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A method for improving the melt strength of a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising a polyvinyl chloride formulation during an orientation process, comprising: adding an acrylic copolymer to the thermoplastic polymer composition, wherein the acrylic copolymer comprises polymerized units derived from (i) 82 weight % of methyl methacrylate monomers, and (ii) 18 weight % of butyl acrylate monomers, based on the total weight of monomers in the acrylic copolymer, wherein the acrylic copolymer is present in the thermoplastic composition in an amount of from 8 to 12 weight %, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic composition, and has a M w /GPC-PS of 4 × 10 6 g/mol or more, wherein M w /GPC-PS refers to the weight average molecular weight as measured against polystyrene calibration standards via gel permeation chromatography with a refractive index detector following ASTM D5296-11, and using tetrahydrofuran as the mobile phase and diluent.
A motion manager (200; 600; 700; 800) comprising one or more processors configured to: arbitrate a plurality of action plans for driving support of a vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51) set by a driving support system of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51); calculate a motion request based on a result of arbitration; distribute the motion request to an actuator system of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51); predict at least one of a total weight of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51) and a position of a center of gravity of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51); and correct the motion request based on the at least one of the predicted total weight and the predicted position of the center of gravity such that an influence of the total weight and the position of the center of gravity on traveling of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51) is reduced. arbitrate a plurality of action plans for driving support of a vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51) set by a driving support system of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51); calculate a motion request based on a result of arbitration; distribute the motion request to an actuator system of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51); predict at least one of a total weight of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51) and a position of a center of gravity of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51); and correct the motion request based on the at least one of the predicted total weight and the predicted position of the center of gravity such that an influence of the total weight and the position of the center of gravity on traveling of the vehicle (1; 31; 41; 51) is reduced.
Double-sided adhesive tape having a first outer pressure-sensitive adhesive side and a second outer heat-activatable side, comprising an at least two-layer product system composed of layers A and B, layer A being a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive crosslinked chemically by thermal initiation, or a pressure-sensitive adhesive carrier layer crosslinked chemically by thermal initiation, layer B being a layer based on a polyolefin or a polyolefin mixture, layer A and layer B being in direct contact with one another, and the surface of layer A that is in direct contact with layer B having been plasma-pretreated, characterized in that the plasma pretreatment has taken place in an atmosphere of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, or a noble gas, or a mixture of at least two of these gases.
Valve with a housing, a flap which is arranged rotatably in the housing and which is connected with a drive shaft mounted in the housing, an electric motor for driving the drive shaft, a gearing which has at least one toothed segment and which is arranged between the electric motor and the drive shaft, and a sensor which has a magnet for determining the angle of rotation of the flap, characterized in that the toothed segment has at least two detent hooks which engage around the magnet, and that a spring element is provided which preloads the magnet against the detent hooks.
Apparatus for treating neurological disorders comprising: - at least one electrode implantable in the brain of a patient, and - a processing and stimulation device connected to the at least one electrode, wherein the processing and stimulation device at least comprises - a stimulation module configured to generate a stimulation signal to be sent to the at least one electrode, and - an acquisition module configured to acquire a neural signal measured by the at least one electrode from the brain of the patient, wherein the acquisition module at least comprises a front-end block configured to amplify the potential difference of its input signals (V 1a, V 2a) and to filter a stimulus artifact by cutting off frequencies above a predefined frequency band; characterized in that the front-end block comprises a multi-stage fully-differential switched capacitor circuit configured for discrete-time signal processing. - at least one electrode implantable in the brain of a patient, and - a processing and stimulation device connected to the at least one electrode, wherein the processing and stimulation device at least comprises - a stimulation module configured to generate a stimulation signal to be sent to the at least one electrode, and - an acquisition module configured to acquire a neural signal measured by the at least one electrode from the brain of the patient, wherein the acquisition module at least comprises a front-end block configured to amplify the potential difference of its input signals (V 1a, V 2a) and to filter a stimulus artifact by cutting off frequencies above a predefined frequency band; characterized in that the front-end block comprises a multi-stage fully-differential switched capacitor circuit configured for discrete-time signal processing.
A mobile built-up folding crane, of modular construction, containing at least one boom, rotary tower with column, on foot placed on mobile foundation, lifting unit connected with at least one top, wherein the boom is fitted out of boom modules joined together by means of the linking unit, and each boom module is designed like framing construction composed of stringers and bars that connect them crosswise and/or slantwise, wherein the stringer is composed of at least two parts, and the linking units are tightly adjusted and contain filler and holes, whereas the lifting unit is equipped with at least one winch, characterized in that modules of at least one boom are dismantable into smaller and basically individual elements, which are mainly stringers and bars, wherein each individual stringer is fitted with at least two bosses tipped with collars, and single bar is fitted at its ends with collars, wherein boss and/or collar constitute element of linking unit, and each collar has cavity, in which hard, rigid and solid filler resistant to shearing and torsional forces is tightly placed, wherein envelope-like distributed holes in collars are adjusted axially against one another, creating together with pins that run through them collar and pin connection, preferably collar and bolt connection, whereas stringers and bars are hollow inside, wherein at least stringers are made as a closed welded element of metal plates of limited resistance to plastic deformation of at least 690 MPa, whereas the other boom is located symmetrically against main boom on the other side of rotary tower in the shape of a cone or cylinder, to whose base booms are fitted rotationally by means of pins, booms being connected with each other on their tops by means of ropes of lifting unit.
A method performed by a scheduler in a process of a computer system (100A; 100B), wherein the scheduler includes a plurality of scheduling collections (40, 40), wherein each scheduling collection corresponds to a respective scheduling node (30, 30), wherein the plurality of scheduling collections comprises a first scheduling collection (40) and a second scheduling collection (40), wherein the scheduling collections comprise tasks, wherein the scheduling nodes comprise processing resources (16, 16(m 1), 16(m m). 16, 32, 32(N 1), 32(N L)), the method comprising: in response to one of a first plurality of the processing resources (16, 16(m 1), 32, 32(N 1)) in a first scheduling node (30) becoming available, searching for a first task (39, 41, 42) in a first scheduling collection, wherein the first scheduling collection corresponds to the first scheduling node; in response to finding the first task in the first scheduling collection, executing the first task with the one of the first plurality of processing resources; and in response to finding no first task in the first scheduling collection, executing, with the one of the first plurality of processing resources, a second task from the second scheduling collection, wherein the second scheduling collection corresponds to a second scheduling node (30) that includes a second plurality of the processing resources (16(m m), 16, 32, 32(N L). in response to one of a first plurality of the processing resources (16, 16(m 1), 32, 32(N 1)) in a first scheduling node (30) becoming available, searching for a first task (39, 41, 42) in a first scheduling collection, wherein the first scheduling collection corresponds to the first scheduling node; in response to finding the first task in the first scheduling collection, executing the first task with the one of the first plurality of processing resources; and in response to finding no first task in the first scheduling collection, executing, with the one of the first plurality of processing resources, a second task from the second scheduling collection, wherein the second scheduling collection corresponds to a second scheduling node (30) that includes a second plurality of the processing resources (16(m m), 16, 32, 32(N L).
Nozzle for a device for contact-free treatment of a running web, comprising a main frame part forming an outer part of the nozzle with two side chambers (14, 15) on each longitudinal side of the nozzle, each side chamber (14, 15) comprising at least one a nozzle opening (17A, 17B, 16A, 16B) for the air blow towards the fiber web, an air channel, through which the air is lead to the side chambers (14, 15), located at least partially between the side chambers (14, 15), which air channel is U-shaped, in which nozzle a U-shaped inner part is located inside the U-shaped air channel, characterized in that between an inner upper surface of the main frame part and an outer upper surface of the U-shaped inner part is located at least one adjustment means comprising a screw and bushings attached by a welding at each end to corresponding upper surface, that the air channel comprises side walls with at least one opening (19, 18) on each side wall for leading the air into the side chambers (14, 15), and that the at least one adjustment means is provided at least partially to open or to close the at least one opening (18, 19) on each side wall of the U-shaped air channel by adjusting the location of the side walls of the U-shaped inner part.
A stylet (100; 200) for use in medical procedures, comprising: an indicator configured to selectively activate a first status prompt to indicate a desired alignment of the stylet; an elongate member; a non-imaging A-mode ultrasonic device (124; 224) fixed to a distal end of the elongate member, wherein the non-imaging A-mode ultrasonic device is configured to selectively generate ultrasonic waves in a direction longitudinally aligned with the elongate member, and to detect scattered ultrasonic waves; a microprocessor operably connected to the non-imaging A-mode ultrasonic device and configured to control the selective generation of ultrasonic waves, and to process the detected scattered ultrasonic waves to detect an internal tissue-fluid boundary; wherein the microprocessor is operably connected to the indicator and the microprocessor causes the indicator to activate the first status prompt when the stylet is in the desired alignment; and wherein the microprocessor detects that the elongate member is aligned with the internal tissue-fluid boundary. an indicator configured to selectively activate a first status prompt to indicate a desired alignment of the stylet; an elongate member; a non-imaging A-mode ultrasonic device (124; 224) fixed to a distal end of the elongate member, wherein the non-imaging A-mode ultrasonic device is configured to selectively generate ultrasonic waves in a direction longitudinally aligned with the elongate member, and to detect scattered ultrasonic waves; a microprocessor operably connected to the non-imaging A-mode ultrasonic device and configured to control the selective generation of ultrasonic waves, and to process the detected scattered ultrasonic waves to detect an internal tissue-fluid boundary;
An anastomotic instrument comprising: a first unit attached to an insert section of an endoscope to be inserted into an alimentary canal on a side of a distal end of said insert section; a second unit set on said insert section on a side of a proximal end of said insert section relative to said first unit; a suction device (83, 87) for sucking out fluid from space enclosed by said first and second units (21, 22) in said alimentary canal so as to bring said space into negative pressure, and shrinking said alimentary canal in said space; a resecting device for shifting one of said first and second units (21, 22) relative to the other one of said first and second units (21, 22), and resecting living body tissue of said alimentary canal in a state of being caught between said first and second units (21, 22); and a fastening device for joining said alimentary canal so as to close an incision of said living body tissue, characterized in that one of said first and second units (21, 22) has a self-propellable apparatus for propelling said insert section into depths of said alimentary canal, and the other one of said first and second units (21, 22) has a balloon to be expanded with air sent inside. a first unit attached to an insert section of an endoscope to be inserted into an alimentary canal on a side of a distal end of said insert section; a second unit set on said insert section on a side of a proximal end of said insert section relative to said first unit; a suction device (83, 87) for sucking out fluid from space enclosed by said first and second units (21, 22) in said alimentary canal so as to bring said space into negative pressure, and shrinking said alimentary canal in said space; a resecting device for shifting one of said first and second units (21, 22) relative to the other one of said first and second units (21, 22), and resecting living body tissue of said alimentary canal in a state of being caught between said first and second units (21, 22); and a fastening device for joining said alimentary canal so as to close an incision of said living body tissue, characterized in that one of said first and second units (21, 22) has a self-propellable apparatus for propelling said insert section into depths of said alimentary canal, and the other one of said first and second units (21, 22) has a balloon to be expanded with air sent inside.
A device for off-center detector X-ray tomography reconstruction of an image of an object on the basis of projection data, wherein the projection data has been acquired by means of the off-center detector during a rotation of an X-ray source and the off-center detector around the object in two rotational passes of less than 360°, the X-ray source generating a diverging X-ray beam having a focus point and the focus point travelling along largely overlapping arcs (401, 402) in the two rotational passes, the off-center detector being positioned asymmetrically with respect to a central ray of the X-ray beam and a direction of a detector offset being reversed between the passes, and wherein the device is configured for redundancy weighting of the projection data with respect to the redundant acquisition of the projection values during each of the rotational passes using a redundancy weighting function, the redundancy weighting functions being determined on the basis of a union of the arcs (401, 402).
Method for identifying and verifying manipulation attempts on a self-service terminal comprising at least one operating element which is provided for users of the self-service terminal and towards which at least one camera is oriented, which captures the at least one operating element, wherein the image data generated by the camera are fed to a first classifier, by means of which a check is made on the basis of the image data to ascertain whether a manipulation attempt on the operating element can be identified, wherein the image data are evaluated on the basis of first features (A, B), wherein the image data are also fed to a second classifier in parallel with the first classifier, by means of which second classifier a check is made on the basis of the image data to ascertain whether the identification of a manipulation attempt is plausible, wherein the image data are evaluated on the basis of second features (C, D), characterized in that an edge detection is applied to the image data fed to the first and second classifiers (CF, SC), said edge detection relating to edges that bring about delimitation from homogeneous areas in the optical appearance of the image element captured by the camera by virtue of the fact that, by means of an image processing unit (IPRC), at least one edge image is created and the characteristic data thereof are compared with the pattern data of a reference edge image, and in that the first features (A, B) concern edge lengths of the operating element and the second features (C, D) concern the relative position of the edges with respect to one another.
A Si or Ge semi-conductor substrate having (a) an oxygen monolayer on a surface thereof, said oxygen monolayer being fractional or complete, and (b) an overlying layer of a semi-conductor or dielectric material, preferably a high-k dielectric material, in contact with said monolayer, characterized in that the Si 4+ or Ge 4+ oxidation state of said surface of respectively the Si or Ge substrate resulting from the presence of said oxygen monolayer represents less than 50%, preferably less than 40% and more preferably less than 30% of respectively the sum of Si 1+, Si 2+, Si 3+ and Si 4+ oxidation states or the sum of Ge 1+, Ge 2+, Ge 3+ and Ge 4+ oxidation states as measured by XPS. (a) an oxygen monolayer on a surface thereof, said oxygen monolayer being fractional or complete, and (b) an overlying layer of a semi-conductor or dielectric material, preferably a high-k dielectric material, in contact with said monolayer,
A marine survey system, comprising: a float (232, 432); a winch (236, 436) coupled to the float (232, 432); a line (203, 403) coupled to the winch (236, 436), wherein the winch (236, 436) is configured to extend and retract the line (203, 403) and a collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434) surrounding the line (203, 403), wherein extension and retraction of the line (203, 403) causes the collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434) to extend and collapse; characterized in that the marine survey system further comprises a towed object (106, 206, 406) at least partially supported by the buoyancy of the float (232,432) holding the towed object from a water surface via the line (203, 403) between the towed object and the float (232, 432); and in that the collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434) has a foil-shaped cross section and a plurality of parallel ridges that maintain a shape of the collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434), and wherein a top of the collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434) is coupled to the float (232, 432). a float (232, 432); a winch (236, 436) coupled to the float (232, 432); a line (203, 403) coupled to the winch (236, 436), wherein the winch (236, 436) is configured to extend and retract the line (203, 403) and a collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434) surrounding the line (203, 403), wherein extension and retraction of the line (203, 403) causes the collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434) to extend and collapse; characterized in that the marine survey system further comprises a towed object (106, 206, 406) at least partially supported by the buoyancy of the float (232,432) holding the towed object from a water surface via the line (203, 403) between the towed object and the float (232, 432); and in that the collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434) has a foil-shaped cross section and a plurality of parallel ridges that maintain a shape of the collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434), and wherein a top of the collapsible fairing (234, 334, 434) is coupled to the float (232, 432).
Current transformer system for an NH fuse block or an NH fused load disconnector comprising a converter, which detects a current flowing through the current converter and converts the said current into a measurement voltage, and an evaluation electronics system, which is connected to the current converter and processes the measurement voltage, wherein both the current converter and the evaluation electronics system are arranged in a system housing, characterized in that a switch is provided for temporarily disconnecting the connection between the current converter and the evaluation electronics system.
A curable composition comprising a curable rubber comprising: a) 80.0-99.9 wt% of a chloroprene resin; b) 0.06-13 wt% of trimethyl thiourea; and c) 0.06-13 wt% of a benzothiazolesulfenamide. a) 80.0-99.9 wt% of a chloroprene resin; b) 0.06-13 wt% of trimethyl thiourea; and c) 0.06-13 wt% of a benzothiazolesulfenamide.
A solid bowl screw centrifuge having a screw formed within a drum, wherein the screw constitutes a conveying tool which rotates at a differential speed to the speed of the drum around an axis of rotation, wherein the axis of rotation defines an axial and a radial direction (26, 28), wherein the screw is supported by means of a bearing arrangement, and wherein the bearing arrangement represents the link between the drum rotating at a first rotational speed and the screw rotating at a second, different rotational speed, wherein the bearing arrangement has a rolling element ring (132, 134), the rolling element of which rests against a bearing track (112, 114) at a contact angle (146, 148) as measured relative to the radial direction, characterized in that the contact angle (146, 148), as far as its amount is concerned, is designed to have more than 45 degrees.
A substrate for a portable data carrier comprising an electrical component (2, 3) having two parts applied to two mutually opposite surfaces of the substrate, said parts comprising an electroconductive material and being electroconductively interconnected in at least one feedthrough region (4, 5, 6, 7) of the substrate by at least one aperture (8, 13) of the substrate formed by a laser, characterized in that the electroconductive material comprises particles, wherein the maximum width of the aperture (8, 13) corresponds to the two- to five-fold, preferably maximally the four-fold, of the average particle size and that the aperture has a transverse web, and wherein the aperture (8, 13) has a maximal width of 20 μm.