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A method comprising: shaping an aluminum oxide ceramic material into a sapphire component for an electronic device, the sapphire component having first and second major surfaces; heating a selected region of one or both of the first and second major surfaces of the sapphire component to an annealing temperature; and cooling the heated selected region of the sapphire component below the annealing temperature, such that residual compressive stress is generated in the selected region of the sapphire component. shaping an aluminum oxide ceramic material into a sapphire component for an electronic device, the sapphire component having first and second major surfaces; heating a selected region of one or both of the first and second major surfaces of the sapphire component to an annealing temperature; and cooling the heated selected region of the sapphire component below the annealing temperature, such that residual compressive stress is generated in the selected region of the sapphire component.
A self-carrying structure to be used for shelter or dwelling which structure comprises two or more construction-units, said construction-units are adapted for being combined with one more similar unit forming a self-carrying structure with a span, wherein each construction-unit make up for both one sidewall and half a roof in one segment and wherein the weight of one construction-unit is less than 75 kg, characterised in that at the top of the construction-unit in the direction of the span of the self-carrying structure, horizontal static forces are created by connecting the two or more similar construction-units with a rope or a steel wire that is twisted around a tension-bar running through holes in the construction-units or a plate consisting of metal or polymer placed right under a top-tube and provided with holes that secure passage of a tension-bar running through holes in the construction-units.
A device for providing compression force to a limb, the device comprising: a sleeve including a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having an opening sized to fit around an upper calf area on the limb; a first higher compression area disposed to extend about a calf area of a limb and provide a first level of therapeutic compression greater than 8 mm Hg; and a second lower compression area disposed distally of the first higher compression area and providing a second level of compression less than the first level. a sleeve including a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having an opening sized to fit around an upper calf area on the limb; a first higher compression area disposed to extend about a calf area of a limb and provide a first level of therapeutic compression greater than 8 mm Hg; and a second lower compression area disposed distally of the first higher compression area and providing a second level of compression less than the first level.
A process for pretreating a phosphorus-modified zeolite catalyst comprising: a) first contacting the catalyst with alkylation process reactants for at least two hours at process conditions to produce an alkylated aromatic product and b) second contacting the catalyst with a gaseous stream containing oxygen at a temperature and for a time until there is no oxygen consumption. a) first contacting the catalyst with alkylation process reactants for at least two hours at process conditions to produce an alkylated aromatic product and b) second contacting the catalyst with a gaseous stream containing oxygen at a temperature and for a time until there is no oxygen consumption.
Method for inspecting components without destruction, specifically fibre composite components, by means of a testing device, the testing device comprising a support, a transmitter (102, 200) for transmitting ultrasound which is arranged on the support relative to a component surface at an adjusted distance and is arranged to be adjustable to an adjusted angle and a receiver for receiving ultrasound which is arranged on the support relative to a component surface at an adjusted distance and adjustable to an adjusted angle, wherein the transmitter (102, 200) and the receiver can be adjusted separately from one another in translation and/or rotationally, wherein firstly the transmitter (102, 200) and/or the receiver (104, 202) are adjusted taking into consideration a digital representation of a component to be tested and adjusted to a respective testing position and then ultrasound is introduced to the component without contact, characterised in that the transmitter and the receiver are arranged on the same component side and Lamb waves are produced in the component by means of the introduced ultrasound.
An antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds to KIR2DL1, KIR2DL2, and/or KIR2DL3 and potentiates the cytotoxic activity of natural killer cells by blocking or neutralizing NK cell inhibition mediated by a KIR2DL1, KIR2DL2, and/or KIR2DL3 polypeptide expressed on NK cells for use in treating an autoimmune disorder or an inflammatory disorder, wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof reduces the number of T cells involved in mediating the inflammatory disorder or autoimmune disorder.
A vial access cap comprising: a connector having an opening for providing access to a fluid pathway; a canella extending into an interior of a vial, the canella having a fluid lumen operatively coupled to the fluid pathway and a gas lumen; and a gravity-assisted valve comprising a valve body defining an elongated valve cavity, a first port, a second port operatively coupled to the gas lumen, and a valve member movable between a sealable end of the elongated valve cavity proximal to the first port and a non- sealable end of the elongated valve cavity proximal to the second port, wherein the opening of the connector further provides sealable access to a gas pathway, the gas pathway extends from an interstitial space of the connector to the first port, wherein the first port is operatively coupled to the gas pathway, and wherein the gas pathway further extends from the second port to an interior volume of the vial. a connector having an opening for providing access to a fluid pathway; a canella extending into an interior of a vial, the canella having a fluid lumen operatively coupled to the fluid pathway and a gas lumen; and a gravity-assisted valve comprising a valve body defining an elongated valve cavity, a first port, a second port operatively coupled to the gas lumen, and a valve member movable between a sealable end of the elongated valve cavity proximal to the first port and a non- sealable end of the elongated valve cavity proximal to the second port, wherein the opening of the connector further provides sealable access to a gas pathway, the gas pathway extends from an interstitial space of the connector to the first port, wherein the first port is operatively coupled to the gas pathway, and wherein the gas pathway further extends from the second port to an interior volume of the vial.
An implant comprising: (a) an articular end for repair of articular cartilage defects, the articular end having a circular perimeter, a convex upper face and a concave lower face, and (b) a stem extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along a vertical axis, the stem having a cylindrical stem portion extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along the vertical axis, wherein the convex upper face has a first circular pitch radius and a first circular roll radius, the first circular pitch radius being about the same as the first circular roll radius, and wherein the concave lower face has a first surface comprising a second circular pitch radius and a second circular roll radius, characterized in that the stem has a conical stem portion extending from the cylindrical stem portion away from the convex upper face along the vertical axis, and in that the conical stem portion has a plurality of yaw radii that decrease from the yaw radius of the cylindrical stem portion at the intersection of the cylindrical and conical stem portions to a lesser yaw radius along the vertical axis of the stem in the direction away from the convex upper face, and in that the conical stem portion has a plurality of circumferential grooves that are each defined between two adjacent conical stem portion perimeters and that each has the shape of a partial torus extending radially inward of the adjacent conical stem portion perimeters, and each of the plurality of circumferential grooves extends continuously around the conical stem portion perimeter, and in that each circumferential groove blends into the two adjacent conical stem portion perimeters, and in that the stem blends into the concave lower face of the articular end. (a) an articular end for repair of articular cartilage defects, the articular end having a circular perimeter, a convex upper face and a concave lower face, and (b) a stem extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along a vertical axis, the stem having a cylindrical stem portion extending from the concave lower face away from the convex upper face along the vertical axis,
An image forming apparatus comprising: a circulating member that is a part of a transport path that transports a recording medium; a holding member that is fixed to the circulating member, configured to circulate, and configured to hold a leading end portion of the recording medium; an image forming section that is configured to form an image on the recording medium at an image forming position in a circulation path of the circulating member; and a feeding section (50, 10B) that is configured to feed out the recording medium to a holding position where the holding member holds the leading end portion of the recording medium, the image forming apparatus being characterized in that: when a circulation velocity Vg is defined as a velocity at which the circulating member circulates the holding member, a transport velocity of the recording medium is reduced from a first transport velocity V1, which is higher than the circulation velocity Vg, to a second transport velocity V2, which is lower than the first transport velocity V1, before the leading end portion of the recording medium enters the holding position. a circulating member that is a part of a transport path that transports a recording medium; a holding member that is fixed to the circulating member, configured to circulate, and configured to hold a leading end portion of the recording medium; an image forming section that is configured to form an image on the recording medium at an image forming position in a circulation path of the circulating member; and a feeding section (50, 10B) that is configured to feed out the recording medium to a holding position where the holding member holds the leading end portion of the recording medium, the image forming apparatus being characterized in that: when a circulation velocity Vg is defined as a velocity at which the circulating member circulates the holding member, a transport velocity of the recording medium is reduced from a first transport velocity V1, which is higher than the circulation velocity Vg, to a second transport velocity V2, which is lower than the first transport velocity V1, before the leading end portion of the recording medium enters the holding position.
A method for automatically identifying roads in digital maps comprising: associating tiles in a grid overlaying a map among said digital maps with discrete non-trace positioning records produced by mobile devices operating in areas represented in the map; producing a scalar description of each tile of the grid in an area of interest among said areas that is overlaid by the grid, based on a subset of the discrete non-trace positioning records associated with the tile, wherein the scalar description of each tile comprises at least various statistics on each tile; and for each of the tiles in the area of interest, performing a binary classification of the tile as a road as a type of map entity, based at least on the scalar description produced for the tile and other scalar descriptions produced for other tiles in the area of interest, wherein the binary classification of the tile is performed by comparing said scalar descriptions produced for the tile and the other tiles in the area of interest to scalar descriptions of labelled tiles for which an entity classification is already known. associating tiles in a grid overlaying a map among said digital maps with discrete non-trace positioning records produced by mobile devices operating in areas represented in the map; producing a scalar description of each tile of the grid in an area of interest among said areas that is overlaid by the grid, based on a subset of the discrete non-trace positioning records associated with the tile, wherein the scalar description of each tile comprises at least various statistics on each tile; and for each of the tiles in the area of interest, performing a binary classification of the tile as a road as a type of map entity, based at least on the scalar description produced for the tile and other scalar descriptions produced for other tiles in the area of interest, wherein the binary classification of the tile is performed by comparing said scalar descriptions produced for the tile and the other tiles in the area of interest to scalar descriptions of labelled tiles for which an entity classification is already known.
A portable container for fluid contents including light-emitting means (13; 127), means for detecting a radio frequency signal, a self-contained power source and connecting means (15, 20) for connecting the light-emitting means (13; 127) with the means for detecting a radio frequency signal and with the power source, such that on detection of a radio frequency signal light is emitted, light emission thereby being activated remotely, wherein the container is at least partially fabricated from a material able to transmit light, wherein the light-emitting means (13; 127) is arranged to be able to illuminate the contents of the container substantially uniformly.
A method for producing high purity D-psicose crystals having a purity of 98% (w/w) or more and a grain size of MA200 (Mean Average grain size of 200 μm) or more, comprising: removing impurities from a D-psicose solution to obtain a purified D-psicose solution; concentrating the purified D-psicose solution to a supersaturated concentration; cooling the concentrated D-psicose solution to 30°C to 40°C through a heat exchanger; seed crystallizing the D-psicose solution by adding a seed crystal of D-psicose and increasing the crystal size at 30°C to 40°C to obtain seed crystallized massecuite containing a D-psicose having crystal size of MA100 to 150; and full-scale crystallizing the seed crystallized massecuite at 30°C to 40°C to produce the D-psicose crystals having a purity of 98% (w/w) or more and a grain size of MA 200 or more. removing impurities from a D-psicose solution to obtain a purified D-psicose solution; concentrating the purified D-psicose solution to a supersaturated concentration; cooling the concentrated D-psicose solution to 30°C to 40°C through a heat exchanger; seed crystallizing the D-psicose solution by adding a seed crystal of D-psicose and increasing the crystal size at 30°C to 40°C to obtain seed crystallized massecuite containing a D-psicose having crystal size of MA100 to 150; and full-scale crystallizing the seed crystallized massecuite at 30°C to 40°C to produce the D-psicose crystals having a purity of 98% (w/w) or more and a grain size of MA 200 or more.
A method for manufacturing a hollow needle-shaped body, the method comprising: a first step of manufacturing the needle-shaped body having a substrate and a projection formed on one surface of the substrate; and a second step of forming a through hole that penetrates through the substrate and the projection by radiating a laser beam onto the other surface of the substrate after the first step, characterized in that the substrate and the projection are made of crystallized polyglycolic acid. a first step of manufacturing the needle-shaped body having a substrate and a projection formed on one surface of the substrate; and a second step of forming a through hole that penetrates through the substrate and the projection by radiating a laser beam onto the other surface of the substrate after the first step, characterized in that the substrate and the projection are made of crystallized polyglycolic acid.
An electronic key duplicating machine, comprising: - a base on which a first support is mounted with a clamp intended to clamp between its jaws (16, 18), at separate moments, an original key to be duplicated and a blank key to be bitted, - an optical reader for sensing the bitting of the original key to be duplicated, and a milling cutter for reproducing said bitting on the blank key; said optical reader and said milling cutter being mounted on a second support rigid with the machine base, - means associated with said base to drive said clamp along the X axis and the Y axis relative to said second support, - a unit for memorizing the bitting of the key to be duplicated sensed by the optical reader, and for controlling and commanding the movement of the clamp and the operability of the optical reader and of the milling cutter, characterised in that: - said second support for the optical reader and for the milling cutter is of C-shape with its opening facing the clamp, and - the optical reader is mounted on the two horizontal branches of said second C-shaped support, while the milling cutter is mounted in the cavity defined by said horizontal branches. - a base on which a first support is mounted with a clamp intended to clamp between its jaws (16, 18), at separate moments, an original key to be duplicated and a blank key to be bitted, - an optical reader for sensing the bitting of the original key to be duplicated, and a milling cutter for reproducing said bitting on the blank key; said optical reader and said milling cutter being mounted on a second support rigid with the machine base, - means associated with said base to drive said clamp along the X axis and the Y axis relative to said second support, - a unit for memorizing the bitting of the key to be duplicated sensed by the optical reader, and for controlling and commanding the movement of the clamp and the operability of the optical reader and of the milling cutter, - said second support for the optical reader and for the milling cutter is of C-shape with its opening facing the clamp, and - the optical reader is mounted on the two horizontal branches of said second C-shaped support, while the milling cutter is mounted in the cavity defined by said horizontal branches.
A pain-relieving mat for magnetotherapy of a user, the mat having longitudinally opposite ends referred to as a feet side and a head side, the mat comprising at least: a. a first tissue composed of at least one bioceramic fibre configured to generate a pain-relieving effect by reflecting FIR waves emitted by the user; b. two pairs of magnetic bands for a north-south magnetization located at the ends of said mat, said two pairs of magnetic bands comprising two bands being arranged at the feet side and two bands being arranged at the head side; c. central magnetic bands, located centrally with respect to the longitudinal direction of the mat, preferably being interposed between the magnetic bands at the feed side and the magnetic bands at the head side; the mat being characterised by further comprising: d. a lower tissue, configured to: i. connect the mat to a generator configured to generate pulsed high and/or low frequency electromagnetic waves and ii. generate a monopolar radiofrequency field to be regularly emitted in a homogeneous manner towards the user, and e. one or more synthetic yarns, selected from a copper fibre, a carbon fibre, and/or a fibre treated with silver ions referred to as a silver fibre. a. a first tissue composed of at least one bioceramic fibre configured to generate a pain-relieving effect by reflecting FIR waves emitted by the user; b. two pairs of magnetic bands for a north-south magnetization located at the ends of said mat, said two pairs of magnetic bands comprising two bands being arranged at the feet side and two bands being arranged at the head side; c. central magnetic bands, located centrally with respect to the longitudinal direction of the mat, preferably being interposed between the magnetic bands at the feed side and the magnetic bands at the head side; the mat being characterised by further comprising: d. a lower tissue, configured to: i. connect the mat to a generator configured to generate pulsed high and/or low frequency electromagnetic waves and ii. generate a monopolar radiofrequency field to be regularly emitted in a homogeneous manner towards the user, and i. connect the mat to a generator configured to generate pulsed high and/or low frequency electromagnetic waves and ii. generate a monopolar radiofrequency field to be regularly emitted in a homogeneous manner towards the user, and e. one or more synthetic yarns, selected from a copper fibre, a carbon fibre, and/or a fibre treated with silver ions referred to as a silver fibre.
A connector comprising: a stem defining a fluid passage therethrough having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the stem is configured to matingly engage a complimentary seal structure located on a complimentary connector; a housing surrounding the stem and including, within the housing, a valve support system that defines an internal chamber having an open proximal end, wherein the housing is configured to matingly engage a complimentary housing of the complimentary connector; a valve attached to the valve support system and sealing the open proximal end of the internal chamber, wherein the valve is configured to align with a complimentary valve when the housing matingly engages the complimentary housing; and wherein the stem is configured to move in relation to the housing and through the valve and complimentary valve to engage the complimentary seal structure after the housing engages the complimentary housing, wherein the valve is configured to fold with the complimentary valve along an outside diameter of the stem in the direction of movement of the stem when the stem moves through the valve and the complimentary valve. a stem defining a fluid passage therethrough having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the stem is configured to matingly engage a complimentary seal structure located on a complimentary connector; a housing surrounding the stem and including, within the housing, a valve support system that defines an internal chamber having an open proximal end, wherein the housing is configured to matingly engage a complimentary housing of the complimentary connector; a valve attached to the valve support system and sealing the open proximal end of the internal chamber, wherein the valve is configured to align with a complimentary valve when the housing matingly engages the complimentary housing; and wherein the stem is configured to move in relation to the housing and through the valve and complimentary valve to engage the complimentary seal structure after the housing engages the complimentary housing, wherein the valve is configured to fold with the complimentary valve along an outside diameter of the stem in the direction of movement of the stem when the stem moves through the valve and the complimentary valve.