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A device for collecting, transferring, and storing samples of a biological and/or chemical material, wherein the device comprises: a support body, developing along a main longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end opposite to each other and connected by an intermediate portion elongate in the main longitudinal direction, a collection portion engaged to the first end and configured to collect a quantity of a sample of a biological and/or chemical material, the collection portion being defined at least by a first coating layer realized on the first end and made of a deformable material, preferably an elastically deformable material, and by a second coating layer consisting of a layer of flocked fibers, the second coating layer being realized through a fiber flocking process onto the first coating layer and being configured to absorb a quantity of liquid including at least a sample of a biological and/or chemical material; said device being characterized in that the first end has a widened shape, transversally to the main longitudinal direction, with respect to the intermediate portion and is provided at least with a front face and a rear face, opposed to each other, wherein the collection portion is exclusively defined on the front face of the first end and is absent on the rear face. a support body, developing along a main longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end opposite to each other and connected by an intermediate portion elongate in the main longitudinal direction, a collection portion engaged to the first end and configured to collect a quantity of a sample of a biological and/or chemical material, the collection portion being defined at least by a first coating layer realized on the first end and made of a deformable material, preferably an elastically deformable material, and by a second coating layer consisting of a layer of flocked fibers, the second coating layer being realized through a fiber flocking process onto the first coating layer and being configured to absorb a quantity of liquid including at least a sample of a biological and/or chemical material; said device being characterized in that the first end has a widened shape, transversally to the main longitudinal direction, with respect to the intermediate portion and is provided at least with a front face and a rear face, opposed to each other, wherein the collection portion is exclusively defined on the front face of the first end and is absent on the rear face.
A pneumatic tire, comprising: a land portion that is formed at a tread and that is partitioned by a tire circumferential direction groove (20A, 20B, 20C); a plurality of tire width direction grooves (26A, 26B, 26C) that divide the land portion and that extend along a tire width direction W; a block portion (28B, 28C) that is formed by partitioning by the tire width direction grooves (26A, 26B, 26C); and, protrusion portions (30A, 34A) that each protrude from the block portion (28B, 28C), and recessed portions (32A, 36A) that are each recessed, with respect to an extension direction of the tire width direction grooves (26A, 26B, 26C) in plan view, which configure a portion of the block portion (28B, 28C), wherein a block height of the protrusion portions (30A, 34A) is higher than a block height of the recessed portions (32A, 36A) formed along the same tire width direction groove (26A, 26B), the block portion (28B, 28C) includes protrusion portions (30A, 30B, 34A, 34B) at both sides in the tire circumferential direction, characterized in that the protrusion portions (30A, 34A) at a tread-in end side of the block portion (28B, 28C) each have a higher block height than the protrusion portions (30B, 34B) at a kick-off end side of the block portion (28B, 28C). a land portion that is formed at a tread and that is partitioned by a tire circumferential direction groove (20A, 20B, 20C); a plurality of tire width direction grooves (26A, 26B, 26C) that divide the land portion and that extend along a tire width direction W; a block portion (28B, 28C) that is formed by partitioning by the tire width direction grooves (26A, 26B, 26C); and, protrusion portions (30A, 34A) that each protrude from the block portion (28B, 28C), and recessed portions (32A, 36A) that are each recessed, with respect to an extension direction of the tire width direction grooves (26A, 26B, 26C) in plan view, which configure a portion of the block portion (28B, 28C), wherein a block height of the protrusion portions (30A, 34A) is higher than a block height of the recessed portions (32A, 36A) formed along the same tire width direction groove (26A, 26B), the block portion (28B, 28C) includes protrusion portions (30A, 30B, 34A, 34B) at both sides in the tire circumferential direction, characterized in that the protrusion portions (30A, 34A) at a tread-in end side of the block portion (28B, 28C) each have a higher block height than the protrusion portions (30B, 34B) at a kick-off end side of the block portion (28B, 28C).
A furniture item having at least a first and a second furniture portion of which the first furniture portion is mounted stationarily and the second furniture portion is mounted movably to the furniture carcass and which are movable relative to each other, and a lockable ejection device arranged on the first furniture portion for moving the movable furniture portion out of a closed end position into an open position and an engagement element which is arranged on the second furniture portion and which at least in a part of the opening/closing path of the movable furniture portion is in engagement with the ejection device, characterised in that the engagement element is mounted on the second furniture portion displaceably with respect to the first furniture portion.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of endometriosis comprising 3-[2-fluoro-5-(2,3-difluoro-6-methoxybenzyloxy)-4-methoxyphenyl]-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrothieno[3,4-d]pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the compound being administered orally once a day at a daily dose of between 50 mg and 75 mg calculated as a free form.
Device for managing firearm magazines and ammunition, which is carried in bandoleer fashion by a user, said device comprising: ∘ a magazine holder able to receive at least one firearm magazine, said magazine holder comprising an upper side directed towards the head of the user and a lower side directed towards the feet of said user, ∘ a management pocket for magazines and ammunition that is fixed to the lower side of the magazine holder by means of an attachment device, and the opening of which is oriented towards the head of the user and directed towards the outside of the body of said user, characterized in that the management device comprises at least one securing means for the management pocket that comprises an adjustable strap fastened at the attachment device and an attachment point fastened at the upper side of the magazine holder, on the rear face of said magazine holder, said securing means comprising a means for fastening the strap with the attachment point, the attachment device additionally comprising an orifice able to allow the passage of the strap along the front face or along the rear face of the management device, the management pocket comprising: ∘ a detached position where said management pocket is free and is retained only by the attachment device, the strap then passes along the rear face of the management device and is attached to the attachment point, ∘ an attached position where the management pocket is folded over onto the rear face of the magazine holder and held by the fastening means, the strap then passes along the front face of the management device, covers the management pocket and is attached to the attachment point. ∘ a magazine holder able to receive at least one firearm magazine, said magazine holder comprising an upper side directed towards the head of the user and a lower side directed towards the feet of said user, ∘ a management pocket for magazines and ammunition that is fixed to the lower side of the magazine holder by means of an attachment device, and the opening of which is oriented towards the head of the user and directed towards the outside of the body of said user, ∘ a detached position where said management pocket is free and is retained only by the attachment device, the strap then passes along the rear face of the management device and is attached to the attachment point, ∘ an attached position where the management pocket is folded over onto the rear face of the magazine holder and held by the fastening means, the strap then passes along the front face of the management device, covers the management pocket and is attached to the attachment point.
A smart responsive electrical load operatively connectable to an electricity supply network, said smart responsive electrical load comprising an electrical power-consuming device and a control arrangement for controlling a supply of electrical power from the network to the electrical power-consuming device, characterized in that said control arrangement (60, 110, 150, 160, 170) is operable to impose a time delay ( tp) before supplying electrical power to the electrical power-consuming device after a request for power to be provided to the electrical power-consuming device, said time delay ( tp) being a variable time delay determined with respect to function of a state of said network and said variable time delay ( tp) being determined at the time of the request for power to be provided.
A cooling device using pulsating fluid for cooling of an object, comprising: a transducer adapted to generate pressure waves at a drive frequency, a tube, having a first end adapted to receive said pressure waves from the transducer, and a second end adapted to generate a pulsating net output flow towards said object, characterized in that said tube is a tube resonator having a length greater than λ/10, where λ is the wavelength of the pressure waves, wherein said transducer has an impedance at said drive frequency 1.5 - 2.5 times greater than a DC-impedance of said transducer. a transducer adapted to generate pressure waves at a drive frequency, a tube, having a first end adapted to receive said pressure waves from the transducer, and a second end adapted to generate a pulsating net output flow towards said object, characterized in that said tube is a tube resonator having a length greater than λ/10, where λ is the wavelength of the pressure waves, wherein said transducer has an impedance at said drive frequency 1.5 - 2.5 times greater than a DC-impedance of said transducer.
Electronic communication unit which is in the form of a sensor and/or actuator unit, comprising at least a first status information processing module which has a status memory unit which stores status information for said communication unit in the form of a status data item (stat), wherein the first status information processing module furthermore comprises a masking memory unit connected to the status memory unit and also a status processing element connected to said masking memory unit, wherein the first status information processing module is designed such that at least one status information item from the status data item (stat) is selected by the masking memory unit and the resultant selective status data item (sel-stat) is processed by the status processing element such that the output of the latter provides a short status data item (k-stat), the communication unit wherein comprises an interface unit which is connected to the output of the status processing element and/or to the output of the short status memory unit of the first status information processing module, characterized in that the short status data item (k-stat) has a shorter data word length than the selective status data item (sel-stat) and the interface is connected to the masking memory unit of the first status information processing module such that it can change and/or overwrite the bit mask stored in the masking memory unit, as a result of which it is possible to customize the selection of the status types about which the interface unit is provided with information in the form of the short status data (k-stat) and wherein the electronic communication unit is part of a communication system as a first communication unit and is connected to at least one second communication unit, wherein the interface unit of the first communication unit is designed such that it can transmit to the second communication unit the short status data item (k-stat) in the first and/or the second status information processing module (8, 9) and/or a total short status data item derived from one or both of these data items.
A diagnostic agent comprising: a δ-aminolevulinic acid represented by the formula, a derivative thereof, or a salt thereof; and an iron compound: R 2 R 1 NCH 2 COCH 2 CH 2 COR 3 wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; and R 3 represents a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, or an amino group; wherein the derivative of the δ-aminolevulinic acid of formula is selected from δ-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid ethyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid propyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid butyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid pentyl ester and δ-aminolevulinic acid hexyl ester; for use in a method of diagnosis in vivo of a mitochondrial dysfunction brain disease, wherein the mitochondrial dysfunction brain disease is selected from atherothrombotic cerebral infarction, lacunar infarction, cardiogenic cerebral embolism, or Alzheimer's disease. a δ-aminolevulinic acid represented by the formula, a derivative thereof, or a salt thereof; and an iron compound: R 2 R 1 NCH 2 COCH 2 CH 2 COR 3 wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; and R 3 represents a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, or an amino group; wherein the derivative of the δ-aminolevulinic acid of formula is selected from δ-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid ethyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid propyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid butyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid pentyl ester and δ-aminolevulinic acid hexyl ester; for use in a method of diagnosis in vivo of a mitochondrial dysfunction brain disease, wherein the mitochondrial dysfunction brain disease is selected from atherothrombotic cerebral infarction, lacunar infarction, cardiogenic cerebral embolism, or Alzheimer's disease. wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group; and R 3 represents a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, an alkoxycarbonyloxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, or an amino group; wherein the derivative of the δ-aminolevulinic acid of formula is selected from δ-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid ethyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid propyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid butyl ester, δ-aminolevulinic acid pentyl ester and δ-aminolevulinic acid hexyl ester;
A method of controlling an appliance comprising the receiving of a signal energy cost data; characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: receiving a signal including an energy usage reduction request during a cycle of operation performed by the appliance; in response to the reception of the signal including an energy usage reduction request, determining a recovery cost for the appliance, which is the energy cost of interrupting the cycle of operation and completing the cycle of operation at a later time; determining a continued operation cost for the appliance, which is the energy cost of continuing the cycle of operation without interruption; comparing the recovery cost to the continued operation cost; and when the recovery cost is less than the continued operation cost, interrupting the cycle of operation. receiving a signal including an energy usage reduction request during a cycle of operation performed by the appliance; in response to the reception of the signal including an energy usage reduction request, determining a recovery cost for the appliance, which is the energy cost of interrupting the cycle of operation and completing the cycle of operation at a later time; determining a continued operation cost for the appliance, which is the energy cost of continuing the cycle of operation without interruption; comparing the recovery cost to the continued operation cost; and when the recovery cost is less than the continued operation cost, interrupting the cycle of operation.
An actuation system comprising: a tubular defining a passage; and an assembly disposed with the tubular, the assembly including a restriction operatively arranged to receive a restrictor for enabling actuation of the assembly, characterised in that: the restriction includes a degradable material with a protective layer thereon, the degradable material degrading upon exposure to a fluid in the passage and the protective layer isolating the degradable material from the fluid; and wherein actuation of the assembly causes at least one penetration element to penetrate the protective layer for exposing the degradable material to the fluid. a tubular defining a passage; and an assembly disposed with the tubular, the assembly including a restriction operatively arranged to receive a restrictor for enabling actuation of the assembly, characterised in that: the restriction includes a degradable material with a protective layer thereon, the degradable material degrading upon exposure to a fluid in the passage and the protective layer isolating the degradable material from the fluid; and wherein actuation of the assembly causes at least one penetration element to penetrate the protective layer for exposing the degradable material to the fluid. the restriction includes a degradable material with a protective layer thereon, the degradable material degrading upon exposure to a fluid in the passage and the protective layer isolating the degradable material from the fluid; and wherein actuation of the assembly causes at least one penetration element to penetrate the protective layer for exposing the degradable material to the fluid.
A method for a networked microphone device, the method comprising: identifying, by the network microphone device, using a keyword spotting algorithm, a first wake word in captured sound data; based on identifying the first wake word, activating a first wake word engine (570a, 570b, 571) of a plurality of wake word engines (570a, 570b, 571), each associated with at least one respective wake word to cause the first wake word engine, to analyze the captured sound data to confirm detection of the first wake word, wherein activating the first wake word engine (570a, 570b, 571) comprises powering up the first wake word engine from a low power or no power state to a high-power state; and when the first wake word engine (570a, 570b, 571) confirms detection of the first wake word, causing a voice service associated with the first wake word to process the sound data. identifying, by the network microphone device, using a keyword spotting algorithm, a first wake word in captured sound data; based on identifying the first wake word, activating a first wake word engine (570a, 570b, 571) of a plurality of wake word engines (570a, 570b, 571), each associated with at least one respective wake word to cause the first wake word engine, to analyze the captured sound data to confirm detection of the first wake word, wherein activating the first wake word engine (570a, 570b, 571) comprises powering up the first wake word engine from a low power or no power state to a high-power state; and when the first wake word engine (570a, 570b, 571) confirms detection of the first wake word, causing a voice service associated with the first wake word to process the sound data.
A method of packaging a product in a package comprising the steps of: providing a film-to-film package comprising a layer having an oxygen transmission rate equal to or less than about 10 cubic centimeters of oxygen per 645.16 cm squared (100 inches squared) per 24 hours, and having an interior and an exterior; providing a product in the interior of the film-to-film package; wherein the product comprises a nonwoven polyolefin material; applying a vacuum to the exterior of the package in a controlled atmosphere until a vacuum pressure is achieved; flushing the interior of the film-to-film package with an inert gas until the interior of the film-to -film package reaches an inert gas flush pressure, wherein the vacuum pressure is between about 15 millibars and about 50 millibars and the inert gas flush pressure is between about 50 millibars and about 150 millibars or wherein the vacuum pressure is between about 75 millibars and about 125 millibars and the inert gas flush pressure is between about 400 millibars and about 600 millibars; sealing the film-to-film package; releasing the vacuum applied to the exterior of the package in the controlled atmosphere; and sterilizing the package and product with ionizing radiation resulting in the product having a reduction in its tensile strength that is equal to or less than about 18.5% after sterilization. providing a film-to-film package comprising a layer having an oxygen transmission rate equal to or less than about 10 cubic centimeters of oxygen per 645.16 cm squared (100 inches squared) per 24 hours, and having an interior and an exterior; providing a product in the interior of the film-to-film package; wherein the product comprises a nonwoven polyolefin material; applying a vacuum to the exterior of the package in a controlled atmosphere until a vacuum pressure is achieved; flushing the interior of the film-to-film package with an inert gas until the interior of the film-to -film package reaches an inert gas flush pressure, wherein the vacuum pressure is between about 15 millibars and about 50 millibars and the inert gas flush pressure is between about 50 millibars and about 150 millibars or wherein the vacuum pressure is between about 75 millibars and about 125 millibars and the inert gas flush pressure is between about 400 millibars and about 600 millibars; sealing the film-to-film package; releasing the vacuum applied to the exterior of the package in the controlled atmosphere; and sterilizing the package and product with ionizing radiation resulting in the product having a reduction in its tensile strength that is equal to or less than about 18.5% after sterilization.