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Method for controlling a deceleration arrangement of a motor vehicle with at least one regenerative braking device, which is designed to decelerate the motor vehicle by means of a variable braking torque and to generate electrical energy according to the braking torque, wherein a speed of return of an operating element for driving the motor vehicle, especially a gas pedal, is detected, wherein a predefined braking torque is exerted by the regenerative braking device if the speed of return and/or a variable correlated therewith falls below or exceeds a predetermined threshold value, characterized in that a maximum braking torque is generated by the regenerative braking device if the speed of return exceeds the predetermined threshold value and the braking torque is varied depending on a position of the operating element for driving the motor vehicle if the speed of return has a value between the first predefined threshold value and a second predefined threshold value, and no braking torque is generated by the regenerative braking device if the speed of return is below a second predefined threshold value and a braking torque is generated by the regenerative braking device for generating electrical energy if the speed of return is below the second predefined threshold value and an operating element, especially a brake pedal, for braking the motor vehicle is operated and wherein the second predefined threshold value is less than the first predefined threshold value.
Apparatus for borehole surveys, comprising: a downhole tool suitable for being located in a borehole in the Earth, said tool having an axis and including a magnetometer for measuring x, y and z vector components of magnetic fields at the tool in a first coordinate system; an electromagnetic excitation system (54, 56) including two electrical loop conductors (26, 28) at known locations, laterally spaced from each other and from a proposed path of said borehole, and carrying known alternating electrical currents producing corresponding alternating electromagnetic fields in the region of said magnetometer; computer circuitry; a telemetry link for transmitting measurement data signals corresponding to the respective measured vectors of magnetic fields generated by each of said loops from said magnetometer to said computer circuitry; and circuits in said computer circuitry responsive to said measurement signals for determining the location of the borehole sensors in a second coordinate system, wherein: said two electrical loop conductors are configured to carry first and second alternating currents, respectively, said currents producing corresponding first and second electromagnetic fields in the region of said downhole tool in said borehole; and said electrical loop conductors are configured to be spaced on opposite sides of said proposed path of said borehole. a downhole tool suitable for being located in a borehole in the Earth, said tool having an axis and including a magnetometer for measuring x, y and z vector components of magnetic fields at the tool in a first coordinate system; an electromagnetic excitation system (54, 56) including two electrical loop conductors (26, 28) at known locations, laterally spaced from each other and from a proposed path of said borehole, and carrying known alternating electrical currents producing corresponding alternating electromagnetic fields in the region of said magnetometer; computer circuitry; a telemetry link for transmitting measurement data signals corresponding to the respective measured vectors of magnetic fields generated by each of said loops from said magnetometer to said computer circuitry; and circuits in said computer circuitry responsive to said measurement signals for determining the location of the borehole sensors in a second coordinate system, wherein: said two electrical loop conductors are configured to carry first and second alternating currents, respectively, said currents producing corresponding first and second electromagnetic fields in the region of said downhole tool in said borehole; and said electrical loop conductors are configured to be spaced on opposite sides of said proposed path of said borehole. said two electrical loop conductors are configured to carry first and second alternating currents, respectively, said currents producing corresponding first and second electromagnetic fields in the region of said downhole tool in said borehole; and said electrical loop conductors are configured to be spaced on opposite sides of said proposed path of said borehole.
A pneumatic conveying apparatus (100, 200, 300) comprising: an adjustable multi-hole orifice plate which has a front and back plate (18, 16) wherein the front and back plates (18, 16) are mounted on a common axis with a locking screw and nut holding them in place; the front plate has a series of radial apertures or slots (24, 26, 28) and the back plate has a series of holes; wherein the front plate comprises a series of radial slots (24, 26, 28) extending around the front plate, a slot extending around the outer periphery of the front plate and the back plate, and has a stop pin in the slot, wherein when the stop pin abuts against an end of the slot extending around the outer periphery of the front plate, further movement is prevented; and wherein the orifice plate can be adjusted by rotating the front and/or back plate to close and expose the required number of holes and thereby control the flow of air through a manifold and hence the discharge of material. an adjustable multi-hole orifice plate which has a front and back plate (18, 16) wherein the front and back plates (18, 16) are mounted on a common axis with a locking screw and nut holding them in place; the front plate has a series of radial apertures or slots (24, 26, 28) and the back plate has a series of holes; wherein the front plate comprises a series of radial slots (24, 26, 28) extending around the front plate, a slot extending around the outer periphery of the front plate and the back plate, and has a stop pin in the slot, wherein when the stop pin abuts against an end of the slot extending around the outer periphery of the front plate, further movement is prevented; and wherein the orifice plate can be adjusted by rotating the front and/or back plate to close and expose the required number of holes and thereby control the flow of air through a manifold and hence the discharge of material.
Pool body with an internal staircase, wherein the staircase forms a hollow space by way of stair fronts and stair treads and optional side parts in the inner region of the pool body and by way of adjoining pool walls, wherein at least one opening is arranged in the staircase either in the stair fronts, the stair treads and/or, if present, in the side parts in the inner region of the pool body, wherein at least one water inlet is arranged in the hollow space formed, and wherein the opening, with a minimum size in the range of from 10 cm to 20 cm, is dimensioned to be large enough to allow a hand plus a sealing element for the water inlet or a sufficiently large tool plus a sealing element for the water inlet to enter the hollow space, and wherein the opening in question is configured such that it can be closed for bathing and/or for accident prevention and/or for child safety and a closure cover is provided for this purpose, wherein the at least one opening is located close enough for unobstructed access to the water inlet, so that the water inlet can be reached through the opening and it is possible to close the water inlet through the opening.
A method of detecting co-channel transmitting node interference between transmitting node sources in a wireless communications network comprising a first communication between a specific first transmitting node and a first receiving node, and a second communication between a respective plurality of other second transmitting nodes and a second receiving nodes, wherein the first and second communications use a common channel, the method including the steps of: Providing a power level sequence as a sequence (104, 106) of indicators of radiated power levels for each of the transmitting nodes; traversing the power level sequence for each of the transmitting nodes at a predetermined rate and adjusting a radiated power from each of the transmitting nodes depending on the power level sequence of indicators for the respective transmitting nodes; periodically monitoring channel quality data for each of the first and second communications at a monitoring rate to generate a quality data sequence for each of the communications, wherein the rate of periodic monitoring is at least the predetermined rate; and wherein the method further comprises: determining from a relation between the power level sequences and the quality data sequences an indication of interference between the specific first transmitting node and each other second transmitting node then using the relation to adjust for a time period the power level sequences of the transmitting nodes to provide a response at least towards a more acceptable level of interference between the specific first transmitting node and at least some of the second transmitting nodes during the time period. Providing a power level sequence as a sequence (104, 106) of indicators of radiated power levels for each of the transmitting nodes; traversing the power level sequence for each of the transmitting nodes at a predetermined rate and adjusting a radiated power from each of the transmitting nodes depending on the power level sequence of indicators for the respective transmitting nodes; periodically monitoring channel quality data for each of the first and second communications at a monitoring rate to generate a quality data sequence for each of the communications, wherein the rate of periodic monitoring is at least the predetermined rate; and wherein the method further comprises: determining from a relation between the power level sequences and the quality data sequences an indication of interference between the specific first transmitting node and each other second transmitting node then using the relation to adjust for a time period the power level sequences of the transmitting nodes to provide a response at least towards a more acceptable level of interference between the specific first transmitting node and at least some of the second transmitting nodes during the time period.
A method of fabricating a single crystal CVD diamond material, the method comprising: i) providing a single crystal diamond material that has been grown by CVD and contains single substitutional nitrogen (N s 0) and has an absorption spectrum with a total integrated absorption in the visible range from 350 nm to 750 nm such that at least 10% of the integrated absorption is attributable to N s 0; (ii) irradiating the provided CVD diamond material so as to introduce isolated vacancies V into at least part of the provided CVD diamond material such that the concentration of isolated vacancies in the irradiated diamond material is at least 0.05 ppm and at most 1 ppm; and (iii) annealing the irradiated diamond material so as to form NV centres in at least part of the provided CVD diamond material from at least some of the single substitutional nitrogen (N s 0) defects and the introduced isolated vacancies, wherein the single crystal CVD diamond material thus produced has the following absorption characteristic measured at room temperature: Feature Limit Experimental Comment 3107 cm -1 Absent or ≤ 0.1 cm -1 Measured by room temperature FTIR with 1 cm -1 wavenumber resolution and which has a colour which is graded fancy pale pink when in the form of a 0.5 ct RBC and characterized as follows for an equivalent 0.5 ct RBC: Characteristic Range Hue angle α 0°-60° C* 3.0-20 L* >70 i) providing a single crystal diamond material that has been grown by CVD and contains single substitutional nitrogen (N s 0) and has an absorption spectrum with a total integrated absorption in the visible range from 350 nm to 750 nm such that at least 10% of the integrated absorption is attributable to N s 0; (ii) irradiating the provided CVD diamond material so as to introduce isolated vacancies V into at least part of the provided CVD diamond material such that the concentration of isolated vacancies in the irradiated diamond material is at least 0.05 ppm and at most 1 ppm; and (iii) annealing the irradiated diamond material so as to form NV centres in at least part of the provided CVD diamond material from at least some of the single substitutional nitrogen (N s 0) defects and the introduced isolated vacancies, wherein the single crystal CVD diamond material thus produced has the following absorption characteristic measured at room temperature: Feature Limit Experimental Comment 3107 cm -1 Absent or ≤ 0.1 cm -1 Measured by room temperature FTIR with 1 cm -1 wavenumber resolution and which has a colour which is graded fancy pale pink when in the form of a 0.5 ct RBC and characterized as follows for an equivalent 0.5 ct RBC: Characteristic Range Hue angle α 0°-60° C* 3.0-20 L* >70
A head support for stopping a snoring of a sleeping individual, wherein the head support has a head resting surface for the head of a sleeping individual to rest on, comprising: - an active layer with an arrangement of neighboring deforming elements (21,. 21a, 21b) for controlling the height of the head support section by section; - a sensing layer which is arranged in the interior of the head support between the head resting surface and the active layer to detect a position of the head resting on the head resting surface, wherein the sensing layer has sensing sections to determine the position of the head on the head support by identifying one or more of the sensing sections on which the head rests on, so that the deforming elements (21, 21a, 21b) necessary for changing the position of the head are identifiable. - an active layer with an arrangement of neighboring deforming elements (21,. 21a, 21b) for controlling the height of the head support section by section; - a sensing layer which is arranged in the interior of the head support between the head resting surface and the active layer to detect a position of the head resting on the head resting surface, wherein the sensing layer has sensing sections to determine the position of the head on the head support by identifying one or more of the sensing sections on which the head rests on, so that the deforming elements (21, 21a, 21b) necessary for changing the position of the head are identifiable.
A mechanical pipette with a variable dosing volume comprising: a. a manually drivable mechanical unit for pipetting liquids, b. at least one sensor for detecting operating and/or performance data, c. an operating unit comprising a dosing knob and an adjusting element for the dosing volume, and d. a display unit configured to display operating data and/or performance data, e. the pipette being divided into physically separate parts, that is, a device module and a physically separate display module, f. wherein the device module comprises the manually drivable mechanical unit for pipetting, the sensor and the operating unit and wherein the device module does not have a display unit, g. wherein the display module completely comprises the display unit, and h. means for wireless communication between the device module and the display module. a. a manually drivable mechanical unit for pipetting liquids, b. at least one sensor for detecting operating and/or performance data, c. an operating unit comprising a dosing knob and an adjusting element for the dosing volume, and d. a display unit configured to display operating data and/or performance data, e. the pipette being divided into physically separate parts, that is, a device module and a physically separate display module, f. wherein the device module comprises the manually drivable mechanical unit for pipetting, the sensor and the operating unit and wherein the device module does not have a display unit, g. wherein the display module completely comprises the display unit, and h. means for wireless communication between the device module and the display module.
A method for manufacturing a multispectral photodiode array (300; 400; 700; 800; 1100) in a Cd x Hg 1-x Te semi-conducting layer consisting of juxtaposed regions called pixels, the method comprising a step of making a PN junction in each pixel, characterised in that it comprises the following steps, implemented at least once: - depositing cadmium-rich material (170; 1001; 1002) on the Cd x Hg 1-x Te semi-conducting layer, to make a cadmium-rich structure, the cadmium-rich material (170; 1001; 1002) having a cadmium concentration greater than that of the semi-conducting layer; and then - inter-diffusion annealing, performing diffusion of cadmium atoms from the cadmium-rich material to the semi-conducting layer; the cadmium-rich structure consisting of portions each on top of a pixel, the cadmium structure having at least two types of portions which differ in their volumes and/or initial concentrations, or all the portions being identical and some pixels being covered by none of said portions; and the at least one inter-diffusion annealing being adapted so that at the end of this at least one annealing, all the pixels do not have the same cut-off wavelength. - depositing cadmium-rich material (170; 1001; 1002) on the Cd x Hg 1-x Te semi-conducting layer, to make a cadmium-rich structure, the cadmium-rich material (170; 1001; 1002) having a cadmium concentration greater than that of the semi-conducting layer; and then - inter-diffusion annealing, performing diffusion of cadmium atoms from the cadmium-rich material to the semi-conducting layer;
A method of increasing replication of a reassortant influenza virus by at least 10%, the method comprising the steps of: i) comparing the amino acid sequence of the reassortant influenza virus with the amino acid sequence of a different influenza virus, which different influenza virus grows in embryonated eggs; ii) altering one or more amino acids in an H3N2 HA polypeptide of the reassortant virus to match the sequence of the different influenza virus which comprises substituting as needed H3N2 HA amino acid residues such that position 186 is a valine and position 226 is an isoleucine, thereby producing an altered reassortant virus; and iii) growing the altered reassortant virus in eggs, whereby replication of the altered reassortant virus is increased by at least 10% compared to replication of unaltered reassortant virus. i) comparing the amino acid sequence of the reassortant influenza virus with the amino acid sequence of a different influenza virus, which different influenza virus grows in embryonated eggs; ii) altering one or more amino acids in an H3N2 HA polypeptide of the reassortant virus to match the sequence of the different influenza virus which comprises substituting as needed H3N2 HA amino acid residues such that position 186 is a valine and position 226 is an isoleucine, thereby producing an altered reassortant virus; and iii) growing the altered reassortant virus in eggs, whereby replication of the altered reassortant virus is increased by at least 10% compared to replication of unaltered reassortant virus.
Interference signal measuring facility in a differential voltage measuring system with a signal measuring circuit for measuring bioelectric signals (S(k)) with a number of useful signal paths (6a; 6b) each with a sensor electrode (3, 4) having: - an additional sensor lead for each sensor electrode (3, 4), each of which is electrically connected to a ground connection of a supply lead of a sensor electrode (3, 4), - a measuring amplifier circuit for each sensor electrode (3, 4) each of which is connected to the additional sensor lead via an electrical resistor and is configured to detect a change in electric potential occurring on the sensor lead and to determine an electrode reference interference signal (I Ref,EL) therefrom characterised in that the measuring amplifier circuit is electrically connected to the shield of a supply lead of the sensor electrode (3, 4). - an additional sensor lead for each sensor electrode (3, 4), each of which is electrically connected to a ground connection of a supply lead of a sensor electrode (3, 4), - a measuring amplifier circuit for each sensor electrode (3, 4) each of which is connected to the additional sensor lead via an electrical resistor and is configured to detect a change in electric potential occurring on the sensor lead and to determine an electrode reference interference signal (I Ref,EL) therefrom characterised in that the measuring amplifier circuit is electrically connected to the shield of a supply lead of the sensor electrode (3, 4).
An intravascular blood pump, comprising: a catheter-based housing; a drive unit, comprising a rotor and a stator, arranged coaxially within the housing; an impeller positioned at one end of the drive unit, connected to the rotor, and configured to create a primary blood flow; primary blood flow openings positioned in the housing downstream of the impeller to direct the primary blood out of the housing; a secondary flow path formed between the rotor and the stator and configured to direct blood through the drive unit in a direction generally opposite that of the primary blood flow; and secondary blood flow openings downstream of the primary blood flow openings, the secondary blood flow openings placing the secondary flow path in fluid communication with an outside of the housing. a catheter-based housing; a drive unit, comprising a rotor and a stator, arranged coaxially within the housing; an impeller positioned at one end of the drive unit, connected to the rotor, and configured to create a primary blood flow; primary blood flow openings positioned in the housing downstream of the impeller to direct the primary blood out of the housing; a secondary flow path formed between the rotor and the stator and configured to direct blood through the drive unit in a direction generally opposite that of the primary blood flow; and secondary blood flow openings downstream of the primary blood flow openings, the secondary blood flow openings placing the secondary flow path in fluid communication with an outside of the housing.