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An optical fiber ribbon comprising a plurality of optical fiber colored core wires that are connected to each other with a connector that comprises a UV curable resin, wherein each of the optical fiber colored core wires comprises: a bare optical fiber; a primary layer that comprises a UV curable resin that covers the bare optical fiber; a secondary layer that comprises a UV curable resin that covers the primary layer; and a colored layer disposed outside the primary layer and comprising a colored UV curable resin, characterized in that the primary layer has a Young's modulus that is greater than or equal to 75% of a saturated Young's modulus of the primary layer, and the Young's modulus of the primary layer is 0.20 MPa or more and 0.72 MPa or less, wherein the saturated Young's modulus is the Young's modulus of a state in which the primary layer has been completely cured and the Young's modulus of the primary layer in the state does not rise even if the curable resin is further irradiated with UV light. a bare optical fiber; a primary layer that comprises a UV curable resin that covers the bare optical fiber; a secondary layer that comprises a UV curable resin that covers the primary layer; and a colored layer disposed outside the primary layer and comprising a colored UV curable resin, characterized in that the primary layer has a Young's modulus that is greater than or equal to 75% of a saturated Young's modulus of the primary layer, and the Young's modulus of the primary layer is 0.20 MPa or more and 0.72 MPa or less, wherein the saturated Young's modulus is the Young's modulus of a state in which the primary layer has been completely cured and the Young's modulus of the primary layer in the state does not rise even if the curable resin is further irradiated with UV light.
A method of manufacturing a corrosion sensor, said sensor comprising a chip module and a connecting module both formed on a substrate, wherein a layer of insulator material is deposited upon said substrate, and wherein, upon said insulator material, a number of metallic strips (5,6,7) are mounted on said substrate comprising said insulator material, said module forming electrical connections to the metallic strips to enable communication between the strips and monitoring equipment for the sensor, the module including a number of wire connections, the method including the steps of manually coating each of the wire connections with one of selected preliminary sealing compounds, respectively, and curing the preliminary sealing compounds followed by encapsulating the wire connections within a flexible chemical and heat resistant sealing compound, and subsequently, encapsulating the whole connecting module comprising the flexible sealing compound as well as an enclosed part of the chip within a second sealing compound of aircraft sealant by an injection moulding process.
A layer structure for a security element, in particular a value document, comprising a multiplicity of distributed mirror areas for connecting to a value document substrate, wherei n the multiplicity of distributed mirror areas are configured to cover a representation, wherein the distributed mirror areas are formed by reflective regions which are applied to a relief with a multiplicity of relief elements, and the reflective regions cover between 10% to 90% of the surface of the relief or the distributed mirror areas are formed by a highly refractive, transparent or semitransparent reflective layer which is applied to a relief with a multiplicity of relief elements, wherein each relief element has an orientation which is defined by an inclination angle and an azimuth angle, - when viewed in incident light at a first viewing angle, incident light is reflected on the distributed mirror areas, wherein at the first viewing angle the recognizability of the representation is suppressed by the light reflected on the distributed mirror areas, wherein at the first viewing angle the brightness of the light reflected on the distributed mirror areas outshines the light reflected on the representation and impinges in the eye of the viewer, and - when viewed in incident light at a second viewing angle, the representation is recognizable. - when viewed in incident light at a first viewing angle, incident light is reflected on the distributed mirror areas, wherein at the first viewing angle the recognizability of the representation is suppressed by the light reflected on the distributed mirror areas, wherein at the first viewing angle the brightness of the light reflected on the distributed mirror areas outshines the light reflected on the representation and impinges in the eye of the viewer, and - when viewed in incident light at a second viewing angle, the representation is recognizable.
A gamma ray detector comprising: a configuration comprising a first-stage detecting element, a second-stage detecting element and a third-stage detecting element that are aligned in parallel in that order from a side, from which gamma rays (14, 15) are incident, each of the second-stage detecting element and the third-stage detecting element being a position-sensitive gamma ray detecting element for high energy gamma rays adapted to detect an interaction position and an energy of a gamma ray; and the first-stage detecting element being a position-sensitive gamma ray detecting element for low energy gamma rays adapted to detect an interaction position and an energy of a gamma ray, wherein the gamma ray detector is adapted to detect a gamma ray that is photoelectrically absorbed and detected at the second-stage detecting element after being Compton scattered and detected at the first-stage detecting element, wherein the gamma ray detector is further adapted to detect a gamma ray that is photoelectrically absorbed and detected at the third-stage detecting element after being Compton scattered and detected at the first-stage element, and wherein the gamma ray detector is further adapted to detect a gamma ray that is photoelectrically absorbed and detected at the third-stage detecting element after being Compton scattered and detected at the second-stage element. a configuration comprising a first-stage detecting element, a second-stage detecting element and a third-stage detecting element that are aligned in parallel in that order from a side, from which gamma rays (14, 15) are incident, each of the second-stage detecting element and the third-stage detecting element being a position-sensitive gamma ray detecting element for high energy gamma rays adapted to detect an interaction position and an energy of a gamma ray; and the first-stage detecting element being a position-sensitive gamma ray detecting element for low energy gamma rays adapted to detect an interaction position and an energy of a gamma ray, wherein the gamma ray detector is adapted to detect a gamma ray that is photoelectrically absorbed and detected at the second-stage detecting element after being Compton scattered and detected at the first-stage detecting element, wherein the gamma ray detector is further adapted to detect a gamma ray that is photoelectrically absorbed and detected at the third-stage detecting element after being Compton scattered and detected at the first-stage element, and wherein the gamma ray detector is further adapted to detect a gamma ray that is photoelectrically absorbed and detected at the third-stage detecting element after being Compton scattered and detected at the second-stage element.
A contact development process cartridge adapted for use in an image forming apparatus using jumping development methods, comprising a toner chamber component and a waste toner chamber component connected with each other, wherein the toner chamber component comprises a developer roller, the waste toner chamber component comprises a photosensitive drum, and said developer roller contacts with said photosensitive drum; and a conductive electrode capable of contacting a power supply electrode in the image forming apparatus using jumping development methods to receive an alternating current developing bias voltage, wherein the conductive electrode is electrically connected to said developer roller, characterized by, further comprising a rectifier for converting the alternating current developing bias voltage from said power supply electrode into a direct current bias voltage, wherein the rectifier is electrically connected between said conductive electrode and the developer roller, and the direct current bias voltage is provided to the developer roller. a toner chamber component and a waste toner chamber component connected with each other, wherein the toner chamber component comprises a developer roller, the waste toner chamber component comprises a photosensitive drum, and said developer roller contacts with said photosensitive drum; and a conductive electrode capable of contacting a power supply electrode in the image forming apparatus using jumping development methods to receive an alternating current developing bias voltage, wherein the conductive electrode is electrically connected to said developer roller, characterized by, further comprising a rectifier for converting the alternating current developing bias voltage from said power supply electrode into a direct current bias voltage, wherein the rectifier is electrically connected between said conductive electrode and the developer roller, and the direct current bias voltage is provided to the developer roller.
A method of creating master data from tire computer-aided design, hereinafter referred to as CAD, drawings, the master data being for inspecting a figure having concave and convex portions formed on a surface of a tire, such inspecting being by utilizing a light-section method in which use is made of laser light having a fan-like form, the CAD drawings having figures deformed according to a tire size and deformed into a sector form according to an arranging position in a radial direction from a tire center, and having height information of protrusion or indentation of respective regions of the figure, comprising the steps of: cutting out an image including the figure by selecting a region including the figure from the tire CAD drawings by forming a circumscribed quadrangle around the figure by tangent lines in a radial direction and in a circumferential direction of the tire; transforming respective regions of the cut-out image into a gray scale image in accordance with said height information of respective regions obtained from the tire CAD drawings; and deforming the cut-out image or the image converted into gray scale by performing a polar to rectangular coordination conversion in such a manner that the cut-out image or the image converted into gray scale is sampled in accordance with a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction of the tire and then a deformation is performed in such a manner that sampling intervals are arranged at even intervals in a circumferential direction of the tire. cutting out an image including the figure by selecting a region including the figure from the tire CAD drawings by forming a circumscribed quadrangle around the figure by tangent lines in a radial direction and in a circumferential direction of the tire; transforming respective regions of the cut-out image into a gray scale image in accordance with said height information of respective regions obtained from the tire CAD drawings; and deforming the cut-out image or the image converted into gray scale by performing a polar to rectangular coordination conversion in such a manner that the cut-out image or the image converted into gray scale is sampled in accordance with a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction of the tire and then a deformation is performed in such a manner that sampling intervals are arranged at even intervals in a circumferential direction of the tire.
An electronic cooking system, comprising: a continuous cooking surface comprising a plurality of individually controllable, adjacent heating zones; for each heating zone, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature for the heating zone separately from the temperatures of other heating zones, and a heating element disposed beneath the heating zone and configured to provide heat to the heating zone; a controller configured to individually control the heating element of each heating zone; characterized in that: the heating element comprises a first resistive circuit configured to output a higher power density and a second resistive circuit configured to output a lower power density, the resistive circuits (504, 508) being positioned between insulating layers (502, 506, 510), the second resistive circuit being positioned below the first resistive circuit and separated from the first resistive circuit by one of the insulating layers. a continuous cooking surface comprising a plurality of individually controllable, adjacent heating zones; for each heating zone, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature for the heating zone separately from the temperatures of other heating zones, and a heating element disposed beneath the heating zone and configured to provide heat to the heating zone; a controller configured to individually control the heating element of each heating zone; characterized in that: the heating element comprises a first resistive circuit configured to output a higher power density and a second resistive circuit configured to output a lower power density, the resistive circuits (504, 508) being positioned between insulating layers (502, 506, 510), the second resistive circuit being positioned below the first resistive circuit and separated from the first resistive circuit by one of the insulating layers. a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature for the heating zone separately from the temperatures of other heating zones, and a heating element disposed beneath the heating zone and configured to provide heat to the heating zone; a controller configured to individually control the heating element of each heating zone; characterized in that: the heating element comprises a first resistive circuit configured to output a higher power density and a second resistive circuit configured to output a lower power density, the resistive circuits (504, 508) being positioned between insulating layers (502, 506, 510), the second resistive circuit being positioned below the first resistive circuit and separated from the first resistive circuit by one of the insulating layers.
An apparatus comprising: a non-volatile memory which stores a number from which a private cryptographic key, having a complementary public cryptographic key, is derivable, wherein: the number is shorter than the private cryptographic key; the private cryptographic key comprises a modulus and a private exponent, which comprises an upper part and a lower part, the lower part being the least significant bits of the private exponent, the upper part being the bits of the private exponent excluding the lower part; and the number stored in the memory is indicative of the lower part of the private exponent; and a processor which is configured to receive an instruction indicating that the private cryptographic key is to be applied to data and, responsively to the instruction, to compute the private cryptographic key using the stored number and to perform a cryptographic operation on the data using the private cryptographic key, wherein the processor is configured to compute the private exponent by calculating the upper part and concatenating the calculated upper part with the lower part. a non-volatile memory which stores a number from which a private cryptographic key, having a complementary public cryptographic key, is derivable, wherein: the number is shorter than the private cryptographic key; the private cryptographic key comprises a modulus and a private exponent, which comprises an upper part and a lower part, the lower part being the least significant bits of the private exponent, the upper part being the bits of the private exponent excluding the lower part; and the number stored in the memory is indicative of the lower part of the private exponent; and the number is shorter than the private cryptographic key; the private cryptographic key comprises a modulus and a private exponent, which comprises an upper part and a lower part, the lower part being the least significant bits of the private exponent, the upper part being the bits of the private exponent excluding the lower part; and the number stored in the memory is indicative of the lower part of the private exponent; and a processor which is configured to receive an instruction indicating that the private cryptographic key is to be applied to data and, responsively to the instruction, to compute the private cryptographic key using the stored number and to perform a cryptographic operation on the data using the private cryptographic key, wherein the processor is configured to compute the private exponent by calculating the upper part and concatenating the calculated upper part with the lower part.
Magnetic card reader comprising a groove in which a magnetic card is moved and a magnetic read head mounted on a first printed circuit, so as to read a magnetic stripe of the magnetic card, said magnetic card reader being characterised in that said magnetic read head comprises: - a tunnel magnetoresistance sensor positioned in a recess of a side wall of said groove; - a second printed circuit, comprising a receiving portion on which said tunnel magnetoresistance sensor is mounted, and a connection portion for electrically connecting said magnetic read head; - a holding device, attached to said receiving portion, said holding device comprising attachment means for mechanically attaching said magnetic read head. - a tunnel magnetoresistance sensor positioned in a recess of a side wall of said groove; - a second printed circuit, comprising a receiving portion on which said tunnel magnetoresistance sensor is mounted, and a connection portion for electrically connecting said magnetic read head; - a holding device, attached to said receiving portion, said holding device comprising attachment means for mechanically attaching said magnetic read head.
Woven-fabric combination having an inner and an outer woven fabric, wherein the outer woven fabric is woven from two yarns in such a way that a first yarn, which is flame-retardant and has a linear density of at least Nm 60/2, makes up 65% or more, and preferably 70% or more and as a further preference 73% or more and in particular 75% or more, of the mass per unit area of the outer woven fabric and forms predominantly the outer side, and a second yarn of a lower linear density forms predominantly the inner side, the inner woven fabric being a flame-retardant lining material.
A decision support method for the management of a fruit tree orchard, said method comprising the following phases: - Receiving a plurality of digital images acquired in color along rows of the fruit tree orchard, each image representing a respective fruit element of the fruit tree orchard, - Processing of the plurality of acquired images said processing phase comprising, for each current image of the plurality of images, the following steps: ∘ Detecting objects of interest in each current image, ∘ Counting the number of objects of interest detected in each current image, ∘ Determining a blooming level for each current image as a function of the number of objects of interest counted for said current image, - Post-processing the plurality of processed images, said post-processing phase comprising the following steps: ∘ Merging the blooming levels of the fruit elements by areas along the rows of the fruit tree orchard, ∘ Generating a map of the blooming levels of the fruit elements of the fruit tree orchard. - Receiving a plurality of digital images acquired in color along rows of the fruit tree orchard, each image representing a respective fruit element of the fruit tree orchard, - Processing of the plurality of acquired images said processing phase comprising, for each current image of the plurality of images, the following steps: ∘ Detecting objects of interest in each current image, ∘ Counting the number of objects of interest detected in each current image, ∘ Determining a blooming level for each current image as a function of the number of objects of interest counted for said current image, ∘ Detecting objects of interest in each current image, ∘ Counting the number of objects of interest detected in each current image, ∘ Determining a blooming level for each current image as a function of the number of objects of interest counted for said current image, - Post-processing the plurality of processed images, said post-processing phase comprising the following steps: ∘ Merging the blooming levels of the fruit elements by areas along the rows of the fruit tree orchard, ∘ Generating a map of the blooming levels of the fruit elements of the fruit tree orchard. ∘ Merging the blooming levels of the fruit elements by areas along the rows of the fruit tree orchard, ∘ Generating a map of the blooming levels of the fruit elements of the fruit tree orchard.
A one-step chromatographic method for quantifying α-thrombin in a solution comprising the α-thrombin and at least one of an α-thrombin degradation polypeptide or another protein, the method comprising the steps of: contacting the solution with an anion exchanger; separating the α-thrombin from the at least one of the α-thrombin degradation polypeptide and/or the another protein on anion exchange chromatography by differential elution conditions; and quantifying the α-thrombin; wherein the differential elution conditions comprise a pH gradient. contacting the solution with an anion exchanger; separating the α-thrombin from the at least one of the α-thrombin degradation polypeptide and/or the another protein on anion exchange chromatography by differential elution conditions; and quantifying the α-thrombin; wherein the differential elution conditions comprise a pH gradient.
A method of making a customized orthodontic bracket, comprising the steps of: - providing a pre-manufactured physical bracket body for retaining an orthodontic archwire wherein the step of providing a pre-manufactured orthodontic bracket comprises selecting a particular pre-manufactured physical bracket body out of a plurality of differently shaped pre-manufactured physical bracket bodies; - providing a virtual bonding surface in the form of a three-dimensional shape of at least part of a patient's tooth; - providing a physical bracket base using a material build-up process, the bracket base having a tooth facing side that is shaped based on the virtual bonding surface; and - joining the bracket body and at least a portion of the bracket base. - providing a pre-manufactured physical bracket body for retaining an orthodontic archwire wherein the step of providing a pre-manufactured orthodontic bracket comprises selecting a particular pre-manufactured physical bracket body out of a plurality of differently shaped pre-manufactured physical bracket bodies; - providing a virtual bonding surface in the form of a three-dimensional shape of at least part of a patient's tooth; - providing a physical bracket base using a material build-up process, the bracket base having a tooth facing side that is shaped based on the virtual bonding surface; and - joining the bracket body and at least a portion of the bracket base.
Human interleukin-2 (IL-2) for use in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a human subject, wherein each dose of human IL-2 administered to said subject is between 0.1 x10 6 to 3x10 6 international units and said treatment does not comprise the administration of regulatory T-cells (Tregs) to the subject and does not comprise the administration of rapamycin or any other suppressive agent of effector T cells (Teffs) to the subject, wherein the human IL-2 administered to the patient is not complexed with anti-human IL-2 antibodies.