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A method of operating an engine assembly, the engine assembly comprising an exhaust gas recirculation system having a valve for controlling the flow of exhaust gases through the exhaust gas recirculation system, the method comprising: determining that the engine should be shut down; determining a likelihood of the formation of condensation within cylinders of the engine assembly after the engine has been shut down; selecting an engine shut down procedure based on the likelihood of formation of condensation, wherein if it is determined that the likelihood of condensation is above a first threshold value, the selected engine shut down procedure comprises: a) closing the valve of the exhaust gas recirculation system; b) maintaining an inlet throttle of the engine assembly in an open position for a period of time; c) cutting the supply of fuel to the engine following the period of time whilst the inlet throttle is in the open position; and if it is determined that the likelihood of condensation is below a second threshold value, the engine shut down procedure is selected in order to minimise vibrations of the engine during the engine shut down; and performing the engine shut down procedure to shut down the engine. determining that the engine should be shut down; determining a likelihood of the formation of condensation within cylinders of the engine assembly after the engine has been shut down; selecting an engine shut down procedure based on the likelihood of formation of condensation, wherein if it is determined that the likelihood of condensation is above a first threshold value, the selected engine shut down procedure comprises: a) closing the valve of the exhaust gas recirculation system; b) maintaining an inlet throttle of the engine assembly in an open position for a period of time; c) cutting the supply of fuel to the engine following the period of time whilst the inlet throttle is in the open position; and a) closing the valve of the exhaust gas recirculation system; b) maintaining an inlet throttle of the engine assembly in an open position for a period of time; c) cutting the supply of fuel to the engine following the period of time whilst the inlet throttle is in the open position; and if it is determined that the likelihood of condensation is below a second threshold value, the engine shut down procedure is selected in order to minimise vibrations of the engine during the engine shut down; and performing the engine shut down procedure to shut down the engine.
A plated material, comprising: on a conductive substrate, an underlayer composed of any one of nickel, a nickel alloy, cobalt, a cobalt alloy, iron, and an iron alloy; an intermediate layer composed of Cu or a Cu alloy being provided thereon; and an outermost layer composed of a Cu-Sn intermetallic compound being provided thereon; wherein Sn or a Sn alloy is dispersed in the outermost layer; and wherein the dispersion state is that at least a part of said Sn or Sn alloy is exposed on the surface of the outermost layer, and said Sn or Sn alloy is dispersed as an island structure or spot structure on a cross sectional view in the outermost layer.
A method performed by a primary processor of an electronic device for extending an authentication timeout period for the electronic device, the method comprising: initiating an authentication timeout period at a timeout initiation time; putting the primary processor into a sleep mode; awakening the primary processor from the sleep mode at an expiration time, upon expiration of the authentication timeout period, and determining whether an authentication timeout extending input was detected by an adjunct processor of the electronic device at an input detection time that occurred during the authentication timeout period; and extending the authentication timeout period to expire at an extended expiration time, which is based on the input detection time, when the authentication timeout extending input was detected by the adjunct processor or locking the electronic device when the authentication timeout extending input was not detected by the adjunct processor. initiating an authentication timeout period at a timeout initiation time; putting the primary processor into a sleep mode; awakening the primary processor from the sleep mode at an expiration time, upon expiration of the authentication timeout period, and determining whether an authentication timeout extending input was detected by an adjunct processor of the electronic device at an input detection time that occurred during the authentication timeout period; and extending the authentication timeout period to expire at an extended expiration time, which is based on the input detection time, when the authentication timeout extending input was detected by the adjunct processor or locking the electronic device when the authentication timeout extending input was not detected by the adjunct processor.
Method for producing coatings on surfaces, wherein a) a surface is treated with a polymeric primer, the primer molecule comprising a plurality of quaternary ammonium groups and at the same time a plurality of functional groups X which are selected from (i) ethylenically unsaturated groups and (ii) functional groups which are capable of reaction with compounds having complementarily reactive groups; and b) the treated surface is treated under conditions of a polymerization reaction and/or coupling reaction with ethylenically unsaturated compounds and/or compounds having groups which are reactive complementarily relative to the functional groups. a) a surface is treated with a polymeric primer, the primer molecule comprising a plurality of quaternary ammonium groups and at the same time a plurality of functional groups X which are selected from (i) ethylenically unsaturated groups and (ii) functional groups which are capable of reaction with compounds having complementarily reactive groups; and b) the treated surface is treated under conditions of a polymerization reaction and/or coupling reaction with ethylenically unsaturated compounds and/or compounds having groups which are reactive complementarily relative to the functional groups.
An air refrigerant type cooling/heating system comprising; a motor which includes a motor casing (321; 421); a main shaft (324; 424), a stator coil (325, 327; 425, 427) stored in said motor casing and configured to rotate said main shaft, and a heat radiating means (326; 426) adapted to radiate heat accumulated in said stator coil; a compressor (310; 410) connected to said main shaft; an expansion turbine (330; 430) connected to said main shaft; and a pressure difference generating means (321a, 321b, 340, 350; 421a, 421b, 440, 450) adapted to generate a pressure difference between an inside and an outside of said motor; a first heat exchanger (120; 520; 620; 720; 820); a cooling chamber (140; 540; 640; 740) or a container box; and characterized in that air refrigerant type cooling/heating system comprises a second heat exchanger (130; 530; 630; 730; 830); and in that an outlet of said compressor (310; 410) is connected to an inlet of said first heat exchanger (120; 520; 620; 720; 820), an outlet of said first heat exchanger is connected to an inlet of said second heat exchanger (130; 530; 630; 730; 830), an outlet of said second heat exchanger is connected to an inlet of said expansion turbine (330; 430), an outlet of said expansion turbine is connected to an inlet of said cooling chamber (140; 540; 640;740) or said container box, an outlet of said cooling chamber (140; 540; 640;740) or said container box is connected to an inlet of said compressor (310; 410) via said second heat exchanger (130; 530; 630; 730; 830), wherein said stator coil includes a stator coil main body (325; 425) and stator coil end portions (327; 427) positioned around said stator coil main body, and said pressure difference generating means adapted to generate the pressure difference between the inside and the outside of said motor using an external pressure from the outside of said motor to generate, via an intake port (321a, 421a) and an exhaust port (321b, 421b) arranged in said motor casing, the pressure difference between the outside of said motor and a space with said heat radiating means and said stator coil end portion being disposed.
A composition [composition (COMP)] comprising: - at least one alkali metal salt of bis(fluoro sulfonyl)imide [FSI-salt]; - at least one alkali metal salt of FSO 3 - in an amount up to 100 ppm, as measured by ionic chromatography; - at least one compound of formula or a salt thereof as represented in the following formulae, in an amount up to 100 ppm, as measured by ionic chromatography: and - at least one compound of formula or a salt thereof as represented in the following formulae, in an amount up to 100 ppm as measured by ionic chromatography: - at least one alkali metal salt of bis(fluoro sulfonyl)imide [FSI-salt]; - at least one alkali metal salt of FSO 3 - in an amount up to 100 ppm, as measured by ionic chromatography; - at least one compound of formula or a salt thereof as represented in the following formulae, in an amount up to 100 ppm, as measured by ionic chromatography: and - at least one compound of formula or a salt thereof as represented in the following formulae, in an amount up to 100 ppm as measured by ionic chromatography:
A fusion protein comprising an Escherichia coli H7 protein or a TLR5 activating fragment thereof and another protein for use in a method for treatment for generating a mucosal and/or IgA response to said other protein, by parenteral administration wherein the fusion protein activates Toll-like receptor 5.
A closure assembly for a container to be mounted on a container body comprising (a) a container head; (b) a disc shaped cap; the container head having upwardly extending walls and a top surface comprising an outlet port in fluid communication with said container body; said top surface provided with a pair of parallel recesses; characterized in that the closure assembly comprises (c) a closure strip juxtaposed between said container head and said disc shaped cap; the top surface of the container head comprising a curved depressed portion; said top surface provided with a pair of parallel tracks; the disc shaped cap provided at its bottom surface with two pairs of parallel railings and a centrally aligned monorail; the first pair of parallel railings slidably engagable with said pair of parallel tracks; the second pair of parallel railings provided with rectangular cutouts; and the centrally aligned monorail is configured to have an arcuate profile; the closure strip comprising on its upper surface with a longitudinal recess slidably engagable with said arcuate monorail; the closure strip comprising on its lower surface a distal section with a pair of legs slidably engagable with said pair of parallel recesses and at the proximal section with a plug capable of closing the outlet port; the closure strip provided on its side edges with a pair of ears capable of sliding from one end of said rectangular cutouts to the other; such that when the disc shaped cap is slid over the top surface of the container head from an open position, the arcuate profile of the monorail causes the closure strip to horizontally slide as well as vertically pivot downward to position the plug to close the outlet port and is capable of reversing its path in the opposite direction. (a) a container head; (b) a disc shaped cap;
Arrangement for cooling a rotating eddy current brake of a rail vehicle, wherein the arrangement comprises the rotating eddy current brake and this comprises at least one rotor connected in a torque-proof manner with an axle of a bogie of the rail vehicle and at least one stator arranged in a stationary manner on the bogie, further having at least one housing arranged on the bogie which surrounds the rotating eddy current brake, wherein at least one air inlet opening, through which air can enter the housing, and at least one air outlet opening, through which air can leave the housing, are arranged on the housing, and wherein the housing is embodied and arranged on the bogie in such a manner that part of an airflow flowing around the moving rail vehicle flows past the air outlet opening.
An integrated circuit for a print component comprising: a plurality of memory bits; a selection circuit to select at least one memory bit of the plurality of memory bits; and a memory voltage regulator to provide a write voltage to the at least one memory bit of the plurality of memory bits. a plurality of memory bits; a selection circuit to select at least one memory bit of the plurality of memory bits; and a memory voltage regulator to provide a write voltage to the at least one memory bit of the plurality of memory bits.
A computer-implemented method for operating an Autonomous Driving Vehicle, the method comprising: issuing a control command to control the ADV, wherein the control command is obtained from an entry of a calibration table associated with a speed and a desired acceleration of the ADV; receiving a first torque value measured using one or more sensors in response to issuing the control command to the ADV; determining a torque error value as a difference between the first torque value and a second torque value measured prior to issuing the control command; characterized in that the method further comprises: updating the associated entry in the calibration table based at least in part on the torque error value, wherein the updated calibration table is utilized to determine subsequent control commands to control the ADV. issuing a control command to control the ADV, wherein the control command is obtained from an entry of a calibration table associated with a speed and a desired acceleration of the ADV; receiving a first torque value measured using one or more sensors in response to issuing the control command to the ADV; determining a torque error value as a difference between the first torque value and a second torque value measured prior to issuing the control command; characterized in that the method further comprises: updating the associated entry in the calibration table based at least in part on the torque error value, wherein the updated calibration table is utilized to determine subsequent control commands to control the ADV.
Method for forming reliefs on the surface of a substrate, characterised in that it comprises at least the following steps: - at least one first implantation of ions in the substrate along a first direction; - at least one second implantation of ions in the substrate along a second direction, different from the first direction; - at least one of the first and second implantations is done through at least one mask (121, 221) having at least one pattern (120, 220); - an engraving of zones (106, 108, 208) of the substrate having received by implantation, a dose greater than or equal to a threshold, selectively to the zones (107, 109) of the substrate not having received by implantation, a dose greater than said threshold; the parameters of the first and second implantations, in particular the respective directions (112, 132) thereof, being adjust such that only the zones (106, 108, 208) of the substrate having been implanted both during the first implantation and during the second implantation receive a dose greater than or equal to said threshold. - at least one first implantation of ions in the substrate along a first direction; - at least one second implantation of ions in the substrate along a second direction, different from the first direction; - at least one of the first and second implantations is done through at least one mask (121, 221) having at least one pattern (120, 220); - an engraving of zones (106, 108, 208) of the substrate having received by implantation, a dose greater than or equal to a threshold, selectively to the zones (107, 109) of the substrate not having received by implantation, a dose greater than said threshold;
An isolated anti-CD46 antibody or immunoreactive fragment thereof comprising three heavy chain complementarity determining regions set forth as residues 31-35 of SEQ ID NO: 203 for CDR-H1, residues 50-65 of SEQ ID NO: 203 for CDR-H2, and residues 95-102 of SEQ ID NO: 203 for CDR-H3, and comprising three light chain complementarity determining regions set forth as residues 24-34 of SEQ ID NO: 205 for CDR-L1, residues 50-56 of SEQ ID NO: 205 for CDR-L2 and residues 89-97 of SEQ ID NO: 205 for CDR-L3, wherein the residues are numbered according to Kabat.
A method, comprising: receiving a first monitoring signal indicating either one of an actuation of a first change of state in a primary power source from an on state to an off state, the on state comprising the primary power source providing a voltage sufficient to power a lighting load and the off state comprising the primary power source not providing a voltage sufficient to power the lighting load; characterised by opening a first control relay connected to the primary power source and a second control relay connected to the secondary power source; switching a safety relay from a first connection to the primary power source to a second connection to the secondary power source; and closing the first and second control relays (104, 106). receiving a first monitoring signal indicating either one of an actuation of a first change of state in a primary power source from an on state to an off state, the on state comprising the primary power source providing a voltage sufficient to power a lighting load and the off state comprising the primary power source not providing a voltage sufficient to power the lighting load; characterised by opening a first control relay connected to the primary power source and a second control relay connected to the secondary power source; switching a safety relay from a first connection to the primary power source to a second connection to the secondary power source; and
A test device for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample, which device comprises at least two reagent dots on a porous matrix, wherein said at least two reagent dots do not overlap and are sufficiently spaced apart from each other so that when said liquid sample flows laterally along said matrix, flow of said liquid sample through one of said at least two reagent dots does not substantially affect flow of said liquid sample through said other reagent dot, said at least two reagent dots do not form a reagent line across the entire width of said porous matrix in a direction perpendicular to the direction of said liquid sample flow or a complete circle of a reagent line, and after a liquid sample flows laterally along said test device and passes said at least two reagent dots, said at least two reagent dots form a predetermined pattern to indicate presence, absence and/or amount of said analytes in said liquid sample, wherein said at least two reagent dots form a line that is substantially parallel to the liquid sample flow direction, as the liquid sample flows laterally along the test device, the analyte, if present in the liquid sample, becomes bound to the binding reagents at each of said at least two reagent dots, the binding of the analyte to said reagent dots generates detectable signals at said reagent dots, and the presence and/or intensity of the detectable signals at said reagent dots indicates the presence and/or amount of the analyte in the liquid sample, and wherein the distance between or among edges of adjacent reagent dots is about 1-10 μm, 10-50 μm, 51-100 μm, 101-200 μm, 201-300 μm, or 301-400 μm, each of said reagent dots has a diameter of about 0.1-1 um, 1-10 um, 10-50 um, 51-100 um, 101-200 um or 301-400 um, and the at least two reagent dots form images with even distribution of individual test signal intensities to indicate presence, absence and/or amount of said analyte in said liquid sample. wherein said at least two reagent dots form a line that is substantially parallel to the liquid sample flow direction, as the liquid sample flows laterally along the test device, the analyte, if present in the liquid sample, becomes bound to the binding reagents at each of said at least two reagent dots, the binding of the analyte to said reagent dots generates detectable signals at said reagent dots, and the presence and/or intensity of the detectable signals at said reagent dots indicates the presence and/or amount of the analyte in the liquid sample, and wherein the distance between or among edges of adjacent reagent dots is about 1-10 μm, 10-50 μm, 51-100 μm, 101-200 μm, 201-300 μm, or 301-400 μm, each of said reagent dots has a diameter of about 0.1-1 um, 1-10 um, 10-50 um, 51-100 um, 101-200 um or 301-400 um, and the at least two reagent dots form images with even distribution of individual test signal intensities to indicate presence, absence and/or amount of said analyte in said liquid sample.
Biocompatible polymeric nanoparticles comprising a biocompatible polymer and functional metal nanostructures, wherein: the biocompatible polymer is a polyhydroxyalkanoate containing repetitive units having formula: -O-CHR 1 -(CH 2) n -CO- wherein: R 1 is selected from: -H, C 1 -C 12 alkyls, C 4 -C 16 cycloalkyls, C 2 -C 12 alkenyls, possibly substituted with at least one group selected from: halogen (F, Cl, Br), -CN, -OH, - COOH, -OR, -COOR (R = C 1 -C 4 alkyl, benzyl); n is an integer from 1 to 6; the functional metal nanostructures comprise at least one noble metal or at least one magnetic metal oxide, or mixtures thereof; the functional metal nanostructures have on the surface at least one hydrophobizing agent; the biocompatible polymeric nanoparticles have an average size lower than or equal to 200 nm, preferably lower than or equal to 150 nm. the biocompatible polymer is a polyhydroxyalkanoate containing repetitive units having formula: -O-CHR 1 -(CH 2) n -CO- wherein: R 1 is selected from: -H, C 1 -C 12 alkyls, C 4 -C 16 cycloalkyls, C 2 -C 12 alkenyls, possibly substituted with at least one group selected from: halogen (F, Cl, Br), -CN, -OH, - COOH, -OR, -COOR (R = C 1 -C 4 alkyl, benzyl); n is an integer from 1 to 6; R 1 is selected from: -H, C 1 -C 12 alkyls, C 4 -C 16 cycloalkyls, C 2 -C 12 alkenyls, possibly substituted with at least one group selected from: halogen (F, Cl, Br), -CN, -OH, - COOH, -OR, -COOR (R = C 1 -C 4 alkyl, benzyl); n is an integer from 1 to 6; the functional metal nanostructures comprise at least one noble metal or at least one magnetic metal oxide, or mixtures thereof; the functional metal nanostructures have on the surface at least one hydrophobizing agent; the biocompatible polymeric nanoparticles have an average size lower than or equal to 200 nm, preferably lower than or equal to 150 nm.