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A filter cartridge arrangement comprising: (a) a filter media pack comprising a stacked construction of individual strips (200, 202) of media each comprising a fluted sheet secured to facing sheet to define inlet and outlet flow channels extending between first and second, opposite, flow surfaces (305, 306); (b) a side panel arrangement comprising at least first and second, opposite, panels (302, 303); and, (c) a housing seal arrangement being a peripheral seal ring adjacent to, but spaced from the first flow surface toward the second flow surface; characterized in that (d) the side panel arrangement is a molded side panel arrangement with the at least first and second, opposite, panels (302, 303) being molded panels molded directly to, and in sealing coverage over, a first set of two opposite sides (220, 221) of the media pack defined by lead ends and tail ends of the strips of media; and, (e) the housing seal arrangement is molded onto the filter cartridge arrangement; (f) the filter media pack has a second set of two opposite sides each of which is at least partially not covered by the molded side panel arrangement. (a) a filter media pack comprising a stacked construction of individual strips (200, 202) of media each comprising a fluted sheet secured to facing sheet to define inlet and outlet flow channels extending between first and second, opposite, flow surfaces (305, 306); (b) a side panel arrangement comprising at least first and second, opposite, panels (302, 303); and, (c) a housing seal arrangement being a peripheral seal ring adjacent to, but spaced from the first flow surface toward the second flow surface; characterized in that (d) the side panel arrangement is a molded side panel arrangement with the at least first and second, opposite, panels (302, 303) being molded panels molded directly to, and in sealing coverage over, a first set of two opposite sides (220, 221) of the media pack defined by lead ends and tail ends of the strips of media; and, (e) the housing seal arrangement is molded onto the filter cartridge arrangement; (f) the filter media pack has a second set of two opposite sides each of which is at least partially not covered by the molded side panel arrangement.
Timepiece comprising a case, a movement and a display device which are housed in the case, the movement comprising a frame (6, 7a, 7b, 7') and, mounted in the frame, drive means (2a, 2b), a plurality of regulator members (5a-5d) each comprising a balance (9a-9d) arranged to oscillate about an axis of rotation (12a-12d), linking means (1, 3a, 3b, 4a-4d) connecting the drive means (2a, 2b) to the regulator members (5a-5d) and at least one differential (23, 37a, 37b) to average the rates of the regulator members, the regulator members (5a-5d) each being carried by a support rigidly fixed to the frame (6, 7a, 7b, 7') or forming part of said frame, said timepiece defining an axis perpendicular to its middle plane and passing through its centre of gravity, characterised in that the ratio d/D of the distance d between the centres of gravity of the closest balances (9a-9d) to the diameter D of each balance (9a-9d) is at least 2.5 and in that the ratio J/Jb of the moment of inertia J of the timepiece with respect to said axis thereof to the moment of inertia Jb of each balance (9a-9d) with respect to said axis of rotation (12a-12d) thereof is at least 2 x 10 4.
An image processing method for an image generated for display by a head mountable display device, the method comprising the steps of: defining a 2x2 pixel mask pattern for a region of the image, indicating the location of one or more pixels and corresponding masked pixels within the 2x2 pixel mask pattern; adapting a multi-sample anti-aliasing MSAA scheme to sample at one quarter resolution on a regular grid; sampling values using the adapted MSAA scheme to render the one or more respective pixels indicated by the 2x2 pixel mask, so as to generate a region of the image comprising one or more rendered pixels and corresponding missing pixels; and dilating one or more of the respective pixels to fill in the one or more missing pixels within the region of the image. defining a 2x2 pixel mask pattern for a region of the image, indicating the location of one or more pixels and corresponding masked pixels within the 2x2 pixel mask pattern; adapting a multi-sample anti-aliasing MSAA scheme to sample at one quarter resolution on a regular grid; sampling values using the adapted MSAA scheme to render the one or more respective pixels indicated by the 2x2 pixel mask, so as to generate a region of the image comprising one or more rendered pixels and corresponding missing pixels; and dilating one or more of the respective pixels to fill in the one or more missing pixels within the region of the image.
An optoelectronic system comprising: a light source being capable of delivering an electromagnetic radiation and being preferably a lambertian source; a collimation device of axis D, comprising a first surface intended to be placed in an outer medium having a first refraction index n 1 and to receive said electromagnetic radiation (22, 24) delivered by said light source located at a distance L from the first surface and a second surface intended to deliver the collimated electromagnetic radiation, the collimation device being mainly made of a first material having a second refraction index n 2 and the first surface being defined by the revolution around axis D of a profile defined in a plane perpendicular to axis D, each point of said profile being defined by an abscissa x and an ordinate y in a reference frame having its axis of abscissas contained in said plane and perpendicular to axis D and running through the center of the first surface and its axis of ordinates being axis D, the profile being the curve representative of the function y(x) obtained, to within 10%, by digital integration of the following differential equation: y' x = n 1 x / y + L / n 2 − n 1 x / y + L 2; an optical coupler made of a second material, identical or different from the first material, in contact with the second surface, the optical coupler corresponding to a frustum of axis D. a light source being capable of delivering an electromagnetic radiation and being preferably a lambertian source; a collimation device of axis D, comprising a first surface intended to be placed in an outer medium having a first refraction index n 1 and to receive said electromagnetic radiation (22, 24) delivered by said light source located at a distance L from the first surface and a second surface intended to deliver the collimated electromagnetic radiation, the collimation device being mainly made of a first material having a second refraction index n 2 and the first surface being defined by the revolution around axis D of a profile defined in a plane perpendicular to axis D, each point of said profile being defined by an abscissa x and an ordinate y in a reference frame having its axis of abscissas contained in said plane and perpendicular to axis D and running through the center of the first surface and its axis of ordinates being axis D, the profile being the curve representative of the function y(x) obtained, to within 10%, by digital integration of the following differential equation: y' x = n 1 x / y + L / n 2 − n 1 x / y + L 2; an optical coupler made of a second material, identical or different from the first material, in contact with the second surface, the optical coupler corresponding to a frustum of axis D.
A method for manufacturing a bonded substrate by bonding a base substrate to a bond substrate through an insulator film, comprising at least: a porous layer forming step of forming a porous layer on (a) portion(s) of a bonding surface or forming a porous layer whose thickness varies on a bonding surface of the base substrate; an insulator film forming step of changing the porous layer into the insulator film, thereby forming the insulator film whose thickness varies on the bonding surface of the base substrate; a bonding step of bonding the base substrate to the bond substrate through the insulator film; and a film thickness reducing step of reducing a film thickness of the bonded bond substrate to form a thin-film layer. a porous layer forming step of forming a porous layer on (a) portion(s) of a bonding surface or forming a porous layer whose thickness varies on a bonding surface of the base substrate; an insulator film forming step of changing the porous layer into the insulator film, thereby forming the insulator film whose thickness varies on the bonding surface of the base substrate; a bonding step of bonding the base substrate to the bond substrate through the insulator film; and a film thickness reducing step of reducing a film thickness of the bonded bond substrate to form a thin-film layer.
Lever-arm suspension means (33, 133), which is designed for use in an adhesive-application head (15, 115), wherein the application head comprises: - a chamber in the interior of the application head, - a movable element (11, 111), which is mounted in a movable manner in the interior of the chamber and, by virtue of an opening movement, frees an exit opening, - a drive for generating the opening movement of the movable element (11, 111), wherein the lever-arm suspension means is a rocker-type suspension means, which comprises the following: - a lever arm, which can be connected to the movable element and the drive in order to convert a drive-side movement into the opening movement of the movable element, - a plate element with an opening, through which the lever arm extends, - a rocker-mounting device, which is designed to connect the lever arm in a movable manner to the application head, and - a sealing device, which is designed to prevent the adhesive from exiting from the chamber through the opening in the plate element, characterized in that the rocker-mounting device comprises the following: a rocker element, which is connected rigidly to the lever arm and has a longitudinal direction and a first and second mounting point, wherein the longitudinal direction extends essentially perpendicularly to the lever arm and in a plane parallel to the plate element, and wherein the first and the second mounting points (146, 148) are spaced apart along the longitudinal direction, and a first and second bearing device, which are arranged on a rocker-bearing side of the plate element and are designed to support the first and second mounting points (146, 148), respectively. - a chamber in the interior of the application head, - a movable element (11, 111), which is mounted in a movable manner in the interior of the chamber and, by virtue of an opening movement, frees an exit opening, - a drive for generating the opening movement of the movable element (11, 111), - a lever arm, which can be connected to the movable element and the drive in order to convert a drive-side movement into the opening movement of the movable element, - a plate element with an opening, through which the lever arm extends, - a rocker-mounting device, which is designed to connect the lever arm in a movable manner to the application head, and - a sealing device, which is designed to prevent the adhesive from exiting from the chamber through the opening in the plate element, a rocker element, which is connected rigidly to the lever arm and has a longitudinal direction and a first and second mounting point, wherein the longitudinal direction extends essentially perpendicularly to the lever arm and in a plane parallel to the plate element, and wherein the first and the second mounting points (146, 148) are spaced apart along the longitudinal direction, and a first and second bearing device, which are arranged on a rocker-bearing side of the plate element and are designed to support the first and second mounting points (146, 148), respectively.
A peristaltic pumphead (2, 202) comprising a pumping chamber (16, 220) within which is disposed a pressing element (48, 224) for exerting a peristaltic action on a tube (52, 276) extending within the pumping chamber (16, 220), characterised in that the peristaltic pumphead (2, 202) further comprises an auxiliary chamber (18, 244) which in normal use is a dry chamber, the pumping chamber (16, 220) and the auxiliary chamber (18, 244) being arranged in fluid communication such that liquid displaced from the pumping chamber (16, 220) by leakage from the tube (52, 276) into the pumping chamber (16, 220) flows from the pumping chamber (16, 220) into the auxiliary chamber (18, 244).
A plethysmograph variability processing method comprising: inputting a plethysmograph waveform having a plurality of pulses corresponding to pulsatile blood flow within a tissue site to a digital signal processor, said plethysmograph waveform being digital data representative of a change in the absorption of particular wavelengths of light as a function of the changes in body tissue resulting from pulsing blood; deriving a plurality of perfusion indexes (Pis) corresponding to the plurality of pulses; storing said plurality of perfusion indexes in a first buffer; sorting the plurality of perfusion indexes from the minimum perfusion index at one end of the first buffer to the maximum perfusion index at the other end of said first buffer; trimming at least one of the largest perfusion indexes and at least one of the smallest perfusion indexes from the first buffer; calculating a plethysmograph variability index as follows: PVI = P I Max − P I Min P I Max × 100 wherein PI Max is the maximum perfusion index remaining in said first buffer and PI Min is the minimum perfusion index remaining in said first buffer; and displaying the plethysmograph variability index. inputting a plethysmograph waveform having a plurality of pulses corresponding to pulsatile blood flow within a tissue site to a digital signal processor, said plethysmograph waveform being digital data representative of a change in the absorption of particular wavelengths of light as a function of the changes in body tissue resulting from pulsing blood; deriving a plurality of perfusion indexes (Pis) corresponding to the plurality of pulses; storing said plurality of perfusion indexes in a first buffer; sorting the plurality of perfusion indexes from the minimum perfusion index at one end of the first buffer to the maximum perfusion index at the other end of said first buffer; trimming at least one of the largest perfusion indexes and at least one of the smallest perfusion indexes from the first buffer; calculating a plethysmograph variability index as follows: PVI = P I Max − P I Min P I Max × 100 wherein PI Max is the maximum perfusion index remaining in said first buffer and PI Min is the minimum perfusion index remaining in said first buffer; and displaying the plethysmograph variability index. wherein PI Max is the maximum perfusion index remaining in said first buffer and PI Min is the minimum perfusion index remaining in said first buffer; and displaying the plethysmograph variability index.
A food processor, comprising: a cutter head, on which a cutter is arranged, wherein an intersecting line of a side wall of the cutter head and a cross section of the cutter head is a cutter head contour line, a maximum inscribed circle or a minimum circumscribed circle of the cutter head contour line is a cutter head base circle, and a central axis of the cutter head penetrates the center of the cutter head base circle; and a cup body located above the cutter head and arranged on the cutter head, wherein an intersecting line of the cup wall of the cup body and a cross section of the cup wall is a cup body contour line, a maximum inscribed circle or a minimum circumscribed circle of the cup body contour line is a cup body base circle, and a central axis of the cup body penetrates the center of the cup body base circle; wherein distances between different points on the same cup body contour line and the center of the cup body base circle are equal; and distances between different points on the same cutter head contour line and the center of the cutter head base circle are unequal, characterized in that the central axis of the cutter head is coincident with that of the cup body. a cutter head, on which a cutter is arranged, wherein an intersecting line of a side wall of the cutter head and a cross section of the cutter head is a cutter head contour line, a maximum inscribed circle or a minimum circumscribed circle of the cutter head contour line is a cutter head base circle, and a central axis of the cutter head penetrates the center of the cutter head base circle; and a cup body located above the cutter head and arranged on the cutter head, wherein an intersecting line of the cup wall of the cup body and a cross section of the cup wall is a cup body contour line, a maximum inscribed circle or a minimum circumscribed circle of the cup body contour line is a cup body base circle, and a central axis of the cup body penetrates the center of the cup body base circle; wherein distances between different points on the same cup body contour line and the center of the cup body base circle are equal; and distances between different points on the same cutter head contour line and the center of the cutter head base circle are unequal, characterized in that the central axis of the cutter head is coincident with that of the cup body.
A foamable alcohol composition for use as an alcoholic foam for personal hygiene comprising: a) ethanol, a mixture of n-propanol and ethanol, a mixture of isopropanol and ethanol, or n-propanol present in an amount in the range 60% v/v to 90% v/v of the total composition, or isopropanol in an amount in the range 70% to 90% v/v of the total composition; b) an effective physiologically acceptable silicone-based surface active agent including a lipophilic chain containing a silicone backbone (-(R 2 Si-O) n -) for wetting and foaming, present in an amount of at least 0.01% weight percent of the total composition; and c) water present in an amount to balance the total composition to 100% weight percent; for mixing with air at less than or equal to atmospheric pressure to form a foam; wherein the effective silicone-based surface active agent is a physiologically acceptable silicone-based surface active agent selected from the group consisting of bis-PEG- dimethicones, and mixtures thereof from 0.01% to 10.0% weight percent of the total composition.
A system for distributed acoustic sensing in a marine environment surrounding a repeater along a fibre-optic submarine communications cable, the system comprising: at least one fibre-optic sensing cable, at least one distributed acoustic sensing, DAS, unit, comprising: a light source that is configured to transmit outgoing light in the at least one fibre-optic sensing cable located in the marine environment; and a receiver configured to receive reflected light of the outgoing light that has been back scattered along the at least one fibre-optic sensing cable, the reflected light including at least one optical property influenced by an acoustic disturbance in the marine environment; and an optical multiplexer for multiplexing optical signals onto the fibre-optic submarine communications cable via the repeater, the optical signals carrying information on the at least one optical property influenced by an acoustic disturbance in the marine environment; characterised in that the at least one fibre-optic sensing cable comprises at least two fibre-optic sensing cables and wherein the at least one DAS unit comprises multiple spaced apart DAS units (106A, 106B and 106C). a light source that is configured to transmit outgoing light in the at least one fibre-optic sensing cable located in the marine environment; and a receiver configured to receive reflected light of the outgoing light that has been back scattered along the at least one fibre-optic sensing cable, the reflected light including at least one optical property influenced by an acoustic disturbance in the marine environment; and an optical multiplexer for multiplexing optical signals onto the fibre-optic submarine communications cable via the repeater, the optical signals carrying information on the at least one optical property influenced by an acoustic disturbance in the marine environment; characterised in that the at least one fibre-optic sensing cable comprises at least two fibre-optic sensing cables and wherein the at least one DAS unit comprises multiple spaced apart DAS units (106A, 106B and 106C).
A method for cryoprotecting a biological specimen comprising the step of freezing said biological specimen in the presence of a hydrogel, wherein said hydrogel is obtainable by a) chemical crosslinking of at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of pullulan, dextran, dextran sulfate, scleroglucan, carboxymethyl dextran, carboxymethyl pullulan, agar, alginate, fucoidan, chitosan, hyaluronic acid, heparan-sulfate proteoglycans, heparin, heparin or heparan-sulfate mimetics, and mixtures thereof with a reticulating agent selected from the group consisting of trisodium trimetaphosphate (STMP), phosphorus oxychloride (POCl3), epichlorohydrin, formaldehydes, hydrosolubles carbodiimides and glurataldehyde under alkaline condition at a temperature comprised between 30 and 70°C wherein said freezing step is performed at a temperature below 0°C at standard pressure conditions, and said freezing step is performed without dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). a) chemical crosslinking of at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of pullulan, dextran, dextran sulfate, scleroglucan, carboxymethyl dextran, carboxymethyl pullulan, agar, alginate, fucoidan, chitosan, hyaluronic acid, heparan-sulfate proteoglycans, heparin, heparin or heparan-sulfate mimetics, and mixtures thereof with a reticulating agent selected from the group consisting of trisodium trimetaphosphate (STMP), phosphorus oxychloride (POCl3), epichlorohydrin, formaldehydes, hydrosolubles carbodiimides and glurataldehyde under alkaline condition at a temperature comprised between 30 and 70°C
An access node for use in a broadband access network, characterized in that the access node is configured to determine at least one characteristic in the access node pertaining to the uplink capacity of a logical link between the access node and an aggregation network node (2; 4A,..., 4N) in the broadband access network; determine the uplink capacity of the logical link based on the at least one determined characteristic in the access node; and provide a network gateway node in the broadband access network with access to the determined uplink capacity of the logical link.