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A seating support device for use in conjunction with a seat to support a user during a sitting position in situ, the seating support device comprising: a main body of flexible material that is capable of being manipulated to alter a three dimensional form of the body into one of multiple usable forms, and wherein the multiple usable forms comprise a first support form and a second support form, wherein, in the first support form, the body has a recess for retaining a user's foot and/or leg therein and for a user to rest their foot and/or leg therein, an attachment mechanism associated with the body for attaching the body to a support structure separate from a seating surface of the seat in one of the multiple usable forms, wherein the body is also configured to couple the seat in use, characterised in that, in the second support form, the body comprises a recess and an adjacent platform at a relatively higher position than a floor of the recess, wherein the platform is located between the recess and the seat in use. a main body of flexible material that is capable of being manipulated to alter a three dimensional form of the body into one of multiple usable forms, and wherein the multiple usable forms comprise a first support form and a second support form, wherein, in the first support form, the body has a recess for retaining a user's foot and/or leg therein and for a user to rest their foot and/or leg therein, an attachment mechanism associated with the body for attaching the body to a support structure separate from a seating surface of the seat in one of the multiple usable forms, wherein the body is also configured to couple the seat in use, characterised in that, in the second support form, the body comprises a recess and an adjacent platform at a relatively higher position than a floor of the recess, wherein the platform is located between the recess and the seat in use.
A method for a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG), the method comprising: rotating a permanent magnet of the PMSG; generating, from the permanent magnet rotating, a permanent magnet field, wherein the permanent magnet field couples through a plurality of stator primary windings of the PMSG; generating, by the stator primary windings, primary currents from the permanent magnet field; drawing, by a plurality of stator secondary windings of the PMSG, secondary currents from a power source comprising a controller, a plurality of switches, and a direct current power source; generating, by the stator secondary windings, a stator secondary winding magnetic field from the secondary currents, wherein the permanent magnet field and the stator secondary winding magnetic field together create an overall magnetic field for the PMSG; wherein the method further comprises: comparing, by the controller, load currents (I LOAD) to predetermined maximum currents (I MAX) indicating short circuit faults; generating, by the controller, a plurality of pulse sequences, when the load currents (I LOAD) are greater than the predetermined maximum currents (I MAX); and switching, the plurality of switches, by using the pulse sequences to produce the secondary currents such that the stator secondary winding magnetic field counteracts the permanent magnet field. rotating a permanent magnet of the PMSG; generating, from the permanent magnet rotating, a permanent magnet field, wherein the permanent magnet field couples through a plurality of stator primary windings of the PMSG; generating, by the stator primary windings, primary currents from the permanent magnet field; drawing, by a plurality of stator secondary windings of the PMSG, secondary currents from a power source comprising a controller, a plurality of switches, and a direct current power source; generating, by the stator secondary windings, a stator secondary winding magnetic field from the secondary currents, wherein the permanent magnet field and the stator secondary winding magnetic field together create an overall magnetic field for the PMSG; wherein the method further comprises: comparing, by the controller, load currents (I LOAD) to predetermined maximum currents (I MAX) indicating short circuit faults; generating, by the controller, a plurality of pulse sequences, when the load currents (I LOAD) are greater than the predetermined maximum currents (I MAX); and switching, the plurality of switches, by using the pulse sequences to produce the secondary currents such that the stator secondary winding magnetic field counteracts the permanent magnet field. comparing, by the controller, load currents (I LOAD) to predetermined maximum currents (I MAX) indicating short circuit faults; generating, by the controller, a plurality of pulse sequences, when the load currents (I LOAD) are greater than the predetermined maximum currents (I MAX); and switching, the plurality of switches, by using the pulse sequences to produce the secondary currents such that the stator secondary winding magnetic field counteracts the permanent magnet field.
Method of separating a mixture consisting of a protein and its reaction product with a polyalkylene glycol, comprising the steps of: a) provdiing a mixture comprising the protein and the reaction product in a fluid, b) contacting the mixture of step a) with a microporous cellulose acetate membrane under adsorption of the reaction product at the cellulose acetate membrane, wherein the protein is not adsorbed at the cellulose acetate membrane, c) separating off the protein from the cellulose acetate membrane and d) desorbing the reaction product from the cellulose acetate membrane, wherein the reaction product is selected from the group which comprises the protein, which is functionalised once or multiple times by the polyalkylene glycol, or mixtures thereof. a) provdiing a mixture comprising the protein and the reaction product in a fluid, b) contacting the mixture of step a) with a microporous cellulose acetate membrane under adsorption of the reaction product at the cellulose acetate membrane, wherein the protein is not adsorbed at the cellulose acetate membrane, c) separating off the protein from the cellulose acetate membrane and d) desorbing the reaction product from the cellulose acetate membrane, wherein the reaction product is selected from the group which comprises the protein, which is functionalised once or multiple times by the polyalkylene glycol, or mixtures thereof.
Harvesting device comprising a rake mounted for pivoting about a pivot axis and a drive unit, which moves the rake to pivot to and fro about the pivot axis, wherein the rake comprises a plurality of fingers, wherein the rake is held on a rake support by fixing means, wherein the fixing means comprise a receptacle and a holding section, wherein the holding section is located in the receptacle and wherein the receptacle has a connecting region, two lateral regions arranged opposite each other and an opening, which is located opposite the connecting region and through which the holding section extends, characterised in that at least one lateral region engages the holding section from behind towards the opening.
A wireless communication device, the wireless communication device comprising: at least one antenna, the antenna positioned beneath the face of a user interface of the wireless communication device wherein the antenna is configured to communicate with a signal source, wherein the antenna includes a resonator capacitively coupled to a transformer feeder part, and a gap in between, wherein the resonator and the transformer feeder part include openings in the antenna for receiving corresponding keypad buttons. at least one antenna, the antenna positioned beneath the face of a user interface of the wireless communication device wherein the antenna is configured to communicate with a signal source, wherein the antenna includes a resonator capacitively coupled to a transformer feeder part, and a gap in between, wherein the resonator and the transformer feeder part include openings in the antenna for receiving corresponding keypad buttons.
A method of manufacturing a microfluidic device (10', 10", 100, 101), the method comprising the steps of: a. disposing a mixture of a frit and a thermoplastic medium between a mold and a first substrate; b. heating the mixture under vacuum at a temperature sufficient to thennofonn the mixture onto the first substrate and in the shape of the mold; c. presintering the thermoformed mixture and the substrate to form a consolidated first assembly (A & C2); d. assembling the consolidated first assembly (A & C2) with a second assembly comprising a second substrate (A, B), such that the presintered formed mixture on the first substrate is positioned between the first substrate and the second assembly (B, B & D, A & C2); and e. heating the assembled first assembly (A & C2) and second assembly (B, B & D, A & C2) to a temperature sufficient to form a one-piece microstructure (10', 10", 100, 101) defining at least one recess (6', 6") between the first and second substrates (A & A, A & B). a. disposing a mixture of a frit and a thermoplastic medium between a mold and a first substrate; b. heating the mixture under vacuum at a temperature sufficient to thennofonn the mixture onto the first substrate and in the shape of the mold; c. presintering the thermoformed mixture and the substrate to form a consolidated first assembly (A & C2); d. assembling the consolidated first assembly (A & C2) with a second assembly comprising a second substrate (A, B), such that the presintered formed mixture on the first substrate is positioned between the first substrate and the second assembly (B, B & D, A & C2); and e. heating the assembled first assembly (A & C2) and second assembly (B, B & D, A & C2) to a temperature sufficient to form a one-piece microstructure (10', 10", 100, 101) defining at least one recess (6', 6") between the first and second substrates (A & A, A & B).
Device for carrying out a method for preparing a liquid loaded with ingredients, the device comprising: a cylindrical reactor vessel for making the liquid follow a circular motion, a supply line in the form of an inlet and a discharge line in the form of an outlet for supplying and discharging the liquid; and radiation sources, arranged on or in the reactor vessel, directed into the reactor vessel and intended for generating ultrasonic waves and/or UV rays with a local irradiation intensity, characterized in that for setting the local irradiation intensity, the device has a density of the radiation sources that changes in the direction of a cylinder axis and/or in a circumferential direction, wherein the vertical and/or circumferential distance of the radiation sources from one another decreases from the inlet in the direction of the outlet, so that the local irradiation intensity is adapted to a specific concentration (18, 20) of the ingredients in the liquid, wherein the local irradiation intensity is higher in the case of a high specific concentration than in the case of a low specific concentration. a cylindrical reactor vessel for making the liquid follow a circular motion, a supply line in the form of an inlet and a discharge line in the form of an outlet for supplying and discharging the liquid; and radiation sources, arranged on or in the reactor vessel, directed into the reactor vessel and intended for generating ultrasonic waves and/or UV rays with a local irradiation intensity, characterized in that for setting the local irradiation intensity, the device has a density of the radiation sources that changes in the direction of a cylinder axis and/or in a circumferential direction, wherein the vertical and/or circumferential distance of the radiation sources from one another decreases from the inlet in the direction of the outlet, so that the local irradiation intensity is adapted to a specific concentration (18, 20) of the ingredients in the liquid, wherein the local irradiation intensity is higher in the case of a high specific concentration than in the case of a low specific concentration.
A beverage preparation machine having a fluid circuit (3-10b'') comprising: - a control unit that is associated with the fluid circuit (3-10b''); - a liquid flavouring arrangement (9a,3,4,5) for circulating a liquid, such as water, through a flavouring ingredient (2,2') to flavour said liquid and for dispensing said flavoured liquid to a user-receptacle, such as a user-cup or user-mug; - a dilution arrangement (9b, 9', 9'') for mixing said liquid unflavoured with said flavoured liquid upon flavouring; and - a first outlet (10a, 10a', 10a'') for dispensing said flavoured liquid and a second outlet (10b, 10b', 10b'') for dispensing said unflavoured liquid, the first and second outlets being arranged to direct said liquids to a single user-receptacle filling position below said outlets (10a, 10a', 10a'', 10b, 10b', 10b''), characterised in that the first and second outlets (10a, 10a', 10a'', 10b, 10b', 10b'') are: - adjacent to each other so as to dispense said flavoured and unflavoured liquids into said user-receptacle located vertically underneath the first and second outlets, the first and second outlets (10a, 10b) contacting each other or being distant by a distance of less than 20 mm; or - arranged one within the other or vice versa, and in that the control unit is arranged for preparing: - a large beverage by dispensing flavoured and unflavoured liquids to a user-mug; and - a small beverage by dispensing only flavoured liquid to a user-cup. - a control unit that is associated with the fluid circuit (3-10b''); - a liquid flavouring arrangement (9a,3,4,5) for circulating a liquid, such as water, through a flavouring ingredient (2,2') to flavour said liquid and for dispensing said flavoured liquid to a user-receptacle, such as a user-cup or user-mug; - a dilution arrangement (9b, 9', 9'') for mixing said liquid unflavoured with said flavoured liquid upon flavouring; and - a first outlet (10a, 10a', 10a'') for dispensing said flavoured liquid and a second outlet (10b, 10b', 10b'') for dispensing said unflavoured liquid, the first and second outlets being arranged to direct said liquids to a single user-receptacle filling position below said outlets (10a, 10a', 10a'', 10b, 10b', 10b''), characterised in that the first and second outlets (10a, 10a', 10a'', 10b, 10b', 10b'') are: - adjacent to each other so as to dispense said flavoured and unflavoured liquids into said user-receptacle located vertically underneath the first and second outlets, the first and second outlets (10a, 10b) contacting each other or being distant by a distance of less than 20 mm; or - arranged one within the other or vice versa, and in that the control unit is arranged for preparing: - a large beverage by dispensing flavoured and unflavoured liquids to a user-mug; and - a small beverage by dispensing only flavoured liquid to a user-cup.
Nozzle strip for generating fluid jets for the hydrodynamic entanglement of a sheet of material, having a plurality of nozzle openings which are arranged spaced apart from one another in at least two rows (R1, R2, R3) and are to deliver the fluid jets to the sheet of material, wherein the nozzle openings have been introduced into the nozzle strip in the form of angled holes, so that the fluid jets emerge from the nozzle strip along the longitudinal axes of the nozzle openings, wherein the nozzle strip is configured in such a manner that the longitudinal axes of directly adjacent nozzle openings of the same row and the longitudinal axes of directly opposite nozzle openings of directly adjacent rows in each case run skew to one another.
An in-vitro method for determining the modulating effect of a test compound on the epithelial barrier function, the method comprising the steps of a) providing a microfluidic system comprising multiple hollow microfluidic channels, wherein the channel is filled at least in part with a hydrogel; b) introducing epithelial cells into the microfluidic channels and allowing the epithelial cells to contact the hydrogel; c) culturing the epithelial cells that were introduced into the microfluidic channels, thereby allowing the cells to form on the hydrogel a layer of cells with an apical and a basolateral side; d) providing to the epithelial cells in the microfluidic channel a marker substance and the test compound, wherein the marker substance and the test compound are, independently, provided to the apical side, to the basolateral side or to both the apical and basolateral side, and wherein the test compound is provided to the cells either before, after or at the same time with the marker substance; e) determining at at least two time points the signal provided by the marker substance in the microfluidic channel or in the hydrogel, or both in the microfluidic channel and in the hydrogel; a) providing a microfluidic system comprising multiple hollow microfluidic channels, wherein the channel is filled at least in part with a hydrogel; b) introducing epithelial cells into the microfluidic channels and allowing the epithelial cells to contact the hydrogel; c) culturing the epithelial cells that were introduced into the microfluidic channels, thereby allowing the cells to form on the hydrogel a layer of cells with an apical and a basolateral side; d) providing to the epithelial cells in the microfluidic channel a marker substance and the test compound, wherein the marker substance and the test compound are, independently, provided to the apical side, to the basolateral side or to both the apical and basolateral side, and wherein the test compound is provided to the cells either before, after or at the same time with the marker substance; e) determining at at least two time points the signal provided by the marker substance in the microfluidic channel or in the hydrogel, or both in the microfluidic channel and in the hydrogel;
A core network device, comprising: a receiving module, configured to receive a migration instruction sent by a core network management device, wherein the migration instruction carries first identification information of a target core network device and migration information of a plurality of to-be-migrated user equipment, UEs; a sending module, configured to send, according to the migration information of the to-be-migrated UEs that is received by the receiving module, indication messages used to instruct the to-be-migrated UEs to detach, to the to-be-migrated UEs; and send a migration rule to an access network device according to the migration instruction received by the receiving module, so that the access network device migrates, according to the migration rule, the to-be-migrated UEs from a source core network device to the target core network device, wherein the migration rule comprises identification information of the source core network device and second identification information of the target core network device; wherein the migration information comprises at least one of the following: a quantity of the to-be-migrated UEs, a percentage of the quantity of the to-be-migrated UEs in a total quantity of all UEs accessing the source core network device, a percentage of the quantity of the to-be-migrated UEs in a quantity of UEs accessing a base station to which the to-be-migrated UEs belong, identification information of the base station to which the to-be-migrated UEs belong, or identification information of the to-be-migrated UEs. a receiving module, configured to receive a migration instruction sent by a core network management device, wherein the migration instruction carries first identification information of a target core network device and migration information of a plurality of to-be-migrated user equipment, UEs; a sending module, configured to send, according to the migration information of the to-be-migrated UEs that is received by the receiving module, indication messages used to instruct the to-be-migrated UEs to detach, to the to-be-migrated UEs; and send a migration rule to an access network device according to the migration instruction received by the receiving module, so that the access network device migrates, according to the migration rule, the to-be-migrated UEs from a source core network device to the target core network device, wherein the migration rule comprises identification information of the source core network device and second identification information of the target core network device; wherein the migration information comprises at least one of the following: a quantity of the to-be-migrated UEs, a percentage of the quantity of the to-be-migrated UEs in a total quantity of all UEs accessing the source core network device, a percentage of the quantity of the to-be-migrated UEs in a quantity of UEs accessing a base station to which the to-be-migrated UEs belong, identification information of the base station to which the to-be-migrated UEs belong, or identification information of the to-be-migrated UEs.
A device for sucking up liquid on a floor, the device having an outside wall defining a first enclosure that is open at least via openings formed through the outside wall so as to allow liquid to pass from outside the first enclosure to inside the first enclosure, the device having a pipe presenting a first end arranged for putting into fluid flow connection with a liquid suction pump and a second end of the pipe in fluid flow connection with said first enclosure so as to be able to suck liquid present in the first enclosure into said pipe, wherein the device includes an inside wall defining a second enclosure, the second enclosure being open at least via openings formed through the inside wall so as to allow liquid to pass from the first enclosure into the second enclosure and said second end of the pipe opening out into the inside of the second enclosure at a distance from the first enclosure and wherein: · the openings formed through the inside wall are formed exclusively between a suction limit plane (Pla) for sucking through the inside wall and a bearing plane (P1b) of the inside wall; and · the openings formed through the outside wall are formed exclusively between a suction limit plane (P2a) for sucking through the outside wall and a bearing plane (P2b) of the outside wall, at least some of the openings formed through the outside wall being formed between the suction limit plane (P2a) for sucking through the outside wall and the suction limit plane (Pla) for sucking through the inside wall. · the openings formed through the inside wall are formed exclusively between a suction limit plane (Pla) for sucking through the inside wall and a bearing plane (P1b) of the inside wall; and · the openings formed through the outside wall are formed exclusively between a suction limit plane (P2a) for sucking through the outside wall and a bearing plane (P2b) of the outside wall, at least some of the openings formed through the outside wall being formed between the suction limit plane (P2a) for sucking through the outside wall and the suction limit plane (Pla) for sucking through the inside wall.