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A securement device for securing a catheter connector to a patient, wherein the connector has a body with a proximal end having a port configured thereon for communication with a fluid delivery device, and a distal end with a passage defined therein axially aligned with the port and having a size for receipt of a catheter inserted therein, said securement device comprising: a lower shell member; said lower shell member having a perimeter wall defining a cradle space for receipt of the connector body such that said perimeter wall circumferentially engages around the connector body; said perimeter wall having a proximal end with a groove defined therein for passage of the connector port axially beyond said perimeter wall through said groove; said perimeter wall having a distal end configured to completely encircle the distal end of the connector body, said distal end of said perimeter wall having a slot defined therein that axially aligns with the passage in the connector so that a catheter inserted in the passage resides in said slot to pass through said perimeter wall; and a cover member hinged to said lower shell member at a hinge line and movable from an open position for insertion and removal of the connector to a closed position wherein said cover member releasably latches to said lower shell member to retain the connector within said lower shell member; wherein said cradle space defined by said perimeter wall matches a shape of the connector body so that said perimeter wall continuously engages the connector body when the connector is seated within said cradle space. a lower shell member; said lower shell member having a perimeter wall defining a cradle space for receipt of the connector body such that said perimeter wall circumferentially engages around the connector body; said perimeter wall having a proximal end with a groove defined therein for passage of the connector port axially beyond said perimeter wall through said groove; said perimeter wall having a distal end configured to completely encircle the distal end of the connector body, said distal end of said perimeter wall having a slot defined therein that axially aligns with the passage in the connector so that a catheter inserted in the passage resides in said slot to pass through said perimeter wall; and a cover member hinged to said lower shell member at a hinge line and movable from an open position for insertion and removal of the connector to a closed position wherein said cover member releasably latches to said lower shell member to retain the connector within said lower shell member; wherein said cradle space defined by said perimeter wall matches a shape of the connector body so that said perimeter wall continuously engages the connector body when the connector is seated within said cradle space.
A sputter source comprising: an inner target arrangement (1 a, 1 b; 31 a, 31 b) and an outer target arrangement (3a, 3b; 32a, 32b), said outer target arrangement (3a, 3b; 32a, 32b) being disposed around said inner target arrangement (1a, 1b; 31a, 31b) when viewed from above, each of said inner (1a, 1b; 31a, 31b) and said outer (3a, 3b; 32a, 32b) target arrangements comprising a respective upper part (1a, 3a; 31a, 32a) and a respective lower part (1b, 3b; 31b, 32b), each said respective upper part (1a, 3a; 31a, 32a) being arranged in a plane spaced apart from and essentially parallel to the plane of the said respective lower part (1b, 3b; 31b, 32b), each said respective upper part (1a, 3a; 31a, 32a) protruding partially over the said respective lower part (1b, 3b; 31b, 32b); and means for generating magnetic fields, said magnetic-field generating means being operable to separately generate first and second individually-controllable magnetic fields, respectively, at least partially above said inner (1 a, 1 b; 31 a, 31 b) and outer (3a, 3b; 32a, 32b) target arrangements. an inner target arrangement (1 a, 1 b; 31 a, 31 b) and an outer target arrangement (3a, 3b; 32a, 32b), said outer target arrangement (3a, 3b; 32a, 32b) being disposed around said inner target arrangement (1a, 1b; 31a, 31b) when viewed from above, each of said inner (1a, 1b; 31a, 31b) and said outer (3a, 3b; 32a, 32b) target arrangements comprising a respective upper part (1a, 3a; 31a, 32a) and a respective lower part (1b, 3b; 31b, 32b), each said respective upper part (1a, 3a; 31a, 32a) being arranged in a plane spaced apart from and essentially parallel to the plane of the said respective lower part (1b, 3b; 31b, 32b), each said respective upper part (1a, 3a; 31a, 32a) protruding partially over the said respective lower part (1b, 3b; 31b, 32b); and means for generating magnetic fields, said magnetic-field generating means being operable to separately generate first and second individually-controllable magnetic fields, respectively, at least partially above said inner (1 a, 1 b; 31 a, 31 b) and outer (3a, 3b; 32a, 32b) target arrangements.
A method for predicting the response of a subject diagnosed with cancer to an anti-cancer treatment that comprises the use of at least one method that induces DNA damage and/or an agent or a combination of agents that target a protein involved in the DNA damage response of the cancer cells, comprising: i) determining the level of cells with RAD51 foci in a sample containing tumor cells isolated from said subject wherein the subject has not received, at 24 hours prior to the isolation of the sample, a chemotherapy selected from the group consisting of AC, FEC, ECF and navelbine/epirubicin, and wherein the sample has not been treated with a method that induces DNA damage before determining the level of cells with RAD51 foci, and ii) comparing the level obtained in step i) with a reference value, wherein: - a level of cells with RAD51 foci lower than said reference value indicates that the subject is predicted to respond to the anti-cancer treatment, or - a level of cells with RAD51 foci equal or higher than said reference value, indicates that the subject is predicted not to respond to the anti-cancer treatment. i) determining the level of cells with RAD51 foci in a sample containing tumor cells isolated from said subject wherein the subject has not received, at 24 hours prior to the isolation of the sample, a chemotherapy selected from the group consisting of AC, FEC, ECF and navelbine/epirubicin, and wherein the sample has not been treated with a method that induces DNA damage before determining the level of cells with RAD51 foci, and ii) comparing the level obtained in step i) with a reference value, wherein: - a level of cells with RAD51 foci lower than said reference value indicates that the subject is predicted to respond to the anti-cancer treatment, or - a level of cells with RAD51 foci equal or higher than said reference value, indicates that the subject is predicted not to respond to the anti-cancer treatment. - a level of cells with RAD51 foci lower than said reference value indicates that the subject is predicted to respond to the anti-cancer treatment, or - a level of cells with RAD51 foci equal or higher than said reference value, indicates that the subject is predicted not to respond to the anti-cancer treatment.
Method of producing a textile flat heating element, in which a knitted material is formed and the heat conductors are laid as warp threads in one and the same working process by knitting, wherein the contact lines contacting the heat conductors are incorporated at mutual spacings as weft threads or weft thread groups and wherein a warp knitting machine or Raschel machine, which comprises a magazine weft intake system with feed chains for the feed of weft threads and a weft carriage for insertion of weft threads, is used for producing the flat heating element, characterised in that the production rate of the warp knitting machine or Raschel machine is varied in dependence on the mesh formation and that not only the feed chain, but also the weft carriage are synchronously stopped for predetermined times depending on the mesh formation.
A colostomy bag cleansing system comprising: a colostomy bag having a bottom drain opening, a stoma opening, and a water supply opening at the top of the bag, said bag being formed of two similarly shaped sides that are held together by a first heat-sealed line around and adjacent to the perimeter of the sides to form the bag, a heat-sealed septum comprising a plurality of second heat-sealed portions formed between the sides along and spaced from the top periphery of the bag to divide the bag into an upper manifold and a lower chamber, with the stoma opening and bottom drain opening provided in the lower chamber, and the supply opening connecting into the upper manifold, the plurality of heat sealed portions defining a plurality of passages (86, 86a, 86b) to connect between the upper manifold and lower chamber, and a system to provide a fluid under pressure to the supply opening and into the manifold, the second heat-sealed portions being configured such that fluid is sprayed in multiple directions through the plurality of passages from the upper manifold to the lower chamber when fluid under pressure is provided to the supply opening. a colostomy bag having a bottom drain opening, a stoma opening, and a water supply opening at the top of the bag, said bag being formed of two similarly shaped sides that are held together by a first heat-sealed line around and adjacent to the perimeter of the sides to form the bag, a heat-sealed septum comprising a plurality of second heat-sealed portions formed between the sides along and spaced from the top periphery of the bag to divide the bag into an upper manifold and a lower chamber, with the stoma opening and bottom drain opening provided in the lower chamber, and the supply opening connecting into the upper manifold, the plurality of heat sealed portions defining a plurality of passages (86, 86a, 86b) to connect between the upper manifold and lower chamber, and a system to provide a fluid under pressure to the supply opening and into the manifold, the second heat-sealed portions being configured such that fluid is sprayed in multiple directions through the plurality of passages from the upper manifold to the lower chamber when fluid under pressure is provided to the supply opening.
A computer based method for 3D digital endodontics, 3D imaging equipment being used to digitize an image of an infected tooth or teeth to thereby form image data, the method comprising: providing a user interface to extract a 3D representation of a root canal system from the image data and to visualize the root canal system on a display unit; characterised by providing digital templates of a plurality of root canal instruments, allowing 2D superimposed views of instruments and canal shapes or canal cross-sections for treatment planning and instrument selection. providing a user interface to extract a 3D representation of a root canal system from the image data and to visualize the root canal system on a display unit; characterised by providing digital templates of a plurality of root canal instruments, allowing 2D superimposed views of instruments and canal shapes or canal cross-sections for treatment planning and instrument selection.
A method of selecting a patient for treatment for disease-related reduced cognitive function caused by reduced neuronal metabolism associated with Alzheimer's disease, comprising: a. selecting a patient having, disease-related reduced cognitive function caused by reduced neuronal metabolism associated with Alzheimer's disease; b. determining in the patient the presence of at least one of the specific genotypes selected from the group consisting of: i. homozygosity for thymine of Interleukin-1 beta (IL1B) rs1143627 at relevant portion shown by SEQ ID NO:9; and ii. homozygosity for cytosine of IL1B rs16944 at relevant portion shown by SEQ ID NO:10; and c. selecting a patient having at least one of the specific genotypes in (b) for treatment, wherein the treatment comprises administering to the patient at least one medium chain triglyceride in an amount effective for the treatment of or prevention of disease-related reduced cognitive function caused by reduced neuronal metabolism associated with Alzheimer's disease. a. selecting a patient having, disease-related reduced cognitive function caused by reduced neuronal metabolism associated with Alzheimer's disease; b. determining in the patient the presence of at least one of the specific genotypes selected from the group consisting of: i. homozygosity for thymine of Interleukin-1 beta (IL1B) rs1143627 at relevant portion shown by SEQ ID NO:9; and ii. homozygosity for cytosine of IL1B rs16944 at relevant portion shown by SEQ ID NO:10; and i. homozygosity for thymine of Interleukin-1 beta (IL1B) rs1143627 at relevant portion shown by SEQ ID NO:9; and ii. homozygosity for cytosine of IL1B rs16944 at relevant portion shown by SEQ ID NO:10; and c. selecting a patient having at least one of the specific genotypes in (b) for treatment, wherein the treatment comprises administering to the patient at least one medium chain triglyceride in an amount effective for the treatment of or prevention of disease-related reduced cognitive function caused by reduced neuronal metabolism associated with Alzheimer's disease.
A horizontal filter press having a plurality of filter plate assemblies supported by side bars, and a track; the horizontal filter press further comprising a washer carriage; the washer carriage being movably supported on the track and comprising a washer unit for washing the filter plate assemblies; wherein the washer unit comprises a wash water manifold having a first outlet for feeding wash water to a first spindle and a second outlet for feeding wash water to a second spindle, each of the spindles comprising a reel for spooling a flexible hose thereon and being rotatable with respect to the washer carriage; the washer unit further comprising a spray bar; wherein a first end of the spray bar fluidly communicates with a first flexible hose supported by a reel on the first spindle; wherein a second end of the spray bar fluidly communicates with a second flexible hose supported by a reel on the second spindle; and wherein the spray bar receives wash water from the wash water manifold via the first and second spindles and first and second flexible hoses. wherein the washer unit comprises a wash water manifold having a first outlet for feeding wash water to a first spindle and a second outlet for feeding wash water to a second spindle, each of the spindles comprising a reel for spooling a flexible hose thereon and being rotatable with respect to the washer carriage; the washer unit further comprising a spray bar; wherein a first end of the spray bar fluidly communicates with a first flexible hose supported by a reel on the first spindle; wherein a second end of the spray bar fluidly communicates with a second flexible hose supported by a reel on the second spindle; and wherein the spray bar receives wash water from the wash water manifold via the first and second spindles and first and second flexible hoses.
An electronic regulation system for a gas turbine, configured to regulate a set of functions associated with logic input data or originating from sensors and associated with output data in particular for an actuator, said system comprising: - a primary electronic regulation unit, configured to process the entire set of functions, - a secondary electronic regulation unit, - a selection and switching module for selecting and switching either of the primary and secondary units (120, 140) for the regulation of the gas turbine according to an operating state of said primary unit, characterized in that the electronic regulation system is asymmetrical, the secondary electronic regulation unit, partially redundant with the primary unit, is configured to process only one strict subset of sufficient functions to maintain in operation or start the gas turbine according to an acceptable degraded mode when the primary unit is in default. - a primary electronic regulation unit, configured to process the entire set of functions, - a secondary electronic regulation unit, - a selection and switching module for selecting and switching either of the primary and secondary units (120, 140) for the regulation of the gas turbine according to an operating state of said primary unit,
A method for restoring a Multi Protocol Label Switching,MPLS, ring network (10, 18) in the event of a network link failure, wherein the MPLS ring network (10.18) comprises a path for traffic around the ring comprising at least three sequential Label Switched Paths,LSPs,, the method performed by a network node of the MPLS ring network (10, 18) and comprising the steps of: detecting a failure along a network link traversed by a first one of the at least three sequential LSPs having an end point at the network node; in response to the detecting, encapsulating an Ethernet Ring Protocol, ERP, restoration message in a restoration pseudowire, wherein encapsulating the ERP restoration message in the restoration pseudowire further comprises inserting an identifier in header information of the restoration psuedowire, the identifier indicating that the pseudowire carries an ERP restoration message; and transmitting the restoration pseudowire within a second one of the at least three sequential LSPs over a subsequent network link. detecting a failure along a network link traversed by a first one of the at least three sequential LSPs having an end point at the network node; in response to the detecting, encapsulating an Ethernet Ring Protocol, ERP, restoration message in a restoration pseudowire, wherein encapsulating the ERP restoration message in the restoration pseudowire further comprises inserting an identifier in header information of the restoration psuedowire, the identifier indicating that the pseudowire carries an ERP restoration message; and transmitting the restoration pseudowire within a second one of the at least three sequential LSPs over a subsequent network link.
A data transmission method based on an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technology, the method comprising: processing input data to obtain a modulated signal, wherein the modulated signal comprises continuous subcarriers in multiple frequency domains (step 101); grouping the continuous subcarriers in the multiple frequency domains according to grouping information, to obtain multiple carrier groups, wherein each carrier group comprises at least one of the subcarriers, the grouping information is related to a correspondence between a non-linear noise and a frequency, and a difference between non-linear noises corresponding to subcarriers in each carrier group is in a threshold range (step 102); separately performing differential phase encoding on the subcarriers in each carrier group, to obtain encoded subcarriers of the subcarriers (step 103); adjusting, according to a sequence, the encoded subcarriers of the continuous subcarriers to frequency locations that are symmetric on a positive frequency side and a negative frequency side, to obtain a to-be-transmitted signal (step 104); and performing frequency-to-time conversion processing on the to-be-transmitted signal, and sending a signal to a receiver by using a non-linear optical channel (step 105). processing input data to obtain a modulated signal, wherein the modulated signal comprises continuous subcarriers in multiple frequency domains (step 101); grouping the continuous subcarriers in the multiple frequency domains according to grouping information, to obtain multiple carrier groups, wherein each carrier group comprises at least one of the subcarriers, the grouping information is related to a correspondence between a non-linear noise and a frequency, and a difference between non-linear noises corresponding to subcarriers in each carrier group is in a threshold range (step 102); separately performing differential phase encoding on the subcarriers in each carrier group, to obtain encoded subcarriers of the subcarriers (step 103); adjusting, according to a sequence, the encoded subcarriers of the continuous subcarriers to frequency locations that are symmetric on a positive frequency side and a negative frequency side, to obtain a to-be-transmitted signal (step 104); and performing frequency-to-time conversion processing on the to-be-transmitted signal, and sending a signal to a receiver by using a non-linear optical channel (step 105).
A method for combusting fuel in the presence of calcium carbonate, the method comprising: introducing fuel and calcium carbonate into a furnace configured to combust the fuel; introducing hydrous clay having a moisture content of at least 5% by weight to 15% by weight into the furnace and wherein the hydrous clay comprises kaolinite; and heating at least a portion of the fuel, calcium carbonate, and hydrous clay, such that at least a portion of the hydrous clay is at least partially calcined and the at least partially calcined clay adsorbs at least a portion of alkali present in the furnace; wherein said portion of alkali is released as a result of heating the portion of fuel and/or calcium carbonate. introducing fuel and calcium carbonate into a furnace configured to combust the fuel; introducing hydrous clay having a moisture content of at least 5% by weight to 15% by weight into the furnace and wherein the hydrous clay comprises kaolinite; and heating at least a portion of the fuel, calcium carbonate, and hydrous clay, such that at least a portion of the hydrous clay is at least partially calcined and the at least partially calcined clay adsorbs at least a portion of alkali present in the furnace; wherein said portion of alkali is released as a result of heating the portion of fuel and/or calcium carbonate.
Self-propelled device for entering and moving specific equipment inside confined environments with a muddy sediment on the bottom, said self-propelled device comprises two undercarriages equipped with tracks that are spaced apart from each other and in succession, which together support at the top connecting devices for the transport of rigid long equipment, said connecting devices comprise at least one hydraulic cylinder, which acts on a mechanical joint for the rotation that realises the steering of the front undercarriage and the rear undercarriage, handling them as two steering axles; characterised by the fact that said self-propelled device comprises at least one undercarriage which has a lever, hinged by a first end to the structure of the undercarriage and hinged at the opposite end to said connecting devices, where said lever is induced to move according to a rotation movement by a hydraulic actuator hinged on said structure of the undercarriage; said lever is rotated by a hydraulic actuator joined in a first point of application to the structure of the undercarriage and in a second point of application to said lever, where said lever, after a partial rotation, is able to lift said mechanical joint; said mechanical joint is hinged in a free oscillating manner on the end of said lever. characterised by the fact that said self-propelled device comprises at least one undercarriage which has a lever, hinged by a first end to the structure of the undercarriage and hinged at the opposite end to said connecting devices, where said lever is induced to move according to a rotation movement by a hydraulic actuator hinged on said structure of the undercarriage; said lever is rotated by a hydraulic actuator joined in a first point of application to the structure of the undercarriage and in a second point of application to said lever, where said lever, after a partial rotation, is able to lift said mechanical joint; said mechanical joint is hinged in a free oscillating manner on the end of said lever.