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A Backup Designated Router, BDR, election method, comprising: after an interface of a Protocol Independent Multicast, PIM, equipment is UP in a subnetwork, entering an election waiting state and starting an election waiting timer by the PIM equipment; determining, in an election waiting state by the PIM equipment, whether a Hello message carrying information of an elected BDR is received or not; in a case where the Hello message carrying the information of the elected BDR is not received and the election waiting timer times out, entering an election state by the PIM equipment, electing a BDR in the subnetwork and storing information of the elected BDR in the subnetwork by the PIM equipment, and sending, by the PIM equipment, a Hello message through the interface, wherein the Hello message carries the stored information of the elected BDR in the subnetwork; in a case where the Hello message carrying the information of the elected BDR is received before timeout of the election waiting timer, entering an election state and stopping the election waiting timer by the PIM equipment, and determining, by the PIM equipment, the BDR carried in the Hello message as the BDR elected by a PIM equipment. after an interface of a Protocol Independent Multicast, PIM, equipment is UP in a subnetwork, entering an election waiting state and starting an election waiting timer by the PIM equipment; determining, in an election waiting state by the PIM equipment, whether a Hello message carrying information of an elected BDR is received or not; in a case where the Hello message carrying the information of the elected BDR is not received and the election waiting timer times out, entering an election state by the PIM equipment, electing a BDR in the subnetwork and storing information of the elected BDR in the subnetwork by the PIM equipment, and sending, by the PIM equipment, a Hello message through the interface, wherein the Hello message carries the stored information of the elected BDR in the subnetwork; in a case where the Hello message carrying the information of the elected BDR is received before timeout of the election waiting timer, entering an election state and stopping the election waiting timer by the PIM equipment, and determining, by the PIM equipment, the BDR carried in the Hello message as the BDR elected by a PIM equipment.
An image forming system comprising: a forming section configured to form a color image; a correction section configured to measure at least one of a position and a density of a test pattern formed by the forming section and perform a correction function for adjusting an image forming condition based on the measurement; a determination section configured to determine whether a next page of a current print processing is a first color page of the current print processing; and a control section configured to selectively perform a first mode or a second mode if there is a print request while a correction execution condition is satisfied, wherein in the first mode, the forming section is caused to print the test pattern and the correction section is caused to perform the correction function, before a printing process begins in response to the print request, and - wherein in the second mode, the forming section is caused to print the test pattern and the correction section is caused to perform the correction function before the printing of the next page begins, if the determination section determines that the next page of a current print processing is a first color page of the print processing, whereas the forming section is not caused to print the test pattern and the correction section is not caused to perform the correction function before printing of the next page begins, if the determination section determines that the next page of a current print processing is not the first color page of the print processing. a forming section configured to form a color image; a correction section configured to measure at least one of a position and a density of a test pattern formed by the forming section and perform a correction function for adjusting an image forming condition based on the measurement; a determination section configured to determine whether a next page of a current print processing is a first color page of the current print processing; and a control section configured to selectively perform a first mode or a second mode if there is a print request while a correction execution condition is satisfied, wherein in the first mode, the forming section is caused to print the test pattern and the correction section is caused to perform the correction function, before a printing process begins in response to the print request, and - wherein in the second mode, the forming section is caused to print the test pattern and the correction section is caused to perform the correction function before the printing of the next page begins, if the determination section determines that the next page of a current print processing is a first color page of the print processing, whereas the forming section is not caused to print the test pattern and the correction section is not caused to perform the correction function before printing of the next page begins, if the determination section determines that the next page of a current print processing is not the first color page of the print processing.
A power conversion control device that controls, based on a modulation wave and a carrier wave, a power conversion device that converts direct-current power into alternating-current power, the device comprising: a modulation-wave generating unit that generates a modulation wave based on an output voltage phase angle command, a direct-current voltage supplied to the power conversion device, and a modulation factor calculated based on an output voltage command; characterized in that the device comprises a carrier-wave generating unit that, in a case of a non-overmodulation state, generates a triangular wave or a saw-tooth wave as the carrier wave, and, in a case of an overmodulation state, generates, as the carrier wave, a signal fixed to -1 in a first section that is a predetermined range centering on a timing corresponding to a peak position of the modulation wave, generates, as the carrier wave, a signal fixed to +1 in a second section obtained by shifting the first section by a half cycle of the modulation wave, and generates, as the carrier wave, a triangular wave or a saw-tooth wave in a remaining third section; and a switching-signal generating unit that compares the carrier wave and the modulation wave and generates a switching signal for controlling the power conversion device. a modulation-wave generating unit that generates a modulation wave based on an output voltage phase angle command, a direct-current voltage supplied to the power conversion device, and a modulation factor calculated based on an output voltage command; characterized in that the device comprises a carrier-wave generating unit that, in a case of a non-overmodulation state, generates a triangular wave or a saw-tooth wave as the carrier wave, and, in a case of an overmodulation state, generates, as the carrier wave, a signal fixed to -1 in a first section that is a predetermined range centering on a timing corresponding to a peak position of the modulation wave, generates, as the carrier wave, a signal fixed to +1 in a second section obtained by shifting the first section by a half cycle of the modulation wave, and generates, as the carrier wave, a triangular wave or a saw-tooth wave in a remaining third section; and a switching-signal generating unit that compares the carrier wave and the modulation wave and generates a switching signal for controlling the power conversion device.
A method for detecting a high-definition circulating tumour cell (HD-CTC) in a sample from a subject comprising: a) providing a sample suspected of having at least one CTC and at least one non-CTC that is present at a concentration that is at least 10 times that of the CTC, b) contacting the sample with more than one detectable agent wherein the detectable agents bind a cell marker and are two positive markers and a negative marker wherein the positive markers are Cytokeratin and Androgen Receptor and the negative marker is CD45, and a nuclear marker and/or content marker; c) performing cell imaging on the sample of (b) to generate a cell image; and d) detecting the HD-CTCs in the sample by analyzing the image of (c), wherein HD-CTCs express the positive markers, have an intact nucleus, are morphologically distinct from normal white blood cells (WBCs) and are not positive for the negative marker. a) providing a sample suspected of having at least one CTC and at least one non-CTC that is present at a concentration that is at least 10 times that of the CTC, b) contacting the sample with more than one detectable agent wherein the detectable agents bind a cell marker and are two positive markers and a negative marker wherein the positive markers are Cytokeratin and Androgen Receptor and the negative marker is CD45, and a nuclear marker and/or content marker; c) performing cell imaging on the sample of (b) to generate a cell image; and d) detecting the HD-CTCs in the sample by analyzing the image of (c), wherein HD-CTCs express the positive markers, have an intact nucleus, are morphologically distinct from normal white blood cells (WBCs) and are not positive for the negative marker.
Electric transformer or electric shunt reactor with windings and clamping elements, wherein the windings are pressure-loaded by means of the clamping elements which are under tension, wherein the electric transformer or shunt reactor comprises optical sensors, wherein: - the electric transformer or electric shunt reactor has several legs, each with an assigned clamping element, - at least one optical sensor is assigned to each of the clamping elements, - an elongation (ε) of the assigned clamping element under tension, substantially in the tension direction (z), can be detected by means of the respective optical sensor, and - by comparison of the elongations (ε), one of the legs can be identified as defective. - the electric transformer or electric shunt reactor has several legs, each with an assigned clamping element, - at least one optical sensor is assigned to each of the clamping elements, - an elongation (ε) of the assigned clamping element under tension, substantially in the tension direction (z), can be detected by means of the respective optical sensor, and - by comparison of the elongations (ε), one of the legs can be identified as defective.
An immunoconjugate comprising: (a) at least a first single-chain effector moiety; and (b) a first and a second antigen binding moiety, wherein said single-chain effector moiety is a mutant interleukin-2 (IL-2) polypeptide, comprising three amino acid mutations that abolish or reduce affinity of the mutant IL-2 polypeptide to the high-affinity IL-2 receptor and preserve affinity of the mutant IL-2 polypeptide to the intermediate-affinity IL-2 receptor, each compared to a wild-type IL-2 polypeptide, wherein said three amino acid mutations are at positions corresponding to residue 42, 45, and 72 of human IL-2 according to SEQ ID NO: 1; wherein said three amino acid mutations of the mutant interleukin-2 polypeptide are amino acid substitutions F42A, Y45A and L72G, wherein each of said first and second antigen binding moieties is a Fab molecule; wherein said first single-chain effector moiety shares an amino- or carboxy-terminal peptide bond with said first antigen binding moiety; and wherein said second antigen binding moiety shares an amino- or carboxy-terminal peptide bond with said first effector moiety. (a) at least a first single-chain effector moiety; and (b) a first and a second antigen binding moiety,
Drum washing machine comprising a drum that is rotatably arranged in the suds container, is driven by a drive motor and is intended for receiving the laundry to be treated, an electronic program control device which controls the washing programs and the program sequences, and a control device which is used to detect unbalances occurring during the spin cycle and to compensate for said unbalances by influencing an unbalance compensating system, and the drum washing machine being equipped with a circulating device comprising a circulating pump that conveys the liquid in the cycle from the suds container to the laundry drum, the circulating pump of the circulating device being connected to the supply line apparatuses of the unbalance compensating system such that, on the basis of an unbalance occurring during the spin process, the circulating pump conveys the liquid in the suds container into the compensation container(s) (11, 12) arranged on the laundry drum, and a regulating disc (15, 16) being arranged between an inlet opening in a compensation container (11, 12) and the associated injection nozzle (9, 10), which disc regulates the liquid inflow into the compensation container (11, 12), characterised in that the regulating disc (15, 16) is circular and has partially open and closed segments, and in that the regulating disc (15, 16) is driven by an actuator (13, 14), and in that the regulating disc (15, 16) can be controlled by a control device on the basis of the unbalance occurring in each case such that an open segment of a regulating disc (15, 16) is congruent to the inlet opening of the compensation container (11, 12), in which liquid is intended to be introduced in order to compensate for unbalances.
Vibronic-type sensor designed to measure a flowing medium conducted through a pipe, said sensor comprising: at least two sensor tubes (4, 5) which are supported in an oscillating manner and vibrate at least intermittently during operation, wherein at least a first sensor tube (4,5) of said tubes that is used to conduct at least a partial volume of the medium to be measured communicates with the pipe, and - at least a first converter element designed to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy, -- wherein the two sensor tubes (4, 5) are mechanically coupled with one another by means of at least a first coupling element on the inlet side and at least a first coupling element on the outlet side in such a way that both the first coupling element on the inlet side and the first coupling element on the outlet side are repeatedly subjected to deformations during operation, said deformations corresponding to vibrations at least of one of the two sensor tubes (4, 5), - wherein the first converter element and at least one of the coupling elements (217a, 218a) are at least directly mechanically coupled with one another in such a way, and specifically are essentially rigidly connected to one another, such that the converter element executes, at least in part, vibration movements that correspond to the repeated deformations at least of this coupling element (217a, 218a), - wherein the first converter element has at least one deformation body (61a, 61a') consisting at least in part of a piezoelectric material, said body being placed on the first coupling element, - and wherein the first converter element at least temporarily serves as a vibration generator to at least intermittently generate and/or maintain mechanical vibrations at least of the first sensor tube. - at least a first converter element designed to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy, -- wherein the two sensor tubes (4, 5) are mechanically coupled with one another by means of at least a first coupling element on the inlet side and at least a first coupling element on the outlet side in such a way that both the first coupling element on the inlet side and the first coupling element on the outlet side are repeatedly subjected to deformations during operation, said deformations corresponding to vibrations at least of one of the two sensor tubes (4, 5), - wherein the first converter element and at least one of the coupling elements (217a, 218a) are at least directly mechanically coupled with one another in such a way, and specifically are essentially rigidly connected to one another, such that the converter element executes, at least in part, vibration movements that correspond to the repeated deformations at least of this coupling element (217a, 218a), - wherein the first converter element has at least one deformation body (61a, 61a') consisting at least in part of a piezoelectric material, said body being placed on the first coupling element, - and wherein the first converter element at least temporarily serves as a vibration generator to at least intermittently generate and/or maintain mechanical vibrations at least of the first sensor tube.
Method for storing thermal energy in a steam accumulator comprising a tank containing a liquid and an expansion space arranged above the liquid, a device for injecting gas entering into the tank and a gas discharge device exiting the tank, the gas comprising steam and at least one incondensable gas, the method comprising: - an energy charging phase comprising a gas injection at a first gas flow rate at least partially in the liquid contained in the tank of the accumulator by the gas injection device and the steam from the gas is condensed on contact with the colder liquid and releases energy, which increases the temperature of the liquid, and - a discharge phase comprising the opening of the discharge device and the drop of pressure in the tank causing a vaporisation of the liquid, characterised in that the method further comprises, during the energy charging phase, a gas discharge at a second gas flow rate outside of the tank of the accumulator by the gas discharge device, the first gas flow rate and the second gas flow rate being controlled according to the incondensable gas mass fraction in the injected gas to reach an optimal energy storage, the second gas flow rate being less than the first gas flow rate. - an energy charging phase comprising a gas injection at a first gas flow rate at least partially in the liquid contained in the tank of the accumulator by the gas injection device and the steam from the gas is condensed on contact with the colder liquid and releases energy, which increases the temperature of the liquid, and - a discharge phase comprising the opening of the discharge device and the drop of pressure in the tank causing a vaporisation of the liquid, characterised in that the method further comprises, during the energy charging phase, a gas discharge at a second gas flow rate outside of the tank of the accumulator by the gas discharge device, the first gas flow rate and the second gas flow rate being controlled according to the incondensable gas mass fraction in the injected gas to reach an optimal energy storage, the second gas flow rate being less than the first gas flow rate.
Machining unit for machining panel-like workpieces having at least one narrow side and a broad side which preferably consist at least partly of wood, derived timber products, plastics or the like, having a milling device with a milling means for machining, in particular flush milling, of the workpiece in the region of an edge on the narrow side of the workpiece, a first scanning device for scanning the broad side of the workpiece for positioning of the milling device relative to the broad side of the workpiece and at least one finishing device, in particular glue line knife, for finishing the workpiece in the region of the milled edge, in particular also for removing glue residues, characterised in that the finishing device, in a view vertical to the broad side of the workpiece, is arranged at least in sections between the first scanning device and the milling device.
Method for illuminating a region (Ba0-Ba2, Bi0-Bi2; La0-La2, Li0-Li2; Li0-Lix; La0-Lax; T1-T3; S1-S8) in the area ahead and/or in the interior (F1, F2, F3) of a motor vehicle, wherein the illumination is activated in connection with the unlocking or opening or with the closing or locking of a door, lid (5,6) or the like of the motor vehicle, wherein the illumination is effected such that the illuminated region (Ba0-Ba2, Bi0-Bi2; La0-La2, Li0-Li2; Li0-Lix; La0-Lax; T1-T3; S1-S8) appears to an observer to be changing, characterized in that, when the door or a tailgate is unlocked, initially only a part (LaO, Li0) of the illuminated region (La0-La2, Li0-Li2; Li0-Lix; La0-Lax) appears in the vicinity of the entrance region of the vehicle door or on the ground in the region of the tailgate, and subsequently the illuminated region (LaO, Li0) increases in size as the opening angle (α) increases, wherein the illumination is effected such that the illuminated region (La0-La2, Li0-Li2; Li0-Lix; La0-Lax; S1-S8) appears in the manner of a light carpet that is being rolled out.
A method of optically measuring a response of a sample to a change in an environmental condition to which the sample is exposed, wherein use is made of an optical sensing device comprising: - a support with an aperture, the optical sensing device being adapted to removably hold the sample against the support around the aperture so that a portion of the sample is free to deform through the aperture; and - an optical waveguide fixedly arranged with respect to the support whereby an end of the optical waveguide faces the aperture, the method comprising: - forming an optical interferometric cavity between, one the one hand, the end of the optical waveguide and, on the other hand, a refractive index discontinuity at a surface of the portion of the sample, which is free to protrude through the aperture, the optical interferometric cavity having an optical path length ("c"); - changing the environmental condition to which the sample is exposed so as to cause deformation of the portion of the sample through the aperture; and - measuring a variation in the optical path length of the optical interferometric cavity in response to the change in the environmental condition. - a support with an aperture, the optical sensing device being adapted to removably hold the sample against the support around the aperture so that a portion of the sample is free to deform through the aperture; and - an optical waveguide fixedly arranged with respect to the support whereby an end of the optical waveguide faces the aperture, - forming an optical interferometric cavity between, one the one hand, the end of the optical waveguide and, on the other hand, a refractive index discontinuity at a surface of the portion of the sample, which is free to protrude through the aperture, the optical interferometric cavity having an optical path length ("c"); - changing the environmental condition to which the sample is exposed so as to cause deformation of the portion of the sample through the aperture; and - measuring a variation in the optical path length of the optical interferometric cavity in response to the change in the environmental condition.