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A method for characterization of fluid adjacent a tympanic membrane, the method comprising: (a) directing a source of air pressure modulated over time to a tympanic membrane and fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane, wherein the modulated source of air pressure is directed to the tympanic membrane and the fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane without sealing a canal leading to the tympanic membrane; (b) directing a first low coherence optical energy along a measurement path, wherein the measurement path crosses the tympanic membrane and the first low coherence optical energy interacts with the tympanic membrane and the fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane; (c) directing a second low coherence optical energy along a reference path; (d) combining the first low coherence optical energy and the second low coherence optical energy at a detector after the first low coherence optical energy has interacted with the tympanic membrane and the fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane and the first and second low coherence optical energies have traversed the measurement and reference paths, respectively, the combined first and second low coherence optical energies generating a detector output at the detector; and (e) determining at least one of an elasticity or a viscosity of the fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane, based on the detector output and the applied modulated air pressure. (a) directing a source of air pressure modulated over time to a tympanic membrane and fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane, wherein the modulated source of air pressure is directed to the tympanic membrane and the fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane without sealing a canal leading to the tympanic membrane; (b) directing a first low coherence optical energy along a measurement path, wherein the measurement path crosses the tympanic membrane and the first low coherence optical energy interacts with the tympanic membrane and the fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane; (c) directing a second low coherence optical energy along a reference path; (d) combining the first low coherence optical energy and the second low coherence optical energy at a detector after the first low coherence optical energy has interacted with the tympanic membrane and the fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane and the first and second low coherence optical energies have traversed the measurement and reference paths, respectively, the combined first and second low coherence optical energies generating a detector output at the detector; and (e) determining at least one of an elasticity or a viscosity of the fluid adjacent the tympanic membrane, based on the detector output and the applied modulated air pressure.
A turbine, comprising a stationary turbine spindle, a shaft for flowing a liquid or gaseous medium into a through-flow region located in the interior of the turbine, and a blading (5, 10) of a stationary guide vane and an impeller, said blading (5, 10) being arranged in the through-flow region, wherein the stationary guide vane comprises a support structure arranged within a hub encompassing the turbine spindle and a blading radially outwardly adjoining the support structure and extending into the through-flow region of the turbine, which is set up to guide the medium flowing in the through-flow region onto the blading of the impeller, and the impeller comprising a supporting structure (4, 11, 12) encompassing the turbine spindle in an annular manner and is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation which is essentially parallel to the through-flow direction of the medium, and comprising first and second means for generating a current flow, said means are implemented as a plurality of electrically conductive coil bodies as well as a plurality of magnets and which are each in electrical interaction with one another during rotational movement of the impeller about its axis of rotation, characterized in that the first means for generating a current flow are mounted on the support structure of the blading of the stationary guide vane and the second means for generating a current flow are mounted on the support structure (4, 11, 12) of the impeller at the same radial distance from the axis of rotation in each case, and the support structure (4, 11, 12) of the rotating impeller is rotatably supported by means of antifriction bearings against the turbine spindle or against the support structure of the blading of the stationary guide vane. and comprising first and second means for generating a current flow, said means are implemented as a plurality of electrically conductive coil bodies as well as a plurality of magnets and which are each in electrical interaction with one another during rotational movement of the impeller about its axis of rotation, characterized in that the first means for generating a current flow are mounted on the support structure of the blading of the stationary guide vane and the second means for generating a current flow are mounted on the support structure (4, 11, 12) of the impeller at the same radial distance from the axis of rotation in each case, and the support structure (4, 11, 12) of the rotating impeller is rotatably supported by means of antifriction bearings against the turbine spindle or against the support structure of the blading of the stationary guide vane.
A method comprising: producing a base plate, wherein producing the base plate comprises forming a layer of a metallic material; and forming at least one first area in the layer of metallic material, wherein forming the at least one first area comprises locally inducing stress into the layer of metallic material such that a local stress in the at least one first area differs from a local stress of those areas of the metallic layer surrounding the at least one first area, wherein locally increasing the stress in the metallic layer comprises increasing a yield strength in the at least one first area as compared to surrounding areas of the metallic layer, characterized in that a yield strength of the areas surrounding the at least one first area is between 100MPa and 300MPa and a yield strength of the at least one first area is increased by between 5% and 100% of the yield strength of the areas surrounding the at least one first area. producing a base plate, wherein producing the base plate comprises forming a layer of a metallic material; and forming at least one first area in the layer of metallic material, wherein forming the at least one first area comprises locally inducing stress into the layer of metallic material such that a local stress in the at least one first area differs from a local stress of those areas of the metallic layer surrounding the at least one first area, wherein locally increasing the stress in the metallic layer comprises increasing a yield strength in the at least one first area as compared to surrounding areas of the metallic layer, characterized in that a yield strength of the areas surrounding the at least one first area is between 100MPa and 300MPa and a yield strength of the at least one first area is increased by between 5% and 100% of the yield strength of the areas surrounding the at least one first area.
A method comprising: spreading, at a user equipment, a dedicated pilot sequence in an uplink reference signal transmission using a block spreading method, wherein the block spreading method comprises spreading a certain cyclic shift of a constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence using a spreading sequence comprising an orthogonal code, by multiplying said certain cyclic shift of the constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence by said orthogonal code, wherein the user equipment is allocated a unique combination of the spreading sequence and cyclic shifted constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence to achieve a different combination of the spreading sequence and cyclic shifted constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence compared to another user equipment in an adjacent cell, so that the user equipment's dedicated pilot sequence does not interfere with a dedicated pilot sequence of said another user equipment in said adjacent cell, wherein the same constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence is used at the user equipment and said another user equipment in said adjacent cell. spreading, at a user equipment, a dedicated pilot sequence in an uplink reference signal transmission using a block spreading method, wherein the block spreading method comprises spreading a certain cyclic shift of a constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence using a spreading sequence comprising an orthogonal code, by multiplying said certain cyclic shift of the constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence by said orthogonal code, wherein the user equipment is allocated a unique combination of the spreading sequence and cyclic shifted constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence to achieve a different combination of the spreading sequence and cyclic shifted constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence compared to another user equipment in an adjacent cell, so that the user equipment's dedicated pilot sequence does not interfere with a dedicated pilot sequence of said another user equipment in said adjacent cell, wherein the same constant amplitude zero autocorrelation sequence is used at the user equipment and said another user equipment in said adjacent cell.
Motor vehicle air conditioning system comprising an air conditioning circuit through which there circulates a refrigerant fluid and a secondary circuit through which there circulates a coolant fluid, at least one heat exchanger which exchanges between the coolant fluid and the refrigerant fluid, the secondary circuit comprising at least one thermal storage module provided with at least one phase-change material able to exchange with the coolant fluid, the phase-change material yields its frigories to the refrigerant fluid either directly or via the coolant fluid of the secondary circuit, the phase-change material storing frigories when an inlet temperature (Te) of the coolant fluid entering said thermal storage module is below a threshold temperature (Tf) of the phase-change material, characterized in that the said secondary circuit comprises at least one radiator designed to allow an exchange of heat between the coolant fluid and a flow of external air.
A control system for controlling a water supply from at least two separate input lines (3i-k) into a sector of a water supply network, wherein the control system is configured to receive continuously, regularly or sporadically input flow information indicative of the water input flow (q i-k) through each of the input lines (3i-k), wherein the control system is configured to receive input pressure information indicative of the input pressure (p i) in at least a first one of the input lines (3i-k), wherein the control system is configured to receive continuously, regularly or sporadically sector pressure information indicative of at least one pressure value (p cri,m,n) determined by at least one pressure sensor (7m,n) within the sector of the water supply network, wherein the control system is configured to control the input pressure (p i) by controlling at least a first pressure regulating system at the first input line based on the input flow information from all input lines (3i-k) and based on the sector pressure information.
A method for manufacturing at least two abradable plates for a turbomachine turbine shroud (24, 26), the method comprising the following steps: - preparing a mixture comprising a cobalt- or nickel-based metal powder and a powder based on a fluxing element; - depositing a layer of the powder mixture in a mold; and - making the abradable plate by subjecting the powder mixture layer to a method of SPS sintering; and wherein at least two layers of the powder mixture are deposited in the mold, the two layers being spaced apart from each other by a chemically inert insert, so that the layers of powder mixture do not sinter to one another and are forming abradable plates that do not stick together, wherein the fluxing element is silicon or boron. - preparing a mixture comprising a cobalt- or nickel-based metal powder and a powder based on a fluxing element; - depositing a layer of the powder mixture in a mold; and - making the abradable plate by subjecting the powder mixture layer to a method of SPS sintering; and
A hollow curved plate (20, 50) for a gas turbine combustor comprising: a first plate member (24 1 -24 3) having a plurality of first grooves; and a second plate member (34 1 -34 3) having a plurality of second grooves, the second plate member (34 1 -34 3) being bonded to the first plate member (24 1 -24 3) by diffusion bonding, wherein each first groove faces a second groove of approximately the same width as the first groove, a position of the first groove substantially coincides with a position of the second groove in a width direction, and a plurality of hollow parts (40 1 -40 3) is formed, each formed by the first groove and the second groove, and wherein each of the hollow parts is formed into a linear channel, wherein the hollow curved plate (20, 50) is formed of the first plate member (24 1 -24 3) and the second plate member (34 1 -34 3) curved by bending in a state where the first plate member (24 1 -24 3) and the second plate member (34 1 -34 3) are bonded together, wherein a plurality of air suction holes is provided in the first plate member (24 1 -24 3) and a plurality of air discharge holes is provided in the second plate member (34 1 -34 3), characterized in that the air suction holes and the air discharge holes are each open only to any one of the hollow parts (40 1 -40 3), each of the air suction holes and the air discharge holes having a diameter greater than the width of a whole of the any one of said hollow parts at which said each of the air suction holes and the air discharge holes opens. a first plate member (24 1 -24 3) having a plurality of first grooves; and a second plate member (34 1 -34 3) having a plurality of second grooves, the second plate member (34 1 -34 3) being bonded to the first plate member (24 1 -24 3) by diffusion bonding, wherein each first groove faces a second groove of approximately the same width as the first groove, a position of the first groove substantially coincides with a position of the second groove in a width direction, and a plurality of hollow parts (40 1 -40 3) is formed, each formed by the first groove and the second groove, and wherein each of the hollow parts is formed into a linear channel, wherein the hollow curved plate (20, 50) is formed of the first plate member (24 1 -24 3) and the second plate member (34 1 -34 3) curved by bending in a state where the first plate member (24 1 -24 3) and the second plate member (34 1 -34 3) are bonded together, wherein a plurality of air suction holes is provided in the first plate member (24 1 -24 3) and a plurality of air discharge holes is provided in the second plate member (34 1 -34 3), characterized in that the air suction holes and the air discharge holes are each open only to any one of the hollow parts (40 1 -40 3), each of the air suction holes and the air discharge holes having a diameter greater than the width of a whole of the any one of said hollow parts at which said each of the air suction holes and the air discharge holes opens.
Cover system (1, 58) for tool-free, repeatable closing and opening of a tubular container housing (22, 59) for wastewater, in particular a backflow stop housing, comprising a cover which can tightly close a cover opening of a tubular container housing (22, 59) by placing the cover on a cover seat of the cover opening, and a pivot-point anchoring device which is arranged on the cover and which can position the cover on a contact region of a tubular container housing (22, 59) and can anchor said cover on this contact region and so as to be rotatable about this contact region, a locking system which is arranged on the cover and spaced apart from the pivot-point anchoring device, having a rotatable locking lever and a closing system which interacts with the locking lever for locking and unlocking the cover on the tubular container housing (22, 59), the locking lever being rotatable back and forth between a locked position and an unlocked position, characterised in that the locking system makes it possible to tightly close the cover opening of the tubular container housing (22, 59) by holding and manipulating the cover system (1, 58) solely by means of the locking lever. a cover which can tightly close a cover opening of a tubular container housing (22, 59) by placing the cover on a cover seat of the cover opening, and a pivot-point anchoring device which is arranged on the cover and which can position the cover on a contact region of a tubular container housing (22, 59) and can anchor said cover on this contact region and so as to be rotatable about this contact region, a locking system which is arranged on the cover and spaced apart from the pivot-point anchoring device, having a rotatable locking lever and a closing system which interacts with the locking lever for locking and unlocking the cover on the tubular container housing (22, 59), the locking lever being rotatable back and forth between a locked position and an unlocked position, characterised in that the locking system makes it possible to tightly close the cover opening of the tubular container housing (22, 59) by holding and manipulating the cover system (1, 58) solely by means of the locking lever.
Fuel injection valve, in particular injector for fuel injection systems of air-compressing, auto-ignition internal combustion engines, having at least one housing part, having an actuation element arranged in the housing part, having a nozzle body which is connected, in a connecting region, by way of a nozzle clamping nut to the housing part, and having a nozzle needle which is arranged in sections in a bore of the housing part and in sections in a bore of the nozzle body, wherein the housing part and the nozzle body engage into one another in the connecting region, wherein, between the housing part and the nozzle body, there is formed a seal which can be acted on at least substantially radially by a high pressure which prevails in the connecting region in the bore of the housing part and/or in the bore of the nozzle body, characterized in that the housing part has, in the connecting region, an at least substantially hollow cylindrical projection which is inserted from the inside into the nozzle body, or the nozzle body has, in the connecting region, an at least substantially hollow cylindrical projection which is inserted from the inside into the housing part, wherein the hollow cylindrical projection (15, 15') is of relatively thin-walled form, such that an elastic, radial deformation of the hollow cylindrical projection (15, 15') by way of the high pressure is made possible.
A method for receiving event information from at least one second device connected with a network, using a first device connected with the network, the method comprising: determining whether the first device receives the event information from the at least one second device; if the event information is received, outputting from the first device an event resource that comprises multimedia, based on information regarding the event resource included in the received event information, wherein the information regarding the event resource has been determined according to status information of the at least one second device corresponding to an event and on the basis of an event resource mapped to status information of the at least one second device corresponding to an event, and wherein the information regarding the event resource comprises location information of the event resource and at least one piece of attribute information of the event resource in the form of a type of the multimedia, the size of the multimedia, the reproduction period of the multimedia, and the resolution of the multimedia. determining whether the first device receives the event information from the at least one second device; if the event information is received, outputting from the first device an event resource that comprises multimedia, based on information regarding the event resource included in the received event information, wherein the information regarding the event resource has been determined according to status information of the at least one second device corresponding to an event and on the basis of an event resource mapped to status information of the at least one second device corresponding to an event, and wherein the information regarding the event resource comprises location information of the event resource and at least one piece of attribute information of the event resource in the form of a type of the multimedia, the size of the multimedia, the reproduction period of the multimedia, and the resolution of the multimedia.
A syringe assembly, comprising: a syringe; a vibrator configured to vibrate at a plurality of different frequencies, wherein the vibrator is attached to the syringe; characterized in that the syringe assembly includes at least one sensor configured to determine a dynamic response of the syringe assembly to the plurality of different frequencies and determine a natural frequency of the syringe assembly based on the dynamic response of the syringe assembly to the plurality of different frequencies, and a controller (150, 170) configured to control the vibrator to vibrate at the determined natural frequency of the syringe assembly during fluid draw from the syringe. a syringe; a vibrator configured to vibrate at a plurality of different frequencies, wherein the vibrator is attached to the syringe; characterized in that the syringe assembly includes at least one sensor configured to determine a dynamic response of the syringe assembly to the plurality of different frequencies and determine a natural frequency of the syringe assembly based on the dynamic response of the syringe assembly to the plurality of different frequencies, and a controller (150, 170) configured to control the vibrator to vibrate at the determined natural frequency of the syringe assembly during fluid draw from the syringe.
A sole board for an article of footwear, the sole board comprising: a plate having a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region; a channel disposed in a top surface of the plate in the forefoot region, the channel extending from a lateral edge of the plate to a medial edge of the plate, wherein a characteristic of the channel at the lateral and medial edges of the plate is different than the characteristic of the channel at a middle of the channel, wherein the characteristic comprises a depth or a width of the channel; characterised in that the sole board further comprises a second plate disposed below the plate; a second channel disposed in a top surface of the second plate in the forefoot region underneath the channel in the plate. a plate having a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region; a channel disposed in a top surface of the plate in the forefoot region, the channel extending from a lateral edge of the plate to a medial edge of the plate, wherein a characteristic of the channel at the lateral and medial edges of the plate is different than the characteristic of the channel at a middle of the channel, wherein the characteristic comprises a depth or a width of the channel; characterised in that the sole board further comprises a second plate disposed below the plate; a second channel disposed in a top surface of the second plate in the forefoot region underneath the channel in the plate.