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A method of producing recycled pulp fibers from a used absorbent article containing super absorbent polymers, pulp fibers, and excrement, the method comprising: a separation step of separating an inactivating aqueous solution containing the excrement and the pulp fibers, respectively, from a liquid mixture in which the inactivating aqueous solution capable of inactivating the super absorbent polymers and the used absorbent article are mixed together; a viscosity reduction step of mixing a first oxidizing agent capable of decomposing the excrement and the separated inactivating aqueous solution, and decomposing the excrement that is contained in the inactivating aqueous solution to reduce a viscosity of the inactivating aqueous solution; and a resupply step of returning the inactivating aqueous solution containing a decomposition product formed by decomposition of the excrement to the separation step. a separation step of separating an inactivating aqueous solution containing the excrement and the pulp fibers, respectively, from a liquid mixture in which the inactivating aqueous solution capable of inactivating the super absorbent polymers and the used absorbent article are mixed together; a viscosity reduction step of mixing a first oxidizing agent capable of decomposing the excrement and the separated inactivating aqueous solution, and decomposing the excrement that is contained in the inactivating aqueous solution to reduce a viscosity of the inactivating aqueous solution; and a resupply step of returning the inactivating aqueous solution containing a decomposition product formed by decomposition of the excrement to the separation step.
An apparatus for measuring chemical activity coefficients of volatile chemical species dissolved in a gas phase in thermodynamic equilibrium with a liquid phase comprising: (a) a fluidic part intended to contain a liquid or liquid-gas sample comprising volatile chemical species; (b) an analytical part consisting of one or two substrate-integrated hollow waveguides comprising a light source capable of emitting a light which wavelength lies in the range from 100 nm to 1 mm, preferably from 0.75 μm to 25 μm and means for detecting light passing through the waveguide so as to detect said volatile chemical species dissolved in said gas phase; and (c) a permeable membrane closing the fluidic part, so as to physically separate the fluidic part from the analytical part, characterized by said permeable membrane comprising pores having each a pore size between 1 nm and 100 nm, for instance between 10nm and 100nm depending on the sample to be analyzed and the material used for the membrane and further having: a thickness between 1 μm and 100 μm, and a porosity between 0.55 and 0.95, preferably between 0.7 and 0.95. (a) a fluidic part intended to contain a liquid or liquid-gas sample comprising volatile chemical species; (b) an analytical part consisting of one or two substrate-integrated hollow waveguides comprising a light source capable of emitting a light which wavelength lies in the range from 100 nm to 1 mm, preferably from 0.75 μm to 25 μm and means for detecting light passing through the waveguide so as to detect said volatile chemical species dissolved in said gas phase; and (c) a permeable membrane closing the fluidic part, so as to physically separate the fluidic part from the analytical part, characterized by said permeable membrane comprising pores having each a pore size between 1 nm and 100 nm, for instance between 10nm and 100nm depending on the sample to be analyzed and the material used for the membrane and further having: a thickness between 1 μm and 100 μm, and a porosity between 0.55 and 0.95, preferably between 0.7 and 0.95. a thickness between 1 μm and 100 μm, and a porosity between 0.55 and 0.95, preferably between 0.7 and 0.95.
Lobed mixer, intended to be placed at the downstream end of a cowl for separating the two coaxial ducts, namely the internal duct and the external duct, the mixer comprising at least one peripheral succession of lobes (20, 21) having a general radial orientation with respect to a longitudinal axis (LL') of the mixer, each lobe (20, 21) forming a gutter extending mainly along the longitudinal axis, and comprising at least one peripheral succession of scoops for passage from the first duct to the second duct and/or, inversely, for passage from the second duct to the first duct, which scoops are placed on said lobes (20, 21), at least one of said scoops being formed by an opening in a wall (22, 23) of the mixer in the region of the lobes, the opening being elongate in a given direction having a mainly axial component, and by a cover located entirely on either the first duct side or the second duct side with respect to said wall (22, 23), said cover being connected to the edge of the opening apart from over a downstream portion, so as to form a hole for passage between the two ducts, characterised in that the edge of said opening comprises two side portions (30, 31) which gradually diverge from one another going from upstream to downstream until the downstream portion.
A thermal process device for heat treating a product or plurality of products such as semiconductor wafers or steel, the thermal process device comprising: a thermal processing chamber having opposed distal ends (11, 13) and a plurality of controllable heating zones; at least one buffer zone disposed at each of the distal ends (11, 13), the buffer zones and heating zones of the thermal processing chamber forming a heating element assembly, the heating element assembly having an inner and outer surface; a secondary shell disposed about the outer surface of the heating element assembly spaced to form a flow passage for a flow of a temperature adjusting medium along the heating element assembly; and means for directing the flow of the temperature adjusting medium in the inlet flow passage to the different zones of the heating element assembly to adjust the temperature in the heating zones, wherein a majority of the flow of the temperature adjusting medium is delivered to a central zone of the heating element assembly and then outward toward at least one of the distal ends (11, 13), characterized in that the flow passage between the outer surface of the heating element assembly and the secondary shell forms an inlet flow passage and further comprising an annular space between the inner surface of the heating element assembly and the outer surface of the process chamber, the annular space forming an exhaust flow passage for the flow of the temperature adjusting medium. a thermal processing chamber having opposed distal ends (11, 13) and a plurality of controllable heating zones; at least one buffer zone disposed at each of the distal ends (11, 13), the buffer zones and heating zones of the thermal processing chamber forming a heating element assembly, the heating element assembly having an inner and outer surface; a secondary shell disposed about the outer surface of the heating element assembly spaced to form a flow passage for a flow of a temperature adjusting medium along the heating element assembly; and means for directing the flow of the temperature adjusting medium in the inlet flow passage to the different zones of the heating element assembly to adjust the temperature in the heating zones, wherein a majority of the flow of the temperature adjusting medium is delivered to a central zone of the heating element assembly and then outward toward at least one of the distal ends (11, 13), characterized in that the flow passage between the outer surface of the heating element assembly and the secondary shell forms an inlet flow passage and further comprising an annular space between the inner surface of the heating element assembly and the outer surface of the process chamber, the annular space forming an exhaust flow passage for the flow of the temperature adjusting medium.
A method of amplifying a phase shift, the method comprising: receiving an input signal in response to a transmitted output signal; generating a reference signal; varying a modulation of at least one of the signals such that a ratio between modulation amplitudes of the input signal and the reference signal is at least 0.9 and at most 1.1, and a phase difference between the reference signal and the input signal is from about 09π to about 1.1π; forming an output signal which comprises a sum of the reference signal and the input signal, following said variation; and filtering said output signal by a bandpass filter to form a filtered output signal, wherein a bandwidth of said bandpass filter is selected such that XG<0.1, wherein X is a noise fluctuation average of said filtered output signal, and G is an expected amplification factor of a phase shift between said input signal and said reference signal. receiving an input signal in response to a transmitted output signal; generating a reference signal; varying a modulation of at least one of the signals such that a ratio between modulation amplitudes of the input signal and the reference signal is at least 0.9 and at most 1.1, and a phase difference between the reference signal and the input signal is from about 09π to about 1.1π; forming an output signal which comprises a sum of the reference signal and the input signal, following said variation; and filtering said output signal by a bandpass filter to form a filtered output signal, wherein a bandwidth of said bandpass filter is selected such that XG<0.1, wherein X is a noise fluctuation average of said filtered output signal, and G is an expected amplification factor of a phase shift between said input signal and said reference signal.
A structural assembly for use in construction of a waist band of a harness, the structural assembly comprising two primary load-bearing elements (190, 192) and a semi-loadbearing flexible substrate sheet, wherein each primary load-bearing element is formed from elongate, flexible textile webbing that extends that passes through multiple apertures (134... 158) in the sheet to form a woven structure with the sheet, characterised in that lengths of the two primary load-bearing elements (190, 192) extend from a centre line of the sheet upon one another and form a structure having three or more layers including the sheet
A compound of formula (Ia): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R 3 is C 3 -C 6 alkyl; R 4 is -N(CH 3)-SO 2 -CH 3; and R 5 is hydrogen. R 3 is C 3 -C 6 alkyl; R 4 is -N(CH 3)-SO 2 -CH 3; and R 5 is hydrogen.
A method of communicating by a wireless device, connected to a wireless network, including identifying available connections that are associated with a plurality of interfaces, available on the wireless device and to connect the wireless device to the wireless network, where the method is characterized by: determining an energy-time product, JT, for each of the identified connections, where determining the energy-time product, JT, is based on a size of data and includes multiplying a total energy, J, which is projected to be consumed during a transmission period of data, by a total duration of time, T, which is a projected time to transmit the data; selecting one of the identified connections having the smallest determined energy-time product, JT; and transmitting the data to the selected connection. determining an energy-time product, JT, for each of the identified connections, where determining the energy-time product, JT, is based on a size of data and includes multiplying a total energy, J, which is projected to be consumed during a transmission period of data, by a total duration of time, T, which is a projected time to transmit the data; selecting one of the identified connections having the smallest determined energy-time product, JT; and transmitting the data to the selected connection.
Use of lipolytic enzymes or squalene degrading enzymes obtained from a bacterial Staphylococcus species to reduce the amount of malodorous fatty acids in sweat wherein said lipolytic enzymes, are chosen from the list consisting of: FadE (acyl CoA dehydrogenase), FadB (enoyl CoA hydratase), FadJ (3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase), FadA (β-ketothiolase), AccA (acetyl-CoA carboxylase), AccB (acetyl-CoA carboxylase), AccC (acetyl-CoA carboxylase), AccD (acetyl-CoA carboxylase), FabD (malonyl-CoA:ACP transacylase), FabH (β -ketoacyl-ACP synthases), FabG (NADPH-dependent β -ketoacyl-ACP reductase), FabZ (3-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase), FabA (β-hydroxydecanoyl-ACP dehydrase), FabB (3-ketoacyl-ACP synthases I), FabF (β -ketoacyl-ACP synthase (chain elongation)), FabI (enoyl-ACP reductase), FabL (enoyl-ACP reductase), FabK (enoyl-ACP reductase), acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA lyase, 3-oxoacid CoA-transferase, acetoacetate decarboxylase, 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, and, wherein said squalene degrading enzymes are chosen from the list consisting of: farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase, farnesyl diphosphate synthase, diphosphomevalonate decarboxylase, phosphomevalonate kinase, mevalonate kinase, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase and acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase, and, wherein said malodorous fatty acids are chosen from the list consisting of 3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid (3M2H), 3-hydroxy-3-methylhexanoic acid (HMHA), 3-methyl-3-octenoic acid, 4-methyl-3-nonenoic acid, 3-hydroxy-4-methylhexanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-3-methylheptanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-4-heptanoic acid, 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-3-methyloctanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-4-methyloctanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-4-methylnonacoic acid, 3-hydroxydecanoic acid, isovaleric acid, 4-ethyloctanoic acid, 7-octenoic acid, 1-octen-3-ol, and 1,5-octadien-3-one.
A composition for forming a heat shrinkable film, the composition comprising: a polyethylene terephthalate resin having an inherent viscosity of 0.50 to 1.2dl/g; and a polyester based copolymer including a dicarboxylic acid-derived residue including a residue derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and a diol-derived residue including a residue derived from 4-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexylmethyl 4'-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane carboxylate represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a residue derived from 4,4-(oxybis(methylene)bis) cyclohexane methanol represented by the following Chemical Formula 2. a polyethylene terephthalate resin having an inherent viscosity of 0.50 to 1.2dl/g; and a polyester based copolymer including a dicarboxylic acid-derived residue including a residue derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and a diol-derived residue including a residue derived from 4-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexylmethyl 4'-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane carboxylate represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a residue derived from 4,4-(oxybis(methylene)bis) cyclohexane methanol represented by the following Chemical Formula 2.
A method of enriching a heterologous protein of interest in a plant or portion of the plant comprising, i) pretreating the plant or portion of the plant with a jasmonate-pathway activator for 1 to 14 days, prior to introducing a nucleotide sequence encoding the heterologous protein of interest and operatively linked to a regulatory region derived from a DNA plant virus; ii) introducing the nucleotide sequence into the plant or portion of the plant; and iii) incubating the plant or the portion of the plant under conditions to permit expression of the nucleotide sequence encoding the heterologous protein of interest, the enrichment observed when an amount of the heterologous protein of interest extracted from the plant or portion of the plant is compared to the heterologous protein of interest produced in a second plant or portion of the second plant that comprises the same nucleotide sequence and has not been pretreated with the jasmonate-pathway activator. i) pretreating the plant or portion of the plant with a jasmonate-pathway activator for 1 to 14 days, prior to introducing a nucleotide sequence encoding the heterologous protein of interest and operatively linked to a regulatory region derived from a DNA plant virus; ii) introducing the nucleotide sequence into the plant or portion of the plant; and iii) incubating the plant or the portion of the plant under conditions to permit expression of the nucleotide sequence encoding the heterologous protein of interest, the enrichment observed when an amount of the heterologous protein of interest extracted from the plant or portion of the plant is compared to the heterologous protein of interest produced in a second plant or portion of the second plant that comprises the same nucleotide sequence and has not been pretreated with the jasmonate-pathway activator.
A yarn comprising copolymer derived from the copolymerization of para-phenylenediamine, 5 -amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)benzimidazole, and terephthaloyl dichloride, wherein the ratio of moles of 5 -amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)benzimidazole to the moles of para-phenylenediamine is 30/70 to 85/15; said yarn having a sulfur content greater than 0.1 %; and the hydrolytic strength retention of the yarn is greater than 60%.
A medical infusion system, comprising: an infusion set comprising an adhesive patch, an upper housing attached to the adhesive patch, and at least two contact plugs, the at least two contact plugs in electrical communication with one another; an infusion set connector releasably attachable to the upper housing; at least two connector contacts (220, 220') in the connector configured for electrical communication with the at least two contact plugs when the connector is attached to the upper housing; a lineset comprising flexible tubing attached to the connector (21 O); at least two electrical wires (190, 190') contained within or attached to the lineset, each of the at least two electrical wires (190, 190') in electrical communication with one of the at least two connector contacts (220, 220'); a luer connector attached to the lineset at the end not attached to the upper housing; and at least two lineset contacts; a microprocessor that controls the infusion system; and a sensor; characterized by the lineset contacts being disposed proximate to the luer connector, and by the sensor being adapted to detect whether the infusion set connector is connected to the upper housing, wherein the sensor is adapted to detect a closed electrical circuit across the at least two lineset contacts when the infusion set connector is releasably attached to the upper housing, and wherein the sensor is adapted to detect an open electrical circuit across the at least two lineset contacts when the infusion set connector is not attached to the upper housing, and wherein the sensor is further adapted to send a signal indicating an open or closed circuit to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is programmed to disable a priming sequence of the infusion system when the sensor senses a closed circuit. an infusion set comprising an adhesive patch, an upper housing attached to the adhesive patch, and at least two contact plugs, the at least two contact plugs in electrical communication with one another; an infusion set connector releasably attachable to the upper housing; at least two connector contacts (220, 220') in the connector configured for electrical communication with the at least two contact plugs when the connector is attached to the upper housing; a lineset comprising flexible tubing attached to the connector (21 O); at least two electrical wires (190, 190') contained within or attached to the lineset, each of the at least two electrical wires (190, 190') in electrical communication with one of the at least two connector contacts (220, 220'); a luer connector attached to the lineset at the end not attached to the upper housing; and at least two lineset contacts; a microprocessor that controls the infusion system; and a sensor;
A suture clip comprising: a disc body having two adjacent portions (12, 14) joined by a hinge at a first location on a perimeter of the disc body and having a latch at a second location on the perimeter of the disc body diametrically opposite to the first location; a first suture engagement surface on a first portion of the disc body; and a second suture engagement surface on a second portion of the disc body; wherein the first and second suture engagement surfaces close sufficiently tightly to immobilize a pair of suture lengths therebetween when the two portions are closed and held together by the latch, wherein the latch comprises a barb on the first portion of the disc body and a locking arm on the second portion of the disc body, wherein the disc body further includes a barrier (26, 28) above the hinge to center the suture between the two portions of the disc body, wherein the barrier comprises an arm projecting from the suture engagement surface on one of the adjacent portions and a slot formed in the suture engagement surface on the other of the adjacent portions, wherein the arm is received in the slot as the two portions are closed and held together by the latch. a disc body having two adjacent portions (12, 14) joined by a hinge at a first location on a perimeter of the disc body and having a latch at a second location on the perimeter of the disc body diametrically opposite to the first location; a first suture engagement surface on a first portion of the disc body; and a second suture engagement surface on a second portion of the disc body; wherein the first and second suture engagement surfaces close sufficiently tightly to immobilize a pair of suture lengths therebetween when the two portions are closed and held together by the latch, wherein the latch comprises a barb on the first portion of the disc body and a locking arm on the second portion of the disc body, wherein the disc body further includes a barrier (26, 28) above the hinge to center the suture between the two portions of the disc body, wherein the barrier comprises an arm projecting from the suture engagement surface on one of the adjacent portions and a slot formed in the suture engagement surface on the other of the adjacent portions, wherein the arm is received in the slot as the two portions are closed and held together by the latch.