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An orthodontic bracket (100, 100', 100", 150, 200), comprising: a mounting portion comprising a mounting surface , which is customized to individual tooth anatomy for attachment to a tooth, and a plurality of recesses configured to receive a bonding material; and a treatment portion comprising at least one wire-mounting element, wherein the mounting portion and the treatment portion are formed integrally in one part; wherein the plurality of recesses are formed beneath the mounting surface and disposed at an undercut angle with respect to the mounting surface, such that each of the plurality of recesses joins the mounting surface at an angle less than perpendicular; wherein the plurality of recesses have a square shape; wherein the plurality of recesses have side lengths in a range of 200-400 μm and a depth in a range of 100-350 μm; wherein the plurality of recesses each has an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having a greater area than the outer surface, the outer surface corresponding to the surface area of the opening of the recess, the inner surface corresponding to the surface of the recess opposite to the opening of the recess. a mounting portion comprising a mounting surface , which is customized to individual tooth anatomy for attachment to a tooth, and a plurality of recesses configured to receive a bonding material; and a treatment portion comprising at least one wire-mounting element, wherein the mounting portion and the treatment portion are formed integrally in one part; wherein the plurality of recesses are formed beneath the mounting surface and disposed at an undercut angle with respect to the mounting surface, such that each of the plurality of recesses joins the mounting surface at an angle less than perpendicular; wherein the plurality of recesses have a square shape; wherein the plurality of recesses have side lengths in a range of 200-400 μm and a depth in a range of 100-350 μm; wherein the plurality of recesses each has an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having a greater area than the outer surface, the outer surface corresponding to the surface area of the opening of the recess, the inner surface corresponding to the surface of the recess opposite to the opening of the recess.
A tire vulcanization mold comprising a mold main body , and blades having, at proximal end sides thereof, embedded portions that are fixed to the mold main body in embedded states, and, at distal end sides thereof, projecting portions that project out from an inner surface of the mold main body , wherein at least one introducing path that extends from a projecting portion side surface toward a blade inner portion is formed at each blade , and characterised in that a connecting path , which is shaped as a closed space and which connects the introducing path and a proximal end opening that opens at a proximal end of the blade , is formed at an interior of each blade , a discharge path , whose one end opening communicates with the proximal end opening and whose other end opening communicates with an external space , is formed in the mold main body , and a maximum flow path sectional area at the connecting path is less than or equal to an opening surface area of the one end opening of the discharge path . at least one introducing path that extends from a projecting portion side surface toward a blade inner portion is formed at each blade , and characterised in that a connecting path , which is shaped as a closed space and which connects the introducing path and a proximal end opening that opens at a proximal end of the blade , is formed at an interior of each blade , a discharge path , whose one end opening communicates with the proximal end opening and whose other end opening communicates with an external space , is formed in the mold main body , and a maximum flow path sectional area at the connecting path is less than or equal to an opening surface area of the one end opening of the discharge path .
An ultrasonic-based aerosol generation device comprising: a control main body which includes a vibration member configured to generate ultrasonic vibrations; and a cartridge which is replaceable and coupled to the control main body , wherein the cartridge includes a liquid reservoir configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and a vibration transmission member configured to transmit the generated ultrasonic vibrations to the stored liquid aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol, characterised in that the cartridge further includes a porous member which is disposed to be spaced apart from the vibration transmission member and has a plurality of holes formed therein; and vaporization occurs as the stored liquid aerosol-forming substrate passes through the plurality of holes due to the ultrasonic vibrations transmitted thereto. a control main body which includes a vibration member configured to generate ultrasonic vibrations; and a cartridge which is replaceable and coupled to the control main body , wherein the cartridge includes a liquid reservoir configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and a vibration transmission member configured to transmit the generated ultrasonic vibrations to the stored liquid aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol, characterised in that the cartridge further includes a porous member which is disposed to be spaced apart from the vibration transmission member and has a plurality of holes formed therein; and vaporization occurs as the stored liquid aerosol-forming substrate passes through the plurality of holes due to the ultrasonic vibrations transmitted thereto.
A method for determining at least two brain activation patterns related to at least two elicited feelings for a group of subjects smelling odorants, said method comprising the following steps: (i) Providing at least two odorants; (ii) Submitting a group of subjects to at least two odorants, each in turn, in a MRI scanner; (iii) Performing functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the brain of each subject smelling each odorant in turn to determine the brain activation to each odorant for each subject, (iv) Optionally, reiterating step (iii) and identifying the average brain response to each odorant, (v) Once step (iii) or (iv) completed, submitting the group of subjects to an evaluation of feelings evoked by each odorant based on a declarative method; (vi) Rating and averaging the perceived intensity of at least two feeling descriptors reported by the group of subjects for each odorant based on said declarative method, wherein the feeling descriptors are not restricted to the affective dimension of valence, wherein feelings evoked by the at least two odorants are defined by at least 6 descriptors, preferably at least 9 descriptors, (vii)Performing a statistical method using the descriptor rating scores obtained in step (vi) across the odorants to obtain a brain activation pattern associated to each descriptor, wherein the statistical method is a parametric regression analysis. (i) Providing at least two odorants; (ii) Submitting a group of subjects to at least two odorants, each in turn, in a MRI scanner; (iii) Performing functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the brain of each subject smelling each odorant in turn to determine the brain activation to each odorant for each subject, (iv) Optionally, reiterating step (iii) and identifying the average brain response to each odorant, (v) Once step (iii) or (iv) completed, submitting the group of subjects to an evaluation of feelings evoked by each odorant based on a declarative method; (vi) Rating and averaging the perceived intensity of at least two feeling descriptors reported by the group of subjects for each odorant based on said declarative method, wherein the feeling descriptors are not restricted to the affective dimension of valence, wherein feelings evoked by the at least two odorants are defined by at least 6 descriptors, preferably at least 9 descriptors, (vii)Performing a statistical method using the descriptor rating scores obtained in step (vi) across the odorants to obtain a brain activation pattern associated to each descriptor, wherein the statistical method is a parametric regression analysis.
A method for providing a decoded representation (512; 514: 630b) of an audio signal on the basis of an encoded audio stream (510; 610) representing spectral components of frequency bands of the audio signal and a multi-band noise intensity value , the method comprising: introducing noise into spectral components of a plurality of frequency bands, to which separate frequency band gain information, namely scale factors, is associated, on the basis of a single common multi-band noise intensity value; wherein starting from a noise filling start line every spectral line quantized to zero is replaced with a replacement value, which is an indicated noise value, a magnitude of which is determined by the multi-band noise intensity value, with a random sign, to perform a noise filling in a quantized domain; and wherein the method comprises scaling a replacement value with a scale factor transmitted for an actual scale factor band, to perform an individual scaling of noise introduced into different frequency bands on the basis of the frequency band gain information. introducing noise into spectral components of a plurality of frequency bands, to which separate frequency band gain information, namely scale factors, is associated, on the basis of a single common multi-band noise intensity value; wherein starting from a noise filling start line every spectral line quantized to zero is replaced with a replacement value, which is an indicated noise value, a magnitude of which is determined by the multi-band noise intensity value, with a random sign, to perform a noise filling in a quantized domain; and wherein the method comprises scaling a replacement value with a scale factor transmitted for an actual scale factor band, to perform an individual scaling of noise introduced into different frequency bands on the basis of the frequency band gain information.
A power management method for managing power for a consumer's facility using a power management device , the method comprising: acquiring, by the power management device , an integral power consumption of load devices of the consumer's facility; predicting, by the power management device , whether the integral power consumption of the load devices of the consumer's facility will exceed a predetermined value during a reference time used for electric power charge calculation between a consumer and a power company; characterized by extracting, by the power management device , each load device , from among the load devices currently in use, for which a time, from execution of an operation to reduce power consumption until the power consumption is reduced, is less than a remaining time of the reference time; and presenting, by the power management device , when predicting that the integral power consumption will exceed the predetermined value, a choice for each extracted load device that should be operated manually to reduce power consumption. acquiring, by the power management device , an integral power consumption of load devices of the consumer's facility; predicting, by the power management device , whether the integral power consumption of the load devices of the consumer's facility will exceed a predetermined value during a reference time used for electric power charge calculation between a consumer and a power company; characterized by extracting, by the power management device , each load device , from among the load devices currently in use, for which a time, from execution of an operation to reduce power consumption until the power consumption is reduced, is less than a remaining time of the reference time; and presenting, by the power management device , when predicting that the integral power consumption will exceed the predetermined value, a choice for each extracted load device that should be operated manually to reduce power consumption.
Electric bus comprising a chassis and a body constructed thereon, the body having a roof and sourrounding a passenger compartment, the electric bus further comprising a first, steered axle and a second axle which is located behind the first, steered axle in the direction of travel, at least one electric motor for driving the second axle , at least one energy store for supplying the at least one electric motor with current, a converter system , a cooling system for the at least one energy store and a charging system which can be releasably connected to a power supply system in order to charge the at least one energy store , wherein the at least one energy store and the cooling system are arranged on the roof , and wherein the at least one electric motor is a wheel hub motor on the second axle or is arranged on the chassis of the electric bus in front of the second axle in the direction of travel, and wherein the passenger compartment is free of components of the drive behind the second axle in the direction of travel, characterized in that the charging system is arranged on the roof above the first, steered axle , wherein the converter system is arranged on the roof next to the charging system .
An atherectomy system , comprising: a handle having a handle housing; a drive member extending through the handle housing and operably coupled to an atherectomy burr ; a drive mechanism disposed within the handle housing and adapted to rotatably engage the drive member , the drive mechanism including: an electric drive motor ; a drive gear rotatably engaged with the electric drive motor ; and a driven gear coupled with the drive member and engaged with the drive gear such that rotation of the driven gear causes rotation of the drive member ; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to enable a rotation speed of the atherectomy burr of up to at least about 200,000 revolutions per minute (rpm), characterised in that the drive gear comprises a polymeric drive gear, and the driven gear comprises a metallic driven gear. a handle having a handle housing; a drive member extending through the handle housing and operably coupled to an atherectomy burr ; a drive mechanism disposed within the handle housing and adapted to rotatably engage the drive member , the drive mechanism including: an electric drive motor ; a drive gear rotatably engaged with the electric drive motor ; and a driven gear coupled with the drive member and engaged with the drive gear such that rotation of the driven gear causes rotation of the drive member ; an electric drive motor ; a drive gear rotatably engaged with the electric drive motor ; and a driven gear coupled with the drive member and engaged with the drive gear such that rotation of the driven gear causes rotation of the drive member ; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to enable a rotation speed of the atherectomy burr of up to at least about 200,000 revolutions per minute (rpm), characterised in that the drive gear comprises a polymeric drive gear, and the driven gear comprises a metallic driven gear.
Multi-stage timing drive of a combustion engine with a crankshaft and at least one camshaft, wherein the timing drive comprises a primary drive , by means of which a first rotor connected to a crankshaft drives a second rotor via a first endless flexible member , wherein the second rotor is connected firmly so that it can rotate to a third rotor and wherein the third rotor is a drive element of a secondary drive , by means of which a fourth rotor connected to the at least one camshaft is driven via a second endless flexible member , wherein the second rotor and/or the third rotor exhibits a non-circular contour, and wherein the second rotor and/or the third rotor exhibits a contour with an at least simple ovality, characterised in that the amplitude of the ovality is in the region of 0.1 to 5 percent of the pitch circle diameter.
A method for indicating paging synchronization, applied to a base station, wherein the method comprises: adding indication information into a Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling (S101), the indication information being used for indicating whether a non-cell-defining Synchronization Signal Block, SSB, is capable of being used for establishing paging synchronization; and transmitting, to User Equipment, UE, the RRC signaling added with the indication information and paging configuration information used for configuring a paging occasion respectively , wherein the indication information and the paging configuration information jointly serve as a received information set of the UE. adding indication information into a Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling (S101), the indication information being used for indicating whether a non-cell-defining Synchronization Signal Block, SSB, is capable of being used for establishing paging synchronization; and transmitting, to User Equipment, UE, the RRC signaling added with the indication information and paging configuration information used for configuring a paging occasion respectively , wherein the indication information and the paging configuration information jointly serve as a received information set of the UE.
An integrated device in an HVAC system configured to modify an environmental condition of a building , the integrated device comprising: - a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid through a conduit of a waterside system included in the HVAC system, the valve comprising a shaft; - an actuator comprising a motor and a drive device , the drive device driven by the motor and coupled to the shaft of the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions by movement of the shaft; - a communications mechanism configured to receive a flow rate setpoint from a zone temperature controller of an outer control loop; and - a processing circuit coupled to the motor and the communications mechanism and configured to: - determine an actuator position setpoint using a cascaded feedback control mechanism based on the flow rate setpoint and a flow rate measurement from a flow rate sensor of an inner control loop; and - operate the motor to drive the drive device to the actuator position setpoint by moving the shaft. - a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid through a conduit of a waterside system included in the HVAC system, the valve comprising a shaft; - an actuator comprising a motor and a drive device , the drive device driven by the motor and coupled to the shaft of the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions by movement of the shaft; - a communications mechanism configured to receive a flow rate setpoint from a zone temperature controller of an outer control loop; and - a processing circuit coupled to the motor and the communications mechanism and configured to: - determine an actuator position setpoint using a cascaded feedback control mechanism based on the flow rate setpoint and a flow rate measurement from a flow rate sensor of an inner control loop; and - operate the motor to drive the drive device to the actuator position setpoint by moving the shaft. - determine an actuator position setpoint using a cascaded feedback control mechanism based on the flow rate setpoint and a flow rate measurement from a flow rate sensor of an inner control loop; and - operate the motor to drive the drive device to the actuator position setpoint by moving the shaft.
A compound of formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment or prevention of a central nervous system disorder wherein the central nervous system disorder is selected from the group consisting of Friedreich's ataxia, a brain injury, a rare metabolic disease, global or local ischemia, intracerebral haemorrhage, stroke, vascular dementia, meningitis caused by viral infection in the nervous system, encephalitis caused by viral infection in the nervous system, and a metastasis of a primary brain tumor.
A liquid crystalline medium comprising one, two, three or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae IA, IB and IC, in which X 1A , X 1B and X 1C independently of each other denote -F, -NCS, or -CN, Z 1A , Z 1B and Z 1C independently of each other denote -(C=O)-O- or -CF 2 -O-, L 1A , L 1B and L 1C independently of each other denote H or CH 3 , preferably H, A 1A denotes or A 1B denotes A 1C denotes R 1A , R 1B and R 1C independently of one another denote an alkyl radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH 2 groups in these radicals may in each case be replaced, independently of one another, by -C≡C-, -CF 2 O-, -OCF 2 -, -CH=CH-, -O-, -S-, -CO-O- or -O-CO- in such a way that O/S atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which, in addition, one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen, or denotes H, wherein the concentration of the group of compounds of said formulae IA, IB and IC is 90 % by weight or more. in which X 1A , X 1B and X 1C independently of each other denote -F, -NCS, or -CN, Z 1A , Z 1B and Z 1C independently of each other denote -(C=O)-O- or -CF 2 -O-, L 1A , L 1B and L 1C independently of each other denote H or CH 3 , preferably H, A 1A denotes or A 1B denotes A 1C denotes R 1A , R 1B and R 1C independently of one another denote an alkyl radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH 2 groups in these radicals may in each case be replaced, independently of one another, by -C≡C-, -CF 2 O-, -OCF 2 -, -CH=CH-, -O-, -S-, -CO-O- or -O-CO- in such a way that O/S atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which, in addition, one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen, or denotes H, X 1A , X 1B and X 1C independently of each other denote -F, -NCS, or -CN, Z 1A , Z 1B and Z 1C independently of each other denote -(C=O)-O- or -CF 2 -O-, L 1A , L 1B and L 1C independently of each other denote H or CH 3 , preferably H, A 1A denotes or A 1B denotes A 1C denotes R 1A , R 1B and R 1C independently of one another denote an alkyl radical having 1 to 15 C atoms, where, in addition, one or more CH 2 groups in these radicals may in each case be replaced, independently of one another, by -C≡C-, -CF 2 O-, -OCF 2 -, -CH=CH-, -O-, -S-, -CO-O- or -O-CO- in such a way that O/S atoms are not linked directly to one another, and in which, in addition, one or more H atoms may be replaced by halogen, or denotes H,
A liquid laundry additive, comprising: a cleaning booster polymer, comprising: (a) 50 to 95 wt%, based on dry weight of the cleaning booster polymer, of structural units of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer; (b) 5 to 50 wt%, based on dry weight of the cleaning booster polymer, of structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (I) wherein x is an average of 0 to 20; wherein y is an average of 0 to 30 and wherein x + y ≥ 1; and (c) 0 to 25 wt%, based on dry weight of the cleaning booster polymer, of structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (II) wherein each R 1 is independently selected from a -C 1-4 alkyl group; and wherein each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen and a methyl group. (a) 50 to 95 wt%, based on dry weight of the cleaning booster polymer, of structural units of a monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer; (b) 5 to 50 wt%, based on dry weight of the cleaning booster polymer, of structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (I) wherein x is an average of 0 to 20; wherein y is an average of 0 to 30 and wherein x + y ≥ 1; and (c) 0 to 25 wt%, based on dry weight of the cleaning booster polymer, of structural units of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of formula (II)