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A method of fluorinating a solid compound of a rare earth metal to produce a fluorinated rare earth metal compound in solid form, the method including reacting, in a reaction zone, a solid compound of the rare earth metal; and gaseous hydrofluoric acid, thus producing the fluorinated rare earth metal compound in solid form, wherein the reaction takes place, in the reaction zone, in the presence of exogenous water, which is water that is exogenous to water that is produced in the reaction zone as water of reaction due to the reaction of the solid compound of the rare earth metal and the hydrofluoric acid; and under conditions of temperature and pressure which avoid condensation of the exogenous water, the water of reaction when present, and the hydrofluoric acid. a solid compound of the rare earth metal; and gaseous hydrofluoric acid, thus producing the fluorinated rare earth metal compound in solid form, wherein the reaction takes place, in the reaction zone, in the presence of exogenous water, which is water that is exogenous to water that is produced in the reaction zone as water of reaction due to the reaction of the solid compound of the rare earth metal and the hydrofluoric acid; and under conditions of temperature and pressure which avoid condensation of the exogenous water, the water of reaction when present, and the hydrofluoric acid. in the presence of exogenous water, which is water that is exogenous to water that is produced in the reaction zone as water of reaction due to the reaction of the solid compound of the rare earth metal and the hydrofluoric acid; and under conditions of temperature and pressure which avoid condensation of the exogenous water, the water of reaction when present, and the hydrofluoric acid.
A dial for a watch, comprising: a semi-transparent photovoltaic layer comprising one or more transparent area and one or more opaque area, the layer being, in terms of surface area, predominantly transparent, said layer having a lower face; and an ink-based decorative layer printed on the lower face of the photovoltaic layer, the decorative layer including a pattern, the pattern comprising one or more time markers. a semi-transparent photovoltaic layer comprising one or more transparent area and one or more opaque area, the layer being, in terms of surface area, predominantly transparent, said layer having a lower face; and an ink-based decorative layer printed on the lower face of the photovoltaic layer, the decorative layer including a pattern, the pattern comprising one or more time markers.
A composition comprising (i) infectious mature Plasmodium sporozoites of human host range, which is a species selected from the group consisting of P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi, that have undergone sporogonic development in vitro to reach the infectious mature sporozoite stage of development, wherein sporogony from gametocyte stage to infectious mature sporozoite stage is external to mosquitoes and wherein the composition comprising said infectious mature Plasmodium sporozoites is absent any attendant mosquito material, and (ii) an excipient, diluent, or carrier, wherein said infectious mature Plasmodium sporozoites are obtained by: a. culturing Plasmodium gametocytes of said human host range to zygote stage in the absence of a matrix and in the presence of red blood cells in an exflagellation culture medium; b. agglutinating said red blood cells with a lectin; c. collecting a mixture comprising zygotes, gametes, gametocytes and agglutinated red blood cells; d. culturing said mixture on a substrate comprising a 3D culture matrix which has been pre-seeded with Drosophila Schneider S2 cells and in an ookinete culture medium, wherein ookinete stage parasites penetrate said matrix; e. exchanging said ookinete medium with an oocyst medium; and f. harvesting the infectious mature Plasmodium sporozoite stage parasite produced thereby. a. culturing Plasmodium gametocytes of said human host range to zygote stage in the absence of a matrix and in the presence of red blood cells in an exflagellation culture medium; b. agglutinating said red blood cells with a lectin; c. collecting a mixture comprising zygotes, gametes, gametocytes and agglutinated red blood cells; d. culturing said mixture on a substrate comprising a 3D culture matrix which has been pre-seeded with Drosophila Schneider S2 cells and in an ookinete culture medium, wherein ookinete stage parasites penetrate said matrix; e. exchanging said ookinete medium with an oocyst medium; and f. harvesting the infectious mature Plasmodium sporozoite stage parasite produced thereby.
A breakaway coupling assembly (200, 2000), comprising: a male coupling (205, 2105) including an insert section (305, 3005) and a post section (310, 3010), and defining a first male coupling aperture (315, 3015) and a second male coupling aperture (320, 3020) connected by a male coupling internal channel (325, 3025), the insert section including a sealing gasket and a plurality of ribs (370, 375, 3070, 3075), each including a first snap-action retention surface; and a female coupling (210, 2110) including a receptacle section (505, 6005) and a female coupling post section (510, 6010), and defining a mechanically deformable first female coupling aperture (515, 6015) and a second female coupling aperture (520, 6020) connected by a female coupling internal channel (525, 7005), the receptacle section defining an insertion cavity (530, 6035) including a sealing surface, a rib retention groove (580, 6060), and a retention surface; wherein, upon insertion of the male coupling post section into the insertion cavity, the plurality of ribs deforms the first female coupling aperture and the retention surface engages with the first snap-action retention surfaces to draw the plurality of ribs into the rib retention groove, and the sealing gasket engages the sealing surface to form a continuous fluid flow path for fluid to flow between the male coupling internal channel and the female coupling internal channel, wherein a relationship between the ribs and the rib retention groove are such that desired amounts of force are required to couple and decouple the male coupling and the female coupling. a male coupling (205, 2105) including an insert section (305, 3005) and a post section (310, 3010), and defining a first male coupling aperture (315, 3015) and a second male coupling aperture (320, 3020) connected by a male coupling internal channel (325, 3025), the insert section including a sealing gasket and a plurality of ribs (370, 375, 3070, 3075), each including a first snap-action retention surface; and a female coupling (210, 2110) including a receptacle section (505, 6005) and a female coupling post section (510, 6010), and defining a mechanically deformable first female coupling aperture (515, 6015) and a second female coupling aperture (520, 6020) connected by a female coupling internal channel (525, 7005), the receptacle section defining an insertion cavity (530, 6035) including a sealing surface, a rib retention groove (580, 6060), and a retention surface; wherein, upon insertion of the male coupling post section into the insertion cavity, the plurality of ribs deforms the first female coupling aperture and the retention surface engages with the first snap-action retention surfaces to draw the plurality of ribs into the rib retention groove, and the sealing gasket engages the sealing surface to form a continuous fluid flow path for fluid to flow between the male coupling internal channel and the female coupling internal channel, wherein a relationship between the ribs and the rib retention groove are such that desired amounts of force are required to couple and decouple the male coupling and the female coupling.
A process for production of a multilayer composite, a) a polyamide molding composition being provided, at least 30% of the end groups in the polyamide used taking the form of amino end groups, b) a premix of the polyamide molding composition and from 0.005 to 10 parts by weight of a compound having at least two ester units of carbonic acid with phenols or alcohols, based on 100 parts by weight of polyamide, being prepared, c) the mixture being stored and/or transported, if desired, and d) the mixture then being coextruded with a molding composition comprising at least 50% by weight of a high-melting-point polymer whose crystallite melting point T m is at least 270°C and/or whose glass transition temperature T g is at least 180°C, melting of the mixture taking place only after the processing has begun, and T m and T g being measured by means of DSC in accordance with TSO 11357. a) a polyamide molding composition being provided, at least 30% of the end groups in the polyamide used taking the form of amino end groups, b) a premix of the polyamide molding composition and from 0.005 to 10 parts by weight of a compound having at least two ester units of carbonic acid with phenols or alcohols, based on 100 parts by weight of polyamide, being prepared, c) the mixture being stored and/or transported, if desired, and d) the mixture then being coextruded with a molding composition comprising at least 50% by weight of a high-melting-point polymer whose crystallite melting point T m is at least 270°C and/or whose glass transition temperature T g is at least 180°C, melting of the mixture taking place only after the processing has begun, and T m and T g being measured by means of DSC in accordance with TSO 11357.
A dual pump system comprising: a dual pump provided with a plurality of chambers (C1, C2) independent from each other, wherein an input port (110h1, 120h1) and an output port (110h2, 120h2) are provided in each of the chambers (C1, C2); a plurality of output lines (L3, L3') connected to the output ports 110h2, 120h2) of the plurality of chambers (C1, C2), respectively; a switching valve provided in an output line of one side of the plurality of output lines and configured to enable a fluid to flow to the output line when operating in one direction and to enable the fluid to be drained to an oil pan through a bypass line branched from the output line when operating in the other direction; and a relief valve disposed in an output line (L3') of the other side of the plurality of output lines to drain the fluid when a pressure is greater than a predetermined pressure; wherein the plurality of output lines are combined with each other to form one line for discharging the fluid, characterized in that switching valve is configured to operate in said one direction below a first RPM point of an engine and above a second RPM point of an engine and to operate in said other direction when said engine RPM is ranging from the first RPM point to the second RPM point, and wherein said relief valve is configured to drain at a third RPM point of an engine, which is reached when the pressure is greater than a predetermined pressure, wherein the first RPM point, the second RPM point, and the third RPM point satisfy the following relationship: A < B < C. a dual pump provided with a plurality of chambers (C1, C2) independent from each other, wherein an input port (110h1, 120h1) and an output port (110h2, 120h2) are provided in each of the chambers (C1, C2); a plurality of output lines (L3, L3') connected to the output ports 110h2, 120h2) of the plurality of chambers (C1, C2), respectively; a switching valve provided in an output line of one side of the plurality of output lines and configured to enable a fluid to flow to the output line when operating in one direction and to enable the fluid to be drained to an oil pan through a bypass line branched from the output line when operating in the other direction; and a relief valve disposed in an output line (L3') of the other side of the plurality of output lines to drain the fluid when a pressure is greater than a predetermined pressure; wherein the plurality of output lines are combined with each other to form one line for discharging the fluid, characterized in that switching valve is configured to operate in said one direction below a first RPM point of an engine and above a second RPM point of an engine and to operate in said other direction when said engine RPM is ranging from the first RPM point to the second RPM point, and wherein said relief valve is configured to drain at a third RPM point of an engine, which is reached when the pressure is greater than a predetermined pressure, wherein the first RPM point, the second RPM point, and the third RPM point satisfy the following relationship: A < B < C.
A lift gate assembly comprising a gate member and a frame, wherein said gate member is slidably within the frame and said gate member can be raised and/or lowered from between respective closed and open configurations, the lift gate assembly may be located in an open fluid channel and further comprises an acoustic flow meter apparatus for measuring transit times of acoustic signal through a fluid flowing through the acoustic flow meter apparatus, wherein the frame is attached to and upstream of the acoustic flow meter apparatus for measuring transit times of acoustic signals through the fluid, said acoustic flow meter apparatus being in the form of a conduit having one or more opposed pairs of acoustic transducers, wherein the frame includes a double seal disposed around the entire periphery thereof, characterised in that the lift gate assembly further comprises at least three pairs of acoustic transducers, each pair of said acoustic transducers (252,254) located on opposing sides of said conduit and offset longitudinally along said conduit to provide upstream and downstream transducers(252,254), each pair of acoustic transducers, in use, having their acoustic paths intersecting at a point along the axis of said conduit 600) to provide redundancy in measuring flow through said conduit if one of said acoustic transducers should fail.
An uplink signal transmission method, comprising: receiving (S201, S401), by a base station by using an active antenna unit, a first uplink signal sent by a terminal in a first band wherein the terminal is located outside uplink coverage of the base station of a second band; and sending (S202, S402), by the base station by using a common public radio interface or an enhanced common public radio interface, the first uplink signal to a first baseband processing unit corresponding to the second band for demodulation, characterized in that the active antenna unit of the base station comprises a first array antenna corresponding to the first band and a second array antenna corresponding to the second band, and the first band is lower than the second band, wherein the first array antenna only has a signal receive function and not a signal transmit function, wherein the second array antenna has both a signal receive function and a signal transmit function. receiving (S201, S401), by a base station by using an active antenna unit, a first uplink signal sent by a terminal in a first band wherein the terminal is located outside uplink coverage of the base station of a second band; and sending (S202, S402), by the base station by using a common public radio interface or an enhanced common public radio interface, the first uplink signal to a first baseband processing unit corresponding to the second band for demodulation, characterized in that the active antenna unit of the base station comprises a first array antenna corresponding to the first band and a second array antenna corresponding to the second band, and the first band is lower than the second band, wherein the first array antenna only has a signal receive function and not a signal transmit function, wherein the second array antenna has both a signal receive function and a signal transmit function.
A method for manufacturing an aerogel sheet, the method comprising: a step of continuously mixing silica sol with gelling catalyst to form catalyzed sol; a step of supplying at least one fiber material; a step of distributing the catalyzed sol onto a moving element to gelate the catalyzed sol on the moving element, thereby forming a gel sheet, wherein the fiber material is mixed with the catalyzed sol before the gelation; a step of cutting the gel sheet in which the catalyzed sol is gelated to manufacture a sheet in which the catalyzed sol is gelated, a step of aging the sheet in which the silica sol is gelated, a step of injecting a coating solution into a reaction vessel in which the aged sheet is loaded to modify a surface of the sheet, a step of drying the sheet of which the surface is modified, wherein the step comprises a first drying step of injecting carbon dioxide at a rate of 70 L/min for ten minutes under environments of a temperature of 28°C and a pressure of 70 bar to dry the sheet of which the surface is modified, a second drying step of raising to a temperature of 50 °C for 1 hour and 20 minutes to dry the sheet again, a third drying step of injecting carbon dioxide at a rate of 0.7 L/min for 20 minutes under a temperature of 50 °C and a pressure of 150 bar to dry the sheet, and a fourth drying step of injecting carbon dioxide at a rate of 0.7 L/min for 20 minutes after breaking for 20 minutes to dry the sheet, wherein the step further comprises a step of discharging the carbon dioxide for 2 hours after the fourth drying step. a step of continuously mixing silica sol with gelling catalyst to form catalyzed sol; a step of supplying at least one fiber material; a step of distributing the catalyzed sol onto a moving element to gelate the catalyzed sol on the moving element, thereby forming a gel sheet, wherein the fiber material is mixed with the catalyzed sol before the gelation; a step of cutting the gel sheet in which the catalyzed sol is gelated to manufacture a sheet in which the catalyzed sol is gelated, a step of aging the sheet in which the silica sol is gelated, a step of injecting a coating solution into a reaction vessel in which the aged sheet is loaded to modify a surface of the sheet, a step of drying the sheet of which the surface is modified, wherein the step comprises a first drying step of injecting carbon dioxide at a rate of 70 L/min for ten minutes under environments of a temperature of 28°C and a pressure of 70 bar to dry the sheet of which the surface is modified, a second drying step of raising to a temperature of 50 °C for 1 hour and 20 minutes to dry the sheet again, a third drying step of injecting carbon dioxide at a rate of 0.7 L/min for 20 minutes under a temperature of 50 °C and a pressure of 150 bar to dry the sheet, and a fourth drying step of injecting carbon dioxide at a rate of 0.7 L/min for 20 minutes after breaking for 20 minutes to dry the sheet, wherein the step further comprises a step of discharging the carbon dioxide for 2 hours after the fourth drying step.
Filter element for fluids, in particular for hydraulic fluid, consisting of at least one filter casing with at least one pleated filter layer which extends between two end caps (26, 32), wherein the external diameter of the filter casing changes towards one of the end caps (26, 32) while retaining the filter pleat height (hi), wherein the filter casing surrounds a cavity and wherein the change in thickness of the filter casing in certain areas is effected by local application of additional filter layers (48, 50, 52, 54, 56), characterised in that the upper end cap has a passage for supplying unfiltered medium which flows outwards through the filter casing, starting from the cavity, in the direction of filtration, wherein the lower end cap, in contrast, is closed, and in that the vertical extension of the additional layers (48, 50, 52, 54, 56) is such that the increase in thickness brought about by the layers (48, 50, 52, 54, 56) increases from top to bottom, because in the bottom region all the additional layers (48, 50, 52, 54, 56) lie on top of each other, while in the upper region the widest additional layer is exposed and, in the end section adjoining the upper end cap, no additional layer (48, 50, 52, 54, 56) is present, so that the external diameter of the filter casing increases from the open upper end cap towards the closed lower end cap.
Modular non-automatic scales, which are subject to an obligation to prove conformity, having an evaluation module, which contains legally relevant firmware, wherein a calculation program (12, 12') is contained in the firmware or in a network storage device which communicates herewith by way of a secure connection, said calculation program automatically checking the compatibility of the modules (1, 2, 3, 4) of the scales in respect of the conformity to be proven from module-specific legally relevant measuring-technology and technical data supplied thereto and a proof of compatibility containing the result of the check with the underlying legally relevant measuring-technology and technical data for output purposes, having an activatable write protection which, on activation, prevents an overwriting of legally relevant measuring-technology and technical data supplied to the calculation program (12, 12'), and having sealing means for sealing the activated write protection or the write-protected legally relevant measuring-technology and technical data.
A check valve assembly comprising: an elongated valve body having an inlet port, an outlet port, and an internal channel communicating between said inlet port and said outlet port, each disposed about and generally aligned with a central longitudinal axis of the valve body; said inlet port including an umbrella-type check valve disposed at the entrance to said internal channel and configured to obstruct reverse flow from said internal channel into said inlet port; said internal channel being defined by a first annular wall portion, aligned generally perpendicularly to said central longitudinal axis, which forms a valve seat for said umbrella-type check valve; and characterized by: said internal channel being further defined by a second annular wall portion, concave with respect to said internal channel along said central longitudinal axis, adjoining said first annular wall portion and running toward said outlet port; and said internal channel being further defined by a third annular wall portion, convex with respect to said internal channel along said central longitudinal axis, adjoining said second annular wall portion and running toward said outlet port; wherein at least said second and third annular wall portions form an essentially continuously curved, contiguous interior surface with respect to and along said central longitudinal axis. an elongated valve body having an inlet port, an outlet port, and an internal channel communicating between said inlet port and said outlet port, each disposed about and generally aligned with a central longitudinal axis of the valve body; said inlet port including an umbrella-type check valve disposed at the entrance to said internal channel and configured to obstruct reverse flow from said internal channel into said inlet port; said internal channel being defined by a first annular wall portion, aligned generally perpendicularly to said central longitudinal axis, which forms a valve seat for said umbrella-type check valve; said internal channel being further defined by a second annular wall portion, concave with respect to said internal channel along said central longitudinal axis, adjoining said first annular wall portion and running toward said outlet port; and said internal channel being further defined by a third annular wall portion, convex with respect to said internal channel along said central longitudinal axis, adjoining said second annular wall portion and running toward said outlet port; wherein at least said second and third annular wall portions form an essentially continuously curved, contiguous interior surface with respect to and along said central longitudinal axis.