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A method for producing a security element having a lenticular image for depicting one or more target images, which are only visible from predetermined viewing directions and the motifs of which are formed by visually recognizable, contrasting metallic and demetallized sections of a motif layer, in which method - a lenticular image with a lenticulation consisting of a plurality of microlenses and a metallic motif layer, which is spaced apart from the lenticulation, is provided and - a marking laser source for generating laser radiation is provided, characterized in that the laser radiation is pulsed, wherein - the pulsed laser radiation is provided with a motif-shaped beam cross section in the beam path between the laser source and the lenticular image by means of a beam shaper or a switchable mask and - a plurality of microlenses of the lenticulation are simultaneously acted upon by the laser beam with the motif-shaped beam cross section in order to simultaneously produce a plurality of sections (42A, 42B), which are demetallized in the shape of partial motifs, in the metallic motif layer lying thereunder. - a lenticular image with a lenticulation consisting of a plurality of microlenses and a metallic motif layer, which is spaced apart from the lenticulation, is provided and - a marking laser source for generating laser radiation is provided, - the pulsed laser radiation is provided with a motif-shaped beam cross section in the beam path between the laser source and the lenticular image by means of a beam shaper or a switchable mask and - a plurality of microlenses of the lenticulation are simultaneously acted upon by the laser beam with the motif-shaped beam cross section in order to simultaneously produce a plurality of sections (42A, 42B), which are demetallized in the shape of partial motifs, in the metallic motif layer lying thereunder.
Process for working natural leather comprising a step of piercing a sheet of full grain natural leather, having an inner side, not visible during the normal use of leather products made of said sheet of full grain natural leather, and an outer side, visible during the normal use of leather products made of said sheet of full grain natural leather, and a thickness ranging from 0.8 millimetres to 1.5 millimetres, said process being characterised in that said step of piercing said sheet of full grain natural leather is carried out through a spiked plate having an operating surface provided with a plurality of conical spikes, configured to penetrate an inner side of a full grain natural leather having thickness t and make blind holes on the inner side of the full grain natural leather, wherein: - a base diameter d of the conical spikes ranges from 33% to 100% of the thickness t, whereby 0.33· t ≤ d ≤ t, - a height h of the conical spikes ranges from 70% to 110% of the thickness t, whereby 0.7·t ≤ h ≤ t, and - a minimum distance D between the conical spikes on the operating surface of the spiked plate ranges from 200% to 430% of the thickness t, whereby 2· t ≤ D ≤ 4,3· t, causing the operating surface of the spiked plate to press the inner side of the full grain natural leather for a number of times ranging from one to three, for a press duration ranging from 1 second to 4 seconds, with a pressure ranging from 15 to 60 atmospheres, and wherein the spiked plate is at a temperature ranging from 30°C to 110°C, whereby the conical spikes make blind holes on the inner side of the full grain natural leather, keeping unchanged the overall aesthetic of the outer side of the full grain natural leather. - a base diameter d of the conical spikes ranges from 33% to 100% of the thickness t, whereby 0.33· t ≤ d ≤ t, - a height h of the conical spikes ranges from 70% to 110% of the thickness t, whereby 0.7·t ≤ h ≤ t, and - a minimum distance D between the conical spikes on the operating surface of the spiked plate ranges from 200% to 430% of the thickness t, whereby 2· t ≤ D ≤ 4,3· t,
A golf trolley umbrella holder comprising; an attachment device arranged to attach the golf trolley umbrella holder to a golf trolley; an umbrella holding device comprising a holder having a first and second opening (2a, 2b), the openings (2a, 2b) arranged to allow a passage of a part of an umbrella (3, 4); a locking mechanism comprising a housing, characterised in that the golf trolley umbrella holder further comprises: a locking rod slidably mounted within the housing, a cam pivotally connected to the locking rod via a pivot, a biasing member arranged to act between the housing and the locking rod; and in that the housing comprises a cam surface which is arranged such that, in use, the biasing member acts to urge the cam against the cam surface, causing the cam to rotate about the pivot and further causing a surface of the cam to apply a force to the part of the umbrella (3, 4) in a locking arrangement so as to prevent any axial movement of the umbrella. a locking rod slidably mounted within the housing, a cam pivotally connected to the locking rod via a pivot, a biasing member arranged to act between the housing and the locking rod; and in that the housing comprises a cam surface which is arranged such that, in use, the biasing member acts to urge the cam against the cam surface, causing the cam to rotate about the pivot and further causing a surface of the cam to apply a force to the part of the umbrella (3, 4) in a locking arrangement so as to prevent any axial movement of the umbrella.
An apparatus, comprising: an installation tool (100; 200; 300; 400; 600; 910; 1010) for attaching an optical fiber (150; 450; 550; 650; 1020) to a structure (190; 490; 590; 690; 1105), the tool comprising: a body (110; 410); one or more contact portions (121, 122; 221, 222; 320; 421, 422; 521, 522; 520C; 520D, 520E, 520F; 621, 622; 1030) supported by the body and configured to secure the optical fiber; an adhesive dispenser (130; 230; 231, 232, 233; 430; 630) proximate the body, the adhesive dispenser configured to dispense at least one adhesive to the optical fiber and the structure; a dispenser controller (140; 240) operatively coupled to the adhesive dispenser, the dispenser controller configured to control the adhesive dispenser; and a strain mechanism (260; 360) configured to pre-strain the optical fiber to a first predetermined pre-strain value, wherein the strain mechanism is configured to move one or both of the contact portions along an x-axis of the tool to impart a pre-determined amount of pre-strain to the optical fiber to the first predetermined pre-strain value, wherein said x-axis extends along the length of the optical fiber. a body (110; 410); one or more contact portions (121, 122; 221, 222; 320; 421, 422; 521, 522; 520C; 520D, 520E, 520F; 621, 622; 1030) supported by the body and configured to secure the optical fiber; an adhesive dispenser (130; 230; 231, 232, 233; 430; 630) proximate the body, the adhesive dispenser configured to dispense at least one adhesive to the optical fiber and the structure; a dispenser controller (140; 240) operatively coupled to the adhesive dispenser, the dispenser controller configured to control the adhesive dispenser; and a strain mechanism (260; 360) configured to pre-strain the optical fiber to a first predetermined pre-strain value, wherein the strain mechanism is configured to move one or both of the contact portions along an x-axis of the tool to impart a pre-determined amount of pre-strain to the optical fiber to the first predetermined pre-strain value, wherein said x-axis extends along the length of the optical fiber.
A computer-implemented method of designing a pulse sequence for parallel-transmission magnetic resonance imaging, said pulse sequence comprising at least a magnetic field gradient waveform and a set of radio-frequency waveforms, each radio-frequency waveform of said set being associated to a respective transmit channel (RFC1 - RFC8) of a parallel-transmission magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, the method comprising: a) for each one of a plurality of magnetic resonance imaging subjects, estimating a linear transformation, called adjustment transformation, converting amplitude maps (Ω 1 - Ω 1) of radio-frequency fields generated within a region of interest comprising a body part of the subject by respective transmit channels of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus into respective standardized maps, the adjustment transformation being chosen in such a way as to minimize a first cost function representative of an averaged difference between the standardized maps for the subject and respective reference amplitude maps for a reference subject; and b) determining at least said radio-frequency waveforms in such a way as to minimize a second cost function representative of a discrepancy between subject-specific distributions of flip-angles of nuclear spin and a target distribution, averaged over said plurality of magnetic resonance imaging subjects, the subject-specific distributions corresponding to the flip-angle distributions achieved by applying a magnetic field gradient waveform and a superposition of radio-frequency fields, each of said radio-frequency fields having a temporal profile described by one of said radio-frequency waveforms and a spatial amplitude distribution described by a respective standardized map determined for the subject. a) for each one of a plurality of magnetic resonance imaging subjects, estimating a linear transformation, called adjustment transformation, converting amplitude maps (Ω 1 - Ω 1) of radio-frequency fields generated within a region of interest comprising a body part of the subject by respective transmit channels of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus into respective standardized maps, the adjustment transformation being chosen in such a way as to minimize a first cost function representative of an averaged difference between the standardized maps for the subject and respective reference amplitude maps for a reference subject; and b) determining at least said radio-frequency waveforms in such a way as to minimize a second cost function representative of a discrepancy between subject-specific distributions of flip-angles of nuclear spin and a target distribution, averaged over said plurality of magnetic resonance imaging subjects, the subject-specific distributions corresponding to the flip-angle distributions achieved by applying a magnetic field gradient waveform and a superposition of radio-frequency fields, each of said radio-frequency fields having a temporal profile described by one of said radio-frequency waveforms and a spatial amplitude distribution described by a respective standardized map determined for the subject.
A method for purification of acidic solutions of salts of rare earth metals from phosphorus, fluorine and alkali metals impurities, the method comprising: - selective extraction of the acid of the acidic solutions into an organic extractant simultaneously with rare earth metals, while phosphorus, fluorine and alkali metals impurities remain in raffinate; - precipitation of calcium phosphates and fluorides from the raffinate by addition of calcium compounds selected from the group comprising CaCO 3, CaO or Ca 2 and, if necessary, precipitation of silicofluorides of alkali metals from the raffinate by addition of fluorosilicic acid or calcium silicofluoride; and re-extraction of the acid from the organic extractant into the purified raffinate obtained after precipitation stage. - selective extraction of the acid of the acidic solutions into an organic extractant simultaneously with rare earth metals, while phosphorus, fluorine and alkali metals impurities remain in raffinate; - precipitation of calcium phosphates and fluorides from the raffinate by addition of calcium compounds selected from the group comprising CaCO 3, CaO or Ca 2 and, if necessary, precipitation of silicofluorides of alkali metals from the raffinate by addition of fluorosilicic acid or calcium silicofluoride; and re-extraction of the acid from the organic extractant into the purified raffinate obtained after precipitation stage.
Burner for a single combustion chamber or first combustion chamber in particular of a gas turbine, with an injection device for the introduction of at least one gaseous and/or liquid fuel into the burner, wherein the injection device has at least one body which is arranged in the burner with at least one nozzle for introducing the at least one fuel into the burner, wherein the at least one body is located in a first section of the burner with a first cross-sectional area at a leading edge of the at least one body with reference to a main flow direction prevailing in the burner, wherein downstream of said body a mixing zone is located with a second cross-sectional area, and at and/or downstream of said body the cross-sectional area is reduced, such that the first cross-sectional area is larger than the second cross-sectional area, characterised in that at least two nozzles are arranged at different positions along a trailing edge of the body, wherein upstream of each of these nozzles at least one vortex generator is located.
An aerosol-generating rod comprising a gathered sheet circumscribed by a wrapper, the gathered sheet comprising fibrous material, one or more nicotine salts and sugar, wherein the sheet has a total sugar content of at least 15% by weight on a dry weight basis and a total nicotine salt content of at least 1% by weight on a dry weight basis and wherein at least 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts are monoprotic.
A method for the in vitro diagnosis of gastric cancer in a subject, comprising the steps of: a) contacting said biological sample from said subject with at least one progastrin-binding molecule, b) detecting the binding of said progastrin-binding molecule to progastrin in said sample, wherein said binding indicates the presence of gastric cancer in said subject, wherein said biological sample is chosen among: blood, serum and plasma. a) contacting said biological sample from said subject with at least one progastrin-binding molecule, b) detecting the binding of said progastrin-binding molecule to progastrin in said sample, wherein said binding indicates the presence of gastric cancer in said subject,
A hand held micro Polymerase Chain Reaction device, comprising: a Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic micro Polymerase Chain Reaction chip comprising a heater, a reaction chamber to load a sample, a heater control to regulate the heater on basis of input received from a temperature sensor, an optical detection system to detect a fluorescence signal from the sample, and at least one communication interface to interact with one or more other device(s) selected from a group comprising smartphone, PDA and programmable device; characterized in that a microcontroller is interfaced with the at least one communication interface, the microcontroller comprises an analog to digital and digital to analog converter, the microcontroller is configured: to collect thermal profiles including temperature and time as set point values and number of cycles from the one or more other device(s) through the communication interface, to provide thermal profiles to the control circuit having a heater control and driver circuit, which controls the heater, and to provide the temperature sensed by a temperature sensing circuit and the signal detected by the optical detection system to the one or more other device(s) through the communication interface. a Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic micro Polymerase Chain Reaction chip comprising a heater, a reaction chamber to load a sample, a heater control to regulate the heater on basis of input received from a temperature sensor, an optical detection system to detect a fluorescence signal from the sample, and at least one communication interface to interact with one or more other device(s) selected from a group comprising smartphone, PDA and programmable device; characterized in that a microcontroller is interfaced with the at least one communication interface, the microcontroller comprises an analog to digital and digital to analog converter, the microcontroller is configured: to collect thermal profiles including temperature and time as set point values and number of cycles from the one or more other device(s) through the communication interface, to provide thermal profiles to the control circuit having a heater control and driver circuit, which controls the heater, and to provide the temperature sensed by a temperature sensing circuit and the signal detected by the optical detection system to the one or more other device(s) through the communication interface. to collect thermal profiles including temperature and time as set point values and number of cycles from the one or more other device(s) through the communication interface, to provide thermal profiles to the control circuit having a heater control and driver circuit, which controls the heater, and to provide the temperature sensed by a temperature sensing circuit and the signal detected by the optical detection system to the one or more other device(s) through the communication interface.
A method (200, 300) performed by a network device, the method comprising receiving (210, 310), from a source node, a first message that is a non-paging message, the source node being one of a terminal device and a control device in a core network, CN; obtaining (220, 320) tracking area, TA, information about the terminal device from the first message; transmitting (230, 330), to a destination node, a second message generated based on the first message, the destination node being the other of the terminal device and the control device; in response to receiving a packet from the CN to the terminal device, determining a first set of cells based on the TA information, the first set of cells including all cells managed by the network device and belonging to a region where the terminal device has been registered; and sending a paging message for paging the terminal device in the first set of cells. receiving (210, 310), from a source node, a first message that is a non-paging message, the source node being one of a terminal device and a control device in a core network, CN; obtaining (220, 320) tracking area, TA, information about the terminal device from the first message; transmitting (230, 330), to a destination node, a second message generated based on the first message, the destination node being the other of the terminal device and the control device; in response to receiving a packet from the CN to the terminal device, determining a first set of cells based on the TA information, the first set of cells including all cells managed by the network device and belonging to a region where the terminal device has been registered; and sending a paging message for paging the terminal device in the first set of cells.
A method comprising contacting an organic substrate comprising an aromatic moiety with a mixture comprising (a) at least one organosilane and (b) potassium hydroxide, at a temperature in a range of from 40°C to 165°C, so as to provide an aromatic silylated product.
An article transport vehicle comprising: a traveler configured to travel to set positions that are set in correspondence with a plurality of storing units for storing articles; a supporter configured to support an article taken out from one of the storing units by an operator; and an identification information reader configured to read identification information of the operator, wherein the identification information is held in an identification information holder that is attached to a foot of the operator, and the identification information reader is provided below the supporter on a side on which the operator puts the article into the supporter, characterized in that the article transport vehicle comprises an emitter configured to emit light, wherein the emitter displays a reading target area of the identification information reader by emitting the light. a traveler configured to travel to set positions that are set in correspondence with a plurality of storing units for storing articles; a supporter configured to support an article taken out from one of the storing units by an operator; and an identification information reader configured to read identification information of the operator, wherein the identification information is held in an identification information holder that is attached to a foot of the operator, and the identification information reader is provided below the supporter on a side on which the operator puts the article into the supporter, characterized in that the article transport vehicle comprises an emitter configured to emit light, wherein the emitter displays a reading target area of the identification information reader by emitting the light.
A powered circular surgical stapler, comprising a knife assembly, wherein the powered circular surgical stapler is configured to perform the following steps: advancing the knife assembly at a first velocity until a first predetermined force on the knife assembly is detected; and advancing the knife assembly at a second velocity when the first predetermined force is detected, the second velocity being less than the first velocity; followed by either: continuing to advance the knife assembly at the second velocity until the knife assembly travels a cutting stroke distance; or continuing to advance the knife assembly at the second velocity until a second predetermined force on the knife assembly is detected; followed by advancing the knife assembly at a third velocity which is less than the second velocity until the knife assembly travels the cutting stroke distance. advancing the knife assembly at a first velocity until a first predetermined force on the knife assembly is detected; and advancing the knife assembly at a second velocity when the first predetermined force is detected, the second velocity being less than the first velocity; followed by either: continuing to advance the knife assembly at the second velocity until the knife assembly travels a cutting stroke distance; or continuing to advance the knife assembly at the second velocity until a second predetermined force on the knife assembly is detected; followed by advancing the knife assembly at a third velocity which is less than the second velocity until the knife assembly travels the cutting stroke distance. continuing to advance the knife assembly at the second velocity until the knife assembly travels a cutting stroke distance; or continuing to advance the knife assembly at the second velocity until a second predetermined force on the knife assembly is detected; followed by advancing the knife assembly at a third velocity which is less than the second velocity until the knife assembly travels the cutting stroke distance.