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Plant for storing and releasing thermal energy using a heat accumulator, wherein the heat accumulator can release the stored heat to a charging circuit for a working fluid and to a discharging circuit for a working fluid, wherein in the charging circuit the following units are interconnected in the specified sequence by means of lines: • a first thermal fluid energy machine which is operated as a working machine, • the heat accumulator, • a device for expanding the working fluid, especially a first throttle, and • a third heat exchanger, and wherein in the discharging circuit the following units are interconnected in the specified sequence by means of lines: • the heat accumulator, • a second thermal fluid energy machine which is operated as a power machine or the first fluid energy machine which is operated as a power machine, • a second heat exchanger and • a pump, characterized in that in an additional circuit the following units are interconnected in the specified sequence by means of lines: • a third thermal fluid energy machine which is operated as a working machine, • the third heat exchanger, • a device for expanding the working fluid, especially a second throttle and • a first heat exchanger, wherein the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are connected for an exchange of heat with the environment of the plant. • a first thermal fluid energy machine which is operated as a working machine, • the heat accumulator, • a device for expanding the working fluid, especially a first throttle, and • a third heat exchanger, • the heat accumulator, • a second thermal fluid energy machine which is operated as a power machine or the first fluid energy machine which is operated as a power machine, • a second heat exchanger and • a pump, • a third thermal fluid energy machine which is operated as a working machine, • the third heat exchanger, • a device for expanding the working fluid, especially a second throttle and • a first heat exchanger,
A method of stimulating blooming of a flowering plant, i.e. a plant capable of bearing flowers, the method comprising: selecting a flowering plant that is not disposed for blooming; and watering the flowering plant with a solution comprising D-ribose. selecting a flowering plant that is not disposed for blooming; and watering the flowering plant with a solution comprising D-ribose.
A rubber composition of a diene rubber comprising an emulsion polymerized styrene butadiene rubber: E-SBR and a solution polymerized styrene butadiene rubber: S-SBR each having a glass transition temperature: Tg of -25°C or higher measured by a differential scanning calorimetry according to JIS K7121-2012, and a polymer: P having a lower Tg than Tg of the emulsion polymerized styrene butadiene rubber and the solution polymerized styrene butadiene rubber, wherein a ratio: (E-SBR + S-SBR)/P of the sum of the E-SBR and the S-SBR in terms of a part by weight to the polymer: P having a lower Tg in terms of a part by weight satisfies 7/3 to 9/1, and a molecular weight distribution: Mw/Mn of either polymer having a higher Tg out of the E-SBR and the S-SBR satisfies 2.5 or less, and the polymer: P having a lower Tg than Tg of the emulsion polymerized styrene butadiene rubber and the solution polymerized styrene butadiene rubber is selected from a natural rubber: NR and/ or a butadiene rubber: BR.
A component arrangement for installation on an aircraft structure, in particular on a fuselage structure of an aircraft, with at least one mounting structure (6, 80) able to be connected with the aircraft structure, and at least one component assigned to the aircraft structure, in particular a measuring device, wherein the mounting structure (6, 80) is Z able to be connected with an inner surface of the aircraft structure, wherein at least one component carrier (8, 78) for the reception of the component to be mounted is provided, wherein the component carrier (8, 78) can be connected with the mounting structure, and an outer surface of the component carrier (8, 78), facing away from the component, extends in use approximately flush with an outer surface of the aircraft structure, wherein the component carrier is provided as an aerodynamic plate, and the installation of the component takes place directly on the aerodynamic plate, wherein the component carrier is approximately cup-shaped in design, and wherein the component carrier can be inserted into a receptacle of the approximately ring-shaped mounting structure, and wherein the assembly takes place from an inner side, wherein a supporting surface of the component carrier is brought into abutment against a seating face of the mounting structure. wherein the mounting structure (6, 80) is Z able to be connected with an inner surface of the aircraft structure, wherein at least one component carrier (8, 78) for the reception of the component to be mounted is provided, wherein the component carrier (8, 78) can be connected with the mounting structure, and an outer surface of the component carrier (8, 78), facing away from the component, extends in use approximately flush with an outer surface of the aircraft structure, wherein the component carrier is provided as an aerodynamic plate, and the installation of the component takes place directly on the aerodynamic plate, wherein the component carrier is approximately cup-shaped in design, and wherein the component carrier can be inserted into a receptacle of the approximately ring-shaped mounting structure, and wherein the assembly takes place from an inner side, wherein a supporting surface of the component carrier is brought into abutment against a seating face of the mounting structure.
Exterior aircraft light unit comprising: a housing comprising an at least partially transparent external cover and a structural wall defining an interior space accommodating at least one light source; at least one opening configured for venting the interior space; a liquid-moisture-barrier sealing an outer end of the at least one opening thereby allowing wet air to exit from the interior space and preventing water from getting into interior space; a support structure formed next to the opening within the interior space and supporting a hygroscopic material, which is arranged in fluid communication with the interior space for absorbing water and/or moisture from inside the interior space so that air entering or leaving the interior space passes both, the liquid-moisture-barrier and the hygroscopic material; a sealing element sealing the interface between the hygroscopic material and the support structure for preventing air from bypassing the hygroscopic material; and a heat conducting element arranged on the structural wall next to the support structure facing the interior space and providing a thermal connection between the hygroscopic material and the at least one light source for enhancing the transfer of heat from the at least one light source to the hygroscopic material. a housing comprising an at least partially transparent external cover and a structural wall defining an interior space accommodating at least one light source; at least one opening configured for venting the interior space; a liquid-moisture-barrier sealing an outer end of the at least one opening thereby allowing wet air to exit from the interior space and preventing water from getting into interior space; a support structure formed next to the opening within the interior space and supporting a hygroscopic material, which is arranged in fluid communication with the interior space for absorbing water and/or moisture from inside the interior space so that air entering or leaving the interior space passes both, the liquid-moisture-barrier and the hygroscopic material; a sealing element sealing the interface between the hygroscopic material and the support structure for preventing air from bypassing the hygroscopic material; and a heat conducting element arranged on the structural wall next to the support structure facing the interior space and providing a thermal connection between the hygroscopic material and the at least one light source for enhancing the transfer of heat from the at least one light source to the hygroscopic material.
Use of a milk protein in a composition comprising iron and vitamin C to avoid an astringent taste of iron or the formation of precipitates, wherein the milk protein is skim milk or whey protein isolate.
Adaptor intended to be mounted on a distal tip of a drug delivery device, said distal tip defining an axial passageway for the transfer of a product contained in said drug delivery device, said adaptor having a longitudinal axis A aligned on said axial passageway, the adaptor comprising connecting means for connecting said adaptor to a connector, characterized in that said adaptor further comprises: - an inner ring releasably engageable on said distal tip, - compressing means (30, 32), separate from said inner ring and intended to be unreleasably snap-fitted onto said inner ring engaged on said distal tip by proximal movement of said compressing means with respect to said inner ring, said compressing means being capable of exerting a centripetal pressure on said inner ring so as to prevent axial movement of said inner ring with respect to said distal tip, wherein said inner ring comprises a circular wall capable of being outwardly radially expanded under a pressure exerted radially outwardly on an inner face of said circular wall, and capable of being inwardly radially compressed under a pressure exerted radially inwardly on an outer face of said circular wall, said compressing means comprise an outer ring capable of receiving at least partly said inner ring, said outer ring comprising an inner radial rim capable of exerting a centripetal pressure on said outer face of said circular wall when said compressing means is snap-fitted onto said inner ring, wherein said circular wall is provided with a longitudinal cut along a portion of its circumference, said longitudinal cut extending from a proximal end to a distal end of said circular wall. - an inner ring releasably engageable on said distal tip, - compressing means (30, 32), separate from said inner ring and intended to be unreleasably snap-fitted onto said inner ring engaged on said distal tip by proximal movement of said compressing means with respect to said inner ring, said compressing means being capable of exerting a centripetal pressure on said inner ring so as to prevent axial movement of said inner ring with respect to said distal tip,
A method for the preparation of a dry textile preform for a large surface area component, in particular with a spherically curved surface with the steps: a. preparation of a multiplicity of dry fibre entities, b. tensioning of one fibre entity into a tensioning frame with a defined tensile force, c. preparation of a moulding body for the laying down of the multiplicity of fibre entities, d. positioning of the tensioning frame relative to the moulding body, e. laying down of the fibre entity on the moulding body, f. fixing of the fibre entity on the moulding body by means of a clamping device, g. repetition of the steps b) to f) until all fibre entities have been laid down on the moulding body, wherein before the laying down of a further fibre entity the moulding body populated with the laid-down fibre entities, is rotated relative to the tensioning frame. a. preparation of a multiplicity of dry fibre entities, b. tensioning of one fibre entity into a tensioning frame with a defined tensile force, c. preparation of a moulding body for the laying down of the multiplicity of fibre entities, d. positioning of the tensioning frame relative to the moulding body, e. laying down of the fibre entity on the moulding body, f. fixing of the fibre entity on the moulding body by means of a clamping device, g. repetition of the steps b) to f) until all fibre entities have been laid down on the moulding body, wherein before the laying down of a further fibre entity the moulding body populated with the laid-down fibre entities, is rotated relative to the tensioning frame.
An application device including an applicator for loading material with high frequency electromagnetic radiation wherein the material is continuously introduced into the applicator, the application device comprising a device for electromagnetic shielding; wherein the applicator includes at least one opening that is connected with the device, wherein the device includes a blocking filter that is effective in an operating frequency range of the high frequency radiation, wherein the blocking filter is adapted to block the modes TEm0 (m>0) characterized in that the device further includes a mode filter which is arranged between the at least one opening of the applicator and the blocking filter, wherein the mode filter is adapted to block exclusively modes TEmn (m>=0, n>0) and TMmn (m>0, n>0) that are not dampened by the blocking filter, wherein the mode filter is configured as a shaft with a predetermined length with metal conducting walls, and the mode filter is adapted to form an extension of an operating range of the applicator used for loading the material with high frequency radiation.
A feedback element for a medicament delivery device, wherein the feedback element comprises two outer longitudinally extending flexible legs having a proximal and a distal end, wherein each outer longitudinally extending flexible leg extends at its proximal end radially outwards defining a radial foot, characterised in that the feedback element further comprises two inner longitudinally extending legs having a proximal and a distal end connected at their proximal ends by a proximal transversal end portion defining a guide extension and wherein each outer longitudinally extending flexible leg is connected to one inner longitudinally extending leg by a distal transversal end portion.
Apparatus for forming a composite laminate structure, comprising: a tool having contoured tool surfaces configured to have prepreg plies placed and formed thereon, wherein the tool includes a cap section, a pair of flange sections, and a pair of web sections connecting the flange sections; a former device configured to be placed on the prepreg plies and form the plies onto the contoured tool surfaces, the former device including a plurality of forming segments and flexible segment connections between the forming segments, wherein each of the forming segments is configured to form a portion of the plies on the contoured tool surfaces, and wherein each of the forming segments includes a body configured to hold the plies against the cap section, and flexible forming fingers having inner extremities configured to sweep the plies over the web sections and onto the flange sections;and a flexible vacuum diaphragm covering the plies, the flexible vacuum diaphragm being configured to be evacuated and compact the former device down onto the tool. a tool having contoured tool surfaces configured to have prepreg plies placed and formed thereon, wherein the tool includes a cap section, a pair of flange sections, and a pair of web sections connecting the flange sections; a former device configured to be placed on the prepreg plies and form the plies onto the contoured tool surfaces, the former device including a plurality of forming segments and flexible segment connections between the forming segments, wherein each of the forming segments is configured to form a portion of the plies on the contoured tool surfaces, and wherein each of the forming segments includes a body configured to hold the plies against the cap section, and flexible forming fingers having inner extremities configured to sweep the plies over the web sections and onto the flange sections;and a flexible vacuum diaphragm covering the plies, the flexible vacuum diaphragm being configured to be evacuated and compact the former device down onto the tool.
A method of determining the amount of free IL-18 in a sample comprising detecting the specific binding of the IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) to free IL-18 protein in the sample which includes the steps of: a) bringing a sample suspected to contain free IL-18 into contact with the IL-18BP, which specifically binds to free IL-18, but not to IL-18 bound in a complex and functions as the capturing molecule for free IL-18; b) allowing the IL-18BP to bind to free IL-18; c) detecting the binding of IL-18 to the IL-18BP using an immunoassayfor detection and determining the amount of free IL-18 in the sample using a linear standard curve, which is calculated for predefined IL-18 concentrations within the range of 5 to 200 pg/mL. a) bringing a sample suspected to contain free IL-18 into contact with the IL-18BP, which specifically binds to free IL-18, but not to IL-18 bound in a complex and functions as the capturing molecule for free IL-18; b) allowing the IL-18BP to bind to free IL-18; c) detecting the binding of IL-18 to the IL-18BP using an immunoassayfor detection and determining the amount of free IL-18 in the sample using a linear standard curve, which is calculated for predefined IL-18 concentrations within the range of 5 to 200 pg/mL.
A method for purging a balloon catheter of air, the method comprising the steps of: inserting an inflation fluid into a balloon and an inflation lumen of a balloon catheter, wherein the inflation lumen is in fluid communication with the balloon; characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: positioning the balloon catheter in an inverted orientation with a distal end thereof disposed below a proximal end thereof, wherein the distal end of the balloon catheter includes the balloon; positioning a vibration source in direct contact with an outer surface of the balloon catheter; and vibrating the balloon catheter with the vibration source to cause air within the balloon of the balloon catheter or air within the inflation lumen of the balloon catheter to move upwards towards the proximal end of the balloon catheter. inserting an inflation fluid into a balloon and an inflation lumen of a balloon catheter, wherein the inflation lumen is in fluid communication with the balloon; characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: positioning the balloon catheter in an inverted orientation with a distal end thereof disposed below a proximal end thereof, wherein the distal end of the balloon catheter includes the balloon; positioning a vibration source in direct contact with an outer surface of the balloon catheter; and vibrating the balloon catheter with the vibration source to cause air within the balloon of the balloon catheter or air within the inflation lumen of the balloon catheter to move upwards towards the proximal end of the balloon catheter. positioning the balloon catheter in an inverted orientation with a distal end thereof disposed below a proximal end thereof, wherein the distal end of the balloon catheter includes the balloon; positioning a vibration source in direct contact with an outer surface of the balloon catheter; and vibrating the balloon catheter with the vibration source to cause air within the balloon of the balloon catheter or air within the inflation lumen of the balloon catheter to move upwards towards the proximal end of the balloon catheter.
The use of inorganic nitrate and/or nitrite in an edible composition comprising a source of inorganic nitrate and/or nitrite for non-therapeutically enhancing exercise performance of a human, said enhanced performance manifested as reduced oxygen consumption (VO 2) for the same amount of work, wherein intake of the edible composition delivering a dose of 0.01 - 10 mmol inorganic nitrate/kg body weight of the human and/or 0.1-100 μmol inorganic nitrite/kg body weight of the human per 24h.
A computer cluster arrangement for processing a computation task, comprising: a plurality of computation nodes, each of which interfacing a communication infrastructure, at least two of the plurality of computation nodes being arranged to jointly compute at least a first part of said computation task; a plurality of boosters also interfacing said communication infrastructure; and a resource manager being arranged to perform an assignment of at least one of the plurality of boosters to at least one of the plurality of computation nodes for computation of a second part of the computation task; wherein the second part of the computation task is forwarded from one of said at least one of the plurality of computation nodes to said at least one of the plurality of boosters and the result computed by said at least one of the plurality of boosters is delivered back to said one of said at least one of the plurality of computation nodes; wherein the assignment performed by the resource manager being a dynamic assignment accomplished using an assignment metric updated during processing of the computation task, wherein said assignment metric being a set of rules. a plurality of computation nodes, each of which interfacing a communication infrastructure, at least two of the plurality of computation nodes being arranged to jointly compute at least a first part of said computation task; a plurality of boosters also interfacing said communication infrastructure; and a resource manager being arranged to perform an assignment of at least one of the plurality of boosters to at least one of the plurality of computation nodes for computation of a second part of the computation task; wherein the second part of the computation task is forwarded from one of said at least one of the plurality of computation nodes to said at least one of the plurality of boosters and the result computed by said at least one of the plurality of boosters is delivered back to said one of said at least one of the plurality of computation nodes; wherein the assignment performed by the resource manager being a dynamic assignment accomplished using an assignment metric updated during processing of the computation task, wherein said assignment metric being a set of rules.