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An anion exchange membrane for electrodialysis comprising a microporous membrane support having a porous first side and a porous second side and a continuous porous structure extending from said first side to said second side, the porous structure of the membrane support having a rated pore size from 0,05 microns to 10 microns; and a crosslinked ion transferring polymer completely filling said porous structure, said polymer formed in the porous structure and comprising the polymerization product of at least one ionogenic monomer, a neutral monomer, and a multifunctional crosslinking monomer; wherein the microporous support is manufactured frompolyolefins or polyvinylidene fluoride; wherein the neutral monomer is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethylacrylate, hydroxyethylmethacrylate and vinylbenzyl chloride; and the ionogenic monomer has at least one positively charged group.
A beverage capsule for use in preparing a drip-style beverage in a high pressure beverage preparing machine, the beverage capsule comprising: a body having a sidewall and a base defining an interior space; a first opening defined at one end of said body opposing said base, said first opening being covered by a first cover; a second opening defined in said base, said second opening being covered by a second cover; a filter disposed in said interior space a pre-determined distance away from said base; ingredients disposed in said interior space between said first opening and said filter for preparing a desired beverage, characterized in that said ingredients have a statistical arithmetic mean particle size that is greater than 600 microns, with at least 80 percent of said ingredients having a particle size in the range of 833 microns to 589 microns. a body having a sidewall and a base defining an interior space; a first opening defined at one end of said body opposing said base, said first opening being covered by a first cover; a second opening defined in said base, said second opening being covered by a second cover; a filter disposed in said interior space a pre-determined distance away from said base; ingredients disposed in said interior space between said first opening and said filter for preparing a desired beverage, characterized in that said ingredients have a statistical arithmetic mean particle size that is greater than 600 microns, with at least 80 percent of said ingredients having a particle size in the range of 833 microns to 589 microns.
An aircraft pressurized air system, comprising: a compressor that receives and compresses outside air; an air cycle machine that receives compressed air from the compressor and directs conditioned air to an aircraft pressurized zone; and a contaminant sensor configured to be disposed along an air flow path between the compressor and the aircraft pressurized zone, characterized by the contaminant sensor comprising an optical guide (302,304), a metal organic framework on an exterior surface of the optical guide in operative fluid communication with air from the air flow path, a light source in communication with the optical guide at a first end of the optical guide, and a light detector in communication with the optical guide at a second end of the optical guide; and wherein the optical guide comprises a fiber optic element including a core comprising an optical material with a first refractive index, said metal organic framework on a first exterior surface portion of the core, and a cladding optically coupled to a second exterior surface portion of the core, said cladding comprising an optical material with a second refractive index lower than the first refractive index and configured to reflect light from the core at an interface between the core and the cladding. a compressor that receives and compresses outside air; an air cycle machine that receives compressed air from the compressor and directs conditioned air to an aircraft pressurized zone; and a contaminant sensor configured to be disposed along an air flow path between the compressor and the aircraft pressurized zone, characterized by the contaminant sensor comprising an optical guide (302,304), a metal organic framework on an exterior surface of the optical guide in operative fluid communication with air from the air flow path, a light source in communication with the optical guide at a first end of the optical guide, and a light detector in communication with the optical guide at a second end of the optical guide; and wherein the optical guide comprises a fiber optic element including a core comprising an optical material with a first refractive index, said metal organic framework on a first exterior surface portion of the core, and a cladding optically coupled to a second exterior surface portion of the core, said cladding comprising an optical material with a second refractive index lower than the first refractive index and configured to reflect light from the core at an interface between the core and the cladding.
A method for diagnosis and/or prognosis of multiple sclerosis in a subject,comprising the steps of: a) incubating oligodendrocyte cells in the presence of a differentiation stimulus with a suitable amount of a biological sample obtained from the subject; b) measuring the amount of one or more molecular species in said incubated oligodendrocyte cells, one of said molecular species being mAChR M1; c) comparing the measured amount of said molecular species to a proper control and optionally d) assessing the cellular localization of olig-2 and comparing the cellular localization of olig-2 to a proper control. a) incubating oligodendrocyte cells in the presence of a differentiation stimulus with a suitable amount of a biological sample obtained from the subject; b) measuring the amount of one or more molecular species in said incubated oligodendrocyte cells, one of said molecular species being mAChR M1; c) comparing the measured amount of said molecular species to a proper control and optionally d) assessing the cellular localization of olig-2 and comparing the cellular localization of olig-2 to a proper control.
An inflatable water-based motorised device docking station comprising: a V-shaped or U-shaped inflatable tube configurable to form an open ended area to receive a water-based surface and underwater handheld motorised transport device or a jet-ski; a floor area coupled to and substantially surrounded by the inflatable tube encompassing a range of 50-70% of an axial length with a margin of ±20% along each side of a V-shaped or U-shaped inflatable tube; and a ballast bag with a dump arrangement attached to the floor area and configured to stabilise the inflatable water-based motorised device docking station. a V-shaped or U-shaped inflatable tube configurable to form an open ended area to receive a water-based surface and underwater handheld motorised transport device or a jet-ski; a floor area coupled to and substantially surrounded by the inflatable tube encompassing a range of 50-70% of an axial length with a margin of ±20% along each side of a V-shaped or U-shaped inflatable tube; and a ballast bag with a dump arrangement attached to the floor area and configured to stabilise the inflatable water-based motorised device docking station.
An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, comprising: a housing having an opening formed in a rear surface thereof and an air outlet formed in a front surface thereof; a heat exchanger covering the opening of the rear surface of the housing from an inside of the housing; a fan motor support member having an air-sending device fixed to a center portion thereof, an upper end part of the fan motor support member above the air- sending device having a locking section formed with a downward groove, and a lower end part of the fan motor support member below the air-sending device being fixed onto a bottom panel of the housing; characterized in that a size adjustment section has a downward groove, wherein the size adjustment section is fitted into the downward groove of the locking section of the motor support member in accordance with a height and a thickness of the heat exchanger and the upper end of the heat exchanger is fitted into the downward groove of the size adjustment section fitted into the downward groove of the locking section. a housing having an opening formed in a rear surface thereof and an air outlet formed in a front surface thereof; a heat exchanger covering the opening of the rear surface of the housing from an inside of the housing; a fan motor support member having an air-sending device fixed to a center portion thereof, an upper end part of the fan motor support member above the air- sending device having a locking section formed with a downward groove, and a lower end part of the fan motor support member below the air-sending device being fixed onto a bottom panel of the housing; characterized in that a size adjustment section has a downward groove, wherein the size adjustment section is fitted into the downward groove of the locking section of the motor support member in accordance with a height and a thickness of the heat exchanger and the upper end of the heat exchanger is fitted into the downward groove of the size adjustment section fitted into the downward groove of the locking section.
An electrical installation (1a, 1b), comprising - a control cabinet (2, 2a, 2b), - a circuit breaker arranged in the control cabinet (2, 2a, 2b) and - at least one optical trigger device (4a, 4b) operatively connected to the circuit breaker, which is designed to trigger or switch off the circuit breaker upon optical detection of an arc, characterized in that - a detection device for detecting access to a secured area of the electrical installation (1a, 1b) by detecting the presence of the at least one optical trigger device (4a, 4b) in a danger zone of the electrical installation (1a, 1b) and - an electronic circuit, which is connected to the detection device and enables the circuit breaker to be triggered or switched off by the at least one optical trigger device (4a, 4b) when the optical trigger device (4a, 4b) is present in the danger zone, and prevents the circuit breaker to be triggered or switched off in other cases, - wherein an operative connection between the circuit breaker and the optical trigger device (4a, 4b) is established wirelessly. - a control cabinet (2, 2a, 2b), - a circuit breaker arranged in the control cabinet (2, 2a, 2b) and - at least one optical trigger device (4a, 4b) operatively connected to the circuit breaker, which is designed to trigger or switch off the circuit breaker upon optical detection of an arc, characterized in that - a detection device for detecting access to a secured area of the electrical installation (1a, 1b) by detecting the presence of the at least one optical trigger device (4a, 4b) in a danger zone of the electrical installation (1a, 1b) and - an electronic circuit, which is connected to the detection device and enables the circuit breaker to be triggered or switched off by the at least one optical trigger device (4a, 4b) when the optical trigger device (4a, 4b) is present in the danger zone, and prevents the circuit breaker to be triggered or switched off in other cases, - wherein an operative connection between the circuit breaker and the optical trigger device (4a, 4b) is established wirelessly.
An arrangement of at least two adjacently arranged and identically constructed layer structures for a magnetoresistive magnetic field sensor, each layer structure comprising at least one antiferromagnetic layer, a first ferromagnetic layer with a first magnetic moment, wherein exchange coupling is present between the antiferromagnetic layer and the first ferromagnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer with a second magnetic moment, wherein the second ferromagnetic layer is antiparallel coupled with the first ferromagnetic layer via a non-magnetic coupling layer arranged between the first and second ferromagnetic layers (116, 120), wherein the magnetisations of the corresponding first and corresponding second ferromagnetic layers (116, 120) of the layer structures arranged adjacently with a centre-to-centre distance □D of 50 μm or less differs from one another, in particular is of substantially mutually opposed orientation, characterised in that the different magnetisations of all corresponding ferromagnetic layers (116, 120) of the adjacent layer structures of the adjacent layer structures were simultaneously established in one pinning step.
An oil purifying apparatus for thermally decomposing an organic substance with superheated steam and purifying oil from gas components generated by the thermal decomposition, comprising: a heat treatment container for storing the organic substance; and a superheated steam generating part for generating the superheated steam to be supplied into the heat treatment container, wherein the superheated steam generating part is provided in the heat treatment container, wherein the superheated steam generating part comprises: a conductor pipe having an inlet port for introducing water or steam into the superheated steam generating part and an outlet port for deriving the superheated steam; and an electrically heating mechanism for electrically heating the conductor pipe and causing the superheated steam to be generated; and the conductor pipe is formed to have a straight pipe shape and a plurality of outlet ports are provided along a flow path direction in an outer surface of the conductor pipe; characterized in that the electrically heating mechanism comprises: a first power supply member connected to one end side of the conductor pipe; a second power supply member connected to the other end side of the conductor pipe; and an AC power supply for applying an AC voltage between the first power supply member and the second power supply member, wherein the second power supply member has a covering body covering substantially entire circumference of an outer circumferential surface from the other end side to the one end side of the conductor pipe, and wherein an end of the other end side is electrically connected to the conductor pipe. a heat treatment container for storing the organic substance; and a superheated steam generating part for generating the superheated steam to be supplied into the heat treatment container, wherein the superheated steam generating part is provided in the heat treatment container, wherein the superheated steam generating part comprises: a conductor pipe having an inlet port for introducing water or steam into the superheated steam generating part and an outlet port for deriving the superheated steam; and an electrically heating mechanism for electrically heating the conductor pipe and causing the superheated steam to be generated; and the conductor pipe is formed to have a straight pipe shape and a plurality of outlet ports are provided along a flow path direction in an outer surface of the conductor pipe; characterized in that the electrically heating mechanism comprises: a first power supply member connected to one end side of the conductor pipe; a second power supply member connected to the other end side of the conductor pipe; and an AC power supply for applying an AC voltage between the first power supply member and the second power supply member, wherein the second power supply member has a covering body covering substantially entire circumference of an outer circumferential surface from the other end side to the one end side of the conductor pipe, and wherein an end of the other end side is electrically connected to the conductor pipe.
A game server which connects to a client terminal through a network and receives information relating to a game play operation on the client terminal to carry out a game process and then transmits output image data obtained as a result of the game process to the client terminal which requests the output image data, comprising: an input information reception unit configured to acquire information relating to the game play operation as input information; an information processing unit configured to carry out the game process on a basis of the input information to generate output image data; and a data transmission unit configured to transmit the output image data to the client terminal; wherein the information processing unit is configured to: adaptively adjust a difficulty of the game and a quality of the output image data in response to a communication situation with the client terminal; and adjust a predetermined decision time period of the game process based on an adjustment amount to adjust the difficulty of the game when the communication situation deteriorates from a predetermined communication situation, wherein the information processing unit is configured to calculate a magnitude of the adjustment amount in dependence upon a magnitude of a difference between a value of a parameter indicative of the communication situation and a predetermined reference value of the parameter associated with the predetermined communication situation. an input information reception unit configured to acquire information relating to the game play operation as input information; an information processing unit configured to carry out the game process on a basis of the input information to generate output image data; and a data transmission unit configured to transmit the output image data to the client terminal; adaptively adjust a difficulty of the game and a quality of the output image data in response to a communication situation with the client terminal; and adjust a predetermined decision time period of the game process based on an adjustment amount to adjust the difficulty of the game when the communication situation deteriorates from a predetermined communication situation,
Method for controlling the distribution and compaction of crops in a flat silo, in which a controller - determines in dependence on first input variables, which reproduce material properties of the crop, a dry substance density D Mdry to be achieved, - determines a compacting pressure p d that can be generated as a maximum by evaluating second input variables, which reproduce operating properties and/or specifications of a silo vehicle used for the compaction, - determines on the basis of the determined dry substance density D Mdry to be achieved and the determined maximum compacting pressure p d that can be generated a maximum permissible layer thickness d max for carrying out the distributing and compacting operation, - determines in a location-specific manner a layer thickness d akt applied at the time while carrying out the distributing and compacting operation, - carries out a comparison between the determined maximum permissible layer thickness d max and the layer thickness d akt applied at the time, determined in a location-specific manner, in order to determine a target layer thickness d soll of the crop that is optimized in a location-specific manner for carrying out the distributing and compacting operation, and - activates an adjusting device of a distributing tool, provided on the silo vehicle, for the purpose of making the layer thickness d akt applied at the time, determined in a location-specific manner, match the optimized layer thickness d soll, determined in a location-specific manner. - determines in dependence on first input variables, which reproduce material properties of the crop, a dry substance density D Mdry to be achieved, - determines a compacting pressure p d that can be generated as a maximum by evaluating second input variables, which reproduce operating properties and/or specifications of a silo vehicle used for the compaction, - determines on the basis of the determined dry substance density D Mdry to be achieved and the determined maximum compacting pressure p d that can be generated a maximum permissible layer thickness d max for carrying out the distributing and compacting operation, - determines in a location-specific manner a layer thickness d akt applied at the time while carrying out the distributing and compacting operation, - carries out a comparison between the determined maximum permissible layer thickness d max and the layer thickness d akt applied at the time, determined in a location-specific manner, in order to determine a target layer thickness d soll of the crop that is optimized in a location-specific manner for carrying out the distributing and compacting operation, and - activates an adjusting device of a distributing tool, provided on the silo vehicle, for the purpose of making the layer thickness d akt applied at the time, determined in a location-specific manner, match the optimized layer thickness d soll, determined in a location-specific manner.
A method of sending information in a communication system, comprising: mapping first information to M most significant bits, MSBs, of a message, wherein the first information comprises channel quality indicator, CQI, information, where M is one or greater; mapping second information to N least significant bits, LSBs, of the message if the second information is sent with the first information, wherein the second information comprises acknowledgement, ACK, information, where N is one or greater; and encoding the message with a (20, K) block code, wherein K equals M if the first information is sent alone or wherein K equals M plus N if the first information is sent with the second information in the message, and wherein the second information is sent with the first information or not sent in the message. mapping first information to M most significant bits, MSBs, of a message, wherein the first information comprises channel quality indicator, CQI, information, where M is one or greater; mapping second information to N least significant bits, LSBs, of the message if the second information is sent with the first information, wherein the second information comprises acknowledgement, ACK, information, where N is one or greater; and encoding the message with a (20, K) block code, wherein K equals M if the first information is sent alone or wherein K equals M plus N if the first information is sent with the second information in the message, and wherein the second information is sent with the first information or not sent in the message.
An image removing device that removes an image comprising an image forming substance and formed on a surface of a plastic recording material, the image removing device comprising at least: means for applying an ultraviolet curable resin to the surface of the recording material on which the image is formed; and means for irradiating the recording material with ultraviolet light; wherein the image removing device has a configuration provided in such a way that the image formed on the recording material is transferred to the ultraviolet curable resin and the ultraviolet curable resin attaches to a release body and separates from the recording material, thereby lifting off and removing the image from the recording material. means for applying an ultraviolet curable resin to the surface of the recording material on which the image is formed; and means for irradiating the recording material with ultraviolet light; wherein the image removing device has a configuration provided in such a way that the image formed on the recording material is transferred to the ultraviolet curable resin and the ultraviolet curable resin attaches to a release body and separates from the recording material, thereby lifting off and removing the image from the recording material.