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A method for producing a lightweight plastic tube structure, in particular for construction sites and industrial and agricultural environments, said tube having an inner surface and an outer surface, said method comprising at least the steps of: a) extruding a starting strip-like element made of soft plastic material; b) extruding simultaneously in said element made of soft plastic material a reinforcement substrate made of rigid plastic material to form an integral complex constituted by the soft strip-like element and the rigid reinforcement substrate; c) winding said complex constituted by the soft strip-like element and the rigid substrate, still in a semi-molten state, around a spindle element so as to produce a composite spiral tube-forming complex, characterized in that said extrusion step a) comprises the auxiliary step a') of introducing by mixing in said soft plastic material expansion additive means designed to expand thermally said soft plastic material so as to confer to said soft plastic material a lightweight porous structure having a specific weight lower than that of said starting strip-like element of soft plastic material. a) extruding a starting strip-like element made of soft plastic material; b) extruding simultaneously in said element made of soft plastic material a reinforcement substrate made of rigid plastic material to form an integral complex constituted by the soft strip-like element and the rigid reinforcement substrate; c) winding said complex constituted by the soft strip-like element and the rigid substrate, still in a semi-molten state, around a spindle element so as to produce a composite spiral tube-forming complex, characterized in that said extrusion step a) comprises the auxiliary step a') of introducing by mixing in said soft plastic material expansion additive means designed to expand thermally said soft plastic material so as to confer to said soft plastic material a lightweight porous structure having a specific weight lower than that of said starting strip-like element of soft plastic material.
A communication apparatus comprising: a circuitry operative to determine respective priorities of a plurality of target receivers to which data are transmitted, and to assign power for transmitting the data at least according to a power loss feature related to a particular target receiver of which the priority is the highest; and a transmitter operative to transmit, to the plurality of target receivers, the data with the assigned power; wherein data are transmitted to the plurality of target receivers simultaneously in a subframe including a plurality of resource blocks allocated to each target receiving unit. a circuitry operative to determine respective priorities of a plurality of target receivers to which data are transmitted, and to assign power for transmitting the data at least according to a power loss feature related to a particular target receiver of which the priority is the highest; and a transmitter operative to transmit, to the plurality of target receivers, the data with the assigned power; wherein data are transmitted to the plurality of target receivers simultaneously in a subframe including a plurality of resource blocks allocated to each target receiving unit.
A method for increasing the sensitivity of a T cell expressing a cell-surface antibody to a target antigen, which comprises the step of lowering the affinity of the antibody to the target antigen by at least 100-fold, wherein the affinity of the antibody is lowered by mutagenesis of the antibody, followed by in vitro selection for low affinity variants.
A method, comprising: analyzing, by a device (110, 120, 130), an image sensed by an image sensor of the device; receiving, by the device, accelerometer data; determining a direction of at least one of a movement or an acceleration of the device based on the accelerometer data; determining, by the device, a portion of the image to mask based on at least one of the movement or the acceleration of the device; masking, by the device, the portion of the image; determining, by the device, a metric based on analyzing the image and masking the portion of the image, wherein the metric provides an indication of a blurriness or a sharpness of the image; and determining, by the device and based on the metric, a measure of proximity associated with the image. analyzing, by a device (110, 120, 130), an image sensed by an image sensor of the device; receiving, by the device, accelerometer data; determining a direction of at least one of a movement or an acceleration of the device based on the accelerometer data; determining, by the device, a portion of the image to mask based on at least one of the movement or the acceleration of the device; masking, by the device, the portion of the image; determining, by the device, a metric based on analyzing the image and masking the portion of the image, wherein the metric provides an indication of a blurriness or a sharpness of the image; and determining, by the device and based on the metric, a measure of proximity associated with the image.
A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus configured for allowing therein growth of an epitaxial layer on a main surface of a semiconductor wafer, wherein the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprises a gas supply port for introducing therethrough a growth gas into the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, a susceptor being adapted for allowing thereon placement of the semiconductor wafer, and a soaking jig designed for keeping, during epitaxial growth, uniform temperature of the susceptor and having a top surface aligned almost at the same level of height with the top surface of the susceptor, characterized in that the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus further comprises a quartz jig, wherein the quartz jig is designed for supporting the soaking jig, wherein the quartz jig is composed of transparent quartz at least in a portion thereof brought into contact with the soaking jig, wherein the quartz jig has a geometry such as being notched in a portion which overlaps a transfer path of a semiconductor wafer loaded to and unloaded from the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and wherein the quartz jig has a geometry such as being notched in a portion in the vicinity of the gas supply port.
A depot pharmaceutical formulation in the form of microparticles comprising as active ingredient octreotide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and two different linear polylactide-co-glycolide polymers (PLGAs) having a molar L:G ratio of 75:25 and wherein said two polymers have different inherent viscosities, wherein one polymer has an ester and the other polymer has an acid end-group, wherein said polymers have inherent viscosities between 0.1 dl/g and 0.8dl/g in CHCl 3 at 25 °C at a concentration of 0.1%, where the active ingredient which is used to prepare the depot formulation is in the form of an amorphous powder.
A locking device for a container with a bottom wall and four foldable side walls (6, 8) which can be locked together in their upright position, wherein two opposing first side walls comprise latching elements, and wherein the two further opposing second side walls comprise counter latching elements, wherein, in a locked position of the locking device, latching elements of a first side wall cooperate with counter latching elements of an adjacent second side wall, wherein the locking device comprises an actuating element which is coupled to a latching element in such a way as to transfer the latching element from the locked position into an unlocked position, wherein the actuating element can be actuated by a lifting movement parallel to the first side wall, wherein the actuating element and the latching element are linearly translatably movable, with the locking device comprising a redirection mechanism such that the latching element is movable between the locked position and the unlocked position in a first direction which includes an angle unequal to 0° with a second direction of the lifting movement of the actuating element, characterised in that the redirection mechanism comprises at least two hinges and an intermediate piece, wherein the actuating element is articulated to the latching element by means of the at least two hinges, and wherein the redirection mechanism further comprises at least one spring element which resiliently bears the latching element and/or the actuating element and biases the same into the closed position.
A method for noise testing a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone, the method comprising: positioning a film frame in a testing apparatus, the film frame including a film adhered to an array of MEMS microphones and covering an acoustic port of each MEMS microphone in the array of MEMS microphones; connecting an alignment socket (315, 365) to a substrate of the MEMS microphones, the alignment socket coupling to one or more contact pads of each MEMS microphone in the array of MEMS microphones to provide a power connection and a MEMS microphone output connection to each MEMS microphone; measuring, at a control unit, an output signal from the MEMS microphone output connection to obtain noise performance data; and recording the noise performance data in memory. positioning a film frame in a testing apparatus, the film frame including a film adhered to an array of MEMS microphones and covering an acoustic port of each MEMS microphone in the array of MEMS microphones; connecting an alignment socket (315, 365) to a substrate of the MEMS microphones, the alignment socket coupling to one or more contact pads of each MEMS microphone in the array of MEMS microphones to provide a power connection and a MEMS microphone output connection to each MEMS microphone; measuring, at a control unit, an output signal from the MEMS microphone output connection to obtain noise performance data; and recording the noise performance data in memory.
An authentication method based on mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to run a multi-media operating system and a secure operating system, the method comprising the following steps: providing an authentication apparatus in a mobile device; and using the authentication apparatus to conduct authentication on an application and/or secure element in the mobile device in a secure operating system of the mobile device, wherein the authentication apparatus is configured with an authentication list for recording applications and/or secure elements that have successfully passed the authentication so that a mutual authentication between the applications and/or secure elements in the authentication list is not required, and wherein the authentication list is updated in the secure operation system. providing an authentication apparatus in a mobile device; and using the authentication apparatus to conduct authentication on an application and/or secure element in the mobile device in a secure operating system of the mobile device, wherein the authentication apparatus is configured with an authentication list for recording applications and/or secure elements that have successfully passed the authentication so that a mutual authentication between the applications and/or secure elements in the authentication list is not required, and wherein the authentication list is updated in the secure operation system.
A peptide compound represented by the formula: [in the formula, R 1, R 2a, R 2b and R 2c are each an alkyl group, a and b are each an integer of 0 or 2, (a,b)=(0,2) or (a,b)=(2,0)].
Pianoforte instrument comprising an action with keys, comprising strings which are struck via a mechanism when the keys are actuated and are made to vibrate, comprising a sound board, to which the vibrations of the strings are transmitted, comprising sensors and comprising a device (25, 26) for delivering additional vibration energy into the sound board, characterised in that a sensor is provided for each key, the sensor detecting the actuation of this key of the action, in that there is provided a sound-augmenting device, to which the measured values of the sensors are supplied, in that the sound-augmenting device comprises a tone sample memory, in that the device is configured so that it associates with the tones, which correspond with the actuations of the keys registered by the sensors in the action of the instrument, tone samples from the memory, a partial tone spectrum being provided for each tone, in that the sound-augmenting device is equipped with units (31, 33, 34, 35) which compile data corresponding to a desired sound characteristic in dependence on the measured values of the sensors, and in *that the sound-augmenting device supplies the sound board with additional vibration energy, corresponding to the data obtained, via the delivering device (25, 26).
A method for supporting test of a plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3) of a telecommunication network, wherein said method comprises: a) detecting a management message transmitted from a network management server to a network element of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3), said management message comprising at least one header and a payload comprising information relative to a management operation to be performed on said network element for testing it; b) filtering said detected management message for isolating said payload, by removing from said detected management message said at least one header; c) replicating said payload for obtaining n copies of said payload, n being equal to a number of times for which said management operation has to be performed on said network element or n being equal to a number of network elements of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3) upon which said management operation has to be performed; d) encapsulating said n copies of said payload in n further management messages; and e) injecting said n further management messages in said telecommunication network for performing said management operation n times on said network element or for performing said management operation on n network elements of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3). a) detecting a management message transmitted from a network management server to a network element of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3), said management message comprising at least one header and a payload comprising information relative to a management operation to be performed on said network element for testing it; b) filtering said detected management message for isolating said payload, by removing from said detected management message said at least one header; c) replicating said payload for obtaining n copies of said payload, n being equal to a number of times for which said management operation has to be performed on said network element or n being equal to a number of network elements of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3) upon which said management operation has to be performed; d) encapsulating said n copies of said payload in n further management messages; and e) injecting said n further management messages in said telecommunication network for performing said management operation n times on said network element or for performing said management operation on n network elements of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3).
A cleaning device, in particular a floor-cleaning device, comprising a cleaning roller that can be rotated around a rotational axis (x) for processing a surface to be cleaned, wherein the cleaning roller is designed at least partly as a hollow body having an internal liquid space, wherein the hollow body has at least one hollow body opening (5, 10) for liquid to exit the liquid space, characterized in that the hollow body opening has allocated to it a force-actuated automatic valve element which, depending on the amount of centrifugal force made to act on the valve element by a rotation of the cleaning roller, can be moved into a closing position that closes the hollow body opening and/or into an open position that exposes the hollow body opening, wherein the valve element is designed to allow liquid to exit the liquid space at a first speed (n 1) of the cleaning roller, and to block liquid from exiting as the rotational speed increases once a second speed (n 2) higher than the first speed (n 1) has been reached.
Dry vacuum pump comprising at least one rotating shaft mounted on at least one lubricated bearing and at least one sealing device for sealing off lubricating fluids capable of entering the shaft passage from said bearing, the sealing device being installed between the lubricated bearing and a dry pumping stage, characterized in that said sealing device includes a centrifuge element mounted in a rotationally fixed manner upon said shaft and including at least one through line configured to separate the lubricating fluids from the fluid that may travel from said bearing to the dry pumping stage.
A method for scanning files, wherein said method comprises: during the traversing of a directory, performing first processing on the traversed directory, with said first processing comprising: acquiring a directory attribute of said traversed directory, and determining whether said traversed directory is a remapped directory according to the acquired directory attribute, and if so, performing no scanning processing on said traversed directory, and if not, performing said scanning processing on said traversed directory, with said scanning processing comprising: scanning various files in said traversed directory to acquire a scanning result, and/or, performing second processing on various sub-directories in said traversed directory; wherein performing second processing on various sub-directories in said traversed directory comprises: traversing said various sub-directories, and performing the same processing as said first processing on the traversed sub-directories. acquiring a directory attribute of said traversed directory, and determining whether said traversed directory is a remapped directory according to the acquired directory attribute, and if so, performing no scanning processing on said traversed directory, and if not, performing said scanning processing on said traversed directory, with said scanning processing comprising: scanning various files in said traversed directory to acquire a scanning result, and/or, performing second processing on various sub-directories in said traversed directory; wherein performing second processing on various sub-directories in said traversed directory comprises: traversing said various sub-directories, and performing the same processing as said first processing on the traversed sub-directories. scanning various files in said traversed directory to acquire a scanning result, and/or, performing second processing on various sub-directories in said traversed directory; wherein performing second processing on various sub-directories in said traversed directory comprises: traversing said various sub-directories, and performing the same processing as said first processing on the traversed sub-directories.
A method for tracking a mobile device (240, 310, 532) with respect to a point of interest, POI, using a mobile location tracker, wherein the method includes a conserve mode in which the mobile location tracker is turned off, and wherein the conserve mode comprises: - determining, by an analyzer module, whether to assess an estimated time to arrive, ETA, at the POI; - if the analyzer module determines to assess the ETA, performing an ETA assess operation, wherein the ETA assess operation comprises: -- receiving, by the analyzer module, the ETA; and -- if the ETA is not greater than a threshold time, switching from the conserve mode to an active mode, wherein in the active mode the mobile location tracker is turned on; characterized in that the active mode further comprises: -- determining, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile location tracker; and --- if the location is in a high accuracy location zone, wherein the high accuracy location zone is based on a distance from a nearest POI: checking, by the analyzer module, whether an aggressive conservation trigger is received; --- if the aggressive conservation trigger is received: switching to the conserve mode. - determining, by an analyzer module, whether to assess an estimated time to arrive, ETA, at the POI; - if the analyzer module determines to assess the ETA, performing an ETA assess operation, wherein the ETA assess operation comprises: -- receiving, by the analyzer module, the ETA; and -- if the ETA is not greater than a threshold time, switching from the conserve mode to an active mode, wherein in the active mode the mobile location tracker is turned on; characterized in that the active mode further comprises: -- determining, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile location tracker; and --- if the location is in a high accuracy location zone, wherein the high accuracy location zone is based on a distance from a nearest POI: checking, by the analyzer module, whether an aggressive conservation trigger is received; --- if the aggressive conservation trigger is received: switching to the conserve mode. -- receiving, by the analyzer module, the ETA; and -- if the ETA is not greater than a threshold time, switching from the conserve mode to an active mode, wherein in the active mode the mobile location tracker is turned on; -- determining, by the mobile device, a location of the mobile location tracker; and --- if the location is in a high accuracy location zone, wherein the high accuracy location zone is based on a distance from a nearest POI: checking, by the analyzer module, whether an aggressive conservation trigger is received; --- if the aggressive conservation trigger is received: switching to the conserve mode.
A method comprising: determining a first Signal-to-Noise Ratio, SNR, average for a first symbol set of at least one or more first symbols in one or more packets received at a first network device via a communication channel; determining a second SNR average for a second symbol set of at least one or more second symbols in the one or more packets; determining a first difference between the first SNR average and the second SNR average; and determining (21 0) that a first channel event has occurred in the one or more packets at least within the first symbol set and the second symbol set, in response to determining that the first difference exceeds an SNR threshold; wherein the first channel event comprises at least one of a packet collision and an impulsive noise. determining a first Signal-to-Noise Ratio, SNR, average for a first symbol set of at least one or more first symbols in one or more packets received at a first network device via a communication channel; determining a second SNR average for a second symbol set of at least one or more second symbols in the one or more packets; determining a first difference between the first SNR average and the second SNR average; and determining (21 0) that a first channel event has occurred in the one or more packets at least within the first symbol set and the second symbol set, in response to determining that the first difference exceeds an SNR threshold; wherein the first channel event comprises at least one of a packet collision and an impulsive noise.