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A low-temperature cooking machine, comprising a flexible heating unit and a pump for providing pressure or suction to cause the flexible heating unit to deform and contact with and heat a food, and comprising a food cooking cavity for receiving the food, wherein the flexible heating unit at least partially surrounds the food cooking cavity, and wherein the flexible heating unit is a liquid heating bag connected with a water heater, characterized in that the flexible heating unit comprises a lower flexible heating unit and an upper flexible heating unit, the low-temperature cooking machine comprises an upper cover pivotally mounted on the base, the upper flexible heating unit is arranged in an upper cover cavity of the upper cover, and the upper cover cavity is divided by the upper flexible heating unit into an upper medium storage area and an upper food cooking cavity; the base cavity is divided by the lower flexible heating unit into a lower food cooking cavity and a lower medium storage area; wherein the lower food cooking cavity, the lower flexible heating unit and the lower medium storage area are sequentially arranged in a separate manner from top to bottom in the base cavity; the upper medium storage area, the upper flexible heating unit and the upper food cooking cavity are sequentially arranged in a separate manner from top to bottom in the upper cover cavity.
A needle holder coupling for an instrument for performing surgical sutures in minimally invasive surgery, comprising gripper means to be supplied to a surgical site via a port, said gripper means comprising tongs for gripping a surgical needle at the distal end and means for actuating the tongs at the proximal end, and comprising a tube adapted to be inserted through the port and surrounding the gripper means, characterized in that the tube is arranged to be displaced in relation to the gripper means and that, at the distal end of the tube, a device deflectable in relation to the center line of the tube is arranged for holding the needle.
A pouch composition comprising a nicotine-ion exchange resin combination, water in an amount of at least 15% by weight of the pouch composition, and inorganic divalent cations, wherein the solid oral nicotine formulation comprises inorganic divalent cations in a molar ratio of at most 5 relative to the amount of nicotine in the nicotine-ion exchange resin combination. a nicotine-ion exchange resin combination, water in an amount of at least 15% by weight of the pouch composition, and inorganic divalent cations, wherein the solid oral nicotine formulation comprises inorganic divalent cations in a molar ratio of at most 5 relative to the amount of nicotine in the nicotine-ion exchange resin combination.
A method for wireless communication performed by an apparatus, comprising: generating a frame to trigger transmission of a data frame from each of one or more wireless nodes; determining a length of a frame extension to be included after a data symbol in each data frame expected to be received by the apparatus; determining the length of the frame extension for each data frame based on a reception capability of the apparatus; providing an indication of the length of the frame extension within the frame; and outputting the frame for transmission. generating a frame to trigger transmission of a data frame from each of one or more wireless nodes; determining a length of a frame extension to be included after a data symbol in each data frame expected to be received by the apparatus; determining the length of the frame extension for each data frame based on a reception capability of the apparatus; providing an indication of the length of the frame extension within the frame; and outputting the frame for transmission.
A compound of general formula: in which R 1 represents C 2 -C 6 -hydroxyalkyl, wherein said C 2 -C 6 -hydroxyalkyl groups are optionally substituted once with R 7 and optionally one to three times with halogen, or C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl substituted once with hydroxy; R 2 represents chloro, methyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy or difluoromethoxy; R 3 represents hydrogen or methyl; R 4 represents hydrogen or halogen; R 5 represents hydrogen; R 6 represents hydrogen or halogen; R 7 represents C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl, 4- to 6-membered heterocycloalkyl or monocyclic heteroaryl; their polymorphs, enantiomeres, diastereomeres, racemates, tautomeres, N-oxides, hydrates and solvates, as well as their physiological acceptable salts and solvates of these salts, as well as mixtures of the same. R 1 represents C 2 -C 6 -hydroxyalkyl, wherein said C 2 -C 6 -hydroxyalkyl groups are optionally substituted once with R 7 and optionally one to three times with halogen, or C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl substituted once with hydroxy; R 2 represents chloro, methyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy or difluoromethoxy; R 3 represents hydrogen or methyl; R 4 represents hydrogen or halogen; R 5 represents hydrogen; R 6 represents hydrogen or halogen; R 7 represents C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy, C 3 -C 6 -cycloalkyl, 4- to 6-membered heterocycloalkyl or monocyclic heteroaryl;
A blade element pair for a refiner (1, 2, 3) intended for refining fibrous material, the blade element pair comprising a stator blade element (5, 5') and a rotor blade element (8, 8') to be set substantially opposite to each other and each blade element (5, 5', 8, 8') of the blade element pair comprising a refining surface (6, 9) comprising blade bars (16, 18) and blade grooves (17, 19) extending along the blade element (5, 5', 8, 8') and openings (14, 15) extending through the blade element (5, 5', 8, 8'), the openings (14, 15) in one of the blade elements (5, 5', 8, 8') being at different axial positions in an axial direction of the blade element (5, 5') from the openings (14, 15) in the other blade element (5, 5', 8, 8') when the blade elements (5, 5', 8, 8') of the blade element pair for a conical or cylindrical refiner (1, 2) are set substantially opposite to each other, or the openings (14, 15) in one of the blade elements (5, 5', 8, 8') being at different radial positions in a radial direction of the blade element (5, 5') from the openings (14, 15) in the other blade element (5, 5', 8, 8') when the blade elements (5, 5', 8, 8') of the blade element pair for a disc refiner are set substantially opposite to each other, characterized in that the refining surface (6, 9) of the blade element (5, 5', 8, 8') comprises at least one solid refining surface zone (6a, 6c, 6e, 6g, 6i, 9b, 9d, 9f, 9h) without openings and at least one refining surface zone (6b, 6d, 6f, 6h, 9a, 9c, 9e, 9g, 9i) with openings (14, 15) and the refining surface zone provided with openings (14, 15) in one blade element (5', 8') is set opposite to the refining surface zone without openings in the other blade element (5', 8'), and that the openings (14, 15) in the stator blade element are arranged at a side edge (5c, 5d, 8c, 8d) of the stator blade element.
Charger for a battery which has battery cells connected in series, comprising an arrangement for controlling the charging current for a battery cell, wherein the arrangement has a controllable switch (S1, S2), by which the charging current can be diverted past the battery cell, in particular as a bypass current, wherein a means (OP1, OP2) for comparing a first voltage value, corresponding to the voltage applied to the battery cell, with a reference voltage value is provided, the output signal of the means being fed as an actuation signal to the controllable switch (S1, S2) and additionally to a galvanically isolated signalling channel, via which an analogue value can be transmitted, characterized in that a means (OP1, OP2) for comparing a second voltage value, corresponding to the voltage applied to the battery cell, with a critical voltage value is provided, the output signal of said means being fed to a galvanically isolated signalling channel, via which an analogue value can be transmitted, wherein, in the event of failure of the voltage at the battery cell or if the voltage applied to the battery cell falls below a critical voltage amount, the power supply to the means (OP1, OP2) for comparing is interrupted by the arrangement such that the two wires of the two-wire signalling bus are not short-circuited and also no substantially finite resistance is applied therebetween, wherein, if the critical voltage value is exceeded, the two wires of the two-wire signalling bus are short-circuited by the arrangement, in particular by means of a switch (S1, S2) arranged in a galvanically isolated manner, in particular an optocoupler, wherein, if the critical reference voltage value is exceeded, a resistance is applied between the two wires of the two-wire bus by the arrangement, in particular by means of a switch (S1, S2) arranged in a galvanically isolated manner, in particular an optocoupler, wherein a higher-level controller detects the resistances that have been brought into effect by the respective arrangement and connected together via the two-wire bus, that is to say resistances connected in parallel or in series, and determines therefrom the charging state of the energy store and/or controls the charging current as a function thereof, wherein a comparison means is provided such that the voltage applied to the comparison means is used to determine how many bypass switches are conducting and whether there is a fault.
A carotenoid compound of Formula: wherein X is methyl or COOR wherein R is independently selected from methyl, ethyl, methylethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, and tert-butyl; and n is selected from zero, 1, 2, and 3; and R 2 is independently selected from octadecanoic acid, nonadecanoic acid, decanoic acid, undecanoic acid, dodecanoic acid, tridecanoic acid, tetradecanoic acid and pentadecanoic acid.
A polyester fiber for airbag, having an elongation of 0.4% or less at the stress of 0.88 cN/dtex (1.0 g/d), an elongation of 4.0% or less at the stress of 3.5 cN/dtex (4.0 g/d), and an elongation of 7.0% or less at the stress of 6.2 cN/dtex (7.0 g/d), and an initial modulus of 93 to 115 cN/dtex (105 to 130 g/d), at room temperature.
Method for determining contamination introduced by an equipment within two samples comprised of a semiconductor material uncompensated in dopant impurities, the two samples having opposite types of conductivity and each comprising majority dopant impurities of which the type of conductivity and concentration are known, characterised in that the method comprises the different steps consisting in: a) subjecting each of the two samples to a heat treatment in the equipment, the contamination introduced by the equipment during the heat treatment resulting in the appearance of dopant impurities, of which the type of conductivity and concentration are unknown, within the two samples, the dopant impurities due to the contamination being minority in at least one of the two treated samples; b) measuring in each of the two treated samples the charge carrier density as a function of temperature; c) defining for each of the two treated samples a curve representing the logarithm of the charge carrier density as a function of the inverse of temperature; d) detecting, for said at least one of the two treated samples, the position of a change in slope in an area of the curve corresponding to an ionisation regime of the dopant impurities; and e) determining the concentration of minority dopant impurities of said at least one of the two treated samples from the position of the change in slope. a) subjecting each of the two samples to a heat treatment in the equipment, the contamination introduced by the equipment during the heat treatment resulting in the appearance of dopant impurities, of which the type of conductivity and concentration are unknown, within the two samples, the dopant impurities due to the contamination being minority in at least one of the two treated samples; b) measuring in each of the two treated samples the charge carrier density as a function of temperature; c) defining for each of the two treated samples a curve representing the logarithm of the charge carrier density as a function of the inverse of temperature; d) detecting, for said at least one of the two treated samples, the position of a change in slope in an area of the curve corresponding to an ionisation regime of the dopant impurities; and e) determining the concentration of minority dopant impurities of said at least one of the two treated samples from the position of the change in slope.
Method for securing IP links when a communications network of a first network operator is interconnected to a communications network of at least one second network operator using the session initiation protocol SIP, characterised in that, for the identification and authorisation of a transmission instance of the first network operator involved in the IP link and a reception instance of the second network operator, at least portions of a SIP message, but at least information needed for billing the connection, are transmitted in encrypted form between the transmission instance and the reception instance.
A Chrysodeixis chalcites single nucleopolyhedrovirus (ChchSNPV), characterized in that it is selected from the group of: i) the ChchSNPV deposited in the Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM) with deposit reference numbers CNCM I-4690 (ChchTF1-A), CNCM I-4620 (ChchTF1-B), CNCM I-4621 (ChchTF1-C), or ii) ChchSNPV having a genotype characterized by a genome as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 17 (ChchTF1-A), SEQ ID NO: 18 (ChchTF1-B) or SEQ ID NO: 19 (ChchTF1-C). i) the ChchSNPV deposited in the Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM) with deposit reference numbers CNCM I-4690 (ChchTF1-A), CNCM I-4620 (ChchTF1-B), CNCM I-4621 (ChchTF1-C), or ii) ChchSNPV having a genotype characterized by a genome as depicted in SEQ ID NO: 17 (ChchTF1-A), SEQ ID NO: 18 (ChchTF1-B) or SEQ ID NO: 19 (ChchTF1-C).
Decompression screw adapted for processing rubber compounds, wherein the screw core diameter in the melting and metering section, in a direction from feeding section to the end of the melting and metering section, decreases and/or the pitch of the helix in the melting and metering section increases in a direction from feeding section to the end of the melting and metering section characterized in that the ratio of the channel volume at the feeding section to the channel volume at the end of the melting and metering section is in the range from 0,8 to 1.
An isolated immunogen comprising a variant hepatitis B surface antigen, wherein the variant hepatitis B surface antigen is a hepatitis B surface antigen with one or more transmembrane domains of the hepatitis B surface antigen replaced with an gp41 antigenic insert, wherein the gp41 antigenic insert comprises: a) an antigenic polypeptide fragment of gp41 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 (NEX 1 X 2 LLX 3 LDKWASLWNWFDITNWLWYIX 4) wherein the antigenic polypeptide fragment of gp41 is between 28 and 150 amino acids in length; and b) a transmembrane domain of gp41 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 25 (X 5 FIMIVGGLX 6 GLRIVFTX 7 LSIV), wherein the transmembrane domain of gp41 is between 22 and 40 amino acids in length and wherein the transmembrane domain of gp41 is C-terminal to the antigenic polypeptide fragment of gp41, wherein X 1, X 2, X 3, and X 4 are any amino acid and X 5, X 6, and X 7 are any hydrophobic amino acid. a) an antigenic polypeptide fragment of gp41 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 (NEX 1 X 2 LLX 3 LDKWASLWNWFDITNWLWYIX 4) wherein the antigenic polypeptide fragment of gp41 is between 28 and 150 amino acids in length; and b) a transmembrane domain of gp41 comprising the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 25 (X 5 FIMIVGGLX 6 GLRIVFTX 7 LSIV), wherein the transmembrane domain of gp41 is between 22 and 40 amino acids in length and wherein the transmembrane domain of gp41 is C-terminal to the antigenic polypeptide fragment of gp41, wherein X 1, X 2, X 3, and X 4 are any amino acid and X 5, X 6, and X 7 are any hydrophobic amino acid.
A composite substrate comprising: a piezoelectric substrate; and a supporting substrate directly bonded to the piezoelectric substrate, wherein at least one of a bonding surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a bonding surface of the supporting substrate is an irregular surface which is partially planarized, the irregular surface which is partially planarized includes a plurality of protrusions, each having a flat portion on the tip thereof, and the piezoelectric substrate and the supporting substrate are directly bonded to each other at the flat portions, and in the irregular surface which is partially planarized, an arithmetic average roughness Ra of the flat portions is 1 nm or less, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of portions other than the flat portions is 10 nm or more. a piezoelectric substrate; and a supporting substrate directly bonded to the piezoelectric substrate,
Method for regulating a temperature of at least one component of a vehicle, in which at least one insulating element (3, 13) for the thermal insulation of the at least one component (1, 10) against an environment of the at least one component (1, 10) depending on an actual state of the vehicle is moved from a first position into at least one second position or from the at least one second position into the first position, and in which the at least one insulating element (3, 13) completely contacts the at least one component (1, 10) in the first position, characterised in that the at least one insulating element (3, 13) in the at least one second position is completely distanced from the at least one component (1, 10) and facilitates a complete flowing around of the at least one component (1, 10).
An optical emission spectrometer with a spark chamber which comprises a spark stand opening and an oblong electrode being arranged inside thereof for generating a spark and a beam of light originating therefrom, and with a coupling unit which comprises at least one window being arranged on a window holder and a channel, wherein the spark chamber and the coupling unit are arranged with respect to each other such that the beam of light falls through the window into the channel, and wherein the spark chamber and the coupling unit comprise means for purging with an inert gas, characterized in that the spark chamber is directly connected with the window holder and via the window holder with the coupling unit, wherein between spark chamber and window holder a sealing element is provided, and that the coupling unit comprises at least one elastic means which is arranged such that it presses the window holder against the spark chamber.
A process for producing acrylic acid, the process comprising: reacting a reaction mixture comprising: methanol, water, oxygen, acetic acid and an alkylenating agent selected from formaldehyde and a compound of formula I wherein R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbons and hydrogen, X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur, n is an integer from 1 to 10, and m is 1 or 2, over a catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, bismuth, and tungsten and under conditions effective to produce a crude acrylic acid product, wherein the molar ratio of the compound selected from formaldehyde and a compound of formula I to acetic acid ranges from 1.16 to 1.9. reacting a reaction mixture comprising: methanol, water, oxygen, acetic acid and an alkylenating agent selected from formaldehyde and a compound of formula I wherein R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbons and hydrogen, X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur, n is an integer from 1 to 10, and m is 1 or 2, methanol, water, oxygen, acetic acid and an alkylenating agent selected from formaldehyde and a compound of formula I wherein R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 12 hydrocarbons and hydrogen, X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen and sulfur, n is an integer from 1 to 10, and m is 1 or 2, over a catalyst comprising at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, bismuth, and tungsten and under conditions effective to produce a crude acrylic acid product, wherein the molar ratio of the compound selected from formaldehyde and a compound of formula I to acetic acid ranges from 1.16 to 1.9.
A method for determining the amount of drug present in a crosslinked hyaluronic acid-linker-peptide (xHA-L-P) prodrug formulation comprising: contacting a sample of the xHA-L-P prodrug formulation with a hyaluronoglucosidase to generate oligomeric hyaluronic acid-linker-peptide drug (oHA-L-P); contacting the oHA-L-P with an endoproteinase to generate peptide digest products of the drug; and detecting the peptide digest products to determine the amount of the drug present in the xHA-L-P prodrug formulation, wherein the endoproteinase is selected from the group consisting of Glu-C, Asp-N, Lys-C, Arg-C, trypsin and chymotrypsin. contacting a sample of the xHA-L-P prodrug formulation with a hyaluronoglucosidase to generate oligomeric hyaluronic acid-linker-peptide drug (oHA-L-P); contacting the oHA-L-P with an endoproteinase to generate peptide digest products of the drug; and detecting the peptide digest products to determine the amount of the drug present in the xHA-L-P prodrug formulation, wherein the endoproteinase is selected from the group consisting of Glu-C, Asp-N, Lys-C, Arg-C, trypsin and chymotrypsin.
A system for dispensing a therapeutic fluid to a body of a user, the system comprising: a reservoir to contain the therapeutic fluid, a cannula insertable into the body of the user, providing a fluid path between the reservoir and the user's body, a driving mechanism configured to engage with the reservoir to dispense the therapeutic fluid, a processor controlling the driving mechanism, at least one ID marker, for authenticating at least one first portion of the system, at least one ID reader for reading the at least one ID marker, and for providing a signal to the processor, a power source to provide power to at least one of the driving mechanism, the at least one ID reader and the processor, wherein the processor enables one or more functions of the system based on the signal received from the at least one ID reader, and characterized by comprising a mechanical disabling mechanism configured to disable subsequent reading of the at least one ID marker,, after a connection between the at least one first portion of the system with at least one second portion of the system. a reservoir to contain the therapeutic fluid, a cannula insertable into the body of the user, providing a fluid path between the reservoir and the user's body, a driving mechanism configured to engage with the reservoir to dispense the therapeutic fluid, a processor controlling the driving mechanism, at least one ID marker, for authenticating at least one first portion of the system, at least one ID reader for reading the at least one ID marker, and for providing a signal to the processor, a power source to provide power to at least one of the driving mechanism, the at least one ID reader and the processor, wherein the processor enables one or more functions of the system based on the signal received from the at least one ID reader, and characterized by comprising a mechanical disabling mechanism configured to disable subsequent reading of the at least one ID marker,, after a connection between the at least one first portion of the system with at least one second portion of the system.