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A process for preparing clear aqueous solutions of silicates (waterglasses) that are storage-stable against turbidity even at temperatures below -10°C for at least 1 month, comprising • 20 to 40% by weight of SiO 2, • 10 to 30% by weight of M 2 O, where M is a cation from the group Li +, Na +, K +, NY 4 + and Y is an alkyl or alkenyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, • water, where • an aqueous solution of a silicate (waterglass) of the general formula M 2 O x nSiO 2, in which M is a cation from the group Li +, Na +, K +, NY 4 + and where Y is an alkyl or alkenyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is a number in the range from 1 to 5, is introduced as initial charge, where the solids content of the aqueous silicate solutions to be used for the filtration is 40 to 60% by weight, and • a fine filtration is carried out over a filter element stable at pH values of 12 or more, with the proviso that the filtrate solution has a turbidity of 4 FNU or less, where the FNU values are measured in accordance with DIN EN ISO 7027, where the filter elements have a pore size in the range from 1 to 10 μm and the filtration is carried out in a temperature range from 70 to 90°C. • 20 to 40% by weight of SiO 2, • 10 to 30% by weight of M 2 O, where M is a cation from the group Li +, Na +, K +, NY 4 + and Y is an alkyl or alkenyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, • water, • an aqueous solution of a silicate (waterglass) of the general formula M 2 O x nSiO 2, in which M is a cation from the group Li +, Na +, K +, NY 4 + and where Y is an alkyl or alkenyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is a number in the range from 1 to 5, is introduced as initial charge, where the solids content of the aqueous silicate solutions to be used for the filtration is 40 to 60% by weight, and • a fine filtration is carried out over a filter element stable at pH values of 12 or more, with the proviso that the filtrate solution has a turbidity of 4 FNU or less, where the FNU values are measured in accordance with DIN EN ISO 7027, where the filter elements have a pore size in the range from 1 to 10 μm and the filtration is carried out in a temperature range from 70 to 90°C.
A replacement heart valve system, comprising: an expandable docking station configured for implantation within a native heart valve (12, 14, 16, 18), the expandable docking station including a plurality of sacrificial valve leaflets disposed within an anchoring element defining a lumen extending through the braided anchoring element; and a replacement heart valve implant configured to be disposed within the lumen of the expandable docking station, the replacement heart valve implant including a plurality of valve leaflets disposed within a tubular anchor member defining a lumen extending through the tubular anchor member. an expandable docking station configured for implantation within a native heart valve (12, 14, 16, 18), the expandable docking station including a plurality of sacrificial valve leaflets disposed within an anchoring element defining a lumen extending through the braided anchoring element; and a replacement heart valve implant configured to be disposed within the lumen of the expandable docking station, the replacement heart valve implant including a plurality of valve leaflets disposed within a tubular anchor member defining a lumen extending through the tubular anchor member.
Method for checking a function of a vehicle having a control device and/or at least one operating device of a vehicle by means of a hand of a handling device that has movable fingers (20, 22, 24, 26, 28), a palm and a back of the hand and into which hand are integrated several sensors (60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 93, 94, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114) at least from the group of distance sensor, pressure sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, inertial sensor, ultrasound sensor, optical sensor, with the function being checked contactlessly by moving the hand close to the actual or virtually provided control device and/or operating device.
A system for authenticating a user of a device, the system comprising: a first image sensor for capturing at least one image of at least part of a user; a determination unit for determining information relating to the user's eye based at least in part on the at least one image captured by the first image sensor; an authentication unit for authenticating the user using the information relating to the user's eye; a profile unit for loading a user profile based on authentication of the user; and an eye tracker; wherein the user profile is an eye tracking calibration profile defining: an offset between a determined gaze direction by the eye tracker and an actual gaze direction of the user, the calibration profile comprising data including an offset of the fovea relative to the optical axis of the eye and/or the corneal curvature of the eye of the user, and wherein the eye tracking calibration profile is used to alter the determined gaze direction of the user by applying the offset to the determined gaze direction of the user. a first image sensor for capturing at least one image of at least part of a user; a determination unit for determining information relating to the user's eye based at least in part on the at least one image captured by the first image sensor; an authentication unit for authenticating the user using the information relating to the user's eye; a profile unit for loading a user profile based on authentication of the user; and an eye tracker; wherein the user profile is an eye tracking calibration profile defining: an offset between a determined gaze direction by the eye tracker and an actual gaze direction of the user, the calibration profile comprising data including an offset of the fovea relative to the optical axis of the eye and/or the corneal curvature of the eye of the user, and wherein the eye tracking calibration profile is used to alter the determined gaze direction of the user by applying the offset to the determined gaze direction of the user.
Apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers, having at least one forming station which forms the plastic preforms into the plastic containers by being acted upon by a flowable medium, wherein the forming station having a blow mould which forms a hollow space within which the plastic preforms can be formed into the plastic containers, and wherein the forming station further comprising an application device which acts upon the plastic preforms with the flowable medium and a rod-like body which can be introduced into the plastic preforms via a mouth of the plastic preforms, and a moving device which is suitable and intended to move the rod-like body in the longitudinal direction of the plastic preforms, wherein said rod-like body forming a channel for conducting the flowable medium, and the forming station comprises valve device which controls the feed of the flowable medium into said channel, characterized in that said valve device is arranged at the moving device and a ratio between an inner diameter (di) of said rod-like body and the outer diameter (da) of said rod-like body is smaller than or equal to 0.5 at least in sections.
A lithographic printing plate precursor including on a support a coating comprising a photopolymerisable layer including a polymerisable compound, a photoinitiator and an asymmetrically substituted infrared absorbing dye having a structure according to Formula I wherein Z and Z' independently represent -S-, -CR a R b - or -CH=CH-; R a and R b represent an alkyl, aralkyl or aryl group; preferably R a and R b represent an alkyl group, most preferably a methyl or ethyl group; A represents a halogen, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted (hetero)aryl group or -NR 1 R 2, wherein R 1 and R 2 independently represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted (hetero)aryl group, and/or combinations thereof; Q represents the necessary atoms to form a ring; T and T' independently represent hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, cyano, -CO 2 R n, -CONR k R m, -SO 2 R n, -SO 2 NR o R p or an optionally substituted annulated benzene ring wherein R k, R m represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group, R n represents an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group and R o and R p represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group; W - represents a counterion in order to obtain an electrically neutral compound; and R z and R z' independently represent an optionally substituted alkyl group; characterized in that R z and R z' are different Z and Z' independently represent -S-, -CR a R b - or -CH=CH-; R a and R b represent an alkyl, aralkyl or aryl group; preferably R a and R b represent an alkyl group, most preferably a methyl or ethyl group; A represents a halogen, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted (hetero)aryl group or -NR 1 R 2, wherein R 1 and R 2 independently represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted (hetero)aryl group, and/or combinations thereof; Q represents the necessary atoms to form a ring; T and T' independently represent hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, cyano, -CO 2 R n, -CONR k R m, -SO 2 R n, -SO 2 NR o R p or an optionally substituted annulated benzene ring wherein R k, R m represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group, R n represents an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group and R o and R p represent hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl or aryl group; W - represents a counterion in order to obtain an electrically neutral compound; and R z and R z' independently represent an optionally substituted alkyl group; characterized in that R z and R z' are different
A method for the production of a 3D printed object, wherein the method comprises: - a 3D printing stage wherein a 3D printable material is 3D printed to provide the 3D printed object, and wherein during 3D printing a channel is formed in the 3D printed object under construction, the channel comprising two or more channel parts, each channel part having a channel axis, and two or more channel axes having a mutual angle (α) larger than 0° and smaller than 180°, the channel comprising an anchoring part selected from the group consisting of a bifurcation structure and a loop structure, and - a filling stage wherein the channel is filled with a curable material, and wherein the curable material is cured to provide the channel with cured material, the cured material having a lower stiffness than the surrounding printed material. - a 3D printing stage wherein a 3D printable material is 3D printed to provide the 3D printed object, and wherein during 3D printing a channel is formed in the 3D printed object under construction, the channel comprising two or more channel parts, each channel part having a channel axis, and two or more channel axes having a mutual angle (α) larger than 0° and smaller than 180°, the channel comprising an anchoring part selected from the group consisting of a bifurcation structure and a loop structure, and - a filling stage wherein the channel is filled with a curable material, and wherein the curable material is cured to provide the channel with cured material, the cured material having a lower stiffness than the surrounding printed material.
A wireless communication method implemented by a narrowband Internet-of-Things, NB-IoT, device, comprising: determining resources for a random-access signal in a region that comprises six symbol groups and 36 subcarriers occupied by the six symbol groups, wherein the six symbol groups are assigned indices 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and wherein a subcarrier index of a channel within the 36 subcarriers in at least one symbol group of the six symbol groups is determined based on: determining a first subcarrier index corresponding to the channel in a neighboring symbol group before the symbol group in the six symbol groups, and determining the subcarrier index of the channel based on the first subcarrier index and an offset value that comprises one of 1, -1, 3, -3, 18, or -18; and transmitting the random-access signal using the determined resources, wherein, given a channel having a channel index of {0, 1, 2,..., 35}, the resources for the random-access signal corresponding to the channel are defined according to: determining resources for a random-access signal in a region that comprises six symbol groups and 36 subcarriers occupied by the six symbol groups, wherein the six symbol groups are assigned indices 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and wherein a subcarrier index of a channel within the 36 subcarriers in at least one symbol group of the six symbol groups is determined based on: determining a first subcarrier index corresponding to the channel in a neighboring symbol group before the symbol group in the six symbol groups, and determining the subcarrier index of the channel based on the first subcarrier index and an offset value that comprises one of 1, -1, 3, -3, 18, or -18; and determining a first subcarrier index corresponding to the channel in a neighboring symbol group before the symbol group in the six symbol groups, and determining the subcarrier index of the channel based on the first subcarrier index and an offset value that comprises one of 1, -1, 3, -3, 18, or -18; and transmitting the random-access signal using the determined resources,
An electrical energy storage device having a plurality of electrochemical energy storage cells for collecting, supplying and storing electrical energy, each of which has a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal, and a contacting device for contacting the first and second electrical terminals (14, 16) of the energy storage cells, wherein the contacting device has a multi-layered structure and has at least one insulation layer and a conductor layer (34, 46), the energy storage cells having a bottom side for heat dissipation and a head side, wherein the first and second terminals (14, 16) can be contacted in the region of the head side, wherein the energy storage cells are disposed in such a way that the bottom sides are in each case disposed adjacent to bottom sides of other energy storage cells, and the head sides are in each case disposed adjacent to head sides of other energy storage cells, wherein a temperature-regulating channel for accommodating a temperature-regulating fluid for heat removal and supply is disposed in the region of the bottom sides, characterized by a body made of insulating foam for accommodating and positioning the energy storage cells, the body having openings for accommodating the energy storage cells, wherein the insulating foam serves both as supporting element as well as for the thermal insulation of the energy storage cells.
A cargo handling system, comprising: a direct current power bus; a first motor connected to the direct current power bus and having a first flux reference input; and a first unit controller (C 1) connected to the motor and configured to detect a level of regenerative energy on the direct current power bus and to alter the first flux reference input in response to the level of regenerative energy, wherein the first unit controller (C 1) is configured to generate a voltage difference between a power bus voltage and a threshold voltage, characterised in that the first unit controller (C 1) is configured to combine a voltage output, proportional to the voltage difference, with the first flux reference input to generate a first modified flux reference input, wherein the first modified flux reference input is used to adjust a first stator voltage across a first stator winding of the first motor. a direct current power bus; a first motor connected to the direct current power bus and having a first flux reference input; and a first unit controller (C 1) connected to the motor and configured to detect a level of regenerative energy on the direct current power bus and to alter the first flux reference input in response to the level of regenerative energy, wherein the first unit controller (C 1) is configured to generate a voltage difference between a power bus voltage and a threshold voltage, characterised in that the first unit controller (C 1) is configured to combine a voltage output, proportional to the voltage difference, with the first flux reference input to generate a first modified flux reference input, wherein the first modified flux reference input is used to adjust a first stator voltage across a first stator winding of the first motor.
A method for connecting first and second plastic pipes to each other in such a way that an end of the second plastic pipe is connected to a side surface of the first plastic pipe to communicate the first plastic pipe with the second plastic pipe, the method comprising: placing the end of the second plastic pipe on a portion of an outer surface of the first plastic pipe, the portion having a connection hole therein or being intended to form the connection hole therein, the end of the second plastic pipe being provided with: an arch-shaped heating element made of conductive plastic material that generates heat using electricity applied thereto, the arch-shaped heating element having an arch cross-sectional shape to cover the connection hole, with an opening formed in a central portion of the arch-shaped heating element, the opening corresponding to the connection hole; an electricity supply assembly comprising a plurality of unit electricity supplies disposed around the opening in different directions, each of the unit electricity supplies comprising a pair of electric connection terminals disposed parallel to each other in the arch-shaped heating element on opposite sides of the opening; and a cover covering at least an outer surface of the arch-shaped heating element; and supplying power to the electricity supply assembly in such a way that power is alternately supplied to the unit electricity supplies and heating the arch-shaped heating element so that the second plastic pipe is fused to the first plastic pipe. placing the end of the second plastic pipe on a portion of an outer surface of the first plastic pipe, the portion having a connection hole therein or being intended to form the connection hole therein, the end of the second plastic pipe being provided with: an arch-shaped heating element made of conductive plastic material that generates heat using electricity applied thereto, the arch-shaped heating element having an arch cross-sectional shape to cover the connection hole, with an opening formed in a central portion of the arch-shaped heating element, the opening corresponding to the connection hole; an electricity supply assembly comprising a plurality of unit electricity supplies disposed around the opening in different directions, each of the unit electricity supplies comprising a pair of electric connection terminals disposed parallel to each other in the arch-shaped heating element on opposite sides of the opening; and a cover covering at least an outer surface of the arch-shaped heating element; and supplying power to the electricity supply assembly in such a way that power is alternately supplied to the unit electricity supplies and heating the arch-shaped heating element so that the second plastic pipe is fused to the first plastic pipe.
A pressure sensor device arranged for measuring a pressure in a fluid pipe system, the device comprising - a measurement system comprising a pressure sensor arranged for performing measurements of pressure at a position in the fluid pipe system, - a data processing unit arranged for processing data related to the measurements of pressure so as to determine at least one statistical parameter in response to a plurality of measurements of pressure as a measure of the occurrence of pressure transients in the fluid pipe system, and - a communication module arranged for transmitting data packets representing the at least one statistical parameter to an associated receiver, characterized in that the measurement system is arranged for performing the plurality of measurements of pressure according to a predefined measurement time sequence so that pressure is measured at a plurality of measurement times within a measurement time window, which is randomly spaced in time. - a measurement system comprising a pressure sensor arranged for performing measurements of pressure at a position in the fluid pipe system, - a data processing unit arranged for processing data related to the measurements of pressure so as to determine at least one statistical parameter in response to a plurality of measurements of pressure as a measure of the occurrence of pressure transients in the fluid pipe system, and - a communication module arranged for transmitting data packets representing the at least one statistical parameter to an associated receiver,
A tubular delivery system comprising: a covering comprising a first compartment, the covering comprising a mesh of synthetic resorbable polymeric material and including a mechanical attachment mechanism; a first substance comprising a mixture of surface demineralized bone chips and demineralized bone fibers provided within the covering; wherein the covering retains the substance for placement at a surgical site and facilitates transfer of the substance or of surrounding materials, actively or passively, upon implantation. a covering comprising a first compartment, the covering comprising a mesh of synthetic resorbable polymeric material and including a mechanical attachment mechanism; a first substance comprising a mixture of surface demineralized bone chips and demineralized bone fibers provided within the covering; wherein the covering retains the substance for placement at a surgical site and facilitates transfer of the substance or of surrounding materials, actively or passively, upon implantation.
Power plant comprising at least one compressor, at least one heat engine and a device for cooling the intake air of each heat engine, each heat engine being provided with a combustion chamber, each compressor comprising at least two compression stages (25, 26) for compressing said intake air prior to the injection thereof into said combustion chamber of each heat engine, said cooling device comprising a refrigerant, first pipes and second pipes, as well as a first and a second evaporator (12, 14), a pump, an expander and a condenser, said first pipes connecting a first compression stage to a first evaporator, said first evaporator to a second evaporator, and said second evaporator to a second compression stage, said second pipes connecting said condenser to said pump, said pump to said first evaporator, said condenser to said expander, and said expander to said second evaporator, said refrigerant flowing in said second pipes and the components (11, 12, 13, 14, 16) of said cooling device while said compressed intake air flows in said first pipes and consecutively in said two evaporators (12, 14) in order to vaporise said refrigerant and to cool said compressed intake air between said two compression stages (25, 26), characterised in that said cooling device is a tri-thermal heat machine comprising a compression and drive means, said refrigerant flowing in said compression and drive means, said second pipes connecting said compression and drive means to said first evaporator, said second evaporator and said condenser.