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A magnetic squeeze film damper system comprising: a bearing assembly having an outer race with a first outer surface and a first inner surface; rolling elements located along the first inner surface; a squeeze film damper housing having a second outer surface and a second inner surface, the second inner surface contiguous with the first outer surface; a channel for flowing a fluid, the channel defined at the second inner surface between the housing and the first outer surface of the outer race, the channel having a forward end and an aft end; a first seal gland disposed between the housing and the outer race for sealing the channel forward end and a second seal gland disposed between the housing and the outer race for sealing the channel aft end; characterized in that the first seal gland is comprising a sealed reservoir surrounded by an elastomer, the reservoir containing a magneto-rheological fluid; an electromagnet arranged in close proximity to the first seal gland, whereby when the electromagnet is energized the viscosity of the rheological fluid is varied such that the stiffness of the first seal gland is altered; and an electronic control system operable to provide a variable current to the electromagnet such that the viscosity of the magneto-rheological fluid is altered as a function of the current, wherein the electronic control system includes at least one sensor. a bearing assembly having an outer race with a first outer surface and a first inner surface; rolling elements located along the first inner surface; a squeeze film damper housing having a second outer surface and a second inner surface, the second inner surface contiguous with the first outer surface; a channel for flowing a fluid, the channel defined at the second inner surface between the housing and the first outer surface of the outer race, the channel having a forward end and an aft end; a first seal gland disposed between the housing and the outer race for sealing the channel forward end and a second seal gland disposed between the housing and the outer race for sealing the channel aft end; characterized in that the first seal gland is comprising a sealed reservoir surrounded by an elastomer, the reservoir containing a magneto-rheological fluid; an electromagnet arranged in close proximity to the first seal gland, whereby when the electromagnet is energized the viscosity of the rheological fluid is varied such that the stiffness of the first seal gland is altered; and an electronic control system operable to provide a variable current to the electromagnet such that the viscosity of the magneto-rheological fluid is altered as a function of the current, wherein the electronic control system includes at least one sensor.
A device for mechanical defibration of wood, comprising a movable defibration surface for kneading of wood raw material and loosening of fibers, said defibration surface comprising grinding grits (1, 15, 16) made up of hard material suitable for defibration and fixed to a metal base surface characterized in that the grits (1, 15, 16) fixed to the metal base surface are positioned regularly within a predetermined distance from each other on the base surface, so that they form a regular defibration surface capable of effecting regular pressure pulses on the wood by its movement.
An adjuvant composition comprising a double-stranded nucleic acid comprising a single-stranded nucleic acid A consisting of a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 and a single-stranded nucleic acid B of SEQ ID NO: 4.
A method for detection of a power train oscillation in a vehicle provided with a prime mover which rotates at a speed ω, characterised by - determination of a change in cyclic variation S in the rotation speed ω of said prime mover, whereupon - there is deemed to be a power train oscillation if for a predetermined number of times the amplitude of said change in cyclic variation S is alternately above a positive threshold value Th 1 and below a negative threshold value Th 2 and if all of the consecutive upward crossings of said positive threshold value Th 1 and downward crossings of said negative threshold value Th 2 are separated in time by not more than a predetermined period T. - determination of a change in cyclic variation S in the rotation speed ω of said prime mover, whereupon - there is deemed to be a power train oscillation if for a predetermined number of times the amplitude of said change in cyclic variation S is alternately above a positive threshold value Th 1 and below a negative threshold value Th 2 and if all of the consecutive upward crossings of said positive threshold value Th 1 and downward crossings of said negative threshold value Th 2 are separated in time by not more than a predetermined period T.
A process for separating a mixture produced in the carbonylation of methanol comprising water, acetic acid, methyl iodide, methyl acetate, methanol, and at least one permanganate reducing compound to reduce an amount of methyl iodide that is removed as waste from said process, comprising the steps of: (a) distilling the mixture in a distillation column to separate the mixture into a plurality of streams, at least one of said streams being a PRC enriched overhead stream comprising dimethyl ether; and (b) extracting the PRC enriched overhead stream with water, wherein said extracting comprises a first extraction step comprising contacting the PRC enriched overhead stream with water and separating therefrom a first aqueous extract stream comprising said at least one PRC and a first raffinate stream, and a second extraction step comprising contacting the first raffinate stream with water and separating therefrom a second aqueous extract stream comprising said at least one PRC and a second raffinate stream; wherein said PRC enriched overhead stream comprises an amount of dimethyl ether effective to reduce the solubility of methyl iodide in said aqueous extract streams (64;70). (a) distilling the mixture in a distillation column to separate the mixture into a plurality of streams, at least one of said streams being a PRC enriched overhead stream comprising dimethyl ether; and (b) extracting the PRC enriched overhead stream with water, wherein said extracting comprises a first extraction step comprising contacting the PRC enriched overhead stream with water and separating therefrom a first aqueous extract stream comprising said at least one PRC and a first raffinate stream, and a second extraction step comprising contacting the first raffinate stream with water and separating therefrom a second aqueous extract stream comprising said at least one PRC and a second raffinate stream;
A filtering device comprising: a filtering circuit that connects a voltage source to a sensor; a switching circuit connected in parallel with the filtering circuit that allows current from the voltage source to bypass the filtering circuit and flow through the switching circuit, wherein the switching circuit receives a mode signal from the sensor that indicates whether the sensor is in a high current or a low current mode, the switching circuit is closed when the sensor is in the high current mode, and the switching circuit is open when the sensor is in the low current mode. a filtering circuit that connects a voltage source to a sensor; a switching circuit connected in parallel with the filtering circuit that allows current from the voltage source to bypass the filtering circuit and flow through the switching circuit, wherein the switching circuit receives a mode signal from the sensor that indicates whether the sensor is in a high current or a low current mode, the switching circuit is closed when the sensor is in the high current mode, and the switching circuit is open when the sensor is in the low current mode.
A composition for use in the treatment of cancer, comprising an intralesional chemoablative pharmaceutical composition comprising a 0.1 % (w/v) or higher concentration aqueous solution of a halogenated xanthene or a physiologically acceptable salt of the halogenated xanthene, wherein the halogenated xanthene is rose bengal (4,5,6,7-tetrachloro-2',4',5',7'-tetraiodofluorescein), wherein the composition is to be administered in a therapeutically effective amount and in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of a systemic immunomodulatory anticancer agent, and wherein the systemic immunomodulatory anticancer agent comprises an anti-CTLA-4 antibody.
A machine implemented method for rendering a synthetic display of a scene including terrain and obstacles in a moving vehicle, comprising: (a) loading from a database a priori scene data (120a, 120b) including a priori terrain data and a priori obstacle data; (b) accepting sensor data from at least one environmental sensor (122, 124, 126), wherein the sensor data include real-time terrain data and real-time obstacle data; (c) transforming the sensor data into a 3-D data cloud comprising the real-time terrain data and the real-time obstacle data; (d) fusing the a priori scene data (120a, 120b) of step (a) with the 3-D data cloud of step (c) in a scene fusion module for creating a combined scene model comprising terrain data and obstacle data as a multi-resolution 3-D data structure with varying granularity, changing the resolution of the terrain data and/or the obstacle data in the multi-resolution 3-D data structure with varying granularity of the combined scene model on the basis of the vehicle motion, updating the combined scene model by receiving input data from the scene fusion module and by feeding back to the scene fusion module, data reflecting the updated scene model; (e) rendering the combined scene model into an image signal; and (f) displaying an image of a scene in response to the image signal. (a) loading from a database a priori scene data (120a, 120b) including a priori terrain data and a priori obstacle data; (b) accepting sensor data from at least one environmental sensor (122, 124, 126), wherein the sensor data include real-time terrain data and real-time obstacle data; (c) transforming the sensor data into a 3-D data cloud comprising the real-time terrain data and the real-time obstacle data; (d) fusing the a priori scene data (120a, 120b) of step (a) with the 3-D data cloud of step (c) in a scene fusion module for creating a combined scene model comprising terrain data and obstacle data as a multi-resolution 3-D data structure with varying granularity, changing the resolution of the terrain data and/or the obstacle data in the multi-resolution 3-D data structure with varying granularity of the combined scene model on the basis of the vehicle motion, updating the combined scene model by receiving input data from the scene fusion module and by feeding back to the scene fusion module, data reflecting the updated scene model; (e) rendering the combined scene model into an image signal; and (f) displaying an image of a scene in response to the image signal.
A system,, comprising: a memory comprising instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, effectuates operations comprising: receiving a first HTTP request to access a server from a webclient;; establishing a persistent connection with the server; receiving an event notification associated with the webclient from the server; storing the notification; characterized in that: the processor further effectuates operations comprising: receiving a second HTTP request for data or a service provided by the server; forward the second HTTP request to the server and receive a response to the second HTTP request from the server; combining the stored notification with the response to the second HTTP request; and transmitting the combined notification and response to the second HTTP request to the webclient in response to the second HTTP request. a memory comprising instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, effectuates operations comprising: receiving a first HTTP request to access a server from a webclient;; establishing a persistent connection with the server; receiving an event notification associated with the webclient from the server; storing the notification; characterized in that: the processor further effectuates operations comprising: receiving a second HTTP request for data or a service provided by the server; forward the second HTTP request to the server and receive a response to the second HTTP request from the server; combining the stored notification with the response to the second HTTP request; and transmitting the combined notification and response to the second HTTP request to the webclient in response to the second HTTP request. receiving a first HTTP request to access a server from a webclient;; establishing a persistent connection with the server; receiving an event notification associated with the webclient from the server; storing the notification; characterized in that: the processor further effectuates operations comprising: receiving a second HTTP request for data or a service provided by the server; forward the second HTTP request to the server and receive a response to the second HTTP request from the server; combining the stored notification with the response to the second HTTP request; and transmitting the combined notification and response to the second HTTP request to the webclient in response to the second HTTP request. the processor further effectuates operations comprising: receiving a second HTTP request for data or a service provided by the server; forward the second HTTP request to the server and receive a response to the second HTTP request from the server; combining the stored notification with the response to the second HTTP request; and transmitting the combined notification and response to the second HTTP request to the webclient in response to the second HTTP request.
A heat exchanger for a central heating installation including: - a casted aluminium heat exchanger body bounding at least one flue gas draft with surface enlarging pins or fins and bounding at least one water channel, characterized by - an enamel coating applied on at least a part of the heat exchanger body that bounds the flue gas draft, wherein the enamel coating is formed from an enamel slurry comprising an enamel powder comprising an enamel frit admixed with 8 to 15 wt% of a powder-form oxidic light metal compound and 8 to 20 wt% of a high-grade steel powder. - a casted aluminium heat exchanger body bounding at least one flue gas draft with surface enlarging pins or fins and bounding at least one water channel, characterized by - an enamel coating applied on at least a part of the heat exchanger body that bounds the flue gas draft, wherein the enamel coating is formed from an enamel slurry comprising an enamel powder comprising an enamel frit admixed with 8 to 15 wt% of a powder-form oxidic light metal compound and 8 to 20 wt% of a high-grade steel powder.
Stone basket, especially a gabion, consisting at least of interconnected side walls made of wire, namely at least two lateral side walls (2, 4), a front wall and a rear wall as well as a bottom wall and a top wall, characterized i n that at least one partition wall of wire and/or rods is inserted in the stone basket, wherein the partition wall consists of horizontal connection wires and/or rods, which run between at least the lateral side walls (2, 4), and it consists of further connection wires and/or rods transversely to this, which connect the horizontal connection wires and/or rods to the bottom wall.
A Faecalibacterium bacterium or a processed product thereof for use in prevention or treatment of liver fibrosis, wherein the processed product is selected from the group consisting of disrupted cell suspension by ultrasonic wave, solid residues isolated from the disrupted cell suspension, culture medium or culture supernatant separated by solid-liquid separation means such as filtration or centrifugation, and dead bacterial cells, wherein the Faecalibacterium bacterium is Faecalibacterium prausnitzii ATCC 27768, or Faecalibacterium prausnitzii TY-2 (Accession No. NITE BP-02743).
An endoscope comprising: an operation portion; an elongate insertion portion, wherein one end of the insertion portion is connected to the operation portion rotatably in a direction around a central axis of the insertion portion with respect to the operation portion; a first ring provided in the operation portion; a second ring provided in the insertion portion and rotatable integrally with the insertion portion; an elastic member provided on one of the first ring and the second ring; a frictional surface provided in the other of the first ring and the second ring and configured to generate rotation resisting frictional force between the frictional surface and the elastic member when the frictional surface is pressed onto the elastic member and the insertion portion is rotated with respect to the operation portion; and a movement adjusting mechanism (22, 32, 35) configured to relatively move the first ring and the second ring in the central axis to be close to and apart from each other, and press the elastic member onto the frictional surface to continuously adjust a deformation amount of the elastic member, such that the press force acting between the elastic member and the frictional surface is continuously adjusted. an operation portion; an elongate insertion portion, wherein one end of the insertion portion is connected to the operation portion rotatably in a direction around a central axis of the insertion portion with respect to the operation portion; a first ring provided in the operation portion; a second ring provided in the insertion portion and rotatable integrally with the insertion portion; an elastic member provided on one of the first ring and the second ring; a frictional surface provided in the other of the first ring and the second ring and configured to generate rotation resisting frictional force between the frictional surface and the elastic member when the frictional surface is pressed onto the elastic member and the insertion portion is rotated with respect to the operation portion; and a movement adjusting mechanism (22, 32, 35) configured to relatively move the first ring and the second ring in the central axis to be close to and apart from each other, and press the elastic member onto the frictional surface to continuously adjust a deformation amount of the elastic member, such that the press force acting between the elastic member and the frictional surface is continuously adjusted.
Method for operating a control system, in which a control action of a user is sensed in a sensing range of a sensing unit (2, 3, 15); feedback data are generated on the basis of the sensed control action and transmitted to a feedback device; and a haptically perceptible output signal is output in a transmission range by the feedback device on the basis of the feedback data; wherein the transmission range and the sensing range are arranged spaced apart from one another, characterized in that the sensed control action comprises the entering of an activation object into an approach range, wherein the approach range comprises a space in the surroundings of a control element. a control action of a user is sensed in a sensing range of a sensing unit (2, 3, 15); feedback data are generated on the basis of the sensed control action and transmitted to a feedback device; and a haptically perceptible output signal is output in a transmission range by the feedback device on the basis of the feedback data; wherein the transmission range and the sensing range are arranged spaced apart from one another, characterized in that the sensed control action comprises the entering of an activation object into an approach range, wherein the approach range comprises a space in the surroundings of a control element.
A process for the production of L-carnitine, wherein a β-lactone, which is a 4-(halomethyl)oxetane-2-one, is converted into carnitine with trimethylamine, wherein the β-lactone is not subjected to a hydrolysis step before being contacted with the trimethylamine.
An apparatus for generating a speech signal, the apparatus comprising: microphone receivers for receiving microphone signals from a plurality ofmicrophones; a comparator arranged to, for each microphone signal, determine a speech similarity indication indicative of a similarity between the microphone signal and non-reverberant speech, the comparator being arranged to determine the similarity indication in response to a comparison of at least one property derived from the microphone signal to at least one reference property for non-reverberant speech; and a generator for generating the speech signal by combining the microphone signals in response to the similarity indications, characterized in that the comparator is further arranged to determine the similarity indication for a first microphone signal in response to a comparison of at least one property derived from the microphone signal to reference properties for speech samples of a set of non-reverberant speech samples. microphone receivers for receiving microphone signals from a plurality ofmicrophones; a comparator arranged to, for each microphone signal, determine a speech similarity indication indicative of a similarity between the microphone signal and non-reverberant speech, the comparator being arranged to determine the similarity indication in response to a comparison of at least one property derived from the microphone signal to at least one reference property for non-reverberant speech; and a generator for generating the speech signal by combining the microphone signals in response to the similarity indications,
A method of connecting a further wireless Bluetooth node to a wireless Bluetooth node which participates in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: - initiating, by the further wireless Bluetooth node, a wireless network connection with the wireless Bluetooth node; - determining, by the wireless Bluetooth node, in how many slave connections the wireless Bluetooth node is involved; - accepting, by the wireless Bluetooth node, the wireless network connection initiation from the further wireless Bluetooth node only in case the wireless Bluetooth node has at least a predetermined number of free slave connections available, and - determining by the wireless Bluetooth node, if the connection initiation by the further wireless Bluetooth node is a priority connection request and - setting the predetermined number of free slave connections to one if the connection initiation by the further wireless Bluetooth node is a priority connection request and - setting the predetermined number of free slave connections to two if the connection initiation by the further wireless Bluetooth node is not a priority connection request. - initiating, by the further wireless Bluetooth node, a wireless network connection with the wireless Bluetooth node; - determining, by the wireless Bluetooth node, in how many slave connections the wireless Bluetooth node is involved; - accepting, by the wireless Bluetooth node, the wireless network connection initiation from the further wireless Bluetooth node only in case the wireless Bluetooth node has at least a predetermined number of free slave connections available, and - determining by the wireless Bluetooth node, if the connection initiation by the further wireless Bluetooth node is a priority connection request and - setting the predetermined number of free slave connections to one if the connection initiation by the further wireless Bluetooth node is a priority connection request and - setting the predetermined number of free slave connections to two if the connection initiation by the further wireless Bluetooth node is not a priority connection request.