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A method for separating particles in a fluid flow, the method comprising: flowing the fluid containing the particles through a curved channel, the channel having a predetermined geometry, and top and bottom covers with an inlet and outlets (30,32) respectively; and controlling the flow rate of the fluid flow entering the channel so as to separate the particles based on centrifugal force acting away from the centre of the curve and a transverse pressure driven force acting towards the centre of the curve, wherein the pressure at the outer wall of the curved channel is greater than the pressure at the inner wall of the curved channel, the combined effect of which causes the particles to migrate across the channel in a chosen direction, based upon their size, wherein the combined effect of centrifugal force and the pressure driven force causes particles having a radius greater than a given cut-off value to migrate across the channel towards the side wall of the channel furthest from the centre of the curve and particles having a radius below the given cut-off value to migrate across the channel towards the opposite side wall of the channel, the cut-off value given by: p ρ R V θ 2 3 4 wherein V θ = flow velocity of the fluid; p = pressure; R = radius of curvature of the channel; η = dynamic viscosity of the fluid; and ρ = density of the particle such that larger particles in the fluid are separated to the outside channel wall, and smaller particles in the fluid are separated to the inside channel wall. flowing the fluid containing the particles through a curved channel, the channel having a predetermined geometry, and top and bottom covers with an inlet and outlets (30,32) respectively; and controlling the flow rate of the fluid flow entering the channel so as to separate the particles based on centrifugal force acting away from the centre of the curve and a transverse pressure driven force acting towards the centre of the curve, wherein the pressure at the outer wall of the curved channel is greater than the pressure at the inner wall of the curved channel, the combined effect of which causes the particles to migrate across the channel in a chosen direction, based upon their size, wherein the combined effect of centrifugal force and the pressure driven force causes particles having a radius greater than a given cut-off value to migrate across the channel towards the side wall of the channel furthest from the centre of the curve and particles having a radius below the given cut-off value to migrate across the channel towards the opposite side wall of the channel, the cut-off value given by: p ρ R V θ 2 3 4
A biological information processing apparatus, comprising: a conversion element adapted to receive an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a subject and convert the ultrasonic wave into an analog signal; an analog-digital converting unit adapted to convert the analog signal into a digital signal; a first memory adapted to record the digital signal; a signal processing unit adapted to reconstruct an image using the digital signal recorded in the first memory; a second memory adapted to record information on an ineffective area, which is an area for which it is determined that information need not be recorded, out of areas through which the ultrasonic waves pass; and a controlling unit adapted to control activation of the analog-digital converting unit or recording to the first memory, characterized in that the controlling unit stops the activation of the analog-digital converting unit or recording to the first memory in a period in which the analog signal or the digital signal based on an ultrasonic wave from the ineffective area can be received based on the information recorded in the second memory. a conversion element adapted to receive an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a subject and convert the ultrasonic wave into an analog signal; an analog-digital converting unit adapted to convert the analog signal into a digital signal; a first memory adapted to record the digital signal; a signal processing unit adapted to reconstruct an image using the digital signal recorded in the first memory; a second memory adapted to record information on an ineffective area, which is an area for which it is determined that information need not be recorded, out of areas through which the ultrasonic waves pass; and a controlling unit adapted to control activation of the analog-digital converting unit or recording to the first memory,
A sizing composition for glass fibers, comprising: one or more film-former(s) including a first film-former comprising a polymer, wherein the repeating unit of the polymer comprises at least four carbon atoms and at least one carbon-carbon double bond and wherein one or more of the repeating units in the polymer comprise(s) at least one pendant group; and a silane, wherein the one or more film-former(s) are present in the sizing composition in an amount of at least 60 weight percent, based on the total solids of the sizing composition. one or more film-former(s) including a first film-former comprising a polymer, wherein the repeating unit of the polymer comprises at least four carbon atoms and at least one carbon-carbon double bond and wherein one or more of the repeating units in the polymer comprise(s) at least one pendant group; and a silane, wherein the one or more film-former(s) are present in the sizing composition in an amount of at least 60 weight percent, based on the total solids of the sizing composition.
Method of producing a heat sink by an additive manufacturing method, in which a cooling structure is additively manufactured on a base plate, wherein the base plate consists of a metal-ceramic composite including a ceramic phase and a metallic phase, and the cooling structure is produced from a metal or a metal alloy, and wherein a purely metallic bond is formed between the material of the cooling structure and the metallic phase of the base plate during the solidifying of the material of the cooling structure, wherein the base plate is inserted into a system for additively manufacturing the heat sink and the cooling structure is additively manufactured on the base plate, wherein an electronic circuit has been premounted on the base plate.
An acoustic emission sensor (102, 200) comprising: a sensing element configured to sense an acoustic emission from an acoustic emission source; a pre-amplifier (112, 202) configured to condition an acoustic emission signal generated based on the acoustic emission sensed by the sensing element; a demodulator configured to generate demodulated acoustic emission data based on the acoustic emission signal, the demodulator comprising an oscillator configured to generate an oscillating signal, a mixer configured to combine the oscillating signal with the acoustic emission signal to generate mixed acoustic emission data, and a data extractor configured to filter the mixed acoustic emission data based on a filter bandwidth to generate filtered mixed acoustic emission data and convert the filtered mixed acoustic emission data to the demodulated acoustic emission data; and a transmitter configured to transmit the demodulated acoustic emission data to a data acquisition system, characterized in that the data extractor 420 is configured to generate demodulated acoustic emission data which is a low resolution and high-bandwith spectrum by sampling one or more measurements of the filtered mixed acoustic emission data in sync with the oscillating signal. a sensing element configured to sense an acoustic emission from an acoustic emission source; a pre-amplifier (112, 202) configured to condition an acoustic emission signal generated based on the acoustic emission sensed by the sensing element; a demodulator configured to generate demodulated acoustic emission data based on the acoustic emission signal, the demodulator comprising an oscillator configured to generate an oscillating signal, a mixer configured to combine the oscillating signal with the acoustic emission signal to generate mixed acoustic emission data, and a data extractor configured to filter the mixed acoustic emission data based on a filter bandwidth to generate filtered mixed acoustic emission data and convert the filtered mixed acoustic emission data to the demodulated acoustic emission data; and a transmitter configured to transmit the demodulated acoustic emission data to a data acquisition system, characterized in that the data extractor 420 is configured to generate demodulated acoustic emission data which is a low resolution and high-bandwith spectrum by sampling one or more measurements of the filtered mixed acoustic emission data in sync with the oscillating signal.
A method for determination of an analyte concentration in a body fluid comprising the steps of a) providing a disposable test element at an application site in a handheld meter, b) providing a body fluid on a user's body portion and applying the body fluid on a reaction area of the test element, c) detecting, by means of a preferably photometric detection unit of the meter, a series of measuring values from the reaction area of the test element, and determining the analyte concentration at least in part from the series of measuring values, d) employing a proximity sensor disposed within the meter to sense the presence of the body portion in a monitored space in proximity to the reaction area of the test element, and e) controlling the processing of the measuring values depending on an output signal of the proximity sensor to avoid a bias in the determination of the analyte concentration caused by the presence of the body portion. a) providing a disposable test element at an application site in a handheld meter, b) providing a body fluid on a user's body portion and applying the body fluid on a reaction area of the test element, c) detecting, by means of a preferably photometric detection unit of the meter, a series of measuring values from the reaction area of the test element, and determining the analyte concentration at least in part from the series of measuring values, d) employing a proximity sensor disposed within the meter to sense the presence of the body portion in a monitored space in proximity to the reaction area of the test element, and e) controlling the processing of the measuring values depending on an output signal of the proximity sensor to avoid a bias in the determination of the analyte concentration caused by the presence of the body portion.
Device for torque-resistant connection of a vehicle handlebar to a fork shaft of a two- or three-wheeled, in particular muscle-operated, vehicle, in particular a bicycle, comprising a handlebar stem having at least one clamping device, and a mounting clamp for at least one vehicle accessory element, wherein the clamping device has, for clamping a cylindrical portion of the bicycle handlebar, a receiving cup formed on a stem body and having an approximately semi-circular cross-section, as well as a clamping piece which can be placed against the receiving cup and likewise has an approximately semi-circular cross-section, wherein the clamping piece has or is formed by two clamping brackets that are spaced apart from one another in the axial direction of the cylindrical portion, characterised in that the receiving cup is formed of two half-cups (19A, 19B) that are spaced apart from one another in accordance with the spacing of the clamping brackets and between which a free space is formed that in the clamping state does not contact the cylindrical portion, in which free space at least one mounting clamp for at least one vehicle accessory element, which at least partially surrounds the cylindrical portion, is accommodated in such a way that, in the free space between the two half-cups (19A, B) and between the two clamping brackets, the cylindrical portion is enclosed by the at least one mounting clamp for at least one vehicle accessory element.
An adhesive gel or pasty composition for cleaning and/or fragrancing a toilet, which is applied to the inside of the toilet bowl and is only rinsed off after several flushing procedures, containing - at least one surfactant from the group consisting of alkyl polyglycosides, amphoacetates, amphodiacetates, betaines, fatty alcohol ether carboxylic acids, fatty acid sarcosinates, cocoamidopropylamine oxide, aminopropionates and biosurfactants, - perfume and - water, characterized in that it contains an ester of polyisobutene succinic acid as an adhesion promoter and is free of further adhesion promoters and surfactants. - at least one surfactant from the group consisting of alkyl polyglycosides, amphoacetates, amphodiacetates, betaines, fatty alcohol ether carboxylic acids, fatty acid sarcosinates, cocoamidopropylamine oxide, aminopropionates and biosurfactants, - perfume and - water,
Portable power tool device having a drive output unit (12a; 12b), a striker (14a; 14b), a percussion spring (50a; 50b), a rotary percussion receiver (16a; 16b) which is intended, at least in rotary percussion operation, to establish rotary percussion transmission between the striker (14a; 14b) and the drive output unit (12a; 12b), and having a rotary percussion switch-off device (18a; 18b) which is intended, at least in hammer percussion operation, to interrupt the rotary percussion transmission from the striker (14a; 14b) to the rotary percussion receiver (16a; 16b), wherein the striker (14a; 14b) is intended to deliver at least one rotary percussion pulse during rotary percussion operation, characterized in that the striker (14a; 14b) is intended to deliver at least one hammer percussion pulse in the direction of the drive output unit (12a; 12b) during hammer percussion operation, and in that the percussion spring (50a; 50b) is intended to accelerate the striker (14a; 14b) in the direction of the drive output unit (12a; 12b) during hammer percussion operation.
A system for determining when a seal (14; 36) of a sealed container was broken, comprising: a sealed container including a seal (14; 36) that separates an interior of the sealed container from an outside environment; and an electrical circuit (10; 42) including an environmentally sensitive conductor positioned within the interior of the sealed container and having an electrical property with a known initial value that changes in a predictable manner as a function of time and exposure to the outside environment, such that a present value of the electrical property may be used to determine the time at which the seal (14; 36) was broken and the environmentally sensitive conductor was thereby exposed to the outside environment. a sealed container including a seal (14; 36) that separates an interior of the sealed container from an outside environment; and an electrical circuit (10; 42) including an environmentally sensitive conductor positioned within the interior of the sealed container and having an electrical property with a known initial value that changes in a predictable manner as a function of time and exposure to the outside environment, such that a present value of the electrical property may be used to determine the time at which the seal (14; 36) was broken and the environmentally sensitive conductor was thereby exposed to the outside environment.
Apparatus for detecting the presence of marked cells in a sample of cells contained in or on a medium, where there is at least one marked cell in or on the medium, comprising: an optical system configured to optically scan, in a first optical operation, the sample of cells in a first time period to generate a first set of image data of a plurality of cells in the sample; characterized by data processing circuitry configured to detect, from the first set of image data, marked cells in the sample of cells, determine a size associated with a detected marked cell, and generate coordinate locations of detected marked cells in the sample of cells; and a memory, coupled to the data processing circuitry, configured to store determined cell size information and coordinate location information associated with the coordinate locations of the detected marked cells; wherein the optical system is further configured to, in a second optical operation during a second time period, capture image data at each of the coordinate locations of detected marked cells, and the data processing circuitry is configured to process the image data captured during the second optical operation to obtain characteristics associated with images for at least some of the detected marked cells, and to generate output information based on the characterization of the detected marked cells. an optical system configured to optically scan, in a first optical operation, the sample of cells in a first time period to generate a first set of image data of a plurality of cells in the sample; characterized by data processing circuitry configured to detect, from the first set of image data, marked cells in the sample of cells, determine a size associated with a detected marked cell, and generate coordinate locations of detected marked cells in the sample of cells; and a memory, coupled to the data processing circuitry, configured to store determined cell size information and coordinate location information associated with the coordinate locations of the detected marked cells; wherein the optical system is further configured to, in a second optical operation during a second time period, capture image data at each of the coordinate locations of detected marked cells, and the data processing circuitry is configured to process the image data captured during the second optical operation to obtain characteristics associated with images for at least some of the detected marked cells, and to generate output information based on the characterization of the detected marked cells.
An Ethernet signal transport method, comprising: inserting, by a first network device, path monitoring information into a position that is a preset bit length away from an alignment marker, AM, into at least two physical coding sublayer lanes PCSLs of an Ethernet signal; and sending, by the first network device to at least two second network devices, signals bearing the at least two PCSLs into which the path monitoring information is inserted. inserting, by a first network device, path monitoring information into a position that is a preset bit length away from an alignment marker, AM, into at least two physical coding sublayer lanes PCSLs of an Ethernet signal; and sending, by the first network device to at least two second network devices, signals bearing the at least two PCSLs into which the path monitoring information is inserted.
A transparent substrate, in particular made of glass, provided with a stack of thin layers acting on solar radiation, said stack comprising at least one functional layer, this functional layer being combined with at least one barrier underlayer, characterized in that this barrier underlayer is a layer of silicon dioxide having a thickness of between 15 and 25 nm.
Device (100, 200, 300) for supplying lubricant to a lubrication point in a machine, having the following features: a lubricant pump unit, which is designed to feed lubricant to a lubrication point; and a control unit which is designed to control a quantity of lubricant supplied to the lubrication point by the lubricant pump unit on the basis of a sensor measurement signal, wherein the sensor measurement signal depends on a measured viscosity of the lubricant or a measured dielectric constant of the lubricant, further comprising a sensor unit, which is designed to measure a viscosity of the lubricant or a dielectric constant of the lubricant and to provide the sensor measurement signal to the control unit, wherein the sensor unit has a pressure sensor, which is arranged in an external area in the area of the lubrication point, in order to measure a pressure outside the lubrication point, and wherein the sensor unit has a second pressure sensor, which is arranged in an area provided for the lubricant at the lubrication point, in order to measure the pressure of the lubricant at the lubrication point. a lubricant pump unit, which is designed to feed lubricant to a lubrication point; and a control unit which is designed to control a quantity of lubricant supplied to the lubrication point by the lubricant pump unit on the basis of a sensor measurement signal, wherein the sensor measurement signal depends on a measured viscosity of the lubricant or a measured dielectric constant of the lubricant, further comprising a sensor unit, which is designed to measure a viscosity of the lubricant or a dielectric constant of the lubricant and to provide the sensor measurement signal to the control unit, wherein the sensor unit has a pressure sensor, which is arranged in an external area in the area of the lubrication point, in order to measure a pressure outside the lubrication point, and wherein the sensor unit has a second pressure sensor, which is arranged in an area provided for the lubricant at the lubrication point, in order to measure the pressure of the lubricant at the lubrication point.
Assembly for medical use for administering a product to a patient, the assembly comprising a tube and a connector designed to be attached to an end of the tube, the connector having a body and an interface zone at one of the ends of the body, the interface zone comprising: - an appendage designed to be inserted into the tube, and - a skirt surrounding the appendage in order to define a groove for receiving the tube between the appendage and the skirt, the appendage and the skirt being in one piece and integrally connected, the dimensions of the appendage being adapted to the dimensions of the tube, and the skirt comprising a frustoconical inner face opposite the appendage, the diameter of the inner face of the skirt increasing in the direction of its free end, characterized in that the external diameter of the appendage is greater than the internal diameter of the tube at its end nearest the body, in such a way as to exert a set of forces tending to dilate the tube, and in that the internal diameter of the skirt is less than the external diameter of the tube at its end nearest the body, in such a way as to exert a set of forces tending to compress the tube. - an appendage designed to be inserted into the tube, and - a skirt surrounding the appendage in order to define a groove for receiving the tube between the appendage and the skirt,
A safety system for a vehicle combination with a towing vehicle and a trailer, the towing vehicle comprising a plurality of sensors configured to provide sensor data about an environment of the vehicle combination or a state of the towing vehicle wherein the plurality of sensors includes exteroceptive sensors, the safety system comprising: a data collection module for collecting the sensor data; an extraction module for extracting, from the sensor data, information about a presence of the trailer or about a state of the trailer; a control module, configured to control, based on the extracted information, at least one driving task, or to provide the information to another component of the towing vehicle in order to increase the safety of the vehicle combination, characterized in that the control module is configured to determine blind spots of the exteroceptive sensors caused or increased by the trailer, and to control at least one automated or assisted driving task based on the determined blind spot. a data collection module for collecting the sensor data; an extraction module for extracting, from the sensor data, information about a presence of the trailer or about a state of the trailer; a control module, configured to control, based on the extracted information, at least one driving task, or to provide the information to another component of the towing vehicle in order to increase the safety of the vehicle combination, characterized in that the control module is configured to determine blind spots of the exteroceptive sensors caused or increased by the trailer, and to control at least one automated or assisted driving task based on the determined blind spot.