Abstract: A method to manufacture a global tonnage of steel products in at least two steelmaking units wherein expected level emissions are calculated and compared with pre-defined targets.

Abstract: An example of an apparatus to transport utility-scale lithium-ion batteries in a racked and operational state. The apparatus includes a base and an isolation platform. In addition, the apparatus includes an isolator mounted on the base to support the isolation platform. The isolator is to dampen forces exerted on the isolation platform from the base. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a rack mounted onto the isolation platform. The rack is to secure a plurality of lithium-ion batteries to store energy at a utility-scale to be provided to a power distribution network. The plurality of lithium-ion batteries is racked in an operational state during transportation.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a steel product into at least two different steelmaking units wherein an expected level of CO2 emissions for the manufacturing of said product in each respective steelmaking unit is calculated.

Abstract: A method to manufacture a steel product in a steelmaking plant including several different tools, the method including the definition of at least two manufacturing routes using different tools and the calculation of the expected level of CO2 emissions associated to each of this defined manufacturing routes.

Abstract: A cell culture apparatus includes a cell culture module including multiple cell culture chambers. A manifold connects the multiple cell culture chambers together along a side of the cell culture module. The manifold includes a side wall base structure connected to the side of the cell culture module and a column structure that is formed as a monolithic part of the side wall base structure. The column structure defines a fluid flow pathway through the manifold and to inlets to the cell culture chambers to allow filling and emptying of the cell culture chambers of liquid medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to an installation and a process for production of a cryogenic fluid, in particular of liquefied hydrogen, comprising, positioned in at least one cold box, a set of heat exchangers in thermal exchange with the circuit for hydrogen to be cooled, the installation comprising a device for pre-cooling, which is configured to pre-cool the circuit for gas to be cooled to a first determined temperature, and a device for cryogenic cooling which is configured to cool the circuit for gas to be cooled to a second determined temperature, lower than the first temperature, the cycle gas cooling unit and/or the cycle gas heating unit comprise(s) one or more first cycle heat exchangers distinct from the first part of the pre-cooling heat exchangers of the circuit for the gas to be cooled, these first cycle heat exchangers also being cooled by thermal exchange with the pre-cooling fluid circuit of the pre-cooling device.

Abstract: A cell culture vessel has a wall and cell culture surface having a plurality of microcavities for culturing cells in three-dimensional conformation, referred to as “spheroids”. The inner surface of the wall and the cell culture surface define a cell culture chamber of the vessel. The wall is attached to the cell culture surface in a way that does not provide flat surfaces on or around the cell culture surface so that the vessel provides an environment suitable for the production of a homogeneous population of three-dimensional cell clusters, or spheroids.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a cell culture media extending material capable of releasing nutrients into the cell culture environment slowly overtime. In embodiments, this material is a part of a cell culture vessel. In embodiments, the material is a coating or a film on a surface of a cell culture material. In additional embodiments, the material is a surface upon which cells are cultured, such as a cell culture vessel or a microcarrier.

Abstract: A microcavity dish (10) for cultivating cells includes a dish body including a sidewall (16) that encloses a cell culture chamber within the dish body. The dish body has a top and a bottom (12). The bottom includes a cell culturing substrate comprising an array of microcavities (46). The sidewall includes a transition portion (30) that divides the sidewall into an upper portion and a lower portion that is offset inward relative to the upper portion defining a liquid medium delivery surface (26) that extends at least partially along an interior surface (28) of the sidewall and slopes toward the bottom.

Abstract: The invention is based on the discovery of a new bacterial compound with analgesic properties which could be used as a new tool for the treatment of pain disorders such as visceral pain. Studying the mechanisms implicated in analgesic properties of the probiotic Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 (EcN), inventors characterized, the amino fatty acids produced by EcN, which display the Ecn analgesic properties. One of these compounds inhibits the hypersensitivity to colorectal distension induced by capsaicin, which is a very powerful nociceptive compound and acts via the GABA B receptor. Furthermore, inventors demonstrate that this compound is able to cross the cellular epithelial barrier (such as the intestinal epithelium). Thus, the invention relates to a lipopetide compound, derived from gamma-aminobutyric acid. The invention also relates to a lipopeptide compound according to the invention for the treatment of treating pain disorder, such as somatic pain and visceral pain.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing an atraumatic sheath tip. Various disclosed embodiments seek to help reduce or avoid unnecessary tissue damage upon a sheath being extended to convey an elongated instrument for sampling or treatment. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus includes a deformable sheath tip configured to be positioned at a distal end of a sheath. The sheath defines therein a lumen configured to convey an elongated instrument. The sheath tip has a base end disposable at the distal end of the sheath and a contact end. The sheath tip has a first column strength along an axis of the sheath tip that is less than a second column strength of the sheath and a first degree of deformability that is greater than a second degree of deformability of the sheath.

Abstract: A pallet for carrying an object. The pallet may include a receiving surface to support the object. The pallet may include a socket and may be part of a pallet assembly including a rotationally asymmetrical positioning rod operable to be selectively repositioned within the socket with a main body extending above the receiving surface to restrain a lateral movement of the object. The pallet may include a support frame to support the plurality of objects thereon. The support frame may including a plurality of post supports. The pallet may include a plurality of stacking post assemblies each including a first post having a bottom end pivotally secured to the support frame and a second post operable to move between an extended position engaged with the post support and the first post and a retracted positon engaged with only one of the post support and the first post.

Abstract: A catheter and catheter system includes a first lumen and a second lumen adjacent to the first lumen. The catheter occupies an arc around the first lumen, wherein the arc is greater than 180° and less than 360°, thus creating a lengthwise opening to the first lumen. The catheter material surrounds the second lumen in a cross-sectional dimension. Prior to a procedure, a sampling device is introduced into the second lumen prior and the probe is snapped into the first lumen prior to insertion into an endoscope.

Abstract: Biostimulant composition. The invention relates to a biostimulant composition for plants, comprising (i) micronized zeolite and (ii) micronized calcareous algae, for instance lithothamnion. The mass ratio between the zeolite content and the content of calcareous algae is between 0.1 and 10, preferably between 0.25 and 4. The particle size of the zeolite or, respectively, of the calcareous algae is such that the diameter D90 is less than 20 ?m, preferably less than 10 ?m, or even less than 4 ?m, when it is measured by laser particle size analysis in accordance with the standard ISO 13320:2020 on the basis of the Fraunhofer scattering model. The zeolite and the calcareous algae together represent at least 60% by mass, preferably at least 75% by mass and even more preferably at least 90% by mass, of the solid matter of the composition.

Abstract: Various aspects of methods, systems, and use cases may be used to inflate a balloon catheter using a syringe. The syringe may include a channel portion shaped to create a channel, and a plunger, for example including an inserted end and a free end, which when inserted in the channel to place the inserted end at a plunger starting position, causes a starting pressure to be applied to the balloon catheter. In an example, the channel portion or the plunger includes at least one visual indicia indicating the plunger starting position, the plunger starting position located along an insertion axis (e.g., of the channel portion and the plunger).

Abstract: Systems, methods, and executable programs for providing lung candidacy information to health care professionals. In an illustrative embodiment, a valve planning tool including a flexible shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, and a plurality of flexible sizing elements configured to be attachable to the flexible shaft. The flexible sizing elements are extendable radially from the flexible shaft when in a deployed state and at least partially foldable around a longitudinal axis of the flexible sizing elements when in a retracted state.

Abstract: Devices and methods for setting position of a medical tool within an endoscope. In an illustrative embodiment, a device includes a housing that is configured to be connectable to a distal end of a scope and a sheath stop component that is configured to limit distal movement of a sheath received within the scope.

Abstract: A needle apparatus having a sheath with a protective hypotube insert and a method of making the needle sheath. An example needle apparatus includes a handle, a needle having a proximal end connected to the handle and a sheath. The sheath is configured to receive of the needle. The sheath includes a proximal end connected to the handle, a distal end, a lumen and the protective insert. The lumen passes from the proximal end to the distal end of the sheath. The protective insert is received within the lumen at the distal end of the sheath when force and/or heat are applied.

Abstract: A pallet for carrying an object. The pallet may include a receiving surface to support the object. The pallet may include a socket and may be part of a pallet assembly including a rotationally asymmetrical positioning rod operable to be selectively repositioned within the socket with a main body extending above the receiving surface to restrain a lateral movement of the object. The pallet may include a support frame to support the plurality of objects thereon. The support frame may including a plurality of post supports. The pallet may include a plurality of stacking post assemblies each including a first post having a bottom end pivotally secured to the support frame and a second post operable to move between an extended position engaged with the post support and the first post and a retracted positon engaged with only one of the post support and the first post.

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative apparatuses and systems for performing multi-lumen catheter functions and methods for making the apparatuses. An illustrative apparatus includes a multi-lumen sheath, a cap having a proximal end attachable to a distal end of the multi-lumen sheath, and a liner. The cap includes a ramp section having a ramp and an exit port and an imaging section disposed distally from the ramp section. The ramp allows travel of a medical device from within the liner to the exit port. The distal ramp section extends distally from the flexible proximal section and is received by the ramp of the ramp section. The distal ramp section has a curved portion. The cap includes a socket for receiving a tab of the distal ramp section. The curved portion includes bending relief features.