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Flange profile for air-tight connection of two air duct sections of an air duct configured in its cross-section essentially as an L-shaped hollow profile made of a folded metal sheet, wherein - the L-shaped legs (2, 3) of the said flange profile are configured with double walls each having an inner wall (4, 5) and an outer wall (6, 7), - the walls (4, 6) of the first L-shaped leg form an end-side open insertion pocket for insertion of the wall of one of the air duct sections, - the walls (5, 7) of the second L-shaped leg forming a take-up compartment to take-up one leg of an angular corner piece, characterized in that at least one crimp is configured at the inner wall of the second L-shaped leg, said crimp extending in the longitudinal extension of the flange profile and protruding away from the take-up compartment. - the L-shaped legs (2, 3) of the said flange profile are configured with double walls each having an inner wall (4, 5) and an outer wall (6, 7), - the walls (4, 6) of the first L-shaped leg form an end-side open insertion pocket for insertion of the wall of one of the air duct sections, - the walls (5, 7) of the second L-shaped leg forming a take-up compartment to take-up one leg of an angular corner piece,
A process for preparing polyisocyanates carrying silyl groups and containing allophanate groups, which comprises - in a first step reacting at least one di- or polyisocyanate with at least one unsaturated alcohol which carries at least one C=C double bond and at least one hydroxyl group under reaction conditions under which allophanate groups are formed, the reaction taking place in the presence of at least one catalyst, a catalyst being used with which predominantly polyisocyanates containing allophanate groups, without isocyanurate groups, are obtained, and in the reaction mixture, the fraction of polyisocyanates with functional groups other than allophanate groups is less than 50 wt%, and - subsequently adding at least one silane compound which carries at least one Si-H bond, by a hydrosilylation, to at least some of the C=C double bonds bonded thus by means of allophanate groups to the resultant polyisocyanate containing allophanate groups. - in a first step reacting at least one di- or polyisocyanate with at least one unsaturated alcohol which carries at least one C=C double bond and at least one hydroxyl group under reaction conditions under which allophanate groups are formed, the reaction taking place in the presence of at least one catalyst, a catalyst being used with which predominantly polyisocyanates containing allophanate groups, without isocyanurate groups, are obtained, and in the reaction mixture, the fraction of polyisocyanates with functional groups other than allophanate groups is less than 50 wt%, and - subsequently adding at least one silane compound which carries at least one Si-H bond, by a hydrosilylation, to at least some of the C=C double bonds bonded thus by means of allophanate groups to the resultant polyisocyanate containing allophanate groups.
A driving attention amount determination apparatus comprising: an imaging section for imaging a vehicle front; a stimulation detection section for detecting a stimulation contained in a video captured by the imaging section and a time point of occurrence of the stimulation, and detecting whether a position of occurrence of the stimulation in the video is in a central visual region or a peripheral visual region of a driver; an electroencephalogram measurement section for measuring an electroencephalogram signal of the driver; a threshold setting section for setting a determination threshold for attention amount determination from a distribution of amplitude of an event-related potential in the electroencephalogram signal based on a point of presenting a stimulation in the central visual region as a starting point; and an attention amount determination section for determining an amount of attention through a comparison between the determination threshold and an amplitude of an event-related potential in the electroencephalogram signal based on a point of presenting a stimulation in the peripheral visual region as a starting point. an imaging section for imaging a vehicle front; a stimulation detection section for detecting a stimulation contained in a video captured by the imaging section and a time point of occurrence of the stimulation, and detecting whether a position of occurrence of the stimulation in the video is in a central visual region or a peripheral visual region of a driver; an electroencephalogram measurement section for measuring an electroencephalogram signal of the driver; a threshold setting section for setting a determination threshold for attention amount determination from a distribution of amplitude of an event-related potential in the electroencephalogram signal based on a point of presenting a stimulation in the central visual region as a starting point; and an attention amount determination section for determining an amount of attention through a comparison between the determination threshold and an amplitude of an event-related potential in the electroencephalogram signal based on a point of presenting a stimulation in the peripheral visual region as a starting point.
Method of sampling and decoding of a signal of interest x comprising, at a training stage, the steps of - acquiring a set of training signals x i i = 1 M, - providing a sampling operator P Ω and a decoder g θ g (.), - training said sampling operator P Ω on said set of training signals x i i = 1 M to obtain a learned sampling operator P Ω̂, as well as, at a sampling stage, the steps of - applying during a sampling step the learned sampling operator P Ω̂ in a transform domain Ψ to the signal of interest x, resulting in observation signal y, - applying during a decoding step the decoder g θ g (.) to the observation signal y, to produce an estimate x̂ of the signal of interest x in order to decode the signal in reconstruction, classification, recognition, identification and/or authentication applications and/or to make a decision about a class of the signal in classification, recognition, identification and/or authentication applications, characterised by the fact that the method further comprises, at the training stage, the step of - training said decoder g θ g (.) jointly with said sampling operator P Ω on said set of training signals x i i = 1 M, to obtain a learned decoder g θ̂ g, by - jointly determining, during a cost minimisation step of the training stage, a set of sampling parameters Q and a set of decoding parameters θ g according to a cost function chosen depending on the targeted application, and by the fact that, at the sampling stage, the step of applying the decoder g θ g (.) uses said set of decoding parameters θ g, such that the estimate x̂ of the signal of interest x is produced by the learned decoder g θ̂ g. - acquiring a set of training signals x i i = 1 M, - providing a sampling operator P Ω and a decoder g θ g (.), - training said sampling operator P Ω on said set of training signals x i i = 1 M to obtain a learned sampling operator P Ω̂, as well as, at a sampling stage, the steps of - applying during a sampling step the learned sampling operator P Ω̂ in a transform domain Ψ to the signal of interest x, resulting in observation signal y, - applying during a decoding step the decoder g θ g (.) to the observation signal y, to produce an estimate x̂ of the signal of interest x in order to decode the signal in reconstruction, classification, recognition, identification and/or authentication applications and/or to make a decision about a class of the signal in classification, recognition, identification and/or authentication applications, characterised by the fact that the method further comprises, at the training stage, the step of - training said decoder g θ g (.) jointly with said sampling operator P Ω on said set of training signals x i i = 1 M, to obtain a learned decoder g θ̂ g, by - jointly determining, during a cost minimisation step of the training stage, a set of sampling parameters Q and a set of decoding parameters θ g according to a cost function chosen depending on the targeted application,
A dual drill string actuator (100, 111, 211, 311), comprising: a piston disposed in a housing, the housing configured to sealingly couple at its longitudinal ends to an end of a nested dual drill string segment; an upper inner conduit mounted in the housing proximate one longitudinal end thereof; a lower inner conduit mounted in the housing proximate the other longitudinal end thereof; and wherein the upper inner conduit, the piston and the lower inner conduit define an external flow passage between respective exterior surfaces thereof and an interior of the housing characterized in that the piston is slidably, sealingly engaged between the upper and lower inner conduits and defines an internal fluid flow passage therethrough, and in that application of fluid pressure to the external flow passage causes movement of the piston away from the upper inner conduit. a piston disposed in a housing, the housing configured to sealingly couple at its longitudinal ends to an end of a nested dual drill string segment; an upper inner conduit mounted in the housing proximate one longitudinal end thereof; a lower inner conduit mounted in the housing proximate the other longitudinal end thereof; and wherein the upper inner conduit, the piston and the lower inner conduit define an external flow passage between respective exterior surfaces thereof and an interior of the housing characterized in that the piston is slidably, sealingly engaged between the upper and lower inner conduits and defines an internal fluid flow passage therethrough, and in that application of fluid pressure to the external flow passage causes movement of the piston away from the upper inner conduit.
A light emitting apparatus comprising: a LED based radiation source (701, 24, 602, 902, 1054, 1100, 1122) for emitting multi-coloured light radiation; a diffuser layer (705, 20, 22, 1108, 1130) coupled to a down conversion material layer (706, 12, 604, 1104, 1126) for receiving at least a portion of the multi-coloured radiation emitted by the LED based radiation source (701, 24, 602, 902, 1054, 1100, 1122) and converting the multi-coloured radiation into forward transferred light radiation, or transmitted light radiation, and back transferred light radiation, or reflected light radiation; and an optic device (704, 10, 606, 810, 814, 904, 1056, 1102, 1124) coupled to the diffuser layer (705, 20, 22, 1108, 1130) and the down conversion material layer (706, 12, 604, 1104, 1126), and adapted to receive the back transferred light radiation and extract at least a portion of the back transferred light radiation from the optic device (704, 10, 606, 810, 814, 904, 1056, 1102, 1124) wherein the light emitting apparatus is characterized in that the down conversion material layer (706, 12, 604, 1104, 1126) comprises a plurality of adjacent segments of different down conversion materials (706A, 706B, 706C, 706D), each of the plurality of down conversion materials differing from each other by exhibiting a respective and different density in order to obtain a desired colour and hue. a LED based radiation source (701, 24, 602, 902, 1054, 1100, 1122) for emitting multi-coloured light radiation; a diffuser layer (705, 20, 22, 1108, 1130) coupled to a down conversion material layer (706, 12, 604, 1104, 1126) for receiving at least a portion of the multi-coloured radiation emitted by the LED based radiation source (701, 24, 602, 902, 1054, 1100, 1122) and converting the multi-coloured radiation into forward transferred light radiation, or transmitted light radiation, and back transferred light radiation, or reflected light radiation; and an optic device (704, 10, 606, 810, 814, 904, 1056, 1102, 1124) coupled to the diffuser layer (705, 20, 22, 1108, 1130) and the down conversion material layer (706, 12, 604, 1104, 1126), and adapted to receive the back transferred light radiation and extract at least a portion of the back transferred light radiation from the optic device (704, 10, 606, 810, 814, 904, 1056, 1102, 1124) wherein the light emitting apparatus is characterized in that the down conversion material layer (706, 12, 604, 1104, 1126) comprises a plurality of adjacent segments of different down conversion materials (706A, 706B, 706C, 706D), each of the plurality of down conversion materials differing from each other by exhibiting a respective and different density in order to obtain a desired colour and hue.
An aircraft component comprising: (a) a first segment comprising a first exterior surface, a first end, and a first electric heater element having a first edge proximate to the first end; (b) a second segment comprising a second exterior surface, a second end, and a second electric heater element having a second edge proximate to the second end, wherein the second end is joined to the first end such that the first external surface and the second external surface combine to form at least a portion of a substantially continuous leading edge surface; (c) a first bus bar connected to the first edge of the first heater element; and (d) a second bus bar connected to the second edge of the second heater element; characterized in that (e) the first and second bus bars are disposed between the first end and the second end when the first end is joined to the second end. (a) a first segment comprising a first exterior surface, a first end, and a first electric heater element having a first edge proximate to the first end; (b) a second segment comprising a second exterior surface, a second end, and a second electric heater element having a second edge proximate to the second end, wherein the second end is joined to the first end such that the first external surface and the second external surface combine to form at least a portion of a substantially continuous leading edge surface; (c) a first bus bar connected to the first edge of the first heater element; and (d) a second bus bar connected to the second edge of the second heater element; characterized in that (e) the first and second bus bars are disposed between the first end and the second end when the first end is joined to the second end.
A method of controlling the flow of reprocessing fluid through an instrument having at least a first channel and a second channel, during an initialization procedure, wherein the first channel is defined by a first value of a parameter and the second channel is defined by a second value of the parameter, wherein the parameter comprises a flow resistance value of the respective instrument channel, said method comprising the steps of: initializing a pump in fluid communication with a reprocessing fluid source to begin an operating cycle; supplying the reprocessing fluid to a first fluid circuit comprising a first valve, wherein the first fluid circuit is in fluid communication with the pump and the first channel; supplying the reprocessing fluid to a second fluid circuit comprising a second valve, wherein the second fluid circuit is in fluid communication with the pump and the second channel; modulating the first valve to limit the flow of reprocessing fluid through the first channel, wherein the amount in which the flow of reprocessing fluid is limited is a function of the relationship between the first value of the parameter and the second value of the parameter, whereby the reprocessing fluid flows through the first channel and the second channel when the pump is initialized; and modulating the second valve; wherein said step of modulating the first valve comprises modulating a first variable valve orifice, and wherein said step of modulating the second valve comprises modulating a second variable valve orifice; wherein said modulating step comprises limiting the flow of reprocessing fluid through the first channel such that the pressure of the reprocessing fluid flowing through the first channel is the same as the pressure of the reprocessing fluid flowing through the second channel. initializing a pump in fluid communication with a reprocessing fluid source to begin an operating cycle; supplying the reprocessing fluid to a first fluid circuit comprising a first valve, wherein the first fluid circuit is in fluid communication with the pump and the first channel; supplying the reprocessing fluid to a second fluid circuit comprising a second valve, wherein the second fluid circuit is in fluid communication with the pump and the second channel; modulating the first valve to limit the flow of reprocessing fluid through the first channel, wherein the amount in which the flow of reprocessing fluid is limited is a function of the relationship between the first value of the parameter and the second value of the parameter, whereby the reprocessing fluid flows through the first channel and the second channel when the pump is initialized; and modulating the second valve; wherein said step of modulating the first valve comprises modulating a first variable valve orifice, and wherein said step of modulating the second valve comprises modulating a second variable valve orifice; wherein said modulating step comprises limiting the flow of reprocessing fluid through the first channel such that the pressure of the reprocessing fluid flowing through the first channel is the same as the pressure of the reprocessing fluid flowing through the second channel.
A process for the production of moldings or sheet materials comprising latent heat accumulators, characterized in that dry mixtures comprising one or more microcapsules and one or more protective-colloid-stabilized, water-redispersible polymer powders of polymers based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers selected from the group comprising vinyl esters, (meth)acrylic esters, vinylaromatics, olefins, 1,3-dienes, and vinyl halides, where said microcapsules comprise one or more latent heat accumulators, are processed by means of thermoplastic forming techniques selected from the group comprising extrusion, injection molding, pressing, and calendering.
An image encoding device comprising: a setting unit configured: to set header information related to a hypothetical reference decoder in accordance with information about a position of a current picture of image data to be processed and information about whether the current picture is a reference picture, to set information indicating a NAL unit type, to set information indicating bitstream concatenation, and to set information indicating a difference between a position of an access unit at the end of a bitstream to be generated and a position of a previous non-discardable picture; and an encoding unit configured to encode the image data and generate the bitstream containing the encoded data of the image data and the header information set by the setting unit, the bitstream being for concatenation with another bitstream; wherein, when the current picture is neither a first picture of the bitstream nor a last picture of the bitstream, but is a reference picture, or when the current picture is the last picture of the bitstream, the setting unit sets the information indicating the NAL unit type at a value indicating a trailing picture to be referred to, the trailing picture not being of a temporal sublayer, sets the information indicating bitstream concatenation at "false", and sets the information indicating the difference between the position of the access unit at the end of the bitstream and the position of the previous non-discardable picture at 0. to set header information related to a hypothetical reference decoder in accordance with information about a position of a current picture of image data to be processed and information about whether the current picture is a reference picture, to set information indicating a NAL unit type, to set information indicating bitstream concatenation, and to set information indicating a difference between a position of an access unit at the end of a bitstream to be generated and a position of a previous non-discardable picture; and an encoding unit configured to encode the image data and generate the bitstream containing the encoded data of the image data and the header information set by the setting unit, the bitstream being for concatenation with another bitstream; wherein, when the current picture is neither a first picture of the bitstream nor a last picture of the bitstream, but is a reference picture, or when the current picture is the last picture of the bitstream, the setting unit sets the information indicating the NAL unit type at a value indicating a trailing picture to be referred to, the trailing picture not being of a temporal sublayer, sets the information indicating bitstream concatenation at "false", and sets the information indicating the difference between the position of the access unit at the end of the bitstream and the position of the previous non-discardable picture at 0.
A medicament for use in the therapeutic treatment and/or improvement of sepsis in a patient, comprising thrombomodulin as an active ingredient, which is administered to the patient, whose value of thrombin-antithrombin complex is not less than 10 ng/mL immediately before the administration, or whose protein C activity value is not more than 40% immediately before the administration.
An exhaust gas heating arrangement, comprising a heating unit having a jacket heating element having a jacket and at least one heating conductor which extends in the jacket and is surrounded by insulating material, wherein the heating unit is spirally wound surrounding a longitudinal center axis, characterized in that a radially inner winding end region of the heating unit is offset with respect to a radially outer winding end region of the heating unit in the direction towards the longitudinal center axis, and in that, in at least one circumferential region, at least two directly adjacent winding sections (56, 58, 60) of the heating unit overlap one another radially.
A re-usable, stackable container for use in a goods handling system, the container comprising an inner part and an outer part, the inner part being slidably engaged within the outer part, whereby the interior of the container is accessible by relative sliding movement of the inner part and the outer part, the container comprising five closed sides such that, when two or more containers are stacked together, goods stored therein remain secured within the container, characterised in that the container comprises one or more internal hooks on which bags can be secured.
Water purification composition comprising: a. 30-70% by weight of an electrolyte flocculant selected from aluminium and ferric salts; b. 0.5-5% by weight of a neutral and/or anionically modified polymer coagulant (MW > 100 kD); c. 15-35% by weight of an inorganic filler, having a density of at least 1.5 kg/dm 3; and d. 20-40% by weight of a solution of a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant and/or polymers of quaternary ammonium compounds. a. 30-70% by weight of an electrolyte flocculant selected from aluminium and ferric salts; b. 0.5-5% by weight of a neutral and/or anionically modified polymer coagulant (MW > 100 kD); c. 15-35% by weight of an inorganic filler, having a density of at least 1.5 kg/dm 3; and d. 20-40% by weight of a solution of a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant and/or polymers of quaternary ammonium compounds.