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A method for compensation of speed lag from changing load conditions in a continuously variable transmission vehicle, comprising; - detecting and measuring true engine torque resulting from load changes placed on the vehicle engine; - calculating a true engine speed droop as follows: engine droop at rated rpm = engine droop rate × engine rated rpm true engine droop / true engine torque = engine droop at rated rpm / engine rated torque true engine droop = true engine torque × engine droop rate at rated rpm / engine rated torque true engine droop = true engine torque × engine droop rate × engine rated rpm / engine rated torque wherein the engine droop rate, engine rated rpm and engine rated torque are known fixed values; - generating a compensated engine speed signal based on the calculated true engine speed droop, wherein the calculated true engine droop is used as a correction signal that is added to a target engine speed; and applying the compensated engine speed signal to the engine to produce a true engine speed corresponding to a target engine speed at the load condition corrected for true engine speed droop. - detecting and measuring true engine torque resulting from load changes placed on the vehicle engine; - calculating a true engine speed droop as follows: engine droop at rated rpm = engine droop rate × engine rated rpm true engine droop / true engine torque = engine droop at rated rpm / engine rated torque true engine droop = true engine torque × engine droop rate at rated rpm / engine rated torque true engine droop = true engine torque × engine droop rate × engine rated rpm / engine rated torque wherein the engine droop rate, engine rated rpm and engine rated torque are known fixed values; - generating a compensated engine speed signal based on the calculated true engine speed droop, wherein the calculated true engine droop is used as a correction signal that is added to a target engine speed; and applying the compensated engine speed signal to the engine to produce a true engine speed corresponding to a target engine speed at the load condition corrected for true engine speed droop.
A heat exchanger (100, 200), characterized in that, comprising: a first collecting pipe, a heat exchange tube and a partition plate; the first collecting pipe comprising a pipe wall and a first inner cavity; the first collecting pipe comprising a first end portion and a second end portion in a length direction thereof; the partition plate being disposed in the first inner cavity and extending from the first end portion along the length direction of the first collecting pipe so as to divide the first inner cavity into a first sub-cavity and a second sub-cavity, the first sub-cavity and the second sub-cavity being parallel in the length direction of the first collecting pipe; the heat exchange tube comprising a tube wall and a refrigerant channel for refrigerant to flow, the heat exchange tube having a first end (211, 221) and a second end (212, 222) in an extending direction thereof, the refrigerant channel extending from the first end (211, 221) to the second end (212, 222) and extending through the heat exchange tube; the pipe wall of the first collecting pipe further defining a first insertion hole, the partition plate defining a second insertion hole corresponding to the first insertion hole, the first end (211, 221) of the heat exchange tube passing through the first insertion hole and being inserted into the second insertion hole; the heat exchanger (100, 200) further comprising a first inlet/outlet, the first inlet/outlet being disposed at the first end portion of the first collecting pipe and being in communication with the second sub-cavity, the first sub-cavity being in communication with the refrigerant channel; characterized by the partition plate defining a through hole, the through hole and the second insertion hole being disposed in a staggered manner, the through hole being in communication with the first sub-cavity and the second sub-cavity. the heat exchange tube comprising a tube wall and a refrigerant channel for refrigerant to flow, the heat exchange tube having a first end (211, 221) and a second end (212, 222) in an extending direction thereof, the refrigerant channel extending from the first end (211, 221) to the second end (212, 222) and extending through the heat exchange tube; the pipe wall of the first collecting pipe further defining a first insertion hole, the partition plate defining a second insertion hole corresponding to the first insertion hole, the first end (211, 221) of the heat exchange tube passing through the first insertion hole and being inserted into the second insertion hole; the heat exchanger (100, 200) further comprising a first inlet/outlet, the first inlet/outlet being disposed at the first end portion of the first collecting pipe and being in communication with the second sub-cavity, the first sub-cavity being in communication with the refrigerant channel; characterized by the partition plate defining a through hole, the through hole and the second insertion hole being disposed in a staggered manner, the through hole being in communication with the first sub-cavity and the second sub-cavity.
A self-latching locking system for securely closing a lid on an enclosure comprising a spring-biased slide member positioned, in use, on an underside of a lid, the slide member having a latch portion thereof adapted, in use, to engage a rim or other abutment on an inside of an enclosure when the lid is forced down over an opening in the enclosure, such downward force on the lid progressively causing the latch to retract against the spring-bias, from contact with the rim or abutment, and then snap the latch into a spring-biased locking position under the rim or abutment; characterized in that the locking system includes an L-bolt having a leg portion thereof coupled to the slide member, the L-bolt having an elongated shaft portion thereof rotatable in a slotted housing that securely retains the L-bolt under the lid, the shaft portion of the L-bolt accessible, in use, from the exterior of the lid for rotating the L-bolt to retract the latch against the spring-bias and from its locking position sufficiently for removing the lid from the enclosure.
A process for the epoxidation of propene, comprising the steps a) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a titanium silicalite catalyst and a methanol solvent; b) separating non-reacted propene and propene oxide from the reaction mixture obtained in step a) to provide a solvent mixture comprising methanol and water with a combined amount of methanol and water of at least 90 % by weight; and c) feeding the solvent mixture obtained in step b) as a feed stream to a continuously operated methanol distillation column at a feed point in the middle section of said column providing an overhead product comprising at least 90 % by weight methanol and a bottoms product comprising at least 90 % by weight water; wherein a liquid defoamer having a solubility in the feed stream of less than 10 mg/kg at 25 °C and a surface tension at the liquid air interface of less than 22 mN/m at 20 °C is added to the methanol distillation column at or above the feed point in an amount exceeding the solubility of the liquid defoamer in the feed stream. a) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a titanium silicalite catalyst and a methanol solvent; b) separating non-reacted propene and propene oxide from the reaction mixture obtained in step a) to provide a solvent mixture comprising methanol and water with a combined amount of methanol and water of at least 90 % by weight; and c) feeding the solvent mixture obtained in step b) as a feed stream to a continuously operated methanol distillation column at a feed point in the middle section of said column providing an overhead product comprising at least 90 % by weight methanol and a bottoms product comprising at least 90 % by weight water;
An endoscopic system for use in a light deficient environment comprising: an imaging device comprising: a tube; one or more image sensors; and a lens assembly comprising at least one optical element corresponding to at least one of the one or more image sensors; a display for a user to visualize a scene; an image signal processing controller; a light engine, wherein the light engine comprises: an illumination source generating a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a pulsing schedule; and a lumen transmitting the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation to a distal tip of an endoscope, wherein the pulsing schedule includes pulsing different wavelengths for generating an RGB image, and further includes pulsing a grid array to be overlaid on the RGB image. an imaging device comprising: a tube; one or more image sensors; and a lens assembly comprising at least one optical element corresponding to at least one of the one or more image sensors; a tube; one or more image sensors; and a lens assembly comprising at least one optical element corresponding to at least one of the one or more image sensors; a display for a user to visualize a scene; an image signal processing controller; a light engine, wherein the light engine comprises: an illumination source generating a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a pulsing schedule; and a lumen transmitting the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation to a distal tip of an endoscope, wherein the pulsing schedule includes pulsing different wavelengths for generating an RGB image, and further includes pulsing a grid array to be overlaid on the RGB image. an illumination source generating a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a pulsing schedule; and a lumen transmitting the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation to a distal tip of an endoscope, wherein the pulsing schedule includes pulsing different wavelengths for generating an RGB image, and further includes pulsing a grid array to be overlaid on the RGB image.
An information processing apparatus comprising: a storage control unit configured to control a storage unit to store a device unique key and a combination of a device unique ID and an installation key, the device unique key being a key unique to an electronic device, and the device unique ID being an ID unique to the electronic device, and the installation key being a key for installing a license to the electronic device; a license management unit configured to update information regarding a status of the license in response to: a determination that storage data, included in license return information, comprising a combination of the device unique ID and installation key information coincides with a combination stored in the storage unit, and a determination that a hash value of the storage data included in the license return information coincides with a hash value of the storage data calculated by the license management unit using the device unique key; the license return information being generated by the electronic device; wherein the installation key information includes at least one of: the installation key and an installation key management ID corresponding to the installation key. a storage control unit configured to control a storage unit to store a device unique key and a combination of a device unique ID and an installation key, the device unique key being a key unique to an electronic device, and the device unique ID being an ID unique to the electronic device, and the installation key being a key for installing a license to the electronic device; a license management unit configured to update information regarding a status of the license in response to: a determination that storage data, included in license return information, comprising a combination of the device unique ID and installation key information coincides with a combination stored in the storage unit, and a determination that a hash value of the storage data included in the license return information coincides with a hash value of the storage data calculated by the license management unit using the device unique key; a determination that storage data, included in license return information, comprising a combination of the device unique ID and installation key information coincides with a combination stored in the storage unit, and a determination that a hash value of the storage data included in the license return information coincides with a hash value of the storage data calculated by the license management unit using the device unique key; the license return information being generated by the electronic device; wherein the installation key information includes at least one of: the installation key and an installation key management ID corresponding to the installation key.
A gaming system comprising a gaming server, the gaming server comprising a first database operatively coupled with the gaming server for handling an e-wallet account of a user; wherein the gaming server and a plurality of user terminals are connectable via a network; the first database storing a plurality of records, each record having an account number of the user as a key value; the gaming system further comprising a biometric data server and a biometric database, wherein the user enters his biometric data via a biometric device of one of the user terminals, the biometric data being sent to the biometric data server, wherein, to verify the user's identity, the biometric data is checked against biometric records located in the biometric database, wherein the biometric data server is adapted to provide a user-identification-signal to the gaming server if the user's identity is verified, and otherwise no action is taken wherein the gaming server is adapted for receiving the user-identification-signal being indicative of the user accessing the biometric device of one of the user terminals; and wherein the gaming server, upon, receiving the user-identification-signal, is adapted to request both a credit value of the user terminal and the value of the respective user's e-wallet account; and wherein if the credit value is zero and the e-wallet account value is greater than or equal to zero, then a disable-signal for locking the biometric device is sent to the biometric device via the biometric data server and, if the e-wallet account value is greater than zero then the e-wallet value is transferred from the e-wallet account to the credit of the user terminal wherein the biometric device is the only component of the gaming system able to communicate directly with the biometric data server and user input to the biometric device is not shared with the remainder of the user's terminal, thereby preventing the user's biometric data from being shared with any entity other than the biometric data server.
A computer-implemented method to reduce a moire effect associated with illustrated content, the method comprising: receiving illustrated content having a horizontal dimension of h pixels and a vertical dimension of v pixels, wherein the illustrated content includes half-tone content; blurring at least part of the illustrated content, wherein the blurring is performed according to a blur radius; cropping the blurred illustrated content to a cropped size, wherein the cropped size has a horizontal dimension of h multiplied by a crop factor and a vertical dimension of v multiplied by the crop factor, and wherein the crop factor is equal to h minus one-fourth the blur radius, divided by h; and downscaling the blurred illustrated content from the cropped size to an output size. receiving illustrated content having a horizontal dimension of h pixels and a vertical dimension of v pixels, wherein the illustrated content includes half-tone content; blurring at least part of the illustrated content, wherein the blurring is performed according to a blur radius; cropping the blurred illustrated content to a cropped size, wherein the cropped size has a horizontal dimension of h multiplied by a crop factor and a vertical dimension of v multiplied by the crop factor, and wherein the crop factor is equal to h minus one-fourth the blur radius, divided by h; and downscaling the blurred illustrated content from the cropped size to an output size.
A method for determining a quantitative measure indicative of a number of individual double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid molecules in a sample, comprising: (a) determining a quantitative measure of individual DNA molecules for which both strands are detected; (b) determining a quantitative measure of individual DNA molecules for which only one of the DNA strands is detected; (c) inferring from (a) and (b) above a quantitative measure of individual DNA molecules for which neither strand was detected; and (d) using (a)-(c) to determine the quantitative measure indicative of a number of individual double-stranded DNA molecules in the sample; wherein determining a quantitative measure of individual DNA molecules comprises: (i) tagging said DNA molecules with a set of duplex tags which differently tag complementary strands of a double-stranded DNA molecule in said sample to provide tagged strands; and (ii) sequencing at least some of said tagged strands to produce a set of sequence reads. (a) determining a quantitative measure of individual DNA molecules for which both strands are detected; (b) determining a quantitative measure of individual DNA molecules for which only one of the DNA strands is detected; (c) inferring from (a) and (b) above a quantitative measure of individual DNA molecules for which neither strand was detected; and (d) using (a)-(c) to determine the quantitative measure indicative of a number of individual double-stranded DNA molecules in the sample;
A knee arthroplasty assembly for use in a patient's knee joint, the knee joint including a tibia and a femur, the assembly comprising: a tool including a tibial component configured for placement against an external surface of the tibia and a femoral component configured for placement against an external surface of the femur, the femoral component being moveably coupled to the tibial component to place the patient's knee joint in tension by separating the tibia and the femur; a first accessory configured to be removeably coupled to the tibial component of the tool; and a second accessory configured to be removeably referenced from the first accessory and having a reference indicator (114A,114B) that references the femur for determining a size of the femur. a tool including a tibial component configured for placement against an external surface of the tibia and a femoral component configured for placement against an external surface of the femur, the femoral component being moveably coupled to the tibial component to place the patient's knee joint in tension by separating the tibia and the femur; a first accessory configured to be removeably coupled to the tibial component of the tool; and a second accessory configured to be removeably referenced from the first accessory and having a reference indicator (114A,114B) that references the femur for determining a size of the femur.
Thread braking device for a weft feeder device provided with a withdrawal rim, the thread braking device comprising a annular braking band with a frusto-conical shape and a braking surface adapted for contacting the withdrawal rim of the weft feeder device for forming a braking zone for a weft thread withdrawn from the weft feeder device, and a support structure, wherein the annular braking band is supported by the support structure, and wherein the support structure is at least partly elastically deformable by an axial force exerted on the support structure, wherein the support structure is provided with at least one stiffening element (41, 43) surrounding the annular braking band at a rear side of the annular braking band opposite to the braking surface, and wherein the support structure comprises a retaining element retaining the annular braking band, characterized in that the retaining element consists of a retaining ring made of an elastically deformable material, wherein by exerting a force to the support structure, the retaining element is deformed, thereby causing a movement of the annular braking band towards the stiffening element (41, 43) until the annular braking band is supported by the stiffening element (41, 43), wherein in a non-deformed state of the retaining element of the support structure the annular braking band is arranged at a distance of the stiffening element (41, 43) and by exerting an axial force on the support structure, the retaining element of the support structure is deformable so that the annular braking band at the rear side of the annular braking band is supported by the stiffening element (41, 43).
A method for predicting the risk of getting a first adverse event in a healthy subject or identifying a healthy subject having an enhanced risk for getting a first adverse event comprising: • determining the level of Pro-Adrenomedullin having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2 or a fragment thereof selected from the group consisting of PAMP that is SEQ ID NO: 3, MR-proADM that is SEQ ID NO: 4 and ADM that is SEQ ID NO: 5 in a sample obtained from said subject; and • using said level of Pro-Adrenomedullin or the fragment thereof for the prediction of the first adverse event or inferring from it a risk for getting the first adverse event, wherein the use of said level of Pro-Adrenomedullin or the fragment thereof comprises comparing said level of Pro-Adrenomedullin or the fragment thereof to a predetermined threshold level being the 75 th, 90 th, 95 th or 99 th percentile of a normal population, whereby, when said level of Pro-Adrenomedullin or the fragment thereof exceeds said predetermined threshold level, the first adverse event is predicted in the healthy subject or the healthy subject having an enhanced risk for getting the first adverse event is identified and wherein said first adverse event is a coronary or cardiovascular event, wherein the coronary event is defined as fatal or non-fatal acute coronary syndromes including myocardial infarction, or death due to ischemic heart disease, wherein cardiovascular event is defined as fatal or non-fatal acute coronary syndromes including myocardial infarction, fatal or non-fatal stroke, or death due to cardiovascular disease, and, wherein the healthy subject is a subject who has not previously had a cardiovascular or a coronary event and who is not having an acute infectious disease and who does not suffer from diabetes and/or hypertension and wherein said sample is selected from the group consisting of a blood sample, a serum sample and a plasma sample. • determining the level of Pro-Adrenomedullin having amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2 or a fragment thereof selected from the group consisting of PAMP that is SEQ ID NO: 3, MR-proADM that is SEQ ID NO: 4 and ADM that is SEQ ID NO: 5 in a sample obtained from said subject; and • using said level of Pro-Adrenomedullin or the fragment thereof for the prediction of the first adverse event or inferring from it a risk for getting the first adverse event,
Pumping device comprising a first low pressure plunger with a first plunger surface area and which is up and down moveable in a first cylinder, and a functionally coupled second, high pressure plunger with a second, smaller plunger area and which is moveable in a second cylinder, the second cylinder having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet for a fluid to be pumped, said first plunger adapted to, in operation, drive the second plunger causing in operation an amplification of a compression force for pumping the fluid, wherein further a breathing segment is provided between both plungers, characterized in that a space of the breathing segment is in fluid connection coupled with the inlet of the fluid to be pumped, via a regulator that is adapted to maintain, in operation, a small overpressure on the breathing segment.