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A spherical or radial GRIN lens comprised of a multilayered composite GRIN sheet; wherein said multilayered composite sheet is comprised of a plurality of at least two multilayered polymer composite films; wherein each of said multilayered polymer composite films is comprised of a plurality of at least two alternating layers and represented by formula x, where x = 2 n, and n is in the range of from 4 to 18; wherein adjacent multilayered composite polymer films are chosen to exhibit progressively different refractive indexes by altering the relative thickness of the and layers; wherein layer is comprised of component (a) and layer is comprised of component (b); wherein said components (a) and (b) exhibit a different refractive index; wherein in the instance of a spherical GRIN lens the multilayer composite films are stacked in a spherical shape; and wherein in the instance of a radial GRIN lens the radial GRIN lens is obtained by wrapping the multilayered composite sheet concentrically around a rod, the rod having a refractive index substantially matching the refractive index of the multilayered polymer film adjacent to the rod.
A temperature control system with a heat pump or refrigerating machine, a first intermediate storage means, a second intermediate storage means, valves, a control unit and a remaining system, the remaining system being supplied with temperature-controlled heat transfer liquid, characterized in that the temperature control system comprises two pumps (P1, P2), and the control unit is arranged to: in a first stroke, switch the valves In such a way that the heat pump or refrigerating machine takes the heat transfer liquid in the first intermediate storage means to a desired temperature level, while temperature-controlled heat transfer liquid is discharged from the second Intermediate storage means to the remaining system, and in a second stroke, switch the valves in such a way that the heat pump or refrigerating machine takes the heat transfer liquid in the second intermediate storage means to a desired temperature level, while temperature-controlled heat transfer liquid is discharged from the first intermediate storage means to the remaining system, and wherein in alternating operation, in the first and second strokes, respectively, heat transfer liquid is pumped into the remaining system alternately from the second and first intermediate storage means (Z2, Z1), respectively, and heat transfer liquid that has cooled or heated, during this pumping operation, is pumped from the remaining system into the second and first intermediate storage means, respectively. in a first stroke, switch the valves In such a way that the heat pump or refrigerating machine takes the heat transfer liquid in the first intermediate storage means to a desired temperature level, while temperature-controlled heat transfer liquid is discharged from the second Intermediate storage means to the remaining system, and in a second stroke, switch the valves in such a way that the heat pump or refrigerating machine takes the heat transfer liquid in the second intermediate storage means to a desired temperature level, while temperature-controlled heat transfer liquid is discharged from the first intermediate storage means to the remaining system, and wherein in alternating operation, in the first and second strokes, respectively, heat transfer liquid is pumped into the remaining system alternately from the second and first intermediate storage means (Z2, Z1), respectively, and heat transfer liquid that has cooled or heated, during this pumping operation, is pumped from the remaining system into the second and first intermediate storage means, respectively.
Use of coffee melanoidin for alleviating low temperature damage of an organ, a tissue or cells isolated from a living body, or inhibiting necrosis of an organ, a tissue or cells isolated from a living body.
A method of forming a biofouling resistant coating on an external surface of a seismic streamer casing defined by a flexible tubing, characterized by comprising: a. providing the flexible tubing into a pretreatment device; b. pretreating the external surface of the flexible tubing to be coated with the pretreatment device so as to make the flexible tubing pretreated; c. providing the pretreated flexible tubing into a coating device and coating a biofouling resistant silicone elastomer on said flexible tubing so as to make biofouling resistant silicone coated flexible tubing; and d. providing the biofouling resistant silicone coated flexible tubing into a heat curing device thereby heat curing said silicone elastomer coated on said flexible tubing. a. providing the flexible tubing into a pretreatment device; b. pretreating the external surface of the flexible tubing to be coated with the pretreatment device so as to make the flexible tubing pretreated; c. providing the pretreated flexible tubing into a coating device and coating a biofouling resistant silicone elastomer on said flexible tubing so as to make biofouling resistant silicone coated flexible tubing; and d. providing the biofouling resistant silicone coated flexible tubing into a heat curing device thereby heat curing said silicone elastomer coated on said flexible tubing.
Thermal conditioning device comprising a thermal conditioning housing delimiting an air circulation duct, comprising an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice, and an air circulation canal in both of which an air flow is able to circulate, at least one heat exchanger housed in the air circulation duct and the air circulation canal bypassing the heat exchanger, the circulation of the air flow in the air circulation canal being placed under the dependency of at least one control means able to adopt at least two distinct positions, in a first extreme position, the control means closing the air circulation canal, and in a second extreme position, the opposite to the first extreme position, the control means opening the air circulation canal fully and at least partially closing the air circulation duct, characterized in that when the control means is in the second extreme position, it reduces the passage cross section at the outlet orifice but does not fully block the passage of the air flow, leaving at least a reduced cross section open.
A method, comprising: receiving, in response to a user input, a first input from a first classifier of a first application, the first classifier having been trained using an application-independent reference dataset, the first input including a probability of at least a portion of the user input being in domain for the first application, wherein in domain for the first application refers to functionality provided by the first application in response to a first subset of the application-independent reference dataset; receiving, in response to the user input, a second input from a second classifier of a second application, the second classifier having been trained using the application-independent reference dataset, the second input including a probability of at least a portion of the user input being in domain for the second application, wherein in domain for the second application refers to functionality provided by the second application in response to a second subset of the application-independent reference dataset; and performing arbitration on the user input using the first and second inputs to prioritize a first one of the first and second applications for responding to the user input. receiving, in response to a user input, a first input from a first classifier of a first application, the first classifier having been trained using an application-independent reference dataset, the first input including a probability of at least a portion of the user input being in domain for the first application, wherein in domain for the first application refers to functionality provided by the first application in response to a first subset of the application-independent reference dataset; receiving, in response to the user input, a second input from a second classifier of a second application, the second classifier having been trained using the application-independent reference dataset, the second input including a probability of at least a portion of the user input being in domain for the second application, wherein in domain for the second application refers to functionality provided by the second application in response to a second subset of the application-independent reference dataset; and performing arbitration on the user input using the first and second inputs to prioritize a first one of the first and second applications for responding to the user input.
A motorcycle tire comprising a pair of bead portions each with an annular bead core embedded therein and each having a bead bottom surface located radially inside the bead core, characterized in that in a non-rim assembled state of the tire in which the bead portions are held such that the axial distance between the axially outer surfaces of the bead portions matches a rim width of a regular rim for the tire, the following conditional expression: 0.99 = < Dc / Dr + 2 T = < 1.00 is satisfied, wherein "Dc" is the inner diameter of the annular bead core measured at an axial position corresponding to the center in the tire axial direction of the bead core, "Dr" is the diameter of the regular rim, and "T" is the radial distance from the radially inner surface of the bead core to the bead bottom surface measured at the axial position corresponding to the center in the tire axial direction of the bead core. "Dc" is the inner diameter of the annular bead core measured at an axial position corresponding to the center in the tire axial direction of the bead core, "Dr" is the diameter of the regular rim, and "T" is the radial distance from the radially inner surface of the bead core to the bead bottom surface measured at the axial position corresponding to the center in the tire axial direction of the bead core.
A medicament container carrier adapted to hold a first medicament container having a first predetermined size and capable of containing more than a first volume of a medicament, the container carrier comprising: a body; and an adapter coupled to the body, the adapter adapted to hold a second medicament container having a second predetermined size different from the first predetermined size and capable of containing no more than the first volume of the medicament, wherein the adapter is adapted to retain the second medicament container such that the second medicament container is axially and rotationally fixed within the adapter, characterized in that the adapter is adapted to be retained within the container carrier such that the adapter is axially and rotationally fixed within the container carrier. a body; and an adapter coupled to the body, the adapter adapted to hold a second medicament container having a second predetermined size different from the first predetermined size and capable of containing no more than the first volume of the medicament, wherein the adapter is adapted to retain the second medicament container such that the second medicament container is axially and rotationally fixed within the adapter, characterized in that the adapter is adapted to be retained within the container carrier such that the adapter is axially and rotationally fixed within the container carrier.
A French door refrigerator comprising: a main body; a storage compartment defined within the main body, the storage compartment having a front side; a first door and a second door for the front side of the storage compartment, each of the first door and the second door rotatably coupled to the main body; a rotating bar rotatably coupled to the first door; and a guide device provided at the main body to guide rotation of the rotating bar, characterized in that: the second door has a protrusion and the guide device includes a rotating unit configured to be rotated by the protrusion of the second door, wherein as the second door rotates to close and the protrusion of the second door rotates the rotating unit while the first door is closed, the rotating unit rotates the rotating bar to cover a gap between the first door and the second door, and wherein as the second door rotates to open while the first door is closed, the rotating unit rotates the rotating bar to uncover the gap. a main body; a storage compartment defined within the main body, the storage compartment having a front side; a first door and a second door for the front side of the storage compartment, each of the first door and the second door rotatably coupled to the main body; a rotating bar rotatably coupled to the first door; and a guide device provided at the main body to guide rotation of the rotating bar, characterized in that: the second door has a protrusion and the guide device includes a rotating unit configured to be rotated by the protrusion of the second door, wherein as the second door rotates to close and the protrusion of the second door rotates the rotating unit while the first door is closed, the rotating unit rotates the rotating bar to cover a gap between the first door and the second door, and wherein as the second door rotates to open while the first door is closed, the rotating unit rotates the rotating bar to uncover the gap. the second door has a protrusion and the guide device includes a rotating unit configured to be rotated by the protrusion of the second door, wherein as the second door rotates to close and the protrusion of the second door rotates the rotating unit while the first door is closed, the rotating unit rotates the rotating bar to cover a gap between the first door and the second door, and wherein as the second door rotates to open while the first door is closed, the rotating unit rotates the rotating bar to uncover the gap.
An in vitro method of joining a set of two or more double-stranded (ds) or singlestranded (ss) DNA molecules, wherein adjacent DNA molecules to be joined contain overlapping sequences at their termini, said method comprising contacting in vitro the two or more DNA molecules in a single vessel with the following components: (a) an isolated non-thermostable 3' to 5' exonuclease active in the presence of dNTPs, (b) a crowding agent, (c) an isolated heat-activated DNA polymerase comprising an inactivating moiety conjugated to the polymerase, (d) an isolated thermostable ligase, (e) a mixture of dNTPs, and (f) a suitable buffer, under conditions comprising incubating the components at a temperature of 30-45°C and incubating the components at a temperature of above 65°C to join the two or more DNA molecules to form a first assembled dsDNA molecule in a one-step thermocycled reaction. (a) an isolated non-thermostable 3' to 5' exonuclease active in the presence of dNTPs, (b) a crowding agent, (c) an isolated heat-activated DNA polymerase comprising an inactivating moiety conjugated to the polymerase, (d) an isolated thermostable ligase, (e) a mixture of dNTPs, and (f) a suitable buffer,
A method comprising: sending, by a wireless device, a request to a wireless docking host to select one or more peripheral functions available via the wireless docking host, where the peripheral functions are available in accordance with authentication and association information associated with an established docking session with the wireless docking host; and sending, by the wireless device, a request to the wireless docking host to establish one or more payload connections with the wireless docking host, wherein the one or more payload connections are configured to communicate data via the wireless docking host for the selected one or more peripheral functions; and characterised by creating a persistent wireless docking environment; and storing information associated with the one or more peripheral functions in association with the persistent wireless docking environment to persist after the docking session; and making the information available to be applied in establishing subsequent docking sessions between the wireless device and the wireless docking host; and wherein creating the persistent wireless docking environment comprises sending, by the wireless device, a request to the wireless docking host to create the persistent wireless docking environment. sending, by a wireless device, a request to a wireless docking host to select one or more peripheral functions available via the wireless docking host, where the peripheral functions are available in accordance with authentication and association information associated with an established docking session with the wireless docking host; and sending, by the wireless device, a request to the wireless docking host to establish one or more payload connections with the wireless docking host, wherein the one or more payload connections are configured to communicate data via the wireless docking host for the selected one or more peripheral functions; and characterised by creating a persistent wireless docking environment; and storing information associated with the one or more peripheral functions in association with the persistent wireless docking environment to persist after the docking session; and making the information available to be applied in establishing subsequent docking sessions between the wireless device and the wireless docking host; and wherein creating the persistent wireless docking environment comprises sending, by the wireless device, a request to the wireless docking host to create the persistent wireless docking environment.
A stacked-plate cooler, in particular an oil cooler, for an internal combustion engine, having: a number of trough-shaped plates with an upstanding edge, wherein the plates are stacked with the edge one inside the other and joined at a distance in order to form adjacent hollow chambers, and a base plate with a base plate main plane, wherein a lowermost one of the number of trough-shaped plates is attached to the base plate, and a lowermost one of the number of trough-shaped plates is fastened directly to the base plate, wherein the base plate has a recess in the base plate main plane and the lowermost plate is inserted into the recess and is joined by means of a joint connection, characterised in that the lowermost plate has a bottom which merges into the upstanding edge in a radius of curvature, and wherein a gap between an outer edge of the lowermost plate an a recess surface is filled by a joining means of the joint connection in the region of the radius of curvature. a number of trough-shaped plates with an upstanding edge, wherein the plates are stacked with the edge one inside the other and joined at a distance in order to form adjacent hollow chambers, and a base plate with a base plate main plane, wherein a lowermost one of the number of trough-shaped plates is attached to the base plate, and a lowermost one of the number of trough-shaped plates is fastened directly to the base plate, wherein the base plate has a recess in the base plate main plane and the lowermost plate is inserted into the recess and is joined by means of a joint connection, characterised in that the lowermost plate has a bottom which merges into the upstanding edge in a radius of curvature, and wherein a gap between an outer edge of the lowermost plate an a recess surface is filled by a joining means of the joint connection in the region of the radius of curvature.
An ophthalmic lens, comprising: an optic (102; 102'; 202) comprising a first surface having a first shape (114, 116; 214, 216) and an opposing second surface having a second shape (116, 114; 216, 214), the shapes (114, 116; 214, 216) together providing a base optic power; an inner zone disposed about an optical axis, an intermediate zone disposed about the inner zone, and an outer zone disposed about the intermediate zone; a first diffractive profile imposed on one of the shapes (114, 116; 214, 216) and radially disposed within the inner zone; a multifocal refractive profile (124; 124'; 224) imposed on one of the shapes (114, 116; 214, 216); and a multifocal diffractive profile (126; 126'; 226A, 226B) having, for visible light, a primary diffraction order and a secondary diffraction order; characterized by a second diffractive profile being imposed on one of the shapes (114, 116; 214, 216) and radially disposed within the outer zone; the multifocal refractive profile (124; 124'; 224) including a refractive portion radially disposed within the intermediate zone between the first diffractive profile and the second diffractive profile, the multifocal refractive profile (124; 124'; 224) including an add portion having refractive add power; and at least one of the diffractive profiles (126; 126'; 226A, 226B) being the multifocal diffractive profile (126; 126'; 226A, 226B) having a diffractive add power corresponding to a difference in optical power between the secondary diffraction order and the primary diffraction order. an optic (102; 102'; 202) comprising a first surface having a first shape (114, 116; 214, 216) and an opposing second surface having a second shape (116, 114; 216, 214), the shapes (114, 116; 214, 216) together providing a base optic power; an inner zone disposed about an optical axis, an intermediate zone disposed about the inner zone, and an outer zone disposed about the intermediate zone; a first diffractive profile imposed on one of the shapes (114, 116; 214, 216) and radially disposed within the inner zone; a multifocal refractive profile (124; 124'; 224) imposed on one of the shapes (114, 116; 214, 216); and a multifocal diffractive profile (126; 126'; 226A, 226B) having, for visible light, a primary diffraction order and a secondary diffraction order; characterized by a second diffractive profile being imposed on one of the shapes (114, 116; 214, 216) and radially disposed within the outer zone; the multifocal refractive profile (124; 124'; 224) including a refractive portion radially disposed within the intermediate zone between the first diffractive profile and the second diffractive profile, the multifocal refractive profile (124; 124'; 224) including an add portion having refractive add power; and at least one of the diffractive profiles (126; 126'; 226A, 226B) being the multifocal diffractive profile (126; 126'; 226A, 226B) having a diffractive add power corresponding to a difference in optical power between the secondary diffraction order and the primary diffraction order.
Method for cleaning an interior of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of: introducing at least one cleaning robot into the interior of the vehicle by means of at least one positioning robot, wherein the at least one cleaning robot is arranged at a predetermined position in the interior of the vehicle, performing at least one predetermined cleaning program by means of the at least one cleaning robot in the interior of the vehicle, removing the at least one cleaning robot from the interior of the vehicle by means of the at least one positioning robot, wherein, for introducing and removing, at least one coupling means of the at least one cleaning robot is mechanically connected in a detachable manner to a complementary coupling means of the positioning robot. introducing at least one cleaning robot into the interior of the vehicle by means of at least one positioning robot, wherein the at least one cleaning robot is arranged at a predetermined position in the interior of the vehicle, performing at least one predetermined cleaning program by means of the at least one cleaning robot in the interior of the vehicle, removing the at least one cleaning robot from the interior of the vehicle by means of the at least one positioning robot, wherein, for introducing and removing, at least one coupling means of the at least one cleaning robot is mechanically connected in a detachable manner to a complementary coupling means of the positioning robot.