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A mechanical seal comprising: a pair of seal rings sliding relatively to each other, one of the seal rings being a stationary-side seal ring provided at a housing in a non-rotating state and in an axially movable state, the other seal ring being a rotating-side seal ring fixed to a rotating shaft, the seal rings having respective sliding faces extending radially for sealing sealed fluid against leakage, the sliding face of the rotating-side seal ring being provided with dynamic pressure generation grooves configured to communicate with a circumferential edge on an inner peripheral side of the sliding face and not to communicate with a circumferential edge on an outer peripheral side; a spring provided on a back side of the stationary-side seal ring for pressing the stationary-side seal ring against the sliding face of the rotating-side seal ring; and a spring holder provided between the back side of the stationary-side seal ring and the spring, characterized in that wherein the back side of the stationary-side seal ring has a step portion with a radially outer side axially shorter than a radially inner side, the spring holder is substantially L-shaped, and the substantially L-shaped spring holder is provided along an axial surface and a radial surface of the step portion. a pair of seal rings sliding relatively to each other, one of the seal rings being a stationary-side seal ring provided at a housing in a non-rotating state and in an axially movable state, the other seal ring being a rotating-side seal ring fixed to a rotating shaft, the seal rings having respective sliding faces extending radially for sealing sealed fluid against leakage, the sliding face of the rotating-side seal ring being provided with dynamic pressure generation grooves configured to communicate with a circumferential edge on an inner peripheral side of the sliding face and not to communicate with a circumferential edge on an outer peripheral side; a spring provided on a back side of the stationary-side seal ring for pressing the stationary-side seal ring against the sliding face of the rotating-side seal ring; and a spring holder provided between the back side of the stationary-side seal ring and the spring, characterized in that wherein the back side of the stationary-side seal ring has a step portion with a radially outer side axially shorter than a radially inner side, the spring holder is substantially L-shaped, and the substantially L-shaped spring holder is provided along an axial surface and a radial surface of the step portion.
A process for the manufacture of a liposomal preparation comprising: a) providing a first liposomal preparation comprising a suspension of liposomes in an aqueous phase, wherein the liposomes comprise at least one membrane, wherein the membrane encloses a liposomally encapsulated volume of the aqueous phase and the aqueous phase comprises at least one osmotically active substance and has an initial overall osmolarity, O 1, wherein the first liposomal preparation comprises at least one active agent in the liposomal membrane, b) thereafter generating an osmolar gradient in the aqueous phase of said preparation wherein the osmolarity of the aqueous phase outside the liposomally encapsulated volume, O out, is lower than the osmolarity of the aqueous phase inside the liposomally encapsulated volume, O in, to yield a second liposomal preparation, and wherein at least one active agent is incorporated into the liposomal membrane of the second liposomal preparation, c) optionally dehydrating the second liposomal preparation to obtain a dehydrated preparation, and d) optionally rehydrating the dehydrated preparation, wherein said active agent has a log P of greater than 1, and wherein said active agent is a taxane. a) providing a first liposomal preparation comprising a suspension of liposomes in an aqueous phase, wherein the liposomes comprise at least one membrane, wherein the membrane encloses a liposomally encapsulated volume of the aqueous phase and the aqueous phase comprises at least one osmotically active substance and has an initial overall osmolarity, O 1, wherein the first liposomal preparation comprises at least one active agent in the liposomal membrane, b) thereafter generating an osmolar gradient in the aqueous phase of said preparation wherein the osmolarity of the aqueous phase outside the liposomally encapsulated volume, O out, is lower than the osmolarity of the aqueous phase inside the liposomally encapsulated volume, O in, to yield a second liposomal preparation, and wherein at least one active agent is incorporated into the liposomal membrane of the second liposomal preparation, c) optionally dehydrating the second liposomal preparation to obtain a dehydrated preparation, and d) optionally rehydrating the dehydrated preparation,
A method comprising: receiving an optical signal comprising an optical carrier that has been amplitude and phase modulated according to a modulation scheme and obtaining the optical carrier from the received optical signal using coherent optical reception; converting the optical carrier to an electrical signal; converting the electrical signal to a digital signal in a representation of complex numbers, each complex number being associated with a constellation point of a symbol constellation according to the modulation scheme; performing in parallel first and second carrier phase estimation operations on the digital signal, the first carrier phase estimation operation to track relatively fast phase variations of the optical carrier of the received optical signal to produce a first carrier phase estimation and the second carrier phase estimation operation to track relatively slow phase variations of the optical carrier of the received optical signal to produce a second carrier phase estimation; computing a difference between the first and second carrier phase estimations; and determining occurrence of a cycle slip when the difference is greater than a threshold. receiving an optical signal comprising an optical carrier that has been amplitude and phase modulated according to a modulation scheme and obtaining the optical carrier from the received optical signal using coherent optical reception; converting the optical carrier to an electrical signal; converting the electrical signal to a digital signal in a representation of complex numbers, each complex number being associated with a constellation point of a symbol constellation according to the modulation scheme; performing in parallel first and second carrier phase estimation operations on the digital signal, the first carrier phase estimation operation to track relatively fast phase variations of the optical carrier of the received optical signal to produce a first carrier phase estimation and the second carrier phase estimation operation to track relatively slow phase variations of the optical carrier of the received optical signal to produce a second carrier phase estimation; computing a difference between the first and second carrier phase estimations; and determining occurrence of a cycle slip when the difference is greater than a threshold.
A two-cylinder engine comprising two separate cylinder heads each having at least one camshaft, the engine further comprising two drive means, each for transmitting torque between the crankshaft on the one hand and one of the camshafts (9, 10; 9', 10') on the other hand, comprising a primary stage comprising two counter-rotating shafts (21, 22), driven by said crankshaft and each driving one of said transmission means, said two transmission means being formed by identical mechanical components, each of said drive means having a median longitudinal plane (27, 28) located, with respect to the median plane of the engine, opposite the longitudinal plane (24, 26) passing through the crankpin of the higher engine comprising the cylinder head considered, characterized in that the primary stage provides a reduction with a 1/N ratio, and in that said drive means provides a reduction with a 1/M ratio, with N between 1.5 and 2.5, with the overall reduction ratio being 1/2.
A method comprising: retrieving, from a computing device at a vehicle, driving data; determining based on the driving data, a range of time when a driver of the vehicle has a low likelihood of accessing a web resource over a network; detecting an online activity for an account associated with the driver; comparing a time of the online activity to the range of time; based upon a determination that the time of the online activity is within the range of time, identifying a potentially unauthorized activity; and triggering, in response to the potentially unauthorized activity, one or more steps to protect the driver from the potentially unauthorized activity. retrieving, from a computing device at a vehicle, driving data; determining based on the driving data, a range of time when a driver of the vehicle has a low likelihood of accessing a web resource over a network; detecting an online activity for an account associated with the driver; comparing a time of the online activity to the range of time; based upon a determination that the time of the online activity is within the range of time, identifying a potentially unauthorized activity; and triggering, in response to the potentially unauthorized activity, one or more steps to protect the driver from the potentially unauthorized activity.
A cooling apparatus for a switchgear, the switchgear having one or more primary contacts supported by a bushing plate and constructed and arranged to connect to a terminal of a circuit breaker, the cooling apparatus comprising: an evaporator associated with each primary contact, a condenser apparatus, fluid conduit structure connecting the at least one evaporator with the condenser apparatus, and electrically insulating working fluid in the evaporator so as to be heated to a vapor state, with the fluid conduit structure being constructed and arranged to transfer the vapor to the condenser apparatus and to passively return condensed working fluid back to the evaporator, characterized in that: the cooling apparatus is in the form of a thermosiphon, wherein the condenser apparatus is located at a higher elevation in the gravitational field than the evaporator, the apparatus further comprising a plurality of primary contacts made of a conductor, wherein each evaporator comprises an evaporation chamber formed in an associated primary contact, wherein each evaporation chamber is integral with and extends within the associated conductive primary contact, the apparatus further comprising a flow separation hose network nested inside the fluid conduit structure, the flow separation hose network being constructed and arranged to return the condensed working fluid back to the evaporation chambers. an evaporator associated with each primary contact, a condenser apparatus, fluid conduit structure connecting the at least one evaporator with the condenser apparatus, and electrically insulating working fluid in the evaporator so as to be heated to a vapor state, with the fluid conduit structure being constructed and arranged to transfer the vapor to the condenser apparatus and to passively return condensed working fluid back to the evaporator, characterized in that: the cooling apparatus is in the form of a thermosiphon, wherein the condenser apparatus is located at a higher elevation in the gravitational field than the evaporator, the apparatus further comprising a plurality of primary contacts made of a conductor, wherein each evaporator comprises an evaporation chamber formed in an associated primary contact, wherein each evaporation chamber is integral with and extends within the associated conductive primary contact, the apparatus further comprising a flow separation hose network nested inside the fluid conduit structure, the flow separation hose network being constructed and arranged to return the condensed working fluid back to the evaporation chambers.
A method for optically measuring distances over wide distance ranges, wherein a transmitter emits transmission pulses which, after reflection from a target, are detected as reception pulses by a receiver which generates electric, analog reception signals therefrom, which are converted into at least one first digital reception signal, constituting a threshold signal, via a threshold method, and into at least one second digital reception signal, constituting a sampling signal, via a sampling method, and wherein reception times are derived for the threshold signals and the sampling signals are derived and used to calculate the distance of the target, characterized in that the transmission pulses are first and second transmission pulses, which are emitted in succession, wherein the first transmission pulses are emitted with a higher pulse power and a shorter pulse width and are used to derive the reception times for the threshold signals, and the second transmission pulses are emitted with a lower pulse power and a longer pulse width and are used to derive the reception times for the sampling signals, wherein in order to keep the measurement and evaluation time short, the first transmission pulses are emitted first for evaluation by means of the threshold method and the second transmission pulses are emitted second for evaluation by means of the sampling method, but only if no reception time can be derived from the evaluation by means of the threshold method.
A manufacturing method of a resin sheet, characterized by: a step of flattening a resin tubular body into the resin sheet before extruding the resin tubular body from an extrusion head so that inner surfaces of the resin tubular body are fused with each other, the resin tubular body being formed by forming a molten resin into a tubular shape in the extrusion head.
Method for producing high yield nano-in-micro encapsulated bioactive siRNA dry powder comprising the steps of: - providing an aqueous suspension comprising polyplexes, in particular polyelectrolyte complexes, formed from at least a polyamine, and/or polyamide and/or polyester and siRNA, wherein the polyplexes are provided with and/or encapsulated into water soluble excipients, in particular highly purified water and/or sugar alcohol and/or sugar or providing an aqueous suspension comprising lipid nanoparticles formed from at least an ionizable cationic lipid, a helper lipid, a pegylated lipid, cholesterol and siRNA wherein the lipid nanoparticles are provided with and/or encapsulated into water soluble excipients, in particular highly purified water and/or sugar alcohol and/or sugar; - spray drying the aqueous suspension using a spray drying apparatus, preferably a Büchi B-290, by feeding the aqueous suspension to a spray drying atomizing nozzle and subjecting the atomized droplets to a heated gas stream of a carrier gas, preferably dried and cleaned air, in particular through a multicomponent atomizing nozzle for the suspension and an atomizing gas; - collecting a spray dried powder in an accumulation means of the spray drying apparatus characterized in that the temperature in the vicinity of an outlet opening connecting a spray drying chamber with the accumulation means during feeding of the aqueous suspension to the nozzle is controlled by temperature controlling means to be limited to an upper threshold temperature which is equal to or below a melting temperature of the respective naked siRNA such that the powder can be resuspended in water to polyplexes or polyplex suspensions or lipid nanoparticles or lipid nanoparticle suspensions which do not vary more than +/- 10% from their initial formulation before spray drying in regard to size, polydispersity and zeta potential. - providing an aqueous suspension comprising polyplexes, in particular polyelectrolyte complexes, formed from at least a polyamine, and/or polyamide and/or polyester and siRNA, wherein the polyplexes are provided with and/or encapsulated into water soluble excipients, in particular highly purified water and/or sugar alcohol and/or sugar or providing an aqueous suspension comprising lipid nanoparticles formed from at least an ionizable cationic lipid, a helper lipid, a pegylated lipid, cholesterol and siRNA wherein the lipid nanoparticles are provided with and/or encapsulated into water soluble excipients, in particular highly purified water and/or sugar alcohol and/or sugar; - spray drying the aqueous suspension using a spray drying apparatus, preferably a Büchi B-290, by feeding the aqueous suspension to a spray drying atomizing nozzle and subjecting the atomized droplets to a heated gas stream of a carrier gas, preferably dried and cleaned air, in particular through a multicomponent atomizing nozzle for the suspension and an atomizing gas; - collecting a spray dried powder in an accumulation means of the spray drying apparatus
A method for matching devices (104, 106), the method comprising: transmitting, by a first device, a first audio signal that encodes a first code over an audio channel that is shared between the first device and a second device; transmitting, by the second device, a second audio signal that encodes a second code over the audio channel; receiving, by the first device, the second audio signal over the audio channel, and extracting, by the first device, the second code from the second audio signal; receiving, by the second device, the first audio signal over the audio channel, and extracting, by the second device, the first code from the first audio signal; sending, by the first device, the second code to a server; sending, by the second device, the first code to the server; and upon receiving (402, 404) the first code from the second device and the second code from the first device, determining, by the server, that the first device is in proximity to the second device; characterized in that the first and second devices (104, 106) transmit the first and second audio signals at audio frequencies outside the range of frequencies readily detectable by a human ear; and the first and second devices (104, 106) raise the audio volume during the transmission of the first and second audio signals and restore the audio volume upon completing said transmission. transmitting, by a first device, a first audio signal that encodes a first code over an audio channel that is shared between the first device and a second device; transmitting, by the second device, a second audio signal that encodes a second code over the audio channel; receiving, by the first device, the second audio signal over the audio channel, and extracting, by the first device, the second code from the second audio signal; receiving, by the second device, the first audio signal over the audio channel, and extracting, by the second device, the first code from the first audio signal; sending, by the first device, the second code to a server; sending, by the second device, the first code to the server; and upon receiving (402, 404) the first code from the second device and the second code from the first device, determining, by the server, that the first device is in proximity to the second device; characterized in that the first and second devices (104, 106) transmit the first and second audio signals at audio frequencies outside the range of frequencies readily detectable by a human ear; and the first and second devices (104, 106) raise the audio volume during the transmission of the first and second audio signals and restore the audio volume upon completing said transmission.
A medical tool for operating in a working volume of a magnetic position tracking system, the tool comprising: a core comprising a ferromagnetic material; and an outer coating layer on the core, the coating layer comprising a conductive material configured to produce eddy current distortion responsively to the magnetic field so as to cancel at least part of a distortion caused by the core in a magnetic field generated by the magnetic position tracking system wherein the outer coating layer has a pattern of slots formed therein so as to control a formation of the eddy current distortion caused by the coating layer and to direct eddy currents to flow in current loops around the slots. a core comprising a ferromagnetic material; and an outer coating layer on the core, the coating layer comprising a conductive material configured to produce eddy current distortion responsively to the magnetic field so as to cancel at least part of a distortion caused by the core in a magnetic field generated by the magnetic position tracking system wherein the outer coating layer has a pattern of slots formed therein so as to control a formation of the eddy current distortion caused by the coating layer and to direct eddy currents to flow in current loops around the slots.
A computer-implemented method of compressing a depth image comprising probability information, the method comprising: receiving an image comprising a plurality of image elements each image element comprising a depth value and a probability distribution over a plurality of classes representing the likelihood that the image element is a member of each of the classes, the classes being body parts; for each image element, calculating a probability mass for each class, the probability mass being calculated by multiplying a square of the depth of the image element and the probability of the class; calculating, for each class, a plurality of output elements by aggregating probability values and probability mass values of the class for groups of the image elements, the output elements being compressed in size compared to the received image elements; and clustering, for each class, selected output elements at least partly on the basis of probability mass to obtain body part center positions. receiving an image comprising a plurality of image elements each image element comprising a depth value and a probability distribution over a plurality of classes representing the likelihood that the image element is a member of each of the classes, the classes being body parts; for each image element, calculating a probability mass for each class, the probability mass being calculated by multiplying a square of the depth of the image element and the probability of the class; calculating, for each class, a plurality of output elements by aggregating probability values and probability mass values of the class for groups of the image elements, the output elements being compressed in size compared to the received image elements; and clustering, for each class, selected output elements at least partly on the basis of probability mass to obtain body part center positions.
Pallet having: - an upper deck which configures a platform for goods; - a number of feet or skids which are disposed on the lower side of the upper deck and are preferably adapted for transportation by industrial trucks; and - at least one receptacle which for an electronic built-in part is disposed in the region of one of the feet or one of the skids, characterized in that the at least one receptacle is configured in the manner of a blind bore or pocket in the upper deck, said receptacle at the opening thereof being closed or able to be closed by a cover, and said receptacle at least in one of the lateral walls thereof having a cut-out which, for aerating and ventilating, fluidically communicates at least indirectly with the ambient air, wherein an aerating opening which is at least indirectly connected to the receptacle and as a result thereof enables an exchange of gas between the receptacle and the environment is provided in at least one of the external vertical lateral walls of that foot or that skid that accommodates the receptacle. - an upper deck which configures a platform for goods; - a number of feet or skids which are disposed on the lower side of the upper deck and are preferably adapted for transportation by industrial trucks; and - at least one receptacle which for an electronic built-in part is disposed in the region of one of the feet or one of the skids,