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A control system for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system, the landfill gas having a first temperature when extracted, the gas extraction system comprising at least one vacuum source, well piping, and at least one well coupled to the at least one vacuum source through the well piping, the control system comprising: a gas composition chamber coupled to the well piping and comprising at least one sensor configured to measure one or more characteristics of a landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber; a temperature control mechanism configured to heat the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber to a second temperature at least a threshold amount greater than the first temperature; characterized in that the control system further comprises a controller configured to control the at least one sensor to measure the one or more characteristics of the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber if a temperature of the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber is at least the threshold amount greater than the first temperature. a gas composition chamber coupled to the well piping and comprising at least one sensor configured to measure one or more characteristics of a landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber; a temperature control mechanism configured to heat the landfill gas sample in the gas composition chamber to a second temperature at least a threshold amount greater than the first temperature;
Method for supplying voltage to an electrical contact means of a charging device for an electrically operated vehicle, wherein the electrical contact means serves to connect the electrically operated vehicle, wherein in the method - the contact means is first disconnected from the supply, - voltage is only supplied to the contact means temporarily during the duration of a switch actuation when a vehicle-side contact means is connected to the contact means, - monitoring is performed by means of a current-monitoring device to ascertain whether electric current is flowing through the contact means, and - only when the current is flowing, voltage continues to be supplied to the contact means. - the contact means is first disconnected from the supply, - voltage is only supplied to the contact means temporarily during the duration of a switch actuation when a vehicle-side contact means is connected to the contact means, - monitoring is performed by means of a current-monitoring device to ascertain whether electric current is flowing through the contact means, and - only when the current is flowing, voltage continues to be supplied to the contact means.
A disposable towel dispensing unit comprising a water-resistant container (10.4) having bottom, top and side walls (10.2, 10.1, 10.3) and a roll of disposable towels carried within the container (10.4), the container (10.4) having an opening in its top wall (10.1) providing finger access to towels in the interior of the container (10.4), said container including a lid defining the top wall (10.1), said lid being flexible and sufficiently elastic as to a depressed configuration allow in which it is supported by said roll of towels upon application of a vertical load, characterised in that said lid moves from said depressed configuration to an upwardly convex configuration when the load is removed and in that said container (10.4) has a manually graspable exterior handle.
An electrosurgical resector tool comprising: an energy conveying structure for carrying radiofrequency electromagnetic energy and/or microwave electromagnetic energy; a tool tip mounted at a distal end of the energy conveying structure, wherein the tool tip comprises a first jaw and a second jaw; wherein the first jaw comprises a first pair of electrodes (224, 226) that are electrically isolated from one another; wherein the first pair of electrodes (224, 226) is coupled to the energy conveying structure, wherein the first jaw and the second jaw are movable relative to each other between a closed position in which the first jaw and the second jaw lie alongside each other, and an open position in which the second jaw is spaced from the first jaw by a gap for receiving biological tissue; wherein the first jaw extends in a distal direction beyond the second jaw in the closed position; and wherein the first jaw includes a distal end face, the first pair of electrodes (224, 226) being exposed on the distal end face, wherein the distal end face is arranged such that, in the closed position, when the electrosurgical resector tool is moved in a distal direction, the distal end face firstly comes in contact with a tissue, and characterized in that the first jaw includes a first tooth that projects towards the second jaw, the first tooth forming a part of the distal end face. an energy conveying structure for carrying radiofrequency electromagnetic energy and/or microwave electromagnetic energy; a tool tip mounted at a distal end of the energy conveying structure, wherein the tool tip comprises a first jaw and a second jaw; wherein the first jaw comprises a first pair of electrodes (224, 226) that are electrically isolated from one another; wherein the first pair of electrodes (224, 226) is coupled to the energy conveying structure, wherein the first jaw and the second jaw are movable relative to each other between a closed position in which the first jaw and the second jaw lie alongside each other, and an open position in which the second jaw is spaced from the first jaw by a gap for receiving biological tissue; wherein the first jaw extends in a distal direction beyond the second jaw in the closed position; and wherein the first jaw includes a distal end face, the first pair of electrodes (224, 226) being exposed on the distal end face, wherein the distal end face is arranged such that, in the closed position, when the electrosurgical resector tool is moved in a distal direction, the distal end face firstly comes in contact with a tissue, and characterized in that the first jaw includes a first tooth that projects towards the second jaw, the first tooth forming a part of the distal end face.
A method, implemented by one or more computing devices, for managing behavior of at least one application, comprising: receiving events that characterize features in an environment; examining the events that have been received to determine whether they convey triggering cues; upon detecting a triggering cue, retrieving a policy regarding the triggering cue; determining whether the policy is valid based on a certificate associated with the policy, wherein the certificate includes context information that describes a context in which the policy is intended to be applied within the environment, and said determining of whether the policy is valid includes determining whether the policy is being applied in an actual context which matches the context information; governing behavior of one or more applications based on the policy, for a case in which the policy is determined to be valid; detecting whether there is an anomaly in execution of the policy; and performing a threat-ameliorating action to address the anomaly, if detected to be present, wherein the anomaly corresponds to a case in which the triggering cue, associated with the policy, is not detected in the environment, when that triggering cue is expected to be present in the environment. receiving events that characterize features in an environment; examining the events that have been received to determine whether they convey triggering cues; upon detecting a triggering cue, retrieving a policy regarding the triggering cue; determining whether the policy is valid based on a certificate associated with the policy, wherein the certificate includes context information that describes a context in which the policy is intended to be applied within the environment, and said determining of whether the policy is valid includes determining whether the policy is being applied in an actual context which matches the context information; governing behavior of one or more applications based on the policy, for a case in which the policy is determined to be valid; detecting whether there is an anomaly in execution of the policy; and performing a threat-ameliorating action to address the anomaly, if detected to be present, wherein the anomaly corresponds to a case in which the triggering cue, associated with the policy, is not detected in the environment, when that triggering cue is expected to be present in the environment.
Photovoltaic module comprising a back side conductive substrate, a plurality of photovoltaic cells having back contacts and being arranged in an array on a top surface of the back side conductive substrate, wherein a circuit of series and/or parallel connected PV-cells is formed by connections between the back contacts and the back side conductive substrate, and a plurality of by-pass diodes having back contacts (6a, 6b) in electrical contact with the circuit of series and/or parallel connected PV-cells, wherein each by-pass diode is a wafer based diode and is connected in parallel with one or more photovoltaic cells of the plurality of photovoltaic cells, characterised in that the by-pass diodes are positioned on empty parts of the top surface of the back side conductive substrate, the empty parts being located between corners of adjacent ones of the plurality of PV-cells.
A method for ensuring a flow of heat transfer fluid in a district thermal energy distribution grid comprising a feed conduit and a return conduit, the method comprising: checking if a thermal energy extraction unit connected to the district thermal energy distribution grid is called for delivering thermal energy; upon the thermal energy extraction unit not being called for delivering thermal energy, opening a control valve configured to control a flow of heat transfer fluid from the feed conduit via the thermal energy extraction unit to the return conduit, thereby achieving a by-pass from the feed conduit to the return conduit; and determining a temperature of the heat transfer fluid at an inlet of the thermal energy extraction unit, wherein the step of opening the control valve is performed upon the temperature being below a predetermined threshold. checking if a thermal energy extraction unit connected to the district thermal energy distribution grid is called for delivering thermal energy; upon the thermal energy extraction unit not being called for delivering thermal energy, opening a control valve configured to control a flow of heat transfer fluid from the feed conduit via the thermal energy extraction unit to the return conduit, thereby achieving a by-pass from the feed conduit to the return conduit; and determining a temperature of the heat transfer fluid at an inlet of the thermal energy extraction unit, wherein the step of opening the control valve is performed upon the temperature being below a predetermined threshold.
An air supply device for extracting exhaust air from a room and leading fresh supply air into the room comprising - a casing, forming an outer layer of the air supply device, - a body, made of elastic material, arranged inside the casing, wherein the body is divided in at least an upper part and a lower part which are arranged on top of each other, - an exhaust air channel arranged inside the body for extracting the exhaust air from the room, and - a supply air channel arranged inside the body for leading the supply air into the room, wherein - the air supply device further comprises adjusting means, characterized in that - the upper part and the lower part of the body are arranged to be squeezed against each other and the casing by the adjusting means, whereby the supply air channel and the exhaust air channel are sealed, - the casing comprises a separate bottom sheet, and wherein the adjusting means are arranged to adjust the vertical position of the bottom sheet, wherein the bottom sheet arranged to squeeze the upper part and the lower part against each other and the casing when the bottom sheet is lifted. - a casing, forming an outer layer of the air supply device, - a body, made of elastic material, arranged inside the casing, wherein the body is divided in at least an upper part and a lower part which are arranged on top of each other, - an exhaust air channel arranged inside the body for extracting the exhaust air from the room, and - a supply air channel arranged inside the body for leading the supply air into the room, wherein - the air supply device further comprises adjusting means, characterized in that - the upper part and the lower part of the body are arranged to be squeezed against each other and the casing by the adjusting means, whereby the supply air channel and the exhaust air channel are sealed, - the casing comprises a separate bottom sheet, and
A method of manufacturing an adjustable lens assembly, wherein the method comprises the steps of: forming onto a transparent support a plurality of spacer members in a predefined grid pattern; depositing a pre-polymer on to the transparent support comprising the spacer members; curing the pre-polymer to obtain a flexible polymer; attaching a continuos cover glass with pre-assembled piezo electric actuators on top of the applied flexible polymer and the spacers; masking a circular shaped portion of the glass cover, wherein the masked portion encloses the piezo electric actuators; etching an annular hole in the glass cover, wherein the circular shaped portion of the glass cover remains and is disconnected from other portions of the glass cover, and wherein the piezo electric actuators are on the perimeter of the circular shaped portion; and forming electrical contacts for the piezo electric actuators. forming onto a transparent support a plurality of spacer members in a predefined grid pattern; depositing a pre-polymer on to the transparent support comprising the spacer members; curing the pre-polymer to obtain a flexible polymer; attaching a continuos cover glass with pre-assembled piezo electric actuators on top of the applied flexible polymer and the spacers; masking a circular shaped portion of the glass cover, wherein the masked portion encloses the piezo electric actuators; etching an annular hole in the glass cover, wherein the circular shaped portion of the glass cover remains and is disconnected from other portions of the glass cover, and wherein the piezo electric actuators are on the perimeter of the circular shaped portion; and forming electrical contacts for the piezo electric actuators.
Wire-inscribed conductor board, comprising: a conductive foil with at least one provided area for forming a connection point, a stabilizing means which is connected with the conductive foil and at least one conductive wire, which is electrically or thermically conductively connected with the provided area for forming a connection point, characterized in that the conductive wire comprises a core and a metallic sheath, wherein the core comprises a metal and the sheath is single layered or double layered, and the layer adjacent to the core comprises silver.
A method for producing a terminal-equipped wire in which a crimping portion of a terminal is crimped to an exposed core part of an end part of a wire, comprising: a) a step of arranging the exposed core part in the crimping portion; and b) a step of sandwiching a part of the crimping portion between a lower die surface of a lower die and an upper die surface of an upper die and crimping the part of the crimping portion to the exposed core part, wherein a length of the upper die surface in a longitudinal direction is shorter than a length of a crimping piece of the crimping portion in the longitudinal direction; characterized by c) a step of pressing, from above, a front end part of the crimping portion protruding in the longitudinal direction from the upper die surface, by a lower end surface (811; 8110) of a terminal pressing member (81; 810) moved toward the lower die, wherein the lower end surface (811; 8110) of the terminal pressing member (81; 810) is a flat surface perpendicular to the moving direction of the terminal pressing member (81; 810), and the lower end surface (811; 8110) is formed at a position shifted upward from the upper die surface in the moving direction of the terminal pressing member (81; 810). a) a step of arranging the exposed core part in the crimping portion; and b) a step of sandwiching a part of the crimping portion between a lower die surface of a lower die and an upper die surface of an upper die and crimping the part of the crimping portion to the exposed core part, wherein a length of the upper die surface in a longitudinal direction is shorter than a length of a crimping piece of the crimping portion in the longitudinal direction; characterized by c) a step of pressing, from above, a front end part of the crimping portion protruding in the longitudinal direction from the upper die surface, by a lower end surface (811; 8110) of a terminal pressing member (81; 810) moved toward the lower die, wherein the lower end surface (811; 8110) of the terminal pressing member (81; 810) is a flat surface perpendicular to the moving direction of the terminal pressing member (81; 810), and the lower end surface (811; 8110) is formed at a position shifted upward from the upper die surface in the moving direction of the terminal pressing member (81; 810).
A method of detecting a presence of a material (608; 808) comprising an actinide in a container (606; 806), comprising: a) locating the container (606; 808) such that at least one neutron detector (610, 611, 612, 613; 801,802) views the said container at a first angle relative to the photon beam (607; 807); b) illuminating at least a portion of the said container (606; 806) with a photon beam (607; 807) comprising photons of energies no greater than a predetermined cutoff photon energy; c) detecting in at least one said neutron detector (610, 611, 612, 613; 801, 802) at least some neutrons produced by an interaction of the said photon beam with at least a portion of the said container; d) for each of a plurality of said detected neutrons, determining the energy of said detected neutron; and e) based upon the determined energy of at least one of said detected neutrons exceeding a predetermined value, identifying the material comprising the actinide as present in the container; characterized in that the predetermined value is a difference between the predetermined cutoff photon energy and a lower energy; and wherein the lower energy is one of: a threshold energy for production of neutrons by a (γ, n) process in a specified material, no greater than a threshold energy for production of neutrons by a (γ, n) process in a specified material, a predetermined amount less than a threshold energy for production of neutrons by a (γ, n) process in a specified material, and determined based upon materials potentially present or present in the container. a) locating the container (606; 808) such that at least one neutron detector (610, 611, 612, 613; 801,802) views the said container at a first angle relative to the photon beam (607; 807); b) illuminating at least a portion of the said container (606; 806) with a photon beam (607; 807) comprising photons of energies no greater than a predetermined cutoff photon energy; c) detecting in at least one said neutron detector (610, 611, 612, 613; 801, 802) at least some neutrons produced by an interaction of the said photon beam with at least a portion of the said container; d) for each of a plurality of said detected neutrons, determining the energy of said detected neutron; and e) based upon the determined energy of at least one of said detected neutrons exceeding a predetermined value, identifying the material comprising the actinide as present in the container;
Intervertebral implant having a top surface configured to engage a first vertebral body, a bottom surface configured to engage a second vertebral body and a side wall connecting the top surface and the bottom surface, a hollow space defined by the side wall and an elongate opening extending through the side wall into the space, the elongate opening having a length in a circumferential direction; the implant further comprising a rotatable insert (10, 10', 100) provided within the space wherein the insert (10, 10', 100) comprises a spring portion (10a, 10b, 110a, 110b) that holds the insert within the space by frictional engagement with the side wall and wherein the insert comprises an engagement portion (13, 113) that is configured to engage with a tool through the opening, whereby the insert (10, 10', 100) is substantially cylindrical with a slot (11, 111) extending through the wall in an axial direction.
Calibration device for a calibration procedure for at least one of the following: two-photon imaging, multi-photon imaging, two-photon microscopy, multi-photon microscopy, second-harmonic generation imaging, third harmonic generation imaging, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS), coherent Stokes Raman scattering (CSRS), stimulated Raman scattering, two-color two-photon absorption imaging or two-color twophoton fluorescence imaging; wherein the device comprises at least one detector and at least one holder for holding the at least one detector, the at least one detector being a semi-conductor device having an extended light-sensitive detection area comprising a semiconductor material, the extended light-sensitive detection area being larger than 1 mm in a first direction and larger than 1 mm in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the extended light-sensitive detection area is adapted such that the two-photon, multi-photon, second-harmonic generation or third harmonic generation is excited and/or induced therein and wherein the excited and/or induced effect is detected therewith, characterized in that the holder is adapted such that it can be mounted onto a microscope and the holder has a shape being identical to an object slide being mountable on a microscope stage of said microscope, and that the device comprises an evaluation device configured to determine a delay matrix, which contains values for settings of a delay stage of the microscope as a function of the position of the laser focus in the field of view of the microscope based on an electrical signal of the at least one detector, the delay stage being configured to delay laser pulses. wherein the device comprises at least one detector and at least one holder for holding the at least one detector, the at least one detector being a semi-conductor device having an extended light-sensitive detection area comprising a semiconductor material, the extended light-sensitive detection area being larger than 1 mm in a first direction and larger than 1 mm in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the extended light-sensitive detection area is adapted such that the two-photon, multi-photon, second-harmonic generation or third harmonic generation is excited and/or induced therein and wherein the excited and/or induced effect is detected therewith, characterized in that the holder is adapted such that it can be mounted onto a microscope and the holder has a shape being identical to an object slide being mountable on a microscope stage of said microscope, and that the device comprises an evaluation device configured to determine a delay matrix, which contains values for settings of a delay stage of the microscope as a function of the position of the laser focus in the field of view of the microscope based on an electrical signal of the at least one detector, the delay stage being configured to delay laser pulses.