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A system for producing a polymer by polymerizing a monomer using a catalyst, the system comprising: a polymerization reaction vessel comprising a cavity which comprises a monomer, the polymerization reaction vessel further comprising an opening for introducing catalyst into the cavity of the polymerization reaction vessel; a positive displacement reciprocating piston system, comprising: a catalyst delivery housing connected to the opening of the polymerization reaction vessel, a catalyst feed supply connected to the catalyst delivery housing such that catalyst can be fed from the catalyst feed supply into the catalyst delivery housing, and a piston system positioned inside the catalyst delivery housing, the piston system comprising a piston having a top section and a bottom section attached to one another and an annular catalyst holding space between the top section and the bottom section of the piston, the piston being movable between a first position and second position, wherein the annular catalyst holding space is suitable to be filled with catalyst from the catalyst feed supply when the piston is in the first position, and catalyst is discharged from the annular catalyst holding space into the cavity of the polymerization reaction vessel through the opening of the polymerization reaction vessel when the piston system is in the second position, and the catalyst in the catalyst feed supply is blocked from the annular catalyst holding space by the top section of the piston when the piston is in the second position. a polymerization reaction vessel comprising a cavity which comprises a monomer, the polymerization reaction vessel further comprising an opening for introducing catalyst into the cavity of the polymerization reaction vessel; a positive displacement reciprocating piston system, comprising: a catalyst delivery housing connected to the opening of the polymerization reaction vessel, a catalyst feed supply connected to the catalyst delivery housing such that catalyst can be fed from the catalyst feed supply into the catalyst delivery housing, and a piston system positioned inside the catalyst delivery housing, the piston system comprising a piston having a top section and a bottom section attached to one another and an annular catalyst holding space between the top section and the bottom section of the piston, the piston being movable between a first position and second position, a catalyst delivery housing connected to the opening of the polymerization reaction vessel, a catalyst feed supply connected to the catalyst delivery housing such that catalyst can be fed from the catalyst feed supply into the catalyst delivery housing, and a piston system positioned inside the catalyst delivery housing, the piston system comprising a piston having a top section and a bottom section attached to one another and an annular catalyst holding space between the top section and the bottom section of the piston, the piston being movable between a first position and second position,
A method, comprising: providing, using a speaker, audio information responsive to received input; while providing the audio information, detecting an external sound; in accordance with a determination that the external sound is a communication of a first type, stopping the provision of the audio information; in accordance with a determination that the external sound is a communication of a second type, continuing the provision of the audio information; after stopping the provision of the audio information: detecting a gaze direction of a user associated with the communication of the first type; and detecting the communication of the first type has stopped; in response to detecting the communication of the first type has stopped, determining whether the gaze direction of the user is in a first direction or a second direction; in accordance with a determination that the gaze direction of the user is in the first direction, providing resumed audio information; and in accordance with a determination that the gaze direction of the user is in the second direction, continuing to stop the provision of the audio information. providing, using a speaker, audio information responsive to received input; while providing the audio information, detecting an external sound; in accordance with a determination that the external sound is a communication of a first type, stopping the provision of the audio information; in accordance with a determination that the external sound is a communication of a second type, continuing the provision of the audio information; after stopping the provision of the audio information: detecting a gaze direction of a user associated with the communication of the first type; and detecting the communication of the first type has stopped; detecting a gaze direction of a user associated with the communication of the first type; and detecting the communication of the first type has stopped; in response to detecting the communication of the first type has stopped, determining whether the gaze direction of the user is in a first direction or a second direction; in accordance with a determination that the gaze direction of the user is in the first direction, providing resumed audio information; and in accordance with a determination that the gaze direction of the user is in the second direction, continuing to stop the provision of the audio information.
A method as implemented by a companion device, the method comprising: displaying, by a display device of the companion device, pairing data obtained from a network address associated with a service provider system; pairing the companion device as communicatively coupled with an augmented or virtual reality, AR/VR, device responsive to verification of the pairing data by the AR/VR device; receiving, by the companion device, companion data in response to the pairing, wherein the companion data indicates an action within an AR/VR environment output by the AR/VR device; generating, by the companion device, a companion user interface based on the companion data to support user interaction via the companion device to initiate the action as part of the AR/VR environment output by the AR/VR device; selecting a control for inclusion as part of the companion user interface by the companion device from a plurality of controls based on the companion data; receiving, by the companion device, a user input to initiate the action via the companion user interface, the user input being provided by a user interacting with the companion user interface through use of the control; and communicating, by the companion device, input data for receipt by the AR/VR device to initiate the action as part of the AR/VR environment, wherein the action is to be initiated as part of a scene being rendered by the AR/VR device. displaying, by a display device of the companion device, pairing data obtained from a network address associated with a service provider system; pairing the companion device as communicatively coupled with an augmented or virtual reality, AR/VR, device responsive to verification of the pairing data by the AR/VR device; receiving, by the companion device, companion data in response to the pairing, wherein the companion data indicates an action within an AR/VR environment output by the AR/VR device; generating, by the companion device, a companion user interface based on the companion data to support user interaction via the companion device to initiate the action as part of the AR/VR environment output by the AR/VR device; selecting a control for inclusion as part of the companion user interface by the companion device from a plurality of controls based on the companion data; receiving, by the companion device, a user input to initiate the action via the companion user interface, the user input being provided by a user interacting with the companion user interface through use of the control; and communicating, by the companion device, input data for receipt by the AR/VR device to initiate the action as part of the AR/VR environment, wherein the action is to be initiated as part of a scene being rendered by the AR/VR device.
A dry powder inhaler comprising a housing defining a chamber, a blister strip having a plurality of blisters each containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, each blister comprising a blister lid attached to a blister bowl, the blister strip being inside the chamber, an actuator, an indexing system (48, 56) to sequentially move each blister into a blister opening position in response to movement of the actuator, a mouthpiece through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user, and a blister opening device, characterized in that the blister opening device comprises a blister support element for supporting one of said blisters, and a blister folding element co-operable with the blister support element, the blister folding element and the blister support element being movable relative to each other between a first position, permitting movement of said blister into or onto the blister support element, and a second, burst, position in which the blister folding element has co-operated with the blister support element, movement from the first position to the second position causing two spaced apart portions of said blister to each fold relative to the remainder of the blister along a respective fold line and against the blister support element to produce two spaced apart openings (80, 82), each opening extending along the circumference of the blister bowl, beginning and terminating at points located on the fold line such that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister via the two openings is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it out of the blister and via the mouthpiece into the user's airway.
A method of producing a nanostructure comprising: (a) admixing a selenium source and at least one ligand to produce a reaction mixture; and (b) contacting the reaction mixture obtained in (a) with a zinc source and a solution comprising a tellurium source, a reducing agent, and a zinc carboxylate, wherein the reducing agent is selected from the group consisting of diborane, sodium hydride, sodium borohydride, lithium borohydride, sodium cyanoborohydride, calcium hydride, lithium hydride, lithium aluminum hydride, diisobutylaluminum hydride, sodium triethylborohydride, and lithium triethylborohydride; and (c) contacting the reaction mixture in (b) with a zinc source and a selenium source to provide a ZnSe 1-x Te x nanocrystal, wherein 0<x<1; (d) admixing the ZnSe 1-x Te x nanocrystal with a solution comprising a zinc source to produce a second reaction mixture; and (e) contacting the second reaction mixture of (d) with a selenium source or a sulfur source to provide the nanostructure. (a) admixing a selenium source and at least one ligand to produce a reaction mixture; and (b) contacting the reaction mixture obtained in (a) with a zinc source and a solution comprising a tellurium source, a reducing agent, and a zinc carboxylate, wherein the reducing agent is selected from the group consisting of diborane, sodium hydride, sodium borohydride, lithium borohydride, sodium cyanoborohydride, calcium hydride, lithium hydride, lithium aluminum hydride, diisobutylaluminum hydride, sodium triethylborohydride, and lithium triethylborohydride; and (c) contacting the reaction mixture in (b) with a zinc source and a selenium source to provide a ZnSe 1-x Te x nanocrystal, wherein 0<x<1; (d) admixing the ZnSe 1-x Te x nanocrystal with a solution comprising a zinc source to produce a second reaction mixture; and (e) contacting the second reaction mixture of (d) with a selenium source or a sulfur source to provide the nanostructure.
Device for treating the hair, comprising: - two arms (5, 6) that are able to move relative to one another between a moved-together configuration for treating the hair and a spaced-apart configuration for inserting hair to be treated between said arms, and - a system for applying a haircare product, comprising an applicator member for applying the haircare product, the application system being mounted on one of the arms and being able to move relative to said arm between at least two positions generating, while the device is being used to treat the hair, different respective application pressures of the applicator member on the hair to be treated. - two arms (5, 6) that are able to move relative to one another between a moved-together configuration for treating the hair and a spaced-apart configuration for inserting hair to be treated between said arms, and - a system for applying a haircare product, comprising an applicator member for applying the haircare product, the application system being mounted on one of the arms and being able to move relative to said arm between at least two positions generating, while the device is being used to treat the hair, different respective application pressures of the applicator member on the hair to be treated.
Stamping method for producing a bushing in a planar workpiece in sheet form, with a collar directed outwardly on both sides, characterized in that, in the 1 st method step, a contact pressure plate and a counter pressure plate, each having cylindrical recesses with identical inner contours having beads facing one another around the recesses, enclose the workpiece and press a groove into it on both sides, wherein a lower die and an upper die, each having cylindrical cross sections of the same inner contours that coincide with the inner contours of the recess, are guided in said groove and likewise enclose the workpiece, so that behind the groove a first peripheral thickening is created on both sides of the workpiece, in the 2nd method step the lower die and the counter pressure plate are moved up, wherein the counter pressure plate remains back in relation to the lower die and the pressing force between the contact pressure plate and the counter pressure plate is maintained, so that the distance between the lower die and the upper die is reduced and the volume located in between is forced outwards, thereby enlarging the peripheral thickening on both sides, and in the 3rd step, while maintaining the pressing force of the contact pressure plate and the counter retaining force of the lower die, the upper die first forces part of the volume of the workpiece downwards and outwards and enlarges the peripheral thickening on both sides to its final dimensions, and the workpiece is subsequently punched out in the same method step.
An air conditioner that includes an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a four-way valve, and a compressor and that performs defrosting by melting frost, deposited on the outdoor heat exchanger, by refrigerant heated by the compressor, wherein the air conditioner comprises an indoor temperature detecting means for detecting an indoor temperature, characterized in that the indoor temperature detecting means are formed by indoor wall temperature detecting means for detecting an indoor wall temperature and that there are provided defrosting means for performing the defrosting by selecting either a heating cycle or a cooling cycle on the basis of the indoor wall temperature detected by the indoor wall temperature detecting means and controlling the four-way valve so as to allow the selected cycle to be performed, when it is determined that the defrosting is required, wherein the defrosting means performs the defrosting with the cooling cycle on condition that the indoor wall temperature is higher than a specified temperature or performs the defrosting with the heating cycle on condition that the indoor wall temperature is lower than the specified temperature, when it is determined that the defrosting is required.
An oxidation catalyst composition, the composition comprising at least one platinum group metal impregnated onto a porous alumina material, wherein the porous alumina material comprises a copper-alumina spinel phase, wherein at least one portion of the copper-alumina spinel phase is proximal to, or in direct contact with, one or more of the following: at least one platinum group metal crystallite; at least one platinum group metal crystallite having a crystallite size of about 1 nm or greater; at least one platinum group metal crystallite having a crystallite size of about 50 nm or greater; characterized in that the concentration of at least one platinum group metal is about 1 wt.% to about 6 wt.% relative to the weight of the porous alumina material. at least one platinum group metal crystallite; at least one platinum group metal crystallite having a crystallite size of about 1 nm or greater; at least one platinum group metal crystallite having a crystallite size of about 50 nm or greater; characterized in that the concentration of at least one platinum group metal is about 1 wt.% to about 6 wt.% relative to the weight of the porous alumina material.
Method, comprising the following steps: - determining (205, 210) a trajectory of a motor vehicle; - scanning an area around the motor vehicle along the trajectory; - determining, on the basis of the scanning, that the trajectory extends along a road; - determining, on the basis of map data, a known path between two points of the trajectory; - determining a deviation of the trajectory from the known path; and - updating the map data on the basis of the trajectory if the trajectory extends along a road and the trajectory deviates from the known path. - determining (205, 210) a trajectory of a motor vehicle; - scanning an area around the motor vehicle along the trajectory; - determining, on the basis of the scanning, that the trajectory extends along a road; - determining, on the basis of map data, a known path between two points of the trajectory; - determining a deviation of the trajectory from the known path; and - updating the map data on the basis of the trajectory if the trajectory extends along a road and the trajectory deviates from the known path.
A process for the alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons selected from benzene, toluene and xylene, by means of olefins containing from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, which comprises feeding the hydrocarbon, the olefin, and possibly water, to the head of a fixed-bed reactor, operating under "trickle flow" regime, containing at least one layer of a catalyst comprising a large-pore zeolite of the MTW, FAU or BEA type, said process being carried out in continuous and comprising: a) mixing, in liquid phase, at least one aromatic hydrocarbon, a C2 - C8 olefin, a recycled stream coming from a discharge section of the fixed-bed reactor, and possibly water, b) feeding the mixture obtained in step (a), preheated to the reaction temperature, to the head of the fixed-bed reactor, operating under "trickle flow" regime; c) cooling the reaction mixture in a discharge section to obtain an organic phase comprising the alkylated aromatic hydrocarbon and possibly an aqueous phase; d) subdividing the organic phase into a recycled stream, sent to the head of the alkylation reactor for the mixing step (a) with the reagents, and a final stream, comprising the alkylated aromatic hydrocarbon; wherein the reaction temperature inside the alkylation reactor ranges from 160°C to 250°C and the internal pressure ranges from 1 to 10 MPa, wherein the flow rate of the reagents to the alkylation reactor is such as to provide a WHSV which ranges from 1 to 8 hours -1, and wherein the operative conditions are managed so as to have a gaseous phase essentially consisting of the reagents, and a liquid phase essentially consisting of the alkylation products, and the water possibly added is prevalently in the gaseous phase wherein both phases pass through the catalyst in equicurrent. a) mixing, in liquid phase, at least one aromatic hydrocarbon, a C2 - C8 olefin, a recycled stream coming from a discharge section of the fixed-bed reactor, and possibly water, b) feeding the mixture obtained in step (a), preheated to the reaction temperature, to the head of the fixed-bed reactor, operating under "trickle flow" regime; c) cooling the reaction mixture in a discharge section to obtain an organic phase comprising the alkylated aromatic hydrocarbon and possibly an aqueous phase; d) subdividing the organic phase into a recycled stream, sent to the head of the alkylation reactor for the mixing step (a) with the reagents, and a final stream, comprising the alkylated aromatic hydrocarbon;
A compound of formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R 1 is hydrogen, deuterium, deuterated methyl, deuterated ethyl, C 1-6 aliphatic, phenyl, 3-7 membered saturated or partially unsaturated monocyclic carbocyclic ring, 3-7 membered saturated or partially unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring having 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, or a 5-6 membered heteroaryl ring having 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, R 2 is -CH 2 D, -CHD 2, or -CD 3, and each of R 3 and R 4, independently, is hydrogen or deuterium, wherein at least one of R 3 and R 4 is deuterium. R 1 is hydrogen, deuterium, deuterated methyl, deuterated ethyl, C 1-6 aliphatic, phenyl, 3-7 membered saturated or partially unsaturated monocyclic carbocyclic ring, 3-7 membered saturated or partially unsaturated monocyclic heterocyclic ring having 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, or a 5-6 membered heteroaryl ring having 1-3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, R 2 is -CH 2 D, -CHD 2, or -CD 3, and each of R 3 and R 4, independently, is hydrogen or deuterium, wherein at least one of R 3 and R 4 is deuterium.