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A composite hydrogel composition comprising: a first hydrogel (100, 200) comprising a first reactive precursor comprising a multi-arm polyether possessing electrophilic groups in combination with a second reactive precursor comprising nucleophilic groups; and a second hydrogel comprising at least one initiated precursor comprising at least one vinyl group, wherein the second hydrogel forms a barrier layer (140, 230) over at least a portion of the surface of the first hydrogel. a first hydrogel (100, 200) comprising a first reactive precursor comprising a multi-arm polyether possessing electrophilic groups in combination with a second reactive precursor comprising nucleophilic groups; and a second hydrogel comprising at least one initiated precursor comprising at least one vinyl group, wherein the second hydrogel forms a barrier layer (140, 230) over at least a portion of the surface of the first hydrogel.
A luminaire, in particular a suspended luminaire, comprising a light guide panel forming a room-side direct light surface; and a functional unit having a strip-shaped arrangement of LEDs associated with at least one longitudinal side of the light guide panel for coupling light into the light guide panel, wherein the frameless light guide panel is provided with a reflection layer over its narrow-side periphery and is centrally provided with a narrow, elongated recess for receiving the functional unit; characterized in that the functional unit has at least one cooling element which extends substantially over the length of the recess and into the recess and at which the LEDs arranged in a strip-shaped manner are provided laterally and disposed opposite the light guide panel; in that the cooling element is fastened on a support and reflection section which extends over the length of the light guide panel and holds it, with the width of said support and reflection section being selected such that a respective light chamber, in which the inwardly disposed light coupling regions of the light guide panel associated with the strip-shaped LEDs are received, is formed at both sides of the cooling element together with an oppositely disposed cover and reflection section; and in that at least the surface of the light guide panel remote from the room is provided with microstructures which are distributed uniformly over the total surface and which reflect, scatter and decouple light or is provided with highly reflective dot patterns.
Cathode block for an aluminium electrolytic cell, comprising a composite layer containing graphite and a hard material, such as TiB 2, characterised in that the hard material is in a monomodal particle size distribution, d 50 being between 10 and 20 μm, in particular between 12 and 18 μm, in particular between 14 and 16 μm
A nonwoven fabric comprising a non-melting fiber A having a high-temperature shrinkage rate of 3% or less, determined as described in the specification, and a thermal conductivity conforming to ISO22007-3, 2008 of 0.060 W/m·K or less and a thermoplastic fiber B having a LOI value conforming to JIS K 7201-2, 2007 of 25 or more, wherein the non-melting fiber A is an acrylonitrile-based flame resistant fiber obtained by heating and oxidizing an acrylic fiber as a precursor in high-temperature air and the thermoplastic fiber B is a fiber formed of a resin selected from polyarylene sulfide, wherein the melting point of the thermoplastic fiber B is lower than the ignition temperature of the non-melting fiber A, and the density of the nonwoven fabric is more than 50 kg/m 3 and less than 200 kg/m 3, the density being calculated by dividing the weight of a 30 cm square sample by the thickness measured by a method conforming to JIS L 1913, 2010. wherein the non-melting fiber A is an acrylonitrile-based flame resistant fiber obtained by heating and oxidizing an acrylic fiber as a precursor in high-temperature air and the thermoplastic fiber B is a fiber formed of a resin selected from polyarylene sulfide, wherein the melting point of the thermoplastic fiber B is lower than the ignition temperature of the non-melting fiber A, and the density of the nonwoven fabric is more than 50 kg/m 3 and less than 200 kg/m 3, the density being calculated by dividing the weight of a 30 cm square sample by the thickness measured by a method conforming to JIS L 1913, 2010.
A liquid cooled power electronic circuit, comprising: a vertically stacked assembly (66/70/72/90) of liquid cooled semiconductor packages (60/60') configured for inter-package flow of liquid coolant through the semiconductor packages of said assembly (66/70/72/90), where each semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip and a pair of conductive plates (12, 18, 34) that cooperate to enclose the semiconductor chip and that contact terminals (22, 24, 32) of said semiconductor chip, and where juxtaposed plates of said vertically stacked semiconductor packages are electrically joined to provide electrical interconnects between the semiconductor chips enclosed in adjacent packages of said vertically stack assembly where: said packages (60/60') include a fluid chamber vertically bounded by a first plate of the conductive plates and a second plate of the conductive plates, with the semiconductor chip mounted in the fluid chamber, a first set of vertically oriented fluid passages (48, 50/48, 50, 82, 84) formed in said first plate for receiving and exhausting liquid coolant, and a second set of vertically oriented fluid passages (52, 54/ 52, 54, 86, 88) formed in the second plate that are vertically aligned with the first set of fluid passages (48, 50/48, 50, 82, 84) for allowing the inter-package flow of liquid coolant when the packages (60/60') are vertically stacked.
A single or multilayer white biaxially oriented polyester film, wherein at least one layer in the case of a multilayer film the base layer comprises - titanium dioxide as a whitening pigment in a concentration of 3 to 15 wt.-% and - nanoparticulate titanium nitride in a concentration of 1 to 25 ppm, wherein the weight percent values are based on the respective layer which contains above materials. - titanium dioxide as a whitening pigment in a concentration of 3 to 15 wt.-% and - nanoparticulate titanium nitride in a concentration of 1 to 25 ppm, wherein the weight percent values are based on the respective layer which contains above materials.
A method by a resource management node for managing resource nodes connected to a network, the method comprising the steps of: establishing clusters of the resource nodes and associated data flows that are permitted through the network between the resource nodes within each cluster and a user equipment node, and associated rules that control the data flows; determining that a first one of the rules has been satisfied to control a data flow for a first resource node in a first cluster; and communicating information to the user equipment node that causes the user equipment node to prioritize handling of the data flow for the first resource node and other resource nodes in the first cluster in response to the first rule being satisfied, wherein the step of communicating information comprises the steps of: controlling the first resource node and at least one other resource node in the first cluster to start pushing information to the user equipment node without waiting for corresponding requests from the user equipment node; and controlling the user equipment node to receive and display the pushed information received from the first resource node and the at least one other resource node in the first cluster. establishing clusters of the resource nodes and associated data flows that are permitted through the network between the resource nodes within each cluster and a user equipment node, and associated rules that control the data flows; determining that a first one of the rules has been satisfied to control a data flow for a first resource node in a first cluster; and communicating information to the user equipment node that causes the user equipment node to prioritize handling of the data flow for the first resource node and other resource nodes in the first cluster in response to the first rule being satisfied, wherein the step of communicating information comprises the steps of: controlling the first resource node and at least one other resource node in the first cluster to start pushing information to the user equipment node without waiting for corresponding requests from the user equipment node; and controlling the user equipment node to receive and display the pushed information received from the first resource node and the at least one other resource node in the first cluster. controlling the first resource node and at least one other resource node in the first cluster to start pushing information to the user equipment node without waiting for corresponding requests from the user equipment node; and controlling the user equipment node to receive and display the pushed information received from the first resource node and the at least one other resource node in the first cluster.
An attachment firing apparatus, in particular a grenade launcher, for mounting on the barrel of a firearm, characterised by an anchoring part that can be fixedly mounted on the firearm and by a support part that can be detachably connected to the anchoring part via a coupling, a launch tube in the support part being openable and closable relative to a breech, wherein the coupling is locked in the closed position of the launch tube and breech and can be opened in the open position of the launch tube and breech.
A method of separating rare cells with intact nucleic acids from non-rare cells in a whole blood, plasma or serum sample comprising the rare cells and non-rare cells, the method comprising: (a) combining the sample with an aqueous medium having a pH in the range of 5 to 8 in an amount of 10 to 100 mL of aqueous medium per 10 mL sample; (b) holding the combination for a period of 15 minutes to 7 days and at a temperature of 5 °C to 30 °C for selectively releasing nucleic acids from the non-rare cells but not from the rare cells, and (c) subjecting the sample to filtration to separate rare cells from non-rare cells; wherein the rare cells are cancer cells. (a) combining the sample with an aqueous medium having a pH in the range of 5 to 8 in an amount of 10 to 100 mL of aqueous medium per 10 mL sample; (b) holding the combination for a period of 15 minutes to 7 days and at a temperature of 5 °C to 30 °C for selectively releasing nucleic acids from the non-rare cells but not from the rare cells, and (c) subjecting the sample to filtration to separate rare cells from non-rare cells; wherein the rare cells are cancer cells.
A medical implant comprising: a cannula formed from a wall, said wall being formed from at least a first layer and a second layer, said first layer and said second layer each being made of different non-synthetic, natural tissues, said cannula being further characterized by the absence of a synthetic support structure, wherein said cannula comprises a plurality of openings extending through said wall thereby forming a structure of connected struts, said structure being expandable thereby supporting said cannula against a dilated vessel wall; wherein said first layer comprises a structural layer supporting said cannula against a vessel wall, and wherein said second layer comprises growth factors encouraging said vessel wall to grow within said second layer.
A particle beam treatment system, comprising: an accelerator configured to radiate a charged particle beam; a plurality of treatment rooms (4A-4D) in each of which an irradiation device (40A-40D) configured to irradiate with the charged particle beam is arranged; a beam routing system which is connected to the accelerator and is configured to separately route the charged particle beam radiated from the accelerator to each irradiation device (40A-40D) in the plurality of treatment rooms (4A-4D); and a control system configured to control the accelerator, the beam routing system and the irradiation device (40A-40D), characterized in that the control system is configured to control the beam routing system and the irradiation device (40A-40D) so as to maintain the occupation of the accelerator in any case when a certain treatment room (4A-4D) of the plurality of treatment rooms (4A-4D) once occupies the accelerator until treatment prescribed for a certain specific patient is completely finished when treatment is carried out for the certain specific patient in the certain treatment room (4A-4D), even if a request for occupying the accelerator in a treatment room (4A-4D) except the certain treatment room (4A-4D) is output to the control system, except intentional operation to release the occupation of the accelerator due to emergency reasons or the occurrence of system failure. an accelerator configured to radiate a charged particle beam; a plurality of treatment rooms (4A-4D) in each of which an irradiation device (40A-40D) configured to irradiate with the charged particle beam is arranged; a beam routing system which is connected to the accelerator and is configured to separately route the charged particle beam radiated from the accelerator to each irradiation device (40A-40D) in the plurality of treatment rooms (4A-4D); and a control system configured to control the accelerator, the beam routing system and the irradiation device (40A-40D), characterized in that the control system is configured to control the beam routing system and the irradiation device (40A-40D) so as to maintain the occupation of the accelerator in any case when a certain treatment room (4A-4D) of the plurality of treatment rooms (4A-4D) once occupies the accelerator until treatment prescribed for a certain specific patient is completely finished when treatment is carried out for the certain specific patient in the certain treatment room (4A-4D), even if a request for occupying the accelerator in a treatment room (4A-4D) except the certain treatment room (4A-4D) is output to the control system, except intentional operation to release the occupation of the accelerator due to emergency reasons or the occurrence of system failure.
A tunneling tool for creating a subcutaneous pocket below a skin surface, the tunneling tool comprising: a handle; and a rod extending from a first end of the handle and configured to create the subcutaneous pocket; characterized in that the tunneling tool further comprises: first and second prongs (206a and 206b) extending from the first end of the handle, wherein the first and second prongs are configured to limit the depth at which the rod is capable of creating the subcutaneous pocket, the rod extends farther from the first end of the handle than the first and second prongs, and the first prong comprises a first length indicator configured to indicate a length of the subcutaneous pocket formed by the rod, wherein a first gap between the rod and the first prong and a second gap between the rod and the second prong are configured to limit the angle relative to the skin surface at which rod is capable of forming the subcutaneous pocket. a handle; and a rod extending from a first end of the handle and configured to create the subcutaneous pocket; characterized in that the tunneling tool further comprises: first and second prongs (206a and 206b) extending from the first end of the handle, wherein the first and second prongs are configured to limit the depth at which the rod is capable of creating the subcutaneous pocket, the rod extends farther from the first end of the handle than the first and second prongs, and the first prong comprises a first length indicator configured to indicate a length of the subcutaneous pocket formed by the rod, wherein a first gap between the rod and the first prong and a second gap between the rod and the second prong are configured to limit the angle relative to the skin surface at which rod is capable of forming the subcutaneous pocket. first and second prongs (206a and 206b) extending from the first end of the handle, wherein the first and second prongs are configured to limit the depth at which the rod is capable of creating the subcutaneous pocket, the rod extends farther from the first end of the handle than the first and second prongs, and the first prong comprises a first length indicator configured to indicate a length of the subcutaneous pocket formed by the rod, wherein a first gap between the rod and the first prong and a second gap between the rod and the second prong are configured to limit the angle relative to the skin surface at which rod is capable of forming the subcutaneous pocket.
A device for detecting optical pulses, advantageously laser pulses, each optical pulse having a pulse width, the device comprising a sensor having a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising: - a receiver configured to receive optical pulses and to generate an electrical signal having variations representative of the received optical pulses, each variation of the electrical signal having a frequency in the frequency domain dependent on the pulse width of the pulse corresponding to said variation, - an event detection unit comprising at least one frequency filter, the or at least one frequency filter having at least one adjustable cut-off frequency (f1, f2), the cut-off frequency (f1, f2) of each filter defining a passband for the event detection unit, the passband having a lower bound and an upper bound, the adjustable cut-off frequency (f1, f2) of the or each filter being set so that the upper bound is greater than or equal to 1 Megahertz, the event detection unit being configured to detect over time variations in the electrical signal generated by the receiver only when the frequency in the frequency domain of said variations is within the passband of the event detection unit, and - a timing unit configured to date each change in the electrical signal detected by the event detection unit. - a receiver configured to receive optical pulses and to generate an electrical signal having variations representative of the received optical pulses, each variation of the electrical signal having a frequency in the frequency domain dependent on the pulse width of the pulse corresponding to said variation, - an event detection unit comprising at least one frequency filter, the or at least one frequency filter having at least one adjustable cut-off frequency (f1, f2), the cut-off frequency (f1, f2) of each filter defining a passband for the event detection unit, the passband having a lower bound and an upper bound, the adjustable cut-off frequency (f1, f2) of the or each filter being set so that the upper bound is greater than or equal to 1 Megahertz, the event detection unit being configured to detect over time variations in the electrical signal generated by the receiver only when the frequency in the frequency domain of said variations is within the passband of the event detection unit, and - a timing unit configured to date each change in the electrical signal detected by the event detection unit.
A method for the production of a photovoltaic component which is made of individual, series-connected solar cells (E 1...E 9), wherein in each solar cell semiconductor grains are arranged in an insulating layer from which the semiconductor grains project on a front side, sit on a conducting lower layer on an opposite rear side and are electrically connected to a conducting front contact layer on the front side, wherein a separating trough is provided between adjacent solar cells (E 1, E 2), in the region whereof the solar cells are electrically series-connected to one another in that each front contact layer of a solar cell (E 1) is connected to the conducting lower layer of an adjacent solar cell (E 2), characterized in that a photovoltaic component is initially completely produced without separating troughs, wherein semiconductor grains are arranged on/in the insulating layer spaced apart from one another, a conducting front contact layer making contact with the free surfaces of the semiconductor grains is applied to the upper surface of the component and below the insulating layer the conducting lower layer is applied in such a manner that the semiconductor grains are conductively connected to the lower layer and that then on one side of each required separating trough the front contact layer plus an upper portion of the semiconductor grains is removed along a strip, an electrically conductive connection strip bridging a partial width (b') of the separating trough is applied which, on one side of the separating trough, covers the front contact layers of the semiconductor grains which have not been removed and, on the other side, the surfaces of the lower grain residues remaining following the removal in an electrically conductive manner, wherein in the region of the separating trough in the conducting lower layer a joint extending up to the insulating layer or the lower side of the semiconductor grains is arranged.
Multiway valve with a distributor housing having a tubular passage, with an inlet opening and multiple outlet openings (5, 6), wherein each outlet opening (5, 6) is assigned a valve obturator (8, 9) accommodated in an axially rotatable manner in the tubular passage, wherein the valve obturator (8, 9) has an axial aperture and an outlet duct (13, 15) which branches off radially from the aperture such that by rotating the valve obturator (8, 9) the outlet duct (13, 15) can as desired be set to match up with the corresponding outlet opening (5, 6), and a drive device for rotating the valve obturator (8, 9), characterized in that the valve obturators (8,9) can be moved independently of one another by means of the respective drive device.
A light emitting diode, LED, apparatus configured for driving a plurality of LED lamps (Lamp 1, Lamp 2) coupled in parallel, characterized in that it comprises: at least one LED driver circuit that is adapted to provide a LED driving current for the plurality of LED lamps (Lamp 1, Lamp 2), the LED driver circuit comprising a current setting resistance circuit for setting a maximum value of the LED driving current; and a detection circuit (151, 152) that is adapted to detect presence or absence of each of the plurality of LED lamps (Lamp 1, Lamp 2) by measurement of a respective LED current flowing through each of the LED lamps (Lamp 1, Lamp 2), wherein, the detection circuit (151, 152) is configured to adjust the current setting resistance circuit based on the detection of presence or absence. at least one LED driver circuit that is adapted to provide a LED driving current for the plurality of LED lamps (Lamp 1, Lamp 2), the LED driver circuit comprising a current setting resistance circuit for setting a maximum value of the LED driving current; and a detection circuit (151, 152) that is adapted to detect presence or absence of each of the plurality of LED lamps (Lamp 1, Lamp 2) by measurement of a respective LED current flowing through each of the LED lamps (Lamp 1, Lamp 2), wherein, the detection circuit (151, 152) is configured to adjust the current setting resistance circuit based on the detection of presence or absence.