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An apparatus for distributing solid particles into a tube 10, comprising: a rod, wire or chain; and a plurality of damper members connected to the rod, wire or chain and arranged on the rod, wire or chain to provide substantially circumferential coverage along a longitudinal length of the tube, wherein individual ones of the plurality of damper members are axially spaced from one another along the rod, wire or chain and each one extends in a radial direction away from the rod, wire or chain toward an inside diameter of the tube such that the damper member itself lacks substantial coverage of a cross section of the tube, wherein the plurality of damper members are made of plastic, wherein each of the plurality of damper members includes a locking portion that attaches a longitudinal member around the rod, wire or chain, and wherein the longitudinal member passes back through a section of the locking portion to form a loop on one side thereof. a rod, wire or chain; and a plurality of damper members connected to the rod, wire or chain and arranged on the rod, wire or chain to provide substantially circumferential coverage along a longitudinal length of the tube, wherein individual ones of the plurality of damper members are axially spaced from one another along the rod, wire or chain and each one extends in a radial direction away from the rod, wire or chain toward an inside diameter of the tube such that the damper member itself lacks substantial coverage of a cross section of the tube, wherein the plurality of damper members are made of plastic, wherein each of the plurality of damper members includes a locking portion that attaches a longitudinal member around the rod, wire or chain, and wherein the longitudinal member passes back through a section of the locking portion to form a loop on one side thereof.
Method of manufacture of a hydrofluoroalkane which hydrofluoroalkane contains at least one Lewis acid, in particular iron compounds,comprising the use of a Lewis base as stabilizer of the hydrofluoroalkanein which the Lewis base is isopropanol, and in which from 1 to 10 000 mg of Lewis base is used per kg of hydrofluoroalkane.
A user equipment configured to use a plurality of communication services of a mobile communication network, wherein the plurality of communication services are provided by a plurality of network slices of the mobile communication network and wherein access to the plurality of network slices is controlled by a plurality of access and mobility management functions, AMFs, (205a-c) including a first AMF and a second AMF, implemented in the mobile communication network, wherein the user equipment is configured to register to the second AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the second AMF, while being registered to the first AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the first AMF, wherein the user equipment is configured to access the one or more slices associated with the second AMF and the one or more slices associated with the first AMF via a single AN. the user equipment is configured to register to the second AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the second AMF, while being registered to the first AMF for using one or more of the communication services provided by the one or more network slices associated with the first AMF, wherein the user equipment is configured to access the one or more slices associated with the second AMF and the one or more slices associated with the first AMF via a single AN.
The use of herbicide combinations for controlling harmful plants in cotton crops, wherein the herbicide combination in question has an active content of a broad-spectrum herbicide from the group of the compounds which consists of imazamox, imazapic, imazetaphyr and their salts, and a herbicide from the group of the compounds which consists of clomazone fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, haloxyfop-P-methyl, sethoxydim and clethodim and the cotton crops are tolerant to the herbicides and contained in the combination, if appropriate in the presence of safeners. a broad-spectrum herbicide from the group of the compounds which consists of imazamox, imazapic, imazetaphyr and their salts, and a herbicide from the group of the compounds which consists of clomazone fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, haloxyfop-P-methyl, sethoxydim and clethodim clomazone fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, haloxyfop-P-methyl, sethoxydim and clethodim
A device for preparing one, two or more aqueous solutions intended to be sprayed simultaneously or alternatively, using a spray nozzle boom comprised of several boom sections (4,5) connected in series or in parallel, on a surface such as a cultivated soil, from a mixture of water and of two, three or more additive products, of the type comprising: a main water tank; • a pump adapted to be connected to each section of the spray nozzle boom; • a first pipe connecting the water tank to said pump, • a second pipe dividing into as many parallel branches connecting the outlet of said pump to each boom section (4,5) and provided at each branch with a check valve (49,50) followed by an injection point (44,45); • at least two additive product tanks (10,11); • means for metering the amount of each additive product to be injected into the second pipe to be mixed with water, wherein said means carry out successive batches of different premixtures of water and additive products, wherein each premixture corresponds to an amount of additive products so that these premixtures may be different according to the sections in which they will be injected on the one hand, that they are dosage-modulated in order to obtain on each boom section an ad hoc concentration of additive products in accordance with the predetermined concentration on the other hand, and wherein said device comprises two, three or more buffer tanks (29,30) adapted to each receive successive premixture batches, and the output of which is connected for each one to a pump and then to the injection points (44,45) of the branches of the second pipe in order to be able to supply one or more boom sections with premixture, and finally that, after the addition of water to the premixture, by the pump, a constant spray pressure is obtained on each boom section. • a pump adapted to be connected to each section of the spray nozzle boom; • a first pipe connecting the water tank to said pump, • a second pipe dividing into as many parallel branches connecting the outlet of said pump to each boom section (4,5) and provided at each branch with a check valve (49,50) followed by an injection point (44,45); • at least two additive product tanks (10,11); • means for metering the amount of each additive product to be injected into the second pipe to be mixed with water,
- A hob used on a countertop or a stove in a freestanding or built-in manner comprising a casing; a top plate; a plurality of heating zones which are disposed on the top plate; a plurality of heating members which are provided in the heating zones; and a toaster which is disposed into a compartment formed under a heating zone on the top plate inside the casing and which has a lower unit embedded and fixed into the compartment and an upper unit pivotally connected to the lower unit by means of a hinge from an edge thereof so as to rotate around the horizontal axis and to be opened/closed on the lower unit, characterized by the toaster comprising a lid which is provided on the upper unit, which is produced by cutting out a heating zone from the top plate or as a separate piece from the top plate, which is separated from the top plate plane by being lifted from one edge thereof and which becomes coplanar with the top plate by being closed onto the compartment, the hob being further characterized by at least one retracting mechanism which extends vertically from the base of the compartment towards the upper unit, which bears against the lower surface of the front side of the lid, which enables the upper unit to be pushed upwards so as to stand ajar on the lower unit when the lid is pushed down once and which shifts to the push-in position when the lid is pushed for the second time so as to enable the lid to be kept coplanar with the top plate, wherein the retracting mechanism functions as a switch and enables the toaster to be energized when the lid is lifted and the energy of the toaster to be cut off when the lid is closed.
A composition comprising a) a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles having one or more structural units of i) a polyurea macromer; and ii) an acrylate, a methacrylate, a vinyl ester, or a styrene monomer, or a combination thereof; and/or b) an aqueous mixture of a i) polyurea macromer particles and b) acrylate, methacrylate, vinyl ester, or styrenic polymer particles, or a combination thereof, wherein the polyurea macromer is characterized by the following formula I: wherein n is 1 to 20; R 1, R 2, and R 3 are each independently a C 2 -C 20 alkanediyl group, a C 3 -C 20 cycloalkanediyl group, a C 6 -C 20 arenediyl group, or a C 7 -C 20 aralkanediyl group; X and Y are independently O or NR 4, wherein R 4 is H or C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of X and Y is NH; at least one of A 1 and A 2 is -C - m R 5; -CH 2 CH R 6; -CR 7 =CH-C O(CH 2) p R 8; -C -Y'-(CH 2) p R 9; or CH 2 -CH 2 -C -O-R 10; wherein each R 5 is independently a C 2 -C 20 alkyl group, a C 3 -C 20 cycloalkyl group, a C 6 -C 20 aryl group, or a C 7 -C 20 aralkyl group, with the proviso that at least one R 5 is functionalized with a carboxylic acid group or a polymerizable olefin group or both; each R 6 is independently -CH 2 -acrylate, -CH 2 -methacrylate, or - (CH 2) p -COOH; each R 7 is independently H or CH 3; each R 8 is independently an acrylate group, a methacrylate group, or COOH; each R 9 is independently an acrylate group or a methacrylate group; each R 10 is independently H or -CH 2 CH=CH 2; Y' is O or NR 4; m is 0 or 1; each p is independently from 2 to 6; and the compound has an M n in the range of 500 to 8,000 Daltons. wherein n is 1 to 20; R 1, R 2, and R 3 are each independently a C 2 -C 20 alkanediyl group, a C 3 -C 20 cycloalkanediyl group, a C 6 -C 20 arenediyl group, or a C 7 -C 20 aralkanediyl group; X and Y are independently O or NR 4, wherein R 4 is H or C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of X and Y is NH; at least one of A 1 and A 2 is -C - m R 5; -CH 2 CH R 6; -CR 7 =CH-C O(CH 2) p R 8; -C -Y'-(CH 2) p R 9; or CH 2 -CH 2 -C -O-R 10; wherein each R 5 is independently a C 2 -C 20 alkyl group, a C 3 -C 20 cycloalkyl group, a C 6 -C 20 aryl group, or a C 7 -C 20 aralkyl group, with the proviso that at least one R 5 is functionalized with a carboxylic acid group or a polymerizable olefin group or both; each R 6 is independently -CH 2 -acrylate, -CH 2 -methacrylate, or - (CH 2) p -COOH; each R 7 is independently H or CH 3; each R 8 is independently an acrylate group, a methacrylate group, or COOH; each R 9 is independently an acrylate group or a methacrylate group; each R 10 is independently H or -CH 2 CH=CH 2; Y' is O or NR 4; m is 0 or 1; each p is independently from 2 to 6; and the compound has an M n in the range of 500 to 8,000 Daltons.
A method of screening a subject for at least one genetic variation that disrupts or modulates one or more genes of a panel, comprising: assaying a genetic sample obtained from the subject for the at least one genetic variation in the genes of the panel, said panel being a panel of genomic DNA (gDNA) variation biomarkers for a Pervasive Developmental Disorder or a Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) characterised in that the panel comprises at least one low frequency gDNA variation biomarkers for each of a plurality of genetic loci, said low frequency gDNA variation biomarkers occurring at a frequency of 0.1% or less in a population of subjects without a diagnosis of the PDD or PDD-NOS, the genetic loci being selected from the following genes: SYAP1, CHRNB3, RERE, ROBO2, ZBTB20, ADAM7, ASMTL, CECR2, CETN2, CIB2, CLIC5, CTNNA2, DAGLA, FGA, GRID2, GRM8, LOC100653515, LRRC7, MTHFD1, MYH10, NCKAP5, NDEL1, NDST1, NF1, NFIB, NSDHL, NXPH1, P2RY8, PIN1L, POT1, PRDX1, PRKCI, PTPN9, RAP1B, SAE1, SHROOM3, SLIT2, SORCS3, TIMP2, TRAP1, VPS11, WASF2, WWTR1, YWHAE, ZNF185 and ZNF517, wherein the at least one gDNA variation is a CNV of SEQID NOs 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26, 32, 33, 35 to 51, 53 to 58, or 60 to 76, or wherein the variation results in a nonsense or frameshift mutation in one of the said genes.
A heat-transfer plate that is fixable to a printed circuit board mounted with a heating component and that radiates heat from the heating component, the heat-transfer plate comprising: a pool portion configured to have a partially-depressed surface and to be loaded with thermally-conductive resin that is in contact with the heating component so as to transfer the heat from the heating component to the heat-transfer plate; a resin-amount check portion configured to have a plurality of depths and to be disposed at a position where the thermally-conductive resin is viewable in a state where the printed circuit board is fixed to the heat-transfer plate; a levee portion configured to be provided between the pool portion and the resin-amount check portion and to suppress flow of the thermally-conductive resin toward the resin-amount check portion; and a flow channel (5, 28) configured to be provided between the pool portion and the resin-amount check portion and to serve as a path through which the thermally-conductive resin flowing into the resin-amount check portion from the pool portion travels. a pool portion configured to have a partially-depressed surface and to be loaded with thermally-conductive resin that is in contact with the heating component so as to transfer the heat from the heating component to the heat-transfer plate; a resin-amount check portion configured to have a plurality of depths and to be disposed at a position where the thermally-conductive resin is viewable in a state where the printed circuit board is fixed to the heat-transfer plate; a levee portion configured to be provided between the pool portion and the resin-amount check portion and to suppress flow of the thermally-conductive resin toward the resin-amount check portion; and a flow channel (5, 28) configured to be provided between the pool portion and the resin-amount check portion and to serve as a path through which the thermally-conductive resin flowing into the resin-amount check portion from the pool portion travels.
Device for massaging a living subject to be treated, comprising a hollow body (10, 10a, 10b, 10c) delimiting an internal volume (5, 5a, 5b, 5c) by a lateral wall (3, 3a, 3b, 3c) and a connecting wall (4, 106), whereby the lateral wall extends between the connecting wall and a peripheral edge (1, 2a, 2b, 2c) intended to be held on an area of the skin of the subject to be treated, the internal volume being connected to a suction system in order to constitute, by holding the peripheral edge against the skin, at least one suction chamber (5, 5a, 5c) capable of being placed under negative pressure relative to the environment of the device, the hollow body including, in its internal volume, at least one internal support (6, 7, 6a, 7a, 6b, 7b, 6c) capable of compressing the skin of the subject to be treated when the internal volume is connected to the reduced treatment pressure P 1 established by the suction system, characterized in that: the hollow body (10,10a, 10b, 10c) is secured to an actuator (11,28,211) having a movable portion which may apply on the skin, through said hollow body, a compression force F applied in a continuous manner, variable or not, the value of which does not depend on the pressure P1. the hollow body (10,10a, 10b, 10c) is secured to an actuator (11,28,211) having a movable portion which may apply on the skin, through said hollow body, a compression force F applied in a continuous manner, variable or not, the value of which does not depend on the pressure P1.
A method of forming homoallylic compounds 2 from cyclopropylvinyl precursors 1 in the presence of a Bronsted acid HQ wherein, the Bronsted acid HQ is selected from R'CO 2 H and/ or a hydrogen halide selected from HCl, HBr or HI, wherein R is a C 1-30 cyclic, polycyclic or acyclic alkyl residue, or an aryl or polyaryl residue, each of which may be saturated or unsaturated, branched or linear, and substituted or unsubstituted; R' is a C 1-30 alkyl or aryl residue, which may be linear or branched and may be substituted or unsubstituted, and wherein Q is R'CO 2 and/or a halide atom.
Milling tool of hard metal comprising a cylindrical shaft and a cutter head which is coated or charged with hard mineral, in particular diamond, adapted for spot facing work pieces of glasshard material, said cutter head being a toroidal or spherical cutter of which the curved edge has a radius (r) and which is coated or charged with hard mineral up to a length (s) composed of said radius (r) and of an additional length (a), characterized in that the additional length (a) is less than said radius (r) and less than 1 mm, that the length (s) determines the cutting zone and the separable section of the cutter head, and that the shaft is provided up to its clamping end with at least one clearance section the diameter of which is smaller than that of the cutter head.
Method for automatically connecting two workpieces by means of fasteners, said fasteners being screws, bolts, pins or nuts, comprising the following steps: • Inserting the fasteners into a fastener nest, the fastener nest having, for insertion of the fasteners, openings that can be blocked and unblocked at their lower ends, • Coupling the fastener nest to a rotatable magazine, which has the same number of openings for receiving the fasteners and beneath which a screw spindle is positioned that can be aligned at any one time with an opening in the magazine, • Unblocking the openings in the fastener nest and thereby transferring the fasteners to the magazine, • Clamping and positioning the fasteners in the magazine, • Supplying the fasteners to the bolting tool, which executes the bolted connection. • Inserting the fasteners into a fastener nest, the fastener nest having, for insertion of the fasteners, openings that can be blocked and unblocked at their lower ends, • Coupling the fastener nest to a rotatable magazine, which has the same number of openings for receiving the fasteners and beneath which a screw spindle is positioned that can be aligned at any one time with an opening in the magazine, • Unblocking the openings in the fastener nest and thereby transferring the fasteners to the magazine, • Clamping and positioning the fasteners in the magazine, • Supplying the fasteners to the bolting tool, which executes the bolted connection.
A roof system comprising: a substrate and a thermoplastic membrane adhered to the substrate, where the thermoplastic membrane includes one or more layers that include at least 60% by weight of an ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer based upon the ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer and a complementary thermoplastic material that may be present, where the one or more layers including the ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer includes a first ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer having a melt index of less than 5 g/10 min and a second ethylene-based olefinic block copolymer having a melt index of greater than 5 g/10 min, where the membrane is characterized, prior to being adhered to the substrate, by a storage modulus of less than 450 MPa at 0 °C determined by dynamic mechanical analysis in the machine direction, where at least 50% of the at least one planar surface of the membrane is adhered to the substrate.
A package of absorbent units (5; 11), said package comprising an outer enclosure enclosing said absorbent units (5; 11) and being at least partially non opaque, wherein said outer enclosure has a thickness (t) which is not more than approximately 70 μm, wherein said outer enclosure supports a first graphical item and at least one of said absorbent units (5; 11) supports a second graphical item (9; 9'), characterized in that said absorbent unit (5; 11) supporting said second graphical item (9; 9') is configured so that said second graphical item (9; 9') is positioned in a manner so that it is generally not visible for a viewer from outside the outer enclosure and wherein said second graphical item (9; 9 ') is covered by the first graphical item and wherein said outer enclosure is manufactured from a material with an opacity which is not higher than approximately 70%.
A method for making an anti-bacterial covering panel, comprising the steps of: - preparing a mould; - associating with the mould at least one composite material made by applying at least one layer of particles of photocatalytic material; - associating with the composite material a supporting layer; characterized in that the step of associating at least one composite material comprises the sub-steps of: - distributing a plurality of superposed layers of particles of photocatalytic material; and - distributing on each layer of particles of photocatalytic material a respective layer of resin by spraying the resin onto the layer of particles of photocatalytic material. - preparing a mould; - associating with the mould at least one composite material made by applying at least one layer of particles of photocatalytic material; - associating with the composite material a supporting layer; characterized in that the step of associating at least one composite material comprises the sub-steps of: - distributing a plurality of superposed layers of particles of photocatalytic material; and - distributing on each layer of particles of photocatalytic material a respective layer of resin by spraying the resin onto the layer of particles of photocatalytic material.
A viral vector for use in a method for the prevention, amelioration, or treatment of a disease or condition associated with oxidative stress or inflammation in a subject, wherein the method comprises administration of a therapeutically effective amount of the viral vector to a subject, wherein the viral vector comprises an expression construct comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a recombinant polypeptide, wherein the recombinant polypeptide encoded by the viral vector comprises a cell penetrating peptide and an Nrf2 peptide capable of binding to Keap-1, wherein the Nrf2 peptide is no more than 50 amino acids long and optionally wherein (i) the recombinant polypeptide further comprises a secretion signal; or (ii) the recombinant polypeptide further comprises a secretion signal and a carrier protein; or (iii) the recombinant polypeptide further comprises a secretion signal and a carrier protein, and where the carrier protein and cell penetrating peptide are linked to one another by an enzyme cleavage site; or (iv) the recombinant polypeptide further comprises a secretion signal and a carrier protein, and where the carrier protein and the cell penetrating peptide are linked to one another by an enzyme cleavage site, wherein the enzyme cleavage site is a furin cleavage site. (i) the recombinant polypeptide further comprises a secretion signal; or (ii) the recombinant polypeptide further comprises a secretion signal and a carrier protein; or (iii) the recombinant polypeptide further comprises a secretion signal and a carrier protein, and where the carrier protein and cell penetrating peptide are linked to one another by an enzyme cleavage site; or (iv) the recombinant polypeptide further comprises a secretion signal and a carrier protein, and where the carrier protein and the cell penetrating peptide are linked to one another by an enzyme cleavage site, wherein the enzyme cleavage site is a furin cleavage site.