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An integrated process for alcohol production from lignocellulosic material, wherein the process comprises: - pretreatment of the lignocellulosic material to obtain pretreated lignocellulosic material, - enzymatic hydrolysis of the pretreated lignocellulosic material to obtain enzymatically hydrolysed lignocellulosic material, wherein oxygen is added during the enzymatic hydrolysis, - propagation of an alcohol producing microorganism by fermentation of a part of the pretreated lignocellulosic material and fermentation of the enzymatically hydrolysed lignocellulosic material by the alcohol producing microorganism to produce alcohol, wherein the alcohol producing microorganism is able to ferment at least a C5 sugar and at least a C6 sugar, - propagation of a fungus and production of enzymes by the fungus, wherein a part of the pretreated lignocellulosic material is used in the propagation of the fungus and/or the production of enzymes by the fungus and wherein the enzymes produced by the fungus are used in the enzymatic hydrolysis. - pretreatment of the lignocellulosic material to obtain pretreated lignocellulosic material, - enzymatic hydrolysis of the pretreated lignocellulosic material to obtain enzymatically hydrolysed lignocellulosic material, wherein oxygen is added during the enzymatic hydrolysis, - propagation of an alcohol producing microorganism by fermentation of a part of the pretreated lignocellulosic material and fermentation of the enzymatically hydrolysed lignocellulosic material by the alcohol producing microorganism to produce alcohol, wherein the alcohol producing microorganism is able to ferment at least a C5 sugar and at least a C6 sugar, - propagation of a fungus and production of enzymes by the fungus, wherein a part of the pretreated lignocellulosic material is used in the propagation of the fungus and/or the production of enzymes by the fungus and wherein the enzymes produced by the fungus are used in the enzymatic hydrolysis.
A method for producing bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt comprising: a step of dissolving, in which a mixed liquid containing bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and fluorosulfonic acid, which is a reaction liquid produced by a reaction between urea and fluorosulfonic acid, is dissolved in water to prepare an aqueous solution; a step of neutralizing, in which the aqueous solution is neutralized by an alkali compound to prepare a neutralized solution; and a step of recovering bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt, in which bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt is recovered from the neutralized solution by extracting the neutralized solution with an organic solvent. a step of dissolving, in which a mixed liquid containing bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and fluorosulfonic acid, which is a reaction liquid produced by a reaction between urea and fluorosulfonic acid, is dissolved in water to prepare an aqueous solution; a step of neutralizing, in which the aqueous solution is neutralized by an alkali compound to prepare a neutralized solution; and a step of recovering bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt, in which bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salt is recovered from the neutralized solution by extracting the neutralized solution with an organic solvent.
Device for removing ammonia from exhaust air from a livestock stable, comprising an air inlet in a top portion of the device configured to introduce said exhaust air into said device and an aqueous liquid inlet in a top portion of the device configured to introduce aqueous liquid into said device; a first zone downstream of said air inlet and said aqueous liquid inlet, wherein said first zone is configured to enable dissolving of ammonia contained in said air in the aqueous liquid under conditions that allow conversion of ammonia to ammonium in said aqueous liquid; a second zone downstream of said first zone, configured to receive aqueous liquid and air from said first zone and containing microorganisms capable to convert ammonium into nitrite under conditions that allow said microorganisms to convert ammonium to nitrite in said aqueous liquid; a third zone downstream of said second zone and configured to receive air and aqueous liquid containing dissolved nitrite from said second zone, wherein said third zone is configured to allow conversion of nitrite to nitrate at a pH below 2; an air outlet configured to pass air from said third zone out of said device, and an aqueous liquid outlet configured to pass aqueous liquid from said third zone out of said device, wherein said air outlet and said aqueous liquid outlet are arranged in a bottom portion of said device. comprising an air inlet in a top portion of the device configured to introduce said exhaust air into said device and an aqueous liquid inlet in a top portion of the device configured to introduce aqueous liquid into said device; a first zone downstream of said air inlet and said aqueous liquid inlet, wherein said first zone is configured to enable dissolving of ammonia contained in said air in the aqueous liquid under conditions that allow conversion of ammonia to ammonium in said aqueous liquid; a second zone downstream of said first zone, configured to receive aqueous liquid and air from said first zone and containing microorganisms capable to convert ammonium into nitrite under conditions that allow said microorganisms to convert ammonium to nitrite in said aqueous liquid; a third zone downstream of said second zone and configured to receive air and aqueous liquid containing dissolved nitrite from said second zone, wherein said third zone is configured to allow conversion of nitrite to nitrate at a pH below 2; an air outlet configured to pass air from said third zone out of said device, and an aqueous liquid outlet configured to pass aqueous liquid from said third zone out of said device, wherein said air outlet and said aqueous liquid outlet are arranged in a bottom portion of said device.
A method for culling flat packages, such as envelopes and other packages having a small thickness, from a bulk flow that contains both flat and non-flat packages, such as boxes or tubes, said method comprising: feeding a batch of packages onto a tilted conveyor belt having an outer conveying surface extending in width from an elevated side edge to a lower side edge and advancing in a direction of belt travel; the method being characterized in: operating the conveyor belt tilted off horizontal enough to allow non-flat articles to tumble across the conveyor belt and off its lower side edge; retaining flat packages on the tilted conveyor belt to convey the flat packages in the direction of belt travel; wherein the flat packages are retained on the tilted conveyor belt with a high-friction outer conveying surface on the tilted conveyor belt, and/or a raised barrier extending along the length of the outer conveying surface of the tilted conveyor belt. operating the conveyor belt tilted off horizontal enough to allow non-flat articles to tumble across the conveyor belt and off its lower side edge; retaining flat packages on the tilted conveyor belt to convey the flat packages in the direction of belt travel; wherein the flat packages are retained on the tilted conveyor belt with a high-friction outer conveying surface on the tilted conveyor belt, and/or a raised barrier extending along the length of the outer conveying surface of the tilted conveyor belt.
An Operator presence detector for enabling a function of a vehicle comprising: a. at least three zones (55, 60, 65,70), wherein each zone (55, 60, 65, 70) is configured to receive at least a portion of an operator's foot; b. a sensor arrangement associated with the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) and configured to (i) detect the presence of at least a portion of a foot in each of the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) and (ii) generate foot-present signals corresponding to the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) where at least a portion of a foot is detected; and c. a logic device that receives the foot-present signals from the sensor arrangement and sends a signal to the vehicle, wherein, based on the foot-present signals, the logic device is programmed to (i) determine whether an operator's feet are present in at least two of the zones in a predetermined configuration and (ii) send an enable signal to the vehicle thus enabling the function if an operator's feet are present in the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) in a predetermined configuration. a. at least three zones (55, 60, 65,70), wherein each zone (55, 60, 65, 70) is configured to receive at least a portion of an operator's foot; b. a sensor arrangement associated with the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) and configured to (i) detect the presence of at least a portion of a foot in each of the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) and (ii) generate foot-present signals corresponding to the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) where at least a portion of a foot is detected; and (i) detect the presence of at least a portion of a foot in each of the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) and (ii) generate foot-present signals corresponding to the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) where at least a portion of a foot is detected; and c. a logic device that receives the foot-present signals from the sensor arrangement and sends a signal to the vehicle, wherein, based on the foot-present signals, the logic device is programmed to (i) determine whether an operator's feet are present in at least two of the zones in a predetermined configuration and (ii) send an enable signal to the vehicle thus enabling the function if an operator's feet are present in the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) in a predetermined configuration. (i) determine whether an operator's feet are present in at least two of the zones in a predetermined configuration and (ii) send an enable signal to the vehicle thus enabling the function if an operator's feet are present in the zones (55, 60, 65, 70) in a predetermined configuration.
A double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), wherein said dsRNA comprises a sense strand and an antisense strand comprising a region of complementarity which is complementary to at least a part of a mRNA encoding Serum Amyloid A, wherein the (i) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 225 and 226 or consists of GccGAAGcuucuuuucGuudTdT (SEQ ID NO: 69) and AACGAAAAGAAGCUUCGGCdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 70), (ii) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 233 and 234 or consists of GuuccuuGGcGAGGcuuuudTdT (SEQ ID NO: 77) and AAAAGCCUCGCcAAGGAACdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 78), (iii) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 189 and 190 or consists of cuGAGAAAuAcuGAGcuucdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 33) and GAAGCUcAGuAUUUCUcAGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 34), (iv) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 227 and 228 or consists of GAAGcuucuuuucGuuccudTdT (SEQ ID NO: 71) and AGGAACGAAAAGAAGCUUCdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 72), (v) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 221 and 222 or consists of ccccAAucAcuuccGAccudTdT (SEQ ID NO: 65) and AGGUCGGAAGUGAUUGGGGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 66), (vi) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 169 and 170 or consists of cccAAucAcuuccGAccuGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 13) and cAGGUCGGAAGUGAUUGGGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 14), (vii) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 167 and 168 or consists of AAuAcuuccAuGcucGGGGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 11) and CCCCGAGcAUGGAAGuAUUdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 12), or (viii) dsRNA consists of AuAcuuccAuGcucGGGGGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 99) and CCCCCGAGcAUGGAAGuAUdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 100), wherein c is 2'-O-methylcytidine-3'-phosphate, dT is 2'-deoxythymidine-3'-phosphate, and u is 2'-O-methyluridine-3'-phosphate. (i) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 225 and 226 or consists of GccGAAGcuucuuuucGuudTdT (SEQ ID NO: 69) and AACGAAAAGAAGCUUCGGCdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 70), (ii) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 233 and 234 or consists of GuuccuuGGcGAGGcuuuudTdT (SEQ ID NO: 77) and AAAAGCCUCGCcAAGGAACdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 78), (iii) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 189 and 190 or consists of cuGAGAAAuAcuGAGcuucdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 33) and GAAGCUcAGuAUUUCUcAGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 34), (iv) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 227 and 228 or consists of GAAGcuucuuuucGuuccudTdT (SEQ ID NO: 71) and AGGAACGAAAAGAAGCUUCdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 72), (v) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 221 and 222 or consists of ccccAAucAcuuccGAccudTdT (SEQ ID NO: 65) and AGGUCGGAAGUGAUUGGGGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 66), (vi) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 169 and 170 or consists of cccAAucAcuuccGAccuGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 13) and cAGGUCGGAAGUGAUUGGGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 14), (vii) dsRNA consists of SEQ ID NOs 167 and 168 or consists of AAuAcuuccAuGcucGGGGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 11) and CCCCGAGcAUGGAAGuAUUdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 12), or (viii) dsRNA consists of AuAcuuccAuGcucGGGGGdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 99) and CCCCCGAGcAUGGAAGuAUdTdT (SEQ ID NO: 100),
An ink composition comprising: a plurality of carbon nanotubes; a solvent; and a removable additive that stabilizes the plurality of carbon nanotubes in the solvent, wherein the solvent is an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of N-methylpyrrolidinone, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (PGMEA), and methyl isopropyl ketone, and wherein the additive is polypropylene carbonate. a plurality of carbon nanotubes; a solvent; and a removable additive that stabilizes the plurality of carbon nanotubes in the solvent, wherein the solvent is an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of N-methylpyrrolidinone, propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (PGMEA), and methyl isopropyl ketone, and wherein the additive is polypropylene carbonate.
A method of generating an optical coherent tomographic - OCT - or optical coherent microscope - OCM - image, the method comprising: performing a depth scan on one spot on a surface of a subject using modulated light received from a spatial light modulator configured to modulate either one or both of an intensity and a phase of light received from a light source according to a pattern - Hadamard-like for instance - for each of a plurality of patterns; obtaining depth scan data for each of the plurality of patterns by repeating the depth scan on the spot for each of a plurality of patterns of the spatial light modulator; forming a matrix R representing a vector space based on a covariance of signal values of the depth scan data for each of the plurality of patterns; performing a matrix singular values decomposition - SVD - on the matrix R; dividing the vector space represented as a sum of subspace components into a noise subspace and a signal subspace based on a matrix obtained by the matrix decomposition; reconstructing a vector space based on either one or both of components of the signal subspace and components of the noise subspace; and generating a tomography image based on the reconstructed vector space. performing a depth scan on one spot on a surface of a subject using modulated light received from a spatial light modulator configured to modulate either one or both of an intensity and a phase of light received from a light source according to a pattern - Hadamard-like for instance - for each of a plurality of patterns; obtaining depth scan data for each of the plurality of patterns by repeating the depth scan on the spot for each of a plurality of patterns of the spatial light modulator; forming a matrix R representing a vector space based on a covariance of signal values of the depth scan data for each of the plurality of patterns; performing a matrix singular values decomposition - SVD - on the matrix R; dividing the vector space represented as a sum of subspace components into a noise subspace and a signal subspace based on a matrix obtained by the matrix decomposition; reconstructing a vector space based on either one or both of components of the signal subspace and components of the noise subspace; and generating a tomography image based on the reconstructed vector space.
Hollow shaft for a rotor of a dynamo-electric machine, wherein the hollow shaft forms a closed-off cavity, which has at least an evaporator zone and a condenser zone axially, • wherein at least the condenser zone has an inwardly microscale structure, and wherein the evaporator zone and the condenser zone can be connected in a thermally conductive manner to the respective surrounding elements thereof, • wherein the condenser zone is surrounded by a fan, • wherein the microscale structure is formed as a rib-like structure and/or pin-shaped structure and/or pore-like cross-linking, • wherein this structure is connected in a thermally conductive manner to a wall of the condenser zone,wherein the hollow shaft has different materials at least in the region of the condenser zone, • wherein materials having different hardness and thermal conductivity are present on the surface of the condenser zone on which the fan is arranged and connected to the condenser zone in a thermally conductive manner, • wherein heat-conducting elements made from a soft material having good thermal conductivity are designed so as to be knob- or pin-shaped and are arranged radially externally so as to project from the wall, • wherein the harder material is provided between the heat-conducting elements and around the heat-conducting elements. • wherein at least the condenser zone has an inwardly microscale structure, and wherein the evaporator zone and the condenser zone can be connected in a thermally conductive manner to the respective surrounding elements thereof, • wherein the condenser zone is surrounded by a fan, • wherein the microscale structure is formed as a rib-like structure and/or pin-shaped structure and/or pore-like cross-linking, • wherein this structure is connected in a thermally conductive manner to a wall of the condenser zone,wherein the hollow shaft has different materials at least in the region of the condenser zone, • wherein materials having different hardness and thermal conductivity are present on the surface of the condenser zone on which the fan is arranged and connected to the condenser zone in a thermally conductive manner, • wherein heat-conducting elements made from a soft material having good thermal conductivity are designed so as to be knob- or pin-shaped and are arranged radially externally so as to project from the wall, • wherein the harder material is provided between the heat-conducting elements and around the heat-conducting elements.
A slip frame former device being octagonally shaped for shaping and forming a transportable container to support a plurality of bulk goods and comprising: four long wall portions, each extending between ends and generally forming a square with each of said long wall portions being spaced adjacent said ends; and four short wall portions, each of said short wall portions extending diagonally between adjacent ones of said ends of said long wall portions to form a generally octagonally shaped slip frame former; characterized in that each of said long wall portions are concaved inwardly for forming a generally straight wall on the transportable container. four long wall portions, each extending between ends and generally forming a square with each of said long wall portions being spaced adjacent said ends; and four short wall portions, each of said short wall portions extending diagonally between adjacent ones of said ends of said long wall portions to form a generally octagonally shaped slip frame former;
A valve 1 for internal combustion engines, characterized in that a metallic tungsten matrix coating containing tungsten nanocarbides WC, W2C, W3C, W12C or a mixture thereof is applied to at least a portion of the valve, the coating having thickness ranging from 5 μm to 150μm, hardness between 500HV and 2000HV and being applied by the chemical vapor deposition process, wherein the coating has variation of hardness, so that the hardness on the surface is reduced according to the coating depth, the reduction being of up to 50% with respect to the hardness on the surface.
A catalyst layer comprising an electrocatalyst comprising platinum, wherein the platinum can be alloyed or mixed with: one or more precious metals, or base metals, or an oxide of a precious metal or a base metal; and an oxygen evolution catalyst, wherein the oxygen evolution catalyst comprises a crystalline metal oxide of formula (AA') a (BB') b O c. wherein A and A' are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, sodium, potassium, indium, thallium, tin, lead, antimony and bismuth; B is selected from the group consisting of Ru, Ir, Os, and Rh; B' is selected from the group consisting of Ru, Ir, Os, Rh, Ca, Mg or RE (wherein RE is a rare earth metal), indium, thallium, tin, lead, antimony and bismuth; wherein the crystalline metal oxide has a perovskite type crystalline structure and a is 0.66 to 1.5; b is 1; and c is 3 to 5. and an oxygen evolution catalyst, wherein the oxygen evolution catalyst comprises a crystalline metal oxide of formula (AA') a (BB') b O c. wherein A and A' are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, sodium, potassium, indium, thallium, tin, lead, antimony and bismuth; B is selected from the group consisting of Ru, Ir, Os, and Rh; B' is selected from the group consisting of Ru, Ir, Os, Rh, Ca, Mg or RE (wherein RE is a rare earth metal), indium, thallium, tin, lead, antimony and bismuth; wherein the crystalline metal oxide has a perovskite type crystalline structure and a is 0.66 to 1.5; b is 1; and c is 3 to 5.
A fingerprinting method characterised by comprising, for each round in a series of rounds: providing to each receiver in a set of receivers a respective version of a source item of content, the source item of content corresponding to the round, wherein for the round there is a corresponding part of a respective fingerprint-code for the receiver, the part comprising one or more symbols, wherein the version provided to the receiver represents those one or more symbols; obtaining, from a suspect item of content one or more corresponding symbols as a corresponding part of a suspect-code; for each receiver in the set of receivers, updating a corresponding score that indicates a likelihood that the receiver is a colluding-receiver, wherein a colluding-receiver is a receiver that has been provided with a version of a source item of content that has been used to generate a suspect item of content, wherein said updating is based on the fingerprint-code for the receiver and the suspect-code; for each receiver in the set of receivers, if the score for the receiver exceeds a threshold, updating the set of receivers by removing the receiver from the set of receivers so that the receiver is not provided with a further version of a source item of content, wherein the threshold is set such that the probability that a receiver that is not a colluding-receiver has a score exceeding the threshold is at most a predetermined probability. providing to each receiver in a set of receivers a respective version of a source item of content, the source item of content corresponding to the round, wherein for the round there is a corresponding part of a respective fingerprint-code for the receiver, the part comprising one or more symbols, wherein the version provided to the receiver represents those one or more symbols; obtaining, from a suspect item of content one or more corresponding symbols as a corresponding part of a suspect-code; for each receiver in the set of receivers, updating a corresponding score that indicates a likelihood that the receiver is a colluding-receiver, wherein a colluding-receiver is a receiver that has been provided with a version of a source item of content that has been used to generate a suspect item of content, wherein said updating is based on the fingerprint-code for the receiver and the suspect-code; for each receiver in the set of receivers, if the score for the receiver exceeds a threshold, updating the set of receivers by removing the receiver from the set of receivers so that the receiver is not provided with a further version of a source item of content, wherein the threshold is set such that the probability that a receiver that is not a colluding-receiver has a score exceeding the threshold is at most a predetermined probability.