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Method for determining, by way of an aircraft, and for transmitting, by way of a ground station (ATIS, ATC), slant visibility range information for a runway at a predetermined altitude, called decision altitude, defined in the visual approach rules for the runway, the runway being provided with a plurality of visual runway references placed on the ground, characterized in that the method comprises the following successive steps: - a step of acquiring, by way of a first aircraft equipped with a system for measuring the value of the slant visibility range, an image of a surrounding scene located outside and ahead of said aircraft, said scene possibly containing at least one visual runway reference, the image being acquired at the decision altitude and when approaching the runway; - a step of analysing the image, implemented by the first aircraft, in which the system for measuring the value of the slant visibility range implements image processing algorithms in order to detect visual runway references in the image and measure the distance between the aircraft and each detected runway reference; - a step of transmitting slant visibility range information associated with the runway to the ground station (ATIS, ATC), implemented by the first aircraft, the information comprising a distance between a visual runway reference and the aircraft measured in the analysis step if at least one runway reference has been detected, or if not information according to which no visual runway reference was able to be detected; - a step of transmitting, by way of the ground station (ATIS, ATC), the slant visibility range information associated with the runway to at least one second aircraft in flight. - a step of acquiring, by way of a first aircraft equipped with a system for measuring the value of the slant visibility range, an image of a surrounding scene located outside and ahead of said aircraft, said scene possibly containing at least one visual runway reference, the image being acquired at the decision altitude and when approaching the runway; - a step of analysing the image, implemented by the first aircraft, in which the system for measuring the value of the slant visibility range implements image processing algorithms in order to detect visual runway references in the image and measure the distance between the aircraft and each detected runway reference; - a step of transmitting slant visibility range information associated with the runway to the ground station (ATIS, ATC), implemented by the first aircraft, the information comprising a distance between a visual runway reference and the aircraft measured in the analysis step if at least one runway reference has been detected, or if not information according to which no visual runway reference was able to be detected; - a step of transmitting, by way of the ground station (ATIS, ATC), the slant visibility range information associated with the runway to at least one second aircraft in flight.
An apparatus for pyrolysing a solid organic feed material includes: (a) a reaction chamber having an upstream end, a downstream end, an inlet for the organic feed material, and separate outlets for a gas product and a dried and pyrolysed solid carbon-containing product produced from the organic feed material in the chamber; and (b) an assembly for moving the organic material through the reaction chamber from the upstream end towards the downstream end of the chamber counter-current to a flow of gas produced in the chamber; and (c) a supply device for supplying the solid feed material to the reaction chamber that is configured for compressing material within the device so that the solid material in the inlet forms a gas seal, wherein the supply device includes (i) two screws on the same axis, with the screws being adapted to counter-rotate with respect to each other, and (ii) an axial gap between the screws in which feed material is compressed in use of the device; and (d) a discharge device for discharging the solid carbon-containing product from the reaction chamber that is configured for compressing material within the device so that the solid product in the outlet forms a gas seal, wherein the discharge device includes (i) two screws on the same axis, with the screws being adapted to counter-rotate with respect to each other, and (ii) an axial gap between the screws in which solid carbon-containing product is compressed in use of the device. (a) a reaction chamber having an upstream end, a downstream end, an inlet for the organic feed material, and separate outlets for a gas product and a dried and pyrolysed solid carbon-containing product produced from the organic feed material in the chamber; and (b) an assembly for moving the organic material through the reaction chamber from the upstream end towards the downstream end of the chamber counter-current to a flow of gas produced in the chamber; and (c) a supply device for supplying the solid feed material to the reaction chamber that is configured for compressing material within the device so that the solid material in the inlet forms a gas seal, wherein the supply device includes (i) two screws on the same axis, with the screws being adapted to counter-rotate with respect to each other, and (ii) an axial gap between the screws in which feed material is compressed in use of the device; and (d) a discharge device for discharging the solid carbon-containing product from the reaction chamber that is configured for compressing material within the device so that the solid product in the outlet forms a gas seal, wherein the discharge device includes (i) two screws on the same axis, with the screws being adapted to counter-rotate with respect to each other, and (ii) an axial gap between the screws in which solid carbon-containing product is compressed in use of the device.
A MIC-1 inhibiting agent which decreases the serum level or activity of endogenous MIC-1, for use in a method of increasing body weight and/or appetite in a subject suffering from weight loss and/or decreased appetite due to MIC-1 over-expression associated with inflammation, injury, stress, radiation therapy or chemotherapy, wherein said inhibiting agent is selected from an anti-MIC-1 antibody or a MIC-1 binding fragment thereof.
A method of generating an image of a sample exhibiting non-Poissonian emission statistics, the method comprising: • providing a plurality of photon detectors; • scanning the sample with an excitation beam over a pre-determined time period; • receiving, by said detectors, photons emitted by the sample due to the excitation during said time period; • generating a plurality of intensity images associated with each of said detectors, each of said intensity images being proportional to the mean number of photons detected per unit time; • generating a plurality of correlation images associated with each combination of two of said detectors, each of said correlation images being proportional to the variance of the distribution of detected photons per unit time; characterized in that the method further comprises: • generating the image of said sample using joint sparse recovery from said plurality of intensity and correlation images, wherein said intensity and correlation images have common support. • providing a plurality of photon detectors; • scanning the sample with an excitation beam over a pre-determined time period; • receiving, by said detectors, photons emitted by the sample due to the excitation during said time period; • generating a plurality of intensity images associated with each of said detectors, each of said intensity images being proportional to the mean number of photons detected per unit time; • generating a plurality of correlation images associated with each combination of two of said detectors, each of said correlation images being proportional to the variance of the distribution of detected photons per unit time; characterized in that the method further comprises: • generating the image of said sample using joint sparse recovery from said plurality of intensity and correlation images, wherein said intensity and correlation images have common support. • generating the image of said sample using joint sparse recovery from said plurality of intensity and correlation images, wherein said intensity and correlation images have common support.
A light emitting module comprising: - a semiconductor light emitting device having a junction arranged to emit light of a predetermined wavelength, and - a thermal switch arranged to protect the semiconductor light emitting device against catastrophic failure by shunting a current through the device, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the thermal switch is arranged to operate without dissipating electrical energy under normal operation conditions of the semiconductor light emitting device. - a semiconductor light emitting device having a junction arranged to emit light of a predetermined wavelength, and - a thermal switch arranged to protect the semiconductor light emitting device against catastrophic failure by shunting a current through the device,
Arrangement for an electric machine, comprising - a housing with a stopper to define an axial position of a stator within the housing, - the stator arranged in the housing, wherein the stator comprises a stator lamination stack, stator windings arranged in the stator lamination stack and a stator end disc (8a, 8b) arranged on the axial end of the stator lamination stack, - wherein the stator lamination stack on the axial end, on which the stator end disc (8a, 8b) is arranged, is in body contact with the stopper on an area facing the stator lamination stack in axial direction, characterized in that - the stopper has an annular shape and a radial gap (b) is provided between the stopper and the stator end disc (8a, 8b). - a housing with a stopper to define an axial position of a stator within the housing, - the stator arranged in the housing, wherein the stator comprises a stator lamination stack, stator windings arranged in the stator lamination stack and a stator end disc (8a, 8b) arranged on the axial end of the stator lamination stack, - wherein the stator lamination stack on the axial end, on which the stator end disc (8a, 8b) is arranged, is in body contact with the stopper on an area facing the stator lamination stack in axial direction, - the stopper has an annular shape and a radial gap (b) is provided between the stopper and the stator end disc (8a, 8b).
A board production state monitoring system (1, 1A) comprising: a trigger factor detection unit that detects at least one of a change factor in which working conditions of the work are changed inside a board work machine (91, 91A, 92) and a sign of error occurrence which shows that a working error may occur in the work, as a trigger factor, wherein the change factor includes any one of a factor in which any one of a component supply feeder, a mounting nozzle (916, 917), and a mounting head is changed, a factor in which a component lot is changed by replacing a component supply reel, and a factor in which a predetermined operation time has elapsed in at least any one device among a board conveyance device, a component supply device, and a component transfer device, and wherein the sign of error occurrence includes any one of inaccurate suction when the mounting nozzle (916, 917) sucks the component, and inaccurate mounting when the mounting nozzle (916, 917) mounts the component, characterized by a camera unit that is disposed in the board work machine (91, 91A, 92) which carries out predetermined work for a board, that images a progress of the work by using a moving image, and that outputs moving image data; a data operation unit that receives, stores, and displays the moving image data; and imaging start means for causing the camera unit to start moving image capturing if the trigger factor detection unit detects the trigger factor, and for causing the data operation unit to temporarily store the moving image data in units of a predetermined data length. a trigger factor detection unit that detects at least one of a change factor in which working conditions of the work are changed inside a board work machine (91, 91A, 92) and a sign of error occurrence which shows that a working error may occur in the work, as a trigger factor, wherein the change factor includes any one of a factor in which any one of a component supply feeder, a mounting nozzle (916, 917), and a mounting head is changed, a factor in which a component lot is changed by replacing a component supply reel, and a factor in which a predetermined operation time has elapsed in at least any one device among a board conveyance device, a component supply device, and a component transfer device, and wherein the sign of error occurrence includes any one of inaccurate suction when the mounting nozzle (916, 917) sucks the component, and inaccurate mounting when the mounting nozzle (916, 917) mounts the component, characterized by a camera unit that is disposed in the board work machine (91, 91A, 92) which carries out predetermined work for a board, that images a progress of the work by using a moving image, and that outputs moving image data; a data operation unit that receives, stores, and displays the moving image data; and imaging start means for causing the camera unit to start moving image capturing if the trigger factor detection unit detects the trigger factor, and for causing the data operation unit to temporarily store the moving image data in units of a predetermined data length.
A method for improving efficiency of sponge absorption comprising: providing cold flash drum liquid [11, 111, 211] to an inlet [12A, 112A, 212A] of a cold stripper [12, 112, 212] to produce a cold stripper net overhead vapor stream rich in liquid petroleum gas; separately providing hot flash drum liquid [21, 121, 221] to an inlet [22A, 122A, 222A] of a hot stripper [22, 122, 222] to produce a hot stripper net overhead vapor stream rich in hydrogen; routing the cold stripper net overhead vapor stream and the hot stripper net overhead vapor stream to a sponge absorber [34, 134, 260] to recover a liquid petroleum gas output stream using sponge oil, wherein the cold stripper net overhead vapor stream and the hot stripper net overhead vapor stream are separately routed to said sponge absorber at different tray locations.; wherein said routing further comprises: routing the cold stripper net overhead vapor to a first inlet [34A, 134A] of said sponge absorber [34, 134]; and routing the hot stripper net overhead vapor to a second inlet [34B, 134B] of said sponge absorber [34, 134], wherein said second inlet is positioned above said first inlet on said sponge absorber.
A belt-in seat with a seat back movement prevention device, the belt-in seat being equipped with an air suspension functioning as a seat suspension and a tether belt adjusting a movement amount of the air suspension; the seat back movement prevention device comprising one of a belt, a wire, and a chain of which one end is connected to an upper part of a seat frame disposed in a seat back of the belt-in seat; and a pretensioner equipped at downward of the seat back, and simultaneously rewinding one of the belt, the wire, and the chain and the tether belt at an activation time of a pretensioner for the seat belt, wherein rewinding directions of one of the belt, the wire, and the chain and the tether belt are common.
A heated aerosol-generating article (4000a,4000b) comprising an aerosol-generating substrate (4020a,4020b), the aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised thyme material, the homogenised thyme material comprising at least 2.5 percent by weight of thyme particles on a dry weight basis, an aerosol former and a binder, wherein the aerosol-generating substrate (4020a,4020b) comprises: at least 400 micrograms of ursolic acid per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis; and at least 150 micrograms of thymol per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis, wherein the amount of ursolic acid per gram of the substrate is at least 2 times the amount of thymol per gram of the substrate, wherein the aerosol-generating article (4000a,4000b) further comprises at least one hollow tube (1030, 1040) immediately downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate (4020a, 4020b). at least 400 micrograms of ursolic acid per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis; and at least 150 micrograms of thymol per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis, wherein the amount of ursolic acid per gram of the substrate is at least 2 times the amount of thymol per gram of the substrate, wherein the aerosol-generating article (4000a,4000b) further comprises at least one hollow tube (1030, 1040) immediately downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate (4020a, 4020b).
An integrated lock body system for securing access points comprising: an electronic door lock having a lock body, at least one electrical component (92a, 92b) within the lock to be monitored, and at least one output for connection to an external unit located remotely from the electronic door lock, the external unit adapted for monitoring load resistance between the external unit and the electronic door lock, the electronic door lock being in electrical communication with the external unit; a circuit mounted adjacent to or within the electronic lock body, the circuit including an electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and an external electrical output for connection to the external unit, the circuit further including at least one resistor between the electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and the external electrical output, the at least one resistor imparting a desired load resistance capable of being monitored by the external unit; and characterized in that the external unit is capable of monitoring load resistance between the external unit and the electronic door lock to determine a state of the electronic door lock and to determine a change to a resistance value established for the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock. an electronic door lock having a lock body, at least one electrical component (92a, 92b) within the lock to be monitored, and at least one output for connection to an external unit located remotely from the electronic door lock, the external unit adapted for monitoring load resistance between the external unit and the electronic door lock, the electronic door lock being in electrical communication with the external unit; a circuit mounted adjacent to or within the electronic lock body, the circuit including an electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and an external electrical output for connection to the external unit, the circuit further including at least one resistor between the electrical connection to the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock and the external electrical output, the at least one resistor imparting a desired load resistance capable of being monitored by the external unit; and characterized in that the external unit is capable of monitoring load resistance between the external unit and the electronic door lock to determine a state of the electronic door lock and to determine a change to a resistance value established for the at least one electrical component within the electronic door lock.
A lithium-ion battery cathode slurry, comprising: a cathode active material, a conductive agent, a binder material, and a solvent, wherein the cathode active material has a particle size D50 in the range from 10 μm to 50 μm; wherein the binder material is selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene rubber, acrylated styrene-butadiene rubber, acrylonitrile copolymer, acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, nitrile butadiene rubber, acrylonitrile-styrene-butadiene copolymer, acryl rubber, butyl rubber, fluorine rubber, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene/propylene copolymers, polybutadiene, polyethylene oxide, chlorosulfonated polyethylene, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylpyridine, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, polyepichlorohydrin, polyphosphazene, polyacrylonitrile, polystyrene, latex, acrylic resins, phenolic resins, epoxy resins, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethylcellulose, cyanoethylsucrose, polyester, polyamide, polyether, polyimide, polycarboxylate, polycarboxylic acid, polyacrylic acid, polyacrylate, polymethacrylic acid, polymethacrylate, polyacrylamide, polyurethane, fluorinated polymer, chlorinated polymer, a salt of alginic acid, polyvinylidene fluoride, and combinations thereof, and wherein the salt of alginic acid comprises a cation selected from Na, Li, K, Ca, NH 4, Mg, Al, or a combination thereof; wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of water, pure water, de-ionized water, distilled water, ethanol, isopropanol, methanol, acetone, n-propanol, t-butanol, and combinations thereof; and wherein the viscosity of the slurry is in the range from 1,500 mPa·s to 3,000 mPa·s.
An intravenous device, comprising: a needle; a catheter coaxially formed around the needle; a fluidic path fluidically coupled to a hollow formed through the needle and catheter; a printed circuit board, comprising a communication device configured to communicate with a computing device; and a plurality of sensors operatively coupled to the PCB, wherein the plurality of sensors are proximate the fluidic path to measure a biological characteristic related to a plurality of patient vitals; characterized in that the IV device further comprises a stabilization patch configured to be placed over the IV device, wherein the stabilization patch includes a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors. a needle; a catheter coaxially formed around the needle; a fluidic path fluidically coupled to a hollow formed through the needle and catheter; a printed circuit board, comprising a communication device configured to communicate with a computing device; and a plurality of sensors operatively coupled to the PCB, wherein the plurality of sensors are proximate the fluidic path to measure a biological characteristic related to a plurality of patient vitals; characterized in that the IV device further comprises a stabilization patch configured to be placed over the IV device, wherein the stabilization patch includes a processor operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors.
A herbicidal composition comprising, as only herbicidally active components, A) flufenacet (component A), B) diflufenican (component B) and C) metribuzin (component C); in which the herbicide components are present in the weight ratio stated below: (range component A): (range component B): (range component C) (2 - 400): (1 - 500): (5 - 5000). A) flufenacet (component A), B) diflufenican (component B) and C) metribuzin (component C); (range component A): (range component B): (range component C) (2 - 400): (1 - 500): (5 - 5000).
A fiber comprising a polymer blend comprising poly(vinylacetate) in an amount ranging between about 20 wt% and about 80 wt%, and poly(acrylic acid) in an amount ranging between about 80 wt% and about 20 wt%, based on the total weight of the blend, wherein the fiber has cells therein.