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A non-therapeutic process for killing bacterial spores, comprising: forming a dispersion of droplets of an aqueous composition in a carrier gas, the aqueous composition comprising water and peroxide, the aqueous composition having a concentration of peroxide which is hydrogen peroxide in the range from 0.1 to 6.5% by weight, wherein the aqueous composition further comprises an antimicrobial agent which is peracetic acid, the concentration of the antimicrobial agent being in the range from 0.001 to 0.16% by weight, the weight ratio of the antimicrobial agent to the peroxide peroxide being in the range from 0.001 to 0.2, and wherein the carrier gas is selected from air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, argon, or a mixture of two or more thereof; vaporizing the droplets to form a sporicidal vaporous mixture; and contacting the bacterial spores with the sporicidal vaporous mixture for a sufficient period of time to effect at least a 4 log reduction in the number of spores capable of returning to vegetative growth, the spores being in a defined area, the concentration of the peroxide in the defined area being in the range from 5 to 1000 parts per million. forming a dispersion of droplets of an aqueous composition in a carrier gas, the aqueous composition comprising water and peroxide, the aqueous composition having a concentration of peroxide which is hydrogen peroxide in the range from 0.1 to 6.5% by weight, wherein the aqueous composition further comprises an antimicrobial agent which is peracetic acid, the concentration of the antimicrobial agent being in the range from 0.001 to 0.16% by weight, the weight ratio of the antimicrobial agent to the peroxide peroxide being in the range from 0.001 to 0.2, and wherein the carrier gas is selected from air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, argon, or a mixture of two or more thereof; vaporizing the droplets to form a sporicidal vaporous mixture; and contacting the bacterial spores with the sporicidal vaporous mixture for a sufficient period of time to effect at least a 4 log reduction in the number of spores capable of returning to vegetative growth, the spores being in a defined area, the concentration of the peroxide in the defined area being in the range from 5 to 1000 parts per million.
A low density substrate for a medical bandage, comprising: (a) an elongate fabric having two opposed major faces connected by yarns extending between the faces, and two opposed, longitudinally-extending side edges (22,24) defining a predetermined fabric thickness; (b) a plurality of longitudinally-extending voids formed in the fabric and communicating with both of the two opposed major faces for reducing the density of the substrate while maintaining sufficient mass to harden into a rigid structure upon activation of a reactive system, wherein the fabric comprises a warp knitted fabric; characterised in that: the fabric is a heat-treated elongate fabric comprised of fiberglass yarns; and the density reducing voids are formed by wales omitted at intervals along the length of the substrate in one or more of a chain, inlay and center stitch of the fabric and stitches omitted in the width direction of the substrate when viewed in the length direction of the substrate. (a) an elongate fabric having two opposed major faces connected by yarns extending between the faces, and two opposed, longitudinally-extending side edges (22,24) defining a predetermined fabric thickness; (b) a plurality of longitudinally-extending voids formed in the fabric and communicating with both of the two opposed major faces for reducing the density of the substrate while maintaining sufficient mass to harden into a rigid structure upon activation of a reactive system, wherein the fabric comprises a warp knitted fabric; the fabric is a heat-treated elongate fabric comprised of fiberglass yarns; and the density reducing voids are formed by wales omitted at intervals along the length of the substrate in one or more of a chain, inlay and center stitch of the fabric and stitches omitted in the width direction of the substrate when viewed in the length direction of the substrate.
Aeration apparatus (10, 10A, 10B, 10C; 10*) to ease the emptying of a mass of powdered material from any kind of container; apparatus comprising a vibrating membrane (30; 30*) coupled to a device (40; 40*) for pulling and fastening it to a container wall, so that said membrane (30; 30*) adheres to the inner surface of the container wall, wherein said membrane (30; 30*) comprises at least an area of least resistance (30B; 30B*) for the outlet air flow, so that the air preferably comes out from said at least an area of least resistance (30B; 30B*); wherein the container wall comprises a hopper wall, characterised in that said membrane (30; 30*) comprises a number of grooves shaped as radial recesses (30B; 30B*) formed on a portion of the inner surface of said membrane (30; 30*), wherein by orienting the radial recesses downwards, a strong preferential downward directionality of air micro-jets exiting an annular gap between an inner surface of the hopper wall and an edge of the membrane is obtained.
A magnetic arrangement for a medical implant system for a patient user, the arrangement comprising: an implantable housing with an outer surface configured to lie under and parallel to the skin of the patient user; and an implant holding magnet arrangement within the implantable housing for magnetically interacting with an external magnet arrangement in an external device to hold the external device in a fixed position on the skin of the patient user, the implant holding magnet arrangement having radial symmetry; wherein the implant holding magnet arrangement has a net magnetic field with a zero net magnetic dipole moment and magnetic fields oriented parallel to the outer surface of the implant housing. an implantable housing with an outer surface configured to lie under and parallel to the skin of the patient user; and an implant holding magnet arrangement within the implantable housing for magnetically interacting with an external magnet arrangement in an external device to hold the external device in a fixed position on the skin of the patient user, the implant holding magnet arrangement having radial symmetry; wherein the implant holding magnet arrangement has a net magnetic field with a zero net magnetic dipole moment and magnetic fields oriented parallel to the outer surface of the implant housing.
A mouthpiece with a connection capability for supplying gas having a connection to the interior of the mouthpiece and a connection capability for sucking out the gas having a connection to the interior of the mouthpiece, wherein the mouthpiece surrounds the upper jaw and the lower jaw at the same time, wherein the mouthpiece is connected to an ozone generating probe comprising a closed glass probe with a wire in the interior thereof, which wire exits to the outside on one side of the glass probe, wherein the exterior of the glass probe is furnished with a metal mesh at a distance from the glass, which mesh has a connection wire (3,1), wherein the glass probe is an inner probe which is located inside an outer glass probe that has two openings at a distance from each other, wherein the inner, closed glass probe which has a wire in the interior thereof that exits to the outside through the inner glass probe and the outer glass probe on one of the two sides of the glass probe, wherein the cavity between the outer and the inner glass probes contains the metal mesh which is connected to a wire which emerges on the other side of the outer glass probe.
A method comprising: fetching a vector memory instruction using a processor core (120, 220) including a pipeline configured to execute instructions, including constant-stride vector memory instructions; partitioning a vector that is identified by the vector memory instruction into a subvector of a maximum length, greater than one, and one or more additional subvectors with lengths less than or equal to the maximum length; checking, using a memory protection circuit (150, 270), whether accessing elements of the subvector will cause a memory protection violation; and accessing the elements of the subvector before checking, using the memory protection circuit, whether accessing elements of one of the one or more additional subvectors will cause a memory protection violation. fetching a vector memory instruction using a processor core (120, 220) including a pipeline configured to execute instructions, including constant-stride vector memory instructions; partitioning a vector that is identified by the vector memory instruction into a subvector of a maximum length, greater than one, and one or more additional subvectors with lengths less than or equal to the maximum length; checking, using a memory protection circuit (150, 270), whether accessing elements of the subvector will cause a memory protection violation; and accessing the elements of the subvector before checking, using the memory protection circuit, whether accessing elements of one of the one or more additional subvectors will cause a memory protection violation.
A module for controlling usability of a processing unit of a device, the module comprising: a modem for communicating with a cellular network, and an eUICC, Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card, connected to the modem for cellular network authentication and access, the eUICC including a secure element comprising a state machine configured to control the device in accordance with one of a plurality of usability states, including at least a normal state and an alert state, wherein the module is connected to selectively impede access to system clock for the processing unit, to inhibit operation of the processing unit in said alert state. a modem for communicating with a cellular network, and an eUICC, Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card, connected to the modem for cellular network authentication and access, the eUICC including a secure element comprising a state machine configured to control the device in accordance with one of a plurality of usability states, including at least a normal state and an alert state, wherein the module is connected to selectively impede access to system clock for the processing unit, to inhibit operation of the processing unit in said alert state.
Assembly of a door, a panel and of a protection of the vehicle door and the panel surrounding the door, the door and the panel having skins (1a, 3a) having external faces with the same profile that are aligned when the door is in the closed position, as well as facing centering abutments (1d, 3d) with a predefined clearance, the door being equipped with an edge protector: being secured to the door, extending along a perimeter of the door skin facing the panel skin separating an interior and an exterior of the vehicle, having an antijamming portion disposed between the skins (1a, 3a) in a nominal geometrical alignment position of their exterior face, and consisting of an elastic material with a profile adapted to evolve in the antijamming portion having sufficient flexibility in a direction parallel to the clearance between the skins (1a, 3a), this edge protector being characterized in that it features a clearance between an edge face of the edge protector and an edge face of the skin of the panel less than the clearance between the centering abutments (1d, 3d), and in that in the event of a minor accident the skins (1a, 3a) remain at a distance greater than a minimum distance when the centering abutments (1d, 3d) come into contact while having a transverse rigidity in the internal-external direction limiting deflection of this edge protector to less than 2 mm under a local external aerodynamic pressure of 1 psi (69 mBar). being secured to the door, extending along a perimeter of the door skin facing the panel skin separating an interior and an exterior of the vehicle, having an antijamming portion disposed between the skins (1a, 3a) in a nominal geometrical alignment position of their exterior face, and consisting of an elastic material with a profile adapted to evolve in the antijamming portion having sufficient flexibility in a direction parallel to the clearance between the skins (1a, 3a),
A laundry detergent comprising: (a) from 10 to 86 wt% surfactants, (b) from 0.05 to 2 wt% imidazole-modified carbohydrate polymer, (c) from 0.1 to 10 wt% builders and sequestrants and (d) from 2 to 88 wt% water, wherein the imidazole-modified carbohydrate polymer is obtainable by a process comprising alkylation of a carbohydrate hydroxyl group with either an epoxy-functionalized imidazole or a chlorohydrin-functionalized imidazole in the presence of a suitable base.
A cleaning process for soiled substrates, said process comprising the steps of: (a) treating polymeric particles recovered after use in cleaning processes for soiled substrates, wherein said treating comprises treating said particles with a particle cleaning agent, wherein said particle cleaning agent is an aqueous liquor and wherein said particle cleaning agent comprises a surfactant; and (b) re-using said treated particles in further such cleaning processes for soiled substrates wherein the substrates are moistened by wetting with water prior to treatment thereof with a formulation comprising a multiplicity of said treated polymeric particles; (c) wherein said particles are cleaned and re-used according to steps (a) and (b) on multiple occasions, wherein said cleaning process is not a washing process which comprises cleaning soiled polymeric particles by adding individual doses of non-ionic and/or anionic and/or cationic surfactants to an amount of water wherein said washing process is a method for cleaning a soiled substrate comprising the treatment of a moistened substrate with a formulation comprising a multiplicity of polymeric particles wherein said polymeric particles are applied in combination with a detergent formulation such that said detergent formulation is divided into its separate chemical constituents and said chemical constituents are added at different times during the wash cycle. (a) treating polymeric particles recovered after use in cleaning processes for soiled substrates, wherein said treating comprises treating said particles with a particle cleaning agent, wherein said particle cleaning agent is an aqueous liquor and wherein said particle cleaning agent comprises a surfactant; and (b) re-using said treated particles in further such cleaning processes for soiled substrates wherein the substrates are moistened by wetting with water prior to treatment thereof with a formulation comprising a multiplicity of said treated polymeric particles; (c) wherein said particles are cleaned and re-used according to steps (a) and (b) on multiple occasions,
A wireless communication apparatus implementing a user equipment comprising: logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, wherein the logic is configured to: process a received radio resource control, RRC, message comprising radio access network, RAN, assistance information, evaluate a threshold condition of an access network discovery and selection function, ANDSF, management object, MO, routing policy based on an access threshold (226, 228, 230) comprised in the RAN assistance information and a corresponding measurement, evaluate an offload preference indicator condition of the ANDSF MO routing policy based on an offload preference indicator comprised in the RAN assistance information and an offload preference indicator bitmap, apply the ANDSF MO routing policy to route internet protocol, IP, traffic based on the evaluation of the threshold condition and the evaluation of the offload preference indicator condition. process a received radio resource control, RRC, message comprising radio access network, RAN, assistance information, evaluate a threshold condition of an access network discovery and selection function, ANDSF, management object, MO, routing policy based on an access threshold (226, 228, 230) comprised in the RAN assistance information and a corresponding measurement, evaluate an offload preference indicator condition of the ANDSF MO routing policy based on an offload preference indicator comprised in the RAN assistance information and an offload preference indicator bitmap, apply the ANDSF MO routing policy to route internet protocol, IP, traffic based on the evaluation of the threshold condition and the evaluation of the offload preference indicator condition.
A measuring apparatus, for measuring a distance to a surface having fluctuating reflectivity, the measuring apparatus comprising, a measuring light source and sensor unit positioned at an angle to a perpendicular of the surface to allow light to be reflected to a diffuse target surface in a known position; a reference light source and sensor unit positioned apart from the surface and directed at a reference target at a known position, the reference light source and sensor unit being positioned on a same plane as the measuring light source and sensor unit at a position outside that of the surface, the surface being spaced at an approximate centre of a distance between the reference light source and sensor unit and the reference target; and a processor unit, wherein the processor unit is adapted to collect and analyse data from the measuring light source and sensor unit and the reference light source and sensor unit and classify whether a reading of the measuring light source and sensor unit is a direct reading or a reflected reading. a measuring light source and sensor unit positioned at an angle to a perpendicular of the surface to allow light to be reflected to a diffuse target surface in a known position; a reference light source and sensor unit positioned apart from the surface and directed at a reference target at a known position, the reference light source and sensor unit being positioned on a same plane as the measuring light source and sensor unit at a position outside that of the surface, the surface being spaced at an approximate centre of a distance between the reference light source and sensor unit and the reference target; and a processor unit,
A method for joint transmission, which is applied in a wireless local area network system that comprises a plurality of access points, APs, and a station, STA, wherein the plurality of APs comprises an initiating AP and at least one coordinated AP, and the STA is associated with the initiating AP, the method comprising: sending, by the initiating AP, to the STA, a request to send message used for the joint transmission, wherein the request to send message comprises a joint transmission indication and address information of a coordinated AP pre-determined to participate in the joint transmission, to enable the STA to send a clear to send message used for the joint transmission to the coordinated AP corresponding to the address information and the initiating AP according to the joint transmission indication, to enable the coordinated AP to send data to the STA according to the clear to send message; sending, by the initiating AP, the data to the STA according to the clear to send message after receiving the clear to send message, to realize sending the data to the STA simultaneously with the coordinated AP. sending, by the initiating AP, to the STA, a request to send message used for the joint transmission, wherein the request to send message comprises a joint transmission indication and address information of a coordinated AP pre-determined to participate in the joint transmission, to enable the STA to send a clear to send message used for the joint transmission to the coordinated AP corresponding to the address information and the initiating AP according to the joint transmission indication, to enable the coordinated AP to send data to the STA according to the clear to send message; sending, by the initiating AP, the data to the STA according to the clear to send message after receiving the clear to send message, to realize sending the data to the STA simultaneously with the coordinated AP.
20-hydroxyecdysone and derivates thereof, for use in the treatment of a myopathy resulting from a genetic impairment including a mutation of the dystrophin gene.
Tubular connection device comprising: - a tubular end piece; - a main body which is intended to be inserted into a receiving end of the tubular end piece; - a clip which is intended to straddle the main body, the clip comprising a head and two flexible legs that each end in a foot; the main body being provided on its external surface with two main guide elements for receiving the feet of the clip, and for selectively positioning the clip in a release position in which the two flexible legs are relatively spaced apart from the main body or in a locking position in which the two flexible legs are relatively close to the main body; the tubular end piece comprising, on the side of the receiving end, two harpoons for being inserted between the main body and the flexible legs of the clip and for keeping the tubular end piece joined to the main body when the main body is inserted into the receiving end of the tubular end piece and when the clip is in the locking position, the harpoons then gripping the legs of the clip. - a tubular end piece; - a main body which is intended to be inserted into a receiving end of the tubular end piece; - a clip which is intended to straddle the main body, the clip comprising a head and two flexible legs that each end in a foot; the main body being provided on its external surface with two main guide elements for receiving the feet of the clip, and for selectively positioning the clip in a release position in which the two flexible legs are relatively spaced apart from the main body or in a locking position in which the two flexible legs are relatively close to the main body; the tubular end piece comprising, on the side of the receiving end, two harpoons for being inserted between the main body and the flexible legs of the clip and for keeping the tubular end piece joined to the main body when the main body is inserted into the receiving end of the tubular end piece and when the clip is in the locking position, the harpoons then gripping the legs of the clip. the main body being provided on its external surface with two main guide elements for receiving the feet of the clip, and for selectively positioning the clip in a release position in which the two flexible legs are relatively spaced apart from the main body or in a locking position in which the two flexible legs are relatively close to the main body; the tubular end piece comprising, on the side of the receiving end, two harpoons for being inserted between the main body and the flexible legs of the clip and for keeping the tubular end piece joined to the main body when the main body is inserted into the receiving end of the tubular end piece and when the clip is in the locking position, the harpoons then gripping the legs of the clip.
A vortex flow meter for measuring fluid flow comprising: a conduit for carrying a fluid; a region of reduced thickness in a portion of the conduit; a shedding bar disposed in the conduit coupled to the region of reduced thickness and configured to apply a rocking motion to the region of reduced thickness about a pivot line in response to flow of the fluid; and at least one reinforcing rib on the region of reduced thickness and extending parallel to flow of the fluid, characterized in that, the at least one reinforcing rib is spaced from the pivot line. a conduit for carrying a fluid; a region of reduced thickness in a portion of the conduit; a shedding bar disposed in the conduit coupled to the region of reduced thickness and configured to apply a rocking motion to the region of reduced thickness about a pivot line in response to flow of the fluid; and at least one reinforcing rib on the region of reduced thickness and extending parallel to flow of the fluid, characterized in that, the at least one reinforcing rib is spaced from the pivot line.