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Locking cap for a container having a neck, which locking cap is intended to block a stopper in the neck of the container, comprising: - a cage made of plastics material and designed to surround the stopper and the neck and to lock them axially in position relative to one another; - a body made of plastics material and fastened around the cage, the body comprising a central orifice which provides access from the exterior of the cap to the interior of the container via the stopper; - a capsule designed to close the central orifice, the capsule comprising a flat head for covering the orifice, and fastening tabs caught between the cage and the body; the locking cap being characterized in that: - each fastening tab has a breakable zone, - the capsule is made from a plastics material which is different from the plastics material of the cage and from the plastics material of the body, the plastics material of the capsule being selected to have a resistance to rupture that is reduced by a dose of gamma ray irradiation which sterilizes the cap. - a cage made of plastics material and designed to surround the stopper and the neck and to lock them axially in position relative to one another; - a body made of plastics material and fastened around the cage, the body comprising a central orifice which provides access from the exterior of the cap to the interior of the container via the stopper; - a capsule designed to close the central orifice, the capsule comprising a flat head for covering the orifice, and fastening tabs caught between the cage and the body; - each fastening tab has a breakable zone, - the capsule is made from a plastics material which is different from the plastics material of the cage and from the plastics material of the body, the plastics material of the capsule being selected to have a resistance to rupture that is reduced by a dose of gamma ray irradiation which sterilizes the cap.
An image processing method for the delineation of an object of interest in the image against a background by estimating a boundary of the object and optimising the fit of the region within this estimated boundary to the region contained within the actual boundary of the object, the fit being optimised using an algorithm including simulated annealing characterised in that the simulated annealing uses parallel Markov chains which start from different states, calculates fitness values of states of the Markov chains which have substantially the same simulated annealing temperature, calculates the standard deviation of those fitness values, and uses the standard deviation in adapting the simulated annealing cooling schedule, the method further comprising exchanging information and/or states between the Markov chains.
A Zn-plated hot stamped product comprising: a steel; a Zn-based plating layer containing Zn formed on a surface of the steel; and an oxide layer containing Zn and Mn formed on a surface of the Zn-based plating layer, wherein an upper layer which is a region on the surface side of the Zn-based plating layer has a two-phase structure of a Γ phase and an Fe-Zn solid solution, and a lower layer which is a region of the Zn-based plating layer excluding the upper layer has a single-phase structure of an Fe-Zn solid solution, an upper layer thickness and a lower layer thickness satisfy the following expression, a maximum value Max. Mn, a minimum value Min. Mn, and an average value Ave. Mn of an Mn content by mass% on a surface of the Zn-plated hot stamped product satisfy the following expressions and, 0.20≤upper layer thickness/(upper layer thickness+lower layer thickness) ≤ 0.80 Ave. Mn = 0.5 to 7.5 Max. Mn / Min. Mn ≤ 10.0 a proportion of the Γ phase in the two-phase structure of the Γ phase and the Fe-Zn solid solution of the upper layer is 20 to 80%; and wherein the upper layer thickness, the lower layer thickness, the maximum value Max. Mn, minimum value Min. Mn, the average value Ave. Mn, and the proportion of the Γ phase are measured as described in the description. a steel; a Zn-based plating layer containing Zn formed on a surface of the steel; and an oxide layer containing Zn and Mn formed on a surface of the Zn-based plating layer, wherein an upper layer which is a region on the surface side of the Zn-based plating layer has a two-phase structure of a Γ phase and an Fe-Zn solid solution, and a lower layer which is a region of the Zn-based plating layer excluding the upper layer has a single-phase structure of an Fe-Zn solid solution, an upper layer thickness and a lower layer thickness satisfy the following expression, a maximum value Max. Mn, a minimum value Min. Mn, and an average value Ave. Mn of an Mn content by mass% on a surface of the Zn-plated hot stamped product satisfy the following expressions and, 0.20≤upper layer thickness/(upper layer thickness+lower layer thickness) ≤ 0.80 Ave. Mn = 0.5 to 7.5 Max. Mn / Min. Mn ≤ 10.0 a proportion of the Γ phase in the two-phase structure of the Γ phase and the Fe-Zn solid solution of the upper layer is 20 to 80%; and wherein the upper layer thickness, the lower layer thickness,
Motor vehicle load carrier comprising: - a longitudinal arm, one end of which can interact with a sleeve secured to a structural element of the vehicle; - a locking system comprising: ∘ a lever, one end of which is mounted so as to rotate with respect to the arm about a transverse pin borne by the end of the arm, the lever being able to move between an upper locking position in which it is spaced apart from the arm and can interact with the sleeve and a lower unlocking position in which it is close to the arm; ∘ a spring arranged between the lever and the arm, exerting a force on the lever; - a blocking system for blocking the locking system, characterized in that the blocking system comprises: ∘ a fixed part mounted and blocked on the arm, ∘ a movable part rotatably mounted on the fixed part and provided with a blocking finger extending towards the lever, the movable part being able to rotate between: ∘ an unblocking position in which the lever is free to move between its upper and lower positions; ∘a blocking position in which the blocking finger extends between the lever in the upper position and the arm so as to block the lever from moving from its upper position to its lower position. - a longitudinal arm, one end of which can interact with a sleeve secured to a structural element of the vehicle; - a locking system comprising: ∘ a lever, one end of which is mounted so as to rotate with respect to the arm about a transverse pin borne by the end of the arm, the lever being able to move between an upper locking position in which it is spaced apart from the arm and can interact with the sleeve and a lower unlocking position in which it is close to the arm; ∘ a spring arranged between the lever and the arm, exerting a force on the lever; ∘ a lever, one end of which is mounted so as to rotate with respect to the arm about a transverse pin borne by the end of the arm, the lever being able to move between an upper locking position in which it is spaced apart from the arm and can interact with the sleeve and a lower unlocking position in which it is close to the arm; ∘ a spring arranged between the lever and the arm, exerting a force on the lever; - a blocking system for blocking the locking system, characterized in that the blocking system comprises: ∘ a fixed part mounted and blocked on the arm, ∘ a movable part rotatably mounted on the fixed part and provided with a blocking finger extending towards the lever, ∘ a fixed part mounted and blocked on the arm, ∘ a movable part rotatably mounted on the fixed part and provided with a blocking finger extending towards the lever, ∘ an unblocking position in which the lever is free to move between its upper and lower positions; ∘a blocking position in which the blocking finger extends between the lever in the upper position and the arm so as to block the lever from moving from its upper position to its lower position.
Magnetic material for producing a rare-earth permanent magnet comprising one or more rare-earth metals and one or more transition metals or transition-metal alloys for generating a permanent magnetic field, and a proportion made up of at least one nanomaterial comprising nanotubes for improving the mechanical properties of the magnetic material, characterised in that the nanotubes are carbon nanotubes that are functionalised on their outer surface by arranging OH end groups, NH 2 end groups or metals on the outer surface.
Interference fit connection for a shaft, comprising a hub having a conical through opening, and a reduction sleeve having a cylindrical through opening for arrangement on the shaft and a conical outer circumference, the cone angle of the conical outer circumference corresponding to the cone angle of the corresponding conical through opening of the hub, characterized in that the hub is a two-component part having a first component made of steel and a second component made of fiber-reinforced plastics material, the second component made of fiber-reinforced plastics material is designed as a ring which is arranged on the outer circumference of a sleeve portion of the first component, which sleeve portion surrounds the reduction sleeve, so as to surround this sleeve portion, the fiber-reinforced plastics material having a higher modulus of elasticity than the steel of the first component. a hub having a conical through opening, and a reduction sleeve having a cylindrical through opening for arrangement on the shaft and a conical outer circumference, the cone angle of the conical outer circumference corresponding to the cone angle of the corresponding conical through opening of the hub, characterized in that the hub is a two-component part having a first component made of steel and a second component made of fiber-reinforced plastics material, the second component made of fiber-reinforced plastics material is designed as a ring which is arranged on the outer circumference of a sleeve portion of the first component, which sleeve portion surrounds the reduction sleeve, so as to surround this sleeve portion, the fiber-reinforced plastics material having a higher modulus of elasticity than the steel of the first component.
A stabilising composition for stabilising clay-loam soils in the form of a liquid solution, comprising: a) at least one multifunctional organic compound comprise at least two acidic and donor functional groups or functional groups having the capability of reacting with the soil colloids with at least van der Waals forces, and preferably forming hydrogen bonds, which comprise at least one sulphonic group, apart from which there are groups selected from: phenolic and/or thiolic and/or carboxylic and/or thiocarboxylic groups, and/or ester (-COOR) and/or alcohol (-OH) and/or a primary (-CONH2) and/or secondary (-CONHR) amides, and/or nitrosilic (-NO), and/or nitric (- NO2), and/or ketone (C=O) and/or quinone (-CO-) groups, and/or primary amines (- NHR) and/or secondary amines (- NH2), and/or tertiary amines (- NR3) in an amount of 20 - 40% by weight of the total composition b) at least one acidic surfactant in an amount of 2 - 10% by weight of the total composition c) at least one trivalent metal compound in an amount of 1.0 - 2.5% by weight of the total composition d) sulphuric acid, in an amount of up to 100% by weight of the total composition. a) at least one multifunctional organic compound comprise at least two acidic and donor functional groups or functional groups having the capability of reacting with the soil colloids with at least van der Waals forces, and preferably forming hydrogen bonds, which comprise at least one sulphonic group, apart from which there are groups selected from: phenolic and/or thiolic and/or carboxylic and/or thiocarboxylic groups, and/or ester (-COOR) and/or alcohol (-OH) and/or a primary (-CONH2) and/or secondary (-CONHR) amides, and/or nitrosilic (-NO), and/or nitric (- NO2), and/or ketone (C=O) and/or quinone (-CO-) groups, and/or primary amines (- NHR) and/or secondary amines (- NH2), and/or tertiary amines (- NR3) in an amount of 20 - 40% by weight of the total composition b) at least one acidic surfactant in an amount of 2 - 10% by weight of the total composition c) at least one trivalent metal compound in an amount of 1.0 - 2.5% by weight of the total composition d) sulphuric acid, in an amount of up to 100% by weight of the total composition.
A method for determining sagging of molten mass of a tube extruded in an extrusion device, wherein the wall thickness of the tube is measured over the circumference of the tube and a wall thickness curve over the circumference of the tube is created from the measured wall thicknesses, characterized in that sagging of the molten mass is determined from the frequency of the created wall thickness curve.
An extracorporeal circulation management device comprising: means configured to store a plurality of first blood state information data supplied from an oxygenator unit that carries out gas exchange of blood to a target person with time-course information and for storing a plurality second blood state information data introduced from the target person into the oxygenator unit with time-course information; means configured to store body circulation time information defining a time period between supplying of blood from the output of the oxygenator unit to the target person and withdrawal of blood from the target person, and means configured to select the first blood state information data and the second blood state information data as comparison targets from the plurality of first blood state information data and the plurality of second blood state information data based on body circulation time information when comparing any of the plurality of first blood state information data and any of the plurality of second blood state information data. means configured to store a plurality of first blood state information data supplied from an oxygenator unit that carries out gas exchange of blood to a target person with time-course information and for storing a plurality second blood state information data introduced from the target person into the oxygenator unit with time-course information; means configured to store body circulation time information defining a time period between supplying of blood from the output of the oxygenator unit to the target person and withdrawal of blood from the target person, and means configured to select the first blood state information data and the second blood state information data as comparison targets from the plurality of first blood state information data and the plurality of second blood state information data based on body circulation time information when comparing any of the plurality of first blood state information data and any of the plurality of second blood state information data.
A system for modifying an intraocular device (30,80) located within an eye, the intraocular device having a refractive property, the system comprising: a laser assembly configured to output a pulsed laser beam having a pulse width between about 300 picoseconds and about 10 femtoseconds; a scanner; focusing optics;; and a controller coupled to the laser assembly, the controller configured to direct the laser assembly to output the pulsed laser beam into the intraocular device via photoalteration of one or more subsurface regions of the intraocular device, the pulsed laser beam forming one or more slip zones (90, 92) within the intraocular device, the one or more slip zones configured to alter the refractive property of the intraocular device, wherein each of the one or more slip zones comprises a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion, and wherein the first portion is displaceable with respect to the second portion, and wherein photoalteration constitutes liquefaction, polymerization, disintegration, ablation, or vaporization, wherein the controller is configured to command the actions and the placement of the scanner via a motion control system; wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the scanner and/or the focusing optics to direct the focal point of the pulsed laser beam into the one or more subsurface regions of the intraocular device; wherein the pulsed laser beam has a wavelength that permits the pulsed laser beam to pass through the cornea or the anterior chamber without absorption by them or with insignificant absorption. a laser assembly configured to output a pulsed laser beam having a pulse width between about 300 picoseconds and about 10 femtoseconds; a scanner; focusing optics;; and a controller coupled to the laser assembly, the controller configured to direct the laser assembly to output the pulsed laser beam into the intraocular device via photoalteration of one or more subsurface regions of the intraocular device, the pulsed laser beam forming one or more slip zones (90, 92) within the intraocular device, the one or more slip zones configured to alter the refractive property of the intraocular device, wherein each of the one or more slip zones comprises a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion, and wherein the first portion is displaceable with respect to the second portion, and wherein photoalteration constitutes liquefaction, polymerization, disintegration, ablation, or vaporization, wherein the controller is configured to command the actions and the placement of the scanner via a motion control system; wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the scanner and/or the focusing optics to direct the focal point of the pulsed laser beam into the one or more subsurface regions of the intraocular device; wherein the pulsed laser beam has a wavelength that permits the pulsed laser beam to pass through the cornea or the anterior chamber without absorption by them or with insignificant absorption.
An image processing device comprising: • a filter determination unit configured to determine whether to apply a deblocking filter to pixels neighboring a block boundary within a locally decoded image in an encoding process, the deblocking filter including a first deblocking filter and a second deblocking filter having a filter strength greater than that of the first deblocking filter; • a filter strength determination unit configured to, when it is determined by the filter determination unit that deblocking filtering is to be applied, determine whether to apply the first deblocking filter or apply the second deblocking filter; • a filtering unit configured to apply, when the filter strength determination unit determines to apply the second deblocking filter, the second deblocking filter so as to apply a clipping process to a difference value obtained by the second deblocking filter using a second clipping value pv, which is 1 to 8 times that of a first clipping value tc, which is used in case that a clipping process is applied to a difference value obtained by the first deblocking filter, and to generate a filtered image; and • an encoding unit configured to encode an image using the filtered image. • a filter determination unit configured to determine whether to apply a deblocking filter to pixels neighboring a block boundary within a locally decoded image in an encoding process, the deblocking filter including a first deblocking filter and a second deblocking filter having a filter strength greater than that of the first deblocking filter; • a filter strength determination unit configured to, when it is determined by the filter determination unit that deblocking filtering is to be applied, determine whether to apply the first deblocking filter or apply the second deblocking filter; • a filtering unit configured to apply, when the filter strength determination unit determines to apply the second deblocking filter, the second deblocking filter so as to apply a clipping process to a difference value obtained by the second deblocking filter using a second clipping value pv, which is 1 to 8 times that of a first clipping value tc, which is used in case that a clipping process is applied to a difference value obtained by the first deblocking filter, and to generate a filtered image; and • an encoding unit configured to encode an image using the filtered image.
A method for controlling a predetermined group of wireless initiation devices within a plurality of such devices at a blast site, characterised in that the method comprises: transmitting to the plurality of wireless initiation devices a wireless command signal relating to some operation to be executed only by the predetermined group of wireless initiation devices; for each wireless initiation device receiving the wireless command signal, determining whether the wireless initiation device forms part of the predetermined group; and for each wireless initiating device that determines that it forms part of the predetermined group, executing the operation on the basis of the command signal, wherein the wireless initiation device comprises a wireless electronic delay detonator. transmitting to the plurality of wireless initiation devices a wireless command signal relating to some operation to be executed only by the predetermined group of wireless initiation devices; for each wireless initiation device receiving the wireless command signal, determining whether the wireless initiation device forms part of the predetermined group; and for each wireless initiating device that determines that it forms part of the predetermined group, executing the operation on the basis of the command signal, wherein the wireless initiation device comprises a wireless electronic delay detonator.
An aircraft component forming a part of a casing of a combustor of an aircraft gas-turbine engine, the aircraft component comprising: an annular part formed in an annular shape in a circumferential direction about an axial direction of the annular part, the annular part having a radially outer circumferential surface; a flange that is formed at one end portion of the annular part in the axial direction to extend in the circumferential direction of the annular part and in the radial outward direction; and a boss that projects from the radially outer circumferential surface of the annular part to the radial outward direction and has a portion facing the flange, wherein a circumferential edge portion of the portion facing the flange is formed in a linear shape so as to be parallel to the flange, wherein, in a sectional view cut along the axial direction of the annular part and through the circumferential edge portion formed in the linear shape, the radially outer circumferential surface of the annular part between the flange and the circumferential edge portion of the portion of the boss formed in the linear shape and facing the flange has a taper part that is formed into a tapered shape such that a plate thickness in the radial direction of the annular part becomes thicker from the flange toward the boss. an annular part formed in an annular shape in a circumferential direction about an axial direction of the annular part, the annular part having a radially outer circumferential surface; a flange that is formed at one end portion of the annular part in the axial direction to extend in the circumferential direction of the annular part and in the radial outward direction; and a boss that projects from the radially outer circumferential surface of the annular part to the radial outward direction and has a portion facing the flange, wherein a circumferential edge portion of the portion facing the flange is formed in a linear shape so as to be parallel to the flange, wherein, in a sectional view cut along the axial direction of the annular part and through the circumferential edge portion formed in the linear shape, the radially outer circumferential surface of the annular part between the flange and the circumferential edge portion of the portion of the boss formed in the linear shape and facing the flange has a taper part that is formed into a tapered shape such that a plate thickness in the radial direction of the annular part becomes thicker from the flange toward the boss.