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System for reducing the brake wear of a heavy vehicle, in particular for public transportation or for garbage collection, the heavy vehicle comprising a pneumatic braking system for the actuation of the brakes, the wear reducing system comprising limiting means (28, 29, 20, 161, 200, 201, 202, 203), suitable to be activated, for limiting the air pressure within the pneumatic braking system characterised in that the system further comprises first control means for automatically activating said limiting means when said heavy vehicle speed falls under a first predefined threshold.
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a liquid ejecting section arranged to eject liquid; a supply path through which the liquid can be supplied from a liquid supply source to the liquid ejecting section; and a static mixer that is provided on the supply path and is arranged to give rise to a change in a flow of the liquid through the supply path; characterized by a movement mechanism arranged to cause the liquid ejecting section to move; and a liquid reservoir (38, 61) that is arranged to retain the liquid and that is provided on the supply path at a position closer to the liquid ejecting section than the static mixer is, wherein the movement mechanism is arranged to cause the liquid ejecting section to move before ejection of the liquid onto a medium by the liquid ejecting section, whereby the supply path located between the liquid ejecting section and the static mixer moves, and wherein at least a part of the liquid reservoir is made of a flexible member (58, 95). a liquid ejecting section arranged to eject liquid; a supply path through which the liquid can be supplied from a liquid supply source to the liquid ejecting section; and a static mixer that is provided on the supply path and is arranged to give rise to a change in a flow of the liquid through the supply path; characterized by a movement mechanism arranged to cause the liquid ejecting section to move; and a liquid reservoir (38, 61) that is arranged to retain the liquid and that is provided on the supply path at a position closer to the liquid ejecting section than the static mixer is, wherein the movement mechanism is arranged to cause the liquid ejecting section to move before ejection of the liquid onto a medium by the liquid ejecting section, whereby the supply path located between the liquid ejecting section and the static mixer moves, and wherein at least a part of the liquid reservoir is made of a flexible member (58, 95).
A laundry treatment composition comprising: (i) from 2 to 70 wt% of a surfactant; and, (ii) from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt%, as measured as the sodium salt, of a blue or violet phenoxazine dye of the following formula and N-oxide thereof: wherein R 1 to R 6 are independently selected from H and Cl and wherein at least 4 of R 1 to R 6 are Cl. (i) from 2 to 70 wt% of a surfactant; and, (ii) from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt%, as measured as the sodium salt, of a blue or violet phenoxazine dye of the following formula and N-oxide thereof:
A mass-flow measurement and control device, comprising: an enclosure; a Coriolis mass flowmeter (112, 50) situated in the enclosure, the Coriolis mass flowmeter including a flow-tube, a driver coupled to the flow tube for vibrating the flow tube, and a pickoff coupled to the flow tube for sensing Coriolis deflections of the vibrating flow tube; and characterised in that the flow tube is made of high purity plastic material and in that the mass flow measurement and control device further comprises a pinch valve including an elastomeric tube in fluid communication with the flow tube, an actuator having a ram operatively connected thereto situated adjacent the elastomeric tube, and a reference surface positioned generally opposite the ram such that the tube is squeezable between the ram and the reference surface. an enclosure; a Coriolis mass flowmeter (112, 50) situated in the enclosure, the Coriolis mass flowmeter including a flow-tube, a driver coupled to the flow tube for vibrating the flow tube, and a pickoff coupled to the flow tube for sensing Coriolis deflections of the vibrating flow tube; and characterised in that the flow tube is made of high purity plastic material and in that the mass flow measurement and control device further comprises a pinch valve including an elastomeric tube in fluid communication with the flow tube, an actuator having a ram operatively connected thereto situated adjacent the elastomeric tube, and a reference surface positioned generally opposite the ram such that the tube is squeezable between the ram and the reference surface.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in photochemical cross-linking of corneal collagen, comprising (a) 0.015% sodium iodide by weight, (b) 0.5% riboflavin by weight, and (c) a pharmaceutically-acceptable excipient, wherein the composition has a basic pH that permits iodide ion to catalytically break hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen.
A hematoxylin staining composition comprising: a solvent, hematoxylin, an amount of a chemical oxidant sufficient to convert at least a portion of the hematoxylin to hematein, a mordant, wherein the composition further comprises chloride (Cl -) and sulfate (SO 4 2-), wherein the chloride/sulfate molar ratio is between about 2.5/1 and about 1/4.
A process improvement additive suitable for polymer processing, wherein this process improvement additive comprises a carrier polymer, a binding component and one or more fluoropolymers, characterised in that this process improvement additive further comprises one or more zeolites.
Trailer coupling for a motor vehicle, in particular a car, for attaching a trailer to the motor vehicle, with a coupling body support which may be attached to the motor vehicle and with a coupling body, at least partly spherical on the outside and mounted on a free end section of the coupling body support, and on which may be fitted a towing coupling seating of a towing coupling of the trailer, wherein the coupling body forms for the towing coupling seating a bearing body rotatably supporting the former for swivelling, in particular on a multi-axis swivel-jointed basis, relative to the coupling body support, wherein there is rotatably mounted on the coupling body a driver, in particular annular, which may be driven by the towing coupling seating and is rotatable relative to the coupling body, wherein the driver forms part of a sensor array for detecting an angular position of the towing coupling relative to the coupling body support, wherein the coupling body has between its top facing away from the coupling body support, and the coupling body member, an equatorial zone with a maximum outer periphery, wherein the driver is located above or below the equatorial zone of the coupling body, so that the maximum outer periphery of the coupling body is available in the equatorial zone to hold the towing coupling seating, characterised in that the driver is located below the top of the coupling body, so that an upper support surface is provided on the top of the coupling body.
Processing machine, at least one further processing unit (600; 900) following at least one processing unit configured as an application unit in the transport direction of a substrate, at least one transport unit being arranged between the at least one processing unit configured as an application unit and the at least one succeeding processing unit (600; 900), the at least one transport unit comprising a plurality of transport elements, and the transport elements of the plurality of transport elements being arranged one behind the other in the transport direction, characterized in that the plurality of transport elements are individually axially adjustable, or in that the plurality of transport elements are groupwise axially adjustable.
Toe-in actuator, in particular a relay for an electric starter device for an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing in which a movable armature and an armature yoke are accommodated, noise-reducing damping elements (224, 228, 238, 240, 244, 250, 252, 258) being provided at least on the armature and/or on the armature yoke, characterised in that a disc (230, 232) is associated with the armature at a radial distance on the end face or on the lateral surface thereof, which disc supports a damper ring, or a damper lip is injection-moulded, vulcanised, adhesively bonded or interlockingly received on the disc (230, 232).
An image forming apparatus comprising: a transfer member configured to abut against an image carrier for carrying a toner image to form a transfer nip; and a power supply configured to output a bias voltage for transferring the toner image on the image carrier onto a recording medium nipped in the transfer nip, wherein the bias voltage includes a first voltage for transferring the toner image from the image carrier onto the recording medium in a transfer direction and a second voltage having an opposite polarity of the first voltage, the first voltage and the second voltage being alternately output when the toner image on the image carrier is transferred onto the recording medium, and a time-averaged value of the bias voltage is set to a polarity in the transfer direction and is set in the transfer direction side with respect to a median between a maximum and a minimum of the bias voltage. a transfer member configured to abut against an image carrier for carrying a toner image to form a transfer nip; and a power supply configured to output a bias voltage for transferring the toner image on the image carrier onto a recording medium nipped in the transfer nip, wherein the bias voltage includes a first voltage for transferring the toner image from the image carrier onto the recording medium in a transfer direction and a second voltage having an opposite polarity of the first voltage, the first voltage and the second voltage being alternately output when the toner image on the image carrier is transferred onto the recording medium, and a time-averaged value of the bias voltage is set to a polarity in the transfer direction and is set in the transfer direction side with respect to a median between a maximum and a minimum of the bias voltage.
A spectrum division method, characterized by comprising: estimating a current ratio of a transmission rate of first-type data to a transmission rate of second-type data according to a spectrum boundary, wherein the spectrum boundary is a boundary that is in a spectrum and that is between a first spectrum and a second spectrum, the first spectrum is used to transmit the first-type data, and the second spectrum is used to transmit the second-type data (step 101); adjusting the boundary between the first spectrum and the second spectrum when the current ratio is less than a first target ratio, so as to increase the transmission rate of the first-type data, wherein the first target ratio is predetermined (step 102); and determining an updated first spectrum and an updated second spectrum according to an adjusted spectrum boundary (step 103). estimating a current ratio of a transmission rate of first-type data to a transmission rate of second-type data according to a spectrum boundary, wherein the spectrum boundary is a boundary that is in a spectrum and that is between a first spectrum and a second spectrum, the first spectrum is used to transmit the first-type data, and the second spectrum is used to transmit the second-type data (step 101); adjusting the boundary between the first spectrum and the second spectrum when the current ratio is less than a first target ratio, so as to increase the transmission rate of the first-type data, wherein the first target ratio is predetermined (step 102); and determining an updated first spectrum and an updated second spectrum according to an adjusted spectrum boundary (step 103).
A structure of a surgical instrument configured for thermally cutting tissue, the structure, comprising: a frame including a proximal flange portion and a distal body portion, the distal body portion including a proximal section extending from the proximal flange portion, a distal section, and a center section extending between the proximal and distal sections, the distal body portion including first and second distal body portion segments, (128a, 128b) wherein the distal body portion segments are disposed a first distance (d) apart from one another at the proximal section, a second distance (d) apart from one another at the distal section, and a third distance apart from one another at the center section, wherein the third distance is greater than the first and second distances; and a thermal cutting element disposed within the distal body portion of the frame and extending from the proximal section, through the center section, to the distal section. a frame including a proximal flange portion and a distal body portion, the distal body portion including a proximal section extending from the proximal flange portion, a distal section, and a center section extending between the proximal and distal sections, the distal body portion including first and second distal body portion segments, (128a, 128b) wherein the distal body portion segments are disposed a first distance (d) apart from one another at the proximal section, a second distance (d) apart from one another at the distal section, and a third distance apart from one another at the center section, wherein the third distance is greater than the first and second distances; and a thermal cutting element disposed within the distal body portion of the frame and extending from the proximal section, through the center section, to the distal section.
A method for processing information, comprising: receiving, by a first Device-to-Device, D2D, User Equipment, UE, bearer control information sent by a first base station; and the first D2D UE switching from a first access node to a second access node to transmit communication data according to the bearer control information; wherein the first access node is the first base station and the second access node is a D2D relay node, or the first access node is a D2D relay node and the second access node is the first base station; wherein the bearer control information comprises a bearer switch indicator or bearer switch judgment parameter information, wherein the bearer switch indicator being used to instruct the first D2D User Equipment, UE, to switch to the second access node for transmitting communication data, and the bearer switch judgment parameter information being used for the first D2D UE to determine whether the first D2D UE can switch to the second access node for transmitting communication data; characterized in that the bearer control information comprises a D2D relay node discovery trigger threshold value, and the D2D relay node discovery trigger threshold value being used to trigger the first D2D UE to start D2D relay node discovery and search for a D2D relay node allowing access for the first D2D UE. receiving, by a first Device-to-Device, D2D, User Equipment, UE, bearer control information sent by a first base station; and the first D2D UE switching from a first access node to a second access node to transmit communication data according to the bearer control information; wherein the first access node is the first base station and the second access node is a D2D relay node, or the first access node is a D2D relay node and the second access node is the first base station; wherein the bearer control information comprises a bearer switch indicator or bearer switch judgment parameter information, wherein the bearer switch indicator being used to instruct the first D2D User Equipment, UE, to switch to the second access node for transmitting communication data, and the bearer switch judgment parameter information being used for the first D2D UE to determine whether the first D2D UE can switch to the second access node for transmitting communication data; characterized in that the bearer control information comprises a D2D relay node discovery trigger threshold value, and the D2D relay node discovery trigger threshold value being used to trigger the first D2D UE to start D2D relay node discovery and search for a D2D relay node allowing access for the first D2D UE.
Method for assigning a time stamp to a specific data packet which, just like a group of received data packets, is received from a cyclically operating sensor which transmits data packets, wherein the specific data packet is in particular part of the group of received data packets, the method comprising: determining the time of arrival for each data packet in the group of received data packets; assigning a time stamp to each data packet in the group of data packets; determining the time difference between the determined time of arrival and the assigned time stamp for each data packet in the group of data packets; characterized by determining the smallest time difference from the determined time differences; assigning a time stamp to the specific data packet on the basis of the time of arrival, which was determined for the data packet for which the smallest time difference was determined, and an estimated cycle time of the sensor. determining the time of arrival for each data packet in the group of received data packets; assigning a time stamp to each data packet in the group of data packets; determining the time difference between the determined time of arrival and the assigned time stamp for each data packet in the group of data packets; characterized by determining the smallest time difference from the determined time differences; assigning a time stamp to the specific data packet on the basis of the time of arrival, which was determined for the data packet for which the smallest time difference was determined, and an estimated cycle time of the sensor.
A co-expression plasmid suitable for expressing two types of heterologous polypeptides within a bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium, which co-expression plasmid comprises two types of secretory expression cassettes each sequentially comprising the following DNAs to: a promoter DNA functioning in the bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium; a DNA encoding a secretory signal peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID Nos: 61, 73, 75 and 57; a DNA encoding a heterologous polypeptide; and a terminator DNA functioning in the bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium. a promoter DNA functioning in the bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium; a DNA encoding a secretory signal peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID Nos: 61, 73, 75 and 57; a DNA encoding a heterologous polypeptide; and a terminator DNA functioning in the bacterium of the genus Bifidobacterium.
Method for spectrally imaging an organ during an image-guided intervention, comprising: - displaying a first image modality of a contrast-enhanced organ based on at least one first scan of the contrast-enhanced organ; - receiving a selection of a region of interest within the displayed first image modality; - obtaining at least one second spectral scan of the contrast-enhanced organ; characterized in that the method further comprises - determining a contrast value over the region of interest for each of at least three second image modalities the at least three second image modalities being based on the at least one second spectral scan; - selecting from the at least three second image modalities the second image modality with the largest contrast value; and - obtaining and displaying the selected second image modality, thereby providing a dynamic adaptation of the displayed image modality such that a time interval available for reliably guiding the intervention, before washout of the contrast agent, is prolonged. - displaying a first image modality of a contrast-enhanced organ based on at least one first scan of the contrast-enhanced organ; - receiving a selection of a region of interest within the displayed first image modality; - obtaining at least one second spectral scan of the contrast-enhanced organ; characterized in that the method further comprises - determining a contrast value over the region of interest for each of at least three second image modalities the at least three second image modalities being based on the at least one second spectral scan; - selecting from the at least three second image modalities the second image modality with the largest contrast value; and - obtaining and displaying the selected second image modality, thereby providing a dynamic adaptation of the displayed image modality such that a time interval available for reliably guiding the intervention, before washout of the contrast agent, is prolonged.
A bipolar electrode comprising: a collector; a positive electrode active material layer disposed on one surface of the collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the other surface of the collector, wherein the quotient of the volume resistivity of the collector and that of the positive and negative electrode active material layers (5, 7) is between 10 -3 and 10 4, characterized in that the bipolar electrode further comprises a current distribution relaxation layer only on the side of the positive electrode active material layer, the current distribution relaxation layer having a volume resistivity lower than the volume resistivity of the positive electrode active material layer, wherein the positive electrode active material layer is disposed between the current distribution relaxation layer and the collector, wherein the current distribution relaxation layer is formed of a metal thin layer having a thickness of 1 to 1000 nm and the collector is a resinous collector having an electrical conductivity. a collector; a positive electrode active material layer disposed on one surface of the collector; and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the other surface of the collector, wherein the quotient of the volume resistivity of the collector and that of the positive and negative electrode active material layers (5, 7) is between 10 -3 and 10 4, characterized in that the bipolar electrode further comprises a current distribution relaxation layer only on the side of the positive electrode active material layer, the current distribution relaxation layer having a volume resistivity lower than the volume resistivity of the positive electrode active material layer, wherein the positive electrode active material layer is disposed between the current distribution relaxation layer and the collector, wherein the current distribution relaxation layer is formed of a metal thin layer having a thickness of 1 to 1000 nm and the collector is a resinous collector having an electrical conductivity.
A mobile station apparatus which is set a plurality of downlink component carriers by a base station apparatus by using a Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling, the mobile station apparatus comprising: a transmitting unit which transmits, to the base station apparatus, Hybrid Automatic Repeat request, HARQ, control information for the plurality of downlink component carriers using a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource, the HARQ control information being indicative of a negative acknowledgement, NACK, for each of one or more downlink component carriers deactivated by the base station apparatus among the plurality of downlink component carriers and a positive acknowledgement, ACK, or a NACK for each of one or more transport blocks transmitted using one or more active downlink component carriers among the plurality of downlink component carriers.