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A device for generating current pulses in a kicker magnet, the device comprising: one or more first switches (104, 106, 108, 110), one or more second switches (112, 114, 116, 118), and an inductor, wherein when the one or more first switches (104, 106, 108, 110) are activated, the device is configured to generate a path for a current to flow from a power supply to the inductor through the one or more first switches; wherein when the one or more second switches (112, 114, 116, 118) are activated, the device is configured to generate a path for a current to flow from the inductor to the kicker magnet through the one or more second switches; wherein the device is configured to activate the one or more second switches (112, 114, 116, 118) and deactivate the one or more first switches (104, 106, 108, 110) during a second time period; characterised in that the device is configured to activate the one or more first switches (104, 106, 108, 110) and deactivate the one or more second switches (112, 114, 116, 118) during a first time period so that the current flowing through the inductor reaches a steady state and maintains a constant magnetic field in the inductor. one or more first switches (104, 106, 108, 110), one or more second switches (112, 114, 116, 118), and an inductor, wherein when the one or more first switches (104, 106, 108, 110) are activated, the device is configured to generate a path for a current to flow from a power supply to the inductor through the one or more first switches; wherein when the one or more second switches (112, 114, 116, 118) are activated, the device is configured to generate a path for a current to flow from the inductor to the kicker magnet through the one or more second switches; wherein the device is configured to activate the one or more second switches (112, 114, 116, 118) and deactivate the one or more first switches (104, 106, 108, 110) during a second time period;
A method of removing a foreign object from a food piece comprising detecting the location of a foreign object in a food piece; conveying the food piece to a cutting tool, which generates a liquid jet; operating the cutting tool to cut around the detected location of the foreign object with the liquid jet and characterised by subsequently operating the cutting tool to engage and eject the foreign object from the food piece with the liquid jet.
A method of estimating channel spread at a receiver of a user equipment, UE, for one antenna port of a network node, the method being performed in the UE, comprising the steps of: acquiring channel estimates for one antenna port of a network node; characterised by the steps of: determining a variation of acquired channel estimates representing subframes associated with a common precoder, the subframes comprising resource blocks scheduled to the UE; and estimating the channel spread by using a pre-determined mapping from the determined variation to a channel spread value. acquiring channel estimates for one antenna port of a network node; characterised by the steps of: determining a variation of acquired channel estimates representing subframes associated with a common precoder, the subframes comprising resource blocks scheduled to the UE; and estimating the channel spread by using a pre-determined mapping from the determined variation to a channel spread value. determining a variation of acquired channel estimates representing subframes associated with a common precoder, the subframes comprising resource blocks scheduled to the UE; and estimating the channel spread by using a pre-determined mapping from the determined variation to a channel spread value.
A layered sheet comprising a carrier having a first and second surface and an inorganic refractory layer adjacent to at least one surface of the carrier wherein the refractory layer has a dry areal weight, measured according to ISO 536, of from 15 to 50 gsm, the bond strength between the refractory layer and the surface of the carrier is no less than 0.25 lb/in (0.044 N/mm), and wherein the carrier (i) comprises from 40 to 70 weight percent of aramid fibers and from 30 to 60 weight percent of polymeric binder, (ii) is hydrophilic (iii) has a wet tensile strength, measured according to TAPPI T456 om-10, of at least 3 lb/in (0.53 N/mm) in a first direction and at least 2 lb/in (0.35 N/mm) in a second direction, the second direction being transverse to the first direction, (iv) has a dry tensile strength, measured according to TAPPI T494 om-06, of at least 7 lb/in (1.23 N/mm) in a first direction and at least 3 lb/in (0.53 N/mm) in a second direction, the second direction being transverse to the first direction, (v) has an air permeability, measured according to TAPPI T460 om-11, of no greater than 600 Gurley Air Resistance (sec/100cc, 20 oz. (567 g) cyl.), (vi) has a smoothness, measured according to TAPPI T538 om-08, on at least one surface of no less than 250 Sheffield units, (vii) has a thickness, measured by TAPPI T411 om-10, of from 0.025 to 0.175 mm, (viii) has a density of from 0.25 to 0.60 g/cc, and (ix) has a basis weight, measured according to TAPPI T 410, of from 20 to 70 gsm, wherein the refractory layer comprises inorganic platelets selected from clay, preferably montmorillonite; vermiculite; mica; talc and combinations thereof, and wherein at least 85 % of the layer comprises platelets. (i) comprises from 40 to 70 weight percent of aramid fibers and from 30 to 60 weight percent of polymeric binder, (ii) is hydrophilic (iii) has a wet tensile strength, measured according to TAPPI T456 om-10, of at least 3 lb/in (0.53 N/mm) in a first direction and at least 2 lb/in (0.35 N/mm) in a second direction, the second direction being transverse to the first direction, (iv) has a dry tensile strength, measured according to TAPPI T494 om-06, of at least 7 lb/in (1.23 N/mm) in a first direction and at least 3 lb/in (0.53 N/mm) in a second direction, the second direction being transverse to the first direction, (v) has an air permeability, measured according to TAPPI T460 om-11, of no greater than 600 Gurley Air Resistance (sec/100cc, 20 oz. (567 g) cyl.), (vi) has a smoothness, measured according to TAPPI T538 om-08, on at least one surface of no less than 250 Sheffield units, (vii) has a thickness, measured by TAPPI T411 om-10, of from 0.025 to 0.175 mm, (viii) has a density of from 0.25 to 0.60 g/cc, and (ix) has a basis weight, measured according to TAPPI T 410, of from 20 to 70 gsm,
A polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and optionally a cellular internalization transporter or sequence for use in a method of treatment, wherein the polypeptide is coated on a wound-treating material or medical implant.
Self-heated intravenous apparatus comprising an intravenous tube with a tube wall; characterized by a heat generation layer coated on the tube wall configured to perform an exothermic reaction activated by oxygen and/or water for heating an infusion liquid conducted in the intravenous tube.
A connecting element for window and door frames, wherein the connecting element comprises the following: - an insert element having a insertion area which is formed so as to be insertable into a profile chamber of a cross-member profile of the window or door frame; and - a support device arranged adjacent to the insert element and having at least one support area which is formed so as to be insertable into at least one guide rail of the cross-member profile, wherein the support device comprises a first and a second support area (23a, b), wherein each support area (23a, b) has its own associated retaining area (21a, b), and wherein the retaining areas (21a, b) of the two support areas (23a, b) are preferably frontally connectable such that the support device is of forked design, characterized in that the retaining area associated with the first support area exhibits - measured in its longitudinal direction - a first length, the retaining area associated with the second support area exhibits - measured in its longitudinal direction - a second length, and the first and second lengths are different, and the support device and the insert element are of multi-piece construction. - an insert element having a insertion area which is formed so as to be insertable into a profile chamber of a cross-member profile of the window or door frame; and - a support device arranged adjacent to the insert element and having at least one support area which is formed so as to be insertable into at least one guide rail of the cross-member profile,
A method of implementing a locking protocol for partitioned and distributed database tables over a plurality of database nodes each having its own lock manager, comprising: attempting, by a first database transaction, an intentional exclusive lock for a first node, wherein the first node is a local database node having a partition of a database table; in response to determining that the attempt failed due to an existing exclusive lock, determining whether the transaction has acquired an intentional exclusive lock on a remote database node having another partition of the database table; skipping locking of the local node if the transaction has acquired a lock on the remote database node; and if no remote lock exists, waiting to acquire the intentional exclusive lock for the local node. attempting, by a first database transaction, an intentional exclusive lock for a first node, wherein the first node is a local database node having a partition of a database table; in response to determining that the attempt failed due to an existing exclusive lock, determining whether the transaction has acquired an intentional exclusive lock on a remote database node having another partition of the database table; skipping locking of the local node if the transaction has acquired a lock on the remote database node; and if no remote lock exists, waiting to acquire the intentional exclusive lock for the local node.
Gas-blast circuit breaker having a first contact and a second contact, which is intended to make an electrically conductive connection, which can be disconnected again, to the first contact, with the first contact and the second contact being movable relative to one another along a longitudinal axis, having a blowout volume (54; 52, 46), which is connected for flow purposes to an arc zone and is intended to allow a pressure build-up in order to blow out an arc with quenching gas, having an exhaust volume which is intended to receive and cool hot gases, having a low-pressure area, which is separated by a separating element from the blowout volume and in which the gas pressure is at least approximately constant during a switching process, characterized by a flow opening, which cannot be closed and allows a gas exchange, between the low-pressure area and the blowout volume (54; 52, 46) through an area of the separating element which separates the blowout volume (54; 52, 46) from the low-pressure area in the radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis.
A method for determining a type and/or concentration of an analyte from a set of analytes comprising the steps of providing a measurement device having - a housing, - a cavity within said housing, - a gas sensor comprising a metal-oxide sensing layer and a heater for heating the sensing layer, and - a passage extending between the cavity and the outside of the housing, heating the metal-oxide sensing layer, thereby generating a condition where said analyte is catalytically decomposed with a reaction rate k at said metal-oxide sensing layer, taking at least two measurements on said metal oxide sensing layer indicative of a concentration of said analyte, wherein the measurements are taken - during a phase where a concentration c AV of the analyte within the cavity is in a non-steady state, deriving at least one material parameter indicative of the analyte from said measurements, wherein said at least two measurements are taken at different times during a phase where a concentration c AV of the analyte within the cavity is in a non-steady state, characterized in that a ratio V/d is between 5 and 300 mm 2, wherein V is a volume of said cavity and d is a diffusion constant depending on a geometry and design of said passage and describing the diffusion through said passage, with d being defined by R = − d ⋅ c AV − c A 0 ⋅ D, with R being a rate of diffusion of an analyte of diffusivity D, c AV is a gas concentration in said cavity and c A0 is a gas concentration outside said housing at said passage. - a housing, - a cavity within said housing, - a gas sensor comprising a metal-oxide sensing layer and a heater for heating the sensing layer, and - a passage extending between the cavity and the outside of the housing, - during a phase where a concentration c AV of the analyte within the cavity is in a non-steady state,
A compound having the following chemical formula: wherein X-represents a counter-anion; one or more of Z is/are independently selected from C 1 -C 20 alkyl, a C 1 -C 20 alkyl substituted with CN, and C 1 -C 20 alkoxy; and the remaining one or two Z is/are independently selected from the following structures: wherein each R1 is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, CN, hydroxyl, and C 1 -C 20 alkoxy. X-represents a counter-anion; one or more of Z is/are independently selected from C 1 -C 20 alkyl, a C 1 -C 20 alkyl substituted with CN, and C 1 -C 20 alkoxy; and the remaining one or two Z is/are independently selected from the following structures: wherein each R1 is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, CN, hydroxyl, and C 1 -C 20 alkoxy.
A liquid cooled electric machine comprising: an internal stator having an inner surface and an outer surface provided with coil receiving slots; an external rotor coaxial with the internal stator; a stator cooling assembly having internal portion in contact with the inner surface of the stator, an external sleeve in contact with the outer surface of the stator to seal the coil receiving slots and an intermediate portion interconnecting the internal portion and the external sleeve; the intermediate portion being so configured as to allow cooling liquid to flow between the internal portion and the coil receiving slots; the stator cooling assembly including an inlet and an outlet, the internal portion being configured and sized as to be inserted in the stator, wherein the internal portion of the stator cooling assembly includes a cylindrical element having an outer surface provided with a circumferential channel defining a manifold and allowing the cooling liquid to contact the inner surface of the stator, characterised in that, the inlet leads to the manifold and the internal portion includes a plurality of longitudinal channels which are connected to the manifold such that cooling liquid is directed towards the inner surface of the stator before entering the intermediate portion. an internal stator having an inner surface and an outer surface provided with coil receiving slots; an external rotor coaxial with the internal stator; a stator cooling assembly having internal portion in contact with the inner surface of the stator, an external sleeve in contact with the outer surface of the stator to seal the coil receiving slots and an intermediate portion interconnecting the internal portion and the external sleeve; the intermediate portion being so configured as to allow cooling liquid to flow between the internal portion and the coil receiving slots; the stator cooling assembly including an inlet and an outlet, the internal portion being configured and sized as to be inserted in the stator, wherein the internal portion of the stator cooling assembly includes a cylindrical element having an outer surface provided with a circumferential channel defining a manifold and allowing the cooling liquid to contact the inner surface of the stator,
A method for opening a drafting unit having a plurality of roller pairs for drafting a fiber sliver, the fiber sliver being tensioned between a transport roller pair and a drafting unit comprising at least one intake and one discharge roller pair (10, 12), preferably one intake, at least one middle, and one discharge roller pair (10, 11, 12), each roller pair of the drafting unit comprising at least one top and one bottom roller, characterized in that the tensioning of the fiber sliver between the transport roller pair and the drafting unit is reduced, preferably eliminated, prior to opening at least the intake and/or middle roller pair (10, 11) of the drafting unit.
An immunogenic composition for use in the treatment or prevention of infection or disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis and/or Neisseria gonorrhoeae, comprising at least one modified factor H binding protein, wherein the composition is capable of eliciting an immune response when administered to a human or non-human animal, wherein the modified factor H binding protein has an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of Seq ID No:1, and has an alanine at position number 283 as defined in Seq ID No: 1 instead of glutamic acid, which results in no factor H binding, or at least 5 fold less factor H binding compared with the factor H binding protein of Seq ID No:1.
A method for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, comprising measuring the level of expression of wild-type glutathione S-transferase protein identified by SwissProt Accession No. P78417 in a sample of platelets isolated from a person suspected of having Alzheimer's disease, and determining whether the level of expression is altered compared to a control, wherein an increased expression level when compared to a healthy non-diseased control of wild-type glutathione S-transferase protein identified by SwissProt Accession No. P78417 indicates the presence of Alzheimer's disease.
A laundry dryer including: - a casing, rotatably supporting a drum for receiving a load to be dried, said drum being apt to rotate around a rotational axis, said casing including a basement defining a bottom surface; - A process air conduit in fluid communication with the drum where a process air stream is apt to flow; - A heat pump system having a heat pump circuit in which a refrigerant can flow, said heat pump circuit including a first heat exchanger where the refrigerant is cooled off and the process air is heated up, and a second heat exchanger where the refrigerant is heated up and the process air is cooled off; said first heat exchanger and/or said second heat exchanger being apt to perform heat exchange between said refrigerant flowing in said heat pump circuit and said process air stream; and a compressor to compress the refrigerant exiting said second heat exchanger and located within said basement; - A motor apt to rotate said drum and at least a motor support apt to support a component of said motor; - A compressor air conduit allowing compressor air to flow therethrough from the inside of said casing to the outside of the same or vice versa; characterized in that said compressor air conduit includes a first aperture for compressor air realized at a portion of said motor support facing said compressor and a second aperture for said compressor air realized at said bottom surface of said basement, such that compressor air drawn inside the casing from the outside thereof cools down the compressor and is then exhausted to the outside of the casing. - a casing, rotatably supporting a drum for receiving a load to be dried, said drum being apt to rotate around a rotational axis, said casing including a basement defining a bottom surface; - A process air conduit in fluid communication with the drum where a process air stream is apt to flow; - A heat pump system having a heat pump circuit in which a refrigerant can flow, said heat pump circuit including a first heat exchanger where the refrigerant is cooled off and the process air is heated up, and a second heat exchanger where the refrigerant is heated up and the process air is cooled off; said first heat exchanger and/or said second heat exchanger being apt to perform heat exchange between said refrigerant flowing in said heat pump circuit and said process air stream; and a compressor to compress the refrigerant exiting said second heat exchanger and located within said basement; - A motor apt to rotate said drum and at least a motor support apt to support a component of said motor; - A compressor air conduit allowing compressor air to flow therethrough from the inside of said casing to the outside of the same or vice versa; characterized in that said compressor air conduit includes a first aperture for compressor air realized at a portion of said motor support facing said compressor and a second aperture for said compressor air realized at said bottom surface of said basement, such that compressor air drawn inside the casing from the outside thereof cools down the compressor and is then exhausted to the outside of the casing.
A towing vehicle for a semi-trailer, comprising air spring bellows and comprising a pressure sensor on at least one air spring bellows or on a volume connected to the air spring bellows, the pressure sensor detecting the pressure in the air spring bellows, characterized in that the pressure sensor is a tire pressure sensor (24, 35) that has a radio module for the wireless transmission of pressure values.
An in vitro method for assessing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a human subject, comprising a) determining the concentration of protein FEN1 in a serum, plasma, or whole blood sample, and b) comparing the concentration of protein FEN1 determined in step (a) with a reference concentration of protein FEN1, wherein a concentration of protein FEN1 above a reference concentration is indicative for COPD. a) determining the concentration of protein FEN1 in a serum, plasma, or whole blood sample, and b) comparing the concentration of protein FEN1 determined in step (a) with a reference concentration of protein FEN1, wherein a concentration of protein FEN1 above a reference concentration is indicative for COPD.