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A spinal plate apparatus comprising: a spinal plate having an asymmetrical configuration for off-center affixation to the vertebral spine, wherein the spinal plate comprises: an upper surface, a lower surface, a thickness between the upper and lower surfaces, a first end and a second end defining a length therebetween configured to span two or more adjacent vertebral bodies, a first side and a second opposing side; and characterized in that at least two paired fastener holes (114a, 114b, 116a, 116b) extending through the upper and lower surfaces (112, 114); wherein the thickness of the second side is greater than the thickness of the first side; wherein the at least two paired fastener holes are is positioned closer to the second side than to the first side and each of the at least two paired fastener holes consist of a bone engaging faster hole (114a, 114b) adjacent to a locking fastener hole (116a, 116b), the bone engaging fastener hole being angled such that a bone engaging fastener passing through the hole is angled towards the first side, and the locking fastener hole configured to receive a locking fastener. an upper surface, a lower surface, a thickness between the upper and lower surfaces, a first end and a second end defining a length therebetween configured to span two or more adjacent vertebral bodies, a first side and a second opposing side; and characterized in that at least two paired fastener holes (114a, 114b, 116a, 116b) extending through the upper and lower surfaces (112, 114); wherein the thickness of the second side is greater than the thickness of the first side; wherein the at least two paired fastener holes are is positioned closer to the second side than to the first side and each of the at least two paired fastener holes consist of a bone engaging faster hole (114a, 114b) adjacent to a locking fastener hole (116a, 116b), the bone engaging fastener hole being angled such that a bone engaging fastener passing through the hole is angled towards the first side, and the locking fastener hole configured to receive a locking fastener.
A method (50A; 50B) for fabricating a prepreg ply assembly comprising: orienting a plurality of prepreg plies, said prepreg plies comprising a prepreg ply front surface and a prepreg ply back surface; applying an amount of a particulate material to at least a predetermined location of at least one of the prepreg ply front surface and the prepreg ply back surface of at least a predetermined number of prepreg plies, wherein an average particle diameter of the particulate material is from about 0.1 to about 10 microns; by a predetermined amount varying slippage of at least one of the prepreg ply front surface and the prepreg ply back surface of at least a predetermined location of at least one of the prepreg ply front surface and prepreg ply back surface of at least a predetermined number of prepreg plies; and orienting the plurality of the prepreg plies into a prepreg ply assembly. orienting a plurality of prepreg plies, said prepreg plies comprising a prepreg ply front surface and a prepreg ply back surface; applying an amount of a particulate material to at least a predetermined location of at least one of the prepreg ply front surface and the prepreg ply back surface of at least a predetermined number of prepreg plies, wherein an average particle diameter of the particulate material is from about 0.1 to about 10 microns; by a predetermined amount varying slippage of at least one of the prepreg ply front surface and the prepreg ply back surface of at least a predetermined location of at least one of the prepreg ply front surface and prepreg ply back surface of at least a predetermined number of prepreg plies; and orienting the plurality of the prepreg plies into a prepreg ply assembly.
A method of predicting the likelihood that a patient will respond therapeutically to a pancreatic cancer treatment comprising the administration of Compound 1 and/or tautomers thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, wherein Compound 1 has the structure: the method comprising the steps of: STEP: determining a KRAS gene mutation status of a sample from a patient, and STEP: predicting an increased likelihood that the patient will respond therapeutically to the pancreatic cancer treatment if the patient has the presence of KRAS gene mutation(s). STEP: determining a KRAS gene mutation status of a sample from a patient, and STEP: predicting an increased likelihood that the patient will respond therapeutically to the pancreatic cancer treatment if the patient has the presence of KRAS gene mutation(s).
A method for encoding video data comprising at least one video bitstream according to the MPEG-4 standard, whereby a specific alignment/fragmentation mechanism is used, according to which, when said at least one video bitstream is encoded using the syntax mode corresponding to a fragmentation of the Video Object Planes contained in said at least one video bitstream into Video Packets and of Video Packets into Video Data Partitions, each Video Data Partition is mapped into one or more Sync Layer packets, said Sync Layer packets being byte aligned, the first Video Data Partition start is always mapped to a Sync Layer packet start even if a large Video Data Partition is split across several Sync Layer packets; characterized in that the last Sync Layer packet transporting the first Video Data Partition includes a separation marker to safely identify the end of the first Video Data Partition, and up to 7 subsequent bits of the second Video Data Partition in order to obtain byte alignment; and the next SL packet starts on the next bit of the second Video Data Partition.
A method of forming a semiconductor bond site on a semiconductor package comprising a copper-tungsten base, comprising the steps of: forming a die bond sheet preform containing gold and tin having a width, a length and a uniform thickness; placing the die bond sheet preform on a die bond area on the semiconductor package; and welding the die bond sheet preform to the package die bond area at two spaced apart spots, the two spaced apart spots having a total area significantly smaller than the area of the sheet preform, characterized in that the semiconductor package is not gold plated; the die bond sheet preform is originally a uniform mix of gold and tin susceptible to phase separation between gold and tin by melting and resolidification; and the die bond sheet preform is welded to the package die bond area with an electric current resistance welding using a welding current waveform having only one principal current peak to minimize said phase separation, wherein no preheat current is applied prior to the current expected to create the weld. forming a die bond sheet preform containing gold and tin having a width, a length and a uniform thickness; placing the die bond sheet preform on a die bond area on the semiconductor package; and welding the die bond sheet preform to the package die bond area at two spaced apart spots, the two spaced apart spots having a total area significantly smaller than the area of the sheet preform, characterized in that the semiconductor package is not gold plated; the die bond sheet preform is originally a uniform mix of gold and tin susceptible to phase separation between gold and tin by melting and resolidification; and the die bond sheet preform is welded to the package die bond area with an electric current resistance welding using a welding current waveform having only one principal current peak to minimize said phase separation, wherein no preheat current is applied prior to the current expected to create the weld.
A turbine blade (10;50;60) in which a tabular rib partitioning an interior of an air foil into a pressure side and a suction side along a center line connecting a leading edge and a trailing edge of the air foil is provided in a portion between the leading edge and the trailing edge so as to form at least two cavities (C2,C3;C2,C3;C5), of which a cavity (C2,C3) at the suction side and a cavity (C2,C3;C5) at the pressure side do not communicate with each other, and wherein the turbine blade (10;50;60) comprises pressure adjustment members (36,30) for cooling air flowing into the cavity (C2,C3) at the suction side and for cooling air flowing out of the cavity (C2,C3) at the suction side, characterised in that the pressure adjustment members comprise an impingement plate located upstream of the cooling air flowing into the cavity (C2,C3) at the suction side and disposed so as to cover an upper side and/or a lower side of spaces formed in the cavity (C2,C3) at the suction side.
A dynamic thorax compressor comprising: a) front (1, 1') and rear (2, 2') pairs of transverse rod segments, each transverse rod segment having an inner end and an outer end; b) side rods (3, 3'), each side rod comprising a front end, a rear end, and a pin (4, 4') in the rear end; c) a transverse compressor regulation means; d) a laterolateral compressor regulation means; and e) front (12, 12') and rear (13, 13') compression pads; wherein the pins (4, 4') of the side rods fit into holes provided in the front edges of the outer ends of the rear transverse rod segments, the pins having protection caps (6, 6'), and the pins being retained by screws (5, 5') transversely arranged near the front edges of the outer ends of the rear transverse rod segments; wherein said compression pads are fixed by means of fastening screws (11, 11') received in rails (10, 10') fitted to the inner ends of the front and rear transverse rods segments; wherein the transverse compressor regulation means comprises spindles (7, 7') trespassing openings (8, 8') provided at the outer ends of the front transverse rod segments, wherein the spindles are threaded into the front ends of the side rods, through knobs (9, 9'); and wherein the laterolateral compressor regulation means comprises elongated slots (14, 14'), provided in the inner ends of the front and rear transverse rod segments, through which the fastening screws are fitted. a) front (1, 1') and rear (2, 2') pairs of transverse rod segments, each transverse rod segment having an inner end and an outer end; b) side rods (3, 3'), each side rod comprising a front end, a rear end, and a pin (4, 4') in the rear end; c) a transverse compressor regulation means; d) a laterolateral compressor regulation means; and e) front (12, 12') and rear (13, 13') compression pads; wherein the pins (4, 4') of the side rods fit into holes provided in the front edges of the outer ends of the rear transverse rod segments, the pins having protection caps (6, 6'), and the pins being retained by screws (5, 5') transversely arranged near the front edges of the outer ends of the rear transverse rod segments; wherein said compression pads are fixed by means of fastening screws (11, 11') received in rails (10, 10') fitted to the inner ends of the front and rear transverse rods segments; wherein the transverse compressor regulation means comprises spindles (7, 7') trespassing openings (8, 8') provided at the outer ends of the front transverse rod segments, wherein the spindles are threaded into the front ends of the side rods, through knobs (9, 9'); and wherein the laterolateral compressor regulation means comprises elongated slots (14, 14'), provided in the inner ends of the front and rear transverse rod segments, through which the fastening screws are fitted.
Method of controlling a needling machine which has, for needling a fibre web, a needle unit having a plurality of needles, wherein the needle unit executing a reciprocating stroke movement above the fibre web so that the needles, in the course of oscillating, travel into the fibre web and travel out again therefrom, and the needling machine having at least one take-off roll which, in relation to a transport movement (x) of the fibre web, is located downstream of the needle unit and which introduces a take-off force into the fibre web, for which there is provided a drive unit for driving the take-off roll in rotation, and which is controlled by means of a control unit, the method comprising at least the following steps: • determining a limit torque for driving the take-off roll; • controlling the drive unit by means of the control unit using, for driving the take-off roll, a drive torque which does not exceed the limit torque, so that torque limitation is formed. characterised in that a stroke sensor is provided, there being detected by means of the stroke sensor an insertion period (te) during which the needles are inserted into the fibre web, and there being detected a free-running period (tf) during which the needles have been moved out from the fibre web, a sensor signal being output to the control unit, and wherein the control unit controls the drive torque for driving the take-off roll in dependence on the sensor signal. • determining a limit torque for driving the take-off roll; • controlling the drive unit by means of the control unit using, for driving the take-off roll, a drive torque which does not exceed the limit torque, so that torque limitation is formed.
An agent comprising difructose anhydride III for use in preventing and/or treating hypocalcemia after delivery, wherein the agent is to be administered to humans or animals before delivery.
Monoclonal antibody characterised in that it is selected from the group comprising the following antibodies: i. antibody capable of binding with the amino acid sequence having SEQ 1 of the central domain of DNA polymerase Pol Theta ii. antibody capable of binding with the amino acid sequence having SEQ 2 of the central domain of DNA polymerase Pol Theta iii. antibody capable of binding with the amino acid sequence having SEQ 4 of the central domain of DNA polymerase Pol Theta i. antibody capable of binding with the amino acid sequence having SEQ 1 of the central domain of DNA polymerase Pol Theta ii. antibody capable of binding with the amino acid sequence having SEQ 2 of the central domain of DNA polymerase Pol Theta iii. antibody capable of binding with the amino acid sequence having SEQ 4 of the central domain of DNA polymerase Pol Theta
A method for constituting a reference data structure comprising at least one setpoint parameter of at least one actuator of an equipment of a building automation installation, comprising: - a step of determining a set of at least one combination of values of quantities measurable by at least one sensor associated to the actuator, called set of functional data; - a step of determining, for at least one determined combination (CVE1j) belonging to the set of functional data, at least one value (VPi) corresponding to the at least one setpoint parameter, as a function of the determined combination (CVE1j); - a step of generating the reference data structure comprising a set of association ({CVE1j; VPi}) between the at least one determined value (VPi) corresponding to the at least one setpoint parameter and the determined combination (CVE1j) belonging to the set of functional data, characterized in that the generation step comprises a sub-step of digitally encoding the reference data structure in the form of an image comprising a set of pixels (Px), each pixel (Px) of the image being defined by a positioning and at least one component, - the positioning (Pos) of a pixel (Px) in the image being determined as a function (f) of the values of the measurable quantities in said different combinations of the set of functional data, and - the at least one component of a pixel (Px) of the at least one image corresponding to the setpoint parameter values for a determined combination of values of the measurable quantities of the set of functional data. - a step of determining a set of at least one combination of values of quantities measurable by at least one sensor associated to the actuator, called set of functional data; - a step of determining, for at least one determined combination (CVE1j) belonging to the set of functional data, at least one value (VPi) corresponding to the at least one setpoint parameter, as a function of the determined combination (CVE1j); - a step of generating the reference data structure comprising a set of association ({CVE1j; VPi}) between the at least one determined value (VPi) corresponding to the at least one setpoint parameter and the determined combination (CVE1j) belonging to the set of functional data, characterized in that the generation step comprises a sub-step of digitally encoding the reference data structure in the form of an image comprising a set of pixels (Px), each pixel (Px) of the image being defined by a positioning and at least one component, - the positioning (Pos) of a pixel (Px) in the image being determined as a function (f) of the values of the measurable quantities in said different combinations of the set of functional data, and - the at least one component of a pixel (Px) of the at least one image corresponding to the setpoint parameter values for a determined combination of values of the measurable quantities of the set of functional data.
A single-crystal silicon pulling silica container (71, 72) comprising a straight body portion, a curved portion, and a bottom portion, wherein 1/3 of an outer diameter (D 1) of the silica container is a diameter (D 2) of the bottom portion, and the straight body portion corresponds to a portion (height H 1 -H 2) from an upper edge of the silica container to a portion located at 1/3 of the height (H 1) thereof, wherein the OH group concentration in the straight body portion is 30 to 300 ppm by mass, the OH group concentration in the bottom portion is 30 ppm by mass or less, and a difference in the OH group concentration between the straight body portion and the bottom portion is 30 ppm by mass or more.
Base module for holding a heat pump of a household appliance for drying laundry, having - at least one heat-exchanger receiving region (2, 19) for at least partially receiving at least one heat exchanger (20, 32) of the heat pump, - at least one component receiving region (3, 21) for at least partially receiving a compressor and/or a restrictor of the heat pump, - at least one dividing wall (7, 25) at least partially separating the heat-exchanger receiving region (2, 19) from the component receiving region (3, 21), on which dividing wall at least one pipe feed-through (8, 26) for feeding through a pipe run of a refrigerant circuit of the heat pump is arranged, - wherein the dividing wall (7, 25) is at least partially formed by at least one separately embodied adapter component (9, 28) comprising the pipe feed-through (8, 26), - wherein the adapter component (9, 28) comprises a feed-through section comprising the pipe feed-through (8, 26) and made from a flexible plastic in the form of a foam or an elastomer or a mounting foam wrapped with a foil, characterised in that the adapter component (9, 28) is formed from two superposed adapter parts (10, 11), wherein the pipe feed-through (8, 26) is formed from both adapter parts (10, 11), wherein the adapter parts (10, 11) are provided with slots on the pipe feed-through (8, 26). - at least one heat-exchanger receiving region (2, 19) for at least partially receiving at least one heat exchanger (20, 32) of the heat pump, - at least one component receiving region (3, 21) for at least partially receiving a compressor and/or a restrictor of the heat pump, - at least one dividing wall (7, 25) at least partially separating the heat-exchanger receiving region (2, 19) from the component receiving region (3, 21), on which dividing wall at least one pipe feed-through (8, 26) for feeding through a pipe run of a refrigerant circuit of the heat pump is arranged, - wherein the dividing wall (7, 25) is at least partially formed by at least one separately embodied adapter component (9, 28) comprising the pipe feed-through (8, 26), - wherein the adapter component (9, 28) comprises a feed-through section comprising the pipe feed-through (8, 26) and made from a flexible plastic in the form of a foam or an elastomer or a mounting foam wrapped with a foil,
A method for operating a control node in wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting control information related to a beam refinements protocol, BRP, for a plurality of terminals; transmitting BRP frames for a beam refinements operation; and receiving, from each of the plurality of terminals, a feedback signal informing whether an additional transmission of a BRP frame is required or not. transmitting control information related to a beam refinements protocol, BRP, for a plurality of terminals; transmitting BRP frames for a beam refinements operation; and receiving, from each of the plurality of terminals, a feedback signal informing whether an additional transmission of a BRP frame is required or not.
A charging device for an electromotive vehicle equipped with an electrical storage device, the charging device including: a first electric power converter that converts an alternating-current voltage, supplied from an external power supply, to a direct-current voltage higher than a peak voltage of the alternating-current voltage and outputs the direct-current voltage to a first power supply line; and a second electric power converter that, during external charging for charging the electrical storage device by the external power supply, converts a direct-current electric power between the first power supply line and a second power supply line that is electrically connected to a positive electrode of the electrical storage device, wherein the second electric power converter includes a first switching element that is electrically connected between a first node and the first power supply line, and a first inductor that is electrically connected between the first node and the second power supply line; the charging device further includes a control device that controls the first and second electric power converters; during the external charging, the control device selects either a first control mode in which the electrical storage device is charged through on/off control over the first switching element or a second control mode in which the electrical storage device is charged while the first switching element is kept in an on state, on the basis of a state of the external charging, wherein the control device includes a control mode selecting unit that is configured to select the second control mode when the voltage of the electrical storage device is higher than the peak voltage of the alternating-current voltage and to select the first control model when the voltage of the electrical storage device is lower than the peak voltage of the alternating-current voltage.
A polymeric hybrid material with photothermal properties containing polydopamine and particles of polyurethane or a copolymer made up of monomers including polyurethane monomers, wherein the surfaces of said particles are coated with polydopamine and wherein the particles are in sub-micron scale.