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The present invention generally relates to a process that copolymerizes two or more polymerizable olefins, and to cataclyst comprising a metal-ligand complex (precatalyst). The present invention also generally relates to ligands useful for preparing the metal-ligand complex.

Disclosed are an apparatus for an interspinous fixation and / or distraction of vertebrae and a methodology for minimally invasive implantation of the apparatus in the spine of a patient. The apparatus corresponds to a pair of teardrop shaped lateral wing elements spaced apart by a central core element that may be selectively sized during the implantation process. The wings and central core are held together by a single threaded bolt and locking nut configuration resulting in a simple structure that may be easily implanted with minimal patient discomfort.

A microfluidic component for manipulating a fluid includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate that is configured from a resilient material and arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one first recess that forms a first control chamber is configured on the face of the first substrate facing the third substrate. At least one second recess that forms a fluid channel is configured on the face of the second substrate facing the third substrate. A second control chamber that is spatially separated from the first control chamber and a control channel that connects the first control chamber to the second control chamber are formed in the first substrate. At least one lateral wall of the second control chamber is configured from resilient material and is deformable by an actuator such that the inner volume of the second control chamber decreases.

A landscape care device has a first care tool embodied as a mowing device, a sweeping broom, or the like, and at least one second care tool in the form of a spring tine rake arranged in front of the first care tool and acting simultaneously or with time shift relative to the first care tool. A carriage with a front axle is provided, wherein only the spring tine rake is effective in front of the front axle of the carriage. The spring tine rake has spring tines and the spring line rake is designed such that the spring tines are effective by a substantially straight push movement exerted on the spring tine rake.

A wiper motor which can prevent an impact force from greatly acting on attaching parts is provided. A gear cover formed in a substantially inverted y-plate shape is fastened to an opening of a gear case of the wiper motor used in a rear wiper device so as to cover a worm reduction gear and a crank device. A gravity center of a motor part and a gear part is disposed within an area of a triangle formed by a first attaching part, a second attaching part, and a third attaching part, which are formed at three end portions of the inverted y-plate shape of the gear cover. The first attaching part is disposed on an extension line of the rotation axis, and the rotation axis is disposed at a position where a segment connecting the second attaching part and the third attaching part is divided into half. A wiper shaft is disposed on an opposite side to the third attaching part with respect to a segment connecting the first attaching part and the second attaching part.

A hybrid manual-electronic pipette combines a manually driven piston with real-time electronic measurement of liquid volume and piston displacement while compensating for both pipette-specific and pipette model-specific variations. The hybrid nature of the pipette facilitates increased accuracy and improved ease of use, and enables additional functionalities not practicable with traditional manual pipettes.

A heat-sensitive recording sheet is formed as a laminate and includes at least a first and a second web material. The first web material has a substrate of paper with a watermark and the second web material has at least a substrate and a heat-sensitive recording layer.

The invention relates to an intelligent control system for music fountains. The intelligent control system is mainly characterized in that the system comprises a DMX512 controller, an ambient lighting subsystem, a stage light subsystem, an underwater light subsystem, a water spray subsystem, an audio and video playing server, a sound amplification subsystem, a large screen subsystem and external control equipment; the DMX512 controller is connected with the ambient lighting subsystem, the stage light subsystem, the underwater light subsystem, the water spray subsystem and the audio and video playing server by a DXM512 communication protocol; the audio and video playing server is connected with the sound amplification subsystem and the large screen subsystem; and the audio and video playing server is connected with the external control equipment and achieves a control function. All the subsystems can be controlled in a unified way by one piece of external control equipment. The problem on how to intelligentize music fountain square performance is solved. The operation cost of music fountain show squares is greatly reduced, and high-speed synchronous operation of the subsystems is realized.

The invention relates to a device for opening an ampoule (3), said device comprising a substantially hollow cylindrical housing (11) having an interior for accommodating an ampoule (3). The device also comprises a rotary element (12) having a proximal section (121), to which a break-off section (124) extending in the distal direction is connected. The break-off section (124) is flexible in the radial direction and / or is pivotably connected to the proximal section (121) in the radial direction. The rotary element (12) can be rotated relative to the housing (11) about the longitudinal axis in an actuating direction from an initial position to an intermediate position. In the area of the side wall (111), the housing (11) has a first guiding structure (119), which is designed in such a way that the first guiding structure presses the break-off section (124) inward during a rotation from the initial position to the intermediate position so that the break-off section (124) exerts a radial shear force on the ampoule head (33) of an ampoule (3) accommodated in the interior in order to break the ampoule head (33) off of the ampoule body (31).

A method for electrodeposition of bronzes, with which the substrate to be coated is plated in an acid electrolyte that contains at least tin and copper ions, an alkylsulfonic acid and a wetting agent, and the preparation of such an electrolyte.

An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine is mainly made up of a transformer part and a control circuit part and a connecting part, and the transformer part is made up of a iron core which forms an open magnetic path, magnets, a secondary spool, a secondary coil, a primary spool and a primary coil. By respectively setting the cross-sectional area SC of the iron core between 39 to 54 mm2, the ratio of the cross-sectional area SM of the magnets with the cross-sectional area SC of the iron core in the 0.7 to 1.4 range, the ratio of the axial direction length Lc of the iron core with the winding width L of the primary and secondary coils in the 0.9 to 1.2 range, and the winding width L in the 50 to 90 mm range, the primary energy produced in the primary coil can be increased without increasing the external diameter A of the case.

A crystal of a dipeptidyl peptidase IV; a three-dimensional structural coordinate of the dipeptidyl peptidase IV; a method for obtaining a three-dimensional coordinate of a homolog protein of the dipeptidyl peptidase IV; a method for obtaining a three-dimensional structural coordinate of a crystal of a complex of the dipeptidyl peptidase IV and a effector of the dipeptidyl peptidase IV; a method for identifying pharmacophore of the effector of the dipeptidyl peptidase IV; a method for designing, identifying, evaluating or searching; the effector; and a program and a medium therefor for use of the three-dimensional structural coordinate.

A device for ventilating and cooling the interior of a vehicle with at least one air guide channel (7) having air inlet openings (8) located in the rear of a solar cell equipped vehicle roof (5a, 5b), the air guide channel (7) being restricted to the rear area (3) of the vehicle roof (5a, 5b) and having at least one fan (15) for taking in outside air (10) and at least one coolng element (14) for cooling the air taken in. The bottom of the air guide channel (7) is formed by a first section (12) of a roof portion (5b) which extends from the vehicle rear toward the vehicle front (3, 1) and the top of the air guide channel (7) is formed by a second section (13) of a roof portion (5a) which extends from the vehicle front toward the vehicle rear (1, 3).

A method for protecting and restraining a passenger on a passenger seat of a vehicle in case of an accident, with the aid of at least one restraint element of a protection and restraint device, an evaluation and control unit for a protection and restraint device for carrying out the method, a protection and restraint device for protecting a passenger having such an evaluation and control unit, as well as a corresponding computer program and computer program product for carrying out the method are described. A positioning applied force is generated as a function of an ascertained current driving situation, the applied force accelerating the passenger away from a vehicle side structure in the direction of the middle of the vehicle if a predefined precrash situation is detected.

A chin chain for bits / bridles used in equestrian sports (e.g. curb bits) has a first chain element and a second chain element. The first element has members formed of loops that are twisted in one direction, and the second element has members formed of loops that are twisted in the opposite direction. The first element and the second element are linked by at least one connecting ring and are capable of being connected to the bridle.

A device for ventilating and cooling the interior of a vehicle with at least one air guide channel (7) having air inlet openings (8) located in the rear of a solar cell equipped vehicle roof (5a, 5b), the air guide channel (7) being restricted to the rear area (3) of the vehicle roof (5a, 5b) and having at least one fan (15) for taking in outside air (10) and at least one cooling element (14) for cooling the air taken in. The bottom of the air guide channel (7) is formed by a first section (12) of a roof portion (5b) which extends from the vehicle rear toward the vehicle front (3, 1) and the top of the air guide channel (7) is formed by a second section (13) of a roof portion (5a) which extends from the vehicle front toward the vehicle rear (1, 3).

A method by which a flat steel product containing 2-35 wt. % of Mn can be provided with a coating of Zn which adheres well by annealing at an annealing temperature Ta of 600-1100° C. for an annealing time of 10-240 s under an annealing atmosphere which has a reducing effect on the FeO present on the flat steel product and an oxidizing effect on the Mn contained in the steel substrate thereby forming a layer of Mn mixed oxide which covers the flat steel product at least in sections and then cooling the flat steel product to a temperature for bath entry and conveying it through a bath of molten Zn saturated within iron at a temperature of 420-520° C., within a dip time of 0.1-10 s.

The present invention provides a PS plate for use in making a lithographic printing plate, comprising an aluminum substrate provided thereon with a light-sensitive layer comprising a polyurethane resin binder, an addition polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing compound and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the polyurethane resin binder is one synthesized from at least the following compounds (i) to (iv): (i) at least one di-isocyanate compound; (ii) at least one diol compound having at least one carboxyl group; (iii) at least one diol compound whose log P value is less than 0; and (iv) at least one diol compound whose log P value is higher than 0. The PS plate and a method for making a lithographic printing plate therefrom according to the present invention satisfy the requirements for high resistance to staining and high printing durability, which permits the dissolution, in a developer, of the foregoing compounds insoluble in the developer or the stable dispersion of the compounds in the developer over a long period of time and improve the stable processing ability of the developer, without impairing the image-forming ability at all.

A fuel flowmeter for being fed by a pump including an inlet and an outlet, including: a metering valve including an inlet and an outlet, and arranged downstream from the outlet of the pump; a return circuit connecting the inlet of the metering valve to the inlet of the pump; and a pressure regulator device including: a movable valve member to close and open the return circuit, a pressure difference detection surface fastened to the valve member and axially separating a first chamber in communication with the inlet of the metering valve from a second chamber in communication with the outlet from the metering valve, a piston axially separating the second chamber from a third chamber connected to the outlet of the metering valve, and a channel putting the second chamber in communication with the third chamber.

The target is to provide PDE IV inhibitors which have a highly potent anti-asthmatic and / or COPD-prophylactic / therapeutic profile with unexpectedly excellent safety. A compound of the formula (1): wherein A is phenyl, pyridyl, 1-oxypyridyl, or thienyl, which may be unsubstituted or optionally substituted with one or more members selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, nitro, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylcarbonyloxy, amino, carboxyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, carboxy-lower alkylene, lower alkoxycarbonyl-lower alkylene, lower alkylsulfonyl, lower alkylsulfonylamino, and ureido; R1 is a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, cyano, nitro, lower alkoxy, amino, carboxyl, and lower alkoxycarbonyl; R2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and m is an integer of 1 to 3; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, possesses highly excellent PDE IV-specific inhibitory actions and is useful as an anti-asthmatic drug and / or a prophylactic / therapeutic drug for COPD with high safety.

A built-in domestic appliance including a hinge device that hinges a door to a furniture body of the built-in domestic appliance, with the hinge device being designed to implement an opening and closing movement of the door, during which a gap is formed between one edge of the door and a front of a second furniture body adjacent to the furniture body of the built-in domestic appliance, a sensor device that monitors the gap for a presence of a foreign body, and a blocking device that blocks the hinge device in the presence of the foreign body detected by the sensor device in a direction of movement of the door which would result in a further reduction of the gap.

The invention relates to a gear pump (1) for conveying a fluid, said gear pump comprising a rotatably mounted, external geared toothed wheel (3) and an internal geared annular gear (2) that are meshed in order to generate a conveying action, and are arranged together with an electrically commutable stator (7) in a housing (5). The stator (7) extends concentrically around the annular gear (2) and interacts with the annular gear to generate an electromotive force. The annular gear (2) has a closed, homogeneous cylindrical surface and a plain bearing (13) is provided on the stator (7).

The present invention comprises compositions having a.) at least one acetyltransferase EP300 inhibitor-substance, such as chemically pure spermidine or spermidine-rich wheat germ extract, and optionally b.) at least one nrf2 activator-substance, such as cocoa flavonoids. In use, a user typically adds said compositions to food during the day, and then consumes compositions with food. Typically, such additions are scheduled to occur regularly on consecutive days, for months and over years, such as edible bits of sprinkles-configuration added to meals and snacks, or other configurations as herein disclosed. Such compositions are typically consumed by user in divided doses each day, as disclosed herein.

Beer and beer-based beverages in which the content of polyphenols and / or silicon is enhanced by the addition of polyphenols of Silybum marianum in a water-soluble form comprising their mixture with at least one basic amino acid or aminohexitol in the molar ratio of from 1:1 to 1:2 and / or by the addition of colloidal silicon dioxide in a water-soluble form and comprising its mixture with at least one basic amino acid or aminohexitol in the molar ratio of from 1:3 to 1:4. A method of modification of the content of these substances in beverages is also described.