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A continuum robotic device for use in minimally invasive procedures comprising: an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner core and an outer shell ; the outer shell fabricated of an elastomeric material; a plurality of ferromagnetic particles dispersed within the outer shell ; the elongate body having an initial shape; wherein the elongate body has an outer diameter of less than about 1000 μm, and wherein exposure of the device to an external magnetic field magnetically activates the plurality of ferromagnetic particles to provide the elongate body in an activated shape different than the initial shape; the device being characterized by further comprising a low friction material disposed on the outer shell. an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner core and an outer shell ; the outer shell fabricated of an elastomeric material; a plurality of ferromagnetic particles dispersed within the outer shell ; the elongate body having an initial shape; wherein the elongate body has an outer diameter of less than about 1000 μm, and wherein exposure of the device to an external magnetic field magnetically activates the plurality of ferromagnetic particles to provide the elongate body in an activated shape different than the initial shape; the device being characterized by further comprising a low friction material disposed on the outer shell.
A cable ladder corner , formed by two coplanar side rails attached to one another by a plurality of crosspieces spaced apart from one another, said plurality of crosspieces constituting a discontinuous cable seating surface, wherein each of said crosspieces is a profile made of a polymeric material and each of said side rails is a profile made of a polymeric material, wherein the inner side of each of said side rails , facing the opposite side rail , forms a channel having an open face oriented towards said opposite side rail , and wherein said channels of the side rails and the two ends of each of said crosspieces are shaped such that said ends of crosspiece are introduced in said channels through said open face and fit and are snap-fitted into said channels , characterized in that : - said two side rails have a curved segment with a continuous curvature without angular points; - at the two ends of said cable ladder corner , said two side rails end in one and the same plane perpendicular to said two side rails ; - in one of said side rails , said open face of channel is provided with widened portions distributed along said side rail , said widened portions and said open face being shaped such that a corresponding end of said crosspieces enters said channel through each of said widened portions and is immobilized in said widened portion in the longitudinal direction of said side rail ; - and in the other one of said side rails , said channel is uniform along said side rail , such that a corresponding end of said crosspieces is introduced in said channel through said open face thereof in any position along said side rail . - said two side rails have a curved segment with a continuous curvature without angular points; - at the two ends of said cable ladder corner , said two side rails end in one and the same plane perpendicular to said two side rails ; - in one of said side rails , said open face of channel is provided with widened portions distributed along said side rail , said widened portions and said open face being shaped such that a corresponding end of said crosspieces enters said channel through each of said widened portions and is immobilized in said widened portion in the longitudinal direction of said side rail ; - and in the other one of said side rails , said channel is uniform along said side rail , such that a corresponding end of said crosspieces is introduced in said channel through said open face thereof in any position along said side rail .
Method for controlling a converter having at least two phase modules which have a first and a second valve arm (T1, ..., T6), which each have at least three two-pole subsystems , which are connected in series, in the event of failure of at least one subsystem of a valve arm (T1, ..., T6), wherein the phase modules each form a bridge arm of the converter, wherein the first valve arm (T1, T3, T5) and the second valve arm (T2, T4, T6) are in each case arranged in a series circuit, wherein, on the DC voltage side, the phase modules are electrically conductively connected to a positive and a negative DC voltage busbar, wherein the two-pole subsystems have a storage capacitor and exactly two semiconductor switches which can be turned off, wherein a junction point between the first and second valve arms (T1, T3, T5,; T2, T4, T6) of the respective phase module forms a connection (L1, L2, L3) on the AC voltage side of the phase module 100, wherein the valve arm (T1, ..., T6) with the faulty subsystem is determined, and wherein one subsystem of a valve arm (T1, ..., T6) which corresponds to the faulty valve arm (T1, ..., T6) in each sound phase module is in each case controlled such that its terminal voltages (U X21 ) are in each case zero, characterized in that one subsystem of a valve arm (T1, ..., T6) which corresponds to the faulty valve arm (T1, ..., T6) in the faulty phase module is controlled such that its output voltage (U X21 ) is equal to zero, and such that one subsystem of a valve arm (T1, ..., T6) which corresponds to this valve arm (T1, ..., T6) in each sound phase module is in each case controlled such that its terminal voltages (U X21 ) are equal to zero.
A system for retractable compartmentalization of a space surrounded by walls, the compartmentalization system comprising a partition and a means for pivoting of the partition between a position (P1) for dividing the space and a retracted position (P2) in which the partition is arranged against a first wall of the space, the compartmentalization system comprising a manipulation and blocking mechanism embedded on the partition including a stand adopting an extended position (P3) in which the stand can bear against a second wall of the space opposite the first wall to block the partition in its dividing position (P1) or, as a function of the manipulation done, leaving the movable partition between its dividing position (P1) and its retracted position (P2), the compartmentalization system also comprising a hook of the manipulation blocking mechanism to maintain the distal part at the first wall, relative to the pivoting means, of the partition when it is in the retracted position (P2), the hook adopting an attachment position (P8) under the action of an operator engaging the hook in a complementary socket of the first wall to keep the partition in the retracted position, and adopting a release position (P7) under the action of an operator pulling a control (S, 370, 327) accessible on the face of the partition opposite the hook, the compartmentalization system being characterized in that the hook is connected to the stand by a connecting rod of the manipulation and blocking mechanism that brings the stand into the extended position while simultaneously retracting the hook in the thickness of the partition, and conversely extracts the hook from the thickness of the partition while simultaneously retracting the stand, the command (S, 370, 327) of the hook comprising a traction means (S) mounted sliding in a passage of the partition to follow the hook during its extraction and to withdraw during its retraction.
A cast-in-place anchor assembly for suspending objects below a metal deck after concrete pouring and concrete setting, the anchor assembly comprising: an anchor body having a threaded opening extending partially through it along an axis ; a sleeve mounted to the anchor body and defining a sleeve opening which extends away from the anchor body along said axis , the sleeve also having a flexible portion that is configured to elastically flex upon insertion of the sleeve through a hole in a metal deck that is narrower than the width of the flexible portion ; a support defining a supporting channel through which the anchor body extends and that is configured to permit sliding movement, but restrict tilting movement, of the support relative to the anchor body ; and a spring for biasing the support along the anchor body towards the sleeve so that, in use, opposite sides of a metal deck are clamped between the support and the flexible portion of the sleeve , wherein the anchor body is provided with at least one feature on its outer surface which the sleeve cooperates with for mounting to the anchor body and characterised in that the support has features biased against the anchor body which are configured, during manufacture of the anchor assembly, to cooperate with the at least one feature provided on the outer surface of the anchor body for retaining the support and spring in connection with the anchor body prior to mounting of the sleeve to the anchor body . an anchor body having a threaded opening extending partially through it along an axis ; a sleeve mounted to the anchor body and defining a sleeve opening which extends away from the anchor body along said axis , the sleeve also having a flexible portion that is configured to elastically flex upon insertion of the sleeve through a hole in a metal deck that is narrower than the width of the flexible portion ; a support defining a supporting channel through which the anchor body extends and that is configured to permit sliding movement, but restrict tilting movement, of the support relative to the anchor body ; and a spring for biasing the support along the anchor body towards the sleeve so that, in use, opposite sides of a metal deck are clamped between the support and the flexible portion of the sleeve , wherein the anchor body is provided with at least one feature on its outer surface which the sleeve cooperates with for mounting to the anchor body and characterised in that the support has features biased against the anchor body which are configured, during manufacture of the anchor assembly, to cooperate with the at least one feature provided on the outer surface of the anchor body for retaining the support and spring in connection with the anchor body prior to mounting of the sleeve to the anchor body .
A fluid analyzer, comprising: an optical source and an optical detector defining a beam path of an optical beam ; a fluid flow cell disposed on the beam path comprising a fluid channel with an interrogation region in which the optical beam interacts with a channel fluid ; a flow-control device configured to conduct, in use, an analyte fluid and a reference fluid through the interrogation region , the flow-control device being configured to manipulate the flow of a respective fluid in response to a fluid modulation signal; and a controller operative 1) to generate the fluid modulation signal having a time-varying characteristic to control the flow-control device to operate to cause, in use, a fluid boundary separating the analyte and reference fluids to be moved across the interrogation region accordingly, 2) to sample an output signal from the optical detector at one interval of the fluid modulation signal during which the interrogation region contains more analyte fluid than reference fluid and at a second interval during which the interrogation region contains more reference fluid than analyte fluid, thereby generating corresponding output signal samples, and 3) to determine from the output signal samples a measurement value indicative of an optically measured characteristic of the analyte fluid, wherein a series of the measurement values are combined to improve measurement sensitivity and samples of the output signal likely to have values perturbed by the presence of a particle or bubble in the fluid channel are excluded from the series of measurement values. an optical source and an optical detector defining a beam path of an optical beam ; a fluid flow cell disposed on the beam path comprising a fluid channel with an interrogation region in which the optical beam interacts with a channel fluid ; a flow-control device configured to conduct, in use, an analyte fluid and a reference fluid through the interrogation region , the flow-control device being configured to manipulate the flow of a respective fluid in response to a fluid modulation signal; and a controller operative 1) to generate the fluid modulation signal having a time-varying characteristic to control the flow-control device to operate to cause, in use, a fluid boundary separating the analyte and reference fluids to be moved across the interrogation region accordingly, 2) to sample an output signal from the optical detector at one interval of the fluid modulation signal during which the interrogation region contains more analyte fluid than reference fluid and at a second interval during which the interrogation region contains more reference fluid than analyte fluid, thereby generating corresponding output signal samples, and 3) to determine from the output signal samples a measurement value indicative of an optically measured characteristic of the analyte fluid, wherein a series of the measurement values are combined to improve measurement sensitivity and samples of the output signal likely to have values perturbed by the presence of a particle or bubble in the fluid channel are excluded from the series of measurement values.
An information processing program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process comprising: training a first machine learning model by using first training data to generate a trained machine learning model (S2); generating additional data by inputting meaningless data to the first machine learning model which has been trained with the first training data (S3); changing a number of pieces of at least one data selected from the first training data and the additional data so that a ratio of pieces of the additional data to pieces of the first training data to be a certain value (a) by up-sampling or down-sampling of at least one of the first training data and the additional data (S5, S6); acquiring second training data by combining the first training data and the additional data (S8); and retraining the first machine learning model by using the second training data (S10). training a first machine learning model by using first training data to generate a trained machine learning model (S2); generating additional data by inputting meaningless data to the first machine learning model which has been trained with the first training data (S3); changing a number of pieces of at least one data selected from the first training data and the additional data so that a ratio of pieces of the additional data to pieces of the first training data to be a certain value (a) by up-sampling or down-sampling of at least one of the first training data and the additional data (S5, S6); acquiring second training data by combining the first training data and the additional data (S8); and retraining the first machine learning model by using the second training data (S10).
A soldering assembly comprising: at least one nozzle for directing solder during a soldering operation, the at least one nozzle comprising: an inlet for receiving a supply of solder; an outlet for dispensing solder therefrom; and at least one channel fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet ; wherein the at least one nozzle comprises a plurality of stacked layers of stainless steel or titanium, provided so as to at least partially define the at least one channel , and wherein the at least one nozzle is at least partially diffusion coated with chromium carbide so as to protect the stacked layers from corrosion. at least one nozzle for directing solder during a soldering operation, the at least one nozzle comprising: an inlet for receiving a supply of solder; an outlet for dispensing solder therefrom; and at least one channel fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet ; an inlet for receiving a supply of solder; an outlet for dispensing solder therefrom; and at least one channel fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet ; wherein the at least one nozzle comprises a plurality of stacked layers of stainless steel or titanium, provided so as to at least partially define the at least one channel , and wherein the at least one nozzle is at least partially diffusion coated with chromium carbide so as to protect the stacked layers from corrosion.
An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte comprising: a lithium salt including lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) and a second lithium salt; an additive composition including a borate lithium compound represented by Formula 1 and a second additive; and a non-aqueous organic solvent, wherein the second additive comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a lithiated additive and a non-lithiated additive, and the additive composition does not contain a non-lithiated phosphate compound: wherein, in Formula 1, Y 1 to Y 4 are each independently oxygen (O) or sulfur (S). a lithium salt including lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) and a second lithium salt; an additive composition including a borate lithium compound represented by Formula 1 and a second additive; and a non-aqueous organic solvent, wherein the second additive comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a lithiated additive and a non-lithiated additive, and the additive composition does not contain a non-lithiated phosphate compound: wherein, in Formula 1, Y 1 to Y 4 are each independently oxygen (O) or sulfur (S).
A method for horizontally splitting a cured mineral wool web, comprising the steps of: - providing a cured mineral wool web on a conveyor, said conveyor having a first direction of travel; - longitudinally dividing the cured mineral wool web into at least two sub-webs; and then - lifting a sub-web by lifting a section of the conveyor, and - horizontally cutting the lifted sub-web. - providing a cured mineral wool web on a conveyor, said conveyor having a first direction of travel; - longitudinally dividing the cured mineral wool web into at least two sub-webs; and then - lifting a sub-web by lifting a section of the conveyor, and - horizontally cutting the lifted sub-web.
A cleaning pad comprising: at least one strip of relatively lower absorbency material , at least one strip of relatively higher absorbency material , and at least one strip of scrubbing/bristle material ; characterized in that said strips are substantially equal height, have substantially coplanar floor engaging faces, and that said at least one strip of relatively higher absorbency material has at least about 1.36 times higher absorbency than the relatively lower absorbency material .
A method of production of aluminum plated steel sheet for rapid heating hot-stamping characterized by annealing aluminum plated steel sheet having an aluminum plating deposition amount per side of 30 to 100 g/m 2 in a box annealing furnace as is in a coil state during which annealing by a combination of a retention time and annealing temperature in an inside region including the sides of a pentagon having five points of coordinates (600°C, 5 hours), (600°C, 200 hours), (630°C, 1 hour), (750°C, 1 hour), and (750°C, 4 hours) as vertices in an XY plane having the retention time and annealing temperature as its X-axis and Y-axis and with the X-axis expressed logarithmically.
Computer method for aiding deployment of clusters in a cluster comprising a plurality of nodes, at least one node of the plurality of nodes comprising means for generating start-up execution data for said at least one node, this method comprising the following steps, - obtaining start-up execution data for said at least one node; - obtaining a definition of at least one sequence of events, said sequence of events comprising at least one event and characterising a given state of at least a part of said cluster; - obtaining at least one definition of said at least one event of said at least one sequence of events, said at least one definition of said at least one event characterising said at least one event of said at least one sequence of events for said at lease one node; - analysing said start-up execution data obtained for said at least one node according to said at least one definition of said at least one event of said at least one sequence of events; and - transmitting at least one item of information relating to said at least one sequence of events if said start-up execution data obtained for said at least one node comprise data corresponding to said at least one definition of said at least one event of said at least one sequence of events; the method being characterised in that several distinct definitions of the same event are obtained in order to search for a same event in start-up execution data for at least two nodes of different types. - obtaining start-up execution data for said at least one node; - obtaining a definition of at least one sequence of events, said sequence of events comprising at least one event and characterising a given state of at least a part of said cluster; - obtaining at least one definition of said at least one event of said at least one sequence of events, said at least one definition of said at least one event characterising said at least one event of said at least one sequence of events for said at lease one node; - analysing said start-up execution data obtained for said at least one node according to said at least one definition of said at least one event of said at least one sequence of events; and - transmitting at least one item of information relating to said at least one sequence of events if said start-up execution data obtained for said at least one node comprise data corresponding to said at least one definition of said at least one event of said at least one sequence of events;
Method for crystallising at least one part of an amorphous layer with the basis of a first material, the amorphous layer : - being comprised in a stack further comprising a crystalline layer , - extending directly in contact with the crystalline layer of the stack by forming an interface with the crystalline layer , and - having a first face opposite the interface , and - having, a melting threshold referenced E M , corresponding to the energy density to be provided to the amorphous layer to achieve a melting of the first material, for a thickness Ep of the amorphous layer defined between the first face and the interface , the method comprising a crystallisation annealing of the amorphous layer by subjecting it, by zones , to laser pulses, and the method being characterised in that , in each zone , the laser pulses are emitted by series of pulses, each laser pulse having an energy density ED i different from one series to another, so as to maintain the energy density of the pulses of each series below the melting threshold E M , the latter developing as the amorphous layer crystallises. - being comprised in a stack further comprising a crystalline layer , - extending directly in contact with the crystalline layer of the stack by forming an interface with the crystalline layer , and - having a first face opposite the interface , and - having, a melting threshold referenced E M , corresponding to the energy density to be provided to the amorphous layer to achieve a melting of the first material, for a thickness Ep of the amorphous layer defined between the first face and the interface , the method comprising a crystallisation annealing of the amorphous layer by subjecting it, by zones , to laser pulses, and the method being characterised in that , in each zone , the laser pulses are emitted by series of pulses, each laser pulse having an energy density ED i different from one series to another, so as to maintain the energy density of the pulses of each series below the melting threshold E M , the latter developing as the amorphous layer crystallises.