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Access device for containers of fluidizable substances comprising a body provided with a hollow spike designed to be inserted into a container of a substance to fluidize and having an axial fluid passage and an axial passage for venting of the container, an expandable chamber connected to said venting passage of the spike through a lateral passage of the body, a first check valve enabling one-way communication from said lateral passage to said expandable chamber, a second check valve enabling one-way communication from a vent opening to the venting passage of the spike, and wherein impermeable filtering membrane means (22a, 22b) are provided, which prevent the inlet of liquids into said expandable chamber, and the loss of liquids from said vent opening, characterized in that said impermeable filtering membrane means (22a, 22b) are interposed between said first check valve and said second check valve.
A Z method of laser cutting J a plated steel sheet, comprising: cutting the plated steel sheet by irradiating the plated steel sheet covered with a plate metal with laser light; and emitting assist gas onto a cut surface of the plated steel sheet, the cut surface being formed in the step of cutting, to make the plate metal fused by irradiation of the laser light flow to the cut surface so as to cover the cut surface with the plate metal, characterized in that the laser light is at a wavelength in a 1 micrometer band and has a condensed light diameter (d o) in a range from 0.151 mm to 0.206 mm and a Rayleigh length in a range from 1.688 mm to 3.228 mm, wherein the laser light has a beam profile with the Rayleigh length obtained by calculating Zr=d o 2 /4BPP, where BPP is from 3 to 4 mm/mrad with respect to the condensed light diameter (d o). cutting the plated steel sheet by irradiating the plated steel sheet covered with a plate metal with laser light; and emitting assist gas onto a cut surface of the plated steel sheet, the cut surface being formed in the step of cutting, to make the plate metal fused by irradiation of the laser light flow to the cut surface so as to cover the cut surface with the plate metal, characterized in that the laser light is at a wavelength in a 1 micrometer band and has a condensed light diameter (d o) in a range from 0.151 mm to 0.206 mm and a Rayleigh length in a range from 1.688 mm to 3.228 mm, wherein the laser light has a beam profile with the Rayleigh length obtained by calculating Zr=d o 2 /4BPP, where BPP is from 3 to 4 mm/mrad with respect to the condensed light diameter (d o).
A method for obtaining a color shade of a tooth, the method comprising: illuminating a plurality of teeth (20 a, 20b, 20c) with a first illumination beam and obtaining an aperture definition image of the plurality of teeth (20 a, 20b, 20c); segmenting at least one tooth from within the aperture definition image to obtain at least one segmented tooth; generating a second illumination beam based on the segmentation data of one of the at least one segmented tooth and cross-sectionally shaping the second illumination beam in conformance with the one segmented tooth to generate a shaped illumination beam and illuminating only the one segmented tooth with the shaped illumination beam; obtaining a color shade detection image of the one segmented tooth under illumination with the shaped illumination beam; and determining a color shade of the one segmented tooth from the color shade detection image. illuminating a plurality of teeth (20 a, 20b, 20c) with a first illumination beam and obtaining an aperture definition image of the plurality of teeth (20 a, 20b, 20c); segmenting at least one tooth from within the aperture definition image to obtain at least one segmented tooth; generating a second illumination beam based on the segmentation data of one of the at least one segmented tooth and cross-sectionally shaping the second illumination beam in conformance with the one segmented tooth to generate a shaped illumination beam and illuminating only the one segmented tooth with the shaped illumination beam; obtaining a color shade detection image of the one segmented tooth under illumination with the shaped illumination beam; and determining a color shade of the one segmented tooth from the color shade detection image.
A high-content carotenoid mixture prepared from flower, stem and fruit of Adonis amurensis, characterized in that, the content of the total carotenoid in the high-content carotenoid mixture is higher than 95wt%, wherein the proportion of all-trans (3S, 3'S)-astaxanthin in the total carotenoid is higher than 80wt%, the all-trans (3S, 3'S) - astaxanthin has the molecular structure as shown in formula:
A computer-implemented method for determining an appropriate neighborhood region for updating a node layout of an interactive diagramming system, the method comprising: an act of receiving an input indicating at least one change to one or more selected nodes displayed in the interactive diagramming system, wherein the changes to the selected nodes affect the positions of other nodes on the node layout; an act of traversing one or more adjacent node edges to determine a minimal node neighborhood to which the node changes are to be applied; an act of accessing one or more diagram parameters identifying diagram and node characteristics (117; 118); an act of determining the minimal neighborhood region based on both the determined number of adjacent nodes and the accessed parameters; and an act of updating the position of the selected node and the updated positions of those nodes and corresponding edges that are determined to be within the neighborhood region; the method further comprising: an act of measuring the diagramming system's available processing resources; and based on the amount of processing resources that are available, an act of prioritizing which nodes are to be included in the neighborhood region based on a predetermined set of heuristics, wherein the heuristics include: of the nodes that have constraints, which nodes have the highest priority constraints. an act of receiving an input indicating at least one change to one or more selected nodes displayed in the interactive diagramming system, wherein the changes to the selected nodes affect the positions of other nodes on the node layout; an act of traversing one or more adjacent node edges to determine a minimal node neighborhood to which the node changes are to be applied; an act of accessing one or more diagram parameters identifying diagram and node characteristics (117; 118); an act of determining the minimal neighborhood region based on both the determined number of adjacent nodes and the accessed parameters; and an act of updating the position of the selected node and the updated positions of those nodes and corresponding edges that are determined to be within the neighborhood region; the method further comprising: an act of measuring the diagramming system's available processing resources; and based on the amount of processing resources that are available, an act of prioritizing which nodes are to be included in the neighborhood region based on a predetermined set of heuristics, wherein the heuristics include: of the nodes that have constraints, which nodes have the highest priority constraints. an act of measuring the diagramming system's available processing resources; and based on the amount of processing resources that are available, an act of prioritizing which nodes are to be included in the neighborhood region based on a predetermined set of heuristics, wherein the heuristics include: of the nodes that have constraints, which nodes have the highest priority constraints.
An apparatus, comprising: a camera to capture an image of a network device; a communication interface to transmit the image of the network device to a network management system, NMS, and receive information associated with the network device, wherein the information comprises connection information comprising additional network devices that are connected to the network device; a display to present an augmented reality, AR, user interface, UI, that includes a graphical overlay of the information on the image of the network device that is captured; and a processor communicatively coupled to the camera, the communication interface, and the display, the processor is adapted to receive a modification of the network device and transmit the modification to the NMS over the communication interface to cause the NMS to implement the modification in the network device; wherein the processor is further adapted to receive a modification to one of the additional network devices that are in a different location than the network device in the image that is captured, and transmit the modification to the additional network device to the NMS over the communication interface, to cause the NMS to implement the modification in the additional network device. a camera to capture an image of a network device; a communication interface to transmit the image of the network device to a network management system, NMS, and receive information associated with the network device, wherein the information comprises connection information comprising additional network devices that are connected to the network device; a display to present an augmented reality, AR, user interface, UI, that includes a graphical overlay of the information on the image of the network device that is captured; and a processor communicatively coupled to the camera, the communication interface, and the display, the processor is adapted to receive a modification of the network device and transmit the modification to the NMS over the communication interface to cause the NMS to implement the modification in the network device; wherein the processor is further adapted to receive a modification to one of the additional network devices that are in a different location than the network device in the image that is captured, and transmit the modification to the additional network device to the NMS over the communication interface, to cause the NMS to implement the modification in the additional network device.
A method of transmitting a downlink signal to a receiving end by a transmitting end in a Long Term Evolution system, the method comprising: mapping a relay node specific physical downlink control channel, R-PDCCH, to a 1 st slot of a data region of a specific resource block pair among a plurality of resource block pairs; mapping a downlink data channel to a 2 nd slot of the specific resource block pair and to other resource block pairs of the plurality of resource block pairs; and transmitting the R-PDCCH and the downlink data channel to the receiving end, said method characterised in that the number of spatial resources in the 2 nd slot of the specific resource block pair used for the downlink data channel is restricted up to 4, wherein the number of spatial resources in the other resource block pairs used for the downlink data channel is larger than 4, wherein the R-PDCCH is demodulated by using only the part of a reference signal which spreads into the 1 st slot of the specific resource block pair, wherein the downlink data channel mapped to the other resource block pairs is demodulated by using the reference signal which spreads into the 1 st slot and the 2 nd slot of the other resource block pairs, wherein the maximum number of antenna ports for the reference signal is 8 and the number of antenna ports for the reference signal which spreads into the 1 st slot of the specific resource block pair is restricted up to 4. mapping a relay node specific physical downlink control channel, R-PDCCH, to a 1 st slot of a data region of a specific resource block pair among a plurality of resource block pairs; mapping a downlink data channel to a 2 nd slot of the specific resource block pair and to other resource block pairs of the plurality of resource block pairs; and transmitting the R-PDCCH and the downlink data channel to the receiving end, said method characterised in that the number of spatial resources in the 2 nd slot of the specific resource block pair used for the downlink data channel is restricted up to 4, wherein the number of spatial resources in the other resource block pairs used for the downlink data channel is larger than 4, wherein the R-PDCCH is demodulated by using only the part of a reference signal which spreads into the 1 st slot of the specific resource block pair, wherein the downlink data channel mapped to the other resource block pairs is demodulated by using the reference signal which spreads into the 1 st slot and the 2 nd slot of the other resource block pairs, wherein the maximum number of antenna ports for the reference signal is 8 and the number of antenna ports for the reference signal which spreads into the 1 st slot of the specific resource block pair is restricted up to 4.
A method for producing a cellulose ether comprising: contacting a cellulose ether with 0.01% to 6 % of a first oxidizing agent and 0.05% to 1% of an acid, each based on the total weight of the cellulose ether, to form a mixture; heating the mixture to a temperature of 70 to 100 °C for 1 - 20 hours; neutralizing the mixture; adding at least a second oxidizing agent to the mixture at an amount of 0.01 to 6 % by weight of the mixture; and forming a cellulose ether having a viscosity from 1.2 mPa·s to 50 mPa·s, measured at 2% by weight aqueous solution at 20°C. contacting a cellulose ether with 0.01% to 6 % of a first oxidizing agent and 0.05% to 1% of an acid, each based on the total weight of the cellulose ether, to form a mixture; heating the mixture to a temperature of 70 to 100 °C for 1 - 20 hours; neutralizing the mixture; adding at least a second oxidizing agent to the mixture at an amount of 0.01 to 6 % by weight of the mixture; and forming a cellulose ether having a viscosity from 1.2 mPa·s to 50 mPa·s, measured at 2% by weight aqueous solution at 20°C.
A solution mining method for recovering alkali values from at least one cavity of a subterranean ore formation containing both sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, which employs at least two solution mining phases using aqueous solvents differing in at least surface temperature, wherein said "surface temperature" identifies temperature of the aqueous solvents before injection into the cavity, and said method comprising: - carrying out a first phase (a) into the at least one cavity, said first phase comprising dissolving in situ at least a portion of ore from an ore face of the cavity into a first aqueous solvent to form a first liquor comprising sodium carbonate; and - subsequently carrying out a second phase (b) into the same cavity where the first phase took place, said second phase (b) comprising dissolving in situ at least a portion of the ore from the ore face into a second aqueous solvent to form a second liquor comprising sodium carbonate, said second aqueous solvent having surface temperature which has a higher value than that of the first aqueous solvent used in the first phase (a); and wherein the surface temperature for the first aqueous solvent is between 37.8 and 65.6°C, and the surface temperature for the second aqueous solvent is at least 3°C higher than the surface temperature of the first aqueous solvent and is between 60 and 80°C. - carrying out a first phase (a) into the at least one cavity, said first phase comprising dissolving in situ at least a portion of ore from an ore face of the cavity into a first aqueous solvent to form a first liquor comprising sodium carbonate; and - subsequently carrying out a second phase (b) into the same cavity where the first phase took place, said second phase (b) comprising dissolving in situ at least a portion of the ore from the ore face into a second aqueous solvent to form a second liquor comprising sodium carbonate, said second aqueous solvent having surface temperature which has a higher value than that of the first aqueous solvent used in the first phase (a);
A method for forming a low-metal biomass-derived pyrolysis oil, the method comprising the steps of: filtering a biomass-derived pyrolysis oil with a high flux rate filter arrangement having a filter pore diameter of 50 μm or greater with a flux rate of from 200 L/m 2 /hr to 500 L/m 2 /hr to form a low-solids biomass-derived pyrolysis oil; filtering the low-solids biomass-derived pyrolysis oil with a fine filter arrangement having a pore diameter of 50 μm or less to form an ultralow-solids biomass-derived pyrolysis oil; and contacting the ultralow-solids biomass-derived pyrolysis oil with an ion-exchange resin to remove metal ions and form the low-metal biomass-derived pyrolysis oil. filtering a biomass-derived pyrolysis oil with a high flux rate filter arrangement having a filter pore diameter of 50 μm or greater with a flux rate of from 200 L/m 2 /hr to 500 L/m 2 /hr to form a low-solids biomass-derived pyrolysis oil; filtering the low-solids biomass-derived pyrolysis oil with a fine filter arrangement having a pore diameter of 50 μm or less to form an ultralow-solids biomass-derived pyrolysis oil; and contacting the ultralow-solids biomass-derived pyrolysis oil with an ion-exchange resin to remove metal ions and form the low-metal biomass-derived pyrolysis oil.
An apparatus comprising: a base vehicle; a takeoff and landing system associated with the base vehicle; a rack system associated with the base vehicle, wherein the rack system comprises a group of racks with slots in which the slots are configured to receive unmanned aerial vehicles, provide refueling connections that facilitate refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicles located in the slots, and provide data connections that facilitate data transmission with the unmanned aerial vehicles located in the slots; a refueling system associated with the base vehicle, wherein the refueling system is configured to refuel an unmanned aerial vehicle in the unmanned aerial vehicles located in a slot using a refueling connection in the refueling connections; and a controller associated with the base vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the unmanned aerial vehicle using a data connection in the data connections and control the refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicles by the refueling system while the unmanned aerial vehicle is in the slot, enabling exchanging data with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicle simultaneously, characterized in that said takeoff and landing system comprises a launcher and a catcher, wherein the catcher is configured to recover the unmanned aerial vehicle while the unmanned aerial vehicle is in the air. a base vehicle; a takeoff and landing system associated with the base vehicle; a rack system associated with the base vehicle, wherein the rack system comprises a group of racks with slots in which the slots are configured to receive unmanned aerial vehicles, provide refueling connections that facilitate refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicles located in the slots, and provide data connections that facilitate data transmission with the unmanned aerial vehicles located in the slots; a refueling system associated with the base vehicle, wherein the refueling system is configured to refuel an unmanned aerial vehicle in the unmanned aerial vehicles located in a slot using a refueling connection in the refueling connections; and a controller associated with the base vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the unmanned aerial vehicle using a data connection in the data connections and control the refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicles by the refueling system while the unmanned aerial vehicle is in the slot, enabling exchanging data with the unmanned aerial vehicle and the refueling of the unmanned aerial vehicle simultaneously, characterized in that said takeoff and landing system comprises a launcher and a catcher, wherein the catcher is configured to recover the unmanned aerial vehicle while the unmanned aerial vehicle is in the air.
A method of controlling a track maintenance machine, particularly a switch tamping- or universal tamping machine, which moves along a track and has a sensor- and control system and working units (9, 10, 11), particularly a tamping unit and a lifting unit, which are adjustable relative to a machine frame, wherein position data of track objects (5, 17, 22, 37-42), particularly sleepers, rails and optionally obstacles, are recorded by means of a sensor device of the sensor- and control system in front of the working units (9, 10, 11) in a working direction, and wherein operating positions of the working units (9, 10, 11) are determined for a working operation at a track location, characterized in that, prior to actuation of the working units (9, 10, 11), the determined operating positions of the working units (9, 10, 11) are displayed by means of a display device of the sensor- and control system and that, prior to carrying out the working operation, the operating positions of the working units (9, 10, 11) can be changed by means of control elements of the sensor- and control system.
A floating support structure comprising means for ballasting and deballasting floating support structure so as to vary the draft of said floating support structure, said floating support structure comprising a section that varies with depth, wherein the quadratic moment of said section (Sd) of said floating support structure at the level of the waterplane area (Lfd) of said deballasted floating support structure is greater than the quadratic moment of said section (Sb) of said floating support structure at the level of the waterplane area (Lfb) of said ballasted floating support structure, characterized in that said floating support structure comprises a lower part comprising a permanent ballast, an intermediate part comprising said ballasting and deballasting means, and an upper part comprising buoyancy means, said waterplane area (Sd) of said deballasted floating support structure being at the level of said intermediate part and said waterplane area (Sb) of said ballasted floating support structure being at the level of said upper part.
A method for operating a first communications controller adapted for operation of a first communications carrier of a communications system with a plurality of communications carriers, the method comprising: signaling a first higher layer message to a user device over the first communications carrier, the first higher layer message including information regarding an activation of operations in a second communications carrier; coordinating with a second communications controller adapted for operations of the second communications carrier an opportunistic transmission opportunity in the second communication carrier; characterized by generating a first physical layer message comprising an aperiodic trigger configured to prompt a channel measurement in accordance with a reference signal transmitted in the second communications carrier, the first physical layer message serving as an indication of the opportunistic transmission opportunity; and signaling the first physical layer message to the user device over the first communications carrier. signaling a first higher layer message to a user device over the first communications carrier, the first higher layer message including information regarding an activation of operations in a second communications carrier; coordinating with a second communications controller adapted for operations of the second communications carrier an opportunistic transmission opportunity in the second communication carrier; characterized by generating a first physical layer message comprising an aperiodic trigger configured to prompt a channel measurement in accordance with a reference signal transmitted in the second communications carrier, the first physical layer message serving as an indication of the opportunistic transmission opportunity; and signaling the first physical layer message to the user device over the first communications carrier.