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The invention relates to a turbine 1, in particular a gas turbine, which along a swivel-mounted rotationally symmetrical rotor 2 has a compressor 3, a combustion chamber 5 and a turbine section 7 formed of a plurality of turbine stages 15, in which each turbine stage 15 contains mutually interacting blades 17 and vanes 16 which a hot working fluid 13 can flow around, with a coolant provided by the compressor 3 for cooling the blades 16, 17, which can flow in a channel along the rotor 2 from the compressor 3 to the turbine section 7 and into which a liquid can be introduced for cooling. In order to specify a turbine in which less wear occurs and in which the lifetime of the components is increased, it is proposed that the channel extends outside the rotor 2 and that the liquid can be introduced at the end of the channel which faces the compressor 2.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing unwanted data packets from a ring topology communication network having a plurality of nodes. The invention ensures that a data packet is removed from the network if there is a failure of the originating node, or if there is a failure of the node principally responsible for removing the data packet. The invention provides fault-tolerance, without significantly adversely affecting the overall network performance. The invention provides the originating node address in a controlled field of the data packet, with unused data bits within the control field being used as "rouge packet bits." The invention will include one or more nodes designated as "rouge data packet removal nodes" or "rouge removal nodes." A data packet is created at an originating node which will embed its own address in a "Node ID" field of the data packet and will transmit the data packet along the network. The invention enables rouge data packets to be detected and removed from the network.

A method of molding a composite insulator having a core member and an overcoat portion arranged on an outer surface of the core member, in which a core member having metal fittings at both ends thereof is set in a metal mold for molding the composite insulator, overcoat portion forming materials are filled in a cavity for molding said overcoat portion formed around the core member, and then the overcoat portion forming materials are cured by heat, is disclosed. The improved method includes a step of making a temperature increase of the overcoat portion forming materials near the metal fittings equal to that of the other portion, when the overcoat portion forming materials are cured by heat, by utilizing an additional heating means.

A process of preparing an adhesive haemostatic product is provided. The process comprises: (a) coating a porous solid substrate with a coating liquid that comprises an electrophilically activated polyoxazoline (EL-POX) and a solvent to produce a coated substrate; and (b) removing the solvent from the coated substrate. The EL-POX comprises at least 2 reactive electrophilic groups. The process enables the application of an EL-POX coating that leaves the pore structure of the substrate largely intact so that the ability of the porous substrate to absorb body fluids, such as blood, remains essentially unaffected. The EL-POX coated haemostatic product obtained by the present process has excellent adhesive properties due to the presence of electrophilic reactive groups that are capable of reacting with e.g. amine groups that are naturally present in tissue, under the formation of covalent bonds.

An ultrasonic motor has a cylindrical rotor for performing a mechanical output, a plurality of ultrasonic vibrators each having two points in internal contact with the rotor, and a preload mechanism for pressing the ultrasonic vibrators from an inside toward an outside of the rotor, and the ultrasonic vibrators are provided to be rotatable relative to the preload mechanism. With this configuration, an internal contact type ultrasonic motor capable of performing efficient drive by using a plurality of ultrasonic vibrators each in contact with a cylindrical rotor at two points and allowing contact at all contact points without requiring a high machining accuracy can be provided.

A powder and a powder mixture, respectively, preferably for powder blasting with a powder-jet device, said device mixing the powder or the powder mixture with air to a powder/air mixture, wherein said powder and powder mixture is an alditol or contains such alditol. Preferably, mannitol and/or erythritol are used; because of the anti-cariogenic effect, xylitol is also well suitable for the cleaning of tooth surfaces, especially of less strongly mineralized tooth surfaces like dentine.

A torsion suspension includes two longitudinal control arms having front ends and rear ends in travel direction and a torsion axle extending transversely to and interconnecting the longitudinal control arms. A bearing assembly swingably supports the front ends of the longitudinal control arms in relation to a vehicle body. Coupled to each the rear ends of the longitudinal control arms are transverse control arms for absorbing lateral forces.

The invention relates to a magnet valve, having a valve insert and a tappet guided movably in the valve insert via a tappet guide, which tappet is braced on a valve body via a restoring spring resting a contact face of the tappet, and the restoring spring is guided radially from inside on one end by a spring guide of the tappet, the spring guide adjoining the contact face. According to the invention, centering means are present, which are disposed on the tappet in such a way that the restoring spring is centered and radially guided from inside over a substantial portion of its length.

The present disclosure relates to a hair cutting appliance (10), particularly an electrically operated grooming appliance (10), and to a cutting head (18) for a hair cutting appliance (10), the cutting head (18) comprising a blade set (20) comprising a stationary blade (36) and a cutter blade (38), the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38) comprising at least one toothed leading edge (22, 24) jointly defined by respective teeth (62, 64) of the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38), the teeth (62, 64) of the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38) basically extending in a longitudinal direction (X), wherein the stationary blade (36) further comprises a front face (58), particularly at the teeth (62) thereof, the front face (58) being arranged to face a user's skin, when in operation, and a skin protector (76) coupled to a housing portion (32) of the cutting head (18), wherein the skin protector (76) at least partially covers the front face (58), wherein the skin protector (76) is arranged to contact the skin, when in operation, wherein the skin protector (76) is movable, in response to external forces applied thereto, between a first state and a second state with respect to the blade set (20), wherein the skin protector (76) is arranged in an advanced position in the first state, and wherein the skin protector (76) is arranged in a retracted position in the second state.

The invention relates to curable epoxy resin compositions containing at least one epoxy resin having on average more than one epoxide group per molecule, at least one inorganic filler and at least one polycarboxylate ether, wherein the inorganic filler is coated with the polycarboxylate ether. The invention also relates to multi-component systems for producing said epoxy resin compositions, cured epoxy resins, a powder component K3 for the multi-component system, uses and methods.

A method for separating cells which includes: adhering cells to the surface of a cell culture substrate containing a photo-acid generator that generates an acidic substance upon irradiation with active energy rays, and irradiating only a partial region of the cell culture substrate with the active energy rays to selectively remove the cells within the partial region, thereby separating the cells within the partial region and cells in other regions.

A computer-based method for generating rules for a clinical decision support system includes displaying a selected lab result for a patient, receiving a command from a user to create a rule using the selected lab result, and displaying questions and receiving answers from the user concerning future values of the selected lab result and/or trends of the selected lab result. The method further includes generating a rule for notifying the user based upon the future values of the selected lab result and/or trends of the selected lab result, in accordance with the received answers from the user.

A battery comprises a housing and a plurality of battery cells arranged in the housing. Each battery cell has at least one discharge valve. The battery further comprises a discharge pipe system for discharging gases released from one, a plurality of or all discharge valves of the battery cells. The discharge pipe system according to the disclosure has a plurality of separate connections for receiving the released gases and a common discharge guide into which the separate connections open and via which the released gases can be discharged out of the housing. The battery is characterized in that a protective film is arranged between the discharge valves of the battery cells and the separate connections of the discharge pipe system so that direct contact of the battery cells to the gases in the discharge pipe system is prevented.

A particle sensing system is for sensing particles entrained in a fluid. The system comprises a flow channel having a longitudinal direction along which the fluid is to be passed, a heating arrangement for heating the fluid and thereby applying a positive thermophoretic force on the fluid in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the flow channel and a first sensor for sensing the particles in the fluid after heating by the heating arrangement. The thermophoretic force increases the concentration of the particles at the first sensor.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising the botanicals from the Family Ranunculaceae, Subclass: Dicotyledonae; Crassinucelli, Superorder: Ranunculales. Examples of these botanicals include but are not limited to; Actaea, Anemone, Ranunculus, and Nigella, or extracts thereof, which are useful in treating liver diseases, particularly those with viral etiology. More specifically, the compositions of the present invention are derived from various botanicals or medicinal plants. The compositions of the invention have demonstrated outstanding efficacy for treatment of patients with hepatic disorders. Compositions of the present invention have also exhibited immunomodulatory activities. The preferred compositions contain the botanical ingredients in concentrations of not less than 20% w/v. The treatment can be therapeutic or prophylactic and may be administered orally, parenterally, as suppository or via nasal mucosa. The treatment may be delivered in a single dose, multi-doses or via a slow release mechanism.