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Amphiphilic block copolymer comprising: • a first block consisting of a polymeric hydrophilic domain, wherein the polymeric hydrophilic domain consists of a polyglycerol, • a second block consisting of a hydrophobic domain and a first linker domain, wherein the second block is covalently bound to the first block via the first linker domain, wherein the hydrophobic domain is chosen from the group consisting of aromatic residues having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, aliphatic residues having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, oligo(dimethylsiloxane), and poly(dimethylsiloxane), • a third block consisting of a catechol domain and a second linker domain, wherein the third block is covalently bound to the first block via the second linker domain, wherein the catechol domain comprises at least one catechol residue, and • a forth block consisting of a crosslinking domain and a third linker domain, wherein the forth block is covalently bound to the first block via the third linker domain, wherein the crosslinking domain comprises a reactive residue enabling a crosslinking between individual molecules of the amphiphilic block copolymer, wherein the reactive residue is at least one residue chosen from the group consisting of amines, thiols, allyls, vinyls, azides, alkynes, carboxyls, anhydrides, aldehydes, and benzophenone. • a first block consisting of a polymeric hydrophilic domain, wherein the polymeric hydrophilic domain consists of a polyglycerol, • a second block consisting of a hydrophobic domain and a first linker domain, wherein the second block is covalently bound to the first block via the first linker domain, wherein the hydrophobic domain is chosen from the group consisting of aromatic residues having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, aliphatic residues having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, oligo(dimethylsiloxane), and poly(dimethylsiloxane), • a third block consisting of a catechol domain and a second linker domain, wherein the third block is covalently bound to the first block via the second linker domain, wherein the catechol domain comprises at least one catechol residue, and • a forth block consisting of a crosslinking domain and a third linker domain, wherein the forth block is covalently bound to the first block via the third linker domain, wherein the crosslinking domain comprises a reactive residue enabling a crosslinking between individual molecules of the amphiphilic block copolymer, wherein the reactive residue is at least one residue chosen from the group consisting of amines, thiols, allyls, vinyls, azides, alkynes, carboxyls, anhydrides, aldehydes, and benzophenone.
A DC-DC boost converter for photovoltaic applications, said DC-DC converter comprising: (i) an input terminal , an output terminal and a common or ground terminal ; (ii) a first autotransformer comprising an intermediate terminal and first and second end terminals ; (iii) a first diode , one terminal of which is coupled to said first end terminal of said first autotransformer ; (iv) a second diode , one terminal of which is coupled to said second end terminal of said first autotransformer ; (v) where the second terminals of said diodes are connected to said output terminal ; (vi) where the output terminal is coupled to said common terminal of the converter through a filter ; wherein a three-state switching cell is provided comprising four terminals (55, 56, 59 and 60) and four switches , wherein a first terminal is connected to the first switch S1, a second terminal is connected to the second switch S2, a third terminal is connected to the third switch S3 and a fourth terminal is connected to the fourth switch, and wherein said first terminal of the three-state switching cell is connected to said first end terminal of said first autotransformer , said third terminal of the three-state switching cell is connected to said second end terminal of said first autotransformer and said second and fourth terminals of the three-state switching cell is connected to said common or ground terminal of the converter, characterized in that a snubber circuit is provided between said input terminal and said output terminal of the converter, wherein said snubber circuit comprises a flyback transformer , one end terminal of which is connected to said input terminal of the converter, an intermediate terminal of which flyback transformer is connected to the intermediate terminal of said first autotransformer , and where the second end terminal of the flyback transformer is connected to one terminal of a diode , the second terminal of which is connected to the output terminal of the converter. (i) an input terminal , an output terminal and a common or ground terminal ; (ii) a first autotransformer comprising an intermediate terminal and first and second end terminals ; (iii) a first diode , one terminal of which is coupled to said first end terminal of said first autotransformer ; (iv) a second diode , one terminal of which is coupled to said second end terminal of said first autotransformer ; (v) where the second terminals of said diodes are connected to said output terminal ; (vi) where the output terminal is coupled to said common terminal of the converter through a filter ;
An internal combustion engine, which includes a collection device that is arranged in an exhaust pipe through which an exhaust gas emitted from a cylinder passes and collects PM contained in the exhaust gas and an NOx sensor that is arranged on an upstream side of the collection device and detects an NOx content in the exhaust gas, comprising: an estimating device which estimates a PM content in the exhaust gas at the upstream side of the collection device from a detection value of the NOx sensor, based on a trade-off relation between an NOx emission amount and a PM emission amount from the cylinder, wherein the estimating device is configured to estimate a variation of the PM content in the exhaust gas at the upstream side of the collection device by: obtaining a reference value of the NOx emission amount and a reference value of the PM emission amount, based on the operating condition of the engine, each reference value being obtained in advance; obtaining a variation of the NOx content in the exhaust gas at the upstream side of the collection device using the NOx sensor; calculating a ratio of change of the NOx content from the reference value of the NOx emission amount and the variation of the NOx content; and multiplying the reference value of the PM emission amount and an inverse number of the ratio of the change of the NOx content. an estimating device which estimates a PM content in the exhaust gas at the upstream side of the collection device from a detection value of the NOx sensor, based on a trade-off relation between an NOx emission amount and a PM emission amount from the cylinder, wherein the estimating device is configured to estimate a variation of the PM content in the exhaust gas at the upstream side of the collection device by: obtaining a reference value of the NOx emission amount and a reference value of the PM emission amount, based on the operating condition of the engine, each reference value being obtained in advance; obtaining a variation of the NOx content in the exhaust gas at the upstream side of the collection device using the NOx sensor; calculating a ratio of change of the NOx content from the reference value of the NOx emission amount and the variation of the NOx content; and multiplying the reference value of the PM emission amount and an inverse number of the ratio of the change of the NOx content. obtaining a reference value of the NOx emission amount and a reference value of the PM emission amount, based on the operating condition of the engine, each reference value being obtained in advance; obtaining a variation of the NOx content in the exhaust gas at the upstream side of the collection device using the NOx sensor; calculating a ratio of change of the NOx content from the reference value of the NOx emission amount and the variation of the NOx content; and multiplying the reference value of the PM emission amount and an inverse number of the ratio of the change of the NOx content.
An electric toothbrush comprising: a handle portion having a shaft configured to receive a brushing load from a bristled end of a brush head ; a sensor assembly configured to determine a deflection proportional to the brushing load with respect to a first direction associated with the brushing load, the sensor assembly including an air gap and configured to determine the deflection based on changes in the air gap; and a compliant element configured to control an amount of the deflection in response to the brushing load, characterized in that the toothbrush further comprises a dual-stiffness mounting bracket connecting between opposite sides of the air gap, the mounting bracket including a first leg coupled to the shaft and a second leg coupled to the compliant element; wherein the mounting bracket includes one or more arms extending transversely between the first leg and the second leg and configured to prevent relative rotation of the first and second legs in the first direction in response to brushing loads, while permitting relative rotation of the first and second legs in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction in response to drop loads, such that the mounting bracket is configured with a first bending stiffness with respect to the first direction, and a second bending stiffness with respect to the second direction , wherein the first bending stiffness is greater than the second bending stiffness. a handle portion having a shaft configured to receive a brushing load from a bristled end of a brush head ; a sensor assembly configured to determine a deflection proportional to the brushing load with respect to a first direction associated with the brushing load, the sensor assembly including an air gap and configured to determine the deflection based on changes in the air gap; and a compliant element configured to control an amount of the deflection in response to the brushing load, characterized in that the toothbrush further comprises a dual-stiffness mounting bracket connecting between opposite sides of the air gap, the mounting bracket including a first leg coupled to the shaft and a second leg coupled to the compliant element; wherein the mounting bracket includes one or more arms extending transversely between the first leg and the second leg and configured to prevent relative rotation of the first and second legs in the first direction in response to brushing loads, while permitting relative rotation of the first and second legs in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction in response to drop loads, such that the mounting bracket is configured with a first bending stiffness with respect to the first direction, and a second bending stiffness with respect to the second direction , wherein the first bending stiffness is greater than the second bending stiffness.
A kit comprising: o a household appliance , including a casing defining a front surface , two lateral surfaces , a back surface and four lateral corners , said casing further including in one of said front surface, back surface or lateral surfaces a movable element , said movable element being movable from an open to a closed position, wherein a distance between a point of said movable element and said front, back or lateral surface in said closed position is different from a distance between said point of said movable element and said front, back or lateral surface in said open position; o a packaging including a base on which the household appliance is placed, and four angular members covering the four lateral corners of the appliance, said four angular members extending from the base, characterized in that at least one of the four angular members includes a protrusion to be positioned on a surface of the movable element of the household appliance, said protrusion extending between two different angular members , said protrusion including a surface apt to come into contact with said movable element of said household appliance so as to keep said movable element in the closed position, and said protrusion comprising a free end portion extending away from said at least one angular member and spaced apart from an adjacent and subsequent angular member . o a household appliance , including a casing defining a front surface , two lateral surfaces , a back surface and four lateral corners , said casing further including in one of said front surface, back surface or lateral surfaces a movable element , said movable element being movable from an open to a closed position, wherein a distance between a point of said movable element and said front, back or lateral surface in said closed position is different from a distance between said point of said movable element and said front, back or lateral surface in said open position; o a packaging including a base on which the household appliance is placed, and four angular members covering the four lateral corners of the appliance, said four angular members extending from the base, characterized in that at least one of the four angular members includes a protrusion to be positioned on a surface of the movable element of the household appliance, said protrusion extending between two different angular members , said protrusion including a surface apt to come into contact with said movable element of said household appliance so as to keep said movable element in the closed position, and said protrusion comprising a free end portion extending away from said at least one angular member and spaced apart from an adjacent and subsequent angular member .
A catalyst for the reaction of formaldehyde or a suitable source thereof with a carboxylic acid or ester to produce an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, preferably α, β ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or ester, wherein the catalyst comprises a metal oxide having at least two types of metal cations, M 1 and M 2 , wherein M 1 is at least one metal selected from group 3 or 4 in the 4th to 6 th periods of the periodic table, group 13 in the 3 rd to 5 th periods of the periodic table, or the remaining elements in the lanthanide series (namely, scandium, yttrium, the lanthanide elements, titanium, zirconium, hafnium; aluminium, gallium, indium) and M 2 is at least one metal selected from group 5 in the 5 th or 6 th periods of the periodic table or group 15 in the 4 th or 5 th periods of the periodic table (namely, niobium, tantalum, arsenic and antimony), wherein the combinations of metal oxides is selected from the list consisting of:- Al\Sb oxide; Ti\Sb oxide; Ga\Sb oxide; Zr\Nb oxide; La\Nb oxide; La\Ta oxide; and Al\Sb\Nb oxide which oxides are supported on a suitable support of alumina, silica, silicon nitride, colloidal silica, titania or aluminium phosphate, wherein further metals or metal cations of the type M 3 and/or M 4 may also be present in the mixed metal oxide, wherein the M 3 metals are metals from groups 1 and 2 of the periodic table and the M 4 metals are metals from group 14 of the periodic table, and wherein the metal oxide catalyst compound of the invention does not include other metal types above a level 0.1 mol% other than the types M 1 , M 2 and optionally M 3 and/or M 4 . wherein further metals or metal cations of the type M 3 and/or M 4 may also be present in the mixed metal oxide, wherein the M 3 metals are metals from groups 1 and 2 of the periodic table and the M 4 metals are metals from group 14 of the periodic table, and wherein the metal oxide catalyst compound of the invention does not include other metal types above a level 0.1 mol% other than the types M 1 , M 2 and optionally M 3 and/or M 4 .
A safety switch for controlling the access to industrial machines or plants, comprising: - a switching device adapted to be associated with a fixed part (F) of the access (B) to be controlled and having switching means operably connectable to one or more control and/or service circuits of the plants for controlling thereof; - an actuator device adapted to be associated with a movable part (P) of the access (B) to interact with said switching means at the opening/closing of the access for opening/closing one or more of said circuits and passing from a removed condition to an inserted condition; - locking/unlocking means housed in said switching device and adapted to lock said actuator device on said switching device following their mutual interaction; characterized by - an electronic control unit having a first communication channel with a first inlet (IN 1 ) and a first outlet (OUT 1 ) and a second communication channel with a second inlet (IN 2 ) and a second outlet (OUT 2 ), said communication channels being adapted to receive and transmit information about the locked and open conditions of the accesses (B) according to the state of the corresponding actuator device ; wherein said first outlet (OUT 1 ) and said second outlet (OUT 2 ) are of safe type and adapted to vary their state after detecting said removed/inserted and/or locked condition of said actuator device ; wherein said electronic control unit is adapted to vary the state of said first outlet (OUT 1 ) and said second outlet (OUT 2 ) upon detection respectively of a first and a of second condition for said actuator device , wherein said first and said second conditions are different from each other. - a switching device adapted to be associated with a fixed part (F) of the access (B) to be controlled and having switching means operably connectable to one or more control and/or service circuits of the plants for controlling thereof; - an actuator device adapted to be associated with a movable part (P) of the access (B) to interact with said switching means at the opening/closing of the access for opening/closing one or more of said circuits and passing from a removed condition to an inserted condition; - locking/unlocking means housed in said switching device and adapted to lock said actuator device on said switching device following their mutual interaction; - an electronic control unit having a first communication channel with a first inlet (IN 1 ) and a first outlet (OUT 1 ) and a second communication channel with a second inlet (IN 2 ) and a second outlet (OUT 2 ), said communication channels being adapted to receive and transmit information about the locked and open conditions of the accesses (B) according to the state of the corresponding actuator device ;
A container for transporting and storing liquid, viscous or free-flowing substances, in particular of the intermediate bulk container type, having a bottom , a sidewall and at least one outlet recess in the bottom and/or in the sidewall , in which an outlet valve is arranged or arrangeable and which is closable on the outside of the container via a cover , wherein the cover has a base portion via which the cover is fixed or fixable to the container , and a closure portion which is hinged to the base portion via a hinge assembly so as to be pivotable about an axis of rotation (A), such that said closure portion is transferable from a first position closing the outlet recess into a second position releasing the outlet recess , characterized in that the hinge assembly is configured to hold or lock the closure portion in the second position releasing the outlet recess in a self-supporting manner, and the base portion has a guiding rib and the container has a corresponding guiding slit in the region of the outlet recess . the cover has a base portion via which the cover is fixed or fixable to the container , and a closure portion which is hinged to the base portion via a hinge assembly so as to be pivotable about an axis of rotation (A), such that said closure portion is transferable from a first position closing the outlet recess into a second position releasing the outlet recess , characterized in that the hinge assembly is configured to hold or lock the closure portion in the second position releasing the outlet recess in a self-supporting manner, and the base portion has a guiding rib and the container has a corresponding guiding slit in the region of the outlet recess .
A benzoic acid salt of 4-[5-[ -3-aminopyrrolidine-1-carbonyl]-2-[2-fluoro-4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl-propyl)phenyl]phenyl]-2-fluoro-benzonitrile.
Medical product , preferably for use in the treatment, more particularly in the filling up and/or closure, of a bone cavity, having structural elements connected to one another, wherein the structural elements are dividable at least into two groups of structural elements, namely at least into a first group of structural elements and into a second group of structural elements , wherein the structural elements of the first group have a lower hardness than the structural elements of the second group, characterized in that structural elements of the first group that are connected to one another form a number of intended bending regions of the product .
A system for high pressure processing of a bulk, flowable product in a high-pressure processing chamber configured to receive the product in carriers (22; 222), comprising: a flexible, disposable, collapsible product holding bag sized for bulk processing of a flowable product, the bag having a fitment (24; 90) for filling and emptying the bag with the flowable product, the bag sized to be receivable within the carrier (22; 222) with the fitment (24; 90) positioned to be accessible for filling and emptying the bag while in the carrier (22; 222); a flow connector to connect with the fitment (24; 90) during filling and emptying of the bag ; characterized in that the system further comprises a control system configured to control the filling of the bag through the flow connector and/or emptying the bag through the flow connector and a support for supporting the carrier (22; 222) in a tilted orientation during the filling and emptying of the bag while disposed within the carrier (22; 222). a flexible, disposable, collapsible product holding bag sized for bulk processing of a flowable product, the bag having a fitment (24; 90) for filling and emptying the bag with the flowable product, the bag sized to be receivable within the carrier (22; 222) with the fitment (24; 90) positioned to be accessible for filling and emptying the bag while in the carrier (22; 222); a flow connector to connect with the fitment (24; 90) during filling and emptying of the bag ; characterized in that the system further comprises a control system configured to control the filling of the bag through the flow connector and/or emptying the bag through the flow connector and a support for supporting the carrier (22; 222) in a tilted orientation during the filling and emptying of the bag while disposed within the carrier (22; 222).
A method of wireless communication, comprising: determining a sequence based on at least one of: an operator identifier associated with an operator using a spectrum or a clear channel assessment, CCA, slot index associated with the operator using the spectrum; communicating over the spectrum using at least one channel based on the determined sequence, wherein communicating over the spectrum using the at least one channel comprises at least one of: scrambling data of the at least one channel based on the determined sequence or interleaving data of the at least one channel with the determined sequence; and wherein the spectrum is a shared spectrum. determining a sequence based on at least one of: an operator identifier associated with an operator using a spectrum or a clear channel assessment, CCA, slot index associated with the operator using the spectrum; communicating over the spectrum using at least one channel based on the determined sequence, wherein communicating over the spectrum using the at least one channel comprises at least one of: scrambling data of the at least one channel based on the determined sequence or interleaving data of the at least one channel with the determined sequence; and scrambling data of the at least one channel based on the determined sequence or interleaving data of the at least one channel with the determined sequence; and wherein the spectrum is a shared spectrum.