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A test strip for testing a blood sample, comprising: a strip with a first major side for positioning that faces the blood sample; a capillary channel having a mouth and having a measurement site; a fluid transport path on the strip terminating at the mouth of the capillary channel, a lancet hole through the strip for passage of a lancet, wherein the fluid transport path extends from the lancet hole to the mouth of the capillary channel; a depending portion at the end of the fluid transport path opposite the mouth of the capillary channel extending away from the strip on the side facing the blood sample, wherein the depending portion is formed adjacent to the lancet hole by two slits in the strip extending from the lancet hole in a direction toward the capillary channel, forming the depending portion having a crescent or triangular shape, and wherein a droplet of the blood sample contacting the depending portion is directed towards the center of the strip and towards the mouth of the capillary channel by edges of the depending portion having a reduced width at the contact point, and wherein the fluid transport path is of hydrophobic material, so that the droplet forms thereon a contact angle of greater than 50 degrees. a strip with a first major side for positioning that faces the blood sample; a capillary channel having a mouth and having a measurement site; a fluid transport path on the strip terminating at the mouth of the capillary channel, a lancet hole through the strip for passage of a lancet, wherein the fluid transport path extends from the lancet hole to the mouth of the capillary channel; a depending portion at the end of the fluid transport path opposite the mouth of the capillary channel extending away from the strip on the side facing the blood sample, wherein the depending portion is formed adjacent to the lancet hole by two slits in the strip extending from the lancet hole in a direction toward the capillary channel, forming the depending portion having a crescent or triangular shape, and wherein a droplet of the blood sample contacting the depending portion is directed towards the center of the strip and towards the mouth of the capillary channel by edges of the depending portion having a reduced width at the contact point, and wherein the fluid transport path is of hydrophobic material, so that the droplet forms thereon a contact angle of greater than 50 degrees.
A closing ring closure device for a closing ring, having a closing lever and a one-piece or two-piece traction bracket, each of which are pivotably mounted by means of pivot bearings (18, 20) on a pivot bearing base (22, 24) on the closing ring side, wherein the traction bracket and the closing lever are pivotably connected to one another by means of a further pivot bearing, characterized in that the two components closing lever and traction bracket are provided with constructive means which are designed in a mutually coordinated functional mode between the two components as a snap-fit device for fixing the closing ring closure device in a wide open closing lever position.
A method for directly preparing glycol dimethyl ether and co-producing ethylene glycol from ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, which comprises: passing a feedstock containing a raw material of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and a carrier gas through a reactor loaded with a solid acid catalyst to produce glycol dimethyl ether and ethylene glycol, at a reaction temperature range from 40°C to 150°C and a reaction pressure range from 0.1 MPa to 15.0 MPa; wherein a carrier gas is an optional inactive gas; and the feedstock contains water whose volume concentration in the feedstock is in a range from 0% to 95%; and the weight hourly space velocity of the raw material of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether is in a range from 0.05h -1 to 5.0h -1; and the volume concentration of the raw material of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether in the feedstock is in a range from 1% to 100%; and the volume concentration of the carrier gas in the feedstock is in a range from 0% to 99%, wherein the solid acid catalyst is an acidic molecular sieve catalyst or an acidic resin catalyst.
A film-covered transparent base plate (1; 21; 31; 41) comprising: a transparent base plate; and a light-absorbing film provided on one principal surface (2a, 2b) of the transparent base plate, the light-absorbing film including a dielectric phase made of a material having a band gap of not less than 2.0 eV and not more than 2.7 eV and a metallic phase, wherein the material is a metal oxide and, in an Ellingham diagram, a standard Gibbs energy of a metal element being a constituent of the metal oxide is smaller than a standard Gibbs energy of a metal element being a constituent of the metallic phase. a transparent base plate; and a light-absorbing film provided on one principal surface (2a, 2b) of the transparent base plate, the light-absorbing film including a dielectric phase made of a material having a band gap of not less than 2.0 eV and not more than 2.7 eV and a metallic phase, wherein the material is a metal oxide and, in an Ellingham diagram, a standard Gibbs energy of a metal element being a constituent of the metal oxide is smaller than a standard Gibbs energy of a metal element being a constituent of the metallic phase.
A method for providing a film to only certain regions of a photovoltaic device surface, the method comprising: a. providing a surface; b. providing porous material at a location of the surface where film is not desired; c. providing film upon the surface, including both the location where the porous material has been provided and another location, where film is desired, the film having a thickness no greater than the size of the pores of the porous material, so that the pores are not closed after the film is deposited; and d. removing the porous material from the surface, and removing any film that has been deposited upon the porous material that is removed; whereby regions of the photovoltaic device surface where the porous material had been provided are substantially free of the film, and other regions are provided with the film. a. providing a surface; b. providing porous material at a location of the surface where film is not desired; c. providing film upon the surface, including both the location where the porous material has been provided and another location, where film is desired, the film having a thickness no greater than the size of the pores of the porous material, so that the pores are not closed after the film is deposited; and d. removing the porous material from the surface, and removing any film that has been deposited upon the porous material that is removed;
A method of re-capturing radioactive species in an aqueous solution and removing the radioactive species for disposal, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a bead form sequestration resin; (b) subjecting the bead form sequestration resin to radioactive species contained in the aqueous solution to allow the bead form sequestration resin to capture the radioactive species; and removing the captured radioactive species from the first resin to the aqueous solution; (c) re-capturing the radioactive species with a second bead form sequestration resin by subjecting the second bead form sequestration resin to the radioactive species contained in the aqueous solution to allow the bead form sequestration resin to capture the radioactive species; and (d) disposing the radioactive species in a radioactive storage facility; wherein the second sequestration resin comprises multi-amine base ligands; and wherein the second sequestration resin has a higher volumetric capacity for the radioactive species than the first resin. (a) providing a bead form sequestration resin; (b) subjecting the bead form sequestration resin to radioactive species contained in the aqueous solution to allow the bead form sequestration resin to capture the radioactive species; and removing the captured radioactive species from the first resin to the aqueous solution; (c) re-capturing the radioactive species with a second bead form sequestration resin by subjecting the second bead form sequestration resin to the radioactive species contained in the aqueous solution to allow the bead form sequestration resin to capture the radioactive species; and (d) disposing the radioactive species in a radioactive storage facility;
An agent for oxidatively dyeing and/or lightening keratin fibers, in particular human hair, containing, in a cosmetic carrier, based on the total weight of the ready-to-apply agent: (a) one or more alkyl glucosides of formula in a total amount of from 0.9 to 1.5 wt.% HCL in which R1 represents an unbranched or branched, saturated or unsaturated C 20 -C 28 alkyl group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 10, (b) one or more alkyl glucosides of formula in a total amount of from 1.2 to 8.0 wt.%, in which R2 represents an unbranched or branched, saturated or unsaturated C 8 -C 18 alkyl group, and m represents an integer from 1 to 10, (c) 0.3 to 5.5 wt.% ammonia, and (d) at least one oxidizing agent. (a) one or more alkyl glucosides of formula in a total amount of from 0.9 to 1.5 wt.% HCL in which R1 represents an unbranched or branched, saturated or unsaturated C 20 -C 28 alkyl group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 10, (b) one or more alkyl glucosides of formula in a total amount of from 1.2 to 8.0 wt.%, in which R2 represents an unbranched or branched, saturated or unsaturated C 8 -C 18 alkyl group, and m represents an integer from 1 to 10, (c) 0.3 to 5.5 wt.% ammonia, and (d) at least one oxidizing agent.
A method of managing a primary carrier in a terminal supporting multi-carriers, the method comprising: transmitting and receiving a control signal to and from a base station using a serving primary carrier; receiving a primary carrier change command from the base station; and changing the primary carrier from the serving primary carrier to a target primary carrier according to the primary carrier change command, characterized in that the primary carrier change command comprises an indication field of the next state of a serving primary carrier indicating whether the serving primary carrier is kept active or deactivated after the primary carrier changes. transmitting and receiving a control signal to and from a base station using a serving primary carrier; receiving a primary carrier change command from the base station; and changing the primary carrier from the serving primary carrier to a target primary carrier according to the primary carrier change command, characterized in that the primary carrier change command comprises an indication field of the next state of a serving primary carrier indicating whether the serving primary carrier is kept active or deactivated after the primary carrier changes.
A method for assigning resources for control signalling for a wireless device, wherein the resources can be used for user data when not used for control signalling (14a-b), the method being performed in a network node (1, 1') and comprising the steps of: obtaining a collection of at least one configuration group, wherein each configuration group refers to a selection of the resources; determining a load for each one of the configuration groups; when no configuration group of the collection has a load which is less than a first threshold value, instantiating a new configuration group referring to a selection of the resources, and assigning at least part of the resources of the new configuration group to the wireless device; and when there is a first configuration group in the collection having a load which is less than the first threshold value, assigning at least part of the resources of the first configuration group to the wireless device. obtaining a collection of at least one configuration group, wherein each configuration group refers to a selection of the resources; determining a load for each one of the configuration groups; when no configuration group of the collection has a load which is less than a first threshold value, instantiating a new configuration group referring to a selection of the resources, and assigning at least part of the resources of the new configuration group to the wireless device; and when there is a first configuration group in the collection having a load which is less than the first threshold value, assigning at least part of the resources of the first configuration group to the wireless device.
Device for conveying band-shaped or strip-shaped material for an apparatus for producing rod-shaped products of the tobacco processing industry, which is configured in such a way that the band-shaped or strip-shaped material can be fed from different first angles to a conveying plane of the band-shaped or strip-shaped material in the device, which conveying plane is spanned by the different conveying directions in which the band-shaped or strip-shaped material is conveyed prior to arriving in a shaping section of the device, characterized in that a mechanism for displacing the band-shaped or strip-shaped material transverse to its longitudinal axis is provided at the inlet side of the band-shaped or strip-shaped material, which displacing mechanism can be actuated depending on a position sensor (B19S) which is arranged after a splitting mechanism along the pathway of the band-shaped or strip-shaped material, wherein in the direction of movement of the band-shaped or strip-shaped material, starting from the feeding, the following means are provided in the order mentioned: - a first means resting against the band-shaped or strip-shaped material for modifying the tensile force in the band-shaped or strip-shaped material, - a deflection means deflecting the band-shaped or strip-shaped material by the first angle into the conveying plane, and - a sensor means for sensing the tensile force in the band-shaped or strip-shaped material, wherein the first means for modifying the tensile force can be actuated depending on the signal of the sensor means. - a first means resting against the band-shaped or strip-shaped material for modifying the tensile force in the band-shaped or strip-shaped material, - a deflection means deflecting the band-shaped or strip-shaped material by the first angle into the conveying plane, and - a sensor means for sensing the tensile force in the band-shaped or strip-shaped material, wherein the first means for modifying the tensile force can be actuated depending on the signal of the sensor means.
A vacuum object sorting system, the system comprising: a vacuum extraction assembly that includes at least one vacuum extractor device having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the at least one vacuum extractor device is configured to convert a controlled compressed air stream into a channeled vacuum airflow entering the inlet and exiting the outlet; and an object recognition device coupled to sorting control logic and electronics, wherein the controlled compressed air stream is controlled by the sorting control logic and electronics in response to a signal generated by the object recognition device; wherein the at least one vacuum extractor device is configured to capture a target object identified by the sorting control logic and electronics utilizing the channeled vacuum airflow, and further utilizing the channeled vacuum airflow, to pass the target object through the inlet and outlet to a deposit location; characterized in that: the at least one vacuum extractor device comprises a sensor that is configured to send a feedback signal to the sorting control logic and electronics based on whether the target object has passed through the at least one vacuum extractor device, wherein the feedback signal is used by the sorting control logic and electronics to reverse airflow or turn off airflow through the at least one vacuum extractor device. a vacuum extraction assembly that includes at least one vacuum extractor device having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the at least one vacuum extractor device is configured to convert a controlled compressed air stream into a channeled vacuum airflow entering the inlet and exiting the outlet; and an object recognition device coupled to sorting control logic and electronics, wherein the controlled compressed air stream is controlled by the sorting control logic and electronics in response to a signal generated by the object recognition device; wherein the at least one vacuum extractor device is configured to capture a target object identified by the sorting control logic and electronics utilizing the channeled vacuum airflow, and further utilizing the channeled vacuum airflow, to pass the target object through the inlet and outlet to a deposit location; characterized in that: the at least one vacuum extractor device comprises a sensor that is configured to send a feedback signal to the sorting control logic and electronics based on whether the target object has passed through the at least one vacuum extractor device, wherein the feedback signal is used by the sorting control logic and electronics to reverse airflow or turn off airflow through the at least one vacuum extractor device.
A barrier film comprising: a first layer formed of SiON; and a second layer formed of ZnO, SnO 2 -ZnO or Indium Tin Oxide, wherein the second layer has a thickness of 0.5 nm to 50 nm, and the total thickness of the barrier film is in the range of 10 nm to 1000 nm, wherein the barrier film comprises a structure in which the first layer, the second layer and the first layer are sequentially disposed, or the barrier layer comprises a first layer / second layer / first layer / second layer / first layer stack structure, which is a SiON/ZnO/SiON/ZnO/SiON stack structure, wherein the barrier film has a moisture permeability of 0.013 g/m 2 ·day or less under the conditions of 100% relative humidity and a temperature of 38 °C. a first layer formed of SiON; and a second layer formed of ZnO, SnO 2 -ZnO or Indium Tin Oxide, wherein the second layer has a thickness of 0.5 nm to 50 nm, and the total thickness of the barrier film is in the range of 10 nm to 1000 nm, wherein the barrier film comprises a structure in which the first layer, the second layer and the first layer are sequentially disposed, or the barrier layer comprises a first layer / second layer / first layer / second layer / first layer stack structure, which is a SiON/ZnO/SiON/ZnO/SiON stack structure, wherein the barrier film has a moisture permeability of 0.013 g/m 2 ·day or less under the conditions of 100% relative humidity and a temperature of 38 °C.
Process for dyeing keratin fibres in which a mixture is applied to the said fibres, this mixture being obtained from: • a dye composition comprising at least one oxidation dye precursor and at least a liquid fatty substance chosen from liquid petroleum jelly, C 6 -C 16 alkanes, polydecenes, liquid esters of a fatty acid and/or of a fatty alcohol, and liquid fatty alcohols, or mixtures thereof and • an oxidizing composition comprising at least one chemical oxidizing agent, • at least one of the compositions being dispensed from a pressurized container, • the mixture of the two compositions comprising at least one branched C 6 -C 12 polyol, the branched polyol(s) being chosen from pinacol, 3-methyl-1,3,5-pentanetriol, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol and hexylene glycol. • a dye composition comprising at least one oxidation dye precursor and at least a liquid fatty substance chosen from liquid petroleum jelly, C 6 -C 16 alkanes, polydecenes, liquid esters of a fatty acid and/or of a fatty alcohol, and liquid fatty alcohols, or mixtures thereof and • an oxidizing composition comprising at least one chemical oxidizing agent, • at least one of the compositions being dispensed from a pressurized container, • the mixture of the two compositions comprising at least one branched C 6 -C 12 polyol, the branched polyol(s) being chosen from pinacol, 3-methyl-1,3,5-pentanetriol, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol and hexylene glycol.
A convertible high heel and flat shoe, comprising: a sole (140, 1050) including a heel section and a high heel piece receiving section; a high heel piece (110, 1100) positionable between a high heel mode where the high heel piece supports the heel section and a flat shoe mode where the high heel piece is received within the high heel piece receiving section of the sole; a toe section; an area where the toe section is coupled to the sole (140, 1050); and characterised in that it further comprises a latch locking mechanism in the area to lock and unlock the sole (140, 1050) relative to the toe section to convert from the high heel mode to the flat shoe mode, wherein the latch locking mechanism is configured to disengage upon receipt of the high heel piece (110, 1100) in the high heel piece receiving section. a sole (140, 1050) including a heel section and a high heel piece receiving section; a high heel piece (110, 1100) positionable between a high heel mode where the high heel piece supports the heel section and a flat shoe mode where the high heel piece is received within the high heel piece receiving section of the sole; a toe section; an area where the toe section is coupled to the sole (140, 1050); and characterised in that it further comprises a latch locking mechanism in the area to lock and unlock the sole (140, 1050) relative to the toe section to convert from the high heel mode to the flat shoe mode, wherein the latch locking mechanism is configured to disengage upon receipt of the high heel piece (110, 1100) in the high heel piece receiving section.
Process for the production of polysiloxane-polycarbonate block cocondensates, wherein A) at least one polycarbonate is reacted in the melt with B) at least one hydroxyaryl-terminated polysiloxane with use C) of an additive which is selected from at least one from the group consisting of a siloxane containing aromatic substituents (component C1) and a polysiloxane-polycarbonate block cocondensate which is obtained from the reaction of at least component A) and B) or polysiloxane-polycarbonate block cocondensate, which can also be different from the product obtained from the reaction of at least component A) and B) (component C2), wherein the process comprises the step of adding component C) to component A), to component B) and/ or to a mixture of component A) and B). A) at least one polycarbonate is reacted in the melt with B) at least one hydroxyaryl-terminated polysiloxane with use C) of an additive which is selected from at least one from the group consisting of a siloxane containing aromatic substituents (component C1) and a polysiloxane-polycarbonate block cocondensate which is obtained from the reaction of at least component A) and B) or polysiloxane-polycarbonate block cocondensate, which can also be different from the product obtained from the reaction of at least component A) and B) (component C2),