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A method of treating an anodized metal surface, comprising an anodized aluminium oxide layer over a metal body comprising aluminium or an aluminium alloy, the method comprising: applying polynuclear clusters comprising aluminum oxide hydroxide to the anodized metal surface, characterized in that the polynuclear clusters comprise Al 13 clusters according to the formula: [AlO 4 Al 12 24 (H 2 O) 121] 7+ ∗[(7/ n) X -n] 7- where X -n represents '- n ' charge-bearing X counter-ion species and (7/ n) X -n are needed to neutralize the total complex charge. applying polynuclear clusters comprising aluminum oxide hydroxide to the anodized metal surface, characterized in that the polynuclear clusters comprise Al 13 clusters according to the formula: [AlO 4 Al 12 24 (H 2 O) 121] 7+ ∗[(7/ n) X -n] 7- where X -n represents '- n ' charge-bearing X counter-ion species and (7/ n) X -n are needed to neutralize the total complex charge.
A computer-implemented method, comprising: analyzing a digital image to determine one or more text-allowed regions (1201, 1202) included in the digital image for a text-containing image, wherein the text-containing image has a first aspect ratio and a first shape, and the one or more text-allowed regions include a given text allowed region having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio and a shape that is not equal to the first shape; for each of the one or more text-allowed regions, computing a numeric value based on a color contrast between pixels of the text-containing image and pixels of the text-allowed region, wherein the text-containing image is to be incorporated into one of the text-allowed regions included in the digital image; selecting the given text-allowed region based at least in part on the numeric value computed for each text-allowed region; and incorporating the text-containing image into the given text-allowed region included in the digital image. analyzing a digital image to determine one or more text-allowed regions (1201, 1202) included in the digital image for a text-containing image, wherein the text-containing image has a first aspect ratio and a first shape, and the one or more text-allowed regions include a given text allowed region having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio and a shape that is not equal to the first shape; for each of the one or more text-allowed regions, computing a numeric value based on a color contrast between pixels of the text-containing image and pixels of the text-allowed region, wherein the text-containing image is to be incorporated into one of the text-allowed regions included in the digital image; selecting the given text-allowed region based at least in part on the numeric value computed for each text-allowed region; and incorporating the text-containing image into the given text-allowed region included in the digital image.
A cooling liquid composition for a liquid cooling system for cooling a heat generating element arranged on a printed circuit board, wherein the cooling liquid composition comprises: an aqueous solution comprising a copolymer having a copolymer concentration in a range of 0.05% to 20% by mass, wherein the copolymer comprises 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with ethenylbenzene.
Multiple layer tool for producing a tubular melt strand of thermoplastic plastics consisting of several layers, comprising an inner tool and an outer tool surrounding the inner tool, between which a melt channel with an annular outlet opening is formed, wherein the inner tool has at least one feed opening for the supply of melt and channels for the transfer of the melt from the feed opening into the melt channel, characterised in that the inner tool comprises a pre-distribution portion and a distribution portion, wherein • the predistribution portion has at least one predistribution plate which is formed in the region of its periphery with at least one feed opening which opens into distribution channels via first connecting channels extending within the predistribution plate, which are formed in the region of an end face of the predistribution plate and lead from there via second connecting channels extending within the predistribution plate into third connecting channels which are formed in the region of the opposite end face of the predistribution plate and from there communicate with risers extending through the predistribution plate, and • the distribution portion has a module plate for feeding each layer of the melt strand into the melt channel, and neighbouring module plates are arranged directly adjacent to one another, wherein each module plate comprises portions of the risers which continue one another and is formed with feed channels, which communicate with at least one riser and, starting from the riser, open through the module plate into spiral channels, which are formed in the region of an end face of the module plate and communicate with the melt channel. • the predistribution portion has at least one predistribution plate which is formed in the region of its periphery with at least one feed opening which opens into distribution channels via first connecting channels extending within the predistribution plate, which are formed in the region of an end face of the predistribution plate and lead from there via second connecting channels extending within the predistribution plate into third connecting channels which are formed in the region of the opposite end face of the predistribution plate and from there communicate with risers extending through the predistribution plate, and • the distribution portion has a module plate for feeding each layer of the melt strand into the melt channel, and neighbouring module plates are arranged directly adjacent to one another, wherein each module plate comprises portions of the risers which continue one another and is formed with feed channels, which communicate with at least one riser and, starting from the riser, open through the module plate into spiral channels, which are formed in the region of an end face of the module plate and communicate with the melt channel.
A de-aerator for use in a water heating system, the de-aerator comprising: a vessel defining a chamber for receiving water which has been heated by a primary water heater, an inlet through which water can be supplied into the chamber and an outlet through which the water can exit the chamber; and a vent through which gas can exit the chamber; wherein: • a diameter of the chamber decreases in a direction from the inlet towards the outlet; and • the vessel has a side wall extending between the inlet and the outlet which defines a boundary of the chamber, the side wall being curved and having a non-constant radius of curvature which progressively decreases in a direction from the inlet towards the outlet, the vessel having radii of curvature (R 1; R 2; R 3) which are positive, taken with reference to centres of curvature (C 1; C 2; C 3) located within the chamber, the radius of curvature being smaller in the region of the outlet (R 1) than in the region of the inlet (R 2); so that water supplied into the chamber is accelerated as it flows from the inlet towards the outlet, to thereby promote de-aeration of the water, gasses coming out of solution from the water exiting the chamber through the vent. a vessel defining a chamber for receiving water which has been heated by a primary water heater, an inlet through which water can be supplied into the chamber and an outlet through which the water can exit the chamber; and a vent through which gas can exit the chamber; wherein: • a diameter of the chamber decreases in a direction from the inlet towards the outlet; and • the vessel has a side wall extending between the inlet and the outlet which defines a boundary of the chamber, the side wall being curved and having a non-constant radius of curvature which progressively decreases in a direction from the inlet towards the outlet, the vessel having radii of curvature (R 1; R 2; R 3) which are positive, taken with reference to centres of curvature (C 1; C 2; C 3) located within the chamber, the radius of curvature being smaller in the region of the outlet (R 1) than in the region of the inlet (R 2); • a diameter of the chamber decreases in a direction from the inlet towards the outlet; and • the vessel has a side wall extending between the inlet and the outlet which defines a boundary of the chamber, the side wall being curved and having a non-constant radius of curvature which progressively decreases in a direction from the inlet towards the outlet, the vessel having radii of curvature (R 1; R 2; R 3) which are positive, taken with reference to centres of curvature (C 1; C 2; C 3) located within the chamber, the radius of curvature being smaller in the region of the outlet (R 1) than in the region of the inlet (R 2); so that water supplied into the chamber is accelerated as it flows from the inlet towards the outlet, to thereby promote de-aeration of the water, gasses coming out of solution from the water exiting the chamber through the vent.
A trampoline comprising: a trampoline mat defining a jumping area; a support structure circumferentially surrounding said trampoline mat, said support structure being connectable to said trampoline mat via a plurality of resilient members; a padding layer arranged along a circumferential portion of said trampoline mat for providing a cover on top of said resilient members; a safety net for surrounding said jumping area in order to prevent users falling out of said jumping area, wherein said safety net is arranged to be supported by and connected to a frame structure extending at a height above said support structure; wherein said safety net comprises an anchoring section at a lower half thereof, said anchoring section being arranged to be removably fixed to said support structure, wherein said anchoring section is arranged in a reinforced portion of said safety net; and a skirt connectable to said anchoring section and to said padding layer, wherein said skirt is an integrated part of said safety net and arranged to be removably fixed to said padding layer at a plurality of fixation points spread along an outer edge of the skirt and along a length of the padding layer, and wherein said plurality of fixation points are in form of holes, and wherein said padding layer comprises a plurality of corresponding holes such that said skirt and said padding layer are arranged to be removably fixed to each other by means of stitching. a trampoline mat defining a jumping area; a support structure circumferentially surrounding said trampoline mat, said support structure being connectable to said trampoline mat via a plurality of resilient members; a padding layer arranged along a circumferential portion of said trampoline mat for providing a cover on top of said resilient members; a safety net for surrounding said jumping area in order to prevent users falling out of said jumping area, wherein said safety net is arranged to be supported by and connected to a frame structure extending at a height above said support structure; wherein said safety net comprises an anchoring section at a lower half thereof, said anchoring section being arranged to be removably fixed to said support structure, wherein said anchoring section is arranged in a reinforced portion of said safety net; and a skirt connectable to said anchoring section and to said padding layer, wherein said skirt is an integrated part of said safety net and arranged to be removably fixed to said padding layer at a plurality of fixation points spread along an outer edge of the skirt and along a length of the padding layer, and wherein said plurality of fixation points are in form of holes, and wherein said padding layer comprises a plurality of corresponding holes such that said skirt and said padding layer are arranged to be removably fixed to each other by means of stitching.
A method for producing a pharmaceutical preparation comprising exosomes that exhibit an immunomodulatory effect, comprising the following steps: a) providing a cell culture medium supernatant from neonatal or adult tissue-derived mesenchymal stem-cells (MSCs), optionally from MSCs that have been cultured in platelet lysate, comprising exosomes, b) enriching said exosomes, optionally comprising polyethylene glycol precipitation, c) determining an in vitro immunomodulatory effect of said enriched exosomes by measuring TGF-β1 levels of said enriched exosomes, d) selecting those enriched exosomes that exhibit the immunomodulatory effect and have a TGF-β1 level that is at least ten times higher than plasma TGF-β1 levels of healthy controls, and e) admixing said selected enriched exosomes of step d) with at least one suitable pharmaceutical excipient and/or carrier. a) providing a cell culture medium supernatant from neonatal or adult tissue-derived mesenchymal stem-cells (MSCs), optionally from MSCs that have been cultured in platelet lysate, comprising exosomes, b) enriching said exosomes, optionally comprising polyethylene glycol precipitation, c) determining an in vitro immunomodulatory effect of said enriched exosomes by measuring TGF-β1 levels of said enriched exosomes, d) selecting those enriched exosomes that exhibit the immunomodulatory effect and have a TGF-β1 level that is at least ten times higher than plasma TGF-β1 levels of healthy controls, and e) admixing said selected enriched exosomes of step d) with at least one suitable pharmaceutical excipient and/or carrier.
A thin film wafer level package comprising a substrate, a membrane and an anchor frame configured to support the membrane and to connect the membrane to the substrate, wherein said anchor frame has an inner wall and an outer wall, thereby forming, enclosed by said inner wall, a chamber between the substrate and the membrane, wherein the anchor frame comprises at least one cavity or at least one group of cavities between said inner and outer walls, wherein some or all of said cavities may be filled with a material different from the material of the anchor frame, said cavity encircling the chamber or the cavities of said group of cavities being placed at a plurality of places all around the chamber.
A composition for the release of carbon dioxide following rectal administration comprising a mixture selected from: a) acid plant juice supported on gum and a salt of carbonic acid; b) plant juice, partially neutralized with an alkaline substance, supported on gum and a salt of carbonic acid; c) acid plant juice and plant juice partially neutralized with an alkaline substance supported on gum and a salt of carbonic acid; wherein the composition is in the form of suppository or ovule. a) acid plant juice supported on gum and a salt of carbonic acid; b) plant juice, partially neutralized with an alkaline substance, supported on gum and a salt of carbonic acid; c) acid plant juice and plant juice partially neutralized with an alkaline substance supported on gum and a salt of carbonic acid; wherein the composition is in the form of suppository or ovule.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising: - a mixture which comprises or, alternatively, consists of Cetraria islandica Ach., sodium hyaluronate and a saline solution with an osmolarity such as to ensure that said composition has an osmolarity greater than or equal to 300 mOsm/l and, optionally, - pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, additives and ingredients; for use as a medicament in the treatment of respiratory tract disorders/pathologies selected from among rhinitis, sinusitis, asthma, pharyngitis (pharyngotonsillitis), epiglottitis, laryngitis, bronchiolitis, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. - a mixture which comprises or, alternatively, consists of Cetraria islandica Ach., sodium hyaluronate and a saline solution with an osmolarity such as to ensure that said composition has an osmolarity greater than or equal to 300 mOsm/l and, optionally, - pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, additives and ingredients;
A food packaging having two or more adjacent food packet portions, wherein each food packet portion is joined to the other at a respective separation area; wherein an outermost food packet portion at an outermost end of the food packaging can be removed from the food packaging by separating the outermost food packet portion from a remaining food packet portion through the respective separation area; characterised in that: each food packet portion includes a tab or gripping portion and the removed outermost adjacent food packet portion conceals the tab or gripping portion of the remaining food packet portion until the removed outermost food packet portion is separated from the remaining food packet portion such that the remaining food packet portion becomes the new outermost food packet portion at the outermost end of the food packaging; and in that the tab or gripping portion of the remaining food packet portion is joined to the removed adjacent food packet portion at the separation area whereby the tab or gripping portion of the remaining food packet portion only becomes accessible when the outermost food packet portion is removed at the separation area. each food packet portion includes a tab or gripping portion and the removed outermost adjacent food packet portion conceals the tab or gripping portion of the remaining food packet portion until the removed outermost food packet portion is separated from the remaining food packet portion such that the remaining food packet portion becomes the new outermost food packet portion at the outermost end of the food packaging; and in that the tab or gripping portion of the remaining food packet portion is joined to the removed adjacent food packet portion at the separation area whereby the tab or gripping portion of the remaining food packet portion only becomes accessible when the outermost food packet portion is removed at the separation area.
A grid feed apparatus for feeding electrical energy from at least one DC energy source into a three-phase AC supply grid, the direct voltage of a DC link being converted into a three-phase voltage by means of two inverter units (14a; 14b) and fed into the AC supply grid by means of a transformer device comprising three grid transformer windings, and a first winding termination of the grid transformer windings being connected to a half-bridge of a first inverter unit, and a second winding termination of the grid transformer windings of the transformer device being connected to a half-bridge of a second inverter unit, characterised in that the grid feed apparatus is configured to operate the first inverter unit with grid-synchronous clocking, in particular 50 Hz or 60 Hz, for specifying the polarity of the supply grid voltage to be output, and to operate the second inverter unit with higher-frequency PWM clocking coordinated with the grid frequency, in particular greater than 500 Hz, preferably at least 4 kHz, for modulating and smoothing the supply grid voltage to be output.
Traffic scheduling device for scheduling a transmission sequence of data packets, stored in a plurality of traffic flow queues, characterized in that: an eligibility state of each of the traffic flow queues for the scheduling is being maintained in a hierarchical scheduling database describing a relationship among the plurality of traffic flow queues, the traffic scheduling device comprising: a plurality of interconnected memory cluster units (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d), each of them being associated to a single or more levels (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6) of the hierarchical scheduling database and each of them being coupled to at least one co-processors (108, 110, 112), at least one co-processor (108, 110, 112) being software-programmable to implement a scheduling algorithm; and an interface to the plurality of traffic flow queues, the interface being used to identify one or more packets associated to a particular traffic flow queue selected for transmission according to the scheduling algorithm and the interface being configured to signal the eligibility state of each of the traffic flow queues of the plurality of traffic flow queues. a plurality of interconnected memory cluster units (106a, 106b, 106c, 106d), each of them being associated to a single or more levels (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6) of the hierarchical scheduling database and each of them being coupled to at least one co-processors (108, 110, 112), at least one co-processor (108, 110, 112) being software-programmable to implement a scheduling algorithm; and an interface to the plurality of traffic flow queues, the interface being used to identify one or more packets associated to a particular traffic flow queue selected for transmission according to the scheduling algorithm and the interface being configured to signal the eligibility state of each of the traffic flow queues of the plurality of traffic flow queues.
Method for driving and for simultaneously determining the deflection (x(t)) and/or the rate of movement (v(t)) of an electrostatically excitable oscillator element, characterized by a determination of the deflection (x(t)) and/or of the rate of movement (v(t)) of the oscillator element with the aid of the excitation currents (i 1 (t), i 2 (t)) flowing during the electrostatic excitation.
A chromatographic resin suitable for use in high pressure affinity chromatography, the resin comprising a rigid organic polymer and the resin having a hydrophilic surface, characterized in that the hydrophilic surface is formed by a multiplicity of covalently bound small non-polymeric hydrophilic compounds having a molecular weight less than 1000 Dalton and wherein the resin does not contain a hydrophilic coating formed by a polymeric structure.
An apparatus comprising: a memory element configured to store information; a switching element coupled to the memory element; wherein the switching element is configured to be switched from a first state to a second state in response to an input signal provided by a capacitive touch screen external to the apparatus and wherein when the switching element is in the second state, the switching element is configured so that the information can be read from the memory element by a capacitive touch screen external to the apparatus. a memory element configured to store information; a switching element coupled to the memory element; wherein the switching element is configured to be switched from a first state to a second state in response to an input signal provided by a capacitive touch screen external to the apparatus and wherein when the switching element is in the second state, the switching element is configured so that the information can be read from the memory element by a capacitive touch screen external to the apparatus.
Method for creating a data backup of a virtualised automation solution running on a virtualisation server, wherein a computer program with at least one program code instruction with a specification of the data and files to be included in the data backup is executed on the virtualisation server as a result of a call from a remote computer, and the data backup is created as part of the execution of the computer program, wherein a hypervisor is executed on the virtualisation server and wherein the computer program comprises program code instructions, characterised in that the program code instructions prompt the hypervisor to write its configuration files to a boot medium of the hypervisor captured by the data backup before the creation of the data backup. wherein a computer program with at least one program code instruction with a specification of the data and files to be included in the data backup is executed on the virtualisation server as a result of a call from a remote computer, and the data backup is created as part of the execution of the computer program, wherein a hypervisor is executed on the virtualisation server and wherein the computer program comprises program code instructions, characterised in that the program code instructions prompt the hypervisor to write its configuration files to a boot medium of the hypervisor captured by the data backup before the creation of the data backup.