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A device for connecting one end of a first shaft to one end of a second shaft, the end of the first shaft having a radial groove, the device comprising: - a body having a bore in which the end of the first shaft can be introduced, - a blocking pin movably mounted relative to the body between a locked position, in which the pin protrudes inside the bore so that, when the end of the first shaft is received inside the bore, the blocking pin is engaged in the radial groove of the end of the first shaft to prevent removal of the end of the first shaft from the bore, and an unlocked position, in which the blocking pin is disengaged from the radial groove of the end of the first shaft to allow introduction of the end of the first shaft into the bore or removal of the end of the first shaft from the bore, - an elastic return member adapted to urge the blocking pin toward the locked position, and - an actuating part extending outside the body and connected to the blocking pin, the actuating part being adapted to be manually urged by an operator for moving the blocking pin from the locked position to the unlocked position against the elastic return member, characterized in that the body comprises an oblong opening, and the actuating part comprises a slider extending through the oblong opening, the slider being adapted to slide in the oblong opening for moving the blocking pin between the locked position and the unlocked position. - a body having a bore in which the end of the first shaft can be introduced, - a blocking pin movably mounted relative to the body between a locked position, in which the pin protrudes inside the bore so that, when the end of the first shaft is received inside the bore, the blocking pin is engaged in the radial groove of the end of the first shaft to prevent removal of the end of the first shaft from the bore, and an unlocked position, in which the blocking pin is disengaged from the radial groove of the end of the first shaft to allow introduction of the end of the first shaft into the bore or removal of the end of the first shaft from the bore, - an elastic return member adapted to urge the blocking pin toward the locked position, and - an actuating part extending outside the body and connected to the blocking pin, the actuating part being adapted to be manually urged by an operator for moving the blocking pin from the locked position to the unlocked position against the elastic return member, characterized in that the body comprises an oblong opening, and the actuating part comprises a slider extending through the oblong opening, the slider being adapted to slide in the oblong opening for moving the blocking pin between the locked position and the unlocked position.
A method for the early-onset detection of renal tubular cell injury (RTCI) comprising detecting in blood serum samples taken from a patient at selected intervals, a rise in NGAL levels preceding the increase in serum creatinine, by contacting blood serum samples with an antibody for NGAL to allow formation of a complex of the antibody and NGAL, and detecting the antibody-NGAL complex.
Filling level indicator, comprising a holder, a bracket which is rotatably mounted on the said holder and has a lever arm fastened to it, a float which is fastened to the lever arm, a filling level sensor which is arranged in the holder, wherein the filling level sensor has a substrate, a resistor network which is arranged on the said substrate, and a contact spring structure, and also a cover which is connected to the substrate and which covers the resistor network and the contact spring structure, a magnet which is connected to the bracket or to the lever arm and acts on the contact spring structure in such a way that an electrical signal which corresponds to the filling level can be generated as a function of the pivot range, characterized in that the bracket has a mount for the magnet, wherein the mount has a wall thickness which can be penetrated by the magnetic field of the magnet, so that metal particles are firmly held on the outer face of the mount by the magnetic field of the magnet, wherein the bracket has a wall thickness of 20% to 50% of the diameter of the magnet in the region of the mount, wherein the magnet is arranged in the mount in such a way that it terminates flush with the bottom face of the mount in the direction of the substrate.
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a communicator configured to receive a low quality image of lower quality than an original image; a storage configured to store a parameter for image processing on an input image; and a processor, the processor configured to: generate a first image of higher quality than the low quality image obtained by performing image processing on the received low-quality image by using the parameter, generate a plurality of reduced images by reducing the first image at a plurality of ratios, extract respective visual features from the first image and the plurality of reduced images, and select a second image which is a reduced image having a visual feature most similar to a visual feature extracted from the first image among the plurality of reduced images, adjust the parameter to allow a difference between the visual feature of the first image and the visual feature of the second image to be within a first predetermined range. wherein the parameter is a value to adjust an attributes of the input image including at least one of brightness, color, contrast or saturation. a communicator configured to receive a low quality image of lower quality than an original image; a storage configured to store a parameter for image processing on an input image; and a processor, the processor configured to: generate a first image of higher quality than the low quality image obtained by performing image processing on the received low-quality image by using the parameter, generate a plurality of reduced images by reducing the first image at a plurality of ratios, extract respective visual features from the first image and the plurality of reduced images, and select a second image which is a reduced image having a visual feature most similar to a visual feature extracted from the first image among the plurality of reduced images, adjust the parameter to allow a difference between the visual feature of the first image and the visual feature of the second image to be within a first predetermined range. wherein the parameter is a value to adjust an attributes of the input image including at least one of brightness, color, contrast or saturation. generate a first image of higher quality than the low quality image obtained by performing image processing on the received low-quality image by using the parameter, generate a plurality of reduced images by reducing the first image at a plurality of ratios, extract respective visual features from the first image and the plurality of reduced images, and select a second image which is a reduced image having a visual feature most similar to a visual feature extracted from the first image among the plurality of reduced images, adjust the parameter to allow a difference between the visual feature of the first image and the visual feature of the second image to be within a first predetermined range. wherein the parameter is a value to adjust an attributes of the input image including at least one of brightness, color, contrast or saturation.
A lithium secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material comprising particles of a lithium-transition metal composite oxide; a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material comprising silicon; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein particles of at least one rare earth compound are adhered to a surface of the particles of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide in a dispersed form, the at least one rare earth compound being selected from the group consisting of erbium hydroxide, erbium oxyhydroxide, ytterbium hydroxide, ytterbium oxyhydroxide, terbium hydroxide, terbium oxyhydroxide, dysprosium hydroxide, dysprosium oxyhydroxide, holmium hydroxide, holmium oxyhydroxide, thulium hydroxide, thulium oxyhydroxide, lutetium hydroxide, lutetium oxyhydroxide, neodymium hydroxide, neodymium oxyhydroxide, samarium hydroxide, samarium oxyhydroxide, praseodymium hydroxide, europium hydroxide, europium oxyhydroxide, gadolinium hydroxide, gadolinium oxyhydroxide, lanthanum hydroxide, lanthanum oxyhydroxide, yttrium hydroxide, yttrium oxyhydroxide, scandium hydroxide, and scandium oxyhydroxide, and the amount of the adhering rare earth compound being within the range from 0.005 mass % to 0.5 mass % in terms of rare earth element adhering to the surface based on the mass of the lithium-transition metal composite oxide.
A method for preparing a modified copepod luciferase polypeptide with an elevated optimal temperature range of luciferase function relative to a reference copepod luciferase polypeptide, the method comprising preparing a modified copepod luciferase polypeptide such that it comprises, consists, or consists essentially of an amino acid sequence that is distinguished from the reference copepod luciferase polypeptide by at least one amino acid sequence modification, wherein the at least one amino acid sequence modification is selected on the basis that it elevates the optimal temperature range of luciferase function relative to a reference copepod luciferase polypeptide, wherein the at least one modification is selected from the group consisting of: (a) L, or modified form thereof, at at least one position corresponding to positions 85 or 98 relative to the consensus numbering shown in Fig. 1; (b) a basic amino acid residue immediately upstream of at least one conserved cysteine selected from C5, C6, C9 and C10 to yield a BC motif, wherein B is selected from basic amino acid residues and C is a conserved cysteine, or modified form thereof, where C5, C6, C9, and C10 correspond to positions 132, 176, 192, and 204 relative to the consensus numbering shown in Fig. 1, respectively; and (c) a deletion in whole or in part of an amino acid sequence of a reference copepod luciferase polypeptide, wherein the amino acid sequence spans downstream of the signal peptide sequence and upstream of the amino acid residue at position 85 relative to the consensus numbering shown in Fig. 1. (a) L, or modified form thereof, at at least one position corresponding to positions 85 or 98 relative to the consensus numbering shown in Fig. 1; (b) a basic amino acid residue immediately upstream of at least one conserved cysteine selected from C5, C6, C9 and C10 to yield a BC motif, wherein B is selected from basic amino acid residues and C is a conserved cysteine, or modified form thereof, where C5, C6, C9, and C10 correspond to positions 132, 176, 192, and 204 relative to the consensus numbering shown in Fig. 1, respectively; and (c) a deletion in whole or in part of an amino acid sequence of a reference copepod luciferase polypeptide, wherein the amino acid sequence spans downstream of the signal peptide sequence and upstream of the amino acid residue at position 85 relative to the consensus numbering shown in Fig. 1.
A method of managing sessions, comprising: opening (S 110) a session; creating (S 114) a token that includes a session opening time and a measure of the session duration; receiving the token within a first time before said measure of the session duration; adding, in response to said receiving, a second time to said measure of the session duration to define a new measure of the session duration; updating (S 124) the token to reflect the new measure of the session duration as changed by said adding; and expiring said token after said new measure of the session duration, characterized in that said receiving, adding, and updating are recursive, such that if the token is received within the first time before said new measure of the session duration, said new session time is extended, wherein in the recursive extension of sessions the second time is different between any recursions of said receiving, adding, and updating, wherein second and subsequent extension periods are shortened to prevent infinite sessions wherein in the recursive extension of sessions the first time is different between any recursions of said receiving (S 116), adding (S 122), and updating (S 124), wherein the first time is less than or equal to half of the second time in the second and subsequent extension periods. opening (S 110) a session; creating (S 114) a token that includes a session opening time and a measure of the session duration; receiving the token within a first time before said measure of the session duration; adding, in response to said receiving, a second time to said measure of the session duration to define a new measure of the session duration; updating (S 124) the token to reflect the new measure of the session duration as changed by said adding; and expiring said token after said new measure of the session duration,
A thermoplastic composition with improved mold release properties comprising: a) from 10 wt% to 70 wt% of a first polycarbonate component; b) from 10 wt% to 70 wt% of a second polycarbonate component; c) from 2 wt% to 10 wt% of an impact modifier component; d) from 5 wt% to 30 wt% of a mineral filler component; e) from 0 wt% to 25 wt% of a polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer component; and f) from 0.1 wt% to 4.0 wt% of an alkyl sulfonate salt component; wherein the combined weight percent value of the first polycarbonate component and the second polycarbonate component is from greater than 10 wt% to 70 wt%; wherein the combined weight percent value of all components does not exceed 100 wt%; wherein all weight percent values are based on the total weight of the composition; and wherein molded sample of the thermoplastic composition exhibits a lower mold ejection pressure compared to a reference composition consisting essentially of substantially the same proportions of the same polycarbonate polymer component, the same mineral filler, and the same impact modifier component, in the absence of the polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer component and the alkyl sulfonate salt. a) from 10 wt% to 70 wt% of a first polycarbonate component; b) from 10 wt% to 70 wt% of a second polycarbonate component; c) from 2 wt% to 10 wt% of an impact modifier component; d) from 5 wt% to 30 wt% of a mineral filler component; e) from 0 wt% to 25 wt% of a polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer component; and f) from 0.1 wt% to 4.0 wt% of an alkyl sulfonate salt component;
A full-face cushion for a patient interface that delivers breathable gas to a patient, the cushion comprising: - a base wall structured to be connected to a frame; - an underlying support cushion extending away from the base wall towards the patient's face in use; and - a membrane provided to substantially cover at least a portion of the underlying cushion, the membrane including a nasal bridge region, a side of nose region, an upper cheek region, a lower cheek region and a chin region adapted to form a continuous seal on the patient's face, respectively, wherein the membrane includes a thickness that varies along a length of the seal, wherein the underlying support cushion is not provided in the chin region to accommodate more facial shapes and provide more flexibility and allow for movement or opening of the mouth. - a base wall structured to be connected to a frame; - an underlying support cushion extending away from the base wall towards the patient's face in use; and - a membrane provided to substantially cover at least a portion of the underlying cushion, the membrane including a nasal bridge region, a side of nose region, an upper cheek region, a lower cheek region and a chin region adapted to form a continuous seal on the patient's face, respectively,
A seating installation for a passenger vehicle, especially an aeroplane, said installation comprising a plurality of individual seat units (100,200), each seat unit having a back (103,203) and two opposite sides (102,104;202,204) and comprising a reclinable seat, which seat has a back-rest (112,212) and a seat-pan (114,214) and defines a longitudinal seat axis (107,207); wherein the plurality of seat units are arranged in two adjacent files (10,20), each file defining a file axis (11,21), and the seat units in each file being oriented such that the axis of each seat unit subtends an acute angle with the respective file axis and being offset from one another along their respective seat axes to form at least one bay in each file behind the back of at least one seat unit and to one side of an adjacent seat unit in the same respective file, the seat units in the two respective files being staggered with respect to one another and the two files being disposed relative to one another such that at least one seat unit in each one of the files nests partially within a corresponding bay of the other file such that the seat units in the two respective files are arranged generally back-to-side with one another; characterised in that each file comprises a succession of essentially linear shields (150,250) that are spaced along the respective file axis, the space between each pair of adjacent shields accommodating a respective seat (110,210) of the file, the shields forming side screens (164,264) for the seats in the file, each shield being associated exclusively with one side of a corresponding seat unit, and the shields being configured and arranged such that a portion of at least one shield in each one of the files extends between two adjacent shields in the other file to form a rear screen (266,166) for a corresponding seat in said other file disposed between said two adjacent shields; wherein: the shields form, for each seat unit, a rear screen at its back behind its back-rest and side-screens to each side of the seat unit; the rear screen of said one seat unit and one side screen of the adjacent seat unit define said bay (170,270) at the back of the seat unit; and said rear screen is curved to define an alcove behind the seat of the one seat unit to afford extra space for the seat of the adjacent seat unit at a first level and extra space for the seat of the one seat unit at a second level, the first level being above the second level. the shields form, for each seat unit, a rear screen at its back behind its back-rest and side-screens to each side of the seat unit; the rear screen of said one seat unit and one side screen of the adjacent seat unit define said bay (170,270) at the back of the seat unit; and said rear screen is curved to define an alcove behind the seat of the one seat unit to afford extra space for the seat of the adjacent seat unit at a first level and extra space for the seat of the one seat unit at a second level, the first level being above the second level.
An oral care composition suitable for cleaning the surfaces of the oral cavity, the composition comprising: an aqueous continuous phase including at least 1 % by weight based on the total weight of the composition of one or more polyhydric alcohols; from 1 to 70% by weight based on the total weight of the composition of particulate calcium carbonate abrasive in which the particulate calcium carbonate abrasive has an average particle size (median ESD) ranging from 1 to 15 microns and which is dispersed in the aqueous continuous phase, characterised in that the aqueous continuous phase is structured with a matrix of activated citrus fibre particles. an aqueous continuous phase including at least 1 % by weight based on the total weight of the composition of one or more polyhydric alcohols; from 1 to 70% by weight based on the total weight of the composition of particulate calcium carbonate abrasive in which the particulate calcium carbonate abrasive has an average particle size (median ESD) ranging from 1 to 15 microns and which is dispersed in the aqueous continuous phase, characterised in that the aqueous continuous phase is structured with a matrix of activated citrus fibre particles.
A Ni-Co alloy comprising (in % by weight) > 0 - max. 10 % Fe, > 12 to < 35 % Co, 13 to 23 % Cr, 1 to 6 % MO, 4 to 6 % Nb + Ta, > 0 - < 3 % Al, > 0 to < 2 % Ti, > 0 to max. 0.1 % C, > 0 to max. 0.03 % P, > 0 to max. 0.01 % Mg, > 0 to max. 0.02 % B, > 0 to max. 0.1 % Zr, the rest being Ni, if required, containing the following accompanying elements (in % by weight): max. 0.5 % Cu max. 0.015 % S max. 1.0 % Mn max. 1.0 % Si max. 0.01 % Ca max. 0.03 % N max. 0.02 % O, if needed, furthermore containing (in % by weight): until 4 % V until 4 % W, wherein the alloy meets the demands and criteria mentioned in the following: a) 3 at% < Al + Ti (at%) ≤ 5.6 at% as well as 11.5 at% ≤ Co ≤ 35 at%; b) ratio Al/Ti ≥ 5 (on the base of the contents in at%). max. 0.5 % Cu max. 0.015 % S max. 1.0 % Mn max. 1.0 % Si max. 0.01 % Ca max. 0.03 % N max. 0.02 % O, if needed, furthermore containing (in % by weight): until 4 % V until 4 % W, wherein the alloy meets the demands and criteria mentioned in the following: a) 3 at% < Al + Ti (at%) ≤ 5.6 at% as well as 11.5 at% ≤ Co ≤ 35 at%; b) ratio Al/Ti ≥ 5 (on the base of the contents in at%). until 4 % V until 4 % W, wherein the alloy meets the demands and criteria mentioned in the following: a) 3 at% < Al + Ti (at%) ≤ 5.6 at% as well as 11.5 at% ≤ Co ≤ 35 at%; b) ratio Al/Ti ≥ 5 (on the base of the contents in at%). a) 3 at% < Al + Ti (at%) ≤ 5.6 at% as well as 11.5 at% ≤ Co ≤ 35 at%; b) ratio Al/Ti ≥ 5 (on the base of the contents in at%).
A conveying system for conveying a rack of a dishwasher between a displaced position and a start position along a path, wherein the displaced position is defined by that the rack is displaced with respect to the start position in at least a first direction perpendicular to a main extension plane of the rack, wherein the conveying system comprises: an elevating arrangement arranged to bias the rack towards the displaced position when the rack is located at a portion of the path, wherein the conveying system comprises: a locking arrangement (121, 122) arranged to releasably lock the rack in an intermediate position between the displaced position and the start position when the rack is located at the portion of the path, thereby preventing the rack from being biasedly retracted to the displaced position or preventing the rack from being displaced away from the intermediate position due to weight of articles carried by the rack, characterized in that the locking arrangement (121, 122) is releasably engageable onto the rack. an elevating arrangement arranged to bias the rack towards the displaced position when the rack is located at a portion of the path, wherein the conveying system comprises: a locking arrangement (121, 122) arranged to releasably lock the rack in an intermediate position between the displaced position and the start position when the rack is located at the portion of the path, thereby preventing the rack from being biasedly retracted to the displaced position or preventing the rack from being displaced away from the intermediate position due to weight of articles carried by the rack, characterized in that the locking arrangement (121, 122) is releasably engageable onto the rack. a locking arrangement (121, 122) arranged to releasably lock the rack in an intermediate position between the displaced position and the start position when the rack is located at the portion of the path, thereby preventing the rack from being biasedly retracted to the displaced position or preventing the rack from being displaced away from the intermediate position due to weight of articles carried by the rack, characterized in that the locking arrangement (121, 122) is releasably engageable onto the rack.