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A voltage source converter station including a multilevel voltage source converter, for conversion of electrical power between AC and DC, and a control system, the voltage source converter comprises a plurality of switching cells including switchable semiconductors, and the control system comprises at least one main control unit for providing a voltage reference signal to a plurality of included cell control units, each cell control unit using carrier based pulse width modulation for controlling the switching of a respective cell, wherein the main control unit is communicatively connected to the cell control units and provides the reference voltage signal to each cell control unit and each cell control unit creates a switching signal to each respective switching cell using the reference voltage signal and a carrier signal to effectuate the conversion characterised in that each of the cell control units process signals at a higher frequency than the main control unit, wherein each cell control unit includes a reference signal reconstruction unit, for adapting the voltage reference signal to the higher frequency of the cell control unit, which signal reconstruction unit is adapted to provide a reconstructed reference voltage signal by interpolating sampling values of the reference voltage signal, and each cell control unit includes a switching in-activator for holding the switching signal constant, wherein the switching in-activator is arranged to only hold the switching signal constant when the reference voltage signal is smaller than a threshold value.
A method for isolating a target DNA from a sample, said method comprising: A) mixing a sample containing the target DNA in a solution phase with a population of non-specific capture probes, wherein said non-specific capture probes comprise (i) a nonrandom repeating GU-sequence of 12 to 100 nucleotides in length, and (ii) a first specific binding partner, wherein said SBP is capable of specifically binding a second specific binding partner (SBP'); B) incubating a reaction mixture containing (a) the SBP' immobilized on a support and (b) the mixture of the non-specific capture probes and the sample containing the target DNA, wherein said incubating is under conditions that allow hybridization of the capture probes' nonrandom repeating GU-sequence with the target DNA and that allow specific binding of the SBP to the SBP'; and C) separating the support from the solution phase of the reaction mixture, thereby isolating the target DNA from other sample components. A) mixing a sample containing the target DNA in a solution phase with a population of non-specific capture probes, wherein said non-specific capture probes comprise (i) a nonrandom repeating GU-sequence of 12 to 100 nucleotides in length, and (ii) a first specific binding partner, wherein said SBP is capable of specifically binding a second specific binding partner (SBP'); (i) a nonrandom repeating GU-sequence of 12 to 100 nucleotides in length, and (ii) a first specific binding partner, wherein said SBP is capable of specifically binding a second specific binding partner (SBP'); B) incubating a reaction mixture containing (a) the SBP' immobilized on a support and (b) the mixture of the non-specific capture probes and the sample containing the target DNA, wherein said incubating is under conditions that allow hybridization of the capture probes' nonrandom repeating GU-sequence with the target DNA and that allow specific binding of the SBP to the SBP'; and C) separating the support from the solution phase of the reaction mixture, thereby isolating the target DNA from other sample components.
A brewing guide device, comprising: a communication device, obtaining real-time weight information and real-time time information from an electronic scale; a processing device, coupled to the communication device, wherein in a first brewing stage, the processing device determines whether a flow rate is higher than, equal to or lower than a first threshold according to the real-time weight information and the real-time time information to generate a first display instruction; and a display device, coupled to the processing device to receive the first instruction, wherein according to the first instruction, the display device displays a first water line corresponding to the real-time weight information, a first target line corresponding to the first brewing stage, and a first display pattern corresponding to a first display block below the first target line on a display interface, the first display pattern making the user know using different animations whether the flow rate is higher than, equal to or lower than the first threshold, and wherein a level of the first water line is lower than or equal to the first target line. a communication device, obtaining real-time weight information and real-time time information from an electronic scale; a processing device, coupled to the communication device, wherein in a first brewing stage, the processing device determines whether a flow rate is higher than, equal to or lower than a first threshold according to the real-time weight information and the real-time time information to generate a first display instruction; and a display device, coupled to the processing device to receive the first instruction, wherein according to the first instruction, the display device displays a first water line corresponding to the real-time weight information, a first target line corresponding to the first brewing stage, and a first display pattern corresponding to a first display block below the first target line on a display interface, the first display pattern making the user know using different animations whether the flow rate is higher than, equal to or lower than the first threshold, and wherein a level of the first water line is lower than or equal to the first target line.
Method of magnetron plasma sputtering deposition of multiple thin layers of a plurality of metals on a substrate, comprising: (i) a step of magnetron plasma sputtering from a target in order to apply one or more layers of a metal which adheres directly to the substrate, wherein the metal is selected from stainless steel, brass or bronze, (ii) a subsequent step of co-deposition from a target of the metal which adheres directly to the substrate and from a target of a pure metal which has low adhesion to the substrate, wherein the metal is selected from gold, silver, copper, platinum or tungsten, wherein this co-deposition results in a gradient between the metal which adheres directly to the substrate and the metal which has low adhesion to the substrate, and (iii) a subsequent step of magnetron plasma sputtering on the layer(s) obtained in the preceding step from a target of the metal having low adhesion to the substrate. (i) a step of magnetron plasma sputtering from a target in order to apply one or more layers of a metal which adheres directly to the substrate, wherein the metal is selected from stainless steel, brass or bronze, (ii) a subsequent step of co-deposition from a target of the metal which adheres directly to the substrate and from a target of a pure metal which has low adhesion to the substrate, wherein the metal is selected from gold, silver, copper, platinum or tungsten, wherein this co-deposition results in a gradient between the metal which adheres directly to the substrate and the metal which has low adhesion to the substrate, and (iii) a subsequent step of magnetron plasma sputtering on the layer(s) obtained in the preceding step from a target of the metal having low adhesion to the substrate.
A method for testing (500, 600, 700) a presence of a watermark in a received scalable video sequence, for detecting tampering of the scalable video sequence, the scalable video sequence including at least an enhancement layer of video signals with at least one watermark coefficient being applied to the enhancement layer, the method characterised by the steps of: receiving an enhancement layer of the scalable video sequence (502, 602), having a plurality of blocks, wherein a number of said plurality of blocks include at least one watermark coefficient; performing a discrete cosine transform on said received enhancement layer, thereby recovering a plurality of coefficients associated with one or more blocks of the video sequence; and comparing a number of positive coefficients with a number of negative coefficients from said recovered plurality of coefficients to determine whether said received scalable video sequence (502, 602) has been tampered with. receiving an enhancement layer of the scalable video sequence (502, 602), having a plurality of blocks, wherein a number of said plurality of blocks include at least one watermark coefficient; performing a discrete cosine transform on said received enhancement layer, thereby recovering a plurality of coefficients associated with one or more blocks of the video sequence; and comparing a number of positive coefficients with a number of negative coefficients from said recovered plurality of coefficients to determine whether said received scalable video sequence (502, 602) has been tampered with.
Automatic charge magazine for storage and handling of propellent powder charges of the modular charges and/or powder bag charges type, also termed increment charges, for projectiles, for example shells, which are arranged in a fireable manner, together with the increment charges, in an artillery gun, preferably of the vehicle-mounted artillery gun type, wherein the charge magazine comprises a plurality of charge containers (5, 5', 5") arranged in a drivable revolving track, which charge containers (5, 5', 5") are arranged to assume feed-in and feed-out positions (2, 11) for the feed-in and feed-out of at least one increment charge to and from the charge containers (5, 5', 5"), and wherein the charge magazine is provided with or connected to a control unit arranged firstly to actuate the driving of the revolving track for adjustment of the respective charge container (5, 5', 5") to the said feed-in and feed-out positions (2, 11), and secondly to determine the current charge content in the respective charge container (5,5',5"), wherein the charge magazine also comprises at least one ejection member (15, 31, 32, 33, 34), which ejection member, in response to control signals from the said control unit, ejects one or more increment charges from the respective charge container (5, 5', 5"), applied in the feed-out position, to a loading tray belonging to the gun, characterized in that the ejection members, in the feed-out position of the charge container, are interactable with one or more increment charges for parallel displacement from the charge container down into the loading tray.
Warhead, comprising a primary explosive charge and a casing, wherein a plurality of notch charges for controlled decomposition of the casing are attached to the inner face of the casing, wherein each notch charge is preceded by an ignition charge which can be rendered detonative by applying a high temperature and exploiting a DDT (deflagration-to-detonation transition) effect, the casing being weakened by a notch effect in such a way that the casing can be decomposed into splinters in a controlled manner.
An aircraft, comprising: a pair of wheel wells (48, 50) for housing a pair of landing gear wheels (44, 46); an aircraft undercarriage comprising a generally planar surface surrounding each wheel well (48, 50) opening; and a pair of landing gear doors, each landing gear door rotatably secured to the aircraft undercarriage adjacent each wheel well (48, 50), and wherein each landing gear door further comprises: a cover panel (32, 34) defining a plane oriented substantially parallel to the generally planar surface of the aircraft undercarriage, the cover panel (32, 34) configured to close and open the landing gear wheel well (48, 50); wherein movement of the cover panel (32, 34) is substantially limited to rotation of the cover panel (32, 34) within the plane. a pair of wheel wells (48, 50) for housing a pair of landing gear wheels (44, 46); an aircraft undercarriage comprising a generally planar surface surrounding each wheel well (48, 50) opening; and a pair of landing gear doors, each landing gear door rotatably secured to the aircraft undercarriage adjacent each wheel well (48, 50), and wherein each landing gear door further comprises: a cover panel (32, 34) defining a plane oriented substantially parallel to the generally planar surface of the aircraft undercarriage, the cover panel (32, 34) configured to close and open the landing gear wheel well (48, 50); wherein movement of the cover panel (32, 34) is substantially limited to rotation of the cover panel (32, 34) within the plane. a cover panel (32, 34) defining a plane oriented substantially parallel to the generally planar surface of the aircraft undercarriage, the cover panel (32, 34) configured to close and open the landing gear wheel well (48, 50); wherein movement of the cover panel (32, 34) is substantially limited to rotation of the cover panel (32, 34) within the plane.
A communication apparatus (11, 12a-c, 14a-b, 15a-b) comprising a communication control section (1130, 1330, 141, 243) configured to perform communication control on one or more network slices, the communication control being performed using a network address configured by m bytes, the network address having high-order n bytes as a Locator section and low-order m-n bytes as an interface identifier, ID, section, the Locator section including a slice number and a subnet number, the interface ID section including the slice number, the slice number identifying the one or more network slices, and the subnet number being in the one or more network slices. a communication control section (1130, 1330, 141, 243) configured to perform communication control on one or more network slices, the communication control being performed using a network address configured by m bytes, the network address having high-order n bytes as a Locator section and low-order m-n bytes as an interface identifier, ID, section, the Locator section including a slice number and a subnet number, the interface ID section including the slice number, the slice number identifying the one or more network slices, and the subnet number being in the one or more network slices.
A method for decontaminating glucose polymers or hydrolysates thereof of the pro-inflammatory molecules thereof, characterised in that it comprises the following steps: a) providing glucose polymers or hydrolysates thereof; b) optionally, detecting or assaying the pro-inflammatory molecules in the glucose polymers or the hydrolysates thereof provided in step a); c) carrying out the following purification steps in the following order: i. treatment by an enzyme preparation with mannanase activity, ii. treatment by a pharmaceutical-grade activated carbon with a very high adsorption capacity and a "microporous" porosity, iii. optionally, treatment by a second activated carbon with a "mesoporous" porosity, iv. passing over a macroporous adsorbent polymer resin having a porosity of greater than 100 × 10 -10 m, and v. continuous 5 kDa ultrafiltration, wherein the glucose polymers are selected from icodextrin and maltodextrins. a) providing glucose polymers or hydrolysates thereof; b) optionally, detecting or assaying the pro-inflammatory molecules in the glucose polymers or the hydrolysates thereof provided in step a); c) carrying out the following purification steps in the following order: i. treatment by an enzyme preparation with mannanase activity, ii. treatment by a pharmaceutical-grade activated carbon with a very high adsorption capacity and a "microporous" porosity, iii. optionally, treatment by a second activated carbon with a "mesoporous" porosity, iv. passing over a macroporous adsorbent polymer resin having a porosity of greater than 100 × 10 -10 m, and v. continuous 5 kDa ultrafiltration, wherein the glucose polymers are selected from icodextrin and maltodextrins. i. treatment by an enzyme preparation with mannanase activity, ii. treatment by a pharmaceutical-grade activated carbon with a very high adsorption capacity and a "microporous" porosity, iii. optionally, treatment by a second activated carbon with a "mesoporous" porosity, iv. passing over a macroporous adsorbent polymer resin having a porosity of greater than 100 × 10 -10 m, and v. continuous 5 kDa ultrafiltration,
A computer-implemented method of creating a neural network having a plurality of neurons including a plurality of elemental neurons and a plurality of structural neurons, each neuron being represented in its entirety by a single node in an array, each node having a plurality of pointers, and each of the pointers in each node containing: at least one of an address of another neuron, and an elemental value for an elemental neuron, the method comprising: (a) representing events as patterns or sequences of elemental values; (b) storing the elemental values in respective elemental neurons; and (c) creating a set of rules for association of the plurality of neurons; and processing an event by: locating a first value in the event; determining a first elemental neuron corresponding to the first value; locating a next value in the event; determining a second elemental neuron corresponding to the second value; and using the set of rules, generating a structural neuron representing an association between the first and second elemental neurons, wherein the structural neuron stores said association. (a) representing events as patterns or sequences of elemental values; (b) storing the elemental values in respective elemental neurons; and (c) creating a set of rules for association of the plurality of neurons; and processing an event by: locating a first value in the event; determining a first elemental neuron corresponding to the first value; locating a next value in the event; determining a second elemental neuron corresponding to the second value; and using the set of rules, generating a structural neuron representing an association between the first and second elemental neurons, wherein the structural neuron stores said association.
A check valve assembly comprising: a housing having a flange that surrounds the housing, wherein the flange defines a stepped portion; a weld foot molded over at least a portion of the flange, wherein the housing includes an interlock surface and a portion of the weld foot is molded over the interlock surface; and characterised by further comprising: a lip seal including a first lip and a second lip, and the lip seal is coupled to a seal ring, wherein the lip seal is disposed between the flange and the weld foot such that the seal ring engages the step portion of the flange, the first and second lips (30, 32) being configured to provide a labyrinth leak path; wherein and the first and second lips (30, 32) are in contact with a surface of the flange; and wherein the first lip of the lip seal extends in a first direction and the second lip of the lip seal extends in a second direction that is generally opposite the first direction. a housing having a flange that surrounds the housing, wherein the flange defines a stepped portion; a weld foot molded over at least a portion of the flange, wherein the housing includes an interlock surface and a portion of the weld foot is molded over the interlock surface; and characterised by further comprising: a lip seal including a first lip and a second lip, and the lip seal is coupled to a seal ring, wherein the lip seal is disposed between the flange and the weld foot such that the seal ring engages the step portion of the flange, the first and second lips (30, 32) being configured to provide a labyrinth leak path; wherein and the first and second lips (30, 32) are in contact with a surface of the flange; and wherein the first lip of the lip seal extends in a first direction and the second lip of the lip seal extends in a second direction that is generally opposite the first direction. a lip seal including a first lip and a second lip, and the lip seal is coupled to a seal ring, wherein the lip seal is disposed between the flange and the weld foot such that the seal ring engages the step portion of the flange, the first and second lips (30, 32) being configured to provide a labyrinth leak path; wherein and the first and second lips (30, 32) are in contact with a surface of the flange; and wherein the first lip of the lip seal extends in a first direction and the second lip of the lip seal extends in a second direction that is generally opposite the first direction.
A method for producing a population of foregut stem cells (FSCs) comprising: i) providing a population of definitive endoderm cells (DECs), ii) culturing the DECs in a foregut induction medium comprising activin to produce a population of foregut stem cells (FSCs). i) providing a population of definitive endoderm cells (DECs), ii) culturing the DECs in a foregut induction medium comprising activin to produce a population of foregut stem cells (FSCs).
A method for predicting the risk of recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation in a subject, said method comprising the determination of the amount of the biomarker Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and optionally the determination of the amount of at least one further biomarker selected from the group consisting of Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1), a BNP-type peptide, CK-MB (Muscle-Brain type Creatine Kinase), IGFBP-7 (Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 7) and a cardiac Troponin in a blood, serum or plasma sample from the subject.
A sensing system, comprising: a set of n sensors, each storing one or more measurement models for detecting a state of a phenomenon under investigation, wherein a respective sensor i = 1,... n samples a measurement value z i; a data-fusing mechanism coupled to the sensor, which stores a first measurement model, as P ( Z = z | X = x), wherein Z corresponds to the measurement value and X corresponds to the state of the phenomenon under investigation, and characterized in that the data-fusing mechanism collects likelihood functions generated by the set of n sensors, and computes an aggregate probability of a possible state of the phenomenon under investigation based on L X = ∏ i = 1 n P Z i = z i | X = x which corresponds to a product of a number of n likelihood functions collected from the n sensors. a set of n sensors, each storing one or more measurement models for detecting a state of a phenomenon under investigation, wherein a respective sensor i = 1,... n samples a measurement value z i; a data-fusing mechanism coupled to the sensor, which stores a first measurement model, as P ( Z = z | X = x), wherein Z corresponds to the measurement value and X corresponds to the state of the phenomenon under investigation, and characterized in that the data-fusing mechanism collects likelihood functions generated by the set of n sensors, and computes an aggregate probability of a possible state of the phenomenon under investigation based on L X = ∏ i = 1 n P Z i = z i | X = x which corresponds to a product of a number of n likelihood functions collected from the n sensors.
Topical composition for the treatment or prevention of keratin disorders, comprising from 0.02% to 0.04% by weight of adapalene or a salt thereof, characterized in that it is in aqueous gel form, it additionally comprises from 0.8% to 1.2%, preferably 1%, by weight of carbomer as gelling agent, and it optionally comprises a fatty phase.