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A method of removing extraneous cells within a microfluidic device, the method comprising: (a) providing the microfluidic device having: (i) a microchannel at least partially defined by a membrane having cells thereon the microchannel having a first cross-sectional geometry, and (ii) a seeding channel for delivering fluids to the cells on the membrane, the seeding channel having a second cross-sectional geometry, wherein the second cross-sectional geometry is different from the first cross-sectional geometry and configured to produce a higher shear force or a higher flow rate of a working fluid in the seeding channel as compared to that in the microchannel; b) delivering a cell-culturing fluid through the seeding channel and permitting it to be exposed to the membrane for a sufficient period of time to permit a layer of the-cells to adhere to the membrane; and c) after the layer of the cells has been achieved, increasing the flow rate of the fluid to produce a higher shear force within the seeding channel to remove the extraneous cells from the seeding channel while leaving the layer of the cells on the surface undisturbed. (a) providing the microfluidic device having: (i) a microchannel at least partially defined by a membrane having cells thereon the microchannel having a first cross-sectional geometry, and (ii) a seeding channel for delivering fluids to the cells on the membrane, the seeding channel having a second cross-sectional geometry, wherein the second cross-sectional geometry is different from the first cross-sectional geometry and configured to produce a higher shear force or a higher flow rate of a working fluid in the seeding channel as compared to that in the microchannel; (i) a microchannel at least partially defined by a membrane having cells thereon the microchannel having a first cross-sectional geometry, and (ii) a seeding channel for delivering fluids to the cells on the membrane, the seeding channel having a second cross-sectional geometry, wherein the second cross-sectional geometry is different from the first cross-sectional geometry and configured to produce a higher shear force or a higher flow rate of a working fluid in the seeding channel as compared to that in the microchannel; b) delivering a cell-culturing fluid through the seeding channel and permitting it to be exposed to the membrane for a sufficient period of time to permit a layer of the-cells to adhere to the membrane; and c) after the layer of the cells has been achieved, increasing the flow rate of the fluid to produce a higher shear force within the seeding channel to remove the extraneous cells from the seeding channel while leaving the layer of the cells on the surface undisturbed.
An engineered wood structural system made of engineered wood components, including: at least one vertical structural element with several structural nodes on different vertical positions, corresponding to different floor levels; multiple horizontal structural element , each made up of an upper horizontal board and a lower horizontal board facing each other, separated to each other in a vertical direction and rigidly connected to each other through second spacers comprised between said upper and lower horizontal boards ; wherein multiple horizontal structural elements of the same floor level are supported on the same structural node and are rigidly connected to each other through an upper connector at least partially overlapped, and attached, to all the horizontal structural elements supported in said structural node to transfer horizontal traction loads between the upper horizontal boards of the connected horizontal structural elements ; characterized in that the multiple horizontal structural elements supported on the same structural node are rigidly connected to each other also through a lower connector placed between the horizontal structural elements converging in said structural node and in close contact with them to transfer horizontal compression loads between the converging horizontal structural elements . at least one vertical structural element with several structural nodes on different vertical positions, corresponding to different floor levels; multiple horizontal structural element , each made up of an upper horizontal board and a lower horizontal board facing each other, separated to each other in a vertical direction and rigidly connected to each other through second spacers comprised between said upper and lower horizontal boards ; wherein multiple horizontal structural elements of the same floor level are supported on the same structural node and are rigidly connected to each other through an upper connector at least partially overlapped, and attached, to all the horizontal structural elements supported in said structural node to transfer horizontal traction loads between the upper horizontal boards of the connected horizontal structural elements ; characterized in that the multiple horizontal structural elements supported on the same structural node are rigidly connected to each other also through a lower connector placed between the horizontal structural elements converging in said structural node and in close contact with them to transfer horizontal compression loads between the converging horizontal structural elements .
A method for invoking a Tele-operated Driving session for a vehicle equipped with an automated driving function, said vehicle being equipped with a number of environment detection sensors and a communication module for communicating to a Control Center computer , the method comprising a step of determining a time-off value for the vehicle in which it needs to wait before a tele-operated driving session may be invoked, corresponding to the current driving situation the vehicle is in, and a step of sending a Tele-operated Driving session request message to said control center computer once the waiting time according to the determined time-off value is over, characterized by said step of determining the time-off value comprises a step of data gathering from the environment detection sensors and/or from external data sources, categorizing said gathered data in categories representing corresponding driving situations of the autonomous vehicle comprising at least one category from a set of categories comprising - the area where the vehicle is located, - weather conditions, - traffic information, - false trigger events, - number of tele-operated driving session requests which were needed in the past, - number of tele-operated driving session requests which were not needed in the past, each category comprising a plurality of elements representing a subdivision of the category, such that a time-off value is assigned to each element of each category, and selecting current elements from the categorized data sets , wherein said step of selecting current elements comprises a step of selecting those values from the categorized data sets which correspond best to the current driving situation and a step of assigning to the current elements respective time-off values, whereby the time-off value for the vehicle is determined based on the time-off values of the selected elements. - the area where the vehicle is located, - weather conditions, - traffic information, - false trigger events, - number of tele-operated driving session requests which were needed in the past, - number of tele-operated driving session requests which were not needed in the past, each category comprising a plurality of elements representing a subdivision of the category, such that a time-off value is assigned to each element of each category, and selecting current elements from the categorized data sets , wherein said step of selecting current elements comprises a step of selecting those values from the categorized data sets which correspond best to the current driving situation and a step of assigning to the current elements respective time-off values, whereby the time-off value for the vehicle is determined based on the time-off values of the selected elements.
A bleed valve , comprising: a housing with an inlet coupled to an outlet by a duct ; a guide tube with a guide tube orifice fixed in the housing between the inlet and the outlet ; a piston having a piston orifice , the piston slideably supported on the guide tube and movable between an open position and a closed position , the duct fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet in the open position , the duct fluidly separating the inlet from the outlet in the closed position , wherein the guide tube orifice and piston orifice fluidly couple the inlet with the outlet in the open position and the closed position to move piston between the open position and the closed position according to differential pressure between the inlet and the outlet of the bleed valve ; and a baffle slideably supported by the guide tube to set the differential pressure at which the piston moves between the open position and the closed position . a housing with an inlet coupled to an outlet by a duct ; a guide tube with a guide tube orifice fixed in the housing between the inlet and the outlet ; a piston having a piston orifice , the piston slideably supported on the guide tube and movable between an open position and a closed position , the duct fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet in the open position , the duct fluidly separating the inlet from the outlet in the closed position , wherein the guide tube orifice and piston orifice fluidly couple the inlet with the outlet in the open position and the closed position to move piston between the open position and the closed position according to differential pressure between the inlet and the outlet of the bleed valve ; and a baffle slideably supported by the guide tube to set the differential pressure at which the piston moves between the open position and the closed position .
An electric meter comprising: a memory , the memory comprising at least one volatile memory device and at least one non-volatile memory device ; and a processor operatively connected to the memory, the processor being configured to: retrieve a backup copy of meter state data from the at least one non-volatile memory device after the electric meter resumes operation following a power loss; characterized in that the processor being further configured to: retrieve a first plurality of meter input data samples from the at least one non-volatile memory device after the electric meter resumes operation following the power loss, the first plurality of meter input data samples being associated with a time period after the backup copy of meter state data was stored in the at least one non-volatile memory device and prior to the power loss; and regenerate meter state data by updating the backup copy of meter state data with the first plurality of meter input data samples to regenerate the meter state data at a time of a final meter input data sample in the first plurality of meter input data samples prior to the power loss, the meter state data being stored in the at least one volatile memory device . a memory , the memory comprising at least one volatile memory device and at least one non-volatile memory device ; and a processor operatively connected to the memory, the processor being configured to: retrieve a backup copy of meter state data from the at least one non-volatile memory device after the electric meter resumes operation following a power loss; characterized in that the processor being further configured to: retrieve a first plurality of meter input data samples from the at least one non-volatile memory device after the electric meter resumes operation following the power loss, the first plurality of meter input data samples being associated with a time period after the backup copy of meter state data was stored in the at least one non-volatile memory device and prior to the power loss; and regenerate meter state data by updating the backup copy of meter state data with the first plurality of meter input data samples to regenerate the meter state data at a time of a final meter input data sample in the first plurality of meter input data samples prior to the power loss, the meter state data being stored in the at least one volatile memory device . retrieve a first plurality of meter input data samples from the at least one non-volatile memory device after the electric meter resumes operation following the power loss, the first plurality of meter input data samples being associated with a time period after the backup copy of meter state data was stored in the at least one non-volatile memory device and prior to the power loss; and regenerate meter state data by updating the backup copy of meter state data with the first plurality of meter input data samples to regenerate the meter state data at a time of a final meter input data sample in the first plurality of meter input data samples prior to the power loss, the meter state data being stored in the at least one volatile memory device .
Filling apparatus for filling containers with a desired metered quantity of an incoherent material (M) of a fibrous type, comprising a first filling station (A2) comprising a first filling assembly , having one or more delivery devices which are configured to deliver a first quantity of incoherent material (M) into each of said containers , wherein said apparatus comprises at least a second filling station (A4) disposed downstream of said first filling station (A2) along a working line and comprising a second filling assembly having additional one or more delivery devices , which are configured to deliver a second quantity of said incoherent material (M) into each of said containers , into which said first quantity of incoherent material (M) has already been delivered in said first filling station (A1), wherein said apparatus also comprises pressing means disposed downstream of said first filling station (A2) and configured to be selectively inserted inside said containers after said first quantity of incoherent material (M) has been delivered, in order to press it before delivering said second quantity of incoherent material (M) in said second filling station (A4).
A cooling circuit for an internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust gas recirculation circuit, wherein a cooling liquid is intended to circulate, said cooling circuit comprising at least: - a first cooling loop associated with the engine , comprising at least one pump , means for regulating the circulation of the cooling liquid, and a cooling radiator , - a second heating loop selectively connected to said first loop by said regulating means and comprising at least one unit heater , and - a third loop for cooling exhaust gases, which, associated with said exhaust gas recirculation circuit, comprises at least one heat exchanger for cooling the exhaust gases of said recirculation circuit, characterized in that said third exhaust gas cooling loop comprises at least one pump , heating means consisting of an immersion heater or an electric heater adapted to be selectively controlled between an inactive state and an active state in order to heat the cooling liquid circulating in said third loop , and control means adapted to be selectively controlled between: - a closed position wherein the heating means are controlled in an active state and said control means isolate the third loop from the rest of the cooling circuit so that the third loop operates in a closed loop, and - an open position wherein the third exhaust gas cooling loop is connected to at least one other loop of the cooling circuit , and an intermediate position between said open and closed positions. - a first cooling loop associated with the engine , comprising at least one pump , means for regulating the circulation of the cooling liquid, and a cooling radiator , - a second heating loop selectively connected to said first loop by said regulating means and comprising at least one unit heater , and - a third loop for cooling exhaust gases, which, associated with said exhaust gas recirculation circuit, comprises at least one heat exchanger for cooling the exhaust gases of said recirculation circuit, characterized in that said third exhaust gas cooling loop comprises at least one pump , heating means consisting of an immersion heater or an electric heater adapted to be selectively controlled between an inactive state and an active state in order to heat the cooling liquid circulating in said third loop , and control means adapted to be selectively controlled between: - a closed position wherein the heating means are controlled in an active state and said control means isolate the third loop from the rest of the cooling circuit so that the third loop operates in a closed loop, and - an open position wherein the third exhaust gas cooling loop is connected to at least one other loop of the cooling circuit , and - a closed position wherein the heating means are controlled in an active state and said control means isolate the third loop from the rest of the cooling circuit so that the third loop operates in a closed loop, and - an open position wherein the third exhaust gas cooling loop is connected to at least one other loop of the cooling circuit , and an intermediate position between said open and closed positions.
A lubricant system for a gear assembly of an aircraft including one or more engines , the lubricant system comprising: a main lubricant conduit and an emergency lubricant conduit joined with a valve , and further wherein the valve defines a closed position disposing lubricant through the emergency lubricant conduit when the engine is, in use, at rest, and wherein the valve defines an open position disposing lubricant through the main lubricant conduit when the engine is, in use, in operation; the lubricant system further comprising: a first pressure sensor disposed along the main lubricant conduit and the emergency lubricant conduit upstream of the valve ; and a second pressure sensor disposed at the main lubricant conduit and the emergency lubricant conduit ; wherein said second pressure sensor is disposed downstream of the valve . a main lubricant conduit and an emergency lubricant conduit joined with a valve , and further wherein the valve defines a closed position disposing lubricant through the emergency lubricant conduit when the engine is, in use, at rest, and wherein the valve defines an open position disposing lubricant through the main lubricant conduit when the engine is, in use, in operation; the lubricant system further comprising: a first pressure sensor disposed along the main lubricant conduit and the emergency lubricant conduit upstream of the valve ; and a second pressure sensor disposed at the main lubricant conduit and the emergency lubricant conduit ; wherein said second pressure sensor is disposed downstream of the valve . a first pressure sensor disposed along the main lubricant conduit and the emergency lubricant conduit upstream of the valve ; and a second pressure sensor disposed at the main lubricant conduit and the emergency lubricant conduit ; wherein said second pressure sensor is disposed downstream of the valve .
A mass spectrometer, comprising an ion guide having a plurality of electrodes that are supplied with a radio frequency voltage to facilitate radial confinement of ions in an internal volume defined by inward facing surfaces of the electrodes, the internal volume including a first section (S1) having a variable radial diameter along a longitudinal axis of the ion guide , in which the electrodes are helically wound, and an adjacent second section (S2) having a substantially constant radial diameter along the longitudinal axis, wherein the electrodes extend from the first section (S1) to the second section (S2) continuously, characterized in that the electrodes are substantially straight in the second section (S2) of the internal volume, or wherein the electrodes in the second section (S2) are non-helical and curved into a bend.
Method for operating a control device for autonomous guidance of a motor vehicle , wherein a nominal speed is specified as a driving speed of the motor vehicle to be set by the control device and another vehicle , driving in front of the motor vehicle at a driving speed that is slower than the nominal speed , is detected by the control device by means of a detection device , wherein a difference in speed between a driving speed of the other vehicle and the nominal speed is greater than zero but less than a predetermined maximum value (G0), characterized in that in this case an accumulator value (A) is set to a starting value and a current speed value (G) of the difference in speed is respectively detected in a number of successively performed test runs and on the basis of the speed value (G) an advantage value (V) is formed and the advantage value (V) is added to the accumulator value (A) and, if the accumulator value (A) satisfies a predetermined overtaking criterion , an overtaking signal enabling an overtaking manoeuvre is generated, wherein, in a test run , it is detected that the speed value (G) is 0 or the other vehicle is driving faster than the nominal speed , and in this case on the one hand the accumulator value (A) is reset to the starting value and on the other hand at least one further test run is carried out. in this case an accumulator value (A) is set to a starting value and a current speed value (G) of the difference in speed is respectively detected in a number of successively performed test runs and on the basis of the speed value (G) an advantage value (V) is formed and the advantage value (V) is added to the accumulator value (A) and, if the accumulator value (A) satisfies a predetermined overtaking criterion , an overtaking signal enabling an overtaking manoeuvre is generated, wherein, in a test run , it is detected that the speed value (G) is 0 or the other vehicle is driving faster than the nominal speed , and in this case on the one hand the accumulator value (A) is reset to the starting value and on the other hand at least one further test run is carried out.
Drilling support device , comprising a centering sleeve and at least one first wall provided at an axial end of the centering sleeve at an angle to the centering sleeve , wherein the first wall has an adhesive on its side facing away from the centering sleeve for attaching the drilling support device to a room wall , further comprising at least one second wall , which is adjacent to the first wall and together with the first wall forms a cavity around at least a part of the centering sleeve , characterized in that the cavity is filled with a coolant in such a way that the drill passes through the coolant before it penetrates the centering sleeve. a centering sleeve and at least one first wall provided at an axial end of the centering sleeve at an angle to the centering sleeve , wherein the first wall has an adhesive on its side facing away from the centering sleeve for attaching the drilling support device to a room wall , further comprising at least one second wall , which is adjacent to the first wall and together with the first wall forms a cavity around at least a part of the centering sleeve , characterized in that the cavity is filled with a coolant in such a way that the drill passes through the coolant before it penetrates the centering sleeve.
Storage box for a helmet comprising: • a support and a lid assembled movable with respect to the support so as to define an insertion/extraction position of the helmet and a storage position of the helmet in the box , the lid defining a first opening arranged to allow the top of the helmet to protrude out from the lid , characterised in that the support defines a bottom of the box with a deformable area arranged to extend in the direction of the lid and to collaborate with the top of another helmet when two boxes are stacked on one another, the top of the other helmet deforming the deformable area to form a recess . • a support and a lid assembled movable with respect to the support so as to define an insertion/extraction position of the helmet and a storage position of the helmet in the box ,