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An antenna switching arrangement, comprising: an input port; a quadrature arrangement of quadrature transmission lines provided with a first, a second, a third and a fourth junction; a fourth transmission line, wherein the input port is coupled via the fourth transmission line to the fourth junction of the quadrature arrangement of quadrature transmission lines; the first junction provided with a first switch operable to selectively couple the first junction to ground; the second junction provided with a second switch operable to selectively couple the second junction to ground; the third junction provided with a third switch operable to selectively couple the third junction to ground; a first output port; a first transmission line wherein the first junction is coupled via the first transmission line to the first output port; a second output port; a second transmission line wherein the second junction is coupled via the second transmission line to the second output port; a third transmission line; a terminating junction coupled via the third transmission line to the third junction; a fourth switch operable to selectively couple the terminating junction to ground; and a resistor coupled between the terminating junction and ground. an input port; a quadrature arrangement of quadrature transmission lines provided with a first, a second, a third and a fourth junction; a fourth transmission line, wherein the input port is coupled via the fourth transmission line to the fourth junction of the quadrature arrangement of quadrature transmission lines; the first junction provided with a first switch operable to selectively couple the first junction to ground; the second junction provided with a second switch operable to selectively couple the second junction to ground; the third junction provided with a third switch operable to selectively couple the third junction to ground; a first output port; a first transmission line wherein the first junction is coupled via the first transmission line to the first output port; a second output port; a second transmission line wherein the second junction is coupled via the second transmission line to the second output port; a third transmission line; a terminating junction coupled via the third transmission line to the third junction; a fourth switch operable to selectively couple the terminating junction to ground; and a resistor coupled between the terminating junction and ground.
Apparatus for retaining a glass panel, comprising: an anchor member comprising a plurality of prongs (50P1, 50P2, 52P); and a header member for fitting into abutment to the anchor member, the header member comprising a plurality of cavities (50C, 52C), wherein the header member is for fitting into abutment with the anchor member by mating the plurality of prongs with the plurality of cavities, wherein the anchor member is arranged to be attached to a wall; the anchor member includes a channel between at least some of the prongs into which an edge of the glass panel will extend; the header member has an open end arranged to envelope a majority of the anchor member; the header member includes a channel arranged to retain an edge of the glass panel; and the header member is arranged to be slid into relationship with the anchor member such that both the channel of the header member and the channel of the anchor member are aligned along the sides of the upper edge of the glass panel. an anchor member comprising a plurality of prongs (50P1, 50P2, 52P); and a header member for fitting into abutment to the anchor member, the header member comprising a plurality of cavities (50C, 52C), wherein the header member is for fitting into abutment with the anchor member by mating the plurality of prongs with the plurality of cavities, wherein the anchor member is arranged to be attached to a wall; the anchor member includes a channel between at least some of the prongs into which an edge of the glass panel will extend; the header member has an open end arranged to envelope a majority of the anchor member; the header member includes a channel arranged to retain an edge of the glass panel; and the header member is arranged to be slid into relationship with the anchor member such that both the channel of the header member and the channel of the anchor member are aligned along the sides of the upper edge of the glass panel.
Rotor blade of a wind energy plant comprising a longitudinal extension, which extends from a rotor blade root towards a rotor blade tip, wherein the rotor blade comprises an aerodynamic cross section profile in at least one area of its longitudinal extension, which comprises a profile leading edge and a profile trailing edge which are connected by a suction side and a pressure side of the cross section profile, characterized in that the rotor blade comprises a combination profile (20, 30) of a main profile, a forewing arranged before a profile leading edge of the main profile and a flow channel arranged between the forewing and the main profile within a section near a blade tip, wherein vortex generators are arranged in the section near the blade tip on the suction side of the main profile, wherein the forewing comprises a winding, which is adapted to a course of the profile leading edge of the main profile, and/or the forewing is arrow shaped on the blade tip side and/or on the blade root side, wherein the forewing is held by at least one mount at the main profile, which comprises a symmetrical aerodynamic profile within a flow direction in the flow channel.
A method for synthesizing a decursin derivative, comprising: preparing a solution by mixing cinnamyl bromide and an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solvent; preparing a solution by mixing decursinol, a tetrahydrofuran solvent, and sodium hydride (NaH); and obtaining a decursin derivative represented by Chemical Formula 1 by mixing the solutions prepared in and. preparing a solution by mixing cinnamyl bromide and an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solvent; preparing a solution by mixing decursinol, a tetrahydrofuran solvent, and sodium hydride (NaH); and obtaining a decursin derivative represented by Chemical Formula 1 by mixing the solutions prepared in and.
A remote controlled actuator for remote-controlling a tool-holding spindle, which comprises a spindle guide section of an elongated configuration, a distal end member fitted to a tip end of the spindle guide section through a distal end member connecting unit for alteration in attitude, and a drive unit housing to which a base end of the spindle guide section is connected; in which the distal end member rotatably supports the spindle; in which the spindle guide section includes a rotary shaft for transmitting rotation of a tool rotating drive source, provided within the drive unit housing, to the spindle, a guide hole extending through the spindle guide section to opposite ends thereof, and an attitude altering member reciprocally movably inserted within the guide hole for altering the attitude of the distal end member; in which the attitude altering member is, while a tip end thereof is held in contact with the distal end member, selectively advanced or retracted one at a time; in which an attitude altering drive source for selectively advancing or retracting the attitude altering member is provided within the drive unit housing; in which a connection device is provided for detachably connecting the spindle guide section with the drive unit housing; and in which the spindle guide section includes an end portion proximal to the drive unit housing, the end portion being provided with a flange section detachably connected to the drive unit housing.
A method of tracking an object (302; 402), comprising: receiving light from the object at a wide-angle foveated lens, the lens having an optical axis and a surface (108, 106) proximate an object space of the lens having a non-linear peripheral portion and an on-axis portion; directing light received at the on-axis portion onto a central region of a photodetector array located at a focal plane of the lens and directing light received at the non-linear peripheral portion of the lens onto an annular region of the photodetector array; using a processor to: use a location at the annular region of the photodetector array of the light passing through the peripheral portion of the lens to determine a direction of the object with respect to the optical axis of the lens; and using the determined direction to orient the optical axis of the lens toward the object to track the object; and characterized in that the step of determining the direction of the object further comprises summing signal intensities for at least two quadrants of the photodetector array and determining the direction of the object with respect to the optical axis from a difference in the summed signal intensities. receiving light from the object at a wide-angle foveated lens, the lens having an optical axis and a surface (108, 106) proximate an object space of the lens having a non-linear peripheral portion and an on-axis portion; directing light received at the on-axis portion onto a central region of a photodetector array located at a focal plane of the lens and directing light received at the non-linear peripheral portion of the lens onto an annular region of the photodetector array; using a processor to: use a location at the annular region of the photodetector array of the light passing through the peripheral portion of the lens to determine a direction of the object with respect to the optical axis of the lens; and using the determined direction to orient the optical axis of the lens toward the object to track the object; and characterized in that the step of determining the direction of the object further comprises summing signal intensities for at least two quadrants of the photodetector array and determining the direction of the object with respect to the optical axis from a difference in the summed signal intensities. use a location at the annular region of the photodetector array of the light passing through the peripheral portion of the lens to determine a direction of the object with respect to the optical axis of the lens; and using the determined direction to orient the optical axis of the lens toward the object to track the object; and characterized in that the step of determining the direction of the object further comprises summing signal intensities for at least two quadrants of the photodetector array and determining the direction of the object with respect to the optical axis from a difference in the summed signal intensities.
A method for verifying that a kick or loss detected by surface monitoring equipment has occurred, the method comprising: receiving, with a verifier controller, an input signal comprising notification that a kick or a loss has been detected in a borehole penetrating the earth during a time interval when drilling fluid is not being pumped into a drill string disposed in the borehole, the kick or loss being detected by the surface equipment; sensing a pressure in the borehole using a pressure sensor disposed in the borehole on the drill string to provide sensed pressure readings; comparing the sensed pressure readings to an upper threshold and a lower threshold using the verifier controller; verifying that a kick has occurred if the notification comprises a kick detection and the sensed pressure readings are above the upper threshold using the verifier controller; verifying that a loss has occurred if the notification comprises a loss detection and the sensed pressure readings are below the lower threshold using the verifier controller; and transmitting, using the verifier controller, an output signal to a signal receiving device upon verification that the kick or loss has occurred, the signal comprising verification of the kick or loss. receiving, with a verifier controller, an input signal comprising notification that a kick or a loss has been detected in a borehole penetrating the earth during a time interval when drilling fluid is not being pumped into a drill string disposed in the borehole, the kick or loss being detected by the surface equipment; sensing a pressure in the borehole using a pressure sensor disposed in the borehole on the drill string to provide sensed pressure readings; comparing the sensed pressure readings to an upper threshold and a lower threshold using the verifier controller; verifying that a kick has occurred if the notification comprises a kick detection and the sensed pressure readings are above the upper threshold using the verifier controller; verifying that a loss has occurred if the notification comprises a loss detection and the sensed pressure readings are below the lower threshold using the verifier controller; and transmitting, using the verifier controller, an output signal to a signal receiving device upon verification that the kick or loss has occurred, the signal comprising verification of the kick or loss.
A system (10a,10b) for filling a blow-fill-seal container comprising: a first fluid circuit constructed to selectively deliver a purge fluid to an open blow-fill-seal container; a second fluid circuit constructed to selectively deliver a product to the open blow-fill-seal container; a third fluid circuit having a vent line in fluid communication with the open blow-fill-seal container and to ambient, wherein the third fluid circuit is constructed to direct a bulk fluid comprising at least the purge fluid from the blow-fill-seal container when the purge fluid is introduced into the blow-fill-seal container, and wherein the second circuit is constructed to selectively deliver product when the first fluid circuit selectively does not deliver the purge fluid and wherein the second circuit is constructed to selectively not deliver product when the first circuit selectively delivers the purge fluid, characterized in that the first circuit is constructed to deliver purge fluid to the open blow-fill-seal container based upon a cleanliness of the bulk fluid; and the system further comprises: a monitoring device in fluid communication with the vent line, and the monitoring device is constructed to receive at least a portion of the bulk fluid and monitor the bulk fluid vented from the third fluid circuit, wherein the monitoring device includes a particle size detector that detects a size of particles in the bulk fluid monitored by the monitoring device and the monitoring device is constructed to determine the size of particles in the bulk flow, and the first circuit is constructed to deliver purge fluid to the open blow-fill-seal container based upon the particle size determined by the monitoring device. a monitoring device in fluid communication with the vent line, and the monitoring device is constructed to receive at least a portion of the bulk fluid and monitor the bulk fluid vented from the third fluid circuit, wherein the monitoring device includes a particle size detector that detects a size of particles in the bulk fluid monitored by the monitoring device and the monitoring device is constructed to determine the size of particles in the bulk flow, and the first circuit is constructed to deliver purge fluid to the open blow-fill-seal container based upon the particle size determined by the monitoring device.
A method of predicting the likelihood of long-term survival of a breast cancer patient without recurrence of breast cancer, following surgical excision of the primary tumour, comprising: determining the level of the RNA transcript of GSTM1 in a breast cancer tissue sample obtained from the patient, normalized against the expression level of all RNA transcripts assayed in the sample, or against a reference set of RNA transcripts, wherein increased normalized level of the RNA transcript of GSTM1 compared to the normalized level of the RNA transcript of GSTM1 in a breast cancer tissue reference set indicates an increased likelihood of long-term survival without breast cancer recurrence. determining the level of the RNA transcript of GSTM1 in a breast cancer tissue sample obtained from the patient, normalized against the expression level of all RNA transcripts assayed in the sample, or against a reference set of RNA transcripts, wherein increased normalized level of the RNA transcript of GSTM1 compared to the normalized level of the RNA transcript of GSTM1 in a breast cancer tissue reference set indicates an increased likelihood of long-term survival without breast cancer recurrence.
Moulding tool for producing a fibre composite component, said fibre composite component being formed in the moulding tool by infiltration of a semifinished fibre product with a matrix resin and polymerization of the matrix resin, said moulding tool having a) a semifinished fibre product region, into which the semifinished fibre product is introduced into the moulding tool, and b) at least one seal for the vacuum-tight or pressure-tight closure of the semifinished fibre product region, characterized in that c) a resin brake is provided between the semifinished fibre product region and the at least one seal and is designed to take up matrix resin during the infiltration of the semifinished fibre product introduced in the semifinished fibre product region with the matrix resin, the resin brake containing a nonwoven material and/or felt material. a) a semifinished fibre product region, into which the semifinished fibre product is introduced into the moulding tool, and b) at least one seal for the vacuum-tight or pressure-tight closure of the semifinished fibre product region, characterized in that c) a resin brake is provided between the semifinished fibre product region and the at least one seal and is designed to take up matrix resin during the infiltration of the semifinished fibre product introduced in the semifinished fibre product region with the matrix resin, the resin brake containing a nonwoven material and/or felt material.
A catheter assembly, comprising an inner liner made of flexible material, and an outer layer having a steering mechanism, the steering mechanism comprising at least one pull wire, and a corresponding lumen for each of the at least one pull wire through which the pull wire travels, wherein the outer layer comprises a braided wire assembly that includes at least two wires braided into a wire mesh, characterized in that the outer layer comprises a see-through portion positioned proximate a pull wire extraction location and configured to facilitate extraction. at least one pull wire, and a corresponding lumen for each of the at least one pull wire through which the pull wire travels,
Structure (1, 102) that is suitable to form part of a floor, a sidewall or a ceiling of a gangway, which gangway is suitable to connect a first car with a second car and to allow passage of passengers from the first car to the second car, comprising a first elongated panel that extends along a first longitudinal axis and a second elongated panel that extends along a second longitudinal axis and an elongated end-panel that extends along a third longitudinal axis, the first elongated panel, the second elongated panel and the elongated end-panel each having a front end (12, 13, 14) and a back end respectively as well as each having a front and a back (9,10,11), whereby the end-panel is the last panel in the row of elongated panels (2,4,6), characterized in that the first elongated panel overlaps the second elongated panel such that the back end of the first elongated panel is in front of the front of the second elongated panel and the front end of the second elongated panel is behind the back of the first elongated panel and the second elongated panel overlaps the elongated end-panel such that the back end of the second elongated panel is in front of the front of the elongated end-panel and the front end of the elongated end-panel is behind the back of the second elongated panel, or the first elongated panel overlaps the second elongated panel such that the back end of the first elongated panel is behind the back of the second elongated panel and the front end of the second elongated panel is in front of the front of the first elongated panel and the second elongated panel overlaps the elongated end-panel such that the back end of the second elongated panel is behind the back of the elongated end-panel and the front end of the elongated end-panel is in front of the front of the second elongated panel.
A method of deactivating an electric vacuum pump of a vacuum brake booster of a vehicle, the method comprising: detecting the level of vacuum in the brake booster; detecting ambient atmospheric pressure; using a control system to determine a pump deactivation threshold as a percentage of maximum available vacuum, in accordance with the detected atmospheric pressure; deactivating said pump when said level reaches said deactivation threshold; and wherein the deactivation threshold for all altitudes is a fixed percentage of maximum available vacuum. detecting the level of vacuum in the brake booster; detecting ambient atmospheric pressure; using a control system to determine a pump deactivation threshold as a percentage of maximum available vacuum, in accordance with the detected atmospheric pressure; deactivating said pump when said level reaches said deactivation threshold; and wherein the deactivation threshold for all altitudes is a fixed percentage of maximum available vacuum.
Modified polyolefin particles obtained by grafting a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polar functional group in the same molecule to a polymer including one, or two or more α-olefins selected from C 2-18 α-olefins and having a melting point of not less than 50°C and less than 250°C, the modified polyolefin particles satisfying the following requirements to: the amount of grafting x by the monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polar functional group in the same molecule is not less than 0.5 wt% and not more than 20 wt%; the amount of grafting x (wt%) by the monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polar functional group in the same molecule, and the intrinsic viscosity [η] (dl/g) measured in decalin at 135°C satisfy the relation: log 10 η ≥ 0.1 − 0.15 ⁢ x; and the modified polyolef in particles have a gel content of less than 1 wt%; wherein the gel content is determined by placing approximately 0.3 g of the modified polyolefin particles into a 330 mesh metal gauge, adding 100 ml of xylene to the modified polyolefin particles in the gauge, heating the mixture under reflux for 2 hours, and calculating a ratio of the weight of undissolved components retained in the metal gauge to the weight of the whole of the modified polyolefin particles, and is obtained as the ratio, and wherein the polymer is selected from the group consisting of propylene homopolymer, propylene·ethylene random copolymer, propylene·butene random copolymer, propylene·ethylene·butene random copolymer, butene homopolymer, butene·ethylene random copolymer, butene·propylene random copolymer, butene·ethylene·propylene random copolymer, 4-methylpentene-1 homopolymer, random copolymer of 4-methylpentene-1 and propylene, random copolymer of 4-methylpentene-1 and hexene-1, random copolymer of 4-methylpentene-1 and decene-1, random copolymer of 4-methylpentene-1 and tetradecene, random copolymer of 4-methylpentene-1 and hexadecene-1, random copolymer of 4-methylpentene-1 and octadecene-1, and random copolymer of 4-methylpentene-1, hexadecene-1 and octadecene-1. the amount of grafting x by the monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polar functional group in the same molecule is not less than 0.5 wt% and not more than 20 wt%; the amount of grafting x (wt%) by the monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polar functional group in the same molecule, and the intrinsic viscosity [η] (dl/g) measured in decalin at 135°C satisfy the relation: log 10 η ≥ 0.1 − 0.15 ⁢ x; and the modified polyolef in particles have a gel content of less than 1 wt%;