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Method of manufacturing an R-T-B-M-C sintered rare earth magnet comprising the process steps of: a) charging an R-T-B-M-C alloy powder including a lubricant into a mold cavity with a predetermined density, wherein a weight content of the lubricant is in the range of 0.08 to 2 wt.%, R is at least one rare earth element including Y and Sc, T is iron or a mixture of iron and cobalt, and M is at least one element selected from Ti, Ni, Nb, Al, V, Mn, Sn, Ca, Mg, Pb, Sb, Zn, Si, Zr, Cr, Cu, Ga, Mo, W and Ta, and the weight contents of these components are in the ranges 25 % ≤ R ≤ 40 %, 60 % ≤ T ≤ 74 %, 0 % ≤ M ≤ 2 %, 0.8 % ≤ B ≤ 1.2 %, 0.03 % ≤ C ≤ 0.15 %; b) applying a magnetic field to the powder filled in the mold cavity under a pressure in the range of 0.2 to 2 MPa; and c) sintering the same under inert gas followed by an additional heat treatment. a) charging an R-T-B-M-C alloy powder including a lubricant into a mold cavity with a predetermined density, wherein a weight content of the lubricant is in the range of 0.08 to 2 wt.%, R is at least one rare earth element including Y and Sc, T is iron or a mixture of iron and cobalt, and M is at least one element selected from Ti, Ni, Nb, Al, V, Mn, Sn, Ca, Mg, Pb, Sb, Zn, Si, Zr, Cr, Cu, Ga, Mo, W and Ta, and the weight contents of these components are in the ranges 25 % ≤ R ≤ 40 %, 60 % ≤ T ≤ 74 %, 0 % ≤ M ≤ 2 %, 0.8 % ≤ B ≤ 1.2 %, 0.03 % ≤ C ≤ 0.15 %; b) applying a magnetic field to the powder filled in the mold cavity under a pressure in the range of 0.2 to 2 MPa; and c) sintering the same under inert gas followed by an additional heat treatment.
A mascara brush comprising a carrier portion and a bristle covering of bristles respectively protruding outwardly along their longitudinal bristle axis from the carrier portion, wherein the bristle covering comprises bristles consisting of a bristle stem and an eyelash retaining organ adjoining thereto, which is configured as a retaining projection, which projects over the surface of the bristle stem located, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal bristle axis, proximally-below it, in a direction transverse to the direction of the longitudinal bristle axis, wherein the eyelash retaining organs have such a large maximum extent in the direction transverse to the circumferential direction that the eyelash retaining organs of a bristle row disposed in the circumferential direction one behind the other overlap, viewed in the circumferential direction, with an adjacent row of bristles, or their eyelash retaining organs, disposed, viewed in the circumferential direction, one behind the other, characterized in that the eyelash retaining organ consists of two opposite hook-like appendages protruding laterally from the bristle stem and whose longitudinal axis includes at the outermost end an angle of less than 70° with the longitudinal axis of the bristle stem and the eyelash retaining organ has the shape of an arrow whose arrow tip lies in a line with the longitudinal axis of the bristle and forms the distal end of the bristle, whereas the broad side of the arrow is oriented proximally.
A processing machine for processing bottles or similar containers, having at least one rotor (3, 16) which is mounted by at least one bearing arrangement (10, 11) so that it can rotate about a machine axis, and having a plurality of processing stations provided on rotor (3, 16), with the rotor (3, 16) being mounted on a plurality of rollers (10, 11) which are arranged distributed about the machine axis and which form the bearing arrangement, with at least one functional element (8, 9; 21, 22) interacting with the rotor (3, 16) or with the processing stations being provided, characterised in that at least some of the rollers (10, 11) are arranged at least on one spatial axis and/or spatial plane so as to be adjustable and/or movable, in that at least the rollers (10, 11) are provided in a region of the bearing arrangement which lies opposite the functional element so that they can move, and move preferably in an axial direction radial to the machine axis, and in that at least some of the rollers (10, 11) are arranged relatively fixed at or near to tangent points between the rotor and the functional elements (8, 9) so that the tangent points between the rotor and the functional elements (8, 9) are not excessively displaced when thermal expansion occurs.
An illuminable helmet assembly, comprising: a helmet body; a diffuser coupled to an outer surface of the helmet body, the diffuser comprising a rear surface and a surface opposite the rear surface facing outward, away from the helmet body, the diffuser further comprising an illumination surface on the rear surface of the diffuser, the illumination surface covering a cavity of the helmet body, the illumination surface comprising an outer perimeter and defining a footprint of the illumination surface extending inward from the illumination surface to a center of the helmet body; a light source positioned adjacent to and outside of the outer perimeter and the footprint of the illumination surface, and positioned to emit light toward the illumination surface on the rear surface of the diffuser at an acute angle to the illumination surface. a helmet body; a diffuser coupled to an outer surface of the helmet body, the diffuser comprising a rear surface and a surface opposite the rear surface facing outward, away from the helmet body, the diffuser further comprising an illumination surface on the rear surface of the diffuser, the illumination surface covering a cavity of the helmet body, the illumination surface comprising an outer perimeter and defining a footprint of the illumination surface extending inward from the illumination surface to a center of the helmet body; a light source positioned adjacent to and outside of the outer perimeter and the footprint of the illumination surface, and positioned to emit light toward the illumination surface on the rear surface of the diffuser at an acute angle to the illumination surface.
A yeast transformed with and having integrated an isolated nucleic acid which is operably configured with a promoter to express said protein in a yeast transformed with a vector comprising the isolated nucleic acid and - wherein the isolated nucleic acid is encoding a protein at least 37% identical to the ORF for a S. cerevisiae Mpe1 protein (SEQ. ID NO: 6), - wherein the protein encoded by said nucleic acid is an H. polymorpha ett1 protein according to SEQ. ID NO: 2 or a P. stipitis ett1 protein according to SEQ. ID NO: 4, - wherein said isolated nucleic acid complements ethanol sensitivity conferred by a ett1 mutant strain of H. polymorpha when said protein encoded by the nucleic acid is expressed in the ettl mutant strain, and - wherein the isolated nucleic acid is integrated in multiple copies into the genome of the yeast. - wherein the isolated nucleic acid is encoding a protein at least 37% identical to the ORF for a S. cerevisiae Mpe1 protein (SEQ. ID NO: 6), - wherein the protein encoded by said nucleic acid is an H. polymorpha ett1 protein according to SEQ. ID NO: 2 or a P. stipitis ett1 protein according to SEQ. ID NO: 4, - wherein said isolated nucleic acid complements ethanol sensitivity conferred by a ett1 mutant strain of H. polymorpha when said protein encoded by the nucleic acid is expressed in the ettl mutant strain, and - wherein the isolated nucleic acid is integrated in multiple copies into the genome of the yeast.
Vehicle for displacing material such as feed, comprising - a frame with a plurality of wheels having a tread pattern with a plurality of elongate tread portions and grooves, - a motor device operably coupled to at least one of the wheels for moving the vehicle over a floor in a moving direction, - a material displacer coupled to the frame, and arranged to displace the material, when the vehicle moves in the moving direction, over the floor towards a first side with respect to said moving direction, characterized in that at least a majority of the tread portions is arranged such that they extend, when in contact with the floor, in a direction that makes a sharp angle with the forward direction opposite said first side. - a frame with a plurality of wheels having a tread pattern with a plurality of elongate tread portions and grooves, - a motor device operably coupled to at least one of the wheels for moving the vehicle over a floor in a moving direction, - a material displacer coupled to the frame, and arranged to displace the material, when the vehicle moves in the moving direction, over the floor towards a first side with respect to said moving direction,
A method (10, 40, 50) of configuring a path between an ingress node and an egress node in an optical communications network, the path comprising a first hop and a subsequent hop and method comprising: a. selecting a candidate hop for the first hop of the path (12, 52); b. obtaining a value of a signal feasibility parameter for the candidate hop (14, 16, 18, 54, 56, 58); c. determining whether said value lies within an acceptable value range and if said value lies within said acceptable value range accepting said candidate hop for the first hop of the path and if said value lies outside said acceptable value range repeating steps a. to c.; d. selecting a candidate hop for the subsequent hop of path (24, 60); e. obtaining a value of a signal feasibility parameter for a combined path comprising the first hop and the candidate hop for the subsequent hop of the path (26, 28, 30, 62, 64, 66); f. determining whether said value lies within an acceptable value range and if said value lies within said acceptable value range accepting said candidate hop for the subsequent hop of the path and if said value lies outside said acceptable value range repeating steps d. to f.; and g. generating and transmitting a control signal for configuring the path, wherein each said step of obtaining a value of a signal feasibility parameter comprises checking whether a measured value of the signal feasibility parameter is available (14, 26, 54, 62) and if a said measured value is available retrieving said measured value (16, 28, 56, 64) and if a said measured value is not available calculating an estimated value of the signal feasibility parameter (18, 30, 58, 66). a. selecting a candidate hop for the first hop of the path (12, 52); b. obtaining a value of a signal feasibility parameter for the candidate hop (14, 16, 18, 54, 56, 58); c. determining whether said value lies within an acceptable value range and if said value lies within said acceptable value range accepting said candidate hop for the first hop of the path and if said value lies outside said acceptable value range repeating steps a. to c.; d. selecting a candidate hop for the subsequent hop of path (24, 60); e. obtaining a value of a signal feasibility parameter for a combined path comprising the first hop and the candidate hop for the subsequent hop of the path (26, 28, 30, 62, 64, 66); f. determining whether said value lies within an acceptable value range and if said value lies within said acceptable value range accepting said candidate hop for the subsequent hop of the path and if said value lies outside said acceptable value range repeating steps d. to f.; and g. generating and transmitting a control signal for configuring the path, wherein each said step of obtaining a value of a signal feasibility parameter comprises checking whether a measured value of the signal feasibility parameter is available (14, 26, 54, 62) and if a said measured value is available retrieving said measured value (16, 28, 56, 64) and if a said measured value is not available calculating an estimated value of the signal feasibility parameter (18, 30, 58, 66).
A combination of a polyacrylamide gel for use in electrophoresis and a plastic cassette in which said polyacrylamide gel resides, the plastic cassette comprising: cassette walls enclosing a gel cavity and comprising a matrix plastic that is permeable to oxygen, and a material comprising an oxygen barrier layer covering walls of said cassette such that the oxygen barrier layer is in contact with said polyacrylamide gel, wherein the walls of the cassette are formed by injection molding and the oxygen barrier layer is applied to the walls of the cassette by in-mold decoration, wherein the material inhibits oxygen access to the polyacrylamide gel through the cassette walls. cassette walls enclosing a gel cavity and comprising a matrix plastic that is permeable to oxygen, and a material comprising an oxygen barrier layer covering walls of said cassette such that the oxygen barrier layer is in contact with said polyacrylamide gel, wherein the walls of the cassette are formed by injection molding and the oxygen barrier layer is applied to the walls of the cassette by in-mold decoration, wherein the material inhibits oxygen access to the polyacrylamide gel through the cassette walls.
A method for forming a pressure fit hermetic seal between a second component and an interior member, the method comprising: coupling the second component to a first component by applying heat to one or more of the first component and the second component; and allowing the first component and the second component to cool, characterized in that: the applying heat step and allowing to cool step form the hermetic seal by causing compression of a hermetic element against the second component and by causing compression of the hermetic element against the interior member; and wherein the applying heat step comprises heating sufficiently such that a fusion bond is formed between the hermetic element and two or more of the first component, the second component, and the interior member. coupling the second component to a first component by applying heat to one or more of the first component and the second component; and allowing the first component and the second component to cool, characterized in that: the applying heat step and allowing to cool step form the hermetic seal by causing compression of a hermetic element against the second component and by causing compression of the hermetic element against the interior member; and wherein the applying heat step comprises heating sufficiently such that a fusion bond is formed between the hermetic element and two or more of the first component, the second component, and the interior member.
The use of thermoplastic starch in the manufacture of an adhesive and ultrathin waterproof-breathable film, said thermoplastic starch being provided in the form of an alloy with hydrophilic TPE comprising at least 10% by weight, preferably at least 20% by weight, preferably at least 30% by weight, preferably at least 40% by weight, preferably at least 50% by weight, of polyethylene glycol, with regard to the weight of the TPE, said film having a thickness of less than or equal to 25 μm.
An apparatus for analog-to-digital conversion with early interrupt capability, comprising: a digital processor and a memory coupled to the digital processor; an interrupt controller coupled to the digital processor, wherein the interrupt controller is adapted to handle interrupts to the digital processor based upon information from a selected analog channel (A0..A31); wherein the information about the selected analog channel (A0...A31) comprises a channel number and a sample ready; an analog-to-digital converter having a plurality of pipelined stages for converting a sampled analog signal from the selected analog channel (A0..A31) to a digital representation thereof; characterized by a plurality of pipelined registers (340a..g) arranged to transfer the information from the selected analog channel (A0..A31) from one register (340a..g) to a next register (340a..g) at each clock pulse thereto, wherein transfer time through each of the plurality of pipelined registers (340a..g) is the same as delay time through each of the plurality of pipelined stages of the ADC and a circuit for selecting one of the plurality of pipelined registers (34-a..g), wherein a conversion ready delay time of the information from the selected analog channel (A0..A31) is equal to the delay time at the selected one of the plurality of pipelined registers (340a..g), whereby the information from the selected analog channel (A0..A31) is available to the interrupt controller after the conversion ready delay time. a digital processor and a memory coupled to the digital processor; an interrupt controller coupled to the digital processor, wherein the interrupt controller is adapted to handle interrupts to the digital processor based upon information from a selected analog channel (A0..A31); wherein the information about the selected analog channel (A0...A31) comprises a channel number and a sample ready; an analog-to-digital converter having a plurality of pipelined stages for converting a sampled analog signal from the selected analog channel (A0..A31) to a digital representation thereof; characterized by a plurality of pipelined registers (340a..g) arranged to transfer the information from the selected analog channel (A0..A31) from one register (340a..g) to a next register (340a..g) at each clock pulse thereto, wherein transfer time through each of the plurality of pipelined registers (340a..g) is the same as delay time through each of the plurality of pipelined stages of the ADC and a circuit for selecting one of the plurality of pipelined registers (34-a..g), wherein a conversion ready delay time of the information from the selected analog channel (A0..A31) is equal to the delay time at the selected one of the plurality of pipelined registers (340a..g), whereby the information from the selected analog channel (A0..A31) is available to the interrupt controller after the conversion ready delay time.
An implantable medical device for determining an atrial arrhythmia event, comprising: a cardiac sensing device comprising a housing having circuitry positioned therein; electrodes (32, 34) electrically coupled to the circuitry to sense a cardiac signal; and a processor configured to generate an initial detection of an atrial arrhythmia event in response to an atrial arrhythmia threshold, determine whether a P-wave occurs during the initial detection, determine an adaptive threshold in response to the P-wave being detected, adjust the atrial arrhythmia threshold in response to the adaptive threshold, and generate a subsequent initial detection of an atrial arrhythmia event using the adjusted atrial arrhythmia threshold. a cardiac sensing device comprising a housing having circuitry positioned therein; electrodes (32, 34) electrically coupled to the circuitry to sense a cardiac signal; and a processor configured to generate an initial detection of an atrial arrhythmia event in response to an atrial arrhythmia threshold, determine whether a P-wave occurs during the initial detection, determine an adaptive threshold in response to the P-wave being detected, adjust the atrial arrhythmia threshold in response to the adaptive threshold, and generate a subsequent initial detection of an atrial arrhythmia event using the adjusted atrial arrhythmia threshold.
An optical measuring device (1, 400, 500) comprising: a first light source that emits light having a first wavelength and exciting a fluorescent substance included in a sample emitting autofluorescence, and generating fluorescence in a fluorescence wavelength region; a second light source that emits light having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength and having lower excitation efficiency for the fluorescent substance than the first light; a detection unit that detects a first intensity of fluorescence generated when the sample is irradiated with the first light, and a second intensity of fluorescence generated when the sample is irradiated with the second light; and a control unit, characterized in that the control unit calculates an amount of the fluorescent substance based on the intensities of the examined light detected by the detection unit in response to the light having the plurality of wavelengths using a difference or ratio between the first intensity and the second intensity, by using said difference or ratio to separate the fluorescence originated from the fluorescent substance which is superimposed on the autofluorescence of the sample, and the first intensity and the second intensity are spectrum intensities of fluorescence at the same wavelength. a first light source that emits light having a first wavelength and exciting a fluorescent substance included in a sample emitting autofluorescence, and generating fluorescence in a fluorescence wavelength region; a second light source that emits light having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength and having lower excitation efficiency for the fluorescent substance than the first light; a detection unit that detects a first intensity of fluorescence generated when the sample is irradiated with the first light, and a second intensity of fluorescence generated when the sample is irradiated with the second light; and a control unit, characterized in that the control unit calculates an amount of the fluorescent substance based on the intensities of the examined light detected by the detection unit in response to the light having the plurality of wavelengths using a difference or ratio between the first intensity and the second intensity, by using said difference or ratio to separate the fluorescence originated from the fluorescent substance which is superimposed on the autofluorescence of the sample, and the first intensity and the second intensity are spectrum intensities of fluorescence at the same wavelength.
Method for ascertaining control parameters in a computer-assisted manner for a favorable action of a technical system, comprising the method steps of: - detecting an initial state and a surrounding area of the technical system by means of at least one sensor, - generating a physical simulation model of the technical system and its surrounding area, - ascertaining a target state for the technical system, - simulating various combinations of action steps of the technical system by means of the physical simulation model, on the basis of the initial state and with respect to the target state, control parameters of the technical system for carrying out the action steps being varied, and outputting respective resultant simulation data, - training a machine learning routine on the basis of the respective resultant simulation data and by means of an evaluation of a respective action step, - ascertaining an optimized combination of action steps on the basis of the trained machine learning routine, the optimized combination of action steps being assigned a favorable evaluation, and - outputting the control parameters of the optimized combination of action steps for controlling the technical system. - detecting an initial state and a surrounding area of the technical system by means of at least one sensor, - generating a physical simulation model of the technical system and its surrounding area, - ascertaining a target state for the technical system, - simulating various combinations of action steps of the technical system by means of the physical simulation model, on the basis of the initial state and with respect to the target state, control parameters of the technical system for carrying out the action steps being varied, and outputting respective resultant simulation data, - training a machine learning routine on the basis of the respective resultant simulation data and by means of an evaluation of a respective action step, - ascertaining an optimized combination of action steps on the basis of the trained machine learning routine, the optimized combination of action steps being assigned a favorable evaluation, and - outputting the control parameters of the optimized combination of action steps for controlling the technical system.