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A process for preventing the formation of biofouling on a surface of a material in contact with an aqueous medium or with air having a relative humidity of 90% or more, comprising treating the surface with an exopolysaccharide: - comprising less than 1% by weight of sulphate based on the dry weight of the exopolysaccharide, and - comprising glucuronic acid, galacturonic acid, galactose, glucose, mannose, and - obtained by fermentation of a bacterium of the genus Pseudoalteromonas from a non-typical marine environment, where a non-typical marine environment is one in which: - the temperature is between 5 and 40 °C, and/or - the pressure is between 0.1 and 5 bar, and/or - the pH is between 3 and 10, and/or - the salinity is between 10 and 75 g/L, and/or - the partial pressure of dissolved oxygen is greater than or equal to 10%. - comprising less than 1% by weight of sulphate based on the dry weight of the exopolysaccharide, and - comprising glucuronic acid, galacturonic acid, galactose, glucose, mannose, and - obtained by fermentation of a bacterium of the genus Pseudoalteromonas from a non-typical marine environment, - the temperature is between 5 and 40 °C, and/or - the pressure is between 0.1 and 5 bar, and/or - the pH is between 3 and 10, and/or - the salinity is between 10 and 75 g/L, and/or - the partial pressure of dissolved oxygen is greater than or equal to 10%.
A light-emitting module comprising: a first mounting board having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first mounting board having a recess on the first surface, the recess having a bottom surface, the first mounting board having an opening passing through the first mounting board from the bottom surface to the second surface; a second mounting board having a mounting surface and a light-emitting element surface opposite to the mounting surface and provided in the recess such that the light-emitting element surface faces the bottom surface of the recess; a light-emitting element provided on the light-emitting element surface of the second mounting board and configured to emit light through the opening; characterized in that it comprises an elastic cushion provided between the bottom surface of the recess and the light-emitting element surface of second mounting board, the second mounting board projecting from the first surface of the first mounting board when a force pressing the second mounting board toward the bottom surface of the recess is not applied. a first mounting board having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first mounting board having a recess on the first surface, the recess having a bottom surface, the first mounting board having an opening passing through the first mounting board from the bottom surface to the second surface; a second mounting board having a mounting surface and a light-emitting element surface opposite to the mounting surface and provided in the recess such that the light-emitting element surface faces the bottom surface of the recess; a light-emitting element provided on the light-emitting element surface of the second mounting board and configured to emit light through the opening; characterized in that it comprises an elastic cushion provided between the bottom surface of the recess and the light-emitting element surface of second mounting board, the second mounting board projecting from the first surface of the first mounting board when a force pressing the second mounting board toward the bottom surface of the recess is not applied.
Pulley device for a belt that comprises: - an eccentric adjusting member (5, 7, 9, 10) dedicated to be fixed on a support, - an eccentric hub rotatably mounted on said eccentric adjusting member (5, 7, 9, 10), - a torsion spring between said eccentric adjusting member (5, 7, 9, 10) and hub so as to exert a biasing force in a belt-tightening direction, and - a pulley rotatably mounted on said hub, wherein the hub comprises an upper radial surface and the eccentric adjusting member comprises a radially outwardly projecting flange formed at an upper end of said eccentric adjusting member and forming an axial abutment for said upper radial surface of the hub, and characterized in that the upper radial surface of the hub comprises a pair of axially projected stops (12, 13) that are formed integrally with, each stop (12, 13) being dedicated to come into abutment against a corresponding stop (106, 107) comprised by the radially outwardly projecting flange of the eccentric adjusting member when the hub rotates in one direction or the other, so as to couple in rotation said hub and eccentric adjusting member in said direction, and in that the hub further comprises engaging means adapted to cooperate with an external tool, said engaging means being circumferentially located between said projected stops (12, 13) of the hub. - an eccentric adjusting member (5, 7, 9, 10) dedicated to be fixed on a support, - an eccentric hub rotatably mounted on said eccentric adjusting member (5, 7, 9, 10), - a torsion spring between said eccentric adjusting member (5, 7, 9, 10) and hub so as to exert a biasing force in a belt-tightening direction, and - a pulley rotatably mounted on said hub,
A method for feeding back channel state information, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by a user equipment, UE, a reference signal sent by a base station; selecting, by the UE, a precoding matrix W from a codebook based on an antenna port corresponding to the reference signal, wherein a column vector of the precoding matrix W is expressed as α [ v e jφ v] T, v =[1 e jθ], wherein α is a constant, θ and φ are phases, and [] T indicates transposing of a matrix or vector; and sending, by the UE, a precoding matrix indicator, PMI, to the base station, wherein the PMI is corresponding to the selected precoding matrix W; wherein the precoding matrix is selected from one of the following codebooks: 1 2 1 e jθ 1 e jθ, 1 2 1 e jθ j je jθ, 1 2 1 e jθ − 1 − e jθ, 1 2 1 e jθ − j − je jθ; 1 8 1 1 e jθ e jθ 1 − 1 e jθ − e jθ, 1 8 1 1 e jθ e jθ j − j je jθ − je jθ or 1 8 1 1 e jθ e j θ + φ 1 − 1 e jθ − e j θ + φ, 1 8 1 1 e jθ e j θ + φ j − j je jθ − je j θ + φ; wherein θ = π 16 2 i 1 + ⌊ i 2 / 4 ⌋, i 1 = 0,...,15, i 2 = 0,...,15, φ = π 16, π 8,..., a granularity of a value of φ is π 16, and └ i 2 /4┘ indicates the greatest integer not greater than i 2 /4. receiving, by a user equipment, UE, a reference signal sent by a base station; selecting, by the UE, a precoding matrix W from a codebook based on an antenna port corresponding to the reference signal, wherein a column vector of the precoding matrix W is expressed as α [ v e jφ v] T, v =[1 e jθ], wherein α is a constant, θ and φ are phases, and [] T indicates transposing of a matrix or vector; and sending, by the UE, a precoding matrix indicator, PMI, to the base station, wherein the PMI is corresponding to the selected precoding matrix W; wherein the precoding matrix is selected from one of the following codebooks: 1 2 1 e jθ 1 e jθ, 1 2 1 e jθ j je jθ, 1 2 1 e jθ − 1 − e jθ, 1 2 1 e jθ − j − je jθ; 1 8 1 1 e jθ e jθ 1 − 1 e jθ − e jθ, 1 8 1 1 e jθ e jθ j − j je jθ − je jθ or 1 8 1 1 e jθ e j θ + φ 1 − 1 e jθ − e j θ + φ, 1 8 1 1 e jθ e j θ + φ j − j je jθ − je j θ + φ; wherein θ = π 16 2 i 1 + ⌊ i 2 / 4 ⌋, i 1 = 0,...,15, i 2 = 0,...,15, φ = π 16, π 8,..., a granularity of a value of φ is π 16, and └ i 2 /4┘ indicates the greatest integer not greater than i 2 /4.
Method for detecting contamination on a moving object moving in a longitudinal direction past a plurality of detectors (1-3, 10-15), wherein - a count rate is captured repeatedly by each of the detectors during the movement of the object past the detectors (1-3, 10-15), - the captured count rates are weighted in that the count rates of the detector(s) that have a greater separation distance from the object to be measures are weighted lower than the count rates of the detector(s) that have a smaller separation distance from the object to be measured - characterized in that the position of the object is determined from the temporal progression of a maximum of the count rates at the individual detectors (1-3, 10-15). - a count rate is captured repeatedly by each of the detectors during the movement of the object past the detectors (1-3, 10-15), - the captured count rates are weighted in that the count rates of the detector(s) that have a greater separation distance from the object to be measures are weighted lower than the count rates of the detector(s) that have a smaller separation distance from the object to be measured - characterized in that
Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines for the injection of fuel at high pressure, having a nozzle needle which, by way of its longitudinal movement, interacts with a valve seat and thereby opens and closes at least one injection opening, wherein the nozzle needle is subjected by the pressure in a control chamber to a closing force directed toward the valve seat, and having a control valve which is formed in a valve body and by way of which the pressure in the control chamber is adjustable, wherein the control valve comprises a control valve chamber which is connected to the control chamber and in which a control valve element is arranged in longitudinally movable fashion and, by way of its longitudinal movement, opens and closes a connection of the control valve chamber to a leakage oil chamber, in that the control valve element is surrounded by the pressure in the control valve chamber and is designed such that the pressure in the control valve chamber exerts no resultant hydraulic force, or only a very low resultant hydraulic force, on the control valve element in the direction of longitudinal movement when the control valve element closes the connection of the control valve chamber to the leakage oil chamber, characterized in that the control valve element is formed in the manner of a piston and interacts with a first control valve seat for the purposes of opening and closing the connection of the control valve chamber to the leakage oil chamber, and in that the control valve element has a blind bore which is open toward that end of the control valve element which is averted from the control valve seat, wherein an inner sleeve is arranged in the blind bore.
A vibration-damping tabletop comprising: a top metallic skin (210, 310) perforated with a plurality of holes; a plurality of cups (220, 322) backing the plurality of holes and sealed to the top metallic skin; a first homogeneous filling material (240, 340) bonded to the top metallic skin, wherein the first homogeneous filling material includes manufactured voids (242, 342) formed therein to accommodate the plurality of cups; and a base metallic plate (250, 350) connected to the first homogeneous filling material. a top metallic skin (210, 310) perforated with a plurality of holes; a plurality of cups (220, 322) backing the plurality of holes and sealed to the top metallic skin; a first homogeneous filling material (240, 340) bonded to the top metallic skin, wherein the first homogeneous filling material includes manufactured voids (242, 342) formed therein to accommodate the plurality of cups; and a base metallic plate (250, 350) connected to the first homogeneous filling material.
An acoustic wave element comprising: a piezoelectric material; and an IDT electrode that is in contact with the piezoelectric material, wherein the IDT electrode includes a first bus bar, a second bus bar, the first and second bus bars (3a,3b) being connected to different potentials, a plurality of electrode fingers including first and second electrode fingers (31,32) that adjoin each other in an acoustic wave propagation direction and that extend from the first bus bar and second bus bar respectively, and a first dummy electrode finger, extending from the second bus bar, respective first ends of the first dummy electrode finger and first electrode finger facing each other via a gap placed on an outer side in an electrode finger length direction of said first end of the first electrode finger, and wherein the IDT electrode comprises a crossing-width weighted region, characterized in that at least one of the first electrode finger and the first dummy electrode finger comprises, on one or both sides thereof, at said first end, a first protrusion protruding in the acoustic wave propagation direction towards an adjacent second electrode finger and facing the adjacent second electrode finger across a space, said first protrusion(s) being localized at, or close to, the gap to suppress reflection and scattering of acoustic waves, due to mismatch of acoustic impedance, and the sides of the first electrode finger extend parallel to one another in the direction away from the first projection(s) towards the first bus bar. a piezoelectric material; and an IDT electrode that is in contact with the piezoelectric material, wherein the IDT electrode includes a first bus bar, a second bus bar, the first and second bus bars (3a,3b) being connected to different potentials, a plurality of electrode fingers including first and second electrode fingers (31,32) that adjoin each other in an acoustic wave propagation direction and that extend from the first bus bar and second bus bar respectively, and a first dummy electrode finger, extending from the second bus bar, respective first ends of the first dummy electrode finger and first electrode finger facing each other via a gap placed on an outer side in an electrode finger length direction of said first end of the first electrode finger, and wherein the IDT electrode comprises a crossing-width weighted region, characterized in that at least one of the first electrode finger and the first dummy electrode finger comprises, on one or both sides thereof, at said first end, a first protrusion protruding in the acoustic wave propagation direction towards an adjacent second electrode finger and facing the adjacent second electrode finger across a space, said first protrusion(s) being localized at, or close to, the gap to suppress reflection and scattering of acoustic waves, due to mismatch of acoustic impedance, and the sides of the first electrode finger extend parallel to one another in the direction away from the first projection(s) towards the first bus bar.
A placental product comprising an immunocompatible chorionic membrane, wherein the placental product can be cryopreserved, wherein the placental product comprises native therapeutic cells of the chorionic membrane, wherein the cells comprise one or more of: a. mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs); b. fibroblasts; c. stromal cells; and wherein the placental product comprises viable therapeutic cells after a freeze-thaw cycle; and wherein the placental product is made immunocompatible by selective depletion of functional CD14+ macrophages. a. mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs); b. fibroblasts; c. stromal cells; and wherein the placental product comprises viable therapeutic cells after a freeze-thaw cycle; and wherein the placental product is made immunocompatible by selective depletion of functional CD14+ macrophages.
An angle of attack sensor comprising: a housing having an open end and a closed end; a faceplate positioned on the open end of the housing, the faceplate comprising: an integral bearing support cage that extends into the housing and is configured to accept a first bearing and a second bearing; a periphery at an outer edge of the faceplate; a central opening; and an exterior surface extending from the periphery to the central opening; a vane assembly extending through the central opening of the faceplate; a vane shaft that extends into the housing and is connected to the vane assembly; and a rotational position sensor connected to the vane shaft; a faceplate heater positioned on an inner surface of the faceplate and extending around the vane assembly; and wherein the faceplate heater comprises a plurality of heating elements mounted on the faceplate and arranged to provide a higher concentration of heat to the faceplate upstream of the vane assembly. a housing having an open end and a closed end; a faceplate positioned on the open end of the housing, the faceplate comprising: an integral bearing support cage that extends into the housing and is configured to accept a first bearing and a second bearing; a periphery at an outer edge of the faceplate; a central opening; and an exterior surface extending from the periphery to the central opening; an integral bearing support cage that extends into the housing and is configured to accept a first bearing and a second bearing; a periphery at an outer edge of the faceplate; a central opening; and an exterior surface extending from the periphery to the central opening; a vane assembly extending through the central opening of the faceplate; a vane shaft that extends into the housing and is connected to the vane assembly; and a rotational position sensor connected to the vane shaft; a faceplate heater positioned on an inner surface of the faceplate and extending around the vane assembly; and wherein the faceplate heater comprises a plurality of heating elements mounted on the faceplate and arranged to provide a higher concentration of heat to the faceplate upstream of the vane assembly.
Wearable device for the supply of materials and/or instruments for dental restoration, comprising a support body in which a plurality of housings are obtained, where each of said housings contains a different composite for dental restoration, an elastically deformable ring, adapted to fit the finger of an operator, being associated with said support body characterized in that said housings comprise an internal coating adapted to promote the storage and collection of said composite for dental restoration by an operator.
Circuit breaker, in particular for low voltages, comprising a housing, comprising a handle which projects out of the housing, can be manually pivoted from an on position to an off position and, by virtue of its respective position, indicates whether the circuit breaker is switched on or switched off, comprising switching contacts which can be opened and closed by means of the handle and by means of which the electric current flows through the circuit breaker when the switching contacts are closed, and comprising a locking arrangement which, in its closed position, blocks a change in the switching state, wherein the locking arrangement is in the form of a locking unit and is inserted into a recess in the housing, which recess is located next to the handle, wherein the recess and the handle are connected to one another via a passage opening, wherein the locking unit has a slide which, during the locking operation, is pushed through the passage opening into the region of the handle and extends into this region to such an extent that it blocks the pivoting of the handle, characterized in that the locking unit latches when it is inserted in the housing.
A method for processing a biological sample containing cells from a subject for nucleic acid analysis of microbial cells in the biological sample comprising, or consisting essentially of: i) the biological sample obtained from a subject is contacted directly with a small volume less than 1mL of a differential cell lysis solution consisting essentially of SDS in water or saline to obtain a final concentration of 0.1 to 1% of SDS in said sample and optionally an antifoaming agent and/or an anticoagulant, wherein the initial volume of biological sample is larger than 3 mL; ii) mixing the solution obtained in step i) for a period of time sufficient to lyse the subject cells present in the biological sample, while preserving the integrity of microbial cells; and iii) separating the microbial cells from the lysed subject cells components, wherein step iii) consists of a single centrifugation, followed by removal of the supernatant and resuspension of microbial cells, wherein the subject cells are red blood cells and white blood cells in blood; bladder cells, kidney cells and prostate cells in urine, or epithelial cells in saliva. i) the biological sample obtained from a subject is contacted directly with a small volume less than 1mL of a differential cell lysis solution consisting essentially of SDS in water or saline to obtain a final concentration of 0.1 to 1% of SDS in said sample and optionally an antifoaming agent and/or an anticoagulant, wherein the initial volume of biological sample is larger than 3 mL; ii) mixing the solution obtained in step i) for a period of time sufficient to lyse the subject cells present in the biological sample, while preserving the integrity of microbial cells; and iii) separating the microbial cells from the lysed subject cells components, wherein step iii) consists of a single centrifugation, followed by removal of the supernatant and resuspension of microbial cells,
A valve comprising: a valve body having an inlet and an outlet and a passageway connecting the inlet and the outlet; a flow determining component disposed in said passageway, and capable of allowing flow when in at least one open position and of preventing flow when in a closed position; a linear positioning component operatively connected to said valve body, said linear positioning component comprising: a stationary element (28a, 28b, 28c) capable of providing a field; wherein a force can be produced by an interaction of said field and at least one actuating signal; and a movable element (32, 34, 36) capable of receiving said at least one actuating signal and of bi-directional linear motion, the bi-directional linear motion being incrementally controllable by said at least one actuating signal and being driven by said at least one actuating signal and said field; and an actuating element operatively connected to said movable element (32, 34, 36), said actuating element being at least partially located in said passageway and capable of operatively interacting with said flow determining component, and a biasing component also disposed in said passageway, said biasing component being capable of exerting a force, the force acting to hold said flow determining component in the closed position. a valve body having an inlet and an outlet and a passageway connecting the inlet and the outlet; a flow determining component disposed in said passageway, and capable of allowing flow when in at least one open position and of preventing flow when in a closed position; a linear positioning component operatively connected to said valve body, said linear positioning component comprising: a stationary element (28a, 28b, 28c) capable of providing a field; wherein a force can be produced by an interaction of said field and at least one actuating signal; and a movable element (32, 34, 36) capable of receiving said at least one actuating signal and of bi-directional linear motion, the bi-directional linear motion being incrementally controllable by said at least one actuating signal and being driven by said at least one actuating signal and said field; and a stationary element (28a, 28b, 28c) capable of providing a field; wherein a force can be produced by an interaction of said field and at least one actuating signal; and a movable element (32, 34, 36) capable of receiving said at least one actuating signal and of bi-directional linear motion, the bi-directional linear motion being incrementally controllable by said at least one actuating signal and being driven by said at least one actuating signal and said field; and an actuating element operatively connected to said movable element (32, 34, 36), said actuating element being at least partially located in said passageway and capable of operatively interacting with said flow determining component, and a biasing component also disposed in said passageway, said biasing component being capable of exerting a force, the force acting to hold said flow determining component in the closed position.