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An apparatus for shielding a needle comprising: a shield housing; a needle having a distal tip; a needle shield assembly which is movable from an unlocked position within the shield housing and a locked position outside the housing; wherein the needle shield assembly further comprises: a shield body having a sidewall, a proximal end, a distal end and shield openings (13, 14) through which the needle passes; a canting member disposed within the shield body for movement from an aligned condition to an off-alignment condition and including a hole defined by an edge through which the needle passes; a spring operably engaged to the shield body and the canting member, urging the canting member to the off-alignment condition; a retention arm (16, 427), engaged to the shield body, and displaceable from an engaged position to a disengaged position; characterized in that the retention arm (16, 427) is biased radially outward from the needle shield assembly so that the shield housing forces the retention arm inward to the engaged position in which the retention arm engages the canting member and maintains the canting member in the aligned condition, whereby, when the needle shield is moved outward the housing to withdraw the needle tip into the needle shield assembly, the retention arm moves to the disengaged position in which the retention arm disengages the canting member, and the canting member is displaced to the off-alignment condition by the spring such that the edge binds onto the exterior surface of the needle locking the needle shield assembly onto the needle. a shield housing; a needle having a distal tip; a needle shield assembly which is movable from an unlocked position within the shield housing and a locked position outside the housing; wherein the needle shield assembly further comprises: a shield body having a sidewall, a proximal end, a distal end and shield openings (13, 14) through which the needle passes; a canting member disposed within the shield body for movement from an aligned condition to an off-alignment condition and including a hole defined by an edge through which the needle passes; a spring operably engaged to the shield body and the canting member, urging the canting member to the off-alignment condition; a retention arm (16, 427), engaged to the shield body, and displaceable from an engaged position to a disengaged position; a shield body having a sidewall, a proximal end, a distal end and shield openings (13, 14) through which the needle passes; a canting member disposed within the shield body for movement from an aligned condition to an off-alignment condition and including a hole defined by an edge through which the needle passes; a spring operably engaged to the shield body and the canting member, urging the canting member to the off-alignment condition; a retention arm (16, 427), engaged to the shield body, and displaceable from an engaged position to a disengaged position;
A wireless optical communication method, wherein the method is applied to a first device, and the method comprises: receiving a data frame sent by a second device; obtaining coded symbols, lengths of source symbols, a quantity of source symbols, degree information of the source symbols, and index information of the source symbols based on the data frame, wherein the degree information of the source symbols indicates a quantity of source symbols comprised in each source symbol group that participates in coding processing, and the index information of the source symbols indicates indexes of the source symbols comprised in each source symbol group that participates in coding processing; determining a mapping relationship between the source symbols and the coded symbols based on the lengths of the source symbols, the quantity of source symbols, the degree information of the source symbols, and the index information of the source symbols; and determining the source symbols based on the mapping relationship, the coded symbols, and a preset rateless decoding algorithm. receiving a data frame sent by a second device; obtaining coded symbols, lengths of source symbols, a quantity of source symbols, degree information of the source symbols, and index information of the source symbols based on the data frame, wherein the degree information of the source symbols indicates a quantity of source symbols comprised in each source symbol group that participates in coding processing, and the index information of the source symbols indicates indexes of the source symbols comprised in each source symbol group that participates in coding processing; determining a mapping relationship between the source symbols and the coded symbols based on the lengths of the source symbols, the quantity of source symbols, the degree information of the source symbols, and the index information of the source symbols; and determining the source symbols based on the mapping relationship, the coded symbols, and a preset rateless decoding algorithm.
An electronic smoking device comprising: - a liquid reservoir; - a battery; - a heating element adapted to atomize liquid of the liquid reservoir; wherein the heating element has a modified surface which comprises a plurality of structures adapted to provide a capillary force on liquid of the liquid reservoir when applied onto the heating element, characterized in that the modified surface of the heating element has a maximum roughness R max that is greater than 0.5mm. - a liquid reservoir; - a battery; - a heating element adapted to atomize liquid of the liquid reservoir; the heating element has a modified surface which comprises a plurality of structures adapted to provide a capillary force on liquid of the liquid reservoir when applied onto the heating element, characterized in that the modified surface of the heating element has a maximum roughness R max that is greater than 0.5mm.
A composition for inducing an immune response to an antigen in a subject, comprising a genetically modified bacterium of the genus Lactococcus expressing the antigen hemagglutinin of avian influenza virus H5N1.
A scanning electron microscope comprising a chamber, a specimen holder located within the chamber for holding a specimen thereon at high voltage to produce a retardation field thereat, an electron detector disposed adjacent to the specimen holder, and a microtome, the microtome including a knife arranged to be carried into engagement with the specimen on the specimen holder to slice a portion of the specimen away to expose a new face of the specimen, characterized in that the knife is mounted so that after having engaged the specimen to expose a new face of the specimen it is moved to a new position, whereupon it does not interfere with the retardation field.
An aqueous dispersion comprising from 5 to 80 mass %, based on a total mass of the aqueous dispersion, of silicone elastomer particles having a 90% volume cumulative diameter of 0.3 to 20 μm, wherein said 90% volume cumulative diameter is determined using an electric resistance method for particles having a diameter of ≥ 1 μm and a laser diffraction-scattering method for particles having a diameter of < 1 μm; at least one polyoxyethylene alkyl ether having an alkyl group having 18 carbon atoms in an amount of 0.01 to 15 mass %, based on a total mass of the aqueous dispersion, wherein a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether is 12.8 to 15.1, and water in an amount of 19 to 94 mass %, based on a total mass of the aqueous dispersion. from 5 to 80 mass %, based on a total mass of the aqueous dispersion, of silicone elastomer particles having a 90% volume cumulative diameter of 0.3 to 20 μm, wherein said 90% volume cumulative diameter is determined using an electric resistance method for particles having a diameter of ≥ 1 μm and a laser diffraction-scattering method for particles having a diameter of < 1 μm; at least one polyoxyethylene alkyl ether having an alkyl group having 18 carbon atoms in an amount of 0.01 to 15 mass %, based on a total mass of the aqueous dispersion, wherein a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether is 12.8 to 15.1, and water in an amount of 19 to 94 mass %, based on a total mass of the aqueous dispersion.
Antenna apparatus (10; 20; 30; 40; 50) including: a substrate comprising a first main side and a second main side arranged opposite thereto; first and second fixing regions arranged on the first main side; a ribbon which connects the first fixing region and the second fixing region and is spaced apart from the substrate at least in some regions; characterized in that a metallization arranged on the second main side is arranged opposite to at least one of the first fixing region, the second fixing region, and the ribbon; and the first fixing region is configured as a strip line for obtaining an electric signal, the antenna apparatus being configured to emit a radio signal with the ribbon on the basis of the electric signal, wherein a wavelength range of the radio signal emitted with the ribbon and the strip line is influenced by a sum of a length of the ribbon and of a length of the strip line. a substrate comprising a first main side and a second main side arranged opposite thereto; first and second fixing regions arranged on the first main side; a ribbon which connects the first fixing region and the second fixing region and is spaced apart from the substrate at least in some regions; characterized in that a metallization arranged on the second main side is arranged opposite to at least one of the first fixing region, the second fixing region, and the ribbon; and the first fixing region is configured as a strip line for obtaining an electric signal, the antenna apparatus being configured to emit a radio signal with the ribbon on the basis of the electric signal, wherein a wavelength range of the radio signal emitted with the ribbon and the strip line is influenced by a sum of a length of the ribbon and of a length of the strip line.
A membrane for reverse osmosis comprising: (i) a porous substrate, and (ii) a layer adjacent the porous substrate and comprising a two dimensional nanosheet material and a crosslinked polymer, wherein the two dimensional nanosheet material is graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, laminated graphene oxide, holey graphene, holey graphene oxide, or holey reduced graphene oxide, and wherein the crosslinked polymer is formed from N-isopropylacrylamide and N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide. (i) a porous substrate, and (ii) a layer adjacent the porous substrate and comprising a two dimensional nanosheet material and a crosslinked polymer, wherein the two dimensional nanosheet material is graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, laminated graphene oxide, holey graphene, holey graphene oxide, or holey reduced graphene oxide, and wherein the crosslinked polymer is formed from N-isopropylacrylamide and N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide.
A swivel connector for use with a safety device including a safety device connector having a safety device connector aperture, comprising: a bracket assembly (120, 140), having a flange including a flange aperture; a swivel portion (127,148) including a tab portion and a two prong portion, which includes two legs extending outward from the tab portion, the legs of the two prong portion including leg apertures, the tab portion having a tab portion aperture, the legs of the two prong portion defining an opening therebetween, the opening receiving the flange, the flange aperture and the leg apertures aligning; a first fastener extending through the flange aperture and the leg apertures, the swivel portion (127, 148) pivoting about the first fastener in a first direction relative to the flange; a safety device connector having a safety device connector aperture; and a second fastener through the safety device connector aperture and the tab portion aperture, so that the safety device connector pivots about the second fastener in a second direction opposite the first direction relative to the tab portion; the first flange being operatively connected to a base (121, 141, 151) of a bracket assembly (120, 140) configured and arranged to be operatively connected to a safety harness; and further comprising a safety harness connector configured and arranged to be operatively connected to the safety harness, a third fastener interconnecting the bracket assembly (120, 140) and the safety harness connector, the bracket assembly (120, 140) pivoting about the third fastener in a third direction relative to the safety harness connector.
A computer-readable storage medium storing an information processing program to be executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus for performing information processing for causing an object displayed in a virtual three-dimensional space to move to or close to a predetermined target, based on motion information obtained from predetermined detection means for detecting a motion of an input device operated by a user, the information processing program causing the computer to function as: moving direction calculation means for calculating, based on the motion information, moving direction data representing a direction in which the input device has been moved; characterized in that the information processing program further causing the computer to function as: object moving means for causing the object to move (S7, S24) to a position which is obtained by hypothetically moving a position of the object based on the moving direction data and then by correcting the position of the object hypothetically moved, only in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the input device has been moved, whereby the object is caused to move such that the object is brought to or brought close to the predetermined target position.
Adapter having a first electrical interface and a second electrical interface which each have contact elements for transmitting data respectively data contact elements and supply contact elements for transmitting electrical supply energy, wherein the contact elements of the first interface are connected with the corresponding contact elements of the second interface via conductors, characterised in that a first supply contact element of the first interface is connected with two first supply contact elements of the second interface and a second supply contact element of the first interface is connected with a second supply contact element of the second interface, which is in the form of an external conductor surrounding the other contact elements.
A data sending method, comprising: receiving, by a terminal device, random access configuration information sent by a base station; determining, by the terminal device, a random access channel, a base frequency, and N frequency hopping intervals according to the random access configuration information, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2; and sending, by the terminal device, a random access signal over the random access channel to the base station according to the base frequency and the N frequency hopping intervals. receiving, by a terminal device, random access configuration information sent by a base station; determining, by the terminal device, a random access channel, a base frequency, and N frequency hopping intervals according to the random access configuration information, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2; and sending, by the terminal device, a random access signal over the random access channel to the base station according to the base frequency and the N frequency hopping intervals.
Method for terminating a braking process of a three-phase AC motor, wherein the braking process of the AC motor is performed by means of a switching device, wherein the switching device comprises a first, second and third AC motor line (2,3,4), a first and third supply line (7,9) and a first and second thyristor (5,6), wherein the first, second and third AC motor lines (2,3,4) are connected to the AC motor, wherein the first thyristor is connected to the first supply line and to the first AC motor line, the second thyristor is connected to the first AC motor line and to the second AC motor line, and the second AC motor line is connected to the third supply line, wherein the actuation of the first and second thyristors (5,6) is performed by a processing unit of the switching device, wherein during the braking process of the AC motor the processing unit: - in a first step, actuates the first thyristor in such a manner that a braking current is injected into the AC motor by way of the first and third supply lines (7, 9) such that a torque which brakes the AC motor is produced, - in a second step, actuates the second thyristor in such a manner that when the first thyristor is quenched the braking current is taken on by the second thyristor and the braking torque is maintained, - repeats the two steps, characterised in that at the end of the braking process of the AC motor the processing unit specifically suppresses an actuation of the second thyristor after a last actuation of the first thyristor so that the second thyristor does not take on the braking current. - in a first step, actuates the first thyristor in such a manner that a braking current is injected into the AC motor by way of the first and third supply lines (7, 9) such that a torque which brakes the AC motor is produced, - in a second step, actuates the second thyristor in such a manner that when the first thyristor is quenched the braking current is taken on by the second thyristor and the braking torque is maintained, - repeats the two steps, characterised in that at the end of the braking process of the AC motor the processing unit specifically suppresses an actuation of the second thyristor after a last actuation of the first thyristor so that the second thyristor does not take on the braking current.
A photocatalyst-containing water-based curable coating composition comprising: one of a water-based dispersion or a water-based dispersion, which includes a water-based medium, a polymer segment having a neutralized acid group, a polysiloxane segment forming a composite resin by chemically bonding with the polymer segment, a polysiloxane segment derived from an alkyltrialkoxysilane condensate (c) with an alkyl group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, the polysiloxane segment forming a composite resin by coupling with the polymer segment and the polysiloxane segment via silicon-oxygen bonds, and fine particles of a photocatalytic oxide, wherein the water-based dispersion is formed by dispersing or dissolving the composite resin and dispersing the fine particles of a photocatalytic oxide in the water-based medium, the water-based dispersion is formed by dispersing resin particles in a water-based medium, the resin particles formed by the encapsulation of the fine particles of a photocatalytic oxide within the composite resin; and a curing agent for curing the composite resin; wherein the amount of the fine particles of a photocatalytic oxide is within the range of 0.1 to 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the composite resin. a water-based medium, a polymer segment having a neutralized acid group, a polysiloxane segment forming a composite resin by chemically bonding with the polymer segment, a polysiloxane segment derived from an alkyltrialkoxysilane condensate (c) with an alkyl group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, the polysiloxane segment forming a composite resin by coupling with the polymer segment and the polysiloxane segment via silicon-oxygen bonds, and fine particles of a photocatalytic oxide, wherein the water-based dispersion is formed by dispersing or dissolving the composite resin and dispersing the fine particles of a photocatalytic oxide in the water-based medium, the water-based dispersion is formed by dispersing resin particles in a water-based medium, the resin particles formed by the encapsulation of the fine particles of a photocatalytic oxide within the composite resin; and a curing agent for curing the composite resin; wherein the amount of the fine particles of a photocatalytic oxide is within the range of 0.1 to 20 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the composite resin.
A pump casing for a centrifugal pump, the pump casing including a main pumping chamber having two opposing side wall portions: - an inlet opening arranged for the introduction of a flow of material into the main pumping chamber during use; - a discharge outlet extending tangentially from the pump casing and from the main pumping chamber and arranged for the exit of a flow of material from the main pumping chamber during use; and - a transition surface extending between an inner peripheral surface of the main pumping chamber and an inner peripheral surface of the discharge outlet, the transition surface arranged for separating an in use exit flow of material in the discharge outlet from an in use recirculation flow of material in the main pumping chamber; characterised in that when viewed from a line through a central axis of the casing, said transition surface has a cutwater with a profiled section which comprises a protrusion which is disposed generally centrally between the side wall portions and which extends irregularly from an otherwise generally rounded arched or U-shaped transition surface and having at least one blend or transition region to provide a smooth taper between the cutwater and the said inner peripheral surfaces (37, 39) of the main pumping chamber and the discharge outlet. - an inlet opening arranged for the introduction of a flow of material into the main pumping chamber during use; - a discharge outlet extending tangentially from the pump casing and from the main pumping chamber and arranged for the exit of a flow of material from the main pumping chamber during use; and - a transition surface extending between an inner peripheral surface of the main pumping chamber and an inner peripheral surface of the discharge outlet, the transition surface arranged for separating an in use exit flow of material in the discharge outlet from an in use recirculation flow of material in the main pumping chamber;
A collapsible container having a pair of opposed side walls (214, 216) and a pair of opposed end walls (218, 220) and a base, the container including a latching mechanism for providing locking engagement between the side walls and end walls, the latching mechanism comprising: a latching member; biasing means for biasing the latching member in an engaged position in which the latching member provides locking engagement between an end wall and the side walls of the container, and a lever (266, 286) operable against the biasing means, to move the latching member to a disengaged position in which the latching member is released so as to disengage the end wall from the side walls, characterised in that the latching member comprises a pivotable clip (234', 234"), which is biased by the biasing means to engage with complementary recesses, and the lever is operable against the biasing means, to disengage the clip from the recesses and to release the end wall from the side walls simultaneously. a latching member; biasing means for biasing the latching member in an engaged position in which the latching member provides locking engagement between an end wall and the side walls of the container, and a lever (266, 286) operable against the biasing means, to move the latching member to a disengaged position in which the latching member is released so as to disengage the end wall from the side walls, characterised in that the latching member comprises a pivotable clip (234', 234"), which is biased by the biasing means to engage with complementary recesses, and the lever is operable against the biasing means, to disengage the clip from the recesses and to release the end wall from the side walls simultaneously.