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An air-cooled dry-type transformer comprising a core which comprises a limb , a winding body which is arranged around the limb , a cooling channel which extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the winding body and is arranged between an inner part of the winding body and an outer part of the winding body , wherein the cooling channel has at its two ends substantially ring-shaped openings and has a substantially ring-like cross section with a round, oval or polygonal basic shape; at least one ring fan which comprises a ring and a blower , wherein the blower is configured to suck in air, and to blow the air out of the ring in a manner directed along a longitudinal axis of the ring , wherein an air stream is produced; wherein the ring fan is dimensioned and arranged in such a way that the air stream produces a cooling-air stream in the cooling channel , characterized by a first ring fan which is configured in such a way that it blows air into the cooling channel through a first one of the openings , and a second ring fan which is configured in such a way that it sucks air out of the cooling channel through a second one of the openings , and/or characterized in that the ring has a slot which is configured in such a way that the air can be blown out in a manner directed along a longitudinal axis of the ring through the slot in the ring . a core which comprises a limb , a winding body which is arranged around the limb , a cooling channel which extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the winding body and is arranged between an inner part of the winding body and an outer part of the winding body , wherein the cooling channel has at its two ends substantially ring-shaped openings and has a substantially ring-like cross section with a round, oval or polygonal basic shape; at least one ring fan which comprises a ring and a blower , wherein the blower is configured to suck in air, and to blow the air out of the ring in a manner directed along a longitudinal axis of the ring , wherein an air stream is produced; wherein the ring fan is dimensioned and arranged in such a way that the air stream produces a cooling-air stream in the cooling channel , characterized by a first ring fan which is configured in such a way that it blows air into the cooling channel through a first one of the openings , and a second ring fan which is configured in such a way that it sucks air out of the cooling channel through a second one of the openings , and/or characterized in that the ring has a slot which is configured in such a way that the air can be blown out in a manner directed along a longitudinal axis of the ring through the slot in the ring .
A telecommunications network configured for providing access to a plurality of terminals (A-D), each terminal (A-D) comprising a unique identifier for accessing said telecommunications network, wherein said telecommunications network comprises: - a register configured for storing said unique identifier of at least one terminal (A-D) in combination with at least one grant access time interval, during which access for said terminal (A-D) is permitted; - an access request receiver configured for receiving an access request and for receiving or determining said unique identifier for accessing said telecommunications network from said terminal; - an access module configured for denying access for said terminal if said access request is received outside said grant access time interval; and - an authenticator configured for authenticating said terminal (A-D) in response to receiving said access request; characterised in that : said access module is further configured for denying a network attach upon receiving a further access request from the authenticated terminal (A-D) if it is received outside said grant access time interval. - a register configured for storing said unique identifier of at least one terminal (A-D) in combination with at least one grant access time interval, during which access for said terminal (A-D) is permitted; - an access request receiver configured for receiving an access request and for receiving or determining said unique identifier for accessing said telecommunications network from said terminal; - an access module configured for denying access for said terminal if said access request is received outside said grant access time interval; and - an authenticator configured for authenticating said terminal (A-D) in response to receiving said access request; characterised in that : said access module is further configured for denying a network attach upon receiving a further access request from the authenticated terminal (A-D) if it is received outside said grant access time interval.
An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue, the apparatus comprising: a) a handle assembly ; b) a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; c) a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; d) jaws mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaws including a pair of jaw members movable between a spaced-apart and an approximated position; e) a clip pusher bar configured to individually distally advance a surgical clip (C) to the jaws while the jaw members are in the spaced apart position; f) a drive bar at least partially disposed within the handle assembly and the shaft assembly, the drive bar being longitudinally movable in response to actuation of a trigger of the handle assembly; g) a drive channel positioned adjacent the first and second jaw members to move the jaw members to the approximated position; and h) a trip mechanism supported on the drive bar, the trip mechanism includes a trip lever biased into contact with the clip pusher bar, wherein distal movement of the drive bar moves the trip mechanism until the trip lever thereof engages a lip of the clip pusher bar and in turn distally moves the clip pusher bar, characterized by a lockout system configured to selectively engage the clip pusher bar to prevent the clip pusher bar from returning to a home position and to prevent the trigger from completing a full stroke when the plurality of clips are substantially exhausted, wherein the lockout system includes a pusher-bar latch mechanism supported in the shaft assembly, wherein a lock-out bar of the latch mechanism is actuated to engage the clip pusher bar when a final clip is exhausted, whereby the lock-out bar prevents the clip pusher bar from returning to the home position. a) a handle assembly ; b) a shaft assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; c) a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; d) jaws mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaws including a pair of jaw members movable between a spaced-apart and an approximated position; e) a clip pusher bar configured to individually distally advance a surgical clip (C) to the jaws while the jaw members are in the spaced apart position; f) a drive bar at least partially disposed within the handle assembly and the shaft assembly, the drive bar being longitudinally movable in response to actuation of a trigger of the handle assembly; g) a drive channel positioned adjacent the first and second jaw members to move the jaw members to the approximated position; and h) a trip mechanism supported on the drive bar, the trip mechanism includes a trip lever biased into contact with the clip pusher bar, wherein distal movement of the drive bar moves the trip mechanism until the trip lever thereof engages a lip of the clip pusher bar and in turn distally moves the clip pusher bar, characterized by
A computer-implemented method of facilitating processing within a computing environment, said computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining an instruction to test for one or more pending external interrupts; and executing the instruction, the executing including: determining , based on information provided by the instruction, one or more external interruption subclasses to be tested; characterised by : checking whether one or more external interruptions are pending for the one or more external interruption subclasses being tested, wherein the checking is performed while a control program of the computing environment is disabled for the one or more external interruption subclasses, and wherein an external interruption is an interrupt that originates from within a computer system, external to a program, and is distinct from an input/output (I/O) interrupt originating from an I/O device; and indicating whether one or more external interruptions are pending for the one or more external interruption subclasses being tested, wherein an external interruption is considered pending for an external interruption subclass regardless of whether the external interruption subclass is enabled. obtaining an instruction to test for one or more pending external interrupts; and executing the instruction, the executing including: determining , based on information provided by the instruction, one or more external interruption subclasses to be tested; characterised by : checking whether one or more external interruptions are pending for the one or more external interruption subclasses being tested, wherein the checking is performed while a control program of the computing environment is disabled for the one or more external interruption subclasses, and wherein an external interruption is an interrupt that originates from within a computer system, external to a program, and is distinct from an input/output (I/O) interrupt originating from an I/O device; and indicating whether one or more external interruptions are pending for the one or more external interruption subclasses being tested, wherein an external interruption is considered pending for an external interruption subclass regardless of whether the external interruption subclass is enabled. checking whether one or more external interruptions are pending for the one or more external interruption subclasses being tested, wherein the checking is performed while a control program of the computing environment is disabled for the one or more external interruption subclasses, and wherein an external interruption is an interrupt that originates from within a computer system, external to a program, and is distinct from an input/output (I/O) interrupt originating from an I/O device; and indicating whether one or more external interruptions are pending for the one or more external interruption subclasses being tested, wherein an external interruption is considered pending for an external interruption subclass regardless of whether the external interruption subclass is enabled.
A container including a storage chamber within which is located at least one concentrated product; a mixing chamber coupled to the storage chamber ; and a closure element , wherein the storage chamber is isolated from the mixing chamber ; the mixing chamber is defined by a body having a longitudinal length defined between opposed first and second ends and along at least a portion of the length of the mixing chamber, the body defines circular bellows , such that the mixing chamber has a collapsed configuration when the ends of the body are urged together and an expanded configuration when the ends of the body are urged apart; wherein the bellows further including a latching arrangement which acts to latch the bellows in their collapsed configuration and/or their expanded configuration; wherein a first end of the mixing chamber is open and is selectively closable via the closure element ; wherein the second end of the mixing chamber is closed via a wall which forms part of the mixing chamber body; and wherein the mixing chamber is detachably coupled to the storage chamber via a screw coupling or a snap fit coupling; characterised in that the circular bellows are defined by a series of bellows wall sections, wherein each bellows wall section includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion ; the first and second wall portions are conical sections which are angled relative to each other; the first and second wall portions extend outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the mixing chamber and together define a V-shape; the connection between the first and second wall portions forms an outer return portion ; and adjacent bellows wall sections are connected via inner return portions .
A faecal detection sensor characterised by : a conductive element and a faeces-sensitive material insulating, at least in part, the conductive element, wherein the faeces sensitive material is a lipid that breaks down in the presence of a faecal enzyme in faecal matter and wherein the sensor exhibits an electrical property that changes following breaking down of the faeces-sensitive material due to the presence of the faecal enzyme constituent of faecal matter.
A detector assembly, comprising: a base ; a detector chamber ; a first detecting module on the base for detecting smoke, the first detecting module including a light source and a photodetector ; a second detecting module including: a detecting module printed circuit board ; a sensor mounted to the printed circuit board ; a controller mounted on the detecting module printed circuit board , the controller generating alarm signal in response to the sensor ; characterized in that the detector assembly comprises a detector printed circuit board secured to the base and having a controller; the detector chamber is removably attached to the base ; the second detecting module is removably secured between the base and the detector chamber ; and the controller of the second detector module is configured to transmit the alarm signal to the controller on the detector printed circuit board . a base ; a detector chamber ; a first detecting module on the base for detecting smoke, the first detecting module including a light source and a photodetector ; a second detecting module including: a detecting module printed circuit board ; a sensor mounted to the printed circuit board ; a controller mounted on the detecting module printed circuit board , the controller generating alarm signal in response to the sensor ; a detecting module printed circuit board ; a sensor mounted to the printed circuit board ; a controller mounted on the detecting module printed circuit board , the controller generating alarm signal in response to the sensor ; characterized in that the detector assembly comprises a detector printed circuit board secured to the base and having a controller; the detector chamber is removably attached to the base ; the second detecting module is removably secured between the base and the detector chamber ; and the controller of the second detector module is configured to transmit the alarm signal to the controller on the detector printed circuit board .
A method for the detection of the presence or absence of cancer, wherein the method comprises: (a) incubating a sample comprising initial parent polynucleotides with over an 80X molar excess of polynucleotide adapters as compared to said initial parent polynucleotides, wherein said initial parent polynucleotides are cell free DNA and wherein said polynucleotide adapters are bidirectional adapters; (b) ligating said polynucleotide adapters to said initial parent polynucleotides, thereby providing at least one set of tagged parent polynucleotides; and for each set of tagged parent polynucleotides: (c) amplifying the tagged parent polynucleotides in the set to produce a corresponding set of amplified progeny polynucleotides, wherein the amplifying is PCR amplification using universal primers which target the adapters; (d) sequencing a subset of the set of amplified progeny polynucleotides, to produce a set of sequencing reads; (e) generating a set of consensus sequences, wherein each consensus sequence corresponds to a unique polynucleotide among the set of tagged parent polynucleotides; and (f) analyzing the set of consensus sequences for the at least one set of tagged parent polynucleotides separately or in combination. (a) incubating a sample comprising initial parent polynucleotides with over an 80X molar excess of polynucleotide adapters as compared to said initial parent polynucleotides, wherein said initial parent polynucleotides are cell free DNA and wherein said polynucleotide adapters are bidirectional adapters; (b) ligating said polynucleotide adapters to said initial parent polynucleotides, thereby providing at least one set of tagged parent polynucleotides; and for each set of tagged parent polynucleotides: (c) amplifying the tagged parent polynucleotides in the set to produce a corresponding set of amplified progeny polynucleotides, wherein the amplifying is PCR amplification using universal primers which target the adapters; (d) sequencing a subset of the set of amplified progeny polynucleotides, to produce a set of sequencing reads; (e) generating a set of consensus sequences, wherein each consensus sequence corresponds to a unique polynucleotide among the set of tagged parent polynucleotides; and (f) analyzing the set of consensus sequences for the at least one set of tagged parent polynucleotides separately or in combination.
A system comprising: a conveyor for carrying at least two categories of scrap particles positioned at random on a surface of the conveyor , at least some of the particles comprising metal, the conveyor traveling in a first direction; a sensor array having a series of analog inductive proximity sensors arranged transversely across the conveyor , wherein an active sensing end face of each sensor lies in a sensing plane, wherein the sensing plane is generally parallel with the surface of the conveyor ; and a control unit configured to sample and quantize analog signals from the series of sensors in the array, and locate and classify a scrap particle on the conveyor passing over the array into one of at least two categories of material based on the quantized signals; wherein the control unit is further configured to form a matrix corresponding to a physical location on the conveyor , input the quantized analog signal from a sensor into a cell of the matrix, identify a grouping of cells in the matrix containing a particle by distinguishing the particle from a background indicative of the conveyor , calculate a classification input for the particle based on a value in at least one cell in the matrix associated with the grouping, and classify the particle into one of at least two categories of material based on the classification input. a conveyor for carrying at least two categories of scrap particles positioned at random on a surface of the conveyor , at least some of the particles comprising metal, the conveyor traveling in a first direction; a sensor array having a series of analog inductive proximity sensors arranged transversely across the conveyor , wherein an active sensing end face of each sensor lies in a sensing plane, wherein the sensing plane is generally parallel with the surface of the conveyor ; and a control unit configured to sample and quantize analog signals from the series of sensors in the array, and locate and classify a scrap particle on the conveyor passing over the array into one of at least two categories of material based on the quantized signals; wherein the control unit is further configured to form a matrix corresponding to a physical location on the conveyor , input the quantized analog signal from a sensor into a cell of the matrix, identify a grouping of cells in the matrix containing a particle by distinguishing the particle from a background indicative of the conveyor , calculate a classification input for the particle based on a value in at least one cell in the matrix associated with the grouping, and classify the particle into one of at least two categories of material based on the classification input.
A composition comprising: carbon nanotubes having an average degree of functionalization with carboxylic acid groups and/or hydroxyl groups that is less than 3 percent by weight (wt %) based on a total weight of the carbon nanotubes; and polymer-coated metal nanoparticles bound to the carbon nanotubes, characterized in that each of the polymer-coated metal nanoparticles comprises a metallic core and a polymer layer that coats the metallic core. carbon nanotubes having an average degree of functionalization with carboxylic acid groups and/or hydroxyl groups that is less than 3 percent by weight (wt %) based on a total weight of the carbon nanotubes; and polymer-coated metal nanoparticles bound to the carbon nanotubes, characterized in that each of the polymer-coated metal nanoparticles comprises a metallic core and a polymer layer that coats the metallic core.
A composite polycrystal comprising: a polycrystalline diamond phase including a plurality of diamond particles; and non-diamond phases composed of non-diamond carbon, the non-diamond phases being distributed in the polycrystalline diamond phase, wherein being distributed refers to a state in which the non-diamond phases exist in an isolated manner and the individual non-diamond phases do not connect to each other in a cross-sectional image, an average value of projected area equivalent circle diameters of the non-diamond phases being not more than 1000 nm, wherein the projected area equivalent circle diameter refers to a diameter of a circle having an area equal to that of a two-dimensional projected image of a particulate substance in a cross-sectional image. a polycrystalline diamond phase including a plurality of diamond particles; and non-diamond phases composed of non-diamond carbon, the non-diamond phases being distributed in the polycrystalline diamond phase, wherein being distributed refers to a state in which the non-diamond phases exist in an isolated manner and the individual non-diamond phases do not connect to each other in a cross-sectional image, an average value of projected area equivalent circle diameters of the non-diamond phases being not more than 1000 nm, wherein the projected area equivalent circle diameter refers to a diameter of a circle having an area equal to that of a two-dimensional projected image of a particulate substance in a cross-sectional image.
A method of performing a read operation on a magnetoresistive random access memory, MRAM, data array comprising MRAM bit cells , the method comprising: receiving an index ; prior to determining whether there is a hit in the MRAM data array for a first address corresponding to the read operation, activating a dummy word line based on a first portion of the received index ; wherein the hit provides an indication of a matching way in one of n ways of a tag array associated with the MRAM data array , the n ways being at the received index ; wherein the read operation comprises, in response to the hit, activating a first word line coupled to MRAM bit cells in a way of the MRAM data array corresponding to the matching way in the tag array and at the received index; obtaining a settled reference voltage for reading MRAM bit cells coupled to the first word line, in response to the activation of the dummy word line ; and if there is a hit , reading the MRAM bit cells coupled to the first word line, using the settled reference voltage . receiving an index ; prior to determining whether there is a hit in the MRAM data array for a first address corresponding to the read operation, activating a dummy word line based on a first portion of the received index ; wherein the hit provides an indication of a matching way in one of n ways of a tag array associated with the MRAM data array , the n ways being at the received index ; wherein the read operation comprises, in response to the hit, activating a first word line coupled to MRAM bit cells in a way of the MRAM data array corresponding to the matching way in the tag array and at the received index; obtaining a settled reference voltage for reading MRAM bit cells coupled to the first word line, in response to the activation of the dummy word line ; and if there is a hit , reading the MRAM bit cells coupled to the first word line, using the settled reference voltage .