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System for preparation of beverages presenting at least one system module that comprises - at least one extraction device preferentially disposed in a frontal zone of the system module , and - at least one storage means provided so as to comprise a conduction support that presents a plurality of individual doses and adapted so as to be moved from outside of said storage means and successively supply these individual doses to one, in each case respective, said extraction device , whereby each storage means and respective conduction support are provided so that the conduction support results substantially vertically aligned with a respective said extraction device , above thereof, and - whereby said storage means and respective conduction support are provided so that the conduction support is moved along said vertical alignment, between a storage exit and until said extraction device , preferentially at least until a respective actuation device , characterized in that said conduction support is displaced by means of said respective actuation device disposed in the proximity of the extraction device , between the storage exit and a respective said extraction device , substantially above the latter, and in that said system module is provided so as to include means for separation of the individual dose in each case furthest downstream from the conduction support , disposed between the actuation device and the extraction device or inside of the latter. - at least one extraction device preferentially disposed in a frontal zone of the system module , and - at least one storage means provided so as to comprise a conduction support that presents a plurality of individual doses and adapted so as to be moved from outside of said storage means and successively supply these individual doses to one, in each case respective, said extraction device , whereby each storage means and respective conduction support are provided so that the conduction support results substantially vertically aligned with a respective said extraction device , above thereof, and - whereby said storage means and respective conduction support are provided so that the conduction support is moved along said vertical alignment, between a storage exit and until said extraction device , preferentially at least until a respective actuation device ,
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle display, comprising: an input configured to receive driver request information, driving road information, and steering wheel movement information; and a processor configured to control a vehicle internal display to be transparent based on any one or any combination of the driver request information, the driving road information, and the steering wheel movement information, and transmit a control signal to change a portion of the vehicle internal display to be transparent, characterized in that the input is further configured to receive the driving road information from navigation map information or child protection area sign identification information, and wherein the processor is further configured to change the portion of the vehicle internal display to be transparent, in response to a current driving road being located in the child protection area. an input configured to receive driver request information, driving road information, and steering wheel movement information; and a processor configured to control a vehicle internal display to be transparent based on any one or any combination of the driver request information, the driving road information, and the steering wheel movement information, and transmit a control signal to change a portion of the vehicle internal display to be transparent, characterized in that the input is further configured to receive the driving road information from navigation map information or child protection area sign identification information, and control a vehicle internal display to be transparent based on any one or any combination of the driver request information, the driving road information, and the steering wheel movement information, and transmit a control signal to change a portion of the vehicle internal display to be transparent, characterized in that the input is further configured to receive the driving road information from navigation map information or child protection area sign identification information, and wherein the processor is further configured to change the portion of the vehicle internal display to be transparent, in response to a current driving road being located in the child protection area.
A screw actuator , comprising: a screw comprising a first helical contact surface and a first helical raceway surface ; a nut comprising a second helical contact surface and a second helical raceway surface ; and a plurality of ball bearings in a helical raceway formed by the first helical raceway surface and the second helical raceway surface , wherein, when the screw is loaded relative to the nut in a first axial direction (F1), the first helical contact surface is compressed against the second helical contact surface , and when the screw is loaded relative to the nut in a second axial direction (F2), the plurality of ball bearings are compressed between the first helical raceway surface and the second helical raceway surface, characterized in that the screw actuator is self-locking when the screw is loaded relative to the nut in the first axial direction (F1) due to frictional forces between the first helical contact surface and the second helical contact surface . a screw comprising a first helical contact surface and a first helical raceway surface ; a nut comprising a second helical contact surface and a second helical raceway surface ; and a plurality of ball bearings in a helical raceway formed by the first helical raceway surface and the second helical raceway surface , wherein, when the screw is loaded relative to the nut in a first axial direction (F1), the first helical contact surface is compressed against the second helical contact surface , and when the screw is loaded relative to the nut in a second axial direction (F2), the plurality of ball bearings are compressed between the first helical raceway surface and the second helical raceway surface, characterized in that the screw actuator is self-locking when the screw is loaded relative to the nut in the first axial direction (F1) due to frictional forces between the first helical contact surface and the second helical contact surface .
A data communication module comprising optics and a transmission or a reception element or a transmission and reception element arranged in a cavity or centrally in a cavity and configured to emit and/or receive a signal in a main radiation direction , wherein the optics comprises an optical body formed of a material optically transparent for the communication wavelength, comprising: the cavity , wherein a first interface is formed between the cavity and the optical body; a second interface formed opposite the cavity ; and a lateral interface of any shape having a total internal reflection region ; wherein the first interface forms a first central lens region and a first refraction region surrounding the first central lens region , and wherein the second interface forms a second central lens region and a second refraction region surrounding the second central lens region ; wherein the first and second lens regions are configured to map a first beam group in the direction of the main radiation direction ; and wherein the second refraction region of the second interface is configured to map a second beam group along a second radiation direction which is angled to the main radiation direction . wherein the optics comprises an optical body formed of a material optically transparent for the communication wavelength, comprising: the cavity , wherein a first interface is formed between the cavity and the optical body; a second interface formed opposite the cavity ; and a lateral interface of any shape having a total internal reflection region ; the cavity , wherein a first interface is formed between the cavity and the optical body; a second interface formed opposite the cavity ; and a lateral interface of any shape having a total internal reflection region ; wherein the first interface forms a first central lens region and a first refraction region surrounding the first central lens region , and wherein the second interface forms a second central lens region and a second refraction region surrounding the second central lens region ; wherein the first and second lens regions are configured to map a first beam group in the direction of the main radiation direction ; and wherein the second refraction region of the second interface is configured to map a second beam group along a second radiation direction which is angled to the main radiation direction .
A computer-implemented method of determining a cycle threshold (Ct) value in a kinetic Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification curve, the method comprising: - receiving a data set representing a kinetic PCR amplification curve, said data set including a plurality of first data points, each first data point having a pair of coordinate values (x,y), where the x-axis represents cycle number and the y-axis fluorescence intensity, wherein if viewed in a two-dimensional coordinate system the data set has a region of interest which includes a cycle threshold (Ct) value; - applying a transformation to at least a portion of the data set including the region of interest to produce a transformed data set, wherein the transformed data set includes a plurality of second data points, each second data point having a pair of coordinate values (y',y*), where the y' coordinate value of a second data point is the y coordinate value of a corresponding first data point, and the y* coordinate value of said second data point is the y coordinate value of a subsequent first data point; - identifying a plurality of clusters of second data points in the transformed data set; - determining a linear slope of each of said clusters; - determining, for each cluster, a ratio of the slope of that cluster with the slope of an adjacent cluster; and - comparing the ratios; wherein an end point of a cluster having the largest or smallest ratio represents the cycle threshold (Ct) value in the PCR amplification curve. - receiving a data set representing a kinetic PCR amplification curve, said data set including a plurality of first data points, each first data point having a pair of coordinate values (x,y), where the x-axis represents cycle number and the y-axis fluorescence intensity, wherein if viewed in a two-dimensional coordinate system the data set has a region of interest which includes a cycle threshold (Ct) value; - applying a transformation to at least a portion of the data set including the region of interest to produce a transformed data set, wherein the transformed data set includes a plurality of second data points, each second data point having a pair of coordinate values (y',y*), where the y' coordinate value of a second data point is the y coordinate value of a corresponding first data point, and the y* coordinate value of said second data point is the y coordinate value of a subsequent first data point; - identifying a plurality of clusters of second data points in the transformed data set; - determining a linear slope of each of said clusters; - determining, for each cluster, a ratio of the slope of that cluster with the slope of an adjacent cluster; and - comparing the ratios; wherein an end point of a cluster having the largest or smallest ratio represents the cycle threshold (Ct) value in the PCR amplification curve.
A system , comprising: an inlet guide vane assembly, comprising: a plurality of inlet guide vanes comprising a primary inlet guide vane and a plurality of secondary inlet guide vanes, the plurality of inlet guide vanes being disposed in a radial pattern around a central axis and configured to rotate about axes orthogonal to the central axis ; and a drive shaft coupled to the primary inlet guide vane of the plurality of inlet guide vanes , wherein the drive shaft rotates the primary inlet guide vane along a rotational axis common to both of the drive shaft and the primary inlet guide vane, and the drive shaft causes the secondary inlet guide vanes of the plurality of inlet guide vanes to rotate about their respective axes offset from the common rotational axis ; and a rotary actuator coupled to the drive shaft and configured to cause rotation of the drive shaft , characterized in that the rotary actuator being coupled to the drive shaft in a coaxial arrangement. a plurality of inlet guide vanes comprising a primary inlet guide vane and a plurality of secondary inlet guide vanes, the plurality of inlet guide vanes being disposed in a radial pattern around a central axis and configured to rotate about axes orthogonal to the central axis ; and a drive shaft coupled to the primary inlet guide vane of the plurality of inlet guide vanes , wherein the drive shaft rotates the primary inlet guide vane along a rotational axis common to both of the drive shaft and the primary inlet guide vane, and the drive shaft causes the secondary inlet guide vanes of the plurality of inlet guide vanes to rotate about their respective axes offset from the common rotational axis ; and a rotary actuator coupled to the drive shaft and configured to cause rotation of the drive shaft , characterized in that the rotary actuator being coupled to the drive shaft in a coaxial arrangement.
Fastening device used to assemble objects together and then to release them quickly, which fastening device is formed of a retaining means (P; 3) designed to retain a hooking element (R) prior to release, said retaining means (P; 3) consisting of the bringing together, around a stowable part of said hooking element (R), of a plurality of separable parts (E; 30) which are resiliently biased apart from one another and kept close together around said hooking element (R) via a disengageable prestressing means (L; 2), which prestressing means (L; 2) consists of an element forming a link which is wound around said separable parts (E; 30) so as to keep them closed on said hooking element (R), and of which link at least one end is fastened to a mechanism (T; 4) for maintaining the tension exerted on this link, which mechanism also comprises means for releasing this tension on demand, said link (L; 2) having the appearance of a strip wound in a spiral and comprising spring characteristics, characterized in that said strip has a non-constant thickness, i.e. this thickness decreases from the inside towards the outside of the spiral, this thickness decreasing with the angle of the spiral.
A composition for use in the treatment of neurodegenerative disease (NDD) or central nervous system (CNS) damage comprising: a) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier solution; and b) a plurality of biodegradable nanoparticles, the nanoparticles have a diameter of at least 50nm and at most 300nm, the nanoparticles being comprised of a biodegradable polymer matrix, the polymer comprising poly(lactic)-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) and/or PLA, wherein the biodegradable polymer matrix comprises leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF), the nanoparticles further comprising a targeting moiety located on the surface of the nanoparticle, the targeting moiety selected from a monoclonal antibody and an antigen-binding fragment thereof, wherein the targeting moiety binds selectively to an antigen on the surface of a cell selected from the group consisting of: a neural stem cell; a neural progenitor cell; a precursor cell that is committed to a neurectodermal lineage; and a neuronal cell. a) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier solution; and b) a plurality of biodegradable nanoparticles, the nanoparticles have a diameter of at least 50nm and at most 300nm,
A diameter expansion drill bit (10, 10A-10H) used for inserting in an anchoring prepared hole (H) perforated in a framework to expand a diameter of a portion of the prepared hole (H) by grinding comprising: a plurality of blade sections that grind the portion of the prepared hole (H); a blade holding section that holds the plurality of blade sections so as to be slidingly movable in a radial direction respectively; and a shank section that supports the blade holding section , wherein the blade holding section has a steeple portion that positions to project at a tip portion coaxially, characterised in that the plurality of blade sections parallelly move to spread outwardly in the radial direction with respect to the blade holding section by centrifugal force due to rotation, wherein the blade holding section has a plurality of blade opening portions that hold the plurality of blade sections movably, and wherein each blade section has a blade body that has an outer circumferential portion in an arc shape in cross section, a rib portion that supports the blade body and slidably engages with the blade opening portion in a radial direction, and a retaining portion that is provided on a base side of the rib portion and functions as retention against the blade holding section . a plurality of blade sections that grind the portion of the prepared hole (H); a blade holding section that holds the plurality of blade sections so as to be slidingly movable in a radial direction respectively; and a shank section that supports the blade holding section , wherein the blade holding section has a steeple portion that positions to project at a tip portion coaxially, characterised in that the plurality of blade sections parallelly move to spread outwardly in the radial direction with respect to the blade holding section by centrifugal force due to rotation, wherein the blade holding section has a plurality of blade opening portions that hold the plurality of blade sections movably, and wherein each blade section has a blade body that has an outer circumferential portion in an arc shape in cross section, a rib portion that supports the blade body and slidably engages with the blade opening portion in a radial direction, and a retaining portion that is provided on a base side of the rib portion and functions as retention against the blade holding section .
A method of operating a multiple energy source of a transport refrigeration unit for refrigeration of a cargo compartment , the method being characterised by comprising: driving a condenser fan by a condenser fan motor to facilitate air flow across a condenser of the transport refrigeration unit; determining if the transport refrigeration unit is idle; if the transport refrigeration unit is determined as being idle electrically switching the condenser fan motor from receiving electrical power to a battery charging circuit ; and subsequently back-driving the condenser fan motor via wind blowing through the condenser fan and generating electrical power by the condenser fan motor to charge a battery of the transport refrigeration unit via the battery charging circuit. driving a condenser fan by a condenser fan motor to facilitate air flow across a condenser of the transport refrigeration unit; determining if the transport refrigeration unit is idle; if the transport refrigeration unit is determined as being idle electrically switching the condenser fan motor from receiving electrical power to a battery charging circuit ; and subsequently back-driving the condenser fan motor via wind blowing through the condenser fan and generating electrical power by the condenser fan motor to charge a battery of the transport refrigeration unit via the battery charging circuit.
Process of manufacturing of self-standing films with variable and controlled thickness, characterized by controlled though-porosity micro-patterns made of natural or synthetic, pH-dependent, polyelectrolyte macro-molecules, the process comprising: a) cathodic and/or anodic electrochemical/electrophoretic deposition of said natural or synthetic macromolecules, on a working electrode in the form of conductive micropatterned template, conductive substrate having a discontinuous surface, wherein said discontinuity is constituted by through-holes, equally spaced from each other, having suitable size/dimensions of the lumen of the meshes, the working electrode immersed in an electrolyte solution comprising said macromolecules, the polarization of the working electrode surface allows a micro-patterned self-standing controlled porosity to be formed, as an effect of the interface processes to the surface layer, the molecules in solution coagulate in contact with the outer surface of the working electrode, the "conductive micropatterned template", physically depositing on the surface of the working electrode; b) mechanical removal of the self-standing films of variable and controlled thickness characterized by a controlled through-porosity micro-pattern obtained in step a) from the working electrode. a) cathodic and/or anodic electrochemical/electrophoretic deposition of said natural or synthetic macromolecules, on a working electrode in the form of conductive micropatterned template, conductive substrate having a discontinuous surface, wherein said discontinuity is constituted by through-holes, equally spaced from each other, having suitable size/dimensions of the lumen of the meshes, the working electrode immersed in an electrolyte solution comprising said macromolecules, the polarization of the working electrode surface allows a micro-patterned self-standing controlled porosity to be formed, as an effect of the interface processes to the surface layer, the molecules in solution coagulate in contact with the outer surface of the working electrode, the "conductive micropatterned template", physically depositing on the surface of the working electrode; b) mechanical removal of the self-standing films of variable and controlled thickness characterized by a controlled through-porosity micro-pattern obtained in step a) from the working electrode.
Method for operating a floor treatment device , the floor treatment device moving over a surface to be treated and a treatment of the surface , namely cleaning of the surface , being carried out on the basis of a surface parameter of the surface , the surface parameter being a floor type and/or a dirt level, a device parameter of the floor treatment device for treating the surface being varied on the basis of the surface parameter , the surface parameter being compared with reference surface parameters stored in a database , a device parameter corresponding to a reference surface parameter closest to the surface parameter being selected and set on the floor treatment device for a subsequent treatment of the surface , a plurality of floor treatment devices accessing the database and storing, for common use, and/or selecting a device parameter and/or a surface parameter and/or a change to a surface parameter and/or a reference surface parameter in the database , a floor treatment device carrying out a floor treatment according to a selected device parameter and, after the floor treatment has been completed, the surface parameter of the treated surface being detected again and transmitted to the database , characterised in that the database stores the surface parameter in conjunction with the device parameters used for surface treatment and adjusts a device parameter stored in the database on the basis of a cleaning result achieved, and the change to the surface parameter being stored in the database and being linked to the previously applied device parameters so that information is stored in the database as to what device parameter setting has led to what floor treatment result.