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A fiber optic connector assembly, the assembly having a mated configuration and a non-mated configuration and comprising: a fiber optic socket (204, 206) including one or more first locking features,; and a fiber optic connector having a longitudinal axis (A 2) extending from a front to a back of the connector, the connector including one or more second locking features (144, 145), an inner housing supporting a ferrule, an outer housing that moves axially relative to the inner housing, and a strain relief boot, wherein the one or more first locking features include a pair of resilient latch arms (214, 216), each of the resilient latch arms defining a projection that projects towards the longitudinal axis (A 2) when the assembly is in the mated configuration; wherein in the mated configuration a forward portion of the outer housing is housed in the fiber optic socket such that the one or more second locking features (144, 145) lockingly engage the one or more first locking features; wherein the outer housing is operably coupled to the strain relief boot such that the outer housing and the strain relief boot axially move together relative to the inner housing and such that in the mated configuration axial rearward movement of the strain relief boot causes disengagement of the one or more first locking features from the one or more second locking features (144, 145); and characterized in that in the mated configuration axial rearward movement of the strain relief boot causes the outer housing to engage and spread apart the pair of resilient latch arms (214, 216) within the fiber optic socket (204, 206). a fiber optic socket (204, 206) including one or more first locking features,; and a fiber optic connector having a longitudinal axis (A 2) extending from a front to a back of the connector, the connector including one or more second locking features (144, 145), an inner housing supporting a ferrule, an outer housing that moves axially relative to the inner housing, and a strain relief boot, wherein the one or more first locking features include a pair of resilient latch arms (214, 216), each of the resilient latch arms defining a projection that projects towards the longitudinal axis (A 2) when the assembly is in the mated configuration; wherein in the mated configuration a forward portion of the outer housing is housed in the fiber optic socket such that the one or more second locking features (144, 145) lockingly engage the one or more first locking features; wherein the outer housing is operably coupled to the strain relief boot such that the outer housing and the strain relief boot axially move together relative to the inner housing and such that in the mated configuration axial rearward movement of the strain relief boot causes disengagement of the one or more first locking features from the one or more second locking features (144, 145); and characterized in that in the mated configuration axial rearward movement of the strain relief boot causes the outer housing to engage and spread apart the pair of resilient latch arms (214, 216) within the fiber optic socket (204, 206).
A calculation device configured to prepare an operation schedule of a crane for a predetermined period, the crane transferring waste in a waste pit, said calculation device comprising: a first-generation gene generating section configured to generate a gene group including genes each of which indicates an operation pattern of the crane in the predetermined period, the operation pattern defining movement, opening, and closing of the crane; and an optimization calculation section configured to select, based on an evolutionary algorithm, a gene indicating an operation pattern with which an initial state of degree of mixing of the waste is caused to become or become closer to a predetermined homogeneous state, the evolutionary algorithm being an algorithm in which evaluation of fitness of each of the genes included in the gene group and update of the gene group based on the evaluation are repeatedly carried out. a first-generation gene generating section configured to generate a gene group including genes each of which indicates an operation pattern of the crane in the predetermined period, the operation pattern defining movement, opening, and closing of the crane; and an optimization calculation section configured to select, based on an evolutionary algorithm, a gene indicating an operation pattern with which an initial state of degree of mixing of the waste is caused to become or become closer to a predetermined homogeneous state, the evolutionary algorithm being an algorithm in which evaluation of fitness of each of the genes included in the gene group and update of the gene group based on the evaluation are repeatedly carried out.
A dielectric composition comprising a material with a formula Ba 12 M' (28+a/3) Ti (54-a-b) M" a Ge b O 162 where M' is at least one rare earth element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium, samarium, gadolinium, and yttrium, M" is at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium, chromium, indium, scandium, and ytterbium, 0 ≤ a ≤ 6, and 0 ≤ b ≤ 3, and a+b>0.
An automatic cycle storage system comprising: - a plurality of cycles each having: • a structure mounted on wheels, the structure comprising a frame and a fork supporting a handlebar and pivotably mounted on the frame, • a first coupling member mounted on said structure, - a plurality of locking stations adapted to receive and lock the cycles, each locking station comprising a fixed support and a second coupling member, the second coupling member being adapted to engage with the first coupling member of a cycle in order to lock the cycle to the locking station, the second coupling member being resiliently biased towards a rest position when said second coupling member is moved relative to the rest position, elastic means being adapted to exert an increasing return force on the second coupling member when the second coupling member moves away from the rest position, characterized in that the second coupling member being hinged on the support with three degrees of freedom in rotation. - a plurality of cycles each having: • a structure mounted on wheels, the structure comprising a frame and a fork supporting a handlebar and pivotably mounted on the frame, • a first coupling member mounted on said structure, • a structure mounted on wheels, the structure comprising a frame and a fork supporting a handlebar and pivotably mounted on the frame, • a first coupling member mounted on said structure, - a plurality of locking stations adapted to receive and lock the cycles, each locking station comprising a fixed support and a second coupling member, the second coupling member being adapted to engage with the first coupling member of a cycle in order to lock the cycle to the locking station,
A drip chamber for an infusion tube, comprising: a first end including a drip tube; a second end including an exit port; a wall: connecting the first and second ends; and further characterized in that it includes an interior surface with a hydrophobic portion; and, a space enclosed by the interior wall and the first and second ends, wherein: the hydrophobic portion of the interior surface is an hydrophobic coating that repels liquid contacting the hydrophobic coating; and, the hydrophobic portion of the interior surface enables light to refract through the hydrophobic portion and the wall in the same manner as is the case when the hydrophobic portion is not present on the interior surface. a first end including a drip tube; a second end including an exit port; a wall: connecting the first and second ends; and further characterized in that it includes an interior surface with a hydrophobic portion; and, a space enclosed by the interior wall and the first and second ends, wherein: the hydrophobic portion of the interior surface is an hydrophobic coating that repels liquid contacting the hydrophobic coating; and, the hydrophobic portion of the interior surface enables light to refract through the hydrophobic portion and the wall in the same manner as is the case when the hydrophobic portion is not present on the interior surface. connecting the first and second ends; and further characterized in that it includes an interior surface with a hydrophobic portion; and, a space enclosed by the interior wall and the first and second ends, wherein: the hydrophobic portion of the interior surface is an hydrophobic coating that repels liquid contacting the hydrophobic coating; and, the hydrophobic portion of the interior surface enables light to refract through the hydrophobic portion and the wall in the same manner as is the case when the hydrophobic portion is not present on the interior surface. the hydrophobic portion of the interior surface is an hydrophobic coating that repels liquid contacting the hydrophobic coating; and, the hydrophobic portion of the interior surface enables light to refract through the hydrophobic portion and the wall in the same manner as is the case when the hydrophobic portion is not present on the interior surface.
A process for polymerizing a polymer comprising monomeric units derived from styrene and 1,3-butadiene, said process comprising: A) adding less than 60 weight percent of the total amount of the butadiene used in the polymerization, to a reactor comprising the total amount of styrene used in the polymerization, and solvent; B) adding at least one initiator to the reactor, and allowing the reaction to proceed for a time t; C) adding the remaining amount of butadiene to the reactor in two or more separate additions; and wherein for each butadiene addition, the amount of subsequent butadiene added, is less than, or equal to, the amount of butadiene added in the immediately prior addition; and wherein for each butadiene addition, the butadiene is added over a time, t nc, and after each addition, the reaction is allowed to proceed for a time, t nr, wherein n is the number of the butadiene addition, and for each addition, n is independently greater than, or equal to, 1. A) adding less than 60 weight percent of the total amount of the butadiene used in the polymerization, to a reactor comprising the total amount of styrene used in the polymerization, and solvent; B) adding at least one initiator to the reactor, and allowing the reaction to proceed for a time t; C) adding the remaining amount of butadiene to the reactor in two or more separate additions; and
A compound of formula I: for use in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension, where R 1, R 2 and R 3 are the same or different and signify hydrogens, halogens, alkyl, alkylaryl, alkyloxy, hydroxy, nitro, amino, alkylcarbonylamino, alkylamino or dialkylamino group; R 4 signifies hydrogen, alkyl, -alkylaryl or-alkylheteroaryl; X signifies CH 2, oxygen atom or sulphur atom; n is 1, 2 or 3, with the proviso that when n is 1, X is not CH 2; and the individual - and -enantiomers or mixtures of enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, optionally in combination with at least one other active pharmaceutical ingredient.
A process for preparing a foundry shape comprising: (a) introducing a foundry mix into a pattern to form a foundry shape; and (b) curing said shape with gaseous sulfur dioxide, wherein said foundry mix comprises: (c) from 90 to 99 parts by weight of a foundry aggregate; and a foundry binder comprising: (d) 20 to 70 parts by weight of an epoxy resin; (e) 5 to 50 parts by weight of an acrylate; (f) at least 3.0 weight percent of an organofunctional silane wherein the organofunctional silane is selected from the group consisting of propyl trimethoxy silane, 2-(3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl)ethyl triethoxy silane, 2-(3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl) ethyl trimethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxy propyl) trimethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxy propyl) triethoxy silane, 5,6-epoxy hexyl triethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxypropyl)methyl diethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxypropyl)methyl dimethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxy propyl)bis(trimethyl siloxy)methyl silane, methacryloxy propyl trimethoxy silane, (methacryloxy methyl)methyl dimethoxy silane, methacryloxy methyl trimethoxy silane, (methacryloxy methyl)methyl diethoxy silane, methacryloxy methyl triethoxy silane, isooctyl trimethoxy silane, isooctyl triethoxy silane, octyl triethoxy silane, 3-methacryloxy propyl methyl dimethoxy silane, 3-methacryloxy propyl methyl diethoxy silane, 3-methacryloxy propyl triethoxy silane, 3-acryloxy propyl trimethoxy silane, 3-isocyanatopropyl-triethoxy silane and vinyl trimethoxy silane and mixtures thereof, (g) an effective amount of a peroxide, provided (d) is not mixed with (g), and where said parts by weight are based upon 100 parts of binder. (a) introducing a foundry mix into a pattern to form a foundry shape; and (b) curing said shape with gaseous sulfur dioxide, wherein said foundry mix comprises: (c) from 90 to 99 parts by weight of a foundry aggregate; and a foundry binder comprising: (d) 20 to 70 parts by weight of an epoxy resin; (e) 5 to 50 parts by weight of an acrylate; (f) at least 3.0 weight percent of an organofunctional silane wherein the organofunctional silane is selected from the group consisting of propyl trimethoxy silane, 2-(3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl)ethyl triethoxy silane, 2-(3,4-epoxy cyclohexyl) ethyl trimethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxy propyl) trimethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxy propyl) triethoxy silane, 5,6-epoxy hexyl triethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxypropyl)methyl diethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxypropyl)methyl dimethoxy silane, (3-glycidoxy propyl)bis(trimethyl siloxy)methyl silane, methacryloxy propyl trimethoxy silane, (methacryloxy methyl)methyl dimethoxy silane, methacryloxy methyl trimethoxy silane, (methacryloxy methyl)methyl diethoxy silane, methacryloxy methyl triethoxy silane, isooctyl trimethoxy silane, isooctyl triethoxy silane, octyl triethoxy silane, 3-methacryloxy propyl methyl dimethoxy silane, 3-methacryloxy propyl methyl diethoxy silane, 3-methacryloxy propyl triethoxy silane, 3-acryloxy propyl trimethoxy silane, 3-isocyanatopropyl-triethoxy silane and vinyl trimethoxy silane and mixtures thereof, (g) an effective amount of a peroxide,
A molecule preventing the binding of αPKC (Protein Kinase C alpha type) to ALMS1 (Alstrom syndrome protein 1) for use in treating or delaying the progression or onset of diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, obesity, and hyperinsulinaemia.
A combination of a powered tool and an assembly of staples, the staples comprising a crown portion having at least two legs extending therefrom and one or more barbs protruding from at least one of the legs, the assembly further comprising at least one strip of collation tape, the staples being collated and connected by way of the at least one strip of collation tape secured to the staples, the powered tool comprising a nosepiece assembly extending from a lower end of a housing, and a staple supply assembly in the form of a magazine extending laterally from the nosepiece assembly, the nosepiece assembly comprising a nosepiece having a nosepiece passage along which a driver blade is arranged to travel and is designed to push the staples through the nosepiece passage, the assembly of staples being loaded in the magazine and supplying staples to a loading chamber of the nosepiece via an access aperture in the nosepiece, characterized in that said aperture comprises lateral passages, which provide clearance for the barbs on the staples when loaded from the magazine, clearance spaces in the form of channels being provided along walls defining the nosepiece passage, and extending from the lateral passages to a distal end of the nosepiece, and in that a portion of said at least one strip is configured to remain on each staple when it is broken away from the assembly of staples and includes an outer surface which is in contact, or close to being in contact, with a surface of the nosepiece passage disposed proximal of the lateral passages, so as to form at least one guiding element when the staple is being driven through the nosepiece of the powered tool.
A method of decoding an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing "OFDM" signal at an OFDM receiver, the method comprising: estimating a channel impulse response from a received pilot-dense symbol of the OFDM signal for each of a plurality of potential FFT window positions, wherein the pilot-dense symbol comprises a higher number of pilot cells than a data symbol of the OFDM signal and allows the channel impulse response to be estimated solely from the pilot cells of the pilot-dense symbol; estimating a noise floor of each of the channel impulse responses; selecting the potential FFT window position corresponding to the channel impulse response with the lowest noise floor as an optimum FFT window position; and decoding symbols of the OFDM signal using the optimum FFT window position. estimating a channel impulse response from a received pilot-dense symbol of the OFDM signal for each of a plurality of potential FFT window positions, wherein the pilot-dense symbol comprises a higher number of pilot cells than a data symbol of the OFDM signal and allows the channel impulse response to be estimated solely from the pilot cells of the pilot-dense symbol; estimating a noise floor of each of the channel impulse responses; selecting the potential FFT window position corresponding to the channel impulse response with the lowest noise floor as an optimum FFT window position; and decoding symbols of the OFDM signal using the optimum FFT window position.
An ignitable child resistant gas lighter including a lighter body, a lever for controlling the flow of gas from the lighter, a wheel assembly rotatably mounted on the lighter body, and a flint cooperating with the wheel assembly for igniting the gas, and a separate windshield mounted on the lighter body and fixed to the lighter body by means of corresponding indentations (24, 32) on the windshield and lighter body, the wheel assembly being supported in a pair of holes, each hole arranged in an upstanding ear protruding on each side of the lighter body, wherein strip means are provided which extend from one ear to the other, wherein the strip means engage with an inside surface of the windshield and/or are supported at the top end of the ears to improve rigidity of the lighter, and wherein the wind shield comprises a rim retaining the strip means in position.
A modular table frame comprising profiles which are arranged at right-angles to one another and which are connected with one another via a connecting device, wherein the connecting device comprises two components which are arranged on opposite profile walls and which have an outer side, an inner side and side faces, and wherein on the inner side of the components two projections are arranged, characterized in that the projections of the components are constructed in a cone shape, which have an end connected with the components and a free end and taper in the direction of the free end, that furthermore the profiles have recesses in a complementary manner to the cone-shaped projections, which in particular are constructed so as to be circular, and one end of a profile approximately abuts a side face of another profile, wherein in each case a cone-shaped projection is arranged in each case in a recess of the connected profiles with the formation of a form-fitting connection, and that the profiles are connected with the connecting device such that a profile surface remains free of connecting devices.
Method for reading digital information stored on a glass- or plastic body embodied as a progressive power spectacles lens, a spectacles lens blank for a progressive power spectacles lens or a spectacles lens semi-finished product for a progressive power spectacles lens, said method comprising providing a progressive power spectacles lens having a permanent marking and a further permanent marking arranged on or in the glass- or plastic body (4, 104, 204), whereby one of said permanent markings (30, 32) contains information in the form of a data matrix code which individualizes the glass- or plastic body, providing an illumination light beam (322, 323), directing said illumination light beam (322, 323) at said glass- or plastic body, said illumination light beam (322, 323) passing through the glass- or plastic body and providing a digital camera having an optical axis, and providing a computer unit which contains a program storage medium with an evaluation program for capturing and decoding the information from said permanent marking containing information in the form of data which individualizes the glass- or plastic body, said permanent marking is arranged at a definition point of the local glass- or plastic body coordinate system as it is defined by the standardization regulations DIN EN ISO 8980 -2:2004, and said further permanent marking arranged on or in the glass- or plastic body (4, 104, 204) at a definition point of the local glass- or plastic body coordinate system as it is defined by the standardization regulations DIN EN ISO 8980-2:2004, and said method further comprising providing a reflector, for reflecting said illumination light beam (322, 323) after passing through the glass- or plastic body in order once again to pass through said glass- or plastic body and then being fed to said camera, which is connected to said computer unit; said program storage medium is including a program for finding the location of said permanent marking containing said information in the form of data which individualizes the glass- or plastic body and extracting said information therefrom; said data matrix code comprising the positions of the near reference point and the distance reference point in the form of the tuple of numbers (x N, y N) for the near reference point and the tuple of numbers (x F, y F) for the distance reference point with respect to said coordinate system.