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A contact lens comprising: a lens section that is worn on an eyeball; one or a plurality of functional sections that is provided in the lens section; and one or a plurality of terminals that is physically coupled to the one or plurality of functional sections, and is configured to be physically couplable to an external terminal; wherein the contact lens further comprises one or a plurality of lines that has one end physically coupled to the one or plurality of functional sections, wherein at least one of the one or plurality of terminals is physically coupled to another end of the one or plurality of lines; at least one of the one or plurality of lines includes a conductive line including a carbon nanotube, gold, silver, copper, or a mixture of at least two of these materials; and the conductive line is thicker in proximity to the terminal, as compared with in proximity to the functional section. a lens section that is worn on an eyeball; one or a plurality of functional sections that is provided in the lens section; and one or a plurality of terminals that is physically coupled to the one or plurality of functional sections, and is configured to be physically couplable to an external terminal; wherein the contact lens further comprises one or a plurality of lines that has one end physically coupled to the one or plurality of functional sections, wherein at least one of the one or plurality of terminals is physically coupled to another end of the one or plurality of lines; at least one of the one or plurality of lines includes a conductive line including a carbon nanotube, gold, silver, copper, or a mixture of at least two of these materials; and the conductive line is thicker in proximity to the terminal, as compared with in proximity to the functional section. at least one of the one or plurality of lines includes a conductive line including a carbon nanotube, gold, silver, copper, or a mixture of at least two of these materials; and the conductive line is thicker in proximity to the terminal, as compared with in proximity to the functional section.
Aqueous sizing composition for glass fibres, in the form of a physical gel, presenting a solids content (dry extract) varying from 5% to 10% and comprising (in % by weight): - 0.15% to 2% of at least one texturising agent selected from among the xanthans and succinoglycans, - 2% to 8% of at least one film-forming agent selected from among the polyvinyl acetates, polyesters, polyethers, epoxies, polyacrylics and polyurethanes, - 0.1% to 8% of at least one component selected from the group made up of plasticising agents, surfactants and dispersing agents, - 0.1% to 4% of at least one coupling agent selected from among the hydrolysable compounds of the group made up of silanes, titanates and zirconates, - 0% to 6% of at least one additive. - 0.15% to 2% of at least one texturising agent selected from among the xanthans and succinoglycans, - 2% to 8% of at least one film-forming agent selected from among the polyvinyl acetates, polyesters, polyethers, epoxies, polyacrylics and polyurethanes, - 0.1% to 8% of at least one component selected from the group made up of plasticising agents, surfactants and dispersing agents, - 0.1% to 4% of at least one coupling agent selected from among the hydrolysable compounds of the group made up of silanes, titanates and zirconates, - 0% to 6% of at least one additive.
An attachment plate unit for attaching an implement to the front or rear of a vehicle, with an attachment plate, two lateral lower linking structures each comprising a lower eye, and a centred top linking structure comprising a top eye, characterized in that: the top linking structure comprises a top bracket rigidly connected with the attachment plate, relative to which top bracket the top eye is adjustable with two degrees of freedom in a plane perpendicular to the attachment plate; the lower linking structures each comprise a lower bracket which can be fixed in different lateral positions relative to the attachment plate, which bracket has a mounting plate, the lateral position of which relative to the attachment plate is infinitely variable; the lower eyes are provided on respective eye tabs, which are attached to the respective mounting plate rotatably about an axis which extends parallel to the attachment plate, wherein the attachment of the eye tab to the mounting plate permits the respective eye tab to rotate relative to the mounting plate about an axis which is perpendicular to the attachment plate. the top linking structure comprises a top bracket rigidly connected with the attachment plate, relative to which top bracket the top eye is adjustable with two degrees of freedom in a plane perpendicular to the attachment plate; the lower linking structures each comprise a lower bracket which can be fixed in different lateral positions relative to the attachment plate, which bracket has a mounting plate, the lateral position of which relative to the attachment plate is infinitely variable; the lower eyes are provided on respective eye tabs, which are attached to the respective mounting plate rotatably about an axis which extends parallel to the attachment plate, wherein the attachment of the eye tab to the mounting plate permits the respective eye tab to rotate relative to the mounting plate about an axis which is perpendicular to the attachment plate.
A use of rubusoside for masking, reducing or suppressing a bitter, sour and/or astringent taste impression of a bitter, sour and/or astringent-tasting substance.
Device for producing honeycombs for apiculture, which has two parallel continuous strips (20,21) carrying moulding cores opposite each other, acting on the liquid wax which is introduced into an inlet of the device with both moveable strips in opposition, moulding the cells of the continuous honeycomb element, by the action of the cores of said parallel strips and cooling the wax, and at an outlet the upper strip is longer than the lower strip resulting in an end zone for releasing the continuous honeycomb element from said upper strip, characterised in that at the inlet zone the upper strip has successively a scraping zone arranged straight relative to the strip, a core opening zone with some curvature for receiving the first injection of wax and a third straight zone for closure and ejection of the excess wax and cooling to a paste-like consistency, all of this taking place before the zone in which both strips are arranged in opposition for moulding the honeycomb.
A pump bearing retainer for a wet-running pump comprising - a radially inner section comprising an inner section surface for a press-fit contact with an essentially cylinder-shaped radial outer surface of a pump bearing, - a radially outer section comprising an annular or essentially conical-shaped outer section surface with a cone angle (θ 1) equal to or larger than 45°, and - an intermediate section extending from the inner section to the outer section, wherein the intermediate section comprises an essentially conical-shaped intermediate section surface with a cone angle (θ 2) smaller than 45°, wherein the longitudinal cross-section area A of the inner section is smaller than the longitudinal cross-section area B of the intermediate section, characterised in that the inner section surface comprises at least one first portion and at least one second portion in circumferential direction, wherein the at least one first portion has a first radius (R i) and the at least one second portion has a second radius (R o) being larger than the first radius (R i), such that the at least first portion defines at least one contact portion for a press-fit with an essentially cylinder-shaped radial outer surface of a pump bearing, and such that the at least one second portion defines at least one axial fluid channel between the inner section and a pump bearing. - a radially inner section comprising an inner section surface for a press-fit contact with an essentially cylinder-shaped radial outer surface of a pump bearing, - a radially outer section comprising an annular or essentially conical-shaped outer section surface with a cone angle (θ 1) equal to or larger than 45°, and - an intermediate section extending from the inner section to the outer section, wherein the intermediate section comprises an essentially conical-shaped intermediate section surface with a cone angle (θ 2) smaller than 45°,
Switchgear assembly (1a, 1b, 1c), in particular low-voltage switchgear assembly, comprising communications-ready apparatuses and/or withdrawal-part modules which are connected and arranged in the switchgear assembly (1a, 1b, 1c), wherein the apparatuses and/or withdrawal-part modules connected and arranged in the switchgear assembly (1a, 1b, 1c) comprise motor control modules, motor starters, modules for power distribution and circuit breakers, and diagnosis and maintenance information is secured or stored for callup in the apparatus and/or withdrawal-part module itself, wherein the switchgear assembly (1a, 1b, 1c) also has a diagnosis and maintenance device comprising a data processing device and a first, internal interface device, which has a communications link to all communications-ready apparatuses and/or withdrawal-part modules connected and arranged in the switchgear assembly (1a, 1b, 1c) and retrieves the diagnosis and maintenance information and/or status information of said apparatuses and/or withdrawal-part modules and conditions said information and provides this information for callup as usable and human-readable information and outputs said information and/or displays said information, wherein corresponding help text is available or can be called up in the diagnosis and maintenance device in relation to a diagnosis or maintenance alarm or a notification, wherein the diagnosis and maintenance device comprises a further, external interface device for external communication, in particular via Internet and/or Ethernet, with an external data processing device (14, 12) for outputting the conditioned diagnosis and maintenance information, and the diagnosis and maintenance information retrieved from the apparatus and/or withdrawal-part module is collected, is conditioned by means of the data processing device and can be output by means of the further, external interface device by means of a man-machine interface or a human-machine interface on at least one further external data processing device (12, 14), and wherein the diagnosis and maintenance device comprises a data store for storing data for diagnosis and/or maintenance and/or status analysis which can be accessed and retrieved via the respective man-machine interface and in interaction with the data processing device.
Kit for a wind station, the wind station comprising a fixed speed wind turbine with a generator being coupled to a grid by means of a coupling device so that the turbine operates at a fixed frequency equal to the frequency of the grid, characterized in that the kit is adapted to be coupled between the generator of the wind turbine and the grid, replacing at least the coupling device, the kit turning the fixed speed wind turbine into a variable speed wind turbine, the kit comprising a back-to-back power converter connectable between the generator and the grid, the power converter comprising a machine side converter, a grid side converter and a DC link between both converters (30, 31), the kit also comprising a controller for controlling the power converter, and a connection point for receiving at least one parameter of the generator of the turbine, the connection point being communicated with the controller and the controller being configured to act upon the power converter to adapt the resistant torque to be applied depending on said parameter, to turn the wind turbine into a variable speed wind turbine.
Navigation device comprising - a data base system comprising data which contain road map information used for generating a road map for the navigation device, - a processing unit for processing the data containing road map information, - a selecting unit for selecting a particular road on the map, wherein the data base system further comprises data containing monetary cost information, the cost information comprising information about the costs arising in connection with selecting said particular road on the map, characterized by a calculation unit calculating different routes to said predetermined destination and determining the costs arising in connection with using each route, wherein the calculation unit calculates the route having the lowest costs to said destination, the fastest route having the shortest travel time to said predetermined destination, the shortest route to said predetermined destination, the costs of the fastest and the shortest route, wherein the calculation unit generates a ratio of the travel times of the fastest route to the shortest route, a ratio of the travel times of the fastest route to the route with the lowest costs, and a ratio of the travel times of the shortest route to the route with the lowest costs, and ratios of the different costs, and selects one of the calculated routes as the optimal route to said predetermined destination by taking into account said above determined ratios. - a data base system comprising data which contain road map information used for generating a road map for the navigation device, - a processing unit for processing the data containing road map information, - a selecting unit for selecting a particular road on the map, wherein the data base system further comprises data containing monetary cost information, the cost information comprising information about the costs arising in connection with selecting said particular road on the map, characterized by a calculation unit calculating different routes to said predetermined destination and determining the costs arising in connection with using each route, wherein the calculation unit calculates the route having the lowest costs to said destination, the fastest route having the shortest travel time to said predetermined destination, the shortest route to said predetermined destination, the costs of the fastest and the shortest route, wherein the calculation unit generates a ratio of the travel times of the fastest route to the shortest route, a ratio of the travel times of the fastest route to the route with the lowest costs, and a ratio of the travel times of the shortest route to the route with the lowest costs, and ratios of the different costs, and selects one of the calculated routes as the optimal route to said predetermined destination by taking into account said above determined ratios.
A method for communicating a high priority message in a communication channel of a wireless communication network based on a time division multiple access protocol, where time slots are defined in the communication channel, and N successive time slots constitute one cycle, the method comprising: determining, by a first vehicle, whether there is an unoccupied time slot in a first cycle to transmit the high priority message; selecting, by the first vehicle, a sub-frame, transmitted in a first q th time slot of the first cycle, having a priority lower than that of the high priority message, when there is no unoccupied time slot; wherein, a m th time slot of each cycle is reserved for transmitting a pre-emption message, the method further comprising: transmitting, by a first vehicle, in a first m th time slot after the first q th time slot the pre-emption message indicating that a second q th time slot, which is after the first m th time slot, in a subsequent cycle will be occupied to transmit the high priority message; receiving, by a second vehicle, the pre-emption message in order to inform the second vehicle that its occupation of the second q th time slot due to the lower priority will be pre-empted, in the subsequent cycle, by the high priority message of the first vehicle; stopping, by the second vehicle, the transmission of a low priority message while agreeing to quit the second q th time slot, thereby unlocking the second q th time slot for the high priority message without collision; and transmitting, by the first vehicle, in the second q th time slot of the subsequent cycle, the high priority message. determining, by a first vehicle, whether there is an unoccupied time slot in a first cycle to transmit the high priority message; selecting, by the first vehicle, a sub-frame, transmitted in a first q th time slot of the first cycle, having a priority lower than that of the high priority message, when there is no unoccupied time slot; transmitting, by a first vehicle, in a first m th time slot after the first q th time slot the pre-emption message indicating that a second q th time slot, which is after the first m th time slot, in a subsequent cycle will be occupied to transmit the high priority message; receiving, by a second vehicle, the pre-emption message in order to inform the second vehicle that its occupation of the second q th time slot due to the lower priority will be pre-empted, in the subsequent cycle, by the high priority message of the first vehicle; stopping, by the second vehicle, the transmission of a low priority message while agreeing to quit the second q th time slot, thereby unlocking the second q th time slot for the high priority message without collision; and transmitting, by the first vehicle, in the second q th time slot of the subsequent cycle, the high priority message.
A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite component with cooling channels, the method comprising: embedding a plurality of molybdenum wires into a preform structure; densifying the preform structure with embedded molybdenum wires; and removing the plurality of molybdenum wires using a chemical etchant comprising nitric acid and sulfuric acid to create a plurality of corresponding channels within the densified structure. embedding a plurality of molybdenum wires into a preform structure; densifying the preform structure with embedded molybdenum wires; and removing the plurality of molybdenum wires using a chemical etchant comprising nitric acid and sulfuric acid to create a plurality of corresponding channels within the densified structure.
A boiler assembly comprising a removable boiler unit detachably connected to a manifold unit, the arrangement being such that the manifold unit provides the boiler unit with a connection interface to a pipework system, characterised in that the boiler unit and the manifold unit each comprising respective means (48, 82) to isolate the connection, and wherein the isolation means (48, 52) are configured to prevent the flow of a fluid through the connection prior to removal of the boiler unit from the manifold unit.
A methad for executian an a computer comprising a memory and having coupled thereto a storage medium and a cache device, the storage medium storing a plurality of data items each at respective addresses, each of the plurality of data items also being stored at a corresponding address on the cache device, and storing cache metadata accessible to the computer and providing a mapping between the address on the storage medium and the corresponding address on the cache device at which each data item is stored, said method being characterized by: in response to determining that the computer has started up, loading only the top levels of a hierarchical data structure from the cache device into the memory, said cache device being non-volatile and containing both data and metadata, and said hierarchical data structure storing cache metadata, wherein the lowest level of the hierarchical data structure is stored on the cache device until needed, wherein elements at the loaded levels include pointers to elements at the next lower levels, and wherein elements at the lowest level include pointers to data units in cache metadata; in response to a read request, identifying a cache address value by navigating the hierarchical data structure, and loading the corresponding element from the cache device into the memory; and in response to determining that the computer is shutting down, storing only the data of the top levels of the hierarchical structure and the data loaded into the memory during operation on the cache device.
Process for producing a hydrocarbon fraction to be used as diesel fuel or as a component of diesel fuel, from a mixture of biological origin containing esters of fatty acids, and possibly also containing free fatty acids, comprising hydrotreating the mixture of biological origin in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising: A) an amorphous support of acidic nature, wherein said amorphous support of acidic nature is a porous solid material comprising silicon, aluminum, phosphorus and oxygen bonded together so as to form an amorphous mixed oxide constituting a single phase, characterised by a Si/Al atomic ratio comprised between 15 and 250, a P/Al ratio of at least 0.1, but lower than 5, preferably comprised between 0.3 and 3.5, a total pore volume comprised between 0.5 and 2.0 ml/g, an average pore diameter comprised between 3 nm and 40 nm and a specific surface area between 200 and 1,000, preferably between 300 and 900 m 2 /g; B) a metallic component containing one or more metals of the group VIII, possibly in admixture with one or more metals of group VIB. A) an amorphous support of acidic nature, wherein said amorphous support of acidic nature is a porous solid material comprising silicon, aluminum, phosphorus and oxygen bonded together so as to form an amorphous mixed oxide constituting a single phase, characterised by a Si/Al atomic ratio comprised between 15 and 250, a P/Al ratio of at least 0.1, but lower than 5, preferably comprised between 0.3 and 3.5, a total pore volume comprised between 0.5 and 2.0 ml/g, an average pore diameter comprised between 3 nm and 40 nm and a specific surface area between 200 and 1,000, preferably between 300 and 900 m 2 /g; B) a metallic component containing one or more metals of the group VIII, possibly in admixture with one or more metals of group VIB.
A transistor comprising: a channel layer (C1, C1', C2) including first (10, 11) and second oxide layers (20, 22), the first layer configured to switch between a normally conductive state and a depletion state according to a voltage bias, a conductivity of the second layer less than a conductivity of the first layer in the conductive state; a source (S1, S1', S2) and a drain (D1, D1', D2) contacting opposite ends of the channel layer; a gate (G1, G1', G2) facing the channel layer; and a gate insulation layer (GI1, GI2) located between the first layer and the gate, wherein the first layer is located between the second layer and the gate insulation layer, characterized in that first and second layers include HfInZnO and an electrical conductivity of the first layer is equal or greater to 10 3 S/cm. a channel layer (C1, C1', C2) including first (10, 11) and second oxide layers (20, 22), the first layer configured to switch between a normally conductive state and a depletion state according to a voltage bias, a conductivity of the second layer less than a conductivity of the first layer in the conductive state; a source (S1, S1', S2) and a drain (D1, D1', D2) contacting opposite ends of the channel layer; a gate (G1, G1', G2) facing the channel layer; and a gate insulation layer (GI1, GI2) located between the first layer and the gate, wherein the first layer is located between the second layer and the gate insulation layer, characterized in that first and second layers include HfInZnO and an electrical conductivity of the first layer is equal or greater to 10 3 S/cm.