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A method, comprising: receiving an activation request from a first subscriber device at a communication convergence platform; identifying a service provider selected by the first subscriber device; composing a service activation request compatible with a communication protocol for said selected service provider; and transmitting said service activation request from said platform to said identified service provider; characterised in that the convergence platform maintains a list of service providers and respective groups of service packages available at said service providers; and wherein the convergence platform maintains an archive of communication protocols corresponding to respective service providers accessible by the convergence platform. receiving an activation request from a first subscriber device at a communication convergence platform; identifying a service provider selected by the first subscriber device; composing a service activation request compatible with a communication protocol for said selected service provider; and transmitting said service activation request from said platform to said identified service provider; characterised in that the convergence platform maintains a list of service providers and respective groups of service packages available at said service providers; and wherein the convergence platform maintains an archive of communication protocols corresponding to respective service providers accessible by the convergence platform.
Sterilized aqueous composition, with pH close to physiological pH, comprising at least one hyaluronic acid and at least mepivacaine, characterized in that the mass ratio between the concentration of hyaluronic acid and the concentration of mepivacaine [MEPI]: /[MEPI] is greater than or equal to 0.1; /[MEPI] ≥ 0.1 and it further comprises at least one antioxidant chosen from polyols.
A sole for an article of footwear, the sole comprising: a medial plurality of cleats positioned on a medial side of a sole midline that extends from a toe end to a heel end of the sole; a first elongated cleat extending toward the toe end and the heel end of the sole between at least a portion of the medial plurality of cleats and the sole midline such that a heel-ward end of the first elongated cleat is closer to the sole midline than a toe-ward end of the first elongated cleat; a lateral plurality of cleats positioned on a lateral side of the sole midline; and a second elongated cleat extending toward the toe end and the heel end of the sole between at least a portion of the lateral plurality of cleats and the sole midline such that a heel-ward end of the second elongated cleat is closer to the sole midline than a toe-ward end of the second elongated cleat, wherein the first elongated cleat comprises a plurality of support elements positioned on a medial facing edge and a lateral facing edge of the first elongated cleat, and wherein each of the plurality of support elements is positioned transverse to the direction of extension between the toe-ward end and the heel-ward end of the first elongated cleat.
An exposure apparatus for exposing an object, the apparatus comprising: a movable body arranged to hold the object and to move along a predetermined plane, and being provided with a plurality of heads (60 1...60 4); a plurality of scale plates that are placed in a plane, being a measurement plane, roughly parallel to the predetermined plane external to the movable body in the vicinity of an exposure position for the object; a position measurement system arranged to obtain positional information of the movable body based on an output of a head arranged to irradiate a measurement beam on the measurement plane, and to receive a return beam from the measurement plane, the head being one of the plurality of heads provided on the movable body; and a control system configured to drive the movable body based on the positional information obtained by the position measurement system, and to switch a head which the position measurement system uses to obtain the positional information out of the plurality of heads according to the position of the movable body, characterised in that: the control system is configured to obtain a reciprocal positional relation between a plurality of scale plates corresponding to the plurality of heads, within a first movement area of the movable body where the plurality of heads face the measurement plane. a movable body arranged to hold the object and to move along a predetermined plane, and being provided with a plurality of heads (60 1...60 4); a plurality of scale plates that are placed in a plane, being a measurement plane, roughly parallel to the predetermined plane external to the movable body in the vicinity of an exposure position for the object; a position measurement system arranged to obtain positional information of the movable body based on an output of a head arranged to irradiate a measurement beam on the measurement plane, and to receive a return beam from the measurement plane, the head being one of the plurality of heads provided on the movable body; and a control system configured to drive the movable body based on the positional information obtained by the position measurement system, and to switch a head which the position measurement system uses to obtain the positional information out of the plurality of heads according to the position of the movable body, characterised in that: the control system is configured to obtain a reciprocal positional relation between a plurality of scale plates corresponding to the plurality of heads, within a first movement area of the movable body where the plurality of heads face the measurement plane. the control system is configured to obtain a reciprocal positional relation between a plurality of scale plates corresponding to the plurality of heads, within a first movement area of the movable body where the plurality of heads face the measurement plane.
A radial shaft sealing ring for sealing a sealing gap between a shaft and a machine part surrounding the shaft, comprising a retaining portion and a sealing lip which extends away from the retaining portion in a direction axial to the central axis of the radial shaft sealing ring as far as its free edge, wherein the sealing lip comprises: - a sealing side comprising a sealing edge for bearing in a dynamically sealing manner against the sealing surface of the shaft or of the machine part; and - a rear side pointing away from the sealing edge in the radial direction, which has a radially outwards open retaining groove for receiving an elastically deformable preloading element, by means of which the sealing edge, in operational use of the radial shaft sealing ring, can be preloaded in a radial direction against the sealing surface of the shaft, characterized in that (a) the groove bottom of the retaining groove has radial depressions which are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the radial shaft sealing ring, wherein each depression has a radial depth (t) which is 10 to 40% of the nominal thickness (d) of the sealing lip, measured between sealing edge and groove bottom, of the retaining groove, and/or (b) the sealing lip has a plurality of edge cutouts, wherein the plurality of edge cutouts are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the radial shaft sealing ring, wherein each edge cutout makes contact with the sealing edge or is spaced apart from the sealing edge and extends in a radial direction from the sealing side as far as the retaining groove. - a sealing side comprising a sealing edge for bearing in a dynamically sealing manner against the sealing surface of the shaft or of the machine part; and - a rear side pointing away from the sealing edge in the radial direction, which has a radially outwards open retaining groove for receiving an elastically deformable preloading element, by means of which the sealing edge, in operational use of the radial shaft sealing ring, can be preloaded in a radial direction against the sealing surface of the shaft, (a) the groove bottom of the retaining groove has radial depressions which are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the radial shaft sealing ring, wherein each depression has a radial depth (t) which is 10 to 40% of the nominal thickness (d) of the sealing lip, measured between sealing edge and groove bottom, of the retaining groove, and/or (b) the sealing lip has a plurality of edge cutouts, wherein the plurality of edge cutouts are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the radial shaft sealing ring, wherein each edge cutout makes contact with the sealing edge or is spaced apart from the sealing edge and extends in a radial direction from the sealing side as far as the retaining groove.
A female element (2; 102) of a quick coupling (1; 101) for releasably joining together an upstream pipe and a downstream pipe (C 1, C 2) conveying a fluid under pressure, the female element (2; 102) being suitable for receiving a male portion (3; 152) engaged therein along a longitudinal axis (Y-Y'), the female element (2; 102) including a latch (20; 120) that is movable relative to a body (7; 107) of the female element between a first position in which it is capable of retaining the male portion (3; 152) in a position of leaktight coupling with an internal passage (10; 110) in the female element (2; 102) and a second position in which it is capable of retaining the male portion (3; 152) in a position for purging the downstream pipe (C 1), the female element also comprising a control member (21; 121) for controlling movement of the latch (20; 120), at least towards the second position, the control member (21; 121) being slidably mounted in a bore (16B; 116B) that opens to the outside of the body (7; 107) of the female element, wherein the female element (2; 102) includes a gasket (35; 135) suitable for closing a gap (41; 141) defined between an outer face (39; 139) of the control member (21; 121) and an inside face (40; 140) of the bore (16B; 116B).
A water heater comprising a hot water tank in which hot water is stored, a hot water-supplying heat exchanger for heating water introduced from the hot water tank, a water-entering conduit which connects a lower portion of the hot water tank and the hot water-supplying heat exchanger to each other, a hot water-issuing conduit which connects the hot water-supplying heat exchanger and an upper portion of the hot water tank to each other, an entering-water temperature detecting device which detects an entering-water temperature of water which flows into the hot water-supplying heat exchanger, a control device which completes a heating operation carried out by the hot water-supplying heat exchanger when the entering-water temperature detected by the entering-water temperature detecting device becomes equal to an entering-water set temperature, characterized by a scale suppressing device for adding a scale inhibitor which suppresses generation of scale, wherein the scale suppressing device includes an inlet connection port and an outlet connection port which can be attached to and detached from the water-entering conduit, wherein the control device is adapted to change the entering-water set temperature at which the heating operation is completed depending upon whether or not the scale suppressing device is mounted, and wherein when the scale suppressing device is mounted, the entering-water set temperature is made lower as compared with a case where the scale suppressing device is not mounted.
A pressure compensated subsea electrical system (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e), comprising: a housing filled with a dielectric liquid, the housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion in pressure communication with each other, the first housing portion comprising a transformer, and the second housing portion comprising a power converter; a pressure compensator arranged to compensate pressure inside the housing, wherein the pressure compensator is enabled to compensate pressure in both the first housing portion and the second housing portion; and wherein the transformer is positioned to generate a natural convection flow of the dielectric liquid comprising a natural convection cooling circuit encompassing the power converter and the transformer. a housing filled with a dielectric liquid, the housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion in pressure communication with each other, the first housing portion comprising a transformer, and the second housing portion comprising a power converter; a pressure compensator arranged to compensate pressure inside the housing, wherein the pressure compensator is enabled to compensate pressure in both the first housing portion and the second housing portion; and wherein the transformer is positioned to generate a natural convection flow of the dielectric liquid comprising a natural convection cooling circuit encompassing the power converter and the transformer.
A semiconductor device, comprising: a first inspection mark region and a second inspection mark region having a same pattern including a plurality of overlay inspection marks (61a, 61b); a first element region having a portion overlapping with the first inspection mark region; and a second element region having a portion overlapping with the second inspection mark region, wherein the first element region and the second element region are adjacent to each other and have different areas, the first element region includes a first pattern aligned with a plurality of first overlay inspection marks that are some of the overlay inspection marks, and the second element region includes a second pattern aligned with a plurality of second overlay inspection marks that are some of the overlay inspection marks. a first inspection mark region and a second inspection mark region having a same pattern including a plurality of overlay inspection marks (61a, 61b); a first element region having a portion overlapping with the first inspection mark region; and a second element region having a portion overlapping with the second inspection mark region, wherein the first element region and the second element region are adjacent to each other and have different areas, the first element region includes a first pattern aligned with a plurality of first overlay inspection marks that are some of the overlay inspection marks, and the second element region includes a second pattern aligned with a plurality of second overlay inspection marks that are some of the overlay inspection marks.
A method of constructing a nuclear reactor module, the method comprising: providing formwork which has nuclear reactor equipment comprising a nuclear reactor pressure vessel configured to contain nuclear fuel when in use mounted thereto, the formwork being housed within a containment structure arranged to contain a high internal pressure generated by an escape of coolant from a reactor coolant circuit, and filling the formwork with concrete through a concrete supply pipe which extends from outside of the containment structure through an external wall of the containment structure to a void within the formwork, thereby forming a concrete support structure for the nuclear reactor equipment. providing formwork which has nuclear reactor equipment comprising a nuclear reactor pressure vessel configured to contain nuclear fuel when in use mounted thereto, the formwork being housed within a containment structure arranged to contain a high internal pressure generated by an escape of coolant from a reactor coolant circuit, and filling the formwork with concrete through a concrete supply pipe which extends from outside of the containment structure through an external wall of the containment structure to a void within the formwork, thereby forming a concrete support structure for the nuclear reactor equipment.
A method for providing a thermal absorber comprising depositing, on a substrate, a first layer as a diffusion barrier for preventing a diffusion of elements from the substrate into a coating of the substrate and depositing a third layer as a top layer of the thermal absorber, wherein the first layer belongs to the coating and wherein the first layer has a composition that comprises titanium, aluminium, nitrogen, and one of following elements: silicon, yttrium, cerium, and chromium, wherein the first layer is deposited directly on top of the substrate, characterized in that the composition of the first layer comprises TiAlN crystallites with Si 3 N 4 forming an amorphous matrix, and the third layer has a composition that comprises titanium, aluminium, silicon, nitrogen, and oxygen.
A power converter for transferring electric power provided on an input terminal to an energy storage element, the power converter comprising: an inductor; a diode; a switch connected to selectively control a connection between the inductor and the input terminal; and a comparator, wherein an output of the comparator controls the switch, a first input of the comparator is supplied with a voltage being proportional to a voltage of the input terminal, and a second input of the comparator is supplied with a voltage being proportional to a current from the input terminal when the switch is closed, whereby the current from the input terminal and the voltage of the input terminal vary proportionally; wherein the energy storage element is connected on one end, via the diode, to a point between the inductor and the switch and the energy storage element is connected on the other end to ground, such that an anode side of the diode is connected to the energy storage element and a cathode side of the diode is connected to the point between the inductor and the switch. an inductor; a diode; a switch connected to selectively control a connection between the inductor and the input terminal; and a comparator, wherein an output of the comparator controls the switch, a first input of the comparator is supplied with a voltage being proportional to a voltage of the input terminal, and a second input of the comparator is supplied with a voltage being proportional to a current from the input terminal when the switch is closed, whereby the current from the input terminal and the voltage of the input terminal vary proportionally; wherein the energy storage element is connected on one end, via the diode, to a point between the inductor and the switch and the energy storage element is connected on the other end to ground, such that an anode side of the diode is connected to the energy storage element and a cathode side of the diode is connected to the point between the inductor and the switch.
A mobile communication method for performing communications using a protocol prescribing that a mobile terminal receives a paging message from a circuit switching network through a packet switching network base station, the mobile communication method comprising the steps of: receiving (S107; S207, S211; S307, S311), at the mobile terminal, at least one parameters message which is transmitted from a packet switching network base station and which includes an identifier of a circuit switching network base station; receiving (S109; S213; S313), at the mobile terminal, the paging message through the packet switching network base station; and transmitting (S113; S218; S320), from the mobile terminal to the circuit switching network base station with the identifier included in the most recent parameters message that has been received, a paging response message for the paging message addressed to the mobile terminal. receiving (S107; S207, S211; S307, S311), at the mobile terminal, at least one parameters message which is transmitted from a packet switching network base station and which includes an identifier of a circuit switching network base station; receiving (S109; S213; S313), at the mobile terminal, the paging message through the packet switching network base station; and transmitting (S113; S218; S320), from the mobile terminal to the circuit switching network base station with the identifier included in the most recent parameters message that has been received, a paging response message for the paging message addressed to the mobile terminal.
An apparatus for combining signals comprising: a first microphone generating a first input signal having a first voice component and a first noise component; a second microphone generating a second input signal having a second voice component and a second noise component; a mixing circuit configured to: apply a first gain having a value α to the first input signal to produce a first scaled signal; apply a second gain having a value 1- α to the second input signal to produce a second scaled signal; and sum the first scaled signal and the second scaled signal to produce a summed signal; and an adaptive filter configured to compute an updated value of α to minimize the energy of the summed signal based on the summed signal, the first input signal and the second input signal, and to provide the updated value of α to the mixing circuit, wherein: the adaptive filter is configured to apply a least-mean-squared algorithm to compute the updated value of α, and the adaptive filter is implemented in a digital signal processor programmed to compute a difference between the first and second input signals, multiply the summed signal by said difference and by a pre-determined step size value, and subtract the product from the current value of α to produce the updated value of α. a first microphone generating a first input signal having a first voice component and a first noise component; a second microphone generating a second input signal having a second voice component and a second noise component; a mixing circuit configured to: apply a first gain having a value α to the first input signal to produce a first scaled signal; apply a second gain having a value 1- α to the second input signal to produce a second scaled signal; and sum the first scaled signal and the second scaled signal to produce a summed signal; and apply a first gain having a value α to the first input signal to produce a first scaled signal; apply a second gain having a value 1- α to the second input signal to produce a second scaled signal; and sum the first scaled signal and the second scaled signal to produce a summed signal; and an adaptive filter configured to compute an updated value of α to minimize the energy of the summed signal based on the summed signal, the first input signal and the second input signal, and to provide the updated value of α to the mixing circuit, wherein: the adaptive filter is configured to apply a least-mean-squared algorithm to compute the updated value of α, and the adaptive filter is implemented in a digital signal processor programmed to compute a difference between the first and second input signals, multiply the summed signal by said difference and by a pre-determined step size value, and subtract the product from the current value of α to produce the updated value of α.