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A tissue containment and removal system, comprising: an expandable tissue container including an interior volume, the tissue container being of a composite construction including a first layer that creates a watertight seal for the contents of the tissue container, and a second layer that protects the tissue container from a cutter blade of a tissue cutter; the tissue cutter including a distal end that is at least partially disposable within the interior volume of the tissue container; a cannula at least partially disposable within the interior volume of the tissue container, the cannula including a distal end and a central lumen through which the tissue cutter may access the interior volume of the tissue container; the tissue containment and removal system being characterised by a mechanical stop adapted to position the edge of the cutter blade relative to the distal end of the cannula within 0,0 mm and 50,0 mm from the distal end of the cannula. an expandable tissue container including an interior volume, the tissue container being of a composite construction including a first layer that creates a watertight seal for the contents of the tissue container, and a second layer that protects the tissue container from a cutter blade of a tissue cutter; the tissue cutter including a distal end that is at least partially disposable within the interior volume of the tissue container; a cannula at least partially disposable within the interior volume of the tissue container, the cannula including a distal end and a central lumen through which the tissue cutter may access the interior volume of the tissue container;
Rectifying circuit (10, 10.1 - 10.9) comprising a first circuit branch and a second circuit branch in parallel between an output node (Out) and a reference node, each circuit branch (20, 30) comprising an inductive element (L1, L2) in series with an electric current controlling element (23, 33) and an input node (In1, In2) arranged between the inductive element (L1, L2) and the electric current controlling element (23, 33), an input voltage (ΔVin) that is variable over time being applied between the input nodes (In1, In2) during the operation of the rectifying circuit, wherein each inductive element (L1, L2) does not comprise any winding of a transformer, characterised in that each electric current controlling element (23, 33) comprises a transistor (M1, M2) having a first conduction terminal connected to the reference node and a second conduction terminal connected to the respective input node (In1, In2), and a diode (D1, D2) having the anode connected to the reference node and the cathode connected to the respective input node (In1, In2), the transistor (M1, M2) being in parallel to the diode (D1, D2).
A metal connector for connecting to a metal profile, wherein the metal connector has a body comprising at least one wall for connecting to the metal profile and a chamber located inside the body, the chamber having at least one hole located in a wall of the chamber, wherein the hole lies in the plane of the wall, whereby in the chamber there is a previously-hardened elastic sealing material, which protrudes from the chamber through the hole, out of the body, thereby forming a sealing part, characterized in that - the metal connector comprises at least one duct provided with an inlet for introducing said elastic sealing material into the chamber; and in that - the chamber and the hole have the shape allowing the sealing part to be pressed into the chamber through the hole. - the metal connector comprises at least one duct provided with an inlet for introducing said elastic sealing material into the chamber; and in that - the chamber and the hole have the shape allowing the sealing part to be pressed into the chamber through the hole.
A method for producing linalool, the method comprising culturing, in a culture medium, a bacterium expressing linalool synthase from Actinidia arguta, wherein the bacterium comprises a heterologous expression unit comprising a polynucleotide encoding the linalool synthase and a promoter operably linked thereto, wherein the polynucleotide is one or two or more polynucleotides selected from the group consisting of the following to: a polynucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, a nucleotide sequence consisting of nucleotide residues at positions 79 to 1725 in the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, or a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3; and a polynucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence having 90% or more of identity to the nucleotide sequence of,, or, and encodes a protein having a linalool synthase activity, wherein the bacterium is a bacterium in which a 2-ketogluconate formation pathway is blocked, and wherein the bacterium does not belong to the genus Escherichia and naturally has a 2-ketogluconate formation pathway. wherein the bacterium comprises a heterologous expression unit comprising a polynucleotide encoding the linalool synthase and a promoter operably linked thereto, wherein the polynucleotide is one or two or more polynucleotides selected from the group consisting of the following to: a polynucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, a nucleotide sequence consisting of nucleotide residues at positions 79 to 1725 in the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, or a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3; and a polynucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence having 90% or more of identity to the nucleotide sequence of,, or, and encodes a protein having a linalool synthase activity, a polynucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, a nucleotide sequence consisting of nucleotide residues at positions 79 to 1725 in the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, or a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3; and a polynucleotide that comprises a nucleotide sequence having 90% or more of identity to the nucleotide sequence of,, or, and encodes a protein having a linalool synthase activity, wherein the bacterium is a bacterium in which a 2-ketogluconate formation pathway is blocked, and wherein the bacterium does not belong to the genus Escherichia and naturally has a 2-ketogluconate formation pathway.
A plurality of ruthenium nanoparticles having an X-ray diffraction pattern, wherein the X-ray diffraction pattern can only be fitted with a face-centered cubic lattice having a space group Fm-3m.
A child seat comprising: a seat back; a headrest which is moveable relative to the seat back; a removable harness which may be installed for use in securing an occupant to the seat; and a coupling component for coupling the headrest and the seat back, characterized in that the coupling component is movable with respect to the headrest and the seat back in a vertical direction when the seat is installed in a vehicle such that the headrest may undergo, together with the coupling component, a first extent of movement relative to the seat back when the harness is installed and may only undergo a second further extent of movement relative to the seat back when the harness is removed, allowing movement of the headrest relative to the coupling component. a seat back; a headrest which is moveable relative to the seat back; a removable harness which may be installed for use in securing an occupant to the seat; and a coupling component for coupling the headrest and the seat back, characterized in that the coupling component is movable with respect to the headrest and the seat back in a vertical direction when the seat is installed in a vehicle such that the headrest may undergo, together with the coupling component, a first extent of movement relative to the seat back when the harness is installed and may only undergo a second further extent of movement relative to the seat back when the harness is removed, allowing movement of the headrest relative to the coupling component.
A method for the preparation of silver nanorings comprising the steps of: i) providing a. a solution of a capping agent in a reducing agent, b.at least one solution of an additive salt in a reducing agent, wherein at least one of said solutions contains as additive salt an ammonium salt, and c. a solution of a silver salt in a reducing agent; ii) adding the capping agent solution of step (ia) into a solvothermal reactor tube; iii) adding the at least one additive salt solution of step (ib) into the solvothermal reactor tube of step (ii); iv) adding the silver salt solution of step (ic) into the solvothermal reactor tube of step (iii); v) heating the solvothermal reactor tube of step (iv) at a temperature between 140°C and 200 °C for a period between 2 hours and 24 hours and under a pressure of at least 150 KPa to form a suspension of silver nanorings; and optionally vi) washing the suspension of silver nanorings of step (v); and vii) filtering the suspension resulting from steps (v) or (vi) and drying the filtering solid. i) providing a. a solution of a capping agent in a reducing agent, b.at least one solution of an additive salt in a reducing agent, wherein at least one of said solutions contains as additive salt an ammonium salt, and c. a solution of a silver salt in a reducing agent; a. a solution of a capping agent in a reducing agent, b.at least one solution of an additive salt in a reducing agent, wherein at least one of said solutions contains as additive salt an ammonium salt, and c. a solution of a silver salt in a reducing agent; ii) adding the capping agent solution of step (ia) into a solvothermal reactor tube; iii) adding the at least one additive salt solution of step (ib) into the solvothermal reactor tube of step (ii); iv) adding the silver salt solution of step (ic) into the solvothermal reactor tube of step (iii); v) heating the solvothermal reactor tube of step (iv) at a temperature between 140°C and 200 °C for a period between 2 hours and 24 hours and under a pressure of at least 150 KPa to form a suspension of silver nanorings; and optionally vi) washing the suspension of silver nanorings of step (v); and vii) filtering the suspension resulting from steps (v) or (vi) and drying the filtering solid.
A capacitive cylinder pressure sensor for measuring cylinder pressure within a combustion engine, the sensor comprising: - a cylindrical housing made of steel and mountable to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, said cylindrical housing having an outer surface and a bottom surface that is configured to be exposed to a cylinder of the internal combustion engine; - a variable capacitor having a stationary electrode and an elastically bendable electrode, the stationary electrode being disposed within the cylindrical housing parallel to the elastically bendable electrode, and the elastically bendable electrode forming at least a portion of the bottom surface of the cylindrical housing made of steel and being arranged to be bent in response to a pressure exerted on the bottom surface and thereby the variable capacitance of the variable capacitor being representative of the pressure exerted on the bottom surface; and - an insulator structure (52, 78) insulating the stationary electrode from the cylindrical housing and defining a gap between the stationary electrode and the elastically bendable electrode. - a cylindrical housing made of steel and mountable to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, said cylindrical housing having an outer surface and a bottom surface that is configured to be exposed to a cylinder of the internal combustion engine; - a variable capacitor having a stationary electrode and an elastically bendable electrode, the stationary electrode being disposed within the cylindrical housing parallel to the elastically bendable electrode, and the elastically bendable electrode forming at least a portion of the bottom surface of the cylindrical housing made of steel and being arranged to be bent in response to a pressure exerted on the bottom surface and thereby the variable capacitance of the variable capacitor being representative of the pressure exerted on the bottom surface; and - an insulator structure (52, 78) insulating the stationary electrode from the cylindrical housing and defining a gap between the stationary electrode and the elastically bendable electrode.
A method of treating a hydrocarbon-containing waste stream comprising greater than 0 up to 2 percent by weight hydrocarbon to form an aqueous permeate which contains less than 50 parts per million (ppm) hydrocarbon and a hydrocarbon-containing retentate, wherein the method comprises passing the hydrocarbon-containing waste stream through a microporous membrane to yield the aqueous permeate and the hydrocarbon-containing retentate, wherein the membrane comprises a hydrophobic, polymeric matrix and hydrophilic, finely divided, particulate filler distributed throughout said matrix, wherein the polymeric matrix has pores with a volume average diameter from 0.3 to 0.7 micron, and wherein at least 50 percent of the pores have a mean diameter of less than 0.35 micron, wherein the hydrocarbon-containing waste stream includes crude oil well effluents. wherein the method comprises passing the hydrocarbon-containing waste stream through a microporous membrane to yield the aqueous permeate and the hydrocarbon-containing retentate, wherein the membrane comprises a hydrophobic, polymeric matrix and hydrophilic, finely divided, particulate filler distributed throughout said matrix, wherein the polymeric matrix has pores with a volume average diameter from 0.3 to 0.7 micron, and wherein at least 50 percent of the pores have a mean diameter of less than 0.35 micron, wherein the hydrocarbon-containing waste stream includes crude oil well effluents.
Method for determining the position of a portion center of gravity of a granulate portion, which is produced by an agricultural application machine or by means of a test setup and has a non-uniform distribution, of a plurality of granulate grains, comprising the steps of: - detecting a grain distribution of the granulate portion by sensors; and - calculating the position of the portion center of gravity on the basis of the sensor-detected grain distribution. - detecting a grain distribution of the granulate portion by sensors; and - calculating the position of the portion center of gravity on the basis of the sensor-detected grain distribution.
A cross-flow tray for use in a column to facilitate mass transfer and/or heat exchange between fluid streams in said column, said tray comprising: a generally planar tray deck; an inlet area positioned on said tray deck where liquid is to be introduced onto said tray deck; a downcomer having an inlet opening on said tray deck for removing liquid from said tray deck after it flows in a downstream direction along said tray deck from said inlet area; a plurality of vapor openings in said tray deck for allowing the passage of vapor upwardly through said tray deck through said openings; a plurality of cans positioned on said tray deck and having walls surrounding said vapor openings so that said vapor passing through the tray deck rises within said cans, wherein a first group of said cans is positioned in a first zone (56a; 56b) on said tray deck and a second group of said cans is positioned in a second zone (56b; 56c) on said tray deck, said second zone being located in said downstream direction from said first zone; swirlers (46a, 46b) positioned to impart a swirling motion to said vapor rising within said cans; inlet openings in said walls of said cans for allowing liquid to enter said cans from the tray deck; discharge openings positioned above said inlet openings in said walls of said cans to permit liquid to exit said cans after interacting with said vapor rising with a swirling motion within the cans; and a weir (54a; 54b) characterised in that said weir is positioned between said first group of said cans in the first zone on said tray deck and said second group of said cans in the second zone on said tray deck. a generally planar tray deck; an inlet area positioned on said tray deck where liquid is to be introduced onto said tray deck; a downcomer having an inlet opening on said tray deck for removing liquid from said tray deck after it flows in a downstream direction along said tray deck from said inlet area; a plurality of vapor openings in said tray deck for allowing the passage of vapor upwardly through said tray deck through said openings; a plurality of cans positioned on said tray deck and having walls surrounding said vapor openings so that said vapor passing through the tray deck rises within said cans, wherein a first group of said cans is positioned in a first zone (56a; 56b) on said tray deck and a second group of said cans is positioned in a second zone (56b; 56c) on said tray deck, said second zone being located in said downstream direction from said first zone; swirlers (46a, 46b) positioned to impart a swirling motion to said vapor rising within said cans; inlet openings in said walls of said cans for allowing liquid to enter said cans from the tray deck; discharge openings positioned above said inlet openings in said walls of said cans to permit liquid to exit said cans after interacting with said vapor rising with a swirling motion within the cans; and a weir (54a; 54b)
Device for supporting a rail of a railway with respect to the ground, said device being configured to support a rail during the circulation of a railway vehicle on said rail, the device comprising a deformable envelope, in which a compactable material is placed, the device being characterised in that it comprises means for evacuating air suitable for reducing the pressure in the deformable envelope in order to compact the material.
A monitor for monitoring a user's heart, comprising; a support means for securing the monitor in position for sensing the user's heart, beat, the support means being for attachment to a single adhesive ECG electrode both to support the monitor and for receiving electrical signals from the ECG electrode; a means for electrically coupling the monitor to a second ECG electrode for receiving signals therefrom; a cardiac sensor (50,52,54) for receiving signals from the ECG electrodes, a processor coupled to the cardiac sensor for generating cardiac data, and contacts for making electrical contact with the ECG electrodes (6,8), characterised in that the monitor is configured to transfer data from the monitor, and/or reset or reprogram the monitor, and/or recharge a battery for powering the monitor via the same contacts.
A catalyst precursor, suitable for use after reduction as a water-gas shift catalyst, in the form of a pellet comprising haematite and having an iron oxide content expressed as Fe 2 O 3 of 60 to 95% by weight, wherein the catalyst precursor has a pore volume ≥ 0.30 cm 3 /g and an average pore size in the range 60 to 140 nm.
A cutlery dispenser (100, 300, 400) for dispensing wrapped cutlery, the dispenser (100, 300, 400) comprising: a case (110, 210, 410); and a wrapped cutlery band disposed within the case (110, 210, 410) and configured to be dispensed therefrom, characterized in that the case (110, 210, 410) is configured to expand from a compact configuration into an expanded configuration, wherein expanding the case (110, 210, 410) from the compact configuration into the expanded configuration creates a headspace between the wrapped cutlery band and a wall of the case (110, 210, 410), wherein the headspace is configured to allow the wrapped cutlery band to orient within the case (110, 210, 410) for dispensing from the case (110, 210, 410), wherein the case (110, 210, 410) comprises an opening defined in the wall of the case (110, 210, 410) and configured to allow the wrapped cutlery band to be dispensed therethrough. a case (110, 210, 410); and a wrapped cutlery band disposed within the case (110, 210, 410) and configured to be dispensed therefrom,
A heavy duty tire comprising a tread composed of a rubber composition comprising 50 parts by mass or more of silica having 175 m 2 /g or more of a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N 2 SA) based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, wherein the N 2 SA of the silica is a value measured by a BET method according to ASTM D3037-93, the rubber composition comprises an isoprene-based rubber and at least one of a styrene butadiene rubber and a butadiene rubber, characterized in that the tread has 3.0% or more and 7.0% or less of difference between a ratio S1 of a circumferential groove (3, 4, 5) groove area to a contact area and a ratio S2 of a transverse groove (9, 13, 15,21) groove area to the contact area when the tread is pressed against a plane surface with a normal load applied thereto in a normal state where it is mounted to a normal rim and inflated to a normal internal pressure, the normal rim being a rim defined for the tire by a standard on which the tire is based, the normal inner pressure being a pneumatic pressure defined for the tire by the standard, and the normal load being a load defined for each tire by the standard, and the transverse groove (9, 13, 15, 21) is a groove (9, 15, 21) or sipe where a straight line joining both ends in a width direction is inclined at an angle of 0° to 30° relative to a tire width direction. comprising a tread composed of a rubber composition comprising 50 parts by mass or more of silica having 175 m 2 /g or more of a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N 2 SA) based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, wherein the N 2 SA of the silica is a value measured by a BET method according to ASTM D3037-93, the rubber composition comprises an isoprene-based rubber and at least one of a styrene butadiene rubber and a butadiene rubber, characterized in that the tread has 3.0% or more and 7.0% or less of difference between a ratio S1 of a circumferential groove (3, 4, 5) groove area to a contact area and a ratio S2 of a transverse groove (9, 13, 15,21) groove area to the contact area when the tread is pressed against a plane surface with a normal load applied thereto in a normal state where it is mounted to a normal rim and inflated to a normal internal pressure, the normal rim being a rim defined for the tire by a standard on which the tire is based, the normal inner pressure being a pneumatic pressure defined for the tire by the standard, and the normal load being a load defined for each tire by the standard, and the transverse groove (9, 13, 15, 21) is a groove (9, 15, 21) or sipe where a straight line joining both ends in a width direction is inclined at an angle of 0° to 30° relative to a tire width direction.
Device for inductive heating of metal material, in particular of metal blocks, comprising at least two induction coils arranged offset from one another, which are each connected in parallel to a compensation capacitor and at least two inverters with adjustable frequency of the output voltage, which are arranged to feed the induction coils with current, characterised in that the inverters each have a control and regulating device, wherein at least one induction coil is connected to a current measuring device, which, for the continuous provision of the coil current as a controlled variable, is connected to an input of the arranged control and regulating device, which is set up to change the frequency of the output voltage of the at least one inverter feeding the induction coil as a manipulated variable, wherein the control and regulating devices respectively assigned to an induction coil are connected to one another via a fieldbus, via which a desired current is specified as reference variable.