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A method for enriching an aqueous ethanolic solution in ethanol, comprising the steps of: a. Providing a forward osmosis membrane module comprising a first chamber, a second chamber and a semi-permeable membrane separating the first and the second chamber, b. Coupling an inlet of the first chamber fluidly to a source of an aqueous ethanolic solution, c. Coupling an inlet of the second chamber fluidly to a source for a concentrated draw solution, and d. Recovering an aqueous ethanolic solution enriched in ethanol at an outlet of the first chamber and a diluted draw solution at the outlet of the second chamber, wherein the forward osmosis membrane module is a hollow fiber module, the semi-permeable membrane comprises a support layer covered by a Thin Film Composite layer, and aquaporin water channels are incorporated into the TFC layer of the semipermeable membrane, and wherein the TFC layer is obtained by interfacial polymerization of a polyfunctional amine and a polyfunctional acyl halide. a. Providing a forward osmosis membrane module comprising a first chamber, a second chamber and a semi-permeable membrane separating the first and the second chamber, b. Coupling an inlet of the first chamber fluidly to a source of an aqueous ethanolic solution, c. Coupling an inlet of the second chamber fluidly to a source for a concentrated draw solution, and d. Recovering an aqueous ethanolic solution enriched in ethanol at an outlet of the first chamber and a diluted draw solution at the outlet of the second chamber, wherein the forward osmosis membrane module is a hollow fiber module, the semi-permeable membrane comprises a support layer covered by a Thin Film Composite layer, and aquaporin water channels are incorporated into the TFC layer of the semipermeable membrane, and wherein the TFC layer is obtained by interfacial polymerization of a polyfunctional amine and a polyfunctional acyl halide.
A humidifier for fuel cell comprising: a membrane housing; a partition plate for dividing an inner space of the membrane housing into plural unit spaces; plural hollow fiber membranes in each of the unit spaces; and a cover mounted on an end of the membrane housing, the cover including an inlet for introducing unreacted gas of high-humidity discharged from a stack into the membrane housing, wherein plural distribution holes are provided in the membrane housing, the distribution holes corresponding to the unit spaces respectively. a membrane housing; a partition plate for dividing an inner space of the membrane housing into plural unit spaces; plural hollow fiber membranes in each of the unit spaces; and a cover mounted on an end of the membrane housing, the cover including an inlet for introducing unreacted gas of high-humidity discharged from a stack into the membrane housing, wherein plural distribution holes are provided in the membrane housing, the distribution holes corresponding to the unit spaces respectively.
A device for applying a transferable substance in the form of a stick, comprising a substance carrier and a protective sleeve for the substance carrier, wherein the substance carrier can be displaced relative to the protective sleeve in order to displace a free end region of the substance into a freely projecting position, wherein a movement part furthermore is provided with a longitudinal slot (6, 6'), in which the substance carrier is guided with a peg engaging into the longitudinal slot (6, 6'), and the substance carrier can be moved between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the longitudinal slot (6, 6') has a retaining portion assigned to the extended position, wherein the central longitudinal axis (y) of said retaining portion extends at an angle to a central longitudinal axis (z) of a movement portion of the longitudinal slot (6, 6'), and wherein the central longitudinal axis (y) of the retaining portion and the central longitudinal axis (z) of the movement portion include an obtuse angle (a), preferably an angle between 100 and 170 degrees, characterized in that the substance carrier is accommodated in a counter-retaining cylinder, in the inner wall of which a control groove for the peg is formed, and in that the control groove has assigned to the extended position an inclined surface that leads to the transition to the cylindrical inner surface of the counter-retaining cylinder, wherein the peg is not or only partially in overlap with the inclined surface in the extended position.
Field-working attachment which is designed to be coupled to an agricultural machine in a working mode and to be supported thereby and to be pulled by a tractor in a transport mode, the field-working attachment comprising a frame, which is at least indirectly coupled to the agricultural machine in the working mode, and comprising a chassis, which is connected to the frame and has a suspension part and at least one running wheel mounted thereon, the chassis being adjustable by at least one linear actuator between a transport position corresponding to the transport mode, in which position it is arranged at least partially vertically under the frame in order to support it, and a working position corresponding to the working mode, in which position it is displaced at least predominantly vertically upwards and horizontally sideways with respect to the transport position, the suspension part being connected to the frame both via a suspension bearing element having several degrees of freedom and via a guide mechanism, which is designed to guide the chassis in a multi-dimensional pivoting movement about the suspension bearing element between the transport position and the working position.
A railway vehicle comprising: an underframe configured to form a surface of a floor; an internal-combustion engine provided under a lower surface of the underframe; and a first exhaust pipe configured to discharge exhaust gas of the internal-combustion engine, characterised in that the underframe includes a body bolster to which a truck is attached, and the first exhaust pipe is laid as passing through a center part of the body bolster in a width direction and extending to the vicinity of an end of the underframe in a longitudinal direction. an underframe configured to form a surface of a floor; an internal-combustion engine provided under a lower surface of the underframe; and a first exhaust pipe configured to discharge exhaust gas of the internal-combustion engine, characterised in that the underframe includes a body bolster to which a truck is attached, and the first exhaust pipe is laid as passing through a center part of the body bolster in a width direction and extending to the vicinity of an end of the underframe in a longitudinal direction.
Apparatus for the shock absorption of rope structures, in particular for rockfall, land slide and snow barriers, having at least one intermediate piece (1; 1') deformable by tensile forces, which is accommodated in a rope subjected to tension, wherein the one length element (7, 8, 20) on the one hand is connected to the one rope end with its one end (7a, 8a; 20a) and on the other hand is guided around a deflector element (10; 10') which is connected to the other end of the rope, and that means are provided by means of which the deflection angle of the longitudinal element or elements formed upon loading the intermediate piece (1, 1') is substantially sustained, characterized in that the longitudinal element (7, 8, 20) is formed as at least one band or that the longitudinal elements be in the form of multiple bars, wires and/or strands adjoining each to the other, and that the at least one longitudinal element (7, 8, 20) with its one end (7a, 8a; 20a) being connectable with the rope by a screw bolt or with a receiving part, like welded construction or mutual compression, and wherein the deflection element is formed by a single deflecting bolt (10; 10'), over which the at least one longitudinal element (7, 8, 20) drawn at elevated tensile stress and with its deformation the receivable kinetic energy will be absorbed.
A fiducial marker system for frameless imaging of a patient comprising a first unit and a second unit, wherein said first unit is patient affixable and configured to be secured in relation to a boney anatomical structure of said patient during frameless imaging and framebased stereotactic therapy, characterized in that said first unit comprises a partly spherical inner surface having a first center point, which partly spherical inner surface is adapted to receive a touch probe measurement head for measuring said spatial position of said first center point for said framebased stereotactic therapy, and an outer surface, and in that said second unit comprises a circular tube filled with an agent detectable by an image modality and is releasably attachable to said outer surface of said first unit and has a second center point, wherein said first center point and said second center point are substantially identical when said second unit is attached to said first unit for said frameless imaging; and wherein said outer surface of said first unit is configured to releasably receive said second unit for said frameless imaging, and wherein said outer surface of said first unit is configured to be releasably attached to an arm when said second unit is detached from said first unit, for said framebased stereotactic therapy and in such a manner that said first unit is configured to provide a fixed spatial relation between said patient and other equipment of a framebased stereotactic therapy system via said arm.
A method for producing a NdFeB system sintered magnet, comprising: a) a hydrogen pulverization process, in which coarse powder of a NdFeB system alloy is prepared by coarsely pulverizing a lump of NdFeB system alloy by making this lump occlude hydrogen; b) a fine pulverization process, in which fine powder is prepared by performing fine pulverization for further pulverizing the coarse powder; c) a filling process, in which the fine powder is put into a filling container; d) an orienting process, in which the fine powder as held in the filling container is oriented; and e) a sintering process, in which the fine powder after the orienting process is sintered as held in the filling container, characterized in that: the processes from the hydrogen pulverization process through the orienting process are performed with neither dehydrogenation heating nor evacuation each for desorbing hydrogen occluded in the hydrogen pulverization process; the processes from the hydrogen pulverization process through the sintering process are performed in an oxygen-free atmosphere; wherein evacuation in the sintering process is not performed from a beginning of a heating-up until a temperature reaches a predetermined temperature equal to or lower than 500°C and evacuation is performed after the predetermined temperature is reached. a) a hydrogen pulverization process, in which coarse powder of a NdFeB system alloy is prepared by coarsely pulverizing a lump of NdFeB system alloy by making this lump occlude hydrogen; b) a fine pulverization process, in which fine powder is prepared by performing fine pulverization for further pulverizing the coarse powder; c) a filling process, in which the fine powder is put into a filling container; d) an orienting process, in which the fine powder as held in the filling container is oriented; and e) a sintering process, in which the fine powder after the orienting process is sintered as held in the filling container, the processes from the hydrogen pulverization process through the orienting process are performed with neither dehydrogenation heating nor evacuation each for desorbing hydrogen occluded in the hydrogen pulverization process; the processes from the hydrogen pulverization process through the sintering process are performed in an oxygen-free atmosphere; wherein evacuation in the sintering process is not performed from a beginning of a heating-up until a temperature reaches a predetermined temperature equal to or lower than 500°C and evacuation is performed after the predetermined temperature is reached.
A calibration device (20A, 20B) configured to perform calibration of a plurality of systems of an array antenna mounted on a satellite together with a digital beam forming, DBF, unit, said satellite being arranged in space, the calibration device (20A, 20B) being characterized by: a calibration coefficient calculating unit configured to receive a plurality of input signals which are split by respective systems and which are input to the DBF unit on the satellite, which are obtained by performing, in the respective systems, predetermined signal processing for signals received by the array antenna, to calculate a correlation of the plurality of the input signals, and to calculate weighting coefficients for the respective systems of the array antenna during satellite communication through the array antenna; and a calibration executing unit configured to calibrate the respective systems of the array antenna by outputting the weighting coefficients to the DBF unit so that calibration results of the respective systems are reflected to beam forming of the array antenna of the satellite. a calibration coefficient calculating unit configured to receive a plurality of input signals which are split by respective systems and which are input to the DBF unit on the satellite, which are obtained by performing, in the respective systems, predetermined signal processing for signals received by the array antenna, to calculate a correlation of the plurality of the input signals, and to calculate weighting coefficients for the respective systems of the array antenna during satellite communication through the array antenna; and a calibration executing unit configured to calibrate the respective systems of the array antenna by outputting the weighting coefficients to the DBF unit so that calibration results of the respective systems are reflected to beam forming of the array antenna of the satellite.
A computer-implemented method for modifying mobile network signal propagation predictions, comprising: i) receiving from a network management system first signal characteristics corresponding to signals propagating in a predetermined portion of a mobile telephone network, wherein the first signal characteristics include at least two of: received signal strength indicator values, an interference matrix, and timing advance values; ii) receiving a first signal propagation prediction corresponding to the predetermined portion of the mobile telephone network; and iii) producing a second signal propagation prediction by modifying the first signal propagation prediction using the first signal characteristics; iv) producing estimated signal characteristics corresponding to the predetermined portion of the mobile telephone network by using the second signal propagation prediction and a traffic map corresponding to the portion of the mobile telephone network, wherein a traffic map identifies concentration or intensity of mobile phone signals in corresponding geographical areas; and v) computing an error metric based on comparing the estimated signal characteristics to the first signal characteristics received from the network management system. i) receiving from a network management system first signal characteristics corresponding to signals propagating in a predetermined portion of a mobile telephone network, wherein the first signal characteristics include at least two of: received signal strength indicator values, an interference matrix, and timing advance values; ii) receiving a first signal propagation prediction corresponding to the predetermined portion of the mobile telephone network; and iii) producing a second signal propagation prediction by modifying the first signal propagation prediction using the first signal characteristics; iv) producing estimated signal characteristics corresponding to the predetermined portion of the mobile telephone network by using the second signal propagation prediction and a traffic map corresponding to the portion of the mobile telephone network, wherein a traffic map identifies concentration or intensity of mobile phone signals in corresponding geographical areas; and v) computing an error metric based on comparing the estimated signal characteristics to the first signal characteristics received from the network management system.
A device for the vibration-damped attachment of a switching or sensor unit to a rail having a first fastening element which is attachable to the rail, a second fastening element for securely receiving the switching or sensor unit, and a damping element, wherein the first and the second fastening element (2; 4) are connected by means of the damping element arranged between them, characterized in that the first fastening element is of bolt-shaped configuration and the second fastening element is of sleeve-shaped configuration, and wherein a thickening (12, 14) is formed on the respective ends of the second fastening element and the outer diameter of the first thickening is larger than the outer diameter of the second thickening.
A method for performing prenatal diagnosis of a sequence imbalance in a biological sample obtained from a female subject pregnant with a fetus, the biological sample including DNA fragments from the fetus and the female subject, the method comprising: for each of a plurality of the DNA fragments in the biological sample: measuring a size of the DNA fragment; identifying a location in a genome from which the DNA fragment is derived, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of DNA fragments are identified as being derived from one or more locations in a first sequence of the genome; determining, using a computer system, a value of a size distribution of the DNA fragments identified as being derived from the first sequence of the genome; comparing the value of the size distribution to a cutoff value corresponding to a significant deviation from a reference quantity; and determining a classification of whether a sequence imbalance in the fetus exists for the first sequence based on the comparison. for each of a plurality of the DNA fragments in the biological sample: measuring a size of the DNA fragment; identifying a location in a genome from which the DNA fragment is derived, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of DNA fragments are identified as being derived from one or more locations in a first sequence of the genome; measuring a size of the DNA fragment; identifying a location in a genome from which the DNA fragment is derived, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of DNA fragments are identified as being derived from one or more locations in a first sequence of the genome; determining, using a computer system, a value of a size distribution of the DNA fragments identified as being derived from the first sequence of the genome; comparing the value of the size distribution to a cutoff value corresponding to a significant deviation from a reference quantity; and determining a classification of whether a sequence imbalance in the fetus exists for the first sequence based on the comparison.
A charged particle beam apparatus that automatically prepares a sample piece from a sample, the charged particle beam apparatus comprising: a charged particle beam irradiation optical system that irradiates a charged particle beam; a sample stage that moves with the sample placed thereon; a sample piece transferring unit that holds and transfers the sample piece that is separated and extracted from the sample; a holder support that holds a sample piece holder to which the sample piece is transferred; and a computer that controls a position of an object based on a template prepared from an image of the object acquired by irradiation with the charged particle beam and position information acquired from the image of the object. a charged particle beam irradiation optical system that irradiates a charged particle beam; a sample stage that moves with the sample placed thereon; a sample piece transferring unit that holds and transfers the sample piece that is separated and extracted from the sample; a holder support that holds a sample piece holder to which the sample piece is transferred; and a computer that controls a position of an object based on a template prepared from an image of the object acquired by irradiation with the charged particle beam and position information acquired from the image of the object.
A kit for amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence that may be present in a biological sample, comprising: a first primer that comprises a 3' terminal target-complementary sequence and optionally a first primer upstream sequence that is not complementary to said target nucleic acid sequence that is to be amplified, said 3' terminal target-complementary sequence of said first primer comprising 22 contiguous bases contained within SEQ ID NO: 73, allowing for the presence of RNA and DNA equivalents, nucleotide analogues and up to 10% base differences; and a second primer that comprises a 3' terminal target-complementary sequence and optionally a second primer upstream sequence that is not complementary to said target nucleic acid sequence that is to be amplified, said 3' terminal target-complementary sequence of said second primer comprising 18 contiguous bases contained within SEQ ID NO: 59, allowing for the presence of RNA and DNA equivalents, nucleotide analogues and up to 10% base differences. a first primer that comprises a 3' terminal target-complementary sequence and optionally a first primer upstream sequence that is not complementary to said target nucleic acid sequence that is to be amplified, said 3' terminal target-complementary sequence of said first primer comprising 22 contiguous bases contained within SEQ ID NO: 73, allowing for the presence of RNA and DNA equivalents, nucleotide analogues and up to 10% base differences; and a second primer that comprises a 3' terminal target-complementary sequence and optionally a second primer upstream sequence that is not complementary to said target nucleic acid sequence that is to be amplified, said 3' terminal target-complementary sequence of said second primer comprising 18 contiguous bases contained within SEQ ID NO: 59, allowing for the presence of RNA and DNA equivalents, nucleotide analogues and up to 10% base differences.
A cot for a child, comprising: a substantially rigid tensioning frame; a flexible covering fabric, an edge of which is fixedly connected to the tensioning frame, whereby the tensioning frame and the flexible covering fabric form a first shell; a second, substantially firm shell, wherein the covering fabric covers an outer surface of the second shell; characterized in that the second shell is provided on an upper side with a peripheral edge, this peripheral edge lying against the tensioning frame, wherein the second shell is clamped between the tensioning frame and the covering fabric. a substantially rigid tensioning frame; a flexible covering fabric, an edge of which is fixedly connected to the tensioning frame, whereby the tensioning frame and the flexible covering fabric form a first shell; a second, substantially firm shell, wherein the covering fabric covers an outer surface of the second shell; characterized in that the second shell is provided on an upper side with a peripheral edge, this peripheral edge lying against the tensioning frame, wherein the second shell is clamped between the tensioning frame and the covering fabric.
A plant growth media composition comprising: plant growth substrate materials comprising coir, peat, and perlite; cellulose fibers present in an amount ranging from 0.1% w/w to 40% w/w; and clay comprising a calcium bentonite; wherein the cellulose fibers have an average length ranging from about 10 μm to about 5 mm, and an average width ranging from about 1 μm to about 500 μm. plant growth substrate materials comprising coir, peat, and perlite; cellulose fibers present in an amount ranging from 0.1% w/w to 40% w/w; and clay comprising a calcium bentonite; wherein the cellulose fibers have an average length ranging from about 10 μm to about 5 mm, and an average width ranging from about 1 μm to about 500 μm.