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Fin for a heat exchanger comprising a body equipped with at least one hole for the passage of a tube of said heat exchanger and a means known as a spacer means, the hole having a contour with two sides known as long sides and two sides known as short sides, and the spacer means being situated on a short side of the contour of the tube passage hole, the spacer means comprising a bearing surface able to support another fin and produced in the form of a turned-up edge substantially parallel to a plane known as the overall plane of extension of the fin, then characterized in that the spacer means define, between said fin and an adjacent fin of the exchanger, a separation spacing which is greater than the smallest dimension of said hole.
A method of manufacturing an orthodontic archwire that is adapted to be received in a set of brackets having a bonding pad for bonding the brackets to the teeth of a patient, the method comprising the steps of: - defining the location of a set of bracket slots for the set of brackets in a three-dimensional space with the aid of a computer; - supplying a wire bending robot with information corresponding to the location of the set of bracket slots; - providing an archwire wire having a cross-sectional configuration that has at least one flat planar surface, wherein the archwire material has a composition of 40% cobalt, 20% chromium, 15% nickel, 7% molybdenum, 2% manganese, 0.15% carbon and a balance of iron; - bending the archwire into a configuration during manufacturing to have a shape, in a relaxed, as-manufactured condition, such that the flat planar surface of the archwire is canted relative to an occlusal plane over a substantial arcuate extent, said shape corresponding to the location of the bracket slots; and - heat treating the archwire after bending. - defining the location of a set of bracket slots for the set of brackets in a three-dimensional space with the aid of a computer; - supplying a wire bending robot with information corresponding to the location of the set of bracket slots; - providing an archwire wire having a cross-sectional configuration that has at least one flat planar surface, wherein the archwire material has a composition of 40% cobalt, 20% chromium, 15% nickel, 7% molybdenum, 2% manganese, 0.15% carbon and a balance of iron; - bending the archwire into a configuration during manufacturing to have a shape, in a relaxed, as-manufactured condition, such that the flat planar surface of the archwire is canted relative to an occlusal plane over a substantial arcuate extent, said shape corresponding to the location of the bracket slots; and - heat treating the archwire after bending.
A fuel system for a combustion engine, which fuel system comprises a first fuel tank, a second fuel tank, a first fuel line arranged in connection with the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank, a second fuel line arranged so as to conduct fuel from the first fuel tank to a high-pressure system, a main feed pump and a transfer pump, wherein the main feed pump is arranged so as to feed fuel from the first fuel tank via the second line and the transfer pump is arranged so as to feed fuel from the second fuel tank to the first fuel tank via the first fuel line, the first fuel tank is designed so that it holds a smaller volume than the second fuel tank, and in that a fuel return line is arranged so as to return pressurized fuel from the high-pressure system to the first fuel tank, characterized in that a first electric motor is arranged so as to drive the main feed pump, the main feed pump is arranged in the first fuel tank, wherein the fuel system comprises an arrangement for controlling the fuel temperature in the first fuel tank by controlling the flow of fuel to the first fuel tank, wherein the arrangement comprises a control unit that controls the transfer pump and, when the temperature of the fuel in the first fuel tank exceeds a predetermined temperature limit value, the control unit controls the transfer pump so as to feed fuel from the second fuel tank to the first fuel tank.
A device for distributing granular material to a plurality of lines, comprising: - means for generating a mixed flow from an air flow used as a carrier medium and granular material added to said air flow, - a distributor housing accommodating a rotor mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation and occupying a hollow-cylindrical distributor chamber with a hollow-cylinder axis coinciding with the axis of rotation, having a housing wall surrounding the rotor at least in some sections, having an inlet opening spanning a transfer cross-section, and having at least one outlet opening, - and having a number, corresponding to the number of lines and/or the number of groups of a plurality of lines, of discharge openings arranged in different discharge cross-sections in the housing wall, said discharge cross-sections arranged perpendicular to the axis of rotation, wherein a line or a group of a plurality of lines is connected to each discharge opening, - drive means in order to set the rotor in rotation about the axis of rotation -, and - a feed line connecting the means for generating the mixed flow to the inlet opening, - wherein the rotor has a number, or integer multiple thereof, corresponding to the number of lines and/or the number of groups of a plurality of lines, of sector partition walls protruding radially from the axis of rotation and dividing the hollow-cylindrical distributor chamber into a corresponding number of sector channels extending along the axis of rotation. - means for generating a mixed flow from an air flow used as a carrier medium and granular material added to said air flow, - a distributor housing accommodating a rotor mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation and occupying a hollow-cylindrical distributor chamber with a hollow-cylinder axis coinciding with the axis of rotation, having a housing wall surrounding the rotor at least in some sections, having an inlet opening spanning a transfer cross-section, and having at least one outlet opening, - and having a number, corresponding to the number of lines and/or the number of groups of a plurality of lines, of discharge openings arranged in different discharge cross-sections in the housing wall, said discharge cross-sections arranged perpendicular to the axis of rotation, wherein a line or a group of a plurality of lines is connected to each discharge opening, - drive means in order to set the rotor in rotation about the axis of rotation -, and - a feed line connecting the means for generating the mixed flow to the inlet opening, - wherein the rotor has a number, or integer multiple thereof, corresponding to the number of lines and/or the number of groups of a plurality of lines, of sector partition walls protruding radially from the axis of rotation and dividing the hollow-cylindrical distributor chamber into a corresponding number of sector channels extending along the axis of rotation.
Missile including a ramjet engine with a combustion chamber lined with a thermal insulation layer on the inside in which a starting propellant charge is combusted during launch and to which, during cruise flight, propellant-rich gas is supplied as well as air via air ducts, wherein, at the air inlet opening (4, 5) of the combustion chamber housing, the air ducts are provided with a sealing cover (7, 8) opening into the combustion chamber, wherein the combustion chamber housing has air inlet openings (4, 5) arranged one behind the other and separated by webs which are lockable by means of a common sealing cover (7, 8) configured in the form of a strip, and wherein two or more rows (I, II) of air inlet openings (4, 5) arranged one behind the other are provided and the sealing cover (7, 8) is hinged to the combustion chamber housing on one longitudinal side.
A process of drilling organic glasses, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a substrate of organic glass, preferably of optical grade, (b) laminating onto at least one surface of said organic glass substrate via an adhesive layer selected from the group consisting of pressure sensitive adhesives and hot melt adhesives, a polymer film, and (c) drilling a hole through the substrate and polymer film by means of a drill characterised in that said polymer film is a thermoplastic polymer film having a thickness of at least 40 μm and an elastic modulus of at least 3 GPa, the peel strength of the thermoplastic polymer on the organic glass substrate being higher than 0.0325 N/m, preferably of at least 0.0375 N/m (a) providing a substrate of organic glass, preferably of optical grade, (b) laminating onto at least one surface of said organic glass substrate via an adhesive layer selected from the group consisting of pressure sensitive adhesives and hot melt adhesives, a polymer film, and (c) drilling a hole through the substrate and polymer film by means of a drill characterised in that said polymer film is a thermoplastic polymer film having a thickness of at least 40 μm and an elastic modulus of at least 3 GPa, the peel strength of the thermoplastic polymer on the organic glass substrate being higher than 0.0325 N/m, preferably of at least 0.0375 N/m
A compound which has the following formula: wherein: R 5 and R 6 are each independently H or OH; and R 2 represents OH or OMe, R 3 represents H, OH or OMe, R 7 represents OH, and R 8 represents F or Cl; R 2 represents OH, R 3 represents OH or OMe, R 7 represents OH, and R 8 represents H; or R 2 represents OH, R 3 represents OMe, R 7 represents OH, and R 8 represents OMe. R 5 and R 6 are each independently H or OH; and R 2 represents OH or OMe, R 3 represents H, OH or OMe, R 7 represents OH, and R 8 represents F or Cl; R 2 represents OH, R 3 represents OH or OMe, R 7 represents OH, and R 8 represents H; or R 2 represents OH, R 3 represents OMe, R 7 represents OH, and R 8 represents OMe.
An integrated circuit structure, comprising: an active region containing more active semiconductor devices, the active region comprising a first grating of metal and dielectric materials with only vertically aligned directed self-assembly, DSA, copolymer structures thereon; and a transition region containing inactive structures adjacent to the active region, the transition region comprising a second grating of metal and dielectric materials having at least vertical random DSA copolymer structures thereon, wherein both the first and the second gratings are uniform gratings and have an absence of horizontal parallel DSA polymer sheets. an active region containing more active semiconductor devices, the active region comprising a first grating of metal and dielectric materials with only vertically aligned directed self-assembly, DSA, copolymer structures thereon; and a transition region containing inactive structures adjacent to the active region, the transition region comprising a second grating of metal and dielectric materials having at least vertical random DSA copolymer structures thereon, wherein both the first and the second gratings are uniform gratings and have an absence of horizontal parallel DSA polymer sheets.
A printing ink or printing varnish, in particular for offset printing, comprising a binder and optionally one or more pigments, wherein the binder comprises: - one or more solvent components which are selected from liquid (at 25 °C) alcohols and/or amines which can be saturated or unsaturated and linear or branched, wherein alcohols and/or amines with 12 or more C atoms are contained in a proportion of at least 30 % by weight in relation to the binder, and - one or more resin components dissolved in the solvent component(s), which are selected from solid (at 25 °C) carboxylic acids with 12 or more C atoms in a proportion of at least 15 % by weight in relation to the binder, and wherein the printing ink or the printing varnish has an OH number and an amine number of which the sum is more than 100 mg /g. - one or more solvent components which are selected from liquid (at 25 °C) alcohols and/or amines which can be saturated or unsaturated and linear or branched, wherein alcohols and/or amines with 12 or more C atoms are contained in a proportion of at least 30 % by weight in relation to the binder, and - one or more resin components dissolved in the solvent component(s), which are selected from solid (at 25 °C) carboxylic acids with 12 or more C atoms in a proportion of at least 15 % by weight in relation to the binder,
Encoder for encoding video content into a multi-layered video data stream so that same has, for each of a plurality of layers, video content encoded therein in units of sub-portions of pictures of the video content using inter-laver prediction, each sub-portion being respectively encoded into one or more payload packets of a sequence of packets of the video data stream, each packet being associated with one of the plurality of layers, the sequence of packets being divided into a sequence of access units so that each access unit collects the payload packets relating to a common time instant, wherein the access units are subdivided into decoding units so that each access unit is subdivided into two or more decoding units, with each decoding unit solely comprising payload packets associated with one of the plurality of layers, and the decoding units comprising payload packets associated with different layers are interleaved with each other, each access unit comprising a first timing control information signaling, for each decoding unit of the respective access unit, a first decoder buffer retrieval time so that, in accordance with the first decoder buffer retrieval time for the respective access unit's decoding units, the decoding units in the respective access unit are ordered in accordance with a layer order defined among the plurality of layers so that no decoding unit comprising packets associated with a first layer follows any decoding unit in the respective access unit, comprising packets associated with a second layer succeeding the first layer in accordance with the layer order, and a second timing control information signaling, for each decoding unit of the access unit, a second decoder buffer retrieval time corresponding to the decoding unit's sequential order in the multi-layer video data stream.
Use of a bi-component protein complex consisting of a plurality of molecules of a member of the aegerolysin family selected from the group consisting of ostreolysin and pleurotolysin A, and a plurality of molecules of a member of the MACPF superfamily which is pleurotolysin B (PlyB) for controlling a plant pest; wherein the ostreolysin is a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1; wherein the pleurotolysin A is a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2; and wherein pleurotolysin B is a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 4. wherein the ostreolysin is a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1; wherein the pleurotolysin A is a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2; and wherein pleurotolysin B is a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 4.
A method comprising: a) isolating a RNA sample from a cancer cell or population of cells from a tumor; b) performing quantitative real-time PCR on the RNA from the sample of the cancer cell or population of cells using PCR primers and probes specific for Mig6 mRNA, and for one or more microRNAs selected from the group consisting of: miR200a, miR200b, miR200c and miR205; c) determining the quantity of the Mig6 mRNA and the one or more microRNAs in the sample of the cancer cell or population of cells; d) comparing the quantity of the Mig6 mRNA to the quantity of the one or more microRNAs in the sample of the cancer cell or population of cells; and e) identifying the cancer cell or population of cells from the tumor as being sensitive to treatment with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors when the ratio of the quantity of the Mig6 mRNA to the quantity of the one or more microRNAs is less than or equal to about 0.05. a) isolating a RNA sample from a cancer cell or population of cells from a tumor; b) performing quantitative real-time PCR on the RNA from the sample of the cancer cell or population of cells using PCR primers and probes specific for Mig6 mRNA, and for one or more microRNAs selected from the group consisting of: miR200a, miR200b, miR200c and miR205; c) determining the quantity of the Mig6 mRNA and the one or more microRNAs in the sample of the cancer cell or population of cells; d) comparing the quantity of the Mig6 mRNA to the quantity of the one or more microRNAs in the sample of the cancer cell or population of cells; and e) identifying the cancer cell or population of cells from the tumor as being sensitive to treatment with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors when the ratio of the quantity of the Mig6 mRNA to the quantity of the one or more microRNAs is less than or equal to about 0.05.
System comprising a cryogenic container, in particular an LNG container or a hydrogen container, and a heat exchanger (4, 60) with a first heat exchanger tube for cryogenic fluid, wherein a withdrawal line (9, 10) of the cryogenic container is connected to the first heat exchanger tube of the heat exchanger, characterised in that the system comprises a single-piece pressure management valve block having at least a first inlet port, a second inlet port, a first outlet port and a second outlet port, wherein at least the first inlet port, the first outlet port and the second outlet port are connected inside the single-piece pressure management valve block by a connecting passage, wherein the connecting passage comprises a first inlet-side connecting section, a first outlet-side connecting section and a second outlet-side connecting section, which meet at a first node point, wherein the single-piece pressure management valve block has at least one outwardly open valve recess, wherein the valve recess is located at the first outlet-side connecting section, at the second outlet-side connecting section or at the node point, wherein a valve is inserted into the valve recess of the single-piece pressure management valve block, and wherein the first heat exchanger tube is connected to the first inlet port and the first outlet port is connected to a further heat exchanger which projects into the cryogenic container and which is connected, optionally via a second heat exchanger tube of the first-mentioned heat exchanger, to the second inlet port of the single-piece pressure management valve block. the system comprises a single-piece pressure management valve block having at least a first inlet port, a second inlet port, a first outlet port and a second outlet port, wherein at least the first inlet port, the first outlet port and the second outlet port are connected inside the single-piece pressure management valve block by a connecting passage, wherein the connecting passage comprises a first inlet-side connecting section, a first outlet-side connecting section and a second outlet-side connecting section, which meet at a first node point, wherein the single-piece pressure management valve block has at least one outwardly open valve recess, wherein the valve recess is located at the first outlet-side connecting section, at the second outlet-side connecting section or at the node point, wherein a valve is inserted into the valve recess of the single-piece pressure management valve block, and wherein the first heat exchanger tube is connected to the first inlet port and the first outlet port is connected to a further heat exchanger which projects into the cryogenic container and which is connected, optionally via a second heat exchanger tube of the first-mentioned heat exchanger, to the second inlet port of the single-piece pressure management valve block.
An aerosol generating substrate comprising an aerosol generating material, wherein the aerosol generating material comprises an amorphous solid, the amorphous solid comprising an active ingredient, wherein at least 70wt% of the active ingredient is aerosolised on heating of the aerosol generating material to 370°C for a ten-second period under a 1.95L/min airflow, and wherein the aerosol generating substrate comprises a carrier on which the amorphous solid is provided.
A method of generating electrode stimulation signals for an implanted electrode array, the method comprising: a. processing an acoustic audio signal to generate a plurality of band pass signals (B 1 -B N), each of which represents an associated band of audio frequencies and contains stimulation timing and energy information; b. defining a plurality of macro bands, each of which characterizes a plurality of the band pass signals (B 1 -B N); and c. processing the macro bands in a sequence of sampling intervals, wherein for each sampling interval the processing includes i. extracting stimulation timing and energy information from each band pass signal (B 1 -B N) to define requested stimulation events (P 1 -P N), and ii. decimating the requested stimulation events (P 1 -P N) by selecting the band pass signal within each macro band having the highest envelope within each macro band, characterised in that the plurality of macro bands overlap, in that in each sampling interval the processing further includes decimating for each selected band pass signal the requested stimulation events (A 1 -A N) based on a pulse selection inhibition function and preserving temporal and spectral structures of the band pass signals (B 1 -B N) using a model of refractory properties so as to generate stimulation event signals (S 1 -S N), in that the stimulation event signals (S 1 -8 N) are weighted with a weighting matrix of MxN stimulation amplitudes reflecting patient-specific pitch perception characteristics to produce output electrode stimulation signals (A 1 -A M) that are developed into a set of output electrode pulses (E 1 -E M) to the electrodes in the implanted electrode array, and in that the electrode stimulation pulses (E 1 -E M) are simultaneous. a. processing an acoustic audio signal to generate a plurality of band pass signals (B 1 -B N), each of which represents an associated band of audio frequencies and contains stimulation timing and energy information; b. defining a plurality of macro bands, each of which characterizes a plurality of the band pass signals (B 1 -B N); and c. processing the macro bands in a sequence of sampling intervals, wherein for each sampling interval the processing includes i. extracting stimulation timing and energy information from each band pass signal (B 1 -B N) to define requested stimulation events (P 1 -P N), and ii. decimating the requested stimulation events (P 1 -P N) by selecting the band pass signal within each macro band having the highest envelope within each macro band, i. extracting stimulation timing and energy information from each band pass signal (B 1 -B N) to define requested stimulation events (P 1 -P N), and ii. decimating the requested stimulation events (P 1 -P N) by selecting the band pass signal within each macro band having the highest envelope within each macro band, decimating for each selected band pass signal the requested stimulation events (A 1 -A N) based on a pulse selection inhibition function and preserving temporal and spectral structures of the band pass signals (B 1 -B N) using a model of refractory properties so as to generate stimulation event signals (S 1 -S N),