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A process for treating a surface of an implant made of titanium or its alloys, comprising the successive steps of: - treating said surface with laser radiation coming from a nano- or femtofiber laser source, in such a way that said surface is ablated and assumes a predetermined texture, and - treating said surface with plasma jet at atmospheric pressure, using a process gas containing air, in such a way that a layer of titanium oxide up to 30 nm thick is formed on said surface. - treating said surface with laser radiation coming from a nano- or femtofiber laser source, in such a way that said surface is ablated and assumes a predetermined texture, and - treating said surface with plasma jet at atmospheric pressure, using a process gas containing air, in such a way that a layer of titanium oxide up to 30 nm thick is formed on said surface.
A method for collaborative RFID readers, comprising: providing an RFID reader, the RFID reader having a baseband frequency and being a member of a group of participating RFID readers each being synchronized to the baseband frequency, and wherein the RFID reader is assigned an orthogonal code to produce a code division multiple access (CDMA)-encoded signal, and a set of mutually-orthogonal codes for all participating RFID readers is known to the RFID reader; transmitting, using the RFID reader, a CDMA-encoded signal to RFID tags within a reading range of the RFID reader; receiving a response signal from an RFID tag within the reading range, wherein the response signal comprises data encoded with an orthogonal code of an RFID reader of the group of participating RFID readers; and decoding the data of the response signal using the known set of mutually-orthogonal codes. providing an RFID reader, the RFID reader having a baseband frequency and being a member of a group of participating RFID readers each being synchronized to the baseband frequency, and wherein the RFID reader is assigned an orthogonal code to produce a code division multiple access (CDMA)-encoded signal, and a set of mutually-orthogonal codes for all participating RFID readers is known to the RFID reader; transmitting, using the RFID reader, a CDMA-encoded signal to RFID tags within a reading range of the RFID reader; receiving a response signal from an RFID tag within the reading range, wherein the response signal comprises data encoded with an orthogonal code of an RFID reader of the group of participating RFID readers; and decoding the data of the response signal using the known set of mutually-orthogonal codes.
An apparatus for actuating at least one of two or more engine valves in an internal combustion engine, comprising: a main event motion source adapted to provide main event motion to the at least one engine valve; a main event valvetrain for transmitting motion from the main event motion source to the valve through a first load path; an auxiliary event motion source, separated from the main event motion source; an auxiliary event valvetrain for transmitting motion from the auxiliary event motion source to one or more engine valves through a second load path; a lash adjuster cooperating with the first load path and adapted to take up lash in the main event valvetrain of the at least one engine valve; a lash adjuster loading component adapted to prevent over-extension of the lash adjuster. a main event motion source adapted to provide main event motion to the at least one engine valve; a main event valvetrain for transmitting motion from the main event motion source to the valve through a first load path; an auxiliary event motion source, separated from the main event motion source; an auxiliary event valvetrain for transmitting motion from the auxiliary event motion source to one or more engine valves through a second load path; a lash adjuster cooperating with the first load path and adapted to take up lash in the main event valvetrain of the at least one engine valve; a lash adjuster loading component adapted to prevent over-extension of the lash adjuster.
Method for generating a signal influencing an overtaking manoeuvre of a first motor vehicle, wherein the first motor vehicle overtakes a second motor vehicle by passing through an overtaking space which extends laterally at least in the direction of travel of the second motor vehicle, having the steps of: • receiving at least one wind signal which represents the wind speed substantially transversely to the direction of travel of the first motor vehicle at a front edge of the overtaking space in the direction of travel (step 302) and is measured at least at the second motor vehicle, • generating the signal at least depending on the received wind signal (step 307), wherein a signal effect which is perceptible by a driver of the first motor vehicle is generated on the basis of the signal generated and is used to convey, to the driver, a suitable time for exiting a slipstream of the second motor vehicle at the edge of the overtaking space, characterized in that the signal is generated when the wind signal has a minimum value and/or a trend to minimum values in a predefinable manner. • receiving at least one wind signal which represents the wind speed substantially transversely to the direction of travel of the first motor vehicle at a front edge of the overtaking space in the direction of travel (step 302) and is measured at least at the second motor vehicle, • generating the signal at least depending on the received wind signal (step 307),
A system for monitoring the oil level in a damping unit which forms part of an articulation of an articulated vehicle, which articulation connects a forward section of the vehicle to a rear section, which system comprises: - an angle sensor adapted to detecting the vehicle's articulation angle α at the time and generating an articulation angle signal α sig which depends on the angle α detected; - a first pressure sensor adapted to detecting a pressure P at the time in a damping unit (2, 3) and generating a corresponding pressure signal which depends on the pressure P detected; characterised in that the system comprises: - a calculation unit provided with a model of an ideal damping unit and adapted to calculating what pressure P' an ideal damping unit is at in a given situation, by using said model for which the angle signal α sig is used as input signal; and to comparing the pressure P at the time with the calculated pressure P' and determining a pressure difference ΔP = P' - P, and to generating an indicating signal if ΔP > P th1, where P th1 is a predetermined and settable threshold value. - an angle sensor adapted to detecting the vehicle's articulation angle α at the time and generating an articulation angle signal α sig which depends on the angle α detected; - a first pressure sensor adapted to detecting a pressure P at the time in a damping unit (2, 3) and generating a corresponding pressure signal which depends on the pressure P detected; characterised in that the system comprises: - a calculation unit provided with a model of an ideal damping unit and adapted to calculating what pressure P' an ideal damping unit is at in a given situation, by using said model for which the angle signal α sig is used as input signal; and to comparing the pressure P at the time with the calculated pressure P' and determining a pressure difference ΔP = P' - P, and to generating an indicating signal if ΔP > P th1, where P th1 is a predetermined and settable threshold value. - a calculation unit provided with a model of an ideal damping unit and adapted to calculating what pressure P' an ideal damping unit is at in a given situation, by using said model for which the angle signal α sig is used as input signal; and to comparing the pressure P at the time with the calculated pressure P' and determining a pressure difference ΔP = P' - P, and to generating an indicating signal if ΔP > P th1, where P th1 is a predetermined and settable threshold value.
A method including the subsequent steps of: pretreating biomass feed stock in a first pressurized reactor, wherein the feed stock undergoes hydrolysis in the first pressurized reactor; discharging the feed stock from the first pressurized reactor to a pressurized sealing device having a first pressurized coupling to a feedstock discharge port of the first pressurized reactor; maintaining a vapor phase in the first pressurized reactor by injecting steam into the first pressurized reactor, wherein the injected steam provides heat energy to the feed stock in the first pressurized reactor; washing the feed stock in the first pressurized reactor or in the pressurized sealing device; draining dissolved hemi-cellulosic material extracted from the feed stock; discharging the feed stock from the pressurized sealing device through a second pressurized coupling to a second pressurized reactor; in the second pressurized reactor, infusing cells of the feed stock with steam or water vapor, and subjecting the feed stock with the infused cells to a rapid pressure release to cause expand and burst the cells of the feed stock. pretreating biomass feed stock in a first pressurized reactor, wherein the feed stock undergoes hydrolysis in the first pressurized reactor; discharging the feed stock from the first pressurized reactor to a pressurized sealing device having a first pressurized coupling to a feedstock discharge port of the first pressurized reactor; maintaining a vapor phase in the first pressurized reactor by injecting steam into the first pressurized reactor, wherein the injected steam provides heat energy to the feed stock in the first pressurized reactor; washing the feed stock in the first pressurized reactor or in the pressurized sealing device; draining dissolved hemi-cellulosic material extracted from the feed stock; discharging the feed stock from the pressurized sealing device through a second pressurized coupling to a second pressurized reactor; in the second pressurized reactor, infusing cells of the feed stock with steam or water vapor, and subjecting the feed stock with the infused cells to a rapid pressure release to cause expand and burst the cells of the feed stock.
An ActRII antagonist, for use in the treatment or prevention of a cutaneous ulcer in a subject that has anemia, wherein the ActRII antagonist is an ActRIIB polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 85% identical to the sequence of amino acids 25-131 of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the polypeptide comprises an acidic amino acid at the position corresponding to position 79 of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the polypeptide can inhibit GDF11 from binding to and/or activating an ActRII receptor, and wherein the polypeptide can inhibit GDF8 from binding to and/or activating an ActRII receptor.
A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation, the dishwasher comprising: a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber with an access opening, a door selectively closing the access opening, at least one dish rack (28, 32, 34) located within the treating chamber, an air inlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, an air outlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber and a rotating arm assembly located within the tub below the at least one dish rack (28, 32, 34), wherein the rotating arm assembly includes a rotatable hub with a liquid conduit, a spray arm (41, 42) carried by the hub and fluidly coupled to the liquid conduit, and an air mixing arm carried by the hub and rotationally spaced from the spray arm (41, 42), and wherein the air mixing arm is configured, upon rotation of the hub, to move air within the treating chamber, whereby air is drawn in through the inlet and is expelled out the outlet to establish air flow through the treating chamber, characterised in that the dishwasher further comprises a first motor rotationally driving the spray arm (41, 42) and a second motor rotationally driving the air mixing arm, independently of the first motor. a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber with an access opening, a door selectively closing the access opening, at least one dish rack (28, 32, 34) located within the treating chamber, an air inlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, an air outlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber and a rotating arm assembly located within the tub below the at least one dish rack (28, 32, 34), wherein the rotating arm assembly includes a rotatable hub with a liquid conduit, a spray arm (41, 42) carried by the hub and fluidly coupled to the liquid conduit, and an air mixing arm carried by the hub and rotationally spaced from the spray arm (41, 42), and wherein the air mixing arm is configured, upon rotation of the hub, to move air within the treating chamber, whereby air is drawn in through the inlet and is expelled out the outlet to establish air flow through the treating chamber, characterised in that the dishwasher further comprises a first motor rotationally driving the spray arm (41, 42) and a second motor rotationally driving the air mixing arm, independently of the first motor.
An operating and information transmitting system for an actuating and sensing module, comprising: an actuating and sensing device comprising a carrier, at least one sensor, at least one fluid actuating device, a microprocessor, a power controller and a data transceiver, wherein the at least one sensor, the at least one fluid actuating device, the microprocessor, the power controller and the data transceiver are integrated into the carrier to be a modular structure; a power supply device configured to transfer an energy to the power controller, so that the power controller receives the energy and enables the at least one sensor and the at least one fluid actuating device; and a connection device configured to display, store and transmit an output data, wherein after a monitored data sensed by the at least one sensor is transmitted to the microprocessor, the monitored data is processed into an output data by the microprocessor, wherein the output data is received by the data transceiver, and the output data is transmitted from the data transceiver to the connection device, wherein a control command from the connection device is received by the data transceiver, and the control command is transmitted to the microprocessor to control the at least one sensor to perform a sensing operation and enable the at least one fluid actuating device. an actuating and sensing device comprising a carrier, at least one sensor, at least one fluid actuating device, a microprocessor, a power controller and a data transceiver, wherein the at least one sensor, the at least one fluid actuating device, the microprocessor, the power controller and the data transceiver are integrated into the carrier to be a modular structure; a power supply device configured to transfer an energy to the power controller, so that the power controller receives the energy and enables the at least one sensor and the at least one fluid actuating device; and a connection device configured to display, store and transmit an output data, wherein after a monitored data sensed by the at least one sensor is transmitted to the microprocessor, the monitored data is processed into an output data by the microprocessor, wherein the output data is received by the data transceiver, and the output data is transmitted from the data transceiver to the connection device, wherein a control command from the connection device is received by the data transceiver, and the control command is transmitted to the microprocessor to control the at least one sensor to perform a sensing operation and enable the at least one fluid actuating device.
A load sharing method, applied to a first network device, wherein a first tunnel and a second tunnel are established between the first network device and a second network device, the first tunnel and the second tunnel form a bonding tunnel through hybrid bonding, wherein the hybrid bonding is the binding of tunnels of different network types, and the method comprises: sending, by the first network device, a plurality of data packets to the second network device which comprises a bonding tunnel reorder buffer, wherein the bonding tunnel reorder buffer is used to buffer and sort packets transmitted by the first network device through the bonding tunnel; receiving, by the first network device, an acknowledgment response sent by the second network device, wherein the acknowledgment response comprises information about usage status of a buffer space of the bonding tunnel reorder buffer; determining, by the first network device, the usage status of buffer space of the bonding tunnel reorder buffer based on the acknowledgment response; and performing, by the first network device based on the usage status of the buffer space of the bonding tunnel reorder buffer and according to a specified load sharing policy, load sharing between the first tunnel and the second tunnel for a packet to be transmitted by the first network device to the second network device. sending, by the first network device, a plurality of data packets to the second network device which comprises a bonding tunnel reorder buffer, wherein the bonding tunnel reorder buffer is used to buffer and sort packets transmitted by the first network device through the bonding tunnel; receiving, by the first network device, an acknowledgment response sent by the second network device, wherein the acknowledgment response comprises information about usage status of a buffer space of the bonding tunnel reorder buffer; determining, by the first network device, the usage status of buffer space of the bonding tunnel reorder buffer based on the acknowledgment response; and performing, by the first network device based on the usage status of the buffer space of the bonding tunnel reorder buffer and according to a specified load sharing policy, load sharing between the first tunnel and the second tunnel for a packet to be transmitted by the first network device to the second network device.
A connecting assembly for a hydromechanical transmission, comprising, a connecting plate having a hydraulic unit wall and a gear set unit wall, a hydraulic unit housing which is connected to the hydraulic unit wall to provide a sealed hydraulic chamber which contains a hydraulic fluid, a gear set unit housing which is connected to the gear set unit wall to provide a sealed gear set chamber, first and second hydraulic pump motor units (42, 43) disposed in the sealed hydraulic chamber and arranged so that hydraulic fluid can flow between each of the pump motor units and the sealed hydraulic chamber so as to permit exchange of fluid between the pump motor units, and a gear set disposed in the sealed gear set chamber, characterised in that the fluid level within the hydraulic unit housing being substantially at the top of hydraulic unit chamber to permit the hydraulic unit chamber to provide a hydraulic fluid reservoir and to permit exchange and flow of hydraulic fluid from a motoring one of pump motor units (42, 43) to a pumping one of the units.
An apparatus, comprising: a link interface including circuitry and logic to, generate a plurality of fabric packets; divide each fabric packet into a plurality of data units; bundle the data units to form a plurality of link transfer packets; and transmit the plurality of link transfer packets over a link supporting virtual lanes toward a receiver; wherein at least one of the plurality of link transfer packets includes data units from at least two fabric packets; and wherein within any given one of the virtual lanes, all of the data units from one fabric packet are transmitted before any data unit from a subsequent fabric packet in the given virtual lane is transmitted, and wherein data units from fabric packets in different virtual lanes are allowed to be arbitrarily interleaved. a link interface including circuitry and logic to, generate a plurality of fabric packets; divide each fabric packet into a plurality of data units; bundle the data units to form a plurality of link transfer packets; and transmit the plurality of link transfer packets over a link supporting virtual lanes toward a receiver; wherein at least one of the plurality of link transfer packets includes data units from at least two fabric packets; and wherein within any given one of the virtual lanes, all of the data units from one fabric packet are transmitted before any data unit from a subsequent fabric packet in the given virtual lane is transmitted, and wherein data units from fabric packets in different virtual lanes are allowed to be arbitrarily interleaved. generate a plurality of fabric packets; divide each fabric packet into a plurality of data units; bundle the data units to form a plurality of link transfer packets; and transmit the plurality of link transfer packets over a link supporting virtual lanes toward a receiver; wherein at least one of the plurality of link transfer packets includes data units from at least two fabric packets; and wherein within any given one of the virtual lanes, all of the data units from one fabric packet are transmitted before any data unit from a subsequent fabric packet in the given virtual lane is transmitted, and wherein data units from fabric packets in different virtual lanes are allowed to be arbitrarily interleaved.
A panoramic X-ray imaging apparatus (20;200) comprising: an X-ray generating unit that includes an X-ray generator; an X-ray detecting unit that includes an X-ray detector; a support that supports the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit such that the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit are opposite to each other; a drive mechanism that is configured to turn at least the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit by driving the support; a displacement mechanism (82;47) that is configured to add movement including a displacement component in a direction different from the turning to the X-ray detecting unit; a subject holding unit that is configured to hold an imaging subject; and a turning controller (100;202) that is configured to control drive of the support by the drive mechanism and addition of movement to the X-ray detecting unit by the displacement mechanism such that panoramic X-ray imaging is performed by turning around a head of the imaging subject while the head of the imaging subject held by the subject holding unit is positioned between the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit, wherein the turning controller is configured to control the drive mechanism and the displacement mechanism so as to add the movement avoiding the contact with a shoulder of the imaging subject to the X-ray detecting unit during the turning of the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit by the drive mechanism during the panoramic X-ray imaging. an X-ray generating unit that includes an X-ray generator; an X-ray detecting unit that includes an X-ray detector; a support that supports the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit such that the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit are opposite to each other; a drive mechanism that is configured to turn at least the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit by driving the support; a displacement mechanism (82;47) that is configured to add movement including a displacement component in a direction different from the turning to the X-ray detecting unit; a subject holding unit that is configured to hold an imaging subject; and a turning controller (100;202) that is configured to control drive of the support by the drive mechanism and addition of movement to the X-ray detecting unit by the displacement mechanism such that panoramic X-ray imaging is performed by turning around a head of the imaging subject while the head of the imaging subject held by the subject holding unit is positioned between the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit, wherein the turning controller is configured to control the drive mechanism and the displacement mechanism so as to add the movement avoiding the contact with a shoulder of the imaging subject to the X-ray detecting unit during the turning of the X-ray generating unit and the X-ray detecting unit by the drive mechanism during the panoramic X-ray imaging.