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A bar code reader for a medical device, wherein the bar code reader is configured to be attached to a central communication device to which at least one medical device is attachable, the bar code reader comprising: - a bar code scanning device for scanning a bar code, - a processing device for decoding the scanned bar code to obtain decoded bar code data which is contained in the scanned bar code, wherein the processing device is operative to decode bar codes of different bar code types, and - a connection line for outputting the decoded bar code data to the central communication device, characterized in that the processing device is configured to map the decoded bar code data to predefined fields of information of a predefined standardized output format and to output the decoded bar code data in the predefined standardized output format via the connection line, and wherein the processing device is configured to check whether the scanned bar code contains all information corresponding to the predefined fields of information that beforehand have been defined as essential. - a bar code scanning device for scanning a bar code, - a processing device for decoding the scanned bar code to obtain decoded bar code data which is contained in the scanned bar code, wherein the processing device is operative to decode bar codes of different bar code types, and - a connection line for outputting the decoded bar code data to the central communication device, characterized in that the processing device is configured to map the decoded bar code data to predefined fields of
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a hot-melt adhesive, characterized in that the hot-melt adhesive comprises a malodor reduction composition, wherein the malodor reduction composition comprises a perfume mixture comprising 5% to 100%, by weight of said perfume mixture, of at least two perfume materials selected from the group consisting of terpinyl acetate, methyl iso-eugenol, phenyl acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, and patchone.
A use of water repellent natural zeolith in a silicate building material preparation to be applied as coating on surfaces or to be filled in interstices, cracks, gaps, with a silicate binder system on the basis of water glass or silica sol or of a combination of water glass and silica sol or silicic acid ester, characterized in that a natural zeolith, made water repellent by silanization, serves as water repellent zeolith, wherein the natural zeolith, made water repellent by silanization, is silanized to at least 0.5% (w/w) and as a maximum 8% (w/w), so that after the mixing of the water repellent zeolith with water glass, silica sol or silicic acid ester on the one hand its absorptive capacities for odorous substances, gaseous noxious substances and water vapour are preserved, but on the other hand its uptake of liquid water is prevented and the workability and stability of the silicate binder system is not impaired by the addition of the water repellent zeolith.
An apparatus for cleaning a nozzle plate of an inkjet head, comprising: a wiper blade; a mounting body having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion being closer to the wiper blade than the bottom portion; and a spring (552,608) disposed between the wiper blade and the bottom portion of the mounting body, wherein a first portion of the spring (552,608) is coupled to the wiper blade and a second portion of the spring (552,608) is coupled to the mounting body; wherein the compression of the spring (552,608) is capable of varying, thereby varying a distance between the wiper blade and the bottom portion of the mounting body; the apparatus characterized by further comprising: a cavity in the mounting body; and a fluid port coupled to the cavity such that a fluid supplied through the fluid port will urge the wiper blade away from the bottom portion of the mounting body. a wiper blade; a mounting body having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion being closer to the wiper blade than the bottom portion; and a spring (552,608) disposed between the wiper blade and the bottom portion of the mounting body, wherein a first portion of the spring (552,608) is coupled to the wiper blade and a second portion of the spring (552,608) is coupled to the mounting body; wherein the compression of the spring (552,608) is capable of varying, thereby varying a distance between the wiper blade and the bottom portion of the mounting body; the apparatus characterized by further comprising: a cavity in the mounting body; and a fluid port coupled to the cavity such that a fluid supplied through the fluid port will urge the wiper blade away from the bottom portion of the mounting body. a cavity in the mounting body; and a fluid port coupled to the cavity such that a fluid supplied through the fluid port will urge the wiper blade away from the bottom portion of the mounting body.
A CD3-antagonist for use in the prevention or treatment of diabetes type 1 in a subject, wherein said subject is additionally treated with a C-X-C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10)-antagonist.
A token system for installation in a reverse vending machine which is configured to detect and identify characteristic features of empty beverage containers (10, 10', 10", 10′′′) and any return value related thereto, wherein the token system comprises: a token reader (7, 308, 356, 411, 411', 411", 411′′′) capable of reading a token when presented to the reader from outside of the reverse vending machine by a user, characterised in that the token is a personal token which a customer brings to the reverse vending machine and from which identity data is transferable to the reverse vending machine a processor for relating the return value to the personal token and for transferring directly or via a central computer installation to a rewarding unit or a check-out unit information related to the personal token and said return value in order to validate the personal token wherein the token is a reusable token, which is an optically readable token, an r.f. readable token or a magnetic stripe readable token. a token reader (7, 308, 356, 411, 411', 411", 411′′′) capable of reading a token when presented to the reader from outside of the reverse vending machine by a user, characterised in that the token is a personal token which a customer brings to the reverse vending machine and from which identity data is transferable to the reverse vending machine a processor for relating the return value to the personal token and for transferring directly or via a central computer installation to a rewarding unit or a check-out unit information related to the personal token and said return value in order to validate the personal token wherein the token is a reusable token, which is an optically readable token, an r.f. readable token or a magnetic stripe readable token.
A mould for producing a fibre-reinforced plastics material component, especially for producing a carbon fibre reinforced plastics material component, comprising: - at least a first mould part and at least a second mould part which are movable relative to each other for opening and closing the mould and which are formed with corresponding moulding regions (111, 121) to form a cavity; - at least one ventilation bore which is formed in the moulding region of at least one of the mould parts; and - a ventilation line opening into the ventilation bore; wherein a longitudinally mobile dual-function pin is arranged in the ventilation bore, which pin is formed as a valve slider for opening and closing the ventilation line which opens into the ventilation bore and at the same time is also formed as an ejector for demoulding a component which is produced, characterised in that a bush is arranged in the ventilation bore, into which bush the ventilation line opens and in which the pin is guided in longitudinally mobile manner. - at least a first mould part and at least a second mould part which are movable relative to each other for opening and closing the mould and which are formed with corresponding moulding regions (111, 121) to form a cavity; - at least one ventilation bore which is formed in the moulding region of at least one of the mould parts; and - a ventilation line opening into the ventilation bore; wherein a longitudinally mobile dual-function pin is arranged in the ventilation bore, which pin is formed as a valve slider for opening and closing the ventilation line which opens into the ventilation bore and at the same time is also formed as an ejector for demoulding a component which is produced,
A white balance synchronization method, applied to a terminal comprising at least two cameras, characterized by the method comprising: acquiring a first gain value of a first camera that is in use and a first color temperature value corresponding to a last frame of an image acquired by the first camera, in response to determining that the terminal is to perform a switch between cameras; determining a second color temperature value corresponding to a present image acquired by a second camera in response to activation of the second camera; determining whether the second color temperature value is matched with the first color temperature value; using the first gain value as an initial value in response to determining that the second color temperature value is matched with the first color temperature value, and determining the initial value according to the second temperature value in response to determining that second color temperature value is mismatched with the first color temperature value; and adjusting white balance of the image acquired by the second camera according to the initial value. acquiring a first gain value of a first camera that is in use and a first color temperature value corresponding to a last frame of an image acquired by the first camera, in response to determining that the terminal is to perform a switch between cameras; determining a second color temperature value corresponding to a present image acquired by a second camera in response to activation of the second camera; determining whether the second color temperature value is matched with the first color temperature value; using the first gain value as an initial value in response to determining that the second color temperature value is matched with the first color temperature value, and determining the initial value according to the second temperature value in response to determining that second color temperature value is mismatched with the first color temperature value; and adjusting white balance of the image acquired by the second camera according to the initial value.
An unleaded fuel composition comprising: 25 vol. % or more of alkylated benzenes comprising alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; 5 vol.% or more of one or more aromatic amines; and, an isoparaffin composition selected from alkylates and/or combinations of isoparaffins having a total number of carbon atoms of 11 or less. 25 vol. % or more of alkylated benzenes comprising alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; 5 vol.% or more of one or more aromatic amines; and, an isoparaffin composition selected from alkylates and/or combinations of isoparaffins having a total number of carbon atoms of 11 or less.
A method of generating an image of a specimen with a scanning electron microscope having a source unit for directing an electron beam substantially towards a portion of the specimen, a detector for detecting particles that are emitted from the specimen, and an image generator for generating the image of the specimen from the emitted particles, the image features being controlled by conditions under which the image is generated, comprising: scanning the portion of the specimen under a first set of conditions to generate a first image during a first image phase; scanning the portion of the specimen under a second set of conditions during a setup phase that is performed after the first image phase, the second set of conditions being selected to control charge on the specimen; and scanning the portion of the specimen under the first set of conditions to generate a second image during a second image phase that is performed after the setup phase, wherein the features of the second image are controlled by the first and second sets of conditions; the first set of conditions includes a first landing energy of the electron beam and the second set of conditions includes a second landing energy of the electron beam, and controlling the first and second landing energies such that charge accumulating on the specimen during the first image phase and the setup phase are of opposite polarity thereby neutralising charge accumulation on the specimen. scanning the portion of the specimen under a first set of conditions to generate a first image during a first image phase; scanning the portion of the specimen under a second set of conditions during a setup phase that is performed after the first image phase, the second set of conditions being selected to control charge on the specimen; and scanning the portion of the specimen under the first set of conditions to generate a second image during a second image phase that is performed after the setup phase, wherein the features of the second image are controlled by the first and second sets of conditions; the first set of conditions includes a first landing energy of the electron beam and the second set of conditions includes a second landing energy of the electron beam, and controlling the first and second landing energies such that charge accumulating on the specimen during the first image phase and the setup phase are of opposite polarity thereby neutralising charge accumulation on the specimen.
A method of recovering decarbonized aluminum comprising the steps of: providing an alloy melt that comprises Al 4 C 3 and aluminum; cooling the alloy melt; adding a sufficient amount of a finely dispersed gas to the alloy melt at a temperature of 700 °C. to 900 °C. to separate the aluminum from the Al 4 C 3 precipitates; and recovering the aluminum from the Al 4 C 3 precipitates, wherein the aluminum recovered is a decarbonized carbothermically produced aluminum, wherein the step of adding a sufficient amount of the finely dispersed gas effects flotation of the Al 4 C 3 precipitates, and wherein the step of adding of a sufficient amount of the finely dispersed gas to the alloy melt includes tamping the resultant solid materials on the surface of the alloy melt into the alloy melt. providing an alloy melt that comprises Al 4 C 3 and aluminum; cooling the alloy melt; adding a sufficient amount of a finely dispersed gas to the alloy melt at a temperature of 700 °C. to 900 °C. to separate the aluminum from the Al 4 C 3 precipitates; and recovering the aluminum from the Al 4 C 3 precipitates, wherein the aluminum recovered is a decarbonized carbothermically produced aluminum, wherein the step of adding a sufficient amount of the finely dispersed gas effects flotation of the Al 4 C 3 precipitates, and wherein the step of adding of a sufficient amount of the finely dispersed gas to the alloy melt includes tamping the resultant solid materials on the surface of the alloy melt into the alloy melt.
Binding composition, comprising a mixture of aluminum oxide and colloidal nanosilica, characterized by the fact that it comprises an inorganic binding agent comprising a mixture of hydraulic lime, calcium dihydroxide and calcium oxide.
A macroscopically alignable, injectable, soft hydrogel composition comprising: (a) soft, anisometric elements selected from magnetoceptive microgels having a young modulus in the range of 10 kPa - 50 MPa and having an aspect ratio of 1.5 or higher, and comprising magnetic particles, particularly superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, and (b) a crosslinkable biocompatible matrix hydrogel composition comprising said anisometric elements, wherein the anisometric elements are embedded and distributed within the matrix hydrogel composition. (a) soft, anisometric elements selected from magnetoceptive microgels having a young modulus in the range of 10 kPa - 50 MPa and having an aspect ratio of 1.5 or higher, and comprising magnetic particles, particularly superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, and (b) a crosslinkable biocompatible matrix hydrogel composition comprising said anisometric elements, wherein the anisometric elements are embedded and distributed within the matrix hydrogel composition.
A small-node device (500-1, 500-2, 500-3, 500-4) for offloading data traffic in a cellular telecommunications system, comprising: a) a base-station-to-the-small-node-device,BS2D, communication section configured to receive a first control-plane message from a base station over a BS2D link; b) a small-node-device-to-user-equipment,D2UE, communication section configured to transmit downlink,DL, user-plane data in a first set of time slots over a first frequency resource to a user equipment using a wireless D2UE link established responsive to the first control-plane message, wherein the D2UE communication section is further configured to receive uplink,UL, user-plane data from the user equipment over the D2UE link in a second set of time slots over a second frequency resource group, and wherein the time slots in the second set alternate with the time slots in the first set such that the UL and DL transmissions over the D2UE link do not occur simultaneously; and c) a backhaul communication section configured to receive the user-plane traffic data from a server over a backhaul link; wherein the first frequency resource and the second frequency resource are different; wherein the small-node device (500-1, 500-2, 500-3, 500-4) is configured to offload a partition of data traffic in the D2UE communication link according to a data partition decision of the base station. a) a base-station-to-the-small-node-device,BS2D, communication section configured to receive a first control-plane message from a base station over a BS2D link; b) a small-node-device-to-user-equipment,D2UE, communication section configured to transmit downlink,DL, user-plane data in a first set of time slots over a first frequency resource to a user equipment using a wireless D2UE link established responsive to the first control-plane message, wherein the D2UE communication section is further configured to receive uplink,UL, user-plane data from the user equipment over the D2UE link in a second set of time slots over a second frequency resource group, and wherein the time slots in the second set alternate with the time slots in the first set such that the UL and DL transmissions over the D2UE link do not occur simultaneously; and c) a backhaul communication section configured to receive the user-plane traffic data from a server over a backhaul link;
A modified T cell receptor, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, comprising a Vα and a Vβ derived from a wild type T cell receptor, wherein the Vα comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4 and the Vβ comprises the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, wherein the modified T cell receptor binds to a complex of the peptide WT1 and the HLA-A2 molecule with higher affinity than the wild type T cell receptor.
An apparatus (2, 2', 2", 2'") for impregnating a porous medium with powder, including a device able to generate an alternating electric field through the porous medium, the device including a first electrode (4A, 4A', 4A", 4A"') and a second electrode (4B, 4B", 4B", 4B'") which are placed on either side of the porous medium: - the first electrode being covered with a screen coming into contact with the electrode, said screen having a dielectric strength higher than 6 kV/mm, and preferably higher than 9 kV/mm; - the second electrode being covered with a protective layer, having a superficial resistivity higher than 1x10 12 Ω/□, irrespective of the relative humidity level, characterized in that said protective layer is secured to the second electrode. - the first electrode being covered with a screen coming into contact with the electrode, said screen having a dielectric strength higher than 6 kV/mm, and preferably higher than 9 kV/mm; - the second electrode being covered with a protective layer, having a superficial resistivity higher than 1x10 12 Ω/□, irrespective of the relative humidity level,
A method for automatically shifting an operating mode of an internal combustion engine between an economy mode and a performance mode comprising the steps of: determining a current fuel-air ratio at which the engine is operating; comparing the current fuel-air ratio to a predetermined fuel-air ratio limit; determining a time duration for which the current fuel-air ratio is below the fuel-air ratio limit and comparing the time duration to a predetermined waiting time threshold value; providing a count based on a difference between the current fuel-air ratio and the fuel-air ratio limit when the engine is operating at a current fuel-air ratio which is below the fuel-air ratio limit and comparing the count with an intensity threshold value; shifting the operating mode of the engine from the performance mode to the economy mode when both the time duration and the count exceed the waiting time threshold value and the intensity threshold value respectively; and shifting the operating mode of the engine from the economy mode to the performance mode when the current fuel-air ratio reaches or exceeds the fuel-air ratio limit. determining a current fuel-air ratio at which the engine is operating; comparing the current fuel-air ratio to a predetermined fuel-air ratio limit; determining a time duration for which the current fuel-air ratio is below the fuel-air ratio limit and comparing the time duration to a predetermined waiting time threshold value; providing a count based on a difference between the current fuel-air ratio and the fuel-air ratio limit when the engine is operating at a current fuel-air ratio which is below the fuel-air ratio limit and comparing the count with an intensity threshold value; shifting the operating mode of the engine from the performance mode to the economy mode when both the time duration and the count exceed the waiting time threshold value and the intensity threshold value respectively; and shifting the operating mode of the engine from the economy mode to the performance mode when the current fuel-air ratio reaches or exceeds the fuel-air ratio limit.
Process for the coating of plastics surfaces having grooves by application of a coating material comprising - at least one crosslinkable binder, - at least one wax dispersed in the binder, - nanoscale inorganic particles dispersed in the binder, in particular metal oxides. - at least one crosslinkable binder, - at least one wax dispersed in the binder, - nanoscale inorganic particles dispersed in the binder, in particular metal oxides.
A jack-up rig with a cantilever comprising a crane system, the crane system comprising: - a crane (10A, 10B) with a suspension member, the suspension member being arranged over the crane, - two skid beams attached to a lower portion of the cantilever, the two skid beams being displaceably connected to a plurality of slides (22A, 22B) arranged on the jack-up rig, so that the cantilever is movable relative to the jack-up rig via the two skid beams and the plurality of slides, characterized in that - the crane (10A, 10B) hangs on a first of the two skid beams via the suspension member. - a crane (10A, 10B) with a suspension member, the suspension member being arranged over the crane, - two skid beams attached to a lower portion of the cantilever, the two skid beams being displaceably connected to a plurality of slides (22A, 22B) arranged on the jack-up rig, so that the cantilever is movable relative to the jack-up rig via the two skid beams and the plurality of slides, - the crane (10A, 10B) hangs on a first of the two skid beams via the suspension member.