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A computer implemented method, including: storing multiple data elements in a first buffer , wherein the data elements stored in the first buffer are sorted according to a predetermined order; removing a portion of the data elements from the first buffer and storing the removed portion of the data elements in a second buffer in response to detecting an overflow condition of the first buffer , wherein the removed portion of the data elements is stored in the second buffer according to the predetermined order, and wherein the overflow condition occurs when the first buffer reaches its capacity based upon its maximum physical memory size; inserting a proxy data element (S9) in the first buffer to represent the portion of data elements stored to the second buffer ; applying a boundary condition to the data elements stored in the first buffer , wherein the boundary condition is representative of a maximum allowable difference between any two data elements stored in the first buffer ; upon determining that the boundary condition is violated, ejecting from the first buffer one or more data elements according to an ejection priority order; and in response to the proxy element (S9) becoming a highest ejection priority element in the first buffer , merging one or more data elements of the portion of data elements that are stored in the second buffer back into the first buffer , wherein the one or more data elements that are merged back into the first buffer are stored in the first buffer according to the predetermined order. storing multiple data elements in a first buffer , wherein the data elements stored in the first buffer are sorted according to a predetermined order; removing a portion of the data elements from the first buffer and storing the removed portion of the data elements in a second buffer in response to detecting an overflow condition of the first buffer , wherein the removed portion of the data elements is stored in the second buffer according to the predetermined order, and wherein the overflow condition occurs when the first buffer reaches its capacity based upon its maximum physical memory size; inserting a proxy data element (S9) in the first buffer to represent the portion of data elements stored to the second buffer ; applying a boundary condition to the data elements stored in the first buffer , wherein the boundary condition is representative of a maximum allowable difference between any two data elements stored in the first buffer ; upon determining that the boundary condition is violated, ejecting from the first buffer one or more data elements according to an ejection priority order; and in response to the proxy element (S9) becoming a highest ejection priority element in the first buffer , merging one or more data elements of the portion of data elements that are stored in the second buffer back into the first buffer , wherein the one or more data elements that are merged back into the first buffer are stored in the first buffer according to the predetermined order.
An acid ceramidase for use in a method for treating or preventing bacterial infections in a subject having Cystic Fibrosis, said method comprising: selecting a subject having Cystic Fibrosis and administering to said selected subject the acid ceramidase under conditions effective to reduce ceramide and to treat or prevent said bacterial infection in said selected subject. selecting a subject having Cystic Fibrosis and administering to said selected subject the acid ceramidase under conditions effective to reduce ceramide and to treat or prevent said bacterial infection in said selected subject.
A method for the prevention of microbial growth on a filtration membrane during desalination process of sea water or brackish water, which comprises exposing the membrane to performic acid by continuously or intermittently introducing performic acid to water flow contacting membrane surface, wherein the performic acid is used as an equilibrium solution made by mixing formic acid solution with hydrogen peroxide solution and adding sulphuric acid as a catalyst, wherein the concentration of performic acid in the water flow contacting membrane surface is 0.1 to 10 mg/l.
A mechanical joint for transferring rotational motion from a first shaft to a second shaft, comprising: a housing comprising an outer casing , a central cavity , a first end and a second end; a first groove comprising a first concave sliding contact surface including a straight portion , a second groove comprising a second concave sliding contact surface including a straight portion , the first and second grooves disposed on opposite sides of the central cavity; a first lip comprising a third contact surface at the first end of the housing, the first lip aligned with the first groove; a second lip comprising a fourth contact surface at the first end of the housing, the second lip aligned with the second groove; a drive puck comprising a circular outer perimeter, an outer contact surface, and an inner slot ; a drive shaft comprising a first end and a second end , the first end pivotably coupled with the drive puck by a pin , the second end coupled with the first shaft; wherein the drive puck is disposed within the first and second grooves the outer contact surface slidingly engaged with the first and second concave sliding contact surfaces of the first and second grooves, respectively, the drive puck maintained within the first and second grooves at the first end of the housing by the third and fourth contact surfaces of the first and second lips; and wherein the drive puck rotates within the first and second grooves in a first plane and the drive shaft rotates about the pin in a second plane , the first plane being orthogonal to the second plane. a housing comprising an outer casing , a central cavity , a first end and a second end; a first groove comprising a first concave sliding contact surface including a straight portion , a second groove comprising a second concave sliding contact surface including a straight portion , the first and second grooves disposed on opposite sides of the central cavity; a first lip comprising a third contact surface at the first end of the housing, the first lip aligned with the first groove; a second lip comprising a fourth contact surface at the first end of the housing, the second lip aligned with the second groove; a drive puck comprising a circular outer perimeter, an outer contact surface, and an inner slot ; a drive shaft comprising a first end and a second end , the first end pivotably coupled with the drive puck by a pin , the second end coupled with the first shaft; wherein the drive puck is disposed within the first and second grooves the outer contact surface slidingly engaged with the first and second concave sliding contact surfaces of the first and second grooves, respectively, the drive puck maintained within the first and second grooves at the first end of the housing by the third and fourth contact surfaces of the first and second lips; and wherein the drive puck rotates within the first and second grooves in a first plane and the drive shaft rotates about the pin in a second plane , the first plane being orthogonal to the second plane.
A method of manufacturing a magnetic material, comprising: a surface oxides decreasing step of decreasing surface oxides of an iron powder; a powder-molded body forming step of mixing the iron powder whose surface oxides are already decreased obtained by the surface oxides decreasing step, and a compound powder "A" constituted by a La element and a Si element, and compressing and molding the obtained mixture powder; and a sintered body forming step of preparing a sintered body from the powder-molded body obtained by the powder-molded body forming step, by a solid phase reaction under vacuum atmosphere, wherein the surface oxides decreasing step includes an iron powder placing step of placing the iron powder in a heating chamber of an electric furnace, after the iron powder placing step, an evacuation step of evacuating the heating chamber to be vacuum, and after the evacuation step, a surface reduction treatment step of performing a surface reduction treatment of the iron powder by heating the heating chamber to process temperature greater than or equal to 400 °C and less than or equal to 1000 °C, and also exposing the iron powder to hydrogen gas to obtain the iron powder whose surface oxides are already decreased; or wherein the surface oxides decreasing step includes an iron ingot forming step of forming an iron ingot by melting and degassing electrolytic iron, and a grinding step of grinding the iron ingot obtained by the iron ingot forming step to obtain the iron powder whose surface oxides are already decreased. a surface oxides decreasing step of decreasing surface oxides of an iron powder; a powder-molded body forming step of mixing the iron powder whose surface oxides are already decreased obtained by the surface oxides decreasing step, and a compound powder "A" constituted by a La element and a Si element, and compressing and molding the obtained mixture powder; and a sintered body forming step of preparing a sintered body from the powder-molded body obtained by the powder-molded body forming step, by a solid phase reaction under vacuum atmosphere, wherein the surface oxides decreasing step includes an iron powder placing step of placing the iron powder in a heating chamber of an electric furnace, after the iron powder placing step, an evacuation step of evacuating the heating chamber to be vacuum, and after the evacuation step, a surface reduction treatment step of performing a surface reduction treatment of the iron powder by heating the heating chamber to process temperature greater than or equal to 400 °C and less than or equal to 1000 °C, and also exposing the iron powder to hydrogen gas to obtain the iron powder whose surface oxides are already decreased; or wherein the surface oxides decreasing step includes an iron ingot forming step of forming an iron ingot by melting and degassing electrolytic iron, and a grinding step of grinding the iron ingot obtained by the iron ingot forming step to obtain the iron powder whose surface oxides are already decreased.
An elastic wiring comprising: an elastic tube ; a conductor wire arranged within the tube; and fixing portions including caulking members that fix the conductor wire and the tube at both ends of the tube in the lengthwise direction, wherein the length of the conductor wire between the fixing portions when the tube is in an unextended state is longer than the length of the tube between the fixing portions, characterized in that at least one of the caulking members comprises: a male member comprising a flat plate portion and a spike extending substantially perpendicularly from the flat plate portion; and a ring-shaped female member fixed to the male member by being crimped to the spike; wherein by fixing the female member to the male member , the conductor wire and the tube are caulked by the flat plate portion and the female member , and a recess is formed in the ring-shaped central portion of the female member . an elastic tube ; a conductor wire arranged within the tube; and fixing portions including caulking members that fix the conductor wire and the tube at both ends of the tube in the lengthwise direction, wherein the length of the conductor wire between the fixing portions when the tube is in an unextended state is longer than the length of the tube between the fixing portions, characterized in that at least one of the caulking members comprises: a male member comprising a flat plate portion and a spike extending substantially perpendicularly from the flat plate portion; and a ring-shaped female member fixed to the male member by being crimped to the spike; wherein by fixing the female member to the male member , the conductor wire and the tube are caulked by the flat plate portion and the female member , and a recess is formed in the ring-shaped central portion of the female member . a male member comprising a flat plate portion and a spike extending substantially perpendicularly from the flat plate portion; and a ring-shaped female member fixed to the male member by being crimped to the spike; wherein by fixing the female member to the male member , the conductor wire and the tube are caulked by the flat plate portion and the female member , and a recess is formed in the ring-shaped central portion of the female member .
A composite material comprising at least 2 vol. % of a polymeric composition comprising at least one covalently cross-linked siloxanyl polymer cluster which is further cross-linked by a boron compound, wherein the composite material has a concentration of boron in the range 0.005-0.160 wt.%, at least 1 vol.% of a particulate or granular material, wherein the composite material does not have a permanent equilibrium shape; and wherein said cluster comprises at least one linear or branched siloxanyl polymer, wherein prior to cross-linking to form said cluster, said polymer comprises on average at least two hydroxyl moieties per molecule and wherein prior to further cross-linking with boron, the siloxanyl polymer comprises hydroxyl moieties at a concentration equivalent to 1-100 μmol [OH] per g of the cluster. at least 2 vol. % of a polymeric composition comprising at least one covalently cross-linked siloxanyl polymer cluster which is further cross-linked by a boron compound, wherein the composite material has a concentration of boron in the range 0.005-0.160 wt.%, at least 1 vol.% of a particulate or granular material, wherein the composite material does not have a permanent equilibrium shape; and wherein said cluster comprises at least one linear or branched siloxanyl polymer, wherein prior to cross-linking to form said cluster, said polymer comprises on average at least two hydroxyl moieties per molecule and wherein prior to further cross-linking with boron, the siloxanyl polymer comprises hydroxyl moieties at a concentration equivalent to 1-100 μmol [OH] per g of the cluster.
A plasticizer, comprising: a first plasticizer component consisting of dialkyl 2,5-furandicarboxylate wherein said dialkyl 2,5-furandicarboxylate has the structure wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from saturated, straight-chain or branched C 8 to C 13 alkyl groups ; and a second plasticizer component selected from the group consisting of an epoxidized soybean oil, an epoxidized fatty acid methyl ester, and combinations thereof, wherein said plasticizer is a liquid at 22 °C and 1 atmosphere of pressure and wherein said second plasticizer component is present in an amount of from 50 to 90 wt% based on the entire plasticizer weight. a first plasticizer component consisting of dialkyl 2,5-furandicarboxylate wherein said dialkyl 2,5-furandicarboxylate has the structure wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from saturated, straight-chain or branched C 8 to C 13 alkyl groups ; and a second plasticizer component selected from the group consisting of an epoxidized soybean oil, an epoxidized fatty acid methyl ester, and combinations thereof, wherein said plasticizer is a liquid at 22 °C and 1 atmosphere of pressure and wherein said second plasticizer component is present in an amount of from 50 to 90 wt% based on the entire plasticizer weight.
Electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) comprising a mouth piece (MP), an atomizer arrangement (AA), a power supply (PS), and a container arrangement (CA) comprising a nicotine container containing a nicotine solution, the atomizer arrangement (AA) comprising an inlet from the container arrangement (CA), the atomizer arrangement (AA) comprising at least one atomizer, the atomizer being electrically connected to the power supply (PS), the container arrangement (CA) further containing pH-controlling agent in solution, wherein the nicotine container comprises nicotine in an amount of 0.01-5% by weight of the nicotine solution, and the atomizer arrangement producing aerosols comprising pH-controlling agent and nicotine, wherein the pH-controlling agent comprises an acidic buffering agent, characterized in that the container arrangement comprises buffering agent in the amount of 1⁄2 to 5% by weight of the total content of said container arrangement. the atomizer arrangement (AA) comprising an inlet from the container arrangement (CA), the atomizer arrangement (AA) comprising at least one atomizer, the atomizer being electrically connected to the power supply (PS), the container arrangement (CA) further containing pH-controlling agent in solution, wherein the nicotine container comprises nicotine in an amount of 0.01-5% by weight of the nicotine solution, and the atomizer arrangement producing aerosols comprising pH-controlling agent and nicotine, wherein the pH-controlling agent comprises an acidic buffering agent, characterized in that the container arrangement comprises buffering agent in the amount of 1⁄2 to 5% by weight of the total content of said container arrangement.
A wound treatment apparatus, comprising: a wound insert comprising a first open-celled foam; a reactive agent disposed within the first open-celled foam, and configured to be inert in the absence of an activating fluid and to release hypochlorite ions and/or form hypochlorous acid in the presence of the activating fluid; a drape configured to cover the wound insert; and a fluid delivery pad configured to be coupled to the drape and a fluid source, wherein the fluid source is adapted to deliver a fluid to a wound through the wound insert; wherein the wound insert is configured to pass at least a portion of the reactive agent to a wound if the activating fluid is delivered to the wound insert; wherein the first open-celled foam comprises a silicone polymer. a wound insert comprising a first open-celled foam; a reactive agent disposed within the first open-celled foam, and configured to be inert in the absence of an activating fluid and to release hypochlorite ions and/or form hypochlorous acid in the presence of the activating fluid; a drape configured to cover the wound insert; and a fluid delivery pad configured to be coupled to the drape and a fluid source, wherein the fluid source is adapted to deliver a fluid to a wound through the wound insert; wherein the wound insert is configured to pass at least a portion of the reactive agent to a wound if the activating fluid is delivered to the wound insert; wherein the first open-celled foam comprises a silicone polymer.
A whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium comprising a ceramic material, which filter medium has a pore size ensuring permeability to blood plasma or serum, but retaining blood cells, wherein the whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium is obtainable by a phase inversion process from a spinning dope comprising at least one ceramic powder material, at least one polymer and at least one solvent, wherein the ceramic powder material preferably comprises aluminum oxide, the polymer is preferably polyacrylnitril or polyethersulfone and the solvent is preferably n-methyl-pyrrolidone, wherein the spinning dope is conducted through the annulus cross-section of a nozzle to give the green fiber, and the green fiber is sintered at a temperature from about 1350°C to about 1700°C for a time interval of at least 1 hour, preferably from 1.5 to 12 hours, wherein the median pore diameter of the obtained whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium is in the range of from about 100 nm to about 1500 nm, wherein the median pore diameter (d median ) is the pore diameter at which 50% of total intruded volume of mercury is intruded into a sample, as measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry performed according to DIN 66133, wherein the whole blood hollow fiber filter has an outer diameter of from about 0.4 to about 3.0 mm, wherein the whole blood hollow fiber filter has an inner diameter of from about 0.2 to about 2.0 mm, provided that the inner diameter is lower than the outer diameter, and wherein the obtained whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium is coated with a coating material comprising bifunctional silanes with hydrolysable inorganic ethoxysilyl and fluoralkyl chains or with a coating material comprising fluoralkyl functional oligosiloxanes. wherein the spinning dope is conducted through the annulus cross-section of a nozzle to give the green fiber, and the green fiber is sintered at a temperature from about 1350°C to about 1700°C for a time interval of at least 1 hour, preferably from 1.5 to 12 hours, wherein the median pore diameter of the obtained whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium is in the range of from about 100 nm to about 1500 nm, wherein the median pore diameter (d median ) is the pore diameter at which 50% of total intruded volume of mercury is intruded into a sample, as measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry performed according to DIN 66133, wherein the whole blood hollow fiber filter has an outer diameter of from about 0.4 to about 3.0 mm, wherein the whole blood hollow fiber filter has an inner diameter of from about 0.2 to about 2.0 mm, provided that the inner diameter is lower than the outer diameter, and wherein the obtained whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium is coated with a coating material comprising bifunctional silanes with hydrolysable inorganic ethoxysilyl and fluoralkyl chains or with a coating material comprising fluoralkyl functional oligosiloxanes.
Use of a composition comprising a compound of Formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as a PET tracer in a method of radiographically imaging a neuroendocrine tumor in a human patient.
A medical device at least partially formed of a metal alloy, said metal alloy consisting of: rhenium; molybdenum; one or more additional metal; carbon; oxygen; and nitrogen; said one or more additional metal selected form the group consisting of titanium, yttrium, and zirconium; and optionally one or more other metal, selected from the group consisting of calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, gold, iron, lead, magnesium, nickel, niobium, platinum, rare earth metals, silver, tantalum, tungsten, zinc; and impurities; wherein the metal alloy includes less than 5 weight percent of the one or more other metal and impurities; wherein the combined content of titanium, yttrium and zirconium is less than 5 weight percent; a content of said rhenium plus said molybdenum plus said one or more additional metal constituting at least 95 weight percent of said metal alloy, said rhenium constituting at least 40 weight percent of said metal alloy, said molybdenum constituting at least 40 weight percent of said metal alloy, said metal alloy having a nitrogen content of less than 30 ppm, said metal alloy having a carbon content of up to 200 ppm, said metal alloy having an oxygen content of up to 100 ppm, said metal alloy having a carbon to oxygen atomic ratio of at least 2:1, said metal alloy having a carbon to oxygen atomic ratio of up to 50:1. rhenium; molybdenum; one or more additional metal; carbon; oxygen; and nitrogen; said one or more additional metal selected form the group consisting of titanium, yttrium, and zirconium; and optionally one or more other metal, selected from the group consisting of calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, gold, iron, lead, magnesium, nickel, niobium, platinum, rare earth metals, silver, tantalum, tungsten, zinc; and impurities; wherein the metal alloy includes less than 5 weight percent of the one or more other metal and impurities; wherein the combined content of titanium, yttrium and zirconium is less than 5 weight percent; a content of said rhenium plus said molybdenum plus said one or more additional metal constituting at least 95 weight percent of said metal alloy, said rhenium constituting at least 40 weight percent of said metal alloy, said molybdenum constituting at least 40 weight percent of said metal alloy, said metal alloy having a nitrogen content of less than 30 ppm, said metal alloy having a carbon content of up to 200 ppm, said metal alloy having an oxygen content of up to 100 ppm, said metal alloy having a carbon to oxygen atomic ratio of at least 2:1, said metal alloy having a carbon to oxygen atomic ratio of up to 50:1.