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A system for treating cervical and/or uterine cancers in brachytherapy with an intracavitary brachytherapy applicator, comprising: a tandem adapted for insertion into a cervix of a patient; an ovoid assembly comprising first and second inflatable ovoids (112, 114) and an ovoid support mechanism, the first and second inflatable ovoids (112, 114) adapted for insertion within fornices of a patient; and first and second retractors (130, 132) adapted to be coupled to the ovoid assembly, wherein the first retractor is adapted to be positioned to retract the bladder of a patient during treatment and the second retractor is adapted to be positioned to retract the rectum of a patient during treatment; wherein the tandem and the first and second inflatable ovoids (112, 114) are adapted to be coupled to a radioactive source to deliver an implant radiation dose suitable for cancer treatment at a cancerous cervical treatment site in a patient. a tandem adapted for insertion into a cervix of a patient; an ovoid assembly comprising first and second inflatable ovoids (112, 114) and an ovoid support mechanism, the first and second inflatable ovoids (112, 114) adapted for insertion within fornices of a patient; and first and second retractors (130, 132) adapted to be coupled to the ovoid assembly, wherein the first retractor is adapted to be positioned to retract the bladder of a patient during treatment and the second retractor is adapted to be positioned to retract the rectum of a patient during treatment; wherein the tandem and the first and second inflatable ovoids (112, 114) are adapted to be coupled to a radioactive source to deliver an implant radiation dose suitable for cancer treatment at a cancerous cervical treatment site in a patient.
A tapered optical needle (50, 50a, 50b, 50c), comprising: a tapered light-transmissive needle, having a first tip, a bottom, and a curved surface connecting the first tip and the bottom; and a surface plasmon wave transport layer, disposed on the curved surface and covering the first tip; characterized in that the surface plasmon wave transport layer has a curved slit structure formed by a plurality of curved slit portions in the surface plasmon wave transport layer arranged from the first tip to an edge of the bottom and located between the first tip and the edge of the bottom, and extending directions of each of the curved slit portions are different to a direction from the first tip to the edge of the bottom; a cross-sectional line of the curved surface formed by cutting the curved surface along a plane including an optical axis of the tapered light-transmissive needle is a curved line; and one end of the surface plasmon wave transport layer facing away from the first tip is a second tip, a distance between the second tip and the curved portion closest to the second tip among the curved slit portions and distances between respectively two adjacent curved slit portions on a reference plane containing the second tip and perpendicular to the bottom are all different. a tapered light-transmissive needle, having a first tip, a bottom, and a curved surface connecting the first tip and the bottom; and a surface plasmon wave transport layer, disposed on the curved surface and covering the first tip; characterized in that the surface plasmon wave transport layer has a curved slit structure formed by a plurality of curved slit portions in the surface plasmon wave transport layer arranged from the first tip to an edge of the bottom and located between the first tip and the edge of the bottom, and extending directions of each of the curved slit portions are different to a direction from the first tip to the edge of the bottom; a cross-sectional line of the curved surface formed by cutting the curved surface along a plane including an optical axis of the tapered light-transmissive needle is a curved line; and one end of the surface plasmon wave transport layer facing away from the first tip is a second tip, a distance between the second tip and the curved portion closest to the second tip among the curved slit portions and distances between respectively two adjacent curved slit portions on a reference plane containing the second tip and perpendicular to the bottom are all different.
Latently reactive, dispersion-polymer-based preparation having a minimum film-forming temperature of ≤ +23°C and a glass transition temperature measured by DSC (heating rate 20 K/min) of ≤ 0°C that can be crosslinked with carbodiimides and that comprises at least one polycarbodiimide having a glass transition temperature of at least +30°C and an average functionality of at least 2, wherein the polycarbodiimide has aliphatically or cycloaliphatically attached carbodiimide groups and a particle size dv ≤ 70 μm, wherein the dispersion polymer is a polyurethane polymer or polyurethane-polyurea polymer, wherein the molar ratio of nucleophilic groups to carbodiimide segments (-N=C=N-) in the solid polycarbodiimide is 1:5 to 1:1, wherein the nucleophilic groups are selected from carboxyl, amino, mercapto and/or OH groups, wherein the minimum film-forming temperature is determined according to DIN ISO 2115 and the particle size is determined according to ISO 13320 by laser diffraction using a Malvern Mastersizer 3000 analyser.
Method for testing whether a current collector of a preferably not rail-bound, electric motor-driven vehicle is in contact with a contact wire of an overhead line extending in a direction of travel, wherein the current collector is movable in and counter to a vertical direction and comprises: - a carrier element and - a contact strip mounted on the carrier element for contacting the contact wire, wherein the current collector comprises a sensor unit, characterised in that - the contact strip is resiliently mounted on the carrier element by means of at least one primary spring element, - wherein the contact strip upon contacting the contact wire is deflected out of a rest position counter to the vertical direction relative to the carrier element, - wherein the deflection is detected by the sensor unit and, dependent upon the deflection, it is determined whether the contact strip is contacted by the contact wire, and - wherein an inclination of the contact strip relative to the carrier element about an inclination axis extending in the direction of travel is detected by means of the sensor unit and dependent upon the inclination of the contact strip and the deflection of the primary spring element a contacting point of the contact wire is detected on the contact strip. - a carrier element and - a contact strip mounted on the carrier element for contacting the contact wire, - the contact strip is resiliently mounted on the carrier element by means of at least one primary spring element, - wherein the contact strip upon contacting the contact wire is deflected out of a rest position counter to the vertical direction relative to the carrier element, - wherein the deflection is detected by the sensor unit and, dependent upon the deflection, it is determined whether the contact strip is contacted by the contact wire, and - wherein an inclination of the contact strip relative to the carrier element about an inclination axis extending in the direction of travel is detected by means of the sensor unit and dependent upon the inclination of the contact strip and the deflection of the primary spring element a contacting point of the contact wire is detected on the contact strip.
A cutter, comprising a shank at one end and a tool tip at the other end, and flutes (1, 2, 3, 4) extending from the shank to the tool tip, which space machining lands (5, 6, 7, 8) apart from each other in the circumferential direction, wherein at least one of the machining lands (6, 8) is designed as rough-machining land (6, 8) and at least one other of the machining lands (5, 7) as a fine-machining land (5, 7), and wherein each of the machining lands (5, 6, 7, 8) has a circumferential working area with a cylindrical surface-segment-shaped shell surface, wherein the working area of each rough-machining land (6, 8) is designed as a circumferential file with a plurality of teeth (10, 11) which are worked into the shell surface of the working area, and the working area of each fine-machining land (5, 7) has a plurality of exterior grooves extending with a twist about a tool axis, which are worked into the shell surface of the working area parallel to each other and at an angle relative to the flute (1, 3) leading the at least one fine-machining land (5, 7), wherein the exterior grooves space apart exterior lands which each have a circumferential cutting edge (12, 13), characterized in that the tool tip is formed as a ball head section, in which the machining lands (5, 6, 7, 8) have a rounded contour, extending in particular along a ball head radius, wherein the working areas on a first group (5, 6, 8) of the machining lands (5, 6, 8) reach further to the tool tip than on a second group of the machining lands (5, 6, 7, 8), in which the working area of the respective machining land ends further back, and wherein the cutter is a cutter for electrode graphite.
A gas turbine engine, comprising a plurality of stator vanes, each of the plurality of stator vanes including an airfoil section and a platform (74, 76) provided at an end of the airfoil section, the platform provided with flanges on opposed ends thereof, the flanges being fastened to corresponding flanges of an adjacent one of the plurality of stator vanes; wherein at least one of the plurality of stator vanes is made of a ceramic matrix composite material; wherein for each of the plurality of stator vanes, the flanges are integrally formed with the stator vane; and wherein the gas turbine engine is characterised in that the flanges of each platform are provided on circumferential ends of the platform.
Sack for mailing at least one item or for dunnage, formed by two facing panels sealed along the perimeter, wherein each panel is two-ply with an inner ply and an outer ply, wherein said inner ply includes a layer of paper having a grammage 35 to 450 g/m 2 and a film of an extruded or laminated polymer covering one face of said layer of paper and said outer ply includes a layer of paper having a grammage 35 to 450 g/m 2 and a film of an extruded or laminated polymer covering one face of said layer of paper, and wherein a plurality of hermetically sealed individual air pockets are trapped between said inner and outer plies (14, 16). wherein each panel is two-ply with an inner ply and an outer ply, wherein said inner ply includes a layer of paper having a grammage 35 to 450 g/m 2 and a film of an extruded or laminated polymer covering one face of said layer of paper and said outer ply includes a layer of paper having a grammage 35 to 450 g/m 2 and a film of an extruded or laminated polymer covering one face of said layer of paper, and wherein a plurality of hermetically sealed individual air pockets are trapped between said inner and outer plies (14, 16).
An aneurysm insert adapted for intravascular delivery to the interior of an aneurysm, the insert comprising a structure that in a rest state intrinsically defines an exterior spheroidal surface, the structure being compressible to enable passage through a neck of the aneurysm; in which said structure is adapted through shape memory to return to said rest state after compression; wherein said structure is an aneurysm basket formed of a plurality of wires that includes a basket wall extending between a proximal basket end and a distal basket end, where the basket wall encloses a cavity and the proximal basket end comprises a ring, the aneurysm basket further comprising a basket neck region extending between the proximal basket end and a distal neck end and a spherical region extending between the distal neck end and the distal basket end.; wherein the aneurysm insert further comprises a patch circumscribed by and attached to the ring and adapted substantially to seal the neck of the aneurysm, said structure serving in use to anchor said patch; and said patch being separated from the spheroidal surface by said neck region.
Method of producing a personal-care brush by means of multi-component injection moulding using an injection mould having a clamping bar and a cavity body, wherein the clamping bar forms a first cavity portion of a cavity of the injection mould and the cavity body forms a second cavity portion of the cavity of the injection mould, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) a stem, which is produced from wire and carries a treatment head, is inserted into a stem through-passage of the clamping bar of the injection mould, and it therefore projects into the cavity by way of a fastening portion, which is spaced apart from the treatment head; (b) the injection mould is closed, wherein the closed clamping bar ends up butting against the closed cavity body; (c) a first plastics material is injected into the cavity, as a result of which the fastening portion of the wire is encapsulated by injection moulding, wherein a retaining part is produced, and wherein a groove is then formed at an end region of the retaining part, wherein the one part of the groove is formed by the first cavity portion on the clamping bar and the other part of the groove is formed by the second cavity portion; (d) the plastics material which has been injected in is partially cured; (e) changeover takes place from the second cavity portion into a further second cavity portion, wherein an encircling bead of the clamping bar, said bead forming the relevant part of the groove, engages in the groove of the retaining part produced, said retaining part therefore being retained securely in the clamping bar; and (f) a second plastics material is injected into the further second cavity portion. (a) a stem, which is produced from wire and carries a treatment head, is inserted into a stem through-passage of the clamping bar of the injection mould, and it therefore projects into the cavity by way of a fastening portion, which is spaced apart from the treatment head; (b) the injection mould is closed, wherein the closed clamping bar ends up butting against the closed cavity body; (c) a first plastics material is injected into the cavity, as a result of which the fastening portion of the wire is encapsulated by injection moulding, wherein a retaining part is produced, and wherein a groove is then formed at an end region of the retaining part, wherein the one part of the groove is formed by the first cavity portion on the clamping bar and the other part of the groove is formed by the second cavity portion; (d) the plastics material which has been injected in is partially cured; (e) changeover takes place from the second cavity portion into a further second cavity portion, wherein an encircling bead of the clamping bar, said bead forming the relevant part of the groove, engages in the groove of the retaining part produced, said retaining part therefore being retained securely in the clamping bar; and (f) a second plastics material is injected into the further second cavity portion.
A method of implementing protection lockout functionality in a Substation Automation SA system for a substation of a power system with a first protection zone delimited by a plurality of first circuit breakers (2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6), comprising - generating, for each of the first circuit breakers, a lockout function block configured by a zone ID indicative of the first protection zone, - broadcasting, by an SA protection function being a Breaker Failure BF protection of a second circuit breaker (2.3) of the substation, a trip message including the zone IDs (II, III) of the first and a second protection zone delimited by the second circuit breaker (2.3), and - opening, upon reception of the trip message, the first circuit breakers and locking the first circuit breakers for re-close. - generating, for each of the first circuit breakers, a lockout function block configured by a zone ID indicative of the first protection zone, - broadcasting, by an SA protection function being a Breaker Failure BF protection of a second circuit breaker (2.3) of the substation, a trip message including the zone IDs (II, III) of the first and a second protection zone delimited by the second circuit breaker (2.3), and - opening, upon reception of the trip message, the first circuit breakers and locking the first circuit breakers for re-close.
Snow removal and thawing system for a land motor vehicle, comprising a front shield of the vehicle, or bumper, extending in a main direction, an air tube to blow hot air in a blowing direction substantially perpendicular to the main direction, and means for securing the shield to the vehicle, the tube being integrated directly to the front shield, the tube comprising a first wall also forming the low portion of the shield, and a second wall offset from the first wall and extending along the non-visible face of the first wall, the second wall delimiting with the first wall, the inside of the tube and leaving a blowing space to subsist between the lower edges (2010, 2020) of the walls (201, 202), the system comprising a unit heater and at least one hot air sleeve connected, on the one hand, to the tube and on the other hand, to the unit heater, the two walls (201, 202) channelling the air flow between them over the length of the shield and leaving it to exit towards the bottom, when the shield is secured to the vehicle, characterised in that the blowing space is narrower than the inside of the tube so as to create an acceleration of the air flow to this place, the blowing space between the two lower edges (2010, 2020) being between 5 and 20mm, preferably 10mm.
A USB hub comprising: a plurality of downstream ports (110a, b, c); and at least one dual mode port, the dual mode port configured to be switchable from a downstream port to an upstream port; a host detection circuitry (106, 302, 718) for detecting whether, when operating as an upstream port, a host (204, 304) is connected, characterised in that said host detection circuitry (106, 302, 718) comprises a pull up resistor or a current source coupled to a DM connection line, wherein the detection circuitry (106, 302, 718) is further configured after entering a suspend state, to periodically sample a logic level of the DM connection line and to determine if a host is still connected to detect the host (204, 304) as being connected to the dual mode port when the DM connection line is determined to have a predetermined logic level. a plurality of downstream ports (110a, b, c); and at least one dual mode port, the dual mode port configured to be switchable from a downstream port to an upstream port; a host detection circuitry (106, 302, 718) for detecting whether, when operating as an upstream port, a host (204, 304) is connected, characterised in that said host detection circuitry (106, 302, 718) comprises a pull up resistor or a current source coupled to a DM connection line, wherein the detection circuitry (106, 302, 718) is further configured after entering a suspend state, to periodically sample a logic level of the DM connection line and to determine if a host is still connected to detect the host (204, 304) as being connected to the dual mode port when the DM connection line is determined to have a predetermined logic level.
A measuring instrument comprising a display on which measurements are displayed, wherein the display is provided by an organic electroluminescent panel comprising an assembly of organic electroluminescence devices or an electrophoretic display panel, characterized in that the display comprises: a display controlling section configured to display a plurality of scale segment images (M, M1, M2, M3) at an equal interval and at respectively changeable intervals, and a pointer image at a position corresponding to the measurements among display areas (E1, E2, E3) circularly or linearly displayed by the plurality of scale segment images (M, M1, M2, M3); and a scale information input section configured to specify the display areas (E1, E2, E3) and input scale interval information of the scale segment images (M, M1, M2, M3) on the specified areas, the display controlling section comprises a scale interval changing section configured to change, based on the scale interval information, intervals in at least one of the scale segment images (M, M1, M2, M3) on at least one of the specified areas (E1, E2, E3) commanded by the scale information input section. a display controlling section configured to display a plurality of scale segment images (M, M1, M2, M3) at an equal interval and at respectively changeable intervals, and a pointer image at a position corresponding to the measurements among display areas (E1, E2, E3) circularly or linearly displayed by the plurality of scale segment images (M, M1, M2, M3); and a scale information input section configured to specify the display areas (E1, E2, E3) and input scale interval information of the scale segment images (M, M1, M2, M3) on the specified areas,
-Tyre, intended to be mounted on a drop-centre rim of the 15° drop-centre type, comprising a radial carcass reinforcement, said tyre comprising a crown reinforcement comprising two working crown layers of reinforcing elements (41, 42) which are inserted between two skim coat layers of rubber compound and that are crossed from one layer to the next and make angles (α1, α2) of greater than 8° with the circumferential direction, said angles α1 and α2 being oriented one on each side of the circumferential direction, a layer C of rubber compound being positioned between at least the ends of said two working crown layers and at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements, the crown reinforcement being capped radially by a tread, said tread being connected to two beads by two sidewalls, wherein: - said two working crown layers (41, 42) and said at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements are the only ones present to form the crown reinforcement over at least 75% of the axial width of the crown reinforcement, - the reinforcing elements of the radially outermost working crown layer forming an angle (α2) with the circumferential direction that is greater in terms of absolute value than the angle (α1) formed by the reinforcing elements of the radially innermost working crown layer with the circumferential direction, - the absolute value of the difference between the absolute values of the angles (α2) and (α1) is greater than 7°, - the mean angle α satisfies the relationship: 13 + 131 * exp − L / 100 < α < 28 + 110 * exp − L / 100, α being defined by the relationship α = Arctan((tan(|α1|)*tan(|α2|)) 1/2), L being the maximum width of the tyre measured in the axial direction and expressed in mm, characterized in that the secant elastic modulus at 10% elongation of the layer C is less than 8 MPa. - said two working crown layers (41, 42) and said at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements are the only ones present to form the crown reinforcement over at least 75% of the axial width of the crown reinforcement, - the reinforcing elements of the radially outermost working crown layer forming an angle (α2) with the circumferential direction that is greater in terms of absolute value than the angle (α1) formed by the reinforcing elements of the radially innermost working crown layer with the circumferential direction, - the absolute value of the difference between the absolute values of the angles (α2) and (α1) is greater than 7°, - the mean angle α satisfies the relationship: 13 + 131 * exp − L / 100 < α < 28 + 110 * exp − L / 100, α being defined by the relationship α = Arctan((tan(|α1|)*tan(|α2|)) 1/2), L being the maximum width of the tyre measured in the axial direction and expressed in mm, characterized in that the secant elastic modulus at 10% elongation of the layer C is less than 8 MPa. α being defined by the relationship α = Arctan((tan(|α1|)*tan(|α2|)) 1/2), L being the maximum width of the tyre measured in the axial direction and expressed in mm, characterized in that the secant elastic modulus at 10% elongation of the layer C is less than 8 MPa.