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A nozzle for an artificial snow making apparatus for producing a slitted hollow cone spray wherein the slitted hollow cone spray is formed by a spray curtain of water droplets , said spray curtain having the shape of a hollow cone with a slit , said slit forming a lateral air path into a hollow cone interior ; the nozzle comprising: a water swirler configured to receive and to guide a flow of water such that the water flows along a main direction while simultaneously having a rotational motion which spirals around the main direction , thereby producing a flow of swirling water ; a spray outlet configured to receive the flow of swirling water from the water swirler and to eject the flow of swirling water through an orifice , wherein the orifice is shaped so as to define a flow diverter configured to locally disturb the rotational motion of the flow of swirling water as the water is being ejected, wherein the flow diverter comprises an orifice perimeter step , said orifice perimeter step being a kink in a curve, wherein the curve defines a perimeter of a cross-section of the orifice , the cross-section being taken perpendicular to the main direction of the flow of swirling water , wherein the orifice perimeter step is configured to divert the flow of swirling water in a direction away from the cone axis such that the flow of swirling water rotationally passing over the orifice perimeter step is centrifugally spun outwards, thereby locally disturbing the rotational motion of the flow of swirling water to produce a slitted hollow cone spray ; whereby the spray outlet is configured to eject a spray curtain of water droplets , the spray curtain having the shape of a conical surface with a lateral slit formed by the flow diverter . a water swirler configured to receive and to guide a flow of water such that the water flows along a main direction while simultaneously having a rotational motion which spirals around the main direction , thereby producing a flow of swirling water ; a spray outlet configured to receive the flow of swirling water from the water swirler and to eject the flow of swirling water through an orifice , wherein the orifice is shaped so as to define a flow diverter configured to locally disturb the rotational motion of the flow of swirling water as the water is being ejected, wherein the flow diverter comprises an orifice perimeter step , said orifice perimeter step being a kink in a curve, wherein the curve defines a perimeter of a cross-section of the orifice , the cross-section being taken perpendicular to the main direction of the flow of swirling water , wherein the orifice perimeter step is configured to divert the flow of swirling water in a direction away from the cone axis such that the flow of swirling water rotationally passing over the orifice perimeter step is centrifugally spun outwards, thereby locally disturbing the rotational motion of the flow of swirling water to produce a slitted hollow cone spray ; whereby the spray outlet is configured to eject a spray curtain of water droplets , the spray curtain having the shape of a conical surface with a lateral slit formed by the flow diverter .
A system for latching and locking, comprising: a strike with a lock bolt disposed at or defined by an end of the strike, the strike configured to actuate linearly along an axis; a latch pawl configured to surround at least a portion of the strike and linearly actuate along the same axis as the strike; and a housing that defines a cavity configured to house at least a portion of the strike and at least a portion of the latch pawl; at least one spring disposed at least partially within the housing, the at least one spring configured to bias the latch pawl towards a latched position; a latch cam disposed at least partially within the housing, the latch cam configured to actuate the latch pawl from the latched position to an unlatched position when the latch cam is rotated; a handle coupled to the latch cam and configured to turn the latch cam; and a lock trigger coupled to the strike for linearly actuating the strike between locked and unlocked positions. a strike with a lock bolt disposed at or defined by an end of the strike, the strike configured to actuate linearly along an axis; a latch pawl configured to surround at least a portion of the strike and linearly actuate along the same axis as the strike; and a housing that defines a cavity configured to house at least a portion of the strike and at least a portion of the latch pawl; at least one spring disposed at least partially within the housing, the at least one spring configured to bias the latch pawl towards a latched position; a latch cam disposed at least partially within the housing, the latch cam configured to actuate the latch pawl from the latched position to an unlatched position when the latch cam is rotated; a handle coupled to the latch cam and configured to turn the latch cam; and a lock trigger coupled to the strike for linearly actuating the strike between locked and unlocked positions.
A method for manufacturing a formed article, the method comprising irradiating laser light onto a sheet having, arranged therein with a certain directionality, yarns that contain a thermoplastic resin fiber and a continuous reinforcing fiber, so as to allow at least a part of the thermoplastic resin fiber to be impregnated into the continuous reinforcing fiber, the laser light being irradiated so as to satisfy at least one of A or B below, over at least 70% or more of the laser irradiation area: A: irradiated in a direction 5 to 85° away from the direction of arrangement of yarns in the in-plane direction of the sheet; and B: irradiated in a direction 30 to 60° away from the direction perpendicular to the sheet plane. A: irradiated in a direction 5 to 85° away from the direction of arrangement of yarns in the in-plane direction of the sheet; and B: irradiated in a direction 30 to 60° away from the direction perpendicular to the sheet plane.
A leadless cardiac pacemaker system comprising: a first leadless cardiac pacemaker (LCP) configured to be implantable at a ventricular site; a second leadless cardiac pacemaker (LCP) configured to be implantable at an atrial site, the second LCP configured to sensing atrial contractions; the first LCP and the second LCP are configured to be communicatively coupled such that the first LCP and the second LCP can deliver pacing therapy to the ventricular site in a tracking mode; and wherein the first LCP and/or the second LCP are configured to deliver pacing therapy to the ventricular site in a non-tracking mode if an interval between atrial contractions sensed by the second LCP becomes shorter than a threshold duration; and characterised in that the first LCP is configured to deliver pacing pulses to the ventricular site at a safe rate based on an implemented lower rate limit interval (LRLI) period, measured from the last sensed ventricular event or paced ventricular event, when communication between the first LCP and the second LCP fails. a first leadless cardiac pacemaker (LCP) configured to be implantable at a ventricular site; a second leadless cardiac pacemaker (LCP) configured to be implantable at an atrial site, the second LCP configured to sensing atrial contractions; the first LCP and the second LCP are configured to be communicatively coupled such that the first LCP and the second LCP can deliver pacing therapy to the ventricular site in a tracking mode; and wherein the first LCP and/or the second LCP are configured to deliver pacing therapy to the ventricular site in a non-tracking mode if an interval between atrial contractions sensed by the second LCP becomes shorter than a threshold duration; and characterised in that the first LCP is configured to deliver pacing pulses to the ventricular site at a safe rate based on an implemented lower rate limit interval (LRLI) period, measured from the last sensed ventricular event or paced ventricular event, when communication between the first LCP and the second LCP fails.
An endocrine therapy for use in a method of treating breast cancer in a patient comprising: (a) determining an expression level of a set of estrogen receptor (ER)- and progesterone receptor (PR)-related genes in a patient sample, wherein the set of ER-and PR-related genes comprises SLC39A6, STC2, CA12, ESR1, PDZK1, NPY1R, CD2, MAPT, QDPR, AZGP1, ABAT, ADCY1, CD3D, NAT1, MRPS30, DNAJC12, SCUBE2, and KCNE4; (b) calculating an index of sensitivity to endocrine therapy (SET ER/PR index) based on the ER- and PR-related gene expression, wherein calculating the SET ER/PR index comprises normalizing the expression of the set of ER- and PR-related genes to a set of reference genes, wherein the set of reference genes comprises LDHA, ATP5J2, VDAC2, DARS, UCP2, UBE2Z, AK2, WIPF2, APPBP2, and TRIM2; and (c) identifying the patient to be sensitive to endocrine treatment with a therapeutically effective amount of the endocrine therapy based on the SET ER/PR index (a) determining an expression level of a set of estrogen receptor (ER)- and progesterone receptor (PR)-related genes in a patient sample, wherein the set of ER-and PR-related genes comprises SLC39A6, STC2, CA12, ESR1, PDZK1, NPY1R, CD2, MAPT, QDPR, AZGP1, ABAT, ADCY1, CD3D, NAT1, MRPS30, DNAJC12, SCUBE2, and KCNE4; (b) calculating an index of sensitivity to endocrine therapy (SET ER/PR index) based on the ER- and PR-related gene expression, wherein calculating the SET ER/PR index comprises normalizing the expression of the set of ER- and PR-related genes to a set of reference genes, wherein the set of reference genes comprises LDHA, ATP5J2, VDAC2, DARS, UCP2, UBE2Z, AK2, WIPF2, APPBP2, and TRIM2; and (c) identifying the patient to be sensitive to endocrine treatment with a therapeutically effective amount of the endocrine therapy based on the SET ER/PR index
A testing device comprising: a porous flow path member in which a flow path for flowing a sample is formed; and a resin layer provided at at least one position over the flow path member, wherein the resin layer comprises a porous body formed of a hydrophobic material, wherein a reagent reactive with the sample is formed as a solid phase over a surface of the resin layer facing the flow path member and inside voids of the resin layer, and wherein the porous flow path member includes continuous cells of which the internal wall has hydrophilicity and functions as the static bed. a porous flow path member in which a flow path for flowing a sample is formed; and a resin layer provided at at least one position over the flow path member, wherein the resin layer comprises a porous body formed of a hydrophobic material, wherein a reagent reactive with the sample is formed as a solid phase over a surface of the resin layer facing the flow path member and inside voids of the resin layer, and wherein the porous flow path member includes continuous cells of which the internal wall has hydrophilicity and functions as the static bed.
A method of measuring the size of particles in a liquid sample, comprising: suspending the liquid sample in a capillary tube , illuminating the suspended liquid sample along an illumination axis, detecting at least a portion of the light along a first detection axis after it is scattered by the particles in the suspended liquid sample, wherein the illumination axis and the detection axis are oriented at an angle with respect to each other, and deriving a dynamic or static light scattering measurement for a predetermined angular resolution from results of the step of detecting to derive the size of the particles; and characterized by : holding the capillary tube in a capillary carrier that is dimensioned to match a standard cuvette so that the carrier is configured to be removably placed in a standard cuvette carrier; and placing the capillary carrier in a cuvette carrier of a static or dynamic light scattering instrument. suspending the liquid sample in a capillary tube , illuminating the suspended liquid sample along an illumination axis, detecting at least a portion of the light along a first detection axis after it is scattered by the particles in the suspended liquid sample, wherein the illumination axis and the detection axis are oriented at an angle with respect to each other, and deriving a dynamic or static light scattering measurement for a predetermined angular resolution from results of the step of detecting to derive the size of the particles; and characterized by : holding the capillary tube in a capillary carrier that is dimensioned to match a standard cuvette so that the carrier is configured to be removably placed in a standard cuvette carrier; and placing the capillary carrier in a cuvette carrier of a static or dynamic light scattering instrument. holding the capillary tube in a capillary carrier that is dimensioned to match a standard cuvette so that the carrier is configured to be removably placed in a standard cuvette carrier; and placing the capillary carrier in a cuvette carrier of a static or dynamic light scattering instrument.
A flexible electrical current sensor comprising a solenoid disposed about an at least partially magnetic core , the at least partially magnetic core comprising at least one magnetic element , wherein the at least one magnetic element is configured to provide one or more regions of overlap such that a respective gap is provided in each region of overlap , each respective gap being configured such that the effective magnetic permeability of the at least partially magnetic core is maintained during flexing.
Method for calibrating a technical system which is controlled by a number of control variables (u) and, depending on the control variables (u), an operating point in the form of a number of state variables (v) is set, the control variables (u), which are optimal with regard to at least one output variable (y) of the technical system, being searched for during the calibration at an operating point by optimization while maintaining predetermined secondary conditions (h, g), whereas a secondary condition (g) of the optimization is used to check whether a test point calculated during the optimization (z j ) with control variables (u), lies inside a data envelope (D) around a number of existing data points ( x n ) of the technical system, characterized in that the data envelope (D) is modelled by one of the two functions f z j = max a T ∀ x a ⋅ x n − z j ‖ x n − z j ‖ , with a = z j ⋅ c ‖ z j − c ‖ and a predetermined center ( c ) of the data points ( x n ), or f z j = ∑ n = 1 N c n ⋅ φ ‖ z j − x n ‖ 2 , with a radial basis function (φ) and coefficients ( c n ), and in that the test point (z j ) is considered to be inside the data envelope (D) if the condition f z j = max ∀ x n a T ⋅ x n − z j ‖ x n − z j ‖ ≥ cos φ or f z j = ∑ n = 1 N c n ⋅ φ ‖ z j − x n ‖ 2 } Φ ⋅ c ≥ f * , with a predetermined opening angle ( φ ) or a predetermined contour line ( f* ), is met.
A test tube holder , comprising: a main body housing having a hollow portion therein; a holding part mounted on an upper side of the main body housing and having an opening portion, which accepts a test tube , and a housing portion, which houses the accepted test tube ; an elastic part formed inside the holding part so as to abut on the housed test tube ; and a weight housed in the hollow portion of the main body housing ; wherein the main body housing has a hole into which a tip of the test tube housed in the housing portion can be inserted; and the hollow portion of the main body housing has a support member for supporting the tip of the test tube through the hole; characterized in that : the support member is a sheet having a cross-shaped notch at the center thereof, wherein the tip of the test tube is fixable by a hole of the cross-shaped notch; or the support member is a sheet having a hole at the center of the sheet that is a same shape as an outside diameter of the tip of the test tube a main body housing having a hollow portion therein; a holding part mounted on an upper side of the main body housing and having an opening portion, which accepts a test tube , and a housing portion, which houses the accepted test tube ; an elastic part formed inside the holding part so as to abut on the housed test tube ; and a weight housed in the hollow portion of the main body housing ; wherein the main body housing has a hole into which a tip of the test tube housed in the housing portion can be inserted; and the hollow portion of the main body housing has a support member for supporting the tip of the test tube through the hole; characterized in that : the support member is a sheet having a cross-shaped notch at the center thereof, wherein the tip of the test tube is fixable by a hole of the cross-shaped notch; or the support member is a sheet having a hole at the center of the sheet that is a same shape as an outside diameter of the tip of the test tube the support member is a sheet having a cross-shaped notch at the center thereof, wherein the tip of the test tube is fixable by a hole of the cross-shaped notch; or the support member is a sheet having a hole at the center of the sheet that is a same shape as an outside diameter of the tip of the test tube
A system for identifying a user of a controller, comprising: a controller comprising one or more sensors configured to detect interaction with the controller by the user and a transmitter configured to transmit telemetry data based on outputs of one or more of the sensors; a user profile unit configured to obtain user profile data for one or more user profiles, wherein each user profile corresponds to a respective user and the user profile data for a user profile comprises data indicative of one or more characteristic interactions by the user with the controller; and a user profile selection unit configured to select a user profile from the one or more user profiles in dependence upon a degree of match between one or more properties of the transmitted telemetry data and the data of each respective user profile, and configured to modify an output of the system responsive to the selection, characterized in that the controller comprises an electric motor configured to generate a force for providing a haptic signal to the user of the controller, and the user profile selection unit is configured to select the user profile from the one or more user profiles in dependence upon one or more of the properties of the telemetry data transmitted by the transmitter within a predetermined period of time following the provision of the haptic signal to the user of the controller. a controller comprising one or more sensors configured to detect interaction with the controller by the user and a transmitter configured to transmit telemetry data based on outputs of one or more of the sensors; a user profile unit configured to obtain user profile data for one or more user profiles, wherein each user profile corresponds to a respective user and the user profile data for a user profile comprises data indicative of one or more characteristic interactions by the user with the controller; and a user profile selection unit configured to select a user profile from the one or more user profiles in dependence upon a degree of match between one or more properties of the transmitted telemetry data and the data of each respective user profile, and configured to modify an output of the system responsive to the selection, characterized in that the controller comprises an electric motor configured to generate a force for providing a haptic signal to the user of the controller, and the user profile selection unit is configured to select the user profile from the one or more user profiles in dependence upon one or more of the properties of the telemetry data transmitted by the transmitter within a predetermined period of time following the provision of the haptic signal to the user of the controller.
A medical device comprising: a device surface having a plurality of echogenic features including at least one echogenic feature formed as a depression in the device surface, characterized in that : the at least one echogenic feature has a rim and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface is within the rim and faces outward of the depression, and comprising a lobe extending between edges of the rim and over a portion of the depression, wherein a portion of the lobe faces the bottom surface and defines a pocket between the bottom surface and the lobe, and wherein no material extends radially further than a radially outermost extent of the device surface. a device surface having a plurality of echogenic features including at least one echogenic feature formed as a depression in the device surface, characterized in that : the at least one echogenic feature has a rim and a bottom surface, wherein the bottom surface is within the rim and faces outward of the depression, and comprising a lobe extending between edges of the rim and over a portion of the depression, wherein a portion of the lobe faces the bottom surface and defines a pocket between the bottom surface and the lobe, and wherein no material extends radially further than a radially outermost extent of the device surface.
An apparatus for electrical energy management of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle , the apparatus comprising: - a power supply unit configured to supply energy to the vehicle system of the motor vehicle , wherein the power supply unit has a normal mode as a first operating state and a standby mode as a second operating state, - a distributor apparatus , an output side of which has voltage levels for supplying electrical energy to vehicle system components of the vehicle system of the motor vehicle , wherein the distributor apparatus is electrically connected to the power supply unit , - a state monitoring apparatus configured to monitor the operating state of the power supply unit and to actuate the distributor apparatus , - a computer apparatus , wherein an input side of the computer apparatus is electrically connected to the output side of the distributor apparatus , via at least one voltage level , and the computer apparatus has an operating system apparatus and a volatile computer data memory , wherein the volatile computer data memory is configured to keep vehicle system state data from vehicle system components of the vehicle system of the motor vehicle in stored fashion, and wherein the distributor apparatus is actuated by the state monitoring apparatus in the normal mode such that voltage levels for the computer apparatus and for vehicle system components of the vehicle system of the motor vehicle are provided, the distributor apparatus is actuated by the state monitoring apparatus in the standby mode such that merely a voltage level for the volatile computer data memory of the computer apparatus is provided, and wherein the volatile computer data memory is configured to be kept supplied with current even in the standby mode such that the volatile computer data memory does not lose the vehicle system state data stored therein. - a power supply unit configured to supply energy to the vehicle system of the motor vehicle , wherein the power supply unit has a normal mode as a first operating state and a standby mode as a second operating state, - a distributor apparatus , an output side of which has voltage levels for supplying electrical energy to vehicle system components of the vehicle system of the motor vehicle , wherein the distributor apparatus is electrically connected to the power supply unit , - a state monitoring apparatus configured to monitor the operating state of the power supply unit and to actuate the distributor apparatus , - a computer apparatus , wherein an input side of the computer apparatus is electrically connected to the output side of the distributor apparatus , via at least one voltage level , and