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A lighting system, comprising: a support assembly; a plurality of lighting system accessory devices mounted to the support assembly; a control unit for controlling operation of the lighting system, said control unit including a user interface for adjusting parameter settings (36a, 36b) for the plurality of lighting system accessory devices; and a plurality of indicator lights (52, 92, 152, 162, 172), each indicator light (52, 92, 152, 162, 172) associated with a respective lighting system accessory device, characterized in that the user interface is in the form of a touchscreen that displays the parameter settings (36a, 36b) for the lighting system accessory devices; the parameter settings (36a, 36b) are displayed on the user interface in different colors; each indicator light (52, 92, 152, 162, 172) has a different color, wherein a parameter setting for a lighting system accessory device is displayed on the user interface in the same color as the indicator light associated with that lighting system accessory device, such that the color of the parameter settings (36a, 36b) and the color of the indicator lights (52, 92, 152, 162, 172) visually indicate to a user that an associated lighting system accessory device has been selected at the user interface for adjusting a parameter setting (36a, 36b) for that lighting system accessory device. a support assembly; a plurality of lighting system accessory devices mounted to the support assembly; a control unit for controlling operation of the lighting system, said control unit including a user interface for adjusting parameter settings (36a, 36b) for the plurality of lighting system accessory devices; and a plurality of indicator lights (52, 92, 152, 162, 172), each indicator light (52, 92, 152, 162, 172) associated with a respective lighting system accessory device, characterized in that the user interface is in the form of a touchscreen that displays the parameter settings (36a, 36b) for the lighting system accessory devices; the parameter settings (36a, 36b) are displayed on the user interface in different colors; each indicator light (52, 92, 152, 162, 172) has a different color, wherein a parameter setting for a lighting system accessory device is displayed on the user interface in the same color as the indicator light associated with that lighting system accessory device, such that the color of the parameter settings (36a, 36b) and the color of the indicator lights (52, 92, 152, 162, 172) visually indicate to a user that an associated lighting system accessory device has been selected at the user interface for adjusting a parameter setting (36a, 36b) for that lighting system accessory device.
An optical UDWDM, ultra dense wavelength division multiplex, passive optical network, comprising - a ring network including an optical line termination, - an optical access network with a tree topology; - optical network units (205 - 207) connected to said access network and each optical network unit arranged to select an assigned downstream channel and to generate an assigned upstream channel with corresponding unique wavelength; and - at least one local exchange coupled to said ring network and to said optical access network providing an optical connection between the optical line termination and each optical network unit (205 - 207) via the assigned downstream channel and via the assigned upstream channel. - a ring network including an optical line termination, - an optical access network with a tree topology; - optical network units (205 - 207) connected to said access network and each optical network unit arranged to select an assigned downstream channel and to generate an assigned upstream channel with corresponding unique wavelength; and - at least one local exchange coupled to said ring network and to said optical access network providing an optical connection between the optical line termination and each optical network unit (205 - 207) via the assigned downstream channel and via the assigned upstream channel.
Data processing method for determining at least one spatial coordinate of an audio source emitting an audio signal, in a three-dimensional space, the method comprising the following steps: - obtaining at least a first signal and a second signal from the audio signal captured in different pointing directions by a first sensor (51; 71) and a second sensor (52; 73) that is spatially offset from said first sensor; - deducing, from the first and second captured signals and from directivity functions associated with the first and with the second sensor, an expression of at least a first spatial coordinate of the audio source, said expression containing an uncertainty as to said spatial coordinate; - determining an additional item of information in relation to the first spatial coordinate of the audio source, from a comparison between respective phases or between respective acoustic intensity vector directions of the signals captured by the first and second sensors; - determining said first spatial coordinate of the audio source on the basis of the expression and of the additional item of information, the first spatial coordinate being a spherical coordinate of azimuth θ, the uncertainty being a sign uncertainty, wherein the first and second sensors are selected from among: cardioid microphones, bidirectional microphones, or sensors integrated into a 1 st -order or higher than 1 st -order ambisonic microphone. - obtaining at least a first signal and a second signal from the audio signal captured in different pointing directions by a first sensor (51; 71) and a second sensor (52; 73) that is spatially offset from said first sensor; - deducing, from the first and second captured signals and from directivity functions associated with the first and with the second sensor, an expression of at least a first spatial coordinate of the audio source, said expression containing an uncertainty as to said spatial coordinate; - determining an additional item of information in relation to the first spatial coordinate of the audio source, from a comparison between respective phases or between respective acoustic intensity vector directions of the signals captured by the first and second sensors; - determining said first spatial coordinate of the audio source on the basis of the expression and of the additional item of information, the first spatial coordinate being a spherical coordinate of azimuth θ, the uncertainty being a sign uncertainty, wherein the first and second sensors are selected from among: cardioid microphones, bidirectional microphones, or sensors integrated into a 1 st -order or higher than 1 st -order ambisonic microphone.
An optical system for a pen shaped input device, the optical system comprising: an image sensor (320; 410) for capturing an image of an area of an object over which the input device is positioned; a lens component (323; 420); and a light source (321; 610) for emitting light on the area of the object over which the input device is positioned, wherein, when the input device is handled so that the optical axis of the lens component is substantially perpendicular to the area of the object, then a center of the field of view of the image sensor is off-set from the optical axis of the lens component so that an axis between the center of the field of view and the lens component is substantially parallel to the axis of the input device. an image sensor (320; 410) for capturing an image of an area of an object over which the input device is positioned; a lens component (323; 420); and a light source (321; 610) for emitting light on the area of the object over which the input device is positioned, wherein, when the input device is handled so that the optical axis of the lens component is substantially perpendicular to the area of the object, then a center of the field of view of the image sensor is off-set from the optical axis of the lens component so that an axis between the center of the field of view and the lens component is substantially parallel to the axis of the input device.
A method of using a semantic entity by an electronic device, the method comprising: transmitting or receiving a message extracting a semantic entity from the message storing the semantic entity in a database, wherein storing the semantic entity comprises storing a content and a type of semantic entity; executing an application and displaying a screen of the application, the screen including an input field; identifying a semantic setting content for the input field indicating a type of semantic entity for the input field; searching the database for semantic entities based on the identified semantic setting content; and providing at least one semantic entity from the searched semantic entities for the input field. transmitting or receiving a message extracting a semantic entity from the message storing the semantic entity in a database, wherein storing the semantic entity comprises storing a content and a type of semantic entity; executing an application and displaying a screen of the application, the screen including an input field; identifying a semantic setting content for the input field indicating a type of semantic entity for the input field; searching the database for semantic entities based on the identified semantic setting content; and providing at least one semantic entity from the searched semantic entities for the input field.
Refrigerator, in particular domestic refrigerator, having an internal compartment with side walls, each wall being provided with molded parts (14, 17) for supporting a glass shelf of the refrigerator, wherein two parallel sides of the glass shelf are provided with plastic elements having a C-shaped cross-section for embedding, at least partially, the respective edges of the glass shelf, each plastic element being provided with a first elastic portion configured to cooperate with a corresponding seat of a molded part, wherein each plastic element comprises on an upper side thereof first series of linear protrusions configured to slidably receive a bottom wall of a plastic drawer of the refrigerator, characterized in that each plastic element comprises on an upper side thereof second series of protrusions, said second series of protrusions being hook-shaped and configured cooperate with side rails of the bottom wall of a plastic drawer.
A method for producing a highly polymerizable N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer, comprising a step of melting a crude N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer comprising 50 to 88 mass% of an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer by heating, followed by cooling for precipitation (cooling crystallization), and subjecting precipitated N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystals to solid-liquid separation (step), and a step of further dissolving the N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystals separated in the step in a mixed solvent of toluene and an aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 7 carbon atoms, then performing crystallization (solvent crystallization), performing solid-liquid separation, and recovering an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer purified product (step), wherein a mass ratio of toluene/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in the step is 0.01 or more and 0.5 or less, and a mass ratio of aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 7 carbon atoms/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in the step is 0.5 or more and 3.0 or less. a step of melting a crude N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer comprising 50 to 88 mass% of an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer by heating, followed by cooling for precipitation (cooling crystallization), and subjecting precipitated N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystals to solid-liquid separation (step), and a step of further dissolving the N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystals separated in the step in a mixed solvent of toluene and an aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 7 carbon atoms, then performing crystallization (solvent crystallization), performing solid-liquid separation, and recovering an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer purified product (step), wherein a mass ratio of toluene/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in the step is 0.01 or more and 0.5 or less, and a mass ratio of aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 7 carbon atoms/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in the step is 0.5 or more and 3.0 or less. a mass ratio of toluene/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in the step is 0.01 or more and 0.5 or less, and a mass ratio of aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 7 carbon atoms/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in the step is 0.5 or more and 3.0 or less.
A method of producing human pancreatic islet hormone-expressing cells, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a population of pluripotent human stem cells; (b) providing said population of pluripotent human stem cells with a growth factor of the TGF-β superfamily selected from the group consisting of activin A and activin B and combinations thereof, thereby producing a population of human definitive endoderm cells; (c) providing said population of human definitive endoderm cells with a retinoid, thereby producing a population of human PDX1-positive pancreatic endoderm cells; and (d) incubating said population of human PDX-1 positive pancreatic endoderm cells in the presence of said retinoid for a sufficient time to permit human pancreatic islet hormone-expressing cells to form, further comprising the step of providing said population of human PDX-1 positive pancreatic endoderm cells with DAPT. (a) providing a population of pluripotent human stem cells; (b) providing said population of pluripotent human stem cells with a growth factor of the TGF-β superfamily selected from the group consisting of activin A and activin B and combinations thereof, thereby producing a population of human definitive endoderm cells; (c) providing said population of human definitive endoderm cells with a retinoid, thereby producing a population of human PDX1-positive pancreatic endoderm cells; and (d) incubating said population of human PDX-1 positive pancreatic endoderm cells in the presence of said retinoid for a sufficient time to permit human pancreatic islet hormone-expressing cells to form, further comprising the step of providing said population of human PDX-1 positive pancreatic endoderm cells with DAPT.
An apparatus for inertizing materials containing asbestos comprising. - a unit for granulating the material introduced in the apparatus, in order to give said material a uniform particle size distribution, ensuring the thermal absorption of said material in subsequent operations, - a preheating unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said granulation unit for the evaporation of the molecules of water contained in said material that exits from said granulation unit, - a dehydroxylation unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said preheating unit to eliminate the hydro-hydroxyl group that is present in the crystalline structure of the asbestos contained in said material that exits from said preheating unit, - a decomposition unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said dehydroxylation unit for the decomposition, by means of heat, of said material that exits from said dehydroxylation unit, modifying its crystalline structure into an irreversible amorphous structure, - a reheating unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said decomposition unit in order to raise the temperature of the exhaust gases produced by combustion and suppress volatile organic substances, - a filtration unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said reheating unit to suppress residual effluents before they are introduced in the atmosphere. - a unit for granulating the material introduced in the apparatus, in order to give said material a uniform particle size distribution, ensuring the thermal absorption of said material in subsequent operations, - a preheating unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said granulation unit for the evaporation of the molecules of water contained in said material that exits from said granulation unit, - a dehydroxylation unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said preheating unit to eliminate the hydro-hydroxyl group that is present in the crystalline structure of the asbestos contained in said material that exits from said preheating unit, - a decomposition unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said dehydroxylation unit for the decomposition, by means of heat, of said material that exits from said dehydroxylation unit, modifying its crystalline structure into an irreversible amorphous structure, - a reheating unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said decomposition unit in order to raise the temperature of the exhaust gases produced by combustion and suppress volatile organic substances, - a filtration unit, which is arranged consecutively with respect to said reheating unit to suppress residual effluents before they are introduced in the atmosphere.
Composition comprising an ethyl acetate fraction of the extract of Cyperus rotundus rhizomes standardized to contain 5% of total stilbenes for use in a method of reducing obesity in humans, said method comprising step of administering to said humans orally twice a day the composition to achieve the effects of reduction in body weight, body mass index and waist circumference.
Method of manufacturing a material composite comprising: - manufacturing a composite material extending along an axis of elongation (z) from carbon nanostructures anchored in a matrix of a first metal, - dividing the composite material into segments, - arranging the segments in at least one plane in a die, - forming a material composite by - filling of voids in the die with a filling material and subsequent sintering in the die, or - melt infiltration in the die, - exposing the carbon nanostructures from at least one surface of the material composite so that the carbon nanostructures protrude from this surface. - manufacturing a composite material extending along an axis of elongation (z) from carbon nanostructures anchored in a matrix of a first metal, - dividing the composite material into segments, - arranging the segments in at least one plane in a die, - forming a material composite by - filling of voids in the die with a filling material and subsequent sintering in the die, or - melt infiltration in the die, - filling of voids in the die with a filling material and subsequent sintering in the die, or - melt infiltration in the die, - exposing the carbon nanostructures from at least one surface of the material composite so that the carbon nanostructures protrude from this surface.
A method of generating an input feature map of an artificial intelligence model to detect an object based on light detection and ranging (LiDAR), which is performed by a computing apparatus, the method comprising: collecting LiDAR sensor data in a form of a three-dimensional point cloud for a predetermined area; generating one or more first feature maps by processing the collected LiDAR sensor data based on one or more predefined indicators; and generating the input feature map of the artificial intelligence model by combining, as an independent channel, each of the one or more generated first feature maps with one of second feature maps previously generated based on a distance and an angle. collecting LiDAR sensor data in a form of a three-dimensional point cloud for a predetermined area; generating one or more first feature maps by processing the collected LiDAR sensor data based on one or more predefined indicators; and generating the input feature map of the artificial intelligence model by combining, as an independent channel, each of the one or more generated first feature maps with one of second feature maps previously generated based on a distance and an angle.
An analyzer for use with in vitro diagnostics comprising: one or more container(s) comprising: a container body configured to hold one or more fluids; a closure device disposed on the container body; a movable cannula that is housed in the closure device of the container and is configured to move downward relative to a closure device body responsive to a downward force exerted on the cannula; and a sealing portion attached to the container body or to the closure device and configured to seal off the one or more fluids in the container body from matter outside the container body when the sealing portion is closed; and a pick and place device, characterized in that the movable cannula is configured to move downward responsive to a force from the pick and place device and cause an opening in the sealing portion, and one or more pick and place devices configured to move the one or more container(s) between different locations of the analyzer and to cause an opening in the sealing portion. a container body configured to hold one or more fluids; a closure device disposed on the container body; a movable cannula that is housed in the closure device of the container and is configured to move downward relative to a closure device body responsive to a downward force exerted on the cannula; and a sealing portion attached to the container body or to the closure device and configured to seal off the one or more fluids in the container body from matter outside the container body when the sealing portion is closed; and a pick and place device, characterized in that the movable cannula is configured to move downward responsive to a force from the pick and place device and cause an opening in the sealing portion, and one or more pick and place devices configured to move the one or more container(s) between different locations of the analyzer and to cause an opening in the sealing portion.
A set of plastic injection steel tooling having a core half and a cavity half in which the core half is formed of a softer steel than is the cavity half whereby wear of the parting line of the core half occurs preferentially over wear of the cavity half when flash is created after injection of plastic into a mold formed by saidcore half and said cavity half.
Household appliance (1, 3) comprising a heat pump arrangement with a heat pump (4, 5, 6) adapted to transfer heat to an operating medium of the appliance (1, 3), with a closed storage tank adapted to receive a phase change substance and being heat exchangeably coupled with a process side of the heat pump (4, 5, 6), with at least one sensor adapted and arranged to detect an actual phase state of the phase change substance, characterized by a recovery unit adapted and operable to actively recover the phase change substance in dependence of a signal of the sensor.