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A method of producing a structurally enhanced agricultural material sheet comprising: providing an agricultural material; providing a CF (cellulose filaments) or CF-containing cellulose fibers; preparing a slurry of the agricultural material, the CF or CF-containing cellulose fibers in an aqueous phase, and transferring the slurry to a sheet forming device producing the structurally enhanced agricultural material sheet; wherein CF have a width of 30 to 500 nm, a length of at least 10 μm and an aspect ratio of at least 200; wherein the agricultural material is selected from the group consisting of vegetables, fruits, rice, seaweed, fungi, aquatic plants, tobacco, tea, coffee and combinations thereof. providing an agricultural material; providing a CF (cellulose filaments) or CF-containing cellulose fibers; preparing a slurry of the agricultural material, the CF or CF-containing cellulose fibers in an aqueous phase, and transferring the slurry to a sheet forming device producing the structurally enhanced agricultural material sheet; wherein CF have a width of 30 to 500 nm, a length of at least 10 μm and an aspect ratio of at least 200; wherein the agricultural material is selected from the group consisting of vegetables, fruits, rice, seaweed, fungi, aquatic plants, tobacco, tea, coffee and combinations thereof.
Method for producing a drug delivery system on the basis of polyelectrolyte complexes, in which polyanions and polycations are mixed in a liquid in a non-stoichiometric ratio relative to the charged monomer units, wherein a drug substance is added prior to the mixing of the polyelectrolytes, wherein proton pump inhibitors or statins or proteasome inhibitors or bisphosphonates or charge-bearing antibiotics are used as drug substance, and after the mixing the resulting polyelectrolyte complex is applied to the surface or to the surface region of a medical means.
A flexible element for a piece of furniture for lying or sitting on, the element having stiffness that is adjustable along a compression axis and comprising: a compression spring; a mechanism coupled to the compression spring so as to be actuated by compression of the compression spring along the compression axis in order to move along a direction other than the direction of the compression axis; and an adjustment device for selectively restricting and releasing the movement of the mechanism. a compression spring; a mechanism coupled to the compression spring so as to be actuated by compression of the compression spring along the compression axis in order to move along a direction other than the direction of the compression axis; and an adjustment device for selectively restricting and releasing the movement of the mechanism.
A sorbent for removing endotoxins from a biological fluid, comprising a water-insoluble, porous carrier having a non-ionic, hydrophobic surface, wherein the surface of the carrier has an adsorptive coating formed from polymyxin and albumin, wherein polymyxin and albumin are bonded to the surface of the carrier in a non-covalent manner.
Method for mounting a guide rail (381, 138) in an elevator shaft of an elevator system, which elevator shaft primarily extends in a main extension direction, comprising at least the following steps - securing a rail bracket base (16, 116) to a shaft wall (18, 118) of the elevator shaft, - applying a mark to the rail bracket base (16, 116), - aligning the guide rail (38, 138) in relation to said mark and - securing the guide rail (38, 138) to the shaft wall (18, 118) via the rail bracket base (16, 116). - securing a rail bracket base (16, 116) to a shaft wall (18, 118) of the elevator shaft, - applying a mark to the rail bracket base (16, 116), - aligning the guide rail (38, 138) in relation to said mark and - securing the guide rail (38, 138) to the shaft wall (18, 118) via the rail bracket base (16, 116).
Biometric identification system for authenticating a biometric on a portion of an individual comprising: - at least one light source unit comprising at least one laser to originate an illumination beam; - an illumination path arranged to direct the illumination beam towards the portion of the individual so as to generate at least one corresponding image response, whereby the illumination path comprises an optical element for broadening the illumination beam, wherein the broadened illumination beam exhibits a diffraction pattern with peaks and valleys as a result of the interference with a diffracted light beam induced by the optical element; - an image sensing unit arranged to receive the at least one corresponding image response, wherein the image sensing unit is capable to capture the speckle pattern in the generated image and thereby form a computer readable image and/or data representing the speckle contrast; - a computing device to analyze the computer readable image data and/or the speckle contrast data as generated by the image sensing unit to verify the portion of the individual as biological tissue; wherein the at least one laser is a vertical surface emitting laser (VCSEL) or a VCSEL array. - at least one light source unit comprising at least one laser to originate an illumination beam; - an illumination path arranged to direct the illumination beam towards the portion of the individual so as to generate at least one corresponding image response, whereby the illumination path comprises an optical element for broadening the illumination beam, wherein the broadened illumination beam exhibits a diffraction pattern with peaks and valleys as a result of the interference with a diffracted light beam induced by the optical element; - an image sensing unit arranged to receive the at least one corresponding image response, wherein the image sensing unit is capable to capture the speckle pattern in the generated image and thereby form a computer readable image and/or data representing the speckle contrast; - a computing device to analyze the computer readable image data and/or the speckle contrast data as generated by the image sensing unit to verify the portion of the individual as biological tissue;
A closure for use in covering container discharge, the discharge surrounded by a peripheral rim having an outwardly projecting peripheral bead, the closure comprising: a body adapted to cover the discharge; a plurality of projecting portions extending from a periphery of the body, the projecting portions spaced from one another around the periphery, each projecting portion adapted to engage a portion of the container rim and a corresponding portion of the bead; a ring connected to the plurality of projecting portions, the ring adapted to surround the container rim and being spaced therefrom; and a plurality of retaining fingers, the fingers spaced from one another and interleaved within the spacing between adjacent projecting portions, the fingers projecting inwardly from the ring and each forming a projected end, wherein the engagement of the fingers with the bead is visible through the spacing between the projecting portions, and wherein the fingers are removed along with the ring upon a frangible disconnection of the ring from the projecting portions; characterized in that the projected ends of the fingers comprise a number of transverse ridges or multiple sections to define an undulating surface adapted to engage the bead associated with the container rim. a body adapted to cover the discharge; a plurality of projecting portions extending from a periphery of the body, the projecting portions spaced from one another around the periphery, each projecting portion adapted to engage a portion of the container rim and a corresponding portion of the bead; a ring connected to the plurality of projecting portions, the ring adapted to surround the container rim and being spaced therefrom; and a plurality of retaining fingers, the fingers spaced from one another and interleaved within the spacing between adjacent projecting portions, the fingers projecting inwardly from the ring and each forming a projected end, wherein the engagement of the fingers with the bead is visible through the spacing between the projecting portions, and wherein the fingers are removed along with the ring upon a frangible disconnection of the ring from the projecting portions; wherein the engagement of the fingers with the bead is visible through the spacing between the projecting portions, and wherein the fingers are removed along with the ring upon a frangible disconnection of the ring from the projecting portions;
Curable composition for preparing a composite polymer electrolyte, the curable composition containing: a Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte a polymer; a lithium salt; an active plasticizer; and a photoinitiator wherein the Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte is lithium-lanthanum-zirconate (LLZO), wherein the polymer is poly(ethylene oxide) and/or poly(propylene oxide), and wherein the active plasticizer is one or more selected from the group consisting of: dimethoxytetraethylene glycol (TEGDME), diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, poly(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether. a Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte a polymer; a lithium salt; an active plasticizer; and a photoinitiator wherein the Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte is lithium-lanthanum-zirconate (LLZO), wherein the polymer is poly(ethylene oxide) and/or poly(propylene oxide), and wherein the active plasticizer is one or more selected from the group consisting of: dimethoxytetraethylene glycol (TEGDME), diethylene glycol dimethyl ether, triethylene glycol dimethyl ether, poly(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether.
A device (100, 200) comprising: a single electromagnetic interference, EMI, shield plate that defines an enclosed area, wherein the EMI shield plate includes: an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; and a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion opposite the first portion, wherein the second portion is arranged intermediate the first and third portions, the first portion is connected to the second portion along a first edge, the second portion is connected to the third portion along a second edge; wherein an inner surface of the first portion, an inner surface of the second portion, and an inner surface of the third portion at least partially define the enclosed area; a first printed circuit board, PCB, coupled with the inner surface of the first portion within the enclosed area; and a second PCB coupled with the inner surface of the third portion within the enclosed area and opposite the first PCB, characterized in that an EMI spacer is positioned at one end or both ends of the device (100, 200), and is coupled to one of the first to third portions (120, 125, 130). an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; and a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion opposite the first portion, wherein the second portion is arranged intermediate the first and third portions, the first portion is connected to the second portion along a first edge, the second portion is connected to the third portion along a second edge; wherein an inner surface of the first portion, an inner surface of the second portion, and an inner surface of the third portion at least partially define the enclosed area; a first printed circuit board, PCB, coupled with the inner surface of the first portion within the enclosed area; and a second PCB coupled with the inner surface of the third portion within the enclosed area and opposite the first PCB, characterized in that an EMI spacer is positioned at one end or both ends of the device (100, 200), and is coupled to one of the first to third portions (120, 125, 130).
A needle-free transport device for transferring a solid body across a surface of a biological body comprising: a reservoir for storing a fluid; a nozzle coupled to the reservoir; a cartridge coupled to the nozzle and containing a solid body; and a controllable electromagnetic actuator in communication with the reservoir, the actuator receiving an electrical input and generating a mechanical force corresponding to the electrical input, the mechanical force producing a pressure within the reservoir, a magnitude of the pressure varying with the mechanical force and causing ejection of the fluid from the reservoir to drive the solid body into the biological body. a reservoir for storing a fluid; a nozzle coupled to the reservoir; a cartridge coupled to the nozzle and containing a solid body; and a controllable electromagnetic actuator in communication with the reservoir, the actuator receiving an electrical input and generating a mechanical force corresponding to the electrical input, the mechanical force producing a pressure within the reservoir, a magnitude of the pressure varying with the mechanical force and causing ejection of the fluid from the reservoir to drive the solid body into the biological body.
An information device comprising: a communication component configured to communicate with an external device; and a controller configured to download video data from the external device through the communication component, configured to perform processing for playing the video data, and configured to execute an application for playing the video data, the controller being configured to send a download request for each divided video data, with the divided video data being obtained by dividing up the video data, the controller is configured to perform, as the processing for playing the video data, processing to convert a format of the video data into a playable format; characterized in that the controller is configured to perform, as the processing to convert the format of the video data into the playable format, processing to produce a plurality of divided files and a playlist file for a playback instruction of the divided files based on the divided video data. a communication component configured to communicate with an external device; and a controller configured to download video data from the external device through the communication component, configured to perform processing for playing the video data, and configured to execute an application for playing the video data, the controller being configured to send a download request for each divided video data, with the divided video data being obtained by dividing up the video data, the controller is configured to perform, as the processing for playing the video data, processing to convert a format of the video data into a playable format; characterized in that the controller is configured to perform, as the processing to convert the format of the video data into the playable format, processing to produce a plurality of divided files and a playlist file for a playback instruction of the divided files based on the divided video data.
A method of charging a battery which has several battery stacks, from which each one has several battery cells and a battery management system, wherein the battery management systems have each at least one temperature measurement device and are connected to a charger for the battery: • finding out a value of a charging current (I L,i)from a characteristic curve for each battery stack, • capturing at least one actual value of a temperature for each battery stack, • determining a maximum admissible charging current (I T,i) depending on the at least one captured temperature value for each battery stack, • determining the smaller value of charging current (I L,i) and maximum admissible charging current (I T,i) as stack charging current (I Soll,i) for each battery stack,, • determining the smallest stack charging current (I Soll,i) of all battery stacks, multiplied by the number of stacks, as battery charging current (I Soll,bat) and • transmitting the battery charging current (I Soll,bat) to the charger. • finding out a value of a charging current (I L,i)from a characteristic curve for each battery stack, • capturing at least one actual value of a temperature for each battery stack, • determining a maximum admissible charging current (I T,i) depending on the at least one captured temperature value for each battery stack, • determining the smaller value of charging current (I L,i) and maximum admissible charging current (I T,i) as stack charging current (I Soll,i) for each battery stack,, • determining the smallest stack charging current (I Soll,i) of all battery stacks, multiplied by the number of stacks, as battery charging current (I Soll,bat) and • transmitting the battery charging current (I Soll,bat) to the charger.
Filter device for fluids contaminated with water additions, such as diesel oil, with a filter housing, that comprises a housing body part and a cover part as well as a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet (29, 31) for uncontaminated fluid, and in which at least one filter element with a lower and an upper end cap can be accommodated, that during the filtration procedure in the filter housing with its effective filter area, a contaminated side separates from an uncontaminated side, wherein the filter element can be fixed to an element mounting of the filter housing by means of the lower end cap, wherein, during the filtration operation, a filling level of the fluid within the filter housing is adjusted, which limits a fluid level in which the filter element is immersed, wherein flow can take place during the filtration procedure though a filter medium of the filter element from the outer contaminated side to the inner, filter cavity forming the uncontaminated side, wherein a barrier device is positioned upstream of the fluid outlet (29, 31) at one end of the housing body part of the filter housing, such that there is an increase in the filling level in the filter housing, so that the filter element immersed in the volume of fluid has an enlarged filter area though which fluid flows, wherein the barrier device has a tube connecting to the fluid outlet (29, 31), over the opening of which fluid can flow at a given filling level, wherein the barrier device is arranged in the filter cavity of the filter element, in which a hydrophobic sieve is arranged between the filter medium acting to coagulate water with the diesel oil and the tube, so that a separator chamber is formed between this and the filter medium, from which water which has separated by coalescence drains flows through a passage of the end cap to a collection chamber, characterised in that the barrier device is a component of the filter element mountable in the housing and that the filter element is supported in its functional position with its upper end cap on the cover part.
A medical prosthesis comprising: a tube having a length between a first end and a second end, the tube comprising a polymer, the polymer comprising at least two drugs, the at least two drugs including at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient, and a pouch coupled to the first end of the tube, wherein the polymer comprises a plurality of strips (38, 40) that form the tube; and wherein the at least two drugs comprises a first drug and a second drug that is different than the first drug, at least one of the strips including the first drug and at least one of the strips including the second drug; wherein the amount of the active pharmaceutical ingredient included in the polymer ranges between about 0.3 to about 2.8 micrograms/cm 2; characterized in that the tube is configured to be manipulated to selectively increase and decrease the length of the tube; wherein the strips are braided. a tube having a length between a first end and a second end, the tube comprising a polymer, the polymer comprising at least two drugs, the at least two drugs including at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient, and a pouch coupled to the first end of the tube, wherein the polymer comprises a plurality of strips (38, 40) that form the tube; and wherein the at least two drugs comprises a first drug and a second drug that is different than the first drug, at least one of the strips including the first drug and at least one of the strips including the second drug; wherein the amount of the active pharmaceutical ingredient included in the polymer ranges between about 0.3 to about 2.8 micrograms/cm 2; characterized in that the tube is configured to be manipulated to selectively increase and decrease the length of the tube; wherein the strips are braided.
A method of manufacturing a carburized part by carburizing using acetylene a metal part including a carburizing portion to be carburized and a undesired-carburizing portion in which carburizing is to be restrained, wherein a work surface of a portion to be formed as the undesired-carburizing portion is made rougher in surface roughness than a work surface of a portion to be formed as the carburizing portion, and wherein the surface roughness of the work surface of the undesired-carburizing portion is set to at least Rz 50 μm or more, and wherein the surface roughness of the work surface of the carburizing portion is set to Rz 1.5 μm or less.
Breast prosthesis with flocking, said breast prosthesis comprising a body having a front side in the shape of a female breast and a back side, the back side of the breast prosthesis having a substrate and the substrate at least partially having a flock, the flock comprising fibres which are arranged parallel to each other and fixed to the substrate by means of an adhesive, characterised in that the substrate comprises a film.
An ion confinement device comprising: a plurality of electrodes arranged and configured for confining ions when an AC or RF voltage is applied thereto; and a plurality of inductive ballasts (10a,10b), each inductive ballast connected to at least some of said electrodes so as to form a resonator circuit therewith; wherein different ones of the inductive ballasts are connected to electrodes arranged in different, separate, regions of the ion confinement device so as to form resonator circuits therewith; and wherein the plurality of inductive ballasts is arranged with their longitudinal axes such that the magnetic flux from each of the inductive ballasts enters at least one of the other inductive ballasts. a plurality of electrodes arranged and configured for confining ions when an AC or RF voltage is applied thereto; and a plurality of inductive ballasts (10a,10b), each inductive ballast connected to at least some of said electrodes so as to form a resonator circuit therewith; wherein different ones of the inductive ballasts are connected to electrodes arranged in different, separate, regions of the ion confinement device so as to form resonator circuits therewith; and wherein the plurality of inductive ballasts is arranged with their longitudinal axes such that the magnetic flux from each of the inductive ballasts enters at least one of the other inductive ballasts.
An integrated patch antenna, comprising: a radome layer, the radome layer having a curved outside surface and a curved inside surface; and a radiating layer having a curved top surface and a curved bottom surface, the curved top surface of the radiating layer conforming to the shape of the curved inside surface of the radome layer, wherein the radiating layer comprises: a dielectric layer; a radiating element formed on a first side of the dielectric layer; a feed line disposed on a second side of the dielectric layer characterised by a moat formed in the dielectric layer around the perimeter of the radiating element forming an inner perimeter sidewall and an outer perimeter sidewall; a conductive coating deposited on the inner perimeter sidewall or the outer perimeter sidewall. a radome layer, the radome layer having a curved outside surface and a curved inside surface; and a radiating layer having a curved top surface and a curved bottom surface, the curved top surface of the radiating layer conforming to the shape of the curved inside surface of the radome layer, wherein the radiating layer comprises: a dielectric layer; a radiating element formed on a first side of the dielectric layer; a feed line disposed on a second side of the dielectric layer characterised by a moat formed in the dielectric layer around the perimeter of the radiating element forming an inner perimeter sidewall and an outer perimeter sidewall; a conductive coating deposited on the inner perimeter sidewall or the outer perimeter sidewall.