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A medical instrument adapted to be introduced into a body and fixed thereto, comprising: a camera body provided with fixing means to be fixed to a body wall in the body; image pickup means incorporated in the camera body configured to pick up an image of an object to be examined in the body from an observation window formed in the camera body; contamination removing means being fixed to the camera body; a transparent cover member, an outer surface of which is in contact with the contamination removing means, movably disposed on the observation window; and drive means incorporated in the camera body, characterized in that the drive means is an electromagnet configured to slidingly move the cover member to make a sliding contact with the contamination removing means. a camera body provided with fixing means to be fixed to a body wall in the body; image pickup means incorporated in the camera body configured to pick up an image of an object to be examined in the body from an observation window formed in the camera body; contamination removing means being fixed to the camera body; a transparent cover member, an outer surface of which is in contact with the contamination removing means, movably disposed on the observation window; and drive means incorporated in the camera body, characterized in that the drive means is an electromagnet configured to slidingly move the cover member to make a sliding contact with the contamination removing means.
A method of carbonylating dimethylether to produce methyl acetate comprising reacting dimethylether with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst said catalyst comprising a mordenite zeolite loaded with zinc and copper.
A filter media comprising a filtration substrate and a layer comprising a plurality of fine fibers disposed on the substrate, the fine fiber comprising a nonreactive polymer and a self-crosslinked resinous aldehyde composition, wherein the polymer is unable to crosslink with the resinous aldehyde composition; the resinous aldehyde composition is present in an amount of greater than 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polymer, and wherein the fine fiber has an average diameter of no greater than 5 microns. the polymer is unable to crosslink with the resinous aldehyde composition; the resinous aldehyde composition is present in an amount of greater than 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polymer, and wherein the fine fiber has an average diameter of no greater than 5 microns.
A plastic card printer, comprising: a card input through which a plastic card is input for printing; a printhead that is configured to print onto the plastic card, the printhead is movable between a printing position at which the printhead can print onto the plastic card and a non-printing position at which the printhead cannot print onto the plastic card; wherein the printhead is a thermal printhead with a dot row; and further comprising a print ribbon associated with the printhead; a printhead guard associated with the printhead, the printhead guard is movable between a covering position where the printhead guard covers the printhead and a non-covering position where the printhead guard does not cover the printhead; wherein the printhead guard is at the covering position when the printhead is at the non-printing position, and the printhead guard is at the non-covering position when the printhead is at the printing position. a card input through which a plastic card is input for printing; a printhead that is configured to print onto the plastic card, the printhead is movable between a printing position at which the printhead can print onto the plastic card and a non-printing position at which the printhead cannot print onto the plastic card; wherein the printhead is a thermal printhead with a dot row; and further comprising a print ribbon associated with the printhead; a printhead guard associated with the printhead, the printhead guard is movable between a covering position where the printhead guard covers the printhead and a non-covering position where the printhead guard does not cover the printhead; wherein the printhead guard is at the covering position when the printhead is at the non-printing position, and the printhead guard is at the non-covering position when the printhead is at the printing position.
Device for increasing the heat yield of a heat source, comprising - a heat sink and a heat pump with a condenser and with an evaporator; - a heat exchanger which is thermally connectable to the heat source via a heat-source feed line and a heat-source return line, wherein - the heat sink has a heat-sink feed line and a heat-sink return line, and the heat sink is connected and thermally coupled to the heat exchanger via the heat-sink feed line and the heat-sink return line, and - the evaporator of the heat pump, for heat absorption, upstream of the heat exchanger, is thermally coupled to the heat-sink return line, characterized in that the device has a bypass line, wherein the bypass line branches off a part of the heat-sink return line upstream of the evaporator, is thermally coupled to the condenser of the heat pump and, downstream of the condenser, is brought together with the heat-sink feed line. - a heat sink and a heat pump with a condenser and with an evaporator; - a heat exchanger which is thermally connectable to the heat source via a heat-source feed line and a heat-source return line, wherein - the heat sink has a heat-sink feed line and a heat-sink return line, and the heat sink is connected and thermally coupled to the heat exchanger via the heat-sink feed line and the heat-sink return line, and - the evaporator of the heat pump, for heat absorption, upstream of the heat exchanger, is thermally coupled to the heat-sink return line, the device has a bypass line, wherein the bypass line branches off a part of the heat-sink return line upstream of the evaporator, is thermally coupled to the condenser of the heat pump and, downstream of the condenser, is brought together with the heat-sink feed line.
A device for adjusting an individual operating temperature of machine elements of a machine tool, the machine elements being connected in parallel to each other to a temperature control circuit conducting a temperature control fluid, and the machine tool comprising a control and/or regulation device that actuates a quantity metering unit for the temperature control fluid dependently upon the actual machine element temperatures occurring during operation in such a manner that after a pre-determinable adjustment time a target machine element temperature is reached for each individual machine element, the quantity metering unit having for each machine element to be temperature-controlled a part-metering unit with an adjustable fluid cross-section that is disposed on the inflow side of the respective machine element in the temperature-control circuit, characterised in that there is disposed on a discharge side of the respective machine element to be actuated a pre-controlled proportional valve that is connected on opposite sides in the manner of a pressure compensator to the temperature control circuit, once on the input side of the assignable part-metering device, and once on the output side after the machine element to be temperature-controlled, in order to actuate its valve component.
A cognitive training handle arranged to be connected by a longitudinal connecting means to a connection means on a ball, said handle further comprising means for adjusting the length of said longitudinal connecting means, said handle being characterized in that said adjusting means comprises at least two side walls (22, 23), connected to one another by a junction zone, and at least periodically spaced apart from one another by a first dimension d at least smaller than a diameter of said longitudinal connecting means to define a retaining region and so as to retain said connecting means when the latter is introduced between the two side walls (22, 23) of said adjusting means.
Method for enzymatic oxidation of 12α-hydroxysteroids of the general formula where R is alkyl, H is an alkali metal ion or N(R 3) 4 +, where the radicals R 3 are identical or different and are H or alkyl, and the radicals R a are identical or different and are H or acyl, wherein the hydroxysteroid is reacted in the presence of a 12α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and in the presence of a cofactor regeneration system, comprising a) a NAD H dehydrogenase with cholic acid tolerance, selected from flavodoxin reductases (FDR; EC 1.18.1.2), NADPH dehydrogenase of G. stearothermophilus sulfite reductases (SR; EC 1.8.1.2), and reductase domains of CYP102A1 (EC 1.6.2.4) and functional equivalents derived therefrom which are capable of cofactor regeneration and have a sequence identity of at least 85 % of the native sequence; and b) a redox mediator which transfers electrons to molecular oxygen and optionally isolates at least one formed oxidation product from the reaction mixture. a) a NAD H dehydrogenase with cholic acid tolerance, selected from flavodoxin reductases (FDR; EC 1.18.1.2), NADPH dehydrogenase of G. stearothermophilus sulfite reductases (SR; EC 1.8.1.2), and reductase domains of CYP102A1 (EC 1.6.2.4) and functional equivalents derived therefrom which are capable of cofactor regeneration and have a sequence identity of at least 85 % of the native sequence; and b) a redox mediator which transfers electrons to molecular oxygen and optionally isolates at least one formed oxidation product from the reaction mixture.
An automated luminaire comprising: a plurality of light sources configured in a multisource array to form a light beam; a rotatable transmissive beam shaper spanning the multisource array, the rotatable transmissive beam shaper being mounted within a rotatable frame; a ring gear which is part of the rotatable frame, the ring gear facing towards an inner side of the rotatable frame; and a motor driven pinion gear which is engageable with and adapted to drive the ring gear from the inner side of the rotatable frame. a plurality of light sources configured in a multisource array to form a light beam; a rotatable transmissive beam shaper spanning the multisource array, the rotatable transmissive beam shaper being mounted within a rotatable frame; a ring gear which is part of the rotatable frame, the ring gear facing towards an inner side of the rotatable frame; and a motor driven pinion gear which is engageable with and adapted to drive the ring gear from the inner side of the rotatable frame.
An apparatus for providing a time varying voltage to a sample to enable an analyte to be detected within the sample, the apparatus comprising: a microfluidic channel; at least one pair of electrodes provided within sides of the microfluidic channel, the microfluidic channel providing a gap between the at least one pair of electrodes; a conductor configured to move through the microfluidic channel such that when the conductor is positioned between the at least one pair of electrodes a current path is provided through the at least one pair of electrodes and the conductor; and wherein the at least one pair of electrodes are configured such that the position of the conductor within the microfluidic channel controls the length of the current path and enables a time varying voltage to be provided when the apparatus is connected to a power source, wherein the at least one pair of electrodes comprises a first electrode and a second electrode and the conductor is configured to move along the lengths of the electrodes (51, 53) so that the length of the current path within the electrodes (51, 53) changes as the conductor moves through the microfluidic channel, wherein at least one of the electrodes (51, 53) has a resistivity which is high enough to enable the change in the length of the electrical path through the electrode (51, 53) to provide a change in the voltage. a microfluidic channel; at least one pair of electrodes provided within sides of the microfluidic channel, the microfluidic channel providing a gap between the at least one pair of electrodes; a conductor configured to move through the microfluidic channel such that when the conductor is positioned between the at least one pair of electrodes a current path is provided through the at least one pair of electrodes and the conductor; and wherein the at least one pair of electrodes are configured such that the position of the conductor within the microfluidic channel controls the length of the current path and enables a time varying voltage to be provided when the apparatus is connected to a power source, wherein the at least one pair of electrodes comprises a first electrode and a second electrode and the conductor is configured to move along the lengths of the electrodes (51, 53) so that the length of the current path within the electrodes (51, 53) changes as the conductor moves through the microfluidic channel, wherein at least one of the electrodes (51, 53) has a resistivity which is high enough to enable the change in the length of the electrical path through the electrode (51, 53) to provide a change in the voltage.
A semiconductor element, comprising: a semiconductor layer (21, 23), an electrical conductor layer (31, 32), a dielectric multilayered film, and a reflective layer (51, 61), arranged in that order, the reflective layer (51, 61) containing Ag as a major component characterised in that the reflective layer contains particles of at least one selected from an oxide, a nitride, and a carbide, wherein the particles are dispersed in the reflective layer (51, 61) and in contact with the dielectric multilayered film, and wherein the reflective layer (51, 61) contains at least one oxide selected from Ga 2 O 3, Nb 2 O 5, and HfO 2. a semiconductor layer (21, 23), an electrical conductor layer (31, 32), a dielectric multilayered film, and a reflective layer (51, 61), arranged in that order, the reflective layer (51, 61) containing Ag as a major component characterised in that the reflective layer contains particles of at least one selected from an oxide, a nitride, and a carbide, wherein the particles are dispersed in the reflective layer (51, 61) and in contact with the dielectric multilayered film, and wherein the reflective layer (51, 61) contains at least one oxide selected from Ga 2 O 3, Nb 2 O 5, and HfO 2.
A virtual private local area network service, VPLS, fast rerouting method, comprising: generating, by a remote provider edge, PE, a backup forwarding entry according to media access control, MAC, address information learned from a data packet received through a first pseudo wire, wherein the MAC address information in the backup forwarding entry is associated with every pseudo wire among non-designated forwarder pseudo wires, a first PE acting as a designated forwarder in a multihoming protection group is connected to the remote PE through the first pseudo wire, and other PEs acting as non-designated forwarders in the multihoming protection group are connected to the remote PE through the non-designated forwarder pseudo wires; and when the first pseudo wire or the first PE fails, one of the other PEs acting as non-designated forwarders is switched to act as the designated forwarder, forwarding, by the remote PE, a data packet by using the backup forwarding entry. generating, by a remote provider edge, PE, a backup forwarding entry according to media access control, MAC, address information learned from a data packet received through a first pseudo wire, wherein the MAC address information in the backup forwarding entry is associated with every pseudo wire among non-designated forwarder pseudo wires, a first PE acting as a designated forwarder in a multihoming protection group is connected to the remote PE through the first pseudo wire, and other PEs acting as non-designated forwarders in the multihoming protection group are connected to the remote PE through the non-designated forwarder pseudo wires; and when the first pseudo wire or the first PE fails, one of the other PEs acting as non-designated forwarders is switched to act as the designated forwarder, forwarding, by the remote PE, a data packet by using the backup forwarding entry.
Method for determining traffic density information in a motor vehicle which is to be taken into account in a function of a vehicle system and describes the traffic density in the vicinity of the motor vehicle, wherein radar data describing objects in the vicinity of the motor vehicle is recorded by means of at least one radar sensor directed at the vicinity of the motor vehicle, characterised in that a radar sensor based on semiconductor technology is used, wherein an environment map containing the detected objects classified into static and dynamic objects is determined by evaluating the radar data, and local traffic density information is determined from at least some of the positions of dynamic objects contained in the environment map, wherein the position of at least one cluster region of dynamic objects in which a threshold value for the density of dynamic objects is exceeded is determined as local traffic density information.
A telehandler, comprising: a frame assembly; a plurality of tractive elements rotatably coupled to the frame assembly; a cabin coupled to the frame assembly and configured to house an operator; a boom assembly, comprising: a base boom section having a proximal end pivotably coupled to the frame assembly and a distal end opposite the proximal end; an intermediate boom section pivotably coupled to the distal end of the base boom section; and an upper boom section having a proximal end pivotably coupled to the intermediate boom section and a distal end configured to be coupled to an implement; characterized in that the telehandler further comprises: a locking mechanism selectively reconfigurable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, wherein the boom assembly is configured to move freely when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked configuration, and wherein, in the locked configuration, the locking mechanism is configured to couple the intermediate boom section to the frame assembly such that the locking mechanism limits rotation of the base boom section relative to the frame assembly. a frame assembly; a plurality of tractive elements rotatably coupled to the frame assembly; a cabin coupled to the frame assembly and configured to house an operator; a boom assembly, comprising: a base boom section having a proximal end pivotably coupled to the frame assembly and a distal end opposite the proximal end; an intermediate boom section pivotably coupled to the distal end of the base boom section; and an upper boom section having a proximal end pivotably coupled to the intermediate boom section and a distal end configured to be coupled to an implement; characterized in that the telehandler further comprises: a base boom section having a proximal end pivotably coupled to the frame assembly and a distal end opposite the proximal end; an intermediate boom section pivotably coupled to the distal end of the base boom section; and an upper boom section having a proximal end pivotably coupled to the intermediate boom section and a distal end configured to be coupled to an implement; characterized in that the telehandler further comprises: a locking mechanism selectively reconfigurable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, wherein the boom assembly is configured to move freely when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked configuration, and wherein, in the locked configuration, the locking mechanism is configured to couple the intermediate boom section to the frame assembly such that the locking mechanism limits rotation of the base boom section relative to the frame assembly.
A device (1, 10) for thickening hair on a person's head comprises a hair element and a plurality of fastening elements (3, 13), wherein the hair element contains additional hair, wherein the fastening element (3, 13) is configured to receive a first hair bundle connected to the hair element and a second hair bundle, wherein the first hair bundle and the second hair bundle are arranged in a common opening of the fastening element (3, 13) for fastening the hair element to the head when the hair element is used, characterised in that the fastening element comprises a ring element and a receiving element, wherein the ring element is at least partially received in the receiving element when the first hair bundle and the second hair bundle are arranged in the opening of the ring element for fastening the hair element to the head when the hair element is used.
Arrangement for the electrical detection of liquid samples by means of lateral flow assays, wherein the lateral flow assay comprises a membrane arranged on a front side of a first carrier, and wherein the first carrier is embodied in an electrically insulating fashion and electrically conductive electrodes are arranged on the first carrier, and wherein the electrodes on the front side of the first carrier are arranged between the carrier and the membrane, in direct contact with the membrane, characterized in that the carrier (2, 8) has in each case in the region of a respective electrode (3, 7) an opening passing through its thickness, from the front side to the rear side, through which opening the electrode (3, 7) is electrically contact-connected conductively from the front side to the rear side of the carrier (2, 8).
An electrode for a lithium polymer electrochemical cell comprising electrochemically active material particles selected from the group consisting of carbon coated LiFePO 4, Li 4 Ti 5 O 12, LiMnO 2 and LiMn 2 O 4, an electronically conductive additive and a polymer and lithium salt mixture acting as a binder and as an ionic conductor, characterized in that the electrochemically active material particles have a zeta potential of less than 25 mV in absolute value (-25 mV to 0 mV; 0 mV to 25 mV) as measured in water and/or organic solvent in which the particles are dispersed, and the electrode has a porosity of less than 10%.
A terminal apparatus adapted to use a random access channel, "RACH", the apparatus comprising: a receiving section adapted to receive a pilot signal transmitted from a base station apparatus; a measuring section adapted to measure a reception power of the pilot signal; a selecting section adapted to select, based on the measured reception power, one group among a plurality of groups into which codes for contention-based initial access are divided, the groups being respectively associated with different reception powers; and a transmitting section adapted to perform transmission to the base station apparatus for the contention-based initial access, using a code randomly selected from codes of the selected one group, whereby the selected one group to which the selected code belongs is configured to indicate a reception quality at the terminal apparatus to the base station apparatus, characterized in that a larger number of codes are included in a group associated with a lower reception power than in a group associated with a higher reception power. a receiving section adapted to receive a pilot signal transmitted from a base station apparatus; a measuring section adapted to measure a reception power of the pilot signal; a selecting section adapted to select, based on the measured reception power, one group among a plurality of groups into which codes for contention-based initial access are divided, the groups being respectively associated with different reception powers; and a transmitting section adapted to perform transmission to the base station apparatus for the contention-based initial access, using a code randomly selected from codes of the selected one group, whereby the selected one group to which the selected code belongs is configured to indicate a reception quality at the terminal apparatus to the base station apparatus, characterized in that a larger number of codes are included in a group associated with a lower reception power than in a group associated with a higher reception power.