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An exposure apparatus that is configured to irradiate a substrate with light via a projection optical system and via a liquid, the exposure apparatus comprising: a stage that is capable of moving relative to the projection optical system; an optical member (41, 45, 57, 71, 81, 86, 101, 111) that is provided on the stage and that comprises a first surfaces (41a, 45a, 71a, 81b, 86b, 101a, 111a) and a second surface (41b, 45b, 71b, 81a, 86a, 101b, 111b), the first surface being arranged to come into contact with the liquid in a state of being moved to a position facing the projection optical system, the second surface being arranged to come into contact with a gas and to transmit light, having come from the projection optical system via the liquid and the first surface; and a light-receiving element (42, 53, 63, 72, 82, 87, 102, 112) that comprises a light-receiving surface (42a, 53a, 63a, 72a, 82a, 87a, 102a, 112a), wherein the optical member is configured such that at least a large-angle ray of the light is able to travel from the projection optical system to the second surface without passing through any gas, the large angle ray being defined as a ray of the light having an angle with an optical axis of the projection optical system sufficiently large so as to undergo total reflection at an end surface of the projection optical system when the liquid is absent, wherein the second surface is configured to transmit at least the large-angle ray, and wherein the light-receiving surface is arranged to receive at least the large-angle ray. a stage that is capable of moving relative to the projection optical system; an optical member (41, 45, 57, 71, 81, 86, 101, 111) that is provided on the stage and that comprises a first surfaces (41a, 45a, 71a, 81b, 86b, 101a, 111a) and a second surface (41b, 45b, 71b, 81a, 86a, 101b, 111b), the first surface being arranged to come into contact with the liquid in a state of being moved to a position facing the projection optical system, the second surface being arranged to come into contact with a gas and to transmit light, having come from the projection optical system via the liquid and the first surface; and a light-receiving element (42, 53, 63, 72, 82, 87, 102, 112) that comprises a light-receiving surface (42a, 53a, 63a, 72a, 82a, 87a, 102a, 112a), wherein the optical member is configured such that at least a large-angle ray of the light is able to travel from the projection optical system to the second surface without passing through any gas, the large angle ray being defined as a ray of the light having an angle with an optical axis of the projection optical system sufficiently large so as to undergo total reflection at an end surface of the projection optical system when the liquid is absent, wherein the second surface is configured to transmit at least the large-angle ray, and wherein the light-receiving surface is arranged to receive at least the large-angle ray.
An ultrasonic waveguide, comprising: a shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is configured to couple to an ultrasonic transducer and the distal end defines cylindrical aperture with a flat perpendicular bottom configured to receive a proximal end of a blade; and a blade attached to the shaft, the blade comprising a distal end for treating tissue and a proximal end defining a conical male end defining a flat perpendicular bottom, wherein the conical male end defines a proximal diameter (Φ 1) and a distal diameter (Φ 2), wherein the proximal diameter is larger than the distal diameter, and wherein the conical male end is received into the cylindrical aperture defined by the distal end of the shaft. a shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is configured to couple to an ultrasonic transducer and the distal end defines cylindrical aperture with a flat perpendicular bottom configured to receive a proximal end of a blade; and a blade attached to the shaft, the blade comprising a distal end for treating tissue and a proximal end defining a conical male end defining a flat perpendicular bottom, wherein the conical male end defines a proximal diameter (Φ 1) and a distal diameter (Φ 2), wherein the proximal diameter is larger than the distal diameter, and wherein the conical male end is received into the cylindrical aperture defined by the distal end of the shaft.
An engineered meganuclease that binds and cleaves a recognition sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 4 within a proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene, wherein said engineered meganuclease comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6.
Polypropylene resin pre-foamed particles comprising, as base resin, polypropylene resin that satisfies the following requirements (a) through (c): (a) in cross fractionation chromatography, an amount of components eluted at a temperature of not more than 40°C is not more than 2.0 % by weight; (b) a melting point is not less than 100°C but not more than 160°C, as measured in accordance with the description; and (c) propylene monomer units are present in an amount of not less than 90 mol% but not more than 100 mol%, and olefin units each having a carbon number of 2 or 4 or more are present in an amount of not less than 0 mol % but not more than 10 mol%. (a) in cross fractionation chromatography, an amount of components eluted at a temperature of not more than 40°C is not more than 2.0 % by weight; (b) a melting point is not less than 100°C but not more than 160°C, as measured in accordance with the description; and (c) propylene monomer units are present in an amount of not less than 90 mol% but not more than 100 mol%, and olefin units each having a carbon number of 2 or 4 or more are present in an amount of not less than 0 mol % but not more than 10 mol%.
A damping system, preferably for a vehicle, for vibration damping, preferably torsional vibration damping, and for energy recovery from the vibration damping, comprising a damper and a shaft, the damper comprising at least one rotor (4.1-4.3) which can be rotated by means of the shaft for interacting with at least one damper rotor (3.1-3.3) which can be rotated by means of the shaft, the at least one rotor (4.1-4.3) being configured such that it can swing, with the result that the vibration of the shaft can be damped by means of a relative movement between the at least one rotor (4.1-4.3) and the at least one damper rotor (3.1-3.3) and energy can be recovered, characterized in that at least two rotors (4.1-4.3) differ from one another by way of at least one of the following: - they are mounted with different rigidity such that they can swing, - they have a different pendulum mass, - they have a different length, - they are at distances of different magnitude in their longitudinal direction from the damper rotors (3.1-3.3), - they have a different elasticity; and/or at least two rotors (4.1-4.3) - are configured such that they can swing and/or rotate relative to one another, - are arranged behind one another and preferably in a separated manner from one another, and/or - are coupled to one another and are coupled to the rotational movement of the shaft via one and the same swinging bearing system (5.1-5.3). - they are mounted with different rigidity such that they can swing, - they have a different pendulum mass, - they have a different length, - they are at distances of different magnitude in their longitudinal direction from the damper rotors (3.1-3.3), - they have a different elasticity; and/or at least two rotors (4.1-4.3) - are configured such that they can swing and/or rotate relative to one another, - are arranged behind one another and preferably in a separated manner from one another, and/or - are coupled to one another and are coupled to the rotational movement of the shaft via one and the same swinging bearing system (5.1-5.3).
A method, performed in a network packet routing element, the method comprising: establishing a forwarding information base, FIB, comprising a plurality of FIB entries for forwarding based on a Border Gateway Protocol, BGP, and an Interior Gateway Protocol, IGP, wherein one or more dependent FIB entries comprising BGP route entries are associated with a parent FIB entry comprising an IGP entry for the BGP next hop; establishing a plurality of strict priority queues (304A, 304B), wherein each of the queues has an associated priority; receiving a change to the parent FIB entry; for each of the dependent FIB entries, selecting one of the queues and enqueuing the dependent FIB entries in the selected queues for route resolution, wherein a higher-priority queue is selected when the change to the parent FIB entry is a deletion and a lower-priority queue is selected when the change is a modification; and dequeuing the dependent FIB entries according to a priority order of the queues and performing route resolution for the dequeued entries. establishing a forwarding information base, FIB, comprising a plurality of FIB entries for forwarding based on a Border Gateway Protocol, BGP, and an Interior Gateway Protocol, IGP, wherein one or more dependent FIB entries comprising BGP route entries are associated with a parent FIB entry comprising an IGP entry for the BGP next hop; establishing a plurality of strict priority queues (304A, 304B), wherein each of the queues has an associated priority; receiving a change to the parent FIB entry; for each of the dependent FIB entries, selecting one of the queues and enqueuing the dependent FIB entries in the selected queues for route resolution, wherein a higher-priority queue is selected when the change to the parent FIB entry is a deletion and a lower-priority queue is selected when the change is a modification; and dequeuing the dependent FIB entries according to a priority order of the queues and performing route resolution for the dequeued entries.
Timepiece component (1; 100) comprising a composite piece (2; 102) comprising an upper face (2.1), a lower face (2.2) and an edge (2.3), and being made from a first material and coated with a second material to increase the mechanical strength thereof, at least one part (15; 115) of its edge (2.3) being free of this coating, said timepiece component (1; 100) being characterised in that it comprises a protective member (11; 111) which, as seen from above or from below, extends outside of the edge (2.3) of the piece at said part (15; 115), at least partially covering said part (15; 115).
A combination of agents that inhibit TGFβ for use in the treatment of a fibrotic condition associated with excess accumulation of extracellular matrix in tissues or organs, wherein the combination of agents is for reducing excess accumulation of extracellular matrix associated with TGFβ overproduction and/or activity, in a tissue and/or organ, or at a dermal wound site, wherein the combination of agents that inhibit TGFβ is used in an amount sufficient to inhibit TGFβ overproduction and/or activity, the use of said combination of agents resulting in greater reduction in extracellular matrix accumulation, than when each agent is used separately, whereby the accumulation of extracellular matrix in a tissue and/or organ or wound site is reduced from the level existing at the time of administration of the agents, wherein one agent of the combination is an anti- TGFβ antibody and another agent is Enalapril TM, and wherein the condition is selected from a group consisting of adult or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), fibrotic diseases of the liver, post infarction cardiac fibrosis, fibrocystic diseases such as fibrosclerosis, fibrotic cancers such as cancers of the breast, uterus, pancreas or colon, fibroids, fibroma, fibroadenomas, fibrosarcomas, post myocardial infarction, left ventricular hypertrophy, liver cirrhosis, veno-occlusive disease, post-spinal cord injury, post-retinal and glaucoma surgery, postangioplasty, restenosis, renal interstitial fibrosis, arteriovenous graft failure, excessive scarring such as keloid scars, and scars resulting from injury, bums or surgery.
Method for converting nitrogen (N 2) into nitric acid and/or ammonia comprising the steps: a) compressing air, optionally under removal of condensed water vapor, to a pressure of about 50 atmospheres, cooling the compressed air, preferably to about ambient temperature, separating oxygen (O 2) and nitrogen (N 2) from carbon dioxide (CO 2), storing N 2 and O 2 in a storage tank and preferably storing the heat generated during compression and/or cooling in a heat storage medium; and either b1) reacting oxygen with earth alkaline metal Me, preferably Mg and/or Ca, according to the following equation: 2 Me + O 2 → 2 MeO c1) using the temperature released in step b1) to further react N 2 and O 2 according to the following equations: N 2 + O 2 → 2 NO 2 NO + O 2 → 2 NO 2 3 NO 2 + H 2 O → 2 HNO 3 + NO and/or b2) reacting N 2 obtained in step a) with earth alkaline metal Me, preferably Mg and/or Ca, according to the following equations: 3 Me + N 2 → Me 3 N 2 Me 3 N 2 + 6 H 2 O → 3 Me 2 + 2 NH 3, wherein the earth alkaline metal hydroxides obtained in step b2) are at least partly reacted with nitric acid obtained in step c1) and/or the earth alkaline metal hydroxides obtained in step b2) are at least partly reacted with hydrochloric acid according to the following equation Me 2 + 2 HCl → MeCl 2 + 2 H 2 O wherein the earth alkaline metal chloride is then heated to its melting temperature and electrolyzed MeCl 2 → Me + Cl 2, wherein optionally hydrochloric acid is then prepared by reacting the chlorine gas with hydrogen gas according to the following formula: H 2 + Cl 2 → 2 HCl. a) compressing air, optionally under removal of condensed water vapor, to a pressure of about 50 atmospheres, cooling the compressed air, preferably to about ambient temperature, separating oxygen (O 2) and nitrogen (N 2) from carbon dioxide (CO 2), storing N 2 and O 2 in a storage tank and preferably storing the heat generated during compression and/or cooling in a heat storage medium; and either b1) reacting oxygen with earth alkaline metal Me, preferably Mg and/or Ca, according to the following equation: 2 Me + O 2 → 2 MeO c1) using the temperature released in step b1) to further react N 2 and O 2 according to the following equations: N 2 + O 2 → 2 NO 2 NO + O 2 → 2 NO 2 3 NO 2 + H 2 O → 2 HNO 3 + NO and/or b2) reacting N 2 obtained in step a) with earth alkaline metal Me, preferably Mg and/or Ca, according to the following equations: 3 Me + N 2 → Me 3 N 2 Me 3 N 2 + 6 H 2 O → 3 Me 2 + 2 NH 3, wherein the earth alkaline metal hydroxides obtained in step b2) are at least partly reacted with nitric acid obtained in step c1) and/or the earth alkaline metal hydroxides obtained in step b2) are at least partly reacted with hydrochloric acid according to the following equation Me 2 + 2 HCl → MeCl 2 + 2 H 2 O wherein the earth alkaline metal chloride is then heated to its melting temperature and electrolyzed MeCl 2 → Me + Cl 2, wherein optionally hydrochloric acid is then prepared by reacting the chlorine gas with hydrogen gas according to the following formula: H 2 + Cl 2 → 2 HCl.
A basket lifting-stacking machine comprising two contiguous modules: a lifting module and a stacking module; the lifting module having a shape and dimension suitable for containing inside a supermarket basket and open at the top, at the front and on the side adjacent to the stacking module, comprising a frame and means for moving the frame in the vertical plane by means of a rack-and-pinion transmission system equipped with an electric motor driven by means of a presence or movement sensor, such that the supermarket basket located inside the lifting module can be lifted or lowered; the stacking module having a shape and dimension suitable for vertical stacking of several supermarket baskets units inside and open on the side adjacent to the lifting module; wherein the frame of the lifting module comprises a transmission system by means of an electric motor and the use of conveyor belts and by means of an automated process started by the manual activation of a button, enables the movement of the supermarket basket in the horizontal plane up to the adjacent stacking module to leave the supermarket basket supported by flat bars on a vertical support system, fixed to the upper part of the stacking module, the flat bars moved by two linear actuators; the stacking module comprises a platform, located inside, that can be lifted vertically by means of a scissor system transmission and pick s the supermarket basket when the flat bars are removed by the two linear actuators. the lifting module having a shape and dimension suitable for containing inside a supermarket basket and open at the top, at the front and on the side adjacent to the stacking module, comprising a frame and means for moving the frame in the vertical plane by means of a rack-and-pinion transmission system equipped with an electric motor driven by means of a presence or movement sensor, such that the supermarket basket located inside the lifting module can be lifted or lowered; the stacking module having a shape and dimension suitable for vertical stacking of several supermarket baskets units inside and open on the side adjacent to the lifting module; wherein the frame of the lifting module comprises a transmission system by means of an electric motor and the use of conveyor belts and by means of an automated process started by the manual activation of a button, enables the movement of the supermarket basket in the horizontal plane up to the adjacent stacking module to leave the supermarket basket supported by flat bars on a vertical support system, fixed to the upper part of the stacking module, the flat bars moved by two linear actuators; the stacking module comprises a platform, located inside, that can be lifted vertically by means of a scissor system transmission and pick s the supermarket basket when the flat bars are removed by the two linear actuators.
A vascular prosthesis comprising: a first flexible stent having a lattice structure with a compacted configuration and an expanded configuration; a second flexible stent inside the first flexible stent to form a tubular structure, the second flexible stent having a lattice structure with a compacted configuration and an expanded configuration; a first film layer of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sandwiched between the first and second flexible stents (42,40); and a second film layer of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sandwiched between the first and second flexible stents (42,40), the second layer having a higher rigidity and a lower plasticity than the first layer, wherein the first film layer and second film layer are circumferentially positioned relative to each other in a first circumferential position when the first and second flexible stents (42,40) are in the compacted configuration and are circumferentially positioned relative to each other in a second circumferential position which is different from the first circumferential position when the first and second flexible stents (42,40) are in the expanded configuration. a first flexible stent having a lattice structure with a compacted configuration and an expanded configuration; a second flexible stent inside the first flexible stent to form a tubular structure, the second flexible stent having a lattice structure with a compacted configuration and an expanded configuration; a first film layer of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sandwiched between the first and second flexible stents (42,40); and a second film layer of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene sandwiched between the first and second flexible stents (42,40), the second layer having a higher rigidity and a lower plasticity than the first layer, wherein the first film layer and second film layer are circumferentially positioned relative to each other in a first circumferential position when the first and second flexible stents (42,40) are in the compacted configuration and are circumferentially positioned relative to each other in a second circumferential position which is different from the first circumferential position when the first and second flexible stents (42,40) are in the expanded configuration.
An electronic connector (100, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800), the electronic connector (100, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800) being configured for removable insertion into an electronic receptacle, comprising: a plug (104, 804, 1904), the plug (104, 804, 1904) including: (a) a flexible region (130, 1930) including a flexible beam, wherein the flexible region (130, 1930) is formed of a flexible material, and (b) a rigid region (140, 1940a, 1940b), wherein the rigid region (140, 1940a, 1940b) comprises a contact carrier (150, 1450), wherein the electronic connector (100, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800) further comprises a plurality of exposed contacts mounted on the contact carrier (150, 1450), and wherein the flexible region (130, 1930) is formed of one or more materials having a hardness of between 60-100 Shore A so as to support flexing of the plug (104, 804, 1904) up to an angle of at least +/- 10 degrees from a natural state, characterized in that the electronic connector (100, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800) comprises a housing (102, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902); wherein the plug (104, 804, 1904) extends from the housing (102, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902), and wherein the flexible beam extends between the housing (102, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902) and the contact carrier (150, 1450), wherein the contact carrier (150, 1450) comprises a plurality of platforms separated by a plurality of recesses that are recessed with respect to the platforms, and wherein the flexible material at least partially fills the plurality of recesses. a plug (104, 804, 1904), the plug (104, 804, 1904) including: (a) a flexible region (130, 1930) including a flexible beam, wherein the flexible region (130, 1930) is formed of a flexible material, and (b) a rigid region (140, 1940a, 1940b), wherein the rigid region (140, 1940a, 1940b) comprises a contact carrier (150, 1450), wherein the electronic connector (100, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800) further comprises a plurality of exposed contacts mounted on the contact carrier (150, 1450), and wherein the flexible region (130, 1930) is formed of one or more materials having a hardness of between 60-100 Shore A so as to support flexing of the plug (104, 804, 1904) up to an angle of at least +/- 10 degrees from a natural state, characterized in that the electronic connector (100, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800) comprises a housing (102, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902); wherein the plug (104, 804, 1904) extends from the housing (102, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902), and wherein the flexible beam extends between the housing (102, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902) and the contact carrier (150, 1450), wherein the contact carrier (150, 1450) comprises a plurality of platforms separated by a plurality of recesses that are recessed with respect to the platforms, and wherein the flexible material at least partially fills the plurality of recesses.
Pneumatic vehicle tyre with a tread, comprising profile positives separated from one another by channels and having outer surfaces lying at the periphery of the tread, wherein the profile positives are provided with a number of sipes, which run parallel to one another in plan view within the profile positives and have a width of 0.4 mm to 1.2 mm and a maximum depth of 50% to 100% of the profile depth, and also with a multiplicity of holes, which are circular in plan view, extend from the outer surface, and have at the outer surface a diameter (d L) of 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm, wherein at least most of the holes are arranged in clusters of groups of holes, which respectively comprise at least five holes, at a mutual spacing (a 1) from one another of at most 1.5 mm, wherein the mutual spacing (a 1) is in each case the smallest distance between the circles of the holes, characterized in that the holes have a maximum depth (t L) of 35% to 65% of their diameter (dL).