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Device for delivering a substance, the device comprising a first portion, referred to as a stationary portion, and a second portion that is movable relative to the first portion between a rest position and an activated position, said second portion being referred to as a movable portion, the device further comprising abutment means (56, 58) for putting the movable portion into abutment relative to the stationary portion, which means need to be forced past in order to enable the movable portion to go from its rest position to its activated position, the abutment means (56, 58) comprising an abutment carried by the movable portion and an abutment carried by the stationary portion, at least one of these abutments being mounted on a resilient portion of the stationary portion and/or of the movable portion, the resilient portion being deformable between an abutment configuration and a retraction configuration, characterized in that the abutment means (56, 58) comprise reinforcing means for reinforcing the resilient portion, namely a part that bears against a zone of the resilient portion.
A method for determining a normalized weight of a non-static item, comprising: receiving, from a plurality of load cells, weight data associated with the non-static item; determining a load cell weight for the non-static item based at least in part on the weight data; receiving, as an input for a machine learning algorithm, the load cell weight for the non-static item; receiving, from an array of pressure sensors, pressure data associated with the non-static item; generating, based at least in part on the pressure data, a pressure heat map associated with the non-static item, wherein the pressure heat map is representative of a pressure gradient associated with feet or paws of the non-static item and indicative of a weight distribution of the non-static item; and generating, as an output for the machine learning algorithm, the normalized weight for the non-static item. receiving, from a plurality of load cells, weight data associated with the non-static item; determining a load cell weight for the non-static item based at least in part on the weight data; receiving, as an input for a machine learning algorithm, the load cell weight for the non-static item; receiving, from an array of pressure sensors, pressure data associated with the non-static item; generating, based at least in part on the pressure data, a pressure heat map associated with the non-static item, wherein the pressure heat map is representative of a pressure gradient associated with feet or paws of the non-static item and indicative of a weight distribution of the non-static item; and generating, as an output for the machine learning algorithm, the normalized weight for the non-static item.
A use of a composition comprising a mixture of at least two PCM waxes with different melting temperatures as an element for accumulating latent heat in electric machines, preferably for automotive use, said composition being characterised by possessing a melting temperature range comprised between 60 and 120 °C.
An isolated nucleic acid encoding aspartoacylase (ASPA) for use in a method of treating a neurodegenerative disease in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to a cell of the subject an effective amount of the isolated nucleic acid, thereby expressing ASPA in a cell of the subject, wherein the neurodegenerative disease is Parkinson's disease.
An apparatus for determining a metabolic potential of a cell sample in a well of a multiwell plate, the apparatus comprising: (i) a stage adapted to support a multiwell plate; (ii) a sensor adapted to sense a cell constituent associated with the cell sample in a well of the multiwell plate; and (iii) a dispensing system adapted to introduce fluids into the well, comprising a single injection element combining the mitochondrial uncoupling agent and the ATP synthase inhibitor, wherein the mitochondrial uncoupling agent and the ATP synthase inhibitor is mixed prior to administering to the cell sample, wherein the stage, sensor, and dispensing system cooperate to: simultaneously measure an initial oxygen consumption rate and an initial extracellular acidification rate of the cell sample using the sensor; thereafter, use the dispensing system to simultaneously administer to the cell sample a mitochondrial uncoupling agent and an ATP synthase inhibitor; thereafter, simultaneously measure a subsequent oxygen consumption rate and a subsequent extracellular acidification rate of the cell sample using the sensor; and determine the metabolic potential of the cell sample. (i) a stage adapted to support a multiwell plate; (ii) a sensor adapted to sense a cell constituent associated with the cell sample in a well of the multiwell plate; and (iii) a dispensing system adapted to introduce fluids into the well, comprising a single injection element combining the mitochondrial uncoupling agent and the ATP synthase inhibitor, wherein the mitochondrial uncoupling agent and the ATP synthase inhibitor is mixed prior to administering to the cell sample, wherein the stage, sensor, and dispensing system cooperate to: simultaneously measure an initial oxygen consumption rate and an initial extracellular acidification rate of the cell sample using the sensor; thereafter, use the dispensing system to simultaneously administer to the cell sample a mitochondrial uncoupling agent and an ATP synthase inhibitor; thereafter, simultaneously measure a subsequent oxygen consumption rate and a subsequent extracellular acidification rate of the cell sample using the sensor; and determine the metabolic potential of the cell sample. simultaneously measure an initial oxygen consumption rate and an initial extracellular acidification rate of the cell sample using the sensor; thereafter, use the dispensing system to simultaneously administer to the cell sample a mitochondrial uncoupling agent and an ATP synthase inhibitor; thereafter, simultaneously measure a subsequent oxygen consumption rate and a subsequent extracellular acidification rate of the cell sample using the sensor; and determine the metabolic potential of the cell sample.
A flexible tubular pipe for transporting, in an offshore environment, suspensions of loose mining aggregates, said flexible tubular pipe comprising on the inside a layer of polymer material forming a tubular sheath and defining a free internal surface, said layer of polymer material comprising protective elements embedded in the thickness of said layer of polymer material so as to be able to lie flush with said free internal surface so as to preserve said layer of polymer material when suspensions of loose mining aggregates are flowing along inside said flexible tubular pipe, characterized in that said protective elements contain particles of a solid lubricant.
Structural panel for a satellite comprising an external skin, an internal skin and a core layer arranged between the two, internal and external, skins (1, 2) and provided with a blind void, characterised in that the blind void comprises at least one electrically insulated inserted busbar, the busbar comprising a set of electrically insulating layers and of electrically conductive layers such that each conductive layer is doubly electrically insulated by an envelope formed of two electrically insulating layers, and the panel comprising a joining material filling the blind void in order to keep the inserted busbar fixed in place.
Die for the board or film extrusion of a hardenable material, comprising a die bottom part and a die top part and also a plurality of adjusting bolts and a die control unit, wherein a flexible element extends along the lower edge of the die top part, wherein the distance between the flexible element and the die bottom part can be adjusted in a plurality of segments during extrusion by the die control unit by means of the plurality of adjusting bolts, characterized in that a slide is arranged, below the flexible element for setting the width of the die, laterally on the die in each case, wherein lateral adjusting bolts press the flexible element permanently onto the slides.
Method for examining a cell sample including at least the steps of: - determining spatially resolved combinatorial binding patterns with the aid of a ligand library including at least two ligands in at least two cell elements from the group of DNA, RNA, transcription factor, nucleolus, nucleus, endoplasmatic reticulum, CIS Golgi vesicles, Golgi apparatus, vesicles, trans-Golgi network, cell membrane, cytoskeleton, mitochondria, lysosome, peroxisomes, vesicles, ribosomes, microtubules and centrioles of at least one cell of the cell sample, wherein the KBMs are determined in at least two cell elements, which differ at least with respect to their order along the biological information flow of the cell, opposite to the order of the biological information flow of the cell; - comparing the determined KBMs; and - inferring if at least one of the considered cell elements is pathologically altered based on the comparison of the KBMs. - determining spatially resolved combinatorial binding patterns with the aid of a ligand library including at least two ligands in at least two cell elements from the group of DNA, RNA, transcription factor, nucleolus, nucleus, endoplasmatic reticulum, CIS Golgi vesicles, Golgi apparatus, vesicles, trans-Golgi network, cell membrane, cytoskeleton, mitochondria, lysosome, peroxisomes, vesicles, ribosomes, microtubules and centrioles of at least one cell of the cell sample, wherein the KBMs are determined in at least two cell elements, which differ at least with respect to their order along the biological information flow of the cell, opposite to the order of the biological information flow of the cell; - comparing the determined KBMs; and - inferring if at least one of the considered cell elements is pathologically altered based on the comparison of the KBMs.
A fluid transfer device comprising: a body (83, 151): an elongate passage extending through the body (83, 151) and having a proximal end and a distal end; a longitudinally displaceable cannula disposed in and extending along the passage; a septum sealing the passage at a first location, the septum being pierecable and self-sealing; a diaphragm (29, 43) sealing the passage at a second location intennediate the septum and the distal end of the passage; the cannula extending through and being secured to the diaphragm (29, 43) and having a sharpened end disposed adjacent the septum; and wherein longitudinal displacement of the cannula towards the septum causes its sharpened end to pierce and project through the septum, the diaphragm (29, 43) stretching to accommodate the displacement of the cannula while maintaining a seal about the cannula. a body (83, 151): an elongate passage extending through the body (83, 151) and having a proximal end and a distal end; a longitudinally displaceable cannula disposed in and extending along the passage; a septum sealing the passage at a first location, the septum being pierecable and self-sealing; a diaphragm (29, 43) sealing the passage at a second location intennediate the septum and the distal end of the passage; the cannula extending through and being secured to the diaphragm (29, 43) and having a sharpened end disposed adjacent the septum; and wherein longitudinal displacement of the cannula towards the septum causes its sharpened end to pierce and project through the septum, the diaphragm (29, 43) stretching to accommodate the displacement of the cannula while maintaining a seal about the cannula. an elongate passage extending through the body (83, 151) and having a proximal end and a distal end; a longitudinally displaceable cannula disposed in and extending along the passage; a septum sealing the passage at a first location, the septum being pierecable and self-sealing; a diaphragm (29, 43) sealing the passage at a second location intennediate the septum and the distal end of the passage; the cannula extending through and being secured to the diaphragm (29, 43) and having a sharpened end disposed adjacent the septum; and wherein longitudinal displacement of the cannula towards the septum causes its sharpened end to pierce and project through the septum, the diaphragm (29, 43) stretching to accommodate the displacement of the cannula while maintaining a seal about the cannula.
Device for the production of foam having a sealed deformable resilient container containing a liquid substance comprising one or more foaming agents, and air, the container being fixed by means of a sealing device to an end fitting in order to form a reservoir (1+2) communicating with the exterior by means of at least one closure valve and by means of a dispensing orifice, the dispensing orifice communicating with the interior of the reservoir (1+2) by means of foam-forming elements (7a, 7b) and a passage having a variable flow rate associated with a needle, and the closure valve closing air inlet orifices formed in the end fitting when the container is deformed by pressure and opening the air inlet orifices in order to allow air to pass from the exterior to the interior of the reservoir (1+2) when the container resumes its initial shape, characterised in that the passage having a variable flow rate communicates with a magazine open at its upper part and closed at its base by means of a non-return valve, the magazine containing liquid substance and air and comprising two orifices, namely a first orifice serving for the passage of air from the container to the magazine when the container is deformed by pressure and/or serving for the discharge of the liquid substance from the magazine to the container when the level of the liquid substance in the magazine exceeds the level of the first orifice and a second orifice formed at the bottom of the magazine in the rounded base thereof in order to receive the non-return valve, the second orifice being extended by a dip tube dipping into the liquid substance.
A resonance ultrasonic transducer comprising a first ultrasound source for transmitting ultrasound and a reflecting unit disposed oppositely to the first ultrasound source; said first ultrasound source and the reflecting unit constitute a resonance cavity, characterized in that said reflecting unit is a second ultrasound source with a function of reflection.
Product surface having an optoelectronically readable code, which is formed by an arrangement of flat cells (6, 7) of different cell types, - the cells (6, 7) being an integral component of the product surface, - the cells (6, 7) of each cell type each having a surface profile, - the surface profile of at least one cell type having at least one elevation and/or depression relative to the product surface, - the surface profile of a first cell type being formed relative to the surface profile of a second cell type such that the reflective properties of the surface profile of the first cell type differ from the reflective properties of the surface profile of the second cell type, - the product surface being formed of a polymer material, in particular of an elastomer material, and - the product surface being the surface of a side wall of a vehicle pneumatic tyre, characterized in that - the code is a two-dimensional code, - in that the surface profiles of the cell types of a code differ in their surface roughness, - and in that the ratio of the roughness depth of the surface profile of a first cell type relative to the roughness depth of the surface profile of a second cell type is at least 20. - the cells (6, 7) being an integral component of the product surface, - the cells (6, 7) of each cell type each having a surface profile, - the surface profile of at least one cell type having at least one elevation and/or depression relative to the product surface, - the surface profile of a first cell type being formed relative to the surface profile of a second cell type such that the reflective properties of the surface profile of the first cell type differ from the reflective properties of the surface profile of the second cell type, - the product surface being formed of a polymer material, in particular of an elastomer material, and - the product surface being the surface of a side wall of a vehicle pneumatic tyre, characterized in that - the code is a two-dimensional code, - in that the surface profiles of the cell types of a code differ in their surface roughness, - and in that the ratio of the roughness depth of the surface profile of a first cell type relative to the roughness depth of the surface profile of a second cell type is at least 20.
An optical material in which a transmittance curve measured at a thickness of 2 mm thereof has a minimum transmittance value in a wavelength range of 445 nm to 470 nm wherein the optical material comprises at least one kind of organic dye which has an absorption peak in a wavelength range of 445 nm to 470 nm, in an absorption spectrum which is measured at an optical path length of 10 mm of a chloroform solution thereof at a concentration of 0.01 g/L, and the half-value width of the absorption peak is 10 nm or more and less than 50 nm wherein the organic dye is comprised of at least two kinds of compounds selected from porphyrin-based compounds represented by the following General Formula wherein X 1 to X 8 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, and a halogen atom; however, not all of X 1 to X 8 are hydrogen atoms; R 1 to R 4 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, and a straight or branched alkyl group; and M represents two hydrogen atoms, a divalent metal atom, a trivalent substituted metal atom, a tetravalent substituted metal atom, a hydroxylated metal atom, or an oxidized metal atom.
A fabrication method for fabricating a leading edge shield, the method comprising the following steps: performing initial plastic deformation at least one sheet from among a pressure side sheet and a suction side sheet; adding a reinforcement (15, 16) that is created directly on an inner surface of at least one of said pressure and suction side sheets (17, 18) by additive fabrication; closing said pressure and suction side sheets (17, 18) around a core, after said initial plastic deformation and after adding the reinforcement (15, 16); performing subsequent plastic deformation by pressing said pressure and suction side sheets (17, 18) against an outside surface of a core, after the sheets have been closed around the core; and extracting the core. performing initial plastic deformation at least one sheet from among a pressure side sheet and a suction side sheet; adding a reinforcement (15, 16) that is created directly on an inner surface of at least one of said pressure and suction side sheets (17, 18) by additive fabrication; closing said pressure and suction side sheets (17, 18) around a core, after said initial plastic deformation and after adding the reinforcement (15, 16); performing subsequent plastic deformation by pressing said pressure and suction side sheets (17, 18) against an outside surface of a core, after the sheets have been closed around the core; and extracting the core.
Device for recovering heat from a hot medium and the conversion thereof into hydraulic, mechanical or electrical energy, characterised in that the device comprises at least one energy cell, which energy cell energy cell is provided with a pressure vessel with two chambers therein that are separated from one another by an impermeable and elastic membrane, respectively a first chamber that is filled with a phase-change material whose volume changes upon each phase change from a solid to a liquid phase and vice versa, and a second chamber that is filled with a hydraulic fluid when the energy cell is used, whereby the energy cell is provided with means to be able to heat and cool the phase-change material alternately in order to be able to make the phase-change material change alternately from the solid to the liquid phase and vice versa, each time coupled with a volume change of the first chamber and the second chamber, whereby the second chamber is provided with at least one passage that can act as an input and/or output for the hydraulic fluid upon each volume change of the second chamber; in that the energy cell is constructed such that the membrane is stretchable elastically upon a phase change of the phase-change material, whereby the volume of the phase-change material in the first chamber increases; and in that said second chamber of said pressure vessel is connected to a hydraulic circuit to drive a hydraulic consumer, and the heat exchanger in the first chamber is connected via a valve system to a supply of a cold medium whose supply temperature is below the melting temperature of the phase-change material, and to a supply of a hot medium whose supply temperature is above the melting temperature of the phase-change material, whereby the valve system is such that the cold medium and the hot medium are alternately guided through the heat exchanger for a certain period.
Roping harness comprising: • a belt provided with a first strap and with at least first and second comfort pads (7, 8) arranged between the first strap and the user, • a pair of thigh straps mechanically connected to the belt, • at least a first adjustment device (5A, 5B) configured to adjust the length of the first strap and to define a circumference of the belt, characterized in that: - the first comfort pad and the second comfort pad are fitted movable with respect to one another, - the first comfort pad is fitted movable in translation with respect to the first strap along the first strap and - the belt comprises at least a first blocking stop configured to prevent movement of the first comfort pad with respect to the second comfort pad beyond a threshold value. • a belt provided with a first strap and with at least first and second comfort pads (7, 8) arranged between the first strap and the user, • a pair of thigh straps mechanically connected to the belt, • at least a first adjustment device (5A, 5B) configured to adjust the length of the first strap and to define a circumference of the belt, - the first comfort pad and the second comfort pad are fitted movable with respect to one another, - the first comfort pad is fitted movable in translation with respect to the first strap along the first strap and - the belt comprises at least a first blocking stop configured to prevent movement of the first comfort pad with respect to the second comfort pad beyond a threshold value.
Laminated core of a stator of a dynamo-electrical machine having windings which are arranged in slots and form end windings on the end faces of the laminated core, which end windings are embedded in an encapsulation compound, in particular resin, with the laminated core having at least one axially running recess via which encapsulation compound is introduced, and which has a contour which is closed in the circumferential direction, on its radially outer area, with the recesses being flat, in such a way that the ratio of the extent in the circumferential direction to the extent in the radial direction is greater than two, with the end windings being surrounded by a cap.