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Apparatus for use in a wellbore, for use in sensing temperature in a wellbore, comprising: tubing being metallic tubing, comprising at least 6 temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n) provided at locations along the inside of the tubing, said temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n) comprising temperature sensors provided at least in part by a resistive element whose electrical resistance is dependent on temperature; an electrical network configured to electrically connect to the resistive elements to in use allow measuring of the respective electrical properties of the resistive elements to infer a thermal characteristic of the resistive element; and at least one downhole control module electrically connected to multiple of said temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n), via the electrical network and configured to receive and process an electrical signal associated with the temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n) to enable inference of the temperature of the resistive elements and the environment to which the tubing is exposed at the location of that resistive element, wherein the at least one downhole control module further comprises a common reference signal generator used as a reference for the measurement of at least one of the voltage and the current of at least two temperature sensor modules; and wherein the tubing outer diameter is in the range of 3 mm to 14 mm at the location in the tubing of at least one of the temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n). tubing being metallic tubing, comprising at least 6 temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n) provided at locations along the inside of the tubing, said temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n) comprising temperature sensors provided at least in part by a resistive element whose electrical resistance is dependent on temperature; an electrical network configured to electrically connect to the resistive elements to in use allow measuring of the respective electrical properties of the resistive elements to infer a thermal characteristic of the resistive element; and at least one downhole control module electrically connected to multiple of said temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n), via the electrical network and configured to receive and process an electrical signal associated with the temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n) to enable inference of the temperature of the resistive elements and the environment to which the tubing is exposed at the location of that resistive element, wherein the at least one downhole control module further comprises a common reference signal generator used as a reference for the measurement of at least one of the voltage and the current of at least two temperature sensor modules; and wherein the tubing outer diameter is in the range of 3 mm to 14 mm at the location in the tubing of at least one of the temperature sensor modules (120a, 120b, 120c... 120n).
A solid oxide fuel cell comprising a porous support, a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte, and an air electrode, each of the fuel electrode, the solid electrolyte, and the air electrode being sequentially laminated on a surface of the porous support, wherein the porous support comprises forsterite and a nickel element, and Ni and/or NiO fine particles are exposed on a surface of a sintered compact of the forsterite, the sintered compact constituting the porous support, characterized in that the Ni and/or NiO fine particles have a particle diameter of 1 nm to 200 nm both inclusive, and wherein the porous support comprises the forsterite, the nickel element, and a calcium element, a concentration of the calcium element being more than 0 mass % but not more than 1 mass % in terms of CaO, and [CaO]/[NiO] is more than 0 but not more than 0.03 by mass ratio in at least one region of the porous support.
An HHV-6 infection inhibitor for use in the treatment or prevention of a mood disorder, wherein the HHV-6 infection inhibitor is administered to cells in olfactory epithelium of a subject.
An active implantable medical device of the cardiac resynchronizer type, comprising: - ventricular pacing means (10, 12, 30), suitable for generating pacing pulses to be delivered to at least the left ventricle of a patient in whom the device is implanted; - means (10, 12, 20, 30) for detecting atrial and ventricular events; and - means for applying an atrioventricular delay, AVD, between a sensed or stimulated atrial event and delivery of a ventricular pacing pulse; said device being characterized in that it further comprises: - quantification means for quantifying a degree of fusion between the delivery of a pacing pulse to a cavity, left or right, and a spontaneous contraction of another, opposite, cavity, respectively right or left, these means being suitable for computing a fusion rate value lying between two extreme values corresponding respectively to a situation of full capture and to a situation of spontaneous depolarization of said cavity; and - dynamic AVD adaptation means (206, 208) suitable for dynamically modifying the value of the AVD applied to delivery of said ventricular pacing pulse, as a function of a comparison made between i) the current value of the fusion rate computed by the quantification means, and ii) a target value for the fusion rate. - ventricular pacing means (10, 12, 30), suitable for generating pacing pulses to be delivered to at least the left ventricle of a patient in whom the device is implanted; - means (10, 12, 20, 30) for detecting atrial and ventricular events; and - means for applying an atrioventricular delay, AVD, between a sensed or stimulated atrial event and delivery of a ventricular pacing pulse; - quantification means for quantifying a degree of fusion between the delivery of a pacing pulse to a cavity, left or right, and a spontaneous contraction of another, opposite, cavity, respectively right or left, these means being suitable for computing a fusion rate value lying between two extreme values corresponding respectively to a situation of full capture and to a situation of spontaneous depolarization of said cavity; and - dynamic AVD adaptation means (206, 208) suitable for dynamically modifying the value of the AVD applied to delivery of said ventricular pacing pulse, as a function of a comparison made between i) the current value of the fusion rate computed by the quantification means, and ii) a target value for the fusion rate.
A powdered composition comprising: • 25-35% of di-Itri-saccharides other than lactose; • 3-20% of lactose; • 2-15% milk protein other than processed soluble caseinate; • 35-50% fat; and • 3-7% emulsifier; wherein the powdered composition comprises less than 10% of maltodextrin and / or glucose syrup having a DE of less than 40. • 25-35% of di-Itri-saccharides other than lactose; • 3-20% of lactose; • 2-15% milk protein other than processed soluble caseinate; • 35-50% fat; and • 3-7% emulsifier;
A C-arm registration system, comprising: a X-ray ring marker including a centric ring on an annular base; and a C-arm registration controller for registering a C-arm to the X-ray ring marker, wherein the C-arm registration controller is configured to: acquire a baseline X-ray image illustrative of the X-ray ring marker within a baseline X-ray projection by the C-arm at a baseline imaging pose; derive baseline position parameters of the X-ray ring marker as a function of an illustration of the centric ring within the baseline X-ray image, the baseline position parameters being definitive of a position of the X-ray ring marker within the baseline X-ray projection; characterized in that: the X-ray ring marker further including a coaxial construction of a chirp ring and in that: the C-arm registration controller is further configured to derive a baseline twist parameter of the X-ray ring marker as a function of the baseline position parameters and of an illustration of the chirp ring within the baseline X-ray image, the baseline twist parameter being definitive of a twist of the X-ray ring marker within the baseline X-ray projection. a X-ray ring marker including a centric ring on an annular base; and a C-arm registration controller for registering a C-arm to the X-ray ring marker, wherein the C-arm registration controller is configured to: acquire a baseline X-ray image illustrative of the X-ray ring marker within a baseline X-ray projection by the C-arm at a baseline imaging pose; derive baseline position parameters of the X-ray ring marker as a function of an illustration of the centric ring within the baseline X-ray image, the baseline position parameters being definitive of a position of the X-ray ring marker within the baseline X-ray projection; characterized in that: the X-ray ring marker further including a coaxial construction of a chirp ring and in that: the C-arm registration controller is further configured to derive a baseline twist parameter of the X-ray ring marker as a function of the baseline position parameters and of an illustration of the chirp ring within the baseline X-ray image, the baseline twist parameter being definitive of a twist of the X-ray ring marker within the baseline X-ray projection. acquire a baseline X-ray image illustrative of the X-ray ring marker within a baseline X-ray projection by the C-arm at a baseline imaging pose; derive baseline position parameters of the X-ray ring marker as a function of an illustration of the centric ring within the baseline X-ray image, the baseline position parameters being definitive of a position of the X-ray ring marker within the baseline X-ray projection; characterized in that: the X-ray ring marker further including a coaxial construction of a chirp ring and in that: the C-arm registration controller is further configured to derive a baseline twist parameter of the X-ray ring marker as a function of the baseline position parameters and of an illustration of the chirp ring within the baseline X-ray image, the baseline twist parameter being definitive of a twist of the X-ray ring marker within the baseline X-ray projection.
A dry trap tundish comprising: An upper housing portion including a liquid inlet connector at an upper end thereof; a lower housing portion including a liquid outlet connector at a lower end thereof; a chamber defined by peripheral walls (15, 17) of the upper and lower housing portions (12,14) between the inlet and outlet connectors (20, 22), wherein the chamber is divided into an open upper chamber and a closable lower chamber by a dividing member comprising an aperture; and a movable valve member urged to close the aperture from below under the action of a biasing member and guided by a support structure (80, 82, 90); wherein the valve member and the biasing member are fully located below the dividing member, characterized in that the support structure (80,82,90) is fully located below the dividing member. An upper housing portion including a liquid inlet connector at an upper end thereof; a lower housing portion including a liquid outlet connector at a lower end thereof; a chamber defined by peripheral walls (15, 17) of the upper and lower housing portions (12,14) between the inlet and outlet connectors (20, 22), wherein the chamber is divided into an open upper chamber and a closable lower chamber by a dividing member comprising an aperture; and a movable valve member urged to close the aperture from below under the action of a biasing member and guided by a support structure (80, 82, 90); wherein the valve member and the biasing member are fully located below the dividing member, characterized in that the support structure (80,82,90) is fully located below the dividing member.
A pet grooming tool comprising: a pet engageable portion having a plurality of teeth, the plurality of teeth being arranged in a row, wherein the pet engageable portion is generally rectangular and comprises a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the front surface is parallel to the rear surface, and wherein the plurality of teeth extend downward at a bottom of the pet engageable portion; and a handle portion, wherein the handle portion is secured to the pet engageable portion, wherein each tooth of an adjacent pair of teeth intersects the other at a root, and wherein each tooth becomes narrower as it extends downward and terminates at a rounded or otherwise blunted tip, wherein the roots are angled obliquely from the rear surface of the pet engageable portion to form an edge having an acute inside angle, wherein the acute inside angle is between thirty and fifty degrees, characterized in that a lowermost surface of each tooth tip is angled obliquely from the rear surface of the pet engageable portion. a pet engageable portion having a plurality of teeth, the plurality of teeth being arranged in a row, wherein the pet engageable portion is generally rectangular and comprises a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the front surface is parallel to the rear surface, and wherein the plurality of teeth extend downward at a bottom of the pet engageable portion; and a handle portion, wherein the handle portion is secured to the pet engageable portion, wherein each tooth of an adjacent pair of teeth intersects the other at a root, and wherein each tooth becomes narrower as it extends downward and terminates at a rounded or otherwise blunted tip, wherein the roots are angled obliquely from the rear surface of the pet engageable portion to form an edge having an acute inside angle, wherein the acute inside angle is between thirty and fifty degrees, characterized in that a lowermost surface of each tooth tip is angled obliquely from the rear surface of the pet engageable portion.
A spring seat for use in a spring brake actuator, preferably parking or emergency spring brake actuator of a commercial vehicle, said spring seat having a longitudinal axis and being adapted to be placed inside a housing of the actuator adjacent a housing base of the actuator, the spring seat comprising a first side, which in use faces the housing base, and a second side, which in use faces inwardly away from the housing base, wherein on the second side the spring seat further comprising a coupling portion for contacting a compression spring of the spring brake actuator, said compression spring being adapted to exert, in use, a force onto a spring brake piston into the direction of its longitudinal axis, wherein the spring seat comprising a central embossment positioned on the second side and inwardly from the coupling portion and essentially conforming the shape of an embossment of the housing base, characterized in that the spring seat comprises a plurality of guiding elements for guiding the spring, said guiding elements extending essentially into the longitudinal direction and having a length which is larger than the length of the central embossment measured in the longitudinal axis. said spring seat having a longitudinal axis and being adapted to be placed inside a housing of the actuator adjacent a housing base of the actuator, the spring seat comprising a first side, which in use faces the housing base, and a second side, which in use faces inwardly away from the housing base, wherein on the second side the spring seat further comprising a coupling portion for contacting a compression spring of the spring brake actuator, said compression spring being adapted to exert, in use, a force onto a spring brake piston into the direction of its longitudinal axis, wherein the spring seat comprising a central embossment positioned on the second side and inwardly from the coupling portion and essentially conforming the shape of an embossment of the housing base, characterized in that the spring seat comprises a plurality of guiding elements for guiding the spring, said guiding elements extending essentially into the longitudinal direction and having a length which is larger than the length of the central embossment measured in the longitudinal axis.
An apparatus, comprising: a generator including a control module operably coupled to a power module configured to produce an electronic signal to be received by an ultrasonic energy delivery assembly that is characterized by a natural frequency, the electronic signal characterized by a frequency, the control module configured to receive a noise signal associated with a noise component of the electronic signal by the power module, the control module configured to send a control signal based at least in part on the noise signal, to the power module to randomly vary the frequency of the electronic signal within a range defined at least in part by the natural frequency. a generator including a control module operably coupled to a power module configured to produce an electronic signal to be received by an ultrasonic energy delivery assembly that is characterized by a natural frequency, the electronic signal characterized by a frequency, the control module configured to receive a noise signal associated with a noise component of the electronic signal by the power module, the control module configured to send a control signal based at least in part on the noise signal, to the power module to randomly vary the frequency of the electronic signal within a range defined at least in part by the natural frequency.
A pocket size explosive detector comprising b.) a sampler having a flat infrared radiation source for evaporating a solid explosive sample from a surface of a scanned subject, c.) a thermal decomposition unit having a gas input located in the center of the flat infrared radiation source and a silica-glass tube equipped with a heating element for decomposing the evaporated sample into molecular fragments, d.) a detector cartridge having a main cartridge body with a detection liquid inside and comprising a molecular detection membrane exposed on one side to the molecular fragments and fully sunk under a level of the detection liquid on the other side, the detection liquid generating photons as a response to the molecular fragments coming into reaction with the detection liquid, e.) a single photon optical detection unit in optical communication with the detector liquid by means of an optical window in the detector cartridge to provide a data stream indicative of explosive molecular fragments' presence in the explosive sample, f.) a system computer (33 - 35) for further processing the digital output of the single photon optical detection unit. b.) a sampler having a flat infrared radiation source for evaporating a solid explosive sample from a surface of a scanned subject, c.) a thermal decomposition unit having a gas input located in the center of the flat infrared radiation source and a silica-glass tube equipped with a heating element for decomposing the evaporated sample into molecular fragments, d.) a detector cartridge having a main cartridge body with a detection liquid inside and comprising a molecular detection membrane exposed on one side to the molecular fragments and fully sunk under a level of the detection liquid on the other side, the detection liquid generating photons as a response to the molecular fragments coming into reaction with the detection liquid, e.) a single photon optical detection unit in optical communication with the detector liquid by means of an optical window in the detector cartridge to provide a data stream indicative of explosive molecular fragments' presence in the explosive sample, f.) a system computer (33 - 35) for further processing the digital output of the single photon optical detection unit.
Meter electronics for processing sensor signals for a multi-phase flow material in a Coriolis flowmeter, comprising: an interface for receiving a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal for the multi-phase flow material; and a processing system in communication with the interface, the processing system being configured to: receive the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal from the interface; generate a first ninety degree phase shift from the first sensor signal and generate a second ninety degree phase shift from the second sensor signal; compute a frequency from the first sensor signal and the first ninety degree phase shift; compute a phase difference from the first sensor signal, the second sensor signal and one or more of the first ninety degree phase shift and the second ninety degree phase shift; compute one or more of a mass flow rate, a density, or a volume flow rate for the multi-phase flow material using the frequency or both the frequency and the phase difference. an interface for receiving a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal for the multi-phase flow material; and a processing system in communication with the interface, the processing system being configured to: receive the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal from the interface; generate a first ninety degree phase shift from the first sensor signal and generate a second ninety degree phase shift from the second sensor signal; compute a frequency from the first sensor signal and the first ninety degree phase shift; compute a phase difference from the first sensor signal, the second sensor signal and one or more of the first ninety receive the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal from the interface; generate a first ninety degree phase shift from the first sensor signal and generate a second ninety degree phase shift from the second sensor signal; compute a frequency from the first sensor signal and the first ninety degree phase shift; compute a phase difference from the first sensor signal, the second sensor signal and one or more of the first ninety degree phase shift and the second ninety degree phase shift; compute one or more of a mass flow rate, a density, or a volume flow rate for the multi-phase flow material using the frequency or both the frequency and the phase difference.
A jet-range hydrocarbon product comprising: a mixture of paraffins, wherein the mixture exhibits a freeze point of less than or equal to -70°C, a 95% distillation point of greater than or equal to 275°C, and a smooth boiling point curve that is characterized as having no intervals of the boiling point curve having a slope that is steeper than 4°C / mass% as defined by ASTM standard D2887 between mass recovered ranges of 20% to 80%, wherein the steepness of the boiling point curve slope is calculated over any 10 mass% increments within the specified mass% ranges. a mixture of paraffins, wherein the mixture exhibits a freeze point of less than or equal to -70°C, a 95% distillation point of greater than or equal to 275°C, and a smooth boiling point curve that is characterized as having no intervals of the boiling point curve having a slope that is steeper than 4°C / mass% as defined by ASTM standard D2887 between mass recovered ranges of 20% to 80%, wherein the steepness of the boiling point curve slope is calculated over any 10 mass% increments within the specified mass% ranges.