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Use of a crosslinking reagent for improving the resistance of an intervertebral disc within a human body to mechanical degradation comprising: contacting at least a portion of the intervertebral disc with an amount of the crosslinking reagent effective to improve the fatigue resistance, wherein the crosslinking reagent comprises a crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of genipin and a bioflavonoid.
A drainage device, preferably a drain cup for a drain, in particular for a bridge drain or a building ceiling drain or an industrial construction ceiling drain, or a spout for sealing drainage, the drainage device having an inlet opening preferably designed for accommodating a cover and an outlet opening connected to the inlet opening, the drainage device forming a tapering funnel from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, the drainage device consisting of a cement-based composite material having a compressive strength of at least 110 N/mm 2, characterized in that the drainage device consists of ultra-high performance concrete, the composite material comprising fibres, preferably plastic fibres, with the wall thickness of the drainage device amounting to 1.0 - 2.5 cm.
A method for determining by a computer system loading data in connection with a load supported by a transportation vehicle, said method comprising the steps of: - obtaining a first portion of processing data, said first portion of processing data being generated when at least one first detection device of detection means of a first type arranged in said vehicle generates a signal, - obtaining a second portion of processing data, said second portion of processing data being generated when at least one second detection device of detection means of a second type arranged in said vehicle generates a signal, - obtaining a third portion of processing data, said third portion of processing data being generated when a radiofrequency signal transmitted by a mobile device is received, - determining said loading data by using said first portion of processing data, said second portion of processing data and said third portion of processing data, - obtaining a fourth portion of processing data, said fourth portion of processing data being stored on a remote data storage facility, wherein the fourth portion of processing data includes data generated in relation to equipment operating in relation to suspension means of the transportation vehicle, and - updating said loading data by using said fourth portion of processing data. - obtaining a first portion of processing data, said first portion of processing data being generated when at least one first detection device of detection means of a first type arranged in said vehicle generates a signal, - obtaining a second portion of processing data, said second portion of processing data being generated when at least one second detection device of detection means of a second type arranged in said vehicle generates a signal, - obtaining a third portion of processing data, said third portion of processing data being generated when a radiofrequency signal transmitted by a mobile device is received, - determining said loading data by using said first portion of processing data, said second portion of processing data and said third portion of processing data, - obtaining a fourth portion of processing data, said fourth portion of processing data being stored on a remote data storage facility, wherein the fourth portion of processing data includes data generated in relation to equipment operating in relation to suspension means of the transportation vehicle, and - updating said loading data by using said fourth portion of processing data.
An implantable blood pump, comprising: an inner housing sized to be implanted within a body of a patient; a rotor at least partially surrounded by the inner housing and configured to drive a flow of blood within the body; an electronic component associated with a surface of the inner housing, the electronic component including one or more thin film active electronic devices, the one or more electronic devices implementing one or more transducers configured to generate a signal based on movement associated with operation of the blood pump, the one or more transducers comprise at least first and second transducers spaced apart from one another in at least a first direction parallel to a downstream direction of the blood flow; and a stator at least partially surrounding the inner housing, the stator magnetically coupled with the rotor and overlying at least one of the one or more transducers. an inner housing sized to be implanted within a body of a patient; a rotor at least partially surrounded by the inner housing and configured to drive a flow of blood within the body; an electronic component associated with a surface of the inner housing, the electronic component including one or more thin film active electronic devices, the one or more electronic devices implementing one or more transducers configured to generate a signal based on movement associated with operation of the blood pump, the one or more transducers comprise at least first and second transducers spaced apart from one another in at least a first direction parallel to a downstream direction of the blood flow; and a stator at least partially surrounding the inner housing, the stator magnetically coupled with the rotor and overlying at least one of the one or more transducers.
Household appliance device, in particular hob device, having at least one ferrite element, which is provided for concentrating a magnetic flux supplied by a coil, and which has at least one proportion of MnO, wherein the ferrite element has at least one proportion of NiO, characterised in that the ferrite element has a mass proportion of at least 0.5% of NiO, wherein the ferrite element has a mass proportion of at most 10% of NiO.
A textile sleeve (10; 10') for routing and protecting elongate members, comprising: an elongate, tubular woven wall extending along a central axis between opposite open ends (20, 22), said wall including warp yarns extending parallel to the central axis and fill yarns extending transversely to said warp yarns, said fill yarns including a first fill yarn bundled with a second fill yarn in side-by-side abutting relation to form discrete bundles extending circumferentially about said central axis, said first fill yarn having a first melt temperature, said second fill yarn having an outer surface of low melt material having a second melt temperature less than said first melt temperature, said low melt material being melted and bonded to said first fill yarn and to abutting portions of said warp yarns, characterised in that said wall has an outer layer of reflective foil (30; 30') fixed thereto, and in that said second fill yarn is a bicomponent monofilament having a heat-settable core, said heat-settable core being heat-set to provide said wall with increased hoop strength relative to when said core is non-heat-set. an elongate, tubular woven wall extending along a central axis between opposite open ends (20, 22), said wall including warp yarns extending parallel to the central axis and fill yarns extending transversely to said warp yarns, said fill yarns including a first fill yarn bundled with a second fill yarn in side-by-side abutting relation to form discrete bundles extending circumferentially about said central axis, said first fill yarn having a first melt temperature, said second fill yarn having an outer surface of low melt material having a second melt temperature less than said first melt temperature, said low melt material being melted and bonded to said first fill yarn and to abutting portions of said warp yarns, characterised in that said wall has an outer layer of reflective foil (30; 30') fixed thereto, and in that said second fill yarn is a bicomponent monofilament having a heat-settable core, said heat-settable core being heat-set to provide said wall with increased hoop strength relative to when said core is non-heat-set.
An image coding method for coding tiles and slices into which an image is partitioned, to generate a bitstream, the method comprising: partitioning the image into the tiles and the slices; and coding the tiles and slices resulting from the partitioning; wherein the type of each of the slices is either a normal slice type or a dependent slice type; a slice of the normal slice type is coded without referring to a different slice and has, in a header, information that is required to decode the slice, and can be used for a different slice; a slice of the dependent slice type is decoded using information included in a slice header of another slice; characterized in that when a first tile includes a normal slice starting from a position other than a beginning of the first tile, a second tile coded next to the first tile includes a normal slice starting from a beginning of the second tile. partitioning the image into the tiles and the slices; and coding the tiles and slices resulting from the partitioning; wherein the type of each of the slices is either a normal slice type or a dependent slice type; a slice of the normal slice type is coded without referring to a different slice and has, in a header, information that is required to decode the slice, and can be used for a different slice; a slice of the dependent slice type is decoded using information included in a slice header of another slice; characterized in that when a first tile includes a normal slice starting from a position other than a beginning of the first tile, a second tile coded next to the first tile includes a normal slice starting from a beginning of the second tile.
A method of wireless communications in a synchronous network for a subordinate entity to communicate with a scheduling entity utilizing a plurality of subframes on a time division duplex, TDD, carrier, wherein each of the plurality of subframes comprises a header (601, 802), a data portion, and an acknowledgement portion, the method comprising: communicating bi-directional data (1002, 1004) in the header of the subframe; receiving scheduling information in the header of the subframe; transmitting or receiving data information corresponding to the scheduling information in the data portion of the subframe, wherein the data information is associated with the scheduling entity and includes all data packets scheduled in the header; and transmitting or receiving acknowledgement information corresponding to the data information in the acknowledgement portion of the subframe, wherein all of the data packets in the data portion are acknowledged in the acknowledgement portion. communicating bi-directional data (1002, 1004) in the header of the subframe; receiving scheduling information in the header of the subframe; transmitting or receiving data information corresponding to the scheduling information in the data portion of the subframe, wherein the data information is associated with the scheduling entity and includes all data packets scheduled in the header; and transmitting or receiving acknowledgement information corresponding to the data information in the acknowledgement portion of the subframe, wherein all of the data packets in the data portion are acknowledged in the acknowledgement portion.
A control method for a vehicle that has: a steering angle sensor that detects a steering angle of a steering system; and an accelerator sensor that detects an accelerator pedal depression amount, the control method for the vehicle comprising: a step of adding deceleration that corresponds to the accelerator pedal depression amount to the vehicle when said accelerator pedal depression amount detected by the accelerator sensor is smaller than a specified value that is larger than 0; a step of determining whether a turning operation of the steering system is performed on the basis of the steering angle that is detected by the steering angle sensor; and a step of adding the deceleration to the vehicle so as to control a vehicle posture when it is determined that the turning operation of the steering system is performed; characterized by a step of setting the deceleration, which is added to the vehicle at the time when it is determined that the turning operation of the steering system is performed, to a smaller absolute value when the accelerator pedal depression amount is smaller than the specified value and is a first value than when the accelerator pedal depression amount is smaller than the specified value and is a second value that is larger than the first value. a step of adding deceleration that corresponds to the accelerator pedal depression amount to the vehicle when said accelerator pedal depression amount detected by the accelerator sensor is smaller than a specified value that is larger than 0; a step of determining whether a turning operation of the steering system is performed on the basis of the steering angle that is detected by the steering angle sensor; and a step of adding the deceleration to the vehicle so as to control a vehicle posture when it is determined that the turning operation of the steering system is performed; characterized by a step of setting the deceleration, which is added to the vehicle at the time when it is determined that the turning operation of the steering system is performed, to a smaller absolute value when the accelerator pedal depression amount is smaller than the specified value and is a first value than when the accelerator pedal depression amount is smaller than the specified value and is a second value that is larger than the first value.
A dental curable composition comprising: a polymerizable monomer; irregularly-shaped inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.3 μm and surface-treated with a silane coupling agent (a) represented by the following formula: CH 2 =C(R 1)-COO-(CH 2) q -SiR 2 p R 3 (3-p), where R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a hydrolyzable group, R 3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, p is an integer of 2 or 3, and q is an integer of 8 to 13; and inorganic ultrafine particles having an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 nm and surface-treated with a silane coupling agent (b) represented by a formula that is the same as the formula representing the silane coupling agent (a) except that q is an integer of 1 to 6, the dental curable composition containing 92.5 to 98 weight% of the irregularly-shaped inorganic particles and 2 to 7.5 weight% of the inorganic ultrafine particles relative to the amount of total inorganic particles, the dental curable composition having a consistency of 25 to 55 mm. a polymerizable monomer; irregularly-shaped inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.3 μm and surface-treated with a silane coupling agent (a) represented by the following formula: CH 2 =C(R 1)-COO-(CH 2) q -SiR 2 p R 3 (3-p), where R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a hydrolyzable group, R 3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, p is an integer of 2 or 3, and q is an integer of 8 to 13; and inorganic ultrafine particles having an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 nm and surface-treated with a silane coupling agent (b) represented by a formula that is the same as the formula representing the silane coupling agent (a) except that q is an integer of 1 to 6, where R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a hydrolyzable group, R 3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, p is an integer of 2 or 3, and q is an integer of 8 to 13; and inorganic ultrafine particles having an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 nm and surface-treated with a silane coupling agent (b) represented by a formula that is the same as the formula representing the silane coupling agent (a) except that q is an integer of 1 to 6, the dental curable composition containing 92.5 to 98 weight% of the irregularly-shaped inorganic particles and 2 to 7.5 weight% of the inorganic ultrafine particles relative to the amount of total inorganic particles, the dental curable composition having a consistency of 25 to 55 mm.
Spring pack (52; 54) for a clutch arrangement of a motor vehicle drivetrain, having a first ring element, having a second ring element and having a multiplicity of individual springs which are coupled to the first and the second ring element (60, 62) such that the first and the second ring element (60, 62) are movable relative to one another in an axial direction in a manner coupled by the springs, wherein the first and the second ring element (60, 62) each have an inner circumferential section and an outer circumferential section, characterized in that the first and/or the second ring element (60, 62) has, in the region of its inner circumferential section and/or in the region of its outer circumferential section, a multiplicity of radially deformable elements (70; 70a) which are designed so as to enable the spring pack (52; 54) to be centred in relation to a ring surface and/or so as to enable the spring pack (52; 54) to be mounted captively on the ring surface.
Measurement device for the detection and/or analysis of fluid-borne particles, the measurement device comprising: means (1, 1') for producing a flow of fluid along a fluid flow path, a laser positioned for emitting a beam of laser light in a measurement volume of the fluid flow path; a lens set for collecting laser light scattered in the measurement volume by fluid-borne particles contained in the flow of fluid, a photo-detector positioned for the detection of scattered laser light collected by the lens set, wherein the photo-detector is a multipixel detector for capturing the laser light focused by the lens set, the measurement device being characterised in that the lens set comprises a plano-convex cylindrical optical lens, and is configured for focusing the scattered light in a line at a focal distance of the plano-convex cylindrical optical lens, said line being transverse to a flow direction (y) of the flow of fluid in said measurement volume; said multipixel detector is positioned at a distance from the focal distance of the plano-convex cylindrical optical lens and oriented with its longitudinal axis parallel to said line; and in that the measurement device further comprises a photodiode for detecting the laser beam emitted by the laser beyond the measurement volume. means (1, 1') for producing a flow of fluid along a fluid flow path, a laser positioned for emitting a beam of laser light in a measurement volume of the fluid flow path; a lens set for collecting laser light scattered in the measurement volume by fluid-borne particles contained in the flow of fluid, a photo-detector positioned for the detection of scattered laser light collected by the lens set, wherein the photo-detector is a multipixel detector for capturing the laser light focused by the lens set, the measurement device being characterised in that the lens set comprises a plano-convex cylindrical optical lens, and is configured for focusing the scattered light in a line at a focal distance of the plano-convex cylindrical optical lens, said line being transverse to a flow direction (y) of the flow of fluid in said measurement volume; said multipixel detector is positioned at a distance from the focal distance of the plano-convex cylindrical optical lens and oriented with its longitudinal axis parallel to said line; and in that the measurement device further comprises a photodiode for detecting the laser beam emitted by the laser beyond the measurement volume.
Reheat burner comprising a channel with a lance projecting thereinto to inject a fuel over an injection plane perpendicular to a channel longitudinal axis, wherein the channel and lance define a vortex generation zone upstream of the injection plane and a mixing zone downstream of the injection plane in the hot gas direction, characterized in that: at least the mixing zone has a cross section with diverging side walls in the hot gas direction, wherein: • the diverging side walls define curved surfaces in the hot gas direction having a constant radius; • the ratio between the width (w) at mid height and height (h) of the channel cross section at the injection plane is substantially equal to 1; wherein the height of the channel cross section is measured along a first direction orthogonal to the channel longitudinal axis between top and bottom walls of the channel, while the width is measured at mid height along a second direction orthogonal to both the channel longitudinal axis and the first direction between side walls; • downstream of the injection plane, the mixing zone cross section decreases and then it increases defining a throat. • the diverging side walls define curved surfaces in the hot gas direction having a constant radius; • the ratio between the width (w) at mid height and height (h) of the channel cross section at the injection plane is substantially equal to 1; wherein the height of the channel cross section is measured along a first direction orthogonal to the channel longitudinal axis between top and bottom walls of the channel, while the width is measured at mid height along a second direction orthogonal to both the channel longitudinal axis and the first direction between side walls; • downstream of the injection plane, the mixing zone cross section decreases and then it increases defining a throat.
A roll suitable for guiding, preferably drying guiding, of a web, preferably a fibrous web, wherein the roll is provided with a rigid and substantially cylindrical roll core which is provided at its jacket with a coating comprising an anti-adhesive top layer for preventing adhesion of stickies, said top layer comprising a fluoropolymer, characterised in that said top layer comprises an inorganic-organic hybrid sol-gel comprising said fluoropolymer, and further preferably comprises silica, more preferably hydrophobic silica.
A process for the bio-based reparation of a concrete element having an element surface with cavities, the process comprising applying a first liquid with a first composition and a second liquid with a second composition to the element surface of the concrete element to provide a combined product to the cavities, wherein the first composition and the second composition are selected to provide gel formation in the cavities after application of one or more of the first liquid and the second liquid to the element surface, wherein the first composition and the second composition are also selected to provide bacterial material, a calcium source, and a nutrient for bacteria in the cavities after application of the first liquid and the second liquid to the element surface, wherein the first liquid at least comprises sodium silicate in an amount of 0.5-20 wt. %, wherein the second liquid at least comprises the calcium source, wherein the nutrient comprises (i) a nitrate compound, (ii) a yeast extract, and (iii) one or more of a lactate and a gluconate, and wherein both the first liquid and the second liquid comprise water.