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A fan arrangement having a fan and toothed ring, wherein the fan has a basic body on which there are formed fan blades, wherein the fan has an annular region, wherein the toothed ring is arranged within the annular region, characterised in that the toothed ring is spaced apart from the basic body via the fan blades, wherein the annular region is formed at the fan-blade side remote from the basic body, wherein the radially outer end regions, viewed from the rotational axis of the fan, of the toothed ring are not surrounded by the material of the fan, wherein the toothed ring is arranged in the fan in an integrated manner, wherein the remaining region of the toothed ring, therefore the entire toothed ring with the exception of the radially outer end regions, is surrounded by the material of the fan, wherein the air flow conveyed by the fan flows through between the annular region and the basic body, between in each case two next-adjacent fan blades. wherein the fan has a basic body on which there are formed fan blades, wherein the fan has an annular region, wherein the toothed ring is arranged within the annular region, characterised in that the toothed ring is spaced apart from the basic body via the fan blades, wherein the annular region is formed at the fan-blade side remote from the basic body, wherein the radially outer end regions, viewed from the rotational axis of the fan, of the toothed ring are not surrounded by the material of the fan, wherein the toothed ring is arranged in the fan in an integrated manner, wherein the remaining region of the toothed ring, therefore the entire toothed ring with the exception of the radially outer end regions, is surrounded by the material of the fan, wherein the air flow conveyed by the fan flows through between the annular region and the basic body, between in each case two next-adjacent fan blades.
A method of generating data visualizations, comprising: at a computer having one or more processors , and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors: receiving a visual specification , which specifies one or more data sources , a plurality of visual variables , and a plurality of data fields from the one or more data sources, wherein each visual variable is associated with a respective one or more of the data fields and each of the data fields is identified as either a dimension d or a measure m, wherein each dimension d partitions the one or more data sources, and each measure m aggregates data in each of the partitions; for each measure m of the data fields, identifying a respective reachable dimension set R(m) consisting of all dimensions d, of the data fields, that are reachable from the respective measure m by a sequence of many-to-one relationships in a predefined object model for the one or more data sources; for each distinct reachable dimension set R, forming a respective data field set S of the data fields, wherein S consists of each dimension in R and each measure m of the data fields for which R(m) = R; and for each data field set S: for each measure m in the respective data field set S, rolling up values of the measure m to a level of detail specified by the respective dimensions in the respective data field set S, wherein any data field sets with no measures are ignored; and building a respective data visualization according to the data fields in the respective data field set S and according to the respective visual variables to which each of the data fields in S is associated. receiving a visual specification , which specifies one or more data sources , a plurality of visual variables , and a plurality of data fields from the one or more data sources, wherein each visual variable is associated with a respective one or more of the data fields and each of the data fields is identified as either a dimension d or a measure m, wherein each dimension d partitions the one or more data sources, and each measure m aggregates data in each of the partitions; for each measure m of the data fields, identifying a respective reachable dimension set R(m) consisting of all dimensions d, of the data fields, that are reachable from the respective measure m by a sequence of many-to-one relationships in a predefined object model for the one or more data sources; for each distinct reachable dimension set R, forming a respective data field set S of the data fields, wherein S consists of each dimension in R and each measure m of the data fields for which R(m) = R; and for each data field set S: for each measure m in the respective data field set S, rolling up values of the measure m to a level of detail specified by the respective dimensions in the respective data field set S, wherein any data field sets with no measures are ignored; and building a respective data visualization according to the data fields in the respective data field set S and according to the respective visual variables to which each of the data fields in S is associated.
An intermittently connected optical fiber ribbon comprising: a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a width direction; and connecting portions that intermittently connect two adjacent ones of the optical fibers , wherein a center-to-center distance between two adjacent ones of the optical fibers is greater than a diameter of the optical fibers , characterized in that a total of volume shrinkage amounts (Vf) of the connecting portions per 1 meter of a single one of the optical fibers is 0.00014 mm 3 /m·°C or lower, wherein the total of volume shrinkage amounts (Vf) of the connecting portions per 1 meter of a single one of the optical fibers is a sum total of respective volume shrinkage amounts (Vc) of the connecting portions included in 1 meter of a single one of the optical fibers , and the volume shrinkage amount (Vc) of each of the connecting portions is a value obtained by multiplying a volume of each of the connecting portions by a shrinkage rate (A) of each of the connecting portions per 1 °C. a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a width direction; and connecting portions that intermittently connect two adjacent ones of the optical fibers , wherein a center-to-center distance between two adjacent ones of the optical fibers is greater than a diameter of the optical fibers , characterized in that a total of volume shrinkage amounts (Vf) of the connecting portions per 1 meter of a single one of the optical fibers is 0.00014 mm 3 /m·°C or lower, wherein the total of volume shrinkage amounts (Vf) of the connecting portions per 1 meter of a single one of the optical fibers is a sum total of respective volume shrinkage amounts (Vc) of the connecting portions included in 1 meter of a single one of the optical fibers , and the volume shrinkage amount (Vc) of each of the connecting portions is a value obtained by multiplying a volume of each of the connecting portions by a shrinkage rate (A) of each of the connecting portions per 1 °C.
A method of coating a surface of a penetrating medical device with a lubricious, silicone coating composition, comprising the steps of: A. applying a lubricious silicone coating composition to a surface of a medical device, the silicone coating composition comprising: a cross-linkable silicone polymer having first reactive functionalities; about 10 wt.% to about 90 wt. % of a non-cross-linkable silicone polymer, based on total solids, wherein said polymer has a weight average molecular weight between about 400,000 and 10,000,000; an excess of amount of about 0.2 wt.% to about 6 wt. % of a silicone cross-linking agent having second reactive functionalities based on total solids, wherein said second reactive functionalities are present in excess to said first reactive functionalities; and, a catalyst, wherein said catalyst consists essentially of platinum divinyltetramethyldisiloxane ethynylcyclohexanol complex having the formula: Pt[(CH 2 =CH)(Me) 2 Si] 2 O·C 6 H 10 (OH)(C≡CH), wherein said composition has a weight; B. curing the coating; and, C. exposing the medical device and cured coating composition to a sufficient dose of gamma radiation for a sufficient period of time to effectively provide a flat penetration force profile. A. applying a lubricious silicone coating composition to a surface of a medical device, the silicone coating composition comprising: a cross-linkable silicone polymer having first reactive functionalities; about 10 wt.% to about 90 wt. % of a non-cross-linkable silicone polymer, based on total solids, wherein said polymer has a weight average molecular weight between about 400,000 and 10,000,000; an excess of amount of about 0.2 wt.% to about 6 wt. % of a silicone cross-linking agent having second reactive functionalities based on total solids, wherein said second reactive functionalities are present in excess to said first reactive functionalities; and, a catalyst, wherein said catalyst consists essentially of platinum divinyltetramethyldisiloxane ethynylcyclohexanol complex having the formula: Pt[(CH 2 =CH)(Me) 2 Si] 2 O·C 6 H 10 (OH)(C≡CH), wherein said composition has a weight; a cross-linkable silicone polymer having first reactive functionalities; about 10 wt.% to about 90 wt. % of a non-cross-linkable silicone polymer, based on total solids, wherein said polymer has a weight average molecular weight between about 400,000 and 10,000,000; an excess of amount of about 0.2 wt.% to about 6 wt. % of a silicone cross-linking agent having second reactive functionalities based on total solids, wherein said second reactive functionalities are present in excess to said first reactive functionalities; and, a catalyst, wherein said catalyst consists essentially of platinum divinyltetramethyldisiloxane ethynylcyclohexanol complex having the formula: Pt[(CH 2 =CH)(Me) 2 Si] 2 O·C 6 H 10 (OH)(C≡CH), wherein said composition has a weight; B. curing the coating; and, C. exposing the medical device and cured coating composition to a sufficient dose of gamma radiation for a sufficient period of time to effectively provide a flat penetration force profile.
A device for collecting a blood sample , characterized by : a collection unit comprising: a top window ; a top surface ; a channel communicated with the top window ; at least one capillary tube having a top end adjacent to the top window ; wherein a distance (A) between the top end of the at least one capillary tube and the top surface of the collection unit is in a range of 1.0 mm to 5.0 mm, such that the top end of the at least one capillary tube is used to contact with a blood drop from a puncture to continuously draw the blood flowing inside or along the at least one capillary tube into a storage unit by disrupting a surface tension of the blood drop, and a vacuum connector communicated with the channel , and connected to a pressure control unit to remove air from the channel and create an alternating negative pressure in the channel ; and the storage unit disposed under the collection unit . a collection unit comprising: a top window ; a top surface ; a channel communicated with the top window ; at least one capillary tube having a top end adjacent to the top window ; wherein a distance (A) between the top end of the at least one capillary tube and the top surface of the collection unit is in a range of 1.0 mm to 5.0 mm, such that the top end of the at least one capillary tube is used to contact with a blood drop from a puncture to continuously draw the blood flowing inside or along the at least one capillary tube into a storage unit by disrupting a surface tension of the blood drop, and a vacuum connector communicated with the channel , and connected to a pressure control unit to remove air from the channel and create an alternating negative pressure in the channel ; and a top window ; a top surface ; a channel communicated with the top window ; at least one capillary tube having a top end adjacent to the top window ; wherein a distance (A) between the top end of the at least one capillary tube and the top surface of the collection unit is in a range of 1.0 mm to 5.0 mm, such that the top end of the at least one capillary tube is used to contact with a blood drop from a puncture to continuously draw the blood flowing inside or along the at least one capillary tube into a storage unit by disrupting a surface tension of the blood drop, and a vacuum connector communicated with the channel , and connected to a pressure control unit to remove air from the channel and create an alternating negative pressure in the channel ; and the storage unit disposed under the collection unit .
Circuit arrangement for switching a current (Ic) as a function of a switching signal which can be predefined, comprising: - a semiconductor circuit breaker for switching the current (Ic) and - an actuation device which is so designed as to receive the switching signal and to generate a control voltage having a temporal profile at a control input of the semiconductor circuit breaker as a function of the received switching signal, as a result of which during a switching action at least one predetermined operating variable (Uce,max, dIoff/dt, dUoff/dt, dIon/dt, dUon/dt) of the semiconductor circuit breaker satisfies a predetermined criterion, wherein said criterion is predefined by a switching parameter (Uce,max, dIoff/dt, dUoff/dt, dIon/dt, dUon/dt) of the actuation device and a parameter value of the switching parameter (Uce,max, dIoff/dt, dUoff/dt, dIon/dt, dUon/dt) can be varied during operation of the circuit arrangement, characterised in that the actuation device is so designed as to receive a digital signal via a switching input using a fault-tolerant transmission protocol and/or to transmit a digital signal via a measuring output using a fault-tolerant transmission protocol, wherein an operating variable of the semiconductor circuit breaker , in particular a temperature (T) thereof, is determined on the basis of a numeric model as a function of at least one other operating variable (Ta, i(t), u(t)). - a semiconductor circuit breaker for switching the current (Ic) and - an actuation device which is so designed as to receive the switching signal and to generate a control voltage having a temporal profile at a control input of the semiconductor circuit breaker as a function of the received switching signal, as a result of which during a switching action at least one predetermined operating variable (Uce,max, dIoff/dt, dUoff/dt, dIon/dt, dUon/dt) of the semiconductor circuit breaker satisfies a predetermined criterion, wherein said criterion is predefined by a switching parameter (Uce,max, dIoff/dt, dUoff/dt, dIon/dt, dUon/dt) of the actuation device and a parameter value of the switching parameter (Uce,max, dIoff/dt, dUoff/dt, dIon/dt, dUon/dt) can be varied during operation of the circuit arrangement,
A fluorinated chromium-containing fluorination catalyst consisting essentially of (i) one or more chromium (III) compounds selected from the group consisting of chromia, chromium (III) fluoride, fluorinated chromia and chromium (III) oxyfluorides; (ii) one or more chromium (VI) compounds selected from the group consisting of chromium (VI) oxide, chromic acid, fluorinated chromium (VI) oxide, chromium (VI) oxyfluorides and chromyl fluoride; and (iii) one or more zinc compounds, said catalyst containing from greater than 3 to 25 % by weight of zinc based on the total weight of the catalyst, wherein from 1.0 to 8.0 % by weight of the chromium in the catalyst based on the total weight of said chromium is present as chromium (VI) and wherein the catalyst is amorphous or partially crystalline comprising less than 8.0 % by weight of crystalline compounds of chromium and/or zinc based on the total weight of the catalyst.
A system for surface treating an internal surface of apart , the system comprising: a tank within which the part is locatable; a fluid within the tank and capable of submersing the part when the part is located within the tank ; a nozzle submersed in the fluid and configured to generate a stream of cavitated fluid directed in a first direction ; and a deflection tool submersed in the fluid and comprising a deflection surface that redirects the stream of cavitated fluid from the first direction to a second direction , wherein the first direction is away from the internal surface of the part and the second direction is toward the internal surface of the part , wherein: the deflection tool is configured to be fixed to the part within a recessed portion of the part and the recessed portion of the part defines the internal surface ; the nozzle does not have line-of-sight with the internal surface of the part when the part is located within the tank ; and the deflection surface has line-of-sight with the internal surface of the part when the part is located within the tank . a tank within which the part is locatable; a fluid within the tank and capable of submersing the part when the part is located within the tank ; a nozzle submersed in the fluid and configured to generate a stream of cavitated fluid directed in a first direction ; and a deflection tool submersed in the fluid and comprising a deflection surface that redirects the stream of cavitated fluid from the first direction to a second direction , wherein the first direction is away from the internal surface of the part and the second direction is toward the internal surface of the part , wherein: the deflection tool is configured to be fixed to the part within a recessed portion of the part and the recessed portion of the part defines the internal surface ; the nozzle does not have line-of-sight with the internal surface of the part when the part is located within the tank ; and the deflection surface has line-of-sight with the internal surface of the part when the part is located within the tank . the deflection tool is configured to be fixed to the part within a recessed portion of the part and the recessed portion of the part defines the internal surface ; the nozzle does not have line-of-sight with the internal surface of the part when the part is located within the tank ; and the deflection surface has line-of-sight with the internal surface of the part when the part is located within the tank .
A method for in vitro early diagnosing asphyxia, characterized by quantitatively detecting in at least one human blood sample three or more asphyxia specific endogenous compounds having a molecular weight of less than 1500 Dalton, except lactate, wherein the asphyxia specific endogenous compounds are selected from Tables 2 and 3 comprising the steps of: a) selecting said compounds; b) measuring at least one of the parameters selected from the group consisting of: concentration, level or amount of each individual metabolite of said compounds in said sample; and using and storing the obtained set of values in a database; c) calibrating said values by comparing asphyxia-positive and/or asphyxia-negative reference parameters; d) comparing said measured values in the sample with the calibrated values, in order to assess whether the patient is asphyxia-positive or asphyxia-negative. a) selecting said compounds; b) measuring at least one of the parameters selected from the group consisting of: concentration, level or amount of each individual metabolite of said compounds in said sample; and using and storing the obtained set of values in a database; c) calibrating said values by comparing asphyxia-positive and/or asphyxia-negative reference parameters; d) comparing said measured values in the sample with the calibrated values, in order to assess whether the patient is asphyxia-positive or asphyxia-negative.
A wheel end assembly comprising: an opening that extends around a spindle ; a hub that is rotatable about an axis with respect to the spindle ; and a deflector that is disposed on the hub and that is at least partially disposed in the opening , wherein the deflector inhibits contaminants from passing through the opening , wherein the deflector has a U-shaped cross-section and includes a center portion that is radially disposed with respect to the axis , a first end portion that extends from the center portion away from the axis , and a second end portion that extends from the center portion away from the axis , characterised in that the wheel end assembly has a steering knuckle having the opening ; the first end portion engages the hub , and/or the first end portion is not received in the opening . an opening that extends around a spindle ; a hub that is rotatable about an axis with respect to the spindle ; and a deflector that is disposed on the hub and that is at least partially disposed in the opening , wherein the deflector inhibits contaminants from passing through the opening , wherein the deflector has a U-shaped cross-section and includes a center portion that is radially disposed with respect to the axis , a first end portion that extends from the center portion away from the axis , and a second end portion that extends from the center portion away from the axis , characterised in that the wheel end assembly has a steering knuckle having the opening ; the first end portion engages the hub , and/or the first end portion is not received in the opening .
A conveying apparatus for tampon applicators , having a. a first conveyor track , comprising two transport belts (3.1, 3.2) which are arranged spaced apart from each other and each have a bearing axis (L1, L2); b. a first conveyor drive for driving at least one of the two spaced-apart transport belts (3.1, 3.2), and wherein the transport belts (3.1, 3.2) are arranged spaced apart from each other in such a manner that a tampon applicator which is to be conveyed rests on the two transport belts (3.1, 3.2) in an intermediate space (D) between the transport belts; the bearing axes (L1, L2) of the transport belts (3.1, 3.2) of a conveyor track are arranged parallel; in particular, all of the bearing axes (L1, L2) of the transport belts (3.1, 3.2) which convey in a same conveying direction (F.1, F.2) are arranged parallel; c. an orientation unit which is mounted downstream of the first conveyor track, for rotating a supplied tampon applicator from a first orientation (A) into a second orientation (B), and characterized in that the orientation unit comprises a baseplate , and wherein the baseplate has a recess through which a tampon applicator which is in a certain, second orientation (B) can drop lengthwise. a. a first conveyor track , comprising two transport belts (3.1, 3.2) which are arranged spaced apart from each other and each have a bearing axis (L1, L2); b. a first conveyor drive for driving at least one of the two spaced-apart transport belts (3.1, 3.2), and wherein the transport belts (3.1, 3.2) are arranged spaced apart from each other in such a manner that a tampon applicator which is to be conveyed rests on the two transport belts (3.1, 3.2) in an intermediate space (D) between the transport belts; the bearing axes (L1, L2) of the transport belts (3.1, 3.2) of a conveyor track are arranged parallel; in particular, all of the bearing axes (L1, L2) of the transport belts (3.1, 3.2) which convey in a same conveying direction (F.1, F.2) are arranged parallel; the transport belts (3.1, 3.2) are arranged spaced apart from each other in such a manner that a tampon applicator which is to be conveyed rests on the two transport belts (3.1, 3.2) in an intermediate space (D) between the transport belts; the bearing axes (L1, L2) of the transport belts (3.1, 3.2) of a conveyor track are arranged parallel; in particular, all of the bearing axes (L1, L2) of the transport belts (3.1, 3.2) which convey in a same conveying direction (F.1, F.2) are arranged parallel; c. an orientation unit which is mounted downstream of the first conveyor track, for rotating a supplied tampon applicator from a first orientation (A) into a second orientation (B), and