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A retrofit smoke evacuation conduit designed to be installed in an existing evacuation conduit, said retrofit smoke evacuation conduit comprising at least one metal tubular body and one covering device designed to cover said tubular body from the outside, said covering device comprising at least one strip with a width larger than the perimeter of the tubular body to be covered and fasteners for maintaining said strip able to keep said strip in a so-called surrounding position in which the strip extends axially along said tubular body and surrounds said tubular body with one of its longitudinal edges (4, 5), called visible edge, covering the other longitudinal edge, called hidden edge, to form a covering connecting zone, said strip comprising, on its outer face, at least two series (7, 8) of anchoring or catching points adjoining each longitudinal edge (4, 5) of the strip, said series (7, 8) of anchoring or catching points being positioned so as to extend on either side of the visible longitudinal edge of the strip in the wound state of the strip in its surrounding position around the tubular body, characterized in that each maintaining fastener is able, in said surrounding position, to connect an anchoring point of one series to an anchoring point of the other series by straddling the visible longitudinal edge of said strip.
A fuel supply device for an internal combustion engine, the fuel supply device comprising: a fuel supply path configured to supply fuel in a fuel tank to a fuel injection valve via a feed pump and a high-pressure fuel pump to sequentially increase pressure of the fuel, and further via a common rail, wherein the fuel supply path includes: a first fuel filter that is disposed upstream of the feed pump and that has a first filter element; and a second fuel filter that is disposed in a path between the feed pump and the high-pressure fuel pump, and that houses a second filter element in a filter casing thereof; characterized in that: an air vent valve, which has a suction port and a discharge port each opened toward a corresponding side of the filter casing, is disposed in the filter casing of the second fuel filter, upstream of the second filter element, a fuel return path is disposed so that fuel, which is discharged from the feed pump and flows into the second fuel filter, is partly returned from the upstream side of the second filter element in the filter casing of the second fuel filter into the first fuel filter at an upstream side of the first filter element, a fuel return pipe (107, 108) forming the fuel return path is connected to the discharge port of the air vent valve, and the fuel return path is connected to the high-pressure fuel pump, the common rail and the fuel injection valve so as to return, to the upstream side of the first filter element: fuel leaked from the high-pressure fuel pump; surplus fuel from the common rail; and fuel leaked from the fuel injection valve, together with fuel discharged from the discharge port of the air vent valve in the second fuel filter. an air vent valve, which has a suction port and a discharge port each opened toward a corresponding side of the filter casing, is disposed in the filter casing of the second fuel filter, upstream of the second filter element, a fuel return path is disposed so that fuel, which is discharged from the feed pump and flows into the second fuel filter, is partly returned from the upstream side of the second filter element in the filter casing of the second fuel filter into the first fuel filter at an upstream side of the first filter element, a fuel return pipe (107, 108) forming the fuel return path is connected to the discharge port of the air vent valve, and the fuel return path is connected to the high-pressure fuel pump, the common rail and the fuel injection valve so as to return, to the upstream side of the first filter element: fuel leaked from the high-pressure fuel pump; surplus fuel from the common rail; and fuel leaked from the fuel injection valve, together with fuel discharged from the discharge port of the air vent valve in the second fuel filter.
A method for reprocessing a reusable medical instrument, including: - providing a container including a tray and a lid, the tray including one or more supports supporting the medical instrument, the tray having an opening for inserting therethrough the medical instrument into an inner space of the tray, and the lid being arranged for hermetically closing the opening; - inserting the container into a decontamination device; - inside the decontamination device decontaminating the tray, the lid and the medical instrument while the lid is positioned away from the opening; - inside the decontamination device, a container handler of the decontamination device hermetically closing the container by closing the lid onto the tray for closing the opening; - reducing gas pressure inside the container prior to closing the container and maintaining said reduced gas pressure inside the container after removing the closed container from the decontamination device; and - removing the closed container containing the decontaminated medical instrument from the decontamination device. - providing a container including a tray and a lid, the tray including one or more supports supporting the medical instrument, the tray having an opening for inserting therethrough the medical instrument into an inner space of the tray, and the lid being arranged for hermetically closing the opening; - inserting the container into a decontamination device; - inside the decontamination device decontaminating the tray, the lid and the medical instrument while the lid is positioned away from the opening; - inside the decontamination device, a container handler of the decontamination device hermetically closing the container by closing the lid onto the tray for closing the opening; - reducing gas pressure inside the container prior to closing the container and maintaining said reduced gas pressure inside the container after removing the closed container from the decontamination device; and - removing the closed container containing the decontaminated medical instrument from the decontamination device.
A method, comprising: contacting a control red blood cell with a sample; removing the control RBC to generate a pre-absorbed sample; contacting at least one transgenic RBC with the pre-absorbed sample; and determining whether an antibody binds to an antigen; wherein the at least one transgenic RBC, has been provided from, or derived from, a non-target vertebrate animal, that expresses the antigen from a target species other than the non-target vertebrate animal; wherein the sample is known or suspected to include the antibody that binds to the antigen and wherein the sample has been provided from the target species; wherein the control RBC has been provided from the non-target vertebrate animal of the same species that does not express the antigen; and wherein the target species is human and the non-target vertebrate animal is a non-human mammal. contacting a control red blood cell with a sample; removing the control RBC to generate a pre-absorbed sample; contacting at least one transgenic RBC with the pre-absorbed sample; and determining whether an antibody binds to an antigen; wherein the at least one transgenic RBC, has been provided from, or derived from, a non-target vertebrate animal, that expresses the antigen from a target species other than the non-target vertebrate animal; wherein the sample is known or suspected to include the antibody that binds to the antigen and wherein the sample has been provided from the target species; wherein the control RBC has been provided from the non-target vertebrate animal of the same species that does not express the antigen; and wherein the target species is human and the non-target vertebrate animal is a non-human mammal.
An integrated pump module comprising: a rigid housing comprising a top and a bottom; a fluid outlet coupled to the rigid housing; a fluid reservoir comprising a top, a bottom, and collapsible sidewalls, the fluid reservoir disposed within the rigid housing; and a pumping segment coupled between the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet, the pumping segment configured to be coupled to and driven by an external pump actuator, so as to (i) draw a fluid from the fluid reservoir and pump the fluid to the fluid outlet, and (ii) cause the top of the fluid reservoir to separate from the rigid housing top and move towards the rigid housing bottom so that the fluid reservoir sidewalls collapse within the rigid housing. a rigid housing comprising a top and a bottom; a fluid outlet coupled to the rigid housing; a fluid reservoir comprising a top, a bottom, and collapsible sidewalls, the fluid reservoir disposed within the rigid housing; and a pumping segment coupled between the fluid reservoir and the fluid outlet,
Intake screen for a hydroelectric power station, having bars which, as seen in the flow direction of the water, are oriented horizontally or are arranged with an inclination of up to 30° in relation to the horizontal, wherein the intake screen is arranged under water, a cleaning strip is arranged transversely to the bars and, resting on the bars, can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the latter, wherein the cleaning strip has at least one comb strip (17, 19) with teeth, said comb strip engaging in the interspaces between the bars, and the cleaning strip is of flow-repelling configuration, in particular has bevelled portions and/or rounded portions, on the side directed towards the flow, characterized in that the cleaning strip has a rear comb strip at its end which is directed towards the flow and a front comb strip at its end which is directed away from the flow.
A method of receiving, by a base station, BS, uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment, UE, first radio resource control, RRC, configuration information for a configured grant-based physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH; transmitting, to the UE, second RRC configuration information for a dynamic grant-based PUSCH; transmitting, to the UE, a first downlink control information, DCI, that is scrambled by a configured scheduling, CS,-radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, wherein the first DCI is validated as a valid activation or a valid release of the configured grant-based PUSCH, and wherein parameters of the first RRC configuration information is applied to the first DCI, according to a DCI format of the first DCI, for a configured grant-based PUSCH transmission; receiving the configured grant-based PUSCH transmission from the UE; transmitting, to the UE, a second DCI that is scrambled by the CS-RNTI; and wherein based on a new data indicator, NDI, field of the second DCI indicating a PUSCH re-transmission: (i) parameters of the second RRC configuration information is applied to the second DCI, according to the same DCI format as the first DCI, for the PUSCH re-transmission, and (ii) the PUSCH re-transmission is received from the UE, wherein at least one field of the first DCI that is scrambled by the CS-RNTI comprises zero-padding to have a same size as each corresponding at least one field of a third DCI that is scrambled by a cell-RNTI, C-RNTI, and wherein the third DCI has the same DCI format as the first DCI. transmitting, to a user equipment, UE, first radio resource control, RRC, configuration information for a configured grant-based physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH; transmitting, to the UE, second RRC configuration information for a dynamic grant-based PUSCH; transmitting, to the UE, a first downlink control information, DCI, that is scrambled by a configured scheduling, CS,-radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, wherein the first DCI is validated as a valid activation or a valid release of the configured grant-based PUSCH, and wherein parameters of the first RRC configuration information is applied to the first DCI, according to a DCI format of the first DCI, for a configured grant-based PUSCH transmission; receiving the configured grant-based PUSCH transmission from the UE; transmitting, to the UE, a second DCI that is scrambled by the CS-RNTI; and wherein based on a new data indicator, NDI, field of the second DCI indicating a PUSCH re-transmission: (i) parameters of the second RRC configuration information is applied to the second DCI, according to the same DCI format as the first DCI, for the PUSCH re-transmission, and (ii) the PUSCH re-transmission is received from the UE, wherein at least one field of the first DCI that is scrambled by the CS-RNTI comprises zero-padding to have a same size as each corresponding at least one field of a third DCI that is scrambled by a cell-RNTI, C-RNTI, and wherein the third DCI has the same DCI format as the first DCI.
A stramenopile transformed for the modification of the fatty acid composition through disruption of its gene(s) and/or inhibition of expression thereof by genetic engineering in microorganisms, wherein the microorganisms are selected from the group consisting of Parietichytrium sarkarianum SEK 364 (FERM BP-11298), Parietichytrium sp. SEK358 (FERM BP-11405), Parietichytrium sp. SEK571 (FERM BP-11406), Thraustochytrium aureum ATCC 34304, and Thraustochytrium roseum ATCC 28210, wherein the stramenopile is able to grow in a culture without a polyunsaturated fatty acid, wherein (i) the stramenopile gene is a C20 elongase gene, if the microorganisms are selected from the group consisting of Parietichytrium sarkarianum SEK 364 (FERM BP-11298), Parietichytrium sp. SEK358 (FERM BP-11405), Parietichytrium sp. SEK571 (FERM BP-11406), and Thraustochytrium roseum ATCC 28210, or (ii) the stramenopile gene is polyketide synthase or Δ12 desaturase, if the microorganisms are selected from Thraustochytrium aureum ATCC 34304. wherein the stramenopile is able to grow in a culture without a polyunsaturated fatty acid, wherein (i) the stramenopile gene is a C20 elongase gene, if the microorganisms are selected from the group consisting of Parietichytrium sarkarianum SEK 364 (FERM BP-11298), Parietichytrium sp. SEK358 (FERM BP-11405), Parietichytrium sp. SEK571 (FERM BP-11406), and Thraustochytrium roseum ATCC 28210, or (ii) the stramenopile gene is polyketide synthase or Δ12 desaturase, if the microorganisms are selected from Thraustochytrium aureum ATCC 34304. (i) the stramenopile gene is a C20 elongase gene, if the microorganisms are selected from the group consisting of Parietichytrium sarkarianum SEK 364 (FERM BP-11298), Parietichytrium sp. SEK358 (FERM BP-11405), Parietichytrium sp. SEK571 (FERM BP-11406), and Thraustochytrium roseum ATCC 28210, or (ii) the stramenopile gene is polyketide synthase or Δ12 desaturase, if the microorganisms are selected from Thraustochytrium aureum ATCC 34304.
A method for managing provenance information associated to one or more interconnected provenance entities in a provenance system for data processing pipelines in a distributed cloud environment over a network interface, wherein each of the data processing pipelines is configured to read in data, transform the data, and output transformed data, the method comprising the following steps being performed by a configuration component: obtaining at least one declarative intent representing a configuration indicative of requirements and levels of priority for storage of provenance information for each of the data processing pipelines, deriving the requirements and levels of priority for storage of provenance information for each of the data processing pipelines based on the obtained at least one declarative intent, wherein one of the levels of priority - first level of priority - is higher than the other levels of priority - second levels of priority, estimating storage capacity for storage of provenance information in the provenance system based on the derived requirements and levels of priority, storing the provenance information according to the derived requirements and levels of priority for storage of provenance information and for each of the data processing pipelines, and when actual storage consumption for storage of provenance information in the provenance system meets a threshold of storage capacity set based on the estimated storage capacity: reducing a data amount for storage of provenance information of the second levels of priority in the provenance system. obtaining at least one declarative intent representing a configuration indicative of requirements and levels of priority for storage of provenance information for each of the data processing pipelines, deriving the requirements and levels of priority for storage of provenance information for each of the data processing pipelines based on the obtained at least one declarative intent, wherein one of the levels of priority - first level of priority - is higher than the other levels of priority - second levels of priority, estimating storage capacity for storage of provenance information in the provenance system based on the derived requirements and levels of priority, storing the provenance information according to the derived requirements and levels of priority for storage of provenance information and for each of the data processing pipelines, and when actual storage consumption for storage of provenance information in the provenance system meets a threshold of storage capacity set based on the estimated storage capacity: reducing a data amount for storage of provenance information of the second levels of priority in the provenance system.
A bolt support plate fitted to an external surface of a door or gate, the bolt support plate being connected with a lock having a lock body on an opposing surface of the door or gate and comprising one or more holes, wherein the edges of the holes provide a bolt (4, 20), e.g. a latch bolt or a dead bolt of the lock, with a close fit, thereby providing lateral support for the bolt.
A hydrocarbon conversion catalyst composition which comprises zeolite particles wherein the zeolite is selected from one or more of members of the ZSM-48 family, EU-2, ZBM-30 and EU-11, and further comprising refractory oxide binder containing at most 2 wt% of alumina, based on dry weight, in which the average aluminium concentration of the zeolite particles as measured by X-ray fluorescence is at least 2 times the aluminium concentration at the surface of the particles as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and in which the zeolite has a silica to alumina molar ratio of at least 100 and at most 210.
A composition comprising a CD62L low CD4 + T-cell for use in a method of treating or preventing cancer, wherein said method further comprises the administration of an immune checkpoint inhibitor.
A packing unit for an air-conditioning apparatus provided with an outdoor unit including heavy objects that are provided on a bottom plate of a housing of the outdoor unit, the packing unit being provided as a unit on which the outdoor unit can be placed, the packing unit comprising: a support base having a cuboid framework structure made by combining a plurality of wood pieces, the support base being configured to support the outdoor unit when the outdoor unit is placed on the support base; a long wood piece (21, 23, 27) that has a long plate shape, and that forms part of an upper surface portion of the support base and faces the bottom plate when the outdoor unit is placed on the support base, the long wood piece (21, 23, 27) having end portions, one (21a, 23a, 27a) of the end portions being fixed to the support base, the other (21b, 23b, 27b) being a free end that is movable in a vertical direction; and a support wood piece (21c, 23c, 28, 29) that is provided on an upper surface portion (21b1, 23b1, 27b1) of the end portion (21b, 23b, 27b) on the free end of the long wood piece (21, 23, 27), and that is located under the heavy objects and contacts the bottom plate when the outdoor unit is placed on the support base. a support base having a cuboid framework structure made by combining a plurality of wood pieces, the support base being configured to support the outdoor unit when the outdoor unit is placed on the support base; a long wood piece (21, 23, 27) that has a long plate shape, and that forms part of an upper surface portion of the support base and faces the bottom plate when the outdoor unit is placed on the support base, the long wood piece (21, 23, 27) having end portions, one (21a, 23a, 27a) of the end portions being fixed to the support base, the other (21b, 23b, 27b) being a free end that is movable in a vertical direction; and a support wood piece (21c, 23c, 28, 29) that is provided on an upper surface portion (21b1, 23b1, 27b1) of the end portion (21b, 23b, 27b) on the free end of the long wood piece (21, 23, 27), and that is located under the heavy objects and contacts the bottom plate when the outdoor unit is placed on the support base.
A white ink, comprising: an aqueous ink vehicle; from 5 wt% to 50 wt% of a white metal oxide pigment having an average particulate size from 75 nm to 2,000 nm (determined by Nanotrack® particle size analyzer from Microtrack Corp) and a refractive index ranging from 1.8 to 3.0; from 0.1 wt% to 15 wt% of fumed oxide particulates having a tertiary agglomerated average particulate size from 20 nm to 750 nm (determined by Nanotrack® particle size analyzer from Microtrack Corp) and a refractive index of 1.1 to 1.6; and a polymeric dispersant associated with a surface of the white metal oxide pigment. an aqueous ink vehicle; from 5 wt% to 50 wt% of a white metal oxide pigment having an average particulate size from 75 nm to 2,000 nm (determined by Nanotrack® particle size analyzer from Microtrack Corp) and a refractive index ranging from 1.8 to 3.0; from 0.1 wt% to 15 wt% of fumed oxide particulates having a tertiary agglomerated average particulate size from 20 nm to 750 nm (determined by Nanotrack® particle size analyzer from Microtrack Corp) and a refractive index of 1.1 to 1.6; and a polymeric dispersant associated with a surface of the white metal oxide pigment.
A solid-state image pickup element comprising: a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel comprises a sensor unit configured to generate an electrical signal in response to incident light; a color filter covering the sensor unit; and a lens configured to concentrate the incident light into the sensor unit via the color filter and formed by a laminated film made of a predetermined lens material, wherein the lens is formed on the color filter without providing a planarization layer for removing a difference in level in the color filter and, wherein a slit is provided in the lens on the side of the lens opposite to the sensor unit, characterized in that an upper portion of the slit is covered by the same predetermined lens material as the material of the lens or by SiON different from the lens material without entering the slit, and in that the slit is provided in a boundary between regions of the lens corrsponding to respective pixels. a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel comprises a sensor unit configured to generate an electrical signal in response to incident light; a color filter covering the sensor unit; and a lens configured to concentrate the incident light into the sensor unit via the color filter and formed by a laminated film made of a predetermined lens material, wherein the lens is formed on the color filter without providing a planarization layer for removing a difference in level in the color filter and, wherein a slit is provided in the lens on the side of the lens opposite to the sensor unit, characterized in that an upper portion of the slit is covered by the same predetermined lens material as the material of the lens or by SiON different from the lens material without entering the slit, and in that the slit is provided in a boundary between regions of the lens corrsponding to respective pixels.