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A magnotherapy strap arranged to be tensioned around a calf of a user to thereby relieve stress suffered from restless legs syndrome, comprising; - a carrier, - one or more magnets provided in the carrier, - a band being attached to the carrier and being arranged to hold the carrier against a limb of a user, and - an eye provided at a first end of the band through which a second, free end of the band is threadable, so as to allow tensioning of the strap around the limb of the user, wherein the band is stretchable so as to allow stretching of the band along a direction of extension of the band characterized in that the band is provided with a pattern indicating a length of the band being threaded through the eye to thereby indicate a degree of tension being applied to the limb, such that the user may apply a desired tension to the limb, wherein the strap further comprises a tab provided at said first end of the band being opposite to the second, free end of the band, wherein the tab is arranged to form a padding between the eye and the limb of a user during use of the strap, and wherein the tab comprises a soft material. - a carrier, - one or more magnets provided in the carrier, - a band being attached to the carrier and being arranged to hold the carrier against a limb of a user, and - an eye provided at a first end of the band through which a second, free end of the band is threadable, so as to allow tensioning of the strap around the limb of the user,
A composite powder for use in selective laser sintering, comprising: a core particle comprising: a sulfonated polyester matrix; and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix; and a shell polymer disposed about the core particle; wherein the silver nanoparticle is present in the composite powder in a range from 0.5 ppm to 50,000 ppm; and further wherein the composite powder has a particle size of from 10 microns to 300 microns, as measured with a Coulter Counter. a core particle comprising: a sulfonated polyester matrix; and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix; and a shell polymer disposed about the core particle; a sulfonated polyester matrix; and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix; and a shell polymer disposed about the core particle; wherein the silver nanoparticle is present in the composite powder in a range from 0.5 ppm to 50,000 ppm; and further wherein the composite powder has a particle size of from 10 microns to 300 microns, as measured with a Coulter Counter.
Device for supplying a purified liquid to an air treatment device housed in an equipment comprising supply means adapted to be coupled in a sealed manner to an outlet orifice, a reservoir containing a liquid and housed in said equipment in a removable manner by an opening defined in a wall, and to a supply orifice of said air treatment device, the device being characterized in that it comprises sanitation means adapted to be placed in said air treatment device equipment behind a housing controlling access to said opening, and arranged to sanitize said liquid contained in said reservoir by a selected treatment, said sanitizing means being arranged to carry out a light treatment, said housing being made of a translucent material capable of letting through a part of the light produced by said sanitizing means of the liquid supply device during a treatment.
A nonaqueous electrolyte comprising a lithium salt, an organic solvent having dissolved therein the lithium salt, and at least one compound represented by general formula: wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, and R 5 each independently represent an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, a formyl group, a sulfo group, -SiR 9 R 10 R 11, or a phosphate group, the aliphatic hydrocarbon group optionally having the alkylene moiety thereof, inclusive of the moiety bonded to the benzene ring, interrupted by -O-, -CO-, -OCO-, -COO-, -O-CO-O-, -NR-, -S-, -SO-, -SO 2 -, -NR-CO-, or -CO-NR- at 1 to 3 sites provided that the interrupting groups do not join each other, at least one of R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, and R 5 being an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms substituted with at least one halogen atom; R 8 represents an n-valent group; R 6, R 7, R 9, R 10, and R 11 each independently represent an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 1 to 3. wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, and R 5 each independently represent an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, a nitrile group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, a thiol group, a formyl group, a sulfo group, -SiR 9 R 10 R 11, or a phosphate group, the aliphatic hydrocarbon group optionally having the alkylene moiety thereof, inclusive of the moiety bonded to the benzene ring, interrupted by -O-, -CO-, -OCO-, -COO-, -O-CO-O-, -NR-, -S-, -SO-, -SO 2 -, -NR-CO-, or -CO-NR- at 1 to 3 sites provided that the interrupting groups do not join each other, at least one of R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, and R 5 being an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms substituted with at least one halogen atom; R 8 represents an n-valent group; R 6, R 7, R 9, R 10, and R 11 each independently represent an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of 1 to 3.
Use of a combination of an aminopolycarboxylic acid or salt thererof with a carboxylic acid having only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in its molecule or salt thererof as retarder for calcium sulfoaluminate belite cements.
Transparent effect pigment comprising a non-metallic platelet-shaped substrate and a coating applied to the substrate, the coating having a) optionally a layer 1 comprising and/or consisting of tin oxide, tin hydroxide and/or tin oxide hydrate, b) a layer 2 comprising at least one metal oxide, metal hydroxide and/or metal oxide hydrate, c) a layer 3 comprising at least one metal oxide, metal hydroxide and/or metal oxide hydrate, and at least one of layers 2 or 3 contains at least two different metal ions and layers 2 and 3 are interrupted by a spacer layer, the spacer layer having a mean height h a within a range of 5 nm to 120 nm. a) optionally a layer 1 comprising and/or consisting of tin oxide, tin hydroxide and/or tin oxide hydrate, b) a layer 2 comprising at least one metal oxide, metal hydroxide and/or metal oxide hydrate, c) a layer 3 comprising at least one metal oxide, metal hydroxide and/or metal oxide hydrate, and at least one of layers 2 or 3 contains at least two different metal ions and layers 2 and 3 are interrupted by a spacer layer, the spacer layer having a mean height h a within a range of 5 nm to 120 nm.
A multimodal polypropylene composition suitable for pipe applications comprising a multimodal propylene copolymer with at least one comonomer selected from alpha-olefins with 2 or 4 to 8 carbon atoms in a total amount of 4.0 to 10.0 mole-%, wherein the multimodal propylene copolymer comprises from 75 to 98 wt.-% of a propylene random copolymer composition wherein the comonomer of the propylene random copolymer composition is selected from at least one of the group consisting of ethylene and C 4 -C 8 alpha-olefins, and whereby propylene random copolymer composition has a melt flow rate MFR 2 of 0.25 to 1.0 g/10 min, or a content of comonomer units of from 2.0 to 12.0 mole-%, or both and propylene random copolymer composition has a content of xylene cold solubles of 4.0 to 15.0 wt.-%, determined at 25°C according to ISO 16152; and from 2 to 25 wt.-% of a propylene copolymer, wherein the comonomer is selected from at least one of the group consisting of ethylene and C 4 -C 8 alpha-olefins and whereby the propylene copolymer has a melt flow rate MFR 2 of from 0.0001 to 0.1 g/10 min, or a content of comonomer units of from 9.0 to 40.0 mole-%, or both, and wherein the multimodal polypropylene composition has a melt flow rate MFR 2 (2.16 kg, 230 °C) of 0.25 to 1.00 g/10 min determined according to ISO 1133, a content of xylene cold solubles of 4.0 to 17.0 wt.-% determined at 25 °C according to ISO 16152, and a polydispersity index PI of 2.5 to 4.0 Pa -1 determined by rheological measurements according to ISO 6721-1 and ISO 6721-10 as described above under Determination methods. from 75 to 98 wt.-% of a propylene random copolymer composition wherein the comonomer of the propylene random copolymer composition is selected from at least one of the group consisting of ethylene and C 4 -C 8 alpha-olefins, and whereby propylene random copolymer composition has a melt flow rate MFR 2 of 0.25 to 1.0 g/10 min, or a content of comonomer units of from 2.0 to 12.0 mole-%, or both and propylene random copolymer composition has a content of xylene cold solubles of 4.0 to 15.0 wt.-%, determined at 25°C according to ISO 16152; and from 2 to 25 wt.-% of a propylene copolymer, wherein the comonomer is selected from at least one of the group consisting of ethylene and C 4 -C 8 alpha-olefins and whereby the propylene copolymer has a melt flow rate MFR 2 of from 0.0001 to 0.1 g/10 min, or a content of comonomer units of from 9.0 to 40.0 mole-%, or both, and
A sol-gel that is the reaction product of: a metal alkoxide; an acid stabilizer; and a hydroxy organosilane represented by Formula: wherein: R is C 1-20 alkyl, cycloalkyl, ether, or aryl. a metal alkoxide; an acid stabilizer; and a hydroxy organosilane represented by Formula: wherein: R is C 1-20 alkyl, cycloalkyl, ether, or aryl.
A method of handling dissimilar protocols when a Host accesses a Broadband Network, wherein an Access Network Node receives an initial discovery request from the Host, and a gateway in the Broadband Network controls access to the Broadband network, said method characterized by the steps of: determining by the Access Network Node whether the initial discovery request is formatted in a protocol that allows a port identity to be conveyed to the gateway in the Broadband Network; upon determining the initial discovery request is formatted in the protocol that allows a port identity to be conveyed to the gateway, forwarding the initial discovery request with the port identity from the Access Network Node to the gateway; upon determining the initial discovery request is not formatted in the protocol that allows the port identity to be conveyed to the gateway: converting by the Access Network Node, the initial discovery request to a modified discovery request formatted in the protocol that allows the port identity to be conveyed to the gateway; and sending the modified discovery request with the port identity from the Access Network Node to the gateway. determining by the Access Network Node whether the initial discovery request is formatted in a protocol that allows a port identity to be conveyed to the gateway in the Broadband Network; upon determining the initial discovery request is formatted in the protocol that allows a port identity to be conveyed to the gateway, forwarding the initial discovery request with the port identity from the Access Network Node to the gateway; upon determining the initial discovery request is not formatted in the protocol that allows the port identity to be conveyed to the gateway: converting by the Access Network Node, the initial discovery request to a modified discovery request formatted in the protocol that allows the port identity to be conveyed to the gateway; and sending the modified discovery request with the port identity from the Access Network Node to the gateway. converting by the Access Network Node, the initial discovery request to a modified discovery request formatted in the protocol that allows the port identity to be conveyed to the gateway; and sending the modified discovery request with the port identity from the Access Network Node to the gateway.
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: determining, per a communication service to which resources are to be allocated, a metric value using a first predefined set of rules; determining, per a sensing service to which resources are to be allocated, a metric value using a second predefined set of rules; sorting communication services to which resources are to be allocated and sensing services to which resources are to be allocated based on the metric values to a sorted order using a third rule; and allocating resources for the communication services and the sensing services based on the sorted order. at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: determining, per a communication service to which resources are to be allocated, a metric value using a first predefined set of rules; determining, per a sensing service to which resources are to be allocated, a metric value using a second predefined set of rules; sorting communication services to which resources are to be allocated and sensing services to which resources are to be allocated based on the metric values to a sorted order using a third rule; and allocating resources for the communication services and the sensing services based on the sorted order. determining, per a communication service to which resources are to be allocated, a metric value using a first predefined set of rules; determining, per a sensing service to which resources are to be allocated, a metric value using a second predefined set of rules; sorting communication services to which resources are to be allocated and sensing services to which resources are to be allocated based on the metric values to a sorted order using a third rule; and allocating resources for the communication services and the sensing services based on the sorted order.
A method for monitoring the state of closure of a twist lock actuatable by means of a mechanical key, wherein the key is provided with a sensor device, the sensor device comprises a rotary motion sensor, with which a rotary motion of the key in the twist lock is detected, and an orientation sensor, with which the orientation of the key during the rotary motion is detected, on the basis of the orientation detected by the orientation sensor during the rotary motion of the key, it is determined on which side of the twist lock the key has been actuated, and the state of closure of the twist lock is determined in conjunction with the rotary motion of the key detected by the rotary motion sensor, wherein the orientation of the key relative to earth's magnetic north pole is detected with the orientation sensor.
Timepiece balance comprising, integral with its rim or with an inertia block placed on its said rim, at least two arbors (3, 30), with relief or smooth, extending along an arbor axis, wherein said arbors (3, 30) are each arranged to receive at least one poising-washer, adapted to the shape and to the dimensions thereof, said poising-washer being arranged to be held on a said arbor (3, 30), said washer being a substantially annular elastic washer around an opening arranged to at least partially encircle a said arbor (3, 30), characterized in that said washer includes at least one elastic skirt arranged to allow said washer to be placed on or removed from a said arbor (3, 30) under a radial and/or axial load, and to resiliently hold said washer clipped on a said arbor (3, 30) in the absence of a load on said washer, and said washer including a gripping and/or angular indexing means on a peripheral edge comprised in said washer, each of the relief arbors extending along an arbor axis being threaded or ringed or including a series of hollow sections separated by apices, and extending diametrically between, on the one hand a minimum core diameter (DMIN) and on the other hand, a maximum apex diameter (DMAX), and each arranged to receive at least one said washer, adapted to the shape and to said minimum core diameter (DMIN) thereof and to said maximum high point diameter (DMAX) thereof.
A storage battery device including a plurality of storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n), and including a plurality of parallel connected series bodies (100-1, 100-2), each formed of multiple storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n) being connected in series, each of the series bodies comprises: a voltage measurement unit for measuring the voltage value between both ends of each of the multiple storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n), a plurality of transformers (102-1 to 102-n) which, each being associated with a corresponding one of the multiple storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n), each having a primary side connected in parallel to the corresponding one of the multiple storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n) and a secondary side connected in parallel to the series body, is adapted to boost the input voltage of the primary side and output the boosted voltage to the secondary side, and, a control unit adapted to determine whether or not the storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n) are defective based on the voltage values measured by the voltage measurement unit and when there is no storage battery that was determined to be defective, to disconnect the multiple transformers (102-1 to 102-n) from the series body and to output the series voltage of the multiple storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n) as an output voltage of the series body and when there is a storage battery that was determined to be defective, to disconnect the storage battery and the transformer that is connected to the storage battery and to boost the output voltage of the storage batteries other than the defective battery using the transformers and to output the boosted voltage as the output voltage of the series body. a voltage measurement unit for measuring the voltage value between both ends of each of the multiple storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n), a plurality of transformers (102-1 to 102-n) which, each being associated with a corresponding one of the multiple storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n), each having a primary side connected in parallel to the corresponding one of the multiple storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n) and a secondary side connected in parallel to the series body, is adapted to boost the input voltage of the primary side and output the boosted voltage to the secondary side, and, a control unit adapted to determine whether or not the storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n) are defective based on the voltage values measured by the voltage measurement unit and when there is no storage battery that was determined to be defective, to disconnect the multiple transformers (102-1 to 102-n) from the series body and to output the series voltage of the multiple storage batteries (101-1 to 101-n) as an output voltage of the series body and when there is a storage battery that was determined to be defective, to disconnect the storage battery and the transformer that is connected to the storage battery and to boost the output voltage of the storage batteries other than the defective battery using the transformers and to output the boosted voltage as the output voltage of the series body.
Seeking optical unit for a missile seeker head, in particular a guided missile seeker head, comprising an optical system with at least one optical element (9, 10) which is aligned with respect to an optical axis and held in at least one optics mount, wherein the at least one optics mount comprises an actively shape-changeable material (13, P), with which the pose (P 1) of the at least one optical element (9, 10) in the optical system in relation to the optical axis is changeable and/or with which the shape of the at least one optical element (9, 10) is adaptively changeable, characterized in that the actively shape-changeable material (13, P) of the at least one optics mount forms an actuator unit which comprises, for the active shape change, a fibre-reinforced plastics material in which inversely piezo-active, electrostrictive and/or magnetostrictive materials are embedded or on whose surface or in a surface-near layer inversely piezo-active, electrostrictive and/or magnetostrictive materials are provided.
Multilayer film comprising 2 thin layers of thermoplastic material bonded to one another by a continuous layer, characterized in that said layer has a thickness of between 7 and 300 μm and is composed of a hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having a melt flow index (or MFI) ranging from 0.01 to 100 g/10 minutes comprising, with respect to the total weight of said composition: - from 40 to 70% of a mixture of styrene block copolymers, said mixture having a total content of styrene units ranging from 10 to 16% and consisting of: - from 55 to 90% of one or more diblock copolymers of Styrene/Isoprene type, and of - from 10 to 45% of one or more linear Styrene/Isoprene/Styrene triblock copolymers, and - from 30 to 60% of one or more tackifying resins having a softening temperature of between 5 and 140°C; said MFI being measured at 190°C and for a total weight of 2.16 kg, in accordance with condition d) of the standard ISO 1133. - from 40 to 70% of a mixture of styrene block copolymers, said mixture having a total content of styrene units ranging from 10 to 16% and consisting of: - from 55 to 90% of one or more diblock copolymers of Styrene/Isoprene type, and of - from 10 to 45% of one or more linear Styrene/Isoprene/Styrene triblock copolymers, and - from 55 to 90% of one or more diblock copolymers of Styrene/Isoprene type, and of - from 10 to 45% of one or more linear Styrene/Isoprene/Styrene triblock copolymers, and - from 30 to 60% of one or more tackifying resins having a softening temperature of between 5 and 140°C; said MFI being measured at 190°C and for a total weight of 2.16 kg, in accordance with condition d) of the standard ISO 1133.
A method for the processing of bank notes by means a bank-note processing machine, wherein serial numbers of the bank notes to be processed are ascertained by means of a sensor device and a control device and compared with serial numbers stored in a non-volatile memory, in order to control the processing of the bank notes in the bank-note processing machine, having the following method steps carried out by the control device: specifying a plurality of classes which respectively characterize at least one property of bank notes, associating at least one of the classes with a plurality of serial numbers, wherein a range for the plurality of serial numbers is defined by employing placeholders, in order to associate at least one property with the bank note provided with the respective serial number, storing the respective serial number and the associated class or classes, and controlling the processing of the bank notes in the bank-note processing machine by means of the stored classes associated with the respective serial numbers. specifying a plurality of classes which respectively characterize at least one property of bank notes, associating at least one of the classes with a plurality of serial numbers, wherein a range for the plurality of serial numbers is defined by employing placeholders, in order to associate at least one property with the bank note provided with the respective serial number, storing the respective serial number and the associated class or classes, and controlling the processing of the bank notes in the bank-note processing machine by means of the stored classes associated with the respective serial numbers.