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Composition comprising albumin for use in the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in a patient in need thereof, wherein the composition comprising albumin is administrated to said patient by plasma exchange and is used as replacement liquid using a volume of said composition equivalent tc approximately 100 % of the volume of plasma withdrawn from the patient, and with a frequency of twice a week the first 3 weeks and once a week for the following 21 weeks, for a total period of 24 weeks.
Seismic source array , comprising a housing and a plurality of seismic sources suspending from the housing, each source being configured for generating a seismic signal, wherein the array further comprises a protective structure attached to the housing and defining a protective space near the housing, wherein the seismic sources in a first position relative to the housing suspend from the housing such as to be arranged within the protective space defined by the protective structure, and wherein at least one of the seismic sources suspends from the housing by means of a suspension structure configured for moving the at least one seismic source to a second position relative to the housing, the second position being located outside the protective space , wherein the protective structure comprises a frame defining the protective space on at least two sides thereof, characterized in that the suspension structure of the at least one seismic source comprises a pivotable arm structure arranged for pivoting relative to the frame for bringing the at least one seismic source to the second position.
Aircraft comprising a propulsion system formed by engines arranged in a location on the aircraft so as to, in use, ingest boundary layer air; the engines being placed inside of nacelles , the engines (13 a, 13b) being partially embedded in the aircraft fuselage ; the intake conduits of the engines each being delimited perimetrically in a section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft by a fuselage area and the nacelle ; wherein, in the fuselage sections corresponding to said fuselage areas , the aircraft comprises rigid inner structural elements and skins , the skins comprising rigid portions joined to the inner structural elements ; characterised in that : - the skins further comprise inner flexible portions , capable of being deformed, in said fuselage areas and attached to surrounding rigid portions ; - the aircraft further comprises actuation systems for changing the surfaces of the flexible portions of the skins to adapt them to the needs of the propulsion system, wherein the inner flexible portions of the skins have a semi-rigid grid defining nodes and embedded into the inner flexible portions , being some of the nodes the points to be actuated by the actuation systems, and wherein the actuation systems comprise linear actuators supported by the inner structural elements and connected with said some of the nodes of the inner flexible portions of the skins so as to be capable of moving said some of the nodes to thereby modify the configuration of the inner flexible portions . - the skins further comprise inner flexible portions , capable of being deformed, in said fuselage areas and attached to surrounding rigid portions ; - the aircraft further comprises actuation systems for changing the surfaces of the flexible portions of the skins to adapt them to the needs of the propulsion system,
A fuel nozzle assembly , comprising: a premix chamber defined between an arcuate inner wall , an arcuate outer wall , a first side wall and a circumferentially opposing second side wall ; an air flow divider extending radially between the inner wall and the outer wall and extending axially within the premix chamber , wherein the air flow divider defines an internal fuel circuit ; a plurality of guide vanes disposed within the premix chamber , wherein at least one guide vane extends circumferentially between the air flow divider and one of the first side wall or the second side wall , wherein one or more of the guide vanes includes a fuel port in fluid communication with the fuel circuit; and a premix plate that extends radially between the inner and outer walls , and circumferentially between the first and second side walls , downstream from the fuel ports , wherein the premix plate includes an upstream side axially spaced from a downstream side and a plurality of passages , wherein the passages provide for fluid flow from the premix chamber through the premix plate . a premix chamber defined between an arcuate inner wall , an arcuate outer wall , a first side wall and a circumferentially opposing second side wall ; an air flow divider extending radially between the inner wall and the outer wall and extending axially within the premix chamber , wherein the air flow divider defines an internal fuel circuit ; a plurality of guide vanes disposed within the premix chamber , wherein at least one guide vane extends circumferentially between the air flow divider and one of the first side wall or the second side wall , wherein one or more of the guide vanes includes a fuel port in fluid communication with the fuel circuit; and a premix plate that extends radially between the inner and outer walls , and circumferentially between the first and second side walls , downstream from the fuel ports , wherein the premix plate includes an upstream side axially spaced from a downstream side and a plurality of passages , wherein the passages provide for fluid flow from the premix chamber through the premix plate .
A method for predicting the susceptibility of an at-risk patient for developing or redeveloping Clostridium difficile infection, comprising determining, by immunoassay, in a stool sample from said patient, the level of IgA antibodies against toxin B of Clostridium difficile, and comparing this level against a reference value S determined beforehand with two populations of patients exposed to the bacterium, one not having developed or redeveloped such an infection and the other having developed or redeveloped such an infection, - a level below said reference value S signifying that the patient is a patient with increased risk of developing or redeveloping Clostridium difficile infection, and - a level above said reference value S signifying that the patient is not a patient with increased risk of developing or redeveloping Clostridium difficile infection; and wherein the stool sample used in the immunoassay had been treated beforehand with an acidic sample treatment buffer, without neutralization before it is used in the immunoassay. - a level below said reference value S signifying that the patient is a patient with increased risk of developing or redeveloping Clostridium difficile infection, and - a level above said reference value S signifying that the patient is not a patient with increased risk of developing or redeveloping Clostridium difficile infection;
A method, comprising: receiving , by a processing device, an input data block (C i ) and an iteration result value; performing a first field multiplication operation to produce a new iteration result value by iteratively processing, starting from a first bit position, bits of a combination of the input data block and the iteration result value, wherein the first bit position is represented by one of: a least-significant bit and a most-significant bit; performing a second field multiplication operation to produce a new mask correction value, by iteratively processing operand bits starting from a second bit position, wherein the second bit position is represented by one of: a least-significant bit and a most-significant bit, and wherein the second bit position is different from the first bit position, wherein the receiving and multiplying operations are performed iteratively, such that the new iteration result value of a current iteration is supplied to a next iteration as the iteration result value, and wherein performing the second field multiplication operation comprises: multiplying a hash key by a mask correction value, or multiplying a mask value by the combination of the input data block and the iteration result value; applying the new mask correction value to the new iteration result value; anc producing, based on the new iteration result value, a value of a cryptographic hash function to be utilized by at least one of: an authenticated encryption operation or an authenticated decryption operation. receiving , by a processing device, an input data block (C i ) and an iteration result value; performing a first field multiplication operation to produce a new iteration result value by iteratively processing, starting from a first bit position, bits of a combination of the input data block and the iteration result value, wherein the first bit position is represented by one of: a least-significant bit and a most-significant bit; performing a second field multiplication operation to produce a new mask correction value, by iteratively processing operand bits starting from a second bit position, wherein the second bit position is represented by one of: a least-significant bit and a most-significant bit, and wherein the second bit position is different from the first bit position, wherein the receiving and multiplying operations are performed iteratively, such that the new iteration result value of a current iteration is supplied to a next iteration as the iteration result value, and wherein performing the second field multiplication operation comprises: multiplying a hash key by a mask correction value, or multiplying a mask value by the combination of the input data block and the iteration result value; multiplying a hash key by a mask correction value, or multiplying a mask value by the combination of the input data block and the iteration result value; applying the new mask correction value to the new iteration result value; anc producing, based on the new iteration result value, a value of a cryptographic hash function to be utilized by at least one of: an authenticated encryption operation or an authenticated decryption operation.
A fabricated agricultural auger for conveying grain material, comprising: a shaft adapted to rotate about a central axis ; a flight of sheet steel extending and spiraling about the shaft , the flight comprising a base material of a first hardness; wherein the flight is separately fabricated from the shaft and welded thereto; and characterized by a laser treated material formed on or into the base material along a portion of the flight , the laser treated material comprising a second hardness greater than the first hardness, wherein the laser treated material comprises laser cladding including a clad material different than the base material, wherein the clad material is laid along an outermost circumference of the flight and forms a radial outermost peripheral contact surface, wherein the auger has a predetermined inlet end and a predetermined outlet end , the flight includes an upstream face facing toward the outlet end and a downstream face facing toward the inlet end , wherein rotation of the auger conveys material from the inlet end to the outlet end , and an outer circumference edge of base material extending between the upstream face and the downstream face , wherein the laser clad is formed along the outer circumference edge . a shaft adapted to rotate about a central axis ; a flight of sheet steel extending and spiraling about the shaft , the flight comprising a base material of a first hardness; wherein the flight is separately fabricated from the shaft and welded thereto; and characterized by a laser treated material formed on or into the base material along a portion of the flight , the laser treated material comprising a second hardness greater than the first hardness, wherein the laser treated material comprises laser cladding including a clad material different than the base material, wherein the clad material is laid along an outermost circumference of the flight and forms a radial outermost peripheral contact surface, wherein the auger has a predetermined inlet end and a predetermined outlet end , the flight includes an upstream face facing toward the outlet end and a downstream face facing toward the inlet end , wherein rotation of the auger conveys material from the inlet end to the outlet end , and an outer circumference edge of base material extending between the upstream face and the downstream face , wherein the laser clad is formed along the outer circumference edge .
Method for charging an electrical energy storage unit , especially onboard a vehicle, from a continuous charging station by using a DC/DC voltage converter to adapt the voltage between said continuous charging station and said electrical energy storage unit , said DC/DC voltage converter comprising at least two interleaved cells operating in phase shift, each cell having respective switches (HS1, LS1, HS2, LS2); said method comprising controlling by pulse width modulation the switches (HS1, LS1, HS2, LS2) of said DC/DC voltage converter with a duty factor (α) to adapt the voltage between said continuous charging station and the electrical energy storage unit , characterised in that said duty factor (α) has a constant given value α v on several consecutive interleaving cycles, when the voltage (V BAT ) of the electrical energy storage unit is greater than a first threshold (S1) and/or lower than a second threshold (S2), said thresholds being a function of an operating range of the continuous charging station.
Method of setting a correct alignment of a laser-scanning fluorescence microscope , in which an image of a pinhole aperture arranged in front of a fluorescence light detector of the laser-scanning fluorescence microscope coincides with an intensity maximum of excitation light and an intensity minimum of fluorescence inhibition light in a focus of an objective lens , wherein a structure marked with a fluorescence dye in the sample is scanned with the intensity maximum of the excitation light to generate pictures (A, B) of the sample comprising images of the structure, wherein the pictures generated correspond to different intensities of the fluorescence inhibition light , and wherein an offset between positions of the images of the structure in the pictures generated is calculated, characterised in that , for setting the correct alignment of the laser-scanning fluorescence microscope , the image of the pinhole aperture is shifted relative to the intensity minimum of the fluorescence inhibition light coinciding with the intensity maximum of the excitation light in the direction of the offset which the image of the structure has in a picture corresponding to a higher intensity of the fluorescence inhibition light with regard to the image of the structure in another picture corresponding to a lower intensity of the fluorescence inhibition light .
A vehicle wheel end assembly comprising: - a spindle and a wheel hub having a central axis of rotation (X), which wheel hub is rotatably mounted on the wheel axle spindle by a wheel bearing comprising at least one roller bearing; wherein the wheel bearing has a bearing inner ring mounted on an external section of the wheel axle spindle and a bearing outer ring mounted in an internal section of the wheel hub ; - a threaded hub nut mounted at the end of the wheel axle spindle to fix the bearing inner ring in a predetermined axial position on the wheel axle spindle ; - a rotational lock mechanism arranged to prevent relative rotation between the bearing inner ring and the wheel axle spindle ; characterized in that the rotational lock mechanism comprises a tangential surface , wherein the tangential surface is a flat surface extending along the axial direction (X) and along a tangential direction with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the tangential direction is the chord of a circle segment portion corresponding to the inner circumference of the bearing inner ring , wherein the tangential surface is arranged in a plane located at or adjacent an outer radial end surface of the bearing inner ring ; which tangential surface is arranged in contact with a tangential recess in the peripheral surface of the wheel axle spindle to prevent relative rotation. - a spindle and a wheel hub having a central axis of rotation (X), which wheel hub is rotatably mounted on the wheel axle spindle by a wheel bearing comprising at least one roller bearing; wherein the wheel bearing has a bearing inner ring mounted on an external section of the wheel axle spindle and a bearing outer ring mounted in an internal section of the wheel hub ; - a threaded hub nut mounted at the end of the wheel axle spindle to fix the bearing inner ring in a predetermined axial position on the wheel axle spindle ; - a rotational lock mechanism arranged to prevent relative rotation between the bearing inner ring and the wheel axle spindle ;
A bearing device for at least one gripper arm pair having a first and a second gripper arm , the second gripper arm being of mirror-inverted configuration to the first, with the at least one gripper arm pair for gripping, holding and guiding in particular bottle-like containers being movable from a gripping position into an open position or vice versa by means of a rotatably mounted control cam , wherein the bearing device is equipped with: a first bearing pin for pivotably supporting the at least one first gripper arm , a second bearing pin for pivotably supporting the at least one second gripper arm , and a base plate having a seating for pivotably supporting the control cam , characterized by a spacer sleeve for receiving a fixing means for fixing the spacer sleeve on a platform, wherein the bearing pins and the spacer sleeve are fixed to the base plate , and wherein the length of the spacer sleeve is shorter than the length of the bearing pin . a first bearing pin for pivotably supporting the at least one first gripper arm , a second bearing pin for pivotably supporting the at least one second gripper arm , and a base plate having a seating for pivotably supporting the control cam , characterized by a spacer sleeve for receiving a fixing means for fixing the spacer sleeve on a platform, wherein the bearing pins and the spacer sleeve are fixed to the base plate , and wherein the length of the spacer sleeve is shorter than the length of the bearing pin .
A system comprising: a compressor connected to a condenser and an evaporator ; an evaporator sensor that outputs an evaporator signal corresponding to at least one of a sensed evaporator pressure and a sensed evaporator temperature; an inverter drive that modulates a frequency of electric power delivered to said compressor to modulate a speed of said compressor ; a control module connected to said inverter drive that determines a measured evaporator temperature based on said evaporator signal, that monitors electric power data and compressor speed data from said inverter drive , characterized by a discharge temperature sensor that outputs a discharge temperature signal corresponding to a temperature of refrigerant exiting said compressor ; wherein the control module calculates a derived evaporator temperature based on said electric power data, said compressor speed data, said discharge temperature signal, and compressor map data for said compressor , compares said measured evaporator temperature with said derived evaporator temperature, and selectively updates said compressor map data based on said comparison. a compressor connected to a condenser and an evaporator ; an evaporator sensor that outputs an evaporator signal corresponding to at least one of a sensed evaporator pressure and a sensed evaporator temperature; an inverter drive that modulates a frequency of electric power delivered to said compressor to modulate a speed of said compressor ; a control module connected to said inverter drive that determines a measured evaporator temperature based on said evaporator signal, that monitors electric power data and compressor speed data from said inverter drive , characterized by a discharge temperature sensor that outputs a discharge temperature signal corresponding to a temperature of refrigerant exiting said compressor ; wherein the control module calculates a derived evaporator temperature based on said electric power data, said compressor speed data, said discharge temperature signal, and compressor map data for said compressor , compares said measured evaporator temperature with said derived evaporator temperature, and selectively updates said compressor map data based on said comparison.
Method for checking the integrity of a coating applied to at least one metallic region (2, 3, 4.1/4.2) of a completely equipped printed circuit board , comprising the following steps: wetting the coating applied onto the metallic region (2, 3, 4.1/4.2) with a silver nitrate solution , so that defects present in the coating , which cause the exposure of metal regions (2, 3, 4.1/4.2) present under the coating , are also wetted with the silver nitrate solution , waiting for a reaction time (ti), checking the coating for reaction products generated by a reaction of the silver nitrate solution with the metallic surface of the metallic region (2, 3, 4.1 / 4.2), and determining that the coating is not intact if reaction products are present. wetting the coating applied onto the metallic region (2, 3, 4.1/4.2) with a silver nitrate solution , so that defects present in the coating , which cause the exposure of metal regions (2, 3, 4.1/4.2) present under the coating , are also wetted with the silver nitrate solution , waiting for a reaction time (ti), checking the coating for reaction products generated by a reaction of the silver nitrate solution with the metallic surface of the metallic region (2, 3, 4.1 / 4.2), and determining that the coating is not intact if reaction products are present.
Park-lock device for a vehicle transmission, comprising a gearwheel intended to be connected for rotation with a rotating member of the transmission, said rotating member being in turn non-releasably connected to wheels of the vehicle, a tilting lever provided with a locking tooth for engaging the gearwheel by insertion into the free space between a pair of adjacent teeth of the gearwheel to prevent rotation of the gearwheel , the tilting lever being tiltably mounted about a first axis of rotation (x1) to tilt between a disengagement position, wherein the locking tooth does not engage the gearwheel , thereby allowing rotation of the gearwheel , and an engagement position, wherein the locking tooth engages the gearwheel , thereby preventing rotation of the gearwheel , and a control unit for controlling the tilting movement of the tilting lever about the first axis of rotation (x1) between the disengagement position and the engagement position, wherein the tilting lever carries a first cam follower and a second cam follower , and wherein the control unit comprises a drive shaft that is rotatably mounted about a second axis of rotation (x2) parallel to the first axis of rotation (x1), a rotary actuator for controlling rotation of the drive shaft in either direction about the second axis of rotation (x2), and a cam mounted on the drive shaft so as to rotate about the second axis of rotation (x2), the cam having a first lateral surface portion configured to cooperate with the first cam follower of the tilting lever , and a second lateral surface portion configured to cooperate with the second cam follower of the tilting lever , in such a manner that in a first direction of rotation the cam causes the tilting lever to tilt from the disengagement position to the engagement position, while in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first one the cam causes the tilting lever to tilt from the engagement position to the disengagement position, characterized in that the cam is mounted with angular clearance on the drive shaft and the control unit further comprises a spring configured to apply an elastic torque on the cam about the second axis of rotation (x2), wherein the spring is connected at an end thereof to the cam and is configured to be connected at an opposite end to a fixed part of the transmission.