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A dispersion of a carbon nanomaterial in a dispersion medium, wherein the dispersion medium contains an electron-deficient polymer and a polymer which is different from the electron-deficient polymer, characterised in that the electron-deficient polymer is a block copolymer.
An article of footwear, comprising: an upper comprising a lower portion corresponding to a foot and an upper portion corresponding to an ankle of the foot; a lacing region extending through the lower portion and the upper portion; a flex notch (182, 184) extending from the lacing region towards a heel portion of the upper; the flex notch (182, 184) being disposed between the lower portion and the upper portion; a lace loop (144, 148) configured to receive a lacing member associated with the lacing region; the lace loop (144, 148) including a first end portion (231, 234), a second end portion (232, 235) and an intermediate portion (233, 236) disposed between the first end portion (231, 234) and the second end portion (232, 235); the first end portion (231, 234) being attached to the lower portion and the second end portion (232, 235) being attached to the upper portion; and wherein the intermediate portion (233, 236) spans between the flex notch (182, 184). an upper comprising a lower portion corresponding to a foot and an upper portion corresponding to an ankle of the foot; a lacing region extending through the lower portion and the upper portion; a flex notch (182, 184) extending from the lacing region towards a heel portion of the upper; the flex notch (182, 184) being disposed between the lower portion and the upper portion; a lace loop (144, 148) configured to receive a lacing member associated with the lacing region; the lace loop (144, 148) including a first end portion (231, 234), a second end portion (232, 235) and an intermediate portion (233, 236) disposed between the first end portion (231, 234) and the second end portion (232, 235); the first end portion (231, 234) being attached to the lower portion and the second end portion (232, 235) being attached to the upper portion; and wherein the intermediate portion (233, 236) spans between the flex notch (182, 184).
A method for producing a battery pack, the method comprising: a step of stacking a plurality of battery cells each having a battery case and electrode external terminals (32, 42) provided outside the battery case; and a step of electrically connecting the electrode external terminals (32, 42) of the plurality of battery cells by using metal-made bus bars, wherein the electrode external terminals (32, 42) are not plated, and wherein the metal-made bus bar is brought into contact with the electrode external terminal (32, 42), characterized in that next the metal-made bus bar is caused to slide along the stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells, to thereby form a fresh surface of terminal material at the surface of the electrode external terminal (32, 42) and bring the fresh surface and the metal-made bus bar into contact with each other. a step of stacking a plurality of battery cells each having a battery case and electrode external terminals (32, 42) provided outside the battery case; and a step of electrically connecting the electrode external terminals (32, 42) of the plurality of battery cells by using metal-made bus bars, wherein the electrode external terminals (32, 42) are not plated, and wherein the metal-made bus bar is brought into contact with the electrode external terminal (32, 42), characterized in that next the metal-made bus bar is caused to slide along the stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells, to thereby form a fresh surface of terminal material at the surface of the electrode external terminal (32, 42) and bring the fresh surface and the metal-made bus bar into contact with each other.
A diffuser for saturation of water with gas, comprising a diffusion element for diffusing the gas run through it, characterized in that the diffusion element is made of charcoal and has a structure of tube-shaped pores.
An implantable device, comprising: a sensor configured to detect an amount of an analyte, a pH, a temperature, a strain, or a pressure; and an ultrasonic transducer with a length of about 5 mm or less in the longest dimension, characterised in that the ultrasonic transducer is configured to receive a current modulated based on the analyte amount, the pH, the temperature, the strain, or the pressure detected by the sensor, and emit an ultrasonic backscatter based on the received current. a sensor configured to detect an amount of an analyte, a pH, a temperature, a strain, or a pressure; and an ultrasonic transducer with a length of about 5 mm or less in the longest dimension, characterised in that the ultrasonic transducer is configured to receive a current modulated based on the analyte amount, the pH, the temperature, the strain, or the pressure detected by the sensor, and emit an ultrasonic backscatter based on the received current.
An NMR-MAS probehead having an MAS stator for receiving an elongate MAS rotor that is surrounded by an RF coil, said MAS rotor having a sample substance in a sample volume, and having a hollow, elongate first microwave guide for supplying microwave radiation into the sample volume through a coil block introduced in a wall of the MAS stator, characterized in that the coil block is designed in accordance with any one of the claims 11 to 15 and has such a geometric extent and is inserted into the wall of the MAS stator in such a way that it at least partly surrounds the RF coil and the MAS rotor.
Method of managing the braking force on a wheel w of a vehicle v equipped with at least a pair of hybrid brake actuators 3, each brake actuator 3 comprising a first brake actuator 3a and a second brake actuator 3b, said method comprising the steps of: a) Determining the targeted braking force FT, b) Applying a main braking force E3a to the wheel w by the mean of the first brake actuator 3a; c) applying a complementary braking force E3b to the wheel w by the mean of a second brake actuator 3b in such a way that the requested force FT is actually delivered; d) Monitoring the actual braking force FD delivered to the wheel w; e) modulating one or more of the main braking force E3a and the complementary braking force E3b wherein the main braking force E3a may be equally modulated at several wheels, and wherein the complementary braking force E3b is modulated at each wheel w independently. a) Determining the targeted braking force FT, b) Applying a main braking force E3a to the wheel w by the mean of the first brake actuator 3a; c) applying a complementary braking force E3b to the wheel w by the mean of a second brake actuator 3b in such a way that the requested force FT is actually delivered; d) Monitoring the actual braking force FD delivered to the wheel w; e) modulating one or more of the main braking force E3a and the complementary braking force E3b wherein the main braking force E3a may be equally modulated at several wheels, and wherein the complementary braking force E3b is modulated at each wheel w independently.
A method for producing a free-standing solid state layer comprising: providing a solid state material comprising a thermal expansion coefficient and having at least one surface available for layer formation thereon; forming a layer of polymer on the available surface such that adhesion is maintained between the solid state material and the layer of polymer for an entire predetermined temperature range ΔT between a first temperature and a second temperature, wherein the layer of polymer comprises a thermal expansion coefficient that is different from the thermal expansion coefficient of the solid state material; and exposing the solid state material and the adhered polymer layer to a change in local temperature from the first temperature that is no greater than 300°C to the second temperature, below room temperature, thereby inducing mechanical stress in the solid state material due to the difference between the thermal expansion coefficient of the solid state material and the thermal expansion coefficient of the polymer layer, to cause the solid state material to fracture along an internal plane at a depth in the solid state material, wherein the polymer layer further comprises a glass transition temperature that is below the first temperature and that is sufficiently low to prohibit shattering or fracturing of the polymer at the second temperature, to produce at least one free-standing solid state layer from the solid state material. providing a solid state material comprising a thermal expansion coefficient and having at least one surface available for layer formation thereon; forming a layer of polymer on the available surface such that adhesion is maintained between the solid state material and the layer of polymer for an entire predetermined temperature range ΔT between a first temperature and a second temperature, wherein the layer of polymer comprises a thermal expansion coefficient that is different from the thermal expansion coefficient of the solid state material; and exposing the solid state material and the adhered polymer layer to a change in local temperature from the first temperature that is no greater than 300°C to the second temperature, below room temperature, thereby inducing mechanical stress in the solid state material due to the difference between the thermal expansion coefficient of the solid state material and the thermal expansion coefficient of the polymer layer, to cause the solid state material to fracture along an internal plane at a depth in the solid state material, wherein the polymer layer further comprises a glass transition temperature that is below the first temperature and that is sufficiently low to prohibit shattering or fracturing of the polymer at the second temperature, to produce at least one free-standing solid state layer from the solid state material.
Method for erasing security-relevant information in a device, having the method steps of: - continuously ascertaining at least one movement parameter of the device over time, - continuously monitoring the ascertained movement parameters over time on the basis of at least one prescribed movement pattern, wherein the prescribed movement pattern is a movement trajectory of the device, and - triggering an erase process for the security-relevant information if the ascertained movement parameter over time is consistent with the at least one prescribed movement pattern, wherein the erase process is triggered if the at least one movement parameter is consistent with the prescribed movement pattern at least for a prescribed period (tB). - continuously ascertaining at least one movement parameter of the device over time, - continuously monitoring the ascertained movement parameters over time on the basis of at least one prescribed movement pattern, wherein the prescribed movement pattern is a movement trajectory of the device, and - triggering an erase process for the security-relevant information if the ascertained movement parameter over time is consistent with the at least one prescribed movement pattern, wherein the erase process is triggered if the at least one movement parameter is consistent with the prescribed movement pattern at least for a prescribed period (tB).
Rate-of-rotation sensor comprising a substrate and a first Coriolis element, excitation means being provided to excite the first Coriolis element to oscillate in a first direction, first detection means being provided to detect a first deflection of the first Coriolis element in a third direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the first Coriolis element being formed as a rocker, an axis of rotation of the rocker extending parallel to a main plane of extent of the substrate, the rocker having an asymmetrical mass distribution relative to the axis of rotation, the rate-of-rotation sensor having a second Coriolis element, the excitation means being provided to excite the second Coriolis element to oscillate in the first direction, characterized in that, in addition, second detection means are provided to detect a second deflection of the second Coriolis element in a second direction substantially perpendicular both to the first direction and to the third direction, and in that first stops are provided to limit a first movement of the first Coriolis element in the first, second and/or third direction (X, Y, Z), second stops are provided to limit a second movement of the second Coriolis element in the first, second and/or third direction (X, Y, Z), and/or third stops are provided to limit a third movement of a frame of the rate-of-rotation sensor in the first, second and/or third direction (X, Y, Z).
An information processing apparatus comprising: a behavior estimation library configured to estimate a behavior of a user; and an authentication method switching unit configured to switch, based on an estimation result of the behavior, an authentication method of personal authentication among a gait authentication method, an authentication method other than the gait authentication method, and no lock of the information processing apparatus, wherein the authentication method switching unit adopts the gait authentication method when the user walks, adopts the authentication method other than the gait authentication method when the user is stationary and when the user is asleep, and adopts the no lock when the user performs a driving operation. a behavior estimation library configured to estimate a behavior of a user; and an authentication method switching unit configured to switch, based on an estimation result of the behavior, an authentication method of personal authentication among a gait authentication method, an authentication method other than the gait authentication method, and no lock of the information processing apparatus, wherein the authentication method switching unit adopts the gait authentication method when the user walks, adopts the authentication method other than the gait authentication method when the user is stationary and when the user is asleep, and adopts the no lock when the user performs a driving operation.
A method for controlling stability in an active noise cancellation, ANC, system, the method comprising: receiving, from an adaptive filter controller, filter coefficients corresponding to at least one controllable filter; computing a parameter based on an analysis of at least a portion of the filter coefficients; characterized in that the method further comprises: detecting divergence of the at least one controllable filter based on a comparison of the parameter to a threshold, wherein the threshold is a dynamic threshold computed from a statistical analysis of the parameter computed from filter coefficients in one or more preceding adaptations of the at least one controllable filter; and modifying properties of the at least one controllable filter that has diverged. receiving, from an adaptive filter controller, filter coefficients corresponding to at least one controllable filter; computing a parameter based on an analysis of at least a portion of the filter coefficients; characterized in that the method further comprises: detecting divergence of the at least one controllable filter based on a comparison of the parameter to a threshold, wherein the threshold is a dynamic threshold computed from a statistical analysis of the parameter computed from filter coefficients in one or more preceding adaptations of the at least one controllable filter; and modifying properties of the at least one controllable filter that has diverged. detecting divergence of the at least one controllable filter based on a comparison of the parameter to a threshold, wherein the threshold is a dynamic threshold computed from a statistical analysis of the parameter computed from filter coefficients in one or more preceding adaptations of the at least one controllable filter; and modifying properties of the at least one controllable filter that has diverged.
High-voltage electrical switchgear comprising: an enclosure, switching means arranged between at least one bar of a main circuit and at least one shunting bar, said switching means comprising at least one circuit breaker and a switch-disconnector connected in series, and wherein both the at least one circuit breaker and the switch-disconnector are integrated inside the enclosure, at least one switching mechanism (8, 9) for operating the switching means, such that they can perform breaking and/or connection and/or isolation and/or earthing functions and intensity and/or voltage measuring means (6, 7), as well as at least one control/protection device for activating the operation of the at least one switching mechanism (8, 9), characterized in that the switch disconnector is a three-position earthing switch-disconnector, configured to perform connection, isolation and/or earthing functions of the electrical switchgear, and wherein the operation of the switching means depends on the reading of the measuring means (6, 7), such that at least one switching mechanism (8, 9) operates the opening of the three-position earthing switch-disconnector instead of the opening of the circuit breaker in the case of currents equal to or less than the nominal current, said opening of the three-position earthing switch-disconnector being cut off in an extinguishing and insulating medium with a high dielectric strength, whereas it operates the opening of the circuit breaker before the opening of the three-position earthing switch-disconnector in the case of currents greater than the nominal current. an enclosure, switching means arranged between at least one bar of a main circuit and at least one shunting bar, said switching means comprising at least one circuit breaker and a switch-disconnector connected in series, and wherein both the at least one circuit breaker and the switch-disconnector are integrated inside the enclosure, at least one switching mechanism (8, 9) for operating the switching means, such that they can perform breaking and/or connection and/or isolation and/or earthing functions and intensity and/or voltage measuring means (6, 7), as well as at least one control/protection device for activating the operation of the at least one switching mechanism (8, 9), characterized in that the switch disconnector is a three-position earthing switch-disconnector, configured to perform connection, isolation and/or earthing functions of the electrical switchgear, and wherein the operation of the switching means depends on the reading of the measuring means (6, 7), such that at least one switching mechanism (8, 9) operates the opening of the three-position earthing switch-disconnector instead of the opening of the circuit breaker in the case of currents equal to or less than the nominal current, said opening of the three-position earthing switch-disconnector being cut off in an extinguishing and insulating medium with a high dielectric strength, whereas it operates the opening of the circuit breaker before the opening of the three-position earthing switch-disconnector in the case of currents greater than the nominal current.
A method for gas purification that uses a gas purification apparatus comprising a purifier in which a gas-purifying agent is packed, the method comprising: feeding a gas into the purifier, so that impurities in the gas are removed by a thermal swing adsorption method, wherein an amount A of the gas-purifying agent is determined such that an impurities-removing capacity possessed by half of the amount A of the gas-purifying agent is equal to the total amount of impurities in the gas to be purified in one purification step, the amount A or more and no more than 1.4 A of the gas-purifying agent is packed in the purifier to form a gas-purifying agent layer, and the gas velocity at the inlet of a layer of the gas-purifying agent is set within a range from 0.25 to 0.4 m/s to form a mass transfer zone and no adsorption equilibrium region in the whole region of the gas-purifying agent layer in the purification step.
A process for thermally treating mineral material, the mineral material selected being a material which comprises coloring metal compounds, more particularly iron compounds and/or chromium compounds, and the process comprising the following steps: a) preheating a mineral material in a preheater, b) transferring the mineral material heated in the preheater to the entrained flow reactor, c) thermally treating the mineral material in an entrained flow reactor in a reducing atmosphere for reducing the coloring metal compounds during the thermal treatment, d) separating the solid/gas mixture coming from the entrained flow reactor in a separating apparatus, characterized in that the process additionally comprises the following steps: e) oxidizing the reducing constituents of the gas coming from the separating apparatus in a thermal treatment zone between the outlet of the gas stream of the separating apparatus and the inlet for the gas stream of the preheater by means of supplied oxygen, f) supplying the gas emerging from the thermal treatment zone to the preheater and thereby utilizing the thermal energy recovered in the thermal treatment zone, by transfer to the mineral material. a) preheating a mineral material in a preheater, b) transferring the mineral material heated in the preheater to the entrained flow reactor, c) thermally treating the mineral material in an entrained flow reactor in a reducing atmosphere for reducing the coloring metal compounds during the thermal treatment, d) separating the solid/gas mixture coming from the entrained flow reactor in a separating apparatus, e) oxidizing the reducing constituents of the gas coming from the separating apparatus in a thermal treatment zone between the outlet of the gas stream of the separating apparatus and the inlet for the gas stream of the preheater by means of supplied oxygen, f) supplying the gas emerging from the thermal treatment zone to the preheater and thereby utilizing the thermal energy recovered in the thermal treatment zone, by transfer to the mineral material.
A process for regenerating a used acidic catalyst which has been deactivated by conjunct polymers by removing the conjunct polymers so as to increase the activity of the catalyst, wherein the used catalyst is an acidic ionic liquid catalyst, wherein the conjunct polymers are removed by hydrogenation or by alkylation with an isoparaffin in the presence of a Broensted acid.
A horizontal compressor comprising a housing, a motor, a rotating shaft driven by the motor, a bearing seat supporting the rotating shaft and an oil supply mechanism, wherein the oil supply mechanism comprises a partition member, the partition member is ring-shaped and has a central hole allowing the bearing seat to pass through, and the partition member is configured to separate out in the housing an oil storage chamber and a motor chamber in which the motor is provided, wherein the partition member is configured to have an annular groove opening toward the oil storage chamber and characterised in that the horizontal compressor further comprises a bearing seat bracket for fixing the bearing seat, and the partition member is a member different from the bearing seat bracket. wherein the oil supply mechanism comprises a partition member, the partition member is ring-shaped and has a central hole allowing the bearing seat to pass through, and the partition member is configured to separate out in the housing an oil storage chamber and a motor chamber in which the motor is provided, wherein the partition member is configured to have an annular groove opening toward the oil storage chamber and characterised in that the horizontal compressor further comprises a bearing seat bracket for fixing the bearing seat, and the partition member is a member different from the bearing seat bracket.
A compound inhibiting the activity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT1 a) for use in the treatment of pathological ocular angiogenesis such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic maculopathy, proliferative retinopathies, choroidal and other intraocular disorders with an excessive angiogenesis component.