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Method for calibrating a device for manufacturing at least one object by means of an additive manufacturing technique starting from a raw material wherein this raw material is applied in successive layers in a construction zone and each of these successive layers defines one and the same build plane and, after the application of each layer, several energy rays (6,7,15) such as laser beams or electrode rays are moved over this layer so as to form successive cross-sections of said object and to thus build the latter layer by layer, wherein, in said construction zone, several sectors (S 1,S 2,S 3) are determined extending at least in this construction zone, whereby every sector (S 1,S 2,S 3) is covered by at least one corresponding energy ray (6,7,15), wherein, for every sector (S 1,S 2,S 3), corresponding scan means (4,5,17) are provided in order to move the point of incidence of the ray in the construction zone over said sector (S 1,S 2,S 3) according to a predetermined pattern so as to form said successive cross-sections, wherein for every sector (S 1,S 2,S 3) a sector coordinate system is associated with the corresponding scan means (4,5,17) of this sector and a relation between this sector coordinate system and a reference coordinate system is determined by an initial transformation function; wherein said point of incidence is moved by means of said scan means (4,5,17) to at least one measuring position, which measuring position has sector coordinates which are defined in the sector coordinate system associated with these scan means (4,5,17), and wherein reference coordinates of the point of incidence in this measuring position are determined in said reference coordinate system; wherein for at least one measuring position, the deviation is determined between said reference coordinates of the point of incidence and coordinates in said reference coordinate system of said measuring position, obtained by applying said initial transformation function on said sector coordinates, wherein on the basis of the thus determined deviation for at least one measuring position, and preferably for two, three or more measuring positions, a corrected transformation function is calculated, such that the coordinates of said measuring position in said reference-coordinate system are practically equal to the coordinates obtained by applying the corrected transformation function to the sector coordinates of this measuring position, characterised in that at least one of said sectors (S 1,S 2,S 3) extends at least partially over two or more of the other sectors (S 1,S 2,S 3).
A method of collecting an ether bond-containing fluorocarboxylic acid, comprising adsorbing to active carbon by contacting a liquid containing with active carbon which is prepared by subjecting a carbonaceous material to - steam activation treatment by exposing it to steam at a temperature of at least 120°C and at a pressure of at least 0.2. MPa from 10 seconds to 50 hours, and then - acid treatment by soaking the activated carbonaceous material in an acid or flowing the acid through the activated carbonaceous material, to adjust the activated carbonaceous material to an acidic state, wherein the active carbon has a specific surface area of ≥ 1500 m 2 /g. - steam activation treatment by exposing it to steam at a temperature of at least 120°C and at a pressure of at least 0.2. MPa from 10 seconds to 50 hours, and then - acid treatment by soaking the activated carbonaceous material in an acid or flowing the acid through the activated carbonaceous material, to adjust the activated carbonaceous material to an acidic state,
A separator comprising a vessel and an electrode assembly, wherein - the vessel has an inlet section, a main settling section and an outlet section and comprises a fluid inlet arranged in the inlet section, and an oil outlet and a water outlet arranged in the outlet section, and the inlet section is arranged upstream the main settling section which is arranged upstream the outlet section; - the electrode assembly is arranged in the inlet section and comprises multiple fluid pipes and multiple rod-shaped electrodes, each fluid pipe surrounds at least parts of a cooperating rod-shaped electrode providing an annular flow channel between an inner surface of the fluid pipe and an outer surface of the electrode and comprises a pipe inlet arranged in the inlet section and a pipe outlet arranged in fluid communication with the main settling section, the pipe inlet and the pipe outlet arranged at opposite ends of the fluid pipe, wherein a liquid obstruction element is arranged downstream the fluid inlet, such that at least a major part of a liquid component of a fluid stream entering the inlet section via the fluid inlet, during use, may be forced to pass through the at least one fluid pipe via the pipe inlet before entering the main settling section, and the outer surfaces of the multiple fluid pipes are separated to provide a space between the multiple fluid pipes, the space is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet in the inlet section, such that a fluid flow entering the inlet section may pass through said space before entering the pipe inlets. - the vessel has an inlet section, a main settling section and an outlet section and comprises a fluid inlet arranged in the inlet section, and an oil outlet and a water outlet arranged in the outlet section, and the inlet section is arranged upstream the main settling section which is arranged upstream the outlet section; - the electrode assembly is arranged in the inlet section and comprises multiple fluid pipes and multiple rod-shaped electrodes, each fluid pipe surrounds at least parts of a cooperating rod-shaped electrode providing an annular flow channel between an inner surface of the fluid pipe and an outer surface of the electrode and comprises a pipe inlet arranged in the inlet section and a pipe outlet arranged in fluid communication with the main settling section, the pipe inlet and the pipe outlet arranged at opposite ends of the fluid pipe, wherein
A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support having a hydrophilic surface or which is provided with a hydrophilic layer, a coating on the support including a photopolymerizable layer and optionally an intermediate layer between the photopolymerizable layer and the support, wherein the coating further comprises a polysiloxane, said polysiloxane being present in the photopolymerizable layer and/or in the optional intermediate layer, characterized in that the polysiloxane is obtainable by reacting at least one organosilicon compound represented by the general Formula and at least one organosilicon compound represented by the general Formula: wherein R 1 represents a group including at least one free radical polymerisable group, R 2, R 3, R 6 and R 7 independently represent an alkoxy, aryloxy or an acyloxy group, an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or heteroaryl group; R 4 and R 8 independently represent an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl group or acyl group; R 5 represents a hydrophilic group selected from a carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, a sulphonic acid or a salt thereof, or a sulphuric acid or a monoester or a salt thereof, a hydrocarbon group substituted with at least one hydroxyl group, an oligoalkylene oxide group, a quaternary ammonium group, a phosphonium group, or combinations thereof; and L 1 represents a di- or trivalent linking group; with the proviso that that R 1 and L 1 are bonded to the silicium atom via a carbon atom. R 1 represents a group including at least one free radical polymerisable group, R 2, R 3, R 6 and R 7 independently represent an alkoxy, aryloxy or an acyloxy group, an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or heteroaryl group; R 4 and R 8 independently represent an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl group or acyl group; R 5 represents a hydrophilic group selected from a carboxylic acid or a salt thereof, a sulphonic acid or a salt thereof, or a sulphuric acid or a monoester or a salt thereof, a hydrocarbon group substituted with at least one hydroxyl group, an oligoalkylene oxide group, a quaternary ammonium group, a phosphonium group, or combinations thereof; and L 1 represents a di- or trivalent linking group;
A method for operating a linearly concentrating solar power plant, in which a salt melt as heat transfer medium flows through at least one pipeline loop having at least one receiver, the heat transfer medium having a flow velocity which is such that no inadmissible temperature differences occur within the pipeline loop, where at least part of the heat transfer medium, upon exit from the pipeline loop, is extracted and is recirculated into the pipeline loop, where that part of the heat transfer medium which is recirculated into the pipeline loop is mixed, before introduction into the pipeline loop, with the heat transfer medium to be delivered to the pipeline loop, where, to mix that part of the heat transfer medium which is recirculated into the pipeline loop and the heat transfer medium to be delivered to the pipeline loop, a tank is used, into which the recirculated part of the heat transfer medium and the heat transfer medium to be delivered are introduced and out of which a mixture of recirculated heat transfer medium and of heat transfer medium to be delivered is fed into the pipeline loop, where the tank is an emptying tank which is connected to a pipeline leading into the pipeline loop.
A therapeutic amount of inhalational lipid cisplatin formulation for use in treating pulmonary metastatic disease of osteosarcoma in a subject in need thereof, the formulation comprising a lipid-complexed cisplatin at a dose of from 18 mg/m 2 to 36 mg/m 2, wherein the ILC is dispersed throughout an aqueous phase of a dispersion and administered by inhalation, and wherein the subject has, prior to administration, undergone surgical excision of macroscopic lung metastasis so that the subject is characterized as being macroscopically disease-free.
A lip treatment comprising a taste-masked sunscreen composition wherein the taste-masked sunscreen composition comprises the spider ester sorbeth-2-hexaoleate, the photostabilizer diethylhexyl 2,6-naphthalate, and the sunscreens homosalate, octylsalate, oxybenzone, octinoxate and avobenzone, wherein the sunscreens, the spider ester and the photostabilizer are in intimate association.
An attachment mechanism adapted for attachment of an armor element to a body to be protected by said armor element, said attachment mechanism having a central axis and comprising a first unit and a second unit which are adapted to engage with each other to provide said attachment, said first unit comprising a first static member and said second unit comprising a second static member and a working member, one of which static members is adapted for fixed attachment to said armor element, and the other is adapted for fixed attachment to said body to be protected, wherein said second unit being configured for assuming a first, disengaged position, in which said working member is disengaged from said first unit such that said armor element and said body to be protected are detached from one another and a second, engaged position in which a first engagement of said working member with said first unit is provided such that said armor element and said body to be protected are fixedly attached to one another, and wherein said working member further comprises a locking member configured for a second engagement with said first unit to prevent disengagement of said working member from said first unit, thereby retaining said first unit and said second unit fixedly attached to one another at said second, engaged position, characterized in that said first unit further comprises a dynamic member configured for being dynamically displaceable with respect to said first static member, and wherein said first static member is configured for engagement with said locking member, whilst said dynamic member is configured for engagement with the working member of the second unit.
A method of generating a body model, comprising: (i) defining at least one standard body model control point on at least one standard body model image based on a canonical body model; (ii) acquiring a two-dimensional image of a subject body; (iii) generating a subject body model image from the two-dimensional image of the subject body by a user defining at least one subject control point in the two-dimensional image, each subject control point corresponding to a standard body model control point; (iv) generating at least one subject mapping of each standard body model control point to its corresponding subject control point; and (v) manipulating pixels of the standard body model image based on the mapping so that pixels in the standard body model image align with pixels in the subject image, thereby generating a manipulated real life body model image, wherein each mapping comprises a vector-based transformation of each standard body model control point to its corresponding subject body model control point. (i) defining at least one standard body model control point on at least one standard body model image based on a canonical body model; (ii) acquiring a two-dimensional image of a subject body; (iii) generating a subject body model image from the two-dimensional image of the subject body by a user defining at least one subject control point in the two-dimensional image, each subject control point corresponding to a standard body model control point; (iv) generating at least one subject mapping of each standard body model control point to its corresponding subject control point; and (v) manipulating pixels of the standard body model image based on the mapping so that pixels in the standard body model image align with pixels in the subject image, thereby generating a manipulated real life body model image,
A micro adjustment system for an adjustable watch strap having first and second strap portions (32, 34) and standard adjustment increments, the micro adjustment system comprising; a buckle attached to the first strap portion, said buckle including a receiving slot on a first end and a spring; a micro-adjustment member attached to the second strap portion; wherein said micro-adjustment member is configured to be slidably received within or retracted from the receiving slot of the buckle; and said buckle further comprising releasable locking means fixedly securing a position of the micro-adjustment member within said receiving slot in one of a plurality of micro increments, said micro increments being smaller than the standard adjustment increments.
Method for operating a heat pump in at least one heating mode, wherein heat is transferred between a first refrigerant and a heat transfer fluid, wherein the first refrigerant is circulated by a compressor in a first refrigerant circuit, a first mass flow of the first refrigerant through the first refrigerant circuit is controlled by adjusting a speed on the compressor with an inverter, including the method step that inverter heat, generated by electrical losses in the inverter, is transferred to the heat transfer fluid, wherein the inverter heat in a second refrigerant circuit is transferred to a second refrigerant for cooling the inverter and the second refrigerant (312, 313) delivers the inverter heat to the heat transfer fluid, wherein an amount of the inverter heat, which is transferred from the inverter to the second refrigerant, is matched to a minimum temperature of the inverter, a second mass flow of the second refrigerant (312, 313) is reduced to the extent that the temperature does not fall below the minimum temperature and the amount of the inverter heat is matched such that the inverter does not reach or exceed a maximum temperature, for which purpose the mass flow is increased to the extent that the maximum temperature is not exceeded, characterised in that the amount of the inverter heat is dependent on an operating status at the inverter, wherein a second mass flow of the second refrigerant (312, 313) is controlled via an opening degree of a valve in the second refrigerant circuit as a function of the operating state. including the method step that inverter heat, generated by electrical losses in the inverter, is transferred to the heat transfer fluid, wherein the inverter heat in a second refrigerant circuit is transferred to a second refrigerant for cooling the inverter and the second refrigerant (312, 313) delivers the inverter heat to the heat transfer fluid, wherein an amount of the inverter heat, which is transferred from the inverter to the second refrigerant, is matched to a minimum temperature of the inverter, a second mass flow of the second refrigerant (312, 313) is reduced to the extent that the temperature does not fall below the minimum temperature and the amount of the inverter heat is matched such that the inverter does not reach or exceed a maximum temperature, for which purpose the mass flow is increased to the extent that the maximum temperature is not exceeded, characterised in that the amount of the inverter heat is dependent on an operating status at the inverter, wherein a second mass flow of the second refrigerant (312, 313) is controlled via an opening degree of a valve in the second refrigerant circuit as a function of the operating state.
A mounting direction determination device of an acceleration sensor for determining a mounting direction of the acceleration sensor with respect to a vehicle, the acceleration sensor being capable of respectively detecting a first acceleration in a first direction and a second acceleration in a second direction that intersects the first direction, the mounting direction determination device comprising: a storage unit for storing determination reference data that specifies a combination of detection results of the first acceleration and the second acceleration and a mounting direction of the acceleration sensor on the vehicle; and a mounting direction determination unit for determining a mounting direction of the acceleration sensor with respect to the vehicle by comparing actually measured values of the first acceleration and the second acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor with the determination reference data stored in the storage unit, wherein the acceleration sensor is mounted such that one of the first direction and the second direction is a vehicle front-back direction, while the other of the first direction and the second direction is a vehicle width direction, and the mounting direction determination unit determines the mounting direction of the acceleration sensor with respect to the vehicle when only one of the first acceleration and the second acceleration responds to the acceleration sensor. a storage unit for storing determination reference data that specifies a combination of detection results of the first acceleration and the second acceleration and a mounting direction of the acceleration sensor on the vehicle; and a mounting direction determination unit for determining a mounting direction of the acceleration sensor with respect to the vehicle by comparing actually measured values of the first acceleration and the second acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor with the determination reference data stored in the storage unit, wherein the acceleration sensor is mounted such that one of the first direction and the second direction is a vehicle front-back direction, while the other of the first direction and the second direction is a vehicle width direction, and the mounting direction determination unit determines the mounting direction of the acceleration sensor with respect to the vehicle when only one of the first acceleration and the second acceleration responds to the acceleration sensor.
An α-alumina powder, obtainable by a process with the following steps: Providing a gel comprising at least one alumina precursor and a plurality of α-alumina seed particles having an average particle size of less than about 100 nm; drying the gel; and firing the dried gel at a temperature of between about 750°C and about 950°C, which temperature is capable of inducing α-alumina formation without causing particle size growth to produce α-alumina particles having an average size of less than 100 nm, and wherein at least about 99% of the α-alumina particles are within a size distribution of about 10 nm, wherein about 90% of the α-alumina particles have a size of between 10 nm and 100 nm, and wherein the at least one alumina precursor is selected from aluminum salts comprising one or more anions selected from alkoxides, aryl oxides, carboxylates, halides, sulphate, nitrate, oxalates, and acetoacetonates. Providing a gel comprising at least one alumina precursor and a plurality of α-alumina seed particles having an average particle size of less than about 100 nm; drying the gel; and firing the dried gel at a temperature of between about 750°C and about 950°C, which temperature is capable of inducing α-alumina formation without causing particle size growth to produce α-alumina particles having an average size of less than 100 nm, and wherein at least about 99% of the α-alumina particles are within a size distribution of about 10 nm, wherein about 90% of the α-alumina particles have a size of between 10 nm and 100 nm, and wherein the at least one alumina precursor is selected from aluminum salts comprising one or more anions selected from alkoxides, aryl oxides, carboxylates, halides, sulphate, nitrate, oxalates, and acetoacetonates.
Pixel for an organic light-emitting diode microscreen, including, successively: - a substrate; - a reflector that is reflective in the visible spectrum and is formed on the substrate; - a spacing layer that is formed on the reflector; - a first electrode (E 1) that is transparent in the visible spectrum and is formed on the spacing layer; - a stack of organic light-emitting layers that is configured to emit a white light and is formed on the first electrode (E 1); - a second electrode (E 2) that is semitransparent in the visible spectrum and is formed on the stack, the second electrode (E 2) and the reflector forming an optical resonator; the spacing layer having first, second and third portions (30, 31, 32), the thicknesses of which are adjusted such that the optical resonator allows, respectively, the transmission of red, green and blue light from the white light emitted by the stack so as to define, respectively, red, green and blue sub-pixels (PR, PV, PB); characterized in that the first and second portions (30, 31) of the spacing layer each include lateral edges that are covered with a material that is reflective in the visible spectrum. - a substrate; - a reflector that is reflective in the visible spectrum and is formed on the substrate; - a spacing layer that is formed on the reflector; - a first electrode (E 1) that is transparent in the visible spectrum and is formed on the spacing layer; - a stack of organic light-emitting layers that is configured to emit a white light and is formed on the first electrode (E 1); - a second electrode (E 2) that is semitransparent in the visible spectrum and is formed on the stack, the second electrode (E 2) and the reflector forming an optical resonator;
A low-toxicity sophorolipid-containing composition containing at least a coloring component, an acidic sophorolipid, a fatty acid, and a hydroxy fatty acid that are derived from an SL-producing yeast culture, the following components being in the following proportions, in terms of dry weight, based on the total amount of the acidic sophorolipid, a lactonic sophorolipid, the fatty acid, and the hydroxy fatty acid in the composition taken as 100 mass%: acidic sophorolipid: 94 to 99.99 mass%, lactonic sophorolipid: more than 0 mass% but not more than 2 mass%, fatty acid and hydroxy fatty acid in total: 0.01 to 4 mass%. acidic sophorolipid: 94 to 99.99 mass%, lactonic sophorolipid: more than 0 mass% but not more than 2 mass%, fatty acid and hydroxy fatty acid in total: 0.01 to 4 mass%.