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A mechanical spreader along a spreading axis, comprises a support and two spreading plates and a central rod, characterized in that each spreading plate comprises at least one bevel, and in that the central rod is able to slide in said support between the two spreading plates, said central rod comprising a plurality of bevels having a profile complementary to the bevels of said spreading plates, the bevels of said central rod being in contact with the bevels of said spreading plates, said spreader also comprising return means able to exert a return force on the spreading plates, means for actuating the translation of the central rod and means for immobilizing the spreading plates in planes perpendicular to said spreading axis.
Transport device for transporting containers such as bottles, the transport device comprising at least one movable and one stationary component (401, 402, 403), wherein the movable component can cause a movement of containers to be transported and a wear surface (512, 513) of the stationary component (402, 203) comprises elements of which the coefficient of friction with respect to glass and/or PET is lower than the coefficient of sliding friction of the wear surface and/or of the movable component with respect to glass and/or PET, wherein: the elements are incorporated into the wear surface, characterised in that the elements are mounted in the wear surface so as to be rotatable about at least one axis.
A liquid filter for gravitationally filtering a liquid from a reservoir above the filter into a filtered liquid receptacle below the filter, the filter comprising: - a housing with top and bottom, the housing containing a generally horizontal filtering space holding a liquid treatment medium, and having one or more liquid inlets at a top portion of the filter and one or more liquid outlets at a bottom portion of the filter configured to cause the liquid to flow in a generally lateral direction through the liquid treatment medium; and - two or more first walls upwardly extending into the filtering space from a bottom wall thereof and ending with an apex and one or more second walls downwardly extending into the filtering space from a top wall thereof, each of said walls defining a closed path, the first and second walls jointly cause the liquid to flow in a curvilinear flow path from the inlet to the outlet, the apexes of the first walls are such that each apex more distal along the liquid flow path is at a lower level than an apex of a first wall more proximal along the flow path. - a housing with top and bottom, the housing containing a generally horizontal filtering space holding a liquid treatment medium, and having one or more liquid inlets at a top portion of the filter and one or more liquid outlets at a bottom portion of the filter configured to cause the liquid to flow in a generally lateral direction through the liquid treatment medium; and - two or more first walls upwardly extending into the filtering space from a bottom wall thereof and ending with an apex and one or more second walls downwardly extending into the filtering space from a top wall thereof, each of said walls defining a closed path, the first and second walls jointly cause the liquid to flow in a curvilinear flow path from the inlet to the outlet, the apexes of the first walls are such that each apex more distal along the liquid flow path is at a lower level than an apex of a first wall more proximal along the flow path.
A connecting sleeve for an extending ladder comprising a connecting ring and a connecting block formed unitarily with each other, characterized in that a seat and a rotating plate are mounted on the surface of the joint between the connecting ring and the connecting block; the seat is fixed relative to the connecting ring, a socket is provided in the center of the seat, and two shafts are formed at two sides of the socket respectively extending to the center; the rotating plate is substantially in a T-shape, a vertical portion thereof being inserted downward into the socket of the seat while a transverse portion thereof is located on the seat, additionally, two shafts of the seat are inserted transversely into a through hole (4 1 a) provided on the vertical portion; furthermore, a torsion spring is mounted in the through hole of the vertical portion of the rotating plate and outside the shafts, a first end of the torsion spring is connected to the inner wall of the through hole of the rotating plate, and a second end of the torsion spring is connected to the seat, so as to allow the transverse portion of the rotating plate to rotate toward the connecting block round the shafts and always tend to stand up on the seat.
A road antenna for a communication device, where the antenna is capable of operation when installed in or on the ground, the road antenna having a structure comprising: a circular conductive base plate, a radiating cone, wherein the cone has an apex that points towards the center of the circular base plate, the apex is positioned on or near the base plate on one side of the base plate, and the cone opens/expands away from the base plate, and a solid frusto-conical body, wherein the body has an encompassing side which extends from the base plate to near an edge on the widest point on the cone, and the material of the body substantially fills the space inside the encompassing side and between the base plate and the cone, characterized in that: the road antenna further comprises a number of adjustable tuning screws or adjustable tuning struts extending between the cone and the base plate. a circular conductive base plate, a radiating cone, wherein the cone has an apex that points towards the center of the circular base plate, the apex is positioned on or near the base plate on one side of the base plate, and the cone opens/expands away from the base plate, and a solid frusto-conical body, wherein the body has an encompassing side which extends from the base plate to near an edge on the widest point on the cone, and the material of the body substantially fills the space inside the encompassing side and between the base plate and the cone, characterized in that: the road antenna further comprises a number of adjustable tuning screws or adjustable tuning struts extending between the cone and the base plate.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) a polypeptide comprising the structure A-sALP-B; and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein sALP is the extracellular domain of an alkaline phosphatase, A is absent or is an amino acid sequence of at least one amino acid, and B is an amino acid sequence of at least one amino acid or is absent, for use in a method of treating neurofibromatosis in a subject. (a) a polypeptide comprising the structure A-sALP-B; and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein sALP is the extracellular domain of an alkaline phosphatase, A is absent or is an amino acid sequence of at least one amino acid, and B is an amino acid sequence of at least one amino acid or is absent, for use in a method of treating neurofibromatosis in a subject. sALP is the extracellular domain of an alkaline phosphatase, A is absent or is an amino acid sequence of at least one amino acid, and B is an amino acid sequence of at least one amino acid or is absent, for use in a method of treating neurofibromatosis in a subject.
Implantable device for use in a human and/or animal body for replacement of an organ valve, with an elongate substantially cylindrical main body having a first end and a second end (11, 12) provided with openings, and with a membrane element provided with an opening inserted into the substantially cylindrical main body, said device having in a first operating state a large ratio of length to transverse extent along an axis, and in a second operating state a smaller ratio of length to transverse extent along an axis, said device being reversibly convertible from the secondary form into the primary form by application of force against elastic material forces, wherein the two ends (11, 12) of the main body have an outwardly protruding anchoring portion (13, 14) for anchoring the device in the organ and/or a vessel, and wherein the membrane element has a ring portion and, connected to the latter, a valve portion, characterized in that two or more guide openings (16, 17) are provided on the main body for the passage of guide wires for the implantation of the device, wherein the at least two guide openings (16, 17) are arranged near the membrane element.
Assembly comprising an upper cross-member of a front block for a motor vehicle and a lateral deflector, the upper cross-member comprising: - a prismatic member of longitudinal elongation and configured to extend between two lateral edges of the motor vehicle; - a perforated grid projecting from an upper face of the prismatic member, the perforated grid being delimited laterally by the lateral deflector which extends to a front face of the prismatic member; characterised in that a front end of the lateral deflector comprises a notch configured to house an electrical harness of the motor vehicle. - a prismatic member of longitudinal elongation and configured to extend between two lateral edges of the motor vehicle; - a perforated grid projecting from an upper face of the prismatic member, the perforated grid being delimited laterally by the lateral deflector which extends to a front face of the prismatic member;
A charging and control system for a robotic lawn mower comprising: a power supply, operable to produce a charging voltage signal; a signal generator, operable to produce a positioning voltage signal; a charging station, electrically connected to said power supply so as to receive said charging voltage signal, and comprising one or more terminals operable to connect to said lawnmower so as to communicate said charging voltage signal to said lawnmower when positioned at charging station; and a position locating network, operable to receive said positioning voltage signal from said signal generator and to transmit a corresponding wireless positioning signal for reception by said lawnmower, characterised in that said power supply and said signal generator are provided within a housing located remotely from said charging station, and said housing further provides an interface for remotely controlling and/or indicating the status of said lawnmower. a power supply, operable to produce a charging voltage signal; a signal generator, operable to produce a positioning voltage signal; a charging station, electrically connected to said power supply so as to receive said charging voltage signal, and comprising one or more terminals operable to connect to said lawnmower so as to communicate said charging voltage signal to said lawnmower when positioned at charging station; and a position locating network, operable to receive said positioning voltage signal from said signal generator and to transmit a corresponding wireless positioning signal for reception by said lawnmower, characterised in that said power supply and said signal generator are provided within a housing located remotely from said charging station, and said housing further provides an interface for remotely controlling and/or indicating the status of said lawnmower.
Structure for fabricating integrated circuits which are intended to perform an electromagnetic lens function for a reconfigurable transmitarray antenna, the structure comprising: - a first wafer, comprising a set of first active components which are configured to generate a phase shift, and having opposite first and second surfaces (W10, W11); - a first metal layer, formed on the first surface of the first wafer; - a first interconnect structure, formed on the second surface of the first wafer, and electrically connected to the first active components; the first interconnect structure comprising first biasing lines which are arranged to bias the first active components; - a set of first planar antennas, which is formed on the first interconnect structure so that each first planar antenna is electrically connected to the first active components and so that the first planar antennas are electrically insulated from one another; - a second wafer, having opposite first and second surfaces (W20, W21); - a second metal layer, formed on the first surface of the second wafer; - a set of second planar antennas, which is formed on the second surface of the second wafer so that the second planar antennas are electrically insulated from one another; the first and second wafers (W1, W2) being assembled via the first and second metal layers (M1, M2) so that the sets of first and second planar antennas (A1, A2) are aligned, the first and second metal layers (M1, M2) forming a ground plane. - a first wafer, comprising a set of first active components which are configured to generate a phase shift, and having opposite first and second surfaces (W10, W11); - a first metal layer, formed on the first surface of the first wafer; - a first interconnect structure, formed on the second surface of the first wafer, and electrically connected to the first active components; the first interconnect structure comprising first biasing lines which are arranged to bias the first active components; - a set of first planar antennas, which is formed on the first interconnect structure so that each first planar antenna is electrically connected to the first active components and so that the first planar antennas are electrically insulated from one another; - a second wafer, having opposite first and second surfaces (W20, W21); - a second metal layer, formed on the first surface of the second wafer; - a set of second planar antennas, which is formed on the second surface of the second wafer so that the second planar antennas are electrically insulated from one another;
A method of determining a nucleic acid sequence, the method comprising: elongating a nascent strand by a nucleic acid polymerase attached to a transistor by a tether compound, wherein the tether compound comprises a polymer, and a nucleic acid strand attached to the polymer, wherein the nucleic acid polymerase: incorporates a nucleotide attached to a label compound comprising a moiety, and cleaves the nucleotide from the label compound during the elongating of the nascent strand, the nascent strand being hybridized to a template parent strand; measuring a change in an electrical characteristic of the transistor resulting from the moiety; and identifying the nucleotide based on the measured change in the electrical characteristic, wherein said electrical characteristic is current. elongating a nascent strand by a nucleic acid polymerase attached to a transistor by a tether compound, wherein the tether compound comprises a polymer, and a nucleic acid strand attached to the polymer, wherein the nucleic acid polymerase: incorporates a nucleotide attached to a label compound comprising a moiety, and cleaves the nucleotide from the label compound during the elongating of the nascent strand, the nascent strand being hybridized to a template parent strand; measuring a change in an electrical characteristic of the transistor resulting from the moiety; and identifying the nucleotide based on the measured change in the electrical characteristic, wherein said electrical characteristic is current. incorporates a nucleotide attached to a label compound comprising a moiety, and cleaves the nucleotide from the label compound during the elongating of the nascent strand, the nascent strand being hybridized to a template parent strand; measuring a change in an electrical characteristic of the transistor resulting from the moiety; and identifying the nucleotide based on the measured change in the electrical characteristic, wherein said electrical characteristic is current.
A method to maintain, reduce a decrease in or expand capillary vessel lumen diameter in a re-endothelialized extracellular matrix of a mammalian organ, tissue or portion thereof with an intact vascular bed, comprising: (i) providing a decellularized extracellular matrix of a mammalian organ, tissue or portion thereof with an intact vascular bed and a population of endothelial cells or stem or progenitor cells capable of differentiation into endothelial cells, wherein the cells are not human embryonic stem cells; and (ii) introducing an amount of the cells and a first aqueous solution comprising an amount of biocompatible microparticles to the decellularized extracellular matrix, wherein the amount of the cells is effective to re-endothelialize the vasculature of the decellularized extracellular matrix and wherein the amount of the microparticles when circulated through the vasculature maintains, reduces a decrease or expands capillary vessel lumen diameter in the vasculature during or after re-endothelialization relative to a corresponding re-endothelialized decellularized extracellular matrix that lacks the microparticles. (i) providing a decellularized extracellular matrix of a mammalian organ, tissue or portion thereof with an intact vascular bed and a population of endothelial cells or stem or progenitor cells capable of differentiation into endothelial cells, wherein the cells are not human embryonic stem cells; and (ii) introducing an amount of the cells and a first aqueous solution comprising an amount of biocompatible microparticles to the decellularized extracellular matrix,
An image processing system comprising: an imaging device including a plurality of lens optical systems and imaging elements, the imaging device being configured to capture image data; a sensor configured to detect three attitude angles of the imaging device when the image data is being captured and output; an image generator configured to generate an omnidirectional image from a plurality of images captured by the imaging device, based on the three attitude angles; a second unit configured to transform a coordinate of omnidirectional image data according to the three attitude angles and output transformed image data, wherein the coordinate transformation is performed based on a point of interest determined by the three attitude angles, wherein the point of interest is at a center point of the transformed image data; a first unit configured to extract a portion of said transformed image data around the center point of transformed image data; a third unit configured to output the portion extracted by the first unit as video data to be displayed on a display. an imaging device including a plurality of lens optical systems and imaging elements, the imaging device being configured to capture image data; a sensor configured to detect three attitude angles of the imaging device when the image data is being captured and output; an image generator configured to generate an omnidirectional image from a plurality of images captured by the imaging device, based on the three attitude angles; a second unit configured to transform a coordinate of omnidirectional image data according to the three attitude angles and output transformed image data, wherein the coordinate transformation is performed based on a point of interest determined by the three attitude angles, wherein the point of interest is at a center point of the transformed image data; a first unit configured to extract a portion of said transformed image data around the center point of transformed image data; a third unit configured to output the portion extracted by the first unit as video data to be displayed on a display.
A method of controlling a Multi-Terminal High Voltage Direct Current MTDC system with at least three terminals, each terminal including a Voltage Source Converter VSC controlled by a VSC controller, comprising: - providing a converter schedule including at least one of desired power flow value and DC voltage: - determining, by a MTDC master controller, a present state of the MTDC system including a dynamic topology of the MTDC system, - determining, by the MTDC master controller, based on the present state of the MTDC system, based on the schedule and based on MTDC system constraints, updated VSC controller parameters including droop settings of allowed deviations from a reference power for local control by the VSC controllers, the MTDC master controller having an update rate of 30 seconds or less, and - transmitting the VSC controller parameters to the VSC controllers. - providing a converter schedule including at least one of desired power flow value and DC voltage: - determining, by a MTDC master controller, a present state of the MTDC system including a dynamic topology of the MTDC system, - determining, by the MTDC master controller, based on the present state of the MTDC system, based on the schedule and based on MTDC system constraints, updated VSC controller parameters including droop settings of allowed deviations from a reference power for local control by the VSC controllers, the MTDC master controller having an update rate of 30 seconds or less, and - transmitting the VSC controller parameters to the VSC controllers.
A substance delivery system comprising at least one polymeric material forming a matrix and an anabolic drug, wherein the at least one polymeric material is collagen and wherein said anabolic drug is included in the at least one polymeric material forming the matrix, wherein the matrix is a biphasic scaffold or a biphasic membrane, and wherein the anabolic drug is an FGF-18 compound at a dose from 5 to 100 microgram/system.
A first anti-cancer agent (i), which is BVD-523 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a second anti-cancer agent (ii), which is an inhibitor of the PI3K/Akt pathway or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in treating or ameliorating the effects of cancer in a subject.