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A shaft for a steering device, the shaft comprising: a first portion; a second portion; and a third portion that is integrated with the first portion and the second portion, and that is a shaft coupling the first portion and the second portion in a first direction, characterised in that the third portion includes a small-diameter portion that is provided on a side of the first portion, and a middle-diameter portion that couples the small-diameter portion and the second portion, the middle-diameter portion having an outer diameter smaller than that of the second portion, an outer diameter of the small-diameter portion is smaller than that of the middle-diameter portion, and is constant in a direction extending along the first direction, and that a hardness of the small-diameter portion is greater than the hardness of the second portion, and is constant in the direction extending along the first direction. a first portion; a second portion; and a third portion that is integrated with the first portion and the second portion, and that is a shaft coupling the first portion and the second portion in a first direction, characterised in that the third portion includes a small-diameter portion that is provided on a side of the first portion, and a middle-diameter portion that couples the small-diameter portion and the second portion, the middle-diameter portion having an outer diameter smaller than that of the second portion, an outer diameter of the small-diameter portion is smaller than that of the middle-diameter portion, and is constant in a direction extending along the first direction, and that a hardness of the small-diameter portion is greater than the hardness of the second portion, and is constant in the direction extending along the first direction.
A method for evenly coating a metal or metalized braided hose with a solder or with a solder and flux agent, wherein the solder is provided in rods or tubes, wherein an outer diameter or a cross-sectional surface of the rod or the tube is smaller than an inner diameter or an inner cross-sectional surface of the braided hose, with subsequent insertion of the solder into a braided hose cavity, wherein a pressing force or compression force (A; B) is subsequently applied to the braided hose in order to deform the braided hose and fix the solder in order obtain a final strand shape and further processing the braided hose, in particular up to a melting point of the introduced solder, characterized in that the braided hose is mechanically loaded and expanded in order to open the cavity, and a mandrel is introduced into an open face portion of the braided hose (1; 2) in order to insert the solder, wherein the solder is introduced into the cavity through an opening that is arranged in the mandrel, but the solder is not introduced continuously but so that a contact portion remains clear.
A device for packaging and dispensing a liquid or semi-liquid product, comprising a substantially axial reservoir comprising a substantially transverse and horizontal upper wall provided with a neck which receives a release member, especially a pump protruding from said reservoir, and an actuating member overlying the release member which is adapted to be acted upon to eject a quantity of said product out of said reservoir through said actuating member, said device comprising a cover which is received on the neck and which caps the release member and the upper wall, characterized by the fact that the cover comprises at least a first inner member which is adapted to be axially and removably received on the neck in a given axial position, and a second outer member comprising a peripheral wall which is fitted onto said first member via a seal wear adjustment fastening means for allowing, upon an initial mounting of the second outer member onto the first inner member, the adjustment of the cover with the transverse face of the reservoir with a reduced clearance.
An in vitro method of generating stem cells suitable for transplantation, the method comprising: (a) exposing collected stem cells to a matrix metalloprotease or an active portion thereof, wherein said collected stem cells are not human embryonic stem cells and further wherein said matrix metalloprotease is selected from the group consisting of MMP-2 and MMP-9; and (b) isolating stem cells having CXCR4 levels above a predetermined threshold, to thereby generate stem cells suitable for transplantation. (a) exposing collected stem cells to a matrix metalloprotease or an active portion thereof, wherein said collected stem cells are not human embryonic stem cells and further wherein said matrix metalloprotease is selected from the group consisting of MMP-2 and MMP-9; and (b) isolating stem cells having CXCR4 levels above a predetermined threshold, to thereby generate stem cells suitable for transplantation.
A method comprising: contacting at least one feed stream comprising a carboxylic acid and a carboxylic acid anhydride with a stoichiometric excess of water in a hydrolysis zone, thereby hydrolyzing at least some of the carboxylic acid anhydride in the presence of an added hydrolysis catalyst to produce a hydrolyzed stream comprising carboxylic acid and water, wherein the added hydrolysis catalyst comprises a solid and the hydrolysis zone comprises a vessel packed with the solid, and processing at least some of the hydrolyzed stream in a separation zone comprising a distillation zone to produce a separated stream, wherein the separated stream comprises at least one distillation overhead or sidedraw from the distillation zone, said separated stream comprising carboxylic acid and water, and a product stream, wherein the product stream comprises at least one distillation underflow from the distillation zone, said product stream comprising carboxylic acid. contacting at least one feed stream comprising a carboxylic acid and a carboxylic acid anhydride with a stoichiometric excess of water in a hydrolysis zone, thereby hydrolyzing at least some of the carboxylic acid anhydride in the presence of an added hydrolysis catalyst to produce a hydrolyzed stream comprising carboxylic acid and water, wherein the added hydrolysis catalyst comprises a solid and the hydrolysis zone comprises a vessel packed with the solid, and processing at least some of the hydrolyzed stream in a separation zone comprising a distillation zone to produce a separated stream, wherein the separated stream comprises at least one distillation overhead or sidedraw from the distillation zone, said separated stream comprising carboxylic acid and water, and a product stream, wherein the product stream comprises at least one distillation underflow from the distillation zone, said product stream comprising carboxylic acid.
A method for preparing a lithium iron phosphate nanopowder coated with carbon, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a non-aqueous mixture solution by adding a lithium precursor, an iron precursor and a phosphorus precursor in a non-aqueous butandiol solvent; (b) putting the non-aqueous mixture solution into a reactor and reacting to prepare amorphous lithium iron phosphate nanoseed particle at a temperature range of 120 to 235°C for 0.1 to 24 hours and under pressure conditions of less than or equal to 10 bar; and (c) heat treating the lithium iron phosphate nanoseed particle thus to prepare the lithium iron phosphate nanopowder coated with carbon on a portion or a whole of a surface of a particle at a temperature range of 400 to 900°C for 0.5 to 5 hours. (a) preparing a non-aqueous mixture solution by adding a lithium precursor, an iron precursor and a phosphorus precursor in a non-aqueous butandiol solvent; (b) putting the non-aqueous mixture solution into a reactor and reacting to prepare amorphous lithium iron phosphate nanoseed particle at a temperature range of 120 to 235°C for 0.1 to 24 hours and under pressure conditions of less than or equal to 10 bar; and (c) heat treating the lithium iron phosphate nanoseed particle thus to prepare the lithium iron phosphate nanopowder coated with carbon on a portion or a whole of a surface of a particle at a temperature range of 400 to 900°C for 0.5 to 5 hours.
A peptide immunogen comprising a sequence of: [Xaa 0] m -Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 -[Xaa 6]p-[Xaa 7] q -[Xaa 8 -[Xaa 0] m -Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 -[Xaa 6] p - [X aa7] q] n wherein, m, p and q are independently 0 or 1, (a) n is any number between 1 and 4, Xaa 0, Xaa 6, Xaa 7 and Xaa 8 is independently any amino acid, and Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 is S-L-L-T-E, or (b) n is any number between 0 and 4, Xaa 0, Xaa 6, Xaa 7 and Xaa 8 is independently any amino acid, and Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 is a peptide having a single substitution to the sequence S-L-L-T-E, the substitution selected from the group consisting of: Xaa 1 is C or T; Xaa 2 is A, C, F or K, Xaa 3 is A, C, E, F, I, K, M, Q, S, T or V, and Xaa 5 is D or C. [Xaa 0] m -Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 -[Xaa 6]p-[Xaa 7] q -[Xaa 8 -[Xaa 0] m -Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 -[Xaa 6] p - [X aa7] q] n wherein, m, p and q are independently 0 or 1, (a) n is any number between 1 and 4, Xaa 0, Xaa 6, Xaa 7 and Xaa 8 is independently any amino acid, and Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 is S-L-L-T-E, or (b) n is any number between 0 and 4, Xaa 0, Xaa 6, Xaa 7 and Xaa 8 is independently any amino acid, and Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 is a peptide having a single substitution to the sequence S-L-L-T-E, the substitution selected from the group consisting of: Xaa 1 is C or T; Xaa 2 is A, C, F or K, Xaa 3 is A, C, E, F, I, K, M, Q, S, T or V, and Xaa 5 is D or C. (a) n is any number between 1 and 4, Xaa 0, Xaa 6, Xaa 7 and Xaa 8 is independently any amino acid, and Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 is S-L-L-T-E, or (b) n is any number between 0 and 4, Xaa 0, Xaa 6, Xaa 7 and Xaa 8 is independently any amino acid, and Xaa 1 -Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 -Xaa 4 -Xaa 5 is a peptide having a single substitution to the sequence S-L-L-T-E, the substitution selected from the group consisting of: Xaa 1 is C or T; Xaa 2 is A, C, F or K, Xaa 3 is A, C, E, F, I, K, M, Q, S, T or V, and Xaa 5 is D or C. Xaa 1 is C or T; Xaa 2 is A, C, F or K, Xaa 3 is A, C, E, F, I, K, M, Q, S, T or V, and Xaa 5 is D or C.
An apparatus for detecting sea objects, said apparatus comprising: a laser for directing a laser pulse towards an ocean surface; a collection optics for collecting Rayleigh, Raman and fluorescence scattering return signals caused by said laser pulse striking said ocean surface and said objects therein; a Laser Imaging, Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) channel imager; a Raman channel imager; a fluorescence channel imager; characterized in a long-pass beam splitter for directing said Rayleigh scattering return signals to said LIDAR channel imager, wherein said long-pass beam splitter has a cutoff wavelength λ cutoff_s1 greater than a wavelength λ laser of said laser, but less than the low end of a Raman wavelength band; and a short-pass beam splitter for directing said Raman scattering return signals to said Raman channel imager, and for directing said fluorescence scattering return signals to said fluorescence channel imager, wherein said short-pass beam splitter has a cutoff wavelength λ cutoff_s2 immediately above the high end of a Raman wavelength band. a laser for directing a laser pulse towards an ocean surface; a collection optics for collecting Rayleigh, Raman and fluorescence scattering return signals caused by said laser pulse striking said ocean surface and said objects therein; a Laser Imaging, Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) channel imager; a Raman channel imager; a fluorescence channel imager; characterized in a long-pass beam splitter for directing said Rayleigh scattering return signals to said LIDAR channel imager, wherein said long-pass beam splitter has a cutoff wavelength λ cutoff_s1 greater than a wavelength λ laser of said laser, but less than the low end of a Raman wavelength band; and a short-pass beam splitter for directing said Raman scattering return signals to said Raman channel imager, and for directing said fluorescence scattering return signals to said fluorescence channel imager, wherein said short-pass beam splitter has a cutoff wavelength λ cutoff_s2 immediately above the high end of a Raman wavelength band.
Spinal cord stimulation device having a stimulation unit for generation and delivery of spinal cord stimulation pulses, a control unit for controlling the stimulation unit with respect to stimulation intensity and an autonomic nervous system sensing unit that is configured to generate ANS indicating signals representing an increased sympathetic tone or an increased parasympathetic tone, respectively, said control unit being configured to control the intensity of respective spinal cord stimulation pulses depending on a respective ANS indicating signal as generated by said ANS sensing unit, characterized in that the control unit is configured to control the intensity of respective spinal cord stimulation pulses depending on a respective respiration phase indicating signal such that relatively higher intensity spinal cord stimulation pulses are delivered at inspiration phases and relatively lower intensity spinal cord stimulation pulses are delivered at expiration phases.
Machine tool for machining elements made of wood or similar material, in particular a spindle-moulder, comprising a guiding apparatus provided with guiding means (2, 3, 4) supported by supporting means rotatably fixed to said machine such that said guiding means (2, 3, 4) is movable between an operating position (A, B; A') in which said guiding means (2, 3, 4) are superimposed on an upper face of a work plane of said machine for guiding said elements along an advance direction, and a non-operating position, in which said guiding means (2, 3, 4) is spaced apart and does not face said work plane, wherein said supporting means comprises an arm provided with a first end, rotatably fixed to said machine around a first axis, and with a second end rotatably supporting said guiding means (2, 3, 4) around a second axis, characterised in that said supporting means is fixed to said machine so as to be completely below said upper face.
A method comprising: receiving, at a traffic analysis service, captured traffic data regarding a Transport Layer Security, TLS, connection between a client and a server; applying, by the traffic analysis service, a first machine learning-based classifier to TLS records from the traffic data, to label each of the TLS records as either a TLS record that includes Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP, header information comprising one or more HTTP header fields or a TLS record that does not include the HTTP header information; estimating, by the traffic analysis service, one or more HTTP transaction labels for the connection by applying a second machine learning-based classifier to the identified set of TLS records that include the HTTP header information; augmenting, by the traffic analysis service, the captured traffic data with the one or more HTTP transaction labels; and causing, by the traffic analysis service, performance of a network security function based on the augmented traffic data. receiving, at a traffic analysis service, captured traffic data regarding a Transport Layer Security, TLS, connection between a client and a server; applying, by the traffic analysis service, a first machine learning-based classifier to TLS records from the traffic data, to label each of the TLS records as either a TLS record that includes Hypertext Transfer Protocol, HTTP, header information comprising one or more HTTP header fields or a TLS record that does not include the HTTP header information; estimating, by the traffic analysis service, one or more HTTP transaction labels for the connection by applying a second machine learning-based classifier to the identified set of TLS records that include the HTTP header information; augmenting, by the traffic analysis service, the captured traffic data with the one or more HTTP transaction labels; and causing, by the traffic analysis service, performance of a network security function based on the augmented traffic data.
A method of preparing a quantum dot light-emitting diode substrate, comprising: Step 1: forming a layer of a bonding material on a substrate and patterning the layer of the bonding material to form a bonding layer corresponding to a pattern of a plurality of sub-pixel light-emitting regions; Step 2: applying a continuous quantum dot layer comprising quantum dots onto the bonding layer; Step 3: allowing the quantum dots to be bonded to the bonding layer by an external initiation condition so as to fix the quantum dots in a corresponding sub-pixe! light-emitting region: and Step 4: removing unbonded quantum dots to form a light-emitting layer comprising the bonding layer and quantum dots bonded to the bonding layer; wherein organic functional group(s) of the bonding layer are reacting with organic functional group(s) of the quantum dots to form a crosslinked network taking a quantum dot inorganic core as the center, thereby fixing the quantum dots in a corresponding sub-pixel light-emitting region; wherein the organic functional group(s) of the quantum dots are one or more selected from the group consisting of 1,7-octadiene, 1,9-octadiyne, mercapto, isoprene, amino, pyridine, carboxylic acid, thiol, phenol, or any combination thereof. Step 1: forming a layer of a bonding material on a substrate and patterning the layer of the bonding material to form a bonding layer corresponding to a pattern of a plurality of sub-pixel light-emitting regions; Step 2: applying a continuous quantum dot layer comprising quantum dots onto the bonding layer; Step 3: allowing the quantum dots to be bonded to the bonding layer by an external initiation condition so as to fix the quantum dots in a corresponding sub-pixe! light-emitting region: and Step 4: removing unbonded quantum dots to form a light-emitting layer comprising the bonding layer and quantum dots bonded to the bonding layer;
A method for reducing aspect ratio dependent etching in a plasma etching process, the method comprising: placing a susbstrate having different sized test features in a vacuum chamber; depositing a passivation layer on said substrate by means of a plasma; an etch step comprising removing at least a portion of said passivation layer by means of a plasma as a sub-step; etching a material from said substrate by means of a plasma as a further sub-step; performing a process loop of repeating the deposition step and the etch step; monitoring the etching of different sized test features on said substrate in real time; calculating an etch depth difference signal based on said monitoring step; feeding the etch depth difference signal to a process controller; adjusting the process loop step based on the etch depth difference signal, thereby minimizing the differences in the etch depth between the minotored features; and removing the substrate from the vacuum chamber. placing a susbstrate having different sized test features in a vacuum chamber; depositing a passivation layer on said substrate by means of a plasma; an etch step comprising removing at least a portion of said passivation layer by means of a plasma as a sub-step; etching a material from said substrate by means of a plasma as a further sub-step; performing a process loop of repeating the deposition step and the etch step; monitoring the etching of different sized test features on said substrate in real time; calculating an etch depth difference signal based on said monitoring step; feeding the etch depth difference signal to a process controller; adjusting the process loop step based on the etch depth difference signal, thereby minimizing the differences in the etch depth between the minotored features; and removing the substrate from the vacuum chamber.
A method of evaluating the suitability of an immune effector cell population for use in a CAR therapy, comprising (i) providing an immune effector cell population from a pediatric subject having a leukemia, wherein the immune effector cell population is acquired before the subject has been administered cyclophosphamide and/or cytarabine; and (ii) evaluating said population for the presence of at least 20% naive T cells, at least 2% stem central memory T cells, and/or at least 4% central memory T cells, wherein the presence of at least 20% naive T cells, at least 2% stem central memory T cells, and/or at least 4% central memory T cells is indicative of the suitability of the immune effector cell population for use in CAR therapy. (i) providing an immune effector cell population from a pediatric subject having a leukemia, wherein the immune effector cell population is acquired before the subject has been administered cyclophosphamide and/or cytarabine; and (ii) evaluating said population for the presence of at least 20% naive T cells, at least 2% stem central memory T cells, and/or at least 4% central memory T cells, wherein the presence of at least 20% naive T cells, at least 2% stem central memory T cells, and/or at least 4% central memory T cells is indicative of the suitability of the immune effector cell population for use in CAR therapy.
A method for superheating dilution steam for use in a steam cracking furnace using compressed air, the method comprising: (a) combusting fuel in the presence of the compressed air to produce a flue gas, wherein the flue gas drives a turbine to produce electricity; (b) superheating the dilution steam with the flue gas, wherein the dilution steam is superheated to a temperature from 400°C to 600°C; (c) combining the dilution steam with a feed stream comprising hydrocarbons to produce a mixed feed stream and further comprising flash vaporizing the mixed feed stream such that greater than 70% of the hydrocarbons are vaporized prior to the steam cracking; and (d) steam cracking the mixed feed stream to produce a product stream the method further comprising combusting fuel in the presence of an oxidation agent to heat the steam cracking furnace, wherein the oxidation agent is the flue gas. (a) combusting fuel in the presence of the compressed air to produce a flue gas, wherein the flue gas drives a turbine to produce electricity; (b) superheating the dilution steam with the flue gas, wherein the dilution steam is superheated to a temperature from 400°C to 600°C; (c) combining the dilution steam with a feed stream comprising hydrocarbons to produce a mixed feed stream and further comprising flash vaporizing the mixed feed stream such that greater than 70% of the hydrocarbons are vaporized prior to the steam cracking; and (d) steam cracking the mixed feed stream to produce a product stream the method further comprising combusting fuel in the presence of an oxidation agent to heat the steam cracking furnace, wherein the oxidation agent is the flue gas.
A gritting apparatus for winter service for discharging salt-containing grit onto traffic areas, comprising a grit storage container having at least one conveyor system arranged on the bottom side and comprising a continuously revolving conveyor belt, by means of which conveyor system the grit can be fed to a discharging unit, wherein the conveyor belt is provided on its outwardly facing surface with carriers which protrude from the flat belt body in a rib-shaped manner, wherein the carriers open in the conveying direction, characterized in that the carriers, at least on a predominant portion of the extent thereof, are each designed such that they have a transition radius (R 1) in the region of the transition to the belt body, wherein, furthermore, the front side of the carriers, which adjoins the transition radius (R 1), encloses with the belt body an angle (β) of between 110° and 140°, wherein, furthermore, the transition radius (R 1) is a maximum of 50% of the height of the respective carrier, and wherein, furthermore, the carriers, on the rear side thereof, enclose with the belt body an angle (γ) of between 150° and 170°.