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A multiple nozzle attachment (100, 200) for a hair dryer comprising: a conical body having a rear portion and a distal portion, the rear portion having a circular diameter that is greater than a circular diameter of the distal portion to form a taper (107, 207, 108, 208), the circular diameter of the rear portion forms a rear circular opening (105, 205) connectable to a barrel of the hair dryer; at least two nozzles (110, 120, 210, 220) extending distally from the conical body, each of the at least two nozzles (110, 120, 210, 220) having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein each distal end has a distal end opening (170, 180, 270, 280); and wherein each distal end opening (170, 180, 270, 280) has a length (101, 201) and a width (102, 202), and each length (101, 201) is greater than each width (102, 202), wherein the distal end opening (170, 180, 270, 280) of each nozzle (110, 120, 210, 220) lays in an imaginary nozzle plane, and each of the imaginary nozzle planes are positioned at an acute angle relative to an imaginary plane in which the rear circular opening (105, 205) lays and wherein each distal end opening (170, 180, 270, 280) of each nozzle (110, 120, 210, 220) lays in the same imaginary plane. a conical body having a rear portion and a distal portion, the rear portion having a circular diameter that is greater than a circular diameter of the distal portion to form a taper (107, 207, 108, 208), the circular diameter of the rear portion forms a rear circular opening (105, 205) connectable to a barrel of the hair dryer; at least two nozzles (110, 120, 210, 220) extending distally from the conical body, each of the at least two nozzles (110, 120, 210, 220) having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein each distal end has a distal end opening (170, 180, 270, 280); and wherein each distal end opening (170, 180, 270, 280) has a length (101, 201) and a width (102, 202), and each length (101, 201) is greater than each width (102, 202), wherein the distal end opening (170, 180, 270, 280) of each nozzle (110, 120, 210, 220) lays in an imaginary nozzle plane, and each of the imaginary nozzle planes are positioned at an acute angle relative to an imaginary plane in which the rear circular opening (105, 205) lays and wherein each distal end opening (170, 180, 270, 280) of each nozzle (110, 120, 210, 220) lays in the same imaginary plane.
A vehicle transmission system for a train, the vehicle transmission system comprising a communication apparatus forming a backbone-network with another communication apparatus that is made redundant, the backbone-network relaying signals between branch networks formed in fixed formations coupled to each other, the apparatus comprising: an alive-monitoring-frame processing unit that, when the communication apparatus is operating as a master, periodically transmits an alive monitoring frame to the another communication apparatus operating as a backup via a branch network, and, when the communication apparatus is operating as a backup, receives an alive monitoring frame transmitted from the another communication apparatus operating as a master via a branch network; a port-malfunction detection unit that detects whether a port to which a branch network is connected has malfunctioned; and characterized by an alive determination unit that, when the communication apparatus is operating as a backup, detects whether the another communication apparatus operating as a master has malfunctioned on a basis of an alive-monitoring-frame reception result from the alive-monitoring-frame processing unit and a malfunction detection result related to the port of the communication apparatus operating as the backup from the port-malfunction detection unit. an alive-monitoring-frame processing unit that, when the communication apparatus is operating as a master, periodically transmits an alive monitoring frame to the another communication apparatus operating as a backup via a branch network, and, when the communication apparatus is operating as a backup, receives an alive monitoring frame transmitted from the another communication apparatus operating as a master via a branch network; a port-malfunction detection unit that detects whether a port to which a branch network is connected has malfunctioned; and characterized by an alive determination unit that, when the communication apparatus is operating as a backup, detects whether the another communication apparatus operating as a master has malfunctioned on a basis of an alive-monitoring-frame reception result from the alive-monitoring-frame processing unit and a malfunction detection result related to the port of the communication apparatus operating as the backup from the port-malfunction detection unit.
A method of communication for an apparatus (1102, 1104), comprising: obtaining first channel state information for a first wireless communication link; obtaining second channel state information for a second wireless communication link; determining that a feedback signal is to be based on the first channel state information and the second channel state information, wherein the determination is based on whether a first antenna sub-array for the first wireless communication link is within a threshold distance of a second antenna sub-array for the second wireless communication link; and generating the feedback signal based on the first channel state information and the second channel state information. obtaining first channel state information for a first wireless communication link; obtaining second channel state information for a second wireless communication link; determining that a feedback signal is to be based on the first channel state information and the second channel state information, wherein the determination is based on whether a first antenna sub-array for the first wireless communication link is within a threshold distance of a second antenna sub-array for the second wireless communication link; and generating the feedback signal based on the first channel state information and the second channel state information.
A fill-up and circulation tool (100;300;400;500;600;700), comprising: a mandrel; a packer assembly disposed around the mandrel; and a valve assembly (200;605) connected to the mandrel, wherein the valve assembly includes: a valve member biased in a first direction; and a valve seat member biased in a second direction, wherein the valve member is biased into engagement with the valve seat member by a first biasing member to close fluid communication through the tool, and characterized in that the valve seat member is biased into engagement with the valve member by a second biasing member to close fluid communication through the tool. a mandrel; a packer assembly disposed around the mandrel; and a valve assembly (200;605) connected to the mandrel, wherein the valve assembly includes: a valve member biased in a first direction; and a valve seat member biased in a second direction, a valve member biased in a first direction; and a valve seat member biased in a second direction, wherein the valve member is biased into engagement with the valve seat member by a first biasing member to close fluid communication through the tool, and characterized in that the valve seat member is biased into engagement with the valve member by a second biasing member to close fluid communication through the tool.
A portable detector for metal detection, the detector including: - a head extending longitudinally and comprising an inductive transducer for measuring a variation in its inductance and/or for measuring parasite currents caused in the metals to be detected, and - a body including a controller programmed to control the activation or the deactivation of a standby function of the detector, characterised in that the detector also comprises a sensor for measuring displacement of the detector, and/or for measuring the orientation of the detector, and the controller controls the activation of the standby function if the following conditions are satisfied: - the amplitude of the signal measured by the inductive transducer is constant over a predetermined time period, and - the displacement value of the signal measured by the sensor is zero over this predetermined time period, or - the orientation value of the signal measured by the sensor is constant over this predetermined time period. - a head extending longitudinally and comprising an inductive transducer for measuring a variation in its inductance and/or for measuring parasite currents caused in the metals to be detected, and - a body including a controller programmed to control the - the amplitude of the signal measured by the inductive transducer is constant over a predetermined time period, and - the displacement value of the signal measured by the sensor is zero over this predetermined time period, or - the orientation value of the signal measured by the sensor is constant over this predetermined time period.
Network system, comprising: - a first network infrastructure having at least one first network participant that is configured as a control device; - a cloud computing infrastructure having at least one cloud computing-based application, the cloud computing-based application is being provided and executed by the cloud computing infrastructure; and - a coupling unit having a first interface (214.1) and a second interface (214.2), wherein the coupling unit is connected by means of the first interface to the first network infrastructure, and by means of the second interface to the cloud computing infrastructure, and wherein, the coupling unit is equipped and designed to emulate at least one additional network participant in the first network infrastructure, in interaction with the cloud computing-based application, and so that data can be transmitted between the at least first network participant and the emulated additional network participant of the first network infrastructure within the first network structure, wherein the emulated additional network participant represents a network participant, which is - a network participant of a network infrastructure remote from the first network infrastructure, - of a purely virtual nature, or - of a hybrid nature, wherein data is forwardable between the emulated additional network participant of the first network infrastructure and the network participant represented by the emulated additional network participant via the cloud computing infrastructure. - a first network infrastructure having at least one first network participant that is configured as a control device; - a cloud computing infrastructure having at least one cloud computing-based application, the cloud computing-based application is being provided and executed by the cloud computing infrastructure; and - a coupling unit having a first interface (214.1) and a second interface (214.2), - a network participant of a network infrastructure remote from the first network infrastructure, - of a purely virtual nature, or - of a hybrid nature,
A system for fixing tissue, said system comprising: an implantable tissue fixation device comprising a pair of fixation elements each having a first end, a free end opposite the first end, and an engagement surface therebetween for engaging the tissue, the fixation device further comprising a pair of gripping elements, each gripping element being moveable with respect to one of the fixation elements and being disposed in opposition to one of the engagement surfaces so as to capture tissue therebetween, characterized in that said system further comprises a spring coupled to the implantable fixation device adjacent the pair of gripping elements, the spring having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, wherein the spring is resiliently biased to bow outward forming a bowed region, and wherein the spring collapses to a reduced profile when proximal element lines coupled to the gripping elements are tensioned to lift the gripping elements. an implantable tissue fixation device comprising a pair of fixation elements each having a first end, a free end opposite the first end, and an engagement surface therebetween for engaging the tissue, the fixation device further comprising a pair of gripping elements, each gripping element being moveable with respect to one of the fixation elements and being disposed in opposition to one of the engagement surfaces so as to capture tissue therebetween, characterized in that said system further comprises a spring coupled to the implantable fixation device adjacent the pair of gripping elements, the spring having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, wherein the spring is resiliently biased to bow outward forming a bowed region, and wherein the spring collapses to a reduced profile when proximal element lines coupled to the gripping elements are tensioned to lift the gripping elements.
A process for the transalkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons which comprises putting an aromatic hydrocarbon in contact with one or more polyalkylated aromatic hydrocarbons, in the presence of a beta zeolite characterized by a distribution of the Lewis acid sites and Brønsted acid sites corresponding to a molar ratio [Lewis sites]/[Brønsted sites] equal to or higher than 1.5, and wherein in the beta zeolite the SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 molar ratio varies within the range of 10 to 30.
An encoder provided with a quasi-cyclic matrix generating means for arranging J cyclic permutation matrices I(p j,l) with p rows and p columns (0≤j≤J-1, 0≤l≤L-1) in a row direction and also arranging L cyclic permutation matrices I(p j,l) in a column direction so as to generate a regular quasi-cyclic matrix H QC having uniform row and column weights, a mask matrix generating means for generating a mask matrix Z which can adapt to a plurality of coding rates, a masking means for converting a specific cyclic permutation matrix within the regular quasi-cyclic matrix H QC generated by said quasi-cyclic matrix generating means by using the mask matrix Z generated by said mask matrix generating means into a zero matrix so as to generate an irregular masked quasi-cyclic matrix M, a parity check matrix generating means for placing both, the masked quasi-cyclic matrix generated by said masking means and a matrix in which said cyclic permutation matrices are arranged in a stair-step shape at predetermined positions respectively so as to generate an irregular parity check matrix H M for LDPC code, wherein a matrix I stair-step shape in which matrices I are arranged in a stair-step shape is defined by I stair - step shape = I 0 0 ⋯ ⋯ 0 I 0 I 0 0 ⋱ ⋮ 0 ⋱ ⋱ ⋱ ⋮ ⋮ ⋱ I 0 I 0 0 0 ⋯ 0 I 0 I 0 and a codeword generating means for generating a codeword from a message which is a transmission object by using the parity check matrix generated by said parity check matrix generating means, wherein said quasi-cyclic matrix generating means configures the regular quasi-cyclic matrix H QC by combining cyclic permutation matrices in each of which matrix elements whose row number is r (0≤r≤p-1) and whose column number is (r+p j,l) mod p are "1"s and other matrix elements are "0"s in such a way that two or more cyclic permutation matrices arranged at an arbitrary row of the regular quasi-cyclic matrix H QC differ from one another, characterized in that said quasi-cyclic matrix generating means generates the matrix H QC in such a way that this matrix satisfies the following conditions (i) and (ii) (i) p j,l = j · p 1,l i (mod p), 0 ≤ p 1, l i ≤ p - 1, p 1, l 0 ≠ p 1, l 1, l 0 ≠ l 1, (ii) p is a prime number, and J ≥ L, and p ≥ J. (i) p j,l = j · p 1,l i (mod p), 0 ≤ p 1, l i ≤ p - 1, p 1, l 0 ≠ p 1, l 1, l 0 ≠ l 1, (ii) p is a prime number, and J ≥ L, and p ≥ J.
A method for producing an antibiotic-degrading agent in Escherichia coli (E. coli), comprising: (a) providing a host E. coli cell transformed with a vector comprising a sequence encoding the antibiotic-degrading agent; (b) culturing the E. coli cell to induce expression of the antibiotic-degrading agent; and (c) recovering the antibiotic-degrading agent from a soluble fraction prepared from the E. coli cell, wherein: the antibiotic-degrading agent is broad spectrum carbapenemase comprising at least 95% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 68 or SEQ ID NO: 53, and the culturing is in the presence of zinc in an amount of about 100 μM, such that the amount of antibiotic-degrading agent protein in a soluble fraction is increased and the amount of antibiotic-degrading agent protein in inclusion bodies relative to culturing in the absence of zinc is reduced. (a) providing a host E. coli cell transformed with a vector comprising a sequence encoding the antibiotic-degrading agent; (b) culturing the E. coli cell to induce expression of the antibiotic-degrading agent; and (c) recovering the antibiotic-degrading agent from a soluble fraction prepared from the E. coli cell, wherein: the antibiotic-degrading agent is broad spectrum carbapenemase comprising at least 95% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 68 or SEQ ID NO: 53, and the culturing is in the presence of zinc in an amount of about 100 μM, such that the amount of antibiotic-degrading agent protein in a soluble fraction is increased and the amount of antibiotic-degrading agent protein in inclusion bodies relative to culturing in the absence of zinc is reduced. the antibiotic-degrading agent is broad spectrum carbapenemase comprising at least 95% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 68 or SEQ ID NO: 53, and the culturing is in the presence of zinc in an amount of about 100 μM, such that the amount of antibiotic-degrading agent protein in a soluble fraction is increased and the amount of antibiotic-degrading agent protein in inclusion bodies relative to culturing in the absence of zinc is reduced.
An electronic device comprising: a camera module that includes an image sensor and a shielding structure configured to shield components of the camera module from electromagnetic interference, EMI; and an external structure (110, 170) that two-dimensionally surrounds the camera module, at least a portion (171, 111) of the external structure (110, 170) being conductive, wherein the shielding structure comprises an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the image sensor, and a protruding portion that protrudes from the accommodating portion, and wherein the protruding portion of the shielding structure contacts at least the conductive portion (171, 111) of the external structure (110, 170), characterised in that: the protruding portion is configured to maintain contact with the conductive portion (171, 111) of the external structure (110, 170) by elastic deformation. a camera module that includes an image sensor and a shielding structure configured to shield components of the camera module from electromagnetic interference, EMI; and an external structure (110, 170) that two-dimensionally surrounds the camera module, at least a portion (171, 111) of the external structure (110, 170) being conductive, wherein the shielding structure comprises an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the image sensor, and a protruding portion that protrudes from the accommodating portion, and wherein the protruding portion of the shielding structure contacts at least the conductive portion (171, 111) of the external structure (110, 170),
A separation matrix comprising at least 11, such as at least 15, 15-21, 17-21 or 18-20 mg/ml Fc-binding ligands covalently coupled to a porous support, wherein: a) said ligands comprise multimers of alkali-stabilized Protein A domains, b) said porous support comprises cross-linked agarose particles having a volume-weighted median diameter (d50,v) of 56-70 micrometers, a dry solids weight of 55-80 mg/ml, and a pore size corresponding to an inverse gel filtration chromatography Kd value of 0.69-0.85 for dextran of Mw 110 kDa. a) said ligands comprise multimers of alkali-stabilized Protein A domains, b) said porous support comprises cross-linked agarose particles having a volume-weighted median diameter (d50,v) of 56-70 micrometers, a dry solids weight of 55-80 mg/ml, and
A device for dispensing a friction-coefficient-optimizing mixture of at least one lubricant and at least one grit into the gap between a rail wheel of a rail vehicle and a rail, the device comprising at least one reservoir for the at least one lubricant, at least one reservoir for the at least one grit, at least one metering unit for metering the at least one lubricant, at least one metering unit for metering the at least one grit, at least one delivery apparatus for delivering the at least one lubricant, at least one delivery apparatus for delivering the at least one grit, and a common dispensing nozzle for dispensing the at least one lubricant and the at least one grit into the gap between the rail wheel and the rail, characterized in that the delivery apparatus for delivering the at least one lubricant and the delivery apparatus for delivering the at least one grit are separate from each other and end in the common dispensing nozzle so that the friction-coefficient-optimizing mixture is not formed from the at least one lubricant and the at least one grit until it is dispensed into the gap between the rail wheel and the rail, and an additional compressed air line is provided, which ends in the common dispensing nozzle.
A fluid flow plate for an electrochemical fuel cell assembly, comprising: a first plurality of fluid flow channels extending across an area of the flow plate (10, 111, 210) to define a flow field of the fluid flow plate, the first plurality of fluid flow channels defining a cathode fluid flow field, an array of first fluid transfer points disposed along an edge of the flow field for communicating fluid into or out of the first plurality of fluid flow channels; a first distribution gallery having a first peripheral edge portion bounded by the array of first fluid transfer points and having at least two second peripheral edge portions each bounded by an array of second fluid transfer points disposed along cathode fluid access edges of the fluid flow plate, the first distribution gallery configured for fluid communication and fluid distribution between the array of first fluid transfer points and the arrays of second fluid transfer points, the at least two second peripheral edge portions being disposed at oblique angles to the first peripheral edge portion such that the total length of the arrays of second fluid transfer points is at least as long as, and preferably longer than, the length of the array of first fluid transfer points; wherein the cathode fluid access edges comprise external edges of the flow plate. a first plurality of fluid flow channels extending across an area of the flow plate (10, 111, 210) to define a flow field of the fluid flow plate, the first plurality of fluid flow channels defining a cathode fluid flow field, an array of first fluid transfer points disposed along an edge of the flow field for communicating fluid into or out of the first plurality of fluid flow channels; a first distribution gallery having a first peripheral edge portion bounded by the array of first fluid transfer points and having at least two second peripheral edge portions each bounded by an array of second fluid transfer points disposed along cathode fluid access edges of the fluid flow plate, the first distribution gallery configured for fluid communication and fluid distribution between the array of first fluid transfer points and the arrays of second fluid transfer points, the at least two second peripheral edge portions being disposed at oblique angles to the first peripheral edge portion such that the total length of the arrays of second fluid transfer points is at least as long as, and preferably longer than, the length of the array of first fluid transfer points; wherein the cathode fluid access edges comprise external edges of the flow plate.