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A breathing assistance apparatus for use with delivery of respiratory gases to a user comprising: a mask having a base and body , said body having two flexible nasal pillows that in use rest in a substantially sealed manner against said user's nares, wherein the nasal pillows are frustoconical in shape; a continuous and substantially curved elongate member extending in use below a user's nose, said elongate member including two side arms having varying cross-sectional thickness, and a central section ; at least two headgear straps attached to the ends of said elongate member ; said base being integrally formed with or attachable to said central section of said elongate member , said base comprising an internal circumferential recessed area or channel on one side and a semi-tubular projection on an opposite side, wherein the semi-tubular projection forms a socket for a connector end of a connector , wherein the socket in the semi-tubular projection provides for swivelling of the connector end therewithin, the connector end being attached to a tube to allow gases to pass to the mask, in use; and said body having an external lip , wherein the external lip comprises an area of reduced circumference around the body , that fits in use into the recessed area or channel in said base . a mask having a base and body , said body having two flexible nasal pillows that in use rest in a substantially sealed manner against said user's nares, wherein the nasal pillows are frustoconical in shape; a continuous and substantially curved elongate member extending in use below a user's nose, said elongate member including two side arms having varying cross-sectional thickness, and a central section ; at least two headgear straps attached to the ends of said elongate member ; said base being integrally formed with or attachable to said central section of said elongate member , said base comprising an internal circumferential recessed area or channel on one side and a semi-tubular projection on an opposite side, wherein the semi-tubular projection forms a socket for a connector end of a connector , wherein the socket in the semi-tubular projection provides for swivelling of the connector end therewithin, the connector end being attached to a tube to allow gases to pass to the mask, in use; and said body having an external lip , wherein the external lip comprises an area of reduced circumference around the body , that fits in use into the recessed area or channel in said base .
A fusion antibody having sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase (SGSH) activity for use in a method for treating an N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase (SGSH) deficiency in the central nervous system of a subject in need thereof, wherein the SGSH deficiency in the central nervous system is mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIA (MPS-IIIA) or Sanfilippo syndrome type A, the method comprising systemically administering to the subject a therapeutically effective dose of a fusion antibody having SGSH activity, wherein the fusion antibody comprises: (a) a fusion protein comprising the amino acid sequences of an immunoglobulin heavy chain from an anti-human insulin receptor monoclonal antibody and a SGSH, wherein the amino acid sequence of the SGSH comprises an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:9 and is covalently linked to the carboxy terminus of the amino acid sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain, and (b) an immunoglobulin light chain from said anti-human insulin receptor monoclonal antibody; wherein the fusion antibody crosses the blood brain barrier (BBB), and wherein the SGSH retains at least 20% of its activity compared to its activity as a separate entity.
An elevator safety block comprising: a frame configured to attach to an elevator structure (103; 105) and slidably engage with a guide rail , the frame defining a first engaging surface and a support surface ; an intermediate body slidably mounted to the support surface; and an engaging body rotatably attached to the intermediate body and having a second engaging surface , wherein, in a first position, the first engaging surface and the second engaging surface are configured to permit the elevator structure to move along the guide rail, and, in a second position, the first engaging surface and the second engaging surface are configured to engage with the guide rail and prevent movement of the elevator structure, and wherein the elevator structure is one of an elevator car and a counterweight ; characterized in that the frame includes at least one support aperture passing through the support surface, the intermediate body comprising at least one pin configured to slidably move within the at least one support aperture; and in that the elevator safety block further comprises at least one biasing device located on the at least one pin and positioned between the intermediate body and the support surface. a frame configured to attach to an elevator structure (103; 105) and slidably engage with a guide rail , the frame defining a first engaging surface and a support surface ; an intermediate body slidably mounted to the support surface; and an engaging body rotatably attached to the intermediate body and having a second engaging surface , wherein, in a first position, the first engaging surface and the second engaging surface are configured to permit the elevator structure to move along the guide rail, and, in a second position, the first engaging surface and the second engaging surface are configured to engage with the guide rail and prevent movement of the elevator structure, and wherein the elevator structure is one of an elevator car and a counterweight ; characterized in that the frame includes at least one support aperture passing through the support surface, the intermediate body comprising at least one pin configured to slidably move within the at least one support aperture; and in that the elevator safety block further comprises at least one biasing device located on the at least one pin and positioned between the intermediate body and the support surface.
A collation of cigarettes extending in a first, second and third spatial direction (X, Y, Z), which are all perpendicular to each other, wherein the collation comprises a plurality of parallel cigarettes all arranged with their longitudinal axis (L) parallel to the third spatial direction (Z), wherein the cigarettes are arranged in at least six rows each comprising a defined number m of cigarettes and the rows extend in the first spatial direction (X) and are arranged above each other in the second spatial direction (Y) forming the collation with a rectangular cross section in a sectional plane (A) spanned by the first and second spatial direction (X, Y), wherein the centers of the cigarettes of each row with regard to the sectional plane (A) are displaced in the first spatial direction (X) with respect to the centers of the cigarettes of the directly adjacent rows in the second spatial direction (Y), wherein at least two adjacent rows each comprising n cigarettes are arranged with the centers of their cigarettes directly above the centers of the cigarettes of the other of the two adjacent rows and in the second spatial direction (Y) the adjacent rows are arranged between at least two other cigarette rows characterized in that the total number of rows is lower than the number n of cigarettes in any of the adjacent rows .
A method for preparing a zirconia composition, comprising: preparing a low addition ratio powder and a high addition ratio powder by dividing a primary powder containing zirconia and a stabilizer(s) suppressing phase transition of zirconia into two powders, and adding a pigment to at least one of them; the low addition ratio powder and the high addition ratio powder differing in pigment content ratios from one another; optionally mixing the low addition ratio powder and the high addition ratio powder to form at least one powder for lamination; and laminating at least two out of the low addition ratio powder, high addition ratio powder and the at least one powder for lamination into the mold; wherein the powder is not pressed in the laminating step; and wherein, in the laminating step, after charging at least two powders into the mold, the mold is vibrated so that the at least two powders in the mold are partially mixed at the boundary of the stacked powders. preparing a low addition ratio powder and a high addition ratio powder by dividing a primary powder containing zirconia and a stabilizer(s) suppressing phase transition of zirconia into two powders, and adding a pigment to at least one of them; the low addition ratio powder and the high addition ratio powder differing in pigment content ratios from one another; optionally mixing the low addition ratio powder and the high addition ratio powder to form at least one powder for lamination; and laminating at least two out of the low addition ratio powder, high addition ratio powder and the at least one powder for lamination into the mold; wherein the powder is not pressed in the laminating step; and wherein, in the laminating step, after charging at least two powders into the mold, the mold is vibrated so that the at least two powders in the mold are partially mixed at the boundary of the stacked powders.
A communication apparatus comprising: a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to a mobile station, control information related to a mapping of sounding reference signals, SRSs, to frequency resources; and a receiving unit configured to receive the SRSs, which are mapped to the frequency resources based on the control information and which are transmitted from the mobile station, characterized in that each of the frequency resources has a fixed bandwidth regardless of variation of a SRS transmission bandwidth in a system bandwidth, to both ends of which control channels are mapped, the SRS transmission bandwidth covers a frequency band subject to estimation of channel quality information, and the SRS transmission bandwidth is uniformly divided into the frequency resources. a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to a mobile station, control information related to a mapping of sounding reference signals, SRSs, to frequency resources; and a receiving unit configured to receive the SRSs, which are mapped to the frequency resources based on the control information and which are transmitted from the mobile station, characterized in that each of the frequency resources has a fixed bandwidth regardless of variation of a SRS transmission bandwidth in a system bandwidth, to both ends of which control channels are mapped, the SRS transmission bandwidth covers a frequency band subject to estimation of channel quality information, and the SRS transmission bandwidth is uniformly divided into the frequency resources.
A public transport vehicle , in particular a railway vehicle, including at least one passenger zone designed to receive passengers, defined by walls comprising side walls and a roof , each wall having an inner surface facing toward the passenger zone , and an outer surface facing toward the outside of the vehicle , characterized in that the vehicle comprises a display system in which: - the display system comprises at least one image capture device , arranged on the outer surface of one of the walls , and oriented to capture the images of an environment in which the vehicle is moving, - the display system comprises at least one display device housed in the passenger zone , each display device being arranged on the inner surface of one of the walls , and - the display system comprises connecting and processing means, between the at least one image capture device and the least one display device , such that each display device is able to display images captured by at least one of the image capture devices arranged near said display device . - the display system comprises at least one image capture device , arranged on the outer surface of one of the walls , and oriented to capture the images of an environment in which the vehicle is moving, - the display system comprises at least one display device housed in the passenger zone , each display device being arranged on the inner surface of one of the walls , and - the display system comprises connecting and processing means, between the at least one image capture device and the least one display device , such that each display device is able to display images captured by at least one of the image capture devices arranged near said display device .
A heat exchange system for vehicle comprising; a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the air inside the vehicle and the air outside the vehicle, an air blower for absorption that intakes the air outside the vehicle inside the vehicle and feeds it to the heat exchanger , an air blower for discharge that exhausts an air after the heat exchange by the heat exchanger between the air inside the vehicle and the air outside the vehicle, which is fed by the air blower for absorption, to the outside of the vehicle, and a control device having an operation part calculating an energy recovered by the heat exchange in the heat exchanger and energies consumed by the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge and determining which of the energy recovered by the heat exchange and the energies consumed by the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge is greater, and a control part controlling at least one of the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge so that the energy consumed by the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge becomes small when the operation part determines that the energy consumed by the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge is greater than the energy recovered by the heat exchanger . a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the air inside the vehicle and the air outside the vehicle, an air blower for absorption that intakes the air outside the vehicle inside the vehicle and feeds it to the heat exchanger , an air blower for discharge that exhausts an air after the heat exchange by the heat exchanger between the air inside the vehicle and the air outside the vehicle, which is fed by the air blower for absorption, to the outside of the vehicle, and a control device having an operation part calculating an energy recovered by the heat exchange in the heat exchanger and energies consumed by the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge and determining which of the energy recovered by the heat exchange and the energies consumed by the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge is greater, and a control part controlling at least one of the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge so that the energy consumed by the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge becomes small when the operation part determines that the energy consumed by the air blower for absorption and the air blower for discharge is greater than the energy recovered by the heat exchanger .
A process for preparing a surfactant composition, comprising the successive steps consisting in: 1) reacting glycine betaine or a salt thereof with a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched fatty alcohol containing from 8 to 24 carbon atoms, in the presence of an organic or inorganic acid; 2) cooling the reaction medium to a temperature of from 20 to 90°C; and 3) collecting the surfactant composition thus obtained, characterized in that the organic or inorganic acid represents from 1.5 to 1.9 molar equivalents relative to the number of moles of glycine betaine and in that the reaction is performed at a temperature of from 150 to 180°C. 1) reacting glycine betaine or a salt thereof with a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched fatty alcohol containing from 8 to 24 carbon atoms, in the presence of an organic or inorganic acid; 2) cooling the reaction medium to a temperature of from 20 to 90°C; and 3) collecting the surfactant composition thus obtained,
A computer-implemented method for managing a blockchain-based centralized ledger system , the method comprising: transmitting a first timestamp request for a first to-be-timestamped block of a blockchain in the centralized ledger system at a first time point to a trust time server by a computing device in the centralized ledger system , the trust time server being associated with a trust time authority and independent from the centralized ledger system , the blockchain comprising a plurality of blocks storing transaction data; and in response to determining that a predetermined time period has lapsed after the first time point and that there has been no reply to the first timestamp request from the trust time server, disregarding the first timestamp request by the computing device; in response to determining that a second block immediately subsequent to the first to-be-timestamped block in the blockchain is to be generated at a second time point later than the first time point but before the predetermined time period has lapsed and that there has been no reply to the first timestamp request from the trust time server at the second time point, postponing generating the second block in the blockchain by the computing device; and in response to determining that the predetermined time period has lapsed after the first time point and that there has been no reply to the first timestamp request from the trust time server , resuming to generate the second block in the blockchain by the computing device. transmitting a first timestamp request for a first to-be-timestamped block of a blockchain in the centralized ledger system at a first time point to a trust time server by a computing device in the centralized ledger system , the trust time server being associated with a trust time authority and independent from the centralized ledger system , the blockchain comprising a plurality of blocks storing transaction data; and in response to determining that a predetermined time period has lapsed after the first time point and that there has been no reply to the first timestamp request from the trust time server, disregarding the first timestamp request by the computing device; in response to determining that a second block immediately subsequent to the first to-be-timestamped block in the blockchain is to be generated at a second time point later than the first time point but before the predetermined time period has lapsed and that there has been no reply to the first timestamp request from the trust time server at the second time point, postponing generating the second block in the blockchain by the computing device; and in response to determining that the predetermined time period has lapsed after the first time point and that there has been no reply to the first timestamp request from the trust time server , resuming to generate the second block in the blockchain by the computing device.
Mesh nebulizer comprising a dosing unit for providing a predetermined amount of a therapeutic agent and a grid, wherein a liquid surface of the therapeutic agent can be covered with the grid, wherein the therapeutic agent is atomised with the grid by applying ultrasound thereto, wherein the therapeutic agent is supplied in a portion container to be opened by means of pressure; wherein the dosing unit comprises a receiving chamber with a dosing opening for dispensing the therapeutic agent, an opening for inserting a portion container and a closure body for the opening ; wherein the closure body is adapted to be moved from an open position, in which the closure body exposes the opening , to a closed position, in which the closure body closes the opening ; and wherein the closure body is further adapted to be moved from the closed position to an emptying position in which the closure body applies pressure to the portion container to open and release the therapeutic agent and deliver it to an aerosol generator . wherein the therapeutic agent is supplied in a portion container to be opened by means of pressure; wherein the dosing unit comprises a receiving chamber with a dosing opening for dispensing the therapeutic agent, an opening for inserting a portion container and a closure body for the opening ; wherein the closure body is adapted to be moved from an open position, in which the closure body exposes the opening , to a closed position, in which the closure body closes the opening ; and wherein the closure body is further adapted to be moved from the closed position to an emptying position in which the closure body applies pressure to the portion container to open and release the therapeutic agent and deliver it to an aerosol generator .
A carrot juice dispenser comprising: a frame structure ; a bunker configured to store carrots , wherein the bunker comprises a bunker floor , two side walls , wherein the bunker floor comprises an axle so that the bunker floor may swing (S) around said axle , and a reciprocating means configured to provide reciprocating motion (B) to the bunker floor so that the bunker floor can swing (S) around said axle ; a feeder , a buffer zone gate arranged at the upper edge of the step feeder and configured to hold at least one carrot and release hold carrot by opening the buffer zone gate ; a gravity chute arranged at the upper edge of the step feeder and configured to receive the carrot from the buffer zone gate and to slide the carrot under a gravity to an entrance of a juicer and into it, characterized in that the feeder is a step feeder , wherein the step feeder is arranged to the bunker floor so that the step feeder forms one wall of the bunker and is configured to collect carrots from said bunker and move collected carrots upwards by means of reciprocating motion (C) of steps of the step feeder ; and the gravity chute is so inclined that the carrot is repositioned from generally horizontal orientation at the buffer zone gate to generally vertical position at the entrance into the juicer , and wherein the juicer is configured to extract a carrot juice from the carrot/-s and dispense said carrot juice through a juicer outlet . a frame structure ; a bunker configured to store carrots , wherein the bunker comprises a bunker floor , two side walls , wherein the bunker floor comprises an axle so that the bunker floor may swing (S) around said axle , and a reciprocating means configured to provide reciprocating motion (B) to the bunker floor so that the bunker floor can swing (S) around said axle ; a feeder , a buffer zone gate arranged at the upper edge of the step feeder and configured to hold at least one carrot and release hold carrot by opening the buffer zone gate ; a gravity chute arranged at the upper edge of the step feeder and configured to receive the carrot from the buffer zone gate and to slide the carrot under a gravity to an entrance of a juicer and into it, characterized in that the feeder is a step feeder , wherein the step feeder is arranged to the bunker floor so that the step feeder forms one wall of the bunker and is configured to collect carrots from said bunker and move collected carrots upwards by means of reciprocating motion (C) of steps of the step feeder ; and the gravity chute is so inclined that the carrot is repositioned from generally horizontal orientation at the buffer zone gate to generally vertical position at the entrance into the juicer , and wherein the juicer is configured to extract a carrot juice from the carrot/-s and dispense said carrot juice through a juicer outlet .