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A method of determining a value of a physical or chemical property of at least one polyethylene test sample, the at least one polymer test sample having a molecular weight distribution profile and a short chain branching distribution (SCBD), comprising: a) providing at least two polymer training samples, each training sample having a MWD profile, a SCBD, and a known value of the respective physical or chemical property; b) determining at least two weighted cross terms at respective molecular weights along the MWD profile and the SCBD, for each of the at least two polymer training samples and the at least one polyethylene test sample, each weighted cross term being determined as the multiplication product of: the respective molecular weight; the weight fraction at the respective molecular weight; and the number of short chain branches per 1000 carbon atoms at the respective molecular weight; c) plotting each weighted cross term versus the logarithm of the respective molecular weight for each of the at least two polymer training samples and the at least one polyethylene test sample; d) determining the respective area under each curve in step c); e) correlating the respective areas for each of the at least two polymer training samples in step d) with the known value of the respective physical or chemical property; and f) applying the correlation of step e) to the respective area of the at least one polyethylene test sample to determine the value of the physical or chemical property of the at least one polyethylene test sample, wherein the MWD profile and the SCBD are determined by SEC-FTIR analysis. a) providing at least two polymer training samples, each training sample having a MWD profile, a SCBD, and a known value of the respective physical or chemical property; b) determining at least two weighted cross terms at respective molecular weights along the MWD profile and the SCBD, for each of the at least two polymer training samples and the at least one polyethylene test sample, each weighted cross term being determined as the multiplication product of: the respective molecular weight; the weight fraction at the respective molecular weight; and the number of short chain branches per 1000 carbon atoms at the respective molecular weight; the respective molecular weight; the weight fraction at the respective molecular weight; and the number of short chain branches per 1000 carbon atoms at the respective molecular weight; c) plotting each weighted cross term versus the logarithm of the respective molecular weight for each of the at least two polymer training samples and the at least one polyethylene test sample; d) determining the respective area under each curve in step c); e) correlating the respective areas for each of the at least two polymer training samples in step d) with the known value of the respective physical or chemical property; and f) applying the correlation of step e) to the respective area of the at least one polyethylene test sample to determine the value of the physical or chemical property of the at least one polyethylene test sample, wherein the MWD profile and the SCBD are determined by SEC-FTIR analysis.
Apparatus for controlling a federated system of interacting sensors (1,6) and operational equipment, the sensors and operational equipment being under the control of a federation of control systems, each control system being configurable to control the operational equipment in response to trigger events detected by the sensors, according to a respective set of configurable management control policies, the apparatus being programmed to operate, in response to one or more identified special events among said trigger events, to replace the respective set of configurable management control policies in each control system of the federation with the same predetermined policy prioritising control of the behaviour of the federated system according to a predetermined set of control parameters.
A method for generating a batch of T-cells originating from different donors, said method comprising the steps of: (a) Providing T-cell samples obtained from individual donors; (b) Introducing a rare-cutting endonuclease disrupting at least one gene encoding a T cell Receptor component into the cells of each individual sample; (c) Purifying the TCR negative cells from the sample; (d) Pooling the TCR negative cells originating from the samples from at least two individual donors; to obtain a batch of T-cells to be used off-the-shelf. (a) Providing T-cell samples obtained from individual donors; (b) Introducing a rare-cutting endonuclease disrupting at least one gene encoding a T cell Receptor component into the cells of each individual sample; (c) Purifying the TCR negative cells from the sample; (d) Pooling the TCR negative cells originating from the samples from at least two individual donors; to obtain a batch of T-cells to be used off-the-shelf.
A toilet bowl having a bowl body and a flush water unit having a plurality of outlet openings (3, 3'), which open into the bowl interior of the bowl body and through which flush water enters the bowl interior from the rear side of the bowl body underneath the upper bowl rim, characterised in that the flush water unit has three separate, substantially straight supply pipes (6, 6'), on the respective front end (5, 5') of which the outlet openings (3, 3') are formed, which supply pipes can be pushed from outside through at least one assembly hole (7, 7') in the rear wall of the bowl body until they project into the bowl interior.
A non-woven of spunbonded thermoplastic filaments characterized in that it comprises at least 95% by mass (g) of it surface mass (g/m 2) of at least two polypropylene A and B polymers, said filaments having a titer of less than or equal to 1.3 dtex, said non-woven having a surface mass of less than or equal to 35 g/m 2, the welding rate being at least 10% and at most 25% and in that it comprises at least 88% by mass (g) of its surface mass (g/m 2) of said polypropylene A polymer obtained by polymerization in the presence of at least one polymerization catalyst based on metallocene and at most 12% by mass (g) of its surface mass of said polypropylene B polymer.
A system for controlling an automatic milking system, configured for automatically receiving, identifying and selectively milking a lactating animal in accordance with a set of milking parameters associated with said animal, said system comprising: a thermal imaging device, configured for generating at least one current thermal image of at least a portion of an udder of said animal, a storage device, configured for storing at least one reference thermal image of said udder, and a processing device, configured for comparing at least one current value derived from said at least one current thermal image and/or at least one current thermal image with at least one reference value derived from said at least one reference thermal image and/or at least one reference thermal image, wherein the processing device is arranged to detect a temperature difference between the udder as depicted on the current thermal image and the udder as depicted on the reference thermal image, wherein said processing device is arranged to selectively provide a status indication of said animal in response to a result of said detection wherein the processing device is arranged to receive a user input setting or modifying at least one of said milking parameters in response to said status indication, or to selectively set or modify at least one of said milking parameters in response to said status indication; and wherein said set of milking parameters comprise at least one of a milking macro frequency, a milking micro frequency, a milking time, a milking vacuum level, milk handling and milk treatment. a thermal imaging device, configured for generating at least one current thermal image of at least a portion of an udder of said animal, a storage device, configured for storing at least one reference thermal image of said udder, and a processing device, configured for comparing at least one current value derived from said at least one current thermal image and/or at least one current thermal image with at least one reference value derived from said at least one reference thermal image and/or at least one reference thermal image, wherein the processing device is arranged to detect a temperature difference between the udder as depicted on the current thermal image and the udder as depicted on the reference thermal image, wherein said processing device is arranged to selectively provide a status indication of said animal in response to a result of said detection wherein the processing device is arranged to receive a user input setting or modifying at least one of said milking parameters in response to said status indication, or to selectively set or modify at least one of said milking parameters in response to said status indication; and wherein said set of milking parameters comprise at least one of a milking macro frequency, a milking micro frequency, a milking time, a milking vacuum level, milk handling and milk treatment.
Motor vehicle comprising a device for holding a spare wheel that is installed inside said vehicle, said device comprising a wire structure formed by a bent wire pressing on the spare wheel resting flat, at least one hinge (41, 42) secured to a structural element of the vehicle (6, 60, 61) and locking means that are able to be secured to at least one structural element of the vehicle (6, 60), said at least one hinge and said locking means being spaced apart from one another, and at least a portion of said wire being integrated into said at least one hinge (41, 42) that is able to make said wire structure pass reversibly from a lowered position to a raised position, and said bent wire comprising a closure element cooperating with said locking means, said wire being made of metal, characterized in that said at least one hinge (41, 42) is a hollow metal cylinder welded to a structural element of the vehicle, a ring (411, 421) made of polymer material being mounted so as to be able to slide in said cylinder, and the end of the wire being introduced into said ring.
Method for operating an electropneumatic parking brake system of a vehicle combination which consists of a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, in the case of which method, after a parking operation and the holding of the vehicle combination by way of a parking brake, a trailer control function is to be activated at a vehicle standstill, which trailer control function makes a check possible as to whether, in the case of a decrease in the braking action of the trailer vehicle, the vehicle combination can be held solely by way of the braking action of a parking brake of the tractor vehicle, in the case of which method, when a vehicle combination has been braked independently by way of an automatic parking brake function, the trailer control function is carried out automatically, characterized in that the automatic activation and deactivation of the trailer control function is indicated to the driver in a visual, acoustic and/or haptic manner.
A movable platform assembly for a boat, comprising a support structure adapted to be connected to the boat, a platform, and a horizontal translation system connecting the platform to the support structure, said horizontal translation system comprising a pair of main arms rotatable about respective vertical rotation axes (x), and a pair of main sliders slidable in transverse direction along a main guide fixed to the platform, wherein each main arm comprises a proximal end hinged to the support structure and a distal end hinged to a respective main slider, and wherein the platform is translationally movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the support structure. a support structure adapted to be connected to the boat, a platform, and a horizontal translation system connecting the platform to the support structure, said horizontal translation system comprising a pair of main arms rotatable about respective vertical rotation axes (x), and a pair of main sliders slidable in transverse direction along a main guide fixed to the platform, wherein each main arm comprises a proximal end hinged to the support structure and a distal end hinged to a respective main slider, and wherein the platform is translationally movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the support structure.
A floating vessel for collecting liquid samples comprising a hull having a bottom intended to be immersed in a aqueous medium beneath a waterline and a superstructure located beneath the waterline, the vessel comprising propulsion means, sample collecting and storing means and remote control means of the propulsion means and the collecting means, characterized in that the propulsion means are air propulsion means and in that the vessel comprises a secondary removable hull provided with fastening means on the hull of the vessel covering at least the bottom of the vessel.
A switch unit so mountable to a distal end of a handpiece of an activatable surgical tool as to be contactable by a finger of a hand manipulating the handpiece, said switch unit being radially symmetrical, characterised by a waist portion, wherein the waist portion comprises an inner deformable member having in transverse cross-section an outer profile comprising a plurality of flat surfaces and at least one apex and an inner profile which surrounds a rigid mounting body having a cylindrical outer surface and an axial bore therethrough, said inner profile having one or more first switch contacts mounted or affixed thereto such that a first switch contact is mounted or affixed opposite each flat surface; and an outer deformable member extending circumferentially around the waist portion, which, in an undeformed state, contacts the inner deformable member only at the or each apex, wherein, in use, pressure applied by a finger deforms the outer deformable member to exert a force on the inner deformable member at a location remote from the or each apex, such that the respective first switch contact moves in an inward direction towards a corresponding second switch contact located on the outer surface of the mounting body, thereby activating the tool.
Compound of formula, or one of its prodrugs of formula, in which: R1a represents H, an halogen, a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl or a CN; R1b represents H, an halogen or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; R1c represents H or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; R2 represents H, an halogen, an OH,an O-(C 1 -C 6)alkyl or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; R3 represents H, an halogen, a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl, an OH, an O-(C 1 -C 6)alkyl, a CONH 2 or a CN; R4 represents H, an halogen or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; R5 represents H or F; R6 represents an O-(C1-C6)alkyl, an O-(C1-C6)alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, a NH2, a NH-(C1-C6)alkyl, an O-(C1-C6)alkyl optionally substituted by one to three hydroxyl groups, O-(C1-C6)alkyl-O-CO(C1-C6)alkyl); R7 represents H or F; R8 represents H or F; R9 represents H or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; or one of its enantiomers. R1a represents H, an halogen, a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl or a CN; R1b represents H, an halogen or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; R1c represents H or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; R2 represents H, an halogen, an OH,an O-(C 1 -C 6)alkyl or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; R3 represents H, an halogen, a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl, an OH, an O-(C 1 -C 6)alkyl, a CONH 2 or a CN; R4 represents H, an halogen or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; R5 represents H or F; R6 represents an O-(C1-C6)alkyl, an O-(C1-C6)alkyl-heterocycloalkyl, a NH2, a NH-(C1-C6)alkyl, an O-(C1-C6)alkyl optionally substituted by one to three hydroxyl groups, O-(C1-C6)alkyl-O-CO(C1-C6)alkyl); R7 represents H or F; R8 represents H or F; R9 represents H or a (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; or one of its enantiomers.
A method of fabricating a biologically active, proteolytic-resistant polypeptide, the method comprising forming successive peptide bonds between an α-amino acid residue and a β-amino acid residue in a liquid phase or on a solid support, wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence chosen from SEQ. ID. NOS: 10, 4-9, 11, and 25-30, wherein between 14% and 50% of amino acid residues in the polypeptide are β-amino acid residues.
A multi-functional cleaning and floor care system, comprising a reservoir assembly including a wheeled chassis, a reservoir comprising a circumferential sidewall and an upper end, the reservoir defining an interior space operable for holding a fresh cleaning liquid, the upper end defining an opening, a wet vacuum assembly removably positionable on the reservoir, the wet vacuum assembly comprising a vacuum recovery tank and a vacuum motor assembly fluidly connected to the vacuum recovery tank, the wet vacuum assembly transportable on the reservoir, and each of the reservoir assembly and the wet vacuum assembly operable when the wet vacuum assembly is positioned on the reservoir, and when the wet vacuum assembly is not positioned on the reservoir, characterised in that the system further comprises a spigot fluidly connected to the reservoir interior space, the spigot including a valve that is adjustable between a fully open position and a fully closed position, whereby when the reservoir contains a fresh cleaning liquid, a user may regulate the flow of the fresh cleaning liquid from the reservoir through the spigot by adjusting the spigot valve.
A method of protecting a substrate during use at high temperature in a medium that is oxidizing and wet, the substrate having at least a portion adjacent to a surface that is made of a refractory material containing silicon, by forming an environmental barrier that does not contain boron on the surface of the substrate, the method being characterized in that an environmental barrier is formed having at least one self-healing layer that is constituted essentially by a system of oxides formed by at least one rare earth oxide, silica, and alumina, which system conserves a majority solid phase up to at least 1400°C and presents a liquid phase at a temperature equal to or greater than 1400°C, said liquid phase representing in the range 5 mol% to 40 mol% of the total composition of said self-healing layer.
A system comprising a bone screw and an aiming guide for drilling a hole in a bone; in which the bone screw comprises: a screw shaft extending longitudinally along a screw axis; a screw head extending from a proximal end of the screw shaft; and a through hole defining a through hole axis and extending through the screw head, the through hole axis intersecting the screw axis at an acute angle α, the through hole being adapted to receive therein a second screw and tapering from a first end at a proximal end of the screw head to a second end opening to an outer surface of the bone screw; in which the screw head has a concave seat comprising a channel and a centrally located recess, the channel disposed at the first end of the through hole and extending from the outer surface of the bone screw transversely through the screw head along a channel axis that is substantially perpendicular to the screw axis, the channel being open at the proximal end of the bone screw; in which the aiming guide is for drilling a hole having an axis which coincides with the through hole axis of the through hole in the screw head of the bone screw; and in which the aiming guide comprises: a guide sleeve; a coaxial through bore; and a male connector terminally arranged at a front end of the aiming guide for coupling to the recess in the screw head, the connector including a tip a width of which decreases towards the front end of the aiming guide and two pins diametrically projecting over the tip in either direction and coaxially arranged on a central axis which extends orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the aiming guide, wherein in at least a cross-section orthogonal to the central axis the tip has a circularly curved periphery with a radius and a centre located on the longitudinal axis. a screw shaft extending longitudinally along a screw axis; a screw head extending from a proximal end of the screw shaft; and a through hole defining a through hole axis and extending through the screw head, the through hole axis intersecting the screw axis at an acute angle α, the through hole being adapted to receive therein a second screw and tapering from a first end at a proximal end of the screw head to a second end opening to an outer surface of the bone screw; a guide sleeve; a coaxial through bore; and a male connector terminally arranged at a front end of the aiming guide for coupling to the recess in the screw head, the connector including a tip a width of which decreases towards the front end of the aiming guide and two pins diametrically projecting over the tip in either direction and coaxially arranged on a central axis which extends orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the aiming guide, wherein in at least a cross-section orthogonal to the central axis the tip has a circularly curved periphery with a radius and a centre located on the longitudinal axis.
Hinge suitable to couple in a rotatable manner, around an axis of rotation, a mobile component, namely a seat-ring or lid of a toilet seat, and a fixed component, namely a toilet, comprising: - a mobile portion, suitable to be integrally constrained in rotation to the mobile component, and a fixed portion having an attachment part suitable to be integrally constrained to the fixed component; said mobile portion and said fixed portion being connected to each other axially; - an attachment element, in form of pin, for coupling between the attachment part of the fixed portion and the fixed component; characterized in that said attachment part is provided with a blind hole in which the attachment element is insertable at least partially for coupling between the hinge and the toilet, and in that a terminal portion of the pin and a distal portion of the hole are conical, and in that the pin comprises a friction ring to improve the coupling with the attachment part. - a mobile portion, suitable to be integrally constrained in rotation to the mobile component, and a fixed portion having an attachment part suitable to be integrally constrained to the fixed component; said mobile portion and said fixed portion being connected to each other axially; - an attachment element, in form of pin, for coupling between the attachment part of the fixed portion and the fixed component; characterized in that said attachment part is provided with a blind hole in which the attachment element is insertable at least partially for coupling between the hinge and the toilet, and in that a terminal portion of the pin and a distal portion of the hole are conical, and in that the pin comprises a friction ring to improve the coupling with the attachment part.