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Shifting method for changing transmission stages of a motorcycle transmission, the said transmission having a multiplicity of discrete transmission stages for changing a rotational speed ratio of a transmission input shaft to a transmission output shaft, and a gear-shifting drum which can be rotated by way of a shifting actuator for activating the said transmission stages, a selectively switchable clutch for the transmission of a drive torque being provided for the torque-conducting connection of a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine to the transmission input shaft, it being possible for the gear-shifting drum to be rotated into a discrete first shifting position, in which a first transmission stage is activated, and into at least one other discrete shifting position, in which another transmission stage is activated, the said method having the following steps: - detecting of a shifting request , - maintaining of the torque-conducting connection for the transmission of the drive torque, - decreasing of the drive torque of the internal combustion engine, - moving of the gear-shifting drum from the first shifting position into an intermediate position which lies between the first and the further shifting position in the rotational direction of the gear-shifting drum , it not being possible for any drive torque to be transmitted from the transmission input shaft to a transmission output shaft in the said intermediate position , - moving of the gear-shifting drum from the intermediate position into the further shifting position and, in this way, activating of the further transmission stage, and the method being characterized in that the drive torque of the internal combustion engine is increased again 15° or less in relation to the rotational angle of the gear-shifting drum , but still before the gear-shifting drum has reached the further shifting position . - detecting of a shifting request , - maintaining of the torque-conducting connection for the transmission of the drive torque, - decreasing of the drive torque of the internal combustion engine, - moving of the gear-shifting drum from the first shifting position into an intermediate position which lies between the first and the further shifting position in the rotational direction of the gear-shifting drum , it not being possible for any drive torque to be transmitted from the transmission input shaft to a transmission output shaft in the said intermediate position , - moving of the gear-shifting drum from the intermediate position into the further shifting position and, in this way, activating of the further transmission stage, and the method being characterized in that the drive torque of the internal combustion engine is increased again 15° or less in relation to the rotational angle of the gear-shifting drum , but still before the gear-shifting drum has reached the further shifting position .
A glenoid fossa endoprosthetic device, the device comprising: a glenosphere or glenosocket joint component for a scapular deficient patient, including a first and second fixation plate affixed thereto, the first and second fixation plates forming a space therebetween for receiving only a scapula neck of the scapular deficient patient, the first fixation plate having a plurality of holes for placement of a setscrew therein and the second fixation plate having a plurality of holes corresponding to the first fixation plate holes for receiving the setscrew threads; and a thread engagement plate having a length-wise channel formed therein, the channel for receiving the first or second fixation plate for attachment thereto, the thread engagement plate including a plurality of holes corresponding to the first or second fixation plate holes . a glenosphere or glenosocket joint component for a scapular deficient patient, including a first and second fixation plate affixed thereto, the first and second fixation plates forming a space therebetween for receiving only a scapula neck of the scapular deficient patient, the first fixation plate having a plurality of holes for placement of a setscrew therein and the second fixation plate having a plurality of holes corresponding to the first fixation plate holes for receiving the setscrew threads; and a thread engagement plate having a length-wise channel formed therein, the channel for receiving the first or second fixation plate for attachment thereto, the thread engagement plate including a plurality of holes corresponding to the first or second fixation plate holes .
A process for the controlling the sodium and sulfur levels in a pulp mill, comprising the steps of: a) providing a pulp mill stream comprising sulfide and having a total alkali concentration of at least 2 Molar, b) supplying a portion of the pulp mill stream to a reactor comprising sulfide oxidizing bacteria and removing sulfide from the pulp mill stream by subjecting said stream to sulfide oxidizing bacteria in the presence of oxygen, and at a pH in the range 8 to 11, to oxidize the sulfide to elemental sulfur, c) withdrawing from the reactor a treated pulp mill stream comprising the elemental sulfur, d) separating the elemental sulfur from the treated pulp mill stream to provide a desulfurized pulp mill stream, wherein said desulfurized pulp mill stream is reused in a process at the pulp mill, and preferably wherein at least a portion of the separated elemental sulfur is reused in a process at the pulp mill, wherein the portion of the pulp mill stream is mixed with a portion of the sulfide oxidizing bacteria present in the bioreactor prior to supplying the pulp mill stream to the reactor in step b). a) providing a pulp mill stream comprising sulfide and having a total alkali concentration of at least 2 Molar, b) supplying a portion of the pulp mill stream to a reactor comprising sulfide oxidizing bacteria and removing sulfide from the pulp mill stream by subjecting said stream to sulfide oxidizing bacteria in the presence of oxygen, and at a pH in the range 8 to 11, to oxidize the sulfide to elemental sulfur, c) withdrawing from the reactor a treated pulp mill stream comprising the elemental sulfur, d) separating the elemental sulfur from the treated pulp mill stream to provide a desulfurized pulp mill stream, wherein said desulfurized pulp mill stream is reused in a process at the pulp mill, and preferably wherein at least a portion of the separated elemental sulfur is reused in a process at the pulp mill,
An antimicrobial cap device comprising: an opening having a diameter sufficient to receive a connector having an aperture, an internal geometry, and a bottom; an inner surface defining a volume sufficient to receive the connector ; and an antimicrobial plug having a proximal end attached to a base of the antimicrobial cap , and a distal end extending outwardly therefrom, the antimicrobial plug having a length and diameter configured to be inserted through the aperture of the connector, such that the distal end is positioned in proximity to the bottom of the connector when the connector is inserted into the antimicrobial cap , characterized in that the antimicrobial cap is hingedly coupled to a connector, wherein the connector is a catheter adapter and cap is configured to provide a physical barrier for the connector and further characterized in that antimicrobial plug is curved in such a manner that the curved configuration increases the overall length of plug yet prevents contact between the distal end and the aperture upon hingedly closing the cap. an opening having a diameter sufficient to receive a connector having an aperture, an internal geometry, and a bottom; an inner surface defining a volume sufficient to receive the connector ; and an antimicrobial plug having a proximal end attached to a base of the antimicrobial cap , and a distal end extending outwardly therefrom, the antimicrobial plug having a length and diameter configured to be inserted through the aperture of the connector, such that the distal end is positioned in proximity to the bottom of the connector when the connector is inserted into the antimicrobial cap , characterized in that the antimicrobial cap is hingedly coupled to a connector, wherein the connector is a catheter adapter and cap is configured to provide a physical barrier for the connector and further characterized in that antimicrobial plug is curved in such a manner that the curved configuration increases the overall length of plug yet prevents contact between the distal end and the aperture upon hingedly closing the cap.
Reaction product obtained from the reaction of - at least one amidine of the formula HZ or HX-A-Z where Z is an aliphatic amidine group bonded via a nitrogen atom, A is a divalent hydrocarbyl radical which has 2 to 30 carbon atoms and optionally contains unsaturated components and optionally ether oxygen or secondary or tertiary amine nitrogen, and X is S or NR 7 where R 7 is a hydrogen radical or is an alkyl or cycloalkyl or aralkyl radical which has 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally contains a tertiary amino group or an amidine or guanidine group, where A together with R 7 may also be a trivalent hydrocarbyl radical which has 5 to 10 carbon atoms and optionally contains a tertiary amine nitrogen, and X and Z are separated from one another by a chain of at least two carbon atoms, - with at least one polysiloxane of the formula (II) where q is 1 or 2, P is a q-valent polysiloxane radical having 3 to 100 silicon atoms, L is an alkylene radical which is bonded to a silicon atom of P and has 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and Q is a reactive group selected from glycidoxy, N-aziridinyl, 1,3-keto ester, 1,3-keto amide, (meth)acrylate and (meth)acrylamide. - at least one amidine of the formula HZ or HX-A-Z where Z is an aliphatic amidine group bonded via a nitrogen atom, A is a divalent hydrocarbyl radical which has 2 to 30 carbon atoms and optionally contains unsaturated components and optionally ether oxygen or secondary or tertiary amine nitrogen, and X is S or NR 7 where R 7 is a hydrogen radical or is an alkyl or cycloalkyl or aralkyl radical which has 1 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally contains a tertiary amino group or an amidine or guanidine group, where A together with R 7 may also be a trivalent hydrocarbyl radical which has 5 to 10 carbon atoms and optionally contains a tertiary amine nitrogen, and X and Z are separated from one another by a chain of at least two carbon atoms, - with at least one polysiloxane of the formula (II) where q is 1 or 2, P is a q-valent polysiloxane radical having 3 to 100 silicon atoms, L is an alkylene radical which is bonded to a silicon atom of P and has 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and Q is a reactive group selected from glycidoxy, N-aziridinyl, 1,3-keto ester, 1,3-keto amide, (meth)acrylate and (meth)acrylamide. q is 1 or 2, P is a q-valent polysiloxane radical having 3 to 100 silicon atoms, L is an alkylene radical which is bonded to a silicon atom of P and has 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and Q is a reactive group selected from glycidoxy, N-aziridinyl, 1,3-keto ester, 1,3-keto amide, (meth)acrylate and (meth)acrylamide.
A fluid-working machine comprising a ring cam , a low pressure manifold , a high pressure manifold , at least one piston defining a working chamber , and at least one valve associated with the or each working chamber for connecting the working chamber alternately to the low or the high pressure manifold in phased relationship to cycles of working chamber volume, the ring cam having a wave-like cam working surface for operative engagement with the at least one piston by way of a cam engaging element so as to couple reciprocating motion of the at least one piston to rotation of the ring cam relative to the at least one piston and to thereby define the cycles of working chamber volume; the waves of the wave-like cam surface each having a leading face and a trailing face , and the working surface having discontinuities ; characterised by the machine being adapted to limit the working fluid pressure in the said working chamber when the respective cam engaging element bears on a said discontinuity in the working surface to thereby reduce the force exerted on the region of the working surface comprising the discontinuity , such that the work done on the region of the working surface comprising the discontinuity is also limited.
Gassing device for intermittently introducing oxygen-containing gas or air into a liquid or the waste water of a waste water treatment plant, comprising at least one diaphragm and a support body which supports the diaphragm and has gas inlet openings , wherein the diaphragm comprises a support diaphragm and a gassing diaphragm , passage openings being disposed in the support diaphragm and piercing perforation slots being disposed in the gassing diaphragm , the perforation slots of the gassing diaphragm adjoining the passage openings of the support diaphragm or protruding into said passage openings or being disposed within the passage openings , and the gassing diaphragm having a greater elasticity and being softer than the support diaphragm , characterized in that the gassing diaphragm is composed of a plurality of inserts which are individually disposed in the passage openings of the support diaphragm , in that the passage openings of the support diaphragm in terms of the internal width thereof decrease from the external side facing the waste water towards the internal side facing the gas supply, and in that the gassing diaphragm in the region of the perforation slots thereof protrudes partially or completely into the passage openings of the support diaphragm and has a negative contour corresponding to the passage openings of the support diaphragm , wherein the passage opening is filled with the material of the gassing diaphragm , the gassing diaphragm and the support diaphragm forming a composite material, wherein the barrier layers are inherently connected to one another and also remain in this state in the intended operation.
Arrangement of a plate and a plate support carrying the plate at a fixed position on an object, wherein the plate has a metal plate body and an electronic data carrier , which can be read contactlessly by electromagnetic means, is mounted on the plate support , the data carrier having a first part of an antenna structure and an electronic control and memory unit actively connected via a matching network to the first part of the antenna structure, characterized in that the metallic plate body forms a second part of the antenna structure complementary to the first part of the antenna structure, which second part is positioned, as a result of the arrangement of the plate on the plate support carrying it, in such a manner relative to the first part of the antenna structure of the data carrier that the first and second part of the antenna structure are actively coupled to each other and form a resonant combined antenna structure with regard to a frequency spectrum to be transmitted by means of this combined antenna structure , wherein the active coupling between the first and second part of the antenna structure is capacitive, inductive, or galvanic. the metallic plate body forms a second part of the antenna structure complementary to the first part of the antenna structure, which second part is positioned, as a result of the arrangement of the plate on the plate support carrying it, in such a manner relative to the first part of the antenna structure of the data carrier that the first and second part of the antenna structure are actively coupled to each other and form a resonant combined antenna structure with regard to a frequency spectrum to be transmitted by means of this combined antenna structure , wherein the active coupling between the first and second part of the antenna structure is capacitive, inductive, or galvanic.
A method of manufacturing a microplasma jet device, the method comprising: forming a mold by patterning a photosensitizer on one surface of a substrate to correspond to a plurality of microfluidic channels to be formed; forming a channel layer by pouring a polymer solution into the mold and curing the polymer solution; separating the channel layer from the mold, characterized by patterning a seed layer on one surface of a first substrate to correspond to a pattern of a first plasma generation electrode to be formed; forming the first plasma generation electrode (21-1) by plating the seed layer; forming a first insulating layer (20-1) by polymer coating a surface of the first substrate, in which the first plasma generation electrode (21-1) is formed; patterning a seed layer on one surface of a second substrate to correspond to a pattern of a second plasma generation electrode to be formed; forming the second plasma generation electrode by plating the seed layer; forming a second insulating layer (20-2) by polymer coating a surface of the second substrate, in which the second plasma generation electrode is formed; and bonding the first insulating layer, the channel layer, and the second insulating layer (20-2) to each other, such that the first insulating layer (20-1) and the second insulating layer (20-2) insulate the first plasma generation electrode (21-1) and the second plasma generation electrode (21-2) from the microfluidic channels with the channel layer . forming a mold by patterning a photosensitizer on one surface of a substrate to correspond to a plurality of microfluidic channels to be formed; forming a channel layer by pouring a polymer solution into the mold and curing the polymer solution; separating the channel layer from the mold, characterized by patterning a seed layer on one surface of a first substrate to correspond to a pattern of a first plasma generation electrode to be formed; forming the first plasma generation electrode (21-1) by plating the seed layer; forming a first insulating layer (20-1) by polymer coating a surface of the first substrate, in which the first plasma generation electrode (21-1) is formed; patterning a seed layer on one surface of a second substrate to correspond to a pattern of a second plasma generation electrode to be formed; forming the second plasma generation electrode by plating the seed layer; forming a second insulating layer (20-2) by polymer coating a surface of the second substrate, in which the second plasma generation electrode is formed; and bonding the first insulating layer, the channel layer, and the second insulating layer (20-2) to each other, such that the first insulating layer (20-1) and the second insulating layer (20-2) insulate the first plasma generation electrode (21-1) and the second plasma generation electrode (21-2) from the microfluidic channels with the channel layer .
A method of manufacturing a structural element from a so-called metal base piece , the structural element comprising a skin and at least one stringer , the stringer extending from the skin to a distal end , the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a workpiece from the base piece , said base piece being a plate obtained by casting then rolling; b) adding material to the workpiece (32+, 42+) so as to form at least one stringer blank extending from the workpiece to a distal end in a direction of extension secant to said workpiece; the distal end being arranged at a distance (d 1 ), known as the first extension distance, of said workpiece, material being added by additive manufacturing, successively adding elementary layers of material; c) machining the workpiece , to thin the workpiece, around the blank formed in step b), the workpiece thus thinned forming a skin , extending between an inner surface and an outer surface , machining having the effect of extending the stringer blank to the inner surface, so as to obtain a stringer whose distal end extends to a second extension distance (d 2 ) of the inner surface, the second extension distance (dz) being greater than 1.5 times the first extension distance (d 1 ). a) obtaining a workpiece from the base piece , said base piece being a plate obtained by casting then rolling; b) adding material to the workpiece (32+, 42+) so as to form at least one stringer blank extending from the workpiece to a distal end in a direction of extension secant to said workpiece; the distal end being arranged at a distance (d 1 ), known as the first extension distance, of said workpiece, material being added by additive manufacturing, successively adding elementary layers of material; c) machining the workpiece , to thin the workpiece, around the blank formed in step b), the workpiece thus thinned forming a skin , extending between an inner surface and an outer surface , machining having the effect of extending the stringer blank to the inner surface, so as to obtain a stringer whose distal end extends to a second extension distance (d 2 ) of the inner surface, the second extension distance (dz) being greater than 1.5 times the first extension distance (d 1 ).
Superconducting device for detection of a single microwave photon , the device comprising: - a superconducting quantum bit with two energy levels, of which the ground state and an excited state are controllable and detectable, the transition between the ground and exited state having an angular frequency ω q , - a buffer resonator arranged to receive an incident single microwave photon and having an angular frequency ω b ; - a dissipative auxiliary resonator arranged to discharge a photon at a rate κ w and having an angular frequency ω w ; and - readout means arranged for detecting the state of the quantum bit ; wherein the buffer resonator and the auxiliary resonator are superconducting microwave resonators and coupled to the superconducting quantum bit ; the superconducting quantum bit being suitable for allowing a modulable threewave interaction between the buffer resonator , the auxiliary resonator , and the superconducting quantum bit ; and wherein the excited state of the superconducting quantum bit and the photon of the auxiliary resonator are created at a rate Γ, such that Γ < κ w , in response to the reception of the incident photon in the buffer resonator and to the application of parametric pumping to the superconducting quantum bit , the parametric pumping being carried out by means of a microwave field having an angular frequency ω p = ω q + ω w - ω b . - a superconducting quantum bit with two energy levels, of which the ground state and an excited state are controllable and detectable, the transition between the ground and exited state having an angular frequency ω q , - a buffer resonator arranged to receive an incident single microwave photon and having an angular frequency ω b ; - a dissipative auxiliary resonator arranged to discharge a photon at a rate κ w and having an angular frequency ω w ; and - readout means arranged for detecting the state of the quantum bit ; wherein the buffer resonator and the auxiliary resonator are superconducting microwave resonators and coupled to the superconducting quantum bit ; the superconducting quantum bit being suitable for allowing a modulable threewave interaction between the buffer resonator , the auxiliary resonator , and the superconducting quantum bit ; and wherein the excited state of the superconducting quantum bit and the photon of the auxiliary resonator are created at a rate Γ, such that Γ < κ w , in response to the reception of the incident photon in the buffer resonator and to the application of parametric pumping to the superconducting quantum bit , the parametric pumping being carried out by means of a microwave field having an angular frequency ω p = ω q + ω w - ω b .