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A method for obtaining input parameters for a multiphase flow meter, the method using a sampling module for mounting in a pipeline with the multiphase flow meter and for receiving multiphase fluid from the pipeline, wherein the pipeline is an oil and gas pipeline and the multiphase fluid is fluid from an oil and gas installation, wherein the sample module includes a lower valve, an upper valve, and a controller for opening and closing the valves in each one of the following operations: opening and closing both the lower valve and the upper valve together; opening and closing the upper valve whilst the lower valve remains closed; and opening and closing the lower valve while the upper valve remains closed, characterised in that the method comprises: opening and closing at least one of a lower valve and an upper valve of the sampling module in order to allow fluid flow along a fluid path between a lower end of the separation chamber and the pipeline and/or between an upper end of the separation chamber and the pipeline; thereby obtaining a sample volume of fluid from the multiphase fluid in a separation chamber of the sampling module, the separation chamber having a vertical extent when in use; closing the lower valve and the upper valve; holding the sample volume within the separation chamber to allow the fluid to settle and separate; and measuring fluid properties of the settled fluid in a lower part of the separation chamber using a lower sensor in the lower part of the separation chamber and/or measuring fluid properties of the settled fluid in an upper part of the separation chamber using an upper sensor in the upper part of the separation chamber. opening and closing at least one of a lower valve and an upper valve of the sampling module in order to allow fluid flow along a fluid path between a lower end of the separation chamber and the pipeline and/or between an upper end of the separation chamber and the pipeline; thereby obtaining a sample volume of fluid from the multiphase fluid in a separation chamber of the sampling module, the separation chamber having a vertical extent when in use; closing the lower valve and the upper valve; holding the sample volume within the separation chamber to allow the fluid to settle and separate; and measuring fluid properties of the settled fluid in a lower part of the separation chamber using a lower sensor in the lower part of the separation chamber and/or measuring fluid properties of the settled fluid in an upper part of the separation chamber using an upper sensor in the upper part of the separation chamber.
A medical device for implantation in a hip joint of a patient, wherein said medical device is adapted to be fixated to the pelvic bone of the patient, and wherein said medical device comprises an inner and an outer surface, the inner surface comprises an equator line, being the largest circular circumference of said inner surface, wherein a contacting portion of said inner surface is spherical and adapted to face the centre of the hip joint when said medical device is implanted, and wherein said medical device is adapted to receive a caput femur or a prosthetic caput femur having a spherical portion, wherein a) said medical device comprises at least one extending portion extending beyond said circular equator line and being adapted to clasp the caput femur, or prosthetic caput femur, for restraining said caput femur, or prosthetic caput femur in said medical device, b) said medical device is adapted to release the caput femur or prosthetic caput femur from said medical device when a predetermined strain is placed on said medical device, c) characterized in that the extending portion is placed dorsal to the proximal-distal axis Y, when implanted, and wherein the medical device comprises a second portion not extending beyond said circular equator and extending along at least 1/2 of said circular equator line, and extending frontal to the proximal-distal axis Y, such that the motion range of the hip joint is limited in a non-restrictive way. a) said medical device comprises at least one extending portion extending beyond said circular equator line and being adapted to clasp the caput femur, or prosthetic caput femur, for restraining said caput femur, or prosthetic caput femur in said medical device, b) said medical device is adapted to release the caput femur or prosthetic caput femur from said medical device when a predetermined strain is placed on said medical device, c) characterized in that the extending portion is placed dorsal to the proximal-distal axis Y, when implanted, and wherein the medical device comprises a second portion not extending beyond said circular equator and extending along at least 1/2 of said circular equator line, and extending frontal to the proximal-distal axis Y, such that the motion range of the hip joint is limited in a non-restrictive way.
A method of analyzing and treating tonal imperfections on human skin that comprises the steps of: a. providing one or more nozzles; b. taking an image of skin adjacent the one or more nozzles; c. calculating a plurality of local L values of the skin near each nozzle; d. calculating a background L which is the arithmetic average, median, or mean of a plurality of local Ls; e. identifying a skin deviation where the absolute value of the difference between a local L and the background L, ΔL M, is greater than a predetermined ΔL S value; and, f. treating the skin deviation with a treatment composition. a. providing one or more nozzles; b. taking an image of skin adjacent the one or more nozzles; c. calculating a plurality of local L values of the skin near each nozzle; d. calculating a background L which is the arithmetic average, median, or mean of a plurality of local Ls; e. identifying a skin deviation where the absolute value of the difference between a local L and the background L, ΔL M, is greater than a predetermined ΔL S value; and, f. treating the skin deviation with a treatment composition.
A multistage compressor comprising: a sealed housing; an electric motor which is provided in the sealed housing and has a rotor and a stator having a stator coil end; a low stage-side compression mechanism and a high stage-side compression mechanism, which are driven via a rotating shaft rotated together with the rotor of the electric motor and are provided under and over the electric motor, respectively, with the electric motor being held therebetween; an oil separation plate (45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 78) which the rotating shaft penetrates and which is used to centrifugally separate lubricating oil contained in a refrigerant gas sucked into the high stage-side compression mechanism after passing through gas passages in the rotor of the electric motor; characterized in that it further comprises a fixing member which comprises a plurality of segments (71, 76, 91, 93; 72, 77, 92, 94) divided in the height direction and fixes the oil separation plate (45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 78) to the rotor, and in that on one end side of the rotor, the oil separation plate (45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 78) is fixed by being held between the adjacent segments (71, 76, 91, 93; 72, 77, 92, 94). a sealed housing; an electric motor which is provided in the sealed housing and has a rotor and a stator having a stator coil end; a low stage-side compression mechanism and a high stage-side compression mechanism, which are driven via a rotating shaft rotated together with the rotor of the electric motor and are provided under and over the electric motor, respectively, with the electric motor being held therebetween; an oil separation plate (45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 78) which the rotating shaft penetrates and which is used to centrifugally separate lubricating oil contained in a refrigerant gas sucked into the high stage-side compression mechanism after passing through gas passages in the rotor of the electric motor; characterized in that it further comprises a fixing member which comprises a plurality of segments (71, 76, 91, 93; 72, 77, 92, 94) divided in the height direction and fixes the oil separation plate (45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 78) to the rotor, and in that on one end side of the rotor, the oil separation plate (45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 78) is fixed by being held between the adjacent segments (71, 76, 91, 93; 72, 77, 92, 94).
A method of simultaneously planning a path and mapping an environment by a robot, comprising: determining a mean of an occupancy level for a location in a map; determining a probability distribution function, PDF, of the occupancy level; calculating a cost function based on the mean occupancy level and a variance of the occupancy level obtained from the PDF; and simultaneously planning the path and mapping the environment based on the cost function. determining a mean of an occupancy level for a location in a map; determining a probability distribution function, PDF, of the occupancy level; calculating a cost function based on the mean occupancy level and a variance of the occupancy level obtained from the PDF; and simultaneously planning the path and mapping the environment based on the cost function.
A NOx emission reduction catalyst composition comprising a metal additive of FeSbM, wherein M is Cu, and a metal oxide support carrier containing said metal additive, wherein the metal oxide support carrier is a Zr-stabilized silica support carrier, and wherein the atomic ratio of Fe to Sb to Cu is 0.5-2 to 1-5 to 0.5-2.
A process for producing a hot melt pressure sensitive adhesive (HMPSA) material having a coating, wherein said coating has a tack-free property up to 50°C, said process comprising a moulding step of moulding cold HMPSA granules into a block of agglomerated HMPSA granules, wherein the HMPSA granules are compressed under mechanical pressure, wherein said moulded block has a truncated cone shape, and a subsequent spraying step of applying a coating material present in liquid or molten form at least partially to the top, bottom and lateral surfaces of said truncated cone-shaped block of agglomerated HMPSA granules present in solid form to form the coating.
An apparatus for entropy decoding transformation coefficients, the apparatus comprising an entropy decoder configured to: obtain, from a bitstream, a coded block flag representing whether at least one significant transformation coefficient having a non-zero value exists in a transformation block, when the coded block flag represents existence of the at least one significant coefficient in the transformation block, extract information about a horizontal axis direction location and a vertical axis direction location of a last significant transformation coefficient having a non-zero value and included in the transformation block, from a received bitstream wherein the last significant transformation coefficient has last scan index according to a certain scan order among the transformation coefficients, determine a location of the last significant transformation coefficient by decoding the information about the horizontal axis direction location and the vertical axis direction location, decode the last significant transformation coefficient based on the location of the last significant transformation coefficient, decode a significant coefficient flag, included in the received bitstream, representing a location of a second significant transformation coefficient, and decode the second significant transformation coefficient by using the significant coefficient flag, wherein the information includes an x value corresponding to the horizontal axis direction location and a y value corresponding to the vertical axis direction location. obtain, from a bitstream, a coded block flag representing whether at least one significant transformation coefficient having a non-zero value exists in a transformation block, when the coded block flag represents existence of the at least one significant coefficient in the transformation block, extract information about a horizontal axis direction location and a vertical axis direction location of a last significant transformation coefficient having a non-zero value and included in the transformation block, from a received bitstream wherein the last significant transformation coefficient has last scan index according to a certain scan order among the transformation coefficients, determine a location of the last significant transformation coefficient by decoding the information about the horizontal axis direction location and the vertical axis direction location, decode the last significant transformation coefficient based on the location of the last significant transformation coefficient, decode a significant coefficient flag, included in the received bitstream, representing a location of a second significant transformation coefficient, and decode the second significant transformation coefficient by using the significant coefficient flag, wherein the information includes an x value corresponding to the horizontal axis direction location and a y value corresponding to the vertical axis direction location.
A surgical tool system comprising: a surgical tool shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; a tool tip cassette system comprising a plurality of tool carrier segments at least some of which are connected with articulating joints; wherein the plurality of tool carrier segments cradle a plurality of surgical tool tips detachably connectable to the distal end of the shaft; wherein the surgical tool shaft includes a low power electrical interface, a high power electrical interface, and a mechanical interface; wherein at least some of the surgical tool tips have electrical motors which connect to the high power electrical interface; wherein the surgical tool system further comprises a cassette manipulator including a handle and an attachment shaft; and wherein the attachment shaft has a tissue-penetration tip which is configured to pass through tissue from an external location to a location in a body cavity and wherein a distal end of the attachment shaft is configured to be detachably secured to the tool carrier within the body cavity while the handle is attached to the shaft at the external location. a surgical tool shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; a tool tip cassette system comprising a plurality of tool carrier segments at least some of which are connected with articulating joints; wherein the plurality of tool carrier segments cradle a plurality of surgical tool tips detachably connectable to the distal end of the shaft; wherein the surgical tool shaft includes a low power electrical interface, a high power electrical interface, and a mechanical interface; wherein at least some of the surgical tool tips have electrical motors which connect to the high power electrical interface; wherein the surgical tool system further comprises a cassette manipulator including a handle and an attachment shaft; and wherein the attachment shaft has a tissue-penetration tip which is configured to pass through tissue from an external location to a location in a body cavity and wherein a distal end of the attachment shaft is configured to be detachably secured to the tool carrier within the body cavity while the handle is attached to the shaft at the external location.
A brake adjuster mechanism including: an input shaft, a one-way clutch, and a torque limiting clutch, the input shaft being coupled to an input element of the torque limiting clutch, the one-way clutch being coupled to the torque limiting clutch, the torque limiting clutch further including an output element and a coupling portion, the coupling portion including a projection for selectively rotationally coupling said input element and said output element, one of said input element and output element including a first recess circumferentially spaced from a second recess, characterised by said projection being selectively biased into said first recess and said second recess, said input element being frictionally coupled by a friction device to said output element to resist rotation of the input element relative to the output element. an input shaft, a one-way clutch, and a torque limiting clutch, the input shaft being coupled to an input element of the torque limiting clutch, the one-way clutch being coupled to the torque limiting clutch, the torque limiting clutch further including an output element and a coupling portion, the coupling portion including a projection for selectively rotationally coupling said input element and said output element, one of said input element and output element including a first recess circumferentially spaced from a second recess, characterised by said projection being selectively biased into said first recess and said second recess, said input element being frictionally coupled by a friction device to said output element to resist rotation of the input element relative to the output element.
A polyolefin resin composition comprising a polyolefin resin having a melt flow rate at 230 °C of 20 dg/min or more, a dibenzylidene sorbitol compound represented by the following general formula, (wherein n represents an integer of 0 to 2; and R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, and R 5 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a hydroxylalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogenated alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a hydroxyhalogenated alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms), and an alkali metal salt compound of organic phosphoric acid ester represented by the following general formula, (wherein R 6 to R 9 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms; R 10 represents a hydrogen atom or methyl group; and M represents an alkali metal), and wherein the sum of the amount of the component and the component is 0.01 to 1.0 part by mass per 100 parts by mass of the polyolefin resin, and /, the ratio (mass ratio) between the component and the component, is within a range from 99/1 to 80/20.
Sampling device for plants, wherein the sampling device comprises a lower part having a plurality of sample containers (2.1), an upper part having a plurality of cultivation containers (4.1), wherein in each cultivation container (4.1) a base opening (4.1.1) is formed which corresponds to a sample container opening in a sample container (2.1), and wherein when the sampling device is in the usage position precisely one sample container (2.1) is allocated to each cultivation container (4.1) and precisely one sample container opening is allocated to each base opening (4.1.1), characterised in that the sampling device comprises a blade and a cutting plate formed as a cover for the lower part, the blade and cutting plate being formed as perforated plates (6, 8) having cutting holes (6.1, 8.1), wherein a surface (4.2) of the upper part facing the blade is formed as a blade guide (4.2) for guiding the blade, wherein the blade comprises two longitudinal sides having longitudinal recesses (6.2), and in that when the sampling device is in the usage position the blade and the cutting plate are arranged between the upper part and the lower part such that roots protruding out through the base opening (4.1.1) of the cultivation container (4.1) and protruding into the sample container (2.1) through the sample container opening can be severed by means of the blade and the cutting plate such that the blade lies flat against the cutting plate and is held so as to be longitudinally displaceable relative thereto via a blade stroke in an actuation direction from a first stroke end position to a second stroke end position, wherein the blade stroke is determined by a length of the longitudinal recesses (6.2) and is selected to be smaller than a distance between the cutting holes (6.1, 8.1) determined in the actuation direction of the blade, and wherein the cutting holes (6.1, 8.1) formed in the blade and the cutting plate are, in the first stroke end position of the blade, congruent with the base openings (4.1.1) and sample container openings corresponding thereto and the roots of the plants are severed in the second stroke end position of the blade.
An agent comprising a compound shown by the following formula R 1 -NHCH 2 COCH 2 CH 2 COOR 2 (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, and R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group) or a salt thereof, for use in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of side effects of an anticancer agent. (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, and R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group) or a salt thereof, for use in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of side effects of an anticancer agent.
An apparatus (110, 120-1, 120-2, 700) comprising - means for performing a sensing on at least one of a first pool on a first carrier and a second pool on a second carrier for sidelink, SL, communication using a sensing-based UE-selected resource allocation mode on at least one of the first pool and the second pool, wherein the first pool and the second pool have at least a 1-to-1 relationship of SL resources, wherein the first carrier is an unlicensed carrier and the second carrier is a licensed carrier; - means for selecting one or more resources from at least one of the first pool and the second pool for a SL transmission based on at least one outcome of the sensing on at least one of the first pool and the second pool; and - means for transmitting data over SL using the selected one or more resources. - means for performing a sensing on at least one of a first pool on a first carrier and a second pool on a second carrier for sidelink, SL, communication using a sensing-based UE-selected resource allocation mode on at least one of the first pool and the second pool, wherein the first pool and the second pool have at least a 1-to-1 relationship of SL resources, wherein the first carrier is an unlicensed carrier and the second carrier is a licensed carrier; - means for selecting one or more resources from at least one of the first pool and the second pool for a SL transmission based on at least one outcome of the sensing on at least one of the first pool and the second pool; and - means for transmitting data over SL using the selected one or more resources.