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A method of forming a cannula comprising the steps of providing parts for forming a cannula mandrel assembly, the parts comprising a pair of nare forming mandrels (5, 7) each defining an end, a main body forming mandrel having a rectangular central recessed section and openings (17, 19) to receive and engage the ends of the nare forming mandrels (5, 7), and a mouthpiece forming mandrel having an end connector, the end connector defining a slot dimensioned to mate slidingly with the central recessed section; assembling the parts to form the cannula mandrel assembly defining interior spaces of the cannula to be formed; heating the cannula mandrel assembly to a desired temperature; providing an uncured cannula forming polymeric material in a flowable state; dipping the heated cannula mandrel assembly in the polymeric material to form a desired thickness of partially cured polymeric material on the cannula mandrel assembly for forming the cannula; heating the partially cured polymeric material on the cannula mandrel assembly to further cure the polymeric material; and extracting, from the cured polymeric material, the nare forming mandrels (5, 7), the mouthpiece forming mandrel by removing the slot from the rectangular central recessed section, and the main body forming mandrel to produce the cannula. a main body forming mandrel having a rectangular central recessed section and openings (17, 19) to receive and engage the ends of the nare forming mandrels (5, 7), and a mouthpiece forming mandrel having an end connector, the end connector defining a slot dimensioned to mate slidingly with the central recessed section; assembling the parts to form the cannula mandrel assembly defining interior spaces of the cannula to be formed; heating the cannula mandrel assembly to a desired temperature; providing an uncured cannula forming polymeric material in a flowable state; dipping the heated cannula mandrel assembly in the polymeric material to form a desired thickness of partially cured polymeric material on the cannula mandrel assembly for forming the cannula; heating the partially cured polymeric material on the cannula mandrel assembly to further cure the polymeric material; and extracting, from the cured polymeric material, the nare forming mandrels (5, 7), the mouthpiece forming mandrel by removing the slot from the rectangular central recessed section, and the main body forming mandrel to produce the cannula.
A flow deflector for use in a filling device for filling a receptacle, comprising: a swirl body defining a first passage having a helical extension for a filling fluid, said first passage consisting of coils that impose a vortex movement on the filling fluid, characterized in that in said swirl body a second passage is obtained for a gas to be evacuated, said second passage being coaxial with the first passage and having an at least partially helical extension. a swirl body defining a first passage having a helical extension for a filling fluid, said first passage consisting of coils that impose a vortex movement on the filling fluid, characterized in that in said swirl body a second passage is obtained for a gas to be evacuated, said second passage being coaxial with the first passage and having an at least partially helical extension.
A method for encoding a high dynamic range image, the method comprising: obtaining a lower dynamic range image corresponding to the high dynamic range image, the lower dynamic range image being obtainable from the high dynamic range image by a dynamic range reduction process and containing the same scene as the high dynamic range image; identifying, as bins, groups of pixels in the high dynamic range image for which corresponding pixels in the lower dynamic range image all have the same pixel value; generating a prediction function based on the high dynamic range image and the lower dynamic range image, wherein generating the prediction function is based at least in part on pixel values of the pixels in the high dynamic range image belonging to each of a plurality of the groups and further involves, for each of the plurality of the groups, collecting the pixel values of the pixels in the high dynamic range image in the respective group into the respective bin and statistically analyzing the respective bin; applying the prediction function to the lower dynamic range image to obtain a predicted high dynamic range image; computing a residual image representing differences between pixel values in the predicted high dynamic range image and corresponding pixel values in the high dynamic range image; and encoding (20, 34, 36) and storing data representing the lower dynamic range image, the prediction function and the residual image. obtaining a lower dynamic range image corresponding to the high dynamic range image, the lower dynamic range image being obtainable from the high dynamic range image by a dynamic range reduction process and containing the same scene as the high dynamic range image; identifying, as bins, groups of pixels in the high dynamic range image for which corresponding pixels in the lower dynamic range image all have the same pixel value; generating a prediction function based on the high dynamic range image and the lower dynamic range image, wherein generating the prediction function is based at least in part on pixel values of the pixels in the high dynamic range image belonging to each of a plurality of the groups and further involves, for each of the plurality of the groups, collecting the pixel values of the pixels in the high dynamic range image in the respective group into the respective bin and statistically analyzing the respective bin; applying the prediction function to the lower dynamic range image to obtain a predicted high dynamic range image; computing a residual image representing differences between pixel values in the predicted high dynamic range image and corresponding pixel values in the high dynamic range image; and encoding (20, 34, 36) and storing data representing the lower dynamic range image, the prediction function and the residual image.
A method of managing a digital subscriber line in a telecommunications network, comprising: continuously measuring a signal to noise ratio parameter associated with the digital subscriber line and identifying variations in the signal to noise ratio parameter; comparing (202, 204) the variations with one or more predetermined conditions, wherein the predetermined conditions are based on signal to noise ratio parameter characteristics associated with a population of lines operating without a fault; triggering a line test on the digital subscriber line as soon as the predetermined conditions are not met in the comparing step, and characterised in that the method further comprises determining an atmospheric moisture measure in the telecommunications network, and only triggering a line test on the digital subscriber line if the predetermined conditions are not met and the atmospheric moisture measure meets a predetermined threshold. continuously measuring a signal to noise ratio parameter associated with the digital subscriber line and identifying variations in the signal to noise ratio parameter; comparing (202, 204) the variations with one or more predetermined conditions, wherein the predetermined conditions are based on signal to noise ratio parameter characteristics associated with a population of lines operating without a fault; triggering a line test on the digital subscriber line as soon as the predetermined conditions are not met in the comparing step, and characterised in that the method further comprises determining an atmospheric moisture measure in the telecommunications network, and only triggering a line test on the digital subscriber line if the predetermined conditions are not met and the atmospheric moisture measure meets a predetermined threshold.
A liquid immersion lithography apparatus for exposing a substrate with light through a projection optical system and liquid, the apparatus comprising: a base arranged to be below the projection optical system; a substrate stage having a table for supporting the substrate; a planar motor arranged to movably support the substrate stage above the base; a frame configured to support the projection optical system; and a sensor (556, 558), wherein a surface of the table and a surface of the sensor are arranged on substantially the same plane and the table is configured to support the substrate so that a surface of the substrate and the surface of the table are arranged on substantially the same plane, and wherein the planar motor is arranged to movably support the substrate stage so that each of the surface of the sensor and the surface of the substrate is arrangeable to oppose the projection optical system via a gap formed beneath the projection optical system in which liquid is maintainable. a base arranged to be below the projection optical system; a substrate stage having a table for supporting the substrate; a planar motor arranged to movably support the substrate stage above the base; a frame configured to support the projection optical system; and a sensor (556, 558), wherein a surface of the table and a surface of the sensor are arranged on substantially the same plane and the table is configured to support the substrate so that a surface of the substrate and the surface of the table are arranged on substantially the same plane, and wherein the planar motor is arranged to movably support the substrate stage so that each of the surface of the sensor and the surface of the substrate is arrangeable to oppose the projection optical system via a gap formed beneath the projection optical system in which liquid is maintainable.
Magnetic resonance device, having a main magnetic unit with a main magnet comprising a superconducting coil for generating a basic magnetic field, a ramp device designed for running down and/or running up the main magnet, with a ramp component arranged on the main magnetic unit emitting heat on a run-up process and/or a run down process, a cooling device and at least one electronic unit to be cooled, characterised in that the cooling device has a cooling plate which is in heat-conducting contact with the ramp component, wherein the cooling plate is mounted on the ramp component and adjoining the cooling plate on the side remote from the main magnetic unit in heat-conducting contact is a carrier plate which carries at least one electronic unit in heat-conducting contact.
An apparatus (106, 400) for coordinating inter-satellite handoff in a telecommunications system including a first communication satellite and a second communication satellite controllable to lay down steerable spot beams including respectively a first spot beam and a second spot beam, the apparatus comprising a processor (114, 414) and a memory storing executable instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the apparatus to at least: control the first communication satellite to steer the first spot beam to track and communicate with a user terminal during a first time interval; determine a trajectory of the user terminal and a predicted handoff point on the trajectory for handoff of the user terminal from the first communication satellite to the second communication satellite; automatically control the second communication satellite to steer the second spot beam to the predicted handoff point or a point proximate thereto no sooner than the user terminal is within the second spot beam when steered to the predicted handoff point or the point proximate thereto to enable the handoff; and thereafter, coordinate handoff of the user terminal from the first communication satellite to the second communication satellite; and control the second communication satellite to steer the second spot beam to track and communicate with the user terminal during a subsequent, second time interval. control the first communication satellite to steer the first spot beam to track and communicate with a user terminal during a first time interval; determine a trajectory of the user terminal and a predicted handoff point on the trajectory for handoff of the user terminal from the first communication satellite to the second communication satellite; automatically control the second communication satellite to steer the second spot beam to the predicted handoff point or a point proximate thereto no sooner than the user terminal is within the second spot beam when steered to the predicted handoff point or the point proximate thereto to enable the handoff; and thereafter, coordinate handoff of the user terminal from the first communication satellite to the second communication satellite; and control the second communication satellite to steer the second spot beam to track and communicate with the user terminal during a subsequent, second time interval.
A process for the production of rare earth magnets via a non-powder route, the process comprising the steps of: exposing a rare earth alloy to hydrogen gas at an elevated temperature so as to effect hydrogenation and disproportionation of the alloy; mechanically processing the disproportionated alloy; and degassing the processed alloy so as to effect hydrogen desorption and recombination of the alloy, wherein the rare earth alloy is a bulk solid material and not a powder, and wherein mechanically processing the disproportionated alloy comprises pressing, rolling and/or extruding the disproportionated alloy. exposing a rare earth alloy to hydrogen gas at an elevated temperature so as to effect hydrogenation and disproportionation of the alloy; mechanically processing the disproportionated alloy; and degassing the processed alloy so as to effect hydrogen desorption and recombination of the alloy, wherein the rare earth alloy is a bulk solid material and not a powder, and wherein mechanically processing the disproportionated alloy comprises pressing, rolling and/or extruding the disproportionated alloy.
A mass spectrometer including: a plasma ion source for providing an atmospheric pressure plasma containing analyte ions, a vacuum chamber, and a sampling and a skimmer interface arrangement (34, 40) between the plasma ion source and the vacuum chamber for admitting plasma which contains analyte ions into the vacuum chamber, electrode means (45, 46, 47, 66, 68, 70) in the vacuum chamber for extracting an ion beam containing analyte ions from the admitted plasma for transmission to a mass analyser and ion detector contained in a further vacuum chamber, characterized in that the electrode means (45, 46, 47, 66, 68, 70) including at least one electrode for producing an electrostatic field, which extracts ions into ion beam from plasma, wherein the at least one electrode is configured and associated with the skimmer such that a region of the vacuum chamber where the ion extraction occurs, between the skimmer and said at least one electrode will have a relatively higher pressure than the pressure elsewhere in the vacuum chamber thereby to provide a collisional gas volume for attenuating polyatomic and multicharged interfering ions. a plasma ion source for providing an atmospheric pressure plasma containing analyte ions, a vacuum chamber, and a sampling and a skimmer interface arrangement (34, 40) between the plasma ion source and the vacuum chamber for admitting plasma which contains analyte ions into the vacuum chamber, electrode means (45, 46, 47, 66, 68, 70) in the vacuum chamber for extracting an ion beam containing analyte ions from the admitted plasma for transmission to a mass analyser and ion detector contained in a further vacuum chamber, characterized in that the electrode means (45, 46, 47, 66, 68, 70) including at least one electrode for producing an electrostatic field, which extracts ions into ion beam from plasma, wherein the at least one electrode is configured and associated with the skimmer such that a region of the vacuum chamber where the ion extraction occurs, between the skimmer and said at least one electrode will have a relatively higher pressure than the pressure elsewhere in the vacuum chamber thereby to provide a collisional gas volume for attenuating polyatomic and multicharged interfering ions.
A passive RFID tag assembly for operation with at least one RFID reader assembly, comprising: a single passive antenna member for transmitting and/or receiving an RFID signal; and at least one integrated circuit, IC, for processing the RFID signal, and which is configured to, whilst receiving power, communicate, by broadcasting, alternatingly and sequentially in time, a first signal transmission and at least one second signal transmission, each defined by a plurality of predetermined signal transmission parameters, to the at least one RFID reader assembly utilising time-division multiplexing, wherein said at least one first signal transmission differs from said at least one second signal transmission in at least one of said plurality of predetermined signal transmission parameters, characterised in that: the passive RFID tag assembly is a Tag-Talks-Only, TTO, RFID tag assembly, and the broadcasting, alternatingly and sequentially in time, is performed without interpreting data or commands from the at least one RFID reader assembly. a single passive antenna member for transmitting and/or receiving an RFID signal; and at least one integrated circuit, IC, for processing the RFID signal, and which is configured to, whilst receiving power, communicate, by broadcasting, alternatingly and sequentially in time, a first signal transmission and at least one second signal transmission, each defined by a plurality of predetermined signal transmission parameters, to the at least one RFID reader assembly utilising time-division multiplexing, wherein said at least one first signal transmission differs from said at least one second signal transmission in at least one of said plurality of predetermined signal transmission parameters, characterised in that: the passive RFID tag assembly is a Tag-Talks-Only, TTO, RFID tag assembly, and the broadcasting, alternatingly and sequentially in time, is performed without interpreting data or commands from the at least one RFID reader assembly. the passive RFID tag assembly is a Tag-Talks-Only, TTO, RFID tag assembly, and the broadcasting, alternatingly and sequentially in time, is performed without interpreting data or commands from the at least one RFID reader assembly.
A phosphoric acid diester salt represented by the following chemical Formula: wherein M n+ represents a hydrogen ion, an alkali metal ion, an alkali earth metal ion, an aluminum ion, or a transition metal ion; one of R 1 and R 2 represents an alkyl group having 4 carbon atoms and having a halogen atom and the other represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and having no halogen atoms; or R 1 and R 2 are different from each other and represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and having at least one of a heteroatom, and an unsaturated bond; and n represents a valence.
A method of optimizing battery charger power in a UPS, the method comprising: generating a charger current; supplying the charger current to a battery array coupled to the UPS; monitoring an input current to the UPS by comparing the amplitude of the input current with a signal representative of a first predetermined limit; and if the amplitude of the input current exceeds the first predetermined limit, reducing the charger current; characterised in that if the amplitude of the input current is less than a second predetermined limit; increasing the charger current; wherein increasing the charger current includes: increasing the charger current by a predetermined increment; and repeating the acts of comparing the amplitude of the input current with the signal representative of the first predetermined limit and increasing the charger current by the predetermined increment until the amplitude of the input current reaches the first predetermined limit unless the input current has exceeded the second predetermined limit. generating a charger current; supplying the charger current to a battery array coupled to the UPS; monitoring an input current to the UPS by comparing the amplitude of the input current with a signal representative of a first predetermined limit; and if the amplitude of the input current exceeds the first predetermined limit, reducing the charger current; characterised in that if the amplitude of the input current is less than a second predetermined limit; increasing the charger current; wherein increasing the charger current includes: increasing the charger current by a predetermined increment; and repeating the acts of comparing the amplitude of the input current with the signal representative of the first predetermined limit and increasing the charger current by the predetermined increment until the amplitude of the input current reaches the first predetermined limit unless the input current has exceeded the second predetermined limit. increasing the charger current by a predetermined increment; and repeating the acts of comparing the amplitude of the input current with the signal representative of the first predetermined limit and increasing the charger current by the predetermined increment until the amplitude of the input current reaches the first predetermined limit unless the input current has exceeded the second predetermined limit.
A process for production of pentaerythritol with an increased yield of di-pentaerythritol, said process using calcium hydroxide as catalyst, the process comprising the following steps: a) Adding water, less than half of the total amount of formaldehyde and a formose inhibitor to a reactor and heating the reaction solution to 25-40 °C b) Continuously adding acetaldehyde, calcium hydroxide and at least half of the amount of formaldehyde to the reactor during a time period of 20-80 minutes and at the same time increasing the temperature to 45-55 °C c) Pausing the continuous dosing of formaldehyde after 5-20 minutes of dosing, the pause in dosing being 5-20 minutes long d) Keeping the temperature at 45-55 °C during 10-30 minutes for postreaction and then neutralizing the solution e) Adding a flocculating agent to remove impurities from the calcium hydroxide and adjusting the pH to below 4.5 f) Purifying the pentaerythritol and di-pentaerythritol respectively with conventional methods, including a formaldehyde stripping and recirculation step and a final fractional crystallization step wherein the molar ratio formaldehyde: acetaldehyde in said process is < 6: 1 and the molar ratio calcium hydroxide: acetaldehyde in said process is < 0.65: 1 and wherein the synthetic yield of di-pentaerythritol in said process is at least 4%, calculated against acetaldehyde. a) Adding water, less than half of the total amount of formaldehyde and a formose inhibitor to a reactor and heating the reaction solution to 25-40 °C b) Continuously adding acetaldehyde, calcium hydroxide and at least half of the amount of formaldehyde to the reactor during a time period of 20-80 minutes and at the same time increasing the temperature to 45-55 °C c) Pausing the continuous dosing of formaldehyde after 5-20 minutes of dosing, the pause in dosing being 5-20 minutes long d) Keeping the temperature at 45-55 °C during 10-30 minutes for postreaction and then neutralizing the solution e) Adding a flocculating agent to remove impurities from the calcium hydroxide and adjusting the pH to below 4.5 f) Purifying the pentaerythritol and di-pentaerythritol respectively with conventional methods, including a formaldehyde stripping and recirculation step and a final fractional crystallization step