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A method for preparing of irradiation targets for radioisotope production in instrumentation tubes of a nuclear power reactor, the method comprising the steps of: providing a powder consisting of an oxide of a rare earth metal having a purity of greater than 99 % and, optionally, an organic binder; pelletizing the powder and optionally the organic binder to form a substantially spherical green body having a diameter of from between 1 to 10 mm, wherein the powder is agglomerated in a rotating drum or on a rotating disc; and sintering the green body in solid phase at a temperature of at least 70 percent of a solidus temperature of the rare earth metal oxide powder and for a time sufficient to form a substantially spherical sintered rare earth metal oxide target having a sintered density of at least 80 percent of the theoretical density. providing a powder consisting of an oxide of a rare earth metal having a purity of greater than 99 % and, optionally, an organic binder; pelletizing the powder and optionally the organic binder to form a substantially spherical green body having a diameter of from between 1 to 10 mm, wherein the powder is agglomerated in a rotating drum or on a rotating disc; and sintering the green body in solid phase at a temperature of at least 70 percent of a solidus temperature of the rare earth metal oxide powder and for a time sufficient to form a substantially spherical sintered rare earth metal oxide target having a sintered density of at least 80 percent of the theoretical density.
A butterfly valve device comprising a butterfly valve made of a resin material, said butterfly valve being rotatably supported by a rotating shaft in a fluid path; and when the butterfly valve is located at a mechanical full-closed position, a peripheral lower surface of the butterfly valve faces an upper plane of a partial annular projection and said upper plane contacts the peripheral lower surface to form a fluid seal; and a control-based full-closed position is provided at which the valve is slightly opened from the mechanical full-closed position, and a fluid flow is defined by a gap between an outer circumference of the valve and an inner circumference side of the fluid path in the control-based full-closed position; and said partial annular projection is extending in a circumferential direction along an inner wall surface of said fluid path and protruding from said inner wall surface radially inwards, wherein said partial annular projection is provided with respect to the fluid flow direction on one side of a plane passing through said rotating shaft and being orthogonal to the fluid path inner wall surface, and said partial annular projection is arranged within one semicircular portion of the inner wall surface of the fluid path between a pair of bearings, characterized in that the partial annular projection is provided in an area ranging from the pair of bearings which support the rotating shaft of the valve to a predetermined area in the circumferential direction, and the remaining area including a position, whose distance from the pair of bearings becomes equivalent in the circumferential direction, includes a lacking part of said partial annular projection.
Electromechanical resonator, comprising a fixed portion and an oscillator (20, 60), the oscillator being able to oscillate at a resonant frequency ( f), the oscillator comprising: ▪ a fluidic channel, defining a fluidic circuit, produced in the oscillator (20, 60), and intended to receive a fluid, the fluidic channel being able to be deformed at the resonant frequency, under the effect of the oscillation of the oscillator; the resonator being characterized in that it also includes: ▪ a waveguide, defining a photonic circuit, produced in the oscillator, and intended to guide a light wave (7, 7', 7 c, 7 ref) between an entrance (26 in) and an exit (26 out) of the waveguide, the waveguide being configured to be deformed at the resonant frequency ( f), under the effect of the oscillation of the oscillator; ▪ the entrance of the waveguide (26 in) being configured to be optically coupled to a light source, the exit of the waveguide being configured to be optically coupled to a photodetector, so that the photodetector is able to form a signal representative of the light wave propagated by the waveguide towards the photodetector, said light wave being modulated at a modulation frequency (w) dependent on the resonant frequency ( f); such that when under the effect of a variation ( δm) in a mass (m) of the fluid, inducing a variation in the resonant frequency ( δf), the variation in mass ( δm) may be detected by measuring the modulation frequency (w) or by measuring the variation in the modulation frequency ( δw) of the signal formed by the photodetector. ▪ a waveguide, defining a photonic circuit, produced in the oscillator, and intended to guide a light wave (7, 7', 7 c, 7 ref) between an entrance (26 in) and an exit (26 out) of the waveguide, the waveguide being configured to be deformed at the resonant frequency ( f), under the effect of the oscillation of the oscillator; ▪ the entrance of the waveguide (26 in) being configured to be optically coupled to a light source, the exit of the waveguide being configured to be optically coupled to a photodetector, so that the photodetector is able to form a signal representative of the light wave propagated by the waveguide towards the photodetector, said light wave being modulated at a modulation frequency (w) dependent on the resonant frequency ( f);
An empty shotgun cartridge separating system for separating a case from a head of the cartridge, the system comprising a restraint operable to engage the head; and a clamp operable to grip the case and draw the case out of register with the head; wherein the restraint defines a guideway within which the head may be captured, the system being operable to effect relative movement between the clamp and the guideway; characterized in that the clamp being operable, while gripping the case, to displace the case relative to the restraint in order to displace the head along the guideway, the guideway diverging from the clamp in a direction in which the cartridge is conveyed by the clamp; the clamp being operable to convey the case along a first plane and the guideway extends along a second plane inclined relative to the first plane.
A cyanine dye for use in binding to DNA, selected from the group of cyanine dyes being characterized by the general formula, wherein - Z 1 is S and Z 2 is N; and - R 1 is selected from the list comprising 5-azidopentyl, 5-(4-(aminomethyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)pentyl or 5-ammoniopentyl; and - R 2 is ethyl and; - R 5 to R 15 are each a hydrogen atom; and - X - is selected from the list comprising halogenate, sulfate, triflate, trifluoro acetate, difluoro acetate or fluoro acetate; and - n is 3; and - m is 1. - Z 1 is S and Z 2 is N; and - R 1 is selected from the list comprising 5-azidopentyl, 5-(4-(aminomethyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)pentyl or 5-ammoniopentyl; and - R 2 is ethyl and; - R 5 to R 15 are each a hydrogen atom; and - X - is selected from the list comprising halogenate, sulfate, triflate, trifluoro acetate, difluoro acetate or fluoro acetate; and - n is 3; and - m is 1.
A composite article comprising: a substrate; and an anodized layer; wherein the substrate comprises: an aluminum or aluminum alloy matrix; and reinforcement particles dispersed in the matrix; wherein the anodized layer comprises: an aluminum oxide matrix; and reinforcement particles dispersed in the aluminum oxide matrix; wherein a ratio of a thickness of the anodized layer to an average particle size D50, defined as 50% by volume of the particles have a diameter above the average particle size, and 50% of the particles have a diameter below the average particle size, of the reinforcement particles is at least 1.3; wherein the substrate comprises from 15 vol% to 50 vol% of the reinforcement particles; and wherein the average particle size is from 0.3 μm to 0.7 μm, and wherein the thickness of the anodized layer is from 1 μm to 3 μm. a substrate; and an anodized layer; wherein the substrate comprises: an aluminum or aluminum alloy matrix; and reinforcement particles dispersed in the matrix; an aluminum or aluminum alloy matrix; and reinforcement particles dispersed in the matrix; wherein the anodized layer comprises: an aluminum oxide matrix; and reinforcement particles dispersed in the aluminum oxide matrix; an aluminum oxide matrix; and reinforcement particles dispersed in the aluminum oxide matrix; wherein a ratio of a thickness of the anodized layer to an average particle size D50, defined as 50% by volume of the particles have a diameter above the average particle size, and 50% of the particles have a diameter below the average particle size, of the reinforcement particles is at least 1.3; wherein the substrate comprises from 15 vol% to 50 vol% of the reinforcement particles; and wherein the average particle size is from 0.3 μm to 0.7 μm, and wherein the thickness of the anodized layer is from 1 μm to 3 μm.
A system for charging an electronic smoking device comprising: a charging base station comprising a micro-control unit, MCU; and an electronic smoking device comprising a first battery, the electronic smoking device linked to the charging base station via a power line; wherein the MCU is configured to determine a charging parameter for the first battery based on data regarding a characteristic of the first battery, and wherein the electronic smoking device is communicatively linked to the charging base station and the first battery is a smart battery configured to communicate the data regarding a characteristic of the first battery to the MCU via the power line, wherein communicating the data via the power line comprises sending a broadcasting signal wherein the broadcasting signal is a pulse-width modulation signal. a charging base station comprising a micro-control unit, MCU; and an electronic smoking device comprising a first battery, the electronic smoking device linked to the charging base station via a power line; wherein the MCU is configured to determine a charging parameter for the first battery based on data regarding a characteristic of the first battery, and wherein the electronic smoking device is communicatively linked to the charging base station and the first battery is a smart battery configured to communicate the data regarding a characteristic of the first battery to the MCU via the power line, wherein communicating the data via the power line comprises sending a broadcasting signal wherein the broadcasting signal is a pulse-width modulation signal.
A particulate hydrous kaolin suitable for use as an opacifying pigment, filler or extender which has a shape factor which is greater than S, where S is defined by Equation 1 as follows: S = d 50 / 0.036 + 20 where d 50 is the mean particle size of the particles of the kaolin measured in microns and wherein the kaolin has a linseed oil absorption of at least 50 grammes per 100 grammes of kaolin.
A headlamp device comprising: a base member on which to dispose a headlight light source and a position-light light source; a lens mounted to a front portion of said base member; a reflector which is disposed in an internal space defined by said base member and said lens and which reflects light emitted by said headlight light source; and an intermediate member which covers said base member at least in the surroundings of said reflector in front view, wherein said intermediate member is provided with a cutout which permits a gas present on said lens side relative to said intermediate member to flow therethrough to said base member side relative to said intermediate member, characterized in that an upper edge part of the base member is formed to be hollowed in a central portion thereof, and both left and right edges continuous with the central portion are inclined obliquely upward, a lower edge part of the base member is smaller in width than the upper edge part, and is slowly inclined obliquely upward along vehicle-width-directionally outward directions, and a pair of left and right side edge parts (100c, 100c) are inclined obliquely downward along vehicle-width-directionally outward directions from top portions (100d, 100d) continuous with the upper edge part, are bent at side end portions (100e, 100e) and are inclined obliquely downward toward the center, to be continuous with the lower edge part; wherein said base member has a gas supply hole (148, 150) for taking a gas into said internal space and a gas exhaust hole (152, 154, 156) for exhausting the gas from inside said internal space, wherein said intermediate member ensures that the gas taken in through said gas supply hole (148, 150) and moved to said lens side can be guided through said cutout to said gas exhaust hole (152, 154, 156), wherein two cutouts are provided on the upper side of said headlight light source and are provided on the outer side of the intermediate member in the vehicle width direction, so as to be close to the pair of left and right side edge parts (100c, 100c), wherein said gas supply hole is provided on the lower side of said base member, and wherein said gas exhaust hole (152, 154, 156) is provided on the upper side of said base member.
Through air drier, comprising an inlet of a continuous sheet of paper to be dried, an inlet section of a drying hot air flow intended to pass through the sheet, a distribution of at least two cylindrical drying drums (3, 4, 5) located downstream of the inlet of the drying air flow, permeable to the passage of air, parallel to each other and with the rotation axis orthogonal to the inlet direction of the hot air flow, arranged so as to each be passed through by the entering air flow through a first cylindrical surface passage portion and exiting a second cylindrical surface passage portion, said drums (3, 4, 5) being arranged to be partially wrapped in succession by the inlet sheet, an outlet section of the drying air flow downstream of the drums (3, 4, 5), an outlet of the dried sheet. characterized in that said drums (3, 4, 5) are arranged to be partially wrapped on a first lower or upper cylindrical portion of a first drum and on a second respectively upper or lower cylindrical portion of a second drum adjacent to said first drum and to guide the inlet sheet along a serpentine shaped path, an inlet of a continuous sheet of paper to be dried, an inlet section of a drying hot air flow intended to pass through the sheet, a distribution of at least two cylindrical drying drums (3, 4, 5) located downstream of the inlet of the drying air flow, permeable to the passage of air, parallel to each other and with the rotation axis orthogonal to the inlet direction of the hot air flow, arranged so as to each be passed through by the entering air flow through a first cylindrical surface passage portion and exiting a second cylindrical surface passage portion, said drums (3, 4, 5) being arranged to be partially wrapped in succession by the inlet sheet, an outlet section of the drying air flow downstream of the drums (3, 4, 5), an outlet of the dried sheet.
Process for purifying an olefinic feedstock comprising olefins with 4 carbon atoms and impurities including isobutanal, ethanol and acetone, said process comprising: a) a pre-treatment step comprising at least a step of eliminating the ethanol and water; b) a step of simultaneously eliminating the isobutanal and the acetone, by passing the pretreated feedstock from step a) over at least one fixed bed of at least one adsorbent comprising at least one material with a zeolite framework, said material with a zeolite framework being chosen from the group consisting of: zeolites, AlPOs, SAPOs and mixtures thereof; said material with a zeolite framework having at least cages or channels of which at least one opening is defined by a ring comprising at least 10 oxygen atoms; said step b) being carried out at a temperature of between 0 and 200°C, at a pressure of 0.1 to 10 MPa and with an hourly space velocity of the pretreated feedstock from step a) over the fixed bed of between 0.1 and 10 h -1. a) a pre-treatment step comprising at least a step of eliminating the ethanol and water; b) a step of simultaneously eliminating the isobutanal and the acetone, by passing the pretreated feedstock from step a) over at least one fixed bed of at least one adsorbent comprising at least one material with a zeolite framework, said material with a zeolite framework being chosen from the group consisting of: zeolites, AlPOs, SAPOs and mixtures thereof; said material with a zeolite framework having at least cages or channels of which at least one opening is defined by a ring comprising at least 10 oxygen atoms; said step b) being carried out at a temperature of between 0 and 200°C, at a pressure of 0.1 to 10 MPa and with an hourly space velocity of the pretreated feedstock from step a) over the fixed bed of between 0.1 and 10 h -1. said material with a zeolite framework being chosen from the group consisting of: zeolites, AlPOs, SAPOs and mixtures thereof; said material with a zeolite framework having at least cages or channels of which at least one opening is defined by a ring comprising at least 10 oxygen atoms; said step b) being carried out at a temperature of between 0 and 200°C, at a pressure of 0.1 to 10 MPa and with an hourly space velocity of the pretreated feedstock from step a) over the fixed bed of between 0.1 and 10 h -1.
A fuel cell temperature distribution control system comprising: a cell stack including a power generation unit that generates power by causing, in a fuel battery cell formed of a laminate of an air electrode, a solid electrolyte, and a fuel electrode, an oxidizing gas flowing on the air electrode side and a fuel gas flowing on the fuel electrode side to react with each other; a temperature measurement unit that is configured to measure a temperature of a fuel gas supply part in the power generation unit; and characterized by a control unit that, on the basis of a result of measurement performed by the temperature measurement unit, is configured to control the temperature of the fuel gas supply part to within a preset temperature range based on a relationship between the temperature of the fuel gas supply part and a temperature of a fuel gas discharge part, to control a temperature distribution state including the temperature of the fuel gas supply part and the temperature of the fuel gas discharge part in a fuel gas flow direction in the power generation unit. a cell stack including a power generation unit that generates power by causing, in a fuel battery cell formed of a laminate of an air electrode, a solid electrolyte, and a fuel electrode, an oxidizing gas flowing on the air electrode side and a fuel gas flowing on the fuel electrode side to react with each other; a temperature measurement unit that is configured to measure a temperature of a fuel gas supply part in the power generation unit; and characterized by a control unit that, on the basis of a result of measurement performed by the temperature measurement unit, is configured to control the temperature of the fuel gas supply part to within a preset temperature range based on a relationship between the temperature of the fuel gas supply part and a temperature of a fuel gas discharge part, to control a temperature distribution state including the temperature of the fuel gas supply part and the temperature of the fuel gas discharge part in a fuel gas flow direction in the power generation unit.
A polypeptide inhibiting the activity of glycosylated IL-17A, wherein the polypeptide comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) GVTLFVALYDY(X 1)(X 2)(X 3)(X 4)(X 5)(X 6)DLSFHKGEKFQIL STHEYE DWWEARSLTTGET QYIPSNYVAPVDSIQ (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein amino acid positions (X 1) to (X 6) may be any amino acid sequence; and (b) an amino acid sequence which is at least 85% identical to the amino acid sequence of (a), wherein the identity determination excludes amino acid positions (X 1) to (X 6) and provided that the amino acid sequence STHEYE (SEQ ID NO: 2) in amino acid positions 31 to 36 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is conserved. (a) GVTLFVALYDY(X 1)(X 2)(X 3)(X 4)(X 5)(X 6)DLSFHKGEKFQIL STHEYE DWWEARSLTTGET QYIPSNYVAPVDSIQ (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein amino acid positions (X 1) to (X 6) may be any amino acid sequence; and (b) an amino acid sequence which is at least 85% identical to the amino acid sequence of (a), wherein the identity determination excludes amino acid positions (X 1) to (X 6) and provided that the amino acid sequence STHEYE (SEQ ID NO: 2) in amino acid positions 31 to 36 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is conserved.
A hearing protector, comprising an earmuff, the earmuff comprising a cup-shaped shell providing a sound barrier, wherein the hearing protector comprises a sound inlet formed of at least one acoustic membrane that replaces a portion of the shell, and wherein the sound inlet is adapted to locally reduce the sound barrier of the shell predominantly with respect to sound originating from an anterior direction, wherein the anterior direction is defined in accordance to on the anatomic directions of a wearer when the hearing protector is worn, wherein the earmuff is formed of a front portion that faces in the anterior direction, and a rear portion facing in a posterior direction that is the direction opposite of the anterior direction, wherein the sound inlet is provided predominantly within the front portion and wherein the membrane exhibits a resonance frequency that is within a range of 1000 Hz to 10000 Hz.