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A vertebral rod (130;230;1430) comprising: an upper section (132;232;1432) defining a longitudinal axis (aa) and including a first material (182;282;1482) having a first modulus of elasticity and an outer layer (186;286;1486) disposed about the first material (182;282;1482), a lower section (134;234;1434) defining a longitudinal axis (bb) and including a second material (184;284;1484) having a second modulus of elasticity and an outer layer (188;288;1488) disposed about the second material (184;284;1484)and a first intermediate section (136;236;1436) disposed between the upper section (132;232;1432) and the lower section (134;234;1434), and being formed of a third material having a third modulus of elasticity, the intermediate section (136;236;1436) having an arcuate inner surface (138;238) that defines a cavity and an open end; characterized in that wherein the first modulus and the second modulus are each greater than the third modulus such that the upper and lower sections (132,134;232,234;1432,1434) provide a reinforced configuration of the vertebral rod (130;230;1430) and the intermediate section (136;236;1436) has a relatively flexible configuration the outer layer (186;286;1486) of the upper section is formed of a material having a modulus of elasticity that is less than the first modulus, and the outer layer (188;288;1488) of the lower section is formed of a material having a modulus of elasticity that is less than the second modulus. an upper section (132;232;1432) defining a longitudinal axis (aa) and including a first material (182;282;1482) having a first modulus of elasticity and an outer layer (186;286;1486) disposed about the first material (182;282;1482), a lower section (134;234;1434) defining a longitudinal axis (bb) and including a second material (184;284;1484) having a second modulus of elasticity and an outer layer (188;288;1488) disposed about the second material (184;284;1484)and a first intermediate section (136;236;1436) disposed between the upper section (132;232;1432) and the lower section (134;234;1434), and being formed of a third material having a third modulus of elasticity, the intermediate section (136;236;1436) having an arcuate inner surface (138;238) that defines a cavity and an open end; characterized in that wherein the first modulus and the second modulus are each greater than the third modulus such that the upper and lower sections (132,134;232,234;1432,1434) provide a reinforced configuration of the vertebral rod (130;230;1430) and the intermediate section (136;236;1436) has a relatively flexible configuration the outer layer (186;286;1486) of the upper section is formed of a material having a modulus of elasticity that is less than the first modulus, and the outer layer (188;288;1488) of the lower section is formed of a material having a modulus of elasticity that is less than the second modulus.
A method for determining and setting a push-to-talk state in a communication device, the method comprising, at a communication device having a multilayer protocol stack for processing incoming messages: receiving, from a peripheral that is wirelessly coupled to the communication device, a sequence of messages comprising a plurality of multi-byte data messages, wherein each of the multi-byte data messages provides a one-bit indication of a push-to-talk, PTT, state for the communication device, wherein the sequence of multi-byte data messages is received over a short range wireless data path for exchanging priority data that comprises a wireless serial communication channel and that is different from a short range wireless data path for exchanging non-priority data between the communication device and the peripheral; performing a pattern matching process, within the first two layers of the multilayer protocol stack, to determine the PTT state indicated by each of the multi-byte data messages; setting the communication device to have the determined PTT states. receiving, from a peripheral that is wirelessly coupled to the communication device, a sequence of messages comprising a plurality of multi-byte data messages, wherein each of the multi-byte data messages provides a one-bit indication of a push-to-talk, PTT, state for the communication device, wherein the sequence of multi-byte data messages is received over a short range wireless data path for exchanging priority data that comprises a wireless serial communication channel and that is different from a short range wireless data path for exchanging non-priority data between the communication device and the peripheral; performing a pattern matching process, within the first two layers of the multilayer protocol stack, to determine the PTT state indicated by each of the multi-byte data messages; setting the communication device to have the determined PTT states.
A heat exchanger comprising: - a plurality of heat-conducting flat conduits for passage of a first medium, and open cell porous media for passage of a second medium; - said heat-conducting conduits being joined together by said open cell porous media thereby forming a heat exchanging stack; characterised by - said open cell porous media having a porosity ranging between 90 and 98%, and in that said open cell porous media has a wire thickness ranging from 100μm to 600μm. - a plurality of heat-conducting flat conduits for passage of a first medium, and open cell porous media for passage of a second medium; - said heat-conducting conduits being joined together by said open cell porous media thereby forming a heat exchanging stack; characterised by - said open cell porous media having a porosity ranging between 90 and 98%, and in that said open cell porous media has a wire thickness ranging from 100μm to 600μm.
An optical device for the processing of input light that is associated to a characteristic wavelength (λ), comprising: - a waveguiding substrate with a first surface and a second surface; - a reflective structure that is disposed on the first surface of the substrate; - a perforated structure that is disposed on the second surface of said substrate and that comprises apertures having in at least one direction a diameter (Δ) that is smaller than the characteristic wavelength (λ); wherein at least one of the apertures of the perforated structure is a zero-mode waveguide; characterised in that: the reflective structure comprises a diffractive structure, within one and the same combined structure, that allows diffracting into the substrate light entering the substrate from outside and reflecting light propagating in the substrate, providing multiple reflections between the perforated structure and the diffractive structure. - a waveguiding substrate with a first surface and a second surface; - a reflective structure that is disposed on the first surface of the substrate; - a perforated structure that is disposed on the second surface of said substrate and that comprises apertures having in at least one direction a diameter (Δ) that is smaller than the characteristic wavelength (λ); wherein at least one of the apertures of the perforated structure is a zero-mode waveguide; characterised in that: the reflective structure comprises a diffractive structure, within one and the same combined structure, that allows diffracting into the substrate light entering the substrate from outside and reflecting light propagating in the substrate, providing multiple reflections between the perforated structure and the diffractive structure.
A method to establish at a mobile device a random number for cryptographic operations comprising the steps of: receiving at the mobile device a plurality of Global Positioning System, GPS, signals; separating each of the received GPS signals into its three components of Almanac, Ephemeris and Code and treating these three components as independent signals; estimating an entropy for the independent signals in dependence of location where the GPS signals are received by the mobile device; selecting at least one of the independent signals having an estimated entropy satisfying a predetermined property; and generating from the selected at least one of the independent signals the random number. receiving at the mobile device a plurality of Global Positioning System, GPS, signals; separating each of the received GPS signals into its three components of Almanac, Ephemeris and Code and treating these three components as independent signals; estimating an entropy for the independent signals in dependence of location where the GPS signals are received by the mobile device; selecting at least one of the independent signals having an estimated entropy satisfying a predetermined property; and generating from the selected at least one of the independent signals the random number.
A method for forming a printed article comprising: a) providing a photo-curable ink composition containing colorant, water, photo-initiator, UV curable polyurethane dispersions, hydrophobic radiation-curable monomers and water-soluble or water-miscible radiation curable monomers; b) providing a media substrate; c) projecting of stream of droplets of said photo-curable ink composition onto the media substrate; d) pinning said ink composition once printed on the media substrate; e) drying said ink composition; f) applying photo energy to the ink composition, said photo energy having a frequency and energy level suitable for curing the photo-curable ink composition. a) providing a photo-curable ink composition containing colorant, water, photo-initiator, UV curable polyurethane dispersions, hydrophobic radiation-curable monomers and water-soluble or water-miscible radiation curable monomers; b) providing a media substrate; c) projecting of stream of droplets of said photo-curable ink composition onto the media substrate; d) pinning said ink composition once printed on the media substrate; e) drying said ink composition; f) applying photo energy to the ink composition, said photo energy having a frequency and energy level suitable for curing the photo-curable ink composition.
An adaptable modular LED-based lighting unit (100A, 100B) for adaptably achieving a plurality of lighting effects, the adaptable modular LED-based lighting unit comprising: - a plurality of integrated modules (112, 116, 120, 122), the plurality of integrated modules comprising LEDs; wherein the modules (112, 116, 120, 122) comprised in the LED-based lighting unit have a plurality of predefined lighting configurations; the adaptable modular LED-based lighting unit further comprising: a communications, power and control module electrically coupled to the plurality of LEDs when said modules are integrated in the LED based lighting unit; - an RFID reader; and - a storage medium; wherein said communications, power and control module is configured to: - receive lighting implementation data indicative of a particular lighting implementation from the RFID reader; - request, from the storage medium, a predefined lighting configuration data associated with one of the plurality of predefined lighting configurations based on the received lighting implementation data; - receive, from the storage medium, said predefined lighting configuration data; and - adjust the light output characteristics of the adaptable lighting unit modules (112, 116, 120, 122) to achieve said predefined lighting configuration, said predefined lighting configuration being correlated with said received lighting configuration data; and wherein said lighting implementation data is received by the RFID reader in response to integration of the adaptable lighting unit (100A, 100B) in said particular lighting implementation. - a plurality of integrated modules (112, 116, 120, 122), the plurality of integrated modules comprising LEDs; - an RFID reader; and - a storage medium; - receive lighting implementation data indicative of a particular lighting implementation from the RFID reader; - request, from the storage medium, a predefined lighting configuration data associated with one of the plurality of predefined lighting configurations based on the received lighting implementation data; - receive, from the storage medium, said predefined lighting configuration data; and - adjust the light output characteristics of the adaptable lighting unit modules (112, 116, 120, 122) to achieve said predefined lighting configuration, said predefined lighting configuration being correlated with said received lighting configuration data; and
A method of producing biodiesel fuel of fatty acid esters from crude tall oil in a tall oil refinery, according to which method - fatty acids which are contained in the crude tall oil are esterified with a lower alcohol, and - the fatty acid esters are recovered, characterized in that - before the esterification of the fatty acids, the crude tall oil is treated with formic acid in order to esterify the sterols and corresponding compounds that comprise alcoholic hydroxyl groups, which are contained in the tall oil, so as to prevent esterification of the fatty acids with said sterols and corresponding compounds. - fatty acids which are contained in the crude tall oil are esterified with a lower alcohol, and - the fatty acid esters are recovered, - before the esterification of the fatty acids, the crude tall oil is treated with formic acid in order to esterify the sterols and corresponding compounds that comprise alcoholic hydroxyl groups, which are contained in the tall oil, so as to prevent esterification of the fatty acids with said sterols and corresponding compounds.
A control valve (1, 201, 301) applicable to a variable displacement compressor having a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, and a control chamber and having a discharge capacity varied by regulating a pressure (Pc) in the control chamber, the control valve (1, 201, 301) comprising: a first valve provided between the discharge chamber and the control chamber, to control a flow rate of refrigerant flowing from the discharge chamber to the control chamber; a second valve and a third valve (92, 208) provided parallel to each other between the control chamber and the suction chamber, to control a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing from the control chamber to the suction chamber; a solenoid (3, 203, 303) to generate a drive force in a closing direction of the first valve and an opening direction of the second valve depending on an amount of supplied current; and a pressure sensing part to sense a pressure (Ps) in the suction chamber, and generate a counterforce against the drive force from the solenoid (3, 203, 303) depending on a magnitude of the sensed pressure, characterized in that the second valve and the third valve (92, 208) can be open at the same time. a first valve provided between the discharge chamber and the control chamber, to control a flow rate of refrigerant flowing from the discharge chamber to the control chamber; a second valve and a third valve (92, 208) provided parallel to each other between the control chamber and the suction chamber, to control a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing from the control chamber to the suction chamber; a solenoid (3, 203, 303) to generate a drive force in a closing direction of the first valve and an opening direction of the second valve depending on an amount of supplied current; and a pressure sensing part to sense a pressure (Ps) in the suction chamber, and generate a counterforce against the drive force from the solenoid (3, 203, 303) depending on a magnitude of the sensed pressure, characterized in that the second valve and the third valve (92, 208) can be open at the same time.
Pack with opening protection, in particular childproof pack, having an outer pack and an inner pack, wherein the inner pack is at least partially received in the outer pack; and wherein the inner pack for opening and closing the pack is disposed so as to be displaceable in the outer pack; and wherein the outer pack has a cuboid design with six sides, and that the outer pack has a large-area front wall and a corresponding opposite rear wall, and that the outer pack has in each case one base wall and end wall which connect the front wall and the rear wall to one another, and that the outer pack has a narrow-side wall which connects the front wall, rear wall, end wall and base wall to one another; and wherein the pack as opening protection has at least one securing means to impede or prevent opening of the pack or accessing of the products disposed in the inner pack; and wherein the at least one securing means is effective between the inner pack and the outer pack so as to impede or prevent any displacement of the inner pack in the outer pack for opening the pack; and wherein the inner pack and the outer pack are assigned corresponding latching means as securing means, the latter being in mutual engagement in the case of a closed pack and being specified to be able to be disengaged by the consumer so as to open the pack; wherein the pack is specified so that at least a plurality, preferably all, of the securing means have to be disengaged by the consumer in order to be able to open the pack; wherein it is provided that securing means are disposed on opposite sides of the pack; and wherein it is furthermore provided that securing means are disposed in mutually offset planes that run perpendicularly or parallel to a longitudinal central axis of the pack, and in that the outer pack is open on a narrow side in order to be able to slide the inner pack partially out of the outer pack and to gain access to the pack content, and that the narrow-side wall has an opening in order to be able to slide the inner pack, through the open opposite narrow side, partially out of the outer pack.
A method comprising: receiving, by a user device from an access device, an available applications request message in the form of a SELECT enhanced Proximity Payment Support Environment, ePPSE, command, wherein the available applications request message includes a data field which contains an application identifier, AID, the AID being formed by the concatenation of a Registered Application Provider Identifier, RID, and a Proprietary Application Identifier Extension, PIX, wherein the RID comprises a payment environment identifier indicating the payment environment supported by the access device and the PIX comprises an access device type identifier; determining, by the user device, whether an association exists between the received access device type identifier and one or more application identifiers of a plurality of application identifiers stored on the user device in association with respective access device type identifiers, wherein the plurality of application identifiers respectively correspond to different applications on the user device, thereby to select the one or more application identifiers from the plurality of application identifiers; and transmitting, by the user device to the access device, based in part on whether the association exists, an available applications response, the available applications response comprising the one or more application identifiers of the plurality of application identifiers associated with the received access device type identifier. receiving, by a user device from an access device, an available applications request message in the form of a SELECT enhanced Proximity Payment Support Environment, ePPSE, command, wherein the available applications request message includes a data field which contains an application identifier, AID, the AID being formed by the concatenation of a Registered Application Provider Identifier, RID, and a Proprietary Application Identifier Extension, PIX, wherein the RID comprises a payment environment identifier indicating the payment environment supported by the access device and the PIX comprises an access device type identifier; determining, by the user device, whether an association exists between the received access device type identifier and one or more application identifiers of a plurality of application identifiers stored on the user device in association with respective access device type identifiers, wherein the plurality of application identifiers respectively correspond to different applications on the user device, thereby to select the one or more application identifiers from the plurality of application identifiers; and
A peptide for use in the treatment of a bacterial infection wherein the peptide consists of from 11 to 15 amino acids wherein all of the amino acids in the amino sequence of said peptide are arginine, subject to 0, 1 or 2 substitutions to the amino sequence.
Self-retracting device for a furniture part which can be pulled out of a furniture body in a pull-out direction by means of a pull-out guide and pushed into the furniture body against the pull-out direction, comprising - a base body, - a slide which is mounted on or in the base body so as to be displaceable from a home position into a waiting position via a driving path, a retraction spring which acts on the slide into the home position and which engages at a first end at a base body engagement point on the base body and of which the second end is operatively connected to the slide, wherein the carriage is displaceable by coupling with a driver device, which is movable in the pull-out direction, against the force exerted by the retraction spring over the driving path from the basic position into the waiting position, in which the driver device can be uncoupled from the carriage and in which the carriage is held against the force of the retraction spring, wherein the retraction spring is connected to the carriage via an arm which is mounted on the carriage so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis and on which the retraction spring engages with its second end at a distance from the pivot axis at an arm engagement point, wherein the arm is guided by the base body with respect to its swivel position about the swivel axis during the displacement of the carriage over the driving path from the home position into the waiting position and the swivel position of the arm about the swivel axis changes during the displacement of the carriage over the driving path from the home position into the waiting position, characterized in that by guiding the pivot position of the arm by the base body, the arm is pivoted during the displacement of the carriage, starting from the home position over an initial section of the driving path, in the direction of rotation in which the distance of the arm engagement point of the retraction spring from the base body engagement point of the retraction spring increases. - a base body, - a slide which is mounted on or in the base body so as to be displaceable from a home position into a waiting position via a driving path, a retraction spring which acts on the slide into the home position and which engages at a first end at a base body engagement point on the base body and of which the second end is operatively connected to the slide, wherein the carriage is displaceable by coupling with a driver device, which is movable in the pull-out direction, against the force exerted by the retraction spring over the driving path from the basic position into the waiting position, in which the driver device can be uncoupled from the carriage and in which the carriage is held against the force of the retraction spring,