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A method for producing an expanded granulate made of a sand grain-shaped mineral material using a propellant, e.g. an expanded granulate of perlite or obsidian sand; wherein the material is fed to a substantially upright furnace; wherein the material is conveyed along a conveying path through a plurality of vertically separated heating zones in a furnace shaft of the furnace, wherein each heating zone can be heated by at least one independently controllable heating element; wherein the material is heated to a critical temperature at which the surfaces of the sand grains become plastic and the sand grains are expanded through the propellant; wherein the expanded material is discharged from the furnace, characterized in that the material is fed together with an amount of air from below, wherein the material is conveyed from bottom to top along the conveying path by means of the amount of air which flows from bottom to top within the furnace shaft and forms an air flow, and wherein the expanding of the sand grains occurs in the upper half, preferably in the uppermost third, of the conveying path.
A secure element for securely processing digital information, said digital information being segmented and stored in a plurality of M segments in a memory external to the secure element, including: - a secure processor for securely processing the plurality of M segments of digital information; - a system configured to load a segment of the plurality of M segments of digital information (Si) from the external memory into the secure element, and pre-process said segment of digital information by executing a cryptographic algorithm before processing said segment of digital information by the secure processor; wherein the system is configured to determine an identification information of the segment of digital information that has been loaded, the determination of said identification information including obtaining a version number of said segment of digital information, and to execute the cryptographic algorithm by using said identification information; characterized in that the system is configured to load a version table (CtrlObj) containing the respective version numbers of the plurality of M segments of digital information, from the external memory into an internal memory of the secure element, and to read from the version table (CtrlObj) stored in the internal memory, the version number (Vi) of each segment of digital information that is loaded. - a secure processor for securely processing the plurality of M segments of digital information; - a system configured to load a segment of the plurality of M segments of digital information (Si) from the external memory into the secure element, and pre-process said segment of digital information by executing a cryptographic algorithm before processing said segment of digital information by the secure processor; wherein the system is configured to determine an identification information of the segment of digital information that has been loaded, the determination of said identification information including obtaining a version number of said segment of digital information, and to execute the cryptographic algorithm by using said identification information; characterized in that the system is configured to load a version table (CtrlObj) containing the respective version numbers of the plurality of M segments of digital information, from the external memory into an internal memory of the secure element, and to read from the version table (CtrlObj) stored in the internal memory, the version number (Vi) of each segment of digital information that is loaded.
A noise eliminating device, comprising: a noise eliminating mechanism configured to eliminate an isolated noise in an image being photographed, the noise eliminating mechanism including a noise pixel detection mechanism configured to detect a noise pixel by scanning the image; and a pixel correction mechanism configured to correct a level of a detected noise pixel based on a level of a pixel (A-H) located in a predetermined area surrounding the noise pixel, characterized in that the noise pixel detection mechanism detects a target pixel as the noise pixel, when a difference between a level of the target pixel and the level of the pixel (A-H) located in the predetermined area surrounding the target pixel is greater than a first preset threshold level, and when a difference between the levels of pixels surrounding the target pixel is smaller than a second preset threshold level, wherein the pixel correction mechanism determines the predetermined area surrounding the target pixel based on shooting conditions at the time when the image is photographed. a noise eliminating mechanism configured to eliminate an isolated noise in an image being photographed, the noise eliminating mechanism including a noise pixel detection mechanism configured to detect a noise pixel by scanning the image; and a pixel correction mechanism configured to correct a level of a detected noise pixel based on a level of a pixel (A-H) located in a predetermined area surrounding the noise pixel, a noise pixel detection mechanism configured to detect a noise pixel by scanning the image; and a pixel correction mechanism configured to correct a level of a detected noise pixel based on a level of a pixel (A-H) located in a predetermined area surrounding the noise pixel, characterized in that the noise pixel detection mechanism detects a target pixel as the noise pixel, when a difference between a level of the target pixel and the level of the pixel (A-H) located in the predetermined area surrounding the target pixel is greater than a first preset threshold level, and when a difference between the levels of pixels surrounding the target pixel is smaller than a second preset threshold level, wherein the pixel correction mechanism determines the predetermined area surrounding the target pixel based on shooting conditions at the time when the image is photographed.
An aerosol provision system for generating an aerosol for user inhalation, the system comprising a cartridge comprising a housing containing an aerosolisable material, and an aerosol provision device having an interface configured operatively to receive the cartridge and being configured in use to cause the aerosolisable material to generate the aerosol for user inhalation by energising the aerosol generating material, wherein the cartridge includes a data storage unit configured to store information relating to the cartridge, wherein the information relating to the cartridge is an identifier which identifies the cartridge and the data storage unit stores a digital representation of the identifier, the aerosol provision device being configured to detect the information stored in the data storage unit when the cartridge is received by the aerosol provision device, and wherein the data storage unit is integrally formed with one or more walls of the housing such that removal of the data storage unit renders one or both of the data storage unit and the cartridge inoperable. a cartridge comprising a housing containing an aerosolisable material, and an aerosol provision device having an interface configured operatively to receive the cartridge and being configured in use to cause the aerosolisable material to generate the aerosol for user inhalation by energising the aerosol generating material, wherein the cartridge includes a data storage unit configured to store information relating to the cartridge, wherein the information relating to the cartridge is an identifier which identifies the cartridge and the data storage unit stores a digital representation of the identifier, the aerosol provision device being configured to detect the information stored in the data storage unit when the cartridge is received by the aerosol provision device, and wherein the data storage unit is integrally formed with one or more walls of the housing such that removal of the data storage unit renders one or both of the data storage unit and the cartridge inoperable.
A method of measuring consumption of content data having content for serially presentation, comprising: embedding consumption monitoring data in different temporal locations of the content data, the consumption monitoring data comprising random values; transmitting the content data to a client device for consumption; wherein the client device: extracts the random values only after a portion of the content data associated with a temporal location of the associated random values has been consumed; and transmits the extracted random values to a smart contract associated with a blockchain; wherein the smart contract: verifies that the transmitted extracted random values match the embedded random values; and executes a transaction of the smart contract only if the transmitted extracted random values match the embedded random values. embedding consumption monitoring data in different temporal locations of the content data, the consumption monitoring data comprising random values; transmitting the content data to a client device for consumption; wherein the client device: extracts the random values only after a portion of the content data associated with a temporal location of the associated random values has been consumed; and transmits the extracted random values to a smart contract associated with a blockchain; extracts the random values only after a portion of the content data associated with a temporal location of the associated random values has been consumed; and transmits the extracted random values to a smart contract associated with a blockchain; wherein the smart contract: verifies that the transmitted extracted random values match the embedded random values; and executes a transaction of the smart contract only if the transmitted extracted random values match the embedded random values. verifies that the transmitted extracted random values match the embedded random values; and executes a transaction of the smart contract only if the transmitted extracted random values match the embedded random values.
A three-dimensional data encoding method, comprising: generating encoded data by encoding third point cloud data in a third frame, the third point cloud data being a combination of first point cloud data in a first frame and second point cloud data in a second frame; and generating a bitstream including the encoded data, wherein the encoded data includes identification information indicating whether each of three-dimensional points included in the third point cloud data belongs to the first point cloud data or the second point cloud data, wherein the first point cloud data and the second point cloud data are point cloud data of a same object and having different times, wherein the combination is achieved by inserting each point of the first and second point cloud data frames with their respective spatial positions into the third frame, to achieve at least a partially denser third point cloud data frame, wherein the encoded data includes geometry information in which a position of each of the three-dimensional points included in the third point cloud data is expressed using an N-ary occupancy tree, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2. generating encoded data by encoding third point cloud data in a third frame, the third point cloud data being a combination of first point cloud data in a first frame and second point cloud data in a second frame; and generating a bitstream including the encoded data, wherein the encoded data includes identification information indicating whether each of three-dimensional points included in the third point cloud data belongs to the first point cloud data or the second point cloud data, wherein the first point cloud data and the second point cloud data are point cloud data of a same object and having different times, wherein the combination is achieved by inserting each point of the first and second point cloud data frames with their respective spatial positions into the third frame, to achieve at least a partially denser third point cloud data frame, wherein the encoded data includes geometry information in which a position of each of the three-dimensional points included in the third point cloud data is expressed using an N-ary occupancy tree, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2.
Device for temporarily storing plate-shaped workpieces (W i) having a receiving magazine for the plate-shaped workpieces (W i), which magazine is formed by storage compartments arranged one above the other, wherein the storage compartments have storage surfaces which can each be extended in a first horizontal direction into a storage region and in a second horizontal direction into a removal region and can be retracted into the receiving magazine, wherein a receiving device with a receiver for the plate-shaped workpieces (W i) is arranged in each case in the storage and removal region, which receiving device is movable in the storage or removal region in a plane parallel to the storage surface and in a direction perpendicular to the storage surface, and a control and storage unit is provided for controlling the storage and removal movement of the receiver and the movement of the storage surfaces and for storing the storage location of plate-shaped workpieces (W i) on the storage surfaces.
Endothermic catalytic propane dehydrogenation process conducted in gas phase in at least one reactor system comprising at least two reactors (R1, R2) that are connected in series and comprise at least one catalyst bed (CB1, CB2) comprising at least one inorganic catalytic material and at least one first inert material, respectively, comprising the steps of: - feeding at least one first stream S1 comprising propane into the first reactor as front feed, and - feeding at least one second stream S2 comprising ethylene into the gas stream leaving the first reactor at at least one location between the first reactor and the second reactor, wherein the gas stream leaving the first reactor and the at least one second stream S2 comprising ethylene are mixed in / or before entering at least one heater arranged between first reactor and second reactor and heated in the heater before entering the second reactor. - feeding at least one first stream S1 comprising propane into the first reactor as front feed, and - feeding at least one second stream S2 comprising ethylene into the gas stream leaving the first reactor at at least one location between the first reactor and the second reactor,
A method for generating feature maps that depict spatial distributions or patterns of features associated with osteolysis or synovitis, the steps of the method comprising: (a) accessing with a computer system, magnetic resonance imaging data acquired from a subject by retrieving the MRI data from a memory or storage device of the computer system; (b) accessing with the computer system, a trained machine learning algorithm that has been trained on training data to generate feature maps associated with at least one of osteolysis or synovitis; (c) inputting the MRI data to the trained machine learning algorithm in order to generate output with the computer system, wherein the output comprises: a first feature map that depicts the spatial distribution of a probability of locations within the subject being associated with at least one of osteolysis or synovitis; a second feature map that depicts the spatial distribution of a classification of locations within the subject as being associated with a severity of synovitis at those location; and a third feature map that depicts the spatial distribution of a classification of locations within the subject as being associated with a type of synovitis at those locations. (a) accessing with a computer system, magnetic resonance imaging data acquired from a subject by retrieving the MRI data from a memory or storage device of the computer system; (b) accessing with the computer system, a trained machine learning algorithm that has been trained on training data to generate feature maps associated with at least one of osteolysis or synovitis; (c) inputting the MRI data to the trained machine learning algorithm in order to generate output with the computer system, wherein the output comprises: a first feature map that depicts the spatial distribution of a probability of locations within the subject being associated with at least one of osteolysis or synovitis; a second feature map that depicts the spatial distribution of a classification of locations within the subject as being associated with a severity of synovitis at those location; and a third feature map that depicts the spatial distribution of a classification of locations within the subject as being associated with a type of synovitis at those locations. a first feature map that depicts the spatial distribution of a probability of locations within the subject being associated with at least one of osteolysis or synovitis; a second feature map that depicts the spatial distribution of a classification of locations within the subject as being associated with a severity of synovitis at those location; and a third feature map that depicts the spatial distribution of a classification of locations within the subject as being associated with a type of synovitis at those locations.
A method for scheduling operations, comprising: adding a first operation to a tracking array of a processor in response to the first operation being received for scheduling for execution at the processor; blocking the first operation from being scheduled for execution; adjusting a value of a counter for counting a number of times operations stored at the tracking array are blocked by a first adjustment in response to blocking the first operation from being scheduled for execution while the first operation is stored at the tracking array; and in response to the value of the counter exceeding a threshold, suppressing scheduling of execution operations not stored the tracking array until at least one operation stored at the tracking array has been scheduled for execution. adding a first operation to a tracking array of a processor in response to the first operation being received for scheduling for execution at the processor; blocking the first operation from being scheduled for execution; adjusting a value of a counter for counting a number of times operations stored at the tracking array are blocked by a first adjustment in response to blocking the first operation from being scheduled for execution while the first operation is stored at the tracking array; and in response to the value of the counter exceeding a threshold, suppressing scheduling of execution operations not stored the tracking array until at least one operation stored at the tracking array has been scheduled for execution.
At least one controller for controlling a power supply system that includes a ring bus and a plurality of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs), said at least one controller comprising: a processor; and a memory device communicatively coupled to said processor, said memory device storing executable instructions configured to cause said processor to control at least one bridge current in each UPS of the plurality of UPSs, the at least one bridge current controlled such that an inverter of each UPS operates in a partial current limiting regime with current limiting periods when bursts occur during a full current limiting regime, each UPS operates in a partial current limiting regime between the full current limiting regime with square wave operation and a linear mode with no current limiting. a processor; and a memory device communicatively coupled to said processor, said memory device storing executable instructions configured to cause said processor to control at least one bridge current in each UPS of the plurality of UPSs, the at least one bridge current controlled such that an inverter of each UPS operates in a partial current limiting regime with current limiting periods when bursts occur during a full current limiting regime, each UPS operates in a partial current limiting regime between the full current limiting regime with square wave operation and a linear mode with no current limiting.
A single-stranded antisense oligonucleotide 12 to 35 nucleotides in length targeted to a nucleic acid encoding human huntingtin and capable of inhibiting the expression of huntingtin comprising at least 12 consecutive nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 93, wherein the oligonucleotide is a chimeric oligonucleotide having a gap segment positioned between 5' and 3' wing segments and wherein the gap segment of the chimeric oligonucleotide is comprised of 2'-deoxynucleotides and the wing segments are comprised of nucleotides having modified sugar moieties.
A plasticizer composition comprising: a cyclohexane-1,4-diester-based substance represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; an epoxidized alkyl ester composition comprising one or more compounds represented by the following Chemical Formula 2; and a citrate-based substance represented by the following Chemical Formula 3: In Chemical Formula 1 to Chemical Formula 3, wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently are a C8 alkyl group, R 3 is a C8 to C20 alkyl group comprising one or more epoxy groups, and R 4 to R 7 each independently are a C4 to C10 alkyl group, wherein the sum of the number of carbon atoms of the alkyl group of R 4 and the average number of carbon atoms of the alkyl groups of R 5 to R 7 ranges from 10 to 15. a cyclohexane-1,4-diester-based substance represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; an epoxidized alkyl ester composition comprising one or more compounds represented by the following Chemical Formula 2; and a citrate-based substance represented by the following Chemical Formula 3: In Chemical Formula 1 to Chemical Formula 3, wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently are a C8 alkyl group, R 3 is a C8 to C20 alkyl group comprising one or more epoxy groups, and R 4 to R 7 each independently are a C4 to C10 alkyl group, wherein the sum of the number of carbon atoms of the alkyl group of R 4 and the average number of carbon atoms of the alkyl groups of R 5 to R 7 ranges from 10 to 15.
Transporting system for transporting packaging media from a packaging-media inlet to a packaging-media outlet, having a plurality of transporting elements (4, 6-8, 9) which can be driven to rotate, succeed one another in a transporting direction of the packaging media and form a packaging media transporting route between the packaging-media inlet and the packaging-media outlet, whereby the packaging media transporting route is a partial length of a self-contained transport path for a plurality of packaging media holding and centering units or pucks which are each configured for holding a packaging medium at the packaging-media inlet and for conveying the respective packaging medium along the packaging media transporting route to the packaging-media outlet, and having a puck return transporting route forming a further partial length (12.2) of the transport path for returning the pucks after releasing the respective packaging medium from the packaging-media outlet to the packaging-media inlet, characterised in that the partial length (12.1) of the puck transport path forming the packaging media transporting route and the partial length (12.2) of the puck transport path forming the puck return transporting route are provided in different transport levels (TE1, TE2) that are vertically offset relative to one another, and in that the packaging media transporting route and the puck return transporting route are formed by common transporting elements (4, 6 - 8, 9).