shaft extends in the same direction as the direction in which the housing extends.
A method of packing a first column with a slurry of a chromatographic medium to obtain a desired bed height of packed medium in the column, comprising the steps of: determining the concentration of a chromatographic medium in a liquid slurry using a second column, comprising the steps of: providing the second column having a top end and a bottom end and adapted to retain a chromatographic medium therein, introducing a defined volume of the slurry into the second column, providing a liquid flow through the second column from the top end to the bottom end of the column to settle the chromatographic medium in the second column, measuring the bed height of the consolidated chromatographic medium or a value related thereto, and determining from the measured bed height the concentration of the chromatographic medium in the slurry, determining from the determined slurry concentration the amount of slurry to be introduced into the first column to obtain the desired bed height therein, and filling the first column with the determined slurry amount. determining the concentration of a chromatographic medium in a liquid slurry using a second column, comprising the steps of: providing the second column having a top end and a bottom end and adapted to retain a chromatographic medium therein, introducing a defined volume of the slurry into the second column, providing a liquid flow through the second column from the top end to the bottom end of the column to settle the chromatographic medium in the second column, measuring the bed height of the consolidated chromatographic medium or a value related thereto, and determining from the measured bed height the concentration of the chromatographic medium in the slurry, providing the second column having a top end and a bottom end and adapted to retain a chromatographic medium therein, introducing a defined volume of the slurry into the second column, providing a liquid flow through the second column from the top end to the bottom end of the column to settle the chromatographic medium in the second column, measuring the bed height of the consolidated chromatographic medium or a value related thereto, and determining from the measured bed height the concentration of the chromatographic medium in the slurry, determining from the determined slurry concentration the amount of slurry to be introduced into the first column to obtain the desired bed height therein, and filling the first column with the determined slurry amount.
A bush- and bracket-integrated stabilizer bar comprising a stabilizer bar, a rubber bush attached to an outer periphery of the stabilizer bar, and a bracket configured to mount the stabilizer bar to a bottom of a vehicle body with the rubber bush intervened, characterized in that the stabilizer bar comprises an amine-based curable epoxy paint or an amine-containing cationic paint and a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on the paint, in that the rubber bush comprises a surface treatment layer containing a halogen donor-based surface treatment agent on an inner surface thereof, and in that an adhesive layer containing an amine-based or an organic hydrazide-based curing agent and an epoxy resin is formed between the stabilizer bar and the rubber bush with each of the surface treatment layers intervened.
Vacuum induction casting device for casting metal and metal alloys under vacuum and/or protective gas atmosphere, comprising at least one storage chamber and a forehearth which communicates with the storage chamber and which has at least one stopper casting device, wherein the vacuum induction casting device can be gas-tightly and detachably coupled to a continuous casting plant or a powder atomising plant as downstream unit and the vacuum induction casting device is constructed for the purpose of transferring the melt under vacuum and/or protective gas atmosphere to the downstream unit, wherein the storage chamber together with the forehearth is mounted to be rotatable about a tilt axis in such a way that melt is displaceable from the forehearth into the storage chamber and back and the stopper casting device comprises means for gas-tight closure of at least one casting nozzle within the forehearth, characteried in that the stopper casting device comprises as means for gas-tight closure of the at least one casting nozzle at least one refractory hood which within the forehearth forms a gas-tight enclosure of an inlet of the casting nozzle.
Die cushion drive having a first pump, a first electrical machine for driving the first pump and a plurality of hydraulic cylinders (3, 4), wherein the hydraulic cylinders (3, 4) have a first chamber (21, 22) and a second chamber (23, 24), wherein the first pump is provided for supplying the first chambers (21, 22) of the hydraulic cylinders (3, 4), wherein the hydraulic cylinders (3, 4) are mechanically connected to a die cushion, wherein a first hydraulic cylinder of the plurality of hydraulic cylinders (3, 4) is connected with its second chamber via a second pressure line to a second pump, wherein a second hydraulic cylinder of the plurality of hydraulic cylinders (3, 4) is connected with its second chamber via a third pressure line to a third pump, wherein the second pump and the third pump are each embodied as servo pumps, wherein the servo pumps are each mechanically coupled to an electrical machine which can be operated both as a motor and also as a generator, wherein the second pressure line is connected to a first valve and wherein the third pressure line is connected to the second valve, wherein a first pressure sensor for measuring the pressure in the second pressure line and a second pressure sensor for measuring the pressure in the third pressure line is present, wherein the die cushion drive comprises a die cushion regulator, which during operation is embodied to regulate the pressure of the die cushion and to preliminarily control the movement of the die cushion, characterised in that a third pressure sensor for measuring the hydraulic pressure is present in a first pressure line between the first pump and the hydraulic cylinders (3, 4), that during operation the measurement of the first, second and third pressure sensor is used by the die cushion regulator for pressure regulation of the die cushion, that the respective valve (15, 16) and the respective servo pump (9, 10) are linked to the die cushion regulator in such a way that the respective valve (15, 16) is an adjustment element for the pressure regulation and the respective servo pump (9, 10), which is assigned to the second chamber of the respective cylinder, is an adjustment element for the preliminary control.
A device for mixing exhaust gas to be returned to a combustion engine with fresh air, comprising an elongate air inlet channel with at one end an air inlet opening for fresh air and with at the other end an outlet opening for a mixture of air and exhaust gas, a part of a wall of the air inlet channel is provided with mixing openings (13, 15, 17) for supply of exhaust gas, which device further comprises an elongate exhaust gas recirculation channel connected to the mixing openings (13, 15, 17) and provided on one end with an inlet opening for exhaust gas, wherein over a part of its length the exhaust gas recirculation channel is in contact with the air inlet channel, over which part of its length the exhaust gas recirculation channel is separated from the air inlet channel by the part of the wall provided with mixing openings (13, 15, 17), which mixing openings in a common length direction of the air inlet and exhaust gas recirculation channels (3, 19) are behind each other, characterized in that the air inlet opening and the exhaust gas inlet opening are so arranged that, in use, returned exhaust gas in the exhaust gas recirculation channel flows in a direction contrary to a flow of fresh air in the air inlet channel.