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A needle device comprising: a needle having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a sharp distal tip; a needle shield assembly including a needle blocker (39; 110), the needle shield assembly being associated with the needle and moveable from a non-shielding position to a shielding position in which the sharp distal tip is covered by at least part of the needle shield assembly; a hub substantially coaxial with the needle, the hub having an engaging member on an exterior side thereof, a bushing disposed about the needle and disposed at least partly within the needle shield assembly in both the non-shielding and shielding positions, wherein the bushing has an inner surface and an outer surface, and in the shielding position, the sharp distal tip is positioned within the bushing, and at least a portion of the needle blocker (39; 110) extends over a distal end of the bushing, blocking distal movement of the sharp distal tip of the needle, characterized in that in the non-shielding position, the needle blocker (39; 110) is biased radially inward against the outer surface of the bushing. a needle having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a sharp distal tip; a needle shield assembly including a needle blocker (39; 110), the needle shield assembly being associated with the needle and moveable from a non-shielding position to a shielding position in which the sharp distal tip is covered by at least part of the needle shield assembly; a hub substantially coaxial with the needle, the hub having an engaging member on an exterior side thereof, a bushing disposed about the needle and disposed at least partly within the needle shield assembly in both the non-shielding and shielding positions, wherein the bushing has an inner surface and an outer surface, and in the shielding position, the sharp distal tip is positioned within the bushing, and at least a portion of the needle blocker (39; 110) extends over a distal end of the bushing, blocking distal movement of the sharp distal tip of the needle, characterized in that in the non-shielding position, the needle blocker (39; 110) is biased radially inward against the outer surface of the bushing.
Apparatus for making a filter rod for use in the manufacture of smoking articles, the apparatus comprising: an operating station for receiving filter plug material and wrapping web material and for forming a wrapped filter rod from the filter plug material and the wrapping web material; at least one cutter blade for cutting the wrapped filter rod into elongate rod segments; and a transfer device comprising a rotating drum having a plurality of spaced apart flutes on an exterior surface of the drum, the flutes constructed and arranged to receive the elongate rod segments as the drum rotates, the drum further comprising stop means at one end of each of the flutes against which the elongate rod segments are positioned when they are received into the flutes; wherein the stop means comprises a pin with a main cylindrical body having a first diameter and extending along an axis of the flute between a first end, at which the pin is attached to a drum frame, and a second end opposite the first end; and wherein the pin comprises an abutting portion extending along the axis from the second end of the main cylindrical body, the abutting portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and presenting a substantially flat surface for abutting an end of the elongate rod segment. an operating station for receiving filter plug material and wrapping web material and for forming a wrapped filter rod from the filter plug material and the wrapping web material; at least one cutter blade for cutting the wrapped filter rod into elongate rod segments; and a transfer device comprising a rotating drum having a plurality of spaced apart flutes on an exterior surface of the drum, the flutes constructed and arranged to receive the elongate rod segments as the drum rotates, the drum further comprising stop means at one end of each of the flutes against which the elongate rod segments are positioned when they are received into the flutes; wherein the stop means comprises a pin with a main cylindrical body having a first diameter and extending along an axis of the flute between a first end, at which the pin is attached to a drum frame, and a second end opposite the first end; and wherein the pin comprises an abutting portion extending along the axis from the second end of the main cylindrical body, the abutting portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and presenting a substantially flat surface for abutting an end of the elongate rod segment.
Control system for a technical plant, in particular a process or production plant, which has an operator station server (2, 4) and an engineering station server, wherein the engineering station server comprises a computer-implemented design tool, with which an automation configuration for an automation of the technical plant is able to be created, and wherein the engineering station server is embodied to transmit the automation configuration for an operation and monitoring of the technical plant to the operator station server (2, 4), characterised in that the operator station server (2, 4) is embodied, if an abort condition is present, to refuse for a specific period of time a receipt or a processing of the automation configuration for the operation and monitoring of the technical plant, wherein the operator station server (2, 4) is embodied to establish the presence of the abort condition automatically, through the recognition of a possible overloading of the operator station server (2, 4) by the receipt of the automation configuration from the engineering station server or by the processing of the automation configuration by the operator station server (2, 4). wherein the engineering station server comprises a computer-implemented design tool, with which an automation configuration for an automation of the technical plant is able to be created, and wherein the engineering station server is embodied to transmit the automation configuration for an operation and monitoring of the technical plant to the operator station server (2, 4), characterised in that the operator station server (2, 4) is embodied, if an abort condition is present, to refuse for a specific period of time a receipt or a processing of the automation configuration for the operation and monitoring of the technical plant, wherein the operator station server (2, 4) is embodied to establish the presence of the abort condition automatically, through the recognition of a possible overloading of the operator station server (2, 4) by the receipt of the automation configuration from the engineering station server or by the processing of the automation configuration by the operator station server (2, 4).
Commercial vehicle body for refrigerated vehicles, having a loading space which is delimited by a loading-space floor, side walls, and a roof, and also by a front wall and by a rear wall, wherein a cooling unit is provided on the front wall and air-guiding channels assigned to the cooling unit and delimited by air-directing profiles are formed on the front wall, characterized in that the front wall has an inner cover layer, which faces towards the loading space, and an outer cover layer, which is arranged at a distance from said inner cover layer, between which a cavity lined with a heat-insulation material is formed, in that the inner cover layer of the front wall is provided with air-guiding profiles formed in the inner cover layer, and in that the air-guiding channels, the air-guiding profiles and the inner cover layer are formed in one piece.
A method, comprising: providing a network process control system in an industrial processing facility comprising a plant-wide network coupling at least one server to a plurality of controller platforms all coupled to one another by at least one network (225, 235) for providing a controller pool (210, 260), each controller platform having at least one controller (211, 212, controller N, 218, 219, 261, 262) comprising computing hardware and a memory, and at least one application module pool (231, 232) including a plurality of AMs, wherein the plurality of controller platforms are coupled by an input/output (I/O) mesh network to I/O devices coupled to field devices that are coupled to processing equipment on a field level of an industrial processing facility, the method comprising: considering resource consumption attributes by the respective ones of the plurality controller platforms comprising at least a pool of available storage in the memory and the processing resources available for computing hardware, and based on the resource consumption attributes, at least partially automatically deploying ones of the plurality of AMs to the plurality of controller platforms, wherein the at least one of the plurality of AMs is configured to move across the plurality of controller platforms including between the controller pools. considering resource consumption attributes by the respective ones of the plurality controller platforms comprising at least a pool of available storage in the memory and the processing resources available for computing hardware, and based on the resource consumption attributes, at least partially automatically deploying ones of the plurality of AMs to the plurality of controller platforms, wherein the at least one of the plurality of AMs is configured to move across the plurality of controller platforms including between the controller pools.
A pump system comprising an electric pump, an electric power supply, a control apparatus, at least one fluid dispensing outlet, and a pressure sensor that is responsive to the pressure of said fluid, wherein said pump is configured to pump fluid to at least one fluid dispensing outlet and the control apparatus is arranged to activate the pump when the pressure sensor indicates that said fluid pressure has decreased to the extent that it is deemed to correspond to a demand for fluid at said at least one fluid outlet, and wherein the control apparatus comprises a current monitor for monitoring the current drawn by said pump from said electrical power supply, wherein said current drawn by said pump from said electrical power supply reduces correspondingly with reduction of output fluid flow caused by said pump, characterised in that said control apparatus is arranged to deactivate said pump when said current monitor indicates that said current decreases to or below one or more current threshold values, wherein said one or more current threshold values includes a first current threshold value that corresponds to the current drawn by said pump when pumping fluid at a rate corresponding to said at least one dispensing outlet being closed, in that said control apparatus is arranged to adjust said first current threshold value depending on the voltage level provided to the pump by said power supply, and in that the pump system further includes a user operable input device for adjusting at least one of said one or more threshold values.
Method for determining a radiotherapy treatment plan for an irradiation of an object to be irradiated, wherein a number of irradiation areas are determined in the object to be irradiated, whereby the object to be irradiated is irradiated with a number of beams (1403, 1404) from different directions, comprising - Determining a number of total dose conditions, wherein one of the number of irradiation areas in each case is assigned at least one of the number of total dose conditions in each case, wherein the total dose condition assigned to the respective irradiation area defines a condition for the total radiation dose for the irradiation area, - Determining a number of single beam dose conditions, wherein one of the number of beams (1403, 1404) in each case and one of the number of irradiation areas in each case is assigned one of the number of single beam dose conditions in each case, wherein the single beam dose condition assigned to the respective beam (1403, 1404) defines a condition for the beam dose as a result of the beam (1403, 1404) for the respective irradiation area, and - Determining irradiation parameters for the number of beams (1403, 1404) as a function of the number of total dose conditions and of the number of single beam dose conditions, characterised in that the determination of the number of single beam dose conditions includes an automatic determination of a number of single beam dose conditions as a function of a predetermined beam homogeneity factor HF, wherein the beam homogeneity factor HF defines for one of the number of irradiation areas a maximum difference between radiation doses introduced by the number of beams (1403, 1404) into the irradiation area. - Determining a number of total dose conditions, wherein one of the number of irradiation areas in each case is assigned at least one of the number of total dose conditions in each case, wherein the total dose condition assigned to the respective irradiation area defines a condition for the total radiation dose for the irradiation area, - Determining a number of single beam dose conditions, wherein one of the number of beams (1403, 1404) in each case and one of the number of irradiation areas in each case is assigned one of the number of single beam dose conditions in each case, wherein the single beam dose condition assigned to the respective beam (1403, 1404) defines a condition for the beam dose as a result of the beam (1403, 1404) for the respective irradiation area, and - Determining irradiation parameters for the number of beams (1403, 1404) as a function of the number of total dose conditions and of the number of single beam dose conditions, characterised in that the determination of the number of single beam dose conditions includes an automatic determination of a number of single beam dose conditions as a function of a predetermined beam homogeneity factor HF, wherein the beam homogeneity factor HF defines for one of the number of irradiation areas a maximum difference between radiation doses introduced by the number of beams (1403, 1404) into the irradiation area.
A navigation or mapping apparatus, comprising: a display for displaying a digital map to a user; a processor configured to access digital map data and cause a digital map to be displayed to a user using the display; and a user interface operable by a user to enable the user to interact with the apparatus, wherein the user interface is arranged to allow a user to select a continuous region present in the digital map by providing one or more indications on the displayed digital map in use, the selected continuous region being a path indicative of a route the user wishes the apparatus to calculate, and characterised in that in use, when a selection of a continuous region present in the digital map is received from a user, the processor is arranged to: determine digital map data relating to the continuous region selected by the user, said determination of digital map data comprising determining a precise end point for use in the route calculation from an approximate end point indicated by the path selected by the user by matching the approximate end point to stored specified location data in the proximity of the approximate end point; and calculate a route from a start point to the precise end point using the determined digital map data. a display for displaying a digital map to a user; a processor configured to access digital map data and cause a digital map to be displayed to a user using the display; and a user interface operable by a user to enable the user to interact with the apparatus, determine digital map data relating to the continuous region selected by the user, said determination of digital map data comprising determining a precise end point for use in the route calculation from an approximate end point indicated by the path selected by the user by matching the approximate end point to stored specified location data in the proximity of the approximate end point; and calculate a route from a start point to the precise end point using the determined digital map data.
Preparation for producing an implant, preferably a bone implant, comprising: a) mineral cement powder which contains at least one calcium ion-containing and/or at least one magnesium ion-containing inorganic compound as a reactive component, b) at least one organic carrier liquid, the organic carrier liquid being a carrier liquid of low solubility in water, the carrier liquid of low solubility in water being selected from short-chain or medium-chain triglycerides, short-chain triglycerides being compounds of fatty acids each having a length of from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, medium-chain triglycerides being compounds of fatty acids each having a length of from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, c) at least two surfactants selected from at least two of the groups of anionic, cationic, amphoteric and non-ionic surfactants, d) less than 1 wt.% water based on the total weight of the preparation, characterised in that the weight ratio of the total solids contained in the preparation to the sum of the weight of the organic carrier liquid and the at least two surfactants is greater than 5 if the cement powder contains calcium ion-containing compounds and does not contain magnesium ion-containing compounds as a reactive component, or is greater than 6 if the cement powder contains magnesium-ion containing compounds or magnesium ion-containing and calcium ion-containing compounds as reactive components, and in that at least one anionic and at least one non-ionic surfactant are contained, the at least one anionic and at least one non-ionic surfactant being at least one ethoxylated fatty alcohol, at least one ethoxylated fatty acid, at least one ethoxylated sorbitan fatty acid ester, at least one ethoxylated fat or at least one ethoxylated oil and at least one fatty alcohol esterified with citric acid, sulphuric acid or phosphoric acid, at least one mono or diglyceride esterified with citric acid, sulphuric acid or phosphoric acid, or a salt thereof, or at least one fatty acid esterified with citric acid, sulphuric acid or phosphoric acid, or salts thereof. a) mineral cement powder which contains at least one calcium ion-containing and/or at least one magnesium ion-containing inorganic compound as a reactive component, b) at least one organic carrier liquid, the organic carrier liquid being a carrier liquid of low solubility in water, the carrier liquid of low solubility in water being selected from short-chain or medium-chain triglycerides, short-chain triglycerides being compounds of fatty acids each having a length of from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, medium-chain triglycerides being compounds of fatty acids each having a length of from 6 to 14 carbon atoms, c) at least two surfactants selected from at least two of the groups of anionic, cationic, amphoteric and non-ionic surfactants, d) less than 1 wt.% water based on the total weight of the preparation,
A method in a radio access node in a radio access network for determining a cell state for a cell served by the radio access node, including the steps of: - detecting fulfillment of a predetermined triggering condition that indicates sleepy cell state of the cell served by the radio access node; - determining one or more user equipment to be paged in the cell; - initiating a predetermined page response timer period; - paging the one or more user equipment; - awaiting user equipment page response(s) during the predetermined page response timer period; and - at time out of the predetermined page response timer period, assessing the user equipment page response(s) originated in the cell to generate a cell state alert message when not receiving a page response(s); and sending the cell state alert message to a receiving entity; characterized in that, the method further comprises following the detected fulfillment of predetermined triggering condition to perform the steps of: - sending a core network paging request to a core network entity; and - receiving a core network paging message from the core network entity. - detecting fulfillment of a predetermined triggering condition that indicates sleepy cell state of the cell served by the radio access node; - determining one or more user equipment to be paged in the cell; - initiating a predetermined page response timer period; - paging the one or more user equipment; - awaiting user equipment page response(s) during the predetermined page response timer period; and - at time out of the predetermined page response timer period, assessing the user equipment page response(s) originated in the cell to generate a cell state alert message when not receiving a page response(s); and sending the cell state alert message to a receiving entity; - sending a core network paging request to a core network entity; and - receiving a core network paging message from the core network entity.
A photosensitive adhesive composition comprising the following components,,, and: Component: a polymer having a structural unit of the following formula and a structure of the following formula at a terminal, Component: a polymer having the structural unit of formula, and a carboxy group or hydroxy group at a terminal, Component: a radical photopolymerization initiator, and Component: a solvent, wherein the content by mass of the component is larger than that of the component, (wherein X is a C 1-6 alkyl group, a vinyl group, an allyl group, or a glycidyl group, m and n are each independently 0 or 1, Q is a divalent C 1-16 hydrocarbon group, Z is a divalent C 1-4 linking group, the divalent linking group being bonded to an -O- group in formula, and R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.) Component: a polymer having a structural unit of the following formula and a structure of the following formula at a terminal, Component: a polymer having the structural unit of formula, and a carboxy group or hydroxy group at a terminal, Component: a radical photopolymerization initiator, and Component: a solvent,
A method comprising: at a computing device having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: obtaining one or more contextual factors associated with an electronic device; predicting context information in accordance with the one or more contextual factors; and formatting a user interface on the electronic device in accordance with the predicted context information such that the user interface includes one or more smart folders, wherein the one or more smart folders are organized based on the users contextual information and are automatically created, and wherein each respective smart folder of the one or more smart folders automatically includes all of the applications on the electronic device that are relevant to the respective smart folder. obtaining one or more contextual factors associated with an electronic device; predicting context information in accordance with the one or more contextual factors; and formatting a user interface on the electronic device in accordance with the predicted context information such that the user interface includes one or more smart folders, wherein the one or more smart folders are organized based on the users contextual information and are automatically created, and wherein each respective smart folder of the one or more smart folders automatically includes all of the applications on the electronic device that are relevant to the respective smart folder.
A tire tread composition comprising: (i) a functionalized resin composition within the range from 5 to 100 phr; (ii) 100 phr of a diene elastomer; and (iii) an inorganic filler within the range from 50 to 150 phr, wherein the functionalized resin comprises a polymer backbone, a silane, and a free radical initiator, and wherein the polymer backbone has a softening point of from 80 °C to 150 °C as measured by ASTM E-28. (i) a functionalized resin composition within the range from 5 to 100 phr; (ii) 100 phr of a diene elastomer; and (iii) an inorganic filler within the range from 50 to 150 phr,