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Device for sampling a fluid sample , in particular for conducting a suprapubic bladder puncture, with - a case and at least one suction device arranged at or in the case and a reservoir with a volume (V) for receiving the fluid sample , - a feed mechanism for moving the suction device relative to the case, - a trigger for triggering the feed mechanism , where the device - in a charge operating state (LB) can be brought into a feed operating state (VB) by means of the trigger , in which the suction device moves relative to the case by means of the feed mechanism , and subsequently - can be automatically brought into a suction operating state (SB), in which the volume (V) of the reservoir can be automatically enlarged by means of a suction mechanism , characterized in that a blocking device is provide, by means of which a multiple usage of the device is preventable. - a case and at least one suction device arranged at or in the case and a reservoir with a volume (V) for receiving the fluid sample , - a feed mechanism for moving the suction device relative to the case, - a trigger for triggering the feed mechanism , where the device - in a charge operating state (LB) can be brought into a feed operating state (VB) by means of the trigger , in which the suction device moves relative to the case by means of the feed mechanism , and subsequently - can be automatically brought into a suction operating state (SB), in which the volume (V) of the reservoir can be automatically enlarged by means of a suction mechanism , characterized in that a blocking device is provide, by means of which a multiple usage of the device is preventable.
A method of coating a component comprising the steps of: a) placing a coating on a metal substrate , and over cooling air holes formed through said metal substrate ; b) identifying the location of the cooling air holes by inspecting the coated component for the location of indicators of the coating passing over the cooling air holes ; and c) using the identified location of the indicators to control a cutting tool to remove coating from the cooling air holes , wherein said coating includes a bond layer directly deposited on the substrate and an outer coating deposited on the bond layer in step b) and characterised in that the coating is provided with a top coat to assist with the identification of the indicators , and the drilling. a) placing a coating on a metal substrate , and over cooling air holes formed through said metal substrate ; b) identifying the location of the cooling air holes by inspecting the coated component for the location of indicators of the coating passing over the cooling air holes ; and c) using the identified location of the indicators to control a cutting tool to remove coating from the cooling air holes , wherein said coating includes a bond layer directly deposited on the substrate and an outer coating deposited on the bond layer in step b) and characterised in that the coating is provided with a top coat to assist with the identification of the indicators , and the drilling.
An adapter , comprising: a distal end , comprising a distal connector configured to couple to a catheter assembly ; a proximal end , comprising a proximal connector configured to couple to a blood collection device ; and a fluid pathway disposed between the distal end and the proximal end , characterized in that the fluid pathway includes a non-linear portion configured such that no fluid flowing through the non-linear portion may flow in a straight line, with the non-linear portion increasing a length of the fluid pathway between the distal end and the proximal end as compared to a linear fluid pathway. a distal end , comprising a distal connector configured to couple to a catheter assembly ; a proximal end , comprising a proximal connector configured to couple to a blood collection device ; and a fluid pathway disposed between the distal end and the proximal end , characterized in that the fluid pathway includes a non-linear portion configured such that no fluid flowing through the non-linear portion may flow in a straight line, with the non-linear portion increasing a length of the fluid pathway between the distal end and the proximal end as compared to a linear fluid pathway.
A preparation comprising (i) a live Lactobacillus reuteri bacteria which has the ability to utilize citrate as an external electron acceptor, and (ii) citrate, for use in the therapeutic treatment of a subject with a condition which will benefit from administration of a faster activated live Lactobacillus reuteri bacteria or a Lactobacillus reuteri bacteria with an improved growth rate; wherein the bacteria in the preparation are frozen, lyophilized or freeze dried, wherein said frozen, lyophilized or freeze dried preparation is reconstituted in an appropriate aqueous solution for administration to the subject before administration to said subject; wherein said subject is a human subject and is a neonate, or an infant up to one year old, or is a subject which has been born prematurely; wherein said condition is a condition in which the neonate, infant or premature subject has difficulty feeding orally, is incapable of breast feeding or oral feeding, or requires parenteral or intravenous nutrition, or in which the amount of nutrients in the intestine has been deliberately restricted for medical reasons; and wherein said use does not significantly alter the nutritional status of the neonate, infant or premature subject. wherein the bacteria in the preparation are frozen, lyophilized or freeze dried, wherein said frozen, lyophilized or freeze dried preparation is reconstituted in an appropriate aqueous solution for administration to the subject before administration to said subject; wherein said subject is a human subject and is a neonate, or an infant up to one year old, or is a subject which has been born prematurely; wherein said condition is a condition in which the neonate, infant or premature subject has difficulty feeding orally, is incapable of breast feeding or oral feeding, or requires parenteral or intravenous nutrition, or in which the amount of nutrients in the intestine has been deliberately restricted for medical reasons; and wherein said use does not significantly alter the nutritional status of the neonate, infant or premature subject.
Filter for sorption of components of tobacco smoke which are harmful to health, comprising ceramic particles bonded to form a porous structure , characterized in that the filter has decreasing water solubility from a tobacco-side portion to an opposite mouth-side portion .
A method for providing oxygen rich gas for blood oxygenation not performed on a living human or animal body, said method comprising: selectively operating an oxygen concentrator from battery power or from an external power source; delivering oxygen from the oxygen concentrator without scrubbing to a blood oxygenator when the oxygen concentrator is operating from the external power source; combining oxygen from the oxygen concentrator with a carbon dioxide- scrubbed oxygen gas stream and delivering the combined gas stream to the blood oxygenator when the oxygen concentrator is operating from the battery; and producing the carbon dioxide-scrubbed gas stream by scrubbing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide elevated gas stream received from the blood oxygenator. selectively operating an oxygen concentrator from battery power or from an external power source; delivering oxygen from the oxygen concentrator without scrubbing to a blood oxygenator when the oxygen concentrator is operating from the external power source; combining oxygen from the oxygen concentrator with a carbon dioxide- scrubbed oxygen gas stream and delivering the combined gas stream to the blood oxygenator when the oxygen concentrator is operating from the battery; and producing the carbon dioxide-scrubbed gas stream by scrubbing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide elevated gas stream received from the blood oxygenator.
A refrigerant leakage determination system of a refrigeration cycle apparatus including a refrigerant circuit and having, as operating modes, at least a normal mode and a defrosting mode, the refrigerant circuit including a compressor and a first heat exchanger , the normal mode being a mode in which the first heat exchanger is caused to function as an evaporator, the defrosting mode being a mode in which the first heat exchanger frosted during an operation in the normal mode is defrosted, the refrigerant leakage determination system comprising: a defrosting information acquiring unit ; a storage unit that is configured to store defrosting information acquired by the defrosting information acquiring unit; and a refrigerant leakage determining unit , characterized in that the defrosting information acquiring unit is configured to acquire defrosting information regarding a relationship between a normal operation period for which the refrigeration cycle apparatus operates in the normal mode and the number of defrosting operations in which the refrigeration cycle apparatus operates in the defrosting mode; and in that the refrigerant leakage determining unit is configured to determine, based on the defrosting information, leakage of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit of the refrigeration cycle apparatus. a defrosting information acquiring unit ; a storage unit that is configured to store defrosting information acquired by the defrosting information acquiring unit; and a refrigerant leakage determining unit , characterized in that the defrosting information acquiring unit is configured to acquire defrosting information regarding a relationship between a normal operation period for which the refrigeration cycle apparatus operates in the normal mode and the number of defrosting operations in which the refrigeration cycle apparatus operates in the defrosting mode; and in that the refrigerant leakage determining unit is configured to determine, based on the defrosting information, leakage of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit of the refrigeration cycle apparatus.
Ironing device for ironing laundry to be ironed, comprising: - an ironing bed formed between at least one ironing roller and at least one trough ; - at least one first heat source integrated in the ironing device ; - at least one second heat source integrated in the ironing device ; - a heat transfer medium for transferring heat from the at least one first heat source and the at least one second heat source to the ironing bed ; wherein: - the at least one first heat source is electric; and - the at least one second heat source is gas-fired; characterized in that the heat transfer medium is oil; wherein the at least one first heat source and the at least one second heat source are configured for heating the heat transfer medium in series; and - wherein the trough comprises flow channels; and/or - wherein the ironing roller comprises flow channels; wherein the flow channels are configured for accommodating a stream or streams of heat transfer medium . - an ironing bed formed between at least one ironing roller and at least one trough ; - at least one first heat source integrated in the ironing device ; - at least one second heat source integrated in the ironing device ; - a heat transfer medium for transferring heat from the at least one first heat source and the at least one second heat source to the ironing bed ; - the at least one first heat source is electric; and - the at least one second heat source is gas-fired; wherein the at least one first heat source and the at least one second heat source are configured for heating the heat transfer medium in series; and - wherein the trough comprises flow channels; and/or - wherein the ironing roller comprises flow channels; - wherein the trough comprises flow channels; and/or - wherein the ironing roller comprises flow channels; wherein the flow channels are configured for accommodating a stream or streams of heat transfer medium .
A method for determining anisotropic conductive characteristics of a specimen, comprising: applying a current to a specimen to deposit a material on the specimen; determining a quantity of the material deposited at multiple locations on an edge of the specimen; determining anisotropic conductive characteristics of the specimen based on the quantity of the material deposited at the multiple locations on the edge of the specimen, wherein determining the anisotropic conductive characteristics of the specimen includes generating a 2-dimensional map of a current density distribution at the edge of the specimen based on the quantity of the material deposited at the multiple locations on the edge of the specimen. applying a current to a specimen to deposit a material on the specimen; determining a quantity of the material deposited at multiple locations on an edge of the specimen; determining anisotropic conductive characteristics of the specimen based on the quantity of the material deposited at the multiple locations on the edge of the specimen, wherein determining the anisotropic conductive characteristics of the specimen includes generating a 2-dimensional map of a current density distribution at the edge of the specimen based on the quantity of the material deposited at the multiple locations on the edge of the specimen.
A multilayer film comprising: a biaxially oriented core layer comprising polypropylene and having a first surface and a second surface; a barrier layer comprising ethylene-vinyl-alcohol, polyvinyl-alcohol, polyamide, or combinations thereof, wherein the barrier layer is adjacent to the first surface of the core layer; a first acrylic polymer layer adjacent to the second surface of the core layer, and a second acrylic polymer layer adjacent to the barrier layer; wherein the barrier layer is co-extruded with the core layer. a biaxially oriented core layer comprising polypropylene and having a first surface and a second surface; a barrier layer comprising ethylene-vinyl-alcohol, polyvinyl-alcohol, polyamide, or combinations thereof, wherein the barrier layer is adjacent to the first surface of the core layer; a first acrylic polymer layer adjacent to the second surface of the core layer, and a second acrylic polymer layer adjacent to the barrier layer;
A method of inhibiting or preventing mild steel corrosion in the presence of a fluid comprising water, a hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of oil, natural gas, products therefrom, and combinations thereof, and an acid gas selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), the method comprising: adding to the fluid in contact with mild steel an effective amount of a corrosion inhibitor composition to inhibit or prevent corrosion of the mild steel, where the corrosion inhibitor composition comprises at least one aqueous-soluble sulfur compound selected from the group consisting of: 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole; 2,5-bis(octyldithio)-1,3,4-thiadiazole; 2,5-bis(tert-nonyldithio)-1,3,4-thiadiazole; poly(1,3,4-thiadiazole-2,5-diyldithio) polymer with sulfur chloride; 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole disodium salt; 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole monosodium salt; 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole dipotassium salt; 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole monopotassium salt; 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole dilithium salt; 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole zinc salt; 2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole monobenzoate ester; poly(1,3,4-thiadiazole-2,5-diyldithiol); 1,3,4-thiadiazolidine-2,5-dithione, polymer with sulfur chloride; and combinations thereof.
A method for implementing communication conversion between a server-client system and a publish-subscribe (pub-sub) system through a gateway device , comprising: receiving, by a pub-sub system message receiving unit of the gateway device , a message from the pub-sub system , a topic of the message comprising information related to a target service in the server-client system to which the message is to be sent wherein the topic of the message comprises names of a host and a service provider on the host that provide the target service and a name of the target service, and a payload of the message comprising identification information of a consumer in the pub-sub system , wherein the consumer is to receive a response message from the server-client system ; parsing, by a parsing unit of the gateway device , the message, and determining the host and the service provider on the host that provide the target service, and the consumer who is to receive the response message; sending, by a request message sending unit of the gateway device , a request message for the target service to the service provider on the determined host; receiving, by a response message receiving unit of the gateway device , the response message from the service provider ; and adding, by a server-client system message sending unit of the gateway device , the identification information of the consumer to the response message, and sending the response message to the pub-sub system . receiving, by a pub-sub system message receiving unit of the gateway device , a message from the pub-sub system , a topic of the message comprising information related to a target service in the server-client system to which the message is to be sent wherein the topic of the message comprises names of a host and a service provider on the host that provide the target service and a name of the target service, and a payload of the message comprising identification information of a consumer in the pub-sub system , wherein the consumer is to receive a response message from the server-client system ; parsing, by a parsing unit of the gateway device , the message, and determining the host and the service provider on the host that provide the target service, and the consumer who is to receive the response message; sending, by a request message sending unit of the gateway device , a request message for the target service to the service provider on the determined host; receiving, by a response message receiving unit of the gateway device , the response message from the service provider ; and adding, by a server-client system message sending unit of the gateway device , the identification information of the consumer to the response message, and sending the response message to the pub-sub system .
A method of wireless communication at a centralized controller , comprising: identifying , for each of a plurality of scheduled entities , a corresponding set of scheduling entities; instructing each scheduling entity of the set of scheduling entities to perform at least one listen before talk, LBT, evaluation wherein the instructing further comprises coordinating a common LBT evaluation end time for at least two of the scheduling entities of the set of scheduling entities; and controlling whether any of the plurality of scheduled entities is served by a corresponding one or more scheduling entities of the set of scheduling entities based on the at least one LBT evaluation performed by each scheduling entity . identifying , for each of a plurality of scheduled entities , a corresponding set of scheduling entities; instructing each scheduling entity of the set of scheduling entities to perform at least one listen before talk, LBT, evaluation wherein the instructing further comprises coordinating a common LBT evaluation end time for at least two of the scheduling entities of the set of scheduling entities; and controlling whether any of the plurality of scheduled entities is served by a corresponding one or more scheduling entities of the set of scheduling entities based on the at least one LBT evaluation performed by each scheduling entity .
An energy management and power provisioning system comprising an Energy Environment (EE) for managing, distributing and providing electricity supply at appropriate voltages and currents to circuits, sockets and end devices in a building, wherein said Energy Environment (EE) comprises power supplies , sockets , circuits and power control devices , where at least one power control device is provided by an energy server and is arranged to receive power from plural power supplies selected from: an external grid AC mains supply via a building consumer unit, local power generation from local renewable supplies , and local battery storage ; and, wherein the energy server has a power control module that is arranged to selectively integrate and convert available power supplies and provide a variable DC voltage circuit where voltage can vary within a range; and, wherein at least one socket is connected to the variable DC voltage circuit for receiving a connector plug of an end device and having a power delivery module that converts the voltage available on the variable DC voltage circuit to a set voltage and/or current required by the end device. an external grid AC mains supply via a building consumer unit, local power generation from local renewable supplies , and local battery storage ; and,
A surface-plasmon-resonance method for determining the dissociation rate constant k d of an antibody from its antigen at the dissociation pH-value, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) immobilizing at a first pH-value the antibody on a surface plasmon resonance chip to which the antigen of the antibody has been conjugated, b) applying a pH-gradient from the first pH-value to the dissociation pH-value and thereafter maintaining the pH-value at said dissociation pH-value, c) recording the binding signal during the maintaining of the pH-value and calculating therefrom the dissociation rate constant k d of the antibody from its antigen at the dissociation pH-value. a) immobilizing at a first pH-value the antibody on a surface plasmon resonance chip to which the antigen of the antibody has been conjugated, b) applying a pH-gradient from the first pH-value to the dissociation pH-value and thereafter maintaining the pH-value at said dissociation pH-value, c) recording the binding signal during the maintaining of the pH-value and calculating therefrom the dissociation rate constant k d of the antibody from its antigen at the dissociation pH-value.
Method for downloading an access profile for access to a communication network by a security module , said access profile being prepared for a user by a network operator and available at a server configured to provide by downloading to the security module said access profile, said method comprising: - an obtaining (E1) by the security module of a first verification datum prepared by said network operator; - an establishment of a secure downloading session, in the course of which session keys are generated jointly between the server and the security module and in which the server is authenticated by the security module by means of a public downloading key; - a verification (E4) by the security module of the authenticity of the server's public downloading key by means of the first verification datum making it possible to verify that the server uses a secret downloading key corresponding to that envisaged by the network operator during the preparation of the first verification datum; - when the public downloading key is not verified authentic, an interruption of the downloading of the access profile. - an obtaining (E1) by the security module of a first verification datum prepared by said network operator; - an establishment of a secure downloading session, in the course of which session keys are generated jointly between the server and the security module and in which the server is authenticated by the security module by means of a public downloading key; - a verification (E4) by the security module of the authenticity of the server's public downloading key by means of the first verification datum making it possible to verify that the server uses a secret downloading key corresponding to that envisaged by the network operator during the preparation of the first verification datum; - when the public downloading key is not verified authentic, an interruption of the downloading of the access profile.