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Device for removing mascara from the eyelashes, comprising: - a rod having a first free end portion and a second opposite end portion; - a mascara remover head coupled to the second opposite end portion and made in one piece, comprising a main body made of an elastomeric material or sponge, wherein said main body comprises an active outer surface having a plurality of axially spaced annular grooves or a continuous spiral groove; wherein: - the grooves are each delimited by a bottom wall and two side walls; - the surface of the side walls and the bottom wall is rough and/or porous; - said active outer surface is devoid of bristles; - the annular grooves have a width of between 0.5 and 1.5 mm; - the distance between two adjacent annular grooves is equal to twice the width of a groove. - a rod having a first free end portion and a second opposite end portion; - a mascara remover head coupled to the second opposite end portion and made in one piece, comprising a main body made of an elastomeric material or sponge, wherein said main body comprises an active outer surface having a plurality of axially spaced annular grooves or a continuous spiral groove; - the grooves are each delimited by a bottom wall and two side walls; - the surface of the side walls and the bottom wall is rough and/or porous; - said active outer surface is devoid of bristles; - the annular grooves have a width of between 0.5 and 1.5 mm; - the distance between two adjacent annular grooves is equal to twice the width of a groove.
A resilient external fixator between first and second bone portions (O 1, O 2), comprising: · a helical spring defined along a first axis; · a first body; · first means for mounting said first body to co-operate with said helical spring; · a first pin suitable for being fastened to said first bone portion (O 1), said first pin being oblong in shape and defined along a second axis, said helical spring being suitable for turning relative to the first body about the first axis and the first pin passes through said helical spring; · means for mounting said first pin to co-operate with said first body so that said second axis forms a non-zero angle with the first axis; · a second body comprising a base and a projecting portion secured, by one of its ends, to said base, one of the ends of the helical spring being mounted in co-operation around said projecting portion; and · means for connecting said second body with said second bone portion (O 2) and said helical spring; the fixator being characterized by the fact that said projecting portion presents a cross-section that increases in relatively continuous manner from its free end until it reaches its end that is secured to said base, said one of the ends of the helical spring having an inside cross-section that is greater than the cross-section of the free end of said projecting portion and less than the cross-section of the end of said projecting portion that is secured to said base. · a helical spring defined along a first axis; · a first body; · first means for mounting said first body to co-operate with said helical spring; · a first pin suitable for being fastened to said first bone portion (O 1), said first pin being oblong in shape and defined along a second axis, said helical spring being suitable for turning relative to the first body about the first axis and the first pin passes through said helical spring; · means for mounting said first pin to co-operate with said first body so that said second axis forms a non-zero angle with the first axis; · a second body comprising a base and a projecting portion secured, by one of its ends, to said base, one of the ends of the helical spring being mounted in co-operation around said projecting portion; and · means for connecting said second body with said second bone portion (O 2) and said helical spring;
A coating which affords protection and stability to an active substance and one or more pharmaceutical excipients and/or a pharmaceutical dosage form from oxidation and enables release of the active substance in all parts of the gastro intestinal tract regardless of the environmental pH value, wherein said coating comprises a film-former substance selected from the group consisting of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and a combination of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and hydroxyethyl cellulose, wherein said film-former substance is added in concentrations of 60-95 % to the amount of solids in the coating and said coating further comprises pharmaceutical excipients selected from the group consisting of buffering agents, alkalizing agents and surface active agents, and has a thickness in the range 5-200 μm.
A method for injecting a sample into a flow of a liquid chromatography system comprising: providing a flow of a mobile phase; and injecting a volume of a sample into the flow of the mobile phase such that the concentration of the sample within the mobile phase varies with a triangular profile over the course of the injecting, wherein the injecting the volume of the sample into the flow of the mobile phase includes increasing the flow of the sample and then immediately decreasing the flow of the sample to create a triangular velocity profile of the sample. providing a flow of a mobile phase; and injecting a volume of a sample into the flow of the mobile phase such that the concentration of the sample within the mobile phase varies with a triangular profile over the course of the injecting, wherein the injecting the volume of the sample into the flow of the mobile phase includes increasing the flow of the sample and then immediately decreasing the flow of the sample to create a triangular velocity profile of the sample.
A landing gear arrangement comprising: a shock strut (32,232); a retraction actuator; and a shrink actuator (20,210); characterized in that the landing gear arrangement is configured such that the retraction actuator moves the shock strut between a stowed position and a deployed position, and the shrink actuator moves between a shrink position and an unshrink position in response to the shock strut moving between the stowed position and the deployed position. a shock strut (32,232); a retraction actuator; and a shrink actuator (20,210); characterized in that the landing gear arrangement is configured such that the retraction actuator moves the shock strut between a stowed position and a deployed position, and the shrink actuator moves between a shrink position and an unshrink position in response to the shock strut moving between the stowed position and the deployed position.
A navigation filter for a terrain correlation aided navigation system delivering an estimation of the kinematic state of a carrier associated with a covariance matrix at a discretized moment in time k by means of a plurality of data comprising the measurements returned by at least one terrain sensor, the model associated with the terrain sensor, the data from an onboard map, an error model for the onboard map, the measurements returned by an inertial unit and a model of the inertial unit, the navigation filter comprising a first filter referred to as convergence filter, and a second filter referred to as tracking filter, the navigation filter comprising switch-over means selecting, for the calculation of the kinematic state of the carrier and of the covariance matrix, one or other of said convergence filters and tracking filter, depending on the comparison of a quality index calculated from the covariance matrix returned by the navigation filter at the preceding moment in time k-1, with a predetermined threshold value, the navigation filter returning the values calculated by the selected filter (21, 22), characterized in that the convergence filter is a particle filter.
An end user apparatus (224, 306) for receiving content from a network and providing said content to at least one Internet Protocol, IP, enabled client device, said end user apparatus comprising: a network interface (250, 322); a client interface (260, 324); a storage device (258, 328) having at least one computer program stored thereon; and computerized logic in communication with said network and client interfaces (260, 324) and said storage device (258, 328), said computerized logic configured to: receive a request for content via said client interface (260, 324); said request received from said IP-enabled client device; based on authentication of a user of said IP-enabled client device as having a valid video services subscription only, apply an IP-based filter (252, 332) to block other data services that are not authorized in said valid video services subscription such that a type of service received by said IP-enabled client device within said network is limited to only data services authorized in said valid video services subscription; and provide, to said IP-enabled client device and via at least said network interface (250, 322) only access to said requested content, and not said other data services, based at least in part on said IP-based filter (252, 332). a network interface (250, 322); a client interface (260, 324); a storage device (258, 328) having at least one computer program stored thereon; and computerized logic in communication with said network and client interfaces (260, 324) and said storage device (258, 328), said computerized logic configured to: receive a request for content via said client interface (260, 324); said request received from said IP-enabled client device; based on authentication of a user of said IP-enabled client device as having a valid video services subscription only, apply an IP-based filter (252, 332) to block other data services that are not authorized in said valid video services subscription such that a type of service received by said IP-enabled client device within said network is limited to only data services authorized in said valid video services subscription; and provide, to said IP-enabled client device and via at least said network interface (250, 322) only access to said requested content, and not said other data services, based at least in part on said IP-based filter (252, 332). receive a request for content via said client interface (260, 324); said request received from said IP-enabled client device; based on authentication of a user of said IP-enabled client device as having a valid video services subscription only, apply an IP-based filter (252, 332) to block other data services that are not authorized in said valid video services subscription such that a type of service received by said IP-enabled client device within said network is limited to only data services authorized in said valid video services subscription; and provide, to said IP-enabled client device and via at least said network interface (250, 322) only access to said requested content, and not said other data services, based at least in part on said IP-based filter (252, 332).
A stopper structure for restricting relative rotation between an arm of an articulated robot and a mechanical element by a predetermined angle or more, the stopper structure comprising: a protrusion suitable to be provided on one of the arm and the mechanical element; a stopper suitable to be inserted into a hole formed in the other one of the arm and the mechanical element, while being suitable to be partially exposed from the hole; and a retaining plate that biases the stopper to prevent the stopper from being removed from the hole, wherein the stopper includes: a block made of an elastic resin; and a metal surface plate that has a bent cross-section, and is provided on a surface of the block along a front side on which the stopper comes into contact with the protrusion. a protrusion suitable to be provided on one of the arm and the mechanical element; a stopper suitable to be inserted into a hole formed in the other one of the arm and the mechanical element, while being suitable to be partially exposed from the hole; and a retaining plate that biases the stopper to prevent the stopper from being removed from the hole, wherein the stopper includes: a block made of an elastic resin; and a metal surface plate that has a bent cross-section, and is provided on a surface of the block along a front side on which the stopper comes into contact with the protrusion. a block made of an elastic resin; and a metal surface plate that has a bent cross-section, and is provided on a surface of the block along a front side on which the stopper comes into contact with the protrusion.
A method for removing spent nuclear fuel from a fuel pool comprising the steps of: moving a cask below a penetration of the fuel pool using a transporter while a cover of the penetration is closed; raising the cask off of the transporter using a handling mechanism engaging only upper trunnions of the cask so that the cask self-aligns with the penetration using gravity while the cover of the penetration is closed; wherein the handling mechanism is located at a fixed position below the fuel pool; moving the transporter away from the cask after the cask is raised off of the transporter by the handling mechanism; engaging and sealing the cask to the penetration while the cask is off of the transporter and supported by the handling mechanism; while the cask is sealed to the penetration, opening the cover of the penetration and inserting the spent fuel into the cask; after the spent fuel is inserted into the cask, unsealing the cask from the penetration; and moving the transporter back below the cask and lowering the cask onto the transporter using the handling mechanism. moving a cask below a penetration of the fuel pool using a transporter while a cover of the penetration is closed; raising the cask off of the transporter using a handling mechanism engaging only upper trunnions of the cask so that the cask self-aligns with the penetration using gravity while the cover of the penetration is closed; wherein the handling mechanism is located at a fixed position below the fuel pool; moving the transporter away from the cask after the cask is raised off of the transporter by the handling mechanism; engaging and sealing the cask to the penetration while the cask is off of the transporter and supported by the handling mechanism; while the cask is sealed to the penetration, opening the cover of the penetration and inserting the spent fuel into the cask; after the spent fuel is inserted into the cask, unsealing the cask from the penetration; and moving the transporter back below the cask and lowering the cask onto the transporter using the handling mechanism.
A server (130, 200, 500, 630a, 630b, 700, 800) comprising: a reconfigurable adapter device (210b, 210c, 300, 400, 550, 632a, 632b, 720, 820), the reconfigurable adapter device including a reconfigurable resource (318, 410, 540) reprogrammable to perform different hardware functions, wherein the server is configured to receive a provisioning request corresponding to a hardware function; and wherein the reconfigurable adapter device is configured to: i) configure the reconfigurable resource according to the hardware function; and characterized by: at least one of: during a reboot of the server, or after i) and during a reboot of the reconfigurable adapter device, ii) report the hardware function of the reconfigurable resource to the server, to identify the reconfigurable adapter device as a reconfigurable adapter device of the server having been configured according to the hardware function. a reconfigurable adapter device (210b, 210c, 300, 400, 550, 632a, 632b, 720, 820), the reconfigurable adapter device including a reconfigurable resource (318, 410, 540) reprogrammable to perform different hardware functions, wherein the server is configured to receive a provisioning request corresponding to a hardware function; and wherein the reconfigurable adapter device is configured to: i) configure the reconfigurable resource according to the hardware function; and characterized by: at least one of: during a reboot of the server, or after i) and during a reboot of the reconfigurable adapter device, ii) report the hardware function of the reconfigurable resource to the server, to identify the reconfigurable adapter device as a reconfigurable adapter device of the server having been configured according to the hardware function. i) configure the reconfigurable resource according to the hardware function; and characterized by: at least one of: during a reboot of the server, or after i) and during a reboot of the reconfigurable adapter device, during a reboot of the server, or after i) and during a reboot of the reconfigurable adapter device, ii) report the hardware function of the reconfigurable resource to the server, to identify the reconfigurable adapter device as a reconfigurable adapter device of the server having been configured according to the hardware function.
A method of determining flow speed of a fluid within a conduit comprising the steps of: providing a fibre optic distributed acoustic sensor having an optical fibre deployed along the length of the conduit; and interrogating said optical fibre by launching radiation into said optical fibre and detecting radiation backscattered from said optical fibre; characterised by: introducing at least one acoustic stimulus into the fluid in the conduit such that a first acoustic stimulus travels in one direction in the conduit and a second acoustic stimulus travels in the opposite direction in the conduit so as to set up standing waves within the fluid; monitoring the acoustic response to the first acoustic stimulus and second acoustic stimulus using said distributed acoustic sensor; detecting sensing portions of the optical fibre which correspond to beat nodes and/or antinodes of a standing wave; determining the distance along the conduit between said sensing portions of optical fibre corresponding to beat nodes and/or antinodes; and using said determined distance to determine the flow speed of the fluid at that section of conduit. providing a fibre optic distributed acoustic sensor having an optical fibre deployed along the length of the conduit; and interrogating said optical fibre by launching radiation into said optical fibre and detecting radiation backscattered from said optical fibre; characterised by: introducing at least one acoustic stimulus into the fluid in the conduit such that a first acoustic stimulus travels in one direction in the conduit and a second acoustic stimulus travels in the opposite direction in the conduit so as to set up standing waves within the fluid; monitoring the acoustic response to the first acoustic stimulus and second acoustic stimulus using said distributed acoustic sensor; detecting sensing portions of the optical fibre which correspond to beat nodes and/or antinodes of a standing wave; determining the distance along the conduit between said sensing portions of optical fibre corresponding to beat nodes and/or antinodes; and using said determined distance to determine the flow speed of the fluid at that section of conduit. introducing at least one acoustic stimulus into the fluid in the conduit such that a first acoustic stimulus travels in one direction in the conduit and a second acoustic stimulus travels in the opposite direction in the conduit so as to set up standing waves within the fluid; monitoring the acoustic response to the first acoustic stimulus and second acoustic stimulus using said distributed acoustic sensor; detecting sensing portions of the optical fibre which correspond to beat nodes and/or antinodes of a standing wave; determining the distance along the conduit between said sensing portions of optical fibre corresponding to beat nodes and/or antinodes; and using said determined distance to determine the flow speed of the fluid at that section of conduit.
A bi-directional optical time-domain reflectometric method for characterizing an optical fiber link, the method comprising: performing a plurality of forward-direction light acquisitions from one end of the optical fiber link and performing a plurality of backward-direction light acquisitions from the opposite end of the optical fiber link, wherein each light acquisition is performed by propagating in the optical fiber link from the corresponding end (104, 106), a test light signal comprising at least one test light pulse of a given pulsewidth and detecting corresponding return light from the optical fiber link so as to obtain a reflectometric trace representing backscattered and reflected light as a function of distance on the optical fiber link, characterized in that said plurality of forward-direction light acquisitions are performed with mutually different pulsewidths and said plurality of backward-direction light acquisitions are performed with mutually different pulsewidths; identifying events in said optical fiber link from return light of the forward-direction light acquisitions to create a list of events wherein each event of said list is characterized at least by a location along said optical fiber link; identifying events in said optical fiber link from return light of the backward-direction light acquisitions to create a list of events wherein each event of said list is characterized at least by a location along said optical fiber link; matching location of events in the forward-direction list with location of events in the backward-direction list to create a consolidated list of events comprising events of said forward-direction and said backward-direction list (302, 304). wherein each light acquisition is performed by propagating in the optical fiber link from the corresponding end (104, 106), a test light signal comprising at least one test light pulse of a given pulsewidth and detecting corresponding return light from the optical fiber link so as to obtain a reflectometric trace representing backscattered and reflected light as a function of distance on the optical fiber link, characterized in that said plurality of forward-direction light acquisitions are performed with mutually different pulsewidths and said plurality of backward-direction light acquisitions are performed with mutually different pulsewidths; identifying events in said optical fiber link from return light of the forward-direction light acquisitions to create a list of events wherein each event of said list is characterized at least by a location along said optical fiber link; identifying events in said optical fiber link from return light of the backward-direction light acquisitions to create a list of events wherein each event of said list is characterized at least by a location along said optical fiber link; matching location of events in the forward-direction list with location of events in the backward-direction list to create a consolidated list of events comprising events of said forward-direction and said backward-direction list (302, 304).
A process for determining the muzzle velocity of a projectile when emerging from the launching barrel of a weapon, wherein two sensors (9, 10), arranged at a spacing d from one another, are arranged in or on the projectile, the first sensor is arranged in the projectile head, and the second sensor is arranged in the rear part of the projectile, wherein the weapon is a shoulder weapon, and the projectile consists of a projectile head, detonator electronics for detonating a detonator of a propelling charge, a counterbalancing mass and of swing-out wings, and a generator for emitting signals is arranged at the front end of the launching barrel, and the sensors (9, 10) are arranged for the detection of the signals emitted by the generator, and these sensors (9, 10) detect a pulse in the course of flying past the generator, and the muzzle velocity of the projectile is determined from the time difference of the pulses detected by the two sensors (9, 10), and the second sensor is arranged between the fold-out wings and the propelling charge.