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A heat exchanger for the exchange of heat between a first fluid and at least one other fluid, wherein the heat exchanger is a laminate heat exchanger, the heat exchanger comprising: a core , wherein the core comprises a plurality of laminate members, the core comprising: at least one flow path; a manifold in communication with the at least one flow path, wherein the manifold comprises: a void formed in the core extending through the plurality of laminate members, the heat exchanger being characterized in that it further comprises end caps and in that the end caps are configured to seal the void at both ends of the core, each end cap being a non-flat end cap. at least one flow path; a manifold in communication with the at least one flow path, wherein the manifold comprises: a void formed in the core extending through the plurality of laminate members, the heat exchanger being characterized in that it further comprises end caps and in that the end caps are configured to seal the void at both ends of the core, each end cap being a non-flat end cap.
A measurement method for measuring a fluid speed, the method comprising the step of measuring a travel time taken by an ultrasound measurement signal to travel along a path of defined length, the ultrasound measurement signal being generated by a transducer that is subjected to an electrical excitation signal , the measurement method being characterized in that the electrical excitation signal comprises a first signal portion followed by a second signal portion , the first signal portion being a periodic signal presenting a pattern having a maximum amplitude that decreases, and the second signal portion being a periodic signal having the same pattern with a maximum amplitude that is constant.
A bone-meat separation device for a bone-in limb meat for separating a meat part (m) adhering to a trunk-side end bone head (h) of a bone-in limb meat (Mb), the device comprising: a plurality of clamp portions configured to convey the bone-in limb meat (Mb) along a conveying path (R); a guide portion disposed on the conveying path and forming a V-shaped guide space (Sy) with an open end thereof being directed upstream in a conveying direction of the bone-in limb meat (Mb); and a cutter disposed at a downstream end of the guide space (Sy) in the conveying direction, the device being characterized by further comprising a holding portion configured to hold the meat part (m) below the guide portion and the cutter , wherein the holding portion is configured to hold the meat part (m) of the bone-in limb meat (Mb) when the meat part (m) is cut from the trunk-side end bone head (h) with the cutter , and wherein the cutter is arranged adjacent to the guide portion below the guide portion . a plurality of clamp portions configured to convey the bone-in limb meat (Mb) along a conveying path (R); a guide portion disposed on the conveying path and forming a V-shaped guide space (Sy) with an open end thereof being directed upstream in a conveying direction of the bone-in limb meat (Mb); and a cutter disposed at a downstream end of the guide space (Sy) in the conveying direction, the device being characterized by further comprising a holding portion configured to hold the meat part (m) below the guide portion and the cutter , wherein the holding portion is configured to hold the meat part (m) of the bone-in limb meat (Mb) when the meat part (m) is cut from the trunk-side end bone head (h) with the cutter , and wherein the cutter is arranged adjacent to the guide portion below the guide portion .
Compound needle for a warp knitting machine with a needle head , which has a hook , with a transition region which adjoins the hook and the cross section of which increases in a direction away from the needle head , and with a stem , wherein the transition region has an edge profiling which changes continuously between the hook and the stem , characterized in that the edge profiling is in the form of a rounding, wherein the rounding has a curvature which increases away from the hook .
An active multi-band antenna for the terrestrial broadcast reception, comprising receiving structures composed of a first and a second loop-shaped conductor track (1; 2), a monopole stub cable , a dielectric carrier , on which the first and the second loop-shaped conductor tracks (1; 2) and the monopole stub cable are arranged, further composed of a first to third adapting circuit (5; 15; 16), a first to fifth frequency filter (8; 9; 17; 18; 22), a first and second balancing element (10; 19), and a first to third amplifier (10; 20; 23), wherein the first loop-shaped conductor track is formed to be tuned to a first frequency band (FM), wherein this first loop-shaped conductor track has a break which is bridged by the first adapting circuit , in the connection area (6; 7) of the first loop-shaped conductor track , the first and the second frequency filters (8; 9) are arranged, which have a high load impedance for the first loop-shaped conductor track in the second frequency band (DAB) and are formed in that the near field coupling thereof to the second loop-shaped conductor track is minimized, wherein the respective outputs of the first and the second frequency filters (8; 9) are interconnected with the symmetric inputs of the first balancing element , wherein the asymmetric output of the first balancing element is applied to the input of the first amplifier , and the output of the first amplifier constitutes the connection for the first frequency band (FM), the second loop-shaped conductor track is formed to be tuned to the second frequency band (DAB), wherein in the connection area (13; 14) of the second loop-shaped conductor track , the second and the third adapting circuits (15; 16) are arranged, the respective outputs of which are guided to inputs of the third and the fourth frequency filter (17; 18), which have a high load impedance for the second loop-shaped conductor track in the first frequency band and are formed in that the near field coupling thereof to the first loop-shaped conductor track is minimized, wherein the respective outputs of the third and fourth frequency filters (17; 18) are interconnected with the symmetric inputs of the second balancing element , the asymmetric output of the second balancing element is applied to the input of the second amplifier , and the output of the second amplifier constitutes the connection for the second frequency band (DAB), furthermore, substantially in parallel to the longer extension of the first loop-shaped conductor track , the monopole stub cable tuned to a third frequency band (AM) is formed, the feeding end of which is interconnected via the firth frequency filter with the input of a third amplifier , the output of which constitutes the connection for the third frequency band (AM), wherein the input of the frequency filter in the first frequency band (FM) and in the second frequency band (DAB) has a high load impedance for the monopole stub cable and is formed in that the near field coupling thereof to the first and the second loop-shaped conductor tracks (1; 2) is minimized.
A method of training a machine learning, ML, system for seismic interpretation, comprising: preparing a collection of seismic images as training data, wherein the collection of seismic images is derived from seismic data acquired during performance of a seismic survey; training an interpreter ML model to learn to interpret the training data by performing adversarial training of a generator function that is augmented by a geologic objective function that combines reconstruction loss with geologic fit so that the adversarial training of the augmented generator function both optimizes for accuracy of fault prediction and optimizes the geologic fit measured by a discriminator ML model ; and training the discriminator ML model to learn one or more geologic priors from the training data; wherein the augmented generator function generates outputs for input to the discriminator ML model. preparing a collection of seismic images as training data, wherein the collection of seismic images is derived from seismic data acquired during performance of a seismic survey; training an interpreter ML model to learn to interpret the training data by performing adversarial training of a generator function that is augmented by a geologic objective function that combines reconstruction loss with geologic fit so that the adversarial training of the augmented generator function both optimizes for accuracy of fault prediction and optimizes the geologic fit measured by a discriminator ML model ; and training the discriminator ML model to learn one or more geologic priors from the training data; wherein the augmented generator function generates outputs for input to the discriminator ML model.
A switch , comprising: encapsulation circuitry configured to encapsulate a first packet in a second packet and a copy of the first packet in a third packet using Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links, TRILL, encapsulation; and forwarding circuitry configured to: determine an output port for the second packet using TRILL header information of the second packet , wherein destination information of the second packet corresponds to destination information of the first packet , and determine an output port for the third packet using TRILL header information of the third packet , wherein a TRILL header of the third packet is different to a TRILL header of the second packet and destination information of the third packet is different from the destination information of the first and second packets and is based on port mirroring, wherein while encapsulating the first packet in the second packet and the copy of the first packet in the third packet , the encapsulation circuitry is configured to preserve Virtual Local Area Network, VLAN, identifiers of the first packet and the copy of the first packet . encapsulation circuitry configured to encapsulate a first packet in a second packet and a copy of the first packet in a third packet using Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links, TRILL, encapsulation; and forwarding circuitry configured to: determine an output port for the second packet using TRILL header information of the second packet , wherein destination information of the second packet corresponds to destination information of the first packet , and determine an output port for the third packet using TRILL header information of the third packet , wherein a TRILL header of the third packet is different to a TRILL header of the second packet and destination information of the third packet is different from the destination information of the first and second packets and is based on port mirroring, wherein while encapsulating the first packet in the second packet and the copy of the first packet in the third packet , the encapsulation circuitry is configured to preserve Virtual Local Area Network, VLAN, identifiers of the first packet and the copy of the first packet . determine an output port for the second packet using TRILL header information of the second packet , wherein destination information of the second packet corresponds to destination information of the first packet , and determine an output port for the third packet using TRILL header information of the third packet , wherein a TRILL header of the third packet is different to a TRILL header of the second packet and destination information of the third packet is different from the destination information of the first and second packets and is based on port mirroring, wherein while encapsulating the first packet in the second packet and the copy of the first packet in the third packet , the encapsulation circuitry is configured to preserve Virtual Local Area Network, VLAN, identifiers of the first packet and the copy of the first packet .
Underbody component for a motor vehicle , comprising - a panel element , which has a lower side and an upper side; and - a sensor device, which is arranged in or on the panel element , wherein said sensor device is intended to detect an external force (K) acting on the lower side of the panel element , characterized in that - at least one support element is provided on the upper side of the panel element , which is intended to support the panel element against a structure on the vehicle side and to distance it from the structure on the vehicle side, wherein said support element is also configured as a partition wall which divides the area above the panel element into a plurality of chambers ; and - in that the sensor device has at least one electrically conductive sensor wire which is arranged in or on the panel element , wherein the sensor device is provided for detecting a penetration of the panel element into at least one of the chambers caused by an external force (K) acting on the lower side. - a panel element , which has a lower side and an upper side; and - a sensor device, which is arranged in or on the panel element , wherein said sensor device is intended to detect an external force (K) acting on the lower side of the panel element , characterized in that - at least one support element is provided on the upper side of the panel element , which is intended to support the panel element against a structure on the vehicle side and to distance it from the structure on the vehicle side, wherein said support element is also configured as a partition wall which divides the area above the panel element into a plurality of chambers ; and - in that the sensor device has at least one electrically conductive sensor wire which is arranged in or on the panel element , wherein the sensor device is provided for detecting a penetration of the panel element into at least one of the chambers caused by an external force (K) acting on the lower side.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound inhibiting the expression and/or the activity of the IncRNA of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the compound is (a) a nucleic acid sequence which comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence being complementary to at least 12 continuous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) a nucleic acid sequence which comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence which is at least 69% identical to the complementary strand of the IncRNA of SEQ ID NO: 1, (c) a nucleic acid sequence which comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence according to (a) or (b), wherein U is replaced by T, (d) an expression vector expressing the nucleic acid sequence as defined in any one of (a) to (c), preferably under the control of a heart-specific promoter, or (e) a host comprising the expression vector of (d). (a) a nucleic acid sequence which comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence being complementary to at least 12 continuous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) a nucleic acid sequence which comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence which is at least 69% identical to the complementary strand of the IncRNA of SEQ ID NO: 1, (c) a nucleic acid sequence which comprises or consists of a nucleotide sequence according to (a) or (b), wherein U is replaced by T, (d) an expression vector expressing the nucleic acid sequence as defined in any one of (a) to (c), preferably under the control of a heart-specific promoter, or (e) a host comprising the expression vector of (d).
Device for winding an excess length of optical fibre onto a bobbin comprising: - a cylindrical reel , - two rims extending radially from each end of the reel , one of the rims being provided with a port for the optical fibre, - a magazine that has a cylindrical surface intended to receive a winding of said excess length of optical fibre, said magazine being separated from the reel by the rim provided with the port and having a circumferential edge for retaining said excess length of optical fibre, said device being characterised in that it comprises: - means for storing said excess length of optical fibre, - means for winding said excess length of optical fibre about the magazine , said means being able to cooperate to unwind a length of optical fibre stored on the storage means and to wind said excess length about the magazine . - a cylindrical reel , - two rims extending radially from each end of the reel , one of the rims being provided with a port for the optical fibre, - a magazine that has a cylindrical surface intended to receive a winding of said excess length of optical fibre, said magazine being separated from the reel by the rim provided with the port and having a circumferential edge for retaining said excess length of optical fibre, - means for storing said excess length of optical fibre, - means for winding said excess length of optical fibre about the magazine ,
An optical tool measurement device for a machine tool, comprising; a light source for directing light towards a tool-sensing region , a sensor for detecting light from the tool-sensing region , and a shutter assembly for selectively protecting the sensor from contamination, the shutter assembly being configured to provide a closed configuration in which the sensor is covered by the shutter assembly thereby preventing contamination of the sensor and an open configuration in which light can pass to the sensor through a first aperture (72;102) of the shutter assembly , characterised in that the shutter assembly is configured to additionally provide a constricted configuration in which light can pass to the sensor through a second aperture (74; 104) of the shutter assembly , the second aperture (74; 104) being smaller than the first aperture (72; 102). a light source for directing light towards a tool-sensing region , a sensor for detecting light from the tool-sensing region , and a shutter assembly for selectively protecting the sensor from contamination, the shutter assembly being configured to provide a closed configuration in which the sensor is covered by the shutter assembly thereby preventing contamination of the sensor and an open configuration in which light can pass to the sensor through a first aperture (72;102) of the shutter assembly , characterised in that the shutter assembly is configured to additionally provide a constricted configuration in which light can pass to the sensor through a second aperture (74; 104) of the shutter assembly , the second aperture (74; 104) being smaller than the first aperture (72; 102).
A microfluidic device comprising a film on a surface of the device, wherein the film comprises coating reagent remaining after a composition comprising a coating reagent and a solvent has been applied to the device and the solvent has been removed, the composition comprising: a coating reagent, wherein the coating reagent is a siloxane having a structure of Formula III: wherein each R 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, and at least one R 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 alkyl; and z is an integer from 1 to 10; and a solvent, wherein the solvent is a polysiloxane having a viscosity of less than about 0.7 centistokes at 25°C; wherein the coating reagent is present in the composition in an amount from about 0.01% to about 5% by volume of the solvent. a coating reagent, wherein the coating reagent is a siloxane having a structure of Formula III: wherein each R 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, and at least one R 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 alkyl; and z is an integer from 1 to 10; and a solvent, wherein the solvent is a polysiloxane having a viscosity of less than about 0.7 centistokes at 25°C; wherein the coating reagent is present in the composition in an amount from about 0.01% to about 5% by volume of the solvent.
A method comprising: performing, by each push-to-talk, PTT, client of a PTT group, distributed control for PTT sessions within the PTT group, wherein each PTT client of the PTT group has access to a wide area network, WAN, and wherein the distributed control by each PTT client is performed without use of any PTT server, by maintaining, by each PTT client of the PTT group, a respective floor request queue of information relating to floor requests sent by any of the PTT clients of the PTT group, wherein the floor request queues maintained by the PTT clients in the PTT group are substantially the same; wherein the maintaining comprises: in response to a Floor Request message sent using IP multicast by any of the PTT clients of the PTT group to the other PTT clients of the PTT group, updating, by each PTT client of the PTT group, its respective floor request queue by adding the information of the Floor Request message. performing, by each push-to-talk, PTT, client of a PTT group, distributed control for PTT sessions within the PTT group, wherein each PTT client of the PTT group has access to a wide area network, WAN, and wherein the distributed control by each PTT client is performed without use of any PTT server, by maintaining, by each PTT client of the PTT group, a respective floor request queue of information relating to floor requests sent by any of the PTT clients of the PTT group, wherein the floor request queues maintained by the PTT clients in the PTT group are substantially the same; wherein the maintaining comprises: in response to a Floor Request message sent using IP multicast by any of the PTT clients of the PTT group to the other PTT clients of the PTT group, updating, by each PTT client of the PTT group, its respective floor request queue by adding the information of the Floor Request message.
A method of expanding a population of alveolar macrophages in a long term liquid culture comprising culturing for at least 100 days the population of alveolar macrophages in a culture medium supplemented with an amount of GM-CSF.
A modal restraint system for an occupant of a seat of an aircraft comprising: a strap feeder unit ; a strap selectively retractable into and extendable from the strap feeder unit , the strap positionable adjacent to the occupant so as to at least partially dispose the occupant between the strap and the seat ; and a release selector in communication with the strap feeder unit ; wherein, the strap feeder unit is adapted to switch between a plurality of modes including a fixed mode and an unfixed mode, the strap substantially unextendable from the strap feeder unit in the fixed mode, the strap extendable from and retractable into the strap feeder unit in the unfixed mode; wherein, the strap feeder unit is in the fixed mode by default; wherein, the strap feeder unit is operable to switch to the unfixed mode in response to selection of the release selector by the occupant , thereby increasing freedom of movement of the occupant relative to the seat of the aircraft ; characterized in that the release selector is disabled in response to a precautionary event, thereby preventing the strap feeder unit from switching to the unfixed mode. a strap feeder unit ; a strap selectively retractable into and extendable from the strap feeder unit , the strap positionable adjacent to the occupant so as to at least partially dispose the occupant between the strap and the seat ; and a release selector in communication with the strap feeder unit ; wherein, the strap feeder unit is adapted to switch between a plurality of modes including a fixed mode and an unfixed mode, the strap substantially unextendable from the strap feeder unit in the fixed mode, the strap extendable from and retractable into the strap feeder unit in the unfixed mode; wherein, the strap feeder unit is in the fixed mode by default; wherein, the strap feeder unit is operable to switch to the unfixed mode in response to selection of the release selector by the occupant , thereby increasing freedom of movement of the occupant relative to the seat of the aircraft ; characterized in that the release selector is disabled in response to a precautionary event, thereby preventing the strap feeder unit from switching to the unfixed mode.