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A frangible plug for use in a valve mechanism, the frangible plug comprising: a first section having a first end and an opposing second section having a second end and a cylindrical sidewall extending between the first and second ends; means for applying a force on the cylindrical sidewall of the frangible plug such that the first section fractures from the opposing second section, and wherein the means for applying a force on said cylindrical sidewall extends circumferentially around the outer circumference of the sidewall; and a recess having an open end at the second end of the plug; and wherein said plug comprises a predefined fracture plane and wherein said plug is configured to fracture across said predefined fracture plane, and wherein said predefined fracture plane extends around the outer circumference of the sidewall; and a closed end, within the plug, with an inner surface of the cylindrical sidewall extending therebetween, said predefined fracture plane intersecting the sidewall within the recess to provide the predefined fracture line that extends around the inner circumference of the sidewall of the frangible plug; characterised in that a groove is formed in the predefined fracture plane and wherein the means for applying a force comprises one or more shape memory alloy wires positioned in the groove. a first section having a first end and an opposing second section having a second end and a cylindrical sidewall extending between the first and second ends; means for applying a force on the cylindrical sidewall of the frangible plug such that the first section fractures from the opposing second section, and wherein the means for applying a force on said cylindrical sidewall extends circumferentially around the outer circumference of the sidewall; and a recess having an open end at the second end of the plug; and wherein said plug comprises a predefined fracture plane and wherein said plug is configured to fracture across said predefined fracture plane, and wherein said predefined fracture plane extends around the outer circumference of the sidewall; and a closed end, within the plug, with an inner surface of the cylindrical sidewall extending therebetween, said predefined fracture plane intersecting the sidewall within the recess to provide the predefined fracture line that extends around the inner circumference of the sidewall of the frangible plug; characterised in that a groove is formed in the predefined fracture plane and wherein the means for applying a force comprises one or more shape memory alloy wires positioned in the groove.
Yarn (200, 300, 500) comprising at least two threads (210, 310, 510), wherein at least one thread contains finite carbon fibers, and the yarn is impregnated with at least one polymer (220, 320) selected from the group consisting of thermoplastically processable polymers, thermosetting plastics and/or elastomers, characterized in that the fiber volume content in the yarn is less than 50%.
An optical device (100; 100'; 500; 600) for a chemical or biological sensor, comprising: - an absorption cavity (110; 110'; 510; 610), the absorption cavity having reflecting inner walls and being for receiving a chemical or biological medium; - a so-called injection waveguide (120; 120'; 520; 620), extending outside the absorption cavity and arranged for injecting an analysis light beam inside the absorption cavity; and - a so-called extraction waveguide (130; 130'; 530; 630), extending outside the absorption cavity and arranged for extracting a so-called measuring light beam, coming from inside the absorption cavity and corresponding to the analysis light beam having passed through the absorption cavity; characterised in that the absorption cavity (110; 110'; 510; 610) has a straight cylinder shape, with an ellipse portion-shaped base, in that an end of the injection waveguide is disposed at a first focus of the ellipse and an end of the extraction waveguide is disposed at a second focus of the ellipse, and in that the core of the injection waveguide (120; 120'; 520; 620) and the core of the extraction waveguide (130; 130'; 530; 630) each have a tip-shaped end, on the absorption cavity side, with a constant height along a plane parallel to the generatrix of the straight cylinder and a tip-shaped cross-section in planes parallel to the base of the straight cylinder. - an absorption cavity (110; 110'; 510; 610), the absorption cavity having reflecting inner walls and being for receiving a chemical or biological medium; - a so-called injection waveguide (120; 120'; 520; 620), extending outside the absorption cavity and arranged for injecting an analysis light beam inside the absorption cavity; and - a so-called extraction waveguide (130; 130'; 530; 630), extending outside the absorption cavity and arranged for extracting a so-called measuring light beam, coming from inside the absorption cavity and corresponding to the analysis light beam having passed through the absorption cavity;
A method for under sampling a RF carrier signal, the method comprising: receiving, by an analog digital converter ("ADC"), the RF carrier signal; selecting, by a multiplexer, a clock signal by switching between a first clock signal, and a second clock signal which is phase shifted from the first clock signal; receiving, by the ADC, the selected clock signal which has a frequency less than the frequency of the RF carrier signal; sampling, by the ADC, the RF carrier signal using the selected clock signal; and demodulating, by a digital signal processor ("DSP"), the RF carrier signal. receiving, by an analog digital converter ("ADC"), the RF carrier signal; selecting, by a multiplexer, a clock signal by switching between a first clock signal, and a second clock signal which is phase shifted from the first clock signal; receiving, by the ADC, the selected clock signal which has a frequency less than the frequency of the RF carrier signal; sampling, by the ADC, the RF carrier signal using the selected clock signal; and demodulating, by a digital signal processor ("DSP"), the RF carrier signal.
A composition comprising: an NK-92 cell modified to express an Fc receptor on a surface of the cell; and an antibody that specifically binds to an antigen that is expressed by a tumor cell or infected cell; wherein the Fc receptor comprises CD16 (FcγRIII-A). an NK-92 cell modified to express an Fc receptor on a surface of the cell; and an antibody that specifically binds to an antigen that is expressed by a tumor cell or infected cell; wherein the Fc receptor comprises CD16 (FcγRIII-A).
A process for the preparation of pramipexole, characterized in that it comprises: (i) a reaction of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[ d]thiazole-2,6-diamine of formula I with nitro or halogen substituted or unsubstituted aryl sulfonyl chloride of formula II whereby sulfonamide intermediate of formula III is obtained; (ii) a reaction of an intermediate of formula III with a compound of formula IV, wherein X can be selected from Cl, Br, I, or other nucleophilically exchangeable group, such as OTs, OMs, whereby an intermediate of formula V is obtained; (iii) a conversion of an intermediate of formula V with a selective reagent for cleaving off the sulfonyl protection into pramipexole; (iv) optional conversion of pramipexole into pharmaceutically acceptable salt. (i) a reaction of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[ d]thiazole-2,6-diamine of formula I with nitro or halogen substituted or unsubstituted aryl sulfonyl chloride of formula II whereby sulfonamide intermediate of formula III is obtained; (ii) a reaction of an intermediate of formula III with a compound of formula IV, wherein X can be selected from Cl, Br, I, or other nucleophilically exchangeable group, such as OTs, OMs, whereby an intermediate of formula V is obtained; (iii) a conversion of an intermediate of formula V with a selective reagent for cleaving off the sulfonyl protection into pramipexole; (iv) optional conversion of pramipexole into pharmaceutically acceptable salt.
A gear unit with a shaft, in particular an input shaft, wherein a fan impeller is connected in rotation-resistant manner to the shaft, wherein a fan cowl which at least partially surrounds the fan impeller is connected to the gear unit housing, wherein a separating plate for separating the pressure space of the fan from the suction space of the fan is connected to the fan cowl, wherein the fan has a fan impeller which has an upper and a lower cover disc (10, 13) which are spaced apart axially from one another, and fan blades of the fan impeller are arranged between the cover discs (10, 13), wherein the separating plate has an air intake opening for the fan impeller and is arranged on that side of a cover disc (10, 13) of the fan impeller which is axially remote from the gear unit, wherein the fan impeller is a radial fan impeller with fan blades, wherein air baffles (4, 40) for preventing or reducing swirling of the air flow flowing out of the fan cowl are arranged between the fan cowl and gear unit housing, wherein the air baffles (4, 40) are spaced apart axially from the fan impeller, wherein the fan cowl is formed as a nozzle in the air outlet region, so that an emerging air flow flows along the gear unit housing, characterised in that the separating plate is connected detachably to the fan cowl, so that fan impellers of different sizes can be provided in the fan cowl as desired by replacing the separating plate, and in that the fan blades of the fan impeller are irregularly spaced apart from one another in the peripheral direction.
A system for status indication, comprising: a security device (300b; 900b) having a first portion (302a; 902a) disposable on a first side of a separation boundary (304; 904) of a separable object (306; 906) and a second portion (302b; 902b) disposable on a second side of the separation boundary (304; 904), the security device (300b; 900b) having a first Radio Frequency Identification,RFID, circuit (308a; 908a) configured to provide a first return signal, wherein the first RFID circuit (308a; 908a) spans the first and second portions (302; 902), the security device (300b; 900b) further comprising a second RFID circuit (308b; 908b) contained entirely upon the second portion (302b; 902b), the second RFID circuit (308b; 908b) being configured to provide a second return signal, and a data device comprising a microprocessor and system memory, an RFID reader and a radio antenna, the data device being configured to send and receive radio frequency signals with the first RFID circuit (308a; 908a) and the second RFID circuit (308b; 908b), wherein the data device is configured to recognize substantially simultaneous reception of both the first and second return signals as indicating an untampered condition, and reception of only the second return signal as indicating a tampered condition of the separable object (306; 906). a security device (300b; 900b) having a first portion (302a; 902a) disposable on a first side of a separation boundary (304; 904) of a separable object (306; 906) and a second portion (302b; 902b) disposable on a second side of the separation boundary (304; 904), the security device (300b; 900b) having a first Radio Frequency Identification,RFID, circuit (308a; 908a) configured to provide a first return signal, wherein the first RFID circuit (308a; 908a) spans the first and second portions (302; 902), the security device (300b; 900b) further comprising a second RFID circuit (308b; 908b) contained entirely upon the second portion (302b; 902b), the second RFID circuit (308b; 908b) being configured to provide a second return signal, and a data device comprising a microprocessor and system memory, an RFID reader and a radio antenna, the data device being configured to send and receive radio frequency signals with the first RFID circuit (308a; 908a) and the second RFID circuit (308b; 908b), wherein the data device is configured to recognize substantially simultaneous reception of both the first and second return signals as indicating an untampered condition, and reception of only the second return signal as indicating a tampered condition of the separable object (306; 906).
Panel body with a multi-layer structure, wherein a first layer forming an outer surface in use consists of a ceramic material, natural stone, a quartz composite or another stone-like material presenting a stone-like outer surface, and a second and a third layer (6, 7) and optionally further layers are provided, which are arranged under the first layer, wherein the second layer consists of a mineral granulate bonded by means of a binder to form a body with low tensile strength compared to the first layer, and the third layer can be designed as a bottom beam, wherein furthermore the first layer has an outer edge and an inner edge and the panel body has a thickness (d), wherein an edge region of the panel body is covered with an edge strip, characterised in that a three-dimensionally structured surface is provided in the region of the second layer with respect to a connecting surface, that the edge strip extends from the outer edge of the first layer forming the outer surface over an entire thickness (d) of the panel body, wherein it also overlaps the third layer, that the edge strip consists of a polymeric plastic, that the edge strip is bonded to the layers (5, 6, 7) and that a thickness of the adhesive layer in the region of the second layer varies over the connecting surface, between, for example, two millimetres and three millimetres and practically no thickness, about 0.1 mm or 0.2 mm, and in that the bonding surface extends over the entire thickness (d) of the panel body, starting from an outer edge of the first layer bounding the outer surface and extending beyond an inner edge of the first layer to a lower outer edge of the second layer, or in the case of a corresponding arrangement of the third layer, wherein the connecting surface results from the end faces of the individual layers which are open towards the edge region.
A glazing and notably a vehicle glazing, comprising a laminated glazed element comprising an outside sheet of glass, an inside sheet of glass and an interlayer sheet of plastic situated between said two sheets of glass, said outside sheet of glass having an outside face, an edge face and an interlayer face which is oriented toward said interlayer sheet of plastic, said inside sheet of glass having an interlayer face which is oriented toward said interlayer sheet of plastic, an edge face and an inside face, said glazing comprising along at least part of at least one edge a profiled beading comprising a groove for clip-fastening a cover piece onto said profiled beading, said cover piece comprising, viewed in cross section, a barbed hook that enters said groove at the time of clip-fastening, characterized in that said profiled beading comprises, when viewed in cross section, an interlayer flange situated between said interlayer face of said outside sheet of glass and said interlayer face of said inside sheet of glass, said interlayer flange does not come into contact with said edge face of said interlayer sheet of plastic.
A method for decoding an LDPC code, said code being defined over a GF( 2 b) field, where b ≥ 1, and being represented by a parity-check matrix H, said parity-check matrix having a layered structure, each layer comprising one or more consecutive rows of said matrix, each row of H corresponding to a parity check and each column of H corresponding to a variable, each layer of H involving a variable at most once, each layer being represented a bipartite graph Γ r comprising parity check nodes and variable nodes, the decoding of the LDPC code being performed iteratively on the layers of H, each layer being processed in turn until a stopping criterion is met, the processing of a layer comprising message passing between the variable nodes and check nodes of Γ r to update values of the variables, characterized in that the stopping criterion comprises the computation of in-between layer partial syndromes, an in-between layer partial syndrome ( s r, r +1) for a couple of consecutive layers constituted by a first layer ( r) and a second layer ( r +1) being computed by applying the parity checks ( H r, r +1) of said first layer and said second layer on said variables ( x̂ r) after said first layer has been processed and before said second layer is processed, the decoding being stopped if at least one of consecutive in-between layer partial syndromes is null.
A turbocharger arrangement comprising a compressor section, a turbine section and an electric machine which compressor section comprises a first compressor stage and a second compressor stage, characterised in that the compressor section having the first compressor stage and the second compressor stage is adapted axially between the turbine section and the electric machine, the two-stage compressor section, the turbine section and an electric machine being coupled to a same, common shaft.
A fluid dispenser device comprising: • a body provided with a dispenser orifice; • at least one cover element (11, 12) that is movable between a closed position and an open position; • a plurality of individual reservoirs each containing a dose of fluid, such as a pharmaceutical powder, said reservoirs being formed on a reservoir substrate; • an indicator device for indicating doses that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed, said indicator device comprising: a rotary indicator element that supports indicator means, such as numbers, colors, and/or symbols, characterized in that said dispenser device comprises: • movable support means that receive said reservoir substrate, and that are displaceable after the user inhaling, between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position, and in that • said indicator device includes an actuator that co-operates with said movable support means so as to cause said rotary indicator element to turn when said movable support means return from the dispensing position to the non-dispensing position. • a body provided with a dispenser orifice; • at least one cover element (11, 12) that is movable between a closed position and an open position; • a plurality of individual reservoirs each containing a dose of fluid, such as a pharmaceutical powder, said reservoirs being formed on a reservoir substrate; • an indicator device for indicating doses that have been dispensed or that remain to be dispensed, said indicator device comprising: a rotary indicator element that supports indicator means, such as numbers, colors, and/or symbols, • movable support means that receive said reservoir substrate, and that are displaceable after the user inhaling, between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position, and in that • said indicator device includes an actuator that co-operates with said movable support means so as to cause said rotary indicator element to turn when said movable support means return from the dispensing position to the non-dispensing position.
A method of a monitoring device of monitoring a plurality of Local Interconnect Network, LIN, buses (105, 115, 125), wherein at least one LIN node (100, 110, 120) is connected to each LIN bus (105, 115, 125), said plurality of LIN buses (105, 115, 125) being interconnected via the monitoring device, the LIN nodes (100, 110, 120) being configured to output dominant data over the LIN buses (105, 115, 125) at a voltage level which is in a first range complying with a required transmit voltage range for dominant data stipulated by LIN standard, while the monitoring device is characterized in being configured to output dominant data over the LIN buses (105, 115, 125) at a voltage level which is in a second range complying with the required transmit voltage range for dominant data stipulated by LIN standard but which second range is configured to be at a higher voltage than, and not overlap with, the first range, and configured to receive dominant data at a voltage level at least being in the range with which the LIN nodes (100, 110, 120) are configured to output dominant data, the method comprising: detecting, for each LIN bus, any dominant data being sent over said each LIN bus by a LIN node connected to said each LIN bus, the data being sent over said each LIN bus being detected as dominant if a voltage level of the data is within said first range; and routing (S102a) said any dominant data received by the monitoring device over said each LIN bus to all remaining LIN buses (115, 125) without overwriting any dominant data sent over the remaining LIN buses (115, 125) by routing the dominant data at a voltage level being within said second range. detecting, for each LIN bus, any dominant data being sent over said each LIN bus by a LIN node connected to said each LIN bus, the data being sent over said each LIN bus being detected as dominant if a voltage level of the data is within said first range; and routing (S102a) said any dominant data received by the monitoring device over said each LIN bus to all remaining LIN buses (115, 125) without overwriting any dominant data sent over the remaining LIN buses (115, 125) by routing the dominant data at a voltage level being within said second range.
A method for culturing biological yeast on a culture medium comprising carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus sources of biological origins, characterized in that the phosphorus source is a phosphorus-rich purified solution, said method comprising obtaining the phosphorus-rich purified solution by hydrolysis and solubilization of at least one phytic acid-rich biological substrate comprising from 2 to 18 g of phosphorus per kg of substrate, 60% to 80% of which is in the form of phytic acid, according to the following mode: a. milling said phytic acid-rich biological substrate, b. suspending the product obtained in a, c. heating the suspension, d. enzymatic deactivation of the suspension, on the understanding that the term "biological" is in accordance with European Union Regulation 834/2007. a. milling said phytic acid-rich biological substrate, b. suspending the product obtained in a, c. heating the suspension, d. enzymatic deactivation of the suspension,
Composition comprising: - for 100 parts by weight of at least one styrene-block copolymer, - from 12.5 to 8,000 parts by weight of at least one plasticiser, - from 25 to 4,000 parts by weight of particles of a cross-linked polymer having a carboxylate-group density between 2.0 and 12.0meq/g and an average pore size between 0.005 and 1.0μm. - for 100 parts by weight of at least one styrene-block copolymer, - from 12.5 to 8,000 parts by weight of at least one plasticiser, - from 25 to 4,000 parts by weight of particles of a cross-linked polymer having a carboxylate-group density between 2.0 and 12.0meq/g and an average pore size between 0.005 and 1.0μm.