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A method of providing bleed air to environmental control systems using a gas turbine engine, the method comprising: determining a bleed air demand for the environmental control systems; selectively supplying low pressure bleed air and high pressure bleed air from a compressor of the gas turbine engine to a first turbine section of a turbo air cycle machine, with the first turbine section emitting a cooled air stream; supplying the low pressure bleed air or ambient air to a first compressor section of the turbo air cycle machine, and, selectively, to a second compressor section of the turbo air cycle machine, the first compressor section and, when selected, the second compressor section emitting a compressed air stream; selectively supplying the cooled air stream to a second turbine section of the turbo air cycle machine, with the second turbine section emitting a further cooled air stream; and combining at least one of the cooled air stream emitted from the first turbine section or the further cooled air stream emitted from the second turbine section with the compressed air stream emitted from the first compressor section and, when selected, the second compressor section to form a conditioned air stream; wherein the selectively supplying low pressure bleed air and high pressure bleed air and selectively supplying the cooled air stream are controlled such that the conditioned air stream satisfies the determined bleed air demand. determining a bleed air demand for the environmental control systems; selectively supplying low pressure bleed air and high pressure bleed air from a compressor of the gas turbine engine to a first turbine section of a turbo air cycle machine, with the first turbine section emitting a cooled air stream; supplying the low pressure bleed air or ambient air to a first compressor section of the turbo air cycle machine, and, selectively, to a second compressor section of the turbo air cycle machine, the first compressor section and, when selected, the second compressor section emitting a compressed air stream; selectively supplying the cooled air stream to a second turbine section of the turbo air cycle machine, with the second turbine section emitting a further cooled air stream; and combining at least one of the cooled air stream emitted from the first turbine section or the further cooled air stream emitted from the second turbine section with the compressed air stream emitted from the first compressor section and, when selected, the second compressor section to form a conditioned air stream; wherein the selectively supplying low pressure bleed air and high pressure bleed air and selectively supplying the cooled air stream are controlled such that the conditioned air stream satisfies the determined bleed air demand.
An optical fiber comprising: • a central core comprising a core matrix and nanoparticles; said core matrix surrounding said nanoparticles; said central core adapted to conveying an optical signal; and • an optical cladding surrounding said central core and adapted to confine the optical signal conveyed in the central core; wherein said nanoparticles comprise rare-earth dopant elements, a nanoparticle matrix and an outer layer; said nanoparticle matrix surrounding said rare-earth dopant elements and said outer layer surrounding said nanopatricle matrix; characterized in that • within said nanoparticles, the atomic ratio of nanoparticle matrix atoms other than oxygen to rare-earths dopant element atoms is between 300 and 1000; and • said outer layer is formed of an outer layer matrix that is substantially free from any rare-earth dopant element atoms, and said outer layer has a thickness of between 1 nanometer and 2 nanometer. • a central core comprising a core matrix and nanoparticles; said core matrix surrounding said nanoparticles; said central core adapted to conveying an optical signal; and • an optical cladding surrounding said central core and adapted to confine the optical signal conveyed in the central core; • within said nanoparticles, the atomic ratio of nanoparticle matrix atoms other than oxygen to rare-earths dopant element atoms is between 300 and 1000; and • said outer layer is formed of an outer layer matrix that is substantially free from any rare-earth dopant element atoms, and said outer layer has a thickness of between 1 nanometer and 2 nanometer.
Method for producing a piece of furniture comprising a plurality of drawers which each have a drawer front and a drawer frame, said method comprising the following method steps: - the front sides of the plurality of drawer frames are provided with connecting elements or connecting projections and/or with insertion openings or insertion depressions, - the rear sides of the drawer fronts to be connected to the associated drawer frame are provided with insertion openings or insertion depressions and/or with connecting elements or connecting projections, - the connecting elements or connecting projections have a clear dimension which is smaller than the free inner dimension of the insertion openings or insertion depressions, and specifically a free space or clearance is formed, - the drawer fronts are fastened to the associated drawer frame in that a free-flowing plastics material or adhesive is provided in the insertion openings or insertion depressions and/or on the connecting elements or connecting projections, - the drawer fronts are placed on the front side of the drawer frame, which has been previously inserted into a furniture carcass at the point provided therefor, such that the connecting elements or connecting projections provided engage in the corresponding insertion openings or insertion depressions, wherein the free space or clearance is filled with the free-flowing plastics material or adhesive, and - the drawer fronts are aligned and/or are held in alignment so as to be exactly parallel to one another until the curable plastics material or adhesive has cured and the drawer fronts are fixed to the associated drawer frame in each case. - the front sides of the plurality of drawer frames are provided with connecting elements or connecting projections and/or with insertion openings or insertion depressions, - the rear sides of the drawer fronts to be connected to the associated drawer frame are provided with insertion openings or insertion depressions and/or with connecting elements or connecting projections, - the connecting elements or connecting projections have a clear dimension which is smaller than the free inner dimension of the insertion openings or insertion depressions, and specifically a free space or clearance is formed, - the drawer fronts are fastened to the associated drawer frame in that a free-flowing plastics material or adhesive is provided in the insertion openings or insertion depressions and/or on the connecting elements or connecting projections, - the drawer fronts are placed on the front side of the drawer frame, which has been previously inserted into a furniture carcass at the point provided therefor, such that the connecting elements or connecting projections provided engage in the corresponding insertion openings or insertion depressions, wherein the free space or clearance is filled with the free-flowing plastics material or adhesive, and - the drawer fronts are aligned and/or are held in alignment so as to be exactly parallel to one another until the curable plastics material or adhesive has cured and the drawer fronts are fixed to the associated drawer frame in each case.
A process for the production of gasoline employing a fluid catalytic cracking unit having at least one principal reactor operating in riser or downer mode, the coked catalyst from the reactor outlet being introduced into a stripping zone, termed a stripper, operating in fluidized bed mode and having a dense phase surmounted by a diluted phase, said unit processing a heavy cut with a Conradson Carbon of less than 0.1 and a hydrogen content of more than 12.7% by weight, in which process a recycle of one of the following cuts: LCO, HCO or slurry, or any mixture of said cuts, termed the coking cut, is carried out in a fluidized side chamber branching off the stripper, that flux of coking cut being introduced in the dilute phase of the side chamber, and the catalyst coming from the striper by mean of an upward transfer line, and being sent to the side chamber, then drawn off said side chamber and reintroduced into the striper by mean of an downward transfer line, the upper portion of the transfer line having its origin at an upper point of the dense phase of the stripper and the lower portion of the transfer line having its return to the dense phase of said stripper at a point located below the upper point, said side chamber being placed upstream of a valve for regulating the flow rate of the catalyst, and being provided with a vent line allowing the gases produced to be returned to the diluted phase of the stripper, said side chamber comprising in addition in its lower part a lower packing located below the introduction point of the recycle flux, and in its upper part an upper packing located above the introduction point of the catalyst by mean of the transfer line, process in which the withdrawing flux of catalyst introduced in the side chamber is in the range from 50 to 100 kg/m2/s, and the global residence time of said catalyst in the side chamber is in the range from 20 to 100 seconds.
An apparatus for unlocking an actuator, the apparatus comprising: an unlocking member mounted in a housing for longitudinal movement along an axis and having a surface having a recess formed therein; a pair of unlocking solenoid actuators (70, 72) for moving the unlocking member along the axis between a first, locking position in which a follower element of a second member for operative connection to a lock release element of an actuator and biased for movement in a direction generally transverse to the axis of movement of the unlocking member engages the surface and a second, unlocking position in which the follower element is at least partially received within the recess; and one or more springs for biasing the unlocking member into its first position. an unlocking member mounted in a housing for longitudinal movement along an axis and having a surface having a recess formed therein; a pair of unlocking solenoid actuators (70, 72) for moving the unlocking member along the axis between a first, locking position in which a follower element of a second member for operative connection to a lock release element of an actuator and biased for movement in a direction generally transverse to the axis of movement of the unlocking member engages the surface and a second, unlocking position in which the follower element is at least partially received within the recess; and one or more springs for biasing the unlocking member into its first position.
A control apparatus for a vehicle provided with drive wheels, an automatic transmission, and a manual shifting device for shifting the automatic transmission, the control apparatus including an automatic parking control portion configured to implement an automatic parking control for automatically parking the vehicle in a predetermined parking space, and controlling the automatic transmission to be shifted according to a shifting control signal (Psh, Pon) corresponding to an operation of the manual shifting device, the automatic parking control portion characterized by comprising: a shifting control portion configured to place the automatic transmission in a power-cutoff state in which a vehicle drive force is not transmitted to the drive wheels, when the manual shifting device is operated to a position in which a running direction is different from a running direction of the vehicle when the automatic parking control is being performed, wherein the shifting control portion is configured to command the automatic transmission to be placed in a running position or a parking position according to the shifting control signal (Psh, Pon) corresponding to the operation of the manual shifting device (46, 48), after the automatic transmission has been placed in the power-cutoff state.
A functional separator comprising: a base separator; a conductive carbon layer located on the surface of the base separator; and a metal oxide formed on at least one of the interior and the surface of the conductive carbon layer; wherein the conductive carbon is thermally-expanded reduced graphene oxide.
A welding-type system, comprising: - a power supply coupled to a power source; the power supply including a power supply control circuitry; - a motion sensing system associated with a welding-type tool or accessory and configured to sense an orientation or movement of the welding type tool or accessory; and - a processing system communicatively coupled to the tool motion sensing system and configured to determine a change in the orientation or movement of the welding-type tool or accessory prior to a power demand from the tool, and to send an indication to energize the power source to provide power at a ready level sufficient to operate a welding-type process of the power source or operator tools connected to the power source, wherein the processing system is further configured to: - determine that the welding-type tool or accessory has not moved for a duration of time; the welding-type system being characterised in that: the power supply control circuitry is configured to reduce a power production level at various intervals of inactivity and shut off power production after another duration of inactivity, wherein the inactivity is determined by the welding-type tool or accessory remaining substantially motionless or in a position indicating idleness for a given period of time. - a power supply coupled to a power source; - a motion sensing system associated with a welding-type tool or accessory and configured to sense an orientation or movement of the welding type tool or accessory; and - a processing system communicatively coupled to the tool motion sensing system and configured to determine a change in the orientation or movement of the welding-type tool or accessory prior to a power demand from the tool, and to send an indication to energize the power source to provide power at a ready level sufficient to operate a welding-type process of the power source or operator tools connected to the power source, - determine that the welding-type tool or accessory has not moved for a duration of time;
A skin pricking device comprising: a housing having an opening formed in a proximal end thereof; a lancet, spring mounted within the housing, the lancet comprising a needle contained within a casing having a distal body part and a proximal cap part, the body part and the cap part being connected by a separable coupling, and the cap part having a cap that projects through said opening to allow gripping of the cap by a user and removal of the cap part from the lancet by twisting the cap; and a user actuable trigger for firing the lancet following removal of the cap part, characterised by the cap part being configured so that turning of the cap part over a first angle relative to the housing causes the entire lancet to move in a proximal direction by a first distance, thereby bringing a trigger stop surface on the distal body part of the lancet into engagement with a trigger catch of the trigger and further biasing the trigger to block the lancet, and so that further turning of the cap part over a second angle relative to the housing causes the cap part to move in a proximal direction by a further, second distance, thereby axially separating the cap part from the body part, whereby the cap part can then be removed from the device. a housing having an opening formed in a proximal end thereof; a lancet, spring mounted within the housing, the lancet comprising a needle contained within a casing having a distal body part and a proximal cap part, the body part and the cap part being connected by a separable coupling, and the cap part having a cap that projects through said opening to allow gripping of the cap by a user and removal of the cap part from the lancet by twisting the cap; and a user actuable trigger for firing the lancet following removal of the cap part, characterised by the cap part being configured so that turning of the cap part over a first angle relative to the housing causes the entire lancet to move in a proximal direction by a first distance, thereby bringing a trigger stop surface on the distal body part of the lancet into engagement with a trigger catch of the trigger and further biasing the trigger to block the lancet, and so that further turning of the cap part over a second angle relative to the housing causes the cap part to move in a proximal direction by a further, second distance, thereby axially separating the cap part from the body part, whereby the cap part can then be removed from the device.
A Radio Frequency, RF, matching control apparatus for a portable communication terminal, comprising: matching circuitry for performing RF matching on an RF signal input through an antenna and outputting a matched RF signal; and a decoding unit for providing matching control signals according to an environment of the portable communication terminal to the matching circuitry, wherein the portable communication terminal comprises a condition value table having a plurality of condition values, each condition value being determined by a status of the portable communication terminal, wherein the status of the portable communication terminal is related to a folder of the portable communication terminal being open or closed and a power of a Tx signal or a Rx signal; and wherein the decoding unit is configured to: select a condition value from the condition value table according to the environment and the status of the portable communication terminal and determine the matching control signals corresponding to the selected condition value; store the determined matching control signals; and provide the stored matching control signals to the matching circuitry for selecting at least one among a plurality of matching circuits constituting the matching circuitry according to the selected condition value. matching circuitry for performing RF matching on an RF signal input through an antenna and outputting a matched RF signal; and a decoding unit for providing matching control signals according to an environment of the portable communication terminal to the matching circuitry, wherein the portable communication terminal comprises a condition value table having a plurality of condition values, each condition value being determined by a status of the portable communication terminal, wherein the status of the portable communication terminal is related to a folder of the portable communication terminal being open or closed and a power of a Tx signal or a Rx signal; and wherein the decoding unit is configured to: select a condition value from the condition value table according to the environment and the status of the portable communication terminal and determine the matching control signals corresponding to the selected condition value; store the determined matching control signals; and provide the stored matching control signals to the matching circuitry for selecting at least one among a plurality of matching circuits constituting the matching circuitry according to the selected condition value. select a condition value from the condition value table according to the environment and the status of the portable communication terminal and determine the matching control signals corresponding to the selected condition value; store the determined matching control signals; and provide the stored matching control signals to the matching circuitry for selecting at least one among a plurality of matching circuits constituting the matching circuitry according to the selected condition value.
A method of analyzing a biological sample of a subject, the biological sample including DNA originating from normal cells and potentially from cells associated with cancer, wherein at least some of the DNA is cell-free in the biological sample, the method comprising: (a) sequencing a plurality of DNA fragments to obtain a plurality of sequence reads comprising the outermost nucleotides at each end of a plurality of DNA fragments; (b) aligning the sequence reads to a reference genome, thereby obtaining a set of genomic coordinates including genomic coordinates of the outermost nucleotides defining a size of a DNA fragment for each of the plurality of DNA fragments; (c) calculating a value of a parameter based on amounts of sequence reads of DNA fragments aligning to the set of genomic coordinates of (b) at multiple sizes; (d) comparing the value to a reference value; and (e) determining a classification of a level of cancer in the subject based on comparing of the value to the reference value. (a) sequencing a plurality of DNA fragments to obtain a plurality of sequence reads comprising the outermost nucleotides at each end of a plurality of DNA fragments; (b) aligning the sequence reads to a reference genome, thereby obtaining a set of genomic coordinates including genomic coordinates of the outermost nucleotides defining a size of a DNA fragment for each of the plurality of DNA fragments; (c) calculating a value of a parameter based on amounts of sequence reads of DNA fragments aligning to the set of genomic coordinates of (b) at multiple sizes; (d) comparing the value to a reference value; and (e) determining a classification of a level of cancer in the subject based on comparing of the value to the reference value.
A shelf wedge for displaying products, the shelf wedge comprising: a base section comprising a first end and a second end that are opposite ends of the base section from each other, the first end defining a front face and having a height greater than the second end; and a back section comprising a body movably connected to the second end of the base section, the back section further comprises a first projection that extends from the body of the back section, the second end of the base section comprises a first channel, at least a portion of the first projection has a size and a shape complementary to at least a portion of the first channel, the base section is configured to slide on the first projection toward and away from the body of the back section, the base section comprises an inner wall that forms a side of the first channel, the back section comprises a second projection, and the inner wall of the base section inserts between the first and second projections, characterized in that the base section is a wedge-shaped section comprising first and second side walls (28, 29), and the first side wall forms a side of the first channel opposite to the side of the first channel formed by the inner wall, the first and second side walls (28, 29) having a continuously decreasing height as they extend from the front face to the second end. a base section comprising a first end and a second end that are opposite ends of the base section from each other, the first end defining a front face and having a height greater than the second end; and a back section comprising a body movably connected to the second end of the base section, the back section further comprises a first projection that extends from the body of the back section, the second end of the base section comprises a first channel, at least a portion of the first projection has a size and a shape complementary to at least a portion of the first channel, the base section is configured to slide on the first projection toward and away from the body of the back section, the base section comprises an inner wall that forms a side of the first channel, the back section comprises a second projection, and the inner wall of the base section inserts between the first and second projections, characterized in that the base section is a wedge-shaped section comprising first and second side walls (28, 29), and the first side wall forms a side of the first channel opposite to the side of the first channel formed by the inner wall, the first and second side walls (28, 29) having a continuously decreasing height as they extend from the front face to the second end.