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A hydroponic plant cultivation apparatus comprising: a reservoir for holding fluid, the reservoir including a base and a cover, the base having a top edge, the cover having a lower edge and an upper opening vertically offset from the top edge of the base, wherein the cover has rounded walls, arches upward from the base and converges to the upper opening, and wherein the base defines a first portion of reservoir, and the cover defines a second portion of the reservoir; a planting column having a hollow interior, the planting column positioned above the upper opening in the cover of the reservoir; at least one planting port defined in the planting column for receiving plants at least partially into the hollow interior of the planting column; a conduit passing through the hollow interior of the planting column, the conduit being in fluid communication with the reservoir; a fluid distributor positioned atop the planting column, the fluid distributor being in fluid communication with the conduit; a pump positioned in the reservoir; a supply line extending from the pump to the conduit of the planting column; and a fluid coupler positioned in the upper opening in the cover, the fluid coupler configured to fluidly couple the supply line to the conduit, wherein the fluid coupler extends downward from upper opening into the second portion of reservoir; wherein fluid is selectively circulatable from the reservoir through the conduit in the planting column to the fluid distributor, where the fluid is redirected down the hollow interior of the planting column and back to the reservoir. a reservoir for holding fluid, the reservoir including a base and a cover, the base having a top edge, the cover having a lower edge and an upper opening vertically offset from the top edge of the base, wherein the cover has rounded walls, arches upward from the base and converges to the upper opening, and wherein the base defines a first portion of reservoir, and the cover defines a second portion of the reservoir; a planting column having a hollow interior, the planting column positioned above the upper opening in the cover of the reservoir; at least one planting port defined in the planting column for receiving plants at least partially into the hollow interior of the planting column; a conduit passing through the hollow interior of the planting column, the conduit being in fluid communication with the reservoir; a fluid distributor positioned atop the planting column, the fluid distributor being in fluid communication with the conduit; a pump positioned in the reservoir; a supply line extending from the pump to the conduit of the planting column; and a fluid coupler positioned in the upper opening in the cover, the fluid coupler configured to fluidly couple the supply line to the conduit, wherein the fluid coupler extends downward from upper opening into the second portion of reservoir; wherein fluid is selectively circulatable from the reservoir through the conduit in the planting column to the fluid distributor, where the fluid is redirected down the hollow interior of the planting column and back to the reservoir.
A method comprising: receiving, by a voltage comparator, an input voltage (Vbus+) of an Oring-FET and an output voltage (Vout) of the Oring-FET with the Oring-FET being in a redundant power supply configuration; comparing the input voltage and the output voltage to determine whether the Oring-FET is faulty during power up; in the event the input voltage is less than the output voltage during power up: the Oring-FET provides output to a communicatively coupled system bus; and the voltage comparator causes a communicatively coupled overcurrent Oring-FET to be in an on state; and in the event the input voltage is approximately equal to the output voltage during power up: the voltage comparator assists in preventing inrush current from flowing from the communicatively coupled system bus when another redundant power supply configuration is providing power to the communicatively coupled system bus, wherein the voltage comparator assists in preventing the inrush current by causing the overcurrent Oring-FET to be in an off state. receiving, by a voltage comparator, an input voltage (Vbus+) of an Oring-FET and an output voltage (Vout) of the Oring-FET with the Oring-FET being in a redundant power supply configuration; comparing the input voltage and the output voltage to determine whether the Oring-FET is faulty during power up; in the event the input voltage is less than the output voltage during power up: the Oring-FET provides output to a communicatively coupled system bus; and the voltage comparator causes a communicatively coupled overcurrent Oring-FET to be in an on state; and the Oring-FET provides output to a communicatively coupled system bus; and the voltage comparator causes a communicatively coupled overcurrent Oring-FET to be in an on state; and in the event the input voltage is approximately equal to the output voltage during power up: the voltage comparator assists in preventing inrush current from flowing from the communicatively coupled system bus when another redundant power supply configuration is providing power to the communicatively coupled system bus, wherein the voltage comparator assists in preventing the inrush current by causing the overcurrent Oring-FET to be in an off state. the voltage comparator assists in preventing inrush current from flowing from the communicatively coupled system bus when another redundant power supply configuration is providing power to the communicatively coupled system bus, wherein the voltage comparator assists in preventing the inrush current by causing the overcurrent Oring-FET to be in an off state.
A containment system characterized by: a housing having an airflow inlet aperture and an outlet airflow outlet aperture formed through sidewalls of the housing; a filter sealing portion disposed in the housing between the inlet and outlet apertures; a first collar extending from the housing and circumscribing the inlet aperture wherein the first collar includes a first sealing lip which extends into an interior volume of the housing; a first bubble-tight damper disposed in the housing or first collar and positionable to selectively provide a bubble tight seal when engaged with the first sealing lip and seal the inlet aperture circumscribed by the first collar; a second collar extending from the housing and circumscribing the outlet aperture, wherein the second collar includes a second sealing lip which extends into an interior volume of the housing; and a second bubble-tight damper disposed in the housing or second collar and positionable to selectively provide a bubble tight seal when engaged with the second sealing lip and seal the outlet aperture. a housing having an airflow inlet aperture and an outlet airflow outlet aperture formed through sidewalls of the housing; a filter sealing portion disposed in the housing between the inlet and outlet apertures; a first collar extending from the housing and circumscribing the inlet aperture wherein the first collar includes a first sealing lip which extends into an interior volume of the housing; a first bubble-tight damper disposed in the housing or first collar and positionable to selectively provide a bubble tight seal when engaged with the first sealing lip and seal the inlet aperture circumscribed by the first collar; a second collar extending from the housing and circumscribing the outlet aperture, wherein the second collar includes a second sealing lip which extends into an interior volume of the housing; and a second bubble-tight damper disposed in the housing or second collar and positionable to selectively provide a bubble tight seal when engaged with the second sealing lip and seal the outlet aperture.
A radio transmission apparatus comprising: a coding section that encodes a transmission bit to generate a systematic bit and a parity bit; a modulation section that modulates the systematic bit and the parity bit generated by said coding section to generate symbols, wherein said symbols are made up of only systematic bits, or only parity bits or a mixture of both systematic bits and parity bits, and said symbols are mapped to subcarriers; a selection section that carries out selection processing of selecting a subcarrier to which a symbol consisting of only parity bits is mapped out of the symbols generated by said modulation section as a subcarrier to be excluded from transmission; a generating section (18, 24, 26, 28) that generates a multicarrier signal using subcarriers other than the subcarrier selected by said selection section out of subcarriers to which the symbols generated by said modulation section are mapped; and a transmission section that transmits the multicarrier signal generated by said generating section. a coding section that encodes a transmission bit to generate a systematic bit and a parity bit; a modulation section that modulates the systematic bit and the parity bit generated by said coding section to generate symbols, wherein said symbols are made up of only systematic bits, or only parity bits or a mixture of both systematic bits and parity bits, and said symbols are mapped to subcarriers; a selection section that carries out selection processing of selecting a subcarrier to which a symbol consisting of only parity bits is mapped out of the symbols generated by said modulation section as a subcarrier to be excluded from transmission; a generating section (18, 24, 26, 28) that generates a multicarrier signal using subcarriers other than the subcarrier selected by said selection section out of subcarriers to which the symbols generated by said modulation section are mapped; and a transmission section that transmits the multicarrier signal generated by said generating section.
A computer architecture for development and management of femtocell-based applications, wherein the computer architecture is a software and hardware architecture implemented in a mobile operator network, wherein the computer architecture is available to mobile network operators and/or third parties for development and lifecycle management of at least one femtocell-based application for at least one femtocell in the mobile operator network, wherein the computer architecture comprises: a creation environment comprising a testing framework component including a set of testing automation tools and/or test cases for said at least one femtocell-based application, wherein development of the femtocell-based application is supported through a developer GUI interfaced to the creation environment by a developer API; and a network layer comprising said at least one femtocell and a presence event emulator, the presence event emulator being implemented as a piece of software operable to mimic one or more instances of said at least one femtocell for providing a virtual femtocell for emulating events, wherein the testing framework component and the presence event emulator are used for testing said at least one femtocell-based application. a creation environment comprising a testing framework component including a set of testing automation tools and/or test cases for said at least one femtocell-based application, wherein development of the femtocell-based application is supported through a developer GUI interfaced to the creation environment by a developer API; and a network layer comprising said at least one femtocell and a presence event emulator, the presence event emulator being implemented as a piece of software operable to mimic one or more instances of said at least one femtocell for providing a virtual femtocell for emulating events, wherein the testing framework component and the presence event emulator are used for testing said at least one femtocell-based application.
Method for manufacturing a decorative panel, wherein said panel comprises a substrate and a decorative top layer, wherein said substrate is a thermoplastic material containing substrate, wherein said method comprises a step of providing a larger material comprising said substrate and said decorative top layer by means of a continuous operation in which said substrate material is extruded and said top layer is laminated to said substrate material, wherein said substrate and decorative top layer is obtained from said larger material by means of a dividing operation, wherein said panel comprises at at least one and preferably at both upper edges of a pair of opposite side edges a lower edge area, wherein said decorative top layer continues uninterruptedly from on the global upper surface of said panel to and over said lower edge area, wherein said substrate is compressed or deformed at the location of said lowered edge area, wherein said dividing operation comprises performing a cutting operation releasing at least said substrate from said larger material at at least two opposite edges, wherein said lower edge area is formed in line with said dividing operation releasing at least said substrate from said larger material at at least two opposite edges, characterized in that said lower edge area is formed by means of one or more structured rollers indenting said larger material and said lower edge area is obtained prior to said dividing operation.
A mobile communication method with which a mobile station (#y) performs communication by accessing a radio base station (#a), comprising: a step A of causing the radio base station (#a) to operate in any of a closed state of restricting a mobile station (#y) permitted for access by setting an access right, and a semi-open state of not restricting access by the mobile station (#y); and a step B of switching a state of the radio base station (#a) between the closed state and the semi-open state when a predetermined condition is met, wherein in the step B, the state of the radio base station (#a) is switched to the closed state when the number of mobile stations (#y) accessing the radio base station (#a) operating in the semi-open state exceeds a predetermined number, and in the step B, the state of the radio base station (#a) is switched to the semi-open state when the number of mobile stations (#y) accessing the radio base station (#a) operating in the closed state falls below a predetermined number. a step A of causing the radio base station (#a) to operate in any of a closed state of restricting a mobile station (#y) permitted for access by setting an access right, and a semi-open state of not restricting access by the mobile station (#y); and a step B of switching a state of the radio base station (#a) between the closed state and the semi-open state when a predetermined condition is met, wherein in the step B, the state of the radio base station (#a) is switched to the closed state when the number of mobile stations (#y) accessing the radio base station (#a) operating in the semi-open state exceeds a predetermined number, and in the step B, the state of the radio base station (#a) is switched to the semi-open state when the number of mobile stations (#y) accessing the radio base station (#a) operating in the closed state falls below a predetermined number.
An electric pump comprising: a pump unit configured to pump fluid by a rotating operation; a brushless direct-current motor configured to rotationally drive the pump unit; and a controller configured to control a current to be supplied to the motor, the controller being configured to switch between voltage control and current control, characterized in that the controller is configured to switch between voltage control for controlling the current to be supplied to the motor based on a target voltage and current control for controlling the current to be supplied to the motor based on a target current, and in that the controller is configured to select, as an operation mode, one of a restriction possible mode for performing control by switching between the voltage control and the current control and a non-restriction mode for performing only the voltage control. a pump unit configured to pump fluid by a rotating operation; a brushless direct-current motor configured to rotationally drive the pump unit; and a controller configured to control a current to be supplied to the motor, the controller being configured to switch between voltage control and current control, characterized in that the controller is configured to switch between voltage control for controlling the current to be supplied to the motor based on a target voltage and current control for controlling the current to be supplied to the motor based on a target current, and in that the controller is configured to select, as an operation mode, one of a restriction possible mode for performing control by switching between the voltage control and the current control and a non-restriction mode for performing only the voltage control. characterized in that the controller is configured to switch between voltage control for controlling the current to be supplied to the motor based on a target voltage and current control for controlling the current to be supplied to the motor based on a target current, and in that the controller is configured to select, as an operation mode, one of a restriction possible mode for performing control by switching between the voltage control and the current control and a non-restriction mode for performing only the voltage control.
A rolling load prediction method for predicting a rolling load of a rolling mill for rolling steel, the method comprising a step of predicting the rolling load of the rolling mill in a case where the steel is rolled under an operating condition for prediction, by inputting the operating condition for prediction into a rolling load prediction model that has been trained with operation record data including at least a factor related to a temperature of the steel as an input variable and an actual value of the rolling load of the rolling mill as an output variable, characterized in that the factor is a direct factor related to the temperature of the steel at the time of rolling and an indirect factor related to the temperature of a skid rail which indirect factor includes a temperature of the skid rail that supports the steel in a heating furnace, and wherein the prediction accuracy of the rolling load is improved by adding the temperature of the skid rail to the input variables. a step of predicting the rolling load of the rolling mill in a case where the steel is rolled under an operating condition for prediction, by inputting the operating condition for prediction into a rolling load prediction model that has been trained with operation record data including at least a factor related to a temperature of the steel as an input variable and an actual value of the rolling load of the rolling mill as an output variable, characterized in that the factor is a direct factor related to the temperature of the steel at the time of rolling and an indirect factor related to the temperature of a skid rail which indirect factor includes a temperature of the skid rail that supports the steel in a heating furnace, and wherein the prediction accuracy of the rolling load is improved by adding the temperature of the skid rail to the input variables.
A method for decoding an encoded bitstream representing an audio signal, comprising: receiving the encoded bitstream; applying inverse quantization to the encoded bitstream to generate received frequency transform coefficients; applying (1250, 1260) an inverse orthogonal transform matrix and inverse permutation to the received frequency transform coefficients of each subband of the audio signal to obtain recovered frequency transform coefficients; reconstructing the audio signal to obtain a recovered audio signal; and playing back the recovered audio signal on a playback device; the method further comprising: receiving a smoothing parameter with the encoded bitstream, wherein the smoothing parameter contains a level of energy smoothing to be applied to each subband; and using the smoothing parameter to compute a transform matrix that is used to generate the inverse orthogonal transform matrix. receiving the encoded bitstream; applying inverse quantization to the encoded bitstream to generate received frequency transform coefficients; applying (1250, 1260) an inverse orthogonal transform matrix and inverse permutation to the received frequency transform coefficients of each subband of the audio signal to obtain recovered frequency transform coefficients; reconstructing the audio signal to obtain a recovered audio signal; and playing back the recovered audio signal on a playback device; the method further comprising: receiving a smoothing parameter with the encoded bitstream, wherein the smoothing parameter contains a level of energy smoothing to be applied to each subband; and using the smoothing parameter to compute a transform matrix that is used to generate the inverse orthogonal transform matrix. receiving a smoothing parameter with the encoded bitstream, wherein the smoothing parameter contains a level of energy smoothing to be applied to each subband; and using the smoothing parameter to compute a transform matrix that is used to generate the inverse orthogonal transform matrix.
A blood filter comprising a porous element; and a copolymer which exists in at least a part of a surface of the porous element, and which contains a recurring unit containing an organic group of the following formula (a) and a recurring unit containing an organic group of the following formula (b): wherein U a1, U a2, U b1, U b2 and U b3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and An - represents an anion selected from the group consisting of a halide ion, an inorganic acid ion, a hydroxide ion and an isothiocyanate ion. a porous element; and a copolymer which exists in at least a part of a surface of the porous element, and which contains a recurring unit containing an organic group of the following formula (a) and a recurring unit containing an organic group of the following formula (b): wherein U a1, U a2, U b1, U b2 and U b3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and An - represents an anion selected from the group consisting of a halide ion, an inorganic acid ion, a hydroxide ion and an isothiocyanate ion.