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A method (300, 500) for calculating an antiskid controller desired pressure, comprising: receiving (302, 302a), by an antiskid controller, a first wheel speed; calculating (304, 304a), by the ASK, a first wheel reference speed, said WRS comprising a value corresponding to said first wheel speed when no brakes are applied; receiving, by the ASK, a second wheel speed; and calculating, by the ASK, a second WRS; calculating (306, 306a), by the ASK, a first wheel reference estimate, said WRE using the first WRS and the second WRS and being the average of the WRS; determining (308, 308a), by the ASK, if the first WRS is within a threshold value of the first WRE; calculating, by the ASK, an ASK desired pressure, wherein, in response to the first WRS being within the threshold value of the first WRE, the ASK desired pressure is calculated using the first WRS; calculating, by the ASK, an ASK desired pressure, wherein, in response to the first WRS being outside the threshold value of the first WRE, the ASK desired pressure is calculated using the first WRE. receiving (302, 302a), by an antiskid controller, a first wheel speed; calculating (304, 304a), by the ASK, a first wheel reference speed, said WRS comprising a value corresponding to said first wheel speed when no brakes are applied; receiving, by the ASK, a second wheel speed; and calculating, by the ASK, a second WRS; calculating (306, 306a), by the ASK, a first wheel reference estimate, said WRE using the first WRS and the second WRS and being the average of the WRS; determining (308, 308a), by the ASK, if the first WRS is within a threshold value of the first WRE; calculating, by the ASK, an ASK desired pressure, wherein, in response to the first WRS being within the threshold value of the first WRE, the ASK desired pressure is calculated using the first WRS; calculating, by the ASK, an ASK desired pressure, wherein, in response to the first WRS being outside the threshold value of the first WRE, the ASK desired pressure is calculated using the first WRE.
A procedure for revamping a front-end of an ammonia plant, said front-end being arranged to produce ammonia synthesis gas containing hydrogen and nitrogen by steam reforming of a hydrocarbon gaseous feedstock, said front-end including a primary reformer, a secondary reformer, a shift conversion section, a CO2 removal section and optionally a methanation section, said procedure including at least: installation of a gas-heated reformer after said secondary reformer, said gas-heated reformer being a shell-and-tube heat exchanger having a tube side and a shell side, and providing a catalytic reforming of a first gas current passing in the tube side and indirect heating of said first gas current by a second current traversing the shell side, said first current including a portion of the available hydrocarbon feedstock, the remaining portion of said feedstock being directed to said primary reformer, and said second current comprising at least a portion of a product gas effluent from said secondary reformer, said secondary reformer being an air-fired secondary reformer, and the procedure including the step of modifying said secondary reformer to operate with O2-enriched air, and wherein nitrogen is added to said synthesis gas in an amount which is regulated in such a way that the final ratio between hydrogen and nitrogen is around 3:1. installation of a gas-heated reformer after said secondary reformer, said gas-heated reformer being a shell-and-tube heat exchanger having a tube side and a shell side, and providing a catalytic reforming of a first gas current passing in the tube side and indirect heating of said first gas current by a second current traversing the shell side, said first current including a portion of the available hydrocarbon feedstock, the remaining portion of said feedstock being directed to said primary reformer, and said second current comprising at least a portion of a product gas effluent from said secondary reformer, said secondary reformer being an air-fired secondary reformer, and the procedure including the step of modifying said secondary reformer to operate with O2-enriched air, and wherein nitrogen is added to said synthesis gas in an amount which is regulated in such a way that the final ratio between hydrogen and nitrogen is around 3:1.
A suspension unit for a wheeled work vehicle, the suspension unit (32,33,100,101) comprising a pair of spaced apart wheel carrying arms (35,102,120) for carrying respective ground engaging wheels (29,30), a main mounting means (57,86) defining a main transverse pivot axis (59,88) and configured for pivotally connecting the suspension unit (32,33,100,101) to a chassis (3,4,5) of a wheeled work vehicle with the main transverse pivot axis (59,88) extending transversely of the direction of normal forward motion of the work vehicle and with the wheel carrying arms (35,102,120) extending in one of a generally rearward direction and a generally forward direction from the main transverse pivot axis (59,88), and an elongated connecting member (38,68,85,117) extending substantially parallel to the main transverse pivot axis (59,88) between the wheel carrying arms (35,102,120) and connecting the wheel carrying arms (35,102,120) for retaining the wheel carrying arms in the spaced apart disposition, characterised in that the connecting member (38,68,85,117) comprises an elongated torsion shaft (68,85,117) defining a torsional axis (70,89,119) about which limited pivotal type deflection of the wheel carrying arms (35,102,120) relative to each other is permitted, and the torsional axis (70,89,119) defined by the torsion shaft (68,85,117) substantially coinciding with the main transverse pivot axis (59,88).
An exhaust system for an engine comprising: two exhaust pipes to discharge therethrough exhaust gases from the engine; a muffler to silence the exhaust gases; an introducing pipe to introduce the exhaust gases into the muffler; and a collecting duct to merge the exhaust gases from the two exhaust pipes and then to introduce the exhaust gases into the introducing pipe; wherein the collecting duct has a single outlet opening defined in an interior of the introducing pipe, and the single outlet opening has a first passage area that is chosen to be smaller than the sum of respective second passage areas of discharge openings of the two exhaust pipes and also to be smaller than a third passage area of a portion the introducing pipe, which portion corresponds to the outlet opening, wherein the collecting duct has a passage area which gradually decreases from a large diameter portion, in which the exhaust gases discharged from the discharge openings of the two exhaust pipes are introduced, towards a small diameter portion which corresponds to said single outlet opening, and the large diameter portion is fluid connected with the introducing pipe, characterized in that a downstream end portion of each exhaust pipe, which forms the discharge opening, is fluid connected with the collecting duct through a respective adaptor pipe mounted thereon. two exhaust pipes to discharge therethrough exhaust gases from the engine; a muffler to silence the exhaust gases; an introducing pipe to introduce the exhaust gases into the muffler; and a collecting duct to merge the exhaust gases from the two exhaust pipes and then to introduce the exhaust gases into the introducing pipe; wherein the collecting duct has a single outlet opening defined in an interior of the introducing pipe, and the single outlet opening has a first passage area that is chosen to be smaller than the sum of respective second passage areas of discharge openings of the two exhaust pipes and also to be smaller than a third passage area of a portion the introducing pipe, which portion corresponds to the outlet opening, wherein the collecting duct has a passage area which gradually decreases from a large diameter portion, in which the exhaust gases discharged from the discharge openings of the two exhaust pipes are introduced, towards a small diameter portion which corresponds to said single outlet opening, and the large diameter portion is fluid connected with the introducing pipe, characterized in that a downstream end portion of each exhaust pipe, which forms the discharge opening, is fluid connected with the collecting duct through a respective adaptor pipe mounted thereon.
A glow plug comprising: a cylindrical housing which extends along an axial direction; a rod-shaped heater configured to be displaced along the axial direction and having one end portion which extends along the axial direction and which is disposed within the housing, and an other end portion which is disposed so as to be exposed from the housing; a membrane portion configured to connect together the heater and the housing and having a multi-layer construction which has a first layer, and a second layer of which at least part is positioned nearer to the other end portion in the axial direction of the heater than the first layer; and a pressure sensor which measures a pressure within a combustion chamber in which the other end portion is disposed by making use of a displacement of the heater, characterized in that a thickness of the second layer is larger than a thickness of the first layer. a cylindrical housing which extends along an axial direction; a rod-shaped heater configured to be displaced along the axial direction and having one end portion which extends along the axial direction and which is disposed within the housing, and an other end portion which is disposed so as to be exposed from the housing; a membrane portion configured to connect together the heater and the housing and having a multi-layer construction which has a first layer, and a second layer of which at least part is positioned nearer to the other end portion in the axial direction of the heater than the first layer; and a pressure sensor which measures a pressure within a combustion chamber in which the other end portion is disposed by making use of a displacement of the heater, characterized in that a thickness of the second layer is larger than a thickness of the first layer.
A method for acquiring an image of a target area, comprising: scanning a waveguide assembly in a scan pattern so as to provide illumination to the target area, the waveguide assembly being fixed along at least one point of the waveguide assembly and comprising a cantilevered distal portion having a plurality of waveguides optically coupled to an optical system to focus light from the waveguide assembly and produce a plurality of focal planes located at different distances with respect to an optical axis in the optical system; collecting, for each of the plurality of focal planes, light reflected from the target area; and generating, based at least in part on the light collected from the target area, a composite image having a depth of field spanning over a distance between the plurality of focal planes. scanning a waveguide assembly in a scan pattern so as to provide illumination to the target area, the waveguide assembly being fixed along at least one point of the waveguide assembly and comprising a cantilevered distal portion having a plurality of waveguides optically coupled to an optical system to focus light from the waveguide assembly and produce a plurality of focal planes located at different distances with respect to an optical axis in the optical system; collecting, for each of the plurality of focal planes, light reflected from the target area; and generating, based at least in part on the light collected from the target area, a composite image having a depth of field spanning over a distance between the plurality of focal planes.
A rust preventive pigment-containing polyfunctional epoxy resin paint composition comprising: a polyfunctional epoxy resin, a modified aliphatic polyamine, a rust preventive pigment, a silane coupling agent and a moisture absorbent, wherein the polyfunctional epoxy resin contains from 6 to 9 epoxy groups, as determined with a theoretical value calculated by dividing its number average molecular weight Mn (measured with GPC relative to polystyrene standards, referred to hereinafter) by epoxy equivalent. a polyfunctional epoxy resin, a modified aliphatic polyamine, a rust preventive pigment, a silane coupling agent and a moisture absorbent,
A method of increasing expression of an endogenous target gene in a mammalian cell in vitro or ex vivo, the method comprising expressing in the mammalian cell a fusion protein comprising a catalytically inactive S. pyogenes Cas9 protein linked to a heterologous functional domain, and expressing one or more guide RNAs directed to the target gene, wherein the catalytically inactive Cas9 protein comprises mutations at D10A and H840A, and the heterologous functional domain is a transcriptional activation domain, wherein the expressed Cas9 fusion protein is directed to the target gene by the one or more guide RNAs, and wherein the transcriptional activation domain mediates the increased expression, wherein the transcriptional activation domain comprises NF-κB p65. wherein the catalytically inactive Cas9 protein comprises mutations at D10A and H840A, and the heterologous functional domain is a transcriptional activation domain, wherein the expressed Cas9 fusion protein is directed to the target gene by the one or more guide RNAs, and wherein the transcriptional activation domain mediates the increased expression, wherein the transcriptional activation domain comprises NF-κB p65.
An optical member (1, 20, 60) formed of resin, comprising a fixation portion (7, 8, 28, 29) for fixing the optical member to a supporting member on which a light emitting element is supported; a reflective surface (5, 26, 26' 63) having a reflective region (5, 26, 26', 63a) configured to reflect light from the light emitting element; and a thermal deformation absorbing portion (9, 10, 24, 25, 24', 25', 64, 65) configured to absorb thermal deformation of the optical member, characterized in that the optical member further comprises: a reflector body (2, 21, 21') including the reflective surface (5, 26, 26'), and an arm part (3, 4, 22, 23, 22', 23') formed to extend from the reflector body, wherein the fixation portion (7, 8, 28, 29) and the thermal deformation absorbing portion (9, 10, 24, 25, 24', 25') are provided in the arm part. a reflector body (2, 21, 21') including the reflective surface (5, 26, 26'), and an arm part (3, 4, 22, 23, 22', 23') formed to extend from the reflector body, wherein the fixation portion (7, 8, 28, 29) and the thermal deformation absorbing portion (9, 10, 24, 25, 24', 25') are provided in the arm part.
System of dental occlusion measurement and virtual deployment comprising: - a force sensor adapted to register a plurality of occlusal contacts and to adhere a plurality of visual markers to a user's denture in the positions of said occlusal contacts; characterized in that the system further comprises: - a three-dimensional scanner configured to scan a maxillary arcade and a mandibular arcade of the user's denture and to generate, from the scanning data, respective first maxillary and mandibular digital casts of the user's denture with the adhered visual markers; and - data processing means configured to compute a positioning information by correlating the visual markers in the first maxillary and mandibular digital casts and the registered occlusal contacts; and to generate a second maxillary and mandibular digital casts of the user's denture by projecting the occlusal contacts onto the first maxillary and mandibular digital casts according to the computed positioning information. - a force sensor adapted to register a plurality of occlusal contacts and to adhere a plurality of visual markers to a user's denture in the positions of said occlusal contacts; characterized in that the system further comprises: - a three-dimensional scanner configured to scan a maxillary arcade and a mandibular arcade of the user's denture and to generate, from the scanning data, respective first maxillary and mandibular digital casts of the user's denture with the adhered visual markers; and - data processing means configured to compute a positioning information by correlating the visual markers in the first maxillary and mandibular digital casts and the registered occlusal contacts; and to generate a second maxillary and mandibular digital casts of the user's denture by projecting the occlusal contacts onto the first maxillary and mandibular digital casts according to the computed positioning information.
A DNA vector for transformation and integration with Leishmania tarentolae chromosome containing a gene according to Seq.3 or Seq.7 or Seq.8 encoding a truncated version of equine BChE, devoid of the tetrameric domain, the vector being for biosynthesis of a recombinant protein from the Open Reading Frame contained in the gene, wherein gene contains the Open Reading Frame encoding a protein with Seq.1 containing 564 amino acid residues and bearing at an N-terminus a secreted Leishmania sequence with 23 amino acid residues and additionally containing 2 Gly-Ala amino acid residues, and at the C-terminus containing 4 Leu-Lys-Gly-Thr amino acid residues and a 6-residue His-tag.
An image forming apparatus having a structure in which a toner image formed in an electrophotographic process is transferred from an image carrier to a member to be transferred, the apparatus comprising a transfer member that becomes a pressed state with respect to the image carrier to make the same perform a transfer process and can move between the pressed state and a separated state, a press and separation driving device for driving the transfer member to become the pressed state and the separated state, a press and separation detecting device for detecting the pressed state and the separated state of the transfer member, and a voltage applying portion for applying a voltage between the image carrier and the transfer member, wherein the press and separation detecting device includes a current detecting portion for detecting a current that flows between the image carrier and the transfer member when the voltage is applied by the voltage applying portion, and a determination portion for determining the pressed state and the separated state of the transfer member in accordance with the current detected by the current detecting portion, characterized in that the determination portion determines the separated state if a gradient of decrease in the value of the current is larger than a predetermined value during a predetermined period of time.
A semiconductor chip comprising a step-down DC to DC switching voltage convertor, the convertor comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first double diffused metal oxide semiconductor, DMOS, device on said semiconductor substrate, wherein the first DMOS device is an N-type or a P-type DMOS device; a second DMOS device on said semiconductor substrate, wherein the second DMOS device is an N-type DMOS device; a first on-chip capacitor over said semiconductor substrate; and an on-chip inductor over said semiconductor substrate, wherein said inductor has a first terminal coupled to said first and second DMOS devices and a second terminal coupled to said first capacitor; a switch controller coupled to a gate of said first DMOS device and to a gate of said second DMOS device; a voltage feedback device having a first terminal coupled to said second terminal of said inductor and to said first capacitor and a second terminal coupled to said switch controller; and a second on-chip capacitor coupled to a second terminal of said first DMOS device. a semiconductor substrate; a first double diffused metal oxide semiconductor, DMOS, device on said semiconductor substrate, wherein the first DMOS device is an N-type or a P-type DMOS device; a second DMOS device on said semiconductor substrate, wherein the second DMOS device is an N-type DMOS device; a first on-chip capacitor over said semiconductor substrate; and an on-chip inductor over said semiconductor substrate, wherein said inductor has a first terminal coupled to said first and second DMOS devices and a second terminal coupled to said first capacitor; a switch controller coupled to a gate of said first DMOS device and to a gate of said second DMOS device; a voltage feedback device having a first terminal coupled to said second terminal of said inductor and to said first capacitor and a second terminal coupled to said switch controller; and a second on-chip capacitor coupled to a second terminal of said first DMOS device.
A process for producing cyclododecanone oxime comprising reacting cyclododecanone and an aqueous solution of an inorganic salt of hydroxylamine in the presence of a carboxylic acid in a system consisting of an aqueous phase and a hydrophobic solvent phase, wherein the carboxylic acid is at least one selected from the group consisting of undecanoic acid, lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachic acid, dodecanedioic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid, wherein a pH of the aqueous phase during the reaction is adjusted in the range of 5 to 6 by adding aqueous ammonia, and the hydrophobic solvent is an aromatic or aliphatic hydrocarbon.
Agent comprising: at least one member selected from the group consisting of capsanthin, capsorubin, capsanthone, cucurbitaxanthin A, astaxanthin, mytiloxanthin, and fatty acid esters thereof; at least one member selected from the group consisting of zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin, lutein, and fatty acid esters thereof; at least one member selected from the group consisting of β-carotene, α-carotene, and lycopene; and vitamin E, for use in a method of treating dementia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cataract, and cerebral stroke. at least one member selected from the group consisting of capsanthin, capsorubin, capsanthone, cucurbitaxanthin A, astaxanthin, mytiloxanthin, and fatty acid esters thereof; at least one member selected from the group consisting of zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin, lutein, and fatty acid esters thereof; at least one member selected from the group consisting of β-carotene, α-carotene, and lycopene; and vitamin E,
A method of inhibiting formation and deposition of scale in a desalination process, the method comprising adding to a saline aqueous source from 1 ppm to 30 ppm of a scale-inhibiting composition including an oligomeric phosphinosuccinic acid, wherein the scale-inhibiting composition includes polymaleic acid added as part of said composition, separately, sequentially, or simultaneously.
A casting apparatus for the production of a cast sheet of a material containing alkaloids, the casting apparatus comprising: • a casting box adapted to contain a slurry of the material containing alkaloids, the casting box having an aperture; • a movable support; • a casting roller positioned at least partly within the casting box adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet; • wherein said casting roller faces the movable support forming a gap therebetween, characterised in that the movable support is located at least partly above the casting roller. • a casting box adapted to contain a slurry of the material containing alkaloids, the casting box having an aperture; • a movable support; • a casting roller positioned at least partly within the casting box adapted to cast the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet; • wherein said casting roller faces the movable support forming a gap therebetween,