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A remote switching assembly for use with an electrical switch having a switch operator movable along an actuation axis, the remote switching assembly comprising: an actuator frame presenting a longitudinal channel extending along a longitudinal axis and attachment elements for attaching the actuator frame to a housing of the electrical switch adjacent to the switch operator so that the longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the actuation axis; a slider fitting within the longitudinal channel of the actuator frame to slide therein along the longitudinal axis, the slider providing a collar receiving the switch operator when the actuator frame is fixed to the housing of the electrical switch, so that movement of the slider along the actuation axis may switch the switch operator between "on" and "off" states; a flexible cable assembly providing a sheath surrounding a flexible cable, a first end of the sheath attached to the actuator frame and a first end of the flexible cable attached to the slider; and wherein the actuator frame provides a lock aperture allowing for an insertion of a lock shank to extend into the channel to lock the slider, when the slider is in the "off" state, against motion that would allow movement of the switch operator. an actuator frame presenting a longitudinal channel extending along a longitudinal axis and attachment elements for attaching the actuator frame to a housing of the electrical switch adjacent to the switch operator so that the longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the actuation axis; a slider fitting within the longitudinal channel of the actuator frame to slide therein along the longitudinal axis, the slider providing a collar receiving the switch operator when the actuator frame is fixed to the housing of the electrical switch, so that movement of the slider along the actuation axis may switch the switch operator between "on" and "off" states; a flexible cable assembly providing a sheath surrounding a flexible cable, a first end of the sheath attached to the actuator frame and a first end of the flexible cable attached to the slider; and wherein the actuator frame provides a lock aperture allowing for an insertion of a lock shank to extend into the channel to lock the slider, when the slider is in the "off" state, against motion that would allow movement of the switch operator.
A method for controlling the start-up of a liquefied natural gas plant having a heat exchange system including a heat exchanger to achieve cool down of the heat exchanger by closed loop refrigeration by a refrigerant, the heat exchanger comprising at least one hot stream and at least one refrigerant stream (142, 144), the at least one hot stream comprising a natural gas feed stream, and the at least one refrigerant stream being used to cool the natural gas feed stream through indirect heat exchange, the method comprising the steps of: (a) cooling the heat exchanger from a first temperature profile at a first time to a second temperature profile at a second time, the first temperature profile having a first average temperature that is greater than a second average temperature of the second temperature profile; and (b) executing the following steps, in parallel during the performance of step (a): (i) measuring a first temperature at a first location within the heat exchange system; (ii) calculating a first value comprising a rate of change of the first temperature; (iii) providing a first set point representing a preferred rate of change of the first temperature; and characterised in that step (b) further comprises: (iv) controlling a flow rate of the natural gas feed stream through the heat exchanger based on the first value and the first set point; and (v) independent of step (b)(iv), controlling a flow rate of a first stream of the at least one refrigerant stream (142, 144) such that the flow rate of the first refrigerant stream is greater at the second time than at the first time. (a) cooling the heat exchanger from a first temperature profile at a first time to a second temperature profile at a second time, the first temperature profile having a first average temperature that is greater than a second average temperature of the second temperature profile; and (b) executing the following steps, in parallel during the performance of step (a): (i) measuring a first temperature at a first location within the heat exchange system; (ii) calculating a first value comprising a rate of change of the first temperature; (iii) providing a first set point representing a preferred rate of change of the first temperature; and (i) measuring a first temperature at a first location within the heat exchange system; (ii) calculating a first value comprising a rate of change of the first temperature; (iii) providing a first set point representing a preferred rate of change of the first temperature; and (iv) controlling a flow rate of the natural gas feed stream through the heat exchanger based on the first value and the first set point; and (v) independent of step (b)(iv), controlling a flow rate of a first stream of the at least one refrigerant stream (142, 144) such that the flow rate of the first refrigerant stream is greater at the second time than at the first time.
A composition comprising (a) at least one mRNA molecule at least a portion of which encodes a functional secreted polypeptide; and (b) a liposomal transfer vehicle comprising a lipid nanoparticle comprising one or more cationic lipids, one or more non-cationic lipids and one or more PEG-modified lipids for use in a method of treating a subject having a defect or deficiency in said secreted polypeptide, wherein the mRNA is encapsulated in the transfer vehicle and wherein the composition is administered by pulmonary delivery via nebulization.
A heating apparatus for a domestic or commercial building, the apparatus comprising: a controller for determining whether there is a need for heating in the building; a computer system for installation in the building, the computer system including a data store, a program store storing processor implementable instructions, and at least one processor coupled to the data and program stores for implementing the stored instructions to thereby produce thermal energy; and a thermal energy distribution means arranged for transferring the thermal energy from the computer system; wherein the controller is arranged to operate the computer system to implement processor implementable instructions, to thereby produce thermal energy, in response to the determination by the controller of a need for heating in the building. a controller for determining whether there is a need for heating in the building; a computer system for installation in the building, the computer system including a data store, a program store storing processor implementable instructions, and at least one processor coupled to the data and program stores for implementing the stored instructions to thereby produce thermal energy; and a thermal energy distribution means arranged for transferring the thermal energy from the computer system; wherein the controller is arranged to operate the computer system to implement processor implementable instructions, to thereby produce thermal energy, in response to the determination by the controller of a need for heating in the building.
Poppet valve, in particular plate valve, with a longitudinal axis, with a valve seat having a plurality of valve seat passage channels, with a catcher arranged at a distance from the valve seat in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and with a sealing element arranged movably between the valve seat and the catcher for opening and closing the valve seat passage channels, and with a damping element disposed between the sealing element and the catcher, at least one of the valve components formed as a valve seat or a catcher having a plurality of passage channel limiting sections (36, 52) and a plurality of web portions (38, 54), the passage channel limiting sections (36, 52) forming valve seat passage channels and/or catcher passage channels, wherein the passage channel limiting sections (36, 52) and the web portions (38, 54) each extend mutually at an angle (α), wherein all the passage channel limiting sections (36, 52) are dimensioned shorter in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the respective valve component than the web portions (38, 54) of the respective valve component, wherein the web portions (38, 54) of the respective valve component are free of support surfaces for the sealing element or the damping element, wherein the web portions (38, 54) of the respective valve component, on a side facing the sealing element or the damping element, are recessed in the direction of the longitudinal axis with respect to one of the passage channel limiting sections (36, 52), wherein the web portions extend radially with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein a plurality of passage channel limiting sections are arranged spaced apart from each other in the radial direction and connected to the web portion, characterized in that at least one of the valve components formed as a valve seat or catcher is produced at least in sections by additive manufacturing, that in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the length of the passage channel limiting sections decreases towards the longitudinal axis, and that in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the passage channel limiting section closest to the longitudinal axis has a length of no more than half the web portion.
A centrifugal cast caliber roll for a hot rolling mill, characterized in that the roll has a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 1.8% or more and 3.0% or less, Si: 0.2% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.2% or more and 1.5% or less, Cr: 5% or more and 9% or less, Mo: 4.0% or more and 7.0% or less, V: 4.0% or more and 7.0% or less, Nb: 0.5% or more and 2.0% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which relational expression below is satisfied, and a surface hardness of Hs 67 or higher and Hs 76 or lower in terms of Shore hardness: 0.6 ≤ C − 0.24 V − 0.13 Nb ≤ 1.4 where C, V, and Nb each denote the content (mass%) of the corresponding chemical element.
A medical implant system comprising: a replacement heart valve implant; and an anchoring assistance device, comprising an expandable scaffold including a mid-body section defining a central longitudinal axis, the expandable scaffold having a cusp interface section extending axially from a distal end of the mid-body section, and a crown end arrangement extending axially from a proximal end of the mid-body section; wherein the cusp interface section includes a plurality of loop portions arranged at radial intervals about the central longitudinal axis of the expandable scaffold, each loop portion being configured to be positioned adjacent a leaflet of a native aortic valve; wherein each loop portion is circumferentially spaced apart from another loop portion by a region having a deployment ring, the region being configured to span a commissure of the aortic valve and extending distally a shorter distance from the distal end than the loop portions; wherein the expandable scaffold is configured to expand radially outward from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration; wherein the replacement heart valve implant is configured to be at least partially disposed within the anchoring assistance device in the deployed configuration. a replacement heart valve implant; and an anchoring assistance device, comprising an expandable scaffold including a mid-body section defining a central longitudinal axis, the expandable scaffold having a cusp interface section extending axially from a distal end of the mid-body section, and a crown end arrangement extending axially from a proximal end of the mid-body section; wherein the cusp interface section includes a plurality of loop portions arranged at radial intervals about the central longitudinal axis of the expandable scaffold, each loop portion being configured to be positioned adjacent a leaflet of a native aortic valve; wherein each loop portion is circumferentially spaced apart from another loop portion by a region having a deployment ring, the region being configured to span a commissure of the aortic valve and extending distally a shorter distance from the distal end than the loop portions; wherein the expandable scaffold is configured to expand radially outward from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration; wherein the replacement heart valve implant is configured to be at least partially disposed within the anchoring assistance device in the deployed configuration.
Method, implement by microelectronic means, allowing the f prime factors p 1, p 2,...p f of a protocol intended to prove, to a controller entity, - the authenticity of an entity and/or - the integrity of a message M associated with this entity, to be produced by means of a public modulus n that is the product of said f prime factors p 1, p 2,...p f, f being higher than or equal to 2, or by means of the f prime factors; said method comprising the step of producing said f prime factors p 1, p 2,...p f while respecting the following conditions: • neither of the two equations 1 and 2: x 2 ≡ g i mod n and x 2 ≡ − g i mod n has a solution in x in the ring of integers modulo n, and • the equation 3: • x v ≡ g i 2 mod n has solutions in x in the ring of integers modulo n; g 1, g 2,...g m being m different integer base numbers, m being higher than or equal to 1; v being a public exponent of the form: v = 2 k where k is a security parameter higher than 1; said method comprising the step of first choosing: • the security parameter k, • the m base numbers g 1, g 2,...g m, • the size of the modulus n, • and the size of the f prime factors p 1, p 2,...p f. - the authenticity of an entity and/or - the integrity of a message M associated with this entity, to be produced by means of a public modulus n that is the product of said f prime factors p 1, p 2,...p f, f being higher than or equal to 2, or by means of the f prime factors; said method comprising the step of producing said f prime factors p 1, p 2,...p f while respecting the following conditions: • neither of the two equations 1 and 2: x 2 ≡ g i mod n and x 2 ≡ − g i mod n has a solution in x in the ring of integers modulo n, and • the equation 3: • x v ≡ g i 2 mod n has solutions in x in the ring of integers modulo n; g 1, g 2,...g m being m different integer base numbers, m being higher than or equal to 1; v being a public exponent of the form: v = 2 k where k is a security parameter higher than 1; said method comprising the step of first choosing: • the security parameter k, • the m base numbers g 1, g 2,...g m, • the size of the modulus n, • and the size of the f prime factors p 1, p 2,...p f. • neither of the two equations 1 and 2: x 2 ≡ g i mod n and x 2 ≡ − g i mod n has a solution in x in the ring of integers modulo n, and • the equation 3: • x v ≡ g i 2 mod n has solutions in x in the ring of integers modulo n; g 1, g 2,...g m being m different integer base numbers, m being higher than or equal to 1; v being a public exponent of the form: v = 2 k where k is a security parameter higher than 1; said method comprising the step of first choosing: • x v ≡ g i 2 mod n has solutions in x in the ring of integers modulo n; g 1, g 2,...g m being m different integer base numbers, m being higher than or equal to 1; v being a public exponent of the form: v = 2 k where k is a security parameter higher than 1; said method comprising the step of first choosing: • the security parameter k, • the m base numbers g 1, g 2,...g m, • the size of the modulus n, • and the size of the f prime factors p 1, p 2,...p f.
A control. method of a dishwasher comprising a washing compartment to receive dishes therein, a sump configured to contain water, a steam generator, at least one rack, and at least one spraying arm (220, 230), the method comprising: performing a washing cycle including the steps of: spraying water toward the rack, and supplying steam to the washing compartment, wherein the steps of spraying water and supplying steam are repeated alternately until a temperature of the water reaches a preset first temperature; and performing a drying cycle, characterized in that the step of performing the drying cycle includes: heating the washing compartment by introducing steam into the washing compartment until an internal temperature of the washing compartment reaches a preset second temperature, and exhausting the heated air from the washing compartment to an outside of the washing compartment once the preset second temperature is reached. performing a washing cycle including the steps of: spraying water toward the rack, and supplying steam to the washing compartment, wherein the steps of spraying water and supplying steam are repeated alternately until a temperature of the water reaches a preset first temperature; and spraying water toward the rack, and supplying steam to the washing compartment, wherein the steps of spraying water and supplying steam are repeated alternately until a temperature of the water reaches a preset first temperature; and performing a drying cycle, characterized in that the step of performing the drying cycle includes: heating the washing compartment by introducing steam into the washing compartment until an internal temperature of the washing compartment reaches a preset second temperature, and exhausting the heated air from the washing compartment to an outside of the washing compartment once the preset second temperature is reached. heating the washing compartment by introducing steam into the washing compartment until an internal temperature of the washing compartment reaches a preset second temperature, and exhausting the heated air from the washing compartment to an outside of the washing compartment once the preset second temperature is reached.
A device for cutting tissue, comprising: an elongate body; a torque transmitting element extending through the elongate body; a rotatable cutting element coupled to the torque transmitting element; a cover coupled to the elongate body, the cover being movable relative to the elongate body from a stored position, in which the rotatable cutting element is covered by the cover, to a working position, in which at least part of the rotatable cutting element is exposed through the cover; and characterized in that the device further comprises a pull wire configured to be tensioned to move the cover to one of the stored position and the working position. an elongate body; a torque transmitting element extending through the elongate body; a rotatable cutting element coupled to the torque transmitting element; a cover coupled to the elongate body, the cover being movable relative to the elongate body from a stored position, in which the rotatable cutting element is covered by the cover, to a working position, in which at least part of the rotatable cutting element is exposed through the cover; and characterized in that the device further comprises a pull wire configured to be tensioned to move the cover to one of the stored position and the working position.
A method for manufacturing a resilient rail support block assembly, which assembly is adapted to be mounted embedded in or mounted on a railway substructure and which assembly comprises a prefabricated resilient member as well as a moulded block of a suitable mouldable material, preferably of concrete, having a top, a bottom and peripheral wall, said block being adapted for fastening one or more rails on the top of said block, wherein the prefabricated resilient member has an outer tray and inner tray arranged within said outer tray, and wherein said prefabricated resilient member comprises a resilient intermediate structure arranged between said outer and inner trays (12,13), and wherein the block is moulded in a block mould into with the mouldable material is introduced and allowed to harden, and wherein the block is fixed in the inner tray, the latter extending under the bottom of the block as well as along at least a lower region of the peripheral wall of the block, characterised in that the prefabricated resilient member is used to form a part of the block mould, so that one or more additional mould members combined with said prefabricated resilient member delimit the mould cavity for the block, the mouldable material being introduced into said block mould and thereby adhering directly to the inner tray of the prefabricated resilient member. and characterised in that a) the inner tray is provided with a sheet of a 3-dimensional open structure having openings/interstices therein so that the mouldable material enters into said openings/interstices and so enhances the anchoring of the tray face to said mouldable material, and/or b) the outer tray is provided on the outside thereof with a sheet of a 3-dimensional open structure having openings/interstices therein so that concrete or other pourable material can enter into said openings/interstices and so enhances the anchoring of the tray face to said pourable material. a) the inner tray is provided with a sheet of a 3-dimensional open structure having openings/interstices therein so that the mouldable material enters into said openings/interstices and so enhances the anchoring of the tray face to said mouldable material, and/or b) the outer tray is provided on the outside thereof with a sheet of a 3-dimensional open structure having openings/interstices therein so that concrete or other pourable material can enter into said openings/interstices and so enhances the anchoring of the tray face to said pourable material.
Battery system having a plurality of battery modules (19-1,..., 19-n) each comprising one or more battery cells, a DC voltage intermediate circuit having a first pole and a second pole, and a converter which is connected between the DC voltage intermediate circuit and a connection for an energy supplier network and is designed to convert an AC voltage from the energy supplier network into a DC voltage and to output it to the DC voltage intermediate circuit and to convert a DC voltage from the DC voltage intermediate circuit into an AC voltage and to output it to the energy supplier network, characterized in that the battery modules (19-1,..., 19-n) each have a DC/DC converter (20-1,..., 20-n) and are connected to the DC voltage intermediate circuit via the respective one DC/DC converter (20-1,..., 20-n), the plurality of battery modules (19-1,..., 19-n) having a first battery module and a second battery module (19-2, 19-n), the first battery module comprising a first DC/DC converter and the second battery module (19-2, 19-n) comprising a second DC/DC converter (20-2, 20-n), the first DC/DC converter being connected in series or in parallel with the second DC/DC converter (20-2, 20-n) on the output side.