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An apparatus for use in surgical implantation, comprising: a first flexible member having a first end, a second end and a first body extending therebetween, the first body defining a first passage portion; a second flexible member having a first end, a second end and a second body extending therebetween, the second body defining second and third passage portions (52, 52a), the first end of the first flexible member passing into and through the second passage portion such that the first end extends outside of the second passage portion, and the second end of the first flexible member passing into and through the third passage portion such that the second end extends outside of the third passage portion; and the first and second ends (38, 42) of the second flexible member passing into and through the first passage portion of the first flexible member to form a self-locking adjustable flexible member construct, the apparatus further comprising the second and third passage portions (52, 52A) spaced apart from each other by a fixed length portion of the body of the second flexible member. a first flexible member having a first end, a second end and a first body extending therebetween, the first body defining a first passage portion; a second flexible member having a first end, a second end and a second body extending therebetween, the second body defining second and third passage portions (52, 52a), the first end of the first flexible member passing into and through the second passage portion such that the first end extends outside of the second passage portion, and the second end of the first flexible member passing into and through the third passage portion such that the second end extends outside of the third passage portion; and the first and second ends (38, 42) of the second flexible member passing into and through the first passage portion of the first flexible member to form a self-locking adjustable flexible member construct, the apparatus further comprising the second and third passage portions (52, 52A) spaced apart from each other by a fixed length portion of the body of the second flexible member.
A closure system for closing an arteriotomy, the closure system comprising: a handle portion; an outer catheter extending from the handle portion, the outer catheter comprising a proximal section and a distal section, the distal section comprising an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve, the inner sleeve comprising a first slit, the outer sleeve comprising a second slit circumferentially displaced from the first slit; an inner catheter extending through the outer catheter, the outer catheter removably secured to the inner catheter; a sealant that is expandable from exposure to bodily fluids, the sealant positioned in the distal section of the outer catheter and is circumferentially surrounded by the overlapping combination of the inner and outer sleeves; and a support tube proximal to the sealant and radially between the outer catheter and the inner catheter; wherein the outer catheter is circumferentially continuous in the proximal section and the slit of the outer sleeve is a longitudinal slit that extends the length of the distal section. a handle portion; an outer catheter extending from the handle portion, the outer catheter comprising a proximal section and a distal section, the distal section comprising an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve, the inner sleeve comprising a first slit, the outer sleeve comprising a second slit circumferentially displaced from the first slit; an inner catheter extending through the outer catheter, the outer catheter removably secured to the inner catheter; a sealant that is expandable from exposure to bodily fluids, the sealant positioned in the distal section of the outer catheter and is circumferentially surrounded by the overlapping combination of the inner and outer sleeves; and a support tube proximal to the sealant and radially between the outer catheter and the inner catheter; wherein the outer catheter is circumferentially continuous in the proximal section and the slit of the outer sleeve is a longitudinal slit that extends the length of the distal section.
A gene vector for use in therapy comprising a miRNA target sequence and a transgene operably linked to said miRNA target sequence, wherein the miRNA target sequence is for preventing or reducing expression of the transgene in a cell which comprises a corresponding endogenous miRNA.
Method for producing a tampon, comprising the following steps: i) positioning a strip made of a nonwoven material on a strip made of an absorbent material, such that a part of the strip made of nonwoven material projects over a narrow side of the strip made of absorbent material, ii) bonding the strip made of nonwoven material to the strip made of absorbent material, iii) arranging a pull-out means on the strip made of absorbent material, iv) rolling up the strip made of absorbent material and the strip made of nonwoven material to form a roll, such that the nonwoven material covers at least a portion of a lateral surface of the roll, v) bonding the projecting part of the strip made of nonwoven material to a portion of the strip made of nonwoven material that is bonded to the strip made of absorbent material, characterized in that, in step i), the strip made of nonwoven material is positioned in such a way that it also projects over a longitudinal edge of the strip made of absorbent material, wherein a portion of the strip made of nonwoven material that projects over the longitudinal edge of the strip made of absorbent material is selected to be of a size such that an end face of the roll can be completely covered by the projecting portion, and, in a step that follows step iv), a distal end of the roll, from which end the pull-out means protrudes, is completely covered with the projecting portion of the strip made of nonwoven material except for a through-opening for the pull-out means, and the projecting portion of the strip made of nonwoven material is bonded to form a closed sheath which completely covers the distal end up to the through-opening, wherein the nonwoven material has a weight per unit area of at least 6 g/m 2, in particular between 12 and 30 g/m 2, or in that, instead of the nonwoven material, a liquid-permeable film of plastic is used. i) positioning a strip made of a nonwoven material on a strip made of an absorbent material, such that a part of the strip made of nonwoven material projects over a narrow side of the strip made of absorbent material, ii) bonding the strip made of nonwoven material to the strip made of absorbent material, iii) arranging a pull-out means on the strip made of absorbent material, iv) rolling up the strip made of absorbent material and the strip made of nonwoven material to form a roll, such that the nonwoven material covers at least a portion of a lateral surface of the roll, v) bonding the projecting part of the strip made of nonwoven material to a portion of the strip made of nonwoven material that is bonded to the strip made of absorbent material,
An environmental control system comprising: a condenser; an inlet duct for receiving inlet hot air; at least one heat exchanger (28, 30) to cool the hot air, said heat exchanger being positioned in the path of the hot air between the inlet duct and an outlet; a fan to pull ram air for cooling the hot air as it passes the at least one heat exchanger; a compressor; a first stage turbine and a second stage turbine; an air cycle machine for driving said fan, the hot air passing downstream of the at least one heat exchanger (28, 30) to be compressed by said compressor, and then drives said first stage turbine, said first stage turbine having an outlet communicating with said condenser, and said condenser having an outlet communicating with said second stage turbine; wherein the condenser comprises an inlet provided downstream of the first stage turbine; an icing control system including a tap passage for tapping hot air downstream of said compressor, an add heat valve and a first outlet and a second outlet provided downstream of the add heat valve, the add heat valve being selectively moveable between three positions, including a first position where it blocks flow from said tap passage into the first outlet leading to the inlet of said condenser, a second position where it passes air from said tap passage both into said first outlet, and further into said second outlet to a point downstream of said condenser and to said second stage turbine, and a third position wherein said add heat valve only communicates air from said tap passage into said first outlet leading to the inlet of said condenser. a condenser; an inlet duct for receiving inlet hot air; at least one heat exchanger (28, 30) to cool the hot air, said heat exchanger being positioned in the path of the hot air between the inlet duct and an outlet; a fan to pull ram air for cooling the hot air as it passes the at least one heat exchanger; a compressor; a first stage turbine and a second stage turbine; an air cycle machine for driving said fan, the hot air passing downstream of the at least one heat exchanger (28, 30) to be compressed by said compressor, and then drives said first stage turbine, said first stage turbine having an outlet communicating with said condenser, and said condenser having an outlet communicating with said second stage turbine; wherein the condenser comprises an inlet provided downstream of the first stage turbine; an icing control system including a tap passage for tapping hot air downstream of said compressor, an add heat valve and a first outlet and a second outlet provided downstream of the add heat valve, the add heat valve being selectively moveable between three positions, including a first position where it blocks flow from said tap passage into the first outlet leading to the inlet of said condenser, a second position where it passes air from said tap passage both into said first outlet, and further into said second outlet to a point downstream of said condenser and to said second stage turbine, and a third position wherein said add heat valve only communicates air from said tap passage into said first outlet leading to the inlet of said condenser.
A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structured body comprising: a honeycomb aggregated body provided by combining a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies with one another with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, said honeycomb fired bodies each having a large number of cells longitudinally placed in parallel with one another with a cell wall interposed therebetween, wherein pore diameters of pores in the adhesive layer are 300 μm or less, in a cross-section observation photograph of said adhesive layer, 90% or more of pores having a pore diameter of 50 to 300 μm, are pores having an aspect ratio of 1 to 1.5, the adhesive layer is achieved by using an adhesive paste containing a foaming material, and by simultaneously drying and pressurizing the honeycomb aggregated body to heat and pressurize the adhesive paste while making the foaming material foam, the foaming material includes a material that expands due to heat, and the material that expands due to heat includes a microcapsule. a honeycomb aggregated body provided by combining a plurality of pillar-shaped honeycomb fired bodies with one another with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, said honeycomb fired bodies each having a large number of cells longitudinally placed in parallel with one another with a cell wall interposed therebetween, wherein pore diameters of pores in the adhesive layer are 300 μm or less, in a cross-section observation photograph of said adhesive layer, 90% or more of pores having a pore diameter of 50 to 300 μm, are pores having an aspect ratio of 1 to 1.5, the adhesive layer is achieved by using an adhesive paste containing a foaming material, and by simultaneously drying and pressurizing the honeycomb aggregated body to heat and pressurize the adhesive paste while making the foaming material foam, the foaming material includes a material that expands due to heat, and the material that expands due to heat includes a microcapsule.
A method for obtaining a secure connection between a first server and a client, the method comprising: establishing a secure communication session between a second server and the client, wherein the second server is trusted by the first server, and the second server is configured to authenticate the client; receiving, by the client, a client token using the secure communication session, wherein the client token is defined for the first server and contains data associated with the first server, the second server, the client, and a digital signature; receiving, by the client, a digital certificate of the second server using the secure communication session; and requesting, by the client, secure communication access to the first server, wherein the requesting includes transferring the client token to the first server; and receiving, by the client, a grant of secure communication access to the first server based on authentication of the client by the first server, wherein the authentication is based on the client token validating the client and the digital signature validating the client token; and further comprising: transferring the digital certificate of the second server to the first server in the request, wherein the first server uses the digital certificate of the second server to validate the digital signature. establishing a secure communication session between a second server and the client, wherein the second server is trusted by the first server, and the second server is configured to authenticate the client; receiving, by the client, a client token using the secure communication session, wherein the client token is defined for the first server and contains data associated with the first server, the second server, the client, and a digital signature; receiving, by the client, a digital certificate of the second server using the secure communication session; and requesting, by the client, secure communication access to the first server, wherein the requesting includes transferring the client token to the first server; and receiving, by the client, a grant of secure communication access to the first server based on authentication of the client by the first server, wherein the authentication is based on the client token validating the client and the digital signature validating the client token; and further comprising: transferring the digital certificate of the second server to the first server in the request, wherein the first server uses the digital certificate of the second server to validate the digital signature.
A process for producing hydrogen by carrying out oxidation/decomposition of ammonia in the presence of an ammonia oxidation/decomposition catalyst comprising a support composed of an oxidizable and reducible metal oxide and a catalytically active metal supported thereon, wherein: the metal oxide is a rare earth metal oxide which is cerium oxide, lanthanum oxide or samarium oxide, or a composite oxide of a rare earth metal and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of magnesium, titanium, zirconium, yttrium, aluminum, silicon, cobalt, iron, and gallium, the catalytically active metal is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of a metal belonging to the Group VIII, tin, copper, silver, manganese, chromium, and vanadium, and the hydrogen stream is heated to 200°C or higher, the process comprising reducing the support by heating in a hydrogen stream, and bringing ammonia and air into contact with the catalyst at ordinary temperature, such that the reduced support reacts with oxygen to generate oxidation heat, the temperature of the catalyst layer is increased in a moment to a temperature at which ammonia react with oxygen, and the heat generated by the ammonia oxidation according to the following equation: NH 3 + 3/4O 2 → 1/2N 2 + 3/2H 2 O (exothermic reaction) is used in decomposing ammonia in the presence of the catalyst according to the following equation: 2NH 3 → 3H 2 + N 2 (endothermic reaction), thereby producing hydrogen.
An arrangement comprising a steam saturator for generating saturated steam and means for replenishing the liquid vaporized in the steam saturator, the steam saturator comprising a steam inlet through which steam is supplied to the steam saturator, the steam saturator comprising a steam outlet for the saturated steam generated, the steam saturator comprises a condensate return, and wherein a liquid level of condensate is maintained in the lower portion of the steam saturator which is in fluid communication with the condensate return, the condensate return being in communication with the means for replenishing the vaporized liquid, wherein the means for replenishing is formed as a condenser and comprises a cooling device for condensing vapor supplied thereto, wherein the steam saturator has at least one condensate return which is in fluid communication with the lower region of the condenser via at least one connecting line, characterized in that the steam saturator is coupled to the condenser via the connecting line in the manner of communicating tubes, such that when the liquid level of condensate in the steam saturator changes, the liquid level of condensate in the condenser changes accordingly. wherein the means for replenishing is formed as a condenser and comprises a cooling device for condensing vapor supplied thereto, wherein the steam saturator has at least one condensate return which is in fluid communication with the lower region of the condenser via at least one connecting line, characterized in that the steam saturator is coupled to the condenser via the connecting line in the manner of communicating tubes, such that when the liquid level of condensate in the steam saturator changes, the liquid level of condensate in the condenser changes accordingly.
A lithium ion capacitor comprising: an electrode laminate body comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator; a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a lithium ion-containing electrolyte; and an external body, wherein the electrode laminate body and the non-aqueous electrolyte solution are housed in the external body, wherein the negative electrode has: a negative electrode current collector; and a negative electrode active material layer that includes a negative electrode active material that can occlude and release lithium ions, on one or both sides of the negative electrode current collector, and characterized that all of the following (i) to (iv) are satisfied: (i) the negative electrode active material is a composite carbon material containing carbon black and a carbonaceous material, (ii) the negative electrode is doped with lithium ion at between 1,050 mAh/g and 2,500 mAh/g, inclusive, per unit mass of the negative electrode active material, (iii) the thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is between 10 μm and 60 μm, inclusive, per side, and (iv) the mean particle size of the composite carbon material is between 5 μm and 20 μm, inclusive. (i) the negative electrode active material is a composite carbon material containing carbon black and a carbonaceous material, (ii) the negative electrode is doped with lithium ion at between 1,050 mAh/g and 2,500 mAh/g, inclusive, per unit mass of the negative electrode active material, (iii) the thickness of the negative electrode active material layer is between 10 μm and 60 μm, inclusive, per side, and (iv) the mean particle size of the composite carbon material is between 5 μm and 20 μm, inclusive.
A method of increasing bubble stability of a needful bimodal high-density polyethylene (HDPE) resin that comprises a higher molecular weight polyethylene polymer constituent and a lower molecular weight polyethylene polymer constituent and has an overall density from 0.935 to 0.970 gram per cubic centimeter (g/cm 3) and an overall weight-average molecular weight (M w) from 200,000 to 450,000 grams per mole (g/mol), which needful bimodal HDPE resin is in need of increased bubble stability because the properties of the needful bimodal HDPE resin are different than those of a prior resin made in the same reactor due to change in reactor conditions and the needful bimodal HDPE resin has a first melt storage modulus G' (at loss modulus G" = 3000 pascals) of less than 1501 pascals and a first complex viscosity ratio SH1000 of from 33.0 to 49.0, the method comprising: contacting under oxygen-tailoring conditions a melt of the needful bimodal HDPE resin with an oxygen-tailoring mixture consisting essentially of a tailoring effective amount of molecular oxygen gas (O 2) and one or more inert gases, and wherein during the contacting the melt is at a temperature from 235° to 251° C., so as to make an oxygen-tailored bimodal HDPE resin having a second melt storage modulus G' (at G" = 3000 pascals) of from 1565 to 1900 pascals and a second complex viscosity ratio SH1000 of from 38.0 to 50.0; wherein density is measured according to ASTM D792-13, Method B; wherein M w is measured according to the Gel Permeation Chromatography Test Method; wherein each melt storage modulus G' (at G" = 3000 pascals) is measured according to the Melt Storage Modulus Test Method; and wherein each complex viscosity ratio SH1000 is equal to Eta*0.10/Eta*100, wherein Eta*0.10 is complex viscosity in pascal-seconds (Pa-s) measured at 0.10 radian per second (rad/s) and wherein Eta*100 is complex viscosity in Pa-s measured at 100 rad/s, both measured according to Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Test Method. contacting under oxygen-tailoring conditions a melt of the needful bimodal HDPE resin with an oxygen-tailoring mixture consisting essentially of a tailoring effective amount of molecular oxygen gas (O 2) and one or more inert gases, and wherein during the contacting the melt is at a temperature from 235° to 251° C., so as to make an oxygen-tailored bimodal HDPE resin having a second melt storage modulus G' (at G" = 3000 pascals) of from 1565 to 1900 pascals and a second complex viscosity ratio SH1000 of from 38.0 to 50.0; wherein density is measured according to ASTM D792-13, Method B; wherein M w is measured according to the Gel Permeation Chromatography Test Method; wherein each melt storage modulus G' (at G" = 3000 pascals) is measured according to the Melt Storage Modulus Test Method; and wherein each complex viscosity ratio SH1000 is equal to Eta*0.10/Eta*100, wherein Eta*0.10 is complex viscosity in pascal-seconds (Pa-s) measured at 0.10 radian per second (rad/s) and wherein Eta*100 is complex viscosity in Pa-s measured at 100 rad/s, both measured according to Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Test Method.