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A method for inspecting packages containing medication, comprising: displacing the packages containing the medication along a transport path through an inspection area in an inspection station, and, for each package to be inspected: irradiating the package in the inspection area from a first side of the transport path, wherein, on said first side of the medication, the package is at least partially transparent to said radiation so that the medication is irradiated, wherein the irradiation from the first side is at least predominantly with radiation in a first wavelength range; irradiating the package from a second side of the transport path opposite said first side and towards the first side, wherein, on said second side of the medication, the package is at least partially translucent or transparent to said radiation so that the medication is irradiated, and wherein the irradiation from the second side is with radiation in a second wavelength range comprising radiation outside said first wavelength range; and receiving a radiation pattern from the inspection area on said first side, the received radiation pattern representing a view of the package from said first side; characterized by, while the packages are moving and the irradiation of the package is simultaneous from both the first and the second side; capturing a first image of a first portion of said received radiation pattern at least predominantly in said first wavelength range; and capturing a second image of a second portion of said received radiation pattern at least predominantly in said second wavelength range outside said first wavelength range. irradiating the package in the inspection area from a first side of the transport path, wherein, on said first side of the medication, the package is at least partially transparent to said radiation so that the medication is irradiated, wherein the irradiation from the first side is at least predominantly with radiation in a first wavelength range; irradiating the package from a second side of the transport path opposite said first side and towards the first side, wherein, on said second side of the medication, the package is at least partially translucent or transparent to said radiation so that the medication is irradiated, and wherein the irradiation from the second side is with radiation in a second wavelength range comprising radiation outside said first wavelength range; and receiving a radiation pattern from the inspection area on said first side, the received radiation pattern representing a view of the package from said first side; characterized by, while the packages are moving and the irradiation of the package is simultaneous from both the first and the second side; capturing a first image of a first portion of said received radiation pattern at least predominantly in said first wavelength range; and capturing a second image of a second portion of said received radiation pattern at least predominantly in said second wavelength range outside said first wavelength range.
Apparatus for determination of a mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) and a charge of an ion, comprising: an electrostatic trap having a plurality of electrodes and a voltage source for applying a set of non-oscillatory voltages to the plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes being shaped and arranged to establish an electrostatic trapping field within the electrostatic trap that causes the ion to undergo harmonic motion along a longitudinal axis; a detector that generates a time-varying signal responsive to a current induced on the detector by the harmonic motion of the ion; and a data system having logic for processing the time-varying signal to derive a frequency of harmonic motion and an amplitude at the harmonic motion frequency, and to determine the m/z from the derived frequency and the charge from the derived amplitude; characterized in that: the plurality of electrodes includes an inner electrode elongated along the axis and an outer electrode radially surrounding the inner electrode, and wherein the electrostatic field is established in the annular space between the inner and outer electrodes (135, 140) and wherein the outer electrode is split along a transverse plane of symmetry of the electrostatic trap into first and second parts (150, 155), and the detector comprises a differential amplifier connected between the first and second parts (150, 155). an electrostatic trap having a plurality of electrodes and a voltage source for applying a set of non-oscillatory voltages to the plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes being shaped and arranged to establish an electrostatic trapping field within the electrostatic trap that causes the ion to undergo harmonic motion along a longitudinal axis; a detector that generates a time-varying signal responsive to a current induced on the detector by the harmonic motion of the ion; and a data system having logic for processing the time-varying signal to derive a frequency of harmonic motion and an amplitude at the harmonic motion frequency, and to determine the m/z from the derived frequency and the charge from the derived amplitude;
A method for regenerating a carbon paper or carbon felt electrode (42, 44) of a flow battery, the method comprising: during shutdown of the flow battery from an active charge/discharge mode to an inactive, shut-down mode in which neither a negative electrolyte nor a positive electrolyte are circulated through at least one cell of the flow battery, driving voltage of the least one cell of the flow battery toward zero by converting, in-situ, the negative electrolyte in the at least one cell to a higher oxidation potential, the negative electrolyte in contact with an electrode (42, 44) of the at least one cell; and using the higher potential negative electrolyte to regenerate, in-situ, the electrode (42, 44) of the at least one cell with respect to a catalytically active surface of the electrode (42, 44), wherein the catalytically active surface is carbon that has oxygen-containing groups, and an electrochemically active species (24, 28) in the negative and positive electrolytes (22, 26) is based on vanadium. during shutdown of the flow battery from an active charge/discharge mode to an inactive, shut-down mode in which neither a negative electrolyte nor a positive electrolyte are circulated through at least one cell of the flow battery, driving voltage of the least one cell of the flow battery toward zero by converting, in-situ, the negative electrolyte in the at least one cell to a higher oxidation potential, the negative electrolyte in contact with an electrode (42, 44) of the at least one cell; and using the higher potential negative electrolyte to regenerate, in-situ, the electrode (42, 44) of the at least one cell with respect to a catalytically active surface of the electrode (42, 44), wherein the catalytically active surface is carbon that has oxygen-containing groups, and an electrochemically active species (24, 28) in the negative and positive electrolytes (22, 26) is based on vanadium.
A disposable wearing article comprising a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region, each having an inner surface facing a wearer's skin and an outer surface facing a wearer's garment, wherein the front and rear waist regions are elastically contractible in a waist circumferential direction and the inner surfaces of the front and rear waist regions are at least partially formed of elastically contractible elastic sheets (37,38) characterised in that the elastic sheets are formed of a mixture of elastically stretchable elastic fibers and inelastically stretchable inelastic fibers; ridges and grooves being convex and concave with respect to the wearer's skin are formed of the elastic fibers and the inelastic fibers; the ridges and the grooves extend in a vertical direction of the wearing article and arranged alternately in a waist circumferential direction; the elastic sheets have a thickness in the ridges repetitively reduced and restored as the elastic sheets repeat elastic stretch and contraction in the waist circumferential direction; and wherein the wearing article includes a bodily fluid absorbent panel extending across the crotch region further into the front and rear waist regions and, in at least one of the front and rear waist regions, the elastic sheet covers an end (61, 62) of the panel from the inner side of the wearing article and extends in the waist circumferential direction.
An indirect heat exchanger assembly comprising: an inlet header and an outlet header, a first series of tubes (201,202; 306, 307), each tube extending from the inlet header to the outlet header, wherein each tube is comprised of a run section and a return bend section, characterized in that: certain of the return bend sections are formed with a first bend angle of about 100 degrees followed by a straight section (205,206) then followed by a second bend angle of about 80 degrees, and wherein at least one of the tube return bend sections contacts both an adjacent tube return bend section and an adjacent tube run section, and at least one of the tube run sections contacts an adjacent tube return bend section. an inlet header and an outlet header, a first series of tubes (201,202; 306, 307), each tube extending from the inlet header to the outlet header, wherein each tube is comprised of a run section and a return bend section, certain of the return bend sections are formed with a first bend angle of about 100 degrees followed by a straight section (205,206) then followed by a second bend angle of about 80 degrees, and wherein at least one of the tube return bend sections contacts both an adjacent tube return bend section and an adjacent tube run section, and at least one of the tube run sections contacts an adjacent tube return bend section.
Process for lining a steel pipe for the subsea transport of fluids, comprising successively: the machining of an annular cavity in an inner wall of the pipe to be lined, said cavity being set back longitudinally relative to an end of the pipe; the deposition by welding of a first resurfacing layer made of a corrosion-resistant metal alloy on the inside of the cavity; the surface machining of the first resurfacing layer to the internal diameter of the pipe; the introduction into the pipe of a liner made of corrosion-resistant steel alloy, the liner being introduced so that one end of said liner comes into contact with the first machined resurfacing layer; the deposition by welding of at least one second resurfacing layer (18a, 18b) made of corrosion-resistant metal alloy on the inner wall of the pipe between the end of the liner in contact with the first machined resurfacing layer and the corresponding end of the pipe; and the surface machining of the second resurfacing layer to the internal diameter of the pipe. the machining of an annular cavity in an inner wall of the pipe to be lined, said cavity being set back longitudinally relative to an end of the pipe; the deposition by welding of a first resurfacing layer made of a corrosion-resistant metal alloy on the inside of the cavity; the surface machining of the first resurfacing layer to the internal diameter of the pipe; the introduction into the pipe of a liner made of corrosion-resistant steel alloy, the liner being introduced so that one end of said liner comes into contact with the first machined resurfacing layer; the deposition by welding of at least one second resurfacing layer (18a, 18b) made of corrosion-resistant metal alloy on the inner wall of the pipe between the end of the liner in contact with the first machined resurfacing layer and the corresponding end of the pipe; and the surface machining of the second resurfacing layer to the internal diameter of the pipe.
A method for producing a radio frequency identification, RFID, tag (112, 118, 200, 400), comprising: - attaching (1206, 1306) a communications enabled device (204, 702) to the substrate (402, 600) so as to form an electrical connection between the communications enabled device (204, 702) and a conductive trace of the substrate to form the tag (112, 118, 200, 400), - determining (1214, 1316), by a computing device, a characteristic of the conductive trace on a substrate (402, 600) to be incorporated into an item (110, 116, 1012) to configure a tag performance in view of at least one of a dielectric property or a tuning property of the item (110, 116, 1012); - altering (1218,1322) the conductive trace on the substrate (402, 600) by removing a portion of a conductive material in an area of the conductive trace from the substrate (402, 600) to provide a tag that is specifically tuned and matched to the item (110, 116, 1012); and wherein the removing the portion of the conductive material in an area of the conductive trace from the substrate (402, 600) includes at least one of partly decreasing a thickness of the conductive trace, partly decreasing a width of the conductive trace, or partly decreasing a height of the conductive trace. - attaching (1206, 1306) a communications enabled device (204, 702) to the substrate (402, 600) so as to form an electrical connection between the communications enabled device (204, 702) and a conductive trace of the substrate to form the tag (112, 118, 200, 400), - determining (1214, 1316), by a computing device, a characteristic of the conductive trace on a substrate (402, 600) to be incorporated into an item (110, 116, 1012) to configure a tag performance in view of at least one of a dielectric property or a tuning property of the item (110, 116, 1012); - altering (1218,1322) the conductive trace on the substrate (402, 600) by removing a portion of a conductive material in an area of the conductive trace from the substrate (402, 600) to provide a tag that is specifically tuned and matched to the item (110, 116, 1012); and
A stereo camera configured to calculate a distance of an object, comprising: two parallel imaging devices; an imaging device holder that is configured to hold the two imaging devices; a substrate holder which includes an upper cover and a lower cover, wherein the substrate holder is configured to hold a circuit substrate on which a component regarding operation of the two imaging devices is disposed, wherein the component includes heat-generating components generating a high temperature; and a heat transfer device that is configured to transfer heat generated in the component to the substrate holder, one end of the heat transfer device is brought into contact with the component and the other end of the heat transfer device is brought into contact with the upper cover of the substrate holder on a line having an equal distance from each of image pick-up devices of the two imaging devices, and the imaging device holder is formed by a metal member, and the substrate holder is formed by a metal member, wherein the heat transfer device is formed by a material having high heat conductivity. two parallel imaging devices; an imaging device holder that is configured to hold the two imaging devices; a substrate holder which includes an upper cover and a lower cover, wherein the substrate holder is configured to hold a circuit substrate on which a component regarding operation of the two imaging devices is disposed, wherein the component includes heat-generating components generating a high temperature; and a heat transfer device that is configured to transfer heat generated in the component to the substrate holder, one end of the heat transfer device is brought into contact with the component and the other end of the heat transfer device is brought into contact with the upper cover of the substrate holder on a line having an equal distance from each of image pick-up devices of the two imaging devices, and the imaging device holder is formed by a metal member, and the substrate holder is formed by a metal member, wherein the heat transfer device is formed by a material having high heat conductivity.
A process for forming a metal supported solid oxide fuel cell, the process comprising the steps of: a) applying a green anode layer including nickel oxide, copper oxide and a rare earth-doped ceria to a stainless steel metal substrate, wherein the nickel oxide, copper oxide and a rare earth-doped ceria are powdered, the powders being of a particle size distribution d90 in the range 0.1 to 4μm and wherein a weight ratio of nickel oxide to copper oxide is in the range 20:1 to 4:1; b) compressing the green anode layer; c) sintering the green anode layer to form a composite including oxides of nickel, copper, and a rare earth-doped ceria; d) providing an electrolyte; and e) providing a cathode. a) applying a green anode layer including nickel oxide, copper oxide and a rare earth-doped ceria to a stainless steel metal substrate, wherein the nickel oxide, copper oxide and a rare earth-doped ceria are powdered, the powders being of a particle size distribution d90 in the range 0.1 to 4μm and wherein a weight ratio of nickel oxide to copper oxide is in the range 20:1 to 4:1; b) compressing the green anode layer; c) sintering the green anode layer to form a composite including oxides of nickel, copper, and a rare earth-doped ceria; d) providing an electrolyte; and e) providing a cathode.
A composition for treating a metal surface, said composition comprising water, a trivalent chromium compound, an organo-functional silane, a compound of a group IV-B element, and at least one polymer having a plurality of carboxylic functional groups and a plurality of hydroxyl groups.
A system, comprising: a display; and a processor, configured: to modify an image slice by filling a portion, of the image slice, that corresponds to an anatomical cavity with a three-dimensional representation of a wall of the anatomical cavity, and to display the modified image slice on the display; wherein the image slice is a cross-sectional image of an object, and wherein the processor is configured to modify the portion of the image slice that corresponds to the anatomical cavity without modifying other portions of the image slice. a display; and a processor, configured: to modify an image slice by filling a portion, of the image slice, that corresponds to an anatomical cavity with a three-dimensional representation of a wall of the anatomical cavity, and to display the modified image slice on the display; to modify an image slice by filling a portion, of the image slice, that corresponds to an anatomical cavity with a three-dimensional representation of a wall of the anatomical cavity, and to display the modified image slice on the display; wherein the image slice is a cross-sectional image of an object, and wherein the processor is configured to modify the portion of the image slice that corresponds to the anatomical cavity without modifying other portions of the image slice.
A method for producing a product selected from a biopolymer expressed by a cell, an intracellular or extracellular product produced by a cell or microorganism, a periplasmatic product produced by a cell or microorganism, a cell or a microorganism in a bioreactor in a high-density chemostat fermentation process, wherein said bioreactor comprises: i) a first outlet having a separation device allowing impurities with a size below the size of the product, and medium to be removed while retaining the product in the bioreactor; (ii) a second outlet having a product harvest module allowing the product, cells, impurities and medium to be removed; and (iii) an inlet for adding a medium; wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) fermenting the cell expressing the biopolymer, the cell or microorganism producing the intracellular product, the cell, or microorganism producing the periplasmatic product, the cell, or the microorganism in the bioreactor in a suitable medium under suitable conditions, wherein during the fermentation impurities and medium are removed via the separation device, the product, cells, impurities and medium are removed via the product harvest module and new medium is added to replenish nutrients consumed by the cells or microorganisms and to equilibrate the medium removed during removal of impurities and harvesting the product; and (b) the product is isolated from the harvested medium; and wherein the cell density in the bioreactor during the fermentation reaches at least 5 million cells per ml medium. i) a first outlet having a separation device allowing impurities with a size below the size of the product, and medium to be removed while retaining the product in the bioreactor; (ii) a second outlet having a product harvest module allowing the product, cells, impurities and medium to be removed; and (iii) an inlet for adding a medium; (a) fermenting the cell expressing the biopolymer, the cell or microorganism producing the intracellular product, the cell, or microorganism producing the periplasmatic product, the cell, or the microorganism in the bioreactor in a suitable medium under suitable conditions, wherein during the fermentation impurities and medium are removed via the separation device, the product, cells, impurities and medium are removed via the product harvest module and new medium is added to replenish nutrients consumed by the cells or microorganisms and to equilibrate the medium removed during removal of impurities and harvesting the product; and (b) the product is isolated from the harvested medium; and
System for simultaneously forming and filling a container with a liquid comprising: - a mold cavity defining an internal surface and adapted to accept a preform; - a pressure source having an inlet; and - a blow nozzle adapted to receive the liquid from the pressure source and transfer the liquid at a pressure into the preform thereby urging the preform to expand toward the internal surface of the mold cavity and create a resultant container, wherein the liquid remains within the container as an end product, characterized in that the pressure source has a servo motor system operable in a first direction wherein liquid is drawn from the inlet and in a second direction wherein liquid is urged toward the preform, wherein the servo motor system comprises at least one servo motor and a controller, wherein the at least one servo motor is variably controlled, and wherein the controller is operably coupled to the servo motor system monitoring an operational status of the servo motor system. - a mold cavity defining an internal surface and adapted to accept a preform; - a pressure source having an inlet; and - a blow nozzle adapted to receive the liquid from the pressure source and transfer the liquid at a pressure into the preform thereby urging the preform to expand toward the internal surface of the mold cavity and create a resultant container, wherein the liquid remains within the container as an end product, characterized in that the pressure source has a servo motor system operable in a first direction wherein liquid is drawn from the inlet and in a second direction wherein liquid is urged toward the preform, wherein the servo motor system comprises at least one servo motor and a controller, wherein the at least one servo motor is variably controlled, and wherein the controller is operably coupled to the servo motor system monitoring an operational status of the servo motor system.