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A safety system usable by a worker during an inspection operation of a rail that is elongated, the rail having a base and further having a web that is situated atop the base, the safety system comprising: a fall resistance apparatus comprising a first trolley that is structured to be situated on the rail and a support that is situated on the first trolley, the support being elongated and being structured to extend in a generally upward direction from the first trolley; a fall protection apparatus comprising a second trolley that is structured to be situated on the rail and an umbilical that is connected with the second trolley, the umbilical being elongated and structured to be affixed to the worker at an end of the umbilical opposite the second trolley; and the first and second trolleys each comprising a frame having a number of engagement structures and a number of hooks , the frame being structured to be situated on the rail with at least some of the engagement structures of the number of engagement structures being engaged with an upper surface of the web and with the number of hooks being spaced below a lower surface of the web opposite the upper surface when the frame is free of lateral loading, at least a first hook of the number of hooks being structured to engage the lower surface and resist movement of the frame with respect to the rail when the frame is subjected to lateral loading and at least a first engagement structure of the number of engagement structures is at least partially disengaged from the upper surface. a fall resistance apparatus comprising a first trolley that is structured to be situated on the rail and a support that is situated on the first trolley, the support being elongated and being structured to extend in a generally upward direction from the first trolley; a fall protection apparatus comprising a second trolley that is structured to be situated on the rail and an umbilical that is connected with the second trolley, the umbilical being elongated and structured to be affixed to the worker at an end of the umbilical opposite the second trolley; and the first and second trolleys each comprising a frame having a number of engagement structures and a number of hooks , the frame being structured to be situated on the rail with at least some of the engagement structures of the number of engagement structures being engaged with an upper surface of the web and with the number of hooks being spaced below a lower surface of the web opposite the upper surface when the frame is free of lateral loading, at least a first hook of the number of hooks being structured to engage the lower surface and resist movement of the frame with respect to the rail when the frame is subjected to lateral loading and at least a first engagement structure of the number of engagement structures is at least partially disengaged from the upper surface.
Method for irrigating vegetables/plants placed on shelves of an apparatus for the growth of edible vegetables and/or ornamental plants in conditions of insufficient natural lighting, said apparatus comprising at least two vertically superimposed shelves , preferably a plurality of shelves , said method comprising the following steps: a) Flooding the highest shelf with the water supplied by a supply tube said water dwelling in said shelf for a pre-set time, through the closing of the electro valve ; b) Opening said electro valve and emptying said shelf thanks to the shape of the shelf and/or its light tilting, through a port in said shelf ; c) Channelling all the water collected from said port to the immediately underlying shelf where it dwells for a pre-defined time through the following electro valve ; d) Repeating the steps a), b), c) until the remaining irrigation water is channelled to water sewer or to a discharge reservoir, either in the form of a unique reservoir or in the form of a dedicated discharge reservoir . a) Flooding the highest shelf with the water supplied by a supply tube said water dwelling in said shelf for a pre-set time, through the closing of the electro valve ; b) Opening said electro valve and emptying said shelf thanks to the shape of the shelf and/or its light tilting, through a port in said shelf ; c) Channelling all the water collected from said port to the immediately underlying shelf where it dwells for a pre-defined time through the following electro valve ; d) Repeating the steps a), b), c) until the remaining irrigation water is channelled to water sewer or to a discharge reservoir, either in the form of a unique reservoir or in the form of a dedicated discharge reservoir .
A method for the detection of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus infection in a biological sample comprising: - providing a severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleocapsid (N) protein expressed and purified from E. coli strain BL21 (DE3) pDIA17 transformed with recombinant plasmid pETM11/N-nCov E. coli 3 -(His)6-Nter or pETM11/N-nCov E. coli 4 -(His)6-Nter deposited at the Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM) at the Institut Pasteur, 25, Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris, FR, on May 11, 2020, under the deposit numbers CNCM I-5510 and CNCM I-5511, respectively; - providing a biological sample from an individual or a patient suspected to be infected with a severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV); - contacting said SARS-CoV-2 N protein with said biological sample; and - visualizing the antigen-antibody complexes formed. - providing a severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleocapsid (N) protein expressed and purified from E. coli strain BL21 (DE3) pDIA17 transformed with recombinant plasmid pETM11/N-nCov E. coli 3 -(His)6-Nter or pETM11/N-nCov E. coli 4 -(His)6-Nter deposited at the Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM) at the Institut Pasteur, 25, Rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris, FR, on May 11, 2020, under the deposit numbers CNCM I-5510 and CNCM I-5511, respectively; - providing a biological sample from an individual or a patient suspected to be infected with a severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV); - contacting said SARS-CoV-2 N protein with said biological sample; and - visualizing the antigen-antibody complexes formed.
A polyphenylene sulfide/polyamide composition which comprises A) polyphenylene sulfide, B) polyamide and C) a compatibilizer comprising or consisting of a hydrogenated styrene-diene block copolymer having the following structural formula (I) S 1 p -D-S 2 q (I) wherein S 1 and S 2 , independently from each other, are polymeric blocks derived from a styrenic monomer; D is a copolymeric block derived from copolymerizing a styrenic monomer and a conjugated diene monomer and hydrogenating ethylenic double bonds, which is an optionally maleic anhydride-grafted block; p and q, independently from each other, are 0 or 1, provided that at least one of p and q is 1; the styrenic monomers for deriving S 1 , S 2 and D are same or different; and all monomer units derived from the styrenic monomers account for 40 to 80 % by weight of the hydrogenated styrene-diene block copolymer. wherein S 1 and S 2 , independently from each other, are polymeric blocks derived from a styrenic monomer; D is a copolymeric block derived from copolymerizing a styrenic monomer and a conjugated diene monomer and hydrogenating ethylenic double bonds, which is an optionally maleic anhydride-grafted block; p and q, independently from each other, are 0 or 1, provided that at least one of p and q is 1; the styrenic monomers for deriving S 1 , S 2 and D are same or different; and all monomer units derived from the styrenic monomers account for 40 to 80 % by weight of the hydrogenated styrene-diene block copolymer.
Process for the preparation of a sugar product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following step: enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated lignocellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61 (glycoside hydrolase family 61), and wherein during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the lignocellulosic material and during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis no oxygen is added to the lignocellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, wherein in the part of the time when the oxygen is added, the oxygen concentration in the liquid phase, wherein the lignocellulosic material is present during the enzymatic hydrolysis, is more than 0.02 mol/m 3 and wherein the mol/m 3 values relate to normal atmospheric pressure and a temperature of 62 °C, and wherein the part of the time wherein oxygen is added is 2 to 80 % of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time; and wherein the part of the time wherein no oxygen is added is 10 to 80 % of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time. enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated lignocellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61 (glycoside hydrolase family 61), and wherein during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the lignocellulosic material and during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis no oxygen is added to the lignocellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, wherein in the part of the time when the oxygen is added, the oxygen concentration in the liquid phase, wherein the lignocellulosic material is present during the enzymatic hydrolysis, is more than 0.02 mol/m 3 and wherein the mol/m 3 values relate to normal atmospheric pressure and a temperature of 62 °C, and wherein the part of the time wherein oxygen is added is 2 to 80 % of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time; and wherein the part of the time wherein no oxygen is added is 10 to 80 % of the total enzymatic hydrolysis time.
A capacitance pen core module comprising a main body having a printed circuit board, PCB, and annular components sleeved around the PCB , the PCB being provided with three circuit layers, namely a primary emitting circuit (B), a secondary emitting circuit (A) and a grounding circuit (C), the back end of the PCB being connected with pins (B1,B2,C2,C3,A2) which are electrically connected with the aforesaid three circuits on the printed circuit board PCB , characterised in that the pins (B1,B2,C2,C3,A2) are composed of flexible printed circuit, FPC, boards, the PCB being covered with FPC boards that serve as pins (B1,B2,C2,C3,A2), the three layers of circuits (A,B,C) being electrically connected with the respective FPC boards which conduct to the respective pins (B1,B2,C2,C3,A2).
Method of controlling a utility grid side converter portion of at least one converter of at least one wind turbine being connected via a generator side converter portion to a generator of the wind turbine, the utility grid side converter portion being connectable to a wind park grid of a wind park during black start of the wind park, the method comprising: in a loop, ramping up a utility grid side converter voltage reference (Vref, 105, 77) defining a desired output voltage of the utility grid side converter portion to the wind park grid; assessing: - a power related condition including a limit of the amount of active power the converter can provide, and - a wind park grid frequency related condition including a maximum allowable frequency deviation from a target wind park grid frequency or a converter current related condition including a converter current limit; and continuing the ramping up, unless at least one of the two conditions is violated, in which case the ramping up of the utility grid side converter voltage reference (Vref, 105, 77) is frozen, and until the black start process is completed. in a loop, ramping up a utility grid side converter voltage reference (Vref, 105, 77) defining a desired output voltage of the utility grid side converter portion to the wind park grid; assessing: - a power related condition including a limit of the amount of active power the converter can provide, and - a wind park grid frequency related condition including a maximum allowable frequency deviation from a target wind park grid frequency or a converter current related condition including a converter current limit; and - a power related condition including a limit of the amount of active power the converter can provide, and - a wind park grid frequency related condition including a maximum allowable frequency deviation from a target wind park grid frequency or a converter current related condition including a converter current limit; and continuing the ramping up, unless at least one of the two conditions is violated, in which case the ramping up of the utility grid side converter voltage reference (Vref, 105, 77) is frozen, and until the black start process is completed.
A method comprising: printing a calibration pattern with a wide array printhead having a plurality of printhead dies ; scanning the calibration pattern with a scanbar having a width less than a width of the wide array printhead by indexing the scanbar to a plurality of selected positions across a width of the calibration pattern and providing a scanned calibration image at each selected position, the calibration images together providing a scan of the full width of the calibration pattern; and measuring alignment between successive printhead dies based on the calibration images, characterised in that : the calibration pattern having alignment regions , the scanbar having a plurality of sensor chips with gaps (g) between successive sensor chips, scanning the calibration pattern including: selecting the selected positions so that each alignment region is scanned at least once at a non-chip gap location of the scanbar. printing a calibration pattern with a wide array printhead having a plurality of printhead dies ; scanning the calibration pattern with a scanbar having a width less than a width of the wide array printhead by indexing the scanbar to a plurality of selected positions across a width of the calibration pattern and providing a scanned calibration image at each selected position, the calibration images together providing a scan of the full width of the calibration pattern; and measuring alignment between successive printhead dies based on the calibration images, characterised in that : the calibration pattern having alignment regions , the scanbar having a plurality of sensor chips with gaps (g) between successive sensor chips, scanning the calibration pattern including: selecting the selected positions so that each alignment region is scanned at least once at a non-chip gap location of the scanbar.
A system for analyzing eye movements of a subject, the system comprising: an eye tracking device configured to track eye movements of the subject; a display ; and a processor in communication with the eye tracking device and the display , the processor configured to: cause the display to present a visual stimulus to the subject; cause the eye tracking device to track eye movements of the subject; identify fixational eye movements from the tracked eye movements, the fixational eye movements including one of microsaccades and square wave jerks; characterizing one or more dynamics of the fixational eye movements; assessing one or more differences between the dynamics of the fixational eye movements as compared to corresponding controls, wherein said controls correspond to healthy fixational eye movement dynamics of a healthy subject; and determine at least one of a presence, an absence, a severity, a progression, and a response to treatment of a neurological disease based on the assessment, the neurological disease being one of Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment and that the processor is configured to generate a report including information indicative of the determination of at least one of the presence, the absence, the severity, the progression, and the response to treatment. an eye tracking device configured to track eye movements of the subject; a display ; and a processor in communication with the eye tracking device and the display , the processor configured to: cause the display to present a visual stimulus to the subject; cause the eye tracking device to track eye movements of the subject; identify fixational eye movements from the tracked eye movements, the fixational eye movements including one of microsaccades and square wave jerks; characterizing one or more dynamics of the fixational eye movements; assessing one or more differences between the dynamics of the fixational eye cause the display to present a visual stimulus to the subject; cause the eye tracking device to track eye movements of the subject; identify fixational eye movements from the tracked eye movements, the fixational eye movements including one of microsaccades and square wave jerks; characterizing one or more dynamics of the fixational eye movements; assessing one or more differences between the dynamics of the fixational eye movements as compared to corresponding controls, wherein said controls correspond to healthy fixational eye movement dynamics of a healthy subject; and determine at least one of a presence, an absence, a severity, a progression, and a response to treatment of a neurological disease based on the assessment, the neurological disease being one of Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment and that the processor is configured to generate a report including information indicative of the determination of at least one of the presence, the absence, the severity, the progression, and the response to treatment.
A total knee prosthesis, comprising: a tibial component having a baseplate portion and a protruding portion extending from the baseplate portion ; a coupling component configured to engage the tibial component and having a head portion defining an opening therethrough for receipt of an axle ; and a femoral component having an articular surface and an opening for receipt of the axle , the opening defining a pivot center about which the femoral prosthesis rotates with respect to the tibial component, the articular surface having posterior and anterior portions, the posterior and anterior portions each being curved so as to define respective first and second flexion centers, the first flexion center being offset from the posterior portion by a first flexion radius (R 1st ), the second flexion center being offset from the anterior portion by a second flexion radius (R 2nd ), characterized in that the first flexion center is positioned relative to the pivot center and to the second flexion center so that when the total knee prosthesis is implanted, a patella articulating with the articular surface of the femoral component has a maximum patellar tilt angle (θ) of 35 degrees when the total knee prosthesis is articulated between 90 and 135 degrees of flexion. a tibial component having a baseplate portion and a protruding portion extending from the baseplate portion ; a coupling component configured to engage the tibial component and having a head portion defining an opening therethrough for receipt of an axle ; and a femoral component having an articular surface and an opening for receipt of the axle , the opening defining a pivot center about which the femoral prosthesis rotates with respect to the tibial component, the articular surface having posterior and anterior portions, the posterior and anterior portions each being curved so as to define respective first and second flexion centers, the first flexion center being offset from the posterior portion by a first flexion radius (R 1st ), the second flexion center being offset from the anterior portion by a second flexion radius (R 2nd ), characterized in that the first flexion center is positioned relative to the pivot center and to the second flexion center so that when the total knee prosthesis is implanted, a patella articulating with the articular surface of the femoral component has a maximum patellar tilt angle (θ) of 35 degrees when the total knee prosthesis is articulated between 90 and 135 degrees of flexion.
A pneumatic tire , comprising: a carcass layer ; a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a radial direction; and a tread rubber disposed on an outer side of the belt layer in the radial direction, the carcass layer having a cord angle of 80 ° or more and 100 ° or less, the belt layer being formed by layering a first reinforcing belt , a second reinforcing belt that is narrower than the first reinforcing belt , and an auxiliary belt that is spaced apart from a tire equatorial plane (CL) and disposed between the carcass layer and the first reinforcing belt , the first reinforcing belt and the second reinforcing belt having cord angles of 11 ° or more and 30 ° or less, and the auxiliary belt having a cord angle of 55 ° or more and 70 ° or less, wherein, the belt layer comprises a protection belt disposed on an outer side of the first reinforcing belt and the second reinforcing belt in the radial direction, the protection belt has a cord angle of 11 ° or more and 30 ° or less, characterized in that , a distance De3 from the tire equatorial plane (CL) to an end portion of the protection belt has a relationship De1 < De3 with respect to a distance De1 to an end portion of the first reinforcing belt and a relationship De2 < De3 with respect to a distance De2 to an end portion of the second reinforcing belt . a carcass layer ; a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a radial direction; and a tread rubber disposed on an outer side of the belt layer in the radial direction, the carcass layer having a cord angle of 80 ° or more and 100 ° or less, the belt layer being formed by layering a first reinforcing belt , a second reinforcing belt that is narrower than the first reinforcing belt , and an auxiliary belt that is spaced apart from a tire equatorial plane (CL) and disposed between the carcass layer and the first reinforcing belt , the first reinforcing belt and the second reinforcing belt having cord angles of 11 ° or more and 30 ° or less, and the auxiliary belt having a cord angle of 55 ° or more and 70 ° or less, wherein, the belt layer comprises a protection belt disposed on an outer side of the first reinforcing belt and the second reinforcing belt in the radial direction, the protection belt has a cord angle of 11 ° or more and 30 ° or less, characterized in that , a distance De3 from the tire equatorial plane (CL) to an end portion of the protection belt has a relationship De1 < De3 with respect to a distance De1 to an end portion of the first reinforcing belt and a relationship De2 < De3 with respect to a distance De2 to an end portion of the second reinforcing belt .
Household appliance with a wall element made from a sheet metal and having an aperture formed therein, and with an electric component mounted in the aperture , the electric component comprising an abutment rim which rests against a rim of the aperture at a first side of the wall element , and at least one clamp element projecting laterally from the electric component and which rests against a second side of the wall element opposite the first side so as to clamp the wall element between the abutment rim and the clamp elements , wherein the rim of the aperture , at least in the region where the clamp element rests against the wall element , comprises a bulge which increases the axial distance in the direction of insertion of the electric component into the aperture between the position where the abutment rim rests against the first side of the wall element and the position where the clamp element rests against the second side of the wall element , characterized in that the bulge is designed as a double bend of the sheet metal of the wall element .