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A catalyst article for use in an internal combustion engine comprising: a first catalytic layer formed on a substrate, wherein the first catalytic layer comprises palladium impregnated on a ceria-free oxygen storage component and platinum impregnated on a refractory metal oxide, and; a second catalytic layer formed on the first catalytic layer, the second catalytic layer comprising platinum impregnated on an oxygen storage component and rhodium impregnated on zirconia-coated or yttria-coated alumina, wherein the second catalytic layer does not contain palladium, wherein the catalyst article is effective to reduce nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, and wherein the weight ratio of platinum to palladium to rhodium in the catalyst article is in the range of 0.5-10 /1-80 / 0.5-10. a first catalytic layer formed on a substrate, wherein the first catalytic layer comprises palladium impregnated on a ceria-free oxygen storage component and platinum impregnated on a refractory metal oxide, and; a second catalytic layer formed on the first catalytic layer, the second catalytic layer comprising platinum impregnated on an oxygen storage component and rhodium impregnated on zirconia-coated or yttria-coated alumina, wherein the second catalytic layer does not contain palladium, wherein the catalyst article is effective to reduce nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, and wherein the weight ratio of platinum to palladium to rhodium in the catalyst article is in the range of 0.5-10 /1-80 / 0.5-10.
An infrastructure-controller for an infrastructure, wherein the infrastructure has a plurality of Bluetooth Low Energy, "BLE", nodes (108, 110, 112) associated with it, the infrastructure-controller configured to: identify one of the plurality of BLE nodes as a current-BLE-node, and activate the current-BLE-node for communication with a key using BLE signals; determine a communication-quality-indicator for each of the plurality of BLE nodes, that represents the quality of communication with the key; based on the communication-quality-indicators, identify one of the plurality of BLE nodes as a next-BLE-node; provide connection-information to the next-BLE-node using out-of-band signalling; deactivate the current-BLE-node; and activate the next-BLE-node for continued communication with the key using BLE signals. identify one of the plurality of BLE nodes as a current-BLE-node, and activate the current-BLE-node for communication with a key using BLE signals; determine a communication-quality-indicator for each of the plurality of BLE nodes, that represents the quality of communication with the key; based on the communication-quality-indicators, identify one of the plurality of BLE nodes as a next-BLE-node; provide connection-information to the next-BLE-node using out-of-band signalling; deactivate the current-BLE-node; and activate the next-BLE-node for continued communication with the key using BLE signals.
A method for removing biological contaminants from an aqueous stream, comprising: contacting a cerium oxide composition with a biological contaminant-containing aqueous stream, wherein the following are true: (i) the cerium oxide composition has a zeta potential at pH 7 of no more than 30 mV and of more than 1 mV; (ii) the cerium oxide composition has a particle size D 10 of more than 0.5 μm and no more than 7 μm; (iii) the cerium oxide composition has a particle size D 50 of more than 2 μm and no more than 20 μm; (iv) the cerium oxide composition has a particle size D 90 of more than 12 μm and no more than 50 μm; (v) the cerium oxide composition has a crystallite size of more than 1 nm and no more than 22 nm; and (vi) the cerium oxide composition has an acidic site concentration of more than 0.0001 acidic sites/kg and no more than 0.020 acidic sites/kg; and wherein the contacting of the cerium oxide composition with the biological contaminant-containing aqueous stream removes some of the biological contaminant from the biological contaminant-containing aqueous stream. contacting a cerium oxide composition with a biological contaminant-containing aqueous stream, wherein the following are true: (i) the cerium oxide composition has a zeta potential at pH 7 of no more than 30 mV and of more than 1 mV; (ii) the cerium oxide composition has a particle size D 10 of more than 0.5 μm and no more than 7 μm; (iii) the cerium oxide composition has a particle size D 50 of more than 2 μm and no more than 20 μm; (iv) the cerium oxide composition has a particle size D 90 of more than 12 μm and no more than 50 μm; (v) the cerium oxide composition has a crystallite size of more than 1 nm and no more than 22 nm; and (vi) the cerium oxide composition has an acidic site concentration of more than 0.0001 acidic sites/kg and no more than 0.020 acidic sites/kg; and (i) the cerium oxide composition has a zeta potential at pH 7 of no more than 30 mV and of more than 1 mV; (ii) the cerium oxide composition has a particle size D 10 of more than 0.5 μm and no more than 7 μm; (iii) the cerium oxide composition has a particle size D 50 of more than 2 μm and no more than 20 μm; (iv) the cerium oxide composition has a particle size D 90 of more than 12 μm and no more than 50 μm; (v) the cerium oxide composition has a crystallite size of more than 1 nm and no more than 22 nm; and (vi) the cerium oxide composition has an acidic site concentration of more than 0.0001 acidic sites/kg and no more than 0.020 acidic sites/kg; and wherein the contacting of the cerium oxide composition with the biological contaminant-containing aqueous stream removes some of the biological contaminant from the biological contaminant-containing aqueous stream.
A method comprising: determining that a face covering is positioned to cover the mouth of a user of a user system; receiving audio that includes speech from the user; and adjusting amplitudes of frequencies in the audio to compensate for the face covering, wherein the amplitudes are adjusted based on reference amplitudes of the frequencies in reference audio that includes reference speech from one or more reference users with an uncovered mouth. determining that a face covering is positioned to cover the mouth of a user of a user system; receiving audio that includes speech from the user; and adjusting amplitudes of frequencies in the audio to compensate for the face covering, wherein the amplitudes are adjusted based on reference amplitudes of the frequencies in reference audio that includes reference speech from one or more reference users with an uncovered mouth.
A bearing assembly for a cone crusher comprising: an inner slide bearing, an eccentric sleeve and an outer slide bearing for supporting a lower portion of a crushing head shaft; wherein the inner slide bearing has a diameter and an axial height being defined from the inner slide bearing upper end to the inner slide bearing lower end and the outer slide bearing has a diameter and an axial height being defined from the outer slide bearing upper end to the outer slide bearing lower end; wherein the ratio of the inner slide bearing axial height and its diameter (H1/D1) is in the range of 0,95 to 1,20; and characterized in that the ratio of the outer slide bearing axial height and its diameter (H2/D2) is in the range of 0,50 to 0,70. an inner slide bearing, an eccentric sleeve and an outer slide bearing for supporting a lower portion of a crushing head shaft; wherein the inner slide bearing has a diameter and an axial height being defined from the inner slide bearing upper end to the inner slide bearing lower end and the outer slide bearing has a diameter and an axial height being defined from the outer slide bearing upper end to the outer slide bearing lower end; wherein the ratio of the inner slide bearing axial height and its diameter (H1/D1) is in the range of 0,95 to 1,20; and
A Class D audio amplifier for use with an electrostatic transducer, comprising an input module for generating a modulated sequence of pulses in response to an input audio signal fed to the input module; an output module for amplifying the sequence of pulses, which includes high speed switching output transistors; a power supply which provides a supply voltage to the switching output transistors; and a low pass filter which receives the amplified sequence of pulses and generates an output signal for the transducer; wherein the amplified sequence of pulses from the output module is fed to a voltage multiplier module which provides a constant bias voltage for the electrostatic transducer.
Automatic winder for a cover, comprising: - a first translationally mobile unit, comprising an assembly of at least one wheel, a second translationally mobile unit comprising an assembly of at least one wheel, and, in terms of translational movement, moving as one with the first mobile unit, - a winding tube mechanically connecting the first unit and the second unit and onto which a cover can be wound, and - a motor configured to drive the winding tube in rotation, of which the automatic winder further comprises - a transmission shaft, parallel to the winding tube, the motor further being configured to drive said automatic winder in translation, - the first translationally mobile unit comprising at least one drive wheel mechanically connected to the motor, - the second translationally mobile unit comprising at least one drive wheel mechanically connected to the motor via the transmission shaft; characterized in that - the winding tube and the transmission shaft are coaxial. - a first translationally mobile unit, comprising an assembly of at least one wheel, a second translationally mobile unit comprising an assembly of at least one wheel, and, in terms of translational movement, moving as one with the first mobile unit, - a winding tube mechanically connecting the first unit and the second unit and onto which a cover can be wound, and - a motor configured to drive the winding tube in rotation, of which the automatic winder further comprises - a transmission shaft, parallel to the winding tube, the motor further being configured to drive said automatic winder in translation, - the first translationally mobile unit comprising at least one drive wheel mechanically connected to the motor, - the second translationally mobile unit comprising at least one drive wheel mechanically connected to the motor via the transmission shaft; characterized in that - the winding tube and the transmission shaft are coaxial.
A medical implant delivery and retrieval device comprising a sheath, a wire having a distal end and being movable in a lumen of said sheath in a longitudinal direction of said sheath, said distal end comprising a locking structure for receiving and interlock with a complementary mating surface of an annuloplasty implant, wherein said locking structure comprises a locking surface (109, 110) aligned in a radial direction (R, R') to lock rotational movement of said implant, when received in said locking structure, characterized by the medical implant delivery and retrieval device further comprising a retrieval element connecting said locking structure and said annuloplasty implant when said annuloplasty implant is disconnected from said locking structure. a sheath, a wire having a distal end and being movable in a lumen of said sheath in a longitudinal direction of said sheath, said distal end comprising a locking structure for receiving and interlock with a complementary mating surface of an annuloplasty implant, wherein said locking structure comprises a locking surface (109, 110) aligned in a radial direction (R, R') to lock rotational movement of said implant, when received in said locking structure, characterized by the medical implant delivery and retrieval device further comprising a retrieval element connecting said locking structure and said annuloplasty implant when said annuloplasty implant is disconnected from said locking structure. a locking structure for receiving and interlock with a complementary mating surface of an annuloplasty implant, wherein said locking structure comprises a locking surface (109, 110) aligned in a radial direction (R, R') to lock rotational movement of said implant, when received in said locking structure, characterized by the medical implant delivery and retrieval device further comprising a retrieval element connecting said locking structure and said annuloplasty implant when said annuloplasty implant is disconnected from said locking structure.
A method of expanding a packer assembly, comprising: providing a tubing with an axially continuous sealing element disposed on an outside surface thereof along a substantial length of the tubing, wherein the sealing element defines alternating thick and thin bands, and wherein each thin band protrudes from the outside surface less than each thick band; and expanding the tubing such that relatively greater expansion of an outer diameter and an inner diameter of the tubing occurs at where each thin band is located compared to where each thick band is located, wherein the expansion of the tubing causes the thick and thin bands of the sealing element to contact a surrounding surface. providing a tubing with an axially continuous sealing element disposed on an outside surface thereof along a substantial length of the tubing, wherein the sealing element defines alternating thick and thin bands, and wherein each thin band protrudes from the outside surface less than each thick band; and expanding the tubing such that relatively greater expansion of an outer diameter and an inner diameter of the tubing occurs at where each thin band is located compared to where each thick band is located, wherein the expansion of the tubing causes the thick and thin bands of the sealing element to contact a surrounding surface.
A method of assembling an injector (100, 300, 450, 600, 850, 920), the method comprising: providing a container (102, 302, 452, 602, 720, 852, 922) having a wall defining an interior surface (112, 312 392, 462, 738) and a seal assembly having an interior surface (142, 332, 494, 658, 728, 862), the wall and seal assembly defining a reservoir (150, 340, 510, 670, 740, 880, 942); providing a fluid delivery system (104, 454, 700, 770, 854, 924) physically separate from the container, the fluid delivery system comprising a container needle (180, 360, 550, 702, 722, 816, 930) having a point; sterilizing the container including the reservoir (150, 340, 510, 670, 740, 880, 942) and fluid delivery system (104, 454, 700, 770, 854, 924) while the container and the fluid delivery system are separate from each other; filling the sterile reservoir of the container (102, 302, 452, 602, 720, 852, 922) with a volume of a drug product under sterile conditions, wherein the drug product comprises a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF); attaching the fluid delivery system (104, 454, 700, 770, 854, 924) to the filled container under clean room, but not sterile, conditions, according to a clean room standard, to define a storage state; attaching the container needle to an actuator (106, 306, 456, 856, 926), the actuator adapted to move the container needle from the storage state to a delivery state wherein the container needle is disposed through the seal assembly, into the sterile reservoir, and in fluid communication with the drug product for delivery to a patient. providing a container (102, 302, 452, 602, 720, 852, 922) having a wall defining an interior surface (112, 312 392, 462, 738) and a seal assembly having an interior surface (142, 332, 494, 658, 728, 862), the wall and seal assembly defining a reservoir (150, 340, 510, 670, 740, 880, 942); providing a fluid delivery system (104, 454, 700, 770, 854, 924) physically separate from the container, the fluid delivery system comprising a container needle (180, 360, 550, 702, 722, 816, 930) having a point; sterilizing the container including the reservoir (150, 340, 510, 670, 740, 880, 942) and fluid delivery system (104, 454, 700, 770, 854, 924) while the container and the fluid delivery system are separate from each other; filling the sterile reservoir of the container (102, 302, 452, 602, 720, 852, 922) with a volume of a drug product under sterile conditions, wherein the drug product comprises a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF); attaching the fluid delivery system (104, 454, 700, 770, 854, 924) to the filled container under clean room, but not sterile, conditions, according to a clean room standard, to define a storage state; attaching the container needle to an actuator (106, 306, 456, 856, 926), the actuator adapted to move the container needle from the storage state to a delivery state wherein the container needle is disposed through the seal assembly, into the sterile reservoir, and in fluid communication with the drug product for delivery to a patient.
Composition for topical application, containing: - at least a sucrose stearate containing at least 75% monoesters of sucrose and stearic acid by weight, the rest being di, tri and polyesters of sucrose and stearic acid, with a HLB of 16 (sucrose monostearate), for use in the therapeutic treatment of atopic dermatitis as an agent to inhibit the adhesion of Staphylococcus aureus on human skin and nasal mucosa. - at least a sucrose stearate containing at least 75% monoesters of sucrose and stearic acid by weight, the rest being di, tri and polyesters of sucrose and stearic acid, with a HLB of 16 (sucrose monostearate),
A medical apparatus (600, 700, 800, 900), comprising: - high intensity focused ultrasound system configured to generate focused ultrasonic energy for sonicating within a target volume of a subject, wherein the high intensity focused ultrasound comprises an ultrasonic transducer with a controllable focus; - a memory containing machine executable instructions (642, 720, 722, 810, 930, 932, 934, 936) for controlling the medical apparatus; - a processor for controlling the medical apparatus, wherein execution of the instructions causes the processor to: - control the high intensity focused ultrasound system to cause (100, 200, 300, 400, 502) ultrasonic cavitations at multiple cavitation locations (622, 1002) within the target volume, to provide cavitations at multiple locations on a rear surface of a target zone so as to create an acoustic shield for subsequent sonicatons within the target zone, 15 and - control the high intensity focused ultrasound system to subsequently sonicate (102, 206, 306, 402, 504) multiple sonication locations within the target volume below a threshold which induces cavitation, wherein the multiple cavitation and sonication locations are targeted by adjusting the controllable focus. - high intensity focused ultrasound system configured to generate focused ultrasonic energy for sonicating within a target volume of a subject, wherein the high intensity focused ultrasound comprises an ultrasonic transducer with a controllable focus; - a memory containing machine executable instructions (642, 720, 722, 810, 930, 932, 934, 936) for controlling the medical apparatus; - a processor for controlling the medical apparatus, wherein execution of the instructions causes the processor to: - control the high intensity focused ultrasound system to cause (100, 200, 300, 400, 502) ultrasonic cavitations at multiple cavitation locations (622, 1002) within the target volume, to provide cavitations at multiple locations on a rear surface of a target zone so as to create an acoustic shield for subsequent sonicatons within the target zone, 15 and - control the high intensity focused ultrasound system to subsequently sonicate (102, 206, 306, 402, 504) multiple sonication locations within the target volume below a threshold which induces cavitation, wherein the multiple cavitation and sonication locations are targeted by adjusting the controllable focus.
A microfluidic system comprising: an electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device (200, 1400) comprising a hydrophobic coating (216,226,1416,1426, 1816), and an array of elements (600, 810, 1010, 1200, 1600, 1700) that are actuatable for manipulation of a liquid droplet (610, 820, 930, 1020, 1404, 1610, 1804) within a filler fluid (234, 1434) within the EWOD device; a pattern generator that is configured to generate an actuation pattern for actuating a portion of the elements in the array of elements; and a signal generator configured to generate voltage signals for actuating elements in the array of elements in accordance with the actuation pattern; characterised in that the pattern generator is configured to generate an actuation pattern for a region of the array of elements corresponding to the liquid droplet, the actuation pattern including a first voltage signal for application to elements (630, 920, 1230, 1620, 1720) in a first part of the region, the first part being at or adjacent to a contact line of the liquid droplet, the contact line constituting a boundary between the liquid droplet, the filler fluid and the hydrophobic coating, and a second voltage signal for application to elements (620, 910, 1220, 1630, 1730) in a second part of the region that is covered by the liquid droplet and not at or adjacent to the contact line, and that the first and second voltage signals are different; and in that the pattern generator is configured to generate an actuation pattern in which a proportion of the elements in the second part of the region that are unactuated is 50% or greater. an electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device (200, 1400) comprising a hydrophobic coating (216,226,1416,1426, 1816), and an array of elements (600, 810, 1010, 1200, 1600, 1700) that are actuatable for manipulation of a liquid droplet (610, 820, 930, 1020, 1404, 1610, 1804) within a filler fluid (234, 1434) within the EWOD device; a pattern generator that is configured to generate an actuation pattern for actuating a portion of the elements in the array of elements; and a signal generator configured to generate voltage signals for actuating elements in the array of elements in accordance with the actuation pattern; characterised in that the pattern generator is configured to generate an actuation pattern for a region of the array of elements corresponding to the liquid droplet, the actuation pattern including a first voltage signal for application to elements (630, 920, 1230, 1620, 1720) in a first part of the region, the first part being at or adjacent to a contact line of the liquid droplet, the contact line constituting a boundary between the liquid droplet, the filler fluid and the hydrophobic coating, and a second voltage signal for application to elements (620, 910, 1220, 1630, 1730) in a second part of the region that is covered by the liquid droplet and not at or adjacent to the contact line, and that the first and second voltage signals are different; and in that the pattern generator is configured to generate an actuation pattern in which a proportion of the elements in the second part of the region that are unactuated is 50% or greater.