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A washing machine comprising: a storage tub configured to store washing water for washing laundry; a first heater configured to heat the washing water; a steam supply mechanism configured to supply steam to the storage tub; and a controller configured to control the steam supply mechanism and the first heater, wherein the steam supply mechanism includes a pump configured to supply water for generating the steam, characterized in that the controller actuates the first heater when the washing water exceeds a predetermined water level in the storage tub, and then the steam supply mechanism after stopping the first heater so that the steam is injected to the washing water. a storage tub configured to store washing water for washing laundry; a first heater configured to heat the washing water; a steam supply mechanism configured to supply steam to the storage tub; and a controller configured to control the steam supply mechanism and the first heater, wherein the steam supply mechanism includes a pump configured to supply water for generating the steam, characterized in that the controller actuates the first heater when the washing water exceeds a predetermined water level in the storage tub, and then the steam supply mechanism after stopping the first heater so that the steam is injected to the washing water.
A method for producing low molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), comprising: feeding high molecular weight PTFE having a standard specific gravity of 2.130-2.230, determined in conformity with ASTM D4895, and a gas mixture containing an inert gas and oxygen and having an oxygen content relative to the total of the inert gas and oxygen of 1-5 vol% into an airtight container and irradiating the high molecular weight PTFE with a radiation selected from electron beams, gamma rays, X-rays, and neutron beams to provide low molecular weight PTFE which has a melt viscosity at 380°C of 1.0 × 10 2 to 7.0 × 10 5 Pa·s, wherein the melt viscosity is a value determined by heating a 2-g sample at 380°C for five minutes in advance and then keeping this sample at this temperature under a load of 0.7 MPa using a flow tester of Shimadzu Corp. and a 2φ-8L die in conformity with ASTM D1238. feeding high molecular weight PTFE having a standard specific gravity of 2.130-2.230, determined in conformity with ASTM D4895, and a gas mixture containing an inert gas and oxygen and having an oxygen content relative to the total of the inert gas and oxygen of 1-5 vol% into an airtight container and irradiating the high molecular weight PTFE with a radiation selected from electron beams, gamma rays, X-rays, and neutron beams to provide low molecular weight PTFE which has a melt viscosity at 380°C of 1.0 × 10 2 to 7.0 × 10 5 Pa·s, wherein the melt viscosity is a value determined by heating a 2-g sample at 380°C for five minutes in advance and then keeping this sample at this temperature under a load of 0.7 MPa using a flow tester of Shimadzu Corp. and a 2φ-8L die in conformity with ASTM D1238.
A component (30,80,100) comprising: a first subcomponent (44,82,102) comprising a nub (48,94,106), the first subcomponent (44,82,102) being formed of a ceramic-based material; a second subcomponent (46,90,104) separately formed and attached to the first subcomponent (44,82,102) by casting a metallic material around the nub (48,94,106) of the first subcomponent (44,82,102), the second subcomponent (46,90,104) being attached to the first subcomponent (44,82,102) by a compression fit and encapsulation of the second subcomponent (46,90,104) on the nub (48,94,106) of the first subcomponent (44,82,102); and a compliant coating system on the nub (48,94,106) that provides thermal expansion compliance between the metallic material of the second subcomponent (46,90,104) and the ceramic-based material of the first subcomponent (44,82,102); wherein the coating system comprises at least two distinct layers (72,74), a first layer of the two distinct layers (72,74) directly contacting the first subcomponent (44,82,102) and a second layer of the two distinct layers (72,74) directly contacting the second subcomponent (46,90,104), the first layer being chemically and physically compatible with the ceramic-based material of the first subcomponent (44,82,102) and the second layer being a transition layer between the first layer and the metallic material of the second subcomponent (46,90,104) and being chemically and physically compatible with the metallic material of the second subcomponent (46,90,104). a first subcomponent (44,82,102) comprising a nub (48,94,106), the first subcomponent (44,82,102) being formed of a ceramic-based material; a second subcomponent (46,90,104) separately formed and attached to the first subcomponent (44,82,102) by casting a metallic material around the nub (48,94,106) of the first subcomponent (44,82,102), the second subcomponent (46,90,104) being attached to the first subcomponent (44,82,102) by a compression fit and encapsulation of the second subcomponent (46,90,104) on the nub (48,94,106) of the first subcomponent (44,82,102); and a compliant coating system on the nub (48,94,106) that provides thermal expansion compliance between the metallic material of the second subcomponent (46,90,104) and the ceramic-based material of the first subcomponent (44,82,102); wherein the coating system comprises at least two distinct layers (72,74), a first layer of the two distinct layers (72,74) directly contacting the first subcomponent (44,82,102) and a second layer of the two distinct layers (72,74) directly contacting the second subcomponent (46,90,104), the first layer being chemically and physically compatible with the ceramic-based material of the first subcomponent (44,82,102) and the second layer being a transition layer between the first layer and the metallic material of the second subcomponent (46,90,104) and being chemically and physically compatible with the metallic material of the second subcomponent (46,90,104).
Electron beam emitter, in particular for sterilization of packaging material, comprising a housing, an electron exit window and an insert, wherein the housing comprises a first annular channel for guiding a medium, and wherein the first annular channel at least partially surrounds the insert and is adapted to provide the medium, characterized in that the first annular channel is at least partly formed by the insert, wherein the insert is adapted to form part of the electron exit window, wherein the housing comprises at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel, and wherein the outlet and inlet channel (52, 54) is connected to the first annular channel.
A parallel data processing method based on multiple graphic processing units, GPUs, the method comprising: binding a plurality of GPUs to a same worker group; creating, in a central processing unit, CPU, a plurality of worker threads for controlling the plurality of GPUs in the same worker group respectively; binding each worker thread to a corresponding GPU in the worker group; loading a plurality of batches of training data from a nonvolatile memory to GPU video memories in a plurality of worker groups; and controlling the plurality of GPUs bound to the same worker group to respectively train different parts of a same model through the worker threads. binding a plurality of GPUs to a same worker group; creating, in a central processing unit, CPU, a plurality of worker threads for controlling the plurality of GPUs in the same worker group respectively; binding each worker thread to a corresponding GPU in the worker group; loading a plurality of batches of training data from a nonvolatile memory to GPU video memories in a plurality of worker groups; and controlling the plurality of GPUs bound to the same worker group to respectively train different parts of a same model through the worker threads.
A loading/unloading unit for hydrogen, which has a reaction vessel in which loading of a carrier medium with hydrogen and unloading of the hydrogen from the loaded carrier medium occur, characterized in that a loading/unloading catalyst for catalyzing loading of the carrier medium with hydrogen and for catalyzing unloading of the hydrogen from the loaded carrier medium is provided which has at least one catalytically active solid or a mixture of catalytically active solids.
A catheter locking method comprising: introducing a locking composition into a lumen of an implantable catheter, wherein the locking composition comprises: a lower alcohol comprising ethanol; an anti-coagulant compound comprising sodium citrate; and a liquid excipient comprising one or more of glycerol and polysorbate-20, wherein the excipient is present in an amount less than the amount of sodium citrate and at a sufficient concentration to inhibit crystallization of the sodium citrate anti-coagulant compound. a lower alcohol comprising ethanol; an anti-coagulant compound comprising sodium citrate; and a liquid excipient comprising one or more of glycerol and polysorbate-20, wherein the excipient is present in an amount less than the amount of sodium citrate and at a sufficient concentration to inhibit crystallization of the sodium citrate anti-coagulant compound.
A method of forming an optical device in a body, comprising: performing a plurality of laser scans to form the optical device, each scan comprising relative movement of a laser beam and the body thereby to scan the laser beam along a respective path (24, 26) through the body to alter the refractive index of material of that path (24,26), wherein the paths are arranged to provide in combination a route for propagation of light through the optical device in operation that is larger in a direction substantially perpendicular to the route for propagation of light than any one of the paths individually, and wherein the laser beam comprises a pulse train and the method further comprises triggering a modulator by a sample stage to modulate the pulse train to provide a change in at least one property of the pulse train based on position along the propagation direction thereby to provide a variation of refractive index with position along the propagation direction. performing a plurality of laser scans to form the optical device, each scan comprising relative movement of a laser beam and the body thereby to scan the laser beam along a respective path (24, 26) through the body to alter the refractive index of material of that path (24,26), wherein the paths are arranged to provide in combination a route for propagation of light through the optical device in operation that is larger in a direction substantially perpendicular to the route for propagation of light than any one of the paths individually, and wherein the laser beam comprises a pulse train and the method further comprises triggering a modulator by a sample stage to modulate the pulse train to provide a change in at least one property of the pulse train based on position along the propagation direction thereby to provide a variation of refractive index with position along the propagation direction.
Process for preparing olefinic products by thermal steam cracking of a first furnace feed composed of hydrocarbons in at least one first first cracking furnace and a second furnace feed composed of hydrocarbons in at least one second cracking furnace, where the first furnace feed is at least partly converted into a first product stream in the at least one first cracking furnace and the second furnace feed is at least partly converted into a second product stream (F') in the at least one second cracking furnace and where a first pyrolysis oil is isolated from the first product stream and a second pyrolysis oil (P*) is isolated from the second product stream and the first pyrolysis oil is at least partly treated chemically, characterized in that the first pyrolysis oil is at least partly recirculated as furnace feed (P') from downstream of the chemical treatment to the at least one first cracking furnace, in that the second pyrolysis oil (P*) is discharged from the plant for steam cracking used for carrying out the process, in that the first product stream and the second product stream (F, F') are combined downstream of the isolation of the first pyrolysis oil and of the second pyrolysis oil (P, P*) to form a joint product stream and are together treated further to give at least one olefinic product (K, L) and in that the at least one first cracking furnace and the at least one second cracking furnace are operated under different cracking conditions, where the first furnace feed which is fed into the at least one first cracking furnace comprises a heavy fresh feed which comprises predominantly hydrocarbons having boiling points above 180°C and/or cracking conditions which lead to a propylene-to-ethylene ratio of from 0.7 to 1.6 kg/kg prevail in the first cracking furnace into which the first furnace feed is fed and in which the latter is at least partly reacted.
An intervertebral spacer for therapeutic treatment of a patient, comprising: at least one link sized and dimensioned to fit within an intervertebral space in the patient and configured to maintain a separation of two adjacent vertebrae for a period of time; at least one rigid guiding object insertable into the patient, said at least one rigid guiding object and said at least one link sized to be insertable into the patient using an MIS approach; at least one pivot connected between an end of one of said at least one link and an end of one of said at least one rigid guiding object, said at least one pivot configured to limit a relative range of angular orientation of said one of said at least one link and said one of said at least one rigid guiding object, said at least one pivot configured to transfer an insertion force from said at least one rigid guiding object to said at least one link, to advance said at least one link into the intervertebral space, characterised in that the spacer further comprises a plurality of links a pivoting joint for pivotally joining the links to each other so that successive links may bend at least in one common direction and a latching mechanism operative to secure adjacent links in a desired relative orientation, the latching mechanism comprising a resilient catch and a mating hook element provided respectively in said adjacent links, wherein the resilient catch bends to allow insertion of the mating hook element so that the engagement of the resilient catch and the mating hook element prevents substantial reorientation of the adjacent links. at least one link sized and dimensioned to fit within an intervertebral space in the patient and configured to maintain a separation of two adjacent vertebrae for a period of time; at least one rigid guiding object insertable into the patient, said at least one rigid guiding object and said at least one link sized to be insertable into the patient using an MIS approach; at least one pivot connected between an end of one of said at least one link and an end of one of said at least one rigid guiding object, said at least one pivot configured to limit a relative range of angular orientation of said one of said at least one link and said one of said at least one rigid guiding object, said at least one pivot configured to transfer an insertion force from said at least one rigid guiding object to said at least one link, to advance said at least one link into the intervertebral space, characterised in that the spacer further comprises a plurality of links a pivoting joint for pivotally joining the links to each other so that successive links may bend at least in one common direction and a latching mechanism operative to secure adjacent links in a desired relative orientation, the latching mechanism comprising a resilient catch and a mating hook element provided respectively in said adjacent links, wherein the resilient catch bends to allow insertion of the mating hook element so that the engagement of the resilient catch and the mating hook element prevents substantial reorientation of the adjacent links.
A method of processing data flows, the method comprising: receiving a data flow which includes N data samples of a first antenna carrier having a higher sampling rate and n data samples, where n is less than N, of another antenna carrier having a lower sampling rate than that of the first antenna carrier; padding the n data samples with z zeros, where z = N-n, to produce N padded samples; performing a first inverse Fourier transform operation on said N data samples to produce N inverse Fourier transformed samples and transferring the N inverse Fourier transformed samples to a memory; performing a second inverse Fourier transform operation on said N padded samples to produce N inverse transformed padded samples and transferring the N inverse transformed padded samples to the memory; transferring the N inverse Fourier transformed samples and the N inverse transformed padded samples from the memory onto a communications link for onward transmission by performing a single bandwidth direct memory access, DMA, operation, wherein the communications link has a frame structure and wherein the N inverse Fourier transformed samples are contained within a first Antenna Carrier, AxC, container and the N inverse Fourier transformed padded samples are contained within a second AxC container and comprise n data samples interleaved with z interpolated samples. receiving a data flow which includes N data samples of a first antenna carrier having a higher sampling rate and n data samples, where n is less than N, of another antenna carrier having a lower sampling rate than that of the first antenna carrier; padding the n data samples with z zeros, where z = N-n, to produce N padded samples; performing a first inverse Fourier transform operation on said N data samples to produce N inverse Fourier transformed samples and transferring the N inverse Fourier transformed samples to a memory; performing a second inverse Fourier transform operation on said N padded samples to produce N inverse transformed padded samples and transferring the N inverse transformed padded samples to the memory; transferring the N inverse Fourier transformed samples and the N inverse transformed padded samples from the memory onto a communications link for onward transmission by performing a single bandwidth direct memory access, DMA, operation, wherein the communications link has a frame structure and wherein the N inverse Fourier transformed samples are contained within a first Antenna Carrier, AxC, container and the N inverse Fourier transformed padded samples are contained within a second AxC container and comprise n data samples interleaved with z interpolated samples.
A method for obtaining a solution from a solid product and a liquid, comprising: providing a solid product in a housing of a dispenser; introducing the liquid into the housing to contact the solid product with liquid turbulence within a pool of liquid; and adjusting the liquid turbulence within the pool of liquid based upon a characteristic of the turbulence or solid product to maintain a predetermined concentration of the solution, characterized in that the step of adjusting the liquid turbulence comprises changing the distance between a liquid source nozzle and the solid product. providing a solid product in a housing of a dispenser; introducing the liquid into the housing to contact the solid product with liquid turbulence within a pool of liquid; and adjusting the liquid turbulence within the pool of liquid based upon a characteristic of the turbulence or solid product to maintain a predetermined concentration of the solution, characterized in that the step of adjusting the liquid turbulence comprises changing the distance between a liquid source nozzle and the solid product.
A method for diagnosis of an active autoimmune hepatitis in a subject, comprising the following steps of: (i) detecting the co-expression of PD-1 (Programmed cell death 1) and CD38 at the surface of T lymphocytes, in a blood sample of said subject, and determining the frequency of co-expression of PD-1 and CD38; (ii) comparing the frequency of co-expression of PD-1 and CD38 determined in (i) with a reference value of the frequency of co-expression of PD-1 and CD38; (iii) testing for the presence or absence of a deviation of the frequency of co-expression of PD-1 and CD38 determined in (ii) from the reference value; (iv) attributing the presence of a deviation to a diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis in the subject. (i) detecting the co-expression of PD-1 (Programmed cell death 1) and CD38 at the surface of T lymphocytes, in a blood sample of said subject, and determining the frequency of co-expression of PD-1 and CD38; (ii) comparing the frequency of co-expression of PD-1 and CD38 determined in (i) with a reference value of the frequency of co-expression of PD-1 and CD38; (iii) testing for the presence or absence of a deviation of the frequency of co-expression of PD-1 and CD38 determined in (ii) from the reference value; (iv) attributing the presence of a deviation to a diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis in the subject.
Method for operating a pulsed laser system, comprising the steps of: - pumping a laser resonator with a laser rod of the pulsed laser system by means of a pump source in order to generate operating laser pulses at an operating energy level, wherein the operating energy level is in a range from 100 mJ to 3000 mJ suitable to treat a target area; - coupling the operating laser pulses with a focusing element into an optical fiber, and wherein a laser beam of the operating laser pulses and cleaning laser pulses is coupled into a proximal end face of the optical fiber, - controlling the pump source with a control unit at an operating voltage and/or operating current such that pump energy is provided to the laser resonator at a high level for generating the operating laser pulses at an operating energy level, characterized by - a step of cleaning the optical fiber prior to generating the operating laser pulses by means of the cleaning laser pulses, wherein the control unit controls the pump source at one or more cleaning voltages and/or one or more cleaning currents such that pump energy is provided to the laser resonator at one or more low levels, wherein the laser resonator of the pulsed laser system is pumped by means of the pump source in order to generate the cleaning laser pulses at one or more cleaning energy levels between a laser threshold and the operating energy level, wherein the pump pulse duration for the cleaning laser pulses is at least 600 μs, and wherein at least part of a plurality of contaminations is removed from the proximal end face of the optical fiber. - pumping a laser resonator with a laser rod of the pulsed laser system by means of a pump source in order to generate operating laser pulses at an operating energy level, wherein the operating energy level is in a range from 100 mJ to 3000 mJ suitable to treat a target area; - coupling the operating laser pulses with a focusing element into an optical fiber, and wherein a laser beam of the operating laser pulses and cleaning laser pulses is coupled into a proximal end face of the optical fiber, - controlling the pump source with a control unit at an operating voltage and/or operating current such that pump energy is provided to the laser resonator at a high level for generating the operating laser pulses at an operating energy level, - a step of cleaning the optical fiber prior to generating the operating laser pulses by means of the cleaning laser pulses, wherein the control unit controls the pump source at one or more cleaning voltages and/or one or more cleaning currents such that pump energy is provided to the laser resonator at one or more low levels, wherein the laser resonator of the pulsed laser system is pumped by means of the pump source in order to generate the cleaning laser pulses at one or more cleaning energy levels between a laser threshold and the operating energy level, wherein the pump pulse duration for the cleaning laser pulses is at least 600 μs, and wherein at least part of a plurality of contaminations is removed from the proximal end face of the optical fiber.