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A pen needle assembly, comprising: an outer shell having a first end adapted to engage a patient's skin at an injection site; a hub movably disposed within said outer shell; a needle rigidly fixed to said hub and having a patient end for piercing the skin at the injection site; and an adhesive layer disposed on said hub for contacting the skin at the injection site; an inner shell within the outer shell, characterized by a first spring having a first end connected to said outer shell to retract said inner shell, a second spring having a first end connected to said inner shell and a second end connected to said hub, wherein said hub moves downwardly during an injection to adhere said adhesive layer on a patient's skin and moves upwardly to raise the patient's skin to facilitate the injection. an outer shell having a first end adapted to engage a patient's skin at an injection site; a hub movably disposed within said outer shell; a needle rigidly fixed to said hub and having a patient end for piercing the skin at the injection site; and an adhesive layer disposed on said hub for contacting the skin at the injection site; an inner shell within the outer shell, characterized by a first spring having a first end connected to said outer shell to retract said inner shell, a second spring having a first end connected to said inner shell and a second end connected to said hub, wherein said hub moves downwardly during an injection to adhere said adhesive layer on a patient's skin and moves upwardly to raise the patient's skin to facilitate the injection.
A process for preventing oxidation of a surface of an alloy article, comprising the steps of: activating at least one surface portion of an alloy article, wherein the alloy article comprises one or more of stainless steel, a nickel-base alloy, and a titanium-base alloy; wherein activating the at least one surface of the alloy article involves immersing the alloy article in an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, wherein the liquid pH value of the solution ranges from about +4 to about -1; and contacting the at least one surface portion of the alloy article with a liquid comprising ethanol for temporarily preventing formation of a passivating layer on the at least one surface portion. activating at least one surface portion of an alloy article, wherein the alloy article comprises one or more of stainless steel, a nickel-base alloy, and a titanium-base alloy; wherein activating the at least one surface of the alloy article involves immersing the alloy article in an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, wherein the liquid pH value of the solution ranges from about +4 to about -1; and contacting the at least one surface portion of the alloy article with a liquid comprising ethanol for temporarily preventing formation of a passivating layer on the at least one surface portion.
A vehicle side airbag device comprising: a side airbag (20; 50) that is formed with a bag-shaped airbag main body portion (30; 56) by stitching a base cloth (24, 26, 28; 52, 54), the inside of the airbag main body portion being partitioned into at least a chest chamber and a waist chamber; an inflator that supplies gas to the chest chamber (34; 60) inside and to the waist chamber (36; 62) inside in the event of a vehicle side-on collision, thereby inflating and deploying the side airbag such that the chest chamber (34; 60) is present between the chest of an occupant (p) and a vehicle body side portion, and the waist chamber is present between the waist of the occupant (p) and a vehicle body side portion; and a vent hole portion (40, 70) that is provided to the side airbag by interrupting a portion of the stitching, and that places the chest chamber inside in communication with the airbag main body portion outside; characterized by a pair of tongue portions (24A, 28A; 52A, 54A) that extend out integrally in a tongue shape from peripheral edge portions of the base cloth adjacent on either side of the vent hole portion, and that is inserted inside the chest chamber (34; 60) through the vent hole portion, the pair of tongue portions (24A, 28A; 52A, 54A) facing each other inside the chest chamber (34; 60). a side airbag (20; 50) that is formed with a bag-shaped airbag main body portion (30; 56) by stitching a base cloth (24, 26, 28; 52, 54), the inside of the airbag main body portion being partitioned into at least a chest chamber and a waist chamber; an inflator that supplies gas to the chest chamber (34; 60) inside and to the waist chamber (36; 62) inside in the event of a vehicle side-on collision, thereby inflating and deploying the side airbag such that the chest chamber (34; 60) is present between the chest of an occupant (p) and a vehicle body side portion, and the waist chamber is present between the waist of the occupant (p) and a vehicle body side portion; and a vent hole portion (40, 70) that is provided to the side airbag by interrupting a portion of the stitching, and that places the chest chamber inside in communication with the airbag main body portion outside; characterized by a pair of tongue portions (24A, 28A; 52A, 54A) that extend out integrally in a tongue shape from peripheral edge portions of the base cloth adjacent on either side of the vent hole portion, and that is inserted inside the chest chamber (34; 60) through the vent hole portion, the pair of tongue portions (24A, 28A; 52A, 54A) facing each other inside the chest chamber (34; 60).
Hoeing device intended to be towed by a vehicle by means of a frame coupled to a deformable parallelogram, a connecting member being interposed between the frame and the deformable parallelogram, which comprises a top beam and a bottom beam carrying at least one hoeing tool as well as means for running on the ground, said beams being connected by at least one pair of links, characterised in that said links extend from one beam to another while being inclined, from the top beam to the bottom beam, forwards in the direction of forward movement of the device, and in that the connecting member has a point of anchoring with the deformable parallelogram situated at a height less than or equal to that of the bottom beam.
A method for providing a shared user interface, the method comprising: accessing a user interface application programming interface that selectively activates common user interface dialogs upon request by a client via the user interface application programming interface wherein the client is a software application running on a computing device and utilizing landmark information; and accessing information from a storage requested by the application, wherein untrusted applications access information only via the user interface application programming interface through the common user interface dialogs while trusted applications access information either via the user interface application programming interface through the common user interface dialogs or via a storage application programming interface and wherein accessing information requested by the application comprises accessing landmark information from a landmark storage. accessing a user interface application programming interface that selectively activates common user interface dialogs upon request by a client via the user interface application programming interface wherein the client is a software application running on a computing device and utilizing landmark information; and accessing information from a storage requested by the application, wherein untrusted applications access information only via the user interface application programming interface through the common user interface dialogs while trusted applications access information either via the user interface application programming interface through the common user interface dialogs or via a storage application programming interface and wherein accessing information requested by the application comprises accessing landmark information from a landmark storage.
A voltage source converter comprising: first and second DC terminals (12, 14) for connection to a DC network; and at least one converter limb, the or each converter limb extending between and being connected to the first and second DC terminals (12, 14) and including first and second limb portions (20, 22) separated by a respective AC terminal for connection to a corresponding phase of an AC network, each first limb portion extending between the first DC terminal and corresponding AC terminal, each second limb portion extending between and being connected to the second DC terminal and corresponding AC terminal; the voltage source converter being characterized in that each limb portion (20, 22) includes a respective chain-link converter defined by a plurality of series-connected switching modules configured to operate in combination to provide a stepped variable voltage source; and in that it further comprises a control apparatus configured to coordinate operation of the chain-link converters to cause an exchange of power between the DC and AC networks (16, 26), the control apparatus being configured to evaluate a combined performance of the switching modules within at least one chain-link converter and being configured to modify a coordinated operation of the chain-link converters when the combined performance of the said switching modules becomes degraded to a predetermined extent by varying active and/or reactive power transfer demands (P *, Q *) that the voltage source converter is required to provide. first and second DC terminals (12, 14) for connection to a DC network; and at least one converter limb, the or each converter limb extending between and being connected to the first and second DC terminals (12, 14) and including first and second limb portions (20, 22) separated by a respective AC terminal for connection to a corresponding phase of an AC network, each first limb portion extending between the first DC terminal and corresponding AC terminal, each second limb portion extending between and being connected to the second DC terminal and corresponding AC terminal; the voltage source converter being characterized in that each limb portion (20, 22) includes a respective chain-link converter defined by a plurality of series-connected switching modules configured to operate in combination to provide a stepped variable voltage source; and in that it further comprises a control apparatus configured to coordinate operation of the chain-link converters to cause an exchange of power between the DC and AC networks (16, 26), the control apparatus being configured to evaluate a combined performance of the switching modules within at least one chain-link converter and being configured to modify a coordinated operation of the chain-link converters when the combined performance of the said switching modules becomes degraded to a predetermined extent by varying active and/or reactive power transfer demands (P *, Q *) that the voltage source converter is required to provide.
A method for purifying a capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus agalactiae comprising a step of filtration using an adherent filter, wherein the method does not include a step of cationic detergent treatment to precipitate the capsular polysaccharide followed by a step of re-solubilization of the capsular polysaccharide.
Method for in vitro diagnosing high grade PrCa (HG PrCa), PrCa Met and CRPC prostate cancer in a human individual comprising: - determining the expression of DLX1; and - establishing up or down regulation of expression of DLX1 as compared to expression of DLX1 in a sample from an individual without prostate cancer; thereby providing said in vitro diagnosis of high grade PrCa (HG PrCa), PrCa Met and CRPC prostate cancer. - determining the expression of DLX1; and - establishing up or down regulation of expression of DLX1 as compared to expression of DLX1 in a sample from an individual without prostate cancer;
A hollow-fiber membrane module comprising: a cylindrical case having a first end and a second end in a height direction, a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes housed in the cylindrical case, and a first potting part which bonds end parts of the plurality of hollow-fiber membranes located on the first end side of the cylindrical case while the end parts being open, wherein the hollow-fiber membrane is a porous hollow-fiber membrane and has a breaking strength of 25 MPa or more, and a pure-water permeation performance at 50 kPa and 25°C is 0.7 m 3 /m 2 /hr or more, both being determined as described herein, a membrane area per unit volume of the hollow-fiber membrane module is from 800 to 2,300 m 2 /m 3, determined as described herein, in a cross-section which perpendicularly intersects the height direction of the cylindrical case, a filling ratio of the hollow-fiber membranes is from 25% to 38%, determined as described herein, the hollow-fiber membrane contains polyvinylidene fluoride, the hollow-fiber membrane has a columnar texture oriented in a longitudinal direction thereof, the columnar texture has a short-side length of from 0.5 μm to 3 μm, wherein the short-side length is an average length in the short-side direction of the columnar texture and is determined as described herein, an aspect ratio of the columnar texture is 3 or more, a thickness uniformity of the columnar texture is 0.60 or more, determined as described herein, and the outside diameter of the hollow-fiber membrane is from 0.8 to 1.2 mm. a cylindrical case having a first end and a second end in a height direction, a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes housed in the cylindrical case, and a first potting part which bonds end parts of the plurality of hollow-fiber membranes located on the first end side of the cylindrical case while the end parts being open, wherein the hollow-fiber membrane is a porous hollow-fiber membrane and has a breaking strength of 25 MPa or more, and a pure-water permeation performance at 50 kPa and 25°C is 0.7 m 3 /m 2 /hr or more, both being determined as described herein, a membrane area per unit volume of the hollow-fiber membrane module is from 800 to 2,300 m 2 /m 3, determined as described herein, in a cross-section which perpendicularly intersects the height direction of the cylindrical case, a filling ratio of the hollow-fiber membranes is from 25% to 38%, determined as described herein, the hollow-fiber membrane contains polyvinylidene fluoride, the hollow-fiber membrane has a columnar texture oriented in a longitudinal direction thereof, the columnar texture has a short-side length of from 0.5 μm to 3 μm, wherein the short-side length is an average length in the short-side direction of the columnar texture and is determined as described herein, an aspect ratio of the columnar texture is 3 or more, a thickness uniformity of the columnar texture is 0.60 or more, determined as described herein, and the outside diameter of the hollow-fiber membrane is from 0.8 to 1.2 mm.
A method for feeding livestock with a liquid feed, wherein the method comprises the following steps: • providing a milk cart which comprises a storage container having a store of the liquid feed, a detection apparatus for detecting an identifier assigned to a drinking container, and a dosing controller for automatically dispensing a defined quantity of the liquid feed from the storage container into a drinking container, • identifying a drinking container that is assigned to a particular animal or to a particular group of animals by means of the detection apparatus and filling the identified drinking container with a filling quantity of the liquid feed at a first point in time by means of the dosing controller, • storing the filling quantity for later traceability of the feed quantity offered to the particular animal or to the particular group of animals, • re-identifying the drinking container by means of the detection apparatus and ascertaining a residual quantity contained in the drinking container at a second, later point in time, wherein the residual quantity is ascertained by means of an apparatus of the milk cart for ascertaining a residual quantity, • calculating a consumed quantity of the liquid feed as a difference between the filling quantity and the residual quantity. • providing a milk cart which comprises a storage container having a store of the liquid feed, a detection apparatus for detecting an identifier assigned to a drinking container, and a dosing controller for automatically dispensing a defined quantity of the liquid feed from the storage container into a drinking container, • identifying a drinking container that is assigned to a particular animal or to a particular group of animals by means of the detection apparatus and filling the identified drinking container with a filling quantity of the liquid feed at a first point in time by means of the dosing controller, • storing the filling quantity for later traceability of the feed quantity offered to the particular animal or to the particular group of animals, • re-identifying the drinking container by means of the detection apparatus and ascertaining a residual quantity contained in the drinking container at a second, later point in time, wherein the residual quantity is ascertained by means of an apparatus of the milk cart for ascertaining a residual quantity, • calculating a consumed quantity of the liquid feed as a difference between the filling quantity and the residual quantity.
A method for executing a handover in a communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by a target access system of a first radio access technology, RAT, which is different from a second RAT, from a source access system of the second RAT, cell information including a cell identifier related to a cell of the source access system involved in a handover preparation procedure; detecting, by the target access system, that a too-early inter-RAT handover to a target cell in the target access system is triggered, and transmitting, by the target access system to the source access system, a message including the cell identifier in response to detection of the too-early inter-RAT handover, wherein the cell information is used to identify the cell of the source access system involved in the too-early inter-RAT handover. receiving, by a target access system of a first radio access technology, RAT, which is different from a second RAT, from a source access system of the second RAT, cell information including a cell identifier related to a cell of the source access system involved in a handover preparation procedure; detecting, by the target access system, that a too-early inter-RAT handover to a target cell in the target access system is triggered, and transmitting, by the target access system to the source access system, a message including the cell identifier in response to detection of the too-early inter-RAT handover, wherein the cell information is used to identify the cell of the source access system involved in the too-early inter-RAT handover.
A grommet (20, 30), substantially consisting of a head, a tip and a tubular sleeve therebetween, wherein the head can be formed as a washer or as a stop collar, and the tip narrows substantially conically or in a tapered manner from the sleeve diameter to a smaller diameter, wherein the grommet (20, 30) has a sensor arrangement with at least one RFID transponder with antenna and a sensor operatively connected to the transponder, characterized in that the sensor arrangement is attached flatly to the outside of the sleeve, to the washer h or to the tip, as a result of which the sensor can be introduced in a defined installation position and depth in a layer of a roof structure.
A positive resist composition, which comprises: a resin having a monocyclic or polycyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon structure of which solubility in an alkali developer increases under an action of an acid; a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; a resin which does not contain a hydrophilic group; and a solvent wherein the added amount of resin is from 0.1 to 5 mass% based on the entire solid content of the resin composition, wherein the resin has a repeating unit represented by formula (Ia): wherein Rf represents a fluorine atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group with at least one hydrogen atom being substituted by a fluorine atom; R 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; and R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or wherein the resin has a repeating unit represented by formula and a repeating unit represented by formula: wherein Rf represents a fluorine atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group with at least one hydrogen atom being substituted by a fluorine atom; R 3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenyl group; R 4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted trialkylsilyl group or a group having a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic siloxane structure; L 6 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; 0<m<100; and 0<n<100. a resin having a monocyclic or polycyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon structure of which solubility in an alkali developer increases under an action of an acid; a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation; a resin which does not contain a hydrophilic group; and a solvent
A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite component comprising: providing a formed ceramic member having a cavity and at least one internal passage; characterized in that the method further comprises: applying a barrier layer adjacent to or covering the internal passage to seal off the internal passage, the barrier layer in combination with the formed ceramic member creating the cavity of the formed ceramic member; filling at least a portion of the cavity which operations as a mold with a ceramic foam; and processing the formed ceramic member and ceramic foam to obtain a ceramic matrix composite component; wherein the barrier layer includes at least one tab member, wherein the tab member adheres to the mold of the formed ceramic member. applying a barrier layer adjacent to or covering the internal passage to seal off the internal passage, the barrier layer in combination with the formed ceramic member creating the cavity of the formed ceramic member; filling at least a portion of the cavity which operations as a mold with a ceramic foam; and processing the formed ceramic member and ceramic foam to obtain a ceramic matrix composite component; wherein the barrier layer includes at least one tab member, wherein the tab member adheres to the mold of the formed ceramic member.