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A microfluidic cartridge (410, 1000, 1050) for automated sorting and dispensing of sorted microfluidic droplets, the cartridge comprising: a sorting input channel coupled to a sorting region (416, 1056), said sorting region (416, 1056) comprising two or more sorting output channels (444, 446) coupled to said input channel and a droplet director to selectively direct a droplet from said sorting input channel to a selected one of said sorting output channels (444, 446); and a droplet dispenser (420, 1060) coupled to one of said sorting output channels to dispense selected said droplets from said cartridge for collection in a reservoir, wherein said droplet dispenser (420, 1060) comprises a droplet ejection mechanism to eject droplets from an emulsion flow into a dispenser output channel for collection in said reservoir, and characterised in that said droplet ejection mechanism comprises a mechanism to increase a pressure in said emulsion flow to direct droplets into said dispenser output channel and wherein said droplet ejection mechanism is configured to selectively modulate said pressure to select a droplet in said emulsion flow for ejection in response to a previous detection of the droplet by a detector. a sorting input channel coupled to a sorting region (416, 1056), said sorting region (416, 1056) comprising two or more sorting output channels (444, 446) coupled to said input channel and a droplet director to selectively direct a droplet from said sorting input channel to a selected one of said sorting output channels (444, 446); and a droplet dispenser (420, 1060) coupled to one of said sorting output channels to dispense selected said droplets from said cartridge for collection in a reservoir, wherein said droplet dispenser (420, 1060) comprises a droplet ejection mechanism to eject droplets from an emulsion flow into a dispenser output channel for collection in said reservoir, and characterised in that said droplet ejection mechanism comprises a mechanism to increase a pressure in said emulsion flow to direct droplets into said dispenser output channel and wherein said droplet ejection mechanism is configured to selectively modulate said pressure to select a droplet in said emulsion flow for ejection in response to a previous detection of the droplet by a detector.
Construction component for building walls, comprising a supporting block of concrete and a lattice comprising a number of intersecting lattice wires (15, 8, 6), the lattice being provided with side areas (3b, 3c) thereof, arranged to enclose a volume on one side of the supporting block, between a main area of the lattice and an adjacent surface of the supporting block, such that the volume is fillable with lumps of a loose, solid material, and at least one of the wires is arranged inside the concrete and aligned with the adjacent surface of the supporting block, positioned below the surface, characterised in that the side areas (3b, 3c) of the lattice are angled inwards, forming an acute angle with the main area.
Blood treatment apparatus configured for carrying out a hemodialysis and/or hemofiltration and/or hemodiafiltration having a drive unit for an impeller blood pump and having a control and processing unit which is configured and/or programmed to control and/or regulate the drive unit for the impeller blood pump, wherein the control and processing unit is configured for an operation in which the impeller blood pump is operated in a pulsating manner by adding a pulsating speed portion to a first constant speed, characterized in that the control and processing unit is configured and/or programmed in such a manner that the pump pulsations are set based upon measured pressure pulse waves in the extracorporeal blood circuit.
An adhesion rotary disc minipump (102, 103, 300, 400, 500) comprising a housing embedding therein a plurality of adhesion-propelling discs (132, 332, 432a, 432b) mounted on a rotatable shaft (131, 331) of a rotor (130, 330, 430, 530, 630) that is drivable by a drive (160, 360, 560, 660), wherein fluids engaging with said plurality of adhesion-propelling discs (132, 332, 432a, 432b) are transportable from at least one inlet (111, 311, 411) to at least one outlet (112, 312, 412), and wherein when said plurality of rotatable adhesion-propelling discs are rotating, a scraping unit (110, 310) comprised in said adhesion rotary disc minipump scrapes off fluid adherent on both sides of each of said plurality of rotatable adhesion-propelling disc (132, 332, 432a, 432b), characterized in that said scraped-off fluid is being indirectly channeled from a first inlet of said at least one inlet (111,311) to a final outlet of said at least one outlet (112, 312) via a plurality of successive adhesion propelling discs (132, 332) or wherein said scraped-off fluid is being indirectly channeled by a first and second group of discs (432a, 432b) from an inlet to an outlet via a central fluid conveying chamber.
An oxidation process comprising: oxidizing para-xylene in a liquid phase of a three-phase reaction medium having a maximum height H, a maximum width W and an H:W ratio of at least 3:1, said reaction medium comprising a solid phase, a liquid phase and a gas phase contained in a reaction zone of a bubble column reactor, wherein said oxidizing forms crude terephthalic acid in said reaction medium, characterized in that the amount of solids present in said reaction medium is maintained in the range of from 15 to 30 weight percent on a time-averaged and volume-averaged basis, wherein the term "time-averaged" shall denote an average of at least 10 measurements taken equally over a continuous period of at least 100 seconds, and the term "volume-averaged" shall denote an average of at least 10 measurements taken at uniform 3-dimensional spacing throughout a certain volume; and wherein a predominantly gas-phase oxidant stream comprising molecular oxygen is introduced into said reaction zone via oxidant sparger, wherein sparger includes a ring member, a cross-member and a pair of oxidant entry conduits (64a, b), wherein ring member and cross.member each represent a plurality of upper oxidant openings for discharging the oxidant stream upwardly into reaction zone, and wherein ring member and/or cross-member present one or more lower oxidant openings for discharging the oxidant stream downwardly into reaction zone, and wherein more than 50 percent of said molecular oxygen enters said reaction zone within 0.25 W of the bottom of said reaction zone.
A system comprising: a sound processor that provides radio frequency ("RF") power; and a cochlear implant the operation of which is powered by the RF power provided by the sound processor and that is electrically coupled to a plurality of electrodes, the cochlear implant being implanted within a patient and including a positive current source tied to a positive voltage supply and a negative current source tied to a negative voltage supply, wherein the positive and negative current sources are electrically coupled to an electrode included in the plurality of electrodes by way of a common node; wherein the sound processor directs the cochlear implant to concurrently enable the positive and negative current sources in order to generate a current that has a first predetermined current level and that flows through the positive and negative current sources from the positive voltage supply to the negative voltage supply without providing stimulation to the electrode in a manner perceptible to the patient, and determines a power level of the RF power that is required to generate the current having the first predetermined current level. a sound processor that provides radio frequency ("RF") power; and a cochlear implant the operation of which is powered by the RF power provided by the sound processor and that is electrically coupled to a plurality of electrodes, the cochlear implant being implanted within a patient and including a positive current source tied to a positive voltage supply and a negative current source tied to a negative voltage supply, wherein the positive and negative current sources are electrically coupled to an electrode included in the plurality of electrodes by way of a common node; wherein the sound processor directs the cochlear implant to concurrently enable the positive and negative current sources in order to generate a current that has a first predetermined current level and that flows through the positive and negative current sources from the positive voltage supply to the negative voltage supply without providing stimulation to the electrode in a manner perceptible to the patient, and determines a power level of the RF power that is required to generate the current having the first predetermined current level. directs the cochlear implant to concurrently enable the positive and negative current sources in order to generate a current that has a first predetermined current level and that flows through the positive and negative current sources from the positive voltage supply to the negative voltage supply without providing stimulation to the electrode in a manner perceptible to the patient, and determines a power level of the RF power that is required to generate the current having the first predetermined current level.
A compression device with at least two pressing jaws (1, 2), at least one of which can be adjusted from a closed position into an open position, with a receptacle for a part to be compressed, the axis of which extends at an angle (α) other than 90° relative to the transverse center plane of the pressing jaws (1, 2), wherein said receptacle is provided on a compression ring that is connected to the pressing jaws (1, 2) and features two jaws (49, 50) that are connected to the ends of the pressing jaws (1, 2) and connected to one another in an articulated fashion on their ends that face away from the pressing jaws (1, 2), characterized in that the pressing jaws (1, 2) are on the free end provided with orthogonally extending stopping faces (53, 54), on which the jaws (49, 50) of the compression ring abut with counter stopping faces (55, 56).
A preamble transmission method in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, -based digital video broadcast system comprising: generating a first preamble block being composed of K cells by cyclically repeating in the frequency direction a single Forward Error Correction, FEC, frame including a header (701, 703) and an FEC block carrying control information, wherein the control information is FEC encoded, until the K cells of the first preamble block are filled, wherein the header is a known sequence; mapping the FEC frame and the cyclical repetition of the FEC frame to OFDM cells thereby outputting the first preamble block; generating a second preamble block by duplicating the first preamble block in the frequency axis direction; and transmitting the first and second preamble blocks. generating a first preamble block being composed of K cells by cyclically repeating in the frequency direction a single Forward Error Correction, FEC, frame including a header (701, 703) and an FEC block carrying control information, wherein the control information is FEC encoded, until the K cells of the first preamble block are filled, wherein the header is a known sequence; mapping the FEC frame and the cyclical repetition of the FEC frame to OFDM cells thereby outputting the first preamble block; generating a second preamble block by duplicating the first preamble block in the frequency axis direction; and transmitting the first and second preamble blocks.
Method for controlling an active suspension of a vehicle, characterized in that, by means of at least one active adjusting device (3, 8), which comprises at least one actuator (2, 9, 15, 31, 32), during cornering, a force directed in the direction of the roadway is exerted both on the corner-outside wheel and on the corner-inside wheel of a vehicle axle, or a force directed away from the roadway is exerted both on the corner-outside wheel and on the corner-inside wheel of a vehicle axle.
A sensor for sensing current, the sensor comprising: a current sensor coil defining an opening therethrough including: an outer coil; and an inner coil coupled to and disposed within the outer coil; and active leads, return leads or at least one active lead and at least one return lead passing through the current sensor coil opening, wherein the current sensor coil is configured to output respective signals indicative of current within the leads passing through the current sensor coil opening; and wherein the current sensor coil includes diametrically opposed first and second ends (609, 611) and each of the outer coil and the inner coil includes first and second portions (605a, 605b, 607a, 607b), the first and second portions being separated at the second end; characterised in that the leads passing through the current sensor coil opening are symmetrically disposed over the current sensor coil about an axis ("X"-"X") defined between the first and second ends, wherein the leads passing through the current sensor coil are disposed at a non-zero angle (∝) relative to the axis. a current sensor coil defining an opening therethrough including: an outer coil; and an inner coil coupled to and disposed within the outer coil; and active leads, return leads or at least one active lead and at least one return lead passing through the current sensor coil opening, wherein the current sensor coil is configured to output respective signals indicative of current within the leads passing through the current sensor coil opening; and wherein the current sensor coil includes diametrically opposed first and second ends (609, 611) and each of the outer coil and the inner coil includes first and second portions (605a, 605b, 607a, 607b), the first and second portions being separated at the second end; characterised in that the leads passing through the current sensor coil opening are symmetrically disposed over the current sensor coil about an axis ("X"-"X") defined between the first and second ends, wherein the leads passing through the current sensor coil are disposed at a non-zero angle (∝) relative to the axis.
A method of forming a cushioning element (36; 60) for an article of footwear (10; 100), comprising: arranging a plurality of foam particles, wherein the arranged plurality of foam particles comprises a thermoplastic elastomer material, and wherein the arranged plurality of foam particles has a number average particle size of 0.04 millimeter to 10 millimeter in a longest dimension; depositing a binding material in a binding material target area, wherein the binding material target area comprises at least a portion of the arranged plurality of foam particles, and wherein the depositing coats at least a portion of defining surfaces of the arranged plurality of foam particles with the binding material; and curing deposited binding material coating at least a portion of the defining surfaces of the arranged plurality of foam particles within at least the binding material target area, wherein curing comprises affixing at least a portion of the arranged plurality of foam particles to each other within the target area, characterized in that the arranging the plurality of foam particles, the depositing the binding material in the binding material target area and the curing the deposited binging material, are repeated. arranging a plurality of foam particles, wherein the arranged plurality of foam particles comprises a thermoplastic elastomer material, and wherein the arranged plurality of foam particles has a number average particle size of 0.04 millimeter to 10 millimeter in a longest dimension; depositing a binding material in a binding material target area, wherein the binding material target area comprises at least a portion of the arranged plurality of foam particles, and wherein the depositing coats at least a portion of defining surfaces of the arranged plurality of foam particles with the binding material; and curing deposited binding material coating at least a portion of the defining surfaces of the arranged plurality of foam particles within at least the binding material target area, wherein curing comprises affixing at least a portion of the arranged plurality of foam particles to each other within the target area, characterized in that the arranging the plurality of foam particles, the depositing the binding material in the binding material target area and the curing the deposited binging material, are repeated.
A method for filling a container (1 a, 1 b) with a food product, comprising; delivering a food product into a hopper; tamping, by means of a first tamping block, said food product whilst it is in said hopper; locating a container, having an upwardly facing opening, beneath said hopper; and opening the hopper such that the tamped food product falls from the hopper into the container under pressure from the first tamping block; wherein the step of delivering the food product into a hopper is performed at a first position, and the step of tamping the food product whilst it is in said hopper is performed at a second position, and wherein the first and second positions are spaced apart.
A medium speed detection device comprising: a radiation optical system configured to radiate non-coherent light to a sheet-shaped medium which is being transported; a linear light reception optical system that includes n light reception units where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2 configured to receive diffused/reflected light of the non-coherent light from the medium through light reception surfaces and in which the n light reception surfaces are arranged on an imaginary straight line in a transport direction of the medium; and a speed detection unit configured to obtain a speed of the medium based on a delay time obtained from a temporal correlation between an output of a preceding light reception unit with a preceding light reception surface disposed on an upstream side in the transport direction and an output of a following light reception unit with a following light reception surface disposed on a downstream side among the n light reception units. a radiation optical system configured to radiate non-coherent light to a sheet-shaped medium which is being transported; a linear light reception optical system that includes n light reception units where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2 configured to receive diffused/reflected light of the non-coherent light from the medium through light reception surfaces and in which the n light reception surfaces are arranged on an imaginary straight line in a transport direction of the medium; and a speed detection unit configured to obtain a speed of the medium based on a delay time obtained from a temporal correlation between an output of a preceding light reception unit with a preceding light reception surface disposed on an upstream side in the transport direction and an output of a following light reception unit with a following light reception surface disposed on a downstream side among the n light reception units.
A non-aqueous photopolymerizable inkjet ink, comprising as a photopolymerizable monomer: (a) diethylene glycol dimethacrylate; and (b) caprolactone-modified dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate or ethylene oxide-modified trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, or both thereof, wherein the photopolymerizable inkjet ink is negative for skin sensitization, wherein an amount of the (a) component in the ink is 10% by mass to 95% by mass with respect to the entire photopolymerizable monomer, and an amount of the (b) component in the ink is 5% by mass to 90% by mass with respect to the entire photopolymerizable monomer, and wherein the ink does not include a diluting solvent. (a) diethylene glycol dimethacrylate; and (b) caprolactone-modified dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate or ethylene oxide-modified trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, or both thereof,
A hand-held surface cleaning device comprising: a handle portion at a first end of the device, the handle portion configured to receive at least one battery; a nozzle at a second end of the device, the nozzle defining a nozzle dirty air inlet; a motor section adjacent the handle portion and comprising a motor configured to be powered by the at least one battery for generating suction and drawing air into the nozzle dirty air inlet; a dust cup adjacent the motor section, the dust cup being removable from the device and comprising a collection area and a door, the dust cup being coupled to the nozzle and in fluid communication with the nozzle dirty air inlet for receiving debris through the nozzle dirty air inlet and storing the debris in the collection area, the door being disposed at a first end of the dust cup and having a closed position for retaining the debris in the collection area and an open position for emptying the debris from the collection area, the door being disposed at the first end of the dust cup in both the closed position and the open position, the device having a substantially continuous width from the motor section to the second end of the device; and a removable filter. a handle portion at a first end of the device, the handle portion configured to receive at least one battery; a nozzle at a second end of the device, the nozzle defining a nozzle dirty air inlet; a motor section adjacent the handle portion and comprising a motor configured to be powered by the at least one battery for generating suction and drawing air into the nozzle dirty air inlet; a dust cup adjacent the motor section, the dust cup being removable from the device and comprising a collection area and a door, the dust cup being coupled to the nozzle and in fluid communication with the nozzle dirty air inlet for receiving debris through the nozzle dirty air inlet and storing the debris in the collection area, the door being disposed at a first end of the dust cup and having a closed position for retaining the debris in the collection area and an open position for emptying the debris from the collection area, the door being disposed at the first end of the dust cup in both the closed position and the open position, the device having a substantially continuous width from the motor section to the second end of the device; and a removable filter.
A method for monitoring a wind turbine generator system, characterized in that the method comprises: obtaining internal environmental temperature data, external environmental temperature data and component temperature data of the wind turbine generator system; determining one or more first statistics according to a difference between the component temperature data and the internal environmental temperature data, and determining one or more second statistics according to a difference between the component temperature data and the external environmental temperature data; and determining whether the component temperature data meets a set requirement according to the first statistics and the second statistics. obtaining internal environmental temperature data, external environmental temperature data and component temperature data of the wind turbine generator system; determining one or more first statistics according to a difference between the component temperature data and the internal environmental temperature data, and determining one or more second statistics according to a difference between the component temperature data and the external environmental temperature data; and determining whether the component temperature data meets a set requirement according to the first statistics and the second statistics.