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A method of controlling a power generating unit using a feedforward control signal developed from a load demand set point signal indicating a desired output of the power generating unit, the method characterized by: determining a magnitude of a rate of change of the load demand set point signal during a particular period of time prior to a current time; comparing the determined magnitude of the rate of change of the load demand set point signal during the particular period of time to a threshold; creating the feedfoward control signal with a fast response rate characteristic when the determined magnitude of the rate of change of the load demand set point signal during the particular period of time is below the threshold and creating the feedforward control signal with a slow response rate characteristic when the determined magnitude of the rate of change of the load demand set point signal during the particular period of time is greater than the threshold; and using the feedforward control signal to control the power generating unit. determining a magnitude of a rate of change of the load demand set point signal during a particular period of time prior to a current time; comparing the determined magnitude of the rate of change of the load demand set point signal during the particular period of time to a threshold; creating the feedfoward control signal with a fast response rate characteristic when the determined magnitude of the rate of change of the load demand set point signal during the particular period of time is below the threshold and creating the feedforward control signal with a slow response rate characteristic when the determined magnitude of the rate of change of the load demand set point signal during the particular period of time is greater than the threshold; and using the feedforward control signal to control the power generating unit.
Method for controlling a safety system for guiding a person during an evacuation situation in an area equipped with an elevator system, in which area a plurality of fixed point markers are arranged at fixed locations, wherein the fixed point markers store data that can be received by a mobile device carried by the person, comprising: determining an instantaneous position of the mobile device in the area when the mobile device, by means of an identifier received from a first fixed point marker, accesses a database of the safety system or of a building management system in which the identifier is linked to a location of the first fixed point marker; ascertaining an escape route in the area to a destination on the basis of the instantaneous position of the mobile device; transmitting escape route information to the mobile device; and registering the person upon reaching the destination when the mobile device is detected at the destination by means of a second fixed point marker, wherein detection at the destination is carried out by a communication link being established between the mobile device and the second fixed point marker, which connection is registered in the safety system. determining an instantaneous position of the mobile device in the area when the mobile device, by means of an identifier received from a first fixed point marker, accesses a database of the safety system or of a building management system in which the identifier is linked to a location of the first fixed point marker; ascertaining an escape route in the area to a destination on the basis of the instantaneous position of the mobile device; transmitting escape route information to the mobile device; and registering the person upon reaching the destination when the mobile device is detected at the destination by means of a second fixed point marker, wherein detection at the destination is carried out by a communication link being established between the mobile device and the second fixed point marker, which connection is registered in the safety system.
Nalmefene for use in the treatment of alcohol dependence in a patient with alcohol dependence, wherein said use reduces alcohol consumption; wherein said patient with alcohol dependence: has a DRL (drinking risk level) corresponding to consumption >60 g/day of pure alcohol for men and >40 g/day for women; wherein said patient maintains a DRL corresponding to consumption >60 g/day of pure alcohol for men and >40 g/day for women after an observation period following initial assessment; wherein said observation period following initial assessment is 1-2 weeks such as about 2 weeks; and wherein said nalmefene is used in a dose of 10-20 mg. has a DRL (drinking risk level) corresponding to consumption >60 g/day of pure alcohol for men and >40 g/day for women; wherein said patient maintains a DRL corresponding to consumption >60 g/day of pure alcohol for men and >40 g/day for women after an observation period following initial assessment; wherein said observation period following initial assessment is 1-2 weeks such as about 2 weeks; and wherein said nalmefene is used in a dose of 10-20 mg.
A base-station apparatus placed at a cell at the boundary of two areas, the apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to: communicate with each of a plurality of mobile terminals by using a predetermined frequency of a plurality of frequencies; receive from a mobile terminal a request, when an area identifier stored previously at said mobile terminal and a new area identifier received by said mobile terminal are different to each other, for registration of the newly-received area identifier and a transmission controller configured to: control the communication unit to disperse a plurality of mobile terminals entering said cell to said two areas by transmitting to each of the mobile terminals an area identifier of one of the two areas when the plurality of mobile terminals enters into said cell, wherein: the transmission controller is operable to control the communication unit to transmit the area identifier of each one of the two areas by using one of said respective predetermined frequencies, each of the area identifiers being unique to each of the frequencies. a communication unit configured to: communicate with each of a plurality of mobile terminals by using a predetermined frequency of a plurality of frequencies; receive from a mobile terminal a request, when an area identifier stored previously at said mobile terminal and a new area identifier received by said mobile terminal are different to each other, for registration of the newly-received area identifier and a transmission controller configured to: control the communication unit to disperse a plurality of mobile terminals entering said cell to said two areas by transmitting to each of the mobile terminals an area identifier of one of the two areas when the plurality of mobile terminals enters into said cell, wherein: the transmission controller is operable to control the communication unit to transmit the area identifier of each one of the two areas by using one of said respective predetermined frequencies, each of the area identifiers being unique to each of the frequencies. the transmission controller is operable to control the communication unit to transmit the area identifier of each one of the two areas by using one of said respective predetermined frequencies, each of the area identifiers being unique to each of the frequencies.
An air blowing assembly comprising; a radial fan having a body, an air inlet and a main air blowing port provided on the body, wherein said air inlet is positioned perpendicularly to said main air blowing port, and a fan wheel positioned on the air inlet in the body, for blowing air received from the air inlet through at least the main air blowing port and a supplementary air blowing apparatus mounted on the radial fan, with at least one air duct which, when the supplementary air blowing apparatus is mounted on the radial fan, is positioned on the opposite surface of the body where the air inlet is not present; at least one flow separator fitted into the main air blowing port such that a part of the air blown by the fan wheel towards the main air blowing port is directed to the air duct by splitting the air; and at least one supplementary air blowing port positioned, mounted on the radial fan, parallel and next to the main air blowing port, wherein the supplementary air blowing port is connected from one end to the air duct and comprises another end for discharging the air that is in the air duct characterized in that the air duct is connected to the supplementary air blowing port, whose portion connected to the flow separator extends from the main air blowing port and bends 180° on the main air blowing port on which it is fitted, then bends 180° centered about the fan wheel on which it is fitted and advances on said opposite surface on which it is fitted.
A system for independently routing vehicles and delivering containers and closures to a unit operation station (84, 86, 88, 90), said system comprising: at least one container for holding a fluent material, said container having an opening; a closure for selectively sealing the opening of a container; a track system; a plurality of unit operation stations (84, 86, 88, 90) disposed along the track system, one of the unit operation stations (84, 86, 88, 90) being configured for applying a closure onto a container; a plurality of vehicles propellable along the track system, wherein: each container is disposed on a respective vehicle; and the plurality of vehicles are independently routable along the track system to deliver at least one container and at least one closure to the at least one unit operation station (84, 86, 88, 90) for applying a closure onto a container, characterized in that the system comprises a plurality of first containers wherein each first container has a shape and a volume and a plurality of second containers wherein each of said second containers has a shape and a volume that is different from one or more of a shape and a volume, respectively, of said first containers, and wherein the system is configured so that a container and a closure travel on separate vehicles to the at least one unit operation station (84, 86, 88, 90). at least one container for holding a fluent material, said container having an opening; a closure for selectively sealing the opening of a container; a track system; a plurality of unit operation stations (84, 86, 88, 90) disposed along the track system, one of the unit operation stations (84, 86, 88, 90) being configured for applying a closure onto a container; a plurality of vehicles propellable along the track system, wherein: each container is disposed on a respective vehicle; and the plurality of vehicles are independently routable along the track system to deliver at least one container and at least one closure to the at least one unit operation station (84, 86, 88, 90) for applying a closure onto a container, each container is disposed on a respective vehicle; and the plurality of vehicles are independently routable along the track system to deliver at least one container and at least one closure to the at least one unit operation station (84, 86, 88, 90) for applying a closure onto a container, characterized in that the system comprises a plurality of first containers wherein each first container has a shape and a volume and a plurality of second containers wherein each of said second containers has a shape and a volume that is different from one or more of a shape and a volume, respectively, of said first containers, and wherein the system is configured so that a container and a closure travel on separate vehicles to the at least one unit operation station (84, 86, 88, 90).
A method of providing protection against malware, the method comprising: executing an agent program on a remote computer connected to a network, the agent program being configured to communicate with a base computer via the network, the agent program including a firewall arranged to block communications between the remote computer and entities on the network in accordance with predetermined rules, the agent program being further configured to impersonate the kernel of the operating system when monitoring objects running on the remote computer, said monitoring being to determine whether the objects are malware; and configuring the firewall in accordance with rules received from the base computer. executing an agent program on a remote computer connected to a network, the agent program being configured to communicate with a base computer via the network, the agent program including a firewall arranged to block communications between the remote computer and entities on the network in accordance with predetermined rules, the agent program being further configured to impersonate the kernel of the operating system when monitoring objects running on the remote computer, said monitoring being to determine whether the objects are malware; and configuring the firewall in accordance with rules received from the base computer.
An electrical facility for a ship, comprising at least one AC voltage power source (SE1, SE2, SE3, SE4), a first AC voltage distribution network (R1, R1') associated with a first set of electrical equipment (C 1, C 2, C 3, C 4, C 5, C 6) equipping the ship, a second DC voltage distribution network associated with a second set of electrical equipment (C 7, C 8, C 9, C 10) equipping the ship, characterized by the fact that it comprises a switch to connect said power source (SE1, SE2, SE3, SE4) selectively either with the first network (R1, R1') or with the second network.
Method for an assistance system for controlling a technical system, a) a user manipulated variable for controlling the technical system being read in, b) a multiplicity of manipulated variable variants (SV1,..., SVN) of the user manipulated variable being generated, c) a respective trajectory (T0, T1,..., TN) of the technical system being extrapolated respectively for controlling the technical system by means of the user manipulated variable and for control by means of a respective manipulated variable variant (SV1,..., SVN), d) a permissibility of the extrapolated trajectories (T0, T1,..., TN) being assessed, e) a respective distance between a respective manipulated variable variant (SV1,..., SVN) and the user manipulated variable being determined, f) the user manipulated variable being selected as the control signal if the trajectory extrapolated for the user manipulated variable is assessed to be permissible, and otherwise a manipulated variable variant being selected from the manipulated variable variants with an extrapolated trajectory assessed to be permissible as the control signal, a manipulated variable variant with a shorter distance preferably being selected, g) the control signal for controlling the technical system being output, and h) the generation of the manipulated variable variants (SV1,..., SVN), the temporal extrapolation of the trajectories (T0, T1,..., TN), the assessment of the permissibility of the trajectories (T0, T1,..., TN), the determination of the distances and/or the selection of the control signal being carried out continuously. a) a user manipulated variable for controlling the technical system being read in, b) a multiplicity of manipulated variable variants (SV1,..., SVN) of the user manipulated variable being generated, c) a respective trajectory (T0, T1,..., TN) of the technical system being extrapolated respectively for controlling the technical system by means of the user manipulated variable and for control by means of a respective manipulated variable variant (SV1,..., SVN), d) a permissibility of the extrapolated trajectories (T0, T1,..., TN) being assessed, e) a respective distance between a respective manipulated variable variant (SV1,..., SVN) and the user manipulated variable being determined, f) the user manipulated variable being selected as the control signal if the trajectory extrapolated for the user manipulated variable is assessed to be permissible, and otherwise a manipulated variable variant being selected from the manipulated variable variants with an extrapolated trajectory assessed to be permissible as the control signal, a manipulated variable variant with a shorter distance preferably being selected, g) the control signal for controlling the technical system being output, and h) the generation of the manipulated variable variants (SV1,..., SVN), the temporal extrapolation of the trajectories (T0, T1,..., TN), the assessment of the permissibility of the trajectories (T0, T1,..., TN), the determination of the distances and/or the selection of the control signal being carried out continuously.
A light receiver having a plurality of avalanche photodiode elements and having a first terminal and a second terminal for supplying a bias voltage so that the avalanche photodiode elements can be biased with a bias voltage above a breakdown voltage and thus can be operated in a Geiger mode, wherein the light receiver comprises at least one temperature measuring element for detecting an operating temperature of the avalanche photodiode elements and a voltage compensation unit for adapting the bias voltage to the operating temperature, characterized in that at least one of the avalanche photodiode elements is used as temperature measuring element and in that the voltage compensation unit is configured to adapt the bias voltage in accordance with a voltage change detected by the avalanche photodiode element used as temperature measuring element.
A disc tumbler cylinder lock assembly device for machining tumbler discs packed in an inner cylinder so as to correspond to the key for that lock, characterized in that the assembly device includes a holder having at least one support hole in which the inner cylinder provided with tumbler discs can be positioned; a machining groove in the direction of the support hole, opening to the outer surface of the holder from the support hole; a locking cap for locking the inner cylinder in its place in the holder; in connection with the locking cap, a locking hole that corresponds to the profile of the key for holding the key inserted therethrough in its place in a rotationally stiff manner; at the end of the holder opposite to the locking cap, a turning element for turning the pack of tumbler discs in the inner cylinder relative to the unmovable key; and a tightening element for tightening the inner cylinder and the turned tumbler discs tightly in their place, so that the outer periphery of the tumbler discs can be provided with a groove for a locking bar along the machining groove of the holder.
A knee prosthesis comprising a femoral component adapted to fit on a distal end of a femur, the femoral component including a lateral condylar structure and a medial condylar structure, and an intermediate structure configured to cooperate with a femoral component of a knee prosthesis, wherein the intermediate structure comprises at least one surface (414,416) for contacting the femoral component on a proximal surface of the intermediate structure between the intermediate structure and the femoral component, wherein the intermediate structure includes a contact surface on the lateral side of the intermediate structure and a contact surface on the medial side of the intermediate structure, characterised in that each contact surface includes an articular blend (432,436) which blends a sagittal curvature of the contact surface from a concave surface into a convex surface to increase the amount of flexion allowed by the knee prosthesis and the intermediate structure comprises a post which fits within an intercondylar recess formed by the lateral condylar structure and the medial condylar structure.
Method for the production of a transparent color-coated stainless steel surface, wherein the coating covers the stainless steel surface with inorganic, non-transparent color pigments in such a way that the coating retains a degree of transparency at which the stainless steel surface underlying the coating remains visible, wherein the inorganic color pigments have a diameter of 500 to 1,500 nm, comprising the following steps: - treatment of the surface with an aqueous solution containing polydentate complexing agents in order to remove iron oxides and iron atoms from the passive layer on the stainless steel surface, - application of a transparent silicon dioxide sol-gel coating containing inorganic color pigments to the surface, and - thermal curing of the applied coating at a temperature of less than 300°C, wherein a transparent glass-ceramic coating is produced in which the stainless steel surface to be coated is not completely covered by the color pigments. - treatment of the surface with an aqueous solution containing polydentate complexing agents in order to remove iron oxides and iron atoms from the passive layer on the stainless steel surface, - application of a transparent silicon dioxide sol-gel coating containing inorganic color pigments to the surface, and - thermal curing of the applied coating at a temperature of less than 300°C, wherein a transparent glass-ceramic coating is produced in which the stainless steel surface to be coated is not completely covered by the color pigments.
Process for detecting and assaying hydrofluoric acid in an electrolyte based on lithium hexafluorophosphate LiPF 6, comprising the following stages: (i) bringing said electrolyte into contact with a layer (a) comprising a material M capable of reacting at the surface with hydrofluoric acid HF, the hydrofluoric acid originating from the reaction between lithium hexafluorophosphate and water, (ii) measuring the variation in weight of the layer (a) by bringing said layer (a) into contact with an electrode of a quartz crystal microbalance, the variation in weight of the layer (a) being due to the reaction between the material M of the layer (a) and the hydrofluoric acid HF to form, at the surface, a layer (b) comprising a fluorinated compound having the structure MF n, with n corresponding to an integer strictly greater than 0; (iii) calculating the content by weight of hydrofluoric acid from the variation in weight of the layer (a) determined in stage (ii). (i) bringing said electrolyte into contact with a layer (a) comprising a material M capable of reacting at the surface with hydrofluoric acid HF, the hydrofluoric acid originating from the reaction between lithium hexafluorophosphate and water, (ii) measuring the variation in weight of the layer (a) by bringing said layer (a) into contact with an electrode of a quartz crystal microbalance, the variation in weight of the layer (a) being due to the reaction between the material M of the layer (a) and the hydrofluoric acid HF to form, at the surface, a layer (b) comprising a fluorinated compound having the structure MF n, with n corresponding to an integer strictly greater than 0; (iii) calculating the content by weight of hydrofluoric acid from the variation in weight of the layer (a) determined in stage (ii).
Base, designed to be interposed between a pedestal of a piece of external equipment and an anchor block for anchoring this pedestal in the ground, the base being characterised in that it comprises: - a plurality of resilient shoes made of a first material, the resilient shoes each having an upper contact side and a lower contact side facing away from the upper contact side, each resilient shoe being provided with a through-orifice which passes through the resilient shoe from the upper contact side to the lower contact side, and - a support frame for the resilient shoes, the frame being made of a second material different from the first material and exhibiting rigidity greater than that of the first material. - a plurality of resilient shoes made of a first material, the resilient shoes each having an upper contact side and a lower contact side facing away from the upper contact side, each resilient shoe being provided with a through-orifice which passes through the resilient shoe from the upper contact side to the lower contact side, and - a support frame for the resilient shoes, the frame being made of a second material different from the first material and exhibiting rigidity greater than that of the first material.