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A hoisting system configured to mount a hub on top of a tower to form a wind turbine, the hub carrying a first blade and a second blade forming a bunny ears configuration, the system comprising: a first crane configured to pull up the hub from a ground level to the top of the tower; and a blade support configured to support a third blade at a supported blade portion; wherein the hoisting system is characterized by further comprising: a hub-blade coupling device configured to assist in coupling a root portion of the third blade to a coupling portion of the hub, the hub-blade coupling device comprising a hub mount structure configured to be removably fixed to the hub; a blade mount structure configured to be removably fixed to the third blade at or near the root portion of the third blade; a connector rotatably coupling the hub mount structure and the blade mount structure. a first crane configured to pull up the hub from a ground level to the top of the tower; and a blade support configured to support a third blade at a supported blade portion; wherein the hoisting system is characterized by further comprising: a hub-blade coupling device configured to assist in coupling a root portion of the third blade to a coupling portion of the hub, the hub-blade coupling device comprising a hub mount structure configured to be removably fixed to the hub; a blade mount structure configured to be removably fixed to the third blade at or near the root portion of the third blade; a connector rotatably coupling the hub mount structure and the blade mount structure. a hub-blade coupling device configured to assist in coupling a root portion of the third blade to a coupling portion of the hub, the hub-blade coupling device comprising a hub mount structure configured to be removably fixed to the hub; a blade mount structure configured to be removably fixed to the third blade at or near the root portion of the third blade; a connector rotatably coupling the hub mount structure and the blade mount structure.
An aerosol delivery device comprising: a member (115, 220) formed of a porous material comprising an aerosol generator portion (118, 222) located at a downstream end of the member (115, 220) and a support portion (117, 223), the aerosol generator portion (118, 222) configured to receive a first aerosol precursor; and an air flow passage (108, 208) configured to direct air past the aerosol generator portion (118, 222) to pick up the first aerosol precursor from the aerosol generator portion (118, 222) to form a first aerosol, characterised in that the aerosol delivery device and the member (115,220) comprise mutually engaging features which interlock with each other to maintain the member in the aerosol delivery device. a member (115, 220) formed of a porous material comprising an aerosol generator portion (118, 222) located at a downstream end of the member (115, 220) and a support portion (117, 223), the aerosol generator portion (118, 222) configured to receive a first aerosol precursor; and an air flow passage (108, 208) configured to direct air past the aerosol generator portion (118, 222) to pick up the first aerosol precursor from the aerosol generator portion (118, 222) to form a first aerosol, characterised in that the aerosol delivery device and the member (115,220) comprise mutually engaging features which interlock with each other to maintain the member in the aerosol delivery device.
A tread module for a walkway or stairway comprising a body of material which defines a load-carrying surface, said tread module comprising at least two sub-module sections (20,21,22,) which are formed integrally with one another and inter-connected by at least one severable connecting web formation whereby the tread module may be reduced in size by severance of the severable formation, at least one edge of the tread module being provided with at least one edge protrusion which extends outwards in a direction parallel with the plane of the load carrying surface thereby, in use, to serve to define a spacing between the module and another module or sub-module section against which it is abutted, characterised in that each of the severable sub-module sections has an edge formation in the form of a flange which extends from the whole of the periphery of the load carrying surface of that section to define together with the underside of the load carrying surface a recess region which is open at said underside surface, said edge formation defining an underside surface of the body which is substantially parallel with the load carrying surface, and the body being provided with a plurality of apertures (11,12) which extend through the body from the load carrying surface and the ends of at least some of said apertures additionally defining in part said underside surface.
A method for facilitating multiplexing of a sounding resource signal (206, 226, 432, 462, 522, 552), SRS, in a wireless communication environment, comprising: detecting presence of a SRS symbol (206, 226, 432, 462, 522, 552) in a slot of a sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550); modifying a channel structure for at least one slot of a sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550), said modifying comprising: reducing a number of acknowledgement (434, 446), ACK, symbols in the slot including the SRS; determining a length and a type of a time domain orthogonal spreading code to apply to a channel in the slots of the sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550) as a function of SRS presence; and applying the determined spreading code to the channel in at least one slot in the sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550), wherein applying the determined spreading code to the channel in at least one slot in the sub-frame comprises applying a 3-point discrete Fourier transform, DFT, spreading code in the slot. detecting presence of a SRS symbol (206, 226, 432, 462, 522, 552) in a slot of a sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550); modifying a channel structure for at least one slot of a sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550), said modifying comprising: reducing a number of acknowledgement (434, 446), ACK, symbols in the slot including the SRS; determining a length and a type of a time domain orthogonal spreading code to apply to a channel in the slots of the sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550) as a function of SRS presence; and applying the determined spreading code to the channel in at least one slot in the sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550), wherein applying the determined spreading code to the channel in at least one slot in the sub-frame comprises applying a 3-point discrete Fourier transform, DFT, spreading code in the slot. reducing a number of acknowledgement (434, 446), ACK, symbols in the slot including the SRS; determining a length and a type of a time domain orthogonal spreading code to apply to a channel in the slots of the sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550) as a function of SRS presence; and applying the determined spreading code to the channel in at least one slot in the sub-frame (200, 220, 430, 460, 520, 550), wherein applying the determined spreading code to the channel in at least one slot in the sub-frame comprises applying a 3-point discrete Fourier transform, DFT, spreading code in the slot.
A method of transmitting data using authentication between a first device and a second device, the method comprising: encrypting a certificate of the first device using a shared key shared by the first device and the second device, and transmitting the encrypted certificate of the first device to the second device; receiving at the first device, authentication key generation information for the first device for generating an authentication key, if it is determined that the certificate of the first device is valid and not revoked; determining whether the authentication key generation information for the first device has been altered; generating at the first device, a first random number of the first device; if it has been determined that the authentication key generation information for the first device has not been altered, generating at the first device, the authentication key based on the first random number and the authentication key generation information for the first device; encrypting content data using the authentication key, at the first device; and transmitting the encrypted content data from the first device to the second device. encrypting a certificate of the first device using a shared key shared by the first device and the second device, and transmitting the encrypted certificate of the first device to the second device; receiving at the first device, authentication key generation information for the first device for generating an authentication key, if it is determined that the certificate of the first device is valid and not revoked; determining whether the authentication key generation information for the first device has been altered; generating at the first device, a first random number of the first device; if it has been determined that the authentication key generation information for the first device has not been altered, generating at the first device, the authentication key based on the first random number and the authentication key generation information for the first device; encrypting content data using the authentication key, at the first device; and transmitting the encrypted content data from the first device to the second device.
A method for identifying improved enzyme variants, comprising: a) testing multiple enzyme variants spanning a range of charge or zeta potential in at least one test of interest; b) identifying an optimum within said range of charge or said range of zeta potential that is associated with a value of at least 50% of a maximal value observed in said at least one test of interest of step a); c) providing a plurality of enzyme variants within said optimum of the range of the charge or zeta potential identified in step b), such that a library of enzyme variants enriched in members having a value of at least 50% of a maximal value in said at least one test of interest is provided; d) testing said plurality of enzyme variants and at least one wild type enzyme, in said at least one test of interest; and e) identifying said enzyme variants as having an improved outcome, wherein the wild type enzyme achieves a performance index value of 1.0 in said at least one test of interest and the protein variants having an improved outcome achieve a value greater than 1.0 wherein said enzyme is a protease or an amylase, and wherein said test of interest comprises measuring wash performance, substrate binding, enzyme inhibition, expression levels, detergent stability, thermal stability, reaction rate, extent of reaction, thermal activation, starch liquefaction, biomass degradation and/or saccharification. a) testing multiple enzyme variants spanning a range of charge or zeta potential in at least one test of interest; b) identifying an optimum within said range of charge or said range of zeta potential that is associated with a value of at least 50% of a maximal value observed in said at least one test of interest of step a); c) providing a plurality of enzyme variants within said optimum of the range of the charge or zeta potential identified in step b), such that a library of enzyme variants enriched in members having a value of at least 50% of a maximal value in said at least one test of interest is provided; d) testing said plurality of enzyme variants and at least one wild type enzyme, in said at least one test of interest; and e) identifying said enzyme variants as having an improved outcome, wherein the wild type enzyme achieves a performance index value of 1.0 in said at least one test of interest and the protein variants having an improved outcome achieve a value greater than 1.0
A method for improving air entrainment, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a compound (a) selected from the group consisting of an amphoteric, an alkyl polyglycoside, an optionally alkoxylated triglyceride, a triglyceride derivative, a fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated polyhydric fatty alcohol, and mixtures thereof; (ii) dispersing the compound (a) on a particulate carrier to form a treated carrier; and (iii) adding the treated carrier to a cementitious mixture that includes an air entrainment agent. (i) providing a compound (a) selected from the group consisting of an amphoteric, an alkyl polyglycoside, an optionally alkoxylated triglyceride, a triglyceride derivative, a fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated polyhydric fatty alcohol, and mixtures thereof; (ii) dispersing the compound (a) on a particulate carrier to form a treated carrier; and (iii) adding the treated carrier to a cementitious mixture that includes an air entrainment agent.
A recombinant herpes simplex virus, wherein the recombinant HSV comprises a recombinant HSV genome comprising: (a) a modified UL53 gene comprising a deletion of the region of the UL53 gene that encodes amino acids 31-68 of wild-type gK; and (b) a modified UL20 gene comprising a deletion of the region of the UL20 gene that encodes amino acids 4-22 of wild-type UL20 protein; and wherein the recombinant HSV is capable of replication in a host cell and incapable of entry into axonal compartments of neurons. (a) a modified UL53 gene comprising a deletion of the region of the UL53 gene that encodes amino acids 31-68 of wild-type gK; and (b) a modified UL20 gene comprising a deletion of the region of the UL20 gene that encodes amino acids 4-22 of wild-type UL20 protein; and wherein the recombinant HSV is capable of replication in a host cell and incapable of entry into axonal compartments of neurons.
Wind deflector arrangement for a roof opening, which can be closed and opened up by means of a cover, in a roof panel of a vehicle, comprising: - a frame which is designed to at least partially surround the roof opening, - a wind deflector hoop which is coupled to the frame such that the wind deflector hoop is rotatable relative to the frame and the roof panel about a first axis of rotation, - a support element which is coupled to the wind deflector hoop and to the frame such that the support element can rotate about a second axis of rotation during a first segment of the movement of the wind deflector hoop relative to the frame and can rotate about a third axis of rotation, which differs from the second axis of rotation, during a further segment of the movement, wherein the second axis of rotation is defined by a slotted guide, which is arranged on the frame, and a projecting region of the support element, which projecting region can be guided in the slotted guide, characterized in that the slotted guide is open in the direction of the support element, such that the projecting region can be coupled out of and into the slotted guide. - a frame which is designed to at least partially surround the roof opening, - a wind deflector hoop which is coupled to the frame such that the wind deflector hoop is rotatable relative to the frame and the roof panel about a first axis of rotation, - a support element which is coupled to the wind deflector hoop and to the frame such that the support element can rotate about a second axis of rotation during a first segment of the movement of the wind deflector hoop relative to the frame and can rotate about a third axis of rotation, which differs from the second axis of rotation, during a further segment of the movement, wherein the second axis of rotation is defined by a slotted guide, which is arranged on the frame, and a projecting region of the support element, which projecting region can be guided in the slotted guide, characterized in that the slotted guide is open in the direction of the support element, such that the projecting region can be coupled out of and into the slotted guide.
An isolated protein complex in the form of a synthetic chimeric protein, comprising an amino acid sequence of: (i) a growth factor or at least a domain of said growth factor which is capable of binding a cognate growth factor receptor; and (ii) one or more type-III domains of fibronectin, wherein the one or more type-III domains of FN consist of amino acids 1266-1536 of the FN sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, or amino acids 1447-1536 of the FN sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, or amino acids 1173-1536 of the FN sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, which one or more type-III domains of FN comprise an integrin-binding domain. (i) a growth factor or at least a domain of said growth factor which is capable of binding a cognate growth factor receptor; and (ii) one or more type-III domains of fibronectin, wherein the one or more type-III domains of FN consist of amino acids 1266-1536 of the FN sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, or amino acids 1447-1536 of the FN sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, or amino acids 1173-1536 of the FN sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, which one or more type-III domains of FN comprise an integrin-binding domain.
A combine harvester having a chaff cutter which is arranged downstream of the axial separator and comprising at least one rotatably driven rotor carrying blades and a housing surrounding the rotor and the blades, wherein along an axis of rotation of the rotor the housing has a first end region, a central region and a second end region, and a distributor device arranged downstream of the chaff cutter, characterised in that the rotating blades describe a circle of a larger radius in the central region than in the end regions (34, 36).
A material for a primary carpet backing comprising a nonwoven fabric comprising first bicomponent core/sheath fibers comprising a first thermoplastic polymer in the core and a second thermoplastic polymer in the sheath and second bicomponent core/sheath fibers comprising a third thermoplastic polymer in the core and a fourth thermoplastic polymer in the sheath, wherein the first thermoplastic polymer in the core of the first bicomponent core/sheath fibers is of a different polymer family as the third thermoplastic polymer in the core of the second bicomponent core/sheath fibers, and wherein the second thermoplastic polymer in the sheath of the first bicomponent core/sheath fibers and the fourth thermoplastic polymer in the sheath of the second bicomponent core/sheath fibers are polymers of the same polymer family, preferably having essentially the same melting temperature.
A device for receiving blood or other fluids from a subject, preferably a human subject, the device comprising: a flexible concave member moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration; a needle mechanically coupled to the flexible concave member such that the needle is in a first position when the flexible concave member is in the first configuration and the needle is in a second position when the flexible concave member is in the second configuration; an applicator region containing the needle at least when the needle is in the second position; and a vacuum chamber regulator comprising a pre-packaged vacuum chamber having a pressure less than atmospheric pressure prior to the point at which the device is used on the subject, wherein movement of the flexible concave member from the first configuration to the second configuration creates a fluid communication pathway between the vacuum chamber and the applicator region. a flexible concave member moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration; a needle mechanically coupled to the flexible concave member such that the needle is in a first position when the flexible concave member is in the first configuration and the needle is in a second position when the flexible concave member is in the second configuration; an applicator region containing the needle at least when the needle is in the second position; and a vacuum chamber regulator comprising a pre-packaged vacuum chamber having a pressure less than atmospheric pressure prior to the point at which the device is used on the subject, wherein movement of the flexible concave member from the first configuration to the second configuration creates a fluid communication pathway between the vacuum chamber and the applicator region.
A charging device for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a shaft; a compressor wheel mounted on the shaft; a stator housing; a stator, wherein the stator is arranged in the stator housing; a rotor arranged rotatably fixed on the shaft, wherein the rotor is surrounded by the stator; first fan device, arranged for common rotation with the shaft in order to generate an air flow circulating in the stator housing for cooling the rotor: wherein the air flow is guided in the axial direction along the rotor, between rotor and stator, and wherein the air flow is guided back in the axial direction between the stator and the stator housing and/or through the stator housing, characterized in that the air flow is circulating within an enclosed space in the stator housing. a shaft; a compressor wheel mounted on the shaft; a stator housing; a stator, wherein the stator is arranged in the stator housing; a rotor arranged rotatably fixed on the shaft, wherein the rotor is surrounded by the stator; first fan device, arranged for common rotation with the shaft in order to generate an air flow circulating in the stator housing for cooling the rotor: wherein the air flow is guided in the axial direction along the rotor, between rotor and stator, and wherein the air flow is guided back in the axial direction between the stator and the stator housing and/or through the stator housing, characterized in that the air flow is circulating within an enclosed space in the stator housing.
Tyre for vehicle wheels comprising at least one structural element comprising a vulcanized elastomeric material obtained by vulcanizing a vulcanizable elastomeric composition comprising: (a) at least one vulcanizable diene elastomeric polymer; (b) at least one composite reinforcing filler that comprises a core comprising nanocrystalline cellulose and an at least partial coating comprising silica. (a) at least one vulcanizable diene elastomeric polymer; (b) at least one composite reinforcing filler that comprises a core comprising nanocrystalline cellulose and an at least partial coating comprising silica.
A compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate thereof, of the formula: wherein: X is C=O; R 1 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl; R 2 to R 9 are hydrogen, alkyl; R 10 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl. X is C=O; R 1 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl; R 2 to R 9 are hydrogen, alkyl; R 10 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl.
Burner element (10, 12, 18) comprising a surface which potentially comes into contact with a fuel, wherein the surface which potentially comes into contact with the fuel has an aluminum oxide-containing coating, and wherein the burner element (10, 12, 18) comprises steel as base material, characterized in that the coating comprises an aluminum-rich first layer and an aluminum oxide-containing second layer arranged above the first layer, wherein the aluminum oxide-containing coating comprises α-Al 2 O 3, and wherein the aluminum oxide-containing coating is an aluminum oxide layer.
Driving place for a commercial vehicle comprising - a driver's seat - a steering wheel and - a set of pedals, wherein the driver's seat is adapted to be fastened to the vehicle exclusively by means of a long-limbed post sliding along a respective guide, so that the long-limbed post lies on a vertical plane parallel to a longitudinal development of the vehicle, arranged in oblique position so that a respective upper end of the post is set back with respect to a respective lower end, wherein said driver's seat comprises a seat and a seat back rigidly interconnected to each other, and wherein the seat is associated to said long-limbed post by means of an articulated parallelogram configuration (M, B1, B2, S) arranged so that it vacates the lower part of the seat and characterized in that an adjustment in elevation of said seat is carried out by a coaxial sliding of said long-limbed post on said corresponding guide, while said parallelogram configuration is structured to absorb the bumps of the road. - a driver's seat - a steering wheel and - a set of pedals,