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A method for determining a reference value for a response contained in a reception signal of a secondary radar, with a plurality of responses being interleaved in said reception signal, each response comprising a preamble that comprises pulses that are emitted at given positions and data pulses that are arranged according to a given protocol, said reception signal, which corresponds to the analogue signal received by the radar, being sampled over a period that is shorter than the duration of a pulse, said method comprising the following steps: - identifying, in said reception signal, the position of each data pulse present by detecting rising and/or falling edges in said reception signal and, when interleaving is present between a plurality of pulses, identifying the position of the first data pulse on the basis of a rising edge and identifying the position of the last data pulse on the basis of a falling edge; - identifying stable parts at the data pulses that are present in said reception signal; - determining, for each response that is contained in said reception signal, potential positions of data pulses of the considered response located in the non-interleaved zones of said considered response; - selecting, for each response that is contained in said reception signal, time windows, with each time window identifying, in said reception signal, a stable part of a data pulse, the position of which has been identified and the identified position of which coincides with a given potential position; - the reference value being the value that is mostly taken by all of the samples of said reception signal located in the selected time windows. - identifying, in said reception signal, the position of each data pulse present by detecting rising and/or falling edges in said reception signal and, when interleaving is present between a plurality of pulses, identifying the position of the first data pulse on the basis of a rising edge and identifying the position of the last data pulse on the basis of a falling edge; - identifying stable parts at the data pulses that are present in said reception signal; - determining, for each response that is contained in said reception signal, potential positions of data pulses of the considered response located in the non-interleaved zones of said considered response; - selecting, for each response that is contained in said reception signal, time windows, with each time window identifying, in said reception signal, a stable part of a data pulse, the position of which has been identified and the identified position of which coincides with a given potential position; - the reference value being the value that is mostly taken by all of the samples of said reception signal located in the selected time windows.
Method for insulating the end windings of a wave winding mat, in which a wave winding mat is produced with a plurality of end winding portions made by bending round winding wires (2, 3) and the end winding portions are insulated from one another by applying an insulating element, in particular an insulating paper or an insulating foil or a strip-like insulating element, to the end winding portions characterised by the following steps: (i) transporting the wave winding mat in a transport direction, ii) moving the at least adjacent end winding portions of the wave winding mat relatively apart from one another; iii) introducing an insulating element between the end winding portions which have been moved apart; iv) b ringing back together again the end winding portions which were moved apart from one another. (i) transporting the wave winding mat in a transport direction, ii) moving the at least adjacent end winding portions of the wave winding mat relatively apart from one another; iii) introducing an insulating element between the end winding portions which have been moved apart; iv) b ringing back together again the end winding portions which were moved apart from one another.
A composition comprising at least one of the strains selected from Lactobacillus plantarum 2828 (ECGC 13110403); Lactobacillus plantarum 2830 (ECGC 13110402); and Lactobacillus plantarum 2691 (ECGC 13110401), for use in the treatment of high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes or obesity.
Cleansing composition for keratin fibres especially for human hair comprising at least one anionic surfactant, at least one non-ionic surfactant and at least one amphoteric surfactant at a total concentration of 5 to 50% by weight calculated to total composition characterised in that it comprises at least one alkyl ether sulphate type of anionic surfactant, at least one alkyl polyglucoside type of non-ionic surfactant and at least one alkyl amido alkyl betaine type of amphoteric surfactant, at least one arylated silicone at a concentration of 0.001 to 2.5 % by weight calculated to total composition and at least one conditioning agent selected from cationic polymers.
Robot for transporting self-propelled cleaning robots, comprising a drive device for autonomous travel over a floor area, characterised in that the robot has a sensor device for detecting its environment, the robot having a storage means for self-propelled cleaning robots, the robot having a movement device for moving self-propelled cleaning robots, the movement device being designed such that it can pick up a self-propelled cleaning robot from the floor area and place it in the storage means of the robot.
A method of making a tile (24, 25) for a tiled article, the method comprising: forming prism elements on a surface of a substrate; forming, by diamond cutting, a wall on the substrate, wherein the wall has a wall angle (Wθ) of 90°, and wherein the wall shares a first common edge with the surface; and forming, by laser cutting, water jet cutting, waterjet-guided laser cutting, or wire electrical discharge cutting, a face on the substrate, wherein the wall shares a second common edge with the face; wherein the first common edge is on an opposite side of the wall from the second common edge, wherein an angle (Fθ) between the face and the wall is less than 180° as measured through the substrate. forming prism elements on a surface of a substrate; forming, by diamond cutting, a wall on the substrate, wherein the wall has a wall angle (Wθ) of 90°, and wherein the wall shares a first common edge with the surface; and forming, by laser cutting, water jet cutting, waterjet-guided laser cutting, or wire electrical discharge cutting, a face on the substrate, wherein the wall shares a second common edge with the face; wherein the first common edge is on an opposite side of the wall from the second common edge, wherein an angle (Fθ) between the face and the wall is less than 180° as measured through the substrate.
A system comprsing an x-ray detector module for use in an imaging apparatus, a plurality of detector modules disposed so as to form a tiled two dimensional array of detector pixels, the system further including a device external to the detector module, each such detector module comprising: a plurality of x-ray sensitive detector pixels which generate electrical signals in response to x-radiation detected thereby and arranged for installation in the tiled two-dimensional array; a memory which contains both a first parameter indicative of a first measured performance characteristic of the detector module and a second parameter indicative of a second measured performance characteristic of the detector module; circuitry in operative communication with the memory and the detector pixels, wherein the circuitry corrects the electrical signals as a function of the first parameter so as to generate corrected detector signals; and a communication interface, in operative communication with the memory, to communicate the corrected detector signals and the second parameter to the external device, the external device being configured to correct the corrected detector signals as a function of the second parameter. a plurality of x-ray sensitive detector pixels which generate electrical signals in response to x-radiation detected thereby and arranged for installation in the tiled two-dimensional array; a memory which contains both a first parameter indicative of a first measured performance characteristic of the detector module and a second parameter indicative of a second measured performance characteristic of the detector module; circuitry in operative communication with the memory and the detector pixels, wherein the circuitry corrects the electrical signals as a function of the first parameter so as to generate corrected detector signals; and a communication interface, in operative communication with the memory, to communicate the corrected detector signals and the second parameter to the external device, the external device being configured to correct the corrected detector signals as a function of the second parameter.
A device for assessing a gasket pressure of a gasket arrangement between two adjacent heat transfer plates of a plate heat exchanger, said gasket arrangement sealing between said adjacent heat transfer plates to define a flow channel between said adjacent heat transfer plates, and said gasket arrangement being subjected to a number of specific outer conditions, wherein the device comprises a first sensor, characterised in that it comprises a resilient test object arranged to be clamped between a first and a second surface (50, 52) and adapted to be arranged in connection to the heat exchanger in order to be subjected to at least one of said specific outer conditions, which test object is adapted to be arranged separated from the gasket arrangement and evaluated for an indirect assessment of the gasket pressure of the gasket arrangement, wherein the first sensor is arranged to monitor a first pressure between the test object and the first surface, which first pressure is to be used for the indirect assessment of the gasket pressure of the gasket arrangement, wherein the device allows an evaluation of the gasket pressure which does not affect the gasket arrangement, wherein the device further comprises a cage housing the test object, wherein said first and said second surface (50, 52) is comprised in a top and a bottom, respectively, of the cage and wherein the cage comprises at least one opening in a side wall extending between the top and the bottom of the cage, and wherein the device comprises a seat arranged to house the test object and a tightening means arranged to be partly received in, and engage with, the seat to form the cage and clamp the test object between the first and second surfaces (50, 52) being comprised in the seat and the tightening means, respectively.
A system for sensing a user's interaction with an object, the system comprising: a signal generator for generating an alternating current signal to be applied to an object, wherein the signal is swept through a range of frequencies over time; an envelope detector arranged to receive the AC signal when the AC signal is applied to the object, the envelope detector being configured to convert the received AC signal, whose frequency is varied with time, to a direct current signal, wherein the amplitude of the DC signal defines a curve as a function of the AC frequency applied to the object; and an analog-to-digital converter couplable to the object and configured to identify a value of an impedance parameter from said curve as the user interacts with the object; and means for indicating a characteristic of an interaction between the object and the user by comparing the value of the impedance parameter to a value of the impedance parameter as determined from previous interactions and stored in memory. a signal generator for generating an alternating current signal to be applied to an object, wherein the signal is swept through a range of frequencies over time; an envelope detector arranged to receive the AC signal when the AC signal is applied to the object, the envelope detector being configured to convert the received AC signal, whose frequency is varied with time, to a direct current signal, wherein the amplitude of the DC signal defines a curve as a function of the AC frequency applied to the object; and an analog-to-digital converter couplable to the object and configured to identify a value of an impedance parameter from said curve as the user interacts with the object; and means for indicating a characteristic of an interaction between the object and the user by comparing the value of the impedance parameter to a value of the impedance parameter as determined from previous interactions and stored in memory.
Method for regulating a charge air pressure (p) of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, having an exhaust gas turbocharger, a fresh gas supply device, a vehicle air system with an air treatment system and a compressor that can be charged by the exhaust gas turbocharger and an engine controller, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (i) detecting a torque requirement of the internal combustion engine, determining a current charge air pressure (p) and determining a current pressure of the vehicle air system; (ii) comparing the current charge air pressure (p) to a target charge air pressure (psoll) corresponding to this torque requirement, and comparing the determined current pressure of the vehicle air system to a target operating pressure of the vehicle air system; and (iii) regulating the charge air pressure by suppressing a supply of compressed air, supplied by the exhaust gas turbocharger, to the compressor when the determined current charge air pressure (p) is less than the corresponding target charge air pressure (Psoll) and the current pressure of the vehicle air system is greater than or equal to the target operating pressure of the vehicle air system, wherein the comparison of the current charge air pressure (p) is realised by the engine controller and this generates a signal when the determined current charge air pressure (p) is less than the corresponding target charge air pressure (psoll), wherein the signal generated is sent to the air treatment system, which then carries out the comparison of the determined current pressure of the vehicle air system with the target operating pressure of the vehicle air system, wherein to suppress the supply of compressed air, supplied by the exhaust gas turbocharger, to the compressor, the compressor is switched off. (i) detecting a torque requirement of the internal combustion engine, determining a current charge air pressure (p) and determining a current pressure of the vehicle air system; (ii) comparing the current charge air pressure (p) to a target charge air pressure (psoll) corresponding to this torque requirement, and comparing the determined current pressure of the vehicle air system to a target operating pressure of the vehicle air system; and (iii) regulating the charge air pressure by suppressing a supply of compressed air, supplied by the exhaust gas turbocharger, to the compressor when the determined current charge air pressure (p) is less than the corresponding target charge air pressure (Psoll) and the current pressure of the vehicle air system is greater than or equal to the target operating pressure of the vehicle air system,
Apparatus for removal of a ring-shaped reinforcement edge from a ground semiconductor wafer, which wafer is connected with an elastic film with material fit, and attached to a circumferential wafer frame by way of this carrier film, the apparatus having a holding device that has a support having suction openings for holding the semiconductor wafer against the support surface of the support, and having a severing device that comprises means for detachment of the reinforcement edge from the carrier film in one piece, wherin the holding device has a clamping device that surrounds the support, for clamping the wafer frame and/or the carrier film in place, characterized in that the clamping device interacts with the support to produce stretching of the carrier film between clamping device and reinforcement edge, and that the severing device has a tool guide having a disaggregating tool, for moving the disaggregating tool between stretched carrier film and reinforcement edge, in order to detach the reinforcement edge from the carrier film, which is stretched by an interaction of clamping device and support, in one piece.
A cleaning appliance comprising a main body and a separating apparatus including a dirt collector having a base that is openable to allow the dirt collector to be emptied, characterised in that the cleaning appliance includes an actuator that is operable sequentially such that, during a first operation, the actuator causes the base to be opened and, during a second operation, the actuator causes the dirt collector to disengage from the separating apparatus.
A process for the preparation of heterobifunctional polymers comprising the following steps: (a) reacting an excess of an initial polymer dissolved in a solvent with a branch point molecule to form a polymer mixture containing at least the initial polymer and a conjugate comprising at least two polymer molecules covalently bound to the branch point molecule such that each polymer molecule has a terminal which is bound to the branch point molecule and at least one unbound terminal; (b) contacting the polymer mixture with a semi-permeable membrane which has a rejection for the conjugate which is greater than the rejection for the initial polymer, so that the ratio between the concentrations of the conjugate and the initial polymer in the retentate is increased; and (c) cleaving the polymer from the branch point molecule of the conjugate; wherein the at least one unbound terminal of the polymer molecule of the conjugate is reacted to chemically modify the functionality of the unbound terminal of the polymer and wherein said modification occurs either prior to or subsequent to step (b) such that the polymer cleaved from branch point molecule in step (c) comprises the initial polymer comprising at least one terminal with a different functionality. (a) reacting an excess of an initial polymer dissolved in a solvent with a branch point molecule to form a polymer mixture containing at least the initial polymer and a conjugate comprising at least two polymer molecules covalently bound to the branch point molecule such that each polymer molecule has a terminal which is bound to the branch point molecule and at least one unbound terminal; (b) contacting the polymer mixture with a semi-permeable membrane which has a rejection for the conjugate which is greater than the rejection for the initial polymer, so that the ratio between the concentrations of the conjugate and the initial polymer in the retentate is increased; and (c) cleaving the polymer from the branch point molecule of the conjugate;
An isolated rpS21 promoter having the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 39 or a variant thereof having promoter activity, wherein the identity of the variant and SEQ ID NO: 39 is at least 95% over the entire length of SEQ ID NO: 39.
Filter element for purifying gases escaping from a stoma bag, the filter element having at least one inlet opening for the entry of the gases, an outlet region for the exit of the gases and a layer containing activated carbon through which the gases are to flow on their way from the inlet opening to the outlet region, wherein the filter element is in the form of a strip, characterized in that the layer has outer side surfaces and end surfaces, wherein a part of the outer side surfaces of the layer is surrounded by a gas- and liquid-impermeable plastic film and is connected to this plastic film, wherein the part of the outer side surfaces of the layer which is not surrounded by the plastic film forms the outlet region which extends along the filter element and which is covered by a membrane and is connected to this membrane, which is impermeable to water in liquid form but permeable to water vapour and gas and which is weldable thermally or by means of or ultrasonic sound, wherein the melting point of the membrane is below 180°C, the major part of the surface formed by the outer side surfaces of the layer being surrounded by the plastic film and bonded thereto.
(i) A bromodomain inhibitor and (ii) a Notch pathway inhibitor, for use in the treatment of cancer, comprising administering said inhibitors to a subject having cancer, in an effective amount to treat the cancer.
A computer-implemented method for analyzing the operation of power plant blocks, in which, on the basis of collected operational data, the deterministic models of operation of individual blocks are examined and characteristics of operational parameters are created, characterized in that - the selected operational parameters are examined by calculating for them the deviation of heat rate in time on the basis of the deterministic model and the characteristic of the parameter, - destructions of exergy in various process points of the block are calculated; - for various points of the process and for various power plant blocks, the calculated deviations of heat rate and the destruction of exergy are presented in a graphical form. - the selected operational parameters are examined by calculating for them the deviation of heat rate in time on the basis of the deterministic model and the characteristic of the parameter, - destructions of exergy in various process points of the block are calculated; - for various points of the process and for various power plant blocks, the calculated deviations of heat rate and the destruction of exergy are presented in a graphical form.
A process for hydrocyanating 3-pentenenitrile in a reaction zone in the presence of a catalyst complex comprising a phosphorus-containing ligand and nickel metal, said process comprising: a. charging the catalyst complex, 3-pentenenitrile, a Lewis acid and HCN to the reaction zone; b. withdrawing reactor effluent comprising hydrocyanation product and catalyst complex from the reaction zone; c. contacting the reactor effluent with an extraction solvent to recover catalyst complex and remove impurities from the catalyst complex; and d. recharging at least a portion of the recovered catalyst complex to the reaction zone, e. establishing disproportionation and hydrolysis deactivation percentages of the catalyst complex for the particular process, and f. controlling the amount of water in the catalyst complex recharged to the reaction zone in step d. so that the concentration of water in the reaction zone is 100 to 300 ppm to decrease the total percentage deactivation percentages established in step e. a. charging the catalyst complex, 3-pentenenitrile, a Lewis acid and HCN to the reaction zone; b. withdrawing reactor effluent comprising hydrocyanation product and catalyst complex from the reaction zone; c. contacting the reactor effluent with an extraction solvent to recover catalyst complex and remove impurities from the catalyst complex; and d. recharging at least a portion of the recovered catalyst complex to the reaction zone, e. establishing disproportionation and hydrolysis deactivation percentages of the catalyst complex for the particular process, and f. controlling the amount of water in the catalyst complex recharged to the reaction zone in step d. so that the concentration of water in the reaction zone is 100 to 300 ppm to decrease the total percentage deactivation percentages established in step e.
A non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a 1,3-butanediol (1,3-BDO) pathway, wherein said microbial organism comprises at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a ketone-reducing acetoacetyl-CoA reductase expressed in a sufficient amount to produce 1,3-BDO; and wherein said 1,3-BDO pathway comprises a ketone-reducing acetoacetyl-CoA reductase, an aldehyde forming 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA reductase, and a 3-hydroxybutyraldehyde reductase.