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High thermal insulation building where at least some of the walls (1a, 1b, 2, 3) are mainly constructed of low-density thermally insulating materials, the panels comprising uniformly flat edges over their complete thickness and being assembled together with inserted boards at the junction zones between two adjacent panels, the boards being joined in contact with the panels over the complete length and width of the edges of the panels at said junction zones so that the connection of the boards with the panels prevents the bending deformation of the boards transversally to their planes and their twisting deformation and ensures the bracing of the walls, the building being characterised in that the panels are assembled by clamping, each panel being clamped between the boards on the opposite edges of said panel.
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: means for obtaining a precoding vector for a rank-1 transmission from a first set comprising at least one column vector of a unitary matrix; means for performing precoding for the rank-1 transmission based on the precoding vector; means for obtaining a precoding matrix for a rank-2 transmission from a second set comprising an identity matrix and one or more unitary matrices; and means for performing precoding for the rank-2 transmission based on the precoding matrix. means for obtaining a precoding vector for a rank-1 transmission from a first set comprising at least one column vector of a unitary matrix; means for performing precoding for the rank-1 transmission based on the precoding vector; means for obtaining a precoding matrix for a rank-2 transmission from a second set comprising an identity matrix and one or more unitary matrices; and means for performing precoding for the rank-2 transmission based on the precoding matrix.
A many-up wiring substrate for manufacturing a plurality of wiring boards by being divided into the plurality of wiring boards, comprising: an insulating base substrate having a plurality of wiring board regions arranged in at least one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a plan view of the insulating base substrate; a hole disposed in one main surface of the insulating base substrate, and straddling adjacent wiring board regions of the plurality of wiring board regions or straddling the wiring board region and a dummy region; a conductor disposed on an inner surface of the hole; and a through hole disposed so as to extend from the inner surface of the hole disposed in the wiring board region to the other main surface of the insulating base substrate, wherein a recess part for mounting a component, the recess part overlapping a part of the hole in a plan view, is disposed in the other main surface of the insulating base substrate within a wiring board region, and an opening on a side of the other main surface of the through hole is disposed in a bottom surface of the recess part. an insulating base substrate having a plurality of wiring board regions arranged in at least one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a plan view of the insulating base substrate; a hole disposed in one main surface of the insulating base substrate, and straddling adjacent wiring board regions of the plurality of wiring board regions or straddling the wiring board region and a dummy region; a conductor disposed on an inner surface of the hole; and a through hole disposed so as to extend from the inner surface of the hole disposed in the wiring board region to the other main surface of the insulating base substrate, wherein a recess part for mounting a component, the recess part overlapping a part of the hole in a plan view, is disposed in the other main surface of the insulating base substrate within a wiring board region, and an opening on a side of the other main surface of the through hole is disposed in a bottom surface of the recess part.
A bearing device for at least one gripper arm pair having a first and a second gripper arm (11, 12), the second gripper arm being of mirror-inverted configuration to the first, with the at least one gripper arm pair for gripping, holding and guiding in particular bottle-like containers being movable from a gripping position into an open position or vice versa by means of a rotatably mounted control cam, wherein the bearing device is equipped with: a first bearing pin for pivotably supporting the at least one first gripper arm, a second bearing pin for pivotably supporting the at least one second gripper arm, and a base plate having a seating for pivotably supporting the control cam, characterized by a spacer sleeve for receiving a fixing means for fixing the spacer sleeve on a platform, wherein the bearing pins (2, 3) and the spacer sleeve are fixed to the base plate, and wherein the length of the spacer sleeve is shorter than the length of the bearing pin (2, 3). a first bearing pin for pivotably supporting the at least one first gripper arm, a second bearing pin for pivotably supporting the at least one second gripper arm, and a base plate having a seating for pivotably supporting the control cam, characterized by a spacer sleeve for receiving a fixing means for fixing the spacer sleeve on a platform, wherein the bearing pins (2, 3) and the spacer sleeve are fixed to the base plate, and wherein the length of the spacer sleeve is shorter than the length of the bearing pin (2, 3).
Device for producing sets of bristles for brushes, in particular toothbrushes, having a transport device for transporting bristle bundles by means of a gas or air stream through at least one hollow line of the transport device into perforations in a bundle-retaining plate, wherein the transport device comprises a guide element which is installed at a fastening interface between a discharging end of the at least one hollow line and the bundle-retaining plate and in which at least one continuous guide duct (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) is formed which is connected or connectable to the discharging end of the at least one hollow line by way of an inlet end and leads, by way of an outlet end, into a perforation in a bundle-retaining plate held ready for equipping, characterized in that the guide element and the at least one continuous guide duct (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) have been produced by means of a generative production method, and in that a cross-sectional area of the at least one guide duct (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) reduces from the inlet end to the outlet end.
A system comprising: a memory configured to store various characteristics of artifacts of implants in an implant database; and a processor configured to receive a 3D image of a patient, wherein the 3D image of the patient includes a CT-slice image of an implant in the patient, based on the 3D image of the patient, identify a cluster of voxels, wherein the cluster of voxels is an artifact of the implant in the patient, compare (504, 510) various characteristics of the cluster of voxels with corresponding characteristics of the artifacts in the implant database to determine a best-fit implant, and overlay a registered graphical image of the best-fit implant on the artifact in the CT-slice image for viewing on a display device. a memory configured to store various characteristics of artifacts of implants in an implant database; and a processor configured to receive a 3D image of a patient, wherein the 3D image of the patient includes a CT-slice image of an implant in the patient, based on the 3D image of the patient, identify a cluster of voxels, wherein the cluster of voxels is an artifact of the implant in the patient, compare (504, 510) various characteristics of the cluster of voxels with corresponding characteristics of the artifacts in the implant database to determine a best-fit implant, and overlay a registered graphical image of the best-fit implant on the artifact in the CT-slice image for viewing on a display device. receive a 3D image of a patient, wherein the 3D image of the patient includes a CT-slice image of an implant in the patient, based on the 3D image of the patient, identify a cluster of voxels, wherein the cluster of voxels is an artifact of the implant in the patient, compare (504, 510) various characteristics of the cluster of voxels with corresponding characteristics of the artifacts in the implant database to determine a best-fit implant, and overlay a registered graphical image of the best-fit implant on the artifact in the CT-slice image for viewing on a display device.
A microsurgery auxiliary device, comprising a lens body and a 3D display, wherein the lens body is internally provided with an imaging unit, wherein the imaging unit comprises a large objective lens group and two observation optical paths, wherein each observation optical path is internally provided with a zoom lens group, a first tube objective lens and a photosensitive element, wherein the two observation optical paths share the large objective lens group, wherein the zoom lens group, the first tube objective lens and the photosensitive element are each sequentially positioned in the respective observation optical path, wherein the large objective lens group comprises at least one positive lens group and at least one negative lens group, the positive lens group and the negative lens group are arranged in the same optical axis, a distance between the positive lens group and the negative lens group is adjustable, the 3D display is connected to the photosensitive element characterized in that the 3D display is a naked-eye 3D display, the distance between the naked eye 3D display and an observer is 400-1200 mm, and a viewing angle range of the naked eye 3D display is not less than 120 degrees, wherein the size of the naked eye 3D display is between 12-16 inches, wherein two illumination optical paths are symmetrically arranged in the lens body with respect to the two observation optical paths. the 3D display is a naked-eye 3D display, the distance between the naked eye 3D display and an observer is 400-1200 mm, and a viewing angle range of the naked eye 3D display is not less than 120 degrees, wherein the size of the naked eye 3D display is between 12-16 inches, wherein two illumination optical paths are symmetrically arranged in the lens body with respect to the two observation optical paths.
A joining unit having a spindle drive in the form of a hollow shaft motor surrounding a spindle to achieve a linear movement of a joining tool for executing a joining process wherein said joining unit comprises means for presetting and/or determining the forces exerted during the joining process and/or the movement of the joining tool, characterized in that said hollow shaft motor comprises an electric drive including a controller for the control thereof, wherein said controller is a component of the electric drive and serves for the control thereof; further characterized in that said controller has integrated at least part of the means for presetting and/or determining the forces exerted during the joining process and/or the movement of the joining tool; that said joining unit includes a rotary position sensor for determining the current rotary position of the spindle driven by the electric drive as well as a force sensor for determining the forces acting on the joining tool; and in that a force-displacement evaluation of the joining process is performed in said controller as a function of the signals from said rotary position sensor and said force sensor.
A humidifier comprising: a humidifier tub including an air inlet and an air outlet, the air outlet having an exit port positioned in a plane disposed below the air inlet; and a base plate provided to a bottom of the humidifier tub, the base plate and humidifier tub defining a water chamber adapted to receive a volume of water, the air inlet and the air outlet are both in communication with the water chamber, characterised in that the humidifier tub includes a guidance structure adapted to direct in use air entering the humidifier tub via the air inlet to swirl downwardly and around within the humidifier tub to reach the water surface before exiting the exit port. a humidifier tub including an air inlet and an air outlet, the air outlet having an exit port positioned in a plane disposed below the air inlet; and a base plate provided to a bottom of the humidifier tub, the base plate and humidifier tub defining a water chamber adapted to receive a volume of water, the air inlet and the air outlet are both in communication with the water chamber, characterised in that the humidifier tub includes a guidance structure adapted to direct in use air entering the humidifier tub via the air inlet to swirl downwardly and around within the humidifier tub to reach the water surface before exiting the exit port.
A system comprising: a first implantable lead comprising a distal portion and a first electrode coupled to the distal portion of the first implantable lead, wherein the first electrode is configured to be implanted at an implantation site on or in a tissue structure of a patient's heart; and a second implantable lead comprising a distal portion and a second electrode coupled to the distal portion of the second implantable lead, wherein the second electrode is configured to be implanted at the implantation site distal to the first electrode within the tissue structure of the patient's heart, wherein the distal portion of the second implantable lead is guided by the distal portion of the first implantable lead to the implantation site. a first implantable lead comprising a distal portion and a first electrode coupled to the distal portion of the first implantable lead, wherein the first electrode is configured to be implanted at an implantation site on or in a tissue structure of a patient's heart; and a second implantable lead comprising a distal portion and a second electrode coupled to the distal portion of the second implantable lead, wherein the second electrode is configured to be implanted at the implantation site distal to the first electrode within the tissue structure of the patient's heart, wherein the distal portion of the second implantable lead is guided by the distal portion of the first implantable lead to the implantation site.
Method for detecting and/or quantifying ligand-receptor binding between a ligand in solution and a receptor for said ligand immobilized on a solid surface, comprising the following steps: a) providing a substrate of a solid crystalline or amorphous material with a smooth planar surface forming said solid surface; b) coating said solid surface with one or more dielectric layers of thickness between 50 nm and 500 nm, and refractive index selected so that the reflectivity of said coated surface, when in contact with an aqueous solution, is less than 0.01%; c) immobilizing receptor molecules on said solid surface; d) contacting said solid surface carrying immobilized receptors with a solution containing molecules of ligands; e) illuminating the said surface with light from a light source; f) using a detector measuring the intensity of the light reflected from the interface between the solution and said solid surface carrying immobilized receptors as a function of time, and converting the values of reflected light intensity into values of mass per surface unit of ligand molecules bound to the receptors utilizing Fresnel formulas for thin layer reflection. a) providing a substrate of a solid crystalline or amorphous material with a smooth planar surface forming said solid surface; b) coating said solid surface with one or more dielectric layers of thickness between 50 nm and 500 nm, and refractive index selected so that the reflectivity of said coated surface, when in contact with an aqueous solution, is less than 0.01%; c) immobilizing receptor molecules on said solid surface; d) contacting said solid surface carrying immobilized receptors with a solution containing molecules of ligands; e) illuminating the said surface with light from a light source; f) using a detector measuring the intensity of the light reflected from the interface between the solution and said solid surface carrying immobilized receptors as a function of time, and converting the values of reflected light intensity into values of mass per surface unit of ligand molecules bound to the receptors utilizing Fresnel formulas for thin layer reflection.
A biologically active single chain relaxin peptide comprising a relaxin B chain derived from relaxin-2, wherein the peptide is truncated by six amino acid residues at the N-terminus with respect to the sequence of the B chain of native relaxin-2, wherein the peptide comprises four additional amino acids at the C-terminus, at least two of which are positively charged, and wherein one or both of the cysteine residues at positions 11 and 23, with respect to the native relaxin-2 B chain sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, are replaced with a neutral amino acid.
Device for the pulsed discharge of medium, having: a discharge pipe for medium from which medium can be driven by means of a propellant through a discharge end of the discharge pipe in a pulsed manner in a discharge direction, in the region of the discharge end, a membrane which, when medium is discharged, can be resiliently deformed in order to form a through-opening for medium, and in the discharge pipe a nozzle element which is constructed for displaceability in the discharge direction between a rest position and a discharge position, wherein the nozzle element brings about in the discharge position a deformation of the membrane in order to form the through-opening and in the rest position a smaller or no deformation of the membrane, and wherein the nozzle element can be moved into the discharge position when medium is discharged from the rest position, characterised in that the membrane has a large number of slots which extend outwards from the centre of the membrane in a plane perpendicular to the discharge direction, wherein the slots have a curvature. a discharge pipe for medium from which medium can be driven by means of a propellant through a discharge end of the discharge pipe in a pulsed manner in a discharge direction, in the region of the discharge end, a membrane which, when medium is discharged, can be resiliently deformed in order to form a through-opening for medium, and in the discharge pipe a nozzle element which is constructed for displaceability in the discharge direction between a rest position and a discharge position, wherein the nozzle element brings about in the discharge position a deformation of the membrane in order to form the through-opening and in the rest position a smaller or no deformation of the membrane, and wherein the nozzle element can be moved into the discharge position when medium is discharged from the rest position, characterised in that the membrane has a large number of slots which extend outwards from the centre of the membrane in a plane perpendicular to the discharge direction, wherein the slots have a curvature.
Cyclone for mechanical separation of particles in suspension in a gas, in particular intended for a fluid catalytic cracking unit, said cyclone comprising the following elements: - a separation chamber, - an inlet duct that opens into the chamber, - a gas outlet duct located in the upper portion of the chamber and - a particle outlet duct located in the lower portion of the chamber, characterized in that each element of the cyclone is made of a ceramic material and the ceramic material comprises a ceramic matrix selected from silicon carbide SiC, boron carbide B 4 C, silicon nitride Si 3 N 4, aluminum nitride AlN, boron nitride BN, alumina Al 2 O 3, or mixtures thereof, incorporated in which ceramic matrix are carbon fibres or ceramic fibres or a mixture of these fibres. - a separation chamber, - an inlet duct that opens into the chamber, - a gas outlet duct located in the upper portion of the chamber and - a particle outlet duct located in the lower portion of the chamber, characterized in that each element of the cyclone is made of a ceramic material and the ceramic material comprises a ceramic matrix selected from silicon carbide SiC, boron carbide B 4 C, silicon nitride Si 3 N 4, aluminum nitride AlN, boron nitride BN, alumina Al 2 O 3, or mixtures thereof, incorporated in which ceramic matrix are carbon fibres or ceramic fibres or a mixture of these fibres.
A method of rendering an image based upon a first stereoscopic image comprising a pair of images, the method comprising the steps of: generating a virtual three-dimensional model of a scene depicted in the first stereoscopic image responsive to distances derived from the first stereoscopic image, the generated virtual three-dimensional model comprising a plurality of connected polygons; detecting one or more free edges in the virtual three dimensional model, each free edge being a side of a polygon of said virtual three dimensional model that is not connected to another polygon; generating one or more textures for the virtual three-dimensional model from at least one of the pair of images of the first stereoscopic image; applying the or each texture to a respective part of the virtual three dimensional model; and rendering the virtual three dimensional model from a different viewpoint to that of the first stereoscopic image; and wherein rendering the virtual three dimensional model comprises modifying the transparency of rendered pixels of an applied texture in a gradient based upon the pixel's distance from a free edge and in which pixels are more transparent at the free edge. generating a virtual three-dimensional model of a scene depicted in the first stereoscopic image responsive to distances derived from the first stereoscopic image, the generated virtual three-dimensional model comprising a plurality of connected polygons; detecting one or more free edges in the virtual three dimensional model, each free edge being a side of a polygon of said virtual three dimensional model that is not connected to another polygon; generating one or more textures for the virtual three-dimensional model from at least one of the pair of images of the first stereoscopic image; applying the or each texture to a respective part of the virtual three dimensional model; and rendering the virtual three dimensional model from a different viewpoint to that of the first stereoscopic image; and wherein rendering the virtual three dimensional model comprises modifying the transparency of rendered pixels of an applied texture in a gradient based upon the pixel's distance from a free edge and in which pixels are more transparent at the free edge.