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An occipital plate system comprising: an occipital plate , an extension member , and an articulating joint member , ✔ the occipital plate having an upper portion and a lower portion; ✔ the articulating joint member comprising a housing having a first end and a second end for receiving lateral members in the form of first and second clamping arms ; and ✔ the first clamping arm extending from the first end of the housing of the articulating joint member and the second clamping arm extending from the second end of the housing of the articulating joint member , ✔ the articulating joint member is able to articulate relative to the first and second clamping arms , the occipital plate system being characterized in that , ✔ the extension member is operably attached to the lower portion of the occipital plate at a first end and to the articulating joint member at a second end, ✔ when the first and second clamping arms are drawn medially together against the housing , the first and second clamping arms lock into position, and in that ✔ the first and second clamping arms comprise a plurality of teeth that extend along inner surfaces thereof, and when the first and second clamping arms are drawn medially together, the plurality of teeth grip on to vertebral bone as the first and second clamping arms are moved medially inward toward each other. ✔ the occipital plate having an upper portion and a lower portion; ✔ the articulating joint member comprising a housing having a first end and a second end for receiving lateral members in the form of first and second clamping arms ; and ✔ the first clamping arm extending from the first end of the housing of the articulating joint member and the second clamping arm extending from the second end of the housing of the articulating joint member , ✔ the articulating joint member is able to articulate relative to the first and second clamping arms , the occipital plate system being characterized in that , ✔ the extension member is operably attached to the lower portion of the occipital plate at a first end and to the articulating joint member at a second end, ✔ when the first and second clamping arms are drawn medially together against the housing , the first and second clamping arms lock into position, and in that ✔ the first and second clamping arms comprise a plurality of teeth that extend along inner surfaces thereof, and when the first and second clamping arms are drawn medially together, the plurality of teeth grip on to vertebral bone as the first and second clamping arms are moved medially inward toward each other.
Self-propelled wrapping machine movable around a load for wrapping the latter with a film made of plastic material, comprising: - a self-propelled carriage provided with traction wheels , at least a directional wheel and guide means for guiding said carriage ; - a column that is fixed to said carriage and slidably supports an unwinding unit of said film ; characterized in that it comprises: - sensor means for detecting surfaces (S1, S2,...Sn) of said load in their total extension and along a detection direction (Z) nearly orthogonal to a support plane (G) of said load and/or external edges (E1, E2,...En) of said load in their total extension and along said detection direction (Z), and processing related signals; - a control unit for receiving from said sensor means said signals, calculating on the basis of said surfaces (S1, S2,...Sn) and/or external edges (E1, E2,...En) detected in their total extension by said sensor means , a peripheral outline of plan maximum overall dimensions of said load and processing on the basis of said peripheral outline a wrapping path (P) of said wrapping machine around said load so as to avoid collisions of said wrapping machine with the latter, said control unit further controlling said guide means in order to guide said wrapping machine along said winding path (P). - a self-propelled carriage provided with traction wheels , at least a directional wheel and guide means for guiding said carriage ; - a column that is fixed to said carriage and slidably supports an unwinding unit of said film ; - sensor means for detecting surfaces (S1, S2,...Sn) of said load in their total extension and along a detection direction (Z) nearly orthogonal to a support plane (G) of said load and/or external edges (E1, E2,...En) of said load in their total extension and along said detection direction (Z), and processing related signals; - a control unit for receiving from said sensor means said signals, calculating on the basis of said surfaces (S1, S2,...Sn) and/or external edges (E1, E2,...En) detected in their total extension by said sensor means , a peripheral outline of plan maximum overall dimensions of said load and processing on the basis of said peripheral outline a wrapping path (P) of said wrapping machine around said load so as to avoid collisions of said wrapping machine with the latter, said control unit further controlling said guide means in order to guide said wrapping machine along said winding path (P).
A candle flame piece flickering device comprising a housing as well as a candle flame piece , a bracket , a bias coil and a circuit board which are arranged in the housing , wherein a torch-shaped flame piece is arranged at an upper part of the candle flame piece ; a counterweight column for balancing the weight of the upper part is arranged at a lower part of the candle flame piece ; a permanent magnet is embedded in the bottom of the counterweight column ; a middle part of the candle flame piece is a middle neck ; a recessed part is arranged at a center of a top end of the middle neck ; the bracket is approximately T-shaped and comprises a horizontal part located at a rear part of the bracket and a vertical part extending forwards from the middle part of the horizontal part; a support flange protruding upwards is arranged on a top surface of the vertical part; a guide limiting column protruding downwards is arranged on a bottom surface of the vertical part; the horizontal part of the bracket is connected with an inner wall of the housing ; and the support flange of the bracket is movably supported in the recessed part of the candle flame piece , so that the whole candle flame piece is movably suspended in the housing by the bracket , wherein the candle flame piece flickering device further comprises a limiting block , which is extended to the outside from both sides of the vertical part of the bracket respectively; and a gap exists between the top surface of each limiting block and an edge of the recessed part in such a state that the recessed part of the candle flame piece is supported on the support flange of the bracket . a torch-shaped flame piece is arranged at an upper part of the candle flame piece ; a counterweight column for balancing the weight of the upper part is arranged at a lower part of the candle flame piece ; a permanent magnet is embedded in the bottom of the counterweight column ; a middle part of the candle flame piece is a middle neck ; a recessed part is arranged at a center of a top end of the middle neck ; the bracket is approximately T-shaped and comprises a horizontal part located at a rear part of the bracket and a vertical part extending forwards from the middle part of the horizontal part; a support flange protruding upwards is arranged on a top surface of the vertical part; a guide limiting column protruding downwards is arranged on a bottom surface of the vertical part; the horizontal part of the bracket is connected with an inner wall of the housing ; and the support flange of the bracket is movably supported in the recessed part of the candle flame piece , so that the whole candle flame piece is movably suspended in the housing by the bracket , wherein the candle flame piece flickering device further comprises a limiting block , which is extended to the outside from both sides of the vertical part of the bracket respectively; and a gap exists between the top surface of each limiting block and an edge of the recessed part in such a state that the recessed part of the candle flame piece is supported on the support flange of the bracket .
An apparatus for imaging microcomedones in skin comprising: means for illuminating the skin with a blue light ; means for capturing an image of the illuminated skin through a green filter ; and means for processing the captured image to detect one or more skin areas containing a porphyrin including coproporphyrin III, the one or more areas representing one or more possible microcomedones, wherein processing the captured image includes: detecting fluorescent spots in the captured image, the fluorescent spots being indicative of the porphyrin, characterized in that processing the captured image further includes: selecting (240-270) a subset of the detected fluorescent spots, including selecting spots having an intensity less than an intensity threshold, regular round shapes, an area smaller than an area threshold, and that are not located within areas of inflammation, and generating a further image of the skin indicating the subset of spots as possible microcomedones. means for illuminating the skin with a blue light ; means for capturing an image of the illuminated skin through a green filter ; and means for processing the captured image to detect one or more skin areas containing a porphyrin including coproporphyrin III, the one or more areas representing one or more possible microcomedones, wherein processing the captured image includes: detecting fluorescent spots in the captured image, the fluorescent spots being indicative of the porphyrin, characterized in that processing the captured image further includes: selecting (240-270) a subset of the detected fluorescent spots, including selecting spots having an intensity less than an intensity threshold, regular round shapes, an area smaller than an area threshold, and that are not located within areas of inflammation, and generating a further image of the skin indicating the subset of spots as possible microcomedones. detecting fluorescent spots in the captured image, the fluorescent spots being indicative of the porphyrin, characterized in that processing the captured image further includes: selecting (240-270) a subset of the detected fluorescent spots, including selecting spots having an intensity less than an intensity threshold, regular round shapes, an area smaller than an area threshold, and that are not located within areas of inflammation, and generating a further image of the skin indicating the subset of spots as possible microcomedones.
Mixer for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, comprising a mixer housing with an inflow opening and with an outflow opening , wherein a first flow duct following the inflow opening in the mixer housing and a second flow duct lead parallel to one another to a third flow duct and open into the latter, wherein the third flow duct leads to the outflow opening , wherein the first flow duct and the second flow duct are provided between an outer wall of the mixer housing and a flow divider wall enclosed by the outer wall , and the third flow duct is enclosed by the flow divider wall , wherein the first flow duct and the second flow duct open into the third flow duct in the area of a flow opening in the flow divider wall , wherein the mixer housing defines outwardly the first flow duct with a first bulge area of the outer wall and it defines outwardly the second flow duct with a second bulge area of the outer wall , characterized in that the first bulge area and the second bulge area adjoin one another in the area of an indentation area , wherein the indentation area forms a flow deflection area deflecting the exhaust gas flows from the first flow duct and from the second flow duct into the third flow duct , and in that the flow opening is located opposite the indentation area . wherein the first flow duct and the second flow duct open into the third flow duct in the area of a flow opening in the flow divider wall , wherein the mixer housing defines outwardly the first flow duct with a first bulge area of the outer wall and it defines outwardly the second flow duct with a second bulge area of the outer wall , characterized in that the first bulge area and the second bulge area adjoin one another in the area of an indentation area , wherein the indentation area forms a flow deflection area deflecting the exhaust gas flows from the first flow duct and from the second flow duct into the third flow duct , and in that the flow opening is located opposite the indentation area .
A time domain position determination method, characterized in that the method is applied in a Frame Based Equipment, FBE, access mode, and comprises: obtaining (S201), by a terminal, first indication information and second indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a starting position of a Fixed Frame Period, FFP, and the second indication information indicates a time domain length of the FFP; determining (S203) time domain positions of the FFP based on the starting position of the FFP and the time domain length of the FFP; and performing Listen Before Talk LBT, by the terminal, on a channel based on the time domain positions of the FFP. obtaining (S201), by a terminal, first indication information and second indication information, wherein the first indication information indicates a starting position of a Fixed Frame Period, FFP, and the second indication information indicates a time domain length of the FFP; determining (S203) time domain positions of the FFP based on the starting position of the FFP and the time domain length of the FFP; and performing Listen Before Talk LBT, by the terminal, on a channel based on the time domain positions of the FFP.
A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel, SS/PBCH, block in a first transmission window, wherein the first transmission window is set in units of half frames and starts from a start point of a half frame; determining a candidate SS/PBCH block index based on a demodulation reference signal, DM-RS, sequence transmitted in a PBCH of the first SS/PBCH block; and determining a first index of the first SS/PBCH block based on a modulo operation between the candidate SS/PBCH block index and a value indicated by higher layer signaling, and wherein a number of SS/PBCH blocks transmitted within a transmission window is not larger than the value, characterized in that the method further comprises receiving, from the base station, a second SS/PBCH block in a second transmission window, wherein the second transmission window is set in units of half frames; and identifying a quasi-co-located, QCL, relationship between the first SS/PBCH block and the second SS/PBCH block based on a second index associated with the first SS/PBCH block, a third index associated with the second SS/PBCH block and the value. receiving, from a base station, a first synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel, SS/PBCH, block in a first transmission window, wherein the first transmission window is set in units of half frames and starts from a start point of a half frame; determining a candidate SS/PBCH block index based on a demodulation reference signal, DM-RS, sequence transmitted in a PBCH of the first SS/PBCH block; and determining a first index of the first SS/PBCH block based on a modulo operation between the candidate SS/PBCH block index and a value indicated by higher layer signaling, and wherein a number of SS/PBCH blocks transmitted within a transmission window is not larger than the value, characterized in that the method further comprises receiving, from the base station, a second SS/PBCH block in a second transmission window, wherein the second transmission window is set in units of half frames; and identifying a quasi-co-located, QCL, relationship between the first SS/PBCH block and the second SS/PBCH block based on a second index associated with the first SS/PBCH block, a third index associated with the second SS/PBCH block and the value.
A weft insertion device of an air jet loom , the weft insertion device comprising: a modified reed having a weft yarn travel passage ; and a main nozzle from which air is discharged toward an inlet of the weft yarn travel passage to inject a weft yarn into the weft yarn travel passage ; and an inducing nozzle from which air is discharged to the inlet of the weft yarn travel passage , characterized in that the inducing nozzle is disposed in parallel with the main nozzle , and a timing at which air discharge from the inducing nozzle starts is prior to a timing at which air discharge from the main nozzle starts. a modified reed having a weft yarn travel passage ; and a main nozzle from which air is discharged toward an inlet of the weft yarn travel passage to inject a weft yarn into the weft yarn travel passage ; and an inducing nozzle from which air is discharged to the inlet of the weft yarn travel passage , characterized in that the inducing nozzle is disposed in parallel with the main nozzle , and a timing at which air discharge from the inducing nozzle starts is prior to a timing at which air discharge from the main nozzle starts.
Baby changing furniture with - a base plate , - a front wall arranged at the front side of the baby changing furniture and movable between a closed position and an open position in or on the baby changing furniture and - at least two side walls arranged on the base plate , wherein - the side walls and the front wall in the closed position extend substantially perpendicular to and delimit the base plate , characterized in that - the front wall has a first guide means , - at least one side wall has a second guide means , wherein - the guide means cooperate in such a way that by moving the front wall , which is in the closed position, in the direction of the rear of the baby changing furniture and then lifting the front wall the front wall can be moved from the closed position to the open position. - a base plate , - a front wall arranged at the front side of the baby changing furniture and movable between a closed position and an open position in or on the baby changing furniture and - at least two side walls arranged on the base plate , wherein - the side walls and the front wall in the closed position extend substantially perpendicular to and delimit the base plate , - the front wall has a first guide means , - at least one side wall has a second guide means , wherein - the guide means cooperate in such a way that by moving the front wall , which is in the closed position, in the direction of the rear of the baby changing furniture and then lifting the front wall the front wall can be moved from the closed position to the open position.
A female connection member for a system for medical fluid administration, the female connection member defining a sheath for receiving the distal portion of a male connection member , a distal end of the sheath being spanned by a septum having a central region and a peripheral region , in which the central region of the septum is formed from material having a substantially greater thickness than a peripheral region of the septum surrounding the central region, the female connection member being configured to receive a male connection member having a body comprising a distal portion terminating in a distal end and a proximal portion terminating in a proximal end, a lumen being defined through the body for the passage of liquid from the distal end to the proximal end, in which the distal end of the male connection member comprises means for rupturing the peripheral region of the septum when the male connection member is received in the female connection member to form a connection, in which the female connection member comprises a retaining means for retaining the central region of the septum after the peripheral region of the septum has been ruptured by receiving the male connection member .
Dry-running solenoid valve for injecting a gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber or a prechamber of an internal combustion engine, with a valve housing , in which an electric coil and a magnet armature are arranged, and with a valve element that can be actuated by the magnet armature in an axial actuation direction for opening and closing the solenoid valve , wherein the coil generates a magnetic flux, when the solenoid valve is actuated, which flux flows via a magnetically conductive valve housing outer wall of the valve housing to the magnet armature , wherein a magnetically conductive flux element is provided in the valve housing , which flux element introduces at least 80%, preferably at least 90%, and particularly preferably 100%, of the magnetic flux flowing over the valve housing outer wall into an armature end face , facing the coil , of the magnet armature , characterized in that the flux element has a higher magnetic conductivity than the valve housing outer wall .
A method for releasing a sample holder from a stack of sample holders , said sample holders releasably joined to one another, comprising the steps of: positioning a stack of at least a first sample holder and a second sample holder of said releasably joined sample holders adjacent a first releasing member , said first releasing member comprising a right hand helical thread , a reversal point , and a left hand helical thread , and a second releasing member comprising a right hand helical thread , a reversal point , and a left hand helical thread ; engaging said first sample holder by said first releasing member and said second releasing member ; disengaging the first sample holder from the stack of releasably joined sample holders by rotating said first releasing member in a first direction and rotating said second releasing member in a second direction, wherein the rotation of the first releasing member and the second releasing member is reversed when the sample holder engages the reversal point between the right hand helical thread portion and the left hand helical thread portion on the first releasing member , and the reversal point between the right hand helical thread portion and the left hand helical thread portion on the second releasing member ; and releasing the sample holder from the first releasing member and the second releasing member . positioning a stack of at least a first sample holder and a second sample holder of said releasably joined sample holders adjacent a first releasing member , said first releasing member comprising a right hand helical thread , a reversal point , and a left hand helical thread , and a second releasing member comprising a right hand helical thread , a reversal point , and a left hand helical thread ; engaging said first sample holder by said first releasing member and said second releasing member ; disengaging the first sample holder from the stack of releasably joined sample holders by rotating said first releasing member in a first direction and rotating said second releasing member in a second direction, wherein the rotation of the first releasing member and the second releasing member is reversed when the sample holder engages the reversal point between the right hand helical thread portion and the left hand helical thread portion on the first releasing member , and the reversal point between the right hand helical thread portion and the left hand helical thread portion on the second releasing member ; and releasing the sample holder from the first releasing member and the second releasing member .
An oral care composition comprising mono methyl succinate for use in preventing one or more of gingivitis, periodontitis, peri-implantitis, peri-implant mucositis, necrotizing gingivitis, necrotizing periodontitis and caries in a subject in need thereof.