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A rotary fluid machine comprising: a crankshaft which is provided with a first crankshaft section, a first crank pin connected eccentrically in a first direction with respect to the first crankshaft section, a second crankshaft section having the same axis as the first crankshaft section, a second crank pin connected eccentrically in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the second crankshaft section, and an intermediate shaft which connects the first crank pin and the second crank pin; and a separator plate which partitions a first cylinder corresponding to the first crank pin and a second cylinder corresponding to the second crank pin and has a hole portion in which the intermediate shaft is inserted and located, wherein the intermediate shaft has a first side which is located on the first direction side in a longitudinal cross-section which includes axes of any two of the first crankshaft section, the first crank pin, and the second crank pin, the first side is provided so as to continuously connect a first side-side first connection point (a) which is connected to the first crank pin and a first side-side second connection point (b) which is connected to the second crank pin, the first side-side first connection point (a) is provided at a position displaced further in the first direction than the first side-side second connection point (b), and characterized in that the intermediate shaft has a surface made from molding by casting. a crankshaft which is provided with a first crankshaft section, a first crank pin connected eccentrically in a first direction with respect to the first crankshaft section, a second crankshaft section having the same axis as the first crankshaft section, a second crank pin connected eccentrically in a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to the second crankshaft section, and an intermediate shaft which connects the first crank pin and the second crank pin; and a separator plate which partitions a first cylinder corresponding to the first crank pin and a second cylinder corresponding to the second crank pin and has a hole portion in which the intermediate shaft is inserted and located, wherein the intermediate shaft has a first side which is located on the first direction side in a longitudinal cross-section which includes axes of any two of the first crankshaft section, the first crank pin, and the second crank pin, the first side is provided so as to continuously connect a first side-side first connection point (a) which is connected to the first crank pin and a first side-side second connection point (b) which is connected to the second crank pin, the first side-side first connection point (a) is provided at a position displaced further in the first direction than the first side-side second connection point (b), and characterized in that the intermediate shaft has a surface made from molding by casting.
Process for polymerizing fluoromonomer to form an aqueous dispersion of fluoropolymer particles comprising: (a) providing an aqueous medium in a polymerization reactor, (b) adding as a nucleating additive polyalkylene oxide having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 1500 to said aqueous medium in an amount of 0.1 ppm to 50 ppm based on water in said aqueous medium, wherein said polyalkylene oxide has a surface tension in water of greater than 40 dynes/cm at a concentration of 1000 ppm measured at a temperature of 23°C, (c) exposing said nucleating additive to oxidizing agent to form a dispersion of oleophilic nucleation sites in said aqueous medium; (d) pressurizing said reactor by adding fluoromonomer, and (e) adding polymerization initiator to said aqueous medium to cause said polymerizing of said fluoromonomer to form fluoropolymer particles dispersed in said aqueous medium. (a) providing an aqueous medium in a polymerization reactor, (b) adding as a nucleating additive polyalkylene oxide having a number average molecular weight of 100 to 1500 to said aqueous medium in an amount of 0.1 ppm to 50 ppm based on water in said aqueous medium, wherein said polyalkylene oxide has a surface tension in water of greater than 40 dynes/cm at a concentration of 1000 ppm measured at a temperature of 23°C, (c) exposing said nucleating additive to oxidizing agent to form a dispersion of oleophilic nucleation sites in said aqueous medium; (d) pressurizing said reactor by adding fluoromonomer, and (e) adding polymerization initiator to said aqueous medium to cause said polymerizing of said fluoromonomer to form fluoropolymer particles dispersed in said aqueous medium.
An inkjet recording apparatus, comprising: an image formation unit which deposits aqueous ink onto a recording surface of a recording sheet to form an image on the recording surface; a drying unit which dries the recording surface on which the image has been formed, the drying unit including a double-side heat application device which performs drying of the recording surface by applying heat to both the recording surface and a rear surface of the recording sheet opposite to the recording surface; and characterized by a drying control unit which controls a first intensity of heat applied to the recording surface and a second intensity of heat applied to the rear surface independently from each other, in accordance with a thickness of the recording sheet. an image formation unit which deposits aqueous ink onto a recording surface of a recording sheet to form an image on the recording surface; a drying unit which dries the recording surface on which the image has been formed, the drying unit including a double-side heat application device which performs drying of the recording surface by applying heat to both the recording surface and a rear surface of the recording sheet opposite to the recording surface; and characterized by a drying control unit which controls a first intensity of heat applied to the recording surface and a second intensity of heat applied to the rear surface independently from each other, in accordance with a thickness of the recording sheet.
A method of operating a gas injection system of a gas fuel and a liquid fuel operated internal combustion engine, the gas injection system comprising a gas fuel tank, a shut off valve and a plurality of gas injection valves (17a - 17d), comprises the steps of: closing the shut off valve starting the engine by operating it with the liquid fuel subsequently opening all gas fuel injection valves (17a - 17d) in a set pattern, while the shutoff valve is still closed. closing the shut off valve starting the engine by operating it with the liquid fuel subsequently opening all gas fuel injection valves (17a - 17d) in a set pattern, while the shutoff valve is still closed.
A method for compacting an intermediate program consisting of a series of standard instructions, where the intermediate program is then used in an embedded system, which embedded system has a memory and an interpreter of the language of the intermediate program into instructions of an object code that are directly executable by a microprocessor, in which method: a) identical sequences of successive standard instructions are searched in the intermediate program; b) identical sequences of successive instructions are subjected to a comparison test to establish if a function is greater by at least the number of occurrences of the sequences in said intermediate program than a reference value, and, c) if said test is positive, for each identical sequence of successive standard instructions passing said test step, a specific instruction is generated by defining a specific operating code and associating with that specific operating code said successive sequence of standard instructions that has passed said test; d) in said intermediate program, each occurrence of each sequence of successive instructions is replaced by said specific operating code associated with it to obtain a compacted intermediate program, consisting in a succession of standard instructions and specific operating codes, and e) in said memory, an execution table is saved, which allows the establishment of biunivocal correspondence between each specific operating code introduced and the sequence of successive instructions associated with it, which makes it possible to optimise the space occupied by said compacted intermediate program by saving in said memory only one occurrence of said identical sequences of successive instructions. a) identical sequences of successive standard instructions are searched in the intermediate program; b) identical sequences of successive instructions are subjected to a comparison test to establish if a function is greater by at least the number of occurrences of the sequences in said intermediate program than a reference value, and, c) if said test is positive, for each identical sequence of successive standard instructions passing said test step, a specific instruction is generated by defining a specific operating code and associating with that specific operating code said successive sequence of standard instructions that has passed said test; d) in said intermediate program, each occurrence of each sequence of successive instructions is replaced by said specific operating code associated with it to obtain a compacted intermediate program, consisting in a succession of standard instructions and specific operating codes, and e) in said memory, an execution table is saved, which allows the establishment of biunivocal correspondence between each specific operating code introduced and the sequence of successive instructions associated with it,
Infrared-reflecting concrete product with infrared-reflecting nanoparticles enclosed in the matrix of the concrete in a non-visible size range smaller than 150 nm, the concrete product comprising at least one facing layer made of a facing layer concrete and one core layer made of a core concrete, the infrared-reflecting nanoparticles being enclosed in the matrix of the facing layer concrete, and the core concrete being manufactured from a usual cement/aggregate/water mixture, and the facing layer concrete being manufactured by mixing the nanoparticles into a cement paste and applied to an already poured core layer, and the core layer providing volume, shape and stability of the concrete product, wherein the nanoparticles make up 5% to 30% percentage by weight, in particular 8% to 20% percentage by weight, of the facing layer concrete, additional nanoparticles are introduced into the surface of the facing layer prior to hardening of said facing layer in order to introduce into the surface of the facing layer an increased concentration of nanoparticles on the surface and a decreasing concentration in the direction of the core concrete prior to hardening of the facing layer and to achieve a gradual distribution of the nanoparticles with increased concentration on the surface and decreasing concentration in the direction of the core concrete, such that the IR-reflecting effect on the surface is considerably improved.
A method comprising: providing a lens blank, a precision positioning device, an illumination device, and a vision system, wherein the lens blank includes at least one feature whose position is known relative to a position of an optic center of the lens blank, the precision positioning system comprises a pick head configured to hold the lens blank, and wherein the vision system comprises an image sensor and a processor; mounting the lens blank on the precision positioning device; illuminating the mounted lens blank with the illumination device; viewing the illuminated lens blank with image sensor of the vision system; subsequently, determining the position of the at least one feature using the processor; subsequently, determining the position of the optic center of the lens blank based on the position of the at least one feature using the processor; characterized by subsequently, transferring the lens blank from the pick head to a centering nest; subsequently, repositioning the pick head over the lens blank such that the optic center of the lens blank is aligned with a center of the pick head; and subsequently, reattaching the pick head to the lens blank such that the optic center of the lens blank remains aligned with a center of the pick head. providing a lens blank, a precision positioning device, an illumination device, and a vision system, wherein the lens blank includes at least one feature whose position is known relative to a position of an optic center of the lens blank, the precision positioning system comprises a pick head configured to hold the lens blank, and wherein the vision system comprises an image sensor and a processor; mounting the lens blank on the precision positioning device; illuminating the mounted lens blank with the illumination device; viewing the illuminated lens blank with image sensor of the vision system; subsequently, determining the position of the at least one feature using the processor; subsequently, determining the position of the optic center of the lens blank based on the position of the at least one feature using the processor; characterized by subsequently, transferring the lens blank from the pick head to a centering nest; subsequently, repositioning the pick head over the lens blank such that the optic center of the lens blank is aligned with a center of the pick head; and subsequently, reattaching the pick head to the lens blank such that the optic center of the lens blank remains aligned with a center of the pick head.
A method of identifying one or more aptamer comprising: (a) providing a pool of candidate aptamers; (b) contacting a first one or more biological sample with the pool provided in step (a), wherein the first one or more biological sample comprises a microvesicle population; (c) identifying a first subpool of candidate aptamers that bound one or more microvesicle in the first one or more biological sample in step (b); (d) contacting a second one or more biological sample with the pool provided in step (a), wherein the second one or more biological sample comprises a microvesicle population; (e) identifying a second subpool of candidate aptamers that bound one or more microvesicle in the second one or more biological sample in step (d); and (f) comparing the members of the first and second subpools of candidate aptamers to identify one or more member of a pool that is overrepresented in one of the subpools versus the other subpool, thereby identifying the one or more aptamer. (a) providing a pool of candidate aptamers; (b) contacting a first one or more biological sample with the pool provided in step (a), wherein the first one or more biological sample comprises a microvesicle population; (c) identifying a first subpool of candidate aptamers that bound one or more microvesicle in the first one or more biological sample in step (b); (d) contacting a second one or more biological sample with the pool provided in step (a), wherein the second one or more biological sample comprises a microvesicle population; (e) identifying a second subpool of candidate aptamers that bound one or more microvesicle in the second one or more biological sample in step (d); and (f) comparing the members of the first and second subpools of candidate aptamers to identify one or more member of a pool that is overrepresented in one of the subpools versus the other subpool, thereby identifying the one or more aptamer.
A peptide comprising a muscle function enhancing amino acid sequence comprising or consisting of the amino acid motif: φ 4 -X-Ψ-L-[T/A]-Ψ 2, wherein φ and Ψ are in each instance an independently selected hydrophobic non-aromatic amino acid, and X is any amino acid, wherein the muscle function enhancing amino acid sequence does not contain more than 18 continuous amino acids of the carboxy-terminal amino acids of an S100A1 protein, wherein the peptide further comprises a hydrophilic motif, wherein the peptide has a total length of maximally 100 amino acids, and wherein the peptide exhibits a positive inotropic action, for use in treating or preventing a disorder associated with muscular malfunction; wherein the disorder is a cardiac and/or skeletal muscle disorder; wherein the (a) cardiac muscle disorder is selected from the group consisting of postischemic contractile dysfunction, congestive heart failure, cardiogenic shock, septic shock, myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, dysfunction of heart valves, and ventricular disorder and (b) the skeletal muscle disorder is selected from the group consisting of muscular dystrophy, muscle weakness, muscular atrophy, myositis, central core disease, nemaline rod myopathy, centronuclear myotubular myopathy, ophthalmoplegia of the eye, mitochondrial myopathy. wherein φ and Ψ are in each instance an independently selected hydrophobic non-aromatic amino acid, and X is any amino acid, wherein the muscle function enhancing amino acid sequence does not contain more than 18 continuous amino acids of the carboxy-terminal amino acids of an S100A1 protein, wherein the peptide further comprises a hydrophilic motif, wherein the peptide has a total length of maximally 100 amino acids, and wherein the peptide exhibits a positive inotropic action, for use in treating or preventing a disorder associated with muscular malfunction; wherein the disorder is a cardiac and/or skeletal muscle disorder; wherein the (a) cardiac muscle disorder is selected from the group consisting of postischemic contractile dysfunction, congestive heart failure, cardiogenic shock, septic shock, myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, dysfunction of heart valves, and ventricular disorder and (b) the skeletal muscle disorder is selected from the group consisting of muscular dystrophy, muscle weakness, muscular atrophy, myositis, central core disease, nemaline rod myopathy, centronuclear myotubular myopathy, ophthalmoplegia of the eye, mitochondrial myopathy. (a) cardiac muscle disorder is selected from the group consisting of postischemic contractile dysfunction, congestive heart failure, cardiogenic shock, septic shock, myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, dysfunction of heart valves, and ventricular disorder and (b) the skeletal muscle disorder is selected from the group consisting of muscular dystrophy, muscle weakness, muscular atrophy, myositis, central core disease, nemaline rod myopathy, centronuclear myotubular myopathy, ophthalmoplegia of the eye, mitochondrial myopathy.
A self-propelling method, comprising: providing an impulse to a first magnet with at least one electromagnetic pulse generator coupled to a rigid vehicle platform, the first magnet having angular momentum about a first point subsequent to the impulse; and inducing a change in angular momentum of a second magnet in response to magnetic attraction with the first magnet, the second magnet rotating about a second point, wherein the inducing a change in angular momentum of the second magnet results in a transferred linear impulse of the rigid vehicle platform in a first direction, characterised in that the first and second magnets (102, 104) are rotatably coupled to the rigid vehicle platform through respective tethers (106, 108) capable of transferring force through tension at the first and second points. providing an impulse to a first magnet with at least one electromagnetic pulse generator coupled to a rigid vehicle platform, the first magnet having angular momentum about a first point subsequent to the impulse; and inducing a change in angular momentum of a second magnet in response to magnetic attraction with the first magnet, the second magnet rotating about a second point, wherein the inducing a change in angular momentum of the second magnet results in a transferred linear impulse of the rigid vehicle platform in a first direction, characterised in that the first and second magnets (102, 104) are rotatably coupled to the rigid vehicle platform through respective tethers (106, 108) capable of transferring force through tension at the first and second points.
A thin film comprising a composition obtained by polymerizing - a monomer having the formula I: wherein: R 1 is a hydrolysable group, and R 3 is a bridging linear or branched bivalent hydrocarbyl group to form a siloxane material, characterized in that R 2 is a polycyclic group selected from adamantyl, dimethyl adamantyl propyl, norbornyl and norbornene, which optionally bear 1 to 8 substituents; or - 1-(9-phenanthrenyl)-1,1,4,4,4-pentamethoxy-1,4-disilabutane. - a monomer having the formula I: wherein: R 1 is a hydrolysable group, and R 3 is a bridging linear or branched bivalent hydrocarbyl group to form a siloxane material, characterized in that R 2 is a polycyclic group selected from adamantyl, dimethyl adamantyl propyl, norbornyl and norbornene, which optionally bear 1 to 8 substituents; or R 1 is a hydrolysable group, and R 3 is a bridging linear or branched bivalent hydrocarbyl group to form a siloxane material, characterized in that R 2 is a polycyclic group selected from adamantyl, dimethyl adamantyl propyl, norbornyl and norbornene, which optionally bear 1 to 8 substituents; or - 1-(9-phenanthrenyl)-1,1,4,4,4-pentamethoxy-1,4-disilabutane.
A variable vane assembly, comprising: an actuator; and a connection linkage pivotable by the actuator; characterised by: a component receiving direct input from the connection linkage and providing a cam surface; a driving linkage interfaced with the cam surface; and a variable vane coupled to the driving linkage, wherein pivoting of the component and cam surface causes the driving linkage to pivot the vane. an actuator; and a connection linkage pivotable by the actuator; characterised by: a component receiving direct input from the connection linkage and providing a cam surface; a driving linkage interfaced with the cam surface; and a variable vane coupled to the driving linkage, wherein pivoting of the component and cam surface causes the driving linkage to pivot the vane. a component receiving direct input from the connection linkage and providing a cam surface; a driving linkage interfaced with the cam surface; and a variable vane coupled to the driving linkage, wherein pivoting of the component and cam surface causes the driving linkage to pivot the vane.
Process for preparing polyesters comprising reacting a dicarboxylic acid with butanediol in the presence of a catalyst, wherein in the process an aluminosilicate is present, characterized in that the aluminosilicate is a 4A-type zeolite and that the aluminosilicate has the formula Na 2 O • Al 2 O 3 • 2 SiO 2 • n H 2 O.