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A gas turbine engine (20; 100; 200) comprising: a fan rotor, a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section, said turbine section being positioned downstream of said combustor section; a fan drive turbine in said turbine section, and a shaft connecting said fan drive turbine to said fan rotor; an inlet duct (114; 214) connected to a cooling air source and connected to a cooling compressor (118; 252) downstream of said fan drive turbine, and said cooling compressor (118; 252) connected to a turning duct (124; 224) for passing compressed air in an upstream direction through said shaft; and characterised by an inner passage (136; 236) and an outer passage within said shaft and connection passages in said shaft communicating between the inner and outer passages such that compressed air having passed in said upstream direction in one of said inner and outer passages is returned in the other of said inner and outer passages in a downstream direction to provide cooling to said shaft. a fan rotor, a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section, said turbine section being positioned downstream of said combustor section; a fan drive turbine in said turbine section, and a shaft connecting said fan drive turbine to said fan rotor; an inlet duct (114; 214) connected to a cooling air source and connected to a cooling compressor (118; 252) downstream of said fan drive turbine, and said cooling compressor (118; 252) connected to a turning duct (124; 224) for passing compressed air in an upstream direction through said shaft; and characterised by an inner passage (136; 236) and an outer passage within said shaft and connection passages in said shaft communicating between the inner and outer passages such that compressed air having passed in said upstream direction in one of said inner and outer passages is returned in the other of said inner and outer passages in a downstream direction to provide cooling to said shaft.
A battery module, comprising: a casing made of metal and provided on its outer surface with an insulation layer and a conductive portion; and a battery cell accommodated in the casing, the battery cell includes a battery container, an electricity generating element accommodated in the battery container, and a cover that closes the battery container, the battery module further comprises an insulation sheet disposed between an inner surface of the casing and the battery cell, the conductive portion is a metal member, characterized in that the metal member penetrates the casing and has a calked portion at its inner end, and the casing is formed with a recess, at which an inner surface of the casing is dented outwardly, and the calked portion of the metal member is accommodated in the recess such that the calked portion does not project inward from the recess. a casing made of metal and provided on its outer surface with an insulation layer and a conductive portion; and a battery cell accommodated in the casing, the battery cell includes a battery container, an electricity generating element accommodated in the battery container, and a cover that closes the battery container, the battery module further comprises an insulation sheet disposed between an inner surface of the casing and the battery cell, the conductive portion is a metal member, characterized in that the metal member penetrates the casing and has a calked portion at its inner end, and the casing is formed with a recess, at which an inner surface of the casing is dented outwardly, and the calked portion of the metal member is accommodated in the recess such that the calked portion does not project inward from the recess.
A quantum dot composite comprising: a matrix and a plurality of quantum dots dispersed in the matrix, wherein the plurality of the quantum dots comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium and phosphorous, a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein an arithmetic size of the plurality of the quantum dots is greater than or equal to 8 nm and less than or equal to 15 nm, wherein the quantum dot composite is configured to emit red light, and wherein the arithmetic size is a size of a given population of quantum dots and is determined from a size of the semiconductor nanocrystal core and a thickness of the semiconductor nanocrystal shell, wherein the size of the semiconductor nanocrystal core is determined by a core composition and a UV absorption wavelength and the thickness of the semiconductor nanocrystal shell is determined from the size of the semiconductor nanocrystal core and a composition of the quantum dots, wherein the composition of the quantum dots is determined by an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy analysis. wherein the plurality of the quantum dots comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium and phosphorous, a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein an arithmetic size of the plurality of the quantum dots is greater than or equal to 8 nm and less than or equal to 15 nm, wherein the quantum dot composite is configured to emit red light, and wherein the arithmetic size is a size of a given population of quantum dots and is determined from a size of the semiconductor nanocrystal core and a thickness of the semiconductor nanocrystal shell, wherein the size of the semiconductor nanocrystal core is determined by a core composition and a UV absorption wavelength and the thickness of the semiconductor nanocrystal shell is determined from the size of the semiconductor nanocrystal core and a composition of the quantum dots, wherein the composition of the quantum dots is determined by an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy analysis.
A vertebral rod assembly comprising: a first member having a first base and a first vertebral rod extending outward therefrom; a second member having a second base and a second vertebral rod extending outward therefrom; and a fastener to lock the second base to the first base to prevent rotation of the first member relative to the second member, the fastener being spaced away from the first and second vertebral rods, wherein the first vertebral rod is integrally formed with the first base, and the second vertebral rod is formed integrally with the second base, characterised in that the first member further comprises an extension extending outward from the first base and into the second base, the extension having a first end connected to the first base and a second end spaced away from the first base, wherein the fastener extends from the second base and into contact with the extension a receiving section formed within the second base that is sized to receive the extension extending from the first base; a ring disposed within the receiving section and sized to extend around the extension; and said fastener extending through the second base and the ring to lock the second base to the first base to prevent rotation of the first and second members wherein the extension comprises a tab having a first contact surface that extends outward from a side of the extension, and wherein the ring comprises a second contact surface that engages the first contact surface to lock the first and second bases. a first member having a first base and a first vertebral rod extending outward therefrom; a second member having a second base and a second vertebral rod extending outward therefrom; and a fastener to lock the second base to the first base to prevent rotation of the first member relative to the second member, the fastener being spaced away from the first and second vertebral rods, wherein the first vertebral rod is integrally formed with the first base, and the second vertebral rod is formed integrally with the second base, characterised in that the first member further comprises an extension extending outward from the first base and into the second base, the extension having a first end connected to the first base and a second end spaced away from the first base, wherein the fastener extends from the second base and into contact with the extension a receiving section formed within the second base that is sized to receive the extension extending from the first base; a ring disposed within the receiving section and sized to extend around the extension; and said fastener extending through the second base and the ring to lock the second base to the first base to prevent rotation of the first and second members wherein the extension comprises a tab having a first contact surface that extends outward from a side of the extension, and wherein the ring comprises a second contact surface that engages the first contact surface to lock the first and second bases.
A computer-implemented method for performing cryptographic operations subject to identity verification, the method comprising: receiving, by a cryptography chip, a request to perform a requested cryptographic operation from a client, wherein the request includes client identity information associated with the client, and wherein the cryptography chip is a hardware component including a processing resource that performs cryptographic operations and a storage resource that stores key information used in the cryptographic operations and encrypted identity information associated with clients that are permitted to request cryptographic operations; decrypting, by the cryptography chip, the encrypted identity information using a key included in software instructions stored in firmware of the processing resource; determining, by the cryptography chip, that the client identity information is associated with one of the clients that are permitted to request cryptographic operations based on comparing the client identity information to the decrypted identity information; and in response to determining that the client identity information is associated with one of the clients that are permitted to request cryptographic operations, performing, by the cryptography chip, the requested cryptographic operation based on the key information stored in the storage resource. receiving, by a cryptography chip, a request to perform a requested cryptographic operation from a client, wherein the request includes client identity information associated with the client, and wherein the cryptography chip is a hardware component including a processing resource that performs cryptographic operations and a storage resource that stores key information used in the cryptographic operations and encrypted identity information associated with clients that are permitted to request cryptographic operations; decrypting, by the cryptography chip, the encrypted identity information using a key included in software instructions stored in firmware of the processing resource; determining, by the cryptography chip, that the client identity information is associated with one of the clients that are permitted to request cryptographic operations based on comparing the client identity information to the decrypted identity information; and in response to determining that the client identity information is associated with one of the clients that are permitted to request cryptographic operations, performing, by the cryptography chip, the requested cryptographic operation based on the key information stored in the storage resource.
An ankle-foot orthosis (1; 100; 200) for providing support for a user's foot drop, comprising - a substantially L-shaped lower leg shell comprising an elongate lower leg support configured to be placed against a rear side of a user's lower leg and an elongate foot support configured to support at least part of the underside of the metatarsus, which lower leg support and foot support are oriented at an adjustable angle α relative to each other, characterized in that the ankle-foot orthosis further comprises - heel fixing means (23, 25; 123, 125) configured to position and/or orient a user's heel in the lower leg support, - a plantar flexion limiting device which is at least configured to make a smooth foot strike of a user's foot supported by the ankle-foot orthosis possible and which comprises substantially non-elastic plantar flexion limiting means (25; 125; 225) and substantially elastic plantar flexion limiting means (23; 123), wherein the non-elastic plantar flexion limiting means are configured to impede the angle α exceeding an angle value α 2 which is set between 80° and 100° and wherein the elastic plantar flexion limiting means are configured to effect a dynamic return of the user's foot to an angle α substantially equal to the angle value α 2 when the angle α exceeds the angle value α 2. - a substantially L-shaped lower leg shell comprising an elongate lower leg support configured to be placed against a rear side of a user's lower leg and an elongate foot support configured to support at least part of the underside of the metatarsus, which lower leg support and foot support are oriented at an adjustable angle α relative to each other, characterized in that the ankle-foot orthosis further comprises - heel fixing means (23, 25; 123, 125) configured to position and/or orient a user's heel in the lower leg support, - a plantar flexion limiting device which is at least configured to make a smooth foot strike of a user's foot supported by the ankle-foot orthosis possible and which comprises substantially non-elastic plantar flexion limiting means (25; 125; 225) and substantially elastic plantar flexion limiting means (23; 123), wherein the non-elastic plantar flexion limiting means are configured to impede the angle α exceeding an angle value α 2 which is set between 80° and 100° and wherein the elastic plantar flexion limiting means are configured to effect a dynamic return of the user's foot to an angle α substantially equal to the angle value α 2 when the angle α exceeds the angle value α 2.
Switching apparatus, comprising: a housing, a rotary drive mechanism, which interacts with a driven element, which is rotatably mounted in the housing, in such a way that the driven element rotates in a first direction when the switching apparatus is switched on, a non-round driven surface which is arranged on the driven element, is bent radially outwards and has an apex point, an elastic clamping mechanism which pushes against the driven surface perpendicular to the rotation axis of the driven element, so that the clamping mechanism automatically further rotates the driven element during the course of rotation of the driven element in each case after passing over the apex point, an impeller (5, 6) which has a vane (52, 53) which extends radially outwards, a recess which is formed on the driven element and into which the impeller (5, 6) is inserted coaxially in relation to the rotation axis of the driven element and can rotate freely within an idle stroke which is bounded by a first and a second contact surface (33a, 33b), wherein the driven element rotates the impeller (5, 6) in the first direction by means of the vane (52, 53) after contact is made with the first contact surface, and characterized in that a holding mechanism which fixes the vane (52, 53) in a prespecified rotation angle range with a prespecified holding force which the driven element in each case automatically overcomes after contact is made with the first contact surface in a manner driven by the clamping mechanism. a housing, a rotary drive mechanism, which interacts with a driven element, which is rotatably mounted in the housing, in such a way that the driven element rotates in a first direction when the switching apparatus is switched on, a non-round driven surface which is arranged on the driven element, is bent radially outwards and has an apex point, an elastic clamping mechanism which pushes against the driven surface perpendicular to the rotation axis of the driven element, so that the clamping mechanism automatically further rotates the driven element during the course of rotation of the driven element in each case after passing over the apex point, an impeller (5, 6) which has a vane (52, 53) which extends radially outwards, a recess which is formed on the driven element and into which the impeller (5, 6) is inserted coaxially in relation to the rotation axis of the driven element and can rotate freely within an idle stroke which is bounded by a first and a second contact surface (33a, 33b), wherein the driven element rotates the impeller (5, 6) in the first direction by means of the vane (52, 53) after contact is made with the first contact surface, and a holding mechanism which fixes the vane (52, 53) in a prespecified rotation angle range with a prespecified holding force which the driven element in each case automatically overcomes after contact is made with the first contact surface in a manner driven by the clamping mechanism.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in a method of treatment comprising administering the composition to an adult mammal to reduce expression of a target sequence in the liver of said adult mammal, the composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and: an RNAi agent selected from an siRNA or an shRNA, wherein said siRNA or shRNA is specific for a target sequence present in a liver cell of said adult mammal and reduces expression of the target sequence and wherein the siRNA or shRNA is between 15 and 30 nucleotides in length or has a duplex structure 15 to 29 base pairs in length; or a vector comprising DNA which is transcribed in vivo into said shRNA or siRNA. an RNAi agent selected from an siRNA or an shRNA, wherein said siRNA or shRNA is specific for a target sequence present in a liver cell of said adult mammal and reduces expression of the target sequence and wherein the siRNA or shRNA is between 15 and 30 nucleotides in length or has a duplex structure 15 to 29 base pairs in length; or a vector comprising DNA which is transcribed in vivo into said shRNA or siRNA.
A method implemented in a network element to scale packet traffic rates of packets in-transit from channels to a port, the packets being from a plurality of channels for transmission from the network element through the same port of the network element, the method comprising the steps of: receiving packets through each of the plurality of channels and storing the received packets in a respective queue for each channel; monitoring (32,33) the status of each queue as empty or not empty; on determining that the status of a queue has changed from empty to not empty, then adding a bandwidth allocation for the respective channel to a port load value; on determining that the status of a queue has changed from not empty to empty, then subtracting the bandwidth allocation for the respective channel from the port load value; scaling the traffic rates of the channels to the port based upon the port load value. receiving packets through each of the plurality of channels and storing the received packets in a respective queue for each channel; monitoring (32,33) the status of each queue as empty or not empty; on determining that the status of a queue has changed from empty to not empty, then adding a bandwidth allocation for the respective channel to a port load value; on determining that the status of a queue has changed from not empty to empty, then subtracting the bandwidth allocation for the respective channel from the port load value; scaling the traffic rates of the channels to the port based upon the port load value.
A zeolite membrane composite for use in separation of a highly-permeative component through permeation from a vapor mixture or a liquid mixture comprising multiple components, the zeolite membrane composite comprising an inorganic porous support and a zeolite membrane provided thereon, wherein the zeolite membrane contains zeolite of a CHA-type aluminosilicate, and in a X-ray diffraction pattern obtained through irradiation to the zeolite membrane surface with X-ray, a peak intensity at around 2θ = 17.9°±0.6° has a value of less than 0.5 times a peak intensity at around 2θ = 20.8°±0.6° and a peak intensity at around 2θ = 9.6°±0.6° has a value of 2.0 times or more and less than 4.0 times a peak intensity at around 2θ = 20.8°±0.6°.
Core layer, which comprises at least: a layer comprising wave-shaped wooden elements arranged one above the other, the wooden elements extending in one direction; wherein the wave-shaped wooden elements are arranged in the layer in an oriented manner such that wave troughs of wooden elements lying one above the other interlock, or that wave crests of wooden elements lying one above the other interlock, or that wave troughs of wooden elements lying one above the other interlock and wave crests of wooden elements lying one above the other interlock; and wherein at least a part of the wooden elements in the layer is arranged in such a manner that these wooden elements form cavities between them. a layer comprising wave-shaped wooden elements arranged one above the other, the wooden elements extending in one direction; wherein the wave-shaped wooden elements are arranged in the layer in an oriented manner such that wave troughs of wooden elements lying one above the other interlock, or that wave crests of wooden elements lying one above the other interlock, or that wave troughs of wooden elements lying one above the other interlock and wave crests of wooden elements lying one above the other interlock; and wherein at least a part of the wooden elements in the layer is arranged in such a manner that these wooden elements form cavities between them.
A cleaning composition comprising: a. At least one alkanolamine b. At least one mineral acid c. At least one salt of a hydroxycarboxylic acid d. At least one protease enzyme; wherein said composition contains no surfactant. a. At least one alkanolamine b. At least one mineral acid c. At least one salt of a hydroxycarboxylic acid d. At least one protease enzyme;
Container preform made of plastics material, comprising: - a cylindrical body extending along an axis of revolution of the preform; - a bottom closing the cylindrical body, the bottom having an outer profile that has a central portion and a curved portion joining the central portion to the cylindrical body, the central portion having, in longitudinal section, a first concave section, the curved portion having in succession, in longitudinal section, from the first concave section towards the cylindrical body, a first convex or frustoconical section, a second concave section and a second convex or frustoconical section, and the second convex or frustoconical section having in succession, in longitudinal section, from the cylindrical body towards the second concave section, a first radius of curvature, a second radius of curvature and a third radius of curvature and having a plane of intersection defined by the junction between the cylindrical body and the bottom, the plane of intersection being perpendicular to the axis of revolution of the preform, in that the value of the first radius of curvature is between 60% and 100% of the value of a radius of the cylindrical body measured on the plane of intersection, characterized in that the bottom has an inner profile that defines with the second concave section a reduction in the thickness of the bottom. - a cylindrical body extending along an axis of revolution of the preform; - a bottom closing the cylindrical body,
A method for detecting cross-linking in a polymer sample, the method comprising: A) physically deforming a polymer sample using an indenter head of a tester; B) obtaining sample information relating to a relaxation or a recovery of the polymer sample in response to A); and C) comparing the sample information to reference information relating to the cross-linking so as to determine a degree of the cross-linking in the polymer sample. A) physically deforming a polymer sample using an indenter head of a tester; B) obtaining sample information relating to a relaxation or a recovery of the polymer sample in response to A); and C) comparing the sample information to reference information relating to the cross-linking so as to determine a degree of the cross-linking in the polymer sample.