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An optical communications apparatus, comprising: a subsea cable; a first and second landing station (151, 152), a splitter/combiner unit connected to an end of the subsea cable, first and second legs (101, 102) connecting the splitter/combiner unit to the first and second landing station (151, 152) respectively, and power feed equipment (151, 152) for providing electrical power to the electrical conductor of the first and/or second leg (101, 102); wherein: each of the subsea cable and first and second legs (101, 102) comprise an optical fibre for carrying optical communications and an electrical conductor for carrying electrical power; the splitter/combiner unit is operable to duplicate optical signals carried by the subsea cable in both the first and second legs (101, 102); the first leg and second leg (101, 102) are configured to provide redundant electrical power connections to the subsea cable via the splitter/combiner unit; the power feed equipment is configured to detect a shunt fault in either of the first and second leg (101, 102); and when the power feed equipment is not using the first leg to supply power to the subsea cable, the power feed equipment is configured to provide a test voltage to the first leg, and to detect leakage current arising from the test voltage due to a shunt fault in the first leg; and when the power feed equipment is not using the second leg to supply power to the subsea cable, the power feed equipment is configured to provide a test voltage to the second leg, and to detect leakage current arising from the test voltage due to a shunt fault in the second leg. each of the subsea cable and first and second legs (101, 102) comprise an optical fibre for carrying optical communications and an electrical conductor for carrying electrical power; the splitter/combiner unit is operable to duplicate optical signals carried by the subsea cable in both the first and second legs (101, 102); the first leg and second leg (101, 102) are configured to provide redundant electrical power connections to the subsea cable via the splitter/combiner unit; the power feed equipment is configured to detect a shunt fault in either of the first and second leg (101, 102); and when the power feed equipment is not using the first leg to supply power to the subsea cable, the power feed equipment is configured to provide a test voltage to the first leg, and to detect leakage current arising from the test voltage due to a shunt fault in the first leg; and when the power feed equipment is not using the second leg to supply power to the subsea cable, the power feed equipment is configured to provide a test voltage to the second leg, and to detect leakage current arising from the test voltage due to a shunt fault in the second leg.
A roof with rotating strips, including at least one frontal beam and one posterior beam designed to be placed horizontally, at least two lateral beams (5, 6) designed to be placed in a maximal slope position and attached to the frontal and posterior beams at their extremity, a series of strips adjacent to each other and parallel to the frontal and posterior beams, each mounted on a rotational axis placed between the lateral beams (5, 6), the strips being attached to an activating mechanism common to all strips and positioned parallel to the lateral beams (5, 6), the strips being only able to move between a maximal opening position in which they are maximally separated from each other and a closed position in which the frontal border of each strip lays on the posterior edge of the adjacent strip, the axes of rotation are placed in maximal opening position on the inferior extremity of the strips, and the union points between the strips and the activating mechanism are placed on the other extremity of the strips, such that it is possible to obtain a great waterproof sealing by changing the placement of the sealing joints and providing them with lateral support below the inferior extremity of the strips, characterised by the inclusion of union pieces within the roof between the axes of the strips and the lateral beams (5, 6). The union pieces are made of plastic and include a U-shaped container and a narrowing in their superior part, so as to form a pressure-based fitting for the extremities of the axes.
A system for mixing at least two audio signals comprising: signal lines configured to transfer the audio signals with respective transfer functions, the audio signals each having an amplitude and a phase; an adder (11, 13, 23, 26, 34) coupled to the signal lines and configured to add the audio signals to provide an output signal representative of the mixed audio signals, the output signal having an amplitude and a phase; and a line controller configured to evaluate the signal strengths of the audio signals and to control at least one of the transfer functions of the signal lines so that the phase of the output signal is adapted to correspond to the phase of the audio signal with a higher signal strength than the other audio signal/signals, wherein the signal strengths correspond to the amplitudes of the audio signals, where the line controller is configured to control at least one of the transfer functions of the signal lines so that the signal power of the output signal is equal to the sum of the powers of the audio signals. signal lines configured to transfer the audio signals with respective transfer functions, the audio signals each having an amplitude and a phase; an adder (11, 13, 23, 26, 34) coupled to the signal lines and configured to add the audio signals to provide an output signal representative of the mixed audio signals, the output signal having an amplitude and a phase; and a line controller configured to evaluate the signal strengths of the audio signals and to control at least one of the transfer functions of the signal lines so that the phase of the output signal is adapted to correspond to the phase of the audio signal with a higher signal strength than the other audio signal/signals, wherein the signal strengths correspond to the amplitudes of the audio signals, where the line controller is configured to control at least one of the transfer functions of the signal lines so that the signal power of the output signal is equal to the sum of the powers of the audio signals.
A method for determining the translation initiation inhibitory potency of a composition having an unknown level of translation initiation inhibitory activity which comprises: • contacting an ATCC accession No. PTA-13010 cell with said composition for a time and at a temperature effective to inhibit proliferation of said cell; • contacting an ATCC accession No. PTA-13011 cell with said composition for a time and at a temperature effective to inhibit proliferation of said cell; • measuring the level of inhibition of proliferation of said ATCC accession No. PTA-13010 cell and said ATCC accession No. PTA-13011 cell induced by said composition; • wherein the amount of said translation initiation inhibitory activity in said composition is proportional to the level of inhibition of proliferation of ATCC accession No. PTA-13010 cell; • comparing the level of inhibition of proliferation induced by said composition with the level of inhibition of proliferation induced by a standard having a known amount of said activity; • identifying the composition as not having translation initiation inhibitory activity if said composition inhibits the proliferation of said ATCC accession No. PTA-13011 cell; and • determining the amount of translation initiation inhibitory activity of said composition by comparing the amount of said activity in said composition with the amount of translation initiation inhibitory activity in said standard, wherein said activity in said composition is expressed as a percent of the activity in said standard. • contacting an ATCC accession No. PTA-13010 cell with said composition for a time and at a temperature effective to inhibit proliferation of said cell; • contacting an ATCC accession No. PTA-13011 cell with said composition for a time and at a temperature effective to inhibit proliferation of said cell; • measuring the level of inhibition of proliferation of said ATCC accession No. PTA-13010 cell and said ATCC accession No. PTA-13011 cell induced by said composition; • wherein the amount of said translation initiation inhibitory activity in said composition is proportional to the level of inhibition of proliferation of ATCC accession No. PTA-13010 cell; • comparing the level of inhibition of proliferation induced by said composition with the level of inhibition of proliferation induced by a standard having a known amount of said activity; • identifying the composition as not having translation initiation inhibitory activity if said composition inhibits the proliferation of said ATCC accession No. PTA-13011 cell; and • determining the amount of translation initiation inhibitory activity of said composition by comparing the amount of said activity in said composition with the amount of translation initiation inhibitory activity in said standard, wherein said activity in said composition is expressed as a percent of the activity in said standard.
A method of forming a joint between first and second components, the method comprising the steps of: a) forming a slot in the first component, sized to receive at least part of the second component; b) inserting at least part of the second component into the slot in the first component; c) inserting a powder material into the slot in the first component, the powder material comprising a parent material and a braze alloy including a melting point depressant; d) sintering the powder material in a vacuum to form a pressure tight skin, the sintering being liquid phase sintering at a temperature of about 0.6T M of the parent material, wherein T M is the melting point of the parent material, for less than one hour, to form a joint that is at least 95% dense; and e) applying hot isostatic pressure to the pressure tight skin to form a fully consolidated joint. a) forming a slot in the first component, sized to receive at least part of the second component; b) inserting at least part of the second component into the slot in the first component; c) inserting a powder material into the slot in the first component, the powder material comprising a parent material and a braze alloy including a melting point depressant; d) sintering the powder material in a vacuum to form a pressure tight skin, the sintering being liquid phase sintering at a temperature of about 0.6T M of the parent material, wherein T M is the melting point of the parent material, for less than one hour, to form a joint that is at least 95% dense; and e) applying hot isostatic pressure to the pressure tight skin to form a fully consolidated joint.
An apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to provide a direct current signal to a subject; wherein the circuitry comprises a capacitor and the circuitry is configured to enable switching between a first circuit loop comprising the capacitor and a first resistor and a second circuit loop comprising the capacitor and a second resistor and the first circuit loop is configured to enable charging of the capacitor to enable measurement of a first time constant to be obtained where the first time constant is indicative of a charging time of the capacitor and the second circuit loop is configured to enable discharging of the capacitor to enable measurement of a second time constant to be obtained where the second time constant is indicative of a discharging time of the capacitor; and wherein the first time constant and the second time constant enable an impedance of the subject to be estimated. circuitry configured to provide a direct current signal to a subject; wherein the circuitry comprises a capacitor and the circuitry is configured to enable switching between a first circuit loop comprising the capacitor and a first resistor and a second circuit loop comprising the capacitor and a second resistor and the first circuit loop is configured to enable charging of the capacitor to enable measurement of a first time constant to be obtained where the first time constant is indicative of a charging time of the capacitor and the second circuit loop is configured to enable discharging of the capacitor to enable measurement of a second time constant to be obtained where the second time constant is indicative of a discharging time of the capacitor; and wherein the first time constant and the second time constant enable an impedance of the subject to be estimated.
A composition for forming a thermally conductive material comprising: a thermosetting compound A, wherein the thermosetting compound A includes an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of 130 or less, measured as described in the description, and a phenolic compound, and wherein the content of the thermosetting compound A is 10% to 40% by mass with respect to the total solid content of the composition; boron nitride particles B containing boron nitride and having an average particle diameter of 25.0 μm or more, measured as described in the description; and boron nitride particles C containing boron nitride and having an average particle diameter of 5.0 μm or less, measured as described in the description; wherein a content of the boron nitride particles B is 70% to 95% by mass with respect to a total content of the boron nitride particles B and the boron nitride particles C, and wherein an oxygen atom concentration on a surface of the boron nitride particles C detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis, measured as described in the description, is 1.5 atomic% or more. a thermosetting compound A, wherein the thermosetting compound A includes an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of 130 or less, measured as described in the description, and a phenolic compound, and wherein the content of the thermosetting compound A is 10% to 40% by mass with respect to the total solid content of the composition; boron nitride particles B containing boron nitride and having an average particle diameter of 25.0 μm or more, measured as described in the description; and boron nitride particles C containing boron nitride and having an average particle diameter of 5.0 μm or less, measured as described in the description; wherein a content of the boron nitride particles B is 70% to 95% by mass with respect to a total content of the boron nitride particles B and the boron nitride particles C, and wherein an oxygen atom concentration on a surface of the boron nitride particles C detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis, measured as described in the description, is 1.5 atomic% or more.
A contact element (10, 10'; 30, 30'; 100) having a spring-elastic carrier strip (11, 31, 111), which extends in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of web elements (17; 36, 37, 117), which are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the carrier strip and are attached to the carrier strip (11, 31, 111) resiliently compressable in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the carrier strip, for establishing electrical contact between two opposite surfaces (26, 27; 46, 47, 1261, 1271), characterized in that the web elements (17; 36, 37, 117) are formed in an asymmetrical manner relative to a center plane (M1, M2) which runs in the longitudinal direction of the carrier strip and in that the web elements (17; 36, 37, 117) each have two clamping feet (18, 19; 38, 39; 42, 43, 118, 119) which are spaced apart from one another transverse to the longitudinal direction of the carrier strip and by means of which said web elements are attached to the carrier strip (11, 31, 111), and by means of which said web elements make electrical contact with one of the two opposite surfaces (26, 27; 46, 47, 1261, 1271), and in that the web elements (17; 36, 37, 117) each have a triangular contact fin (20, 120) which is connected to the clamping feet (18, 19; 38, 39; 42, 43, 118, 119) and of which the fin tip (21; 40, 44, 121) is arranged on one side of the center plane (M1, M2) and makes electrical contact with the other of the two opposite surfaces (26, 27; 46, 47, 1261, 1271).
A centrifugal compressor comprising an asymmetric self-recirculating casing treatment that includes, on an inner face of a casing, a suction ring groove, a ring guide channel and a back-flow ring groove to form a self-recirculating channel, characterized in that an axial distance (S r) from an upstream end face of the suction ring groove to an impeller full blade leading edge or a width (b r) of the suction ring groove varies in an arc shape, depending on positions in a circumferential direction around a rotation axis of an impeller, and the arc has a center angle α in a range of 0<α≤30°.
A hose arrangement comprising a hose assembly and a first hose end component comprising a first connector portion mounted on a first end of the hose assembly, said first connector portion having a spigot which is received in the hose assembly and a clamping arrangement comprising a plurality of deformable fingers which surround the spigot and are arranged to be driven into contact with the exterior of the hose assembly under action of a locking nut; wherein the hose assembly comprises; a hose end adaptor arrangement located in an end of a length of outer tube, wherein the hose end adaptor arrangement comprises; an adaptor which holds an inner component of the hose assembly which is nested within the outer tube of the hose assembly, and which comprises a first support portion on which the outer tube is received, and a second support portion on which the inner component is mounted, and a clamping member clamping the inner component to the second support portion of the adaptor, wherein: the adaptor comprises an insertion portion for introduction in and clamping by the first hose connector portion with said insertion portion comprising a bore adapted to receive the spigot of the first hose connector portion, and the adaptor is dimensioned and arranged so that the insertion portion is clampable to the spigot of the first hose connector portion by the plurality of deformable fingers under action of the locking nut. wherein the hose assembly comprises; a hose end adaptor arrangement located in an end of a length of outer tube, wherein the hose end adaptor arrangement comprises; an adaptor which holds an inner component of the hose assembly which is nested within the outer tube of the hose assembly, and which comprises a first support portion on which the outer tube is received, and a second support portion on which the inner component is mounted, and a clamping member clamping the inner component to the second support portion of the adaptor, wherein: the adaptor comprises an insertion portion for introduction in and clamping by the first hose connector portion with said insertion portion comprising a bore adapted to receive the spigot of the first hose connector portion, and the adaptor is dimensioned and arranged so that the insertion portion is clampable to the spigot of the first hose connector portion by the plurality of deformable fingers under action of the locking nut. the adaptor comprises an insertion portion for introduction in and clamping by the first hose connector portion with said insertion portion comprising a bore adapted to receive the spigot of the first hose connector portion, and the adaptor is dimensioned and arranged so that the insertion portion is clampable to the spigot of the first hose connector portion by the plurality of deformable fingers under action of the locking nut.
Apparatus for ablating uterine tissue, comprising: a cannula, which is adapted to house a plurality of stylets; a trocar point provided at a distal end of the cannula; at least one conductor provided within the cannula and being electrically coupled to the stylets and the trocar point so that RF energy can be provided to the stylets and trocar point, wherein the stylets are advancable from an initial position in which the stylets are housed entirely in the cannula and an advanced position in which the stylets are advanced to a forward direction toward the distal end of the cannula out of the apparatus through openings, characterized in that thermocouples are provided at the distal end of each probe's ablation stylets; and further comprising a target power control to moderate and adjust RF energy to the stylets in a target power control mode to maintain a desired temperature, and wherein, in a ramping mode, a ramping mode power control algorithm applies the full power of the apparatus to implement a maximum temperature increase rate, reduced as average temperature measured by the thermocouples in the probe's ablation stylets approach the target temperature. a cannula, which is adapted to house a plurality of stylets; a trocar point provided at a distal end of the cannula; at least one conductor provided within the cannula and being electrically coupled to the stylets and the trocar point so that RF energy can be provided to the stylets and trocar point, wherein the stylets are advancable from an initial position in which the stylets are housed entirely in the cannula and an advanced position in which the stylets are advanced to a forward direction toward the distal end of the cannula out of the apparatus through openings, characterized in that thermocouples are provided at the distal end of each probe's ablation stylets; and further comprising a target power control to moderate and adjust RF energy to the stylets in a target power control mode to maintain a desired temperature, and wherein, in a ramping mode, a ramping mode power control algorithm applies the full power of the apparatus to implement a maximum temperature increase rate, reduced as average temperature measured by the thermocouples in the probe's ablation stylets approach the target temperature.
A condenser, wherein the condenser has an inlet for communication with a compressor, and a deflector for guiding a refrigerant gas flow from the compressor is arranged in the condenser and at a position close to the inlet, wherein the deflector is provided with a deflecting structure projecting toward the inlet, and the deflecting structure is configured as impermeable to the refrigerant gas flow.
Processing method comprising: - a verification by a security device that a message sent by a communicating device (11,21,31,12,22) to a receiver device is a message to be transmitted, the message being transmitted to the receiver device when the verification is positive; - a reception by the security device of a notification sent by the receiver device indicating that the transmitted message is to be blocked, subsequent messages of the same type as the message for which the notification was received, sent by communicating devices provided by the same manufacturer as that of the communicating device that sent said message being blocked by the security device during said verification, said manufacturer being identified via unique identifiers of the communicating devices. - a verification by a security device that a message sent by a communicating device (11,21,31,12,22) to a receiver device is a message to be transmitted, the message being transmitted to the receiver device when the verification is positive; - a reception by the security device of a notification sent by the receiver device indicating that the transmitted message is to be blocked,