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A continuous-flow steam explosion reactor for pre-treatment of organic material for further processing to value-added products, comprising: a loading section, a high-pressure retention section, a pressure relief section, and a-discharge section, and wherein said high-pressure retention section comprises at least one adjustable-speed conveyor for transporting a stream of source material through said section, further comprising steam provision means connected to a source of steam, for providing steam into at least said high-pressure retention section, wherein said loading section is configured to transfer material at ambient pressure upstream of the loading section to said high-pressure retention section while retaining high pressure and temperature in the high-pressure retention section by means of steam injection to said loading section, characterised in that said pressure relief section is configured to transfer material from said high-pressure retention section to a discharge section while retaining high pressure in the high-pressure retention section by means of steam injection to said pressure relief section, and wherein said steam injection means in said loading section and said steam injection means in said pressure relief section and loading and release from sections are synchronised such that pressure drop in the high-pressure retention section is minimal and high operating pressure and temperature is maintained during operation. a loading section, a high-pressure retention section, a pressure relief section, and a-discharge section, and wherein said high-pressure retention section comprises at least one adjustable-speed conveyor for transporting a stream of source material through said section, further comprising steam provision means connected to a source of steam, for providing steam into at least said high-pressure retention section, wherein said loading section is configured to transfer material at ambient pressure upstream of the loading section to said high-pressure retention section while retaining high pressure and temperature in the high-pressure retention section by means of steam injection to said loading section, characterised in that said pressure relief section is configured to transfer material from said high-pressure retention section to a discharge section while retaining high pressure in the high-pressure retention section by means of steam injection to said pressure relief section, and wherein said steam injection means in said loading section and said steam injection means in said pressure relief section and loading and release from sections are synchronised such that pressure drop in the high-pressure retention section is minimal and high operating pressure and temperature is maintained during operation.
A grease composition for resin lubrication comprising a base oil; a diurea compound or a metallic complex soap; a polyethylene wax; and a montan wax, characterized in that: the polyethylene wax is in an amount of 3 mass% or more based on the total amount of the grease; the montan wax is in an amount of 2 mass% or more based on the total amount of the grease; the total amount of the montan wax and the polyethylene wax is in an amount of 20 mass% or less based on the total amount of the grease. the polyethylene wax is in an amount of 3 mass% or more based on the total amount of the grease; the montan wax is in an amount of 2 mass% or more based on the total amount of the grease; the total amount of the montan wax and the polyethylene wax is in an amount of 20 mass% or less based on the total amount of the grease.
A method of operating a user equipment, UE, in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: performing an area update in response to a change from a previous registration area to a current registration area; and after performing the area update, performing a reselection to the previous registration area from the current registration area for receiving a paging transmitted on the previous registration area, wherein when performing the reselection to the previous registration area, the UE uses previous cell's information without having to again receive the information of the previous cell. performing an area update in response to a change from a previous registration area to a current registration area; and after performing the area update, performing a reselection to the previous registration area from the current registration area for receiving a paging transmitted on the previous registration area, wherein when performing the reselection to the previous registration area, the UE uses previous cell's information without having to again receive the information of the previous cell.
An injectable composition comprising at least one triazine compound selected from toltrazuril and ponazuril, and an iron complex, wherein said composition is an aqueous suspension containing one or more surfactant(s) selected from sorbitan monooleate, propylene glycol monolaurate, and simethicone emulsion, the composition containing a further surfactant having an HLB strictly superior to 8.
An onboard environment recognition device comprising: an imaging unit that images front of a subject vehicle using an onboard camera; and a recognition unit that recognizes ambient environment using an imaged image that has been imaged by the imaging unit, wherein the onboard camera is capable of imaging a range which includes a headlight illumination range of the subject vehicle and is wider in a horizontal direction than the headlight illumination range, characterized in that the imaging unit images the imaged image by changing an adjustment amount of brightness between an image of an in-illumination region obtained by imaging inside of the headlight illumination range and an image of an out-of-illumination region obtained by imaging outside of the headlight illumination range, and the onboard camera is either a monocular camera or a stereo camera, and the recognition unit is configured to execute a recognition process by utilizing the image of the in-illumination range to recognize an object in the headlight illumination range and utilizing the image of the out-of-illumination region to recognize an object outside the headlight illumination range based on information on a headlight light distribution pattern, and the onboard environment recognition device comprises an exposure adjustment unit that is configured to change a gain or an exposure time of brightness of the imaged image while performing feedback control, such that a luminance average in the in-illumination and the out-of-illumination region falls within a specified luminance range. an imaging unit that images front of a subject vehicle using an onboard camera; and a recognition unit that recognizes ambient environment using an imaged image that has been imaged by the imaging unit, wherein the onboard camera is capable of imaging a range which includes a headlight illumination range of the subject vehicle and is wider in a horizontal direction than the headlight illumination range, characterized in that the imaging unit images the imaged image by changing an adjustment amount of brightness between an image of an in-illumination region obtained by imaging inside of the headlight illumination range and an image of an out-of-illumination region obtained by imaging outside of the headlight illumination range, and the onboard camera is either a monocular camera or a stereo camera, and the recognition unit is configured to execute a recognition process by utilizing the image of the in-illumination range to recognize an object in the headlight illumination range and utilizing the image of the out-of-illumination region to recognize an object outside the headlight illumination range based on information on a headlight light distribution pattern, and the onboard environment recognition device comprises an exposure adjustment unit that is configured to change a gain or an exposure time of brightness of the imaged image while performing feedback control, such that a luminance average in the in-illumination and the out-of-illumination region falls within a specified luminance range.
Method for preparing a short coffee extract from a capsule containing coffee powder, providing a capsule containing between 7 and 8 gram of ground coffee powder, injecting a liquid in the capsule; said liquid interacting with the coffee powder and centrifuging the capsule in a beverage producing device to force, by effect of the centrifugal forces, the liquid coffee extract out of the capsule; such coffee extract being then collected, wherein the extraction of the liquid coffee extract is obtained by rotating the capsule within a speed range comprised within a range of 3000 and 4500 rpm and wherein the liquid flow rate is comprised between 1.0 and 2.0 ml/second, during extraction of the coffee extract from the capsule.
An image forming apparatus (10, 210) comprising: a dot former (44, 44A) including a plurality of dot forming elements arranged along an array direction for ejecting droplets (150, 152) to form dots (154, 156) of at least two sizes on a recording medium; a dot formation controller (84, 216) for controlling the dot former (44, 44A) based on a control signal supplied to the dot formation controller (84, 216), to form the dots (154, 156) successively at a plurality of times to generate image arrays along the array direction while the dot former (44, 44A) and the recording medium are being moved relatively to each other; and a signal converter (80, 160, 222) for converting an input image signal into the control signal supplied to the dot formation controller (84, 216) such that if the dots (154, 156) formed along the array direction are classified into a plurality of groups depending on the plurality of times, an existing ratio of dots of a smaller one of the at least two sizes is higher for one of the groups of an earlier time of the times, wherein the signal converter (80, 160, 222) is configured to convert a continuous-tone image signal into the control signal by performing a halftoning process on the continuous-tone image signal depending on the input image signal according to an ordered dither method, using a threshold matrix (Mt) having dot dispersion characteristics in which the existing ratio of dots of the smaller one of the at least two sizes is higher for the one of the groups of the earlier time of the times, whereby a multivalued image signal having fewer gradation levels than the continuous-tone image signal is acquired. a dot former (44, 44A) including a plurality of dot forming elements arranged along an array direction for ejecting droplets (150, 152) to form dots (154, 156) of at least two sizes on a recording medium; a dot formation controller (84, 216) for controlling the dot former (44, 44A) based on a control signal supplied to the dot formation controller (84, 216), to form the dots (154, 156) successively at a plurality of times to generate image arrays along the array direction while the dot former (44, 44A) and the recording medium are being moved relatively to each other; and a signal converter (80, 160, 222) for converting an input image signal into the control signal supplied to the dot formation controller (84, 216) such that if the dots (154, 156) formed along the array direction are classified into a plurality of groups depending on the plurality of times, an existing ratio of dots of a smaller one of the at least two sizes is higher for one of the groups of an earlier time of the times,
A tire having a tread portion in which a shoulder main groove continuously extending in a tire circumferential direction at each tread edge (Te) side and a shoulder land portion between the shoulder main groove and the tread edge (Te) are provided, wherein the tread edge (Te) is a ground contact position at the outermost side in the tire axial direction when a normal load is applied to the tire in a normal state where the tire is mounted to a normal rim and inflated to a normal internal pressure and no load is applied to the tire and the tire is brought into contact with a plane at a camber angle of 0°, a plurality of shoulder narrow grooves are provided in the shoulder land portion, each of the shoulder narrow grooves includes: a circumferential groove portion that extends in the tire circumferential direction and terminates at end portions thereof at both sides in the shoulder land portion; and an axial groove portion that extends from the circumferential groove portion to the shoulder main groove, the shoulder land portion is a rib that continuously extends in the tire circumferential direction, the axial groove portion is connected between the end portions at both sides of the circumferential groove portion, characterized in that the axial groove portion includes: a first part that extends at the circumferential groove portion side along a tire axial direction; and a second part that extends from the first part to the shoulder main groove so as to be inclined relative to the tire axial direction.
An EMS garment, such as a vest or a bottom strap, for enclosing a body part of a trainee during an EMS training session, comprising textile area sections (1, 2, 3; 101, 102, 103) for plane snuggeling to the body part, and EMS electrodes for transmitting EMS stimuli consisting of current pulses and/or alternating current with predetermined values such as amplitude and frequency from a connected EMS stimulation generating unit to the body part, which EMS electrodes are each connected to one of the textile area sections (1, 2, 3; 101, 102, 103) and are each formed as a pad or a textile structure section having an electrically conductive conductive layer so as to flexibly snuggle to the body part, characterized in that the EMS garment comprises, in a region facing the front side of the body part and in a region facing the rear side of the body part, at least one of the textile area sections (1, 2, 3; 101, 102, 103), respectively, wherein the textile area sections (1, 2, 3; 101, 102, 103) facing the front side and the rear side are connected along a height direction of the erected body part by stretch sections (4, 5; 104; 105) facing both flanks of the body part, each of which consists of a rubber-elastic, elastomeric solid material or is formed in the manner of a corset by a rubber-elastic band which is guided through eyelets at the edges of the two textile area sections (1, 2, 3; 101, 102, 103) to be connected to one another by the stretch sections (4, 5; 104; 105).
Arrangement comprising at least one battery with two electrical contacts (14, 15), wherein a first electrical contact is connected to a first pole of the battery and a second electrical contact is connected to a second pole of the battery, wherein a parallel circuit consisting of a first and a second PTC thermistor (11, 12) is arranged between the first contact and the first pole, wherein the first PTC thermistor turns off at a first temperature in such a way that an electrical resistance of the first PTC thermistor rises to an off value and current conduction no longer takes place for the purpose of power transmission, characterized in that the second PTC thermistor turns off at a second temperature in such a way that an electrical resistance of the PTC thermistor rises to an off value and current conduction no longer takes place for the purpose of power transmission, wherein the first temperature is greater than the second temperature, and wherein the first PTC thermistor has a higher current-carrying capacity than the second PTC thermistor.
A gap filler that protrudes a gap filler plate to a track side to prevent passengers' falling from a platform, comprising: a drive mechanism section; a first link lever section in which a driving end is driven and moved by the drive mechanism section to swing a driven end; a second link lever section that has an input end section with a contact surface to contact the driven end and an output end section swinging when the input end section is moved, the output end section being with a roller section that is changeable in installation position in a predetermined displacement installation-capable direction; and a driven slider that has a guide groove in which the roller section is capable of rolling and converts swing motion of the output end section into linear motion to move the gap filler plate in protrusion and storage directions, wherein an engagement relationship between the first link lever section and the second link lever section constitutes an inverse operation preventive structure that, when the gap filler plate is in a fully protruded state and a fully stored state, enables only forward motion transfer from the first link lever section to the second link lever section, and the displacement installation-capable direction and the direction of the guide groove are parallel to each other in the fully stored state. a drive mechanism section; a first link lever section in which a driving end is driven and moved by the drive mechanism section to swing a driven end; a second link lever section that has an input end section with a contact surface to contact the driven end and an output end section swinging when the input end section is moved, the output end section being with a roller section that is changeable in installation position in a predetermined displacement installation-capable direction; and a driven slider that has a guide groove in which the roller section is capable of rolling and converts swing motion of the output end section into linear motion to move the gap filler plate in protrusion and storage directions, wherein an engagement relationship between the first link lever section and the second link lever section constitutes an inverse operation preventive structure that, when the gap filler plate is in a fully protruded state and a fully stored state, enables only forward motion transfer from the first link lever section to the second link lever section, and the displacement installation-capable direction and the direction of the guide groove are parallel to each other in the fully stored state.
A tractor comprising a hood: the hood comprising: a front grill; a high-beam light unit a low-beam light unit an upper cover, a center pillar, wherein the center pillar is disposed in a center portion in a front view, wherein a center front part of the upper cover is attached to an upper part of the center pillar so that the upper cover is supported by the center pillar, and wherein the front grill is attached to the center pillar characterized in that the high-beam light unit is fixed to a reverse side surface of the front grill in that the low-beam light unit is fixed to the reverse side surface of the front grill and in that the low-beam light unit is also fixed to the rear surface of the high-beam light unit. the hood comprising: a front grill; a high-beam light unit a low-beam light unit an upper cover, a center pillar, a front grill; a high-beam light unit a low-beam light unit an upper cover, a center pillar, wherein the center pillar is disposed in a center portion in a front view, wherein a center front part of the upper cover is attached to an upper part of the center pillar so that the upper cover is supported by the center pillar, and wherein the front grill is attached to the center pillar characterized in that the high-beam light unit is fixed to a reverse side surface of the front grill in that the low-beam light unit is fixed to the reverse side surface of the front grill and in that the low-beam light unit is also fixed to the rear surface of the high-beam light unit.
A holding part (10, 24, 25, 36, 76, 78, 86, 88, 90, 92, 112, 118, 126, 134) for a flat protective device, said holding part (10, 24, 25, 36, 76, 78, 86, 88, 90, 92, 112, 118, 126, 134) comprising: a first flag (14, 104, 106, 108, 110, 114, 120, 128, 136) made of a flat material and a guide element (12, 26, 38, 94, 96, 98, 100, 116, 124, 132) that is attached to the first flag (14, 104, 106, 108, 110, 114, 120, 128, 136), the first flag (14, 104, 106, 108, 110, 114, 120, 128, 136) being capable of being connected to a flat web of the protective device via an adhesive bond and/or via a material connection, characterised in that the guide element (116, 124, 132) is realised in the form of a slider body (12, 38, 94, 96, 98, 100) made of plastic that is injection moulded onto the first flag (14, 104, 106, 108, 110, 114, 120, 128, 136).
Illumination unit for a micro-spectrometer for analysing a sample to be analysed, the illumination unit having the following features: at least one laser excitation light source for emitting an excitation beam; and at least one fluorescence element arranged in a beam path of the excitation beam and configured to generate, using the excitation beam, an illumination beam for illuminating the sample to be analysed, the illumination beam representing a broader electromagnetic spectrum than the excitation beam, characterized in that the illumination unit has a microlens element (410, 502) for focusing the excitation beam onto an excitation point (Sp) of the fluorescence element, the microlens element (410, 502) having a height and a width of less than 5 mm and the excitation point (Sp) having a diameter of less than 10 μm, and the fluorescence element being enclosed by a reflective or absorbent layer having an opening only at the excitation point (Sp) of the fluorescence element. at least one laser excitation light source for emitting an excitation beam; and at least one fluorescence element arranged in a beam path of the excitation beam and configured to generate, using the excitation beam, an illumination beam for illuminating the sample to be analysed, the illumination beam representing a broader electromagnetic spectrum than the excitation beam, characterized in that the illumination unit has a microlens element (410, 502) for focusing the excitation beam onto an excitation point (Sp) of the fluorescence element, the microlens element (410, 502) having a height and a width of less than 5 mm and the excitation point (Sp) having a diameter of less than 10 μm, and the fluorescence element being enclosed by a reflective or absorbent layer having an opening only at the excitation point (Sp) of the fluorescence element.
A method for the in vitro diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies in a human patient comprising the step of determining the amount of transcripts SNCAtv3 (SEQ ID NO: 3) and SNCAtv2 (SEQ ID NO: 2) of the human alpha-synuclein gene (SNCA) in a biological sample obtained from the patient, wherein when the amount of both transcripts determined for the patient is reduced with respect to a reference value, this is indicative of the presence of dementia with Lewy bodies in the patient.