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A method for manufacturing a galvanized steel sheet that includes an oxide layer on the surface thereof, characterized by comprising; an oxide layer forming step of bringing a galvanized steel sheet into contact with an acidic solution for 1 to 60 seconds, and then washing the galvanized steel sheet with water, and a neutralization treatment step of bringing the surface of the oxide layer formed in the oxide layer forming step into contact with an alkaline aqueous solution for 0.5 seconds or more, washing the surface of the oxide layer with water, and drying the surface of the oxide layer, wherein the alkaline aqueous solution contains 0.01 g/L or more of P ions and 0.01 g/L or more of colloid dispersed particles, wherein the P ions are derived from a phosphorous compound selected from at least one of phosphates, pyrophosphates, and triphosphates.
A method of detecting a clinically significant immune response to a VLA-4 binding antibody in a subject, the method comprising determining whether at least two biological samples taken at different time points from a subject that has been administered a VLA-4 binding antibody contain at least a clinically significant threshold level of about 500 ng/ml in a serum sample of a soluble antibody that binds to the VLA-4 binding antibody, wherein the presence of at least said threshold level of the soluble antibody in said at least two samples is indicative of a clinically significant immune response to the VLA-4 binding antibody, wherein said time points are separated by at least one month, and wherein said clinically significant immune response indicates a diminution of efficacy or lack of efficacy of the VLA-4 binding antibody.
A telescopic gangway, comprising a main gangway part and a telescoping gangway part that is telescopable with respect to the main gangway part in a longitudinal direction to adjust a longitudinal length of the telescopic gangway, the gangway being arranged for transporting persons and/or loads, wherein the gangway is provided with a hoisting mechanism, comprising a hoisting winch mounted to the main gangway part or to another structure that is mainly stationary along the longitudinal direction with respect to the main gangway part, a hoisting sheave mounted to the telescoping gangway part, and a hoisting wire running from the hoisting winch to the hoisting sheave, the hoisting wire having a wire end portion suspending from the hoisting sheave downwardly, characterised in that the hoisting mechanism further comprises a telescoping decoupling mechanism for compensating a variation of the wire end portion length caused by a telescoping movement of the telescoping gangway part, wherein the telescoping decoupling mechanism comprises a main sheave mounted to the main gangway part, a sheave assembly that is located between the hoisting winch and the main sheave and that is freely movable along the longitudinal direction, the sheave assembly having a proximal sheave and a distal sheave, wherein the hoisting wire is routed from the winch to the main sheave, from the main sheave towards the distal sheave, and from the distal sheave to the hoisting sheave, and wherein the telescoping decoupling mechanism further comprises an additional wire running from a first fixation point on the main gangway part or on another part that is mainly stationary along the longitudinal direction with respect to the main gangway part towards the proximal sheave, and from the proximal sheave to a second fixation point on the telescoping gangway part, the first fixation point and the second fixation point being proximal relative to the sheave assembly.
A method of controlling the emptying cycle for a temporary storage space (5; 105; 205; 305; 405; 505) in association with a deposit point (2, 3; 102, 103; 202, 203; 302, 303; 402, 403; 503) of a pneumatic material collection and transport system (1; 401) using air flow to transport collected material from said storage space, whereby emptying is performed by opening a discharge valve (10; 110; 210; 310; 410; 510) provided downstream of the actual storage space, characterized by: - detecting a storage space emptying state during discharge valve open condition, wherein said storage space emptying state relates to an amount of collected material that remains in said storage space; by - monitoring and logging the output (SS1, SS2) from at least one storage space emptying state sensor (6, 7; 106, 107; 206, 207; 306, 307; 406, 407; 506) configured for detecting said storage space emptying state during discharge valve open condition, provided in association with said temporary storage space (5; 105; 205; 305; 405; 505); - evaluating the output (SS1, SS2) from the at least one emptying state sensor; and - closing the discharge valve when the monitored and evaluated output from said emptying state sensor/sensors has indicated a storage space empty condition. - detecting a storage space emptying state during discharge valve open condition, wherein said storage space emptying state relates to an amount of collected material that remains in said storage space; by - monitoring and logging the output (SS1, SS2) from at least one storage space emptying state sensor (6, 7; 106, 107; 206, 207; 306, 307; 406, 407; 506) configured for detecting said storage space emptying state during discharge valve open condition, provided in association with said temporary storage space (5; 105; 205; 305; 405; 505); - evaluating the output (SS1, SS2) from the at least one emptying state sensor; and - closing the discharge valve when the monitored and evaluated output from said emptying state sensor/sensors has indicated a storage space empty condition.
A hydraulic stabilizer system for stabilizing a portable medical imaging system located on a trolley positioned on a floor having uneven floor portions (56, 58), comprising: at least two hydraulic cylinders (16, 18) each having a shaft (38, 40) extending through a first wall (42, 44) of the respective cylinder (16, 18), wherein each shaft (38, 40) is moveable relative to the respective cylinder (16, 18) and a second end (50, 52) of each shaft (38, 40) includes a stabilizing foot (46, 48) that contacts associated uneven floor portions (56, 58); a spring support element (64, 66) located in each cylinder (16, 18), wherein a first end (60, 62) of each shaft (38, 40) includes the spring support element (64, 66); a retraction spring (68, 70) located between the spring support element (64, 66) and an inner surface (72, 74) of the first wall (42, 44) of each cylinder (16, 18); a hydraulic circuit for supplying hydraulic fluid to the cylinders (16, 18), wherein the cylinders (16, 18) are in fluid communication with each other; and a pump that pumps hydraulic fluid into the cylinders (16, 18), wherein hydraulic pressure against the spring support elements (64, 66) causes downward movement of the shafts (38, 40) and associated feet (46, 48) until the feet (46, 48) contact the associated uneven floor portions (56, 58) such that the pressure exerted by the feet (46, 48) against the associated uneven floor portions (56, 58) is equalized thereby stabilizing the trolley and wherein the downward movement of the spring support elements (64, 66) compresses the retraction spring (68, 70) in each cylinder (16, 18). at least two hydraulic cylinders (16, 18) each having a shaft (38, 40) extending through a first wall (42, 44) of the respective cylinder (16, 18), wherein each shaft (38, 40) is moveable relative to the respective cylinder (16, 18) and a second end (50, 52) of each shaft (38, 40) includes a stabilizing foot (46, 48) that contacts associated uneven floor portions (56, 58); a spring support element (64, 66) located in each cylinder (16, 18), wherein a first end (60, 62) of each shaft (38, 40) includes the spring support element (64, 66); a retraction spring (68, 70) located between the spring support element (64, 66) and an inner surface (72, 74) of the first wall (42, 44) of each cylinder (16, 18); a hydraulic circuit for supplying hydraulic fluid to the cylinders (16, 18), wherein the cylinders (16, 18) are in fluid communication with each other; and a pump that pumps hydraulic fluid into the cylinders (16, 18), wherein hydraulic pressure against the spring support elements (64, 66) causes downward movement of the shafts (38, 40) and associated feet (46, 48) until the feet (46, 48) contact the associated uneven floor portions (56, 58) such that the pressure exerted by the feet (46, 48) against the associated uneven floor portions (56, 58) is equalized thereby stabilizing the trolley and wherein the downward movement of the spring support elements (64, 66) compresses the retraction spring (68, 70) in each cylinder (16, 18).
A toy construction system comprising toy construction elements and at least one remote control device and one or more remote controllable actuators; said remote control device being configured for transmitting control signals for controlling said one or more remote controllable actuators; said toy construction elements comprising coupling members for detachably interconnecting the toy construction elements to create spatial structures comprising said one or more remote controllable actuators; said remote control device comprising a housing and one or more control units configured such that a user may activate the remote control device by activating said one or more control units, wherein said remote control device comprises one or more electromechanical interfaces and a transmitter; said one or more control units being functionally connected to said one or more electromechanical interfaces which is functionally connected to said transmitter, characterized in that said one or more control units are adjustable, such that a user can change the orientation of the one or more controls unit with respect to the housing of the remote control device, said one or more control units are connected to one or more control bases, where the one or more control bases are arranged rotatable about an axis of rotation (rA) relative to the housing of the remote control device, said one or more control bases can rotate freely both clockwise and counterclockwise, said one or more control units together defining at least a first and a second functional position (A,B) relative to the one or more control bases, said first and second functional positions (A,B) being located radially on opposite sides of said axis of rotation (rA) of said one or more control bases, said one or more control units being configured, regardless of rotation of said one or more control bases, to produce a first control signal when activated at said first functional position and to produce a second control signal when activated at said second functional position; said first control signal being configured to cause a first function having a first direction associated with it, and said second control signal being configured to cause a second function having a second direction associated with it, and where said second direction is opposite said first direction.
Electromagnetic actuator for operating an electrical switching element, having a magnet yoke which comprises an inner magnet core region and an outer magnet core region, a gap which surrounds the inner magnet core region and in which a coil which surrounds the inner magnet core region is arranged being located between the said magnet core regions, and having an armature which is provided with at least one recess in the region of the gap, wherein the armature is provided with at least one cutout (64, 66) on its rear side which is averted from the magnet yoke, characterized in that the at least one cutout is located in the centre and/or the at least one cutout is located on the outer edge of the armature, wherein the iron cross section of the armature, through which iron cross section the magnetic field flows, is minimal from the centre of the armature as far as the edge of the said armature, and wherein no saturation phenomena occur.
An examination table for a medical imaging system, comprising: - a tabletop comprising a tray, said tray comprising a flat upper face and a flat lower face bound together by lateral edges and longitudinal edges, - a table column supporting said tabletop, - a translation system configured to make said tabletop longitudinally translate with respect to said table column, - wherein said translation system comprises a guiding part and a driving part, both said guiding and driving parts being fully integrated in said table column, - wherein said driving part and said guiding part share at least two common rollers rotatable around a vertical axis relative to the tray, - wherein said driving part comprises a motor in the column operable to cause rotation of said common rollers, - wherein said guiding part is adapted to cooperate directly with at least a lateral edge of said tabletop, - wherein said tabletop lateral edges present a convex shape, the convex shape being a triangular shape, and wherein said common rollers cooperate with the convex shape of the lateral edges by direct friction, wherein the common rollers each present a shape corresponding to two cones joined by their top so as to define a v-shaped recess adapted to cooperate with the spike of the triangular shape of the lateral edges of the tabletop. - a tabletop comprising a tray, said tray comprising a flat upper face and a flat lower face bound together by lateral edges and longitudinal edges, - a table column supporting said tabletop, - a translation system configured to make said tabletop longitudinally translate with respect to said table column, - wherein said translation system comprises a guiding part and a driving part, both said guiding and driving parts being fully integrated in said table column, - wherein said driving part and said guiding part share at least two common rollers rotatable around a vertical axis relative to the tray, - wherein said driving part comprises a motor in the column operable to cause rotation of said common rollers, - wherein said guiding part is adapted to cooperate directly with at least a lateral edge of said tabletop, - wherein said tabletop lateral edges present a convex shape, the convex shape being a triangular shape, and
A process for producing a filled film web from a microporous starting film web of thermoplastic polymer material, which comprises at least one low-melting polymer component, one high-melting polymer component and a filler, the process comprising the following steps: heating of the microporous starting film web to a partly molten state in which at least one low-melting polymer component exists in a molten liquid state and at least one high-melting polymer component does not exist in the molten liquid state, and cooling down by passing the partly molten film web through a cooled roller nip. heating of the microporous starting film web to a partly molten state in which at least one low-melting polymer component exists in a molten liquid state and at least one high-melting polymer component does not exist in the molten liquid state, and cooling down by passing the partly molten film web through a cooled roller nip.
A laundry treating machine comprising: a cabinet formed with a laundry introduction opening; a frame rotatably provided in the cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet to define a space for accommodating wash water and configured to be rotated by the frame; a drum rotatably provided in the tub to define a space for accommodating laundry and configured to rotate in a direction different from a rotating direction of the tub; a frame stator fixedly mounted to a bottom portion of the cabinet and configured to generate a magnetic field; a frame rotor configured to be rotated by the magnetic field of the frame stator; a frame support part connected with the frame rotor and the frame to transmit rotational force from the frame rotor to the frame. a first shaft connected with a portion of the drum, passing through the tub and rotatably supported by the frame; a second shaft connected with another portion of the drum, passing through the tub, opposite the first shaft, and rotatably supported by the frame; a drum stator fixedly mounted to the tub or the frame and configured to generate a magnetic field; and a drum rotor configured to be rotated by the magnetic field of the drum stator, wherein the first shaft is connected with the drum rotor to transmit rotational force. a cabinet formed with a laundry introduction opening; a frame rotatably provided in the cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet to define a space for accommodating wash water and configured to be rotated by the frame; a drum rotatably provided in the tub to define a space for accommodating laundry and configured to rotate in a direction different from a rotating direction of the tub; a frame stator fixedly mounted to a bottom portion of the cabinet and configured to generate a magnetic field; a frame rotor configured to be rotated by the magnetic field of the frame stator; a frame support part connected with the frame rotor and the frame to transmit rotational force from the frame rotor to the frame. a first shaft connected with a portion of the drum, passing through the tub and rotatably supported by the frame; a second shaft connected with another portion of the drum, passing through the tub, opposite the first shaft, and rotatably supported by the frame; a drum stator fixedly mounted to the tub or the frame and configured to generate a magnetic field; and a drum rotor configured to be rotated by the magnetic field of the drum stator, wherein the first shaft is connected with the drum rotor to transmit rotational force.
A mode-switchable privacy display system comprising: a broad-angle backlight configured to provide broad-angle emitted light to both a first view zone and a second view zone during a shared mode, wherein the broad-angle emitted light has a cone angle that is greater than twenty degrees; a privacy backlight configured to provide directional emitted light exclusively to the first view zone during a privacy mode; an array of light valves configured to modulate the directional emitted light to provide a private image in the first view zone and to modulate the broad-angle emitted light to provide a shared image in both the first and second view zones; and a static display layer disposed adjacent to and separated from an emission surface of the array of light valves and configured to provide a fixed image in the second view zone during the privacy mode. a broad-angle backlight configured to provide broad-angle emitted light to both a first view zone and a second view zone during a shared mode, wherein the broad-angle emitted light has a cone angle that is greater than twenty degrees; a privacy backlight configured to provide directional emitted light exclusively to the first view zone during a privacy mode; an array of light valves configured to modulate the directional emitted light to provide a private image in the first view zone and to modulate the broad-angle emitted light to provide a shared image in both the first and second view zones; and a static display layer disposed adjacent to and separated from an emission surface of the array of light valves and configured to provide a fixed image in the second view zone during the privacy mode.
A dry shape memory adhesive material for adhering one or more target surfaces comprising: a dry adhesive layer comprising one or more hydrophilic polymers, one or more amine coupling groups, and one or more cross linkers; the dry adhesive layer having a top surface, a bottom surface, a thickness measured from the top surface to the bottom surface, a length, and width; the dry adhesive layer having a pre-stretched configuration in length and width that is greater in length and width than an original configuration prior to pre-stretching; wherein the dry shape memory adhesive material has a liquid content such that placement of one or more of the top and/or bottom surfaces of the dry adhesive layer in contact with the one or more target surfaces in the presence of fluid causes the dry adhesive layer to (a) absorb at least a portion of the fluid, swell in volume and transform to a hydrated rubbery state, and form of physical and covalent crosslinks on the one or more target surfaces, and (b) contract in length and/or width from the pre-stretched configuration to about the original configuration. a dry adhesive layer comprising one or more hydrophilic polymers, one or more amine coupling groups, and one or more cross linkers; the dry adhesive layer having a top surface, a bottom surface, a thickness measured from the top surface to the bottom surface, a length, and width; the dry adhesive layer having a pre-stretched configuration in length and width that is greater in length and width than an original configuration prior to pre-stretching; wherein the dry shape memory adhesive material has a liquid content such that placement of one or more of the top and/or bottom surfaces of the dry adhesive layer in contact with the one or more target surfaces in the presence of fluid causes the dry adhesive layer to (a) absorb at least a portion of the fluid, swell in volume and transform to a hydrated rubbery state, and form of physical and covalent crosslinks on the one or more target surfaces, and (b) contract in length and/or width from the pre-stretched configuration to about the original configuration.
A device, comprising: a sensor for measuring cardiac cycle configured to indicate a systolic phase and a diastolic phase of a subject's cardiac cycle; a stimulator configured to deliver a stimulus to the subject; and a control module in communication with the sensor for measuring cardiac cycle and the stimulator, the control module configured to: direct the stimulator to deliver a series of the stimuli to the subject, wherein at least a fraction of the stimuli are below a non-painful threshold for the subject and at least a fraction of the stimuli are greater than 50% of a pain tolerance for the subject, and wherein a portion of each of the non-painful stimuli and the greater than 50% of the pain tolerance stimuli is delivered during the systolic phase of the subject's cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each is delivered during the diastolic phase of the subject's cardiac cycle. a sensor for measuring cardiac cycle configured to indicate a systolic phase and a diastolic phase of a subject's cardiac cycle; a stimulator configured to deliver a stimulus to the subject; and a control module in communication with the sensor for measuring cardiac cycle and the stimulator, the control module configured to: direct the stimulator to deliver a series of the stimuli to the subject, wherein at least a fraction of the stimuli are below a non-painful threshold for the subject and at least a fraction of the stimuli are greater than 50% of a pain tolerance for the subject, and wherein a portion of each of the non-painful stimuli and the greater than 50% of the pain tolerance stimuli is delivered during the systolic phase of the subject's cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each is delivered during the diastolic phase of the subject's cardiac cycle.
An austenitic stainless steel consisting of, in weight %, up to 0.20 C, 2.0-6.0 Mn, up to 2.0 Si, 16.0-23.0 Cr, 5.0-7.0 Ni, 0.5 to 3.0 Mo, up to 3.0 Cu, 0.1-0.35 N, up to 4.0 W, up to 0.01 B, up to 1.0 Co, balance iron and impurities, the steel having a ferrite number greater than 0 to less than 11 and an MD 30 value less than -10°C and wherein 0.5 ≤ (Mo + W/2) ≤ 5.0 and 5.0 ≤ (Ni + Co) ≤ 8.0.
Method for treating at least one first material layer comprising siloxane bonds wherein at least one surface is intended to be interlocked with a surface of a second material layer by direct bonding, comprising at least one forced diffusion step, at least in the first material layer, of chemical species comprising at least one pair of free electrons and at least one labile proton, converting at least one portion of the siloxane bonds into silanol bonds in at least one portion of the first material layer extending from said surface to a depth greater than or equal to approximately 10 nm.