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A computer-implemented method of processing optical coherence tomography OCT scans, comprising: • receiving OCT data comprising an OCT signal indicative of the level of scattering in a sample, the OCT data including the OCT signal for at least one scan through the sample, with the OCT signal having been measured at varying depth and position through the sample in each scan; • processing the OCT data for each scan with depth to produce an indicative depth scan representative of the OCT signal at each depth through all of the scans; • fitting a curve to the indicative depth scan, the curve comprising a first term which exponentially decays with respect to the depth additively combined with a second term which depends on the noise in the OCT signal; and • calculating a compensated intensity for the OCT signal at each point through each scan, the compensated intensity comprising a ratio of a term comprising a logarithm of the OCT signal to a term comprising the logarithm of the fitted curve in which the term comprising the logarithm of the fitted curve comprises a roll-off factor which varies the amount by which the compensation is reduced with increasing depth. • receiving OCT data comprising an OCT signal indicative of the level of scattering in a sample, the OCT data including the OCT signal for at least one scan through the sample, with the OCT signal having been measured at varying depth and position through the sample in each scan; • processing the OCT data for each scan with depth to produce an indicative depth scan representative of the OCT signal at each depth through all of the scans; • fitting a curve to the indicative depth scan, the curve comprising a first term which exponentially decays with respect to the depth additively combined with a second term which depends on the noise in the OCT signal; and • calculating a compensated intensity for the OCT signal at each point through each scan, the compensated intensity comprising a ratio of a term comprising a logarithm of the OCT signal to a term comprising the logarithm of the fitted curve
A charging system, comprising: a transmitter having a first antenna configured to transmit radio-frequency energy; and a plurality of electronic devices (120, 120a - 120h) including (i) a second antenna, (ii) a first communication circuit operably connected to the second antenna, and (iii) a first power converter operably connected to the second antenna, wherein the second antenna is configured to receive the radio-frequency energy transmitted by the first antenna, and an enclosure configured to support the transmitter and the plurality of electronic devices (120, 120a - 120h), wherein the enclosure is configured to confine radio frequency energy transmitted by the first antenna within the enclosure, and wherein the enclosure comprises a plurality of separate compartments each configured to receive one of the plurality of electronic devices (120, 120a - 120h). a transmitter having a first antenna configured to transmit radio-frequency energy; and a plurality of electronic devices (120, 120a - 120h) including (i) a second antenna, (ii) a first communication circuit operably connected to the second antenna, and (iii) a first power converter operably connected to the second antenna, wherein the second antenna is configured to receive the radio-frequency energy transmitted by the first antenna, and an enclosure configured to support the transmitter and the plurality of electronic devices (120, 120a - 120h), wherein the enclosure is configured to confine radio frequency energy transmitted by the first antenna within the enclosure, and wherein the enclosure comprises a plurality of separate compartments each configured to receive one of the plurality of electronic devices (120, 120a - 120h).
A process for producing acetic acid comprising the steps of: (a) carbonylating methanol in the presence of a catalyst in a reaction zone to obtain a reaction mixture comprising acetic acid, methyl acetate, methyl iodide, the catalyst, and water; (b) separating at least a part of the reaction mixture in a flash zone to obtain: (i) a liquid stream comprising the catalyst, and (ii) a vapor stream comprising acetic acid, methyl acetate, methyl iodide, and water; (c) separating the vapor stream in a fractioning zone to obtain: (i) a product stream comprising acetic acid and water; and, (ii) an overhead stream comprising acetic acid, methyl acetate, methyl iodide, and water; (d) condensing the overhead stream and forming a liquid mixture which has a water content of at most 20% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid mixture, and a weight ratio of acetic acid to water of at least 1:1, and (e) partitioning the liquid mixture to obtain: (i) an aqueous phase comprising acetic acid and water; and, (ii) an organic phase comprising methyl iodide, methyl acetate and an alkane content being selected from decane, wherein the alkane content ranges from 0.1 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid mixture. (a) carbonylating methanol in the presence of a catalyst in a reaction zone to obtain a reaction mixture comprising acetic acid, methyl acetate, methyl iodide, the catalyst, and water; (b) separating at least a part of the reaction mixture in a flash zone to obtain: (i) a liquid stream comprising the catalyst, and (ii) a vapor stream comprising acetic acid, methyl acetate, methyl iodide, and water; (c) separating the vapor stream in a fractioning zone to obtain: (i) a product stream comprising acetic acid and water; and, (ii) an overhead stream comprising acetic acid, methyl acetate, methyl iodide, and water; (d) condensing the overhead stream and forming a liquid mixture which has a water content of at most 20% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid mixture, and a weight ratio of acetic acid to water of at least 1:1, and (e) partitioning the liquid mixture to obtain: (i) an aqueous phase comprising acetic acid and water; and, (ii) an organic phase comprising methyl iodide, methyl acetate and an alkane content being selected from decane, wherein the alkane content ranges from 0.1 to 15% by weight, based on the weight of the liquid mixture.
Method for measuring currents or magnetic fields with at least one Hall sensor which is operated in spinning current technology, in which - sensor signals from the Hall sensor are converted with an analogue-to-digital converter into digital signals, - the digital signals of the analogue-to-digital converter are read out and combined for each spinning current phase over a first time period to obtain a first sample, and - the first samples of the spinning current phases of a spinning current cycle are summed to form a spinning current measurement value of the current or magnetic field, characterized in that - the digital signals of the analogue-to-digital converter for each spinning current phase are combined a plurality of times over a respective second time period, which is smaller than the first time period, in order to obtain a plurality of second samples in chronological sequence, - for each spinning current phase an offset of the first samples is calculated from the spinning current measurement value, and the second samples are corrected on the basis of this offset, in order to obtain offset-corrected fast measurement values of the current or magnetic field. - sensor signals from the Hall sensor are converted with an analogue-to-digital converter into digital signals, - the digital signals of the analogue-to-digital converter are read out and combined for each spinning current phase over a first time period to obtain a first sample, and - the first samples of the spinning current phases of a spinning current cycle are summed to form a spinning current measurement value of the current or magnetic field, - the digital signals of the analogue-to-digital converter for each spinning current phase are combined a plurality of times over a respective second time period, which is smaller than the first time period, in order to obtain a plurality of second samples in chronological sequence, - for each spinning current phase an offset of the first samples is calculated from the spinning current measurement value, and the second samples are corrected on the basis of this offset, in order to obtain offset-corrected fast measurement values of the current or magnetic field.
Device, having a pipeline section for an exhaust-gas flow, said pipeline section having an inlet end, an outlet end, a rectilinear section and a protuberance with an opening for the installation of a metering device for a liquid additive in the rectilinear section, wherein the protuberance has a height and an extent, and furthermore, in each case at least one disk-shaped honeycomb body is arranged at the inlet end and at the outlet end, wherein a central axis of the opening is directed toward one of the disk-shaped honeycomb bodies, characterized in that the extent of the protuberance is at least twice as great as the height, and at least one of the two disk-shaped honeycomb bodies, at the inlet end or at the outlet end, is of conical form.
Electronic wristwatch, comprising a mechanical energy harvester device, designed to transform mechanical energy deriving from the movements of a wearer to electrical energy, a processor in communication with an external device or with internet through a wireless interface of the watch, comprising a display component, controllable by the processor, for providing a biofeedback indication corresponding to a physical activity accumulated in a determined time interval relative to a predetermined goal, one or several sensors, a logic unit designed to control a display (50, 54) of the time, a power manager circuit for storing the electrical energy in a battery and/or in a capacitor, and to supply the logic unit, the processor and the wireless interface with energy stored in the battery and/or in the capacitor, said watch comprising having a low consumption functioning mode with timekeeping function in which the logic unit is active, while the processor, the sensors and the wireless interface are deactivated.
A method, comprising: determining normalized delta times of arrival corresponding to a plurality of blades based upon actual times of arrival corresponding to the plurality of blades; and determining static deflections of the plurality of blades by removing effects of one or more common factors from the normalized delta times of arrival corresponding to the plurality of blades, wherein determining the static deflections of the plurality of blades comprises the steps of: determining a plurality of modes and a plurality of blade coefficients based upon the normalized delta times of arrival; identifying blade coefficients in the plurality of blade coefficients that correspond to common modes in the plurality of modes based upon the plurality of blade coefficients; generating a reconstruction matrix by equating the blade coefficients corresponding to the common modes equal to zero; and determining the static deflections of the plurality of blades based upon the plurality of modes and the reconstruction matrix. determining normalized delta times of arrival corresponding to a plurality of blades based upon actual times of arrival corresponding to the plurality of blades; and determining static deflections of the plurality of blades by removing effects of one or more common factors from the normalized delta times of arrival corresponding to the plurality of blades, wherein determining the static deflections of the plurality of blades comprises the steps of: determining a plurality of modes and a plurality of blade coefficients based upon the normalized delta times of arrival; identifying blade coefficients in the plurality of blade coefficients that correspond to common modes in the plurality of modes based upon the plurality of blade coefficients; generating a reconstruction matrix by equating the blade coefficients corresponding to the common modes equal to zero; and determining the static deflections of the plurality of blades based upon the plurality of modes and the reconstruction matrix. determining a plurality of modes and a plurality of blade coefficients based upon the normalized delta times of arrival; identifying blade coefficients in the plurality of blade coefficients that correspond to common modes in the plurality of modes based upon the plurality of blade coefficients; generating a reconstruction matrix by equating the blade coefficients corresponding to the common modes equal to zero; and determining the static deflections of the plurality of blades based upon the plurality of modes and the reconstruction matrix.
A radiation curable resin composition comprising: metal oxide particles, which are alkaline earth metal oxide particles exhibiting an average particle diameter of 10 to 1000 nm, which is determined according to the method as disclosed in the description; at least one photoinitiator or any mixture thereof; at least one acrylate or methacrylate component with a ClogP higher than 2 or any mixture thereof, which is a 1,n-diol di(meth)acrylate of a diol of the formula HO-(CH 2) n -OH, whereby n is higher than 3, and wherein the ClogP is determined by calculation using the computer program Osiris Property Explorer; at least one monofunctional acrylate or methacrylate diluent component or any mixture thereof; at least one acrylate or methacrylate component with functionality equal to 3 or any mixture thereof; wherein Mica is excluded from the group of metal oxide particles. metal oxide particles, which are alkaline earth metal oxide particles exhibiting an average particle diameter of 10 to 1000 nm, which is determined according to the method as disclosed in the description; at least one photoinitiator or any mixture thereof; at least one acrylate or methacrylate component with a ClogP higher than 2 or any mixture thereof, which is a 1,n-diol di(meth)acrylate of a diol of the formula HO-(CH 2) n -OH, whereby n is higher than 3, and wherein the ClogP is determined by calculation using the computer program Osiris Property Explorer; at least one monofunctional acrylate or methacrylate diluent component or any mixture thereof; at least one acrylate or methacrylate component with functionality equal to 3 or any mixture thereof; wherein Mica is excluded from the group of metal oxide particles.
A dialysis system (10a, 10b) comprising: a first fluid heater; a second fluid heater; a main power source for powering the system; a supplemental power source; and a logic implementer (32, 50) configured to use the supplemental power source such that when the first and second heaters are powered simultaneously, a collective current draw does not exceed a maximum allowable current draw of the main power source. a first fluid heater; a second fluid heater; a main power source for powering the system; a supplemental power source; and a logic implementer (32, 50) configured to use the supplemental power source such that when the first and second heaters are powered simultaneously, a collective current draw does not exceed a maximum allowable current draw of the main power source.
A copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin said copolymer having (a) a density D in the range 0.900 - 0.940 g/cm 3 measured in accordance with ISO 1183-1 (Method A), the sample being prepared by the method disclosed in the examples section (b) a melt index Ml 2 (2.16 kg, 190°C) in the range of 0.01 - 50 g/10 min measured in accordance with ISO 1133, (c) a melt index MI 2 (2.16 kg, 190°C) and Dow Rheology Index determined by the method described in the examples section, satisfying the equation DRI / MI 2 > 2.65, and (d) a Dart Drop Impact, as measured by ASTM D1709-98 (Method A), in g of a blown film having a thickness of 25 μm produced from the copolymer satisfying the equation DDI ≥ 19000 x 1 - Exp ⁢ - 750 ⁢ D - 0.908 2 x Exp ⁢ 0.919 - D / 0.0045 (a) a density D in the range 0.900 - 0.940 g/cm 3 measured in accordance with ISO 1183-1 (Method A), the sample being prepared by the method disclosed in the examples section (b) a melt index Ml 2 (2.16 kg, 190°C) in the range of 0.01 - 50 g/10 min measured in accordance with ISO 1133, (c) a melt index MI 2 (2.16 kg, 190°C) and Dow Rheology Index determined by the method described in the examples section, satisfying the equation DRI / MI 2 > 2.65, and (d) a Dart Drop Impact, as measured by ASTM D1709-98 (Method A), in g of a blown film having a thickness of 25 μm produced from the copolymer satisfying the equation DDI ≥ 19000 x 1 - Exp ⁢ - 750 ⁢ D - 0.908 2 x Exp ⁢ 0.919 - D / 0.0045
A method for determining an approximated three axes absolute orientation of a platform, comprising: measuring a first sky polarization data set at a first time Ti using a sky polarization sensor disposed on a platform; the three axes orientation of said polarization sensor at time Ti being known; changing the position of said platform; measuring a second sky polarization data set at a second time Tj using said sky polarization sensor disposed on said platform; determining a difference in three axes orientation between said first sky polarization data set and said second sky polarization data set using an orientation determiner; providing said difference in three axes orientation as at least one orientation parameter for said platform at time Tj; and using said at least one orientation parameter to provide a three axes orientation of said platform at time Tj. measuring a first sky polarization data set at a first time Ti using a sky polarization sensor disposed on a platform; the three axes orientation of said polarization sensor at time Ti being known; changing the position of said platform; measuring a second sky polarization data set at a second time Tj using said sky polarization sensor disposed on said platform; determining a difference in three axes orientation between said first sky polarization data set and said second sky polarization data set using an orientation determiner; providing said difference in three axes orientation as at least one orientation parameter for said platform at time Tj; and using said at least one orientation parameter to provide a three axes orientation of said platform at time Tj.
A nuclear reactor containment comprising: a solid metal shell having sides and a cover, sized to surround at least a portion of a primary coolant loop of a nuclear reactor system (12, 14, 16, 18, 20), the solid metal shell having an exterior surface; an outer housing having sides and a roof, substantially surrounding and spaced from the solid metal shell forming an annular passage around the exterior surface of the sides of the solid metal shell that communicates with a passage between the cover and the roof; a fluid intake communicating between the outside of the outer housing and a lower portion of the annular passage; a fluid exit extending through a portion of the roof; and characterized by a swirl vane assembly supported in the annular passage between an interior side of the sides of the housing and the exterior surface of the sides of the solid metal shell. a solid metal shell having sides and a cover, sized to surround at least a portion of a primary coolant loop of a nuclear reactor system (12, 14, 16, 18, 20), the solid metal shell having an exterior surface; an outer housing having sides and a roof, substantially surrounding and spaced from the solid metal shell forming an annular passage around the exterior surface of the sides of the solid metal shell that communicates with a passage between the cover and the roof; a fluid intake communicating between the outside of the outer housing and a lower portion of the annular passage; a fluid exit extending through a portion of the roof; and characterized by a swirl vane assembly supported in the annular passage between an interior side of the sides of the housing and the exterior surface of the sides of the solid metal shell.
A device for the joint acquisition of at least one surface electromyographic signal and one echographic image of a same portion of a muscle of a living being, in particular for non-invasive applications, wherein said device comprises, an electrode for acquiring said at least one surface electromyographic signal and a first layer consisting of cross-linked polymers, said first layer: - comprising a cavity adapted to house a first portion of said electrode; and - being transparent to ultrasounds, so as to allow obtaining an acoustic impedance adaptation such that said joint acquisition of said at least one surface electromyographic signal and of said at least one echographic image of a same portion of said muscle can be obtained, wherein said electrode is of the wire type and comprises a third portion, which is hook-shaped or bridge-shaped and preferably positioned above said first layer. - comprising a cavity adapted to house a first portion of said electrode; and - being transparent to ultrasounds, so as to allow obtaining an acoustic impedance adaptation such that said joint acquisition of said at least one surface electromyographic signal and of said at least one echographic image of a same portion of said muscle can be obtained,
A method of making a composition, the method comprising: a first step of at least one of cold rolling, cold drawing, and pilgering a material, wherein the material is the iron-based composition of claim 5; a second step, subsequent to the first step, of heat treating the material at a first temperature between about 1025 °C and about 1100 °C for at least 5 minutes in which the iron-based composition is transformed into an austenite phase; a third step, subsequent to the second step, of air cooling the material to a second temperature of about 20 °C in which at least some of the iron-based composition is transformed into a martensite phase; and a fourth step, subsequent to the third step, of heat treating the material at a third temperature between about 650 °C and about 780 °C for between about 0.5 hours to about 3 hours in which carbides are precipitated. a first step of at least one of cold rolling, cold drawing, and pilgering a material, wherein the material is the iron-based composition of claim 5; a second step, subsequent to the first step, of heat treating the material at a first temperature between about 1025 °C and about 1100 °C for at least 5 minutes in which the iron-based composition is transformed into an austenite phase; a third step, subsequent to the second step, of air cooling the material to a second temperature of about 20 °C in which at least some of the iron-based composition is transformed into a martensite phase; and a fourth step, subsequent to the third step, of heat treating the material at a third temperature between about 650 °C and about 780 °C for between about 0.5 hours to about 3 hours in which carbides are precipitated.