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An oral care appliance, comprising: a fluid flow pump assembly; a source of liquid; a source of gas; wherein the fluid flow pump assembly is in operative communication with the sources of fluid and gas to produce a jet pattern of gas-injected fluid slugs, directed to at least one orifice (83,94) of a nozzle exit assembly from which the jet pattern of gas-injected fluid slugs can be directed to a user's teeth, wherein the oral care apparatus further comprises a microcontroller (80,148), wherein the microcontroller is programmed to control an operation of the fluid flow pump assembly to produce individual gas-injected fluid slugs effective against biofilm on teeth in the jet pattern that have a volume in a range of 0.05-0.5 ml per orifice of the nozzle exit assembly, a diameter in a range of 0.1-2 mm, and a repetition rate within a range of 2Hz to 20Hz. a fluid flow pump assembly; a source of liquid; a source of gas; wherein the fluid flow pump assembly is in operative communication with the sources of fluid and gas to produce a jet pattern of gas-injected fluid slugs, directed to at least one orifice (83,94) of a nozzle exit assembly from which the jet pattern of gas-injected fluid slugs can be directed to a user's teeth, wherein the oral care apparatus further comprises a microcontroller (80,148), wherein the microcontroller is programmed to control an operation of the fluid flow pump assembly to produce individual gas-injected fluid slugs effective against biofilm on teeth in the jet pattern that have a volume in a range of 0.05-0.5 ml per orifice of the nozzle exit assembly, a diameter in a range of 0.1-2 mm, and a repetition rate within a range of 2Hz to 20Hz.
An automatic analyzer for performing both an immunological assay or a genetical assay and a biochemical assay, the automatic analyzer comprising: a first sample dispensing section with disposable tips configured to perform sample dispensing from a sample container into a reaction container for the immunological assay or the genetical assay, and the subdividing and dispensing of a sample from a sample container into an aliquot container for the biochemical assay, by loading a disposable tip thereto; the aliquot container configured to house the subdivided sample for the biochemical assay, which is subdivided and dispensed by the first sample dispensing section; a second sample dispensing section with a reusable probe configured to perform the dispensing of the sample for the biochemical assay, by loading a reusable probe thereto, wherein the second sample dispensing section is configured to dispense the sample from the aliquot container into a reaction container; and a dispensation controlling section. a first sample dispensing section with disposable tips configured to perform sample dispensing from a sample container into a reaction container for the immunological assay or the genetical assay, and the subdividing and dispensing of a sample from a sample container into an aliquot container for the biochemical assay, by loading a disposable tip thereto; the aliquot container configured to house the subdivided sample for the biochemical assay, which is subdivided and dispensed by the first sample dispensing section; a second sample dispensing section with a reusable probe configured to perform the dispensing of the sample for the biochemical assay, by loading a reusable probe thereto, wherein the second sample dispensing section is configured to dispense the sample from the aliquot container into a reaction container; and a dispensation controlling section.
An isolated antibody or a fragment thereof, which is directed to the human chemokines CXCL1, CXCL7 and CXCL8, wherein the light chain variable region (V L) comprises: - a light chain CDR1 (LC-CDR1) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 1; and - a light chain CDR2 (LC-CDR2) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 2; and - a light chain CDR3 (LC-CDR3) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 3; and wherein the heavy chain variable region comprises: - a heavy chain CDR1 (HC-CDR1) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 4; and - a heavy chain CDR2 (HC-CDR2) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 5; and - a heavy chain CDR3 (HC-CDR3) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 6, - a light chain CDR1 (LC-CDR1) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 1; and - a light chain CDR2 (LC-CDR2) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 2; and - a light chain CDR3 (LC-CDR3) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 3; and - a heavy chain CDR1 (HC-CDR1) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 4; and - a heavy chain CDR2 (HC-CDR2) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 5; and - a heavy chain CDR3 (HC-CDR3) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 6,
Use of ivermectin as sole active principle in the preparation of a unique, non-irritating pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of blepharitis and conjunctivitis characterized in that the composition is administrated topically to the eyes.
A composition comprising: a plurality of coated particles including a food particle coated by a carbohydrate, wherein the coated particles have an average particle size from about 10 μm to about 250 μm, and wherein the coated particles have a surface area fraction of the carbohydrate that is greater than an average weight fraction of the carbohydrate wherein the food particle includes a mixture of cocoa powder and a protein selected from the group consisting of whey protein, soy protein, rice protein, fava bean protein, milk protein, and pea protein, and wherein a cocoa nonfat to protein weight ratio is about 3 or greater.
A descaling mechanism of a liquid outlet device, which comprises a liquid outlet unit and a driving mechanism configured to move relative to the liquid outlet unit, the liquid outlet unit comprises one or more liquid outlet nozzles, wherein the one or more liquid outlet nozzles comprise one or more elastic elements, the one or more elastic elements comprise one or more liquid outlets of the one or more liquid outlet nozzles, the driving mechanism cooperates with the one or more elastic elements, the driving mechanism is configured to move to drive the one or more elastic elements to be elastically deformed, and the one or more elastic elements are elastically deformed to enable scale accumulated in the one or more liquid outlet nozzles to be fallen off, wherein the driving mechanism comprises one or more driving members, the one or more elastic elements comprise one or more surrounding walls in communication with the one or more liquid outlets, the one or more driving members and the one or more elastic elements cooperate with each other, and the one or more driving members are configured to be disposed in the one or more surrounding walls to drive the one or more elastic elements to be elastically deformed and wherein the one or more elastic elements further comprise one or more bottom walls, the one or more bottom walls and the one or more surrounding walls are connected together, the one or more liquid outlets are disposed on the one or more bottom walls or between the one or more bottom walls and the one or more surrounding walls, and the one or more driving members are configured to abut the one or more bottom walls.
A method for wireless communications by a first apparatus, comprising: obtaining a current channel estimate; obtaining a recent channel estimate that was communicated to a second apparatus; and calculating a first metric based at least on the current channel estimate and the recent channel estimate, wherein the first metric is a measure of the evolution of a channel state information, CSI, over time and is used for determining whether a CSI update is to be sent to the second apparatus; deciding whether to transmit the CSI update to the second apparatus, wherein the method is further characterised in that it comprises: deciding whether to transmit the CSI update comprises: calculating a second metric by comparing the first metric with an SNR-dependent threshold, wherein SNR is an indication of the current SNR conditions of the apparatus; and deciding if the CSI update should be sent to the second apparatus based on the second metric. obtaining a current channel estimate; obtaining a recent channel estimate that was communicated to a second apparatus; and calculating a first metric based at least on the current channel estimate and the recent channel estimate, wherein the first metric is a measure of the evolution of a channel state information, CSI, over time and is used for determining whether a CSI update is to be sent to the second apparatus; deciding whether to transmit the CSI update to the second apparatus, wherein the method is further characterised in that it comprises: deciding whether to transmit the CSI update comprises: calculating a second metric by comparing the first metric with an SNR-dependent threshold, wherein SNR is an indication of the current SNR conditions of the apparatus; and deciding if the CSI update should be sent to the second apparatus based on the second metric. calculating a second metric by comparing the first metric with an SNR-dependent threshold, wherein SNR is an indication of the current SNR conditions of the apparatus; and deciding if the CSI update should be sent to the second apparatus based on the second metric.
A refrigerating transportation receptacle consisting of a lower part and a lid, wherein the lid comprises a refrigerating unit, wherein the refrigerating unit has the following elements: - a thermal ribbed cooler, - a cold plate cooler, - an electrothermal converter, - hot-cold insulation, - an electronics and accumulator compartment, - an accumulator, - an electrical printed circuit board and - a control and display element, characterised in that the lower part comprises a stack foot and the lid comprises a foot receiver for a stack foot for the stacking of a plurality of refrigerating transportation receptacles. - a thermal ribbed cooler, - a cold plate cooler, - an electrothermal converter, - hot-cold insulation, - an electronics and accumulator compartment, - an accumulator, - an electrical printed circuit board and - a control and display element,
Method for detecting and locating the failure of a measurement acquisition channel in an acquisition system comprising two acquisition channels redundant (A, B) measurement of a physical quantity in an environment, the method using a calculation unit comprising a memory storing a model (Mod) of the measured physical quantity, said model providing modeled values of the physical quantity as a function of measurements of other physical quantities in said environment, the method implementing the next steps: - detection of a symptomatic error of a faulty acquisition channel when a deviation between the measured values of the two channels (A, B) reaches a detection threshold (Th_D), - wait to let the acquisition system evolve for a certain time duration of maintenance under control of the error, - locating the defective channel among the two channels (A, B), when the difference in the measured values between the channels (A, B) reaches a location threshold (Th_L), said location being performed on the basis of the comparison of the measured value of each of the channels (A, B) with a modeled value of the defective channel (A, B) physical quantity, the localization threshold (Th_L) being different from the detection threshold (Th_D). - detection of a symptomatic error of a faulty acquisition channel when a deviation between the measured values of the two channels (A, B) reaches a detection threshold (Th_D), - wait to let the acquisition system evolve for a certain time duration of maintenance under control of the error, - locating the defective channel among the two channels (A, B), when the difference in the measured values between the channels (A, B) reaches a location threshold (Th_L), said location being performed on the basis of the comparison of the measured value of each of the channels (A, B) with a modeled value of the defective channel (A, B) physical quantity,
A method of measuring at least two cultivation parameters in a cell culture, comprising: (a) establishing at least one cell culture in at least one bioreactor, wherein each bioreactor comprises at least two optical chemical sensors for detecting each of the at least two parameters via a respective optical chemical sensor of the at least two optical chemical sensors; (b) exciting the optical chemical sensors to generate emission and/or light absorption; (c) detecting the emission and/or absorption obtained in (b); (d) analyzing the detected emission and/or absorption obtained in (c) to assess the culture parameters measured; wherein the optical chemical sensors are excited using at least one light emitting diode per optical chemical sensor, and wherein the emission and/or absorption is detected using at least one photodetector for each parameter being detected, wherein the wavelength range of the photodetector corresponds to an emission and/or absorption wavelength of the photodetector's respective optical chemical sensor. (a) establishing at least one cell culture in at least one bioreactor, wherein each bioreactor comprises at least two optical chemical sensors for detecting each of the at least two parameters via a respective optical chemical sensor of the at least two optical chemical sensors; (b) exciting the optical chemical sensors to generate emission and/or light absorption; (c) detecting the emission and/or absorption obtained in (b); (d) analyzing the detected emission and/or absorption obtained in (c) to assess the culture parameters measured;
A method of making a pellet comprising wood pulp fiber and thermoplastic polymer, comprising extruding an extrudate comprising 10 to 50 weight % wood pulp fiber and 45 to 85 weight % thermoplastic polymer through a die, cutting a pellet from the extrudate, removing the pellet from the extrudate with water having a temperature less than the extrudate, filtering the pellet from the water characterized in that the wood pulp fiber in the pellet, upon being formed into the pellet by an underwater pelletizer, has a moisture content of 1% or less.
A battery carrier, having a trough formed from shaped sheet metal, which has at least one trough side wall (2.1) and a trough bottom (2.2) connected to the trough side wall (2.1), having a plurality of support profiles (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4) provided in the trough and affixed to the trough, having at least one battery pack, which is affixed, more particularly detachably, to at least two support profiles (5.1, 5.2 or 5.2, 5.2) extending adjacent to the battery pack, more particularly parallel to each other, having a lid, which is designed to be able to close the trough and is detachably connected to said trough, and having a heat exchanger, which is thermally connected to the battery pack and has at least one flow channel (7.2) for a liquid (7.1), characterized in that the lid forms the heat exchanger, wherein the battery pack is arranged at a distance from the trough bottom (2.2) and the trough bottom (2.2) is permanently connected to the trough side wall (2.1) or embodied of one piece with it.
A method for reconstructing a time/frequency tile of an audio scene with at least one audio object (S n, n = N B + 1,..., N), which is associated with positional metadata ( x n, n = N B + 1,...,N), and at least one bed channel (S n, n = 1,...,N B), the method comprising: receiving a bitstream; from the bitstream, extracting a downmix signal comprising M downmix channels, each of which comprises a linear combination of one or more of the audio object(s) and the bed channel(s) ( Y m = ∑ n = 1 N d m, n S n, m = 1,...,M) in accordance with downmix coefficients (d m,n, m = 1,...,M, n = 1,..., N), wherein each of the N B ≤ M bed channels is associated with a corresponding downmix channel; from the bitstream, further extracting the positional metadata of the audio objects or the downmix coefficients; and reconstructing a bed channel as the corresponding downmix channel after suppressing the content representing at least one audio object from the corresponding downmix channel, wherein the suppression is made either on the basis of a positional locator ( z m, m = 1,...,M), with which the corresponding downmix channel is associated, and the extracted positional metadata of the audio objects, or on the basis of the downmix coefficients; characterised in that the bed channel is reconstructed by suppressing content representing so many audio objects that the signal energy of the remaining content representing audio objects is below a predefined threshold. receiving a bitstream; from the bitstream, extracting a downmix signal comprising M downmix channels, each of which comprises a linear combination of one or more of the audio object(s) and the bed channel(s) ( Y m = ∑ n = 1 N d m, n S n, m = 1,...,M) in accordance with downmix coefficients (d m,n, m = 1,...,M, n = 1,..., N), wherein each of the N B ≤ M bed channels is associated with a corresponding downmix channel; from the bitstream, further extracting the positional metadata of the audio objects or the downmix coefficients; and reconstructing a bed channel as the corresponding downmix channel after suppressing the content representing at least one audio object from the corresponding downmix channel, wherein the suppression is made either on the basis of a positional locator ( z m, m = 1,...,M), with which the corresponding downmix channel is associated, and the extracted positional metadata of the audio objects, or on the basis of the downmix coefficients; characterised in that the bed channel is reconstructed by suppressing content representing so many audio objects that the signal energy of the remaining content representing audio objects is below a predefined threshold.
Disposable container comprising a side wall (2, 32), top and bottom, wherein the side wall (2; 32) and the bottom comprise a flexible material, wherein the side wall (2; 32), top and bottom are joined together to define the container with an interior compartment for keeping a fluid inside the container characterized in that the bottom comprises at least one portion of rigid or semi-rigid material comprising at least one hinge (124; 224; 324; 324') that enables folding of the bottom.
Oil transformer, comprising a transformer vessel and a transformer core with at least one transformer coil (32, 58) mounted therein, the transformer coil being clamped inbetween two coil fixtures (10, 36, 38, 60, 62, 70, 90), each coil fixture comprising • a ring-shaped ground plate (12, 72, 164) with an inner opening (14, 80, 114) for a limb (54, 56) of the transformer core, • rib-like spacer-elements (16, 18, 74, 76, 92, 94, 96, 98) suitable for supporting at least the weight of the transformer coil (32, 58), which are arranged flat at one side of the ground-plate (12, 72), whereby flow-channels (24, 26, 40, 42, 108, 110, 112) are foreseen inbetween the spacer elements (16, 18, 74, 76, 92, 94, 96, 98), which are leading directly or indirectly to an area around the inner opening (14, 80, 114), whereby the ground-plate (12, 72, 164) and the rib-like spacer elements (16, 18, 74, 76, 92, 94, 96, 98) are manufactured as one monolithic part. • a ring-shaped ground plate (12, 72, 164) with an inner opening (14, 80, 114) for a limb (54, 56) of the transformer core, • rib-like spacer-elements (16, 18, 74, 76, 92, 94, 96, 98) suitable for supporting at least the weight of the transformer coil (32, 58), which are arranged flat at one side of the ground-plate (12, 72),
A method of detecting an attempt of an intruder system to participate in a virtual Layer-2 service in a packet switching network, characterized in that said method also comprises the steps of: monitoring an operational status of an interface port of a provider edge router (PE 1) to which a customer edge router (CE 1) is communicatively coupled for providing the virtual Layer-2 service; detecting a change has occurred in the operational status of said interface port of said provider edge router; retrieving a current version of information related to said customer edge router (CE 1); comparing the current version of the information to an initial version of the information; interpreting a difference between the versions of information to indicate that an intruder system has attempted to participate in the virtual Layer-2 service, disabling the interface port upon making said interpretation, and wherein the information includes configuration data other than a MAC or IP address relating to the customer edge router (CE 1) which is obtainable from the customer edge router via a management entity. monitoring an operational status of an interface port of a provider edge router (PE 1) to which a customer edge router (CE 1) is communicatively coupled for providing the virtual Layer-2 service; detecting a change has occurred in the operational status of said interface port of said provider edge router; retrieving a current version of information related to said customer edge router (CE 1); comparing the current version of the information to an initial version of the information; interpreting a difference between the versions of information to indicate that an intruder system has attempted to participate in the virtual Layer-2 service, disabling the interface port upon making said interpretation, and wherein the information includes configuration data other than a MAC or IP address relating to the customer edge router (CE 1) which is obtainable from the customer edge router via a management entity.
A biomedical device for the distribution or containment of biological substances comprising at least two components assembled each other with an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of a (meth)acrylate adhesive composition and an epoxy adhesive composition, which device is obtainable by a method comprising the steps of (i) forming a film of an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of a (meth)acrylate adhesive composition and an epoxy adhesive composition on at least one surface of said at least two components, (ii) pre-curing the adhesive composition with UV-blue radiation exposure able to substantially cure the (meth)acrylate adhesive composition without substantially curing the epoxy adhesive composition, (iii) contacting the at least one surface of the at least two components to be assembled, and (iv) completing the curing of the adhesive composition with UV-blue radiation exposure. (i) forming a film of an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of a (meth)acrylate adhesive composition and an epoxy adhesive composition on at least one surface of said at least two components, (ii) pre-curing the adhesive composition with UV-blue radiation exposure able to substantially cure the (meth)acrylate adhesive composition without substantially curing the epoxy adhesive composition, (iii) contacting the at least one surface of the at least two components to be assembled, and (iv) completing the curing of the adhesive composition with UV-blue radiation exposure.
A suture comprising: a body portion defining a longitudinal axis; and an end effector formed from the body portion, the end effector comprising a shape memory material and including first and second extensions (20, 30) characterised in that said first and second extensions include a plurality of throws (22a-c, 32a-c), the extensions extending outwardly from the longitudinal axis in opposite directions when the end effector is in a permanent configuration, and the extensions extending substantially along the longitudinal axis when the end effector is in a temporary position. a body portion defining a longitudinal axis; and an end effector formed from the body portion, the end effector comprising a shape memory material and including first and second extensions (20, 30) characterised in that said first and second extensions include a plurality of throws (22a-c, 32a-c), the extensions extending outwardly from the longitudinal axis in opposite directions when the end effector is in a permanent configuration, and the extensions extending substantially along the longitudinal axis when the end effector is in a temporary position.