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An apparatus and a power adapter of a breast pump device , wherein the apparatus is configured to be used with the breast pump device for the purpose of collecting information related to operation of the breast pump device , the breast pump device comprising an expression kit for subjecting a breast to a pressure profile and receiving milk expressed from the breast, a pump for creating the pressure profile in the expression kit , and an electric power supply circuit for supplying power to the pump , and the apparatus comprising: - a detection unit that is configured to detect an electric signal on the electric power supply circuit of the breast pump device , - a processing unit that is configured to receive the detected electric signal from the detection unit and to process the detected electric signal according to a preset routine in order to generate an information signal representative of information related to use of the breast pump device , and - a transmission unit that is configured to receive the information signal from the processing unit and to transmit the information signal for enabling receipt of the information signal by an external device , characterized in that the apparatus is accommodated in the power adapter of the breast pump device . - a detection unit that is configured to detect an electric signal on the electric power supply circuit of the breast pump device , - a processing unit that is configured to receive the detected electric signal from the detection unit and to process the detected electric signal according to a preset routine in order to generate an information signal representative of information related to use of the breast pump device , and - a transmission unit that is configured to receive the information signal from the processing unit and to transmit the information signal for enabling receipt of the information signal by an external device ,
Masking agent suitable for modification of a polyamine to form an integrin-targeted delivery polymer, said RGD masking agent is represented by the structure: R-A 1 A 2 -amidobenzyl-carbonate, wherein, R comprises an RGD peptide mimic <1500 kDa in size and wherein the RGD peptide mimic comprises a guanidinium group linked to a glycine-aspartate dipeptide via an amide bond; A 1 is a hydrophobic amino acid; A 2 is a hydrophilic uncharged amino acid linked to A 1 via an amide bond; and carbonate is an amine reactive carbonate moiety capable of reacting with a polymer amine to form a carbamate.
A cutting insert , comprising: a first end surface ; a second end surface opposing the first end surface; a peripheral side surface connecting the first end surface and the second end surface; a cutting edge extending along an intersecting edge between the first end surface and the peripheral side surface; a land formed in the first end surface so as to extend along the cutting edge; and at least one groove formed in the peripheral side surface, each groove forming an opening in the first end surface and being formed so as to separate the cutting edge into a plurality of portions, characterised in that , when the cutting insert is viewed from a direction facing the first end surface, the land is formed such that a portion of the land which corresponds to a connecting portion between the groove and the cutting edge has a greater width (w2) than a width (w1) of a portion of the land which is distant from the groove. a first end surface ; a second end surface opposing the first end surface; a peripheral side surface connecting the first end surface and the second end surface; a cutting edge extending along an intersecting edge between the first end surface and the peripheral side surface; a land formed in the first end surface so as to extend along the cutting edge; and at least one groove formed in the peripheral side surface, each groove forming an opening in the first end surface and being formed so as to separate the cutting edge into a plurality of portions, characterised in that , when the cutting insert is viewed from a direction facing the first end surface, the land is formed such that a portion of the land which corresponds to a connecting portion between the groove and the cutting edge has a greater width (w2) than a width (w1) of a portion of the land which is distant from the groove.
The oxide catalyst for the direct NO decomposition to N 2 and O 2 deposited on metallic substrate, characterized in that the austenitic acid proof chromium-nickel steel is the substrate and the catalyst is biphasic and contains the phase with αFe 2 O 3 structure and the phase with spinel structure, wherein the lattice parameters of the spinel phase are very close to the lattice parameters of NiFe 2 O 4 and the phases form micro crystallites containing additionally Cr, Mn and possibly Si with the concentrations: 3,6 - 8,8 at. % of Cr, and 1.4-3,4 at. % of Mn in the phase with NiFe 2 O 4 structure and 0.1 - 1.7 at. % of Cr, 0.1 - 0.3 at. % of Mn and 0 - 0,2 at.% of Si in the phase with α-Fe 2 O 3 structure and the content of the spinel phase in the catalyst is equal to 28%-36% wt. % and the content of the phase with αFe 2 O 3 structure is equal to 64-72 wt. %, wherein said concentrations have been determined by TEM-EDX, and wherein the steel substrate is the 1H18N9T/1.4541 steel.
A method for a parallel execution of services of a serial service chain on packets using multicast-based service insertion, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of services to be applied to packets of a data flow; determining a plurality of service machines (SVM 130A-132A) that are configured to provide the plurality of services for the data flow; grouping the plurality of service machines to a plurality of multicast groups ; wherein multicast groups in the plurality of multicast groups are sequentially ordered from a first multicast group that includes a largest count of service machines to a last multicast group that includes a smallest count of service machines; detecting a packet of the data flow and storing the packet in memory; multicasting the packet to the first multicast group of the plurality of multicast groups to cause applying, in parallel, services of service machines included in the first multicast group to the packet; upon receiving a plurality of responses from service machines that belong to the first multicast group : determining, based on the plurality of responses, whether service processing of the packet is completed; and in response to determining that service processing of the packet is completed, dispose the packet according the plurality of responses and without multicasting the packet to any other multicast group of the plurality of multicast groups . identifying a plurality of services to be applied to packets of a data flow; determining a plurality of service machines (SVM 130A-132A) that are configured to provide the plurality of services for the data flow; grouping the plurality of service machines to a plurality of multicast groups ; wherein multicast groups in the plurality of multicast groups are sequentially ordered from a first multicast group that includes a largest count of service machines to a last multicast group that includes a smallest count of service machines; detecting a packet of the data flow and storing the packet in memory; multicasting the packet to the first multicast group of the plurality of multicast groups to cause applying, in parallel, services of service machines included in the first multicast group to the packet; upon receiving a plurality of responses from service machines that belong to the first multicast group : determining, based on the plurality of responses, whether service processing of the packet is completed; and in response to determining that service processing of the packet is completed, dispose the packet according the plurality of responses and without multicasting the packet to any other multicast group of the plurality of multicast groups . determining, based on the plurality of responses, whether service processing of the packet is completed; and in response to determining that service processing of the packet is completed, dispose the packet according the plurality of responses and without multicasting the packet to any other multicast group of the plurality of multicast groups .
Method for determining the position of a self-propelled floor treatment appliance which comprises a drive unit , a control device for controlling the drive unit and an apparatus for capturing images of the surroundings of the floor treatment appliance , a current position (P) of the floor treatment appliance being tracked in the form of a distribution of spatial probabilities, the method comprising the following steps: - predicting a current position (P) of the floor treatment appliance by further developing a distribution of the spatial probabilities that describes a previous position (P1-P6) of the floor treatment appliance ; - capturing a current image (B) of the surroundings; characterised by the further steps of: - comparing the current image (B) of the surroundings with at least one stored image (B1-B3) of the surroundings that was captured at a previous position (P1-P3) of the floor treatment appliance ; - correcting the distribution of the spatial probabilities that describes the current position (P) on the basis of a result of the comparison of the current image (B) of the surroundings with the at least one stored image (B1-B3) of the surroundings and - storing the corrected distribution of the spatial probabilities and the current image (B) of the surroundings. - predicting a current position (P) of the floor treatment appliance by further developing a distribution of the spatial probabilities that describes a previous position (P1-P6) of the floor treatment appliance ; - capturing a current image (B) of the surroundings; - comparing the current image (B) of the surroundings with at least one stored image (B1-B3) of the surroundings that was captured at a previous position (P1-P3) of the floor treatment appliance ; - correcting the distribution of the spatial probabilities that describes the current position (P) on the basis of a result of the comparison of the current image (B) of the surroundings with the at least one stored image (B1-B3) of the surroundings and - storing the corrected distribution of the spatial probabilities and the current image (B) of the surroundings.
A method for controlling a luminaire of an illumination network comprising a plurality of luminaries said method comprising: providing power to the luminaires of the network through a power network ; a step of controlling by a device an output of a luminaire monitoring a primary communication network ; monitoring an alternative communication network ; and receiving a command from the primary communication network and receiving a command from the alternative communication network; characterized in that the method further comprises: the device determining a priority of the received commands to prioritize the received commands; and the device executing an application in response to the prioritized received command, said application controlling the operations of the network luminaire , wherein the primary communication network and the alternative communication network are independent wherein - the primary communication network is incorporated in the power network ; - the alternative communication network is a wireless network and - the monitoring of the alternative communication network is done by the device. providing power to the luminaires of the network through a power network ; a step of controlling by a device an output of a luminaire monitoring a primary communication network ; monitoring an alternative communication network ; and receiving a command from the primary communication network and receiving a command from the alternative communication network; the device determining a priority of the received commands to prioritize the received commands; and the device executing an application in response to the prioritized received command, said application controlling the operations of the network luminaire , wherein the primary communication network and the alternative communication network are independent - the primary communication network is incorporated in the power network ; - the alternative communication network is a wireless network and - the monitoring of the alternative communication network is done by the device.
A method for manufacturing a tip portion of a guide wire , the method comprising: providing a superelastic wire including a length so as to define both a distal tip portion and a proximal tip portion ; cold working the distal tip portion without imparting significant cold work to the proximal tip portion to provide linear elastic rather than superelastic properties within the distal tip portion , so that the proximal tip portion exhibits superelastic properties and the distal tip portion exhibits linear elastic properties; and grinding or otherwise reducing a cross-sectional thickness of the tip portion after cold working to provide a circular cross-section having a desired substantially constant diameter along the distal tip portion and proximal tip portion of the tip. providing a superelastic wire including a length so as to define both a distal tip portion and a proximal tip portion ; cold working the distal tip portion without imparting significant cold work to the proximal tip portion to provide linear elastic rather than superelastic properties within the distal tip portion , so that the proximal tip portion exhibits superelastic properties and the distal tip portion exhibits linear elastic properties; and grinding or otherwise reducing a cross-sectional thickness of the tip portion after cold working to provide a circular cross-section having a desired substantially constant diameter along the distal tip portion and proximal tip portion of the tip.
An acid fast staining composition comprising a fuchsin, a weak base having a pKa ranging from between about 8 to about 20, a non-ionic surfactant, and an alcohol, wherein an amount of fuchsin in the composition ranges from between about 0.75 w/v% to about 2.75w/v% by total volume of the composition, wherein an amount of base in the composition ranges from between about 0.05 w/v% to about 0.5 w/v% by total volume of the composition, wherein an amount of surfactant in the composition ranges from between about 0.5 w/v% to about 4 w/v% by total volume of the composition, and wherein the acid fast staining composition is free from phenol.
Method for manufacturing a blade , said method comprising the following steps: - manufacturing sub-assemblies made of thermoplastic composite materials, - arranging the sub-assemblies in an assembly mould , - locally arranging a plurality of assembly films comprising a ferromagnetic member, each assembly film being interposed between two surface layers of two separate sub-assemblies which are to be assembled together, - assembling the sub-assemblies together in the assembly mould by exerting a pressure on said sub-assemblies and by locally heating each assembly film by means of electromagnetic induction according to a cycle for heating and applying pressure, characterised in that each sub-assembly comprises an internal arrangement and at least one external arrangement adjoining the internal arrangement , the external arrangement of a sub-assembly being intended to be adhered to an external arrangement of another sub-assembly, each internal arrangement comprising a stack of plies referred to as intermediate layers , each intermediate layer comprising reinforcing fibres impregnated with a semi-crystalline thermoplastic matrix, each outer arrangement comprising at least one ply referred to as a surface layer , each surface layer comprising reinforcing fibres impregnated with an alloy of a semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer and an amorphous thermoplastic polymer, each assembly film comprising an amorphous thermoplastic material . - manufacturing sub-assemblies made of thermoplastic composite materials, - arranging the sub-assemblies in an assembly mould , - locally arranging a plurality of assembly films comprising a ferromagnetic member, each assembly film being interposed between two surface layers of two separate sub-assemblies which are to be assembled together, - assembling the sub-assemblies together in the assembly mould by exerting a pressure on said sub-assemblies and by locally heating each assembly film by means of electromagnetic induction according to a cycle for heating and applying pressure,
A thrust constant derivation method for deriving a thrust constant of a linear motor , the thrust constant representing an occurrence rate of a thrust in relation to a current in the linear motor which is provided with a track member which includes one of a magnet and a coil extending in a movement direction, and a moving body which includes the other of the magnet and the coil mounted to the track member in a movable manner, the linear motor generating a thrust in the movement direction between the magnet and the coil by causing a current to flow in the coil , wherein local thrust constants (N1-N6) which are local thrust constants (N1-N6) of a plurality of locations (X1-X6) on the track member are derived, and the thrust constants of arbitrary positions on the track member are derived based on the local thrust constants (N1-N6), characterized by an average value derivation step of moving the moving body along a long movement zone on the track member and deriving an average thrust constant (Nav1), which is an average thrust constant (Nav1) in the long movement zone, based on an actual measurement; a local value derivation step of causing the moving body to perform micro-movements in the movement direction at each location (X1-X6) of the plurality of locations (X1-X6) and deriving each of the local thrust constants (N1-N6) at each location (X1-X6) based on each actual measurement; a local value correction step of calculating the difference (ΔN) between an average value of the local thrust constants (Nav2) and the average thrust constant (Nav1) and correcting the local thrust constant (N1-N6) of each location (X1-X6) by the difference (ΔN) to obtain a corrected thrust constant (Nc1-Nc6) of each location (X1-X6); and an interpolation derivation step of deriving the thrust constant (N(X)) of an arbitrary position on the track member by interpolating the corrected thrust constants (Nc1-Nc6) of the locations (X1-X6), wherein the long movement zone is a total length zone (L) in which the moving body is capable of moving on the track member or a zone obtained by subtracting a minimal startup acceleration zone (Ls) and a stopping deceleration zone (Le) from the total length zone (L).
A thrombectomy apparatus for breaking up thrombus or other obstructive material in a lumen of a vascular graft or vessel, the apparatus comprising a flexible sheath and an elongated member positioned within the flexible sheath , the elongated member and the flexible sheath being relatively movable so that the elongated member has a first configuration and a second deployed configuration, the elongated member having a distal portion having a sinuous configuration, the distal portion assuming its sinuous configuration when in the deployed configuration and having a straighter configuration in the first configuration, the elongated member being operatively connected to a motor for rotation of the elongated member to enable peaks of the sinuous elongated member to contact a wall of the lumen to break up the thrombus or other obstructive material, a soft blunt tip is affixed to a distal end of the elongated member to prevent damage to the graft or vessel during manipulation and rotation of the elongated member , wherein the elongated member is a wire , the wire having a substantially linear portion throughout most of its length, and the distal portion of the wire having the sinuous configuration, characterized in that the wire is composed of an inner core and an outer layer , such as an outer coil, and in that in manufacture the inner core is slid within the outer layer and welded together at proximal and distal ends, and the distal portion of the wire is rotatable about an axis of the linear portion thereof.
A pharmaceutical composition or dietary supplement for use in the treatment of neuropathies and/or neuropathic pain, comprising the combination of curcumin, acetyl ester of L-carnitine and alpha-lipoic acid as the active ingredients, characterized in that the active ingredients acetyl ester of L-carnitine and alpha-lipoic acid are present in the composition in the form of particles of acetyl ester of L-carnitine and alpha-lipoic acid, respectively, or in the form of particles of acetyl ester of L-carnitine in admixture with alpha-lipoic acid, said particles being directly coated with one or more layers of coating membrane capable of isolating the relevant active ingredient from the external environment and of adjusting the release thereof in a predetermined manner, said coating membrane consisting of talc, silicon dioxide and ethylcellulose.
A device for accommodating and applying dental material , having a cavity for accommodating the dental material and a piston which closes the cavity on one side and which is movable along the longitudinal axis (L) in the device , wherein the piston consists at least partly of a thermochromic material, wherein the device in the cavity contains a radiation-curable dental material which is a one-component composite composition comprising (A) monomers, (B) fillers and (C) initiators. (A) monomers, (B) fillers and (C) initiators.
A peptide ligand which binds to Nectin-4 present on a cancer cell, comprising a polypeptide comprising at least three reactive groups, separated by at least two loop sequences, and a molecular scaffold which forms covalent bonds with the reactive groups of the polypeptide such that at least two polypeptide loops are formed on the molecular scaffold, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; characterised in that said polypeptide is a modified derivative of CP [dD]CM[HArg]DWSTP[HyP]WC; wherein one or more cysteine residues is replaced with a reactive group selected from 3-mercaptopropionic acid, cysteamine and penicillamine; wherein 1Nal represents 1-naphthylalanine, HArg represents homoarginine and HyP represents hydroxyproline. characterised in that said polypeptide is a modified derivative of CP [dD]CM[HArg]DWSTP[HyP]WC; wherein one or more cysteine residues is replaced with a reactive group selected from 3-mercaptopropionic acid, cysteamine and penicillamine; wherein 1Nal represents 1-naphthylalanine, HArg represents homoarginine and HyP represents hydroxyproline.
Use of starch derivatives, wherein the starch derivative is partially acetylated and partially acylated with at least one fatty acid, as additive in coating compositions, wherein the MW of the starch derivative is from 3.000 to 50.000 g/mol, determined using gel permeation chromatography, using a SDV LIN XL column at 35°C in CHCl 3 :MeOH 10:1 v/v.