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A BUSHING, in particular intended for use in an internal combustion engine, that has a two semi-circular part construction, a support surface and a sliding surface, wherein said sliding surface has a convex profile in relation to an axial cross section (A-A) of said bushing, and in that said convex profile is circumferentially limited and angularly offset from the perimeter midpoint of the sliding surface of a semi-circular part, characterized in that said position offset from the perimeter midpoint of the sliding surface is at an angle (β) of between 10° and 25°, particularly between 14° and 18° and more particularly approximately 16°.
A synthetic non-resorbable silicon-containing calcium phosphate biomaterial having a microporosity of from 25 to 35% by volume, wherein: the surface free energy of the biomaterial is from 30 to 57 mJ/m 2; the microporosity results from pores measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry analysis to have an interconnection diameter of from 50 nm to 10μm; the mean interconnection diameter of micro-pores resulting in the microporosity is 0.5 μm or more; the biomaterial is a replacement bone material the calcium phosphate biomaterial comprises a hydroxyapatite material; the biomaterial contains from 0.1% to 1.6% by weight of silicon; the biomaterial has a permeability resulting from the microporosity of from 0.8 to 5 nm 2; and the biomaterial has a capillary pressure in water of from 40 to 70 kPa. the surface free energy of the biomaterial is from 30 to 57 mJ/m 2; the microporosity results from pores measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry analysis to have an interconnection diameter of from 50 nm to 10μm; the mean interconnection diameter of micro-pores resulting in the microporosity is 0.5 μm or more; the biomaterial is a replacement bone material the calcium phosphate biomaterial comprises a hydroxyapatite material; the biomaterial contains from 0.1% to 1.6% by weight of silicon; the biomaterial has a permeability resulting from the microporosity of from 0.8 to 5 nm 2; and the biomaterial has a capillary pressure in water of from 40 to 70 kPa.
An arm member that is connectable to a counterpart member (5, 10) having a pair of counterpart joint portions facing opposite directions from each other, comprising: a first rod and a second rod each of which has a rod side joint portion which constitutes a ball joint, in collaboration with the counterpart joint portion, and is connectable to the counterpart member by assembling the rod side joint portion ith the counterpart joint portion; and a connecting member which interconnects the first rod and the second rod at predetermined positions in the axis direction thereof, wherein the assembled state of the rod side joint portion with the counterpart joint portion is releaseable by separating the two rods from each other for a predetermined distance or more, and the connecting member includes: a first connecting piece disposed on the first rod; a second connecting piece disposed on the second rod; a spring member which is installed between the two connecting pieces and biases the two rods in directions to approach each other; and a regulating member that is removably installed between the two connecting pieces for regulating displacement of the two rods in departing directions, so that the distance between the two rods becomes less than the predetermined distance. a first rod and a second rod each of which has a rod side joint portion which constitutes a ball joint, in collaboration with the counterpart joint portion, and is connectable to the counterpart member by assembling the rod side joint portion ith the counterpart joint portion; and a connecting member which interconnects the first rod and the second rod at predetermined positions in the axis direction thereof, wherein the assembled state of the rod side joint portion with the counterpart joint portion is releaseable by separating the two rods from each other for a predetermined distance or more, and the connecting member includes: a first connecting piece disposed on the first rod; a second connecting piece disposed on the second rod; a spring member which is installed between the two connecting pieces and biases the two rods in directions to approach each other; and a regulating member that is removably installed between the two connecting pieces for regulating displacement of the two rods in departing directions, so that the distance between the two rods becomes less than the predetermined distance.
Burning lamp, in particular wind light, with a base and an upper housing part as well as with a support tray for a burning agent, wherein the support tray is pivotable relative to the upper housing part, wherein the support tray is mounted on a gimbal suspension so as to be pivotable overhead about two axes (5b-5b; 5c-5c), characterized in that the base has a largely hemispherical outer shape and the lower end of the hemispherical base is flattened as a standing surface, wherein the base has a vault-shaped cavity in the interior and the base is formed as a metal or ceramic part or at least the cavity of the base is formed from metal or ceramic.
A method for preparing a medium for rapid hydrate formation, comprising: formulating a kinetic promoter and water into an aqueous solution; forming a primary hydrate by reacting the aqueous solution and a primary gas at an initial temperature greater than 0°C and less than 5°C; decreasing the temperature of the primary hydrate obtained by the reaction, the residual aqueous solution and the remaining primary gas to a decomposition temperature of greater than -2.5°C and less than 0°C; discharging the remaining primary gas and keeping the pressure of the cooled primary hydrate and the frozen residual aqueous solution at or below atmospheric pressure; releasing the gas stored in the primary hydrate, and finally acquiring an ice substance, which is the medium for rapid hydrate formation. formulating a kinetic promoter and water into an aqueous solution; forming a primary hydrate by reacting the aqueous solution and a primary gas at an initial temperature greater than 0°C and less than 5°C; decreasing the temperature of the primary hydrate obtained by the reaction, the residual aqueous solution and the remaining primary gas to a decomposition temperature of greater than -2.5°C and less than 0°C; discharging the remaining primary gas and keeping the pressure of the cooled primary hydrate and the frozen residual aqueous solution at or below atmospheric pressure; releasing the gas stored in the primary hydrate, and finally acquiring an ice substance, which is the medium for rapid hydrate formation.
A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: a power generating element comprising a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer that is formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, comprises a positive electrode active material and a conductive aid, and has a BET specific surface area of from 1 to 3 m 2 /g, a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer comprising a negative electrode active material that is formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a separator, wherein the conductive aid comprises a first conductive aid and a second conductive aid having a larger average particle diameter than the first conductive aid, the content of the first conductive aid is greater than the content of the second conductive aid in the positive electrode active material layer, and the mass ratio of the content of the first conductive aid/the content of the second conductive aid is from 2.0 to 3.0. a power generating element comprising a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer that is formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, comprises a positive electrode active material and a conductive aid, and has a BET specific surface area of from 1 to 3 m 2 /g, a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer that is formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, comprises a positive electrode active material and a conductive aid, and has a BET specific surface area of from 1 to 3 m 2 /g, a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer comprising a negative electrode active material that is formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a separator, wherein the conductive aid comprises a first conductive aid and a second conductive aid having a larger average particle diameter than the first conductive aid, the content of the first conductive aid is greater than the content of the second conductive aid in the positive electrode active material layer, and the mass ratio of the content of the first conductive aid/the content of the second conductive aid is from 2.0 to 3.0.
A pharmaceutical combination for use in glycemic control in diabetes type 2 patients, said combination comprising (a) desPro 36 Exendin-4 -Lys 6 -NH 2 or/and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (b) a basal insulin or/and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and (c) optionally metformin or/and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the diabetes type 2 to be treated is not adequately controlled with the basal insulin and optionally metformin alone and the patient to be treated has a 2 hours postprandial plasma glucose concentration of at least 14 mmol/L. (a) desPro 36 Exendin-4 -Lys 6 -NH 2 or/and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (b) a basal insulin or/and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and (c) optionally metformin or/and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,
A plant-produced glycoprotein comprising a human-type sugar chain, which comprises a galactose residue linked to a N-acetyglucosamine residue, wherein the galactose residue in the human-type sugar chain is a terminal sugar residue, and wherein neither xylose nor fucose is linked to the human-type sugar chain.
A method for satellite selection from a set of satellites in a global navigation satellite system, the method comprising: providing an initial set of N satellites visible to a global navigation satellite system receiver; recursively performing an algorithm to reduce N until N is equal to a number of satellites from which a receiver is configured to calculate a navigation solution; calculating a navigation solution using signals from the reduced set of N satellites; the steps of the aforementioned algorithm to obtain the reduced set of N satellites are described below; setting either the initial set of N satellites or a reduced set of N satellites as a current set of N satellites; evaluating each sub-set of N-P satellites in the current set of N satellites with respect to one or more first criterion, where N > P;if only one sub-set satisfies the one or more first criterion, then selecting the one sub-set that satisfies the one or more first criterion as the reduced set of N satellites; characterised in that: if more than one sub-set satisfies the one or more first criterion, then: evaluating each sub-set that satisfies the one or more first criterion with respect to one or more second criterion; and selecting the one sub-set that optimizes the one or more second criterion as the reduced set of N satellites. providing an initial set of N satellites visible to a global navigation satellite system receiver; recursively performing an algorithm to reduce N until N is equal to a number of satellites from which a receiver is configured to calculate a navigation solution; calculating a navigation solution using signals from the reduced set of N satellites; the steps of the aforementioned algorithm to obtain the reduced set of N satellites are described below; setting either the initial set of N satellites or a reduced set of N satellites as a current set of N satellites; evaluating each sub-set of N-P satellites in the current set of N satellites with respect to one or more first criterion, where N > P;if only one sub-set satisfies the one or more first criterion, then selecting the one sub-set that satisfies the one or more first criterion as the reduced set of N satellites; characterised in that: if more than one sub-set satisfies the one or more first criterion, then: evaluating each sub-set that satisfies the one or more first criterion with respect to one or more second criterion; and selecting the one sub-set that optimizes the one or more second criterion as the reduced set of N satellites. if more than one sub-set satisfies the one or more first criterion, then: evaluating each sub-set that satisfies the one or more first criterion with respect to one or more second criterion; and selecting the one sub-set that optimizes the one or more second criterion as the reduced set of N satellites. evaluating each sub-set that satisfies the one or more first criterion with respect to one or more second criterion; and selecting the one sub-set that optimizes the one or more second criterion as the reduced set of N satellites.
Security document comprising: - a paper substrate comprising a sheet having a first face and a second face; - a first film made of polymer material extending over the first face of the paper substrate, and - a second film made of polymer material extending over the second face of the paper substrate, in which the paper substrate is impregnated on at least one of the faces thereof with a composition forming an impregnation of polyurethane, and in which the paper substrate is bonded to at least one of the films made of a polymer material by means of an adhesive layer (6, 7) comprising an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer which has a weight percentage of vinyl acetate greater than 23%. - a paper substrate comprising a sheet having a first face and a second face; - a first film made of polymer material extending over the first face of the paper substrate, and - a second film made of polymer material extending over the second face of the paper substrate,
An aqueous emulsion of a hydrophobic anhydride-based sizing agent, prepared by homogenizing the said anhydride-based sizing agent in an aqueous phase which comprises a stabilizer, which is an anionic lignin-carbohydrate complex, where lignin and carbohydrate are covalently bound with each other and which has a lignin:carbohydrate ratio from 90:10 to 10:90, wherein the emulsion comprises - 0.5 - 10 weight-% of the said hydrophobic anhydride-based sizing agent, given as active agent and calculated from the total weight of the emulsion, and - 0.01 - 1 weight-% of lignin-carbohydrate complex, calculated from total weight of the emulsion. - 0.5 - 10 weight-% of the said hydrophobic anhydride-based sizing agent, given as active agent and calculated from the total weight of the emulsion, and - 0.01 - 1 weight-% of lignin-carbohydrate complex, calculated from total weight of the emulsion.
A print head for three-dimensional printing comprising an extrusion assembly functionally coupled to a drive assembly, and a nozzle assembly, functionally coupled to the extrusion assembly, providing filament transfer, the print head further comprising a cooling assembly disposed between the extrusion assembly and the drive assembly, containing a fluid cooling system, comprising an inlet, an outlet and a system of cooling ducts disposed inside the cooling assembly, configured to distribute the cooling medium and to provide maintenance of the preset temperature of the extrusion module and the drive module, the print head further comprising a cooling chamber made in the extrusion assembly, connected with the cooling ducts of the cooling assembly, surrounding the shaft of the drive assembly, and wherein the extrusion assembly further comprises a rack driven by the drive assembly and a clamp to transport the filament. the print head further comprising a cooling assembly disposed between the extrusion assembly and the drive assembly, containing a fluid cooling system, comprising an inlet, an outlet and a system of cooling ducts disposed inside the cooling assembly, configured to distribute the cooling medium and to provide maintenance of the preset temperature of the extrusion module and the drive module, the print head further comprising a cooling chamber made in the extrusion assembly, connected with the cooling ducts of the cooling assembly, surrounding the shaft of the drive assembly, and wherein the extrusion assembly further comprises a rack driven by the drive assembly and a clamp to transport the filament.
An aqueous emulsion composition comprising: a polymer having a fluoroalkyl group, and a surfactant which comprises an amidoamine surfactant of the formula: R 1 -CONH-(CH 2) n -N(R 2) (R 3) wherein R 1 is C 8-30 -alkyl or C 8-30 -alkenyl, R 2 and R 3 are C 1-6 -alkyl, and n is 1-10; and a nonionic surfactant; and which does not contain an alkylene oxide adduct of a monool or polyol having an unsaturated triple bond. a polymer having a fluoroalkyl group, and a surfactant which comprises an amidoamine surfactant of the formula: R 1 -CONH-(CH 2) n -N(R 2) (R 3) wherein R 1 is C 8-30 -alkyl or C 8-30 -alkenyl, R 2 and R 3 are C 1-6 -alkyl, and n is 1-10; and a nonionic surfactant; and which does not contain an alkylene oxide adduct of a monool or polyol having an unsaturated triple bond. an amidoamine surfactant of the formula: R 1 -CONH-(CH 2) n -N(R 2) (R 3) wherein R 1 is C 8-30 -alkyl or C 8-30 -alkenyl, R 2 and R 3 are C 1-6 -alkyl, and n is 1-10; and a nonionic surfactant;
A print control apparatus capable of discharging sheets printed by printing means (102, 105, 106) to multiple discharging destinations, the print control apparatus comprising: switching means configured, when a group of sheets printed by the printing means (102, 105, 106) based on an input print job are discharged to a first one of the multiple discharging destinations, to switch the first discharging destination to a second discharging destination for discharging remaining sheets during the discharging process is performed; and characterised by selecting means configured to select the second discharging destination in accordance with an arranged order of the group of sheets, wherein the selecting means changes whether to select lower-level discharging destination relative to the first discharging destination or to select upper-level discharging destination relative to the first discharging destination as the second discharging destination in accordance with the arranged order of the group of sheets. switching means configured, when a group of sheets printed by the printing means (102, 105, 106) based on an input print job are discharged to a first one of the multiple discharging destinations, to switch the first discharging destination to a second discharging destination for discharging remaining sheets during the discharging process is performed; and characterised by selecting means configured to select the second discharging destination in accordance with an arranged order of the group of sheets, wherein the selecting means changes whether to select lower-level discharging destination relative to the first discharging destination or to select upper-level discharging destination relative to the first discharging destination as the second discharging destination in accordance with the arranged order of the group of sheets.
A method of calibrating or verifying the dimensional accuracy of an x-ray computed tomography machine, the method comprising: controlling the x-ray computed tomography machine to image a gauge to produce a 3D gauge reconstruction with reconstructed features of the gauge, the gauge comprising a plurality of objects formed from an object material, a first base supporting two or more of the objects, and a second base supporting another two or more of the objects, the first and second bases formed from a base material, the object material having a higher x-ray attenuation value than the base material, the first base forming a first plane, the second base forming a second plane, the first plane and second plane being substantially perpendicular to each other, each of the objects being secured on at least one of the first base and the second base, whereby the perpendicular configuration of the first base and the second base positions the objects on the orthogonal planes in multiple spatial directions, each of the objects having a center, the distance between the centers of each object being known center distance values; measuring, in the 3D gauge reconstruction, the distance between at least two objects to produce measured center distance values; comparing the measured center distance values against the known center distance values; and using the comparison to determine if there is a distance error in the x-ray computed tomography machine. controlling the x-ray computed tomography machine to image a gauge to produce a 3D gauge reconstruction with reconstructed features of the gauge, the gauge comprising a plurality of objects formed from an object material, a first base supporting two or more of the objects, and a second base supporting another two or more of the objects, the first and second bases formed from a base material, the object material having a higher x-ray attenuation value than the base material, the first base forming a first plane, the second base forming a second plane, the first plane and second plane being substantially perpendicular to each other, each of the objects being secured on at least one of the first base and the second base, whereby the perpendicular configuration of the first base and the second base positions the objects on the orthogonal planes in multiple spatial directions, each of the objects having a center, the distance between the centers of each object being known center distance values; measuring, in the 3D gauge reconstruction, the distance between at least two objects to produce measured center distance values; comparing the measured center distance values against the known center distance values; and using the comparison to determine if there is a distance error in the x-ray computed tomography machine.
A gas bearing (180, 220, 401, 501, 601, 701, 801) for a compressor (10, 100, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800), comprising: a bearing portion (38, 38a, 38b, 438, 538, 638, 738, 838, 960) and a sealing portion (39a, 39b, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) mounted to a bearing housing (34, 434, 534, 634, 734, 834, 980) for the compressor via one or more dampers (84, 484, 584, 684, 784, 884), and the sealing portion being fixedly connected to the bearing portion; and a vent (430, 630, 730, 840) with an inlet in the bearing, wherein the bearing portion has an inner radial surface (185, 205, 435, 835) for radially supporting a shaft of the compressor, the sealing portion has a sealing surface (422, 622, 722, 822), the inlet of the vent is disposed between the inner radial surface and the sealing surface, the sealing surface and a rotating surface (423, 823) form a path (421, 621, 721, 821) that extends along the sealing surface, the path configured to extend from a pressurized volume of the compressor containing a fluid to the vent. a bearing portion (38, 38a, 38b, 438, 538, 638, 738, 838, 960) and a sealing portion (39a, 39b, 410, 510, 610, 710, 810) mounted to a bearing housing (34, 434, 534, 634, 734, 834, 980) for the compressor via one or more dampers (84, 484, 584, 684, 784, 884), and the sealing portion being fixedly connected to the bearing portion; and a vent (430, 630, 730, 840) with an inlet in the bearing, wherein the bearing portion has an inner radial surface (185, 205, 435, 835) for radially supporting a shaft of the compressor, the sealing portion has a sealing surface (422, 622, 722, 822), the inlet of the vent is disposed between the inner radial surface and the sealing surface, the sealing surface and a rotating surface (423, 823) form a path (421, 621, 721, 821) that extends along the sealing surface, the path configured to extend from a pressurized volume of the compressor containing a fluid to the vent.