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A process for forming an aluminosilicate article comprising an aluminosilicate base material and an additive material, the process comprising the steps of: fusing the aluminosilicate base material to an optimal fusing amount by firing the aluminosilicate article to a first temperature, wherein the first temperature is reached in 12 minutes to 30 minutes from the start of the process, and wherein the optimal fusing amount comprises 50% to 85% of total possible fusing of the base material; melting the additive material at a second temperature that is 10°C to 20°C higher than the first temperature; holding the article at the second temperature for 2 minutes to 5 minutes; and cooling the article to ambient temperature over 4 minutes to 15 minutes, wherein the aluminosilicate base material comprises a recycled aluminosilicate comprising coal combustion waste; and wherein the additive material comprises natural aluminosilicates, quartz, dolomite, kaolin, alumina, bauxite, bentonite, feldspar, or mixtures thereof. fusing the aluminosilicate base material to an optimal fusing amount by firing the aluminosilicate article to a first temperature, wherein the first temperature is reached in 12 minutes to 30 minutes from the start of the process, and wherein the optimal fusing amount comprises 50% to 85% of total possible fusing of the base material; melting the additive material at a second temperature that is 10°C to 20°C higher than the first temperature; holding the article at the second temperature for 2 minutes to 5 minutes; and cooling the article to ambient temperature over 4 minutes to 15 minutes, wherein the aluminosilicate base material comprises a recycled aluminosilicate comprising coal combustion waste; and wherein the additive material comprises natural aluminosilicates, quartz, dolomite, kaolin, alumina, bauxite, bentonite, feldspar, or mixtures thereof.
Gaseous nitric oxide for use as an inhalable medicament in the treatment and/or prevention of secondary respiratory disorders of the lower respiratory region caused by bacterial, viral, protozoal, fungal and/or microbial infections in a mammal under positive airway pressure, wherein nitric oxide is present in the inhalable medicament with a concentration of between 80 ppm and 220 ppm.
A torsion spring, comprising: a wound spring wire with a plurality of spring windings; and a first spring wire end and a second spring wire end; wherein the torsion spring is designed for taking up a rotary force and/or a torque when an angular/rotary movement acts on the spring wire ends (10, 16), wherein the spring windings have at least one spring winding portion having a course of a winding diameter, with a first section in which the winding diameter (Da) along a first angular range is a first, larger winding diameter (Damax); with a second section in which the winding diameter (Da) thereafter decreases along a second angular range from said first, larger winding diameter (Damax) to a second, smaller diameter (Damin); with a third section in which the winding diameter (Da) thereafter along a third angular range is the second, smaller winding diameter (Damin), with a fourth section in which the winding diameter (Da) thereafter increases along a fourth angular range from the second, smaller winding diameter (Damin) to the first, larger winding diameter (Damax); characterized in that the torsion spring is designed such that, in the unstressed state of the torsion spring, respective adjacent windings are arranged in axially spaced apart manner; and that, in the stressed state of the torsion spring, respective adjacent windings abut one another; and that the damping behavior of the torsion spring is enhanced by the abutting of adjacent windings and by the mutual support of the spring sections. a wound spring wire with a plurality of spring windings; and a first spring wire end and a second spring wire end; wherein the torsion spring is designed for taking up a rotary force and/or a torque when an angular/rotary movement acts on the spring wire ends (10, 16), wherein the spring windings have at least one spring winding portion having a course of a winding diameter, with a first section in which the winding diameter (Da) along a first angular range is a first, larger winding diameter (Damax); with a second section in which the winding diameter (Da) thereafter decreases along a second angular range from said first, larger winding diameter (Damax) to a second, smaller diameter (Damin); with a third section in which the winding diameter (Da) thereafter along a third angular range is the second, smaller winding diameter (Damin), with a fourth section in which the winding diameter (Da) thereafter increases along a fourth angular range from the second, smaller winding diameter (Damin) to the first, larger winding diameter (Damax); characterized in that the torsion spring is designed such that, in the unstressed state of the torsion spring, respective adjacent windings are arranged in axially spaced apart manner; and that, in the stressed state of the torsion spring, respective adjacent windings abut one another; and that the damping behavior of the torsion spring is enhanced by the abutting of adjacent windings and by the mutual support of the spring sections.
A glass edge processing plant, which has a transport apparatus for a glass plate to be processed, wherein the glass plate can be transported by the transport apparatus along at least one processing aggregate (2, 3, 4), wherein the processing aggregate (2, 3, 4) has a rotating drivable processing tool for processing a glass edge of the glass plate and a setting arrangement for setting the position and the contact pressure of the processing tool relative to the glass edge, wherein the setting arrangement has a linear drive and a stepper motor which are configured and intended to set the position and the contact force of the processing tool, wherein the linear drive has a spindle drivable by the stepper motor and a piston rod, wherein the spindle is a ball screw, characterized in that the processing aggregate (2, 3, 4) has an electric motor with a rotor and a stator and the linear drive is connected to the rotor in a rotationally decoupled manner via an axial coupling, wherein the rotor is axially displaceable within a limited range in the stator and the stepper motor is coupled to a servo-amplifier.
An apparatus for dispensing a charge of moist smokeless tobacco, said apparatus comprising: a rotary metering device, said rotary metering device comprising: a rotatable lower disk comprising a plurality of through openings; a rotatable metering disk comprising a plurality of through openings aligned with the plurality of through openings in the lower disk so as to define a plurality of cavities; pins mounted in the through openings of the lower disk and extending into the through openings of the metering disk, said pins having an upper screen defining bottoms of the plurality of cavities within the metering disk; a vacuum source for supplying a vacuum to the cavities during loading of the cavities; a reservoir above the metering disk for supplying MST to the cavities during loading of the cavities; and an air discharge mechanism for applying a blast of compressed air to each of the cavities when at a discharge station to eject a charge of MST therefrom. a rotary metering device, said rotary metering device comprising: a rotatable lower disk comprising a plurality of through openings; a rotatable metering disk comprising a plurality of through openings aligned with the plurality of through openings in the lower disk so as to define a plurality of cavities; pins mounted in the through openings of the lower disk and extending into the through openings of the metering disk, said pins having an upper screen defining bottoms of the plurality of cavities within the metering disk; a vacuum source for supplying a vacuum to the cavities during loading of the cavities; a reservoir above the metering disk for supplying MST to the cavities during loading of the cavities; and an air discharge mechanism for applying a blast of compressed air to each of the cavities when at a discharge station to eject a charge of MST therefrom. a rotatable lower disk comprising a plurality of through openings; a rotatable metering disk comprising a plurality of through openings aligned with the plurality of through openings in the lower disk so as to define a plurality of cavities; pins mounted in the through openings of the lower disk and extending into the through openings of the metering disk, said pins having an upper screen defining bottoms of the plurality of cavities within the metering disk; a vacuum source for supplying a vacuum to the cavities during loading of the cavities; a reservoir above the metering disk for supplying MST to the cavities during loading of the cavities; and an air discharge mechanism for applying a blast of compressed air to each of the cavities when at a discharge station to eject a charge of MST therefrom.
An acrylic polymer comprising: a first reactive segment that is a copolymer derived from acrylates, methacrylates or mixtures thereof and at least one monomer having a self reactive functional group; and a second reactive segment that is a copolymer derived from acrylates, methacrylates, or mixtures thereof and at least one monomer having a reactive functional group and that is free of a self reactive functional group; wherein the self reactive functional group is selected from the group consisting of anhydrides, epoxies, alkoxymethylols, cyclic ethers and silanes and the reactive functional group is selected from the group consisting of acids, hydroxyls, amines, and thiols. a first reactive segment that is a copolymer derived from acrylates, methacrylates or mixtures thereof and at least one monomer having a self reactive functional group; and a second reactive segment that is a copolymer derived from acrylates, methacrylates, or mixtures thereof and at least one monomer having a reactive functional group and that is free of a self reactive functional group; wherein the self reactive functional group is selected from the group consisting of anhydrides, epoxies, alkoxymethylols, cyclic ethers and silanes and the reactive functional group is selected from the group consisting of acids, hydroxyls, amines, and thiols.
Steering wheel comprising a hub which is rotatable with respect to a steering column jacket, a steering ring which extends around at least part of the circumference and is connected to the hub for conjoint rotation, and a touch-sensitive display and associated operating controller, the touch-sensitive display, as a single-part or multi-part display, being arranged around at least part of the circumference, at least between the hub and the steering ring in the steering wheel half that is the upper half when driving at degrees, the touch-sensitive display being made of a transparent touch-sensitive operating surface, characterized in that the touch-sensitive display is formed from the transparent touch-sensitive operating surface and a display surface which is arranged behind said operating surface and at a distance therefrom in a viewing direction toward the touch-sensitive display. the touch-sensitive display, as a single-part or multi-part display, being arranged around at least part of the circumference, at least between the hub and the steering ring in the steering wheel half that is the upper half when driving at degrees, the touch-sensitive display being made of a transparent touch-sensitive operating surface, characterized in that the touch-sensitive display is formed from the transparent touch-sensitive operating surface and a display surface which is arranged behind said operating surface and at a distance therefrom in a viewing direction toward the touch-sensitive display.
A method for preserving a media stream quality at processing of a media stream by a virtualized network function for media handling, wherein the virtualized network function for media handling is running in a network function virtualization infrastructure hosting the virtualized network function for media handling, the virtualized network function for media handling being managed by a virtualized network function manager, the method comprising: • determining a media stream quality caused by the processing of the media stream by the virtualized network function for media handling; and • causing, as a result of the determining step, a scaling of the virtualized network function for media handling, characterized in that the scaling is done by altering the priority of the virtualized network function for media handling in relation to other virtualized network functions hosted by the network function virtualization infrastructure. • determining a media stream quality caused by the processing of the media stream by the virtualized network function for media handling; and • causing, as a result of the determining step, a scaling of the virtualized network function for media handling, characterized in that the scaling is done by altering the priority of the virtualized network function for media handling in relation to other virtualized network functions hosted by the network function virtualization infrastructure.
A radio communication system in which a radio terminal obtains measurement information indicated by a radio network in an idle state, and reports the obtained measurement information in an active state, the radio communication system comprising: a first radio station configured to manage a first cell of a first radio access technology, wherein the first radio station comprises: notification means configured to notify the radio terminal, when the radio terminal is in the first cell, of a first configuration information related to obtainment of the measurement information in the first cell; instruction means configured to instruct the radio terminal, when the radio terminal is in the first cell, to report information related to the measurement information obtained in the first cell after the radio terminal moves to a second cell of a second radio access technology different from the first radio access technology; and requesting means configured to request the radio terminal, when the radio terminal is in the first cell, to obtain a second measurement information in the second cell after the radio terminal moves to the second cell. a first radio station configured to manage a first cell of a first radio access technology, wherein the first radio station comprises: notification means configured to notify the radio terminal, when the radio terminal is in the first cell, of a first configuration information related to obtainment of the measurement information in the first cell; instruction means configured to instruct the radio terminal, when the radio terminal is in the first cell, to report information related to the measurement information obtained in the first cell after the radio terminal moves to a second cell of a second radio access technology different from the first radio access technology; and requesting means configured to request the radio terminal, when the radio terminal is in the first cell, to obtain a second measurement information in the second cell after the radio terminal moves to the second cell. notification means configured to notify the radio terminal, when the radio terminal is in the first cell, of a first configuration information related to obtainment of the measurement information in the first cell; instruction means configured to instruct the radio terminal, when the radio terminal is in the first cell, to report information related to the measurement information obtained in the first cell after the radio terminal moves to a second cell of a second radio access technology different from the first radio access technology; and requesting means configured to request the radio terminal, when the radio terminal is in the first cell, to obtain a second measurement information in the second cell after the radio terminal moves to the second cell.
An optical crystal comprising: a first non-linear optical crystal configured to generate first terahertz waves from incident light with two different wavelengths; and a second non-linear optical crystal configured to generate second terahertz waves from said incident light with said two different wavelengths; wherein the first and second non-linear crystals are configured to generate the first and second terahertz waves, respectively, by difference frequency generation, such that the first and second terahertz waves have a frequency corresponding to the difference frequency of the two different wavelengths of the incident light, the second non-linear optical crystal being different in material from the first non-linear optical crystal, the first non-linear optical crystal and the second non-linear optical crystal being disposed in contact; each of the first non-linear optical crystal and the second non-linear optical crystal comprises a compound having a structure in which a backbone is a bivalent linking group, and an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group are bonded to the backbone; and the first non-linear optical crystal and the second non-linear optical crystal are contacted by any of a fusing method, a crystal growth method or an adhesion method. a first non-linear optical crystal configured to generate first terahertz waves from incident light with two different wavelengths; and a second non-linear optical crystal configured to generate second terahertz waves from said incident light with said two different wavelengths; wherein the first and second non-linear crystals are configured to generate the first and second terahertz waves, respectively, by difference frequency generation, such that the first and second terahertz waves have a frequency corresponding to the difference frequency of the two different wavelengths of the incident light, the second non-linear optical crystal being different in material from the first non-linear optical crystal, the first non-linear optical crystal and the second non-linear optical crystal being disposed in contact; wherein the first and second non-linear crystals are configured to generate the first and second terahertz waves, respectively, by difference frequency generation, such that the first and second terahertz waves have a frequency corresponding to the difference frequency of the two different wavelengths of the incident light, the second non-linear optical crystal being different in material from the first non-linear optical crystal, the first non-linear optical crystal and the second non-linear optical crystal being disposed in contact; each of the first non-linear optical crystal and the second non-linear optical crystal comprises a compound having a structure in which a backbone is a bivalent linking group, and an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group are bonded to the backbone; and the first non-linear optical crystal and the second non-linear optical crystal are contacted by any of a fusing method, a crystal growth method or an adhesion method.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a mesenchymal stem cell culture and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the mesenchymal stem cell culture has been pre-treated with a prostacyclin ex vivo by adding the prostacyclin as a chemical compound to the mesenchymal stem cell culture and incubating the prostacyclin with the mesenchymal stem cell, and wherein the mesenchymal stem cell culture comprises the prostacyclin, wherein the mesenchymal stem cell culture comprises a growth factor released from the mesenchymal stem cell.
A device for removing a framed wafer from a wafer tray that has an entrance for depositing or removing the framed wafer, wherein the deposited framed wafer has a front frame edge facing the entrance and the wafer tray has at least one wafer tray edge contact element for contacting the rear frame edge, comprising a wafer chuck for accommodating the framed wafer, which - is adapted to hold the wafer perpendicularly to the wafer plane and thus remove it from the wafer tray, and - has at least one wafer chuck edge contact element, which are arranged and adapted for contacting the front frame edge, and comprising a drive and control device that is adapted to guide the wafer chuck into the entrance of the wafer tray and out of the same along a specified path of movement, wherein each wafer chuck edge contact element is spring mounted in the direction of the path of movement and the wafer chuck can be shifted from a first position, in which each wafer chuck edge contact element is located at a distance from the front frame edge, into a second position, in which each wafer chuck edge contact element rests against the front frame edge, the rear frame edge rests against the wafer tray edge contact element, and the spring mount (10, 13) of each wafer chuck edge contact element is compressed by a specified spring path, and back. a wafer chuck for accommodating the framed wafer, which - is adapted to hold the wafer perpendicularly to the wafer plane and thus remove it from the wafer tray, and - has at least one wafer chuck edge contact element, which are arranged and adapted for contacting the front frame edge, and comprising - is adapted to hold the wafer perpendicularly to the wafer plane and thus remove it from the wafer tray, and - has at least one wafer chuck edge contact element, which are arranged and adapted for contacting the front frame edge, and comprising a drive and control device that is adapted to guide the wafer chuck into the entrance of the wafer tray and out of the same along a specified path of movement, wherein each wafer chuck edge contact element is spring mounted in the direction of the path of movement and the wafer chuck can be shifted from a first position, in which each wafer chuck edge contact element is located at a distance from the front frame edge, into a second position, in which each wafer chuck edge contact element rests against the front frame edge, the rear frame edge rests against the wafer tray edge contact element, and the spring mount (10, 13) of each wafer chuck edge contact element is compressed by a specified spring path, and back.
A hand held mixing device having a body with a pair of openings (123, 124) providing access to a pair of hubs that are adapted to receive a pair of beaters, the device further comprising: a mechanism for differentiating between a first accessory having a first shaft and a second accessory having a second shaft by detecting a physical difference between the first shaft and the second shaft when received in one of the hubs; the mechanism communicating a signal to a processor; the processor altering an operation of the mixing device in response to the signal detected by the mechanism, characterised in that the device further includes an ejection mechanism for ejecting the first and second shafts (351, 353) from the pair of hubs, the ejection mechanism being driven by a lever operable by a user. a mechanism for differentiating between a first accessory having a first shaft and a second accessory having a second shaft by detecting a physical difference between the first shaft and the second shaft when received in one of the hubs; the mechanism communicating a signal to a processor; the processor altering an operation of the mixing device in response to the signal detected by the mechanism, characterised in that the device further includes an ejection mechanism for ejecting the first and second shafts (351, 353) from the pair of hubs, the ejection mechanism being driven by a lever operable by a user.