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A method for producing wear- and/or corrosion-resistant oxide layers on barrier layer-producing aluminium and titanium, the alloys and mixtures thereof by means of laser treatment, characterized in that a continuous oxygen plasma close to the surface is produced to form the oxide layer by laser irradiation, wherein the surface irradiation takes place with an interaction time of between 0.0001 sec and 0.1 sec and the laser intensity is between 5 x 10 5 W/cm 2 and 5 x 10 6 W/cm 2.
Sliding component (10") having a sliding surface to be exposed to relative movement with respect to another component under lubricated conditions, wherein the sliding surface of the sliding component (10") is at least partially coated with a coating system comprising an outermost layer (9") wherein the outermost layer (9") is an oxide-containing layer at least mostly comprising a metal oxide and having an element composition defined by the formula Me 1-b-c Xc Ob with b>>c and with c>0 or c=0, where Me is molybdenum having a concentration in atomic percentage of 1-b-c, and O is Oxygen having a concentration in atomic percent of b, and X is nitrogen having a concentration in atomic percent of c, and wherein the outermost layer exhibits a smooth surface, characterized in that the smooth surface comprises a multitude of essentially circular recesses with diameters of several micrometers or below, the recesses randomly distributed over the surface.
A dynamic level shifting circuit for a memory, comprising: a data input for accepting from a first circuit driven by a first supply voltage a first discrete voltage level to be shifted; a complement data input for accepting from the first circuit a second discrete voltage level; a level shifting circuit coupled to the data input, the complement data input, and to a second supply voltage; an enable circuit having an enable input and coupled to the level shifting circuit; and an output and a complement output both separately coupled to the level shifting circuit and both separately coupled to the enable circuit; wherein the first circuit is separate from the level shifting circuit and separate from the enable circuit, wherein the level shifting circuit is configured to translate the data input and the complement data input at the first discrete voltage level into a third discrete voltage level on the output and the complement output in response to the enable input having an asserted voltage level during a write operation of the memory, and wherein the enable circuit is configured to decouple at least a portion of the level shifting circuit from the output and the complement output in response to the enable input having a non-asserted voltage level during a read operation of the memory. a data input for accepting from a first circuit driven by a first supply voltage a first discrete voltage level to be shifted; a complement data input for accepting from the first circuit a second discrete voltage level; a level shifting circuit coupled to the data input, the complement data input, and to a second supply voltage; an enable circuit having an enable input and coupled to the level shifting circuit; and an output and a complement output both separately coupled to the level shifting circuit and both separately coupled to the enable circuit; wherein the first circuit is separate from the level shifting circuit and separate from the enable circuit, wherein the level shifting circuit is configured to translate the data input and the complement data input at the first discrete voltage level into a third discrete voltage level on the output and the complement output in response to the enable input having an asserted voltage level during a write operation of the memory, and wherein the enable circuit is configured to decouple at least a portion of the level shifting circuit from the output and the complement output in response to the enable input having a non-asserted voltage level during a read operation of the memory.
A method for supplying empty tubes to attending devices (2, 3, 4) of a textile machine, particularly of a spinning machine, in which tubes are supplied in one direction by means of a conveyor to the workstations of the textile machine, at which the attending devices (2, 3, 4) requesting a new tube are positioned, characterized in that during the presence of at least one tube on the running conveyor and at a simultaneous request of another attending device (2, 3, 4) for supplying a tube, another tube is placed on the running conveyor, whereby at least the mutual position of the machine workstations, at which the attending devices (2, 3, 4) requesting a new tube are positioned, is evaluated, and with respect to the optimal use of the working time of the machine a decision is made on the optimal order of assignment of the tubes present on the running conveyor to the individual attending devices (2, 3, 4) requesting a new tube.
A method for producing hyperpolarized sample material for use in magnetic resonance investigations, with the following steps: a) preparing a target material, containing - high γ nuclei (N hg) having a gyromagnetic ratio γ hg with |γ hg / 2π| ≥ 40 MHz/T, - a polarizing agent (Pa) and - low γ nuclei (N lg) having a gyromagnetic ratio γ lg with |γ lg / 2π| ≤ 18 MHz/T; wherein the high γ nuclei (N hg) have a short longitudinal relaxation time T1 hg and the low γ nuclei (N lg) have a long longitudinal relaxation time T1 lg so that T1 lg < T1 lg, b) irradiating the polarizing agent (Pa) in the target material with microwave radiation, wherein the target material is exposed to a static magnetic field B 0, with B 0 ≥ 5.1 T, wherein the target material is at a cryogenic temperature Tcr, with Tcr ≥ 2.2 K and Tcr ≤ 10 K, so that the target material is solid, and wherein an EPR line of the polarizing agent (Pa) has a width W Pa wherein W Pa > 1⁄2 ω hg, with W Pa = 2 2 log 2 ⋅ σ, with σ 2 being the second moment of the EPR line, and with ω hg being the Larmor frequency of the high γ nuclei (N hg), thus polarizing the high γ nuclei (N hg) by DNP, c) transferring the polarization from the high γ nuclei (N hg) to the low γ nuclei (N lg) by Cross Polarization, d) preparing a dissolved sample material from the target material, wherein the sample material contains the hyperpolarized low γ nuclei (N lg). a) preparing a target material, containing - high γ nuclei (N hg) having a gyromagnetic ratio γ hg with |γ hg / 2π| ≥ 40 MHz/T, - a polarizing agent (Pa) and - low γ nuclei (N lg) having a gyromagnetic ratio γ lg with |γ lg / 2π| ≤ 18 MHz/T; wherein the high γ nuclei (N hg) have a short longitudinal relaxation time T1 hg and the low γ nuclei (N lg) have a long longitudinal relaxation time T1 lg so that T1 lg < T1 lg, - high γ nuclei (N hg) having a gyromagnetic ratio γ hg with |γ hg / 2π| ≥ 40 MHz/T, - a polarizing agent (Pa) and - low γ nuclei (N lg) having a gyromagnetic ratio γ lg with |γ lg / 2π| ≤ 18 MHz/T; wherein the high γ nuclei (N hg) have a short longitudinal relaxation time T1 hg and the low γ nuclei (N lg) have a long longitudinal relaxation time T1 lg so that T1 lg < T1 lg, b) irradiating the polarizing agent (Pa) in the target material with microwave radiation, wherein the target material is exposed to a static magnetic field B 0, with B 0 ≥ 5.1 T, wherein the target material is at a cryogenic temperature Tcr, with Tcr ≥ 2.2 K and Tcr ≤ 10 K, so that the target material is solid, and wherein an EPR line of the polarizing agent (Pa) has a width W Pa wherein W Pa > 1⁄2 ω hg, with W Pa = 2 2 log 2 ⋅ σ, with σ 2 being the second moment of the EPR line, and with ω hg being the Larmor frequency of the high γ nuclei (N hg), thus polarizing the high γ nuclei (N hg) by DNP, c) transferring the polarization from the high γ nuclei (N hg) to the low γ nuclei (N lg) by Cross Polarization, d) preparing a dissolved sample material from the target material, wherein the sample material contains the hyperpolarized low γ nuclei (N lg).
Drinking device comprising a drinking container and a closure cap, which comprises a drinking opening, for closing the drinking container, which comprises a receiving chamber for liquid, and comprising a conveying means, the conveying means comprising an inner wall element that is received in an outer wall element so as to form a space, the space between the wall elements (8, 9) defining a conveying channel, an annular distribution channel being provided in a region adjoining the closure cap, characterised in that the conveying means is designed for conveying liquid out of the receiving chamber into the annular distribution channel, the conveying channel being connected to the receiving chamber and to the annular distribution channel via an inlet opening, which distribution channel is connected to the drinking opening, the space between the outer wall element and the inner wall element, as a gap, and the annular distribution channel being formed such that when suction pressure is applied to the drinking opening, even when the drinking device is vertical or not tilted, liquid flows out of the receiving chamber, counter to gravitational force, through the conveying channel, into the annular distribution channel and to the drinking opening, an outer wall of the drinking container being provided as the outer wall element of the conveying means.
Surgical guide system for dental implantology, including a surgical guide comprising a plate that is adapted to be positioned on the teeth of a dental arch and is provided with one or more guide sleeves delimiting corresponding through holes whose axes are oriented according to predetermined directions, and a drill for osteotomy having a spindle that can be connected to a handpiece or similar tool and a drilling head or drilling portion, the drill being apt to be associated to each of the guide sleeves during an osteotomy step over an edentulous area of the dental arch, the guide sleeves having an occlusal side and a gingival side, wherein the diameter of the drilling head or portion of the drill is larger than the inner diameter of said one or more guide sleeves while the spindle of the same drill is of smaller diameter, such that the association of the drill to any of the guide sleeves can be performed only by inserting its spindle through the gingival side of the sleeves, characterized therein that when the drill is associated with any of the sleeves, the top of the drilling head on its spindle side comes in contact with the bottom edge of the same sleeve so that the drilling head of the drill protrudes from the gingival side of said sleeve, wherein the plate of the surgical guide is adapted to provide a space between the surgical guide itself and the bone in the edentulous area during said osteotomy step in which the drilling head of the drill can be accommodated, the space having a height that is higher or equal to the height of the drilling head such that the drilling head can be entirely accommodated in the space, the space resulting between the gingival side of the sleeves and the bone.
An implant assembly (14, 14), comprising: an elongated pusher member (18, 18) having a proximal end and a distal end, the pusher member (18, 18) including a stiffening member (480, 680) and a first and a second electrically conductive sheath (493, 498), each disposed over the stiffening member (480, 680); an implantable device mounted to the distal end of the pusher member (18, 18); an electrolytically severable joint disposed on the pusher member (18, 18), wherein the implantable device detaches from the pusher member (18, 18) when the severable joint is severed; a return electrode (486, 686) disposed on the distal end of the pusher member (18, 18); a first terminal disposed on the proximal end of the pusher member (18, 18), wherein a first electrically conductive path extends between the first terminal and the severable joint; and a second terminal disposed on the proximal end of the pusher member (18, 18), wherein a second electrically conductive path extends between the second terminal and the return electrode (486, 686), characterised in that the first electrically conductive path includes the first electrically conductive sheath (493, 693), and the second electrically conductive path includes the second electrically conductive sheath (498, 698). an elongated pusher member (18, 18) having a proximal end and a distal end, the pusher member (18, 18) including a stiffening member (480, 680) and a first and a second electrically conductive sheath (493, 498), each disposed over the stiffening member (480, 680); an implantable device mounted to the distal end of the pusher member (18, 18); an electrolytically severable joint disposed on the pusher member (18, 18), wherein the implantable device detaches from the pusher member (18, 18) when the severable joint is severed; a return electrode (486, 686) disposed on the distal end of the pusher member (18, 18); a first terminal disposed on the proximal end of the pusher member (18, 18), wherein a first electrically conductive path extends between the first terminal and the severable joint; and a second terminal disposed on the proximal end of the pusher member (18, 18), wherein a second electrically conductive path extends between the second terminal and the return electrode (486, 686), characterised in that the first electrically conductive path includes the first electrically conductive sheath (493, 693), and the second electrically conductive path includes the second electrically conductive sheath (498, 698). the first electrically conductive path includes the first electrically conductive sheath (493, 693), and the second electrically conductive path includes the second electrically conductive sheath (498, 698).
A dosing cap comprising: a collar member having a base and an annular skirt depending from the base, an inner surface of the annular skirt having a securing member for securing the collar member to a neck of a container; the base comprising (i) at least one opening with a first one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a first direction, and (ii) an air channel with a second one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a second direction; a cap member having a dispensing element and an annular sidewall extending from the dispensing element, an inner surface of the annular sidewall having an attachment member adjustably attached to a reciprocal attachment member on an outer surface of the annular skirt; a metering chamber formed by an enclosed volume between the cap member and the base; wherein adjustment of the attachment of the cap member to the collar member changes the volume of the metering chamber; and the dispensing element permitting flow of a fluid from the metering chamber; characterized in that the collar member is a single integral component; and in that the collar member is composed of a single polymeric material that is an ethylene/a-olefin multi-block copolymer. a collar member having a base and an annular skirt depending from the base, an inner surface of the annular skirt having a securing member for securing the collar member to a neck of a container; the base comprising (i) at least one opening with a first one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a first direction, and (ii) an air channel with a second one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a second direction; (i) at least one opening with a first one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a first direction, and (ii) an air channel with a second one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a second direction; a cap member having a dispensing element and an annular sidewall extending from the dispensing element, an inner surface of the annular sidewall having an attachment member adjustably attached to a reciprocal attachment member on an outer surface of the annular skirt; a metering chamber formed by an enclosed volume between the cap member and the base; wherein adjustment of the attachment of the cap member to the collar member changes the volume of the metering chamber; and the dispensing element permitting flow of a fluid from the metering chamber;
Permanent-magnet synchronous machine having a stator which is provided with slots and having a rotor which has permanent magnets which form magnet poles, with the permanent magnets being in the form of shell magnets with two curved surfaces (14, 15) which each cover a predeterminable part of a magnet pole, characterized in that the internal radius (R i) of the shell magnets is equal to the external radius (R A) of the shell magnets.
A chainsaw for cutting an object to be worked by a saw chain provided with a plurality of teeth portions, comprising: a chainsaw main body provided with a driving source and a sprocket rotationally driven by the driving source; a guide bar attachably and detachably mounted to the chainsaw main body, around which the saw chain driven by the sprocket is wound; an attaching member attaching the guide bar to the chainsaw main body; a detector detecting whether or not the guide bar is attached to the chainsaw main body; characterised by a rotation control portion prohibiting rotation of the saw chain based upon a signal from the detector when the guide bar is not attached to the chainsaw main body. a chainsaw main body provided with a driving source and a sprocket rotationally driven by the driving source; a guide bar attachably and detachably mounted to the chainsaw main body, around which the saw chain driven by the sprocket is wound; an attaching member attaching the guide bar to the chainsaw main body; a detector detecting whether or not the guide bar is attached to the chainsaw main body; characterised by a rotation control portion prohibiting rotation of the saw chain based upon a signal from the detector when the guide bar is not attached to the chainsaw main body.
Lighting device for vehicles containing an electro-optical component, characterised in that the electro-optical component contains a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more compounds of the formula CC: in which R C denotes an alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, in which a methylene group may be replaced by and in which in each case one or more H atoms may be replaced by F, X C denotes F, Cl, a halogenated alkyl radical, a halogenated alkenyl radical, a halogenated alkoxy radical or a halogenated alkenyloxy radical having up to 6 C atoms, Z C1, Z C2, independently of one another, denote -CH 2 CH 2 - or a single bond, L C1 and L C2, independently of one another, denote H or F, L C3 und L C4 independently of one another, denote H or methyl, and characterised in that the medium has a clearing point of 120°C or more, where the total concentration of the one or more compounds of the formula CC in the medium is 55% by weight or more. R C denotes an alkyl, alkenyl or alkoxy radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, in which a methylene group may be replaced by and in which in each case one or more H atoms may be replaced by F, X C denotes F, Cl, a halogenated alkyl radical, a halogenated alkenyl radical, a halogenated alkoxy radical or a halogenated alkenyloxy radical having up to 6 C atoms, Z C1, Z C2, independently of one another, denote -CH 2 CH 2 - or a single bond, L C1 and L C2, independently of one another, denote H or F, L C3 und L C4 independently of one another, denote H or methyl,
An apparatus for storing liquid, the apparatus comprising: a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a partition wall; a first manifold disposed in the first chamber; a second manifold disposed in the second chamber; and an absorbent disposed in the second chamber proximate to the second manifold, characterised by at least two apertures through the partition wall and at least two air bridges coupling the first manifold and the second manifold, one of each said air bridges positioned adjacent each of said apertures providing for fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber. a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a partition wall; a first manifold disposed in the first chamber; a second manifold disposed in the second chamber; and an absorbent disposed in the second chamber proximate to the second manifold, characterised by at least two apertures through the partition wall and at least two air bridges coupling the first manifold and the second manifold, one of each said air bridges positioned adjacent each of said apertures providing for fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber.
A method for identifying human patients at risk for potential adverse effects as a result of treatment by the administration of blinatumomab comprising: (a) determining the total B cells in a peripheral blood sample from said patient; and (b) identifying human patients at risk for potential adverse effects based on the results of the determining step, wherein the potential adverse effect is one or more selected from the group consisting of: confusion, ataxia, disorientation, dysphasia, aphasia, speech impairment, cerebellar symptoms, tremor, apraxia, seizure, grand mal convulsion, palsy, and balance disorder, wherein a total B cell count of less than 50 B cells per microliter of peripheral blood of said patient is indicative for a high risk of potential adverse effects for said patient, whereas a total B cell count of greater than 50 B cells per microliter of peripheral blood of said patient is indicative for a low risk of potential adverse effects for said patient, wherein the method is conducted prior to the treatment by the administration of blinatumomab. (a) determining the total B cells in a peripheral blood sample from said patient; and (b) identifying human patients at risk for potential adverse effects based on the results of the determining step,
Elbow interface piece, intended to link a gripping handle to a cleaning tool, the piece comprising: - an upstream part, extending between a proximal end and an articulation, the upstream part comprising an upstream rectilinear portion, adjacent to the proximal end, and extending about an upstream axis (Δ 1), such that the gripping handle can be inserted, from the proximal end, into or around the upstream rectilinear portion; - a downstream part, extending between a distal end and the articulation; - an elbow, formed between the proximal end and the articulation, the elbow forming an angle of between 100° and 170°; the piece being such that - the downstream part is linked to the upstream part, the downstream part being movable in rotation with respect to the upstream part, about an axis of rotation (Δ), at the articulation; the piece being characterized in that: - the downstream part comprises a downstream rectilinear portion, adjacent to the distal end, and extending about a downstream axis (Δ 2), the downstream rectilinear portion being arranged so as to be able to be inserted into or around the cleaning tool; - the downstream rectilinear portion comprises two diametrically opposite downstream holes on either side of the downstream axis, the downstream holes being configured to receive an elastic link element, extending between the downstream holes. - an upstream part, extending between a proximal end and an articulation, the upstream part comprising an upstream rectilinear portion, adjacent to the proximal end, and extending about an upstream axis (Δ 1), such that the gripping handle can be inserted, from the proximal end, into or around the upstream rectilinear portion; - a downstream part, extending between a distal end and the articulation; - an elbow, formed between the proximal end and the articulation, the elbow forming an angle of between 100° and 170°; the piece being such that - the downstream part is linked to the upstream part, the downstream part being movable in rotation with respect to the upstream part, about an axis of rotation (Δ), at the articulation; - the downstream part comprises a downstream rectilinear portion, adjacent to the distal end, and extending about a downstream axis (Δ 2), the downstream rectilinear portion being arranged so as to be able to be inserted into or around the cleaning tool; - the downstream rectilinear portion comprises two diametrically opposite downstream holes on either side of the downstream axis, the downstream holes being configured to receive an elastic link element, extending between the downstream holes.