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A fabric comprising a plurality of porous fibers, wherein the fibers are formed from a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase that includes a polyolefin matrix polymer, and further wherein a microinclusion additive and a nanoinclusion additive are dispersed within the continuous phase in the form of discrete domains, wherein a porous network is defined in the composition that includes a plurality of nanopores having an average cross-sectional dimension of 800 nanometers or less; wherein the microinclusion additive is selected from styrenic copolymers, polytetrafluoroethylenes, polyesters, polyvinyl acetates, polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl butyrals, acrylic resins, polyamides, polyvinyl chlorides, polyvinylidene chlorides, polystyrenes, and polyurethanes; and wherein the nanoinclusion additive is present in the amount of from 0.05 to 10 wt.% of the thermoplastic composition, based on the weight of the continuous phase.
A method for transmitting data to a plurality of data receivers in a communication system, comprising: determining a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, level for data to be sent to the plurality of data receivers (120, 130, 140, 150); generating a codeword including the data and a parity by encoding the data using the determined MCS level; generating code symbols (315-1, 315-3, 315-5, 315-7, 315-9) from the codeword using an incremental redundancy, IR, scheme; and sending each of the code symbols in a corresponding subframe (317-1, 317-3, 317-5, 317-7, 317-9), wherein determining the MCS level comprises: commanding a first data receiver having the most inferior channel status among the plurality of data receivers to report a channel status with a first periodicity, and commanding the other data receivers to report channel statuses with a second periodicity, the first periodicity being shorter than the second periodicity, and determining an MCS level according to the channel status of the first data receiver as the MCS level for the data. determining a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, level for data to be sent to the plurality of data receivers (120, 130, 140, 150); generating a codeword including the data and a parity by encoding the data using the determined MCS level; generating code symbols (315-1, 315-3, 315-5, 315-7, 315-9) from the codeword using an incremental redundancy, IR, scheme; and sending each of the code symbols in a corresponding subframe (317-1, 317-3, 317-5, 317-7, 317-9), wherein determining the MCS level comprises: commanding a first data receiver having the most inferior channel status among the plurality of data receivers to report a channel status with a first periodicity, and commanding the other data receivers to report channel statuses with a second periodicity, the first periodicity being shorter than the second periodicity, and determining an MCS level according to the channel status of the first data receiver as the MCS level for the data. commanding a first data receiver having the most inferior channel status among the plurality of data receivers to report a channel status with a first periodicity, and commanding the other data receivers to report channel statuses with a second periodicity, the first periodicity being shorter than the second periodicity, and determining an MCS level according to the channel status of the first data receiver as the MCS level for the data.
Jig means for bringing a knife blade to be sharpened into controlled engagement with a rotatable grindstone of a grinding machine, wherein the grinding machine is of a type comprising the rotatable grindstone and a support rod, and wherein the support rod is generally parallel to a rotational axis of the rotatable grindstone, and wherein the jig means comprises a jig arm (1; 1A) which is provided with attachment means (2, 3) for its fixed attachment to the support rod in a proper position for the sharpening of the knife blade and - at a distance from the attachment means - further provided with resilient holding means for the knife blade, wherein the resilient holding means are a clamp integral with and generally parallel to the jig arm (1; 1A) such that a knife blade can be inserted sideways into the clamp and be supported by the jig arm (1; 1A) area inside the clamp.
A heat and moisture exchanger (1100, 1200) comprising: alternating layers of water vapour transport membranes with gas flow pathways in between adjacent layers, the flow pathways comprise channels that run through the heat and moisture exchanger over the surface of the membranes, and are sealed such that there is flow of two gas streams (1110, 1120) can be directed through the heat and moisture exchanger without mixing of the two gas streams through the membranes, such that one side of each membrane layer is exposed to one gas stream and the opposing side of the membrane layer is exposed to the other gas stream, wherein the water vapour transport membranes comprise a nanofibrous layer disposed on a porous support layer, wherein the nanofibrous layer is coated with a water permeable polymer, wherein the water permeable polymer fills the nanofibrous layer (311, 321, 341) and binds the nanofibrous layer to the porous support layer, wherein the porous support is a macroporous support (312, 323, 342, 353) with average pore sizes greater than about 10 micron, to sizes lower than 10mm, and wherein the porous support layer (312, 323, 342, 353) is formable and is formed into a three dimensional structure providing the channels. alternating layers of water vapour transport membranes with gas flow pathways in between adjacent layers, the flow pathways comprise channels that run through the heat and moisture exchanger over the surface of the membranes, and are sealed such that there is flow of two gas streams (1110, 1120) can be directed through the heat and moisture exchanger without mixing of the two gas streams through the membranes, such that one side of each membrane layer is exposed to one gas stream and the opposing side of the membrane layer is exposed to the other gas stream, wherein the water vapour transport membranes comprise a nanofibrous layer disposed on a porous support layer, wherein the nanofibrous layer is coated with a water permeable polymer, wherein the water permeable polymer fills the nanofibrous layer (311, 321, 341) and binds the nanofibrous layer to the porous support layer, wherein the porous support is a macroporous support (312, 323, 342, 353) with average pore sizes greater than about 10 micron, to sizes lower than 10mm, and wherein the porous support layer (312, 323, 342, 353) is formable and is formed into a three dimensional structure providing the channels.
A process for treating keratin fibers, comprising: i) a step of applying to the keratin fibers a composition comprising at least one compound of formula: and the solvates thereof such as hydrates; formula wherein: ▪ R 1, R 2 and R 3, which may be identical or different, represent a (C 1 -C 4)alkyl group or (C 1 -C 4)hydroxyalkyl group; ▪ R 4 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C 1 -C 4)alkyl group or a -C R group, wherein R is a (C 1 -C 3)alkyl group; ▪ R 5 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C 1 -C 4)alkyl group, an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal; ▪ An - represents an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid anion selected from the following compounds of formula: wherein: - n is an integer ranging from 2 to 8; - M represents a hydrogen atom, a negative charge, an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal, preferably a negative charge or a hydrogen atom; ▪ x is a stoichiometric coefficient chosen so as to guarantee the electroneutrality of the compound of formula. i) a step of applying to the keratin fibers a composition comprising at least one compound of formula: and the solvates thereof such as hydrates; formula wherein: ▪ R 1, R 2 and R 3, which may be identical or different, represent a (C 1 -C 4)alkyl group or (C 1 -C 4)hydroxyalkyl group; ▪ R 4 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C 1 -C 4)alkyl group or a -C R group, wherein R is a (C 1 -C 3)alkyl group; ▪ R 5 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C 1 -C 4)alkyl group, an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal; ▪ An - represents an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid anion selected from the following compounds of formula: wherein: - n is an integer ranging from 2 to 8; - M represents a hydrogen atom, a negative charge, an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal, preferably a negative charge or a hydrogen atom; ▪ x is a stoichiometric coefficient chosen so as to guarantee the electroneutrality of the compound of formula. ▪ R 1, R 2 and R 3, which may be identical or different, represent a (C 1 -C 4)alkyl group or (C 1 -C 4)hydroxyalkyl group; ▪ R 4 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C 1 -C 4)alkyl group or a -C R group, wherein R is a (C 1 -C 3)alkyl group; ▪ R 5 represents a hydrogen atom, a (C 1 -C 4)alkyl group, an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal; ▪ An - represents an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid anion selected from the following compounds of formula: wherein: - n is an integer ranging from 2 to 8; - M represents a hydrogen atom, a negative charge, an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal, preferably a negative charge or a hydrogen atom; - n is an integer ranging from 2 to 8; - M represents a hydrogen atom, a negative charge, an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal, preferably a negative charge or a hydrogen atom; ▪ x is a stoichiometric coefficient chosen so as to guarantee the electroneutrality of the compound of formula.
A handheld air purifier, comprising: a suction body having at least one opening provided in a lower surface; a fan (35; 200; 401) to suck air through the lower surface; a filter provided adjacent to the opening to filter foreign matter air suctioned through the opening; and a handle extending rearward from the suction body, wherein the suction body, fan (35; 200; 401), filter, and handle have a total size and weight configured to be carried and held by a user, wherein the suction body includes: a first suction frame forming an outer side surface of the suction body, the first suction frame including at least one slit; and a second suction frame provided on an inner side of the first suction frame, the second suction frame having a protrusion configured to insert through the slit of the first suction surface. a suction body having at least one opening provided in a lower surface; a fan (35; 200; 401) to suck air through the lower surface; a filter provided adjacent to the opening to filter foreign matter air suctioned through the opening; and a handle extending rearward from the suction body, wherein the suction body, fan (35; 200; 401), filter, and handle have a total size and weight configured to be carried and held by a user, wherein the suction body includes: a first suction frame forming an outer side surface of the suction body, the first suction frame including at least one slit; and a second suction frame provided on an inner side of the first suction frame, the second suction frame having a protrusion configured to insert through the slit of the first suction surface. a first suction frame forming an outer side surface of the suction body, the first suction frame including at least one slit; and a second suction frame provided on an inner side of the first suction frame, the second suction frame having a protrusion configured to insert through the slit of the first suction surface.
A method for producing a printing stencil for technical printing for applying a print pattern to a substrate, said method comprising: - providing a carrier layer of said printing stencil, - providing a structure layer of said printing stencil, said structure layer being located below said carrier layer, - making a print image opening which extends in the longitudinal direction and corresponds to at least a part of said print pattern (101, 102), in said structure layer, and - making carrier layer openings in said carrier layer in the region of said print image opening by means of a laser beam which is defocused depending on the width of said carrier layer openings to be made, such that a printing medium can be applied to said substrate through said carrier layer openings and said print image opening. - providing a carrier layer of said printing stencil, - providing a structure layer of said printing stencil, said structure layer being located below said carrier layer, - making a print image opening which extends in the longitudinal direction and corresponds to at least a part of said print pattern (101, 102), in said structure layer, and - making carrier layer openings in said carrier layer in the region of said print image opening by means of a laser beam which is defocused depending on the width of said carrier layer openings to be made, such that a printing medium can be applied to said substrate through said carrier layer openings and said print image opening.
A method for inkjet printing on containers (8, 18), comprising the steps of joining at least a first and a second subprint (1, 2) complementing each other in the printing direction so as to form a print image, wherein the first subprint is printed first starting from a connection area (10, 11) or up to a connection area (10, 11) and the second subprint is printed subsequently with a feed towards the connection area (10, 11) such that the first and second subprints (1, 2) interleavingly overlap in the connection area (10, 11), wherein the printing direction runs laterally about a main axis (8', 18') of the containers (8, 18).
A swap platform support for a layerwise additive manufacturing device that is configured for manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object by a layer-wise solidification of a building material in powder form at the positions in the corresponding layers on a swap platform that correspond to the at least one object, the swap platform support comprising: a clamping device (114, 115, 116) for releasably fixing a position of the swap platform with respect to the position of the swap platform support; a tempering system configured to supply heat energy to at least a part of its surrounding and/or to remove heat energy from at least a part of its surrounding; a pressing device capable of pressing independently from the clamping device (114, 115, 116) at least a part of the tempering system against a swap platform when the same is clamped in the clamping device (114, 115, 116). a clamping device (114, 115, 116) for releasably fixing a position of the swap platform with respect to the position of the swap platform support; a tempering system configured to supply heat energy to at least a part of its surrounding and/or to remove heat energy from at least a part of its surrounding; a pressing device capable of pressing independently from the clamping device (114, 115, 116) at least a part of the tempering system against a swap platform when the same is clamped in the clamping device (114, 115, 116).
Reclining device, comprising a first plate carrying an internal gear and a second plate carrying an external gear, said internal gear being provided with a hub and said external gear comprising a central hole through which said hub of said internal gear is inserted, said internal gear being eccentrically arranged with respect to said external gear so that the teeth of a portion of the outer circumference of said external gear mesh with the teeth of a respective portion of the inner circumference of said internal gear, wherein a bearing is fitted to said central hole of said external gear and a first and second wedge elements (17a, 17b) are arranged in the space between said hub and said bearing, said wedge elements being arranged with their wider portions facing each other near the middle part of said space and with their narrower portions oriented towards respective, opposite ends of said space, wherein a wedge spring is provided for biasing said wedge elements apart from each other, wherein the reclining device further comprise a driver which is configured to act on said the wedge elements (17a, 17b) for allowing the external gear and the internal gear to rotate relative to each other, wherein said reclining device further comprises a lock spring, said lock spring being switchable from a locked state in which it is integral in rotation with said driver to an unlocked state in which it is no longer integral in rotation with said driver, and vice versa, characterized in that said lock spring comprises a wedge engaging element that can be brought to abut and engage said first or said second wedge element and said first and second wedge elements (17a, 17b) correspondingly comprise respective lock spring abutment surfaces (37a, 37b) against which said lock spring can be brought to abut and engage, said lock spring having a body which is made as a thin plate and said wedge engaging element being made as a tab which is bent so to be substantially perpendicular to the plane of said body of said lock spring, and each of said wedge elements (17a, 17b) being provided at its wider end with a sliding surface (39a, 39b), which is substantially parallel to said tab of said lock spring and ends with said abutment surface (37a, 37b) which is substantially perpendicular to said tab of said lock spring, whereby in said locked state rotation of said wedge elements (17a, 17b) is allowed as long as said sliding surface (39a, 39b) of said first or second wedge elements moves relative to said lock spring tab and further rotation of said wedge elements (17a, 17b) is prevented as soon as said lock spring tab abuts and engages with said abutment surface (37a, 37b) of said first or second wedge elements.
An acetabular trial system,comprising: a first reamer, having a first diameter and configured to ream an acetabulum; a second reamer having a second diameter larger than the first diameter and configured to ream the acetabulum; and a liner configured to mate to the second reamer such that when an acetabulum is reamed by the first reamer, the second reamer is sized as a trial shell component, the second reamer being capable of impaction into the acetabulum and reception of the liner such that the liner and the second reamer are configured to trial the acetabulum for size and orientation relative to a femoral component of a hip prosthesis. a first reamer, having a first diameter and configured to ream an acetabulum; a second reamer having a second diameter larger than the first diameter and configured to ream the acetabulum; and a liner configured to mate to the second reamer such that when an acetabulum is reamed by the first reamer, the second reamer is sized as a trial shell component, the second reamer being capable of impaction into the acetabulum and reception of the liner such that the liner and the second reamer are configured to trial the acetabulum for size and orientation relative to a femoral component of a hip prosthesis.
Method for fabrication of a timepiece barrel arbor, in which, in a first wire drawing operation, a bar is drawn to form at least one continuous profile, protruding with respect to a support sector of circular or helical profile about an axis parallel to or coincident with that of said bar, wherein the cross-section of said continuous profile corresponds to the projection, in a plane perpendicular to said axis, of complementary hooking means to be made on said arbor, and in that, in a second, bar turning operation about an axis parallel to or coincident with said axis of said support sector, at the level of said continuous profile upper and lower surfaces delimiting a hook are turned, to cooperate with an eye of a spring, and upper and lower shoulders are turned for guiding the pivoting of said arbor.
A method for controlling a display of an electronic device, comprising: detecting a first input through the display; and dividing (420, 440) a screen area of the display into at least a main screen area, a left-edge area, and a right-edge area based on the first input, wherein one of the left-edge area and the right-edge area is designated as the active area based on touch detection values detected in the left-edge area and the right-edge area; wherein the touch detection values of the left-edge area and right-edge area are compared to determine whether a palm-shaped touch is detected in the left-edge area or the right-edge area, and if a palm-shaped touch is detected, the edge area in which the palm-shaped touch is detected is designated as the active area, and wherein the touch detection values of the left-edge area and the right-edge area are detected with a temporarily increased sensitivity compared to touch detection values in the main screen area. detecting a first input through the display; and dividing (420, 440) a screen area of the display into at least a main screen area, a left-edge area, and a right-edge area based on the first input, wherein one of the left-edge area and the right-edge area is designated as the active area based on touch detection values detected in the left-edge area and the right-edge area; wherein the touch detection values of the left-edge area and right-edge area are compared to determine whether a palm-shaped touch is detected in the left-edge area or the right-edge area, and if a palm-shaped touch is detected, the edge area in which the palm-shaped touch is detected is designated as the active area, and wherein the touch detection values of the left-edge area and the right-edge area are detected with a temporarily increased sensitivity compared to touch detection values in the main screen area.
A method in a network node (5, 100) for scheduling radio resources to a User Equipment, UE, in a wireless communications network, and wherein the UE is being served by the network node (5, 100) and is determined to have enough priority weight for being scheduled in downlink, the method comprises: - retrieving Channel State Information, CSI, for the UE, and wherein the method is characterised by: - determining whether the retrieved CSI for the UE is unreliable; and when so being the case, - retrieving a Scheduling Delay Time, SDT, representing a time for which the network node is allowed to delay a scheduling of radio resources to the UE; - determining whether an updated CSI is due to be reported during the retrieved SDT; and, - scheduling radio resources to the UE based on a result from the determining whether an updated CSI is due to be reported during the retrieved SDT, wherein scheduling radio resources to the UE comprises scheduling radio resource based on the updated CSI when it is determined that the updated CSI is due to be reported during the retrieved SDT. - retrieving Channel State Information, CSI, for the UE, and wherein the method is characterised by: - determining whether the retrieved CSI for the UE is unreliable; and when so being the case, - retrieving a Scheduling Delay Time, SDT, representing a time for which the network node is allowed to delay a scheduling of radio resources to the UE; - determining whether an updated CSI is due to be reported during the retrieved SDT; and, - scheduling radio resources to the UE based on a result from the determining whether an updated CSI is due to be reported during the retrieved SDT, wherein scheduling radio resources to the UE comprises scheduling radio resource based on the updated CSI when it is determined that the updated CSI is due to be reported during the retrieved SDT. - retrieving a Scheduling Delay Time, SDT, representing a time for which the network node is allowed to delay a scheduling of radio resources to the UE; - determining whether an updated CSI is due to be reported during the retrieved SDT; and, - scheduling radio resources to the UE based on a result from the determining whether an updated CSI is due to be reported during the retrieved SDT, wherein scheduling radio resources to the UE comprises scheduling radio resource based on the updated CSI when it is determined that the updated CSI is due to be reported during the retrieved SDT.