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A composite textile material for NRBC applications, comprising a first non-woven material able to create a physical barrier to the penetration of micro-organisms and a second material able to trap - by absorption and/or adsorption - said micro-organisms being stopped by said first material, said second material being selected from thermoplastic polymers and consisting of a polyamide or a polyester.
A device for delivering electrical stimulation therapy to a patient, the device comprising: means for delivering electrical stimulation current via one of a plurality of implantable electrodes; and means for delivering electrical stimulation current via another of the plurality of implantable electrodes; an adaptable current regulator (154, 156) configurable to operate as a regulated current path or an unregulated current path on a selective basis, the adaptable current regulator comprising an output transistor (182,202) configured to carry the electrical stimulation current when the adaptable current regulator is operating in a regulated mode and when the adaptable current regulator is operating in an unregulated mode; wherein at least one of the electrodes delivering electrical stimulation current is coupled to the output transistor of the adaptable current regulator; and wherein said output transistor (182,202) is further configured to place the adaptable current regulator (154,156) in a high impedance state such that the at least one electrode is in a high impedance state. means for delivering electrical stimulation current via one of a plurality of implantable electrodes; and means for delivering electrical stimulation current via another of the plurality of implantable electrodes; an adaptable current regulator (154, 156) configurable to operate as a regulated current path or an unregulated current path on a selective basis, the adaptable current regulator comprising an output transistor (182,202) configured to carry the electrical stimulation current when the adaptable current regulator is operating in a regulated mode and when the adaptable current regulator is operating in an unregulated mode; wherein at least one of the electrodes delivering electrical stimulation current is coupled to the output transistor of the adaptable current regulator; and wherein said output transistor (182,202) is further configured to place the adaptable current regulator (154,156) in a high impedance state such that the at least one electrode is in a high impedance state.
Apparatus for drying drying stock, in particular for drying the pulp during the production of a fibre mat having a drying unit in a first circuit, wherein a first heat transfer medium is provided for drying the drying stock, further having a second circuit for a second heat transfer medium, wherein the second circuit comprises a heat pump for feeding heat energy into the first circuit, characterised in that the heat transfer medium for the second circuit is the halogenated hydrocarbon R1233zd or R1336mzz and the first circuit and the second circuit are only connected by tube-bundle heat exchangers.
An apparatus for performing a procedure on a heart valve annulus, the heart valve annulus having an original shape, the apparatus comprising: a tissue engaging member including a loop of wire configured to conform with at least a portion of the original shape when the loop of wire is deployed, and a plurality of anchors, each of the plurality of anchors having a pointy front end and a back end, wherein the front ends of the plurality of anchors are configured for implantation into heart valve annulus tissue in a forward direction and wherein the plurality of anchors are configured so that, subsequent to implantation, the plurality of anchors resist extraction from the heart valve annulus tissue in a backwards direction, wherein the plurality of anchors are arranged with respect to the loop of wire so that, when the loop of wire is deployed, the plurality of anchors are distributed about the loop of wire with the front ends of the plurality of anchors facing the heart valve annulus; and means for implanting the plurality of anchors into the heart valve annulus tissue so that the tissue engaging member becomes affixed to the heart valve annulus; characterized by: each of the plurality of anchors having a slot that runs in a front-to-back direction, with the loop of wire passing through the slots in the plurality of anchors. a tissue engaging member including a loop of wire configured to conform with at least a portion of the original shape when the loop of wire is deployed, and a plurality of anchors, each of the plurality of anchors having a pointy front end and a back end, wherein the front ends of the plurality of anchors are configured for implantation into heart valve annulus tissue in a forward direction and wherein the plurality of anchors are configured so that, subsequent to implantation, the plurality of anchors resist extraction from the heart valve annulus tissue in a backwards direction, wherein the plurality of anchors are arranged with respect to the loop of wire so that, when the loop of wire is deployed, the plurality of anchors are distributed about the loop of wire with the front ends of the plurality of anchors facing the heart valve annulus; and means for implanting the plurality of anchors into the heart valve annulus tissue so that the tissue engaging member becomes affixed to the heart valve annulus; characterized by: each of the plurality of anchors having a slot that runs in a front-to-back direction, with the loop of wire passing through the slots in the plurality of anchors. each of the plurality of anchors having a slot that runs in a front-to-back direction, with the loop of wire passing through the slots in the plurality of anchors.
A method for reducing duplicate copies of data during read and write operations between target and source modules in a telecommunications device for packetized data, comprising: signaling a target module by a source module in the telecommunications device that data is to be copied to the target module; sending a target-specific data structure by the target module to the source module, wherein the target-specific data structure is associated with a network driver interface specification, NDIS; receiving the target-specific data structure by the source module; populating data into the target-specific data structure by the source module, wherein the data is formatted in a form that is readily useable by the target module, and filling the NDIS header fields; and receiving the target-specific populated data structure by the target module, where one copy of data having the target-specific structure is created. signaling a target module by a source module in the telecommunications device that data is to be copied to the target module; sending a target-specific data structure by the target module to the source module, wherein the target-specific data structure is associated with a network driver interface specification, NDIS; receiving the target-specific data structure by the source module; populating data into the target-specific data structure by the source module, wherein the data is formatted in a form that is readily useable by the target module, and filling the NDIS header fields; and receiving the target-specific populated data structure by the target module, where one copy of data having the target-specific structure is created.
A method for determining battery lifetime of a remote meter transmission unit, MTU, constructed and arranged to transmit data comprising: sampling a battery voltage and a battery temperature while the unit is not transmitting any data; selecting a battery temperature curve based on the sampled battery temperature of the unit from a plurality of predetermined battery temperature curves, wherein each predetermined battery temperature curve represents a projected battery lifetime based on an associated sampled battery voltage at an associated sampled battery temperature; locating a position on the selected battery temperature curve based on the sampled battery voltage; determining battery electrical power consumed from the battery and battery electrical power remaining based on the located position on the battery temperature curve; determining a battery lifetime estimate based on the battery electrical power consumed and battery electrical power remaining; and, scheduling a replacement of the MTU based at least upon the determined battery lifetime estimate. sampling a battery voltage and a battery temperature while the unit is not transmitting any data; selecting a battery temperature curve based on the sampled battery temperature of the unit from a plurality of predetermined battery temperature curves, wherein each predetermined battery temperature curve represents a projected battery lifetime based on an associated sampled battery voltage at an associated sampled battery temperature; locating a position on the selected battery temperature curve based on the sampled battery voltage; determining battery electrical power consumed from the battery and battery electrical power remaining based on the located position on the battery temperature curve; determining a battery lifetime estimate based on the battery electrical power consumed and battery electrical power remaining; and, scheduling a replacement of the MTU based at least upon the determined battery lifetime estimate.
Use of a population of purified Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that has been contacted with one or more of TNF-alpha, IL1, and LPS under conditions to express increased levels of TSG-6 protein in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical preparation for reducing one or more symptoms of cardiac muscle cell necrosis in a mammalian subject.
A safe combustion device (10, 10a) comprising: a housing (20, 20a) defining a receiving space (21, 21a); a wick (26, 26a) disposed in the receiving space (21, 21a), with the wick (26, 26a) having a top end at a first distance from a bottom surface of the housing (20, 20a); and a guiding device (30, 30a) connected to the housing (20, 20a) and including at least one shade (32, 32a), with the at least one shade (32, 32a) having bottom and top sides (321, 322) at second and third distances (L2, L3) from the bottom surface of the housing (20, 20a) respectively, with the second distance shorter than the first distance, with the first distance shorter than the third distance, with the at least one shade (32, 32a) having an inner lateral side adjacent to the wick (26, 26a) and an outer lateral side opposite the inner lateral side, with the at least one shade (32, 32a) and the housing (20, 20a) including a flow passage (35, 35a) formed therebetween, with the flow passage (35, 35a) having a length between the inner lateral side of the at least one shade (32, 32a) and the wick (26, 26a), a length below the bottom side of the at least one shade (32, 32a), and a length outside the outer lateral side of the at least one shade (32, 32a); characterized in that the guiding device (30, 30a) includes the at least one shade (32, 32a) disposed on at least one fixture device (31, 31a), and the at least one fixture device (31, 31a) includes a bracket (33, 33a) and a plurality of guiding vanes (34, 34a) disposed on the bracket (33, 33a). a housing (20, 20a) defining a receiving space (21, 21a); a wick (26, 26a) disposed in the receiving space (21, 21a), with the wick (26, 26a) having a top end at a first distance from a bottom surface of the housing (20, 20a); and a guiding device (30, 30a) connected to the housing (20, 20a) and including at least one shade (32, 32a), with the at least one shade (32, 32a) having bottom and top sides (321, 322) at second and third distances (L2, L3) from the bottom surface of the housing (20, 20a) respectively, with the second distance shorter than the first distance, with the first distance shorter than the third distance, with the at least one shade (32, 32a) having an inner lateral side adjacent to the wick (26, 26a) and an outer lateral side opposite the inner lateral side, with the at least one shade (32, 32a) and the housing (20, 20a) including a flow passage (35, 35a) formed therebetween, with the flow passage (35, 35a) having a length between the inner lateral side of the at least one shade (32, 32a) and the wick (26, 26a), a length below the bottom side of the at least one shade (32, 32a), and a length outside the outer lateral side of the at least one shade (32, 32a); characterized in that the guiding device (30, 30a) includes the at least one shade (32, 32a) disposed on at least one fixture device (31, 31a), and the at least one fixture device (31, 31a) includes a bracket (33, 33a) and a plurality of guiding vanes (34, 34a) disposed on the bracket (33, 33a).
A method for preparing a neutral, stable and transparent photocatalytic titanium dioxide sol, comprising the steps of: reacting a hydrous titanium dioxide gel with an alkaline peptizing agent to provide a peptized alkaline titanium dioxide sol; neutralizing the peptized alkaline titanium dioxide sol with phosphoric acid to obtain a neutral, stable and transparent photocatalytic titanium dioxide sol; wherein the final pH value of the resulting neutralized sol is controlled so as to be within a range of 8 to 9. reacting a hydrous titanium dioxide gel with an alkaline peptizing agent to provide a peptized alkaline titanium dioxide sol; neutralizing the peptized alkaline titanium dioxide sol with phosphoric acid to obtain a neutral, stable and transparent photocatalytic titanium dioxide sol; wherein the final pH value of the resulting neutralized sol is controlled so as to be within a range of 8 to 9.
A method for extracting a sweetening composition from Siraitia grosvenorii, comprising the following steps: putting mature Siraitia grosvenorii and immature Siraitia grosvenorii together at a weight ratio of 1:4 to 1:8, sealing and holding at 25°C to 38°C for 2 to 4 days, then placing in a ventilated environment for 1 day to 4 days to obtain raw materials of the Siraitia grosvenorii, juicing the raw materials of the Siraitia grosvenorii to obtain juice and fruit residues, combining the juice with an extract solution obtained by extracting the fruit residues with purified water, removing impurities, and concentrating and purifying, to obtain the sweetening composition.
An intake pipe for an internal combustion engine, comprising an outer housing (1, 7, 4) of the intake pipe, wherein a feed line for charge air opens into an inlet section of the housing, a heat exchanger integrated into the intake pipe and cooled by a cooling fluid and having a plurality of exchanger tubes, particularly flat tubes, and an engine flange for connecting the intake pipe to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, characterized in that the charge air flows through the exchanger tubes, and that at least one part of the outer housing is designed as a water jacket surrounding the exchanger tubes, and that the exchanger tubes lead at the ends each into the bottoms of the heat exchanger.
A system, having a punch rivet, an upper joining component and a lower joining component, the punch rivet having a head and a shank, wherein the punch rivet has an upper and a lower shank portion (4, 5) with different cross-sections, wherein the upper shank portion formed at the head of the punch rivet has the larger cross-section, characterised in that the length of the upper shank portion of the punch rivet corresponds to the thickness of the upper joining component, so that after punching of the shank of the punch rivet upon the joining of the joining components (10, 11) only the lower shank portion is punched into or through the lower joining component and the head of the punch rivet lies in positive manner against that side of the upper joining component which faces away from the lower joining component.
Aligning element for aligning a needle guide, which is equipped for longitudinally guiding a medical needle, comprising - a connecting element for arranging the aligning element on such a needle guide, and - a light-guiding apparatus for predetermined diffusion of light, wherein the light-guiding apparatus only generates a predetermined light pattern in a pose relative to the diffusion of light, which pose is predetermined by the geometry of said apparatus, characterised in that - the light-guiding apparatus has at least two identifiers (13, 14) on two different planes (10, 11) and the identifiers (13, 14) are only illuminated simultaneously by the predetermined diffusion of light in the case of the predetermined pose of the aligning element. - a connecting element for arranging the aligning element on such a needle guide, and - a light-guiding apparatus for predetermined diffusion of light, wherein the light-guiding apparatus only generates a predetermined light pattern in a pose relative to the diffusion of light, which pose is predetermined by the geometry of said apparatus, - the light-guiding apparatus has at least two identifiers (13, 14) on two different planes (10, 11) and the identifiers (13, 14) are only illuminated simultaneously by the predetermined diffusion of light in the case of the predetermined pose of the aligning element.
Method for an improved measurement handling by a user equipment in a multi-RAT and/or multi-frequency and/or single-frequency radio environment of a public land mobile network, the measurement handling being related to inter-RAT (Radio Access Technology) and/or inter-frequency and/or single-frequency radio environment measurements that are performed by the user equipment in dependency of a measurement configuration information transmitted by the public land mobile network to the user equipment, wherein the public land mobile network comprises a plurality of base station entities of different RATs and/or different frequency bands and/or the same frequency band, -- at least one base station entity of the plurality of base station entities being the serving cell base station entity of the user equipment, the serving base station entity being defined as the single network entity which is responsible for control plane between the user equipment and the base station entity, and -- at least one further base station entity of the plurality of base station entities being a neighbour cell base station entity of the serving base station entity of the user equipment, wherein a measurement activation/deactivation information is transmitted from the serving cell base station to the user equipment, the measurement activation/deactivation information being related to future inter-frequency and/or inter-RAT and/or intra-frequency measurements towards the neighbour cell base station entity to be either activated or set to a non-permanent state. -- at least one base station entity of the plurality of base station entities being the serving cell base station entity of the user equipment, the serving base station entity being defined as the single network entity which is responsible for control plane between the user equipment and the base station entity, and -- at least one further base station entity of the plurality of base station entities being a neighbour cell base station entity of the serving base station entity of the user equipment,
A digital printing process for xerography printing with liquid toner, said liquid toner comprising a curable carrier liquid and imaging particles suspended in the carrier liquid, wherein said process comprises: - forming a latent image as a pattern of electric charge on a surface of an imaging member; - transferring the liquid toner onto a development member; - developing the latent image by transferring liquid toner from the development member onto the imaging member in accordance with the pattern; - transferring the liquid toner from the imaging member to a first substrate; - applying a second substrate on the transferred liquid toner; the process being characterized by further comprising, - after application of the second substrate, irradiating the liquid toner with actinic radiation or particle beams to cure the carrier liquid. - forming a latent image as a pattern of electric charge on a surface of an imaging member; - transferring the liquid toner onto a development member; - developing the latent image by transferring liquid toner from the development member onto the imaging member in accordance with the pattern; - transferring the liquid toner from the imaging member to a first substrate; - applying a second substrate on the transferred liquid toner; the process being characterized by further comprising, - after application of the second substrate, irradiating the liquid toner with actinic radiation or particle beams to cure the carrier liquid.
An electrolyte solution comprising: - a solvent comprising at least one of fluorinated saturated cyclic carbonates and fluorinated acyclic carbonates; - an electrolyte salt; and - relative to the solvent, 0.001-15 wt.-% of a phosphate of the formula (R 11 O) (R 12 O)PO 2 M wherein R 11 and R 12 each independently are Rf 11 CH 2 -, wherein Rf 11 is linear or branched C 1-10 -fluoroalkyl; and M is at least one of Li, Na, K and Cs. - a solvent comprising at least one of fluorinated saturated cyclic carbonates and fluorinated acyclic carbonates; - an electrolyte salt; and - relative to the solvent, 0.001-15 wt.-% of a phosphate of the formula (R 11 O) (R 12 O)PO 2 M wherein R 11 and R 12 each independently are Rf 11 CH 2 -, wherein Rf 11 is linear or branched C 1-10 -fluoroalkyl; and M is at least one of Li, Na, K and Cs.
A composition for the formation of electrically conductive polymers on the surface of a dielectric substrate, the composition comprising at least one polymerizable heterocyclic aromatic molecule having the structure: wherein: X is O, S, or N; and R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, a halogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alky group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which is capable to form a conductive polymer, an emulsifier and an acid, characterized in that the composition comprises at least alkylimidazolium ions in a concentration of between 0.002 mol/L and 0.8 mol/L, and wherein the emulsifier is selected from the group consisting of a salt of a sulfoalkylated polyalkoxylated naphthol or a salt of an aralkyl substituted sulfopolyalkoxylated phenol.