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Medical instrument with a hollow shank, at the proximal end of which a handle is arranged, and at the distal end of which a tool is arranged with a stationary jaw part and with a jaw part that is pivotable relative to the stationary jaw part, a distal end region of the shank that carries the tool being designed as a tool tip that can be positioned at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shank, and the tool being rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the shank and/or about the longitudinal axis of the tool tip, the rotation of the tool about the longitudinal axis of the shank being effected via an actuation rod which is mounted rotatably in the hollow shank and which is operatively connected at its proximal end to the handle, the tool tip being positioned at an angle via an actuation element which is mounted axially displaceably in the hollow shank and which is operatively connected at its proximal end to the handle, and the pivotable jaw part of the tool being adjustable between a closed position and an open position via an actuation element which is mounted axially displaceably in the hollow shank and which is operatively connected at its proximal end to the handle, characterized in that the axially displaceable actuation element for positioning the tool tip at an angle and the axially displaceable actuation element for actuating the pivotable jaw part of the tool are coupled to each other in such a way that, on the one hand, when the axially displaceable actuation element for positioning the tool tip at an angle is actuated, the axially displaceable actuation element for actuating the pivotable jaw part of the tool is necessarily movable at the same time in the axial direction so as to maintain the position of the jaw parts and relative to each other in the axial direction, and, on the other hand, the axially displaceable actuation element for actuating the pivotable jaw part of the tool can be actuated independently of the axially displaceable actuation element for positioning the tool tip at an angle, the axially displaceable actuation element for positioning the tool tip at an angle and the axially displaceable actuation element for actuating the pivotable jaw part of the tool being arranged parallel to each other in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the shank and being at the same radial distance from the rotation axis about which the tool tip can be positioned at an angle relative to the proximal part of the shank.
A multi-part dental cement comprising: an asymmetric acrylamide-methacrylic acid ester compound (a); an acid group-containing (meth)acrylic polymerizable monomer (b); a hydrophobic crosslinkable polymerizable monomer (c); a chemical polymerization initiator (d); and a filler (e), wherein the asymmetric acrylamide-methacrylic acid ester compound (a) is represented by the following general formula:, where X is an optionally substituted, linear or branched C 1 to C 6 aliphatic group or an optionally substituted aromatic group, the aliphatic group is optionally interrupted by at least one linking group selected from the group consisting of -O-, -S-, -CO-, -O-CO-, -NR 1-, -CO-NR 1-, -NR 1- CO-, -CO-O-NR 1-, -O-CO-NR 1-, and -NR 1 -CONR 1 -, and R 1 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted, linear or branched C 1 to C 6 aliphatic group. an asymmetric acrylamide-methacrylic acid ester compound (a); an acid group-containing (meth)acrylic polymerizable monomer (b); a hydrophobic crosslinkable polymerizable monomer (c); a chemical polymerization initiator (d); and a filler (e), wherein the asymmetric acrylamide-methacrylic acid ester compound (a) is represented by the following general formula:, where X is an optionally substituted, linear or branched C 1 to C 6 aliphatic group or an optionally substituted aromatic group, the aliphatic group is optionally interrupted by at least one linking group selected from the group consisting of -O-, -S-, -CO-, -O-CO-, -NR 1-, -CO-NR 1-, -NR 1- CO-, -CO-O-NR 1-, -O-CO-NR 1-, and -NR 1 -CONR 1 -, and R 1 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted, linear or branched C 1 to C 6 aliphatic group.
A method for providing automatic repeat request error control in a broadcast communication network, the method comprising: - a first step of transmitting of a data packet (TX1) by a first terminal towards a second terminal; and - receiving said data packet and storing a copy of said data packet (DAT') by a third terminal; and - determining an ARQ failure indication for said first transmitting; and - thereafter performing a second step of transmitting towards said second terminal, during an identical time-interval, of said data packet (TX2) by said first terminal and said copy of said data packet (TX2(DAT')) by said third terminal, and wherein said method comprises selecting by an ARQ control center during a previous step said third terminal as an ARQ supporting terminal for said first terminal based upon a quality of transmission link and activity in said broadcast communication network, and wherein said method comprises implementing said broadcast communication network with a home network that comprises a plurality of domains and an inter-domain bridge being coupled between a first domain, comprising said first terminal and said third terminal; and a second domain, comprising said second terminal, and wherein said ARQ control center being comprised in said inter-domain bridge, and wherein said method comprises not further forwarding by said inter-domain bridge erroneous received packets from said first domain towards said second domain. - a first step of transmitting of a data packet (TX1) by a first terminal towards a second terminal; and - receiving said data packet and storing a copy of said data packet (DAT') by a third terminal; and - determining an ARQ failure indication for said first transmitting; and - thereafter performing a second step of transmitting towards said second terminal, during an identical time-interval, of said data packet (TX2) by said first terminal and said copy of said data packet (TX2(DAT')) by said third terminal, and wherein said method comprises selecting by an ARQ control center during a previous step said third terminal as an ARQ supporting terminal for said first terminal based upon a quality of transmission link and activity in said broadcast communication network, and wherein said method comprises implementing said broadcast communication network with a home network that comprises a plurality of domains and an inter-domain bridge being coupled between
A particle composition comprising: a solid core particle comprising an outer surface; and a functionalizing layer over at least a portion of the outer surface of the solid core particle; wherein the functionalizing layer comprises a reaction product of a 1,1-di-activated vinyl compound, or a multifunctional form thereof, or a combination thereof and the 1,1-di-activated vinyl compound comprises a methylene dicarbonyl compound, wherein the functionalizing layer comprises a bond between the solid core particle and the 1,1-di-activated vinyl compound, or multifunctional form thereof, or combination thereof. a solid core particle comprising an outer surface; and a functionalizing layer over at least a portion of the outer surface of the solid core particle; wherein the functionalizing layer comprises a reaction product of a 1,1-di-activated vinyl compound, or a multifunctional form thereof, or a combination thereof and the 1,1-di-activated vinyl compound comprises a methylene dicarbonyl compound,
A method of manufacturing a ceramic substrate including a ceramic layer (121, 122) mainly formed of a glass ceramic and a conductor trace mainly formed of silver (Ag), comprising: a step of preparing a ceramic paste in which a powder of at least one of a metal boride and a metal silicide is added to a raw material powder of the glass ceramic; a step of applying the ceramic paste to a green sheet which is to become the ceramic layer after firing; a step of applying a conductor paste which is to become the conductor trace after firing to the ceramic paste having been applied to the green sheet; and a step of firing the green sheet carrying the ceramic paste and the conductor paste applied thereto, wherein the raw material powder of the glass ceramic comprises borosilicate glass powder and alumina (Al 2 O 3) powder, wherein when the green sheet carrying the ceramic paste and the conductor paste applied thereto is fired, oxygen near the conductor paste is consumed by oxidation of at least one of the metal boride and the metal silicide contained in the ceramic paste, so that oxidation of the silver component contained in the conductor paste is prevented, and wherein the total amount of the metal boride and the metal silicide with respect to the amount of the inorganic component of the ceramic paste is 3 vol. % to 7 vol. %, so that diffusion of the silver component from the conductor trace into the ceramic layers and can be sufficiently prevented. a step of preparing a ceramic paste in which a powder of at least one of a metal boride and a metal silicide is added to a raw material powder of the glass ceramic; a step of applying the ceramic paste to a green sheet which is to become the ceramic layer after firing; a step of applying a conductor paste which is to become the conductor trace after firing to the ceramic paste having been applied to the green sheet; and a step of firing the green sheet carrying the ceramic paste and the conductor paste applied thereto, wherein the raw material powder of the glass ceramic comprises borosilicate glass powder and alumina (Al 2 O 3) powder, wherein when the green sheet carrying the ceramic paste and the conductor paste applied thereto is fired, oxygen near the conductor paste is consumed by oxidation of at least one of the metal boride and the metal silicide contained in the ceramic paste, so that oxidation of the silver component contained in the conductor paste is prevented, and wherein the total amount of the metal boride and the metal silicide with respect to the amount of the inorganic component of the ceramic paste is 3 vol. % to 7 vol. %, so that diffusion of the silver component from the conductor trace into the ceramic layers and can be sufficiently prevented.
Electrically controllable pressure provision device (5, 5'), in particular for a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system, having a stepped bore which is arranged in a housing (53, 21) and a piston which can be actuated by an electromechanical actuator (35, 36), the piston delimiting a pressure space with the housing (53, 21), the piston being configured as a stepped piston, characterized in that the piston step of smaller diameter of said stepped piston dips into the step of smaller diameter of the stepped bore after a predefined actuation of the stepped piston, with the result that the pressure space is divided into a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, in particular an annular chamber.
A combustor, comprising: an end cover coupled to one end of a casing, the casing at least partially surrounding the combustor; an end cap configured to extend radially across at least a portion of the combustor, wherein the end cap includes an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface, a cap shield that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the upstream and downstream surfaces (28, 30); a fuel plenum defined within the end cap between the upstream and downstream surfaces (28, 30) and a tube bundle, the tube bundle comprising a plurality of tubes that extend from the upstream surface through the downstream surface to provide fluid communication through the upstream surface, the fuel plenum and the downstream surface; a conduit that extends axially from the end cover and through the fuel plenum of the end cap; the combustor being characterized by a duct that spirals around the conduit between the end cover and the upstream surface wherein the duct extends through the upstream surface and provides fluid communication between the end cover and the fuel plenum; and also by further comprising a barrier that extends radially inside the end cap to at least partially define the fuel plenum wherein the barrier axially separates the fuel plenum from a diluent plenum defined within the end cap, the fuel plenum being upstream of the diluent plenum, and wherein the conduit extends inside the diluent plenum to provide fluid communication to the diluent plenum. an end cover coupled to one end of a casing, the casing at least partially surrounding the combustor; an end cap configured to extend radially across at least a portion of the combustor, wherein the end cap includes an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface, a cap shield that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the upstream and downstream surfaces (28, 30); a fuel plenum defined within the end cap between the upstream and downstream surfaces (28, 30) and a tube bundle, the tube bundle comprising a plurality of tubes that extend from the upstream surface through the downstream surface to provide fluid communication through the upstream surface, the fuel plenum and the downstream surface; a conduit that extends axially from the end cover and through the fuel plenum of the end cap; the combustor being characterized by a duct that spirals around the conduit between the end cover and the upstream surface wherein the duct extends through the upstream surface and provides fluid communication between the end cover and the fuel plenum; and also by further comprising a barrier that extends radially inside the end cap to at least partially define the fuel plenum wherein the barrier axially separates the fuel plenum from a diluent plenum defined within the end cap, the fuel plenum being upstream of the diluent plenum, and wherein the conduit extends inside the diluent plenum to provide fluid communication to the diluent plenum.
A signal processing method for a distributed acoustic sensing system, the method comprising: transmitting a pulsed test signal along an optical path; receiving, at a detector stage, a scattered signal that was scattered at a location along the optical path; receiving, at the detector stage, a local oscillator signal; generating, based on an interference of the scattered signal and the local oscillator signal, a first complex carrier signal that is modulated by a phase difference between the local oscillator signal and the scattered signal; the method being characterized by further comprising: processing the first complex carrier signal to generate a second complex carrier signal that is modulated by a spatial differential of the phase difference, the spatial differential being taken along a length of the optical path; and determining, based on the second complex carrier signal, a value representative of the spatial differential of the phase difference for the location along the optical path. transmitting a pulsed test signal along an optical path; receiving, at a detector stage, a scattered signal that was scattered at a location along the optical path; receiving, at the detector stage, a local oscillator signal; generating, based on an interference of the scattered signal and the local oscillator signal, a first complex carrier signal that is modulated by a phase difference between the local oscillator signal and the scattered signal; the method being characterized by further comprising: processing the first complex carrier signal to generate a second complex carrier signal that is modulated by a spatial differential of the phase difference, the spatial differential being taken along a length of the optical path; and determining, based on the second complex carrier signal, a value representative of the spatial differential of the phase difference for the location along the optical path. processing the first complex carrier signal to generate a second complex carrier signal that is modulated by a spatial differential of the phase difference, the spatial differential being taken along a length of the optical path; and determining, based on the second complex carrier signal, a value representative of the spatial differential of the phase difference for the location along the optical path.
A receiver configured to be mounted on a vehicle having rotation angle detecting sections each of which detects rotation angles of one of wheel assemblies, wherein a transmitter is attached to each wheel assembly, the receiver being configured to identify the wheel assembly to which each transmitter is attached, the receiver comprising: a receiving section configured to receive transmission data that is transmitted from each transmitter when the transmitter detects that the associated wheel assembly is at any of specific angles set in possible rotation angles of the wheel assembly; an obtaining section configured to obtain the rotation angles from the rotation angle detecting section upon reception of the transmission data by the receiving section; characterized by an acquiring section configured to assign each of the rotation angles obtained by the obtaining section to one of angle ranges that are obtained by dividing possible rotation angles of the wheel assembly into equal parts, and to acquire a number of times the rotation angles obtained by the obtaining section are included in each angle range; and an identifying section configured to associate ID codes included in the transmission data with the wheel assemblies based on whether, in the angle ranges in which the number of times acquired by the acquiring section are maximum values, an angle difference between the specific angles matches a reception-side angle difference, which is an angle difference between the rotation angles at which deviation angles from minimum angles in the angle ranges are equal to each other. a receiving section configured to receive transmission data that is transmitted from each transmitter when the transmitter detects that the associated wheel assembly is at any of specific angles set in possible rotation angles of the wheel assembly; an obtaining section configured to obtain the rotation angles from the rotation angle detecting section upon reception of the transmission data by the receiving section; an acquiring section configured to assign each of the rotation angles obtained by the obtaining section to one of angle ranges that are obtained by dividing possible rotation angles of the wheel assembly into equal parts, and to acquire a number of times the rotation angles obtained by the obtaining section are included in each angle range; and an identifying section configured to associate ID codes included in the transmission data with the wheel assemblies based on whether, in the angle ranges in which the number of times acquired by the acquiring section are maximum values, an angle difference between the specific angles matches a reception-side angle difference, which is an angle difference between the rotation angles at which deviation angles from minimum angles in the angle ranges are equal to each other.
A method of providing a Game Audio stream and Network Chat audio stream to headsets (260a; b) of users of a game console, the method comprising: receiving, by a base station in communication with the game console, the Network Chat audio stream and Game Audio stream from the game console; transmitting, by the base station, the Network Chat audio stream and Game Audio stream to portable audio mixing modules (240a; b) that are wirelessly connected to the base station; wirelessly receiving, by the portable audio mixing modules (240a; b) in communication with the base station, the Network Chat audio stream and Game Audio streams; mixing, by the portable audio mixing modules (240a; b), the Network Chat audio stream and Game Audio stream to produce blended audio output streams (A+B), wherein each portable audio mixing module (240a; b) comprises adjustment means accessible to the user to allow the user to adjust the balance between the Game Audio stream and the Network Chat audio stream; and transmitting, by the portable audio mixing modules (240a; b), the blended audio output streams (A+B) to the headsets (260a; b) in communication with the portable audio mixing modules (240a; b), respectively. receiving, by a base station in communication with the game console, the Network Chat audio stream and Game Audio stream from the game console; transmitting, by the base station, the Network Chat audio stream and Game Audio stream to portable audio mixing modules (240a; b) that are wirelessly connected to the base station; wirelessly receiving, by the portable audio mixing modules (240a; b) in communication with the base station, the Network Chat audio stream and Game Audio streams; mixing, by the portable audio mixing modules (240a; b), the Network Chat audio stream and Game Audio stream to produce blended audio output streams (A+B), wherein each portable audio mixing module (240a; b) comprises adjustment means accessible to the user to allow the user to adjust the balance between the Game Audio stream and the Network Chat audio stream; and transmitting, by the portable audio mixing modules (240a; b), the blended audio output streams (A+B) to the headsets (260a; b) in communication with the portable audio mixing modules (240a; b), respectively.
A cubic press system comprising a unitary steel press frame having a substantially spherical central chamber for housing a capsule to be pressurised, and a cartridge assembly (100, 400), the press frame 500 having six sides, each side provided with a bore hole for accommodating a respective hydraulic cartridge assembly (100, 400), each cartridge assembly (100, 400) comprising a chamber for containing hydraulic fluid, an intensifier element capable of reciprocating in the chamber and displacing the hydraulic fluid responsive to a drive means acting on the intensifier element and a piston capable of reciprocating in the chamber and being displaceable responsive to a change in the pressure of the hydraulic fluid; the cartridge assembly (100, 400) configured so that when the pressure in the fluid increases responsive to a first force being applied by the drive means on the intensifier, the hydraulic fluid will exert a second force on the piston, the second force being greater than the first force; the mass of the hydraulic fluid being substantially conserved within the cartridge assembly (100, 400), characterised in that each cartridge assembly (100,400) mechanically fastened to the press frame by respective axial and radial fastening mechanisms (415, 412), the axial fastening mechanism comprising three sets of ribs, the sets of ribs being equidistantly spaced apart from each other circumferentially around a body of the cartridge assembly (100, 400) and slotting between three sets of corresponding ribs 515 in the bore 510, the ribs 515 being equidistantly spaced apart from each other circumferentially around the bore 510, and the radial fastening mechanism comprising three abutment lobes projecting radially outward from the cartridge assembly (100, 400) and a corresponding number of abutment lobes projecting radially inward from the bore hole of the press frame, the three abutment lobes being equidistantly spaced apart from each other around the circumference of the cartridge assembly (100, 400) on the one hand and in the bore hole on the other, wherein, when being inserted into the bore hole in an unlocked condition, the cartridge assembly (100,400) will be oriented with its abutment lobes circumferentially between those of the frame and there will be a clearance gap between the cartridge assembly (100, 400) and the bore hole including between their respective abutment lobes so that the cartridge assembly can be freely inserted and withdrawn without contacting the bore hole, and once inserted, the cartridge assembly can be put into the locked condition by rotating it by 60 degrees about the longitudinal axis thereof, causing the respective abutment lobes to abut each other radially, and at the same time, the axial fastening mechanism will be engaged.