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Sprinkling apparatus for distributing farming products, susceptible of advancing on the ground, which comprises: - at least one support frame; - at least one sprinkling bar provided with a plurality of dispensing distribution nozzles, operatively associated with said support frame and movable between an extended position, in which it projects laterally with respect to said support frame and a retracted position, in which it is placed in proximity to said support frame, said sprinkling bar comprising at least two arms connected to each other; - means for feeding farming products associated with said support frame and placed in hydraulic connection with said plurality of nozzles; - at least two drones mechanically constrained to said sprinkling bar in order to aerially support it, each drone being mechanically constrained to a corresponding said arm of said sprinkling bar; said sprinkling apparatus being characterized in that the at least two arms of said sprinkling bar being connected by means of a flexible connector; wherein the arms of said at least one sprinkling bar and the flexible connector are internally hollow, placed in hydraulic connection with said means for feeding products and with said plurality of dispensing nozzles; said arms being susceptible of being crossed by at least one first flow of farming product in order to feed said plurality of nozzles. - at least one support frame; - at least one sprinkling bar provided with a plurality of dispensing distribution nozzles, operatively associated with said support frame and movable between an extended position, in which it projects laterally with respect to said support frame and a retracted position, in which it is placed in proximity to said support frame, said sprinkling bar comprising at least two arms connected to each other; - means for feeding farming products associated with said support frame and placed in hydraulic connection with said plurality of nozzles; - at least two drones mechanically constrained to said sprinkling bar in order to aerially support it, each drone being mechanically constrained to a corresponding said arm of said sprinkling bar; said sprinkling apparatus being characterized in that the at least two arms of said sprinkling bar being connected by means of a flexible connector; wherein the arms of said at least one sprinkling bar and the flexible connector are internally hollow, placed in hydraulic connection with said means for feeding products and with said plurality of dispensing nozzles; said arms being susceptible of being crossed by at least one first flow of farming product in order to feed said plurality of nozzles.
A method for determining whether a patient suffering from a cancer will achieve a response after radiation therapy comprising the steps of: i) determining the level of ceramide in a first blood sample obtained from the patient before radiation therapy, ii) determining the level of ceramide in a second blood sample obtained from the patient during or just after radiation therapy, iii) comparing the level determined at step i) with the level determined at step ii), and iv) concluding that the patient will achieve response when the level determined at step ii) is higher than the level determined at step i) or concluding that the patient will not achieve a response when the level determined at step ii) is lower than the level determined at step i). i) determining the level of ceramide in a first blood sample obtained from the patient before radiation therapy, ii) determining the level of ceramide in a second blood sample obtained from the patient during or just after radiation therapy, iii) comparing the level determined at step i) with the level determined at step ii), and iv) concluding that the patient will achieve response when the level determined at step ii) is higher than the level determined at step i) or concluding that the patient will not achieve a response when the level determined at step ii) is lower than the level determined at step i).
Method of manufacturing a cartridge (104;204;304;404;504;604;704;804) for a fluid treatment system (101;401), wherein the cartridge (104;204;304;404;504;604;704;804) includes a housing defining at least one chamber for a fluid treatment medium, including: providing a cartridge housing part (212;312;512;612;712;812) including at least one wall (217;313;517;613;713;813) defining at least one opening (218;318;518;618;718;818) closable by a filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819); providing the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819), wherein the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819) includes a porous body (220;320;520;620;720;820) for at least mechanically filtering fluid flowing into the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819) through at least one first surface area of the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819), through the porous body (220;320;520;620;720;820) and out through at least one second surface area of the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819), wherein the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819) includes a rim (221; 321; 521; 621; 721; 821; 921), impervious to fluid and covering at least a peripheral face of the porous body (220;320;520;620;720;820) so as to frame the first and second surface areas; and combining the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819) with the cartridge housing part (212;312;512;612;712;812) so as to close at least one of the at least one openings (218;318;518;618;718;818) by bonding the rim (221;321;521;621;721;821;921) to the cartridge housing part (212;312;512;612;712;812). providing a cartridge housing part (212;312;512;612;712;812) including at least one wall (217;313;517;613;713;813) defining at least one opening (218;318;518;618;718;818) closable by a filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819); providing the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819), wherein the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819) includes a porous body (220;320;520;620;720;820) for at least mechanically filtering fluid flowing into the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819) through at least one first surface area of the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819), through the porous body (220;320;520;620;720;820) and out through at least one second surface area of the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819), wherein the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819) includes a rim (221; 321; 521; 621; 721; 821; 921), impervious to fluid and covering at least a peripheral face of the porous body (220;320;520;620;720;820) so as to frame the first and second surface areas; and combining the filter element (219;319;519;619;719;819) with the cartridge housing part (212;312;512;612;712;812) so as to close at least one of the at least one openings (218;318;518;618;718;818) by bonding the rim (221;321;521;621;721;821;921) to the cartridge housing part (212;312;512;612;712;812).
A pneumatic tire comprising: a tread portion having an installing direction to a vehicle to define an outboard tread edge and an inboard tread edge, the tread portion comprising an inboard tread region between a tire equator and the inboard tread edge, and an outboard tread region between the tire equator and the outboard tread edge; the inboard tread region being provided with a first main groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction on the side of the inboard tread edge and a second main groove extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction on the side of the tire equator; the outboard tread region being provided with a plurality of recesses that are not in communication with other grooves; and the recesses comprising a plurality of deep bottom recesses, characterized in that the deep bottom recesses have depths equal to or more than 5 mm; a total of opening areas of the deep bottom recesses on a ground contact surface of the tread portion being equal to or less than 5% of a surface area of the outboard tread region that is obtained by filling up all grooves and recesses provided thereon; and the recesses comprise at least one shallow bottom recess having a depth less than 5 mm. a tread portion having an installing direction to a vehicle to define an outboard tread edge and an inboard tread edge, the tread portion comprising an inboard tread region between a tire equator and the inboard tread edge, and an outboard tread region between the tire equator and the outboard tread edge; the inboard tread region being provided with a first main groove extending continuously in a tire circumferential direction on the side of the inboard tread edge and a second main groove extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction on the side of the tire equator; the outboard tread region being provided with a plurality of recesses that are not in communication with other grooves; and the recesses comprising a plurality of deep bottom recesses, characterized in that the deep bottom recesses have depths equal to or more than 5 mm; a total of opening areas of the deep bottom recesses on a ground contact surface of the tread portion being equal to or less than 5% of a surface area of the outboard tread region that is obtained by filling up all grooves and recesses provided thereon; and the recesses comprise at least one shallow bottom recess having a depth less than 5 mm.
A rotary evaporator comprising a rotary drive and a fastening device attached to the rotary drive and having a receiving space for receiving an evaporator flask rotatable by the rotary drive, wherein the fastening device comprises a connector section, in particular a ring-shaped connector section, at the rotary drive side and a retainer element, in particular a ring-shaped retainer element, at the evaporator flask side which is coupled to the connector section and which is rotatable relative to the connector section between a starting position and an end position, characterized in that the fastening device comprises at least one clamping element which is moved, on the rotation of the retainer element relative to the connector section from the starting position into the end position, from a release position radially inwardly into a holding position in which the respective clamping element projects into the receiving space to hold a flange-shaped connection region of an evaporator flask received in the receiving space of the fastening device in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner and to secure it against a removal from the receiving space.
A lithium-ion battery comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode including a negative active material layer containing a negative active material and an aqueous binder, wherein the negative active material is hardly-graphitizable carbon; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative active material layer has a density of not less than 0.81 g/cc and not more than 1.01 g/cc, and the negative active material has a particle size D90 of not less than 1.9 μm and not more than 11.5 μm, the particle size D90 being a particle size at which cumulative volume is 90% in particle size distribution, and wherein the aqueous binder includes styrene-butadiene rubber, polyacrylate, polyurethane or polyacrylic acid. a positive electrode; a negative electrode including a negative active material layer containing a negative active material and an aqueous binder, wherein the negative active material is hardly-graphitizable carbon; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the negative active material layer has a density of not less than 0.81 g/cc and not more than 1.01 g/cc, and the negative active material has a particle size D90 of not less than 1.9 μm and not more than 11.5 μm, the particle size D90 being a particle size at which cumulative volume is 90% in particle size distribution, and wherein the aqueous binder includes styrene-butadiene rubber, polyacrylate, polyurethane or polyacrylic acid.
A door opening/closing apparatus comprising: at least two hinges (2a, 2b); and a connecting bar configured to be connected to the at least two hinges (2a, 2b), wherein each hinge (2a, 2b) includes a main body-side member configured to be mounted on an inner surface of a main body; a door-side member configured to be mounted on the back of a door; a main arm configured to be pivotably connected to the main body-side member and the door-side member; a first link configured to be pivotably connected to the main body-side member and the door-side member; and a second link configured to be pivotably connected to the main body-side member and the door-side member, three first shafts (13a, 14a, 15a) about which the main arm, the first link, and the second link pivot relative to the main body-side member are placed on vertices of a triangle in axial view, three second shafts (13b, 14b, 15b) about which the main arm, the first link, and the second link pivot relative to the door-side member are placed on vertices of a triangle in the axial view, the main arm includes a bent portion, the door opening/closing apparatus causes the door to move parallel to itself between a closed position and an open position, characterized in that the connecting bar is mounted on a door side of the main arm, and the center of the connecting bar in a width direction thereof is placed on the second shaft side relative to the center between the first shaft of the main arm and the second shaft of the main arm in a front view of the door in a state where the door is in the closed position. at least two hinges (2a, 2b); and a connecting bar configured to be connected to the at least two hinges (2a, 2b), wherein each hinge (2a, 2b) includes a main body-side member configured to be mounted on an inner surface of a main body; a door-side member configured to be mounted on the back of a door; a main arm configured to be pivotably connected to the main body-side member and the door-side member; a first link configured to be pivotably connected to the main body-side member and the door-side member; and a second link configured to be pivotably connected to the main body-side member and the door-side member, three first shafts (13a, 14a, 15a) about which the main arm, the first link, and the second link pivot relative to the main body-side member are placed on vertices of a triangle in axial view, three second shafts (13b, 14b, 15b) about which the main arm, the first link, and the second link pivot relative to the door-side member are placed on vertices of a triangle in the axial view, the main arm includes a bent portion, the door opening/closing apparatus causes the door to move parallel to itself between a closed position and an open position, characterized in that the connecting bar is mounted on a door side of the main arm, and the center of the connecting bar in a width direction thereof is placed on the second shaft side relative to the center between the first shaft of the main arm and the second shaft of the main arm in a front view of the door in a state where the door is in the closed position.
Open roof construction for a vehicle, comprising a roof opening provided in a stationary roof part, a movable panel for opening and closing said roof opening and a wind deflector assembly positioned near a forward edge of the roof opening, which wind deflector assembly comprises a frame part extending substantially in a transverse direction and movable between a retracted position below the level of the stationary roof part and an extended position above said level of the stationary roof part and a flexible member which with a first end (8") is attached to said frame part and which with an opposite second end is attached to a stationary part of the vehicle, characterized in that the wind deflector assembly further comprises a guide rod for the flexible member extending in a transverse direction and movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein the flexible member, starting from its second end, successively extends in a first sense along said longitudinal direction towards the guide rod, around said guide rod and in an opposite sense along said longitudinal direction, next passes a stationary guide there for and from there extends towards the frame part, and wherein the guide rod is movable in such a manner that the flexible member is maintained in a taut state in all positions of the frame part.
A modified conjugated diene-based polymer which comprises two silyl groups having an alkoxy group bonded thereto and which comprises a functional group including a secondary amino group within a molecule, wherein a degree of modification is not less than 50% by mass, the degree of modification being determined by an amount to be adsorbed to a column filled with silica particles by gel permeation chromatography measurement using the column.
A fluid management system for providing fluid from a fluid source to the body of a patient, including: a compressible chamber having an inlet end and an outlet end; a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the fluid source and with an interior of the compressible chamber; characterised by a bypass conduit having an inlet end in fluid communication with the fluid source and an outlet end adapted for providing fluid to a trocar, the bypass conduit passing either through or around the compressible chamber from the inlet end to the outlet end thereof; a first one way valve adapted to admit fluid from the fluid conduit into the interior of the compressible chamber and a second one way valve adapted to admit fluid within the interior of the compressible chamber into the bypass conduit; wherein a portion of the bypass conduit upstream of the second one way valve is adapted to be collapsible under the force of selectively applied external pressure when the compressible chamber is at least partially filled with fluid from the fluid source, so as to selectively close off the bypass conduit upstream of the second one way valve. a compressible chamber having an inlet end and an outlet end; a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the fluid source and with an interior of the compressible chamber; characterised by a bypass conduit having an inlet end in fluid communication with the fluid source and an outlet end adapted for providing fluid to a trocar, the bypass conduit passing either through or around the compressible chamber from the inlet end to the outlet end thereof; a first one way valve adapted to admit fluid from the fluid conduit into the interior of the compressible chamber and a second one way valve adapted to admit fluid within the interior of the compressible chamber into the bypass conduit; wherein a portion of the bypass conduit upstream of the second one way valve is adapted to be collapsible under the force of selectively applied external pressure when the compressible chamber is at least partially filled with fluid from the fluid source, so as to selectively close off the bypass conduit upstream of the second one way valve.
A sensor device configured to detect a change in an electrical characteristic of a substrate, characterised in that the sensor device comprises a purified insect odorant receptor OrX subunit in electrical communication with the substrate.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising nanosized particles of a compound selected from the group consisting of 3β-methyl-5-androsten-17-one, 3β-methyl-16α-fluoro-5-androsten-17-one and 16α-fluoro-5-androsten-17-one; a C1-C5 alcohol; a surfactant; and optionally, a C8-C30 alcohol.
A braiding machine (100, 190, 200), comprising: a plurality of rotor metals (106, 206, 406, 506, 546, 606, 706, 906, 1006) arranged along a rotor track (122, 222, 322, 720, 820, 920, 1020), wherein the rotor track (122, 222, 322, 720, 820, 920, 1020) comprises a first portion (134, 234, 722, 822, 922, 1022) and a second portion (136, 236, 724, 824, 924, 1024), and wherein a radius of curvature of the second portion (136, 236, 724, 824) of the rotor track (122, 222, 322, 720, 820, 920, 1020) is substantially greater than a radius of curvature of the first portion (134, 234, 722, 822) of the rotor track (122, 222, 322, 720, 820, 920, 1020), and the rotor track (122, 222, 322, 720, 820, 920, 1020) further comprises an outer perimeter (125, 240, 610, 710, 910, 1010) which forms a simple closed curve that encloses an area; a plurality of carriages (104, 204, 304, 404, 544, 604, 704, 804, 904, 1040) disposed between the rotor metals (106, 206, 406, 506, 546, 606, 706, 906, 1006) along the rotor track (122, 222, 322, 720, 820, 920, 1020), wherein: the central axis of each rotor metal (106, 206, 406, 506, 546, 606, 706, 906, 1006), when it is at rest, is oriented in a direction that is normal to the tangent of the outer perimeter (125, 240, 610, 710, 910, 1010) at that position of the braiding machine (100, 190, 200); the central axis of each carriage (104, 204, 304, 404, 544, 604, 704, 804, 904, 1040) is oriented in a direction that is normal to the tangent of the outer perimeter (125, 240, 610, 710, 910, 1010) at that position of the braiding machine (100, 190, 200); a rotor metal (106, 206, 406, 506, 546, 606, 706, 906, 1006) of the plurality of rotor metals (106, 206, 406, 506, 546, 606, 706, 906, 1006) has a first concave side for receiving a first carriage (104, 204, 304, 404, 544, 604, 704, 804, 904, 1040) and a second concave side for receiving a second carriage (104, 204, 304, 404, 544, 604, 704, 804, 904, 1040), and as the rotor metal rotates a position of the first carriage (104, 204, 304, 404, 544, 604, 704, 804, 904, 1040) along the rotor track (122, 222, 322, 720, 820, 920, 1020) is changed and wherein as the rotor metal (106, 206, 406, 506, 546, 606, 706, 906, 1006) rotates a position of the second carriage (104, 204, 304, 404, 544, 604, 704, 804, 904, 1040) along the rotor track (122, 222, 322, 720, 820, 920, 1020) is changed, characterized in that in the second portion (136, 236, 724, 824, 924, 1024) of the rotor track (122, 222, 322, 720, 820, 920, 1020), the orientation of the central axes of the carriages (104, 204, 304, 404, 544, 604, 704, 804, 904, 1040) is at a small angle to the orientation of their adjoining rotor metals (106, 206, 406, 506, 546, 606, 706, 906, 1006).
A method for distributing motion signals synchronized with an audio track to a plurality of motion platforms each supporting a seat, said method comprising: receiving motion signals constituted of motion samples indicative of a motion to be performed by said motion platforms; synchronizing the motion signals with an audio track by recognizing audio samples from the audio track, looking up a look-up table in which the audio samples are matched to motion samples, and matching motion samples to the audio samples; generating, from the motion signals, control signals for each of the plurality of motion platforms, the control signals comprising the motion signals and being generated according to a control protocol; sending the control signals to each said motion platforms to move each said seat; and receiving, from each motion platform, a device feedback signal according to said control protocol, the device feedback signal containing information unique, to each said motion platform. receiving motion signals constituted of motion samples indicative of a motion to be performed by said motion platforms; synchronizing the motion signals with an audio track by recognizing audio samples from the audio track, looking up a look-up table in which the audio samples are matched to motion samples, and matching motion samples to the audio samples; generating, from the motion signals, control signals for each of the plurality of motion platforms, the control signals comprising the motion signals and being generated according to a control protocol; sending the control signals to each said motion platforms to move each said seat; and receiving, from each motion platform, a device feedback signal according to said control protocol, the device feedback signal containing information unique, to each said motion platform.