Abstract: A multi-outlet fluid pump includes a housing, a motorized pump, an electrical power supply, a fluid inlet, and two separate discharge outlets.

Abstract: A method for the application of an aqueous treatment solution to the surface of a strip which is moving at a preset trip speed, includes the following steps: spraying the aqueous treatment solution onto at least one rotating roll of a roll coater with a rotary sprayer having spray rotors disposed side by side in the longitudinal direction of the roll, to which the aqueous treatment solution is supplied and which are made to rotate by a spray rotor drive so that the treatment solution, driven by the centrifugal force, is sprayed in the form of a spray jet onto the surface of the roll; and applying the aqueous treatment solution to at least one surface of the strip by moving the strip past a rotating application roll of the roll coater, with the application roll transferring the aqueous treatment solution in the form of a wet film onto the surface of the strip.

Abstract: A notification is received at a workload that indicates that a compliance policy update is available for the workload at a compliance policy management system. A synchronization manager on the workload pulls the compliance policy update from the compliance policy management system and deploys it to the workload.

Abstract: Techniques to isolating a portion of an online computing service are described. The following description may refer to the isolated portion as a deployment unit configured with a complete build of the online computing service. In one embodiment, after applying one or more changes to the complete build, the deployment unit may be used for testing these changes using end-to-end tests. In another embodiment, the deployment unit may be dedicated to a specific group of tenants that require at least some isolation from other tenants. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A notification is received at a workload that indicates that a compliance policy update is available for the workload at a compliance policy management system. A synchronization manager on the workload pulls the compliance policy update from the compliance policy management system and deploys it to the workload.

Abstract: A network, in particular an Ethernet network, contains as network elements at least two network components that are interconnected by a network transmission line. Accordingly, at least one expansion unit having two external ports is disposed in the network line for extending the scope thereof, wherein the expansion unit forwards a failure of the network transmission line at one of the ports thereof to a port of the next subsequent network element.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for the application of an aqueous treatment solution onto the surface of a steel strip that is moved, at a prespecified strip speed, in a direction of movement of the strip, with the following steps: drying of the moving steel strip with a gas flow; application of the aqueous solution on at least one surface of the steel strip with a rotary sprayer with several spray rotors that are situated next to one another, transverse to the direction of movement of the strip, to which the aqueous treatment solution is supplied and which are rotated by a drive, so as to spray the treatment solution, as a result of centrifugal force, in the form of a spray jet, onto the surface of the steel strip and, there, to form a wet film of the aqueous treatment solution; equalization of the applied wet film of the aqueous treatment solution by driven smoothing rollers; and drying of the applied wet film of the aqueous treatment solution.

Abstract: The invention is related to a method for the quantitative optical measurement of a characteristic property of at least one analyte in at least one laboratory sample, in particular for the fluorescence measurement of at least one biochemical or biological sample, has the method using a laboratory apparatus, which h at least one light source and at least one detector device, the apparatus utilizing at least sensitivity parameter S, which controls the capability of the laboratory apparatus to detect a signal by means of the at least one detector device, the method using source light for causing the at least one sample to emit a sample light, and the at least one detector device for detecting sample light and utilizing the at least one sensitivity parameter S to detect the corresponding at least one intensity I of the sample light, the method comprising the steps: —determining at least one reference point (S_ref; I ref); —using at least one first sensitivity parameter S_m1, which is not the same as S_ref, for mea

Abstract: The present invention provides a zero-emission dialysis clinic including a building envelope, daylight concept, lighting concept, mechanical ventilation (71), a chilled and heated ceiling (61) with capillary tubes (60), heat pump (50), and a photovoltaic system (80). Specifically, the present invention balances the energy consumption with energy generation by a photovoltaic system. The CO2 emissions are thus balanced and the building produces no net emissions.

Abstract: A surgical clip for occluding a vein, artery or other body passageway 2 comprises a base portion 3, a pair of resilient limbs 4a, 4b configured to extend generally laterally outwardly from the base portion and each having a free end disposed forward of the base portion, and a reaction portion 9a/b mounted to the base portion 3, the reaction portion defining a generally forwardly directed reaction surface 10 disposed between the base portion 3 and the free ends of the limbs 4a, 4b, the limbs (4a, 4b) being movable under a resilient restoring force from a first, open, condition, in which a gap is provided between the limbs and the reaction portion for receiving the body passageway into the clip, to a second, closed, condition, in which the limbs cooperate with the reaction portion to grip the body passageway to occlude the same.

Abstract: An application asynchronously flattens a graph in a relational store to provide fast access to node relationship queries. The application may implement an algorithm that retrieves forward paths of a start node. The algorithm may also retrieve reverse paths of end node. The application may cross-join the forward and reverse paths to determine link paths connecting the start and end nodes. The application may merge the link paths with existing paths. The application may increment path reference counts. The application may store the link paths as a link between the nodes to represent a relationship between the nodes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tempering apparatus for tempering a sample comprising: at least one tempering block configured for receiving at least one sample, at least one tempering device arranged for tempering the tempering block, at least one temperature measurement device assigned to the tempering device, at least one control loop to which the tempering device and temperature measurement device are assigned to, at least one control device configured for control of the tempering of the tempering block, wherein the tempering apparatus comprises at least two temperature measurement devices assigned to the control loop, and that to the tempering apparatus a testing device for performing a test method is assigned to, wherein the testing device comprises a signal-connection to at least one of the at least two temperature measurement devices, such that at least one testing quantity of the tempering apparatus is detectable, which characterizes the operational status of the tempering apparatus.

Abstract: An application asynchronously flattens a graph in a relational store to provide fast access to node relationship queries. The application may implement an algorithm that retrieves forward paths of a start node. The algorithm may also retrieve reverse paths of end node. The application may cross-join the forward and reverse paths to determine link paths connecting the start and end nodes. The application may merge the link paths with existing paths. The application may increment path reference counts. The application may store the link paths as a link between the nodes to represent a relationship between the nodes.

Abstract: A data store receives a page cookie as a request for a page of records. The page cookie acts as a container to a record identifier of a last retrieved record and a timestamp of the last change to the record. The data store identifies retrieved pages to skip over according to a comparison of date, time and data instance name/write-master information for each record in the retrieved pages against the information in the page cookie. The data stamp contains information about the timestamp of last change to the record and data store instance name of the record. Subsequent to finding a matching record, the data store creates a new page cookie based on the page containing the record and transmits the new page cookie and the page to the requester.

Abstract: A device for the dimensionally variable display of a function chart on a display (10) of a laboratory apparatus, including a processing unit (14) that accesses data storage means (16, 18, 20) for digital laboratory data to be displayed as a function chart, prepares the digital laboratory data for depiction on the display, and can be manually operated via mechanically actuated keys and/or switching means (24), wherein the processing unit for performing the dimensional change of the depicted two-dimensional function chart is designed in such a way that a predetermined dimensional change in the abscissa toward a target range is performed as a reaction to actuating the first key and/or switch (28, 30) and shown on the display in such a way that the target range occupies a predetermined region of the abscissa, and the function chart is displayed along the ordinate in such a way that a predetermined range of ordinates automatically expands the region between a function maximum or a function minimum in the target ra

Abstract: A network, in particular an Ethernet network, contains as network elements at least two network components that are interconnected by a network transmission line. Accordingly, at least one expansion unit having two external ports is disposed in the network line for extending the scope thereof, wherein the expansion unit forwards a failure of the network transmission line at one of the ports thereof to a port of the next subsequent network element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for testing of a tempering apparatus, wherein the method comprises the following steps: starting of the method; operation of at least said first tempering device for the duration of at least one first period from at least one first time; detection of at least one measurement temperature from said at least one first temperature measurement device, which is assigned to said first tempering device, at least at a second time; determining at least one first testing quantity of the tempering apparatus by using said at least one measurement temperature; and comparison of said first testing quantity with one reference quantity.

Abstract: An apparatus is described for dispensing a surgical clip (1) of memory metal, the clip being of the kind having a central portion (2) defining a plane and a pair of limbs (3, 4) extending from opposite sides of the central portion, one (3) of the pair of limbs having a free end disposed forward, and above the plane, of the central portion (2) and the other (4) of the pair of limbs having a free end disposed forward, and below the plane, of the central portion (2). The apparatus comprises an inner shaft (27) in which the clip (1) can be mounted and an outer movable member (25) for displacing the clip along the longitudinal axis of the inner shaft (27).

Abstract: A method of testing a test object, comprising the steps of arranging the test object at a deformable contact element of a holding device, wherein the contact element is at least partially deformed so that at least a partial area of the test object is in gap-free contact with at least a partial area of the contact element, and wherein for at least two contact points of the contact element, which are in contact with the partial area of the test object, upon through-radiation by means of electromagnetic radiation that is parallel to a predefined through-radiation direction, an optical path length of the electromagnetic radiation through the holding device and the test object is substantially identical; having the electromagnetic radiation radiate through the holding device and the test object in parallel to the predefined through-radiation direction detecting the electromagnetic radiation after through-radiation; and evaluating the detected electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: A device for the dimensionally variable display of a function chart on a display (10) of a laboratory apparatus, including a processing unit (14) that accesses data storage means (16, 18, 20) for digital laboratory data to be displayed as a function chart, prepares the digital laboratory data for depiction on the display, and can be manually operated via mechanically actuated keys and/or switching means (24), wherein the processing unit for performing the dimensional change of the depicted two-dimensional function chart is designed in such a way that a predetermined dimensional change in the abscissa toward a target range is performed as a reaction to actuating the first key and/or switch (28, 30) and shown on the display in such a way that the target range occupies a predetermined region of the abscissa, and the function chart is displayed along the ordinate in such a way that a predetermined range of ordinates automatically expands the region between a function maximum or a function minimum in the target ra