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A method for providing high purity silicon comprising the steps of: providing an agricultural waste product having amorphous silica, carbon, and impurities; extracting from the agricultural waste product an amount of the impurities; changing the ratio of carbon to silica; and reducing the silica to photovoltaic silicon; wherein the agricultural waste product is a product of burning a raw agricultural waste product, wherein in the providing step, the agricultural waste product may be ground, sieved, sedimented, or any combination thereof so as to increase exposure to pores of the agricultural waste product, in the step of providing the agricultural waste product, the agricultural waste product has a molar ratio of carbon to silica that ranges from about 5:95 to about 60:40, in the step of providing the agricultural waste product, the agricultural waste product includes at least about 40 percent by weight silica. providing an agricultural waste product having amorphous silica, carbon, and impurities; extracting from the agricultural waste product an amount of the impurities; changing the ratio of carbon to silica; and reducing the silica to photovoltaic silicon; wherein the agricultural waste product is a product of burning a raw agricultural waste product, wherein in the providing step, the agricultural waste product may be ground, sieved, sedimented, or any combination thereof so as to increase exposure to pores of the agricultural waste product, in the step of providing the agricultural waste product, the agricultural waste product has a molar ratio of carbon to silica that ranges from about 5:95 to about 60:40, in the step of providing the agricultural waste product, the agricultural waste product includes at least about 40 percent by weight silica.
A lock comprising a rotor and a stator composed of two elements and, said rotor comprising at least one anti-tearing means disposed between the introduction conduit of the key and the end of said rotor the closest to said key introduction conduit, characterized in that the anti-tearing means comprises at least one fuse zone capable of causing the division into at least two parts and of said anti-tearing means, said anti-tearing means also comprising at least one tooth disposed radially outwards towards the stator on each end of each of said parts and; said stator comprising at least one recess on each of its elements and so that each tooth interlocks into the corresponding recess during a attempting to break said lock in order to block the rotational movement of said rotor.
A dispersion-type feed additive composition for ruminants, comprising: at least one protective agent selected from a hydrogenated vegetable oil and a hydrogenated animal oil having a melting point higher than 50°C and lower than 90°C; 0.05 to 6% by weight of lecithin; 40% by weight or more and less than 65% by weight of a basic amino acid; and water; and having a water activity of 0.25 to 0.6, wherein the feed additive composition for ruminants is obtainable by a method, comprising: a process of preparing a molten mixture formed from at least one protective agent selected from a hydrogenated vegetable oil and a hydrogenated animal oil having a melting point higher than 50°C and lower than 90°C, lecithin and a basic amino acid; a process of obtaining a solidified mixture by immersing said molten mixture into water; and a process of heat-treating the solidified mixture, thereby adjusting the water activity to 0.25 to 0.6. a process of preparing a molten mixture formed from at least one protective agent selected from a hydrogenated vegetable oil and a hydrogenated animal oil having a melting point higher than 50°C and lower than 90°C, lecithin and a basic amino acid; a process of obtaining a solidified mixture by immersing said molten mixture into water; and a process of heat-treating the solidified mixture, thereby adjusting the water activity to 0.25 to 0.6.
An antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising heavy chain CDRs of SEQ ID NO: 6, 7, and 8, and a light chain variable region comprising light chain CDRs of SEQ ID NOs: 3, 4, and 5 for use in a method of treating AL amyloidosis in a patient, wherein the patient has been previously selected as having: (a) Mayo Stage IV AL amyloidosis; (b) a 6MWD of ≥ 150 meters at baseline and an EF of > 50% at baseline; (c) Mayo Stage IV AL amyloidosis and an EF of > 50% at baseline; or (d) Mayo Stage IV AL amyloidosis, a 6MWD of ≥ 150 meters at baseline, and an EF of > 50% at baseline. (a) Mayo Stage IV AL amyloidosis; (b) a 6MWD of ≥ 150 meters at baseline and an EF of > 50% at baseline; (c) Mayo Stage IV AL amyloidosis and an EF of > 50% at baseline; or (d) Mayo Stage IV AL amyloidosis, a 6MWD of ≥ 150 meters at baseline, and an EF of > 50% at baseline.
A vacuum device, in particular a vacuum pump, comprising a lubricant-free space; a space including a lubricant; and a rotatably supported shaft which is at least sectionally arranged in the two spaces (17, 19), wherein a sealing apparatus, through which the shaft passes, is provided between the spaces (17, 19), wherein the sealing apparatus comprises: a rotor element which is rotationally fixedly connected to the shaft; a first stator element which is rotationally fixedly arranged between the spaces (17, 19); wherein a first gap having an inlet opening is formed between the first stator element and the rotor element, said inlet opening being open toward the space including the lubricant, wherein the first gap has an outlet opening disposed oppositely to the inlet opening, said outlet opening being connected to a first expansion space which has a larger cross-sectional surface than the first gap and which is formed by wall sections of the rotor element and of the first stator element, and wherein the first expansion space is in connection with a lubricant sump, wherein the sealing apparatus comprises a second stator element which is arranged at that side of the rotor element which faces the lubricant-free space, while the first stator element is arranged at the oppositely disposed side of the rotor element which faces the space including a lubricant, characterized in that the first and second stator elements (23, 25) are of the same construction. a rotor element which is rotationally fixedly connected to the shaft; a first stator element which is rotationally fixedly arranged between the spaces (17, 19); wherein a first gap having an inlet opening is formed between the first stator element and the rotor element, said inlet opening being open toward the space including the lubricant, wherein the first gap has an outlet opening disposed oppositely to the inlet opening, said outlet opening being connected to a first expansion space which has a larger cross-sectional surface than the first gap and which is formed by wall sections of the rotor element and of the first stator element, and wherein the first expansion space is in connection with a lubricant sump, wherein the sealing apparatus comprises a second stator element which is arranged at that side of the rotor element which faces the lubricant-free space, while the first stator element is arranged at the oppositely disposed side of the rotor element which faces the space including a lubricant, characterized in that the first and second stator elements (23, 25) are of the same construction.
A tissue treatment product comprising: a porous material comprising a natural or artificial scaffold, wherein the porous material comprises at least one of an extracellular matrix of a partially decellularized tissue, and an extracellular matrix of a completely decellularized tissue; at least one chelating agent selected from the group consisting of iminodiacetic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) that is covalently bound to the porous material; and wherein the tissue treatment product is functionalized with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of calcium, zinc, copper, silver, cobalt, nickel, manganese, and magnesium bound to the chelating agent(s) on the tissue treatment product.
A hydrogen-fuelled gas turbine engine comprising: a fuel pump configured to pump cryogenically-stored hydrogen fuel through a main fuel conduit; a hydrogen fuel vaporiser having a fuel offtake to divert a portion of hydrogen fuel from the main fuel conduit, a burner to burn the portion of hydrogen fuel diverted from the main fuel conduit, and a heat exchanger to transfer heat produced by the burner to hydrogen fuel in the main fuel conduit, thereby vaporising it; and a fuel injection system configured to receive vaporised hydrogen fuel and inject it into a combustor; wherein the gas turbine engine comprises a compressor (202, 204) for compressing inlet air for supply to the combustor, and characterised in that the gas turbine engine further comprises a bleed air system configured to bleed compressed air from the compressor (202, 204) and supply it to the burner to burn with the portion of hydrogen fuel diverted from the main fuel conduit. a fuel pump configured to pump cryogenically-stored hydrogen fuel through a main fuel conduit; a hydrogen fuel vaporiser having a fuel offtake to divert a portion of hydrogen fuel from the main fuel conduit, a burner to burn the portion of hydrogen fuel diverted from the main fuel conduit, and a heat exchanger to transfer heat produced by the burner to hydrogen fuel in the main fuel conduit, thereby vaporising it; and a fuel injection system configured to receive vaporised hydrogen fuel and inject it into a combustor; wherein the gas turbine engine comprises a compressor (202, 204) for compressing inlet air for supply to the combustor, and characterised in that the gas turbine engine further comprises a bleed air system configured to bleed compressed air from the compressor (202, 204) and supply it to the burner to burn with the portion of hydrogen fuel diverted from the main fuel conduit.
A mechanism for moving a door from a first location to a second location, which movement includes a sliding movement, and which movement has a number of separate steps, whereby in a first step a first end of the element is turned outwards to a first end position, whereby in a second step a second end of the element is turned outwards until the element is in a location parallel to the original location, whereby at the end of said second step a locking means of the mechanism is released, whereby in a third step the element is slid into the second location by extending, a pull-out guide rail, in which the element is received, and whereby the above steps of the movement are repeated in reversed order to move the element from the second location to the first location, whereby the mechanism comprises; a housing; a pull-out guide rail having a first member mounted to the door, wherein the first member and a second member are arranged slidably in relation to each other, a first lever arm, one end of which is received in a pivoting point at the pull-out guide rail and the opposite end of said first lever arm being received in a pivoting point at the housing of the mechanism, wherein the pivoting point at the pull-out guide rail is placed at a first end of the pull-out guide rail, a second lever arm, wherein a first end of said second lever arm is received in a third pivoting point in the pull-out guide rail, characterized in that a second end of the second lever arm is received in a groove of the housing by means of a guiding wheel, and wherein a first end of a third lever arm is received in a fourth pivoting point in the second lever arm and a second end of the third lever arm is received in a fifth pivoting point in the housing.
A vehicle lamp heat dissipation system comprising: a heat pipe; a heat sink having a slot adapted to receive the heat pipe; and a light-emitting diode mounted directly to the heat pipe, wherein the heat pipe is disposed in the slot such that heat is transferred from the LED to the heat sink via the heat pipe for effectively cooling the LED; wherein the heat pipe comprises a first end and a second end, characterized in that the heat pipe is bent in two locations along a longitudinal axis such that the first end and the second end extend in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereby forming a U-shape; and wherein the LED is located inside of a projector module and the first end and the second end of the heat pipe extend in the transverse direction away from the projector module for transferring heat away from the projector module; and further comprising: a printed circuit board located off of the LED and mounted directly to the heat sink outside of and adjacent to the heat pipe, wherein the LED is electrically bonded to the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being mounted to the heat sink adjacent the slot; and a first ribbon bond electrically coupling the LED to the printed circuit board and a second ribbon bond electrically coupling the LED to the printed circuit board. a heat pipe; a heat sink having a slot adapted to receive the heat pipe; and a light-emitting diode mounted directly to the heat pipe, wherein the heat pipe is disposed in the slot such that heat is transferred from the LED to the heat sink via the heat pipe for effectively cooling the LED; wherein the heat pipe comprises a first end and a second end, characterized in that the heat pipe is bent in two locations along a longitudinal axis such that the first end and the second end extend in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereby forming a U-shape; and wherein the LED is located inside of a projector module and the first end and the second end of the heat pipe extend in the transverse direction away from the projector module for transferring heat away from the projector module; and further comprising: a printed circuit board located off of the LED and mounted directly to the heat sink outside of and adjacent to the heat pipe, wherein the LED is electrically bonded to the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being mounted to the heat sink adjacent the slot; and a first ribbon bond electrically coupling the LED to the printed circuit board and a second ribbon bond electrically coupling the LED to the printed circuit board. a printed circuit board located off of the LED and mounted directly to the heat sink outside of and adjacent to the heat pipe, wherein the LED is electrically bonded to the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board being mounted to the heat sink adjacent the slot; and a first ribbon bond electrically coupling the LED to the printed circuit board and a second ribbon bond electrically coupling the LED to the printed circuit board.
Polymer particles for use in electrophoretic devices comprising monomer units of a) at least one polymerisable ionic liquid X-R-C + A -, wherein X is a polymerisable group, R is a spacer group, C + is a cation, A - is a borate, imide, phosphate, sulfonate, succinate, naphthenate or carboxylate; b) at least one monomer, c) optionally at least one polymerisable dye, and d) optionally at least one crosslinking co-monomer.
A composite button ( 100", 100a) configured to be inserted into a button hole of a protective case and suitable for contacting a trigger button of an electronic device, the protective case including a casing peripheral wall that has an inner peripheral surface suitable for facing the electronic device, and an outer peripheral surface opposite to the inner peripheral surface, the button hole extending through the inner and outer peripheral surfaces (221, 222), said composite button ( 100", 100a) comprising: a soft material layer ( 4', 4a) made of a material that is elastoplastic and having a contact surface suitable for contacting the trigger button of the electronic device, and a soft material connecting surface opposite to said contact surface, wherein said soft material layer ( 4', 4a) includes a contact portion having said contact surface; and a hard material layer ( 5") connected to said soft material connecting surface, wherein said hard material layer ( 5") has a hard material connecting surface connected to said soft material connecting surface; wherein said hard material layer ( 5") has a peripheral flange suitable for abutting against the inner peripheral surface of the casing peripheral wall; characterized in that said peripheral flange extends outwardly and integrally from an outer peripheral edge of said hard material connecting surface. a soft material layer ( 4', 4a) made of a material that is elastoplastic and having a contact surface suitable for contacting the trigger button of the electronic device, and a soft material connecting surface opposite to said contact surface, wherein said soft material layer ( 4', 4a) includes a contact portion having said contact surface; and a hard material layer ( 5") connected to said soft material connecting surface, wherein said hard material layer ( 5") has a hard material connecting surface connected to said soft material connecting surface; wherein said hard material layer ( 5") has a peripheral flange suitable for abutting against the inner peripheral surface of the casing peripheral wall; characterized in that said peripheral flange extends outwardly and integrally from an outer peripheral edge of said hard material connecting surface.
A sealing arrangement comprising a vehicle chassis, a vehicle cab and a seal adapted to sealing between the vehicle chassis and the vehicle cab, characterised in that the seal takes the form of a brush and in that bristles of the brush are cut to shape in such a way that their length varies along the extent of the brush.
A charge compensation circuit (100, 200, 300, 400) for use in an analog-to-digital converter for stabilizing a reference voltage, comprising: a first capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the first capacitor is coupled to a reference voltage of the analog-to-digital converter; and a first logic circuit coupled to a second terminal of the first capacitor and is configured to adjust a voltage at the second terminal of the first capacitor according to a first control signal; wherein the first control signal is determined according to a first output bit from the analog-to-digital converter; and wherein the reference voltage is stabilized with a negative feedback mechanism to compensate for a discharging path voltage-drop formed from the reference voltage to a ground voltage in the analog-to-digital converter. a first capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the first capacitor is coupled to a reference voltage of the analog-to-digital converter; and a first logic circuit coupled to a second terminal of the first capacitor and is configured to adjust a voltage at the second terminal of the first capacitor according to a first control signal; wherein the first control signal is determined according to a first output bit from the analog-to-digital converter; and wherein the reference voltage is stabilized with a negative feedback mechanism to compensate for a discharging path voltage-drop formed from the reference voltage to a ground voltage in the analog-to-digital converter.
Cable mounting component for an electrical appliance, in particular a hand-held household appliance, having: a cable mounting element with a cable mounting element body which has a receiving side, wherein the cable mounting element is configured to hold a cable element on the receiving side, a cable holder which can be attached to the electrical appliance, wherein the cable holder has a guide (36, 37) for the cable mounting element, wherein the cable mounting element is configured to be moved along the guide (36, 37) of the cable holder with the cable element at least partially looped around the cable mounting element body, wherein the cable mounting element is provided on the receiving side with a first engaging element for engaging in a cable sheath of a cable element, characterised in that, when a tensile load is applied, the cable mounting element body is deformable in such a way that the first engaging element is pressed into the cable sheath of the cable element.
A method comprising: (a) sequencing polynucleotides from cancer cells from a biological sample of a subject, wherein the polynucleotides comprise cfDNA, and wherein the sequence reads generated by the sequencing are subject to noise reduction, which comprises molecular tracking of sequences generated from a single polynucleotide in the sample; (b) identifying and quantifying somatic mutations in the polynucleotides; (c) developing a profile of tumor heterogeneity in the subject indicating a presence and a relative quantity of a plurality of the somatic mutations in the polynucleotides, wherein different relative quantities indicate tumor heterogeneity; (d) determining a therapeutic intervention for a cancer exhibiting the tumor heterogeneity, wherein the therapeutic intervention is effective against a cancer having the profile of tumor heterogeneity; and (e) monitoring changes in tumor heterogeneity in the subject over time and determining different therapeutic interventions over time based on the changes; wherein the method further comprises generating a tumor response map which is a graphical representation of genetic information indicating changes over time in genetic information from a tumor, wherein the process of generating the tumor response map comprises normalizing the quantities for each somatic mutation for rendering across all test points and then generating a scaling factor. (a) sequencing polynucleotides from cancer cells from a biological sample of a subject, wherein the polynucleotides comprise cfDNA, and wherein the sequence reads generated by the sequencing are subject to noise reduction, which comprises molecular tracking of sequences generated from a single polynucleotide in the sample; (b) identifying and quantifying somatic mutations in the polynucleotides; (c) developing a profile of tumor heterogeneity in the subject indicating a presence and a relative quantity of a plurality of the somatic mutations in the polynucleotides, wherein different relative quantities indicate tumor heterogeneity; (d) determining a therapeutic intervention for a cancer exhibiting the tumor heterogeneity, wherein the therapeutic intervention is effective against a cancer having the profile of tumor heterogeneity; and (e) monitoring changes in tumor heterogeneity in the subject over time and determining different therapeutic interventions over time based on the changes; wherein the method further comprises generating a tumor response map which is a graphical representation of genetic information indicating changes over time in genetic information from a tumor, wherein the process of generating the tumor response map comprises normalizing the quantities for each somatic mutation for rendering across all test points and then generating a scaling factor.