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A machine for eccentric stimulation of the hamstrings, of the type comprising: • first means designed to receive the athlete who is to perform physical exercise; and • second means designed to apply the load on the limb of the athlete, said load being due only to the descent by gravity of one or more weights; wherein said second means are designed to apply the load on the lower limb of the athlete are positioned on one side of said machine, except for a bar and a pad, so as to be set, for reasons of safety, at an adequate distance from the body of said athlete, characterized in that said second means, designed to apply the load on the lower limb of the athlete, said load being due to the descent by gravity of one or more weights, comprise third means, designed to lift said one or more weights, and fourth means, designed to convert the descent, by gravity only, of said one or more weights, into a load applied on the lower limb of the athlete, and in that said third means, designed to lift only said one or more weights, comprise an electric motor, which, via a belt, turns a pulley, said pulley causing lifting of said one or more weights. • first means designed to receive the athlete who is to perform physical exercise; and • second means designed to apply the load on the limb of the athlete, said load being due only to the descent by gravity of one or more weights; wherein said second means are designed to apply the load on the lower limb of the athlete are positioned on one side of said machine, except for a bar and a pad, so as to be set, for reasons of safety, at an adequate distance from the body of said athlete, characterized in that said second means, designed to apply the load on the lower limb of the athlete, said load being due to the descent by gravity of one or more weights, comprise third means, designed to lift said one or more weights, and fourth means, designed to convert the descent, by gravity only, of said one or more weights, into a load applied on the lower limb of the athlete, and in that said third means, designed to lift only said one or more weights, comprise an electric motor, which, via a belt, turns a pulley, said pulley causing lifting of said one or more weights.
An inhibitor of folate synthesis and an inhibitor of folate activation for use in the control of the proliferation of a fish parasite, wherein the inhibitor of folate synthesis and/or the inhibitor of folate activation is to be administered in an amount of 1 to 50 mg/kg fish body weight/day; wherein the inhibitor of folate synthesis and the inhibitor of folate activation are to be administered as a combination of drugs; wherein the inhibitor of folate synthesis is a sulfonamide that is any one of sulfamethoxazole, sulfamonomethoxine, sulfadimethoxine, sulfamerazine, sulfisoxazole, sulfisomidine, sulfamethizole, sulfisozole, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein the inhibitor of folate activation is any one of pyrimethamine, trimethoprim, ormetoprim, methotrexate, denopterin, pteropterin, aminopterin, edatrexate, piritrexim, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and wherein the parasite is a parasite belonging to the subkingdom Protozoa.
Apparatus to make blanks (30; 130) starting from a sheet of material fed by feed means (1, 2) in a direction of feed, comprising etching and cutting means (3, 4) suitable to perform etchings (31; 131) and/or longitudinal cuts (32; 132, 135) on said sheet, parallel to said direction of feed, and cropping means suitable to shear said sheet so as to separate said blank (30; 130) from it, characterized in that said etching and cutting means (3, 4) comprise at least a first roller to which at least a second roller, parallel to said first roller, is associated, and in that said first roller comprises a first portion, substantially in the form of a hollow body, and a second portion, substantially conformed as an internal bar, coaxial to said hollow body, said first portion being provided with cutter means on an external surface and being removably associated with said second portion.
A method for producing a planar composite component having a core layer, which is arranged between and integrally bonded to two cover layers (A, A'), wherein the cover layers contain a cover-layer thermoplastic and wherein the core layer contains a core-layer thermoplastic, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) providing corresponding pre-cut parts of the two cover layers and of the core layer and forming therefrom a stack with layer sequence A-B-A which is heated to a temperature above the melting temperature of both the cover-layer thermoplastic and the core-layer thermoplastic; b) the heated stack (A-B-A') is pressed; c) the pressed stack is cooled, whereby the planar composite component with consolidated layers integrally bonded to each other is formed; characterized in that - in step a) the initially provided pre-cut parts of the two cover layers (A, A') are provided in unconsolidated flexible form, at least one cover layer comprising an unconsolidated flexible fibrous nonwoven layer of 10 to 100 wt.-% thermoplastic fibers of the cover-layer thermoplastic and 0 to 90 wt.-% of reinforcing fibers having an areal weight of 300 to 3'000 g/m 2, and that - in step a) the initially provided pre-cut parts of the core layer comprise at least one randomly-oriented-fiber nonwoven layer formed from reinforcing fibers and thermoplastic fibers of the core-layer thermoplastic having an areal weight of 500 to 10'000 g/m 2, and that - after step c) the consolidated cover layer(s) has / have an air pore content of < 5 vol.-% and the consolidated core layer has an air pore content of 20 to 80 vol-%. a) providing corresponding pre-cut parts of the two cover layers and of the core layer and forming therefrom a stack with layer sequence A-B-A which is heated to a temperature above the melting temperature of both the cover-layer thermoplastic and the core-layer thermoplastic; b) the heated stack (A-B-A') is pressed; c) the pressed stack is cooled, whereby the planar composite component with consolidated layers integrally bonded to each other is formed; - in step a) the initially provided pre-cut parts of the two cover layers (A, A') are provided in unconsolidated flexible form, at least one cover layer comprising an unconsolidated flexible fibrous nonwoven layer of 10 to 100 wt.-% thermoplastic fibers of the cover-layer thermoplastic and 0 to 90 wt.-% of reinforcing fibers having an areal weight of 300 to 3'000 g/m 2, and that - in step a) the initially provided pre-cut parts of the core layer comprise at least one randomly-oriented-fiber nonwoven layer formed from reinforcing fibers and thermoplastic fibers of the core-layer thermoplastic having an areal weight of 500 to 10'000 g/m 2, and that - after step c) the consolidated cover layer(s) has / have an air pore content of < 5 vol.-% and the consolidated core layer has an air pore content of 20 to 80 vol-%.
A deep ultraviolet LED with a design wavelength λ, comprising, sequentially arranged from a side opposite to a substrate, a reflecting electrode layer, a metal layer, a p-AlGaN contact layer that is transparent to light with the wavelength λ, one of a multi-quantum barrier layer or an electron blocking layer, a barrier layer, and a quantum well layer, wherein: a thickness of the p-AlGaN contact layer is less than or equal to 100 nm, a reflecting photonic crystal periodic structure having a plurality of voids is provided within the p-AlGaN contact layer in a region in a thickness direction where the reflecting photonic crystal periodic structure does not extend beyond the p-AlGaN contact layer in a direction of the substrate, to obtain maximum light extraction efficiency a distance from end faces of the voids in the direction of the substrate to the quantum well layer is greater than or equal to a total thickness of the barrier layer and the one of the multi-quantum barrier layer or the electron blocking layer and less than or equal to 80 nm, and a depth h of each void is less than or equal to the thickness of the p-AlGaN contact layer, the reflecting photonic crystal periodic structure has a photonic band gap that opens for TE polarized components, a period a of the photonic crystal periodic structure satisfies a Bragg condition with respect to light with the design wavelength λ, an order m in a formula of the Bragg condition satisfies 1≤m≤5, and provided that a radius of each void is R, R/a with which the photonic band gap becomes maximum is satisfied. a thickness of the p-AlGaN contact layer is less than or equal to 100 nm, a reflecting photonic crystal periodic structure having a plurality of voids is provided within the p-AlGaN contact layer in a region in a thickness direction where the reflecting photonic crystal periodic structure does not extend beyond the p-AlGaN contact layer in a direction of the substrate, to obtain maximum light extraction efficiency a distance from end faces of the voids in the direction of the substrate to the quantum well layer is greater than or equal to a total thickness of the barrier layer and the one of the multi-quantum barrier layer or the electron blocking layer and less than or equal to 80 nm, and a depth h of each void is less than or equal to the thickness of the p-AlGaN contact layer, the reflecting photonic crystal periodic structure has a photonic band gap that opens for TE polarized components, a period a of the photonic crystal periodic structure satisfies a Bragg condition with respect to light with the design wavelength λ, an order m in a formula of the Bragg condition satisfies 1≤m≤5, and provided that a radius of each void is R, R/a with which the photonic band gap becomes maximum is satisfied.
A pen type drug delivery device, said device comprising: a drug delivery device housing; a retaining means for a medicament contained in said drug delivery device housing; a drive mechanism comprising a drive member having at least one internal groove with a pitch P; and a piston rod comprising an elongated member having a distal end and a proximal end, where the proximal end has at least one guidepost (24; 24') extending outwardly from the elongated member and is configured to engage the groove in the drive member, characterized in that the proximal end of the piston rod has at least two sets of guideposts (24; 24'), where each guidepost (24; 24') extends outwardly from the elongated member and where at least one set has at least two guideposts (24; 24') that are in axial alignment with each other and engage the at least one groove in the drive member and are configured for transmitting axial and/or rotational forces from the drive member. a drug delivery device housing; a retaining means for a medicament contained in said drug delivery device housing; a drive mechanism comprising a drive member having at least one internal groove with a pitch P; and a piston rod comprising an elongated member having a distal end and a proximal end, where the proximal end has at least one guidepost (24; 24') extending outwardly from the elongated member and is configured to engage the groove in the drive member, characterized in that the proximal end of the piston rod has at least two sets of guideposts (24; 24'), where each guidepost (24; 24') extends outwardly from the elongated member and where at least one set has at least two guideposts (24; 24') that are in axial alignment with each other and engage the at least one groove in the drive member and are configured for transmitting axial and/or rotational forces from the drive member.
A slip ring connector comprising: a mounting member including an annular mounting surface extending completely around an axis; a circuit trace assembly comprising a flexible substrate wrapped around the annular mounting surface and being attached thereto, the circuit trace assembly including a plurality of electrically-conductive circuit traces (1630, 1640, 1650, 1660) thereon such that when the flexible substrate is wrapped around the annular mounting surface, each electrically-conductive circuit trace forms a discrete, continuous annular electrically-conductive path extending around the axis; and an electrical component including a contact (1802, 1804, 1806, 1808) corresponding to each of the continuous annular conductive paths and wherein one of the annular mounting member and the electrical component is rotatable about the axis such that each said contact (1802, 1804, 1806, 1808) is in electrical contact with the continuous annular electrically-conductive path corresponding thereto during said rotation of one of the annular mounting member and electrical component about the axis. a mounting member including an annular mounting surface extending completely around an axis; a circuit trace assembly comprising a flexible substrate wrapped around the annular mounting surface and being attached thereto, the circuit trace assembly including a plurality of electrically-conductive circuit traces (1630, 1640, 1650, 1660) thereon such that when the flexible substrate is wrapped around the annular mounting surface, each electrically-conductive circuit trace forms a discrete, continuous annular electrically-conductive path extending around the axis; and an electrical component including a contact (1802, 1804, 1806, 1808) corresponding to each of the continuous annular conductive paths and wherein one of the annular mounting member and the electrical component is rotatable about the axis such that each said contact (1802, 1804, 1806, 1808) is in electrical contact with the continuous annular electrically-conductive path corresponding thereto during said rotation of one of the annular mounting member and electrical component about the axis.
An absorbent article comprising a device for measuring an amount of hydration in the absorbent product, the device being disposed in an absorbent area for receiving hydration in the absorbent product, wherein the hydration alters at least one of an electrical property and a physical property of the device, the altering of the property providing an indication of a plurality of degrees of an amount of hydration in the absorbent product irrespective of the number of times the absorbent product is insulted, wherein the device comprises a plurality of resistors wherein the hydration connects one or more resistors of the plurality of resistors to each other, thereby altering an equivalent resistance of the device, the equivalent resistance indicating the amount of hydration, and wherein the equivalent resistance correlates to a dimension of one or more insult areas of the absorbent article, the one or more insult areas defined by the hydration, and wherein the dimension correlates to the amount of hydration, characterized in that the absorbent article further comprises a timer for determining a time period over which hydration is received in the absorbent article, an output device including a receiver for receiving a recommended course of action from a peripheral device, wherein the output device is configured to display the received recommended course of action, and a processing circuit configured to receive one or more inputs from a caregiver and to provide the output device data associated with the hydration of the absorbent article.
A process for preparing acrylic acid, in which a product gas mixture comprising acrylic acid, steam and secondary components is obtained by heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of at least one C 3 precursor of acrylic acid with molecular oxygen over solid-state catalysts at elevated temperature, the temperature of the product gas mixture comprising acrylic acid, steam and secondary components is optionally reduced by direct and/or indirect cooling, and the product gas mixture comprising acrylic acid, steam and secondary components is then passed into a condensation column equipped with separating internals, allowed to ascend into itself within the condensation column and thus fractionally condensed, and crude acrylic acid comprising water and secondary components depleted overall is conducted as the target product out of the condensation column via a first side draw disposed above the feed point of the product gas mixture into the condensation column, as are acid water still comprising acrylic acid and secondary components via a second liquid phase draw disposed above the first side draw and a residual gas mixture comprising secondary components having lower boiling points than water at the top of the condensation column and a bottoms liquid still comprising acrylic acid and conversion products and secondary components having higher boiling points than acrylic acid from the bottom space of the condensation column, a portion of the acid water withdrawn is recycled as such and/or after cooling thereof as reflux liquid into the condensation column and the crude acrylic acid is optionally subjected to at least one further thermal separation process for the purpose of its further purification, wherein acrylic acid present at least in a portion of acid water not recycled into the condensation column is taken up from the acid water into an organic solvent by extraction with the organic solvent to form an organic extract comprising acrylic acid, then the acrylic acid is removed from the organic extract by stripping with a first stripping gas and the acrylic acid-laden first stripping gas is recycled into the condensation column and/or the acrylic acid present in the first laden stripping gas is taken up into the aqueous solution of a metal hydroxide, or the resulting acrylic acid-laden first stripping gas is used as the second stripping gas in order to strip the bottoms liquid conducted out of the condensation column free of acrylic acid still present, and the resulting acrylic acid-laden second stripping gas is recycled into the condensation column and/or the acrylic acid present in the second stripping gas is taken up into the aqueous solution of a metal hydroxide.
A user-wearable illumination assembly, comprising: an eyeglass frame (112; 310) supporting a pair of lenses and including a first and a second temple arm (112b; 312b); a headlamp (120; 340) coupled to said eyeglass frame; a first battery (150a, 150b; 350a, 350b) positioned and coupled proximate a terminal end (112c; 312c) of said first temple arm; and a second battery (150a, 150b; 350a, 350b) positioned and coupled proximate a terminal end of said second temple arm, characterized in that said first battery is selectively positionably adjustable relative to said first temple arm and is coupled to said first temple arm by a first flexible connecting structure or pivotally coupled to said first temple arm; and said second battery is selectively positionably adjustable relative to said second temple arm and is coupled to said second temple arm by a second flexible connecting structure or pivotally coupled to said second temple arm. an eyeglass frame (112; 310) supporting a pair of lenses and including a first and a second temple arm (112b; 312b); a headlamp (120; 340) coupled to said eyeglass frame; a first battery (150a, 150b; 350a, 350b) positioned and coupled proximate a terminal end (112c; 312c) of said first temple arm; and a second battery (150a, 150b; 350a, 350b) positioned and coupled proximate a terminal end of said second temple arm, characterized in that said first battery is selectively positionably adjustable relative to said first temple arm and is coupled to said first temple arm by a first flexible connecting structure or pivotally coupled to said first temple arm; and said second battery is selectively positionably adjustable relative to said second temple arm and is coupled to said second temple arm by a second flexible connecting structure or pivotally coupled to said second temple arm.
A method of preparing a solid support for DNA amplification comprising: (a) providing a solid support having transposome complexes immobilized thereon, wherein the solid support comprises dried tagmentation reagents configured to be reconstituted to form a tagmentation reaction mixture upon contact with a liquid sample, wherein the tagmentation reagents comprise transposome complexes and a tagmentation buffer; (b) applying a liquid sample containing a target nucleic acid to the solid support under conditions suitable for tagmentation to reconstitute the dried tagmentation reagents to form a tagmentation reaction mixture, thereby immobilizing fragments of the target nucleic acid to the solid support; (c) washing the solid support to remove any unbound nucleic acids; and (d) amplifying the immobilized fragments. (a) providing a solid support having transposome complexes immobilized thereon, wherein the solid support comprises dried tagmentation reagents configured to be reconstituted to form a tagmentation reaction mixture upon contact with a liquid sample, wherein the tagmentation reagents comprise transposome complexes and a tagmentation buffer; (b) applying a liquid sample containing a target nucleic acid to the solid support under conditions suitable for tagmentation to reconstitute the dried tagmentation reagents to form a tagmentation reaction mixture, thereby immobilizing fragments of the target nucleic acid to the solid support; (c) washing the solid support to remove any unbound nucleic acids; and (d) amplifying the immobilized fragments.
An immunogenic composition comprising an isolated S. aureus clumping factor A (ClfA) polypeptide, an isolated S. aureus capsular polysaccharide type 5 conjugated to CRM 197, and an isolated S. aureus capsular polysaccharide type 8 conjugated to CRM 197, wherein the capsular polysaccharide type 5 is a high molecular weight capsular polysaccharide of between 70 and 300 kDa, and wherein the capsular polysaccharide type 8 is a high molecular weight capsular polysaccharide of between 70 and 300 kDa.