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An optical fiber homogenizer device configured to provide fiber based mode mixing for surgical illumination, the optical fiber homogenizer device comprising: an input optical connector for connection to a first optical fiber (304-1) transmitting first light from a coherent light source used for illumination of a patient during a surgery; an internal optical fiber coupled to the input connector to receive the first light (400-1); a fiber mode mixer device including a vibrating fiber mechanism mechanically coupled to the internal optical fiber , wherein the first light is homogenized within the internal optical fiber by the vibrating fiber mechanism to generate second light output (400-2) by the optical fiber homogenizer device; and an output optical connector for connection to a second optical fiber (304-2), the output optical connector receiving the second light (400-2) from the internal optical fiber , wherein the second optical fiber (304-2) terminates in a third optical fiber that projects the second light onto the patient; wherein the vibrating fiber mechanism causes the internal optical fiber to reciprocate at a frequency greater than 30 Hz. an input optical connector for connection to a first optical fiber (304-1) transmitting first light from a coherent light source used for illumination of a patient during a surgery; an internal optical fiber coupled to the input connector to receive the first light (400-1); a fiber mode mixer device including a vibrating fiber mechanism mechanically coupled to the internal optical fiber , wherein the first light is homogenized within the internal optical fiber by the vibrating fiber mechanism to generate second light output (400-2) by the optical fiber homogenizer device; and an output optical connector for connection to a second optical fiber (304-2), the output optical connector receiving the second light (400-2) from the internal optical fiber , wherein the second optical fiber (304-2) terminates in a third optical fiber that projects the second light onto the patient; wherein the vibrating fiber mechanism causes the internal optical fiber to reciprocate at a frequency greater than 30 Hz.
A sewing needle for passing a thread through a sewing material to form a stitch from the thread extending through the sewing material, the sewing needle comprising: a needle tip configured to initially pass through said sewing material; a trailing end located at an opposite end of the needle from the needle tip; a first needle portion having a receiver and configured to follow the needle tip through said sewing material; a second needle portion configured to removably connect to the first needle portion; a first thread connection disposed on the first needle portion fixed at a first portion of the thread and configured to carry the first portion of said thread through the sewing material; and a second thread connection disposed on the second needle portion fixed at a second portion of the thread and configured to carry the second portion of said thread through the sewing material; characterized in that : the second needle portion is configured to removably connect to the first needle portion by inserting an end of the second needle portion into the receiver of the first needle portion and to follow the needle tip through said sewing material; when the first and second needle portions are connected together and are inserted through the sewing material, the needle tip is configured to directly contact the sewing material and the end of the second needle portion is located within the first needle. a needle tip configured to initially pass through said sewing material; a trailing end located at an opposite end of the needle from the needle tip; a first needle portion having a receiver and configured to follow the needle tip through said sewing material; a second needle portion configured to removably connect to the first needle portion; a first thread connection disposed on the first needle portion fixed at a first portion of the thread and configured to carry the first portion of said thread through the sewing material; and a second thread connection disposed on the second needle portion fixed at a second portion of the thread and configured to carry the second portion of said thread through the sewing material; characterized in that : the second needle portion is configured to removably connect to the first needle portion by inserting an end of the second needle portion into the receiver of the first needle portion and to follow the needle tip through said sewing material; when the first and second needle portions are connected together and are inserted through the sewing material, the needle tip is configured to directly contact the sewing material and the end of the second needle portion is located within the first needle. the second needle portion is configured to removably connect to the first needle portion by inserting an end of the second needle portion into the receiver of the first needle portion and to follow the needle tip through said sewing material; when the first and second needle portions are connected together and are inserted through the sewing material, the needle tip is configured to directly contact the sewing material and the end of the second needle portion is located within the first needle.
System for cultivating and harvesting mushrooms , with - at least one picking rack , wherein the mushrooms growing on a substrate are arranged on the picking rack in at least one plane, - at least one conveyor belt , which has at least one recess for receiving the harvested mushrooms , and - at least one automat with a gripping organ , which takes the mushrooms ingested on the conveyor belt off the conveyor belt and places them in containers , characterized by, - a laser scanner which captures three-dimensional geometric data of the mushrooms ingested on the conveyor belt , and - an evaluation device which evaluates the captured three-dimensional geometric data of the mushrooms to control the gripping organ . - at least one picking rack , wherein the mushrooms growing on a substrate are arranged on the picking rack in at least one plane, - at least one conveyor belt , which has at least one recess for receiving the harvested mushrooms , and - at least one automat with a gripping organ , which takes the mushrooms ingested on the conveyor belt off the conveyor belt and places them in containers , - a laser scanner which captures three-dimensional geometric data of the mushrooms ingested on the conveyor belt , and - an evaluation device which evaluates the captured three-dimensional geometric data of the mushrooms to control the gripping organ .
An iron oligosaccharide compound comprising a hydrogenated oligosaccharide in stable association with ferric oxyhydroxide, wherein said hydrogenated oligosaccharide is a mixture of hydrogenated dextran oligosaccharides having the following molecular weight distribution: (i) a weight average molecular weight (Mw) between 500 and 3,000 Daltons; (ii) a number average molecular weight (Mn) above 500 Daltons; (iii) 90% by weight of said hydrogenated dextran oligosaccharides have molecular weights less than 3,500 Daltons; (iv) the Mw of the 10% by weight fraction of the hydrogenated dextran oligosaccharides having the highest molecular weights is below 4,500 Daltons; and (v) a dimer saccharide content of 2.9 % by weight or less, based on the total weight of the hydrogenated oligosaccharide. (i) a weight average molecular weight (Mw) between 500 and 3,000 Daltons; (ii) a number average molecular weight (Mn) above 500 Daltons; (iii) 90% by weight of said hydrogenated dextran oligosaccharides have molecular weights less than 3,500 Daltons; (iv) the Mw of the 10% by weight fraction of the hydrogenated dextran oligosaccharides having the highest molecular weights is below 4,500 Daltons; and (v) a dimer saccharide content of 2.9 % by weight or less, based on the total weight of the hydrogenated oligosaccharide.
Process for the preparation of condensed milk consisting of the following steps: (a) providing a raw milk or whole milk; (b) separating the cream from the whole milk in a manner known per se to obtain a skimmed milk fraction and a cream fraction; (c) ultrafiltration of the skimmed milk fraction from step (b) to obtain a protein-rich and partially mineralized retentate R1 and a protein-depleted permeate P1; (d) nanofiltration of the permeate P1 from step (c) to obtain a mineral-rich permeate P2 and a mineral-depleted retentate R2; (e) demineralizing the retentate R2 from step (d) and separating the resulting calcium phosphate; (f) mixing the demineralized retentate R1 from step (e) with at least a portion of the cream fraction from step (b) and at least a portion of the protein-rich and partially demineralized retentate R1 from step (c); (g) dewatering the demineralized product from step (f) to obtain a concentrate; (h) adding carrageenan (E 407) and at least one buffer selected from the group consisting of carbonate buffer (carbonate/bicarbonate) and phosphate buffer to the concentrate from step (g) to obtain a mixture, wherein carrageenan (E 407) and buffer are each added in amounts of about 0.01 to about 0.5% by weight, in each case based on the concentrate; (i) homogenizing the mixture from step (h) to obtain a homogenate; and (j) pasteurizing the homogenizate from step (i). (a) providing a raw milk or whole milk; (b) separating the cream from the whole milk in a manner known per se to obtain a skimmed milk fraction and a cream fraction; (c) ultrafiltration of the skimmed milk fraction from step (b) to obtain a protein-rich and partially mineralized retentate R1 and a protein-depleted permeate P1; (d) nanofiltration of the permeate P1 from step (c) to obtain a mineral-rich permeate P2 and a mineral-depleted retentate R2; (e) demineralizing the retentate R2 from step (d) and separating the resulting calcium phosphate; (f) mixing the demineralized retentate R1 from step (e) with at least a portion of the cream fraction from step (b) and at least a portion of the protein-rich and partially demineralized retentate R1 from step (c); (g) dewatering the demineralized product from step (f) to obtain a concentrate; (h) adding carrageenan (E 407) and at least one buffer selected from the group consisting of carbonate buffer (carbonate/bicarbonate) and phosphate buffer to the concentrate from step (g) to obtain a mixture, wherein carrageenan (E 407) and buffer are each added in amounts of about 0.01 to about 0.5% by weight, in each case based on the concentrate; (i) homogenizing the mixture from step (h) to obtain a homogenate; and (j) pasteurizing the homogenizate from step (i).
Handheld work apparatus with a drive motor , with a shaft driven by the drive motor in a rotating manner about a rotational axis , and with a blower wheel , the blower wheel being held by means of a nut on the shaft in a manner locked against rotation by frictional force, the nut and the shaft being in contact via a thread section , and a thread moment of friction (M A ) acting about the rotational axis being transmittable between the nut and the shaft via the thread section , the nut and the blower wheel being in contact via a first friction contact surface , and a first moment of friction (M 1 ) acting about the rotational axis being transmittable between the nut and the blower wheel via the first friction contact surface, and the blower wheel and the shaft being in contact via a second friction contact surface , characterized in that the first friction contact surface is designed in such a manner that, at a minimum tightening moment of the nut , said minimum tightening moment being between 10% and 100% of the operating torque, the first moment of friction (M 1 ) transmittable between the nut and the blower wheel via the first friction contact surface is greater than the acting thread moment of friction (M A ), and therefore, during the operation of the work apparatus when there is a relative movement between the blower wheel and the shaft , the blower wheel moves along the nut therewith via the first moment of friction (M 1 ) acting at the first friction contact surface , and therefore the nut retensions the blower wheel against the shaft via the second friction contact surface , and in that the second friction contact surface runs conically with respect to the rotational axis .
A shaving razor handle comprising: a main body ; a pair of arms extending from the main body ; a pivoting head comprising: a base member pivotally coupled with the pair of arms to facilitate pivoting of the pivoting head about a pivot axis between a home position and a fully pivoted position, the base member comprising: a front wall comprising a front exterior surface that extends along a front plane; and a rear wall comprising a rear exterior surface that extends along a rear plane; a biasing member operably coupled with the main body and configured to bias the pivoting head into the home position, wherein the front plane and the rear plane intersect at an included angle; and a head portion that extends upwardly from the front wall and the rear wall and comprises a face surface ; the shaving razor handle being characterized by a fluid reservoir , wherein the face surface defines an aperture that is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir . a main body ; a pair of arms extending from the main body ; a pivoting head comprising: a base member pivotally coupled with the pair of arms to facilitate pivoting of the pivoting head about a pivot axis between a home position and a fully pivoted position, the base member comprising: a front wall comprising a front exterior surface that extends along a front plane; and a rear wall comprising a rear exterior surface that extends along a rear plane; a biasing member operably coupled with the main body and configured to bias the pivoting head into the home position, wherein the front plane and the rear plane intersect at an included angle; and a base member pivotally coupled with the pair of arms to facilitate pivoting of the pivoting head about a pivot axis between a home position and a fully pivoted position, the base member comprising: a front wall comprising a front exterior surface that extends along a front plane; and a rear wall comprising a rear exterior surface that extends along a rear plane; a front wall comprising a front exterior surface that extends along a front plane; and a rear wall comprising a rear exterior surface that extends along a rear plane; a biasing member operably coupled with the main body and configured to bias the pivoting head into the home position, wherein the front plane and the rear plane intersect at an included angle; and a head portion that extends upwardly from the front wall and the rear wall and comprises a face surface ; the shaving razor handle being characterized by a fluid reservoir , wherein the face surface defines an aperture that is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir .
A sensing system for sensing position, including - a first magnetic track comprising a first number of multipoles for generating a magnetic field and a first sensor for sensing magnetic field, - a second magnetic track comprising a second number of multipoles different from the first, for generating a magnetic field and a second sensor for sensing magnetic field, the first and second magnetic tracks being solidarily fixed to each other forming a magnetic structure, wherein the first sensor is positioned proximal to the first magnetic track, closer to the first magnetic track than to the second magnetic track, and the second sensor is positioned proximal to the second magnetic track where the distance between the first sensor and the second magnetic track is larger than the distance between the second sensor and the second magnetic track, wherein the magnetic flux density generated by the first and second magnetic tracks on the centerline of the first respectively second track, at similar airgap, follow a ratio of two or more. - a first magnetic track comprising a first number of multipoles for generating a magnetic field and a first sensor for sensing magnetic field, - a second magnetic track comprising a second number of multipoles different from the first, for generating a magnetic field and a second sensor for sensing magnetic field, the first and second magnetic tracks being solidarily fixed to each other forming a magnetic structure,
A footrest structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle, comprising a footboard which is configured in series from a first footrest portion to a second footrest portion located behind the first footrest portion , wherein a bent portion is provided between the first footrest portion and the second footrest portion , characterized in that the first footrest portion and the second footrest portion are each configured with an elastic member and a metal member , and the bent portion is configured with the elastic member only, wherein the metal member is equipped with a first metal member embedded in the first elastic member and a second metal member embedded in the second elastic member at a position spaced rearward form the first metal member , and the bent portion is a portion provided between the first metal member and the second metal member in the elastic member .
Control unit for a control device for a heavy-duty vehicle, which has a base body with two connection openings to which lines for a hydraulic medium of a first hydraulic circuit can be connected, wherein a first channel leads from the first connection opening to a first chamber and a second channel leads from the second connection opening to a second chamber , wherein a passage between these two chambers of the first hydraulic circuit can be opened and closed by a valve element , wherein the base body has at least two further connection openings of at least one second hydraulic circuit to which further lines for a hydraulic medium can be connected, wherein a third channel leads from the third connection opening to a third chamber and a fourth channel leads from the fourth connection opening to a fourth chamber , wherein a passage between these two chambers of this second hydraulic circuit can be opened and closed by a further valve element , wherein in a receiving space of the base body of the control unit (10a-10e; 10f) a control element (16a-16e; 16f), which can be moved by an actuating element , being arranged on an actuating shaft , is provided, which has at least one control profile which stands or which stand in operative engagement with the valve elements , characterized in that by a movement of the control element (16a-16e; 16f) effected by a rotational movement of the actuating element the valve element of the first hydraulic circuit and in correlation thereto the further valve element of the at least one second hydraulic circuit can be moved by the control profile or the control profiles at least from a first control position into a second control position.
A computer-implemented method of finding a text mask in an original image for extracting text for inpainting, comprising: applying, with one or more processors , edge detection to detect an edge of text in the original image as an edge mask ; the one or more processors using the edge mask to find a set of hierarchical closed edge contours of the text and to fill in the closed edge contours with pixels labeled as possible text as a contour mask ; applying, with the one or more processors, a binarization method to the original image to convert the original image into a binary image and to detect a stroke edge of the text in the binary image ; partitioning , with the one or more processors, the binary image based on the detected stroke edge of the text in the binary image and applying at least one binarization method on each image partition to obtain at least one binary mask candidate as foreground for inpainting; combining, with the one or more processors, the contour mask and at least one of the edge mask and the binary mask into a fusion mask and applying the fusion mask to the original image to extract the text in the original image and to obtain an original background of the original image without the text; and inpainting , with the one or more processors, portions of the original image where the text has been extracted. applying, with one or more processors , edge detection to detect an edge of text in the original image as an edge mask ; the one or more processors using the edge mask to find a set of hierarchical closed edge contours of the text and to fill in the closed edge contours with pixels labeled as possible text as a contour mask ; applying, with the one or more processors, a binarization method to the original image to convert the original image into a binary image and to detect a stroke edge of the text in the binary image ; partitioning , with the one or more processors, the binary image based on the detected stroke edge of the text in the binary image and applying at least one binarization method on each image partition to obtain at least one binary mask candidate as foreground for inpainting; combining, with the one or more processors, the contour mask and at least one of the edge mask and the binary mask into a fusion mask and applying the fusion mask to the original image to extract the text in the original image and to obtain an original background of the original image without the text; and inpainting , with the one or more processors, portions of the original image where the text has been extracted.
A moisture resistant biodegradable insect trap comprising a container incorporating an insecticide in an amount suitable to provide insecticidal or larvicidal activity, wherein said container is prepared from a composition comprising: - a pulp component comprising between about 75% to about 100% wood based fiber and optionally up to about 25% non-wood-based fiber; and - a sizing agent, wherein said sizing agent is in an amount of about 2% to about 10% for every about 100 kg of said pulp component; wherein said insect trap is able to retain water for at least 1 week. - a pulp component comprising between about 75% to about 100% wood based fiber and optionally up to about 25% non-wood-based fiber; and - a sizing agent, wherein said sizing agent is in an amount of about 2% to about 10% for every about 100 kg of said pulp component;
A heat-sensitive recording material, comprising a carrier substrate and a heat-sensitive colour-forming layer, which contains at least one colour former and at least one phenol-free colour developer, wherein the at least one colour developer is the compound of formula (I) (Ar 1 -SO 2 -NH-) m -Y-(-NH-C(O)-NH-SO 2 -Ar 2 ) n (I), wherein Ar 1 is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic group, Ar 2 is an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group, Y is at least one benzene group or naphthalene group substituted (m+n) times, and Y is substituted in such a way that at least one Ar 2 -SO 2 -NH-C(O)-NH group is in the ortho position with respect to at least one Ar 1 -SO 2 -NH group.
Use of a hydrophobized motor vehicle component for a piste grooming vehicle, comprising a motor vehicle component body and at least one hydrophobic silane layer which is an at least partial coating of the surface of the motor vehicle component body, wherein the at least one hydrophobic silane layer includes a hydrophobic silane or consists of such a silane and the silane is a fluoric silane.
A composition comprising a nucleic acid molecule for use in the treatment and/or prevention of Hepatitis B virus infection, wherein said nucleic acid molecule inhibits expression and/or activity of PAP associated domain containing 5 (PAPD5).