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A method for detecting a foreign material within a pouch type battery, the method comprising: irradiating linear light of a light source to a surface of a battery case pouch at a pre-set incident angle; sensing, by a plurality of sensors, light reflected from the battery case pouch; and when the incident angle of the linear light and the reflection angle of the reflected light are not identical, or when the linear light is diffused-reflected, determining that there is the foreign material within the pouch type battery, wherein the light source is a line light emitting diode laser array the plurality of sensor units is a charge-coupled device camera, and is positioned at various angles, the charge-coupled device camera is a line charge-coupled device camera, and the pre-set incident angle ranges from 30° to 60°. irradiating linear light of a light source to a surface of a battery case pouch at a pre-set incident angle; sensing, by a plurality of sensors, light reflected from the battery case pouch; and when the incident angle of the linear light and the reflection angle of the reflected light are not identical, or when the linear light is diffused-reflected, determining that there is the foreign material within the pouch type battery, wherein the light source is a line light emitting diode laser array the plurality of sensor units is a charge-coupled device camera, and is positioned at various angles, the charge-coupled device camera is a line charge-coupled device camera, and the pre-set incident angle ranges from 30° to 60°.
An apparatus for treating clavicle fractures, comprising: - a clothing able to surround the patient's shoulders and the upper part of the patient's arms and thorax in an adjusted manner, comprising cutouts in its areas intended to extend at the patient's axillae; - elongate anterior reinforcements, connected to the clothing; - a tightening means situated at the dorsal part of the clothing, able to perform tightening at the patient's shoulder blades; characterized in that: - said elongate anterior reinforcements comprise two reinforcements intended to extend at the patient's delto-pectoral grooves when the apparatus is worn, and - said tightening means is adapted to perform essentially transverse tightening, over at least the entire height of the shoulder blades. - a clothing able to surround the patient's shoulders and the upper part of the patient's arms and thorax in an adjusted manner, comprising cutouts in its areas intended to extend at the patient's axillae; - elongate anterior reinforcements, connected to the clothing; - a tightening means situated at the dorsal part of the clothing, able to perform tightening at the patient's shoulder blades; - said elongate anterior reinforcements comprise two reinforcements intended to extend at the patient's delto-pectoral grooves when the apparatus is worn, and - said tightening means is adapted to perform essentially transverse tightening, over at least the entire height of the shoulder blades.
Wheel drive system, particularly for the ground circulation of an aircraft comprising: a motor unit borne by an unsuspended part of a landing gear strut of the aircraft and comprising an electric motor and reduction means, and a clutch device connecting the output shaft of the electric motor to the wheel via the reduction means, so that the clutch device comprises a dog-clutch mechanism (32, 34) comprising a drive part secured to the motor unit and a receiving part secured to the rim of the wheel, and a system for the translational movement, along the axis of the axle crossbeam of the landing gear strut, of the drive part into an engaged position in which the drive part collaborates with the receiving part and a disengaged position in which the drive part is separated from the receiving part, in that the receiving part comprises an annular corolla fixed on one side of the rim of one of the wheels and a plurality of shock-absorbing means fixed in the annular corolla and spaced apart so as to leave a square-edged slot between two adjacent shock-absorbing means, and characterized in that each shock-absorbing means is housed in the corolla and arranged circumferentially between radial stop portions (36b, 36c) extending radially from one towards the other. a motor unit borne by an unsuspended part of a landing gear strut of the aircraft and comprising an electric motor and reduction means, and a clutch device connecting the output shaft of the electric motor to the wheel via the reduction means, so that the clutch device comprises a dog-clutch mechanism (32, 34) comprising a drive part secured to the motor unit and a receiving part secured to the rim of the wheel, and a system for the translational movement, along the axis of the axle crossbeam of the landing gear strut, of the drive part into an engaged position in which the drive part collaborates with the receiving part and a disengaged position in which the drive part is separated from the receiving part, in that the receiving part comprises an annular corolla fixed on one side of the rim of one of the wheels and a plurality of shock-absorbing means fixed in the annular corolla and spaced apart so as to leave a square-edged slot between two adjacent shock-absorbing means, and characterized in that each shock-absorbing means is housed in the corolla and arranged circumferentially between radial stop portions (36b, 36c) extending radially from one towards the other.
A process for producing a multilayer dielectric elastomer stack actuator, comprising a plurality of dielectric layers consisting of at least one solidified elastomer that is arranged embedded between a plurality of electrode layers (41, 42), characterized by the steps of: i) applying a liquid, non-crosslinked elastomer onto a substrate in order to form the dielectric layer with a reproducible layer thickness (d) of less than 50 μm by means of a screen device, immediately thereafter ii) applying electrically conductive material particles onto the surface of the dielectric layer of liquid elastomer in order to form an electrode layer (41, 42) by utilizing the surface tension of the elastomer, subsequently iii) at least partially crosslinking the dielectric layer with an electrode layer (41, 42) lying on the surface in a floating fashion by means of a thermal treatment and/or irradiation, and repeating steps i) through iii), wherein all steps are carried out under clean room conditions and while the substrate holder and the substrate are stationarily held in position. i) applying a liquid, non-crosslinked elastomer onto a substrate in order to form the dielectric layer with a reproducible layer thickness (d) of less than 50 μm by means of a screen device, immediately thereafter ii) applying electrically conductive material particles onto the surface of the dielectric layer of liquid elastomer in order to form an electrode layer (41, 42) by utilizing the surface tension of the elastomer, subsequently iii) at least partially crosslinking the dielectric layer with an electrode layer (41, 42) lying on the surface in a floating fashion by means of a thermal treatment and/or irradiation, and
Composition comprising oxprenolol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, wherein oxprenolol has one chiral center and the composition comprises an enantiomeric excess of at least 60% of S-oxprenolol.
A pneumatic tire comprising one or more carcasses extending toroidally between bead cores embedded in a pair of bead portions respectively, characterised in that: a polyester fiber cord whose total decitex as a twisted cord is 4300 to 5100 dtex, whose cord strength as a dip treated cord is 6.5 to 7.2 cN/dtex and whose cord elongation at a stress loading of 2 cN/dtex is 3.5 to 4.0% is used as a reinforcing cord of the carcass, and the tenacity of a treat which is the reinforcing cord covered with rubber per unit width is 2.9 to 3.2 kN/cm. a polyester fiber cord whose total decitex as a twisted cord is 4300 to 5100 dtex, whose cord strength as a dip treated cord is 6.5 to 7.2 cN/dtex and whose cord elongation at a stress loading of 2 cN/dtex is 3.5 to 4.0% is used as a reinforcing cord of the carcass, and the tenacity of a treat which is the reinforcing cord covered with rubber per unit width is 2.9 to 3.2 kN/cm.
A method for identifying one or more SNPs in a sample, comprising amplifying a plurality of different target sequences flanking one or more SNPs in a sample, comprising: a) producing a plurality of different amplified target sequences flanking the one or more SNPs within a single amplification reaction mixture, by contacting the plurality of different target sequences flanking the one or more SNPs with a plurality of target-specific primers and a polymerase under amplification conditions, where at least one of the plurality of target-specific primers and at least one of the amplified target sequences includes a cleavable group and a nucleic acid sequence corresponding to the one or more SNPs, and wherein the amplifying includes no more than one round of target specific selection for at least one of the target sequences to be amplified; b) cleaving the cleavable group from at least one amplified target sequence; c) producing one or more adapter-ligated amplified target sequences, by ligating at least one adapter to at least one amplified target sequence; d) reamplifying the at least one adapter-ligated amplified target sequence using primers; e) sequencing the at least one amplified adaptor-ligated target sequence; f) calculating the number of sequencing reads for the at least one amplified adaptor-ligated target sequence; and g) determining the presence of one or more SNPs in the one or more amplified adaptor-ligated target sequence. a) producing a plurality of different amplified target sequences flanking the one or more SNPs within a single amplification reaction mixture, by contacting the plurality of different target sequences flanking the one or more SNPs with a plurality of target-specific primers and a polymerase under amplification conditions, where at least one of the plurality of target-specific primers and at least one of the amplified target sequences includes a cleavable group and a nucleic acid sequence corresponding to the one or more SNPs, and wherein the amplifying includes no more than one round of target specific selection for at least one of the target sequences to be amplified; b) cleaving the cleavable group from at least one amplified target sequence; c) producing one or more adapter-ligated amplified target sequences, by ligating at least one adapter to at least one amplified target sequence; d) reamplifying the at least one adapter-ligated amplified target sequence using primers; e) sequencing the at least one amplified adaptor-ligated target sequence; f) calculating the number of sequencing reads for the at least one amplified adaptor-ligated target sequence; and g) determining the presence of one or more SNPs in the one or more amplified adaptor-ligated target sequence.
Method for determining a load level (B F) of a filter medium, through which a fluid flows, of a filter device on a vehicle, in which the filter medium fits into a filter housing of the filter device with a filter input and a filter output, wherein in order to determine the load level (B F) - operating information (c F, dp F) of the filter device is determined as a function of at least one operating variable (n, T, Q, η, ρ, dp G, dp Diff) of the vehicle, - predefined reference information (c F,ref, dp F,ref) of the filter device is compared with the operating information (c F, dp F), and - the loading level (B F) is derived from the comparison result, wherein the operating information (c F, dp F) is determined as a function of operating variables which are formed by a pressure loss (dp G) of the filter housing and a pressure loss (dp Diff) of the filter device between the filter input and the filter output, characterized in that the pressure loss of the filter device between the filter input and the filter output corresponds to a differential pressure (dp Diff) of a differential pressure switch at the switching point thereof, and the operating information (c F, dp F) is determined as a function of at least one operating variable (n, T, Q, η, ρ, dp G) which is acquired during the switching point of the differential pressure switch. - operating information (c F, dp F) of the filter device is determined as a function of at least one operating variable (n, T, Q, η, ρ, dp G, dp Diff) of the vehicle, - predefined reference information (c F,ref, dp F,ref) of the filter device is compared with the operating information (c F, dp F), and - the loading level (B F) is derived from the comparison result, wherein the operating information (c F, dp F) is determined as a function of operating variables which are formed by a pressure loss (dp G) of the filter housing and a pressure loss (dp Diff) of the filter device between the filter input and the filter output, characterized in that the pressure loss of the filter device between the filter input and the filter output corresponds to a differential pressure (dp Diff) of a differential pressure switch at the switching point thereof, and the operating information (c F, dp F) is determined as a function of at least one operating variable (n, T, Q, η, ρ, dp G) which is acquired during the switching point of the differential pressure switch.
A toilet device to be coupled to a toilet bowl, comprising coupling means including a kinematic chain configured to couple the toilet device to said toilet bowl, wherein said kinematic chain comprises a pivotable coupling lever and an actuator configured and arranged to act on said pivotable coupling lever to pivot the same about a pivot axis between several angular coupling positions, characterised in that said pivotable coupling lever has at least one first end portion arranged opposite to a contact surface of the toilet device to trap, between said at least one first end portion and said contact surface, a wall portion of said toilet bowl pressing against two opposed outer surfaces (W1a, W1b) of said wall portion, at least when at one of said several angular positions. wherein said kinematic chain comprises a pivotable coupling lever and an actuator configured and arranged to act on said pivotable coupling lever to pivot the same about a pivot axis between several angular coupling positions, characterised in that said pivotable coupling lever has at least one first end portion arranged opposite to a contact surface of the toilet device to trap, between said at least one first end portion and said contact surface, a wall portion of said toilet bowl pressing against two opposed outer surfaces (W1a, W1b) of said wall portion, at least when at one of said several angular positions.
A multi-chassis router comprising: a plurality of routing nodes that operate as a single router within a network, wherein each of the routing nodes comprises a set of interface cards, each interface card providing a physical connection to the network; and a switch fabric that forwards packets between the interface cards on the plurality of routing nodes, wherein the switch fabric is distributed among each of the routing nodes and includes at least one multiplexed optical interconnect coupling the routing nodes, and wherein the multiplexed optical interconnect includes optical taps that distribute a portion of the optical signal from a transmitting one of the routing node to the other routing nodes. a plurality of routing nodes that operate as a single router within a network, wherein each of the routing nodes comprises a set of interface cards, each interface card providing a physical connection to the network; and a switch fabric that forwards packets between the interface cards on the plurality of routing nodes, wherein the switch fabric is distributed among each of the routing nodes and includes at least one multiplexed optical interconnect coupling the routing nodes, and wherein the multiplexed optical interconnect includes optical taps that distribute a portion of the optical signal from a transmitting one of the routing node to the other routing nodes.
A method for monitoring a cementitious material, comprising: rotating a mixing drum mounted on a delivery truck and having an inner drum surface upon which at least one mixing blade is attached such that said at least one mixing blade rotates with said mixing drum, said mixing drum containing a hydratable cementitious material therein, the mixing drum being rotatable by a hydraulic system having charge and discharge ports, and observing the pressure at the charge and discharge ports; providing a sequence of values of normalized hydraulic pressure, calculated as the difference between the observed charge and discharge pressures, corresponding to the hydraulic pressure required to rotate said mixing drum at a particular speed V 1 and calculating an average value based on said sequence of values; comparing said calculated average value to a set of average values at speed V 1 previously stored in computer memory storage location, said previously stored set containing values obtained from hydratable cementitious materials having predetermined slump flows at various slump flows within the range of 40.6 cm to 91.4 cm (16 inches to 36 inches) determined by measuring horizontal spread of cementitious material released from a slump cone; and providing an indication of slump flow corresponding to said calculated average value provided in; adjusting the slump flow of said hydratable cementitious material in said mixing drum based on comparing said calculated average value to a set of average values previously stored in computer memory storage location. rotating a mixing drum mounted on a delivery truck and having an inner drum surface upon which at least one mixing blade is attached such that said at least one mixing blade rotates with said mixing drum, said mixing drum containing a hydratable cementitious material therein, the mixing drum being rotatable by a hydraulic system having charge and discharge ports, and observing the pressure at the charge and discharge ports; providing a sequence of values of normalized hydraulic pressure, calculated as the difference between the observed charge and discharge pressures, corresponding to the hydraulic pressure required to rotate said mixing drum at a particular speed V 1 and calculating an average value based on said sequence of values; comparing said calculated average value to a set of average values at speed V 1 previously stored in computer memory storage location, said previously stored set containing values obtained from hydratable cementitious materials having predetermined slump flows at various slump flows within the range of 40.6 cm to 91.4 cm (16 inches to 36 inches) determined by measuring horizontal spread of cementitious material released from a slump cone; and providing an indication of slump flow corresponding to said calculated average value provided in; adjusting the slump flow of said hydratable cementitious material in said mixing drum based on comparing said calculated average value to a set of average values previously stored in computer memory storage location.
A device for detecting absence of a Plain Old Telephony Service or POTS splitter on a Digital Subscriber Line, said device comprising: - means for collecting channel transfer function data for said Digital Subscriber Line; said device characterised by: - means for detecting a single hole in said channel transfer function data, i.e. for discriminating a situation wherein a single hole is present in said channel transfer function data from a situation wherein plural holes are present in said channel transfer function data; and - a module for informing that a POTS splitter is missing or not properly installed when a single hole is detected in said channel transfer function data. - means for collecting channel transfer function data for said Digital Subscriber Line; - means for detecting a single hole in said channel transfer function data, i.e. for discriminating a situation wherein a single hole is present in said channel transfer function data from a situation wherein plural holes are present in said channel transfer function data; and - a module for informing that a POTS splitter is missing or not properly installed when a single hole is detected in said channel transfer function data.
A work vehicle comprising: - an own position calculation unit that calculates, based on positioning data, an own position which is a position of the work vehicle; - a group of travelling work state detection sensors that outputs detected signals indicating a travelling work state; characterised by - an early abnormality determination unit that determines, as an early abnormality, an abnormality at an early stage, which causes trouble in travelling work, based on the detected signals and a first condition; - an actual abnormality determination unit that determines, as an actual abnormality, the abnormality at an actual stage, based on the detected signals and a second condition which is more rigorous than the first condition; - a first notification unit that externally provides a notification of the early abnormality, based on a result of determination of the early abnormality; - a second notification unit that externally provides a notification of the actual abnormality, based on a result of determination of the actual abnormality; and - an abnormality information generation unit that generates abnormality information which is a combination of one of or both the determined early abnormality and the determined actual abnormality with an own position calculated when the abnormality has occurred, - an abnormality information recording unit that records the abnormality information in line with a travel locus. - an own position calculation unit that calculates, based on positioning data, an own position which is a position of the work vehicle; - a group of travelling work state detection sensors that outputs detected signals indicating a travelling work state; characterised by - an early abnormality determination unit that determines, as an early abnormality, an abnormality at an early stage, which causes trouble in travelling work, based on the detected signals and a first condition; - an actual abnormality determination unit that determines, as an actual abnormality, the abnormality at an actual stage, based on the detected signals and a second condition which is more rigorous than the first condition; - a first notification unit that externally provides a notification of the early abnormality, based on a result of determination of the early abnormality; - a second notification unit that externally provides a notification of the actual abnormality, based on a result of determination of the actual abnormality; and - an abnormality information generation unit that generates abnormality information which is a combination of one of or both the determined early abnormality and the determined actual abnormality with an own position calculated when the abnormality has occurred, - an abnormality information recording unit that records the abnormality information in line with a travel locus.
A three-dimensional photovoltaic energy conversion device comprising a plurality of three-dimensional layers, one three-dimensional layer of which has a variable thickness, said three-dimensional device having a plurality of colours, the colour varying as a function of the thickness of one or more layers present, the device comprising at least one photoactive layer, a layer forming a P heterojunction with the photoactive layer and a layer forming an N heterojunction with the photoactive layer, the photoactive layer being formed by a planar heterojunction of electron-donor and electron-acceptor organic semiconductor materials; or is formed from a mixture of electron-donor and electron-acceptor organic semiconductor materials; or is formed of a bilayer or mixture of organic-inorganic hybrid materials, and the layer of varying thickness is selected from the photoactive layer, the P-heterojunction layer and the N-heterojunction layer, and forms a three-dimensionally structured interference filter with one or more adjacent layers.