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A disconnection detection device comprising: CR filters provided for each respective battery cell (B1, B2) of a battery pack in which the battery cells are connected in series; discharge circuits each connected between a battery cell (B1, B2) and the CR filter, and configured to discharge the battery cell (B1, B2) when cell voltages of the battery cells (B1, B2) are made balanced; and a detection unit configured to: alternately and successively discharge two of the battery cells (B1, B2) connected in series that are adjacent to each other, after a predetermined time has passed from finish of discharge of each of the battery cells (B1, B2), detect a voltage of a first detection line wherein the first detection line is configured to detect a voltage at a point between a positive electrode of one of the adjacent battery cells (B1, B2) and a negative electrode of another of the adjacent battery cells (B1, B2), and detect a voltage of a second detection line wherein the second detection line is configured to detect a voltage of a negative electrode of the one of the adjacent battery cells (B1, B2); and detect disconnection of the first detection line based on a difference between the two detected voltages. CR filters provided for each respective battery cell (B1, B2) of a battery pack in which the battery cells are connected in series; discharge circuits each connected between a battery cell (B1, B2) and the CR filter, and configured to discharge the battery cell (B1, B2) when cell voltages of the battery cells (B1, B2) are made balanced; and a detection unit configured to: alternately and successively discharge two of the battery cells (B1, B2) connected in series that are adjacent to each other, after a predetermined time has passed from finish of discharge of each of the battery cells (B1, B2), detect a voltage of a first detection line wherein the first detection line is configured to detect a voltage at a point between a positive electrode of one of the adjacent battery cells (B1, B2) and a negative electrode of another of the adjacent battery cells (B1, B2), and detect a voltage of a second detection line wherein the second detection line is configured to detect a voltage of a negative electrode of the one of the adjacent battery cells (B1, B2); and detect disconnection of the first detection line based on a difference between the two detected voltages. alternately and successively discharge two of the battery cells (B1, B2) connected in series that are adjacent to each other, after a predetermined time has passed from finish of discharge of each of the battery cells (B1, B2), detect a voltage of a first detection line wherein the first detection line is configured to detect a voltage at a point between a positive electrode of one of the adjacent battery cells (B1, B2) and a negative electrode of another of the adjacent battery cells (B1, B2), and detect a voltage of a second detection line wherein the second detection line is configured to detect a voltage of a negative electrode of the one of the adjacent battery cells (B1, B2); and detect disconnection of the first detection line based on a difference between the two detected voltages.
Acetylsalicylic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment of a patient suffering from a moderate to severe influenza virus infection and/or a symptom or condition associated therewith, wherein baseline composite symptom score values of 14 or higher and below 17 are considered moderate forms of influenza, and baseline CSS values of 17 or higher are considered to be severe forms of influenza, and wherein the symptom or condition associated with the influenza virus infection is selected from nasal congestion, sore throat, cough, fever, fatigue, headache and myalgias, and wherein the use comprises the administration of a composition comprising ASA or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the patient by inhalation at a daily dose of ASA of at least 600 mg.
A method for forming a multi-component fiber, the method comprising blending a polylactic acid, polymeric toughening additive such as a polyolefin, and polyepoxide modifier to form a thermoplastic composition, and thereafter extruding the thermoplastic composition through a die to form a fiber, wherein the fiber contains a core component surrounded by a sheath component, and wherein the polylactic acid constitutes about 50 wt.% or more of the polymer content of the core component and the polymeric toughening additive constitutes about 50 wt.% or more of the polymer content of the sheath component.
A medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a patient, the hip joint having a caput femur integrated with a collum femur having a collum and caput center axis, extending longitudinally along the collum and caput femur, in the center thereof, wherein said medical device comprises: a) an elongated portion adapted to at least partially replace the collum femur, wherein said elongated portion is adapted to be at least one of integrated in and connected to a prosthetic spherical portion adapted to replace the caput femur, and wherein said prosthetic spherical portion in turn is adapted to be movably placed in a prosthetic replacement for the acetabulum being fixated to the pelvic bone (9; 1801; 1802; 1803; 1804) and having at least one extending portion for clasping said prosthetic spherical portion, wherein: i) said elongated portion comprises a restricting portion adapted to restrict the motion range of the spherical portion in relation to said prosthetic replacement for the acetabulum, ii) said restricting portion of said elongated portion is adapted to enable an advantageous motion range in relation to said prosthetic replacement for the acetabulum, characterized in that b) a major portion of said restricting portion of said elongated portion is adapted to be placed in the dorsal quadrant, when implanted and being in a defined base position, such that extension is more restricted than flexion. a) an elongated portion adapted to at least partially replace the collum femur, wherein said elongated portion is adapted to be at least one of integrated in and connected to a prosthetic spherical portion adapted to replace the caput femur, and wherein said prosthetic spherical portion in turn is adapted to be movably placed in a prosthetic replacement for the acetabulum being fixated to the pelvic bone (9; 1801; 1802; 1803; 1804) and having at least one extending portion for clasping said prosthetic spherical portion, wherein: i) said elongated portion comprises a restricting portion adapted to restrict the motion range of the spherical portion in relation to said prosthetic replacement for the acetabulum, ii) said restricting portion of said elongated portion is adapted to enable an advantageous motion range in relation to said prosthetic replacement for the acetabulum, characterized in that i) said elongated portion comprises a restricting portion adapted to restrict the motion range of the spherical portion in relation to said prosthetic replacement for the acetabulum, ii) said restricting portion of said elongated portion is adapted to enable an advantageous motion range in relation to said prosthetic replacement for the acetabulum, characterized in that b) a major portion of said restricting portion of said elongated portion is adapted to be placed in the dorsal quadrant, when implanted and being in a defined base position, such that extension is more restricted than flexion.
Process for the preparation of 4-isopropyl-3-methylphenol from reaction mixtures which are obtained during the reaction of meta-cresol with propene in the presence of a catalyst, characterized in that a) thymol and unreacted meta-cresol are largely removed by distillation from the reaction mixture, giving a distillation residue, and b) crude 4-isopropyl-3-methylphenol is obtained by crystallization from the distillation residue remaining according to step a) and c) the crude 4-isopropyl-3-methylphenol obtained according to step b) is treated with an organic solvent which consists to at least 80% by weight of hydrocarbons or halogenated hydrocarbons or a mixture thereof. a) thymol and unreacted meta-cresol are largely removed by distillation from the reaction mixture, giving a distillation residue, and b) crude 4-isopropyl-3-methylphenol is obtained by crystallization from the distillation residue remaining according to step a) and c) the crude 4-isopropyl-3-methylphenol obtained according to step b) is treated with an organic solvent which consists to at least 80% by weight of hydrocarbons or halogenated hydrocarbons or a mixture thereof.
A body interface device for a urine aspiration system, the body interface device comprising: an adhesive skin contact pad for adhering to skin, the pad including at least one aperture for admitting urine through the pad into the body interface device; and a cover attached to the pad and having a bulged form projecting away from the pad, the cover defining (i) a liquid collection chamber region facing towards the pad for receiving discharged urine, and (ii) a recess, characterised in that the recess is for receiving at least partly a non-contact liquid sensor outside the liquid collection chamber region, the liquid collection chamber portion and the recess being adjacent to each other and separated by a wall portion in common to the liquid collection chamber region and the recess. an adhesive skin contact pad for adhering to skin, the pad including at least one aperture for admitting urine through the pad into the body interface device; and a cover attached to the pad and having a bulged form projecting away from the pad, the cover defining (i) a liquid collection chamber region facing towards the pad for receiving discharged urine, and (ii) a recess, characterised in that the recess is for receiving at least partly a non-contact liquid sensor outside the liquid collection chamber region, the liquid collection chamber portion and the recess being adjacent to each other and separated by a wall portion in common to the liquid collection chamber region and the recess.
Inner sealing sleeve for inserting into pipes, comprising a sleeve body made of an annularly bent band, wherein an inner band end and an outer band end overlap and wherein the sleeve body can be expanded so that the inner band end can be displaced relative to the outer band end along an expanding direction and a locking arrangement is provided, which prevents the inner band end from being displaceable relative to the outer band end in the direction opposite to the expanding direction, wherein the locking arrangement has a slot arranged on the inner band end in the circumferential direction and has a row of teeth, and a latching mechanism with a latching element, wherein the latching member is acted upon by a spring element and engages in the row of teeth, and the latching member and the spring element are arranged in a chamber of a guide body, wherein the latching member is displaceable in the chamber, characterised in that the spring element consists of an elastic plastics material and the chamber has a central axis arranged at an angle (α) to the longitudinal axis of the slot, and a stop (22, 23) for the latching element is provided in the region of the opening of the chamber.
A posterior-stabilized knee prosthesis comprising a femoral implant and a tibial implant, the femoral implant being constituted by a trochlea extended on either side of a notch by two condylar pads and cooperating with flexion and rotation capacity with congruent recesses and in a tibial tray with which a base forming the tibial implant is provided, the two condylar pads and being joined together transversely at their posterior ends at the free end of the notch by a shaped-section element that is shaped into a lateral section and into a transverse section, which sections act respectively as a cam (1e1) and as a third condyle (1e2) by cooperating with respective ones of shaped-section bearing surfaces and on a stud projecting from the tibial tray to allow posteriorly-stabilized flexion up to 120°, and, beyond 120°, to allow one of the condyles or to be raised so that it no longer comes into contact with one of the recesses or in the tibial tray, such that, during such raising, de-coaptation is total between one of the two condyles and the corresponding recess in the tibial tray, and said cam shaped section (1e1) is in contact with the lateral shaped section of the stud from substantially 50° of flexion of the femoral element to substantially 100°, whereupon it begins to escape from said lateral shaped section and to cooperate, in the manner of a third condyle (1e2), with the shaped-section bearing surface forming a recess, which has a depth significantly shallower than a depth that would enable the two condyles or to stay in contact with the two recesses or in the tibial tray, said posterior-stabilized knee prosthesis being characterized in that the bearing surfaces and are concave laterally and transversely, and in that the lateral and transverse concavities are complementary to the lateral and transverse sections of said element.
An apparatus (400; 900) for generating at a base station a randomized Assignment Advanced Media Access Protocol, A-A-MAP, Information Element, IE comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to: receive an A-A-MAP IE associated with an advanced mobile station, AMS (150, 160); and characterized in that the processor is further configured to: randomize the A-A-MAP IE based on a Pseudo Random Binary Sequence, PRBS using a station identification, STID, of the AMS associated with the A-A-MAP IE as an initial vector; calculate a Cyclic Redundancy Check, CRC, checksum of the randomized A-A-MAP IE; mask the CRC checksum using an A-A-MAP CRC mask; and append the masked CRC checksum to the randomized A-A-MAP IE. a memory; and a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to: receive an A-A-MAP IE associated with an advanced mobile station, AMS (150, 160); and characterized in that the processor is further configured to: randomize the A-A-MAP IE based on a Pseudo Random Binary Sequence, PRBS using a station identification, STID, of the AMS associated with the A-A-MAP IE as an initial vector; calculate a Cyclic Redundancy Check, CRC, checksum of the randomized A-A-MAP IE; mask the CRC checksum using an A-A-MAP CRC mask; and append the masked CRC checksum to the randomized A-A-MAP IE. receive an A-A-MAP IE associated with an advanced mobile station, AMS (150, 160); and characterized in that the processor is further configured to: randomize the A-A-MAP IE based on a Pseudo Random Binary Sequence, PRBS using a station identification, STID, of the AMS associated with the A-A-MAP IE as an initial vector; calculate a Cyclic Redundancy Check, CRC, checksum of the randomized A-A-MAP IE; mask the CRC checksum using an A-A-MAP CRC mask; and append the masked CRC checksum to the randomized A-A-MAP IE. randomize the A-A-MAP IE based on a Pseudo Random Binary Sequence, PRBS using a station identification, STID, of the AMS associated with the A-A-MAP IE as an initial vector; calculate a Cyclic Redundancy Check, CRC, checksum of the randomized A-A-MAP IE; mask the CRC checksum using an A-A-MAP CRC mask; and append the masked CRC checksum to the randomized A-A-MAP IE.
A method of producing a water-absorbent resin by performing reversed phase suspension polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of an internal-crosslinking agent in a hydrocarbon dispersion medium, the method comprising the steps of: performing polymerization step in the presence of an azo based compound and a peroxide, and performing post-crosslinking step of a hydrous gel-like material obtained from the polymerization using a post-crosslinking agent, wherein a partially neutralized acrylate is used as the water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in an amount of 70 to 100 mol% relative to the total amount of water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers, the used amount of the azo based compound and the peroxide is 0.00005 mol or more and 0.005 mol or less relative to 1 mol of the water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and the mass ratio of the azo based compound to the peroxide is in a range of 8:12 to 19:1. performing polymerization step in the presence of an azo based compound and a peroxide, and performing post-crosslinking step of a hydrous gel-like material obtained from the polymerization using a post-crosslinking agent, wherein a partially neutralized acrylate is used as the water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in an amount of 70 to 100 mol% relative to the total amount of water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers, the used amount of the azo based compound and the peroxide is 0.00005 mol or more and 0.005 mol or less relative to 1 mol of the water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and the mass ratio of the azo based compound to the peroxide is in a range of 8:12 to 19:1.
A light source device comprising: a light-shielding member defining an opening; a light-guide member located in the opening in a top view and including two or more divided lens portions; and a plurality of light-emitting parts disposed such that each of the plurality of light-emitting parts corresponds to a respective one of the lens portions, each of the plurality of light-emitting parts being configured to be individually turned on, wherein each of the light-emitting parts has an upper surface serving as a light-emitting surface, wherein the light-shielding member covers a portion of the light-emitting surface of at least one of the plurality of light-emitting parts in the top view, and wherein irradiation areas corresponding to the light-emitting parts are at least partially different from each other. a light-shielding member defining an opening; a light-guide member located in the opening in a top view and including two or more divided lens portions; and a plurality of light-emitting parts disposed such that each of the plurality of light-emitting parts corresponds to a respective one of the lens portions, each of the plurality of light-emitting parts being configured to be individually turned on, wherein each of the light-emitting parts has an upper surface serving as a light-emitting surface, wherein the light-shielding member covers a portion of the light-emitting surface of at least one of the plurality of light-emitting parts in the top view, and wherein irradiation areas corresponding to the light-emitting parts are at least partially different from each other.
An apparatus for switching off and deviating a circulating liquid flow without water hammering, characterized in that said apparatus comprises an apparatus body comprising a forged block including an inlet channel which is split into two outlet channels (12, 13) in which respective flow valves (14,15) are arranged; said apparatus body further comprises a discharging channel coupled to said outlet channels (12, 13) through respective discharging valves (17, 18); said outlet channels (12, 13) being coupled to respective pressure measuring chambers (19, 20); and a balancing valve communicating two middle zones (22, 23) respectively formed in the outlet channels (12, 13).
A method for spot welding workpieces, particularly made of copper, copper alloys, gold, or jewellery materials, using laser pulses (3 1, 3 2, 3 3) having a wavelength of 500 to 540 nm to generate welding penetration depths greater than 0.5 mm, preferably from 0.8 to 1.3 mm, particularly preferably greater than 1.3 mm, wherein the laser pulses (3 1, 3 2, 3 3) have a main pulse section lasting between approximately 1 ms and approximately 20 ms and having a pulse peak power between approximately 1600 W and approximately 6000 W, characterized in that the power of the laser pulses (3 1, 3 2, 3 3) comprises in each case a time pulse curve having a chronologically first pulse section in the form of a rising pulse flank for generating a melting temperature and subsequently a vaporization temperature in the workpiece, having the main pulse section as the chronologically second pulse section for melt bath generation with a vapor channel in the workpiece, having a chronologically third pulse section in the form of a pulse flank, which initially drops vertically to at least 3/4 of the power at the end of the main pulse section and subsequently drops more flatly, for reversion of the vapor channel, and having a chronologically fourth pulse section in the form of a low pulse plateau, the level of which is between 1/3 and 1/4 of the power at the end of the main pulse section, for end oscillation of the melt.
A seal system for a gas turbine engine comprising: a seal runner manufactured of a Molybdenum alloy material that provides a first coefficient of thermal expansion; and a seal ring manufactured of a graphitic material that provides a second coefficient of thermal expansion greater than the first coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the seal ring is assembled to the seal runner to form a radial sealing interface that provides a radial clearance in both a hot operating condition and a cold operating condition, characterised in that: the seal runner is manufactured of a Titanium-Zirconium-Molybdenum alloy; and the seal ring is manufactured of electrographitic carbon materials. a seal runner manufactured of a Molybdenum alloy material that provides a first coefficient of thermal expansion; and a seal ring manufactured of a graphitic material that provides a second coefficient of thermal expansion greater than the first coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the seal ring is assembled to the seal runner to form a radial sealing interface that provides a radial clearance in both a hot operating condition and a cold operating condition, characterised in that: the seal runner is manufactured of a Titanium-Zirconium-Molybdenum alloy; and the seal ring is manufactured of electrographitic carbon materials. the seal runner is manufactured of a Titanium-Zirconium-Molybdenum alloy; and the seal ring is manufactured of electrographitic carbon materials.
A transport apparatus (7, 7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 100) comprising: transmission means for transmitting a transmission signal; generation means for generating a dummy signal compensating the transmission signal, combination means for combining the transmission signal with the dummy signal, the apparatus being characterized by, monitor means for receiving information concerning the reception quality at an opposed station for the transmission signal transmitted from the transmission means and for requesting the transmission means to adjust an intensity of the transmission signal based on the reception quality, wherein the generation means is configured to adjust an intensity of the dummy signal to compensate for a change in intensity of the transmission signal to maintain constant an intensity of a multiplexed signal obtained by combining the transmission signal with the dummy signal. transmission means for transmitting a transmission signal; generation means for generating a dummy signal compensating the transmission signal, combination means for combining the transmission signal with the dummy signal, the apparatus being characterized by, monitor means for receiving information concerning the reception quality at an opposed station for the transmission signal transmitted from the transmission means and for requesting the transmission means to adjust an intensity of the transmission signal based on the reception quality, wherein the generation means is configured to adjust an intensity of the dummy signal to compensate for a change in intensity of the transmission signal to maintain constant an intensity of a multiplexed signal obtained by combining the transmission signal with the dummy signal.