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Footwear comprising a sole and an upper , wherein the sole comprises a bottom surface , suitable for contacting the ground during use, and a sidewall that extends from the bottom surface and is placed at the outer periphery of the sole , wherein the upper is removable attachable and/or attached to the sole whereby obtaining the footwear , wherein said footwear comprises an attachment system suitable to removably attach the upper to the sole , wherein said attachment system comprises a plurality of lugs , placed in the sole and extending outwardly from the sidewall , and a plurality of holes , placed in the upper, wherein the holes are suitable during use to be over and engage with the plurality of lugs , characterized in that , the upper has a flat configuration, suitable, when attached to the sole , to at least substantially wrap the foot of the user. the upper is removable attachable and/or attached to the sole whereby obtaining the footwear , wherein said footwear comprises an attachment system suitable to removably attach the upper to the sole , wherein said attachment system comprises a plurality of lugs , placed in the sole and extending outwardly from the sidewall , and a plurality of holes , placed in the upper, wherein the holes are suitable during use to be over and engage with the plurality of lugs , characterized in that , the upper has a flat configuration, suitable, when attached to the sole , to at least substantially wrap the foot of the user.
A haemostat composition comprising a chitosan, chitosan salt or chitosan derivative, and a physiologically acceptable acid in an amount of from 20 to 70% by weight of the haemostat composition, wherein the chitosan, chitosan salt or chitosan derivative is coated by the acid; wherein the haemostat composition is in a non-fibrous form, wherein the chitosan, chitosan salt or chitosan derivative has been washed with an alkali solution to reduce the presence of endotoxins prior to coating with the acid, wherein the concentration of alkali solution used is from 0.01M to 1M, and is able to fully degrade in a human or animal body within 30 days, wherein the chitosan derivative comprises a partially deacetylated chitin, carboxy methyl chitosan, hydroxyl butyl chitin, N-acyl chitosan, O-acyl chitosan, N-alkyl chitosan, O-alkyl chitosan, N-alkylidene chitosan, O-sulfonyl chitosan, sulfated chitosan, phosphorylated chitosan, nitrated chitosan, alkalichitin, alkalichitosan, or metal chelates with chitosan; and wherein the molecular weight of the chitosan, chitosan salt or chitosan derivative used for the preparation of the haemostat composition is less than 2,000,000.
A process for recovering diphosphite-containing compounds from a feed mixture comprising diphosphite-containing compounds, organic mononitriles, organic dinitriles and a Lewis acid in a multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor with extraction solvent comprising aliphatic hydrocarbon, cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon or a mixture of aliphatic and cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon, said process comprising: a) flowing the feed mixture to the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor; and b) contacting the feed mixture with extraction solvent from the second stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor, wherein the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor comprises a mixing section and a settling section, wherein the mixing section provides a mixed phase comprising a light phase and a heavy phase, wherein a light phase separates from a heavy phase in the settling section, wherein a Lewis base is added to the mixing section of the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor, wherein the light phase comprises extraction solvent and extracted diphosphite-containing compounds, wherein the heavy phase comprises organic mononitriles, organic dinitriles and a complex of said Lewis acid and said Lewis base, wherein at least a portion of the light phase is withdrawn from the settling section and treated to recover diphosphite-containing compounds extracted into the light phase, wherein at least a portion of the heavy phase is passed to the second stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor; and wherein the Lewis base is bis-hexamethylenetriamine. a) flowing the feed mixture to the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor; and b) contacting the feed mixture with extraction solvent from the second stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor, wherein the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor comprises a mixing section and a settling section, wherein the mixing section provides a mixed phase comprising a light phase and a heavy phase, wherein a light phase separates from a heavy phase in the settling section, wherein a Lewis base is added to the mixing section of the first stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor, wherein the light phase comprises extraction solvent and extracted diphosphite-containing compounds, wherein the heavy phase comprises organic mononitriles, organic dinitriles and a complex of said Lewis acid and said Lewis base, wherein at least a portion of the light phase is withdrawn from the settling section and treated to recover diphosphite-containing compounds extracted into the light phase, wherein at least a portion of the heavy phase is passed to the second stage of the multistage countercurrent liquid-liquid extractor; and wherein the Lewis base is bis-hexamethylenetriamine.
A centrifugal separator for separating at least one liquid phase from a liquid feed mixture, comprising a frame , a drive member and a rotating part , wherein the drive member is configured to rotate the rotating part in relation to the frame around an axis of rotation (X), and wherein the rotating part comprises a centrifuge bowl enclosing a separation space ; wherein the centrifuge bowl further comprises an inlet for receiving the liquid feed mixture and at least one liquid outlet for a separated liquid phase; wherein the separation space comprises surface enlarging inserts for increasing the separation performance; characterized in that said centrifuge bowl comprises a bowl wall , in which a first and a second channel extend, and the first and second channels extend in different directions (D1, D2) but intersect at an intersection point (Y) in which there is a fluid contact between said first and second channels; and the first channel is arranged such that during rotation of the centrifuge bowl , stress concentration regions in the bowl wall are generated on two opposing sides of the first channel and lower stress regions are generated in the bowl wall on the other two opposing sides of the first channel , as seen in the cross-section in the plane (A) perpendicular to the direction (D1) of the first channel , and the second channel is arranged so that it intersects the first channel with its center line (Z2) shifted towards a lower stress region (31c,d), as seen in the cross-section in the plane (A) perpendicular to the direction (D1) of the first channel . a frame , a drive member and a rotating part , wherein the drive member is configured to rotate the rotating part in relation to the frame around an axis of rotation (X), and wherein the rotating part comprises a centrifuge bowl enclosing a separation space ; wherein the centrifuge bowl further comprises an inlet for receiving the liquid feed mixture and at least one liquid outlet for a separated liquid phase; wherein the separation space comprises surface enlarging inserts for increasing the separation performance; characterized in that said centrifuge bowl comprises a bowl wall , in which a first and a second channel extend, and the first and second channels extend in different directions (D1, D2) but intersect at an intersection point (Y) in which there is a fluid contact between said first and second channels; and the first channel is arranged such that during rotation of the centrifuge bowl , stress concentration regions in the bowl wall are generated on two opposing sides of the first channel and lower stress regions are generated in the bowl wall on the other two opposing sides of the first channel , as seen in the cross-section in the plane (A) perpendicular to the direction (D1) of the first channel , and the second channel is arranged so that it intersects the first channel with its center line (Z2) shifted towards a lower stress region (31c,d), as seen in the cross-section in the plane (A) perpendicular to the direction (D1) of the first channel .
An image processing apparatus comprising: a light source configured to emit light upon scanning a document, the light source comprising a visible light source and an invisible light source , an image sensor configured to read a visible spectrum and an invisible spectrum of an image of the scanned document; an image separating unit configured to separate the image read into a visible image and an invisible image; and an image correction processing unit configured to perform different image correction processes on the visible image and the invisible image, respectively, characterized in that the image correction processing unit comprises an image correction control unit comprising: an image characteristic difference retaining unit configured to retain an image characteristic difference between the visible and invisible images; and a parameter setting unit configured to set parameters according to the image characteristic difference retained by the image characteristic difference retaining unit ; wherein the image correction control unit corrects visible and invisible images to match an image characteristic of the visible image and an image characteristic of the invisible image. a light source configured to emit light upon scanning a document, the light source comprising a visible light source and an invisible light source , an image sensor configured to read a visible spectrum and an invisible spectrum of an image of the scanned document; an image separating unit configured to separate the image read into a visible image and an invisible image; and an image correction processing unit configured to perform different image correction processes on the visible image and the invisible image, respectively, characterized in that the image correction processing unit comprises an image correction control unit comprising: an image characteristic difference retaining unit configured to retain an image characteristic difference between the visible and invisible images; and a parameter setting unit configured to set parameters according to the image characteristic difference retained by the image characteristic difference retaining unit ; wherein the image correction control unit corrects visible and invisible images to match an image characteristic of the visible image and an image characteristic of the invisible image. an image characteristic difference retaining unit configured to retain an image characteristic difference between the visible and invisible images; and a parameter setting unit configured to set parameters according to the image characteristic difference retained by the image characteristic difference retaining unit ; wherein the image correction control unit corrects visible and invisible images to match an image characteristic of the visible image and an image characteristic of the invisible image.
Reader apparatus for reading an identification code carried by an identification device in the form of a surface feature device, the surface feature device having a plurality of respective recessed surface feature portions each provided at respective lateral locations over a lateral surface at one of a plurality of predetermined distances from a lateral reference plane, the apparatus comprising a light source and a light detector , the apparatus being configured to direct light from the light source onto the respective surface feature portions of the surface feature device and to detect by means of the detector light scattered by the respective surface feature portions, the detector being configured to output a detector signal indicative of the intensity of light incident thereon, characterised in that the apparatus is configured to generate a reader signal responsive to the distance of each of the respective recessed surface feature portions of the surface feature device from the reference plane in dependence on the detector signal, the apparatus comprising a confocal device, the confocal device comprising the light source and the light detector and configured to focus the light source onto the surface feature device, the apparatus being configured to scan light from the light source laterally over each of the respective surface feature portions of the surface feature device, wherein the apparatus is further configured to scan the location of a focal point of focussing means of the confocal device along a direction having at least a component substantially normal to the reference plane such that, for each respective surface feature portion of the surface feature device, the intensity of light incident on the detector is measured at a plurality of distances of the focal point from the reference plane as measured along a direction normal to the reference plane, wherein the apparatus is configured to generate the reader signal in dependence on the intensity of light incident on the detector at respective lateral locations of the beam and at respective distances of the focal point from the reference plane.
A user-powered medicament injector comprising: a reusable, user-powered automatic injection assembly including a user energizable medicament injection subassembly arranged along a longitudinal axis ; and a medicament module , energizing said user energizable medicament injection subassembly by insertion of said medicament module into said reusable, user powered automatic injection assembly along said longitudinal axis, characterized in that : said medicament module being removably insertable along said longitudinal axis into said reusable, user-powered automatic injection assembly and wherein said medicament module comprising: a module housing adapted to receive a syringe having a barrel, a needle engaged to said barrel, and a removeable needle cap covering said needle; a needle shield configured to be moveable with respect to said module housing; and a needle cap remover associated with said needle shield. a reusable, user-powered automatic injection assembly including a user energizable medicament injection subassembly arranged along a longitudinal axis ; and a medicament module , energizing said user energizable medicament injection subassembly by insertion of said medicament module into said reusable, user powered automatic injection assembly along said longitudinal axis, characterized in that : said medicament module being removably insertable along said longitudinal axis into said reusable, user-powered automatic injection assembly and wherein said medicament module comprising: a module housing adapted to receive a syringe having a barrel, a needle engaged to said barrel, and a removeable needle cap covering said needle; a needle shield configured to be moveable with respect to said module housing; and a needle cap remover associated with said needle shield. a module housing adapted to receive a syringe having a barrel, a needle engaged to said barrel, and a removeable needle cap covering said needle; a needle shield configured to be moveable with respect to said module housing; and a needle cap remover associated with said needle shield.
A service robot for a ring spinning machine for yarn production, the service robot comprising a vertical frame which is provided with a first vertical linear guide and a second vertical linear guide wherein ∘ on the first vertical linear guide a vertically reversibly displaceable 3D yarn handling device , configured to handle the yarn spatially, is arranged and interconnected with a first controllable drive and a control device ; and further ∘ on the first vertical linear guide a vertically reversibly displaceable yarn threading device is arranged and interconnected with a second controllable drive and the control device , the yarn threading device being adapted to thread yarn into a traveler of a ring of a respective spinning station of a ring spinning machine to be served by the service robot ; wherein the first controllable drive can be the second controllable drive at the same time; ∘ on the second vertical linear guide , a vertically reversibly displaceable cop handling device is arranged and interconnected with a third controllable drive and the control device ; and further ∘ on the second vertical linear guide a vertically reversibly displaceable yarn end searching device is arranged and interconnected with a fourth controllable drive and the control device , wherein the third controllable drive can be the fourth controllable drive at the same time, the yarn end searching device being adapted to search for a yarn end on a cop of a spinning station of the ring spinning machine to be served by the service robot . ∘ on the first vertical linear guide a vertically reversibly displaceable 3D yarn handling device , configured to handle the yarn spatially, is arranged and interconnected with a first controllable drive and a control device ; and further ∘ on the first vertical linear guide a vertically reversibly displaceable yarn threading device is arranged and interconnected with a second controllable drive and the control device , the yarn threading device being adapted to thread yarn into a traveler of a ring of a respective spinning station of a ring spinning machine to be served by the service robot ; wherein the first controllable drive can be the second controllable drive at the same time; ∘ on the second vertical linear guide , a vertically reversibly displaceable cop handling device is arranged and interconnected with a third controllable drive and the control device ; and further ∘ on the second vertical linear guide a vertically reversibly displaceable yarn end searching device is arranged and interconnected with a fourth controllable drive and the control device , wherein the third controllable drive can be the fourth controllable drive at the same time,
A pharmaceutical composition comprising hydrocortisone, wherein a first part of hydrocortisone is substantially immediately released and a second part of hydrocortisone is released over an extended period of time of at least about 8 hours, the amount of the hydrocortisone of the first part being in a range of from 15 to 50% of the total hydrocortisone in the composition and determined as the amount released 1 hour after start of testing of the composition in an in vitro dissolution test according to USP employing USP Dissolution Apparatus No. 2 (paddle), 50 rpm and simulated intestinal fluid without enzymes as dissolution medium, wherein at least about 50% of the hydrocortisone of the first part is released within the first 45 min of the dissolution test, wherein the hydrocortisone of the second part is embedded in a swelling hydrophilic gel matrix from which the hydrocortisone is released by diffusion through and erosion of the matrix, wherein said matrix comprises hydroxypropyl methylcellulose in admixture with suitable pharmaceutical excipients and formulated into tablets.
A method of calibrating an apparatus Z for pointing spatial coordinates , wherein said apparatus comprises a moveable hand-held probe , having a pointing tip for pointing at said spatial coordinates, and a portable base unit , wherein said portable base unit is provided with sensors for measuring, in a predefined three dimensional, 3D, working area surrounding said portable base unit , a relative position of said pointed spatial coordinates with respect to said portable base unit, wherein said method comprises the successive steps of: a) calibrating said apparatus in said predefined 3D working area ; b) performing a particular measurement by subsequently measuring a plurality of pointed spatial coordinates; c) determining an actual 3D working area for said particular measurement, wherein said actual 3D working area is a sub-area of said predefined 3D working area determined by investigating said particular measurement; d) calibrating said apparatus in said actual 3D working area ; and e) correcting said measured plurality of pointed spatial coordinates based on said calibration of said apparatus in said actual 3D working area . a) calibrating said apparatus in said predefined 3D working area ; b) performing a particular measurement by subsequently measuring a plurality of pointed spatial coordinates; c) determining an actual 3D working area for said particular measurement, wherein said actual 3D working area is a sub-area of said predefined 3D working area determined by investigating said particular measurement; d) calibrating said apparatus in said actual 3D working area ; and e) correcting said measured plurality of pointed spatial coordinates based on said calibration of said apparatus in said actual 3D working area .
An elevator passenger interface system , comprising: a visual detector configured to detect a visible image that includes an indication of a request for elevator service; and a processor that interprets the indication and provides an output that is useable by an elevator system to control an elevator car to respond to the request for elevator service, characterised in that the visible image includes an indication of a plurality of requests for elevator service and the processor is configured to use additional information associated with detection of the visible image by the visual detector to determine which of the plurality of requests for elevator service to include in the output provided by the processor. a visual detector configured to detect a visible image that includes an indication of a request for elevator service; and a processor that interprets the indication and provides an output that is useable by an elevator system to control an elevator car to respond to the request for elevator service, characterised in that the visible image includes an indication of a plurality of requests for elevator service and the processor is configured to use additional information associated with detection of the visible image by the visual detector to determine which of the plurality of requests for elevator service to include in the output provided by the processor.
Submarine exploration system comprising: a. a master submarine drone which is designed to move autonomously according to a predetermined flight plan (E) and comprises at least two seabed characterization systems and a communication module (C) for transmitting communication signals; b. a plurality of follower submarine drones which each comprise at least one magnetic field sensor (D) capable of measuring the magnetic field in the vicinity of the follower drone, each follower drone further comprising a communication module (C) for receiving communication signals from the master drone; c. the master drone being designed to transmit navigation instructions (I) to the follower drones and each follower drone being designed to move autonomously according to the movement instruction so that its movement is slaved to the movement of the master drone. a. a master submarine drone which is designed to move autonomously according to a predetermined flight plan (E) and comprises at least two seabed characterization systems and a communication module (C) for transmitting communication signals; b. a plurality of follower submarine drones which each comprise at least one magnetic field sensor (D) capable of measuring the magnetic field in the vicinity of the follower drone, each follower drone further comprising a communication module (C) for receiving communication signals from the master drone; c. the master drone being designed to transmit navigation instructions (I) to the follower drones and each follower drone being designed to move autonomously according to the movement instruction so that its movement is slaved to the movement of the master drone.