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A computer implemented method for outputting a chronological succession of weather forecasts starting at a given time, over a given period, and for a given territory, the method comprising: receiving forecasted weather values prepared by a weather value forecaster, the forecasted weather values for default time periods separated by a default time increment, wherein each of the forecasted weather values of the default time periods indicates a rate of a specific precipitation type predicted to occur during the corresponding default time period; receiving a chosen time increment from a user, the chosen time increment defining a succession of chosen time periods starting at the given time and separated by the chosen time increment, the chosen time increment being longer than the default time increment such that each chosen time period includes a plurality of default time periods; generating a forecasted weather value for each chosen time period by aggregating the forecasted weather values for the plurality of default time periods included in the chosen time period; and outputting the forecasted weather values for the succession of chosen time periods. receiving forecasted weather values prepared by a weather value forecaster, the forecasted weather values for default time periods separated by a default time increment, wherein each of the forecasted weather values of the default time periods indicates a rate of a specific precipitation type predicted to occur during the corresponding default time period; receiving a chosen time increment from a user, the chosen time increment defining a succession of chosen time periods starting at the given time and separated by the chosen time increment, the chosen time increment being longer than the default time increment such that each chosen time period includes a plurality of default time periods; generating a forecasted weather value for each chosen time period by aggregating the forecasted weather values for the plurality of default time periods included in the chosen time period; and outputting the forecasted weather values for the succession of chosen time periods.
A surface mount plug-in connector, comprising: a housing; an opening in the housing; and a contact at least partially covered by the housing; characterized in that the contact comprises: a cylindrical portion for receiving and securing a wire lead passed through the opening in the housing; a slot formed in the cylindrical portion; an engaging mechanism comprising a lance disposed in the slot formed in the cylindrical portion, the lance slightly depressed into the contact so as to engage the wire lead when received into the contact; and an attachment point connected to the cylindrical portion for attaching the contact to a substrate. a housing; an opening in the housing; and a contact at least partially covered by the housing; characterized in that the contact comprises: a cylindrical portion for receiving and securing a wire lead passed through the opening in the housing; a slot formed in the cylindrical portion; an engaging mechanism comprising a lance disposed in the slot formed in the cylindrical portion, the lance slightly depressed into the contact so as to engage the wire lead when received into the contact; and an attachment point connected to the cylindrical portion for attaching the contact to a substrate. a cylindrical portion for receiving and securing a wire lead passed through the opening in the housing; a slot formed in the cylindrical portion; an engaging mechanism comprising a lance disposed in the slot formed in the cylindrical portion, the lance slightly depressed into the contact so as to engage the wire lead when received into the contact; and an attachment point connected to the cylindrical portion for attaching the contact to a substrate.
A method of purging a cryotreatment fluid flow path prior to the commencement of cryotreatment comprising: (a) providing a cryotreatment system including a refrigerant source, a fluid delivery conduit in fluid communication with the refrigerant source, a fluid injection element in fluid communication with the fluid delivery conduit, a fluid recovery conduit in fluid communication with the fluid injection element, and a vacuum pump in fluid communication with, and providing a low pressure environment within, the fluid recovery conduit; (b) injecting refrigerant from the refrigerant source into the fluid delivery conduit at a pressure of between 1.724 MPa (250 psi) and 2.413 MPa (350 psi) for approximately two seconds, the refrigerant flowing from the fluid delivery conduit through the fluid injection element and into the fluid recovery conduit, said pressure being lower than the minimum injection pressure used during a cryoablation procedure; (c) then evacuating refrigerant from the fluid recovery conduit by vacuum pressure generated by the vacuum pump for approximately one second; and (d) then repeating steps (b) and (c). (a) providing a cryotreatment system including a refrigerant source, a fluid delivery conduit in fluid communication with the refrigerant source, a fluid injection element in fluid communication with the fluid delivery conduit, a fluid recovery conduit in fluid communication with the fluid injection element, and a vacuum pump in fluid communication with, and providing a low pressure environment within, the fluid recovery conduit; (b) injecting refrigerant from the refrigerant source into the fluid delivery conduit at a pressure of between 1.724 MPa (250 psi) and 2.413 MPa (350 psi) for approximately two seconds, the refrigerant flowing from the fluid delivery conduit through the fluid injection element and into the fluid recovery conduit, said pressure being lower than the minimum injection pressure used during a cryoablation procedure; (c) then evacuating refrigerant from the fluid recovery conduit by vacuum pressure generated by the vacuum pump for approximately one second; and (d) then repeating steps (b) and (c).
A computer implemented method for predicting an International Normalized Ratio for a patient receiving an anti-coagulation treatment by determining an INR value, comprising the steps of a) inputting to a processor the following values: - a target response T of the INR value, - parameters a1 and a2 describing the individual sensitivity towards dosage variation of an anticoagulant administered to the patient, - values of the administered dose of the anticoagulant dt-1 and dt-2 administered at time t-1 and t-2, - a theoretical dose D of the anticoagulant to administer for obtaining the target response T, and - ε t wherein ε t describes an autoregressive process given by ε t = ρ · ε t-1 + v t wherein p is a constant quantifying the day-to-day correlation between ε t and ε t-1, and wherein v t are mutually independent, normally distributed with parameters N(0, σ 2), and b) computing the INRt value by inputting said values into the equation: INR t = T + a 1 d t − 1 − D + a 2 d t − 2 − D + ε t a) inputting to a processor the following values: - a target response T of the INR value, - parameters a1 and a2 describing the individual sensitivity towards dosage variation of an anticoagulant administered to the patient, - values of the administered dose of the anticoagulant dt-1 and dt-2 administered at time t-1 and t-2, - a theoretical dose D of the anticoagulant to administer for obtaining the target response T, and - ε t wherein ε t describes an autoregressive process given by ε t = ρ · ε t-1 + v t wherein p is a constant quantifying the day-to-day correlation between ε t and ε t-1, and wherein v t are mutually independent, normally distributed with parameters N(0, σ 2), and - a target response T of the INR value, - parameters a1 and a2 describing the individual sensitivity towards dosage variation of an anticoagulant administered to the patient, - values of the administered dose of the anticoagulant dt-1 and dt-2 administered at time t-1 and t-2, - a theoretical dose D of the anticoagulant to administer for obtaining the target response T, and - ε t wherein ε t describes an autoregressive process given by ε t = ρ · ε t-1 + v t wherein p is a constant quantifying the day-to-day correlation between ε t and ε t-1, and wherein v t are mutually independent, normally distributed with parameters N(0, σ 2), and b) computing the INRt value by inputting said values into the equation: INR t = T + a 1 d t − 1 − D + a 2 d t − 2 − D + ε t
A congestion control method, comprising: receiving, by an operations maintenance center, a congestion status report of a base station; sending, by the operations maintenance center, the congestion status report to a policy charging and control rule function entity through a reporting interface, and the policy charging and control rule function entity performs congestion control according to the congestion status report, wherein, the performing, by the policy charging and control rule function entity, the congestion control according to the congestion status report comprises: when congestion occurs in a cell, according to a congestion status in the congestion status report, performing, by the policy charging and control rule function entity, limiting on a user in the cell where congestion occurs, wherein the performing limiting on the user in the cell where congestion occurs includes performing traffic limiting or service limiting on the user in the cell where congestion occurs. receiving, by an operations maintenance center, a congestion status report of a base station; sending, by the operations maintenance center, the congestion status report to a policy charging and control rule function entity through a reporting interface, and the policy charging and control rule function entity performs congestion control according to the congestion status report, wherein, the performing, by the policy charging and control rule function entity, the congestion control according to the congestion status report comprises: when congestion occurs in a cell, according to a congestion status in the congestion status report, performing, by the policy charging and control rule function entity, limiting on a user in the cell where congestion occurs, wherein the performing limiting on the user in the cell where congestion occurs includes performing traffic limiting or service limiting on the user in the cell where congestion occurs. when congestion occurs in a cell, according to a congestion status in the congestion status report, performing, by the policy charging and control rule function entity, limiting on a user in the cell where congestion occurs, wherein the performing limiting on the user in the cell where congestion occurs includes performing traffic limiting or service limiting on the user in the cell where congestion occurs.
A battery container having at least one compartment suitable for receiving one or more battery plates, wherein the at least one compartment has a substantially planar pair of two opposing sidewalls (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) which are arranged at right angles to one another such that the battery container is substantially square or rectangular when viewed from above, a substantially planar floor which extends between a lower end of the sidewalls and at least two guides (6a, 6b, 8a, 8b, 56a, 56b, 58a, 58b, 90a, 90b, 92a, 92b, 106a, 106b, 108a, 108b, 206a, 206b, 208a, 208b, 290a, 290b, 292a, 292b, 300a, 300b, 411a, 411b, 412a, 412b, 501a, 501b, 601a, 601b, 701a, 701b, 702a, 702b) or ribs (18a, 18b, 60a, 60b) arranged on a surface of at least one of the sidewalls (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d), wherein the at least two guides (6a, 6b, 8a, 8b, 56a, 56b, 58a, 58b, 90a, 90b, 92a, 92b, 106a, 106b, 108a, 108b, 206a, 206b, 208a, 208b, 290a, 290b, 292a, 292b, 300a, 300b, 411a, 411b, 412a, 412b, 501a, 501b, 601a, 601b, 701a, 701b, 702a, 702b) or ribs (18a, 18b, 60a, 60b) extend from a respective sidewall and define in normal, relaxed or unloaded conditions, namely when no external object is placed in the container and/or contacts each guide or rib, at least one curved portion (14a, 14b, 16a, 16b, 74a, 74b, 76a, 76b) in a direction extending from the inner surface of a respective sidewall (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) to a distalmost edge (28a, 28b, 30a, 30b) of the at least two guides or ribs which are distal from the sidewall and wherein at least a portion of a lower end or edge (10a, 10b, 12a, 12b, 302a, 302b, 20a, 20b) of each guide or rib does not extend the floor.
A flexo-plate manufacturing method comprising the steps of: - filling a vat having a transparent bottom with a first curable liquid that is stored in a first tank by opening a valve, the first curable liquid having a first set of physical characteristics after curing; - moving a manufacturing platform vertically over a first distance to create a first layer of the first curable liquid between the manufacturing platform and the transparent bottom of the vat; - exposing from underneath the vat said first layer for curing said layer; - purging the curable liquid in the vat through a valve to either a waste tank or to the first tank; - filling the vat with a second curable liquid that is stored in a second tank by opening a valve, the second curable liquid having a second set of physical characteristics after curing that is different than the first set of physical characteristics; - moving the manufacturing platform vertically over a second distance to create a second layer of the second curable liquid between the manufacturing platform and the transparent bottom of the vat; - exposing from underneath the vat said second layer for curing said second layer; and wherein the elasticity of the first curable liquid after curing is higher than the elasticity of the second curable liquid after curing. - filling a vat having a transparent bottom with a first curable liquid that is stored in a first tank by opening a valve, the first curable liquid having a first set of physical characteristics after curing; - moving a manufacturing platform vertically over a first distance to create a first layer of the first curable liquid between the manufacturing platform and the transparent bottom of the vat; - exposing from underneath the vat said first layer for curing said layer; - purging the curable liquid in the vat through a valve to either a waste tank or to the first tank; - filling the vat with a second curable liquid that is stored in a second tank by opening a valve, the second curable liquid having a second set of physical characteristics after curing that is different than the first set of physical characteristics; - moving the manufacturing platform vertically over a second distance to create a second layer of the second curable liquid between the manufacturing platform and the transparent bottom of the vat; - exposing from underneath the vat said second layer for curing said second layer;
A composition comprising: a) an antistatic agent that is dissolved, dispersed, or suspended within the composition, the antistatic agent being selected from a group consisting of a salt, a metal, an electrically conductive metal oxide, and a combination thereof, wherein the electrically conductive metal oxide is a mixed metal oxide or is selected from the group consisting of oxides of tin, indium, silver, vanadium, cobalt, iron, and molybdenum and wherein salts have an anion selected from the group consisting of a halide, perchlorate, nitrate, tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorostannate, hexafluorophosphate, hexafluoroantimonate, methanesulfonate, trifluoromethanesulfonate, acetate, trifluoroacetate, benzoate, pentafluorobenzoate, 4-trifluoromethylbenzoate, benzenesulfonate, toluenesulfonate, 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonate, bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, bis(pentafluoroethylsulfonyl)imide, and tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methide; and b) a first block copolymer comprising i) at least two hard A block polymeric units each independently having a T g of at least 50°C; and ii) at least one soft B block (meth)acrylic polymeric unit having a T g no greater than 20°C, wherein the first block copolymer comprises a total of 10 weight percent to 60 weight percent of the hard A block polymeric units, and wherein the composition is an antistatic pressure sensitive adhesive. a) an antistatic agent that is dissolved, dispersed, or suspended within the composition, the antistatic agent being selected from a group consisting of a salt, a metal, an electrically conductive metal oxide, and a combination thereof, wherein the electrically conductive metal oxide is a mixed metal oxide or is selected from the group consisting of oxides of tin, indium, silver, vanadium, cobalt, iron, and molybdenum and wherein salts have an anion selected from the group consisting of a halide, perchlorate, nitrate, tetrafluoroborate, hexafluorostannate, hexafluorophosphate, hexafluoroantimonate, methanesulfonate, trifluoromethanesulfonate, acetate, trifluoroacetate, benzoate, pentafluorobenzoate, 4-trifluoromethylbenzoate, benzenesulfonate, toluenesulfonate, 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonate, bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, bis(pentafluoroethylsulfonyl)imide, and tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methide; and b) a first block copolymer comprising i) at least two hard A block polymeric units each independently having a T g of at least 50°C; and ii) at least one soft B block (meth)acrylic polymeric unit having a T g no greater than 20°C, i) at least two hard A block polymeric units each independently having a T g of at least 50°C; and ii) at least one soft B block (meth)acrylic polymeric unit having a T g no greater than 20°C,
A tyre comprising an impermeable layer suitable to ensure the sealing under pressure of the air contained in the inner cavity of the carcass and a foam material housed inside said cavity and suitable to provide sound absorption; said tyre being characterized in that said foam material is an auxetic material.
A washing machine comprising a drum wherein the laundry to be washed is placed, a softening unit having an ion exchanger providing the water to be delivered to the drum to be softened, a regeneration unit that provides regeneration process of the ions to be performed when the ions in the ion exchanger are decreased and a sensor that detects when the ion exchanger is unable to absorb the ions contained in the water passing therethrough; characterized by the control unit that changes the parameters of the washing program selected by the user when the softening unit is detected to have become unable to function properly.
Method for operating an electromagnetic actuator, in particular of a fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in which the electromagnetic actuator is actuated during an actuation process in order to influence an operating state of the actuator, wherein a residual magnetic field which is present at the start of the actuation process, of a magnetic circuit of the electromagnetic actuator is taken into account during the actuation of the electromagnetic actuator, wherein the actuation is carried out as a function of a magnetization characteristic variable which characterizes a magnetization current (i_m) which flows through a primary inductance (L_h) of the magnetic circuit of the electromagnetic actuator at the start (t_0) of the actuation process, wherein the magnetization characteristic variable is determined in a model-based fashion, characterized in that the magnetic circuit of the electromagnetic actuator is modelled with a resistance (R_c) which represents the ohmic resistance of the primary coil of the electromagnetic actuator, in series with a main inductance (L_h) which represents an inductance of the magnetic coil of the electromagnetic actuator, wherein a series circuit which has a leakage inductance (L_σ) and a further ohmic resistance (R_w*) is provided parallel to the main inductance (L_h).
Household appliance having a pressurised water line and a container for introducing water from the pressurised water line, which comprises a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein the pressurised water line has a control valve for regulating a flow variable in the pressurised water line and the household appliance has one or more sensors (109-1, 109-2, 109-3, 109-4, 109-5) for controlling the control valve by means of a closed control circuit (111-1, 111-2), wherein the one or more sensors (109-1, 109-2, 109-3, 109-4, 109-5) comprise a flow sensor which is arranged in the pressurised water line, characterised in that in the case of a first flow variable the water flows into the first chamber of the container and in the case of a second flow variable the water flows into the second chamber of the container, wherein the flow variable is a flow rate of the water in the pressurised water line.
Burner for a gas turbine plant having at least one air feed, a primary fuel stage and a secondary fuel stage which are assigned to an air feed, characterized in that the secondary fuel stage is arranged upstream of the primary fuel stage, in the air flow direction of the air feed, such that the two fuel stages (20, 50) are arranged axially in series in the air feed direction such that no flow comes from the primary fuel stage to the secondary fuel stage, and thus no recirculation region is formed between the primary fuel stage and the secondary fuel stage, and wherein the fuel mass flow supplied by the secondary fuel stage is to be regulated independently of the fuel mass flow supplied by the primary fuel stage.
An apparatus (21, 31) for forming a sector of an annular component comprising means (6, 8) for securely retaining at least a portion of a blank mountable thereon, the retaining means (6, 8) being adapted for leaving a portion of the retainable blank accessible, a punch having an external surface contour shaped to correspond to the shape of all or a part of the profile of the sector of the annular component from a trailing edge to a leading edge and/or from a leading edge to an inlet edge, the punch and/or the retaining means (6, 8) being capable of radial movement so that the punch is capable of coming into contact with the accessible portion of the blank for forming the blank from the trailing edge to the leading edge, the retaining means (6, 8) being adapted for allowing controlled flow of the blank material through the retaining means (6, 8) as the punch comes into contact with the blank for draw forming the blank across the punch, the apparatus having cooperating forming means (7, 13) for forming the profile of the sector of the annular component from the leading edge to the inlet edge, the retaining means (6, 8) is adapted for forming a clamping boundary enclosing the accessible part of the blank to be formed by the punch, wherein the retaining means (6, 8) is adapted to define a gap for facilitating location of the punch, the retaining means (6, 8) comprises a blank holder and a die, characterized in that the die is a die plate which has a cut out (16, 46) and the blank holder (8, 52) has a cutout defining the gap and being formed for alignment with the cutout of the die plate in use.
Quenching device comprising at least one chamber, which can be filled with quenching gas and has a blower wheel for circulating quenching gas, in particular a quenching chamber and/or a flow channel, the blower wheel being assigned a drive motor arranged outside the chamber for driving the blower, characterized in that the drive motor is coupled to the blower wheel via a contactlessly operating coupling so as to transmit torque.