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A method for controlling a Designated Forwarder, DF, election in a multicast network, the multicast network including a plurality of multicast network devices, the method comprising: detecting, by a first network device of the plurality of multicast network devices, a second network device of the plurality of multicast network devices entering an active state; identifying the first network device as an acting DF to the second network device; and transmitting a notification of a metric measuring a distance from the first network device to a Rendezvous Point Address of the multicast network, wherein whether to initiate a DF election is determined based on a comparison of the metric measuring the distance to the Rendezvous Point Address from the first network device and a metric measuring the distance to the Rendezvous Point Address from the second network device. detecting, by a first network device of the plurality of multicast network devices, a second network device of the plurality of multicast network devices entering an active state; identifying the first network device as an acting DF to the second network device; and transmitting a notification of a metric measuring a distance from the first network device to a Rendezvous Point Address of the multicast network, wherein whether to initiate a DF election is determined based on a comparison of the metric measuring the distance to the Rendezvous Point Address from the first network device and a metric measuring the distance to the Rendezvous Point Address from the second network device.
A herbicidal composition comprising a herbicidally effective amount of: (a) aminopyralid, a compound of the formula or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester of thereof, and (b) bentazon, a compound of the formula or an agriculturally acceptable salt of thereof, wherein the ratio of the acid equivalent weight of the compound of formula or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to the weight of the compound of formula or agriculturally acceptable salt thereof is from 1:135 to 1:4. (a) aminopyralid, a compound of the formula or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester of thereof, and (b) bentazon, a compound of the formula or an agriculturally acceptable salt of thereof, wherein the ratio of the acid equivalent weight of the compound of formula or agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof to the weight of the compound of formula or agriculturally acceptable salt thereof is from 1:135 to 1:4.
A method for generating a plot in a field during a crop input application operation using a variable application implement being a planter in a system comprising a computer in data communication with a monitor, the method comprising: displaying a geo-referenced prescription map of the field; prompting a user to select a marker location (515, 615) on said displayed prescription map, said marker location (515, 615) corresponding to at least one geo-referenced location in the field; placing a marker on the prescription map at the marker location (515, 615); after placing the marker has occured, the computer or monitor allowing the user to set a plot application rate to associate with a plot to be created based on the marker location (515, 615), said plot defining a plot region within the field; after said plot application rate has been set, initiating the crop input application operation using the variable application implement; applying a crop input, by planting, on a first portion of the field at varying application rates according to the prescription map, said prescription map associating each of a plurality of regions in the field with one of a plurality of application rates; characterized by once the planting has begun, the monitor determining that the planter has crossed the marker location (515, 615) on the prescription map; once the planter has crossed the marker location (515, 615), the monitor determining whether the planter has begun a new pass; and once the planter has begun a new pass after crossing the marker location (515, 615), the monitor commanding drives on the planter to plant at the plot application rate. displaying a geo-referenced prescription map of the field; prompting a user to select a marker location (515, 615) on said displayed prescription map, said marker location (515, 615) corresponding to at least one geo-referenced location in the field; placing a marker on the prescription map at the marker location (515, 615); after placing the marker has occured, the computer or monitor allowing the user to set a plot application rate to associate with a plot to be created based on the marker location (515, 615), said plot defining a plot region within the field; after said plot application rate has been set, initiating the crop input application operation using the variable application implement; applying a crop input, by planting, on a first portion of the field at varying application rates according to the prescription map, said prescription map associating each of a plurality of regions in the field with one of a plurality of application rates; characterized by once the planting has begun, the monitor determining that the planter has crossed the marker location (515, 615) on the prescription map; once the planter has crossed the marker location (515, 615), the monitor determining whether the planter has begun a new pass; and once the planter has begun a new pass after crossing the marker location (515, 615), the monitor commanding drives on the planter to plant at the plot application rate.
A security element comprising at least one light transmitting carrier substrate, a first metal layer having substantially metal-free areas defining indicia which are visible in transmitted light, a partial first light scattering layer providing further indicia which are visible in reflected light, wherein the first light scattering layer overlaps the substantially metal free areas in the first metal layer.
A masonry composition comprising: a mineral binder; and a chemically treated carbon black product evenly dispersed throughout the composition, the chemically treated carbon black comprising a carbon black having attached an organic group including an ionic or an ionizable group, the ionic or ionizable group being present at a level from 1.0 to 3.0 μmol/m 2, wherein the carbon black has an STSA between 20 and 300 m 2 /g as measured prior to treatment. a mineral binder; and a chemically treated carbon black product evenly dispersed throughout the composition, the chemically treated carbon black comprising a carbon black having attached an organic group including an ionic or an ionizable group, the ionic or ionizable group being present at a level from 1.0 to 3.0 μmol/m 2, wherein the carbon black has an STSA between 20 and 300 m 2 /g as measured prior to treatment.
A method for regeneration of a cellulose containing material, said method comprising the sequential steps: a) exposing the cellulose containing material to oxygen or a gas mixture comprising oxygen together with an alkali aqueous solution at a pH of at least 9, and a temperature of at least 20 °C, b) dispersing the cellulose containing material in the alkali aqueous solution to obtain a dispersion, wherein the temperature of the alkali aqueous solution is lowered below 15°C, and wherein the pH of the alkali aqueous solution is above 9, c) adding at least one organic solvent to the dispersion to precipitate cellulose, d) separating the precipitated cellulose from the remaining liquid by at least one method selected from filtering and centrifugation. a) exposing the cellulose containing material to oxygen or a gas mixture comprising oxygen together with an alkali aqueous solution at a pH of at least 9, and a temperature of at least 20 °C, b) dispersing the cellulose containing material in the alkali aqueous solution to obtain a dispersion, wherein the temperature of the alkali aqueous solution is lowered below 15°C, and wherein the pH of the alkali aqueous solution is above 9, c) adding at least one organic solvent to the dispersion to precipitate cellulose, d) separating the precipitated cellulose from the remaining liquid by at least one method selected from filtering and centrifugation.
A rotary actuator including an output shaft, a housing including at least one arcuate bore that extends around the output shaft, and at least one piston coupled to the output shaft and moved in the arcuate bore, wherein pressure fluid acts to move the piston, the rotary actuator being characterized by a friction reducer configured to reduce friction between a peripheral surface of the piston and an inner circumferential surface (31 C) of the housing forming the arcuate bore, the piston includes a head and a non-head portion, and the friction reducer is configured to provide rolling contact with a radially outer surface (61 A) of the non-head portion of the piston at a location other than the arcuate bore.
Timepiece movement for a mechanical watch comprising, arranged on a main plate, a resonator mechanism with two degrees of freedom, and a maintaining mechanism subjected to the torque of driving means included in said movement, characterized in that said maintaining mechanism is a continuous maintaining mechanism, and comprises a crank movable about a crank rotational axis and which comprises, on said crank rotational axis, an axial element subjected to the torque of said driving means, and, off-centre relative to said crank rotational axis, a crankpin which is arranged to travel on a track of a stiff ring included in said resonator mechanism, said stiff ring being movable in said two degrees of freedom.
An electrosurgical apparatus comprising: a shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; an active electrode disposed on the surface of the distal end portion of the shaft; a return electrode disposed within the distal end portion of the shaft; an insulating member positioned on the distal end portion of the shaft and preventing direct electrical contact between the active and return electrodes; and electrical conductors adapted for applying a radio-frequency voltage difference across the active and return electrodes, wherein the active electrode and return electrode define an interconnecting passageway within the distal end portion of the shaft; and the active electrode comprises one or more apertures therethrough into the interconnecting passageway for passing an electrically conductive fluid between the outside of the shaft and the return electrode. a shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; an active electrode disposed on the surface of the distal end portion of the shaft; a return electrode disposed within the distal end portion of the shaft; an insulating member positioned on the distal end portion of the shaft and preventing direct electrical contact between the active and return electrodes; and electrical conductors adapted for applying a radio-frequency voltage difference across the active and return electrodes, wherein the active electrode and return electrode define an interconnecting passageway within the distal end portion of the shaft; and the active electrode comprises one or more apertures therethrough into the interconnecting passageway for passing an electrically conductive fluid between the outside of the shaft and the return electrode.
A system comprising: a vent hood configured to receive air from a cooking environment, the vent hood including a filter; a post-filter air quality sensor configured to provide an air quality signal indicative of sensed air quality parameters of air after exiting the filter; a vent hood controller configured to indicate an alert that the filter requires servicing, based on a comparison of the sensed air quality parameters to baseline air quality parameters indicating a lack of filter efficiency; and a pre-filter air quality sensor configured to provide the baseline air quality parameters as a pre-filter signal indicative of the baseline air quality parameters of the air before entering the filter, characterised in that the vent hood controller is further configured to infer the baseline air quality parameters as a historical average of the sensed air quality parameters measured by the post-filter air quality sensor. a vent hood configured to receive air from a cooking environment, the vent hood including a filter; a post-filter air quality sensor configured to provide an air quality signal indicative of sensed air quality parameters of air after exiting the filter; a vent hood controller configured to indicate an alert that the filter requires servicing, based on a comparison of the sensed air quality parameters to baseline air quality parameters indicating a lack of filter efficiency; and a pre-filter air quality sensor configured to provide the baseline air quality parameters as a pre-filter signal indicative of the baseline air quality parameters of the air before entering the filter, characterised in that the vent hood controller is further configured to infer the baseline air quality parameters as a historical average of the sensed air quality parameters measured by the post-filter air quality sensor.
A system for modifying a heart valve annulus, comprising: at least one elongated, generally tubular delivery member having a delivery lumen, a distal end, and a proximal end; at least one elongated driver having a distal end and a proximal end, the driver being movably inserted into the delivery lumen; at least one anchor guide; and at least one helical anchor having a long axis, a distal end, a proximal end, and a plurality of coils; the distal end of the at least one helical anchor having a sharpened tip portion the coils of the at least one helical anchor defining an inner channel that communicates along the length of the helical anchor; an elongated flexible tether having a first end and a second end, and the tether being insertable into the inner channel of the at least one helical anchor, wherein the tether is insertable into the system such that one of the first end or the second end of the tether extends from the distal end of the delivery member and the other of the first end or the second end of the tether extends in a proximal direction from the proximal end of the delivery member. at least one elongated, generally tubular delivery member having a delivery lumen, a distal end, and a proximal end; at least one elongated driver having a distal end and a proximal end, the driver being movably inserted into the delivery lumen; at least one anchor guide; and at least one helical anchor having a long axis, a distal end, a proximal end, and a plurality of coils; the distal end of the at least one helical anchor having a sharpened tip portion the coils of the at least one helical anchor defining an inner channel that communicates along the length of the helical anchor; an elongated flexible tether having a first end and a second end, and the tether being insertable into the inner channel of the at least one helical anchor, wherein the tether is insertable into the system such that one of the first end or the second end of the tether extends from the distal end of the delivery member and the other of the first end or the second end of the tether extends in a proximal direction from the proximal end of the delivery member.
Appliance for producing a food item, wherein the appliance comprises - a cultivation component for cultivating and providing an edible cultivated ingredient, wherein the cultivation component comprises a cultivation region, in which the cultivated ingredient can grow, and comprises a harvesting module; - means (103, 112) for providing an edible external ingredient, which is not cultivated in the appliance; - processing means (104, 106, 107), which are designed to produce the food item from at least one cultivated ingredient and at least one external ingredient; and - a control unit, which is designed - to determine a recipe for producing the food item, wherein the recipe indicates ingredients (112, 134) and process steps for producing the food item; - to control the harvesting module in order to remove a quantity of the cultivated ingredient indicated in the recipe for producing the food item from the cultivation region; and - to prompt the processing means (104, 106, 107) to produce the food item according to the recipe; characterised in that - the cultivation of the cultivated ingredient takes place in or on a liquid medium and - the harvesting module is designed to remove a mature portion of the cultivated ingredient from the cultivation region, by filtering out fruit or plants of the cultivated ingredient from the liquid medium as a function of size. - a cultivation component for cultivating and providing an edible cultivated ingredient, wherein the cultivation component comprises a cultivation region, in which the cultivated ingredient can grow, and comprises a harvesting module; - means (103, 112) for providing an edible external ingredient, which is not cultivated in the appliance; - processing means (104, 106, 107), which are designed to produce the food item from at least one cultivated ingredient and at least one external ingredient; and - a control unit, which is designed - to determine a recipe for producing the food item, wherein the recipe indicates ingredients (112, 134) and process steps for producing the food item; - to control the harvesting module in order to remove a quantity of the cultivated ingredient indicated in the recipe for producing the food item from the cultivation region; and - to prompt the processing means (104, 106, 107) to produce the food item according to the recipe; characterised in that - the cultivation of the cultivated ingredient takes place in or on a liquid medium and - the harvesting module is designed to remove a mature portion of the cultivated ingredient from the cultivation region, by filtering out fruit or plants of the cultivated ingredient from the liquid medium as a function of size.
Light guide configured to be incorporated in an optical unit capable of producing a signalling function or a lighting function or an interior lighting function for a motor vehicle, the guide comprising a plurality of branches inside which the light is guided at least partly, characterized in that the guide comprises at least one intersection (10, 15) formed by at least four branches (4, 5, 11, 12, 4', 5', 16, 17), the guide comprising a plurality of intersections and branches forming a mesh.
Valve for pressurised fluid, with or without an incorporated pressure-reducing valve, comprising a body housing a fluid circuit having an upstream end which is intended to be placed in communication with a supply of pressurised fluid and a downstream end which is intended to be placed in communication with a device that uses said fluid, the circuit comprising an isolation valve for selectively closing off the circuit, the valve being controlled by a lever, which is mounted so as to be able to pivot on the body between a rest position in which the isolation valve is held in a position for closing the circuit and an active position in which the lever moves the isolation valve into a position for opening the circuit, the lever comprising at least one opening, when the lever is in at least one of the positions comprising: the active position, the rest position, or an intermediate position between these two positions, the opening accommodates therewithin a portion of the body of the valve and/or a portion of a functional member which is mounted on the body of the valve, the valve comprising a thumbwheel for manually controlling the flow rate and/or the pressure supplied by the valve, characterised in that only in one of the positions from: the active position, the rest position or an intermediate position between these two positions, the opening accommodates there within a portion of said thumbwheel.
A computer implemented method for replicating one or more data items of a primary database system, the database system comprising a redo log and a lock table, the method comprising the following steps performed by the primary database system: for a given update transaction, inserting a single lock table record into the redo log before inserting update data records relating to the update transaction into the redo log, wherein the single lock table record comprises data about all locks held by the update transaction in the lock table related to the update data records; and providing the redo log to at least one replication database system via a link, the redo log to be used for replicating the one or more data items of the primary database system by the at least one replication database system. for a given update transaction, inserting a single lock table record into the redo log before inserting update data records relating to the update transaction into the redo log, wherein the single lock table record comprises data about all locks held by the update transaction in the lock table related to the update data records; and providing the redo log to at least one replication database system via a link, the redo log to be used for replicating the one or more data items of the primary database system by the at least one replication database system.
A work vehicle comprising: a work tool which is moved vertically within a predetermined movable range by driving of a lift cylinder; a sensor which detects a height position of the work tool; and a controller which serves to control driving of a control target, characterized in that the controller includes a signal import unit which imports a detection signal of the sensor as a signal of an excavation position by manual operation of an operator, a height position storage unit in which a specific height position of the work tool is stored as an offset value from the excavation position as to the control of driving of the control target, and a signal generating unit which generates a control signal for the control target in accordance with a height position of the work tool obtained from the detection signal of the sensor as soon as the obtained height position reaches the height position of the work tool stored in the height position storage unit.