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An implantable magnetic transducer arrangement for a hearing implant in a recipient patient, the arrangement comprising: an implant housing hermetically encapsulating an interior housing volume and fixedly attached to skull bone beneath the skin of the patient; a magnetic transducer within the housing volume having: i. a plurality of permanent magnets (201, 202, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802, 901) wherein adjacent magnets have opposite magnetic polarities; and ii. one or more suspension elements (203, 703, 803, 902) resiliently coupling adjacent magnets (201, 202, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802, 901) to allow their relative movement; wherein the magnetic transducer forms a coupled oscillating system with an external magnetic drive component above the skin of the patient to develop a mechanical stimulation signal to the implant housing for delivery by bone conduction of the skull bone as an audio signal to the cochlea of the patient. an implant housing hermetically encapsulating an interior housing volume and fixedly attached to skull bone beneath the skin of the patient; a magnetic transducer within the housing volume having: i. a plurality of permanent magnets (201, 202, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802, 901) wherein adjacent magnets have opposite magnetic polarities; and ii. one or more suspension elements (203, 703, 803, 902) resiliently coupling adjacent magnets (201, 202, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802, 901) to allow their relative movement; i. a plurality of permanent magnets (201, 202, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802, 901) wherein adjacent magnets have opposite magnetic polarities; and ii. one or more suspension elements (203, 703, 803, 902) resiliently coupling adjacent magnets (201, 202, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802, 901) to allow their relative movement; wherein the magnetic transducer forms a coupled oscillating system with an external magnetic drive component above the skin of the patient to develop a mechanical stimulation signal to the implant housing for delivery by bone conduction of the skull bone as an audio signal to the cochlea of the patient.
A wind turbine blade including a structure made of a fibre reinforced polymer material including a polymer matrix and fibre reinforcement material embedded in the polymer matrix, wherein the fibre reinforcement material includes carbon fibres, characterised in that the carbon fibres have been produced by carbonisation of a precursor to a carbonisation degree of 60% to 80%.
A connection assembly comprising a motor vehicle fluid line and a connection fitting, wherein the motor vehicle fluid line includes an inner tube made of aluminum, wherein the connection fitting is in contact with said inner tube, and wherein at least the surface of the connection fitting consists of aluminum, at least in the region of the contact surface or contact surfaces, between the connection fitting and the inner tube, wherein the fluid line has a flange, at least at one fluid line end, and the connection fitting has a hole, through which hole the fluid line extends, and wherein a front end and/or a stop face of the connection fitting rests against the flange or against the flange rear side of the flange, and that at least the front end of the connection fitting is made of aluminum or has a coating from aluminum, characterized in that a plastic coating, in particular a coating from polyamide, is applied onto outer surface of the inner tube, and that the inner tube is a single- or double-rolled tube.
A profile for the manufacture of window and door frameworks and casings, comprising: - at least one profiled element which has at least a first surface to be at least partly covered and is coupleable to other profiled elements to define a frame of window and door frameworks and casings; - at least one film having at least a second surface at least partly associated with said first surface by means of adhesive means; characterized by the fact that it comprises at least one granular material positioned between said profiled element and said film and distributed on at least one portion of at least one of said first surface and said second surface. - at least one profiled element which has at least a first surface to be at least partly covered and is coupleable to other profiled elements to define a frame of window and door frameworks and casings; - at least one film having at least a second surface at least partly associated with said first surface by means of adhesive means;
A nuclear fusion reactor first wall component provided with a stack successively comprising: - a copper alloy element, - an intermediate metal layer formed by niobium and - a beryllium element, directly in contact with the intermediate metal layer, characterized in that the stack comprises a mechanical stress-reducing layer, formed by copper, arranged between the intermediate metal layer and the copper alloy element, and in that the stack comprises an additional intermediate layer formed by a nickel and copper alloy and arranged between the intermediate metal layer and the mechanical stress-reducing layer. - a copper alloy element, - an intermediate metal layer formed by niobium and - a beryllium element, directly in contact with the intermediate metal layer,
An apparatus comprising means configured to: obtain two or more microphone audio signals; analyse the two or more microphone audio signals for a defined noise type; and process the two or more microphone audio signals based on the analysis to generate at least one audio signal suitable for automatic speech recognition; characterized in that the means configured to analyse the two or more microphone audio signals for the defined noise type is configured to: determine energy estimates for the two or more microphone audio signals; determine correlation estimates between pairs of the two or more microphone audio signals; determine a noise estimate for the defined noise type based on the energy estimates for the two or more microphone audio signals and the correlation estimates between pairs of the two or more microphone audio signals; and determine a noise frequency threshold for the defined noise type below which the defined noise type noise is a dominant disturbance based on the noise estimate for the defined noise type, the energy estimates for the two or more microphone audio signals and the correlation estimates between pairs of the two or more microphone audio signals. obtain two or more microphone audio signals; analyse the two or more microphone audio signals for a defined noise type; and process the two or more microphone audio signals based on the analysis to generate at least one audio signal suitable for automatic speech recognition; characterized in that the means configured to analyse the two or more microphone audio signals for the defined noise type is configured to: determine energy estimates for the two or more microphone audio signals; determine correlation estimates between pairs of the two or more microphone audio signals; determine a noise estimate for the defined noise type based on the energy estimates for the two or more microphone audio signals and the correlation estimates between pairs of the two or more microphone audio signals; and determine a noise frequency threshold for the defined noise type below which the defined noise type noise is a dominant disturbance based on the noise estimate for the defined noise type, the energy estimates for the two or more microphone audio signals and the correlation estimates between pairs of the two or more microphone audio signals. determine energy estimates for the two or more microphone audio signals; determine correlation estimates between pairs of the two or more microphone audio signals; determine a noise estimate for the defined noise type based on the energy estimates for the two or more microphone audio signals and the correlation estimates between pairs of the two or more microphone audio signals; and determine a noise frequency threshold for the defined noise type below which the defined noise type noise is a dominant disturbance based on the noise estimate for the defined noise type, the energy estimates for the two or more microphone audio signals and the correlation estimates between pairs of the two or more microphone audio signals.
An inspection device of a steam generator comprising a sealed enclosure housing a plurality of flowing tubes for a first fluid and at least one spacer plate intended for the maintaining of the tubes and having a set of openings for the passage of tubes, the sealed enclosure being intended to house a second fluid, the inspection device including: - a first video probe flexible and with an elongated shape, intended to be inserted in the enclosure of the steam generator by an opening thereof and shaped to be displaceable through a fluid passage port delimited by a spacer plate and a flowing tube, the first video probe comprising at least a ferromagnetic element, - a second probe flexible and with an elongated shape, intended to be inserted, through an opening of the enclosure of the steam generator, inside a flowing tube, the second probe comprising at least a permanent magnet (17, 18) arranged to cooperate with at least one ferromagnetic element of the first probe in such a way to perform a driving of the first probe, along the outer surface of a flowing tube, by the second probe, when the second probe is inserted in said flowing tube and displaced inside the latter, and when the first probe is inserted in the enclosure of the steam generator and disposed close to the outer surface of the flowing tube in which the second probe is inserted. - a first video probe flexible and with an elongated shape, intended to be inserted in the enclosure of the steam generator by an opening thereof and shaped to be displaceable through a fluid passage port delimited by a spacer plate and a flowing tube, the first video probe comprising at least a ferromagnetic element, - a second probe flexible and with an elongated shape, intended to be inserted, through an opening of the enclosure of the steam generator, inside a flowing tube, the second probe comprising at least a permanent magnet (17, 18) arranged to cooperate with at least one ferromagnetic element of the first probe in such a way to perform a driving of the first probe, along the outer surface of a flowing tube, by the second probe, when the second probe is inserted in said flowing tube and displaced inside the latter, and when the first probe is inserted in the enclosure of the steam generator and disposed close to the outer surface of the flowing tube in which the second probe is inserted.
Process for the operation of a light system for generating a first and a second light function each with a separate light module (20, 30), where at least the second light function features a modifiable illumination area, where the first light function is a vehicle's low beam and the second function is a vehicle's high beam, where a change in the illumination area of the second light function makes it possible to reduce the glare on the oncoming traffic, involving the following steps: - recognition of an error in the modifiable illumination area of the second light function, - switching off of the light module of the second light function, - continued operation of the light module of the first light function, where the process is executed by a processing unit, where recognition of the error is at least partially performed by active monitoring, e.g. by means of a camera system, of the illumination area generated by the second light function, where the light system features at least one control unit in order to identify the error in the modifiable illumination area of the second light function. - recognition of an error in the modifiable illumination area of the second light function, - switching off of the light module of the second light function, - continued operation of the light module of the first light function,
A bicomponent fibre, particularly for the production of spunbonded non-woven fabrics, having a first component and a second component, wherein the first component has a first polymer and the second component has a second polymer as a constituent, wherein the polymer of one of the two components (2, 3) has been polymerised by means of a metallocene catalyst, wherein the first polymer and the second polymer are polymers of propylene, wherein the polymer of the other component (2, 3) has been polymerised by means of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst and has been subjected to a subsequent visbreaking treatment and wherein the component (2, 3) having the polymer which has been polymerised by means of a metallocene catalyst, forms the external surface of the bicomponent fibre in the cross-section of the fibre, characterised in that the first polymer and the second polymer are constructed from the same monomer.
Performance measurement and service quality monitoring server capable of collecting performance information within a set of equipment over a communication network, this server comprising: - a generic performance model to - produce performance data acquisition requests within said equipment - calculate performance indicators from said performance data, and - supply performance and/or service quality reports, - a dedicated performance model for each type of equipment; for a given equipment, this performance model being capable of acquiring performance data from said equipment given in response to acquisition requests, - an SNMP model, intercalated between the dedicated performance model and the equipment in question, to communicate by SNMP request with an SNMP agent for the equipment in question and transmit performance data received from this equipment in question to the dedicated performance model according to a specific protocol, characterised in that it also comprises, in parallel with the SNMP model, - an interfacing model, known as a CLI model, intercalated between the dedicated performance model and the equipment in question to communicate according to a CLI (Command Line Interface) mechanism with a CLI agent for said equipment in question; this CLI model being capable of generating command scripts to the CLI agent and transmitting performance data received from the equipment in question to the dedicated performance model; this CLI model communicating with the dedicated performance model according to said specific protocol. - a generic performance model to - produce performance data acquisition requests within said equipment - calculate performance indicators from said performance data, and - supply performance and/or service quality reports, - produce performance data acquisition requests within said equipment - calculate performance indicators from said performance data, and - supply performance and/or service quality reports, - a dedicated performance model for each type of equipment; for a given equipment, this performance model being capable of acquiring performance data from said equipment given in response to acquisition requests, - an SNMP model, intercalated between the dedicated performance model and the equipment in question, to communicate by SNMP request with an SNMP agent for the equipment in question and transmit performance data received from this equipment in question to the dedicated performance model according to a specific protocol, - an interfacing model, known as a CLI model, intercalated between the dedicated performance model and the equipment in question to communicate according to a CLI (Command Line Interface) mechanism with a CLI agent for said equipment in question; this CLI model being capable of generating command scripts to the CLI agent and transmitting performance data received from the equipment in question to the dedicated performance model; this CLI model communicating with the dedicated performance model according to said specific protocol.
Use of a steroid-4-carboxylic acid ester of the androst-4-ene-diones, with one acyl group of the carboxylic acid ester where R is selected from alkyl with at least two carbon atoms or cycloalkyl, or with the use of a composition containing these steroid carboxylic acid esters for local topical application for cosmetic purposes, characterised in that the steroid carboxylic acid ester is a derivative of the 4-hydroxyandrostenedione. where R is selected from alkyl with at least two carbon atoms or cycloalkyl, or with the use of a composition containing these steroid carboxylic acid esters for local topical application for cosmetic purposes, characterised in that the steroid carboxylic acid ester is a derivative of the 4-hydroxyandrostenedione.
A passive phase separator comprising: an input conduit including an inlet through which multi-phase flow enters the input conduit; a gas conduit formed at an angle from the input conduit; and a liquid removal chamber formed in line with the input conduit and configured to hold liquid water from the multi-phase flow, wherein the gas conduit is configured to carry gas from the multi-phase flow to a life support environment, the multi-phase flow flows from a condensing heat exchanger to the passive phase separator, a liquid conduit surrounds the liquid removal chamber, wherein the liquid conduit is configured to direct the liquid water to a system that processes the liquid water to produce drinking water, and hydrophilic material defining some or all of a perimeter of the liquid removal chamber, wherein the hydrophilic material is configured to attract and pass through the liquid water. an input conduit including an inlet through which multi-phase flow enters the input conduit; a gas conduit formed at an angle from the input conduit; and a liquid removal chamber formed in line with the input conduit and configured to hold liquid water from the multi-phase flow, wherein the gas conduit is configured to carry gas from the multi-phase flow to a life support environment, the multi-phase flow flows from a condensing heat exchanger to the passive phase separator, a liquid conduit surrounds the liquid removal chamber, wherein the liquid conduit is configured to direct the liquid water to a system that processes the liquid water to produce drinking water, and hydrophilic material defining some or all of a perimeter of the liquid removal chamber, wherein the hydrophilic material is configured to attract and pass through the liquid water.
A fixing member having an endless belt shape, the fixing member comprising a substrate and an elastic layer on the substrate, wherein the elastic layer includes silicone rubber and a filler dispersed in the silicone rubber, and when a thermal conductivity of the elastic layer in a thickness direction is defined as λnd, a thermal conductivity of the elastic layer in a circumferential direction is defined as λtd, and a thermal conductivity of the elastic layer in a width direction is defined as λmd, λnd is 1.30 W/(m · K) or more, and λnd, λtd, and λmd satisfy a relationship shown by the following Expression (a), λ nd > λ md > λ td, characterized in that the filler is metallic silicon or magnesium oxide. wherein the elastic layer includes silicone rubber and a filler dispersed in the silicone rubber, and when a thermal conductivity of the elastic layer in a thickness direction is defined as λnd, a thermal conductivity of the elastic layer in a circumferential direction is defined as λtd, and a thermal conductivity of the elastic layer in a width direction is defined as λmd, λnd is 1.30 W/(m · K) or more, and λnd, λtd, and λmd satisfy a relationship shown by the following Expression (a), λ nd > λ md > λ td, characterized in that the filler is metallic silicon or magnesium oxide.
A process of polymerising at least one olefin in a fluidised bed in a fluidised bed polymerisation reactor comprising a top zone having a generally conical shape, a middle zone in direct contact and below said top zone having a generally cylindrical shape, a bottom zone in direct contact with and below the middle zone and having a generally conical shape and wherein a base of a fluidised bed is formed and wherein the reactor does not comprise a fluidisation grid, the process comprising the steps of (i) passing a first stream of fluidisation gas into the bottom zone; (ii) polymerising at least one olefin in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst in a fluidised bed formed by particles of a polymer of the at least one olefin suspended in an upwards flowing stream of the fluidisation gas in the middle zone, wherein the superficial velocity of the upwards flowing stream of the fluidisation gas in the middle zone has a superficial velocity of from 0.35 to 1.0 m/s; (iii) withdrawing a second stream comprising the fluidisation gas and particles of the polymer of the at least one olefin from the top zone; (iv) passing the second stream into a separation step; (v) withdrawing a third stream comprising the majority of the particles of the polymer of the at least one olefin from the separation step and returning the third stream to the polymerisation reactor through a transfer pipe, characterised in that the process comprises adding a support gas stream to the third stream downstream of the separation step into the transfer pipe, wherein the support gas is an inert gas or the fluidisation gas. (i) passing a first stream of fluidisation gas into the bottom zone; (ii) polymerising at least one olefin in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst in a fluidised bed formed by particles of a polymer of the at least one olefin suspended in an upwards flowing stream of the fluidisation gas in the middle zone, wherein the superficial velocity of the upwards flowing stream of the fluidisation gas in the middle zone has a superficial velocity of from 0.35 to 1.0 m/s; (iii) withdrawing a second stream comprising the fluidisation gas and particles of the polymer of the at least one olefin from the top zone; (iv) passing the second stream into a separation step; (v) withdrawing a third stream comprising the majority of the particles of the polymer of the at least one olefin from the separation step and returning the third stream to the polymerisation reactor through a transfer pipe,
A dry test strip for measuring creatinine characterized by comprising: a support; a reagent layer that is disposed on the support; a reagent holding layer that is disposed on the reagent layer; and a connection layer that is disposed between the reagent layer and the reagent holding layer and connects the reagent layer to the reagent holding layer, characterized in that the reagent layer contains creatininase; the reagent holding layer contains creatinase and sarcosine oxidase; peroxidase, 4-aminoantipyrine, and a hydrogen donor compound are each contained only in any one layer or in both layers of the reagent layer and the reagent holding layer; the connection layer delays arrival of a liquid sample spot-deposited on the reagent holding layer at the reagent layer; and the connection layer comprises an adhesive applied to form a plurality of spots separated from each other, in which there is a part without the adhesive between the spots. a support; a reagent layer that is disposed on the support; a reagent holding layer that is disposed on the reagent layer; and a connection layer that is disposed between the reagent layer and the reagent holding layer and connects the reagent layer to the reagent holding layer, characterized in that the reagent layer contains creatininase; the reagent holding layer contains creatinase and sarcosine oxidase; peroxidase, 4-aminoantipyrine, and a hydrogen donor compound are each contained only in any one layer or in both layers of the reagent layer and the reagent holding layer; the connection layer delays arrival of a liquid sample spot-deposited on the reagent holding layer at the reagent layer; and the connection layer comprises an adhesive applied to form a plurality of spots separated from each other, in which there is a part without the adhesive between the spots.