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A system for determining a size of particles in a fluidized bed reactor, the system comprising: a fluidized bed reactor containing a plurality of particles and having an inlet and an outlet; a pressure sensor (126, 128); and a processor in communication with the pressure sensor, the processor configured to determine the size of at least one of the plurality of particles in the reactor by use of an algorithm and the measured gas pressure; characterized in that: the pressure sensor is positioned adjacent the reactor, the pressure sensor configured to measure a gas pressure in at least one of the inlet and the outlet of the reactor; and the processor is configured to at least one of increase and decrease the flow rate of gas within the fluidized bed reactor when the determined size of at least one of the plurality of particles exceeds a threshold level. a fluidized bed reactor containing a plurality of particles and having an inlet and an outlet; a pressure sensor (126, 128); and a processor in communication with the pressure sensor, the processor configured to determine the size of at least one of the plurality of particles in the reactor by use of an algorithm and the measured gas pressure; characterized in that: the pressure sensor is positioned adjacent the reactor, the pressure sensor configured to measure a gas pressure in at least one of the inlet and the outlet of the reactor; and the processor is configured to at least one of increase and decrease the flow rate of gas within the fluidized bed reactor when the determined size of at least one of the plurality of particles exceeds a threshold level. the pressure sensor is positioned adjacent the reactor, the pressure sensor configured to measure a gas pressure in at least one of the inlet and the outlet of the reactor; and the processor is configured to at least one of increase and decrease the flow rate of gas within the fluidized bed reactor when the determined size of at least one of the plurality of particles exceeds a threshold level.
A sensor system for a fuel rod including a fuel pellet stack, the sensor system comprising: a wireless interrogator disposable outside the fuel rod, the wireless interrogator comprising: a transmitter structured to wirelessly output an interrogation signal; a reference receiver; and a sensing receiver; a passive sensor component disposable within the fuel rod, the passive sensor component comprising: a receiver structured to receive the interrogation signal and output an excitation signal in response to receiving the interrogation signal; a reference transmitter structured to output a reference signal to the reference receiver in response to the excitation signal; a sensing transmitter structured to output a sensing signal to the sensing receiver in response to the excitation signal, and a core at least partially disposed within the sensing transmitter and coupled to move in conjunction with expansion or contraction of the fuel pellet stack, to move based on changes in pressure within the fuel rod, or to change temperature based on temperature changes within the fuel rod, characterized in that the receiver, the reference transmitter, and the sensing transmitter are electrically connected in series. a wireless interrogator disposable outside the fuel rod, the wireless interrogator comprising: a transmitter structured to wirelessly output an interrogation signal; a reference receiver; and a sensing receiver; a transmitter structured to wirelessly output an interrogation signal; a reference receiver; and a sensing receiver; a passive sensor component disposable within the fuel rod, the passive sensor component comprising: a receiver structured to receive the interrogation signal and output an excitation signal in response to receiving the interrogation signal; a reference transmitter structured to output a reference signal to the reference receiver in response to the excitation signal; a sensing transmitter structured to output a sensing signal to the sensing receiver in response to the excitation signal, and a core at least partially disposed within the sensing transmitter and coupled to move in conjunction with expansion or contraction of the fuel pellet stack, to move based on changes in pressure within the fuel rod, or to change temperature based on temperature changes within the fuel rod, a receiver structured to receive the interrogation signal and output an excitation signal in response to receiving the interrogation signal; a reference transmitter structured to output a reference signal to the reference receiver in response to the excitation signal; a sensing transmitter structured to output a sensing signal to the sensing receiver in response to the excitation signal, and a core at least partially disposed within the sensing transmitter and coupled to move in conjunction with expansion or contraction of the fuel pellet stack, to move based on changes in pressure within the fuel rod, or to change temperature based on temperature changes within the fuel rod, characterized in that the receiver, the reference transmitter, and the sensing transmitter are electrically connected in series.
A ventilating radiator having two or more radiating plates for heating an environment, comprising a longitudinal block formed by a succession of modular fans extending along an upper end of a gap between two of said radiating plates, characterised in that at least two adjacent modular fans of said block are rigidly connected to one another by a corresponding pair of opposite primary connectors structurally separated and independent each coupled to a corresponding radiating plate, said primary connectors having a body extending longitudinally downward until engaging below said two adjacent modular fans.
A normally closed micro-valve for use in a microfluidic device, comprising a body portion, a valve seat (350; 450), an outlet opening, an inlet, and one or more flexible pre-stretched membranes (340; 440; 640), the one or more flexible pre-stretched membranes (340; 440; 640) being arranged so that the pre-stretch forces the one or more membranes (340; 440; 640) against a valve seat (350; 450) in a normally closed state, wherein the body portion has the inlet channel and the outlet channel, characterized in that the inlet and outlet channels enter a chamber around the valve seat (350; 450) at angle relative to a plane of the membrane (340; 440; 640) between 45 and 135°, and in that the valve is arranged to be opened when a vacuum force is applied onto a side of the one or more membranes (340; 440; 640) opposite the inlet and outlet channels.
A crystallizer for continuous casting comprising a tubular body defining a longitudinal axis X and having a wall with at least one inner face defining a longitudinal through casting cavity, a plurality of longitudinal grooves produced on at least a portion of an outer surface of said wall and open towards the outside thereof, the production of said plurality of longitudinal grooves defining a corresponding plurality of longitudinal fins on the tubular body, a covering winding made of composite material wound directly about the outer surface of said wall to close said longitudinal grooves forming corresponding longitudinal cooling channels adapted to make a cooling liquid flow therein, wherein the portion of the outer surface of said wall occupied by said longitudinal grooves and said longitudinal fins is at least 70% of said outer surface, characterized in that the width of the longitudinal grooves, which corresponds to the width of the longitudinal cooling channels, is greater than the width of the longitudinal fins. a tubular body defining a longitudinal axis X and having a wall with at least one inner face defining a longitudinal through casting cavity, a plurality of longitudinal grooves produced on at least a portion of an outer surface of said wall and open towards the outside thereof, the production of said plurality of longitudinal grooves defining a corresponding plurality of longitudinal fins on the tubular body, a covering winding made of composite material wound directly about the outer surface of said wall to close said longitudinal grooves forming corresponding longitudinal cooling channels adapted to make a cooling liquid flow therein, wherein the portion of the outer surface of said wall occupied by said longitudinal grooves and said longitudinal fins is at least 70% of said outer surface, characterized in that the width of the longitudinal grooves, which corresponds to the width of the longitudinal cooling channels, is greater than the width of the longitudinal fins.
A crystalline form I of 1-(5-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-1-((3-fluorophenyl)sulfonyl)-4-methoxy-1H-pyrrol-3-yl)-N-methylmethanamine hydrochloride having peaks at diffraction angles (2θ±0.2°) of 5.8°, 9.7°, 10.0°, 12.8°, 13.2°, 17.4° and 18.5° in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern.
A method of printing, the method comprising providing an electrostatic ink composition comprising a carrier liquid, and particles comprising a graft co-polymer comprising an acrylate polymer backbone onto which has been grafted polysiloxane side chains, wherein the particles are dispersed in the carrier liquid; forming a latent electrostatic image on a surface; contacting the surface with the electrostatic ink composition, such that at least some of the particles are transferred to the surface to form a developed toner image on the surface; and transferring the toner image from the surface to a print substrate.
Apparatus for electrosurgery, adapted to be coupled to an electrical lead, comprising: a monopolar stainless steel electrode defining at its end a portion adapted to be coupled to the electrical lead, a working portion of the electrode extending from the end and having an elongated shape and terminating at its extremity in a curved portion, wherein an electrically insulating layer of glass partially covers the sides (192, 194) of the working portion and at least partially exposes an edge of the electrode, which edge lies more or less flush with the glass layer and has a width in the range 0.01 to 0.1mm, wherein the edge of the electrode is adapted for cutting of tissue and the sides are adapted for coagulation of tissue.
A method for replacing native regulation of a set of genes collectively associated with a function with synthetic regulation, the method comprising providing coding sequences for a set of polypeptides encoded by genes collectively associated with a function; changing codon identity within at least one coding sequence, thereby removing at least one regulatory sequence within the coding sequence, wherein removing the at least one regulatory sequence comprises replacement of native codons in the coding sequence with non-native synonymous codons having maximal distance from codons of the native coding sequence; organizing the coding sequences into one or more synthetic operon(s), wherein the organizing comprises ordering coding sequences within operons such that the highest expressing gene (based on native expression) occurs first and the lowest expressing gene (based on native expression) occurs last; operably linking one or more heterologous transcriptional regulatory sequence to the operon(s), thereby controlling the magnitude of gene expression from the operon(s); and expressing the one or more synthetic operon(s) in a cell under the control of a polypeptide that binds directly or indirectly to the heterologous transcriptional regulatory sequence.
A method of performing a lateral flow immunoassay comprising: providing a substrate; providing encapsulated detection particles conjugated to a detection antibody; providing capture antibodies on a test portion of the substrate wherein both the detection antibodies and the capture antibodies have binding affinity for an antigen of interest; binding the encapsulated particles to the antigen of interest with the detection antibody; diffusing a fluid sample and encapsulated particles bound to the antigen through the substrate to the test portion of the substrate; capturing the encapsulated particles and antigens at the test portion of the substrate with the capture antibodies; and observing the encapsulated particles at the test portion of the substrate; wherein the encapsulated detection particles have a SERS-active metal nanoparticle core selected from Au and/or Ag; multiple metal particles are included in the core; and the metal nanoparticles have attached or associated with their surface one or more Raman-active molecules. providing a substrate; providing encapsulated detection particles conjugated to a detection antibody; providing capture antibodies on a test portion of the substrate wherein both the detection antibodies and the capture antibodies have binding affinity for an antigen of interest; binding the encapsulated particles to the antigen of interest with the detection antibody; diffusing a fluid sample and encapsulated particles bound to the antigen through the substrate to the test portion of the substrate; capturing the encapsulated particles and antigens at the test portion of the substrate with the capture antibodies; and observing the encapsulated particles at the test portion of the substrate; the encapsulated detection particles have a SERS-active metal nanoparticle core selected from Au and/or Ag; multiple metal particles are included in the core; and the metal nanoparticles have attached or associated with their surface one or more Raman-active molecules.
Bimesogenic compounds of formula I R 1 -MG 1 -Sp-MG 2 -R 2 I wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently H, F, CI, CN, NCS or a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 25 C atoms which may be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted by halogen or CN, it being also possible for one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups to be replaced, in each case independently from one another, by -O-, -S-, -NH-, -N(CH 3)-, -CO-, -COO-, -OCO-, -O-CO-O-, -S-CO-, -CO-S-, -CH=CH-, -CH=CF-, -CF=CF- or -C≡C- in such a manner that oxygen atoms are not linked directly to one another, MG 1 and MG 2 are each independently a mesogenic group, Sp is -(CH 2) o -, and ∘ is an integer from 5 to 15, with the proviso if R 1 and R 2 both are -CN, MG 1 and MG 2 are not both and if MG 1 and MG 2 both are R 1 and R 2 are not both a straight-chain alkyl group. R 1 and R 2 are each independently H, F, CI, CN, NCS or a straight-chain or branched alkyl group with 1 to 25 C atoms which may be unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted by halogen or CN, it being also possible for one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups to be replaced, in each case independently from one another, by -O-, -S-, -NH-, -N(CH 3)-, -CO-, -COO-, -OCO-, -O-CO-O-, -S-CO-, -CO-S-, -CH=CH-, -CH=CF-, -CF=CF- or -C≡C- in such a manner that oxygen atoms are not linked directly to one another, MG 1 and MG 2 are each independently a mesogenic group, Sp is -(CH 2) o -, and ∘ is an integer from 5 to 15, with the proviso if R 1 and R 2 both are -CN, MG 1 and MG 2 are not both and if MG 1 and MG 2 both are R 1 and R 2 are not both a straight-chain alkyl group.
A cell-search method for a cellular communication device capable of communicating via a first radio-access technology, RAT, in a first frequency band, and via a second RAT in a second frequency band, which is in a higher frequency region than the first frequency band, comprising: performing a first cell search in the first frequency band in order to detect a first cell of the first RAT; and if such a first cell is detected: synchronizing to the first cell, without registering to the first cell; determining a reference frequency error estimate between a local reference frequency of the cellular communication device and reference frequency of the first cell; and thereafter performing a second cell search, based on the reference frequency error estimate, in the second frequency band to detect a second cell of the second RAT. performing a first cell search in the first frequency band in order to detect a first cell of the first RAT; and if such a first cell is detected: synchronizing to the first cell, without registering to the first cell; determining a reference frequency error estimate between a local reference frequency of the cellular communication device and reference frequency of the first cell; and thereafter performing a second cell search, based on the reference frequency error estimate, in the second frequency band to detect a second cell of the second RAT. synchronizing to the first cell, without registering to the first cell; determining a reference frequency error estimate between a local reference frequency of the cellular communication device and reference frequency of the first cell; and thereafter performing a second cell search, based on the reference frequency error estimate, in the second frequency band to detect a second cell of the second RAT.
A battery module comprising: (a) a battery cell stack comprising two or more battery cells or unit modules electrically connected to each other in a state in which the battery cells or unit modules are vertically stacked; (b) a first housing to cover an entirety of an end of one side of the battery cell stack and portions of a top and a bottom of the battery cell stack; and (c) a second housing to cover an entirety of an end of the other side of the battery cell stack and a remainder of the top and the bottom of the battery cell stack, wherein the first housing and the second housing are provided with coupling holes formed to couple the first housing and the second housing to each other, the coupling holes being horizontal coupling holes, through which coupling members are inserted in a lateral direction perpendicular to a direction in which the battery cells or unit modules are vertically stacked, the first housing or the second housing is provided with a pair of external input and output terminals (402,404), the external input and output terminals (402, 404) are formed at the first housing or the second housing in an upwardly protruding structure parallel to the direction in which the battery cells or unit modules are vertically stacked, and the first housing and/or the second housing is provided with coupling holes formed to install the battery module in a predetermined space or on a predetermined device, the coupling holes being vertical coupling holes, through which coupling members can be inserted from above and parallel to the upwardly protruding structure of the external input and output terminals (402,404). (a) a battery cell stack comprising two or more battery cells or unit modules electrically connected to each other in a state in which the battery cells or unit modules are vertically stacked; (b) a first housing to cover an entirety of an end of one side of the battery cell stack and portions of a top and a bottom of the battery cell stack; and (c) a second housing to cover an entirety of an end of the other side of the battery cell stack and a remainder of the top and the bottom of the battery cell stack, wherein
Cappuccino maker device which comprises a heater, a jug provided with lid in turn provided with a hole, and a pipe and/or a milk-frothing device operated by an actuator, wherein the actuator moves the pipe and/or the milk-frothing device with respect to the jug so that during operation of the heater the pipe introduces steam into the jug, characterized in that the pipe and/or milk-frothing device is freely slidable inside the hole and is movable upwards and downwards inside the hole in the lid by means of the actuator from an initial rest position outside of the jug to a position inside the jug such that an end part of the pipe or milk-frothing device comes into contact with a liquid in the jug.
A method for forming a part having a metal component (302; 402) and a thermoplastic component (306; 406) comprising: preparing a surface (308; 408) on the metal component; applying a film adhesive (304; 404) to the prepared surface; B-staging the film adhesive prior to forming the thermoplastic component; forming the thermoplastic component after B-staging, wherein forming the thermoplastic component comprises placing at least a portion of the metal component in an injection molding tool and forming the thermoplastic component on the metal component and the film adhesive using injection molding such that the film adhesive is positioned between the metal component and the thermoplastic component; and curing the film adhesive to bond the thermoplastic component to the metal component. preparing a surface (308; 408) on the metal component; applying a film adhesive (304; 404) to the prepared surface; B-staging the film adhesive prior to forming the thermoplastic component; forming the thermoplastic component after B-staging, wherein forming the thermoplastic component comprises placing at least a portion of the metal component in an injection molding tool and forming the thermoplastic component on the metal component and the film adhesive using injection molding such that the film adhesive is positioned between the metal component and the thermoplastic component; and curing the film adhesive to bond the thermoplastic component to the metal component.
A tabbed sealing member for sealing to a rim of a container, the tabbed sealing member comprising: a lower seal portion having a top surface with a total surface area and including a heat sealable layer configured for heat sealing to a container rim; an upper laminate at least partially bonded to the lower seal portion top surface to form a gripping tab configured to pivot upwardly at a pivot line, wherein the upper laminate forms a circular segment defined by a first edge forming a chord extending across the lower seal portion and the first edge being spaced from a center of the tabbed sealing member, wherein the at least partial bond of the upper laminate includes an adhered portion, and the upper laminate having a top surface with a surface area less than the total surface area of the lower seal portion top surface, characterised in that the adhered portion of the upper laminate extends between the pivot line and the chord. a lower seal portion having a top surface with a total surface area and including a heat sealable layer configured for heat sealing to a container rim; an upper laminate at least partially bonded to the lower seal portion top surface to form a gripping tab configured to pivot upwardly at a pivot line, wherein the upper laminate forms a circular segment defined by a first edge forming a chord extending across the lower seal portion and the first edge being spaced from a center of the tabbed sealing member, wherein the at least partial bond of the upper laminate includes an adhered portion, and the upper laminate having a top surface with a surface area less than the total surface area of the lower seal portion top surface, characterised in that the adhered portion of the upper laminate extends between the pivot line and the chord.