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A method of forming a ceramic selective membrane having elastomeric edging, the method comprising: a step of impregnating an edge portion of a flat porous membrane substrate with an elastomeric polymer prior to the step of applying the ceramic precursor sol to the porous membrane substrate, the step of impregnating the edge portion of the porous membrane substrate with the elastomeric polymer comprises impregnating all the edges of the porous membrane substrate with the elastomeric polymer, sufficient to form a gasket bordering the porous membrane substrate, applying a ceramic precursor sol to the porous membrane substrate with the impregnated edges; and gelling the ceramic precursor sol, using a sol-gel process, to form a selective silica ceramic from the ceramic precursor sol, thereby providing a ceramic selective membrane comprising the selective silica ceramic supported by the porous membrane substrate; wherein the ceramic precursor sol comprises an alkaline silicate solution formed from a silicate selected from the group consisting of sodium silicate, lithium silicate and potassium silicate. a step of impregnating an edge portion of a flat porous membrane substrate with an elastomeric polymer prior to the step of applying the ceramic precursor sol to the porous membrane substrate, the step of impregnating the edge portion of the porous membrane substrate with the elastomeric polymer comprises impregnating all the edges of the porous membrane substrate with the elastomeric polymer, sufficient to form a gasket bordering the porous membrane substrate, applying a ceramic precursor sol to the porous membrane substrate with the impregnated edges; and gelling the ceramic precursor sol, using a sol-gel process, to form a selective silica ceramic from the ceramic precursor sol, thereby providing a ceramic selective membrane comprising the selective silica ceramic supported by the porous membrane substrate; wherein the ceramic precursor sol comprises an alkaline silicate solution formed from a silicate selected from the group consisting of sodium silicate, lithium silicate and potassium silicate.
Separator comprising a centrifugal drum, a) in which a product to be processed, in particular milk, can be guided through an admission tube and an admission chamber arranged downstream of the tube, which comprises outlets in admission boreholes, which lead into a centrifugal chamber in the centrifugal drum, b) wherein at least one or each outlet from the admission chamber to the admission boreholes of the distributor is assigned a rib, characterized in that c) the ribs are part of a rib body which comprises a plurality of the ribs and a base section connecting the ribs in the peripheral direction. a) in which a product to be processed, in particular milk, can be guided through an admission tube and an admission chamber arranged downstream of the tube, which comprises outlets in admission boreholes, which lead into a centrifugal chamber in the centrifugal drum, b) wherein at least one or each outlet from the admission chamber to the admission boreholes of the distributor is assigned a rib, characterized in that c) the ribs are part of a rib body which comprises a plurality of the ribs and a base section connecting the ribs in the peripheral direction.
An apparatus comprising: a carrier having a seat, the seat including: a ridge extending from the seat; and a collar extending from the seat; and a container supported on the seat, the container movable between a locked position in which the ridge fixedly engages the container to non-rotatably couple the container to the seat and an unlocked position in which the container is disengaged from the ridge and the container is rotatable about the collar. a carrier having a seat, the seat including: a ridge extending from the seat; and a collar extending from the seat; and a ridge extending from the seat; and a collar extending from the seat; and a container supported on the seat, the container movable between a locked position in which the ridge fixedly engages the container to non-rotatably couple the container to the seat and an unlocked position in which the container is disengaged from the ridge and the container is rotatable about the collar.
A method for producing an aluminum hydroxide-coated SiC particle powder comprising a step of preparing a raw material dispersion which contains SiC particles, an alkali, and water and has a pH of from 9.0 to 12.0 and a raw material solution containing sodium aluminate and water and step of adding the raw material solution and an acid to the raw material dispersion to maintain a pH in a range of from 9.0 to 12.0 and wherein the alkali is at least one selected from the group consisting of ammonia, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium carbonate, potassium hydrogen carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium carbonate, tetramethylammonium hydroxide, tetraethylammonium hydroxide, tetrabutylammonium hydroxide, methylamine, dimethylamine, trimethylamine, ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, ethylenediamine, monoethanolamine, N-(β-aminoethyl)ethanolamine, hexamethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, anhydrous piperazine, piperazine hexahydrate, 1-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine, N-methylpiperazine, guanidine, imidazole, and triazole.
Refrigerator, in particular household refrigerator, with an interior container, the outside of which is abutted by a layer made of insulating material and to the inside of which a built-in part is affixed and is connected to the interior container by way of at least one retaining part, wherein the elastically deformable retaining part is held in an opening of the interior container and can be displaced into an elastically tensioned configuration in which it blocks the opening in a foam-tight manner, and a section of the retaining part lying between the interior container and the built-in part is compressed in the elastically tensioned configuration, characterised in that the retaining part consists of a foam material.
A composition for use in a method of treating cancer, the composition comprising autologous primary T cells comprising one or more disrupted immunological checkpoint genes, wherein the T cells are genetically altered ex vivo by introduction of: (i) one or more transgenes that encode one or more polypeptides that disrupt genetic expression of the immunological checkpoint gene, and (ii) a guide nucleic acid that binds the immunological checkpoint gene within 5 base pairs of a protospacer adjacent motif, further wherein the polypeptide is a CRISPR nuclease, further wherein the CRISPR nuclease cleaves the immunological checkpoint gene with an efficiency of 55% or greater.
Transmitting antenna for a magnetic resonance device with a plurality of antenna conductors arranged spaced from one another circumferentially around a centre line and extending parallel to the centre line and a screening element (6, 45) extending parallel to the centre line and circumferentially encompassing the antenna conductors, wherein for at least one pair of the antenna conductors the radial distance (25, 26, 27) between a first antenna conductor of the pair and the screening element (6, 45) is smaller than the radial distance (25, 26, 27) between a second antenna conductor of the pair and the screening element (6, 45), wherein the width of the first antenna conductor is smaller in the circumferential direction than the width of the second antenna conductor in the circumferential direction and/or wherein the axial ends (42, 43) of the first antenna conductor are coupled together by way of a higher capacitance capacitor than the axial ends (42, 42) of the second antenna conductor, wherein the antenna conductors have end ring portions at their ends, wherein adjacent end ring portions in the circumferential direction of the transmitting antenna (34, 37, 41, 46) are coupled capacitively or conductively, characterised in that the extent of the end ring portions of the antenna conductors (8 - 23) of the pair differ from one another in the axial direction of the transmitting antenna (34, 37, 41, 46).
A sensor apparatus for generating electric signals which as such provide information about the position or movement of limbs with respect to a reference area, comprising: - a sending electrode, - a voltage generator for supplying an alternating voltage to the sending electrode; - a first receiving electrode, - a second receiving electrode, and - a third receiving electrode, characterized by a first, second and third impedance converter, wherein the voltages present at the receiving electrodes (K1, K2 and K3) each are fed to a highly resistive input of the first, second and third impedance converter to not disturb the electric field of the sending electrode, a mean value generating circuit to which the output signals of the impedance converters are fed; wherein downstream each impedance converter a differential amplifier (ΔK1, ΔK2, ΔK3) is arranged, which generates the difference between the output signal of the respective impedance converters and the mean value; and an amplifier, to which the mean value is supplied. - a sending electrode, - a voltage generator for supplying an alternating voltage to the sending electrode; - a first receiving electrode, - a second receiving electrode, and - a third receiving electrode,
A catheter, comprising: an elongated catheter body; a distal section distal the catheter body, the distal section comprising: a spring member having a length defining a longitudinal axis and a central lumen extending along the length, the spring member having at least one first section and at least one second section, the at least one second section having at least one spine extending longitudinally along a first side of the spring member and at least one rib defined by a plurality of slots along a second side of the spring member, the at least one rib and the slots being transverse to the longitudinal axis; at least one irrigated ring electrode carried on the at least one first section of the spring member; at least one support member positioned in the lumen in the at least one first section of the spring member to support the at least one ring electrode; and an irrigated tip electrode; wherein the spring member is compressible in the at least one second section along the second side generally opposite the first side in providing a biased deflection of the distal section in a single plane. an elongated catheter body; a distal section distal the catheter body, the distal section comprising: a spring member having a length defining a longitudinal axis and a central lumen extending along the length, the spring member having at least one first section and at least one second section, the at least one second section having at least one spine extending longitudinally along a first side of the spring member and at least one rib defined by a plurality of slots along a second side of the spring member, the at least one rib and the slots being transverse to the longitudinal axis; at least one irrigated ring electrode carried on the at least one first section of the spring member; at least one support member positioned in the lumen in the at least one first section of the spring member to support the at least one ring electrode; and an irrigated tip electrode; a spring member having a length defining a longitudinal axis and a central lumen extending along the length, the spring member having at least one first section and at least one second section, the at least one second section having at least one spine extending longitudinally along a first side of the spring member and at least one rib defined by a plurality of slots along a second side of the spring member, the at least one rib and the slots being transverse to the longitudinal axis; at least one irrigated ring electrode carried on the at least one first section of the spring member; at least one support member positioned in the lumen in the at least one first section of the spring member to support the at least one ring electrode; and an irrigated tip electrode; wherein the spring member is compressible in the at least one second section along the second side generally opposite the first side in providing a biased deflection of the distal section in a single plane.
A coating process for protecting a surface of a substantially chromium-free metal component, comprising applying a layer of a substantially chromium-free, silicon-containing fluid composition comprising a silane liquid to at least a portion of the surface, curing the substantially chromium-free, silicon-containing fluid composition after the layer is applied to the surface, placing the silicon-containing fluid composition in a non-oxidizing atmosphere and then heating the cured substantially chromium-free, silicon-containing fluid composition in layer in the non-oxidising atmosphere to a temperature greater than 400°F (204.44°C) to form a substantially chromium-free, silicon-containing protective coating on the surface that includes silicon from the cured silicon-containing fluid composition and metal from the metal component.
A biological information measurement device configured to acquire biological information of a subject body by receiving, in a light receiving unit, light emitted from a light source unit while a finger of the subject body is inserted into space between the light source unit and the light receiving unit, the device comprising: a body; a probe unit; and a connection portion which electrically connects the body and the probe unit, wherein the body includes: a casing in which a battery and an electrical circuit are incorporated; and a first fitting portion which is attached to the casing and is configured to be worn on a first fitted portion including a portion of at least one of a proximal phalanx (F1a) and a middle phalanx (F1b) of one or more fingers of the subject body, the probe unit includes: the light source unit and the light receiving unit; and a second fitting portion which is configured to be worn on a second fitted portion including a distal phalanx (F1c) of one or more fingers of the subject body, and the body further includes a first terminal portion to which the connection portion is detachably connected, characterized in that the battery includes a secondary battery, and in a state in which the connection portion is detached from the first terminal portion to electrically connect a feeding unit to the first terminal portion, power can be supplied from the feeding unit to the secondary battery through the first terminal portion to charge the secondary battery. a body; a probe unit; and a connection portion which electrically connects the body and the probe unit, wherein the body includes: a casing in which a battery and an electrical circuit are incorporated; and a first fitting portion which is attached to the casing and is configured to be worn on a first fitted portion including a portion of at least one of a proximal phalanx (F1a) and a middle phalanx (F1b) of one or more fingers of the subject body, the probe unit includes: the light source unit and the light receiving unit; and a second fitting portion which is configured to be worn on a second fitted portion including a distal phalanx (F1c) of one or more fingers of the subject body, and the body further includes a first terminal portion to which the connection portion is detachably connected, characterized in that the light source unit and the light receiving unit; and a second fitting portion which is configured to be worn on a second fitted portion including a distal phalanx (F1c) of one or more fingers of the subject body, and the body further includes a first terminal portion to which the connection portion is detachably connected, the battery includes a secondary battery, and in a state in which the connection portion is detached from the first terminal portion to electrically connect a feeding unit to the first terminal portion, power can be supplied from the feeding unit to the secondary battery through the first terminal portion to charge the secondary battery.
A laminate manifold for coupling to a printhead comprising a silicon die, the laminate manifold comprising: a plurality of parallel plates arranged in a laminate plate stack; and a securing agent securing the plates in the laminate plate stack; where at least some of the plates incorporate one or more apertures that are oriented in their respective plates so that when the plates are arranged as a laminate plate stack the apertures define at least one fluidic pathway; where the fluidic pathway emerges from the laminate plate stack between parallel plates. a plurality of parallel plates arranged in a laminate plate stack; and a securing agent securing the plates in the laminate plate stack; where at least some of the plates incorporate one or more apertures that are oriented in their respective plates so that when the plates are arranged as a laminate plate stack the apertures define at least one fluidic pathway; where the fluidic pathway emerges from the laminate plate stack between parallel plates.
Method comprising: - detecting at least one manual action of a user on a domestic appliance for starting a treatment process in the domestic appliance; - assigning, in response to the detection, one or more mobile terminals of the user as a message recipient; - performing the treatment process in the domestic appliance; and - sending status messages of the treatment process only to the assigned mobile terminals; wherein the step of assigning one or more mobile terminals of the user as a message recipient comprises: - detecting one or more mobile terminals within communication range of a short-range wireless interface of the domestic appliance, wherein the detected mobile terminal that is closest to the domestic appliance is assigned as the message recipient. - detecting at least one manual action of a user on a domestic appliance for starting a treatment process in the domestic appliance; - assigning, in response to the detection, one or more mobile terminals of the user as a message recipient; - performing the treatment process in the domestic appliance; and - sending status messages of the treatment process only to the assigned mobile terminals; wherein the step of assigning one or more mobile terminals of the user as a message recipient comprises: - detecting one or more mobile terminals within communication range of a short-range wireless interface of the domestic appliance, wherein the detected mobile terminal that is closest to the domestic appliance is assigned as the message recipient.
A method of transmitting control information to a plurality of stations (STA1-STA5) in a Very High Throughput, VHT, IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, system, the method comprising: generating, by an access point, a first control sequence including a first VHT control signal (330, 440, 1050, 2630, 2730) to be transmitted omni-directionally without spatial division multiple access, SDMA, precoding and containing common information about multi-user multiple input multiple output, MU-MIMO, transmission of fields to be subsequently transmitted; generating, by the access point, a second control sequence including a second VHT control signal (340, 470, 1060, 2640, 2740) to be transmitted directionally with SDMA precoding and containing station-specific information for allowing each of the plurality of stations (STA1-STA5) to decode its data (360, 480); and transmitting (S710, S720), by the access point to the plurality of stations (STA1-STA5), a frame (300, 2610, 2700) including the first control sequence, the second control sequence, and the data (360, 480) to which SDMA precoding is applied, wherein the first control signal (330, 440, 1050, 2630, 2730) includes an MU-MIMO indicator indicating whether the frame (300, 2610, 2700) is to be transmitted by using an MU-MIMO-scheme or an SU-MIMO scheme. generating, by an access point, a first control sequence including a first VHT control signal (330, 440, 1050, 2630, 2730) to be transmitted omni-directionally without spatial division multiple access, SDMA, precoding and containing common information about multi-user multiple input multiple output, MU-MIMO, transmission of fields to be subsequently transmitted; generating, by the access point, a second control sequence including a second VHT control signal (340, 470, 1060, 2640, 2740) to be transmitted directionally with SDMA precoding and containing station-specific information for allowing each of the plurality of stations (STA1-STA5) to decode its data (360, 480); and transmitting (S710, S720), by the access point to the plurality of stations (STA1-STA5), a frame (300, 2610, 2700) including the first control sequence, the second control sequence, and the data (360, 480) to which SDMA precoding is applied, wherein the first control signal (330, 440, 1050, 2630, 2730) includes an MU-MIMO indicator indicating whether the frame (300, 2610, 2700) is to be transmitted by using an MU-MIMO-scheme or an SU-MIMO scheme.
A method of plant control comprising: treating a plant with a composition by external application of the composition to the plant, wherein the composition comprises a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) polynucleotide and a transfer agent, wherein said dsRNA polynucleotide is identical or complementary to an RNA transcript of a glutamine synthetase gene sequence, wherein said GS gene sequence is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27-49, 51-59, and an at least 18 contiguous nucleotides polynucleotide fragment thereof, wherein said transfer agent conditions the surface of said plant for permeation by said dsRNA polynucleotide, and whereby said plant's growth, development, or reproductive ability is suppressed or delayed or said plant is more sensitive to a GS inhibitor herbicide as a result of said composition comprising said dsRNA polynucleotide, relative to a plant not treated with said composition.
Adjusting spindle arrangement for a linear drive, comprising a threaded adjusting spindle and a linear guide element for linear guidance of the adjusting spindle, with a connection region for connection of an actuating means being located on one end of the adjusting spindle arrangement, the threaded portion of the adjusting spindle being made of metal, characterized in that said linear guide element is made of plastic, which linear guide element is an injection-molded part that has been injected-molded onto said adjusting spindle, and said adjusting spindle has positive locking structures provided on its end that engage with said linear guide element, wherein said actuating means is a Bowden cable, and said Bowden cable, has, at its end facing the connection region of the actuating spindle, positive locking structures that are in engagement with said linear guide element in such a way that a positive lock is produced in the axial direction, with at least part of said positive locking structures of said Bowden cable being encapsulated by injection molding.
A labeling machine comprising a conveyor of containers to be labeled along an advancement path and at least one labeling station, which is arranged along said advancement path and has an unreeling assembly for a label ribbon and a cutting drum, which is designed to receive, so that it adheres to the lateral surface thereof, said label ribbon and which supports at least one cutting device for said label ribbon, said at least one cutting device comprising a respective suction chamber, which is open at the lateral surface of said cutting drum and accommodates internally at least one blade, said suction chamber being connectable with air suction means, in order to attract said label ribbon toward the inside of said suction chamber and against said blade and in so doing cutting said label ribbon, characterized in that said at least one cutting device comprises at least one respective blade supporting block which is supported by said cutting drum and supports said at least one blade, at least one portion of said blade supporting block being provided internally with at least one cavity for attenuating the noise generated by cutting said label ribbon.