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An automated meter device, comprising: a processor, coupled to a utility usage measurement device, the processor being adapted to receive utility usage data from the utility usage measurement device; and a transceiver unit, coupled to the processor, wherein said transceiver unit is adapted to send utility usage data through a path to a utility provider, characterized in that: the transceiver unit is adapted to wirelessly receive data services directly from a second automated meter device or directly from a community access point, and to provide the data services wirelessly to a user, wherein the data services provided to the user comprise at least one of high-speed internet access, Internet phone service, or television service; wherein the path to the utility provider comprises the automated meter device connected to the second automated meter device or connected to the community access point to enable wireless transmission of utility usage data from the automatic meter device. a processor, coupled to a utility usage measurement device, the processor being adapted to receive utility usage data from the utility usage measurement device; and a transceiver unit, coupled to the processor, wherein said transceiver unit is adapted to send utility usage data through a path to a utility provider, the transceiver unit is adapted to wirelessly receive data services directly from a second automated meter device or directly from a community access point, and to provide the data services wirelessly to a user, wherein the data services provided to the user comprise at least one of high-speed internet access, Internet phone service, or television service; wherein the path to the utility provider comprises the automated meter device connected to the second automated meter device or connected to the community access point to enable wireless transmission of utility usage data from the automatic meter device.
Cellulose acetate-containing fibrous material for a nonwoven product, in particular in the form of a wipe, cleaning cloth, sanitary product, medical product or household cloth, wherein the fibrous material being configured at least partially or in certain areas as a tubular composite structure comprising tubular and in particular crimped continuous cellulose acetate filaments and/or tubular and in particular crimped and cut continuous cellulose acetate filaments, characterized in that the filament diameter of the cellulose acetate filaments is in a range between 50 to 150 μm, and preferably in a range between 60 to 100 μm (outer diameter); and that the tubular cellulose acetate filaments have a wall thickness of 5 μm to 15 μm. the filament diameter of the cellulose acetate filaments is in a range between 50 to 150 μm, and preferably in a range between 60 to 100 μm (outer diameter); and that the tubular cellulose acetate filaments have a wall thickness of 5 μm to 15 μm.
An image processing apparatus comprising: recording medium stacking means (8, 82), for supporting recording medium stacked thereon; comprising a pressing member; document stacking means (85, 88), for supporting documents stacked thereon above the recording medium stacking means, comprising a document table; a feeding roller, located above the recording medium stacking means (8,82), capable of contacting and feeding documents when documents are stacked on the document stacking means (85,88) and recording medium stacked on the recording medium stacking means (8,82) when no documents are stacked on the document stacking means (85,88) and moving means, for moving the pressing member of the recording medium stacking means (8,82) relative to the feeding roller such that the topmost document or recording medium can be pressed against or released from the feeding roller; characterized in that the document table of the document stacking means (85,88) is attached above and substantially parallel to the pressing member of the recording medium stacking means (8,82) at a predetermined interval such that said interval is maintained when the pressing member of the recording medium stacking means (8,82) is moved by the moving means. recording medium stacking means (8, 82), for supporting recording medium stacked thereon; comprising a pressing member; document stacking means (85, 88), for supporting documents stacked thereon above the recording medium stacking means, comprising a document table; a feeding roller, located above the recording medium stacking means (8,82), capable of contacting and feeding documents when documents are stacked on the document stacking means (85,88) and recording medium stacked on the recording medium stacking means (8,82) when no documents are stacked on the document stacking means (85,88) and moving means, for moving the pressing member of the recording medium stacking means (8,82) relative to the feeding roller such that the topmost document or recording medium can be pressed against or released from the feeding roller; characterized in that the document table of the document stacking means (85,88) is attached above and substantially parallel to the pressing member of the recording medium stacking means (8,82) at a predetermined interval such that said interval is maintained when the pressing member of the recording medium stacking means (8,82) is moved by the moving means.
A composite substrate formed by bonding a piezoelectric substrate and a support substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion lower than that of the piezoelectric substrate, wherein the support substrate has a first surface bonded to the piezoelectric substrate and an unbonded second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein one specific characteristic value selected from the coefficient of thermal expansion and the Young's modulus is decreased along a thickness direction from the second surface to an intermediate position between the first surface and the second surface.
A reflective device, wherein the reflective device is transparent and comprises a light entrance, a light exit and a reflective wall between the light entrance and the light exit, and wherein the light entrance is smaller than the light exit, and the reflective wall comprises an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface comprising a plurality of sawtooth structures arranged continuously, each of the sawtooth structures comprising a first refractive surface and a second refractive surface intersected with each other, and two ends of each of the sawtooth structures being respectively extended toward the light entrance and the light exit, characterized in that the outer surface of the reflective wall is a smooth wall surface and the outer surface of the reflective wall is a total reflection surface.
A nutrient medium used for culturing primate pluripotent stem (pPS) cells that promotes the proliferation of the pPS cells without differentiation in the absence of feeder cells comprising at least 80 ng/ml of a fibroblast growth factor.
A wastewater treatment apparatus (100, 300, 400) configured to apply electromagnetic energy to wastewater in order to heat the wastewater to kill pathogens, the wastewater flowing through a conduit that includes an input port and an output port, the apparatus comprising: a first radio frequency, RF, signal source that includes a solid-state amplifier configured to generate a first RF signal; a first transmission path electrically coupled between an output of the first RF signal source and a first electrode (140, 340, 440) that is configured to convert a received RF signal into electromagnetic energy that is radiated by the first electrode into a chamber of the conduit that is located between the input and output ports; first power detection circuitry configured to detect reflected signal power along the first transmission path; and a controller configured to modify, based on the reflected signal power exceeding a threshold value, one or more component values of components within a first impedance matching network (170, 370, 472) electrically coupled along the first transmission path between the output of the first RF signal source and the first electrode to reduce a magnitude of the reflected signal power and thus to better match the apparatus to the variable impedance of the chamber and the wastewater contained therein, which enables the wastewater to better absorb the RF energy, thus increasing the effectiveness of the treatment process. a first radio frequency, RF, signal source that includes a solid-state amplifier configured to generate a first RF signal; a first transmission path electrically coupled between an output of the first RF signal source and a first electrode (140, 340, 440) that is configured to convert a received RF signal into electromagnetic energy that is radiated by the first electrode into a chamber of the conduit that is located between the input and output ports; first power detection circuitry configured to detect reflected signal power along the first transmission path; and a controller configured to modify, based on the reflected signal power exceeding a threshold value, one or more component values of components within a first impedance matching network (170, 370, 472) electrically coupled along the first transmission path between the output of the first RF signal source and the first electrode to reduce a magnitude of the reflected signal power and thus to better match the apparatus to the variable impedance of the chamber and the wastewater contained therein, which enables the wastewater to better absorb the RF energy, thus increasing the effectiveness of the treatment process.
A system for supporting a catenary riser coupled to an offshore structure, comprising: a pull tube having one end disposed downward from the offshore structure and an upper portion distal from the one end, the upper portion being coupled to the offshore structure at a first location, the pull tube having one or more segments; a stress joint middle segment having an outer diameter and an inner diameter defining a passageway for the catenary riser therein, the stress joint middle segment being coupled to one or more segments of the pull tube; a first sleeve disposed around a length of the stress joint middle segment, the first sleeve having an outer diameter and an inner diameter, the sleeve inner diameter and the stress joint middle segment outer diameter defining a first annular gap therebetween; and a sleeve guide coupled to the offshore structure at a second location different from the first location and at least partially surrounding a periphery of the first sleeve. a pull tube having one end disposed downward from the offshore structure and an upper portion distal from the one end, the upper portion being coupled to the offshore structure at a first location, the pull tube having one or more segments; a stress joint middle segment having an outer diameter and an inner diameter defining a passageway for the catenary riser therein, the stress joint middle segment being coupled to one or more segments of the pull tube; a first sleeve disposed around a length of the stress joint middle segment, the first sleeve having an outer diameter and an inner diameter, the sleeve inner diameter and the stress joint middle segment outer diameter defining a first annular gap therebetween; and a sleeve guide coupled to the offshore structure at a second location different from the first location and at least partially surrounding a periphery of the first sleeve.
A variable pitch fan, comprising: - a plurality of blades; - a supporting device for supporting the blades; - a rotation device for rotating the supporting device around a rotation axis, so that the blades rotate with the supporting device to control an air flow; - an adjusting device for adjusting a pitch of the blades by tilting each blade around a respective tilt axis, the adjusting device comprising a driven element fixed relative to a blade; the adjusting device further comprises a mechanical driving element supported by the supporting device so as to rotate with the supporting device, the mechanical driving element being linearly displaceable relative to the supporting device and being coupled to the driven element so that a linear motion of the mechanical driving element is converted into a rotary motion of the driven element around the tilt axis wherein the mechanical driving element comprises a plurality of mechanical driving elements, each comprising a rack and the driven element comprises a rotatable element associated to a blade, having at least a portion of toothed surface for engaging with the rack, particularly a pinion and further comprising a transmission device for transmitting linear motion from an actuator to the mechanical driving element wherein the transmission device comprises a plurality of discrete bodies contained inside a tubular guide, the racks being fixed relative to a common control, element, said control element is housed inside a housing of the supporting device, the blades extending outside the housing, each blade being connected to a driven element by a stem passing through a hole obtained in a wall of the housing, said variable pitch fan further comprising an elastic element, particularly a spring, interposed between the housing and the control element, wherein the elastic element is configured to push the control element backwards when it is desired to invert a direction of the linear motion transmitted to the control element. - a plurality of blades; - a supporting device for supporting the blades; - a rotation device for rotating the supporting device around a rotation axis, so that the blades rotate with the supporting device to control an air flow; - an adjusting device for adjusting a pitch of the blades by tilting each blade around a respective tilt axis, the adjusting device comprising a driven element fixed relative to a blade;
A fiber-to-the-home implementing method, characterized by comprising: presetting a corresponding relationship among virtual Passive Optical Network Medium Access Controls, PON MACs, of an Optical Network Unit, ONU, buffer areas and User Network Interfaces, UNIs, and the method further comprising: receiving, by a virtual PON MAC of the ONU, a first packet from an Optical Line Terminal, OLT, determining that the first packet matches the virtual PON MAC, and searching the corresponding relationship for a first buffer area corresponding to the virtual PON MAC receiving the first packet; buffering, by the ONU, the received first packet into the searched first buffer area; and sending, by the ONU, the first packet in the first buffer area to a user via a UNI corresponding to the first buffer area. receiving, by a virtual PON MAC of the ONU, a first packet from an Optical Line Terminal, OLT, determining that the first packet matches the virtual PON MAC, and searching the corresponding relationship for a first buffer area corresponding to the virtual PON MAC receiving the first packet; buffering, by the ONU, the received first packet into the searched first buffer area; and sending, by the ONU, the first packet in the first buffer area to a user via a UNI corresponding to the first buffer area.
Wall element of a piece of furniture, wherein the wall element for attaching a guiding device, which is provided for moving a furniture part of the piece of furniture relative to a furniture body, is provided with a material recess which is formed in particular afterwards compared to an initial state of the wall element, in order to attach the guiding device in the area of the material recess, wherein the wall element comprises an inset part which can be arranged to fit with a contour of the material recess, which inset part is designed to be inserted before the attachment of the guiding device onto the wall element, wherein the material recess and the inset part are coordinated with one another such that the guiding device with an inserted inset part can be attached at least partly within a receiving area provided on the inset part, wherein the receiving area is recessed relative to a wall element surface in the initial state of the wall element, wherein the contour of the material recess has an installation section with which the insert part is aligned and is prevented from moving further in insertion direction when the inset part is correctly inserted into the material recess, wherein the inset part is trough-shaped, wherein a deeper trough base that is more open at the top is open to the side, and wherein the contour of the material recess extends up to an end face edge section of the wall element, so that the inset part can be placed on the edge section for arrangement on the material recess and can be moved into the insertion position, wherein the contour of the material recess has an undercut section (18, 19), which cooperates with a counter section (10, 11) on the inset part, so that the inset part arranged in the material recess is prevented from being lifted from the wall element surface.
A method for starting a system-on-a-chip, SoC, without read only memory, ROM, comprising the following steps, receiving, by a processor comprised by the SoC, a reset signal, monitoring, by a monitoring component comprised by the SoC, a connection between the processor and at least a non-volatile memory, both comprised by the SoC, upon occurrence of a first read access of the processor to the non-volatile memory via the connection checking, by the monitoring component, whether a data value returned in response to the first read access via the connection conforms to a pre-set value, and if the returned data value differs from the pre-set value, stopping, by the monitoring component, operation of the processor, wherein stopping, by the monitoring component, operation of the processor comprises discarding, by the monitoring component, the returned data value and providing, by the monitoring component, a machine executable instruction to the processor which causes the processor to cease operation, wherein the first read access is the first read access of the processor directly after production of the SoC. monitoring, by a monitoring component comprised by the SoC, a connection between the processor and at least a non-volatile memory, both comprised by the SoC, upon occurrence of a first read access of the processor to the non-volatile memory via the connection checking, by the monitoring component, whether a data value returned in response to the first read access via the connection conforms to a pre-set value, and if the returned data value differs from the pre-set value, stopping, by the monitoring component, operation of the processor, wherein stopping, by the monitoring component, operation of the processor comprises discarding, by the monitoring component, the returned data value and providing, by the monitoring component, a machine executable instruction to the processor which causes the processor to cease operation, wherein the first read access is the first read access of the processor directly after production of the SoC.
Pressure compensation element designed to compensate for differences in pressure between at least two space zones assigned to a field device used in automation engineering with a meter body, which consists of a securing element with an axial bore which is used to fix the pressure compensation element in a wall of the field device, and a disk-like support component with a side end surface, wherein the disk-like support component has a stop edge (9, 10) in two zones - axially offset in relation to one another - of the end surface, wherein a predefined number (n, where n ≥ 2) of recesses that extend radially and correspond to the axial bore is provided in the disk-like support component, wherein the recesses extending radially are offset in relation to one another by an angular offset wherein the recesses extending radially are provided with a liquid-blocking membrane that allows gas to pass in the area of the side end surface of the disk-like support component, wherein the membrane is designed in the form of a ring and is secured between the two stop edges (9, 10), and wherein a protective cap is provided that covers the disk-like support component in the area of the front surface and the side end surface.
A method for getting a user validation of a key stored on a user equipment using a graphical user interface, GUI, the method being carried out by a processor of the user equipment controlling the GUI and comprising the acts of: - executing a key exchange protocol with another user equipment, - associating to one or more graphical sub-elements to be rendered in a first graphical element of the GUI a parameter set at an initial value function of the key, - generating another graphical element on the GUI comprising the one or more graphical sub-elements, each one of the graphical sub-elements being displayed with a parameter set to an altered value different from its initial value, the parameter being editable through one or more user inputs on said graphical sub-element, - receiving user inputs on the one or more graphical sub-elements to edit its parameter by the user of the user equipment looking at a graphical element rendered on the another user equipment screen, so as to generate a second graphical element on the GUI, wherein the validation of the key corresponds to the matching of the first and second graphical elements, and wherein the graphical element being rendered on the another user equipment is equal to the first graphical element such that the parameter of the one or more graphical sub-elements to be rendered in the graphical element rendered on the another user equipment are set at the initial value function of the key. - executing a key exchange protocol with another user equipment, - associating to one or more graphical sub-elements to be rendered in a first graphical element of the GUI a parameter set at an initial value function of the key, - generating another graphical element on the GUI comprising the one or more graphical sub-elements, each one of the graphical sub-elements being displayed with a parameter set to an altered value different from its initial value, the parameter being editable through one or more user inputs on said graphical sub-element, - receiving user inputs on the one or more graphical sub-elements to edit its parameter by the user of the user equipment looking at a graphical element rendered on the another user equipment screen, so as to generate a second graphical element on the GUI,
A dose unit for pulmonary delivering to a user at least one bioactive agent, said dose unit comprising: an air-permeable pallet; and at least one electrically resistive heating element in thermal contact with and extending across at least two opposite surfaces of said pallet, whereby said pallet comprises a solid carrier material and the bioactive agent is in and/or on said solid carrier material; said at least one electrically resistive heating element configured to directly contact said pallet to heat said pallet, including said solid carrier material and said bioactive agent; characterized in that said solid carrier material is selected to be resistant to heat at the temperature at which said bioactive agent vaporizes; and wherein said pallet and said heating element are sufficiently air permeable to allow flow of air through said heating element and through said pallet between said at least two opposite surfaces.