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Device for the fixing of hoses comprising two interconnectable fixing parts, which, in the assembled state, form a lead-through with an elliptic, in particular circular, cross-section, wherein at least one radially circumferential groove (23, 43) with an arcuate and edge-free cross-section is arranged in the inner surface (22, 42) of the lead-through, characterised in that the transition between the at least one radially circumferential groove (23, 43) and the inner surface (22, 42) of the lead-through is rounded.
A fluorescent brightener premix comprising: a) from 1% to 15%, by weight of the premix, of a fluorescent brightener, wherein said fluorescent brightener comprises a compound of formula: wherein: X 1, X 2, X 3, and X 4 are -N(R 1)R 2, wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from a hydrogen, a phenyl, hydroxyethyl, or an unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 8 alkyl, or -N(R 1)R 2 form a heterocyclic ring; and M is a hydrogen or a cation; and b) from 50% to 75%, by weight of the premix, of an alkoxylated nonionic surfactant, further comprising: c) from 10% to 25%, by weight of the premix, of an organic solvent, wherein said organic solvent is a C 1 -C 4 alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethanol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerol, and a combination thereof, wherein the composition comprises less than 0.1 % by weight of water, wherein the premix has a pH value of 6 to 10 when diluted in water at a concentration of 1%. a) from 1% to 15%, by weight of the premix, of a fluorescent brightener, wherein said fluorescent brightener comprises a compound of formula: wherein: X 1, X 2, X 3, and X 4 are -N(R 1)R 2, wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from a hydrogen, a phenyl, hydroxyethyl, or an unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 8 alkyl, or -N(R 1)R 2 form a heterocyclic ring; and M is a hydrogen or a cation; and wherein: X 1, X 2, X 3, and X 4 are -N(R 1)R 2, wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from a hydrogen, a phenyl, hydroxyethyl, or an unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 8 alkyl, or -N(R 1)R 2 form a heterocyclic ring; and M is a hydrogen or a cation; and b) from 50% to 75%, by weight of the premix, of an alkoxylated nonionic surfactant, further comprising: c) from 10% to 25%, by weight of the premix, of an organic solvent, wherein said organic solvent is a C 1 -C 4 alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethanol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerol, and a combination thereof, wherein the composition comprises less than 0.1 % by weight of water, wherein the premix has a pH value of 6 to 10 when diluted in water at a concentration of 1%.
A travelling wave parametric amplifier comprising: - a coplanar waveguide transmission line comprising therein at least ten Josephson elements, wherein each of the at least ten Josephson element comprises a loop, with exactly one Josephson junction of first size on one half of the loop and at least two Josephson junctions of a second size on a second half of the loop, the second size being larger than the first size; and further comprising therein a plurality of shunt capacitors having each a lower and an upper electrode, the shunt capacitors being parallel-plate capacitors; - a flux bias line configured to generate a magnetic flux threading each of the at least one loop, the flux bias line forming said upper or lower electrode of the parallel-plate capacitors in places where it crosses over to another side of the coplanar waveguide and comprising a two-port circuit taking a serpentine path ranging repeatedly from one side of the coplanar waveguide transmission line to the other, wherein the flux bias line extends on one side of the coplanar waveguide, parallel to the coplanar waveguide, before ranging over to another side of the coplanar waveguide at a place corresponding to one of the parallel-plate capacitors, to again extend parallel to the coplanar waveguide on said another side of the coplanar waveguide; and and - a set of resistors coupling the flux bias line to ground planes of the coplanar waveguide transmission line where the flux bias line extends parallel to the coplanar waveguide to provide an RF path to ground from the parallel-plate capacitors. - a coplanar waveguide transmission line comprising therein at least ten Josephson elements, wherein each of the at least ten Josephson element comprises a loop, with exactly one Josephson junction of first size on one half of the loop and at least two Josephson junctions of a second size on a second half of the loop, the second size being larger than the first size; and further comprising therein a plurality of shunt capacitors having each a lower and an upper electrode, the shunt capacitors being parallel-plate capacitors; - a flux bias line configured to generate a magnetic flux threading each of the at least one loop, the flux bias line forming said upper or lower electrode of the parallel-plate capacitors in places where it crosses over to another side of the coplanar waveguide and comprising a two-port circuit taking a serpentine path ranging repeatedly from one side of the coplanar waveguide transmission line to the other, wherein the flux bias line extends on one side of the coplanar waveguide, parallel to the coplanar waveguide, before ranging over to another side of the coplanar waveguide at a place corresponding to one of the parallel-plate capacitors, to again extend parallel to the coplanar waveguide on said another side of the coplanar waveguide; and and - a set of resistors coupling the flux bias line to ground planes of the coplanar waveguide transmission line where the flux bias line extends parallel to the coplanar waveguide to provide an RF path to ground from the parallel-plate capacitors.
A laundry machine comprising: a drum rotating about a rotation axis; a rotary shaft supporting the drum and coaxial with the rotation axis; a spider connected rigidly to the rotary shaft and the drum to connect the rotary shaft and the drum mechanically, the spider having a number of spokes, each of which is connected rigidly at an outer end to a portion of the drum; and a fluid balance ring fitted to the drum and coaxial with the rotation axis; the fluid balance ring being fitted rigidly to each of the spokes of the spider and comprising a number of annular chambers, each of which is hydraulically isolated from the other annular chambers, is coaxial with the rotation axis, and is partly filled with a liquid. a drum rotating about a rotation axis; a rotary shaft supporting the drum and coaxial with the rotation axis; a spider connected rigidly to the rotary shaft and the drum to connect the rotary shaft and the drum mechanically, the spider having a number of spokes, each of which is connected rigidly at an outer end to a portion of the drum; and a fluid balance ring fitted to the drum and coaxial with the rotation axis; the fluid balance ring being fitted rigidly to each of the spokes of the spider and comprising a number of annular chambers, each of which is hydraulically isolated from the other annular chambers, is coaxial with the rotation axis, and is partly filled with a liquid.
A treatment method for a used ion exchange resin, comprising: a desorption step of bringing a used ion exchange resin into contact with a reaction solution, the used ion exchange resin having an ion exchange group with at least a radionuclide, Cr, Pb, or Cd adsorbed thereon, and the reaction solution being heated to 60°C or more to 90°C or less and containing an iron compound, hydrogen peroxide, and ozone; a separation step of separating at least a part of the reaction solution in contact with the used ion exchange resin from the used ion exchange resin; and an organic substance decomposition step of decomposing an organic component contained in the reaction solution separated from the used ion exchange resin. a desorption step of bringing a used ion exchange resin into contact with a reaction solution, the used ion exchange resin having an ion exchange group with at least a radionuclide, Cr, Pb, or Cd adsorbed thereon, and the reaction solution being heated to 60°C or more to 90°C or less and containing an iron compound, hydrogen peroxide, and ozone; a separation step of separating at least a part of the reaction solution in contact with the used ion exchange resin from the used ion exchange resin; and an organic substance decomposition step of decomposing an organic component contained in the reaction solution separated from the used ion exchange resin.
A printing system for cut sheets, the printing system comprising a paper path comprising a loop in order to enable duplex printing on the sheets in a continuous flow of sheets in a first and second interweaving pass in the loop, a controller for controlling simplex and/or duplex printing of image data on the continuous flow of sheets, a print engine positioned in the loop configured to dispose marking material on the sheets according to the image data, and a scheduler for time scheduling the continuous flow of sheets in an order of a plurality of actions comprising loading a sheet, printing the sheet in a first pass in the loop, printing the sheet in a second pass in the loop, and unloading the sheet, characterised in that the scheduler is configured to use a digital representation of a directed graph of vertices and edges, each vertex representing an action (o 1,..., o 4) of the plurality of actions (o 1,..., o 4) on a sheet of the continuous flow of sheets and each edge representing at least one amount of time needed for a sheet to go from a starting vertex of the edge to an ending vertex of the edge, the directed graph also representing interweaving of sheets from a first pass and a second pass, wherein the scheduler comprises a digital window mover for providing subsequent windows (W0,..., W4) over the directed graph, each window of the subsequent windows (W0,..., W4) covering a finite subset of the vertices of the directed graph which correspond to actions (o 1,..., o 4) on a number of subsequently sheets to be processed in the continuous flow of sheets, as to allow repetitive executions of an algorithm for finding a shortest path between vertices covered by the window (W0,..., W4), and wherein a window size determines for each window of the subsequent windows (W0,..., W4) the amount of vertices in the window (W0,..., W4) and a window step size determines which vertices are covered by the subsequent windows (W0,..., W4) respectively.
A genetically engineered strain VNP20009-M for use in preventing or treating metastasis of a cancer in a human subject, wherein the genetically engineered strain VNP20009-M is an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium VNP20009 cloned with an L-methioninase gene, and wherein the cancer is prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer or leukemia.
A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising: an air-laying unit that lays material containing fiber and resin; and a humidifying unit that humidifies the deposited material laid by the air-laying unit; the humidifying unit including a first air flow generator that generates air flow passing through the deposited material in a direction intersecting the support surface supporting the deposited material, and supplies droplets or humidified air to the deposited material by the air flow produced by the first air flow generator characterised in that, the air-laying unit has a first roller disposed touching the outside of the air-laying unit housing, and touching the deposited material; the humidifying unit has a second roller disposed touching the outside of the humidifying unit housing, and touching the humidified deposited material; and the first roller is located at the humidifying unit side. an air-laying unit that lays material containing fiber and resin; and a humidifying unit that humidifies the deposited material laid by the air-laying unit; the humidifying unit including a first air flow generator that generates air flow passing through the deposited material in a direction intersecting the support surface supporting the deposited material, and supplies droplets or humidified air to the deposited material by the air flow produced by the first air flow generator characterised in that, the air-laying unit has a first roller disposed touching the outside of the air-laying unit housing, and touching the deposited material; the humidifying unit has a second roller disposed touching the outside of the humidifying unit housing, and touching the humidified deposited material; and the first roller is located at the humidifying unit side.
A circular stapling instrument for performing an anastomosis, comprising: an adapter assembly including a tubular body having a distal portion; a shell assembly disposed on the distal portion of the tubular body, the shell assembly supporting a staple cartridge assembly; and a seal assembly (100, 200) supported on the tubular body, the seal assembly including an inflatable member (110, 210) disposed proximal of the shell assembly, wherein the inflatable member includes a first diameter when in a deflated condition and a second diameter when in an inflated condition, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter, characterised in that the circular stapling instrument further comprises an irrigation assembly, the irrigation assembly including a flexible tube, wherein the irrigation assembly is configured to deliver an irrigation fluid to pressure test the anastomosis following a stapling procedure. an adapter assembly including a tubular body having a distal portion; a shell assembly disposed on the distal portion of the tubular body, the shell assembly supporting a staple cartridge assembly; and a seal assembly (100, 200) supported on the tubular body, the seal assembly including an inflatable member (110, 210) disposed proximal of the shell assembly, wherein the inflatable member includes a first diameter when in a deflated condition and a second diameter when in an inflated condition, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter, characterised in that the circular stapling instrument further comprises an irrigation assembly, the irrigation assembly including a flexible tube, wherein the irrigation assembly is configured to deliver an irrigation fluid to pressure test the anastomosis following a stapling procedure.
A skin grafting system comprising: a handheld device comprising a device housing forming an interior that secures a drive system; a cartridge comprising a plurality of hollow microneedles surrounded by a peripheral housing and configured to be operated by the drive system to extend and retract past the peripheral housing into a subject to harvest tissue during a skin grafting process; and a device shield formed of a polymer extending from an interior opening to an exterior edge, wherein the interior opening is sized to extend about the peripheral housing to position the exterior edge over the device housing to inhibit ingress of fluids into the interior of the device housing from fluid about the peripheral housing of the cartridge during the skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting system. a handheld device comprising a device housing forming an interior that secures a drive system; a cartridge comprising a plurality of hollow microneedles surrounded by a peripheral housing and configured to be operated by the drive system to extend and retract past the peripheral housing into a subject to harvest tissue during a skin grafting process; and a device shield formed of a polymer extending from an interior opening to an exterior edge, wherein the interior opening is sized to extend about the peripheral housing to position the exterior edge over the device housing to inhibit ingress of fluids into the interior of the device housing from fluid about the peripheral housing of the cartridge during the skin grafting process performed using the skin grafting system.
Compound containing at least one hexahydrotriazine unit of the formula where A is a divalent hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing heteroatoms, and Z is an amidine or guanidine group bonded via a nitrogen atom, where the hexahydrotriazine ring and the Z group are separated from one another by a chain of at least two carbon atoms. A is a divalent hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing heteroatoms, and Z is an amidine or guanidine group bonded via a nitrogen atom,
A composition for use in a method of (a) eliciting a CTL response against tumor cells presenting an epitopic peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 10 in a subject; or (b) stimulating an immune response in an immunologically competent animal, wherein said composition comprises an epitopic peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 10, or a derivative thereof, and wherein said derivative is a peptide having one amino acid difference from the epitopic peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10. (a) eliciting a CTL response against tumor cells presenting an epitopic peptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 10 in a subject; or (b) stimulating an immune response in an immunologically competent animal,
A photovoltaic cell assembly, comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic cells arranged sequentially along a longitudinal direction, wherein each of the photovoltaic cells comprises a silicon wafer, a front conductive member disposed on a front surface of the silicon wafer, two electrodes (4,5) disposed on a back surface of the silicon wafer, and a side conductive member that is disposed on a side surface of the silicon wafer and that is electrically connected between the front conductive member and one of the two electrodes, wherein the two electrodes extend along a transverse direction and are distributed at an interval in the longitudinal direction; and at least one conductive band, wherein the conductive band has an extension direction the same as that of the electrode, and is electrically connected to two electrodes that are close to each other and that are respectively located on two neighboring photovoltaic cells to conductively connect the two electrodes located on the two neighboring photovoltaic cells, so that the two neighboring photovoltaic cells are connected in series or connected in parallel, characterized in that the conductive band comprises two half portions whose structures are the same and that are arranged sequentially perpendicular to the extension direction of the conductive band, and the two half portions exactly respectively cover the two electrodes conductively connected by the conductive band, and in that the profile line of the upper and lower half portion respectively corresponds with the profile line of each electrode. a plurality of photovoltaic cells arranged sequentially along a longitudinal direction, wherein each of the photovoltaic cells comprises a silicon wafer, a front conductive member disposed on a front surface of the silicon wafer, two electrodes (4,5) disposed on a back surface of the silicon wafer, and a side conductive member that is disposed on a side surface of the silicon wafer and that is electrically connected between the front conductive member and one of the two electrodes, wherein the two electrodes extend along a transverse direction and are distributed at an interval in the longitudinal direction; and at least one conductive band, wherein the conductive band has an extension direction the same as that of the electrode, and is electrically connected to two electrodes that are close to each other and that are respectively located on two neighboring photovoltaic cells to conductively connect the two electrodes located on the two neighboring photovoltaic cells, so that the two neighboring photovoltaic cells are connected in series or connected in parallel, characterized in that the conductive band comprises two half portions whose structures are the same and that are arranged sequentially perpendicular to the extension direction of the conductive band, and the two half portions exactly respectively cover the two electrodes conductively connected by the conductive band, and in that the profile line of the upper and lower half portion respectively corresponds with the profile line of each electrode.
A method for counteracting the effect of soot accumulation in a diesel particulate filter in an exhaust system of a diesel engine on the control of exhaust gas recirculation through an EGR system of the engine by a control system of the engine, the method comprising: in the control system, a) processing certain data to select a data value for present EGR volumetric efficiency that is based on a predetermined relationship between certain parameters associated with operation of the engine, b) processing the selected data value for present EGR volumetric efficiency and certain other data, including data that accounts for present soot accumulation in the DPF, to develop a data value indicative of present total mass flow through the engine during engine operation, and c) processing the data value indicative of present total mass flow through the engine and still other data to develop flow control data for controlling flow of exhaust gas through the EGR system, and in the EGR system, using the flow control data for controlling flow of exhaust gas. in the control system, a) processing certain data to select a data value for present EGR volumetric efficiency that is based on a predetermined relationship between certain parameters associated with operation of the engine, b) processing the selected data value for present EGR volumetric efficiency and certain other data, including data that accounts for present soot accumulation in the DPF, to develop a data value indicative of present total mass flow through the engine during engine operation, and c) processing the data value indicative of present total mass flow through the engine and still other data to develop flow control data for controlling flow of exhaust gas through the EGR system, and a) processing certain data to select a data value for present EGR volumetric efficiency that is based on a predetermined relationship between certain parameters associated with operation of the engine, b) processing the selected data value for present EGR volumetric efficiency and certain other data, including data that accounts for present soot accumulation in the DPF, to develop a data value indicative of present total mass flow through the engine during engine operation, and c) processing the data value indicative of present total mass flow through the engine and still other data to develop flow control data for controlling flow of exhaust gas through the EGR system, and in the EGR system, using the flow control data for controlling flow of exhaust gas.