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An apparatus for performing network function virtualization, NFV, wherein the apparatus is a provider edge, PE, orchestrator comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to perform the following: receive an instruction to virtualize a PE device within a network; divide, according to the instruction, the PE device into a plurality of network function units, NFs, used to form a virtualized network node; launch the NFs within one or more virtual machines, VM; and group the VMs together using a group identifier, ID, that corresponds to the virtualized network node and place the NFs within the one or more VMs using any one of the following: an absolute decomposition method, a network function decomposition method, and/or a service decomposition method, and map the group ID to a network ID provided by the network, wherein each of the NFs correspond to a network function performed by the PE device prior to virtualization. a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to perform the following: receive an instruction to virtualize a PE device within a network; divide, according to the instruction, the PE device into a plurality of network function units, NFs, used to form a virtualized network node; launch the NFs within one or more virtual machines, VM; and group the VMs together using a group identifier, ID, that corresponds to the virtualized network node and place the NFs within the one or more VMs using any one of the following: an absolute decomposition method, a network function decomposition method, and/or a service decomposition method, and receive an instruction to virtualize a PE device within a network; divide, according to the instruction, the PE device into a plurality of network function units, NFs, used to form a virtualized network node; launch the NFs within one or more virtual machines, VM; and group the VMs together using a group identifier, ID, that corresponds to the virtualized network node and place the NFs within the one or more VMs using any one of the following: an absolute decomposition method, a network function decomposition method, and/or a service decomposition method, and map the group ID to a network ID provided by the network, wherein each of the NFs correspond to a network function performed by the PE device prior to virtualization.
Winding mechanism for a timepiece, the movement of which comprises means for automatic and/or manual winding providing a winding torque to at least one first drive member and one second drive member supplying first and second independent mechanisms, characterised in that it comprises a distribution differential receiving a winding torque from the winding means and distributing this torque unequally between the first drive member and the second drive member.
A steel for a welded structure, consisting of the following composition: by mass%, C at a C content of 0.015 to 0.045%; Si at a Si content [Si] of 0.05 to 0.20%; Mn at a Mn content [Mn] of 1.5 to 2.0%; Ni at a Ni content [Ni] of 0.10% to 1.50%; Ti at a Ti content [Ti] of 0.005 to 0.015%; O at an O content of 0.0015 to 0.0035%; and N at a N content of 0.002 to 0.006%, and optionally a P content limited to 0.008% or less, a S content limited to 0.005% or less, an Al content [Al] limited to 0.004% or less, a Nb content [Nb] limited to 0.005% or less, a Cu content [Cu] limited to 0.10% or less, a V content limited to 0.020% or less, and a balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where in a steel composition parameter P CTOD of a following equation is 0.065% or less, and a steel composition hardness parameter CeqH of a following equation is 0.235% or less, where P CTOD = C ÷ V / 3 ÷ Cu / 22 + Ni / 67 CeqH = C + Si / 4.16 + Mn / 14.9 + Cu / 12.9 + Ni / 105 + 1.12 Nb + V / 1.82 by mass%, C at a C content of 0.015 to 0.045%; Si at a Si content [Si] of 0.05 to 0.20%; Mn at a Mn content [Mn] of 1.5 to 2.0%; Ni at a Ni content [Ni] of 0.10% to 1.50%; Ti at a Ti content [Ti] of 0.005 to 0.015%; O at an O content of 0.0015 to 0.0035%; and N at a N content of 0.002 to 0.006%, and optionally a P content limited to 0.008% or less, a S content limited to 0.005% or less, an Al content [Al] limited to 0.004% or less, a Nb content [Nb] limited to 0.005% or less, a Cu content [Cu] limited to 0.10% or less, a V content limited to 0.020% or less, and a balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where in a steel composition parameter P CTOD of a following equation is 0.065% or less, and a steel composition hardness parameter CeqH of a following equation is 0.235% or less, where P CTOD = C ÷ V / 3 ÷ Cu / 22 + Ni / 67 CeqH = C + Si / 4.16 + Mn / 14.9 + Cu / 12.9 + Ni / 105 + 1.12 Nb + V / 1.82
A composition comprising glycosylated polypeptides characterized in that said glycosylated polypeptide is a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 1; (b) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 1, wherein 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 amino acids are different or wherein 20% or less and preferably 10% or less amino acids of the length of the entire amino acid sequence are different; (c) an interferon β analog; and (d) a polypeptide having 80% or more homology with a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 1; wherein the polypeptide has a sugar chain at the amino acid corresponding to position 80 in interferon β and has interferon β activity, the glycosylated polypeptides are prepared by chemical synthesis, and the sugar chains are 90% or more uniform among said glycosylated polypeptides. (a) a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 1; (b) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 1, wherein 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 amino acids are different or wherein 20% or less and preferably 10% or less amino acids of the length of the entire amino acid sequence are different; (c) an interferon β analog; and (d) a polypeptide having 80% or more homology with a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 1; the glycosylated polypeptides are prepared by chemical synthesis, and the sugar chains are 90% or more uniform among said glycosylated polypeptides.
Device for processing three-dimensional content, said three dimensional content comprising at least two image sequences obtained or generated from different angles and wherein a three-dimensional rendering of the content is associated with a level of disparity between said at least two image sequences, said device being characterized in that it comprises means configured to generate from said content at least two different content versions corresponding to different levels of disparity adapted to different transmission bit rates, wherein the disparity level decreases when said transmission bit rate decreases.
A network node module within a vehicle, comprising: one or more subsystems for performing one or more operations; a processing module (134, 310) for communicating with the one or more subsystems; a switch coupled between the one or more subsystems and the processing module (134, 310); a first vehicle network interface for coupling the processing module (134, 310) to a vehicular communication network; and a second vehicular network interface for coupling the switch to an external processing module within the vehicular communication network; wherein the switch re-routes traffic from the one or more subsystems to the external processing module upon failure of the processing module (134, 310), and the switch includes a central switch coupling the processing module (134, 310) to the one or more subsystems and a selector switch coupling the one or more subsystems to a plurality of external processing modules, the selector switch selecting at least one of the plurality of external processing modules upon failure of the processing module (134, 310). one or more subsystems for performing one or more operations; a processing module (134, 310) for communicating with the one or more subsystems; a switch coupled between the one or more subsystems and the processing module (134, 310); a first vehicle network interface for coupling the processing module (134, 310) to a vehicular communication network; and a second vehicular network interface for coupling the switch to an external processing module within the vehicular communication network; wherein the switch re-routes traffic from the one or more subsystems to the external processing module upon failure of the processing module (134, 310), and the switch includes a central switch coupling the processing module (134, 310) to the one or more subsystems and a selector switch coupling the one or more subsystems to a plurality of external processing modules, the selector switch selecting at least one of the plurality of external processing modules upon failure of the processing module (134, 310).
A collapsible bottle having a first end and a second end; the bottle having an enclosed cavity defined between the first end and the second end and an encircling side wall bridging between the first end and the second end, the side wall including a front wall and a rear wall opposed to the front wall, the side wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface; a discharge outlet is provided at the first end, wherein the bottle is collapsible such that when vacuum conditions are applied to the discharge outlet, the bottle collapses with the front wall and the rear wall drawn towards each other and into engagement with each other, wherein a channelway is provided in the front wall, the channelway defining a flow channel which is open toward the rear wall between the first end and the second end, wherein the channelway comprises a longitudinal first portion of the front wall extending from the first end toward the second end and a longitudinal second portion of the front wall extending from the first end toward the second end adjacent the first portion, the interior surface over the first portion opening into the cavity, the interior surface over the second portion opening into the cavity opposed to the interior surface over the first portion, the channelway being defined between the interior surface over the first portion and the interior surface over the second portion, characterised in that the first portion is disposed in a first flat plane, the second portion is disposed in a second flat plane, the first portion and the second portion join along a common first longitudinal edge with the first flat plane forming with the second flat plane an angle between the interior surface over the first portion and the interior surface over the second portion of not greater than 120 degrees, wherein during collapse of the bottle when the front wall and the rear wall are drawn into engagement, the rear wall engages the front wall to bridge the flow channel and a flow passageway is defined between channelway of the front wall and the rear wall permitting fluid flow therethrough between the first end and the second end.
A method of reducing insect-vectored viral infection in a plant by application of a combination of cyantraniliprole (Ib), or an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof, and acibenzolar-S-methyl, in a ratio of 10 to 40 parts cyantraniliprole (Ib) to 1 to 10 parts acibenzolar-S-methyl, by weight, together with an agrochemically acceptable diluent or carrier.
A laser welding apparatus, comprising: a support member including a cylindrical heat generation portion which has a size that is limited to correspond to a size of a welding area of a plurality of plastic components (1, 2) and is made from a material that absorbs a laser beam and generates heat, and which generates heat of a temperature that is equal to or greater than a melting temperature of the plastic components (1, 2); a laser beam irradiation unit for converging a laser beam to be transmitted through the plurality of plastic components (1, 2), and irradiating the laser beam toward the heat generation portion through the plurality of plastic components (1, 2); and a welding controller for causing a laser beam to be irradiated at the heat generation portion using the laser beam irradiation unit to thereby cause the heat generation portion to generate heat, and welding abutting faces of the welding area of the plurality of plastic components (1, 2) with heat that is generated, characterised in that respective faces of the heat generation portion other than a face to be irradiated of the heat generation portion are surrounded by a heat blocking portion made of a heat insulating material. a support member including a cylindrical heat generation portion which has a size that is limited to correspond to a size of a welding area of a plurality of plastic components (1, 2) and is made from a material that absorbs a laser beam and generates heat, and which generates heat of a temperature that is equal to or greater than a melting temperature of the plastic components (1, 2); a laser beam irradiation unit for converging a laser beam to be transmitted through the plurality of plastic components (1, 2), and irradiating the laser beam toward the heat generation portion through the plurality of plastic components (1, 2); and a welding controller for causing a laser beam to be irradiated at the heat generation portion using the laser beam irradiation unit to thereby cause the heat generation portion to generate heat, and welding abutting faces of the welding area of the plurality of plastic components (1, 2) with heat that is generated, characterised in that respective faces of the heat generation portion other than a face to be irradiated of the heat generation portion are surrounded by a heat blocking portion made of a heat insulating material.
A process for polymerizing one or more alpha-olefins comprising the following steps: a) contacting in a continuous way one or more of said alpha-olefins with a metallocene-based catalyst system in a loop reactor, wherein: (i) the reaction is carried out in a liquid medium; (ii) the average residence time of the metallocene-based catalyst system is not more than 30 minutes; (iii) the temperature ranges from 30° to 65°C; in order to obtain a polymerization degree ranging from 60 to 500 g per gram of catalyst system; b) feeding in continuous the prepolymerized metallocene-based catalyst system obtained in step a) into a polymerization reactor; c) polymerizing one or more alpha-olefins, the same or different from the alpha-olefins used in step a), in the presence of said prepolymerized metallocene-based catalyst system. a) contacting in a continuous way one or more of said alpha-olefins with a metallocene-based catalyst system in a loop reactor, wherein: (i) the reaction is carried out in a liquid medium; (ii) the average residence time of the metallocene-based catalyst system is not more than 30 minutes; (iii) the temperature ranges from 30° to 65°C; in order to obtain a polymerization degree ranging from 60 to 500 g per gram of catalyst system; (i) the reaction is carried out in a liquid medium; (ii) the average residence time of the metallocene-based catalyst system is not more than 30 minutes; (iii) the temperature ranges from 30° to 65°C; b) feeding in continuous the prepolymerized metallocene-based catalyst system obtained in step a) into a polymerization reactor; c) polymerizing one or more alpha-olefins, the same or different from the alpha-olefins used in step a), in the presence of said prepolymerized metallocene-based catalyst system.
Air inlet grille for an automotive vehicle, designed to extend across a ventilation opening of an automotive vehicle, said grille comprising a frame and a plurality of decoration elements attached to one another and to the frame by fixing lugs, said decoration elements extending substantially transversely across the frame and defining a plurality of openings providing a passage for air, said frame, said decoration elements and said lugs being made from a single piece, at least one sensor support element being affixed to said grille, characterised in that the support element is affixed to a fixing lug extending from a first decoration element towards the frame and to at least one fixing lug extending from the frame towards said first decoration element.
Plant for horizontal belt-casting of a pre-strip of metal, with a casting belt with a centre region and edge regions laterally connected therewith, wherein the casting belt is furnished in the region of an upper side, which faces the hardening pre-strip, with a surface structure which is created by a pressing-through deformation of the casting belt, characterised in that the surface structure in the centre region is different from the surface structure in the edge region and the casting belt at least in the region of an upper side, which faces the hardening pre-strip, has in each of the edge regions up to at most 25 centimetres from the edge as seen in the direction of the belt centre a different pattern and a pressing depth of the structure which is 20 to 75% higher. the surface structure in the centre region is different from the surface structure in the edge region and the casting belt at least in the region of an upper side, which faces the hardening pre-strip, has in each of the edge regions up to at most 25 centimetres from the edge as seen in the direction of the belt centre a different pattern and a pressing depth of the structure which is 20 to 75% higher.
An apparatus comprising: a fan nozzle sleeve, wherein a flow of gases generated by an engine moves through the engine and exits the engine at an aft end of the fan nozzle sleeve; a plurality of slider mechanisms configured to connect the fan nozzle sleeve to a translating sleeve for a thrust reverser for the engine; and a fan nozzle actuator system configured to activate the plurality of slider mechanisms to move the fan nozzle sleeve in an aft direction and rotate the fan nozzle sleeve to change a direction of the flow of gases exiting the fan nozzle sleeve; and wherein moving the fan nozzle sleeve in the aft direction moves the fan nozzle sleeve axially along a longitudinal axis through the engine and radially away from the longitudinal axis through the engine. a fan nozzle sleeve, wherein a flow of gases generated by an engine moves through the engine and exits the engine at an aft end of the fan nozzle sleeve; a plurality of slider mechanisms configured to connect the fan nozzle sleeve to a translating sleeve for a thrust reverser for the engine; and a fan nozzle actuator system configured to activate the plurality of slider mechanisms to move the fan nozzle sleeve in an aft direction and rotate the fan nozzle sleeve to change a direction of the flow of gases exiting the fan nozzle sleeve; and wherein moving the fan nozzle sleeve in the aft direction moves the fan nozzle sleeve axially along a longitudinal axis through the engine and radially away from the longitudinal axis through the engine.
A method for producing a polycarbonate resin, comprising performing polycondensation through a transesterification reaction by using a catalyst and using a dihydroxy compound and a carbonic acid diester as raw material monomers, and feeding the produced polycarbonate resin to an extruder, wherein said dihydroxy compound contains a dihydroxy compound having a moiety represented by the following formula in a part of the structure, the dihydroxy compound having a moiety represented by the following formula contains a compound having a cyclic ether structure, (̵CH 2 -O)̵ with the proviso excluding the case where the moiety represented by formula is a part of -CH 2 -O-H, the temperature at the time of feeding said polycarbonate resin to said extruder is from 180°C to less than 250°C, and the barrel constituting said extruder has a plurality of heaters, wherein all of said heaters are set to a temperature of 100°C to less than 250°C, characterized in that the screw of said extruder is composed of a plurality of elements, at least one of said elements is a kneading disc, and the total length of said kneading disc is 10% or less of the length of said screw as a whole. the temperature at the time of feeding said polycarbonate resin to said extruder is from 180°C to less than 250°C, and the barrel constituting said extruder has a plurality of heaters, wherein all of said heaters are set to a temperature of 100°C to less than 250°C, characterized in that the screw of said extruder is composed of a plurality of elements, at least one of said elements is a kneading disc, and the total length of said kneading disc is 10% or less of the length of said screw as a whole.
Method for controlling a home automation installation of a building, the home automation installation comprising a plurality of home automation appliances and sensors situated in living areas inside and outside the building and a control device, the control device comprising a data input device and a display device, the display device having a graphic display screen, the control device being configured to control the operation of the home automation appliances by transmitting orders to command a change of state and/or to communicate with the sensors, said method comprising the following steps: - the control device retrieving at least one piece of type information associated with a first installed home automation appliance of the plurality of home automation appliances installed in the home automation installation, - on request, notably on the request of a user, displaying, on the display device, features of the type of the first home automation appliance and an interface for connecting to a user manual associated with the type of the first home automation appliance, - upon activation of the connection interface, notably upon activation via an action of the user, displaying the associated user manual on the display device, the step of retrieving the at least one piece of type information comprising the communication of this piece of information by the first home automation appliance, the method being characterized in that the step of displaying the type features and the connection interface follows the selection of the first home automation appliance and the activation of a diagnostic help menu, and in that the diagnostic help menu is only displayed when a home automation appliance or a type of home automation appliance is selected. - the control device retrieving at least one piece of type information associated with a first installed home automation appliance of the plurality of home automation appliances installed in the home automation installation, - on request, notably on the request of a user, displaying, on the display device, features of the type of the first home automation appliance and an interface for connecting to a user manual associated with the type of the first home automation appliance, - upon activation of the connection interface, notably upon activation via an action of the user, displaying the associated user manual on the display device,