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A hydrothermal carbonisation process for the preparation of coal-like material from biomass, characterized in that a reaction mixture comprising biomass is heated by contacting with steam, the steam moving counter-currently relative to the reaction mixture, to obtain a reaction mixture comprising activated biomass, and the activated biomass is subsequently polymerized to give a reaction mixture comprising coal-like material, wherein the reaction mixture is fed to the head of a vertically oriented evaporation column and is moving downwards the column while being in contact with the steam moving upwards the column, the temperature in the column being in the range of 200°C to 250°C; the reaction mixture comprising coal-like material, which additionally comprises non-reacted activated biomass, is subsequently fed to a separate reactor, in which the polymerization of the activated biomass is completed, the temperature in the separate reactor being adjusted by means of a lower pressure to lie within a temperature range of 160°C to 190°C; the activated biomass comprises the products of the disintegration and/or dehydration of the biomass; and the column comprises: at least one horizontally oriented mass transfer tray having a plurality of perforations, the perforations providing exclusive means of communicating between the space above the mass transfer tray and the space below, only one vertically oriented rotor shaft passing through a rotor shaft opening in the mass transfer tray, at least one upper rotor element mounted on the rotor shaft and being disposed above the mass transfer tray, wherein the upper rotor element is arranged so as to transfer a reaction mixture through the perforations to the space below the mass transfer tray, and a housing provided at its upper end with an upper inlet and upper outlet and, at its lower end, with a lower inlet and lower outlet, the upper inlet and lower outlet permitting slurry to be introduced into the column and to be taken therefrom, and the lower inlet and upper outlet permitting steam to be introduced into the column and to be taken therefrom, wherein the mass transfer tray is disposed within the housing. at least one horizontally oriented mass transfer tray having a plurality of perforations, the perforations providing exclusive means of communicating between the space above the mass transfer tray and the space below, only one vertically oriented rotor shaft passing through a rotor shaft opening in the mass transfer tray, at least one upper rotor element mounted on the rotor shaft and being disposed above the mass transfer tray, wherein the upper rotor element is arranged so as to transfer a reaction mixture through the perforations to the space below the mass transfer tray, and a housing provided at its upper end with an upper inlet and upper outlet and, at its lower end, with a lower inlet and lower outlet, the upper inlet and lower outlet permitting slurry to be introduced into the column and to be taken therefrom, and the lower inlet and upper outlet permitting steam to be introduced into the column and to be taken therefrom, wherein the mass transfer tray is disposed within the housing.
Method for spreading material for distributing on an agricultural surface by means of a centrifugal spreader, wherein the centrifugal spreader has at least one spreading device, wherein the spreading width covered by the at least one spreading device is divided into a plurality of partial widths, and wherein the spreading quantity of the material for distributing is set, preferably separately, for each partial width of the centrifugal spreader, wherein the amount of material for distributing that is spread by the centrifugal spreader is detected partial width by partial width, characterized in that, upon repeated spreading of a material for distributing over the surface for fertilizing the surface with a partial overlapping of the scattering regions of adjacent tram lines, the previously detected measured values of the spreading quantity are at least partially taken into consideration partial width by partial width during the fertilizing in the overlapping region.
A polynucleotide, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a sequence that encodes a pro-apoptotic protein selected from Bax, Bak, Bim, Puma, Bad, Bik, Noxa, Bmf, Hrk, Bid, FAS, caspase, or a pro-apoptotic fragment thereof, and wherein the methylation level of CpG dinucleotides of the polynucleotide is about 2 fold to about 4 fold higher as compared to the average methylation level of CpG dinucleotides in a wild type Escherichia coli ( E. coli) genome, or about 30% to about 60% of the CpG dinucleotides of the polynucleotide are methylated, for use in a method of stimulating growth of a hair shaft from a hair follicle, of treating alopecia areata, or of treating hair loss attributed to an autoimmune disease.
An over-the-needle catheter assembly, comprising: a catheter comprising a body, said body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, said body defining a lumen extending from said proximal end to said distal end; a coil insert (18, 28, 38) configured within at least a portion of said lumen, said coil insert (18, 28, 38) comprising a proximal end (29, 35) and a distal end (30, 37), said coil insert (18, 28, 38) defining a hollow passageway extending from said proximal end (29, 35) to said distal end (30, 37); a needle configured within the hollow passageway of said coil insert (18, 28, 38), wherein said coil insert (18, 28, 38) prevents said catheter from kinking when said catheter is within a patient; and a hub configured with the proximal end of the catheter, wherein the coil insert (18, 28, 38) further includes a handle configured to engage the hub so as to form a hub assembly, said hub assembly configured to engage a fluid delivery device, and wherein the over-the-needle catheter assembly further comprises a stimulation assembly configured with said coil insert (18, 28, 38) and/or the needle, said stimulation assembly configured to provide stimulation to a targeted site within the patient via the coil insert (18, 28, 38). a catheter comprising a body, said body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, said body defining a lumen extending from said proximal end to said distal end; a coil insert (18, 28, 38) configured within at least a portion of said lumen, said coil insert (18, 28, 38) comprising a proximal end (29, 35) and a distal end (30, 37), said coil insert (18, 28, 38) defining a hollow passageway extending from said proximal end (29, 35) to said distal end (30, 37); a needle configured within the hollow passageway of said coil insert (18, 28, 38), wherein said coil insert (18, 28, 38) prevents said catheter from kinking when said catheter is within a patient; and a hub configured with the proximal end of the catheter, wherein the coil insert (18, 28, 38) further includes a handle configured to engage the hub so as to form a hub assembly, said hub assembly configured to engage a fluid delivery device, and wherein the over-the-needle catheter assembly further comprises a stimulation assembly configured with said coil insert (18, 28, 38) and/or the needle, said stimulation assembly configured to provide stimulation to a targeted site within the patient via the coil insert (18, 28, 38).
An artificial reality system (10; 20) comprising: a head-mounted display configured to output artificial reality content, wherein the HMD includes a first wireless transceiver to communicate with one or more devices of the artificial reality system; a peripheral device of the one or more devices of the artificial reality system configured to capture media samples for the HMD to output the artificial reality content, wherein the peripheral device includes a second wireless transceiver to communicate with the HMD; a clock manager of the HMD configured to compute a first delta between a timestamp of the HMD and a timestamp of the first wireless transceiver; and a clock manager of the peripheral device configured to compute a second delta between a timestamp of the peripheral device and a timestamp of the second wireless transceiver, wherein the first delta and the second delta are used to adjust a clock of the peripheral device.
Device for treating a compound comprising a space for treating the compound, characterized in that it comprises: - a photocatalyst element an outer surface of which delimits at least partly the treatment space, - an activation element associated with the photocatalyst element so as to generate, under the effect of electromagnetic radiation at a predetermined wavelength, a plasmon that propagates in said photocatalyst element, said photocatalyst element being interposed between the activation element and the treatment space, - a system (107a, 107b) for generating a plasma in the treatment space at least at the outer surface of the photocatalyst element. - a photocatalyst element an outer surface of which delimits at least partly the treatment space, - an activation element associated with the photocatalyst element so as to generate, under the effect of electromagnetic radiation at a predetermined wavelength, a plasmon that propagates in said photocatalyst element, said photocatalyst element being interposed between the activation element and the treatment space, - a system (107a, 107b) for generating a plasma in the treatment space at least at the outer surface of the photocatalyst element.
A controller of a building automation system, comprising: - at least one sensor signal input for receiving sensor signals, - at least one control signal output for transmitting control signals to devices of the building automation system, said control signals involving values, and - a processor coupled to receive sensor signals from said sensor signal input and to transmit control signals to said control signal output, wherein said processor is configured to form said values of said control signals on the basis of said sensor signals, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a first rule of forming values of control signals on the basis of sensor signals at a first moment of time and to apply a second, different rule of forming values of control signals on the basis of sensor signals at a second, later moment of time, wherein each rule (201, 202) defines, what values of control signals will be formed on the basis of particular ones of said sensor signals, characterized in that said processor is configured to gradually change, during an interval between said first and second moments of time that is at least several minutes long, from applying said first rule to applying said second rule, so that a valid rule for forming values of control signals on the basis of sensor signals received between said first and second moments of time is an intermediate form (203, 204, 205) between said first and second rules. - at least one sensor signal input for receiving sensor signals, - at least one control signal output for transmitting control signals to devices of the building automation system, said control signals involving values, and - a processor coupled to receive sensor signals from said sensor signal input and to transmit control signals to said control signal output,
Water disinfection device, comprising • a plastic bottle aimed to contain water to be disinfected; and • a sensor that measures a set of parameters outputting a set of measured parameters characterized in that the sensor comprises: • a first unit located over the bottle that measures, at least, global irradiance, UV irradiance and sunshine duration, said first unit comprising: ∘ two identical solar cells; and ∘ a UV-blocking filter located on top of one of said solar cells of the first unit • a second unit located under the bottle that measures, at least, global irradiance through the bottle, said second unit comprising ∘ two identical solar cells; and • a processing unit connected to such first and second units; wherein the set of measured parameters are the parameters measured by the first and second units and the processing unit compares the set of measured parameters with predetermined data to decide if water is safe to drink. • a plastic bottle aimed to contain water to be disinfected; and • a sensor that measures a set of parameters outputting a set of measured parameters • a first unit located over the bottle that measures, at least, global irradiance, UV irradiance and sunshine duration, said first unit comprising: ∘ two identical solar cells; and ∘ a UV-blocking filter located on top of one of said solar cells of the first unit ∘ two identical solar cells; and ∘ a UV-blocking filter located on top of one of said solar cells of the first unit • a second unit located under the bottle that measures, at least, global irradiance through the bottle, said second unit comprising ∘ two identical solar cells; and ∘ two identical solar cells; and • a processing unit connected to such first and second units;
An optical transmitter adapted to convert a plurality of transmission signals transmitted via a plurality of lanes (1 to M) into a multi-carrier signal and transmit the multi-carrier signal, the optical transmitter comprising: a controller configured to generate allocation information that indicates an allocation of sub-carriers to the plurality of lanes according to a bit rate of the transmission signal of each of the lanes and a possible transmission capacity of each of the sub-carriers; and a signal processor configured to convert the plurality of transmission signals into the multi-carrier signal in accordance with the allocation information generated by the controller; and characterized in that the possible transmission capacity of each of the sub-carriers is determined based on quality of each of the sub-carriers detected in an optical receiver configured to receive the multi-carrier signal; and the controller is configured to generate the allocation information, for each of the lanes, such that a sum of possible transmission capacities of a plurality of selected sub-carriers is larger than or equal to a bit rate of a corresponding lane. a controller configured to generate allocation information that indicates an allocation of sub-carriers to the plurality of lanes according to a bit rate of the transmission signal of each of the lanes and a possible transmission capacity of each of the sub-carriers; and a signal processor configured to convert the plurality of transmission signals into the multi-carrier signal in accordance with the allocation information generated by the controller; and characterized in that the possible transmission capacity of each of the sub-carriers is determined based on quality of each of the sub-carriers detected in an optical receiver configured to receive the multi-carrier signal; and the controller is configured to generate the allocation information, for each of the lanes, such that a sum of possible transmission capacities of a plurality of selected sub-carriers is larger than or equal to a bit rate of a corresponding lane.
A display control method for an electronic device with a foldable screen, wherein the electronic device is in a folded state, a first screen of the electronic device is on, a second screen of the electronic device is off, and the method comprises: when detecting a photographing scenario of a camera and a flip operation on the electronic device, detecting, by the electronic device, whether an object approaches the electronic device, and in response to a detection result, switching, by the electronic device, from performing displaying on the first screen to performing displaying on the second screen when detecting that no object approaches the electronic device, or maintaining, by the electronic device, the first screen on and the second screen off when detecting that an object approaches the electronic device.
Textile machine with a large number of workstations, which are equipped with at least one thread processing device in each case, and having at least one drive shaft, which runs in the longitudinal direction of the textile machine and to which the thread processing devices are connected in each case by means of a continuous traction means, wherein the drive shaft extends over a plurality of workstations and is equipped with a large number of drive devices to guide and entrain a respective continuous traction means, wherein the drive devices of the drive shaft in each case have two deflection and guide grooves (30, 34) arranged coaxially to the drive shaft, wherein one of the deflection and guide grooves (30, 34) is a component of a freely rotatably mounted loose wheel, characterised in that the continuous traction means, which is inserted in the region of the respective associated, cantilevered thread processing device by means of a loop in a rear guide groove of a output means, which is connected to the respective thread processing device, is drawn around the drive shaft in such a way that the remaining loop of the continuous traction means can be inserted with a rotation through 180° in a guide groove positioned at the freely accessible end of the output means
Valve unit for wheels (30; 40; 50; 60; 70) provided with a rim with at least one tyre (31; 41; 51; 71), comprising a valve body in which it is possible to identify: - a cylindrical collar suited to be inserted in a hole made in said rim; - a valve seat accommodating an auxiliary valve for inflating said at least one tyre; - a main duct carried out so that it passes through the length of said cylindrical collar; - an auxiliary duct that intersects said main duct in order to place said valve seat in communication with said main duct, characterized in that said valve body is a single-piece body in which said cylindrical collar, said valve seat and said main duct and auxiliary duct are obtained, said cylindrical collar projecting from a reference plane obtained in said valve body and being configured so that it can be arranged against said rim when said cylindrical collar is inserted in said hole, said cylindrical collar having its end configured so that it can be deformed and can define a flared portion of said main duct, said flared portion being configured so that it interferes with said rim at the level of said hole thus obtaining means for fixing said valve unit to said rim. - a cylindrical collar suited to be inserted in a hole made in said rim; - a valve seat accommodating an auxiliary valve for inflating said at least one tyre; - a main duct carried out so that it passes through the length of said cylindrical collar; - an auxiliary duct that intersects said main duct in order to place said valve seat in communication with said main duct,
An antenna device (1000,1100,1200,1300,1400,2000) in which an antenna element (1002,1120,2010) with a conductor (1005,1130) is disposed on a first surface of a substrate (1006,1150) which is constituted by an insulating body or a dielectric body, wherein an artificial medium (100,300, 800,900) is disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the substrate (1006,1150), wherein the artificial medium (100,300, 800,900) is constituted by: - a dielectric layer (111,120,320,820,840,920,930); and - a single conductive element (130,330,830,930,931) which is provided on each of front and rear surfaces of the dielectric layer (111,120,320, 820,840,920,930), - wherein the respective conductive elements (130,330,830,930,931) have substantially the same shape and dimensions, and are uniformly positioned along a thickness direction of the dielectric layer (111,120, 320,820,840,920,930), and - wherein when an electromagnetic wave (5,150) propagated in a direction parallel to the thickness direction is incident, a current loop is formed on a region in which the conductive elements (130,330,830,930,931) face each other with the dielectric layer (111,120,320,820,840,920,930) interposed therebetween in the thickness direction; wherein when seen from a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the substrate (1006,1150), at least a part of the antenna element (1002,1120,2010) is overlapped with the artificial medium (100,300, 800,900). - a dielectric layer (111,120,320,820,840,920,930); and - a single conductive element (130,330,830,930,931) which is provided on each of front and rear surfaces of the dielectric layer (111,120,320, 820,840,920,930), - wherein the respective conductive elements (130,330,830,930,931) have substantially the same shape and dimensions, and are uniformly positioned along a thickness direction of the dielectric layer (111,120, 320,820,840,920,930), and - wherein when an electromagnetic wave (5,150) propagated in a direction parallel to the thickness direction is incident, a current loop is formed on a region in which the conductive elements (130,330,830,930,931) face each other with the dielectric layer (111,120,320,820,840,920,930) interposed therebetween in the thickness direction;
A method of wireless communication in a high speed packet access, HSPA, system, comprising: determining a multi-flow configuration for a multi-flow communication of a user equipment, UE,, the multi-flow communication utilizing multiple cells from different Node Bs or from different remote radio heads, wherein the multi-flow configuration identifies: whether a multi-frequency configuration is utilized, and whether multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO, communication is configured for at least one cell of the multiple cells in the multi-flow communication; determining one or more cell groups of one or more collocated cells of the multiple cells, wherein cells of different groups are not collocated; and determining (2006, 2008) a channel quality indicator, CQI, repetition rule and a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment, HARQ-ACK, repetition rule for the multi-flow communication based on the multi-flow configuration and the one or more cell groups, wherein the CQI repetition rule: configures an independent CQI repetition factor for each cell group; and configures the same CQI repetition factor for each cell within one group and for both cells in a single-frequency dual-cell, SF-DC, configuration in which MIMO communication is not configured. determining a multi-flow configuration for a multi-flow communication of a user equipment, UE,, the multi-flow communication utilizing multiple cells from different Node Bs or from different remote radio heads, wherein the multi-flow configuration identifies: whether a multi-frequency configuration is utilized, and whether multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO, communication is configured for at least one cell of the multiple cells in the multi-flow communication; whether a multi-frequency configuration is utilized, and whether multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO, communication is configured for at least one cell of the multiple cells in the multi-flow communication; determining one or more cell groups of one or more collocated cells of the multiple cells, wherein cells of different groups are not collocated; and determining (2006, 2008) a channel quality indicator, CQI, repetition rule and a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment, HARQ-ACK, repetition rule for the multi-flow communication based on the multi-flow configuration and the one or more cell groups, wherein the CQI repetition rule: configures an independent CQI repetition factor for each cell group; and configures the same CQI repetition factor for each cell within one group and for both cells in a single-frequency dual-cell, SF-DC, configuration in which MIMO communication is not configured. configures an independent CQI repetition factor for each cell group; and configures the same CQI repetition factor for each cell within one group and for both cells in a single-frequency dual-cell, SF-DC, configuration in which MIMO communication is not configured.