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A downhole device comprising: a generating material having a fluid contact surface, that contact surface being configured to be in contact with a fluid downhole, and the generating material being configured to generate an electric charge at the material in response a fluid at the contact surface; the device further comprising a signal source configured to provide a signal in response to a generated electric charge at the generating material; a downhole mechanism, in the form of a flow control mechanism, in communication with the signal source, the flow control mechanism being operable on the basis of a signal provided by the signal source and in response to a generated electric charge at the generating material, and the flow control mechanism comprising an activation device; the activation device comprises a biasing mechanism configured to assist with operable opening/closing of the flow control mechanism and the activation device further comprises a retainer configured to retain the flow control mechanism in a particular configuration, and to activate upon receipt of a particular signal from the signal source so as to release the flow control mechanism, wherein the retainer comprises a conducting sacrificial element configured such that current from the signal output passes through the sacrificial element, and further configured such that when the rate of charge flowing through the element exceeds a particular threshold, the structural integrity of that element decreases to an extent to allow activation of the flow control mechanism. a generating material having a fluid contact surface, that contact surface being configured to be in contact with a fluid downhole, and the generating material being configured to generate an electric charge at the material in response a fluid at the contact surface; the device further comprising a signal source configured to provide a signal in response to a generated electric charge at the generating material; a downhole mechanism, in the form of a flow control mechanism, in communication with the signal source, the flow control mechanism being operable on the basis of a signal provided by the signal source and in response to a generated electric charge at the generating material, and the flow control mechanism comprising an activation device; the activation device comprises a biasing mechanism configured to assist with operable opening/closing of the flow control mechanism and the activation device further comprises a retainer configured to retain the flow control mechanism in a particular configuration, and to activate upon receipt of a particular signal from the signal source so as to release the flow control mechanism, wherein the retainer comprises a conducting sacrificial element configured such that current from the signal output passes through the sacrificial element, and further configured such that when the rate of charge flowing through the element exceeds a particular threshold, the structural integrity of that element decreases to an extent to allow activation of the flow control mechanism.
Electrical connection device including separate first and second electrical contacts (11, 12) and a breakable unitary part in which there are formed on the one hand separate first and second support housings (131, 132) to which the first and second electrical contacts (11, 12) are rigidly connected, respectively, and on the other hand, a controlled fracture connecting element linking the first and second support housings (131, 132) and configured such that a fracture of said connecting element is implemented by a relative sliding of the first and second support housings (131, 132) resulting from the application, to the electrical connection device, of an external force having an intensity greater than a predefined breaking force threshold of said connecting element, characterized in that the controlled fracture connecting element is configured so as to render the first and second support housings (131, 132) mobile relative to each other, only after the fracture of the connecting element, in order to move the first and second electrical contacts (11, 12) relative to each other under the effect of the relative sliding of the first and second support housings (131, 132) consecutive to said fracture and resulting from the application of the external force.
Integrated core-shell bioactive structure for the regeneration of bone and osteochondral tissues, consisting of: - a porous core made of a biocompatible and biodegradable thermoplastic polymer selected from polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid, polycaprolactone and mixtures thereof, in an amount between 1 and 99% by weight of the structure; and - a core coating, in an amount between 1 and 99% by weight of the structure, comprising a hydrogel formed by reaction of a polypeptide either derived from natural tissues or synthetic, a water-soluble polymer functionalized so as to be capable of reacting with the polypeptide, and an optionally aminated polysaccharide, with a weight average molecular weight greater than 3 kDa. - a porous core made of a biocompatible and biodegradable thermoplastic polymer selected from polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid, polycaprolactone and mixtures thereof, in an amount between 1 and 99% by weight of the structure; and - a core coating, in an amount between 1 and 99% by weight of the structure, comprising a hydrogel formed by reaction of a polypeptide either derived from natural tissues or synthetic, a water-soluble polymer functionalized so as to be capable of reacting with the polypeptide, and an optionally aminated polysaccharide, with a weight average molecular weight greater than 3 kDa.
A suturing device for remotely suturing biological tissue, comprising: a body portion (514, 522); introducing means moveably mounted to the body portion (514, 522) for movement between a retracted position and an extended position and for removably holding a portion of a suture such that the suture portion is held away from the body when the introducing means is in its extended position; at least one needle movably mounted, relative to said introducing means, between a retracted position and an extended position for penetrating the biological tissue and capturing said suture portion; and at least one needle insertion guide, characterised in that the or each needle insertion guide is arranged to cause an associated needle to bend outwardly from said body portion as the associated needle is deployed to the extended position so as to penetrate the biological tissue. a body portion (514, 522); introducing means moveably mounted to the body portion (514, 522) for movement between a retracted position and an extended position and for removably holding a portion of a suture such that the suture portion is held away from the body when the introducing means is in its extended position; at least one needle movably mounted, relative to said introducing means, between a retracted position and an extended position for penetrating the biological tissue and capturing said suture portion; and at least one needle insertion guide, characterised in that the or each needle insertion guide is arranged to cause an associated needle to bend outwardly from said body portion as the associated needle is deployed to the extended position so as to penetrate the biological tissue.
In vitro method for the diagnosis or screening of lung cancer in a subject which comprises: a. Determining the level of at least the C4c fragment in a plasma sample isolated from the subject; and b. Comparing the C4c fragment level determined in step (a) with a reference control level of said C4c fragment, and c. Wherein if the C4c fragment level determined in step (a) is higher than the reference control level, it is indicative that the subject suffers from lung cancer. a. Determining the level of at least the C4c fragment in a plasma sample isolated from the subject; and b. Comparing the C4c fragment level determined in step (a) with a reference control level of said C4c fragment, and c. Wherein if the C4c fragment level determined in step (a) is higher than the reference control level, it is indicative that the subject suffers from lung cancer.
A method for balancing at least one component of the power supplied by a first and a second electrical energy converters, notably two inverters (18, 20), connected in parallel in a power grid of a vehicle, in particular a railway vehicle, the power grid being configured to operate at a fundamental frequency, the method including: - a step of commanding a change of the fundamental frequency of the power grid, - a step of varying a frequency setpoint of a second converter as a function of the change of the fundamental frequency; - a step of measuring the variation of a component of a current supplied by a first converter, in order to obtain a measured variation, and - a step of modifying a command setpoint of the first converter as a function of the measured variation, the power grid comprising a controller and: - during the step of commanding the change of the fundamental frequency, the controller receives a command of change of the fundamental frequency and notably the fundamental frequency at a specified value, - during the step of varying a frequency setpoint of a second converter, the controller has the command in frequency of the second inverter evolving linearly from the current value to the specified value, - during the step of measuring, the variation of the frequency at the output of the first converter is measured and the measuring of the current is carried out at the moment at which the change of the fundamental frequency is launched, and - during the step of modifying the command setpoint, the controller commands the current setpoint of the first inverter a function of the measured variation of the frequency at the output of the first inverter and of the measured current at the moment at which the change of the fundamental frequency is launched. - a step of commanding a change of the fundamental frequency of the power grid, - a step of varying a frequency setpoint of a second converter as a function of the change of the fundamental frequency; - a step of measuring the variation of a component of a current supplied by a first converter, in order to obtain a measured variation, and - a step of modifying a command setpoint of the first converter as a function of the measured variation, - during the step of commanding the change of the fundamental frequency, the controller receives a command of change of the fundamental frequency and notably the fundamental frequency at a specified value, - during the step of varying a frequency setpoint of a second converter, the controller has the command in frequency of the second inverter evolving linearly from the current value to the specified value, - during the step of measuring, the variation of the frequency at the output of the first converter is measured and the measuring of the current is carried out at the moment at which the change of the fundamental frequency is launched, and - during the step of modifying the command setpoint, the controller commands the current setpoint of the first inverter a function of the measured variation of the frequency at the output of the first inverter and of the measured current at the moment at which the change of the fundamental frequency is launched.
A gas turbine engine airfoil assembly comprising: an airfoil, a platform (216,218) and an attachment structure (220, 222), wherein at least one of the airfoil, the platform and the attachment structure are constructed from a ceramic matrix composite; characterized in that the airfoil and the attachment structure (220, 222) are respectively bonded to opposing sides of the platform (216, 218) and wherein at least one of the airfoil, the attachment structure (220, 222) and the platform (216, 218) is constructed from a metal alloy.
An arrangement for the attachment of an equipment component of the interior of a motor vehicle at components of the vehicle body, consisting of a carrier attachable or attached at the vehicle body and a support part releasably connected to the carrier as a portion of the equipment component, characterized by that the carrier includes a support face or support face parts, against which the support part rests with a holding face or holding face parts, that from the support face or the support face parts of the carrier protrudes at least one hook that penetrates a matching recess of the holding face or of the holding face parts of the support part and protrudes on the side facing away from the carrier beyond the holding face or the holding face parts, that at the support part at least one bolt is displaceably held in parallel to its holding face or holding face part, said bolt forming, in a pre-mounting position, a passage (5, 6) for the hook and being overlapped, in the intended mounting position, by the hook, that at the carrier close to the edge thereof respectively in parallel to a hook or several hooks, an adjustment tab is provided that is spaced to the hook or is arranged before or between two hooks and protrudes in line with the hooks from the support face of the carrier, that the support part includes, in its holding face, one recess each as a passage for an adjustment tab, and includes, in a side wall of the support part adjoining the holding face, a wall opening being open towards the adjustment tab, that a mounting lever is provided that, in the mounting position, is mounted, with an end portion in an adjustment tab, rotatably about an axis of rotation and engages, with at least one adjustment nose, in an adjustment contour of a bolt, the mounting lever extending from the end portion including the adjustment nose as a slim lever up to a second end portion as a handle and being arranged beside the side wall of the support part, if applicable, guided at the side wall.
Transmission box comprising at least one box body delimiting at least one cavity, and housed at least partially inside the cavity, at least one output shaft, and a braking device mounted on a rotating shaft, the braking device comprising two brakes (61, 62) which can be activated, two stops (71, 72) mechanically coupled to each other and framing said brakes (61, 62), and a control member for moving said brakes (61, 62) away from each other or closer to each other in order to switch the brakes (61, 62) from an inactive state to an active state, the control member, common to the two brakes, being mounted movable between an inactive state and an active state of braking in order to switch the brakes from an inactive state to an active state, said stops (71, 72) forming an assembly mounted movably axially along the shaft equipped with a braking device, at least one of the stops (71, 72) forming an end of travel stop limiting the movement of the brakes (61, 62) in the active braking position of the control member, each brake (61, 62) being a cone brake comprising two parts with conical surfaces substantially coaxial surrounding the shaft equipped with the braking device, characterized in that the shaft equipped with the braking device is formed by at least two axial sections (91, 92) of the shaft, mounted free in rotation relative to each other, and each provided with one of the brakes (61, 62) of the braking device, in that one of the two parts with conical surfaces of each brake (61, 62), called male cone (611, 621), is mounted rigidly attached in rotation to one of the sections (91, 92) of said shaft equipped with the braking device, in that the other of the two parts with conical surfaces of each brake (61, 62), called female cone (612, 622), is mounted fixed in rotation with regard to said shaft, in that the assembly formed by the stops (71, 72) is detached in rotation from said shaft or from at least one of the sections of said shaft.
Apparatus for synchronizing additional data and base data, the additional data and the base data having defined time courses, comprising audio or video information, and including data information that can be reproduced together, comprising: a means for providing a test fingerprint of test data, said test fingerprint relating to a test time instant of the test data, the test data being the additional data or the base data, or the test data depending on the additional data or the base data; a means for determining reference time instant information (tx, SD) dependent on a reference time instant in the reference data, the reference data being data from which the test instant fingerprint does not originate, while using the test fingerprint; and a means for manipulating the additional data or the base data, while using the reference time instant information and using test time instant information (t v) dependent on the test time instant, in order to obtain manipulated data, the means for manipulating being formed to manipulate the additional data or the base data so that synchronous reproduction of the data information can be performed on the basis of the manipulated data, and the means for manipulating being formed to perform time shrinking/stretching, clipping at a temporal beginning or temporal end of data, or data generation at a temporal beginning or a temporal end of data in order to obtain the manipulated data. a means for providing a test fingerprint of test data, said test fingerprint relating to a test time instant of the test data, the test data being the additional data or the base data, or the test data depending on the additional data or the base data; a means for determining reference time instant information (tx, SD) dependent on a reference time instant in the reference data, the reference data being data from which the test instant fingerprint does not originate, while using the test fingerprint; and a means for manipulating the additional data or the base data, while using the reference time instant information and using test time instant information (t v) dependent on the test time instant, in order to obtain manipulated data, the means for manipulating being formed to manipulate the additional data or the base data so that synchronous reproduction of the data information can be performed on the basis of the manipulated data, and the means for manipulating being formed to perform time shrinking/stretching, clipping at a temporal beginning or temporal end of data, or data generation at a temporal beginning or a temporal end of data in order to obtain the manipulated data.
A composition for correcting an inversion of the blood coagulation factor VIII gene, the composition comprising: (a) RNA-guided endonuclease or a nucleotide sequence encoding the RNA-guided endonuclease; and (b) guiding RNA specifically recognizing the following nucleotide sequences or complementary sequences thereof, or a nucleotide encoding the guiding RNA, the specifically recognized nucleotide sequences being a pair of nucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of: (i) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and (iii) a 15- to 25-bp nucleotide sequence present in the 562,975-bp nucleotide between (i) and (ii) on intron 22 of the F8 gene, wherein (iii) does not have a nucleotide sequence, which has sequence homology of at least 80% with (i) or (ii) in the 562,975-bp nucleotide between (i) and (ii), and simultaneously, of which the 5'-N(G/A)G-3' nucleotide is linked downstream. (a) RNA-guided endonuclease or a nucleotide sequence encoding the RNA-guided endonuclease; and (b) guiding RNA specifically recognizing the following nucleotide sequences or complementary sequences thereof, or a nucleotide encoding the guiding RNA, the specifically recognized nucleotide sequences being a pair of nucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of: (i) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and (iii) a 15- to 25-bp nucleotide sequence present in the 562,975-bp nucleotide between (i) and (ii) on intron 22 of the F8 gene, wherein (iii) does not have a nucleotide sequence, which has sequence homology of at least 80% with (i) or (ii) in the 562,975-bp nucleotide between (i) and (ii), and simultaneously, of which the 5'-N(G/A)G-3' nucleotide is linked downstream. (i) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and (iii) a 15- to 25-bp nucleotide sequence present in the 562,975-bp nucleotide between (i) and (ii) on intron 22 of the F8 gene,
An epoxy resin composition comprising at least the undermentioned components to, component accounting for 5 to 50 mass% and component accounting for 20 to 95 mass% relative to the total quantity, which accounts for 100 mass%, of the epoxy resins:: at least one epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of 1,2-bis(glycidyloxy) benzene, derivatives thereof, and epoxy resins of a catechol type each having a structure as represented by general formula: wherein R 1 and R 6 in general formula are each a glycidyl ether group and the rest of R 2 to Rs and R 7 to R 10 are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 4 or less carbon atoms;: a glycidyl amine type epoxy resin having three or more glycidyl groups per molecule;: a thermoplastic resin soluble in epoxy resins; and: an epoxy resin curing agent.: at least one epoxy resin selected from the group consisting of 1,2-bis(glycidyloxy) benzene, derivatives thereof, and epoxy resins of a catechol type each having a structure as represented by general formula: wherein R 1 and R 6 in general formula are each a glycidyl ether group and the rest of R 2 to Rs and R 7 to R 10 are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 4 or less carbon atoms;: a glycidyl amine type epoxy resin having three or more glycidyl groups per molecule;: a thermoplastic resin soluble in epoxy resins; and: an epoxy resin curing agent.
A kinesiologic tape having elasticity properties adapted to the human muscle, characterized in that the tape comprises at least one moulded body for applying pressure with acupressure impact onto a part of the body covered with the tape, which moulded body comprises a material which is copper.
Half-screw connection for mounting on an opening of a wall element, having a sleeve-shaped clamping element, on which at least one spring web with at least one outwardly protruding projection is provided for engaging behind the wall element, and an intermediate connection piece having a first thread and a second thread, wherein the second thread of the intermediate connection piece is designed as an external thread and is screwed onto an internal thread on the clamping element and the at least one spring web can be supported by an end section of the intermediate connection piece on a radially inner side, characterized in that a union nut is screwed onto the first thread and a nut (5, 5') is screwed onto the second thread of the intermediate connection piece, which nut can be braced in the axial direction with the clamping element.