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A syngas fermentation process comprising: providing a first fermentation zone and one or more subsequent fermentation zones; supplying syngas to each fermentation zone one at a time or simultaneously to one or more fermentation zones and fermenting the syngas utilising acetogenic bacteria; wherein the process further comprises: providing syngas to the first fermentation zone; fermenting the syngas; and determining a CO concentration in the fermentation medium in the first fermentation zone, wherein if the CO concentration in the fermentation medium in the first fermentation zone has a value of 0.12 μM or greater, then at least a portion of the syngas being provided to the first fermentation zone is provided to one or more subsequent fermentation zones in an amount effective for providing a CO concentration in any subsequent fermentation zone of 0.12 μM or less. providing a first fermentation zone and one or more subsequent fermentation zones; supplying syngas to each fermentation zone one at a time or simultaneously to one or more fermentation zones and fermenting the syngas utilising acetogenic bacteria; wherein the process further comprises: providing syngas to the first fermentation zone; fermenting the syngas; and determining a CO concentration in the fermentation medium in the first fermentation zone, providing syngas to the first fermentation zone; fermenting the syngas; and determining a CO concentration in the fermentation medium in the first fermentation zone, wherein if the CO concentration in the fermentation medium in the first fermentation zone has a value of 0.12 μM or greater, then at least a portion of the syngas being provided to the first fermentation zone is provided to one or more subsequent fermentation zones in an amount effective for providing a CO concentration in any subsequent fermentation zone of 0.12 μM or less.
A bearing assembly (60, 160) in an apparatus comprising a housing (22, 122) and a shaft (24, 124), wherein the shaft (24, 124) has a shaft axis (26, 126), wherein the shaft (24, 124) is rotatably connected with the housing (22, 122), wherein the housing (22, 122) defines an interior (30, 130) of the housing (22, 122), an exterior (32, 132) of the housing (22, 122) and a first housing end (36, 134), wherein the shaft (24, 124) is comprised of a shaft extension (50, 150) which extends from the interior (30, 130) of the housing (22, 122) at the first housing end (36, 134), and wherein the shaft extension (50, 150) defines a first bearing shaft surface (100, 200), wherein the bearing assembly (60, 160) comprises: (a) a first thrust bearing (62, 162) for transferring a first axial load between the shaft (24, 124) and the housing (22, 122), wherein the first thrust bearing (62, 162) is located axially between the first housing end (36, 134) and the first bearing shaft surface (100, 200); and (b) a radial bearing (66, 166) for transferring a radial load between the shaft (24, 124) and the housing (22, 122), wherein the radial bearing (66, 166) is located within the interior (30, 130) of the housing (22, 122), wherein the radial bearing (66, 166) is comprised of a radial bearing housing component (90, 190) associated with the housing (22, 122), and wherein the radial bearing housing component (90, 190) is comprised of a radial bearing housing sleeve, characterised in that the radial bearing housing sleeve is axially segmented so that the radial bearing housing sleeve is comprised of a plurality of axial segments. (a) a first thrust bearing (62, 162) for transferring a first axial load between the shaft (24, 124) and the housing (22, 122), wherein the first thrust bearing (62, 162) is located axially between the first housing end (36, 134) and the first bearing shaft surface (100, 200); and (b) a radial bearing (66, 166) for transferring a radial load between the shaft (24, 124) and the housing (22, 122), wherein the radial bearing (66, 166) is located within the interior (30, 130) of the housing (22, 122), wherein the radial bearing (66, 166) is comprised of a radial bearing housing component (90, 190) associated with the housing (22, 122), and wherein the radial bearing housing component (90, 190) is comprised of a radial bearing housing sleeve, characterised in that the radial bearing housing sleeve is axially segmented so that the radial bearing housing sleeve is comprised of a plurality of axial segments.
A voice data transmission control method, comprising: after receiving a connection establishment request from a calling terminal, sending, by a radio access network device, first configuration information to the calling terminal, and establishing a voice-dedicated domain based first signaling connection between the radio access network device and the calling terminal based on the first configuration information; receiving, by the radio access network device by using the first signaling connection, a call establishment request sent by the calling terminal; and sending, by the radio access network device, the call establishment request to a core network device, and establishing a voice-dedicated domain based second signaling connection between the radio access network device and the core network device. after receiving a connection establishment request from a calling terminal, sending, by a radio access network device, first configuration information to the calling terminal, and establishing a voice-dedicated domain based first signaling connection between the radio access network device and the calling terminal based on the first configuration information; receiving, by the radio access network device by using the first signaling connection, a call establishment request sent by the calling terminal; and sending, by the radio access network device, the call establishment request to a core network device, and establishing a voice-dedicated domain based second signaling connection between the radio access network device and the core network device.
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser device, comprising an optical resonator, a photodiode, and an electrical contact arrangement (36, 38, 40), the optical resonator comprising a first distributed Bragg reflector, a second distributed Bragg reflector, and an active region for light emission, wherein the active region is arranged between the first and second distributed Bragg reflectors (12, 16), wherein the photodiode comprises a light absorption region arranged in the optical resonator, and the electrical contact arrangement (36, 38, 40) is arranged to provide an electrical drive current to electrically pump the optical resonator, and to electrically contact the photodiode, wherein the active region comprises at least one In x Ga 1-x As layer, wherein 0 ≤ x < 1, and the light absorption region comprises at least one In y Ga 1-y As layer, wherein 0< y < 1, and wherein y is greater than x, wherein the In y Ga 1-y As layer of the light absorption region is an intrinsic layer of the light absorption region, wherein the light absorption region of the photodiode comprises at least one undoped further layer based on a material different from the In y Ga 1-y As layer, wherein the In y Ga 1-y As layer is immediately adjacent to the further layer, and wherein an intrinsic zone of the light absorption region has a total thickness of at least 70nm, characterized in that: - the at least one In y Ga 1-y As layer of the light absorption region has a thickness in a range from 15 nm - 50 nm, and - wherein the at least one undoped further layer comprises GaAs z P 1-z, with 0<z<1. - the at least one In y Ga 1-y As layer of the light absorption region has a thickness in a range from 15 nm - 50 nm, and - wherein the at least one undoped further layer comprises GaAs z P 1-z, with 0<z<1.
Device for conveying at least one container closure in a beverage bottling machine, comprising at least one elastic, continuous clamping band for carrying the at least one container closure, wherein the elastic clamping band has a band edge and a width, and the at least one container closure can be conveyed between the band edge of the elastic clamping band and a counter element of the device, wherein the clamping band with its band edge clamps the container closure against the counter element and thus makes it conveyable, wherein a feed area for taking over a container closure supplied via a feed device is provided between the band edge and the counter element and in the feed area, the band edge is guided wedge-shaped and/or diagonally to the conveying direction so that a clamping effect is exerted between the band edge and the counter element on the moulded element, characterised in that the height of the band edge perpendicular to the plane of the clamping band is smaller than the width of the clamping band.
A dairy farming system for use in a livestock building environment for dairy animals and comprising: - at least one dairy animals-related device which is configured to carry out a dairy animals-related action, in particular on one or more of the dairy animals, and - a controller to control the dairy farming system and generate information messages, and with a communication system comprising a first communication device which is at least configured to send the information messages, and a second communication device which is at least configured to receive the information messages that have been sent by the first communication device and make them cognizable to a person, characterised in that the dairy farming system is configured to define a parameter value of a parameter relating to the condition of the person, and wherein the controller is configured to send the information message and/or make it cognizable to the person depending on the defined parameter value. - at least one dairy animals-related device which is configured to carry out a dairy animals-related action, in particular on one or more of the dairy animals, and - a controller to control the dairy farming system and generate information messages, and with a communication system comprising a first communication device which is at least configured to send the information messages, and a second communication device which is at least configured to receive the information messages that have been sent by the first communication device and make them cognizable to a person, characterised in that the dairy farming system is configured to define a parameter value of a parameter relating to the condition of the person, and wherein the controller is configured to send the information message and/or make it cognizable to the person depending on the defined parameter value.
A dc electrical machine comprising: a rotor having Np rotating field poles; an armature having Ns winding slots, where Ns/Np is a non-integer ratio; an armature winding having a plurality of coils received in the winding slots, the armature winding defining a plurality of armature phases; and a power electronic switching assembly including: a first dc load terminal (DC+); a second dc load terminal (DC-); and a plurality of switching modules, each switching module having two ac terminals and two dc terminals and including power electronic devices (S1-S4); wherein each coil is connected to the ac terminals of a respective switching module; characterised in that a first proportion of the switching modules have their dc terminals connected together in series between the first and second dc load terminals (DC+, DC-) and a second proportion of the switching modules have their dc terminals connected together in series between the first and second dc load terminals (DC+, DC-) to define two parallel dc circuits; and wherein Ns/Np is expressed as n±δ where n is an integer and δ is a non-integer vernier shift. a rotor having Np rotating field poles; an armature having Ns winding slots, where Ns/Np is a non-integer ratio; an armature winding having a plurality of coils received in the winding slots, the armature winding defining a plurality of armature phases; and a power electronic switching assembly including: a first dc load terminal (DC+); a second dc load terminal (DC-); and a plurality of switching modules, each switching module having two ac terminals and two dc terminals and including power electronic devices (S1-S4); a first dc load terminal (DC+); a second dc load terminal (DC-); and a plurality of switching modules, each switching module having two ac terminals and two dc terminals and including power electronic devices (S1-S4); wherein each coil is connected to the ac terminals of a respective switching module; characterised in that a first proportion of the switching modules have their dc terminals connected together in series between the first and second dc load terminals (DC+, DC-) and a second proportion of the switching modules have their dc terminals connected together in series between the first and second dc load terminals (DC+, DC-) to define two parallel dc circuits; and wherein Ns/Np is expressed as n±δ where n is an integer and δ is a non-integer vernier shift.
- Device for handling a rigid panel such as a plate, the device comprising a carrying frame, the frame being capable of movement and provided with at least one adhesive gripper intended to adhere on demand on a first face, facing upwards, of the plate, the frame being provided with at least one clamp arranged at one of the ends of the frame and intended to clamp an edge of the plate, characterised in that the clamp is capable of pivoting through at least 180 degrees about a substantially horizontal turning axis by means of a motorisation so as to turn the plate partially or completely over so as to face a second face upwards.
Disk brake comprising a brake caliper which extends over a brake disk and brake pads on both sides of the brake disk, a pad hold-down member which secures the brake pads against falling out of the disk brake and which, resting against the pad rear plates of both brake pads, extends transversely thereto, and comprising a leaf spring, which rests resiliently against the side of the pad hold-down member facing away from the brake pads, extends in the longitudinal direction of said member, and is supported in spring abutments (21, 22) by the two spring ends (31, 32) thereof, a component of one of the spring abutments being a fastening means which extends transversely to the pad hold-down member and the leaf spring, characterized in that a further component of the spring abutment is a bracket, which is connected to the brake caliper by the fastening means, and of which inner side facing the fastening means the spring ends rest against.
A method for transmitting polar encoded data, the method comprising: storing data to be polar encoded; determining a coding rate for polar encoding the data; determining a reliability associated with each bit position in a bit sequence by: calculating a sequence of weighted summations corresponding to each of the bit positions, wherein the reliability of each bit position is determined from its respective weighted summation, wherein the weighted summation corresponding to each respective bit position is a weighted summation over a binary expansion of the respective bit position, wherein the weighted summation is weighted by a first multiplicative factor, and wherein the first multiplicative factor is selected based at least in part on the coding rate; rank ordering the bit positions based on their respective reliabilities; allocating the data as information bits in the most reliable bit positions of a polar code based on the rank ordering; allocating the remaining portion of bit positions as frozen bits of the polar code; polar encoding the information bits and the frozen bits; and transmitting the polar encoded information bits and frozen bits. storing data to be polar encoded; determining a coding rate for polar encoding the data; determining a reliability associated with each bit position in a bit sequence by: calculating a sequence of weighted summations corresponding to each of the bit positions, wherein the reliability of each bit position is determined from its respective weighted summation, wherein the weighted summation corresponding to each respective bit position is a weighted summation over a binary expansion of the respective bit position, wherein the weighted summation is weighted by a first multiplicative factor, and wherein the first multiplicative factor is selected based at least in part on the coding rate; rank ordering the bit positions based on their respective reliabilities; allocating the data as information bits in the most reliable bit positions of a polar code based on the rank ordering; allocating the remaining portion of bit positions as frozen bits of the polar code; polar encoding the information bits and the frozen bits; and transmitting the polar encoded information bits and frozen bits. calculating a sequence of weighted summations corresponding to each of the bit positions, wherein the reliability of each bit position is determined from its respective weighted summation, wherein the weighted summation corresponding to each respective bit position is a weighted summation over a binary expansion of the respective bit position, wherein the weighted summation is weighted by a first multiplicative factor, and wherein the first multiplicative factor is selected based at least in part on the coding rate; rank ordering the bit positions based on their respective reliabilities; allocating the data as information bits in the most reliable bit positions of a polar code based on the rank ordering; allocating the remaining portion of bit positions as frozen bits of the polar code; polar encoding the information bits and the frozen bits; and transmitting the polar encoded information bits and frozen bits.
A method of inhibiting degradation of nucleic acids during a nucleic acid detection processing step comprising introducing by a fluid flow system one or more differently fluorescently labelled nucleotides and a polymerase into a flow cell, said flow cell comprising an array of nucleic acids attached to a support; replacing the said one or more differently fluorescently labelled nucleotides and polymerase with a detection solution comprising gallic acid, a lower alkyl ester thereof, or mixtures thereof, and irradiating a portion of said nucleic acids in the presence of said detection solution to induce fluorescence, wherein said detection solution reduces the amount of light-induced degradation of the nucleic acids.
A method of generating signaling channel messages in a wireless communication system including a plurality of sub-carriers spanning at least a portion of an operating frequency band, the method comprising: assigning resources corresponding to a predetermined bandwidth allocated to a signaling channel for forward link, the predetermined bandwidth establishing a fixed bandwidth overhead for the signaling channel; generating at least one message for transmission on the forward link, wherein each message is a unicast message for a specific access terminal or a multicast or broadcast message for a plurality of access terminals; encoding the at least one message to generate at least one message symbol; controlling a power density of each of the at least one message, wherein a power density of a unicast message is controlled based on a communication link of an intended access terminal for the unicast message, and wherein a power density of a multicast or broadcast message is controlled based on a worst communication link of an access terminal receiving the multicast or broadcast message; and modulating at least a portion of the resources allocated to the signaling channel. assigning resources corresponding to a predetermined bandwidth allocated to a signaling channel for forward link, the predetermined bandwidth establishing a fixed bandwidth overhead for the signaling channel; generating at least one message for transmission on the forward link, wherein each message is a unicast message for a specific access terminal or a multicast or broadcast message for a plurality of access terminals; encoding the at least one message to generate at least one message symbol; controlling a power density of each of the at least one message, wherein a power density of a unicast message is controlled based on a communication link of an intended access terminal for the unicast message, and wherein a power density of a multicast or broadcast message is controlled based on a worst communication link of an access terminal receiving the multicast or broadcast message; and modulating at least a portion of the resources allocated to the signaling channel.
Bait dispensing device for use in fishing, adapted to be cast with a line and to open in water, to allow dispensing of bait, comprising: - a container, adapted to house therein said bait during casting, divided into two half-shells (14, 24) having a substantially symmetrical shape with respect to a mutual joining plane (π); - fastening means (7, 8, 10, 11) of said container to said line; - reversible closing means (5, 6) for said container, wherein: - said reversible closing means (5, 6) use the attraction force of a magnetic field active between said two half-shells (14, 24); - said fastening means of said container to said line comprise two flexible threadlike elements (7, 8) of the same length, each having two ends (7', 7", 8', 8"), where each first end (7', 8') is associated with one of said half-shells (14, 24), and each second end (7", 8") is associated to each other so as to be simultaneously associated with said line, wherein said first ends (7', 8') of said two threadlike elements (7, 8) are associated with said half-shells (14, 24) in symmetrical position in proximity of the joining plane (π) of the half-shells, wherein said two half-shells (14, 24) are adapted to separate completely from each other due to the action of the resisting force caused by friction with the water during sinking of the bait dispensing device, characterized in that said flexible threadlike elements (7, 8) have a spreading elastic force such that, due to their elasticity, they have a spreading effect on said half-shells during use to allow the opening of the bait dispenser and to hold the half-shells (14, 24) in open position during the recovery of the bait dispenser. - a container, adapted to house therein said bait during casting, divided into two half-shells (14, 24) having a substantially symmetrical shape with respect to a mutual joining plane (π); - fastening means (7, 8, 10, 11) of said container to said line; - reversible closing means (5, 6) for said container, - said reversible closing means (5, 6) use the attraction force of a magnetic field active between said two half-shells (14, 24); - said fastening means of said container to said line comprise two flexible threadlike elements (7, 8) of the same length, each having two ends (7', 7", 8', 8"), where each first end (7', 8') is associated with one of said half-shells (14, 24), and each second end (7", 8") is associated to each other so as to be simultaneously associated with said line, wherein said first ends (7', 8') of said two threadlike elements (7, 8) are associated with said half-shells (14, 24) in symmetrical position in proximity of the joining plane (π) of the half-shells, wherein said two half-shells (14, 24) are adapted to separate completely from each other due to the action of the resisting force caused by friction with the water during sinking of the bait dispensing device,