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An apparatus for converting a direct current to an alternating current, comprising: a power module disposed between an input terminal of the direct current and an output terminal of the alternating current, the power module comprising an on/off switch element; first condenser means connected in parallel with the power module; second condenser means connected in parallel with the power module, the second condenser means having an electrostatic capacity less than an electrostatic capacity of the first condenser means and the second condenser means having a serial resonance frequency greater than a serial resonance frequency of the first condenser means; first wiring means connecting the power module and the first condenser means; and second wiring means connecting the power module and the second condenser means, the second wiring means having an inductance greater than an inductance of the first wiring means, wherein the second wiring means is configured such that the serial resonance frequency of the first condenser means becomes closer to the serial resonance frequency of the second condenser means so that the impedance of both first and second condenser means (41, 42) is decreased at a parallel resonance frequency. a power module disposed between an input terminal of the direct current and an output terminal of the alternating current, the power module comprising an on/off switch element; first condenser means connected in parallel with the power module; second condenser means connected in parallel with the power module, the second condenser means having an electrostatic capacity less than an electrostatic capacity of the first condenser means and the second condenser means having a serial resonance frequency greater than a serial resonance frequency of the first condenser means; first wiring means connecting the power module and the first condenser means; and second wiring means connecting the power module and the second condenser means, the second wiring means having an inductance greater than an inductance of the first wiring means, wherein the second wiring means is configured such that the serial resonance frequency of the first condenser means becomes closer to the serial resonance frequency of the second condenser means so that the impedance of both first and second condenser means (41, 42) is decreased at a parallel resonance frequency.
Sanitizing mat for cleaning soles and/or wheels suitable for being embedded in or placed on a walking surface, said sanitizing mat comprising: - a tank; - at least one sanitizing module housed in the tank and comprising a support base delimited above by a support surface lying on an imaginary support plane, and a plurality of bristle bundles, characterized in that a plurality of slits is made in the support base, wherein each slit of said plurality of slits is configured as a depression with respect to the imaginary support plane and comprises a first groove and a second groove arranged parallel to each other along a first direction of use and connected by a connecting groove incident to the first direction of use, at the bottom of each slit bundles of bristles being fixed, wherein each bundle of bristles of said plurality of bundles of bristles projects beyond the lying surface of the imaginary support plane to interfere with the soles or wheels and to exert a cleaning action of brushing or scrubbing, and wherein the width of the slit is greater than that of each bundle of bristles so as to allow the possible suction of dirt and debris accumulated at the bottom of the slit. - a tank; - at least one sanitizing module housed in the tank and comprising a support base delimited above by a support surface lying on an imaginary support plane, and a plurality of bristle bundles, characterized in that a plurality of slits is made in the support base, wherein each slit of said plurality of slits is configured as a depression with respect to the imaginary support plane and comprises a first groove and a second groove arranged parallel to each other along a first direction of use and connected by a connecting groove incident to the first direction of use, at the bottom of each slit bundles of bristles being fixed, wherein each bundle of bristles of said plurality of bundles of bristles projects beyond the lying surface of the imaginary support plane to interfere with the soles or wheels and to exert a cleaning action of brushing or scrubbing, and wherein the width of the slit is greater than that of each bundle of bristles so as to allow the possible suction of dirt and debris accumulated at the bottom of the slit.
Dermal dressing comprising a foam ply and an adhesive layer disposed directly thereon and intended for skin contact, where a textile fabric is disposed on the side of the foam ply facing away from the adhesive layer, characterized in that the textile fabric is a vertically-lapped nonwoven fabric.
A system for automatically processing a plurality of sample tubes containing a culture sample, said system comprising: an incubator for receiving the plurality of sample tubes therein, the incubator configured to incubate the plurality sample tubes at a predetermined temperature, the system characterised by: a first translational device coupled to the plurality of sample tubes and configured to move the plurality of sample tubes for agitating the sample tubes, the first translational device further configured to move the plurality of sample tubes from the incubator to a detection zone and to agitate the plurality of sample tubes within the detection zone; wherein the detection zone comprises a pelleting/read assembly, the pelleting/read assembly comprising: a magnet assembly configured to apply a magnetic field to the plurality of sample tubes within the detection zone to form a pellet; an optical device configured to interrogate each of the plurality of sample tubes within the detection zone for detecting one or more microorganisms; and a second translational device (294, 296) coupled to the optical device and configured to move the optical device within the detection zone for interrogating the pellet formed in each of the plurality of sample tubes. a magnet assembly configured to apply a magnetic field to the plurality of sample tubes within the detection zone to form a pellet; an optical device configured to interrogate each of the plurality of sample tubes within the detection zone for detecting one or more microorganisms; and a second translational device (294, 296) coupled to the optical device and configured to move the optical device within the detection zone for interrogating the pellet formed in each of the plurality of sample tubes.
A computer-implemented method for synchronizing playback of guest media content played by a guest digital device with playback of host audio media content played on a host digital device, the method comprising: determining (204, 308), by the guest digital device, a time delta representing an offset between a local system clock of the guest digital device and a reference clock retrieved over a computer network; receiving, by the guest digital device over the computer network, playback information specifying media content being played by the host digital device, a media playback start time representing a start time of the media playback on the host digital device relative to the reference clock, and a media playback session script, the media playback session script comprising a media sequence indicating a sequence of frames of the media content; determining, based on the media playback start time, a current time of the local system clock of the guest digital device, and the media playback session script, an estimated playback position of the host digital device within a current media sequence; determining a latency of the guest digital device representing a time between initializing playback of a media sequence on the guest digital device and outputting the media sequence; adjusting the estimated playback position of the guest digital device to compensate for the time delta and the latency to generate a time-adjusted playback position; and outputting the media content on the guest digital device according to the playback session script and the time-adjusted playback position. determining (204, 308), by the guest digital device, a time delta representing an offset between a local system clock of the guest digital device and a reference clock retrieved over a computer network; receiving, by the guest digital device over the computer network, playback information specifying media content being played by the host digital device, a media playback start time representing a start time of the media playback on the host digital device relative to the reference clock, and a media playback session script, the media playback session script comprising a media sequence indicating a sequence of frames of the media content; determining, based on the media playback start time, a current time of the local system clock of the guest digital device, and the media playback session script, an estimated playback position of the host digital device within a current media sequence; determining a latency of the guest digital device representing a time between initializing playback of a media sequence on the guest digital device and outputting the media sequence; adjusting the estimated playback position of the guest digital device to compensate for the time delta and the latency to generate a time-adjusted playback position; and outputting the media content on the guest digital device according to the playback session script and the time-adjusted playback position.
A system for displacement and compression of vertebrae comprising: a fixation rod comprising a rod body having a predetermined length, and at least two spinal screw assemblies, each screw assembly comprising: a pedicle screw having a head, a threaded shaft portion, and an engagement surface in the head portion for driving the screw into the vertebrae; a body member for receiving the head portion of the screw, the body member including: a base from which the threaded shaft portion projects; a tower portion; and a pair of opposed slots therein adapted to receive a portion of a fixation rod therebetween, and provided between the base and the tower portion is a breakaway section which allows the tower portion to be removed from the base; wherein the fixation rod is adapted for securement between the at least two spinal screw assemblies and comprises at least one engagement portion (402, 404) on at least one end thereof characterised in that said at least one engagement portion is selected from the group consisting of: a depression, an opening, a nib, a protrusion, a clip, a snap ring, a washer and a flared end, and in that said at least one engagement portion is adapted to be received by or to receive a corresponding engagement portion of a compression tool for moving the fixation rod relative to one of the at least two spinal screw assemblies when the spinal screw assembly is affixed to the vertebrae. a fixation rod comprising a rod body having a predetermined length, and at least two spinal screw assemblies, each screw assembly comprising: a pedicle screw having a head, a threaded shaft portion, and an engagement surface in the head portion for driving the screw into the vertebrae; a body member for receiving the head portion of the screw, the body member including: a base from which the threaded shaft portion projects; a tower portion; and a pair of opposed slots therein adapted to receive a portion of a fixation rod therebetween, and provided between the base and the tower portion is a breakaway section which allows the tower portion to be removed from the base; wherein the fixation rod is adapted for securement between the at least two spinal screw assemblies and comprises at least one engagement portion (402, 404) on at least one end thereof a pedicle screw having a head, a threaded shaft portion, and an engagement surface in the head portion for driving the screw into the vertebrae; a body member for receiving the head portion of the screw, the body member including: a base from which the threaded shaft portion projects; a tower portion; and a pair of opposed slots therein adapted to receive a portion of a fixation rod therebetween, and a base from which the threaded shaft portion projects; a tower portion; and a pair of opposed slots therein adapted to receive a portion of a fixation rod therebetween, and provided between the base and the tower portion is a breakaway section which allows the tower portion to be removed from the base; wherein the fixation rod is adapted for securement between the at least two spinal screw assemblies and comprises at least one engagement portion (402, 404) on at least one end thereof
A fixture (101; 301; 401; 501) for stiffening a thin-walled component, the fixture comprising linking elements (103; 303a, 303b; 403) which support respective biasing parts (107; 507) and pressure parts (109, 111; 509), the biasing parts being arranged to urge the pressure parts to press on a thin-walled component (201; 601), and the linking elements being connected to one another to resist a reaction force exerted on the pressure parts by the thin-walled component, wherein the biasing parts (107; 507) comprise torsion elements.
A cover for a bearing housing, in particular intended to be mounted on machinery for the food processing industry, comprising a bottom wall, an annular lateral wall which extends transversely to the bottom wall, and a coupling portion towards the bearing housing obtained integrally on an end of the lateral wall opposite to the bottom wall; - the cover is made in one piece of a polymeric material; - the coupling portion is designed to couple in use with the bearing housing laterally on the outside of the bearing housing; - the coupling portion is provided on the side opposite to the bottom wall with an annular sealing lip which extends frontally and overhangingly from a frontal rim of the coupling portion and which is made of the same polymeric material as the cover and is obtained integrally in one piece with the coupling portion; - the annular sealing lip is constrained to the frontal rim of the coupling portion so that the lip is elastically deformable in a radial direction from the inside outwards, in that the annular sealing lip is constrained to the frontal rim of the coupling portion by means of a root portion having a reduced radial thickness, is delimited radially on the inside by a substantially cylindrical lateral surface, while it is delimited radially on the outside by an oblique or curved lateral surface shaped so that the sealing lip has a maximum radial thickness thereof near a free end thereof and a minimum radial thickness thereof at the root portion. - the coupling portion is designed to couple in use with the bearing housing laterally on the outside of the bearing housing; - the coupling portion is provided on the side opposite to the bottom wall with an annular sealing lip which extends frontally and overhangingly from a frontal rim of the coupling portion and which is made of the same polymeric material as the cover and is obtained integrally in one piece with the coupling portion; - the annular sealing lip is constrained to the frontal rim of the coupling portion so that the lip is elastically deformable in a radial direction from the inside outwards, in that the annular sealing lip is constrained to the frontal rim of the coupling portion by means of a root portion having a reduced radial thickness, is delimited radially on the inside by a substantially cylindrical lateral surface, while it is delimited radially on the outside by an oblique or curved lateral surface shaped so that the sealing lip has a maximum radial thickness thereof near a free end thereof and a minimum radial thickness thereof at the root portion.
A method for assessing a security configuration of a target computer system, the method comprising: a) scanning previously provided IP addresses and ports; b) fingerprinting detected open ports to identify underlying services for said open ports; c) detecting if said target system is active d) accessing a database of modules and executing at least one of said modules, said modules being for determining security vulnerabilities accessible through said IP addresses and ports wherein said at least one module is executed based on a configuration of said module; said target computer system is for executing business-critical applications; the method characterized in that at least one of said modules executes a method comprising: cc-1) retrieving destination tables for remote function calls and other interfaces for application servers associated with said target system; cc-2) retrieving log files for applications for said target system; cc-3) determining connections between different systems associated with said target system based on said destination tables and log files; cc-4) graphically mapping said connections; and cc-5) providing a user with a graphical map of said connections. a) scanning previously provided IP addresses and ports; b) fingerprinting detected open ports to identify underlying services for said open ports; c) detecting if said target system is active d) accessing a database of modules and executing at least one of said modules, said modules being for determining security vulnerabilities accessible through said IP addresses and ports said at least one module is executed based on a configuration of said module; said target computer system is for executing business-critical applications; the method characterized in that at least one of said modules executes a method comprising: cc-1) retrieving destination tables for remote function calls and other interfaces for application servers associated with said target system; cc-2) retrieving log files for applications for said target system; cc-3) determining connections between different systems associated with said target system based on said destination tables and log files; cc-4) graphically mapping said connections; and cc-5) providing a user with a graphical map of said connections. cc-1) retrieving destination tables for remote function calls and other interfaces for application servers associated with said target system; cc-2) retrieving log files for applications for said target system; cc-3) determining connections between different systems associated with said target system based on said destination tables and log files; cc-4) graphically mapping said connections; and cc-5) providing a user with a graphical map of said connections.
A method of operating a scanner for a point-of-sale device comprising: intermittently stopping a mirror (step 210) for a period of time determined by a drive that continuously rotates in a circular motion and periodically engages and moves an index drive to which the mirror is affixed (step 211); reflecting a direction that a lens of a camera is pointed at to a field of view produced by reflection off the mirror (step 220); and activating the camera to take an image of an object present in the field of view (step 230). intermittently stopping a mirror (step 210) for a period of time determined by a drive that continuously rotates in a circular motion and periodically engages and moves an index drive to which the mirror is affixed (step 211); reflecting a direction that a lens of a camera is pointed at to a field of view produced by reflection off the mirror (step 220); and activating the camera to take an image of an object present in the field of view (step 230).
A method for removing one or more chemical substances from a tobacco material, the method comprising treating the tobacco material with an ionic liquid, wherein the one or more chemical substances includes proteins and/or polyphenols.
A method of operating a passively q-switched laser comprising a gain element and means for passive q-switching, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a sequence of pump pulses (401, 402,403; 810, 802, 803; 901, 902, 903) into the gain element, said sequence of pump pulses having a pulse period T 1 for producing a pulsed laser radiation at a first repetition rate, wherein individual pump pulses in the sequence of pump pulses are preceded by lower-power pump pre-pulses (410, 411, 412; 810, 811, 812, 910, 911, 912) having a pulse power that is insufficient to cause lasing; and, b) changing the pulse period of the sequence of pump pulses from T 1 to T 2 so as to produce pulsed laser radiation at a second repetition rate; characterized by further comprising the step of: c) adjusting the pulse power of the pump pre-pulses (412, 413, 414, 415, 812, 813, 814) so as to maintain one or more characteristics of the pulsed laser radiation at a constant level when changing the pulse period from T 1 to T 2. a) providing a sequence of pump pulses (401, 402,403; 810, 802, 803; 901, 902, 903) into the gain element, said sequence of pump pulses having a pulse period T 1 for producing a pulsed laser radiation at a first repetition rate, wherein individual pump pulses in the sequence of pump pulses are preceded by lower-power pump pre-pulses (410, 411, 412; 810, 811, 812, 910, 911, 912) having a pulse power that is insufficient to cause lasing; and, b) changing the pulse period of the sequence of pump pulses from T 1 to T 2 so as to produce pulsed laser radiation at a second repetition rate; characterized by further comprising the step of: c) adjusting the pulse power of the pump pre-pulses (412, 413, 414, 415, 812, 813, 814) so as to maintain one or more characteristics of the pulsed laser radiation at a constant level when changing the pulse period from T 1 to T 2.
An erosion-resistant component comprising: a substrate comprising an outer surface, the outer surface being at least partially covered by an elastomer layer (14;114,214), the elastomer layer (14;114,214) having an inner side that is bonded or affixed to the outer surface of the substrate, the elastomer layer (14;114,214) further having an outer side that is at least partially embedded with a plurality of particles, wherein the particles have sizes ranging from 100 microns to 1000 microns. a substrate comprising an outer surface, the outer surface being at least partially covered by an elastomer layer (14;114,214), the elastomer layer (14;114,214) having an inner side that is bonded or affixed to the outer surface of the substrate, the elastomer layer (14;114,214) further having an outer side that is at least partially embedded with a plurality of particles, wherein the particles have sizes ranging from 100 microns to 1000 microns.