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A method of producing a coated article, wherein the surface of the article is wetted with a crosslinkable composition and the crosslinkable composition is then crosslinked to form a coating, wherein the crosslinkable composition comprises functionalised monomers that have a crosslinkable group, a cationic group and a fluorinated group, wherein the composition comprises anions corresponding to the cationic groups of the functionalised monomers, wherein the cationic group is an N-substituted cyclic, and in particular heteroaromatic, group that comprises a 5-membered ring and/or at least two heteroatoms, and wherein a spacer is arranged between the cationic group and the fluorinated group, said spacer being an uncharged and unfluorinated organyl group and preferably an alkylene group.
A connecting piece configured to be used in an optical fiber connector, wherein the connecting piece comprises a body and a flange, one end of the body is provided with a threaded hole that is configured to threadedly connect to an element fitting the connecting piece, characterised in that the body of the connecting piece is a plastic body, the flange and the plastic body form an integral part by means of injection molding, and at least one side of the flange is provided with a hook groove that is configured to hook a strength member of a flat drop cable, wherein the hook groove is an opening formed by cutting the flange and having an arc-shaped edge, wherein a bottom of the hook groove is a line formed by two end points (13451a, 13451b) of the hook groove and the flange.
A SIRPα immunoglobulin fusion protein comprising: (i) an IgV extracellular domain of signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPα) or a SIRPα variant comprising an amino acid sequence at least 80% identical (a) to residues 3-115 of SEQ ID NO:6, (b) to residues 3-114 of SEQ ID NO:8 or (c) to residues 1-115 of SEQ ID NO:190, wherein the SIRPα variant comprises a modification to an amino acid at one or more positions corresponding to positions 6, 27, 31, 37, 54, 56, 66 or 72 of SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO: 8 or SEQ ID NO:190, wherein the modification is a substitution selected from the group consisting of: V6I; V27I; A27I; 131R; I31T; Q37W; Q37H; E54P; H56P; S66Q; L66Q; and M72R; and (ii) an immunoglobulin molecule or portion thereof that binds to a surface antigen on a disease promoting cell. (i) an IgV extracellular domain of signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPα) or a SIRPα variant comprising an amino acid sequence at least 80% identical (a) to residues 3-115 of SEQ ID NO:6, (b) to residues 3-114 of SEQ ID NO:8 or (c) to residues 1-115 of SEQ ID NO:190, wherein the SIRPα variant comprises a modification to an amino acid at one or more positions corresponding to positions 6, 27, 31, 37, 54, 56, 66 or 72 of SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO: 8 or SEQ ID NO:190, wherein the modification is a substitution selected from the group consisting of: V6I; V27I; A27I; 131R; I31T; Q37W; Q37H; E54P; H56P; S66Q; L66Q; and M72R; and (ii) an immunoglobulin molecule or portion thereof that binds to a surface antigen on a disease promoting cell.
A ventilation system comprising a breathing apparatus for providing mechanical ventilation to a patient, the breathing apparatus being configured to perform an automated full recruitment manoeuvre, FRM, comprising a recruitment phase and a PEEP titration phase, and, during the PEEP titration phase, to: - gradually decrease the level of PEEP and to deliver a number of breaths at each of a plurality of PEEP levels; characterised in that the breathing apparatus is configured, during the PEEP titration phase, to: - monitor at least one parameter from which an optimal PEEP of the patient may be determined; - predict whether the optimal PEEP will be possible to reliably determine later on during the PEEP titration phase, and - automatically abort the FRM manoeuvre if it is predicted that it will not be possible to reliably determine the optimal PEEP. - gradually decrease the level of PEEP and to deliver a number of breaths at each of a plurality of PEEP levels; - monitor at least one parameter from which an optimal PEEP of the patient may be determined; - predict whether the optimal PEEP will be possible to reliably determine later on during the PEEP titration phase, and - automatically abort the FRM manoeuvre if it is predicted that it will not be possible to reliably determine the optimal PEEP.
A method for cardiac monitoring, comprising: sensing an activity level value of an individual with a first sensor; sensing a heart rate value of said individual with a second sensor; determining if a discordance is present between said activity level value and said heart rate value; the method being characterised in that sensing of the activity level and sensing of the heart rate value are carried out by a wearable device (400, 502) which comprises a wristlet or smartwatch worn by said individual and which has the first sensor and the second sensor; and in that the method further comprises recording an electrocardiogram when said discordance is determined to be present. sensing an activity level value of an individual with a first sensor; sensing a heart rate value of said individual with a second sensor; determining if a discordance is present between said activity level value and said heart rate value; the method being characterised in that sensing of the activity level and sensing of the heart rate value are carried out by a wearable device (400, 502) which comprises a wristlet or smartwatch worn by said individual and which has the first sensor and the second sensor; and in that the method further comprises recording an electrocardiogram when said discordance is determined to be present.
A device for delivering a drug comprising: a reservoir (314, 414); a housing (350, 450, 750) with a space shaped to hold the reservoir (314, 414); said housing (350, 450, 750) defining an optical path from outside the device to an interior of the reservoir (314, 414) such that a payload status of the reservoir (314, 414) can be discerned from a vantage point outside the device; characterized in that it further comprises a generator (308, 408) of a plurality of color-coded light signals (446a-446d), each associated with a different device state, said generator (308, 408) positioned so that at least a portion of said color-coded light signal travels along said optical path wherein said portion of an interior of said reservoir (314, 414) and said color-coded light signal are visible along said optical path simultaneously and viewable from said vantage point. a reservoir (314, 414); a housing (350, 450, 750) with a space shaped to hold the reservoir (314, 414); said housing (350, 450, 750) defining an optical path from outside the device to an interior of the reservoir (314, 414) such that a payload status of the reservoir (314, 414) can be discerned from a vantage point outside the device; characterized in that it further comprises a generator (308, 408) of a plurality of color-coded light signals (446a-446d), each associated with a different device state, said generator (308, 408) positioned so that at least a portion of said color-coded light signal travels along said optical path wherein said portion of an interior of said reservoir (314, 414) and said color-coded light signal are visible along said optical path simultaneously and viewable from said vantage point.
A method comprising: at a network infrastructure element: determining that an end-user platform seeks to download an executable program; executing the executable program and, as this occurs, monitoring and recording operating system calls executed by the executable program, thereby to build a model of the executable program; using the model of the executable program to vet the operating system calls executed by the executable program with respect to policies corresponding to the end-user platform; and permitting the end-user platform to download the executable program when the operating system calls executed by the executable program vet acceptably with respect to the policies; wherein executing the executable program to build the model of the executable program comprises executing the executable program a plurality of times using automatically generated differing random input content. determining that an end-user platform seeks to download an executable program; executing the executable program and, as this occurs, monitoring and recording operating system calls executed by the executable program, thereby to build a model of the executable program; using the model of the executable program to vet the operating system calls executed by the executable program with respect to policies corresponding to the end-user platform; and permitting the end-user platform to download the executable program when the operating system calls executed by the executable program vet acceptably with respect to the policies; wherein executing the executable program to build the model of the executable program comprises executing the executable program a plurality of times using automatically generated differing random input content.
A capacitive acceleration sensor comprising at least one pair of electrodes, such that the pair of electrodes comprises a movable electrode responsive to the acceleration, at least one stationary electrode, and several isolator protrusions for limiting the movement of the movable electrode located on one of the electrodes,, characterized in that the isolator protrusions are coated with a diamond-like DLC coating so that the isolator protrusions have a two-layer composite structure, wherein the base layer consists of oxide, which base layer in turn is coated with a top layer of the diamond-like DLC coating, in that the base layer is essentially thicker than the top layer, in that the diamond-like DLC coating of the top layer extends also onto the sides of the isolator protrusions, and in that the diamond-like DLC coating of the top layer also extends beyond the edges of the isolator protrusion onto the area of electrode, having said isolator protrusions located thereon.
A protective coating system comprising: a turbine engine component substrate formed of a ceramic matrix composite material; an environmental barrier coating layer comprising a rare earth disilicate material formed directly on the substrate; and a thermal barrier coating layer comprising a porous rare earth monosilicate material having a metal silicate material infiltrated within at least a portion of the pores formed directly on the environmental barrier coating layer. a turbine engine component substrate formed of a ceramic matrix composite material; an environmental barrier coating layer comprising a rare earth disilicate material formed directly on the substrate; and a thermal barrier coating layer comprising a porous rare earth monosilicate material having a metal silicate material infiltrated within at least a portion of the pores formed directly on the environmental barrier coating layer.
A replication incompetent, chimeric retroviral-RNA replicon vector particle, comprising: a) an envelope glycoprotein; b) a retroviral vector genome comprising: i. a 5'LTR; ii. a retroviral packaging sequence; iii. a promoter; iv. an alphaviral replicon sequence comprising: a) a 5' untranslated region (5'UTR); b) a sequence encoding an alphavirus replicase; c) a heterologous nucleic acid sequence of interest; wherein the alphaviral replicon sequence contains a continuous 5' replication signal; and v. a 3'LTR, wherein the 3'LTR is optionally a self-inactivating 3'LTR, wherein the retroviral packaging sequence is located between the 5' replication signal and the full nsP1 coding region, or wherein the retroviral packaging sequence is located between nsP3 and nsP4 and is either followed by an IRES or has a stop codon removed. a) an envelope glycoprotein; b) a retroviral vector genome comprising: i. a 5'LTR; ii. a retroviral packaging sequence; iii. a promoter; iv. an alphaviral replicon sequence comprising: a) a 5' untranslated region (5'UTR); b) a sequence encoding an alphavirus replicase; c) a heterologous nucleic acid sequence of interest; wherein the alphaviral replicon sequence contains a continuous 5' replication signal; and v. a 3'LTR, wherein the 3'LTR is optionally a self-inactivating 3'LTR, wherein the retroviral packaging sequence is located between the 5' replication signal and the full nsP1 coding region, or i. a 5'LTR; ii. a retroviral packaging sequence; iii. a promoter; iv. an alphaviral replicon sequence comprising: a) a 5' untranslated region (5'UTR); b) a sequence encoding an alphavirus replicase; c) a heterologous nucleic acid sequence of interest; wherein the alphaviral replicon sequence contains a continuous 5' replication signal; and v. a 3'LTR, wherein the 3'LTR is optionally a self-inactivating 3'LTR, wherein the retroviral packaging sequence is located between the 5' replication signal and the full nsP1 coding region, or
A process of preparing a concentrated liquid foodstuff comprising treating a sugar solution having a Brix of more than 20°, with carbohydrate oxidase and catalase without adjusting the pH before or during the treatment by addition of buffering substances or basic substances; to obtain a concentrated liquid foodstuff, wherein the final pH is lower than 3.
A vinyl chloride resin emulsion obtained from emulsion polymerization of 40 to 500 parts by weight of a styrene-acrylic acid ester oligomer and/or an acrylic acid ester oligomer having a number average molecular weight of 5,000 to 50,000 with 100 parts by weight of a monomeric composition comprising a vinyl chloride monomer or a vinyl chloride monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable therewith; wherein the styrene-acrylic acid ester oligomer consists of styrene and acrylic acid ester units and the acrylic acid ester oligomer consists of acrylic acid ester units.
A vectoring controller for controlling a vectoring processor that mitigates crosstalk between communication lines (L 1..L N) of a vectoring group, and adapted to iterate through successive crosstalk acquisition cycles and, within respective ones of the crosstalk acquisition cycles, to configure sequences of crosstalk probing symbols for transmission over the respective communication lines, to receive sequences of error samples as successively measured by respective receivers (110, 210) coupled to the respective communication lines while the sequences of crosstalk probing symbols are being transmitted, and to determine crosstalk estimates between the respective communication lines based on the sequences of error samples, characterized in that the vectoring controller is further adapted to randomize the successively configured sequences of crosstalk probing symbols between the successive crosstalk acquisition cycles, and to iteratively configure the vectoring processor based on the successive crosstalk estimates.
An intelligent marketing and advertising platform comprising: a plurality of retail product containers, each retail product container having internal storage volume, each retail product container comprising at least one non- transparent display which prohibits viewing of the internal storage volume of the retail product container, each retail product container further comprising customer- detecting hardware, and each retail product container comprising inventory-taking hardware; a controller/data collector in communication with the plurality of retail product containers, wherein the controller/data collector is configured to control the at least one non-transparent display of each retail product container such that each non-transparent display provides a planogram relating to retail products physically contained in the internal storage volume of the retail product container based on inventory taken by said controller/data collector using the inventory- taking hardware of the retail product container, wherein the controller/data collector is configured to control the at least one non-transparent display of each retail product container to display current pricing information regarding products physically contained in the internal storage volume of the retail product container, wherein the pricing is dictated by the controller/data collector, wherein the controller/data collector is configured to detect customers using the customer-detecting hardware, and wherein the controller/data collector is configured to display promotions on the at least one non-transparent display of each retail product container based on what is detected by the controller/data collector using the customer-detecting hardware, characterised in that wherein the controller/data collector uses the inventory-taking hardware to capture a plurality of images of the internal storage volume when a door of the retail product container rotates, and wherein the controller/data collector is configured to change a frequency of capture of the plurality of images based on a rotational speed of the door detected by at least one accelerometer on the door.
Optical amplifier arrangement for amplifying ultra-short pulsed laser radiation with a mode-coupled laser and two or more optical amplifiers arranged downstream of the laser in the propagation direction of the laser radiation, at least one splitting element dividing up the pulsed laser radiation to a plurality of amplifier channels being arranged between the laser and the optical amplifiers, each amplifier channel having at least one optical amplifier, and at least one combination element coherently superimposing the pulsed laser radiation amplified in the amplifier channels being arranged downstream of the amplifier channels, characterized in that the splitting element is a polarizing beam splitter and the combination element is likewise a polarizing beam splitter, wherein a plurality of polarizing beam splitters are arranged one after another and rotatable wave plates are arranged between the individual beam splitters.
A display system for a vehicle, comprising: a seat display unit disposed within a seat back of a seat in a vehicle; a display screen communicatively coupled with the seat display unit, wherein the display screen is affixed to the seat back, such that the display screen maintains a fixed position and does not tilt or move relative to the seat back when the seat is reclined; wherein the seat display unit is configured to project or present content on the display screen; and wherein the seat display unit is mounted within the seat such that the seat display unit is configured to (i) automatically tilt and (ii) change its relative position within the seat back, when the seat is reclined. a seat display unit disposed within a seat back of a seat in a vehicle; a display screen communicatively coupled with the seat display unit, wherein the display screen is affixed to the seat back, such that the display screen maintains a fixed position and does not tilt or move relative to the seat back when the seat is reclined; wherein the seat display unit is configured to project or present content on the display screen; and wherein the seat display unit is mounted within the seat such that the seat display unit is configured to (i) automatically tilt and (ii) change its relative position within the seat back, when the seat is reclined.
A metal-air cell comprising: an air electrode; an inlet located at a first wall of the metal air cell; an outlet located at a second wall opposite to the first wall, wherein the first and second walls have a first length; a metal anode disposed between the first wall and the second wall, whereby a flow path of an aqueous electrolyte solution is from the inlet to the outlet over a surface of the metal anode; one or more flow distributing elements positioned after the inlet perpendicular to the direction of flow of an aqueous electrolyte solution over the surface of the anode, wherein a longitudinal dimension of the flow distributing element is parallel to the first wall or to the second wall; and one or more slotted elements positioned adjacent to the metal anode for directing flow of an aqueous electrolyte solution over a surface of the anode, that includes a plurality of slits designed to direct the flow of an aqueous electrolyte solution, wherein a cross section of each of the slits is smaller than a cross section of the one or more flow distributing elements, thereby giving a ratio between the cross section of each of the slits and the cross section of the one or more flow distributing elements which causes even distribution of an electrolyte flow over a surface of the metal anode. an air electrode; an inlet located at a first wall of the metal air cell; an outlet located at a second wall opposite to the first wall, wherein the first and second walls have a first length; a metal anode disposed between the first wall and the second wall, whereby a flow path of an aqueous electrolyte solution is from the inlet to the outlet over a surface of the metal anode; one or more flow distributing elements positioned after the inlet perpendicular to the direction of flow of an aqueous electrolyte solution over the surface of the anode, wherein a longitudinal dimension of the flow distributing element is parallel to the first wall or to the second wall; and one or more slotted elements positioned adjacent to the metal anode for directing flow of an aqueous electrolyte solution over a surface of the anode, that includes a plurality of slits designed to direct the flow of an aqueous electrolyte solution, wherein a cross section of each of the slits is smaller than a cross section of the one or more flow distributing elements, thereby giving a ratio between the cross section of each of the slits and the cross section of the one or more flow distributing elements which causes even distribution of an electrolyte flow over a surface of the metal anode.
An operating state warning device for the optical and/or acoustical display of at least one operating state or of several, different operating states, of a technical device such as a machine, an installation, a vehicle or the like, having at least one optical and/or acoustical warning element, wherein at least one setting unit is provided for the setting and/or adjustment at least of one operating parameter of the warning element such as luminous color, color intensity, light image, sound level, melody, tone sequence or the like, wherein the setting unit comprises at least one interface (6, 16) for receiving setting information of the operating parameter, wherein the interface of the setting unit is designed as a wave receiver for receiving waves as wireless setting information of the operating parameters, characterized in that at least one wireless energy-receiving device (6, 16) is provided for the energy supply of the setting unit by receiving wireless energy.
A wall cladding element for cladding wall surfaces in indoor or outdoor areas, comprising a supporting panel, a covering panel connected to the supporting panel, and a fastening device for fastening the wall cladding element to a wall or to a sub-structure fastened to the wall, the fastening device comprising at least one sleeve for receiving a fastening means which is interlockingly connected to the supporting panel, characterised in that the sleeve is completely accommodated in a cut-out in the supporting panel, said cut-out passing through the supporting panel.