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A blood pump, comprising: a pump housing having an inlet and an outlet; a rotor within said pump housing for propelling the blood through the housing in a direction from the inlet to the outlet, said rotor having a rotational axis and a leading edge portion for engaging blood entering the housing at the inlet and a trailing edge portion for enhancing the discharge of blood, said rotor being provided with a plurality of spaced apart grooves each groove having a respective fluid entry channel at said leading edge portion and an axially directed fluid exit channel at said trailing edge portion, each of said grooves being defined by sidewall surfaces extending radially to a surface of the rotor so as to define respective arcuate peripheral land areas therebetween on the surface of the rotor, each said fluid exit channel being wider than at the respective fluid entry channel, said grooves having portions curved relative to said rotational axis to direct blood flow axially therein to enhance the discharge flow characteristics when said rotor is rotating; and said peripheral land areas being magnetically coupled to a motor stator to enable said rotor to be rotated in a predetermined direction. a pump housing having an inlet and an outlet; a rotor within said pump housing for propelling the blood through the housing in a direction from the inlet to the outlet, said rotor having a rotational axis and a leading edge portion for engaging blood entering the housing at the inlet and a trailing edge portion for enhancing the discharge of blood, said rotor being provided with a plurality of spaced apart grooves each groove having a respective fluid entry channel at said leading edge portion and an axially directed fluid exit channel at said trailing edge portion, each of said grooves being defined by sidewall surfaces extending radially to a surface of the rotor so as to define respective arcuate peripheral land areas therebetween on the surface of the rotor, each said fluid exit channel being wider than at the respective fluid entry channel, said grooves having portions curved relative to said rotational axis to direct blood flow axially therein to enhance the discharge flow characteristics when said rotor is rotating; and
Backing plate for a disk brake lining of a motor-vehicle partially lined disk brake, made from sheet-steel material as a carrier for friction material, which can be fixed permanently, centrally and directly or indirectly on a front side of the backing plate, and wherein the backing plate has protrusions oriented tangentially outward on diametrically opposite end faces (6, 7), wherein one of the end faces has, radially on the inside, a retaining protrusion having a through-hole, characterized in that the opposite end face of the backing plate is provided radially on the outside with an open guide protrusion, which has a jaw opening having a receiving pocket.
A method for a background noise estimator for estimation of background noise in an audio signal, wherein the audio signal comprises a plurality of audio signal segments, the method comprising: - obtaining at least one parameter associated with one audio signal segment, based on: - a first linear prediction gain calculated as a quotient between a residual signal (E) from a 0th-order linear prediction and a residual signal (E) from a 2nd-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment; and - a second linear prediction gain calculated as a quotient between a residual signal (E) from a 2nd-order linear prediction and a residual signal (E) from a 16th-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment; - determining whether the audio signal segment comprises a pause, i.e. is free from active content such as speech and music, based at least on the obtained at least one parameter; and: when the audio signal segment comprises a pause: - updating a background noise estimate based on the audio signal segment. - obtaining at least one parameter associated with one audio signal segment, based on: - a first linear prediction gain calculated as a quotient between a residual signal (E) from a 0th-order linear prediction and a residual signal (E) from a 2nd-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment; and - a second linear prediction gain calculated as a quotient between a residual signal (E) from a 2nd-order linear prediction and a residual signal (E) from a 16th-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment; - a first linear prediction gain calculated as a quotient between a residual signal (E) from a 0th-order linear prediction and a residual signal (E) from a 2nd-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment; and - a second linear prediction gain calculated as a quotient between a residual signal (E) from a 2nd-order linear prediction and a residual signal (E) from a 16th-order linear prediction for the audio signal segment; - determining whether the audio signal segment comprises a pause, i.e. is free from active content such as speech and music, based at least on the obtained at least one parameter; and: when the audio signal segment comprises a pause: when the audio signal segment comprises a pause: - updating a background noise estimate based on the audio signal segment.
A computer-implemented method for assessing the quality of a nerve graft, the method comprising obtaining an image identifying laminin-containing tissue in the nerve graft; creating a transformed image using a transformation function of an image processing application on the image; using an analysis function of the image processing application, analyzing the transformed image to identify one or more endoneurial tubes in accordance with one or more recognition criteria, wherein the one or more recognition criteria filter out from the analysis one or more non-endoneurial laminin-containing structures in the nerve graft; and determining one or more structural characteristics of the nerve graft derived from a measurement of the one or more endoneurial tubes. obtaining an image identifying laminin-containing tissue in the nerve graft; creating a transformed image using a transformation function of an image processing application on the image; using an analysis function of the image processing application, analyzing the transformed image to identify one or more endoneurial tubes in accordance with one or more recognition criteria, wherein the one or more recognition criteria filter out from the analysis one or more non-endoneurial laminin-containing structures in the nerve graft; and determining one or more structural characteristics of the nerve graft derived from a measurement of the one or more endoneurial tubes.
A gas-insulated switching device comprising, inside a pressure tank: a vacuum valve having, in a vacuum, a movable contact provided on one side of a movable conductor and a fixed contact provided to a fixed conductor; an insulation rod connected to another side of the movable conductor led out from the vacuum valve through a bellows; an operation rod connecting the insulation rod and an operation device for the vacuum valve to each other, the operation device being provided outside the pressure tank, the operation rod being connected via a tank bellows on the operation device side; an airtight container in which the insulation rod, the other side of the movable conductor, the operation rod, and the tank bellows are accommodated; and an intermediate pressure chamber formed by communication between an internal space of the bellows and an internal space of the airtight container, wherein a sliding contact member is provided on the other side of the movable conductor, the sliding contact member is connected, via the airtight container, to a main circuit conductor provided inside the pressure tank, a communication portion which allows communication, across the sliding contact member, inside the airtight container is provided between the airtight container and the sliding contact member, and the bellows and the tank bellows have a same outer diameter. a vacuum valve having, in a vacuum, a movable contact provided on one side of a movable conductor and a fixed contact provided to a fixed conductor; an insulation rod connected to another side of the movable conductor led out from the vacuum valve through a bellows; an operation rod connecting the insulation rod and an operation device for the vacuum valve to each other, the operation device being provided outside the pressure tank, the operation rod being connected via a tank bellows on the operation device side; an airtight container in which the insulation rod, the other side of the movable conductor, the operation rod, and the tank bellows are accommodated; and an intermediate pressure chamber formed by communication between an internal space of the bellows and an internal space of the airtight container, wherein a sliding contact member is provided on the other side of the movable conductor, the sliding contact member is connected, via the airtight container, to a main circuit conductor provided inside the pressure tank, a communication portion which allows communication, across the sliding contact member, inside the airtight container is provided between the airtight container and the sliding contact member, and the bellows and the tank bellows have a same outer diameter.
A method for forming an antimicrobial resin comprising: providing a mixture comprising about 15 weight % to about 80 weight % of a hydrophilic acrylic oligomer, wherein the hydrophilic acrylic oligomer is selected from the group consisting of difunctional oligomers, trifunctional oligomers, tetrafunctional oligomers, pentafunctional oligomers, hexafunctional oligomers, and mixtures thereof, about 10 weight % to about 80 weight % of a multifunctional acrylic monomer, wherein the multifunctional acrylic monomer is selected from the group consisting of alkyl multifunctional acrylic monomers and alkenyl multifunctional acrylic monomers, about 5 weight % to about 40 weight % of a monofunctional adhesion-promoting acrylic or vinyl monomer, and about 0.1 weight % to about 15 weight % of an antimicrobial metal salt; and exposing the mixture to a radiation source to cure at least a portion of the mixture, thereby forming an antimicrobial resin. providing a mixture comprising about 15 weight % to about 80 weight % of a hydrophilic acrylic oligomer, wherein the hydrophilic acrylic oligomer is selected from the group consisting of difunctional oligomers, trifunctional oligomers, tetrafunctional oligomers, pentafunctional oligomers, hexafunctional oligomers, and mixtures thereof, about 10 weight % to about 80 weight % of a multifunctional acrylic monomer, wherein the multifunctional acrylic monomer is selected from the group consisting of alkyl multifunctional acrylic monomers and alkenyl multifunctional acrylic monomers, about 5 weight % to about 40 weight % of a monofunctional adhesion-promoting acrylic or vinyl monomer, and about 0.1 weight % to about 15 weight % of an antimicrobial metal salt; and exposing the mixture to a radiation source to cure at least a portion of the mixture, thereby forming an antimicrobial resin.
An inflator module assembly comprising: a module housing having a plurality of gas discharge openings; an inflator defining a chamber housed within said housing, said inflator, upon actuation, emitting gas, and a gas treatment assembly mounted within said housing, said gas treatment assembly comprising a first strainer element nestled within a second strainer element, the first and second strainer elements (50, 60) each having a side wall (56, 66) including a plurality of gas passage apertures (58, 68), with at least either 1) the gas passage apertures of the first strainer element offset relative to the gas passage apertures of the second strainer element or 2) the gas passage apertures of the second strainer element offset relative to the module housing gas discharge openings, characterized in that the inflator upon actuation, emits gas from one end thereof, the gas treatment assembly is mounted within said housing external the end of the inflator from which gas is emitted, and both of the first and second strainer elements (50, 60) are cup-shaped. a module housing having a plurality of gas discharge openings; an inflator defining a chamber housed within said housing, said inflator, upon actuation, emitting gas, and a gas treatment assembly mounted within said housing, said gas treatment assembly comprising a first strainer element nestled within a second strainer element, the first and second strainer elements (50, 60) each having a side wall (56, 66) including a plurality of gas passage apertures (58, 68), with at least either 1) the gas passage apertures of the first strainer element offset relative to the gas passage apertures of the second strainer element or 2) the gas passage apertures of the second strainer element offset relative to the module housing gas discharge openings, characterized in that the inflator upon actuation, emits gas from one end thereof, the gas treatment assembly is mounted within said housing external the end of the inflator from which gas is emitted, and both of the first and second strainer elements (50, 60) are cup-shaped.
An air conditioning system, comprising: an air conditioner (10a, 10b) which has a main body (11a, 11b) and a remote controller (15a, 15b) for transmitting operation information to the main body, and which can be operated by the remote controller; and a LAN connection unit (20a, 20b, 13c) installed in the air conditioner in order to connect the air conditioner to a LAN and transmit information obtained from the air conditioner through the LAN; characterized in that the air conditioner is configured so that the remote controller can be used to implement connection settings pertaining to the LAN in the LAN connection unit, and the air conditioner has at least one of a display unit (DS2, 11aL, 11bL) for presenting display and a sound unit for emitting sounds, in order to give notification of setting information regarding the connection settings pertaining to the LAN using the remote controller. an air conditioner (10a, 10b) which has a main body (11a, 11b) and a remote controller (15a, 15b) for transmitting operation information to the main body, and which can be operated by the remote controller; and a LAN connection unit (20a, 20b, 13c) installed in the air conditioner in order to connect the air conditioner to a LAN and transmit information obtained from the air conditioner through the LAN; characterized in that the air conditioner is configured so that the remote controller can be used to implement connection settings pertaining to the LAN in the LAN connection unit, and the air conditioner has at least one of a display unit (DS2, 11aL, 11bL) for presenting display and a sound unit for emitting sounds, in order to give notification of setting information regarding the connection settings pertaining to the LAN using the remote controller.
Double-face weaving machine comprising a cutting device provided for cutting through a double-face fabric moving back and forth over the width of the weaving machine, said cutting device comprising one or more cutting knives (2,3) provided for cutting through the double-face fabric at least at a first and at a second cutting height, characterised in that the weaving machine comprises at least two grinding devices (4,5) for a cutting knife, said grinding devices (4,5) each being at different working heights to grind the cutting knife.
A piston arrangement for pumping a liquid, in particular in a bottle filling plant, consisting of a piston running in a cylinder with a working path between a first reversal point and a second reversal point, wherein the piston closes off sealingly with respect to the cylinder in the region of the working path, wherein, on the other side of one of the two reversal points (U1, U2) outside the working path, the diameter of the cylinder is increased in a section in such a manner that the sealing closure is removed, and the piston can be moved into this section for a cleaning and/or disinfection process, wherein the piston is provided with a circumferential seal, characterised in that the section with enlarged diameter of the cylinder is provided with nozzles for supplying a cleaning and/or disinfection medium in such a manner that the region of the piston with the circumferential seal can be acted upon directly and specifically with cleaning and/or disinfection medium.
Tank of fluid for a motor vehicle, comprising a body arranged to receive the fluid and a system for measuring a parameter of the fluid in the tank from an acoustic wave, the measuring system comprising at least one acoustic sensor designed to capture an acoustic wave, characterized in that the acoustic wave, called noise, is generated by another system, the main function of which is not that of emitting an acoustic wave.
Star wheel for star wheel rollers in separating and sorting devices, in particular in agricultural units, soil preparation systems or similar apparatuses, the star wheel which substantially consists of plastics material comprising a number of fingers on a hub part which project in the shape of a star and can be exposed to deformation loads and frictional loads when parts of the material to be sorted are picked up, characterised in that respective recesses (8, 9, 10, 11) which lie opposite one another, have a depth and are in the shape of holes, grooves, depressions and/or pockets are provided in the side faces (14, 15) of the fingers opposite the longitudinal centre plane, and a web (18, 18') is formed between the bases (16, 17) of the recesses (8, 9, 10, 11) such that the star wheel (5, 5', 5", 5'") comprises respective web portions (K, K', 18, 18') in the radial direction which interact in the form of flexible rods and is provided with a moulded structure in the region of the fingers which forms a core zone of reduced volume in the form of a load-optimum support structure (T, T').
Dryer, comprising a housing, a processing chamber arranged in the housing for a material to be dried, and a process air circuit into which the processing chamber is integrated and in which process air for drying the material to be dried is guided, wherein, upstream of the processing chamber, a heater for heating the process air is integrated in the process air circuit, characterised in that the heater is designed as at least one PTC element (6, 8, 10) arranged in a process air channel of the process air circuit, wherein the heater comprises a two-part heating member, preferably a heating member made of aluminium, wherein the PTC element (6, 8, 10) is arranged in the heating member, characterised in that a cross-sectional area, running transversely to the flow direction, of the heating member increases in the flow direction of the process air, and in that the process air channel widens in the flow direction in the region of the heater. a cross-sectional area, running transversely to the flow direction, of the heating member increases in the flow direction of the process air, and in that the process air channel widens in the flow direction in the region of the heater.
A derivative of a GLP-1 analogue, wherein the GLP-1 analogue comprises a first K residue at a position corresponding to position 37 of GLP-1 (SEQ ID NO: 1), a second K residue at a position corresponding to position 26 of GLP-1, and a maximum of ten amino acid modifications as compared to GLP-1, wherein the first K residue is designated K 37, and the second K residue is designated K 26, which derivative comprises two albumin binding moieties attached to K 26 and K 37, respectively, wherein the albumin binding moiety comprises i) a protracting moiety of formula Chem. 1: Chem. 1: HOOC-(CH 2) x -CO-* in which x is an integer in the range of 6-18; and ii) a linker of formula Chem. 5: wherein k is an integer in the range of 1-5, and n is an integer in the range of 1-5; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, amide, or ester thereof. i) a protracting moiety of formula Chem. 1: Chem. 1: HOOC-(CH 2) x -CO-* in which x is an integer in the range of 6-18; and ii) a linker of formula Chem. 5: wherein k is an integer in the range of 1-5, and n is an integer in the range of 1-5; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, amide, or ester thereof.
A method performed by a resource manager in a communications network connected to at least two hosts for enabling of resource component allocation related to the hosts, the method comprising - determining a metric of a resource component for performance monitoring of an application at the hosts, - transmitting an instruction to measure the metric to respective host, - receiving a respective resource frame of the application from respective host, - combining resource frames coming from the at least two hosts, wherein at least two resource frames form a dynamic operations profile of an application using a shared environment, - matching a plurality of dynamic operation profiles, - determining resource allocation for the application based on the dynamic operation profiles, such that the sum for individual metrics are kept within a predetermined threshold. - determining a metric of a resource component for performance monitoring of an application at the hosts, - transmitting an instruction to measure the metric to respective host, - receiving a respective resource frame of the application from respective host, - combining resource frames coming from the at least two hosts, wherein at least two resource frames form a dynamic operations profile of an application using a shared environment, - matching a plurality of dynamic operation profiles, - determining resource allocation for the application based on the dynamic operation profiles, such that the sum for individual metrics are kept within a predetermined threshold.
A single-column semi-submersible platform for fixed anchoring in deep water, the semi-submersible platform comprising: - a lower solid ballast module; - a middle seawater ballast module; - a top buoyancy module; whereby the three modules (6,7,8) are arranged telescopically in an axial direction and can be controlled relative to each other in the axial direction such that the semi-submersible platform may float vertically and steadily in a body of water; whereby the semi-submersible platform is arranged such that draught for the seawater ballast module and buoyancy module is provided by seawater ballasting; and characterized in that the single-column semi-submersible platform further comprises a closed annulus formed between the solid ballast module and the seawater ballast module and in that the single-column semi-submersible platform is arranged such that the axial position of the solid ballast module relative to the seawater ballast module is controlled by seawater being pumped in and out of said closed annulus. - a lower solid ballast module; - a middle seawater ballast module; - a top buoyancy module; whereby the three modules (6,7,8) are arranged telescopically in an axial direction and can be controlled relative to each other in the axial direction such that the semi-submersible platform may float vertically and steadily in a body of water; whereby the semi-submersible platform is arranged such that draught for the seawater ballast module and buoyancy module is provided by seawater ballasting; and characterized in that the single-column semi-submersible platform further comprises a closed annulus formed between the solid ballast module and the seawater ballast module and in that the single-column semi-submersible platform is arranged such that the axial position of the solid ballast module relative to the seawater ballast module is controlled by seawater being pumped in and out of said closed annulus.