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Leveling valve for discharging and supplying air from and to a plurality of utilization elements (205a,b) formed as pneumatic suspension bellows, comprising a valve disc arrangement for directing air between a source of pressurized air, an exhaust port, and said utilization elements (205a,b), said valve disc arrangement comprising a first and a second valve disc (107, 109), said first and second valve discs (107,109) being substantially concentrical to each other, contacting each other along respective contact surfaces (111, 113), and being rotatable with respect to each other such that the valve disc arrangement is switchable between multiple switching positions (105a-e), wherein at least one of the switching positions is a neutral position wherein fluid communication between the utilization elements (205a,b) and both the source of pressurized air and the exhaust port is blocked, and wherein in the other switching positions either said source of pressurized air or said exhaust port are in fluid communication with said utilization elements (205a,b), characterized in that the valve discs (107, 109) - when switched away from the neutral position - are adapted to provide a stepped increase in flow cross-section in a respective flow path between either said source of pressurized air or said exhaust port and said utilization elements (205a,b), wherein said stepped increase is dependent of the angle of rotation between the valve discs (107, 109).
An optical transmitter having a configuration for controlling amplitude of a drive signal to be provided for an optical modulator, comprising: an optical detection means for detecting an output optical signal of the optical modulator, and acquiring information about intensity of an optical signal; and an amplitude adjustment means for adjusting the amplitude of the drive signal to be provided for the optical modulator in accordance with the information about the intensity of the optical signal, wherein modulation is performed with the drive signal by using peak, valley, and peak of a drive-voltage-to-optical-intensity-characteristic based on the drive signal with an adjusted amplitude. an optical detection means for detecting an output optical signal of the optical modulator, and acquiring information about intensity of an optical signal; and an amplitude adjustment means for adjusting the amplitude of the drive signal to be provided for the optical modulator in accordance with the information about the intensity of the optical signal, wherein modulation is performed with the drive signal by using peak, valley, and peak of a drive-voltage-to-optical-intensity-characteristic based on the drive signal with an adjusted amplitude.
A treatment device for fractional laser-based skin treatment, the treatment device comprising: an emission window comprising an elongated area, a treatment generator (80, 82, 84) comprising a treatment laser (20, 22), the treatment generator (80, 82, 84) being configured and arranged for emitting laser light towards skin tissue from a plurality of predefined locations in the emission window for generating laser-based lesions inside the skin tissue, wherein said plurality of predefined locations are disposed on a treatment axis of the emission window in said elongated area of the emission window, a motion sensor for sensing motion of the treatment device relative to the skin surface and for generating a motion signal (Sm) representative of the sensed motion, and a controller configured for receiving the motion signal (Sm), for determining a non-zero sequence of at least one of the plurality of predefined locations in the emission window from which the laser light is consecutively emitted in dependence on the motion signal, and for activating the treatment generator (80, 82, 84) to generate said non-zero sequence by means of a control signal (Sc1, Sc2, Sc3) representative of said non-zero sequence, characterized in that the controller is configured to activate the treatment generator to generate said non-zero sequence when the sensed motion of the treatment device relative to the skin surface only has a component in a direction parallel to the treatment axis. an emission window comprising an elongated area, a treatment generator (80, 82, 84) comprising a treatment laser (20, 22), the treatment generator (80, 82, 84) being configured and arranged for emitting laser light towards skin tissue from a plurality of predefined locations in the emission window for generating laser-based lesions inside the skin tissue, wherein said plurality of predefined locations are disposed on a treatment axis of the emission window in said elongated area of the emission window, a motion sensor for sensing motion of the treatment device relative to the skin surface and for generating a motion signal (Sm) representative of the sensed motion, and a controller configured for receiving the motion signal (Sm), for determining a non-zero sequence of at least one of the plurality of predefined locations in the emission window from which the laser light is consecutively emitted in dependence on the motion signal, and for activating the treatment generator (80, 82, 84) to generate said non-zero sequence by means of a control signal (Sc1, Sc2, Sc3) representative of said non-zero sequence,
A microchip comprising a multiplicity of reconfigurable test structures, wherein the microchip comprises a test input and a test output, whereby the multiplicity of reconfigurable test structures (DUT1... DUT3) are connectable to the test input and to the test output, characterized in that for each of the multiplicity of reconfigurable test structures (DUT1... DUT3) a buffer memory is provided, whereby the buffer memory in operation comprises control data and test stimuli, whereby each of the multiplicity of reconfigurable test structures may be tested separately and concurrently with the aid of the respective buffer memory, whereby each test structure comprises an instrument, whereby downstream to the instrument a unit CIJTAG is arranged, which controls the actual test within the respective test structure (DUT1... DUT3).
A method for the detection of a Botulinum toxin, comprising: (i) providing a composition that includes an artificial construct and an enzyme, wherein the construct comprises: (a) a first portion comprising a first fluorophore, (b) a second portion comprising a second fluorophore, (c) a cleavage site situated between the first portion and the second portion, which is cleaved when interacting with a portion of the Botulinum toxin, thereby separating the first portion from the remainder of the construct, and wherein the enzyme is capable of degrading the first portion after being cleaved from the rest of the construct by the Botulinum toxin; (ii) obtaining a baseline signal emission measurement from each of the first and second fluorophores; (iii) exposing the composition to a sample suspected of containing a Botulinum toxin; (iv) obtaining further emission measurements from the first fluorophore, wherein a decrease in the emission fluorescence, following degradation, is an indication of the presence of the toxin; (v) normalizing the measurements with the aid of an emission measurement obtained from the second fluorophore. (i) providing a composition that includes an artificial construct and an enzyme, wherein the construct comprises: (a) a first portion comprising a first fluorophore, (b) a second portion comprising a second fluorophore, (c) a cleavage site situated between the first portion and the second portion, which is cleaved when interacting with a portion of the Botulinum toxin, thereby separating the first portion from the remainder of the construct, and wherein the enzyme is capable of degrading the first portion after being cleaved from the rest of the construct by the Botulinum toxin; (a) a first portion comprising a first fluorophore, (b) a second portion comprising a second fluorophore, (c) a cleavage site situated between the first portion and the second portion, which is cleaved when interacting with a portion of the Botulinum toxin, thereby separating the first portion from the remainder of the construct, (ii) obtaining a baseline signal emission measurement from each of the first and second fluorophores; (iii) exposing the composition to a sample suspected of containing a Botulinum toxin; (iv) obtaining further emission measurements from the first fluorophore, wherein a decrease in the emission fluorescence, following degradation, is an indication of the presence of the toxin; (v) normalizing the measurements with the aid of an emission measurement obtained from the second fluorophore.
A method comprising: receiving an audio signal; extracting from the audio signal a plurality of time-frequency features, the plurality of time-frequency features comprising one or more short-term features; in accordance with the extracted short-term features, adapting one or more sibilance thresholds of a sibilance detector for detecting sibilance in the audio signal; and detecting sibilance in the audio signal, using the sibilance detector with the one or more adapted thresholds; characterized in that an impulsive sound is detected from the one or more short-term features; and wherein the adapting of one or more sibilance thresholds of the sibilance detector for detecting sibilance in the audio signal is in accordance with a determination whether the impulsive sound was detected. receiving an audio signal; extracting from the audio signal a plurality of time-frequency features, the plurality of time-frequency features comprising one or more short-term features; in accordance with the extracted short-term features, adapting one or more sibilance thresholds of a sibilance detector for detecting sibilance in the audio signal; and detecting sibilance in the audio signal, using the sibilance detector with the one or more adapted thresholds; characterized in that an impulsive sound is detected from the one or more short-term features; and wherein the adapting of one or more sibilance thresholds of the sibilance detector for detecting sibilance in the audio signal is in accordance with a determination whether the impulsive sound was detected.
A method for operating a test arrangement comprising a plurality (n) of safety components (11, 12, 13), wherein the safety components (11, 12, 13) each have a signal input (Rx) for receiving data packets (DP1, DP2, DP3) and a signal output (Tx) for transmitting data packets (DP1, DP2, DP3), wherein each of the safety components (11, 12, 13) has a safety module that can be set to active or inactive, and a ready status (r) that can be set to active or inactive, wherein the safety module of a safety component (11, 12, 13) is set to inactive when the associated safety component (11, 12, 13) has an inactive ready status (r), characterized in that the signal inputs (Rx) and signal outputs (Tx) of the safety components (11, 12, 13) are connected in such a way that the safety components (11, 12, 13) form a circular test arrangement with a direction of transmission for the data packets (DP1, DP2, DP3), in that the safety components (11, 12, 13) each cyclically carry out a number of function tests, and set their ready status (r) to active if the number of function tests is successful and to inactive if at least one of the function tests fails, wherein one of the function tests is checking for a cyclic, error-free reception of a data packet, and in that one of the safety components (1, 11, 12, 13) is selected as the bus master, which cyclically transmits a bus verification signal in a data packet to the adjacent safety component (11, 12, 13) in the direction of transmission, wherein the bus verification signal is forwarded in each case by the safety components (11, 12, 13) in a data packet (DP2, DP3), and in that the bus master, upon receipt of the bus verification signal in a data packet, determines that the circular test arrangement is closed.
A crown structure comprising: a corrosion resistant layer comprising a plurality of silica bricks aligned and arranged in a vault shape on a furnace interior side of a glass melting furnace; a silica-based heat-insulating layer which comprises a silica-based sintered body and which is formed on the corrosion resistant layer; and a lightweight heat-insulating layer which is formed on the silica-based heat-insulating layer and which is constituted by a layer structure of two or more layers; wherein in the lightweight heat-insulating layer, at least one of the layers making contact with the silica-based heat-insulating layer has a layer structure including a plurality of heat-insulating blocks, and a lightweight heat-insulating monolithic refractory provided in joint portions between the heat-insulating blocks. a corrosion resistant layer comprising a plurality of silica bricks aligned and arranged in a vault shape on a furnace interior side of a glass melting furnace; a silica-based heat-insulating layer which comprises a silica-based sintered body and which is formed on the corrosion resistant layer; and a lightweight heat-insulating layer which is formed on the silica-based heat-insulating layer and which is constituted by a layer structure of two or more layers; wherein in the lightweight heat-insulating layer, at least one of the layers making contact with the silica-based heat-insulating layer has a layer structure including a plurality of heat-insulating blocks, and a lightweight heat-insulating monolithic refractory provided in joint portions between the heat-insulating blocks.
A heat exchanger, comprising a block which has fins and tubes and is arranged between a first collecting tank, in particular for introducing a medium to be cooled, and a second collecting tank, in particular for discharging said medium, wherein each collecting tank (3, 4) is closed off by a base (5, 6) which has rim holes for receiving the tubes, and a channel-shaped circulating means for receiving the collecting tank (3, 4) extends along the edge of the base (5, 6), characterised in that the base (5, 6) has a raised contact region on at least one end side for the tube (8a, 8b) directly opposite the end side.
An effective amount of an adenoviral vector encoding (a) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1 that specifically binds a Major Histocompatibility Class (MHC class) II molecule; or (b) a polypeptide comprising at least 15 consecutive amino acids of the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1 that specifically binds a Major Histocompatibility Class (MHC class) II molecule; for use in a method for inducing an immune response to Brachyury, wherein the immune response comprises a Brachyury specific CD4+ T cell response, preferably further comprises a Brachyury specific CD8+ T cell response, and wherein the subject preferably is human. (a) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1 that specifically binds a Major Histocompatibility Class (MHC class) II molecule; or (b) a polypeptide comprising at least 15 consecutive amino acids of the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 1 that specifically binds a Major Histocompatibility Class (MHC class) II molecule;
A turbine wheel comprising: • a plurality of blades; • a rotor with a disk having opposite side faces and having the blades mounted at its periphery, each blade having an airfoil with a foot secured to a platform carrying an attachment member having opposite side faces and engaged in a housing opening out into the periphery of the disk, the housings being separated from one another by portions of the disk that form teeth; and • axial retaining devices for retaining the blades on the disk, the blades being retained axially at a first one of the upstream and downstream faces of the disk by means of a retaining plate and being retained axially at the other or second side of the disk by a portion in relief that projects radially from the periphery of the disk and that presses against portions in relief formed under the platforms of the blades; wherein the housings for the attachment members of the blades extend axially over the entire distance between the opposite side faces of the disk, and at the second side of the disk, the blades are retained axially by the portions in relief formed under the platforms of the blades pressing axially against portions in relief formed on the teeth of the disk, and the side faces of the attachment members of the blades and of the disk at the periphery thereof being situated substantially in a same plane on each side of the disk, characterized in that the axial pressure is set back relative to the side faces of the attachment members situated on the second side of the disk. • a plurality of blades; • a rotor with a disk having opposite side faces and having the blades mounted at its periphery, each blade having an airfoil with a foot secured to a platform carrying an attachment member having opposite side faces and engaged in a housing opening out into the periphery of the disk, the housings being separated from one another by portions of the disk that form teeth; and • axial retaining devices for retaining the blades on the disk, the blades being retained axially at a first one of the upstream and downstream faces of the disk by means of a retaining plate and being retained axially at the other or second side of the disk by a portion in relief that projects radially from the periphery of the disk and that presses against portions in relief formed under the platforms of the blades;
Method for fastening a window frame in a masonry opening using a dowel chamber adapter, wherein the dowel chamber adapter has - a basic body having an underside, an upper side and a bore, which passes through the basic body, - a stub, which is spaced apart from the basic body, and - a means arranged on the underside of the basic body for the purpose of sealing the dowel chamber adapter in relation to the window frame profile, characterized by the following method steps: - the dowel chamber adapter is fastened in the rebate region of the window frame profile by virtue of the stub being introduced with clamping or latching action into the glazing-bar-accommodating groove; - a screw is screwed into the wall of the masonry opening through the dowel chamber adapter and the window frame profile, wherein the head of the screw is recessed in the dowel chamber adapter and the means for sealing the dowel chamber adapter in relation to the window frame profile is subjected to pressing action, with the dowel chamber adapter being sealed in relation to the outer-frame profile in the process. - a basic body having an underside, an upper side and a bore, which passes through the basic body, - a stub, which is spaced apart from the basic body, and - a means arranged on the underside of the basic body for the purpose of sealing the dowel chamber adapter in relation to the window frame profile, - the dowel chamber adapter is fastened in the rebate region of the window frame profile by virtue of the stub being introduced with clamping or latching action into the glazing-bar-accommodating groove; - a screw is screwed into the wall of the masonry opening through the dowel chamber adapter and the window frame profile, wherein the head of the screw is recessed in the dowel chamber adapter and the means for sealing the dowel chamber adapter in relation to the window frame profile is subjected to pressing action, with the dowel chamber adapter being sealed in relation to the outer-frame profile in the process.
A method for detecting a defect (c1, c2, gd1) in a multi-junction solar cell comprising at least two vertically stacked p-n junctions (17, 12), the method comprising: exciting a first p-n junction of the at least two vertically stacked p-n junctions (17, 12) by illuminating the solar cell with excitation light in a first excitation wavelength range at a first illumination intensity that is constant over time; exciting a second p-n junction of the at least two vertically stacked p-n junctions (17, 12) by illuminating the solar cell with excitation light in a second excitation wavelength range at a second illumination intensity that changes over time; detecting photoluminescence light emitted by photoluminescence of the first p-n junction; and generating a plurality of spatially resolved photoluminescence images of the photoluminescence light emitted by the first p-n junction while the second illumination intensity is changed over time; and observing the generated plurality of photoluminescence images for regions in which the intensity changes over time. exciting a first p-n junction of the at least two vertically stacked p-n junctions (17, 12) by illuminating the solar cell with excitation light in a first excitation wavelength range at a first illumination intensity that is constant over time; exciting a second p-n junction of the at least two vertically stacked p-n junctions (17, 12) by illuminating the solar cell with excitation light in a second excitation wavelength range at a second illumination intensity that changes over time; detecting photoluminescence light emitted by photoluminescence of the first p-n junction; and generating a plurality of spatially resolved photoluminescence images of the photoluminescence light emitted by the first p-n junction while the second illumination intensity is changed over time; and observing the generated plurality of photoluminescence images for regions in which the intensity changes over time.
A protection device for incorporation into an electrical connector, the protection device comprising a varistor plate having first and second faces and having: a first through-going aperture for receiving a live or neutral pin of the electrical connector and a first conductive layer on the first face of the varistor plate for electrically connecting the first face of the varistor plate to the live or neutral pin; a second through-going aperture for receiving a ground pin of the electrical connector and a second conductive layer on the second face of the varistor plate for electrically connecting the second face of the varistor plate to the ground pin, so that in use, and in response to an excessive voltage across the live or neutral pin and the ground pin, the varistor plate will conduct electricity from the live or neutral pin to the ground pin. a first through-going aperture for receiving a live or neutral pin of the electrical connector and a first conductive layer on the first face of the varistor plate for electrically connecting the first face of the varistor plate to the live or neutral pin; a second through-going aperture for receiving a ground pin of the electrical connector and a second conductive layer on the second face of the varistor plate for electrically connecting the second face of the varistor plate to the ground pin, so that in use, and in response to an excessive voltage across the live or neutral pin and the ground pin, the varistor plate will conduct electricity from the live or neutral pin to the ground pin.