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A dispenser, comprising: a refill container carrying an initial amount of material; a controller configured to maintain an initial quantity value defined by said initial amount of material maintained by the refill container, said controller including a timer; an indicator (450; 450') coupled to said controller; an actuator coupled to said controller, said actuator configured to be actuated on a random basis; a pump coupled to said controller and adapted to be operatively coupled to the refill container; characterized in that said timer maintains a timed count value that is updated at a predetermined interval, the timed count value corresponding to an amount of time that has elapsed since the refill container was installed and placed into service at the dispenser, said controller is configured to initiate said timer to begin updating said timed count value when the refill container is coupled to said pump, such that when said actuator is engaged, said pump dispenses a predetermined amount of material from the refill container according to a predetermined shot size value and said controller updates a cumulative usage value maintained thereby by said shot size value, and said controller is configured to divide said cumulative usage value by said timed count value to obtain an average usage value that represents a material quantity per time unit, and then to divide said initial quantity value by said average usage value to obtain an optimum service interval value that is displayed via said indicator (450; 450'). a refill container carrying an initial amount of material; a controller configured to maintain an initial quantity value defined by said initial amount of material maintained by the refill container, said controller including a timer; an indicator (450; 450') coupled to said controller; an actuator coupled to said controller, said actuator configured to be actuated on a random basis; a pump coupled to said controller and adapted to be operatively coupled to the refill container; characterized in that said timer maintains a timed count value that is updated at a predetermined interval, the timed count value corresponding to an amount of time that has elapsed since the refill container was installed and placed into service at the dispenser, said controller is configured to initiate said timer to begin updating said timed count value when the refill container is coupled to said pump, such that when said actuator is engaged, said pump dispenses a predetermined amount of material from the refill container according to a predetermined shot size value and said controller updates a cumulative usage value maintained thereby by said shot size value, and said controller is configured to divide said cumulative usage value by said timed count value to obtain an average usage value that represents a material quantity per time unit, and then to divide said initial quantity value by said average usage value to obtain an optimum service interval value that is displayed via said indicator (450; 450').
A method for texturizing instant soup by using Chickpea flour, wherein the chickpeas have undergone at least one time wetting, two different times tempering and at least one time roasting processes before grinding chickpeas to get chickpea flour comprising the following steps: a. Wetting and letting chickpeas swell if they are dry b. Tempering wetted or fresh chickpeas for 1-60 minutes at 50-150° C c. Resting tempered chickpeas between 1-100 days d. Wetting rested chickpeas and tempering them for 1-60 minutes at 50-150° C e. Resting tempered chickpeas between 1-100 days f. Roasting tempered chickpeas for 1-60 minutes at 80-300°C g. Removing chickpea skin by an equipment called mafrak during or after roasting h. Grinding chickpeas or crushed chickpeas and texturizing of soup is achieved by the steps below i. Addition of one or a mixture of some substances among milk powder, whey powder, yoghurt powder, cheese powder, dried fruits or vegetable, spices, flavouring substances such as salt or sugar to the obtained chickpea powder. j. Consumption of the mixture by adding liquid at 85-100°C. a. Wetting and letting chickpeas swell if they are dry b. Tempering wetted or fresh chickpeas for 1-60 minutes at 50-150° C c. Resting tempered chickpeas between 1-100 days d. Wetting rested chickpeas and tempering them for 1-60 minutes at 50-150° C e. Resting tempered chickpeas between 1-100 days f. Roasting tempered chickpeas for 1-60 minutes at 80-300°C g. Removing chickpea skin by an equipment called mafrak during or after roasting h. Grinding chickpeas or crushed chickpeas i. Addition of one or a mixture of some substances among milk powder, whey powder, yoghurt powder, cheese powder, dried fruits or vegetable, spices, flavouring substances such as salt or sugar to the obtained chickpea powder. j. Consumption of the mixture by adding liquid at 85-100°C.
A method of cleaning and conditioning textiles which comprises a wash cycle in which the textiles are contacted with water, at least one detergent surfactant and at least one non-ionic fatty amino- amide/ester fabric conditioner of the formulae (IIa), (IIb) or (Va): R 1 -CO-NH-R 3 -NR 2 -R 3 -O 2 C-R 1 (IIa) R 1 -CO-NH-R 3 -NR 2 -R 3 -NHCO-R 1 (IIb) R 1 -CO-(NHR 11) r -NHCOR 1 (Va) where each R 1 is independently a Cg to C 23 fatty hydrocarbyl group; each R 2 is H; each R 3 is of the formula -(CH 2) n - where each n is independently from 2 to 6; each R 11 is independently a C 2 to C 6 alkylene group; and r is from 3 to 7, and maintaining the contact so that the textiles are washed and conditioned. each R 1 is independently a Cg to C 23 fatty hydrocarbyl group; each R 2 is H; each R 3 is of the formula -(CH 2) n - where each n is independently from 2 to 6; each R 11 is independently a C 2 to C 6 alkylene group; and r is from 3 to 7, and maintaining the contact so that the textiles are washed and conditioned.
A method for accumulating and isolating a pre-determined quantity of a pre-determined ion species comprising a pre-determined isolation mass-to-charge ratio, ( m / z) ISO, within a within a radio-frequency ion trap of a mass spectrometer, the method comprising: (a) determining an accumulation time duration, t A, required to accumulate the pre-determined quantity of the pre-determined ion species within the RF ion trap based on a prior measurement of a flux of said pre-determined ion species within a stream of ions including the pre-determined ion species and other ion species comprising other mass-to-charge ratio ( m / z) values; and (b) introducing the stream of ions into the RF ion trap for an accumulation time period having duration, t A, while simultaneously applying a notched supplemental AC voltage waveform to electrodes of the RF ion trap, the supplemental AC voltage waveform having component frequencies chosen to resonantly eject only ion species for which m / z ≠ ( m / z) ISO, wherein a time-varying amplitude, A( t), of the applied supplemental AC voltage waveform is caused to decay with time, t, during at least a portion of the accumulation time period. (a) determining an accumulation time duration, t A, required to accumulate the pre-determined quantity of the pre-determined ion species within the RF ion trap based on a prior measurement of a flux of said pre-determined ion species within a stream of ions including the pre-determined ion species and other ion species comprising other mass-to-charge ratio ( m / z) values; and (b) introducing the stream of ions into the RF ion trap for an accumulation time period having duration, t A, while simultaneously applying a notched supplemental AC voltage waveform to electrodes of the RF ion trap, the supplemental AC voltage waveform having component frequencies chosen to resonantly eject only ion species for which m / z ≠ ( m / z) ISO, wherein a time-varying amplitude, A( t), of the applied supplemental AC voltage waveform is caused to decay with time, t, during at least a portion of the accumulation time period.
Refrigeration apparatus comprising at least one inner compartment, at least one lighting device to illuminate said inner compartment, wherein said lighting device is an incandescent lamp, preferably of the type comprising a filament in particular made of tungsten or a tungsten alloy, and a control device to operate said lighting device, wherein said control device is adapted to apply to said lighting device a supply voltage being variable in time, so as to extend the life of said lighting device, wherein said control device is of the electronic type and characterized in that it comprises a microcontroller and a power actuator, and wherein said control device is adapted to apply to said lighting device a supply voltage having a first preset value (V 0) when said lighting device is switched on and is further adapted to apply to said lighting device a supply voltage gradually increasing to a second preset value (V *) after the lighting device has been switched on.
A method for increasing dry and/or wet strength of a paper product, comprising: adding a composition comprising at least one polymer having a molecular weight more than 0.5 million Dalton and a degradation agent to a pulp suspension, and forming said paper product. adding a composition comprising at least one polymer having a molecular weight more than 0.5 million Dalton and a degradation agent to a pulp suspension, and forming said paper product.
A tape measure, comprising: an housing, a tape reel that is connected to the housing, and a ruler tape that is arranged on the tape reel, wherein the housing is provided with a tape guide opening, the housing is provided with a plurality of positioning components that are spaced at intervals along a circumference of the tape reel, a compensation section is formed on the ruler tape between the plurality of positioning components and the tape guide opening, the housing is provided with a perspective window corresponding to the compensation section, and the perspective window is provided with a scale alignment line; when the ruler tape is fully retracted, a scale value of the ruler tape corresponding to the scale alignment line is a distance from one side of the housing departing from the tape guide opening to the tape guide opening, characterised in that the tape reel is axially provided with a rotating wheel, the housing is slidably connected with a plurality of speed reduction blocks that are spaced at intervals along a circumference of the rotating wheel, a linkage mechanism is provided between the housing and the rotating wheel, the rotating wheel is configured to drive, by means of the linkage mechanism, the speed reduction blocks to slide towards the rotating wheel, and the housing is provided with a connector for driving the speed reduction block to reset and slide, the linkage mechanism comprises a ratchet that is rotatably connected to the housing and is coaxial with the rotating wheel, a ratchet pawl that is rotatably connected to the rotating wheel and cooperates with the ratchet, a transmission element that is provided on the rotating wheel and is configured to drive the ratchet pawl to reset and rotate, and a linkage component that is provided on the housing; the ratchet is configured to rotate to drive, by means of the linkage component, the speed reduction block to slide towards the rotating wheel.
A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising: a drum unit having a plurality of openings; a housing unit covering the drum unit; a transport unit on which a material containing fibers passing through the openings is accumulated as a web and which is adapted to transport the accumulated web; and a first roller that abuts the web transported by the transport unit; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a first seal unit that is provided on a first side wall of the housing unit and comes into contact with the first roller, and that a peripheral speed of the first roller is faster than a speed at which the transport unit transports the web. a drum unit having a plurality of openings; a housing unit covering the drum unit; a transport unit on which a material containing fibers passing through the openings is accumulated as a web and which is adapted to transport the accumulated web; and a first roller that abuts the web transported by the transport unit; characterized in that the apparatus further comprises a first seal unit that is provided on a first side wall of the housing unit and comes into contact with the first roller, and that a peripheral speed of the first roller is faster than a speed at which the transport unit transports the web.
A method of controlling delivery of at least one coded information stream (I') to at least one user via at least one link (20, 40) exposed to variable operating conditions, the method including the steps of: - monitoring the operating conditions of said at least one link (20, 40), and - selectively transcoding said at least one coded information stream (I') by selectively varying at least one transcoding parameter as a function of said operating conditions monitored, wherein said monitoring operating conditions of said at least one link includes evaluating the available bit rate the method further comprising, upon such evaluation of the bit rate, evaluating a set of metrics for measuring the complexity of said coded information stream (I'), said at least transcoding parameter being selected among a quantization parameter, a resolution parameter and a frame rate parameter, characterized in that said set of metrics includes a metric of the quantization of the coded stream, a metric for the level of motion content in the coded information stream (I') and a metric for the level of details in said coded information stream (I'), each of said metrics respectively triggering the change of said quantization parameter, resolution parameter and frame rate parameter, said selectively varying at least one transcoding parameter includes varying one of said transcoding parameters to adapt to the variation of bit rate, selecting among a plurality of transcoding levels (T1, T2, T3, T4) associated to different values of quantization, resolution and frame rate, on the basis of the result of a comparison between the value taken by a first metric, taken in said set of metrics, triggering the change for the transcoding parameter that is varied to adapt to the variation of bit rate, against the value taken by either one of the other metrics, said selection on the basis of the result of said comparison including evaluating whether either one of the other metrics is smaller than the first metric and selecting the transcoding level (T2, T3, T4) defined by a reduction of the corresponding transcoding parameter. - monitoring the operating conditions of said at least one link (20, 40), and - selectively transcoding said at least one coded information stream (I') by selectively varying at least one transcoding parameter as a function of said operating conditions monitored, wherein
A method for making a digital signature comprising the step of transmitting a digital signature request from a remote server to a signer's electronic device, wherein a signature application and a browser are configured to be executed in the electronic device, wherein a formatted file comprising a document to be signed and parameters for a correct execution of the digital signature is included into the digital signature request, wherein the formatted file has a predefined extension associated with the signature application, and the method comprising: accessing an internet address of the remote server through the browser by the signer; receiving the digital signature request from the remote server by the browser; automatically executing the signature application upon receiving the formatted file in the electronic device by detecting the predefined extension of the formatted file, such as to detect the parameters from the formatted file and to execute the digital signature according to detected parameters and by using a signer's cryptographic key to generate the digital signature, said key being stored in the electronic device or input by the signer into the electronic device; and performing an action based on the parameters, said action including sending an email message to a predetermined address defined in the parameters or an HTTP_POST action. accessing an internet address of the remote server through the browser by the signer; receiving the digital signature request from the remote server by the browser; automatically executing the signature application upon receiving the formatted file in the electronic device by detecting the predefined extension of the formatted file, such as to detect the parameters from the formatted file and to execute the digital signature according to detected parameters and by using a signer's cryptographic key to generate the digital signature, said key being stored in the electronic device or input by the signer into the electronic device; and performing an action based on the parameters, said action including sending an email message to a predetermined address defined in the parameters or an HTTP_POST action.
An integrated access and backhaul, IAB, node (104, 600) for performing a communication, the IAB node comprising: a transceiver; and a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to: transmit, to an IAB donor, a radio resource control, RRC, message including information indicating a relay capability of the IAB node, and wherein the IAB donor comprises a distribution unit, DU, and a central unit, CU, establish a F1 interface between a DU of the IAB node and the CU of the IAB donor, after the IAB node is authenticated with a core network entity based on the information indicating the relay capability, and provide a service to a user equipment, UE, based on a result of the establishment. a transceiver; and a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to: transmit, to an IAB donor, a radio resource control, RRC, message including information indicating a relay capability of the IAB node, and wherein the IAB donor comprises a distribution unit, DU, and a central unit, CU, establish a F1 interface between a DU of the IAB node and the CU of the IAB donor, after the IAB node is authenticated with a core network entity based on the information indicating the relay capability, and provide a service to a user equipment, UE, based on a result of the establishment.
A method enabling a user generating a digital signature whereby the digital signature is fully under control of the user and that is dependent of a possession factor and a secret knowledge factor PIN, based on a software application, A-APP, on a platform holding a Secure Cryptographic Environment, SCE, that can be called by the A-APP, comprising of the following steps: a) generating, in the SCE, a specific private signing key u and corresponding public key U, wherein the private key is non-exportable from the SCE, b) forming a private key K P, based on secret knowledge factor PIN of the user entered in the A-APP and on another secret, non-exportable key in the SCE, c) forming the digital signature on a message M by first performing an operation in A-APP on the hash e of message M on basis of the private key K P and letting call A-APP the SCE with the result e' of that creating a digital signature H using private key u whereby the SCE is not aware of the existence of private key K P, d) operating on the returned digital signature H once again with the private key K P leading to another signature H', which is actually a signature of a private key u', with corresponding public key U', wherein the private key u' depends on the original private signing key u and the private key K P in a fixed way and whereby the public key U' can be formed on basis of the public key U and private key K P and where U' is the signature verification key for signature H', e) making available the signature H' and public key U' for a party which can then verify signature H' and associate public key U' with the user. a) generating, in the SCE, a specific private signing key u and corresponding public key U, wherein the private key is non-exportable from the SCE, b) forming a private key K P, based on secret knowledge factor PIN of the user entered in the A-APP and on another secret, non-exportable key in the SCE, c) forming the digital signature on a message M by first performing an operation in A-APP on the hash e of message M on basis of the private key K P and letting call A-APP the SCE with the result e' of that creating a digital signature H using private key u whereby the SCE is not aware of the existence of private key K P, d) operating on the returned digital signature H once again with the private key K P leading to another signature H', which is actually a signature of a private key u', with corresponding public key U', wherein the private key u' depends on the original private signing key u and the private key K P in a fixed way and whereby the public key U' can be formed on basis of the public key U and private key K P and where U' is the signature verification key for signature H', e) making available the signature H' and public key U' for a party which can then verify signature H' and associate public key U' with the user.
A use of a solid alkaline detergent composition for reducing corrosion and providing metal protection, the composition comprising: at least 0.05 wt. % of a carbonate alkalinity source; from 1 wt. % to 7.5 wt. % of one or more nonionic surfactants, a metal protecting component comprising from 5 wt. % to 40 wt. % of a silicate and from 0.01 wt. % to 3.5 wt. % of an amino carboxylate, wherein said metal protecting component comprises 33.5 wt. % or less of said detergent composition, from 0.1 wt. % to 15 wt. % of a corrosion inhibitor, wherein said corrosion inhibitor comprises one or more of a maleic acid copolymer or an acrylic acid polymer; from 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of chelant, wherein the chelant is selected from amino phosphonates, polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents, and mixtures thereof; and from 4 wt. % to 10 wt. % of water. at least 0.05 wt. % of a carbonate alkalinity source; from 1 wt. % to 7.5 wt. % of one or more nonionic surfactants, a metal protecting component comprising from 5 wt. % to 40 wt. % of a silicate and from 0.01 wt. % to 3.5 wt. % of an amino carboxylate, wherein said metal protecting component comprises 33.5 wt. % or less of said detergent composition, from 0.1 wt. % to 15 wt. % of a corrosion inhibitor, wherein said corrosion inhibitor comprises one or more of a maleic acid copolymer or an acrylic acid polymer; from 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of chelant, wherein the chelant is selected from amino phosphonates, polyfunctionally-substituted aromatic chelating agents, and mixtures thereof; and from 4 wt. % to 10 wt. % of water.