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A method of S-laying a pipeline from a vessel in which a stinger (69, 81) extends away from an end of the vessel and the pipeline passes over the stinger as it is laid from the vessel, the inclination of the pipeline to the horizontal increasing as it passes along the stinger and after it leaves the stinger until it reaches an inflection point beyond the end of the stinger at which the inclination of the pipeline to the horizontal is at a maximum, the inclination of the pipeline thereafter reducing until it touches down on the seabed, the method including the following steps: providing guides on the stinger that limit lateral movement of the pipeline relative to the stinger, moving the vessel and the stinger during S-laying to an orientation in which the longitudinal axis of the stinger is inclined to the path of the pipeline just laid on the seabed, wherein the step of moving the vessel and the stinger comprises rotating the vessel and the stinger about a vertical axis passing through or adjacent to the inflection point. providing guides on the stinger that limit lateral movement of the pipeline relative to the stinger, moving the vessel and the stinger during S-laying to an orientation in which the longitudinal axis of the stinger is inclined to the path of the pipeline just laid on the seabed, wherein the step of moving the vessel and the stinger comprises rotating the vessel and the stinger about a vertical axis passing through or adjacent to the inflection point.
A method for provisioning one or more storage devices, the method comprising: accessing one or more storage provisioning policies, the one or more storage provisioning policies comprising one or more storage heuristics for one or more storage attributes; discovering storage attribute data from the one or more storage devices; comparing the discovered storage attribute data associated with the one or more storage devices to the one or more storage heuristics for the storage attributes in the one or more storage provisioning policies; and if discovered storage attribute data associated with a storage device in the one or more storage devices satisfy the one or more storage heuristics for the one or more storage attributes, provisioning the storage device. accessing one or more storage provisioning policies, the one or more storage provisioning policies comprising one or more storage heuristics for one or more storage attributes; discovering storage attribute data from the one or more storage devices; comparing the discovered storage attribute data associated with the one or more storage devices to the one or more storage heuristics for the storage attributes in the one or more storage provisioning policies; and if discovered storage attribute data associated with a storage device in the one or more storage devices satisfy the one or more storage heuristics for the one or more storage attributes, provisioning the storage device.
A drier composition for an autoxidizable alkyd based coating composition, comprising: a) at least one Fe complex comprising Fe and at least one nitrogen donor ligand, wherein said at least nitrogen donor ligand is selected from the group comprising tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate and hexadentate nitrogen donor ligands; b) at least one metal salt of a carboxylic acid, wherein the metal is selected from the group comprising: Mn, Ce, V, and Cu; and c) at least one ligand comprising at least one moiety selected from the group comprising 1,4,7-tri-azacyclononanyl, 2,2'-bipyridyl, 1,10-phenantrolinyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, porphyrinyl, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and aromatic amines. a) at least one Fe complex comprising Fe and at least one nitrogen donor ligand, wherein said at least nitrogen donor ligand is selected from the group comprising tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate and hexadentate nitrogen donor ligands; b) at least one metal salt of a carboxylic acid, wherein the metal is selected from the group comprising: Mn, Ce, V, and Cu; and c) at least one ligand comprising at least one moiety selected from the group comprising 1,4,7-tri-azacyclononanyl, 2,2'-bipyridyl, 1,10-phenantrolinyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, porphyrinyl, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and aromatic amines.
Lighting system for a vehicle, said system comprising at least one first device for projecting at least one pixelated light source defining at least one first projection envelope and at least one second projecting device for projecting at least one pixelated light beam defining at least one second projection envelope and configured to project at least one pictogram, such that said at least one first projection envelope and said at least one second projection envelope have at least one region of overlap.
A method for the production of a cis- or trans- stilbenoid of the general formla 1: in which each of R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4 and R 5 independently is hydrogen or hydroxy, comprising cultivating a micro-organism producing said stilbenoid, wherein said cultivation is performed in a multi-phase system comprising at least an aqueous first phase containing said micro-organism and a second phase immiscible with said aqueous phase in which said stilbenoid accumulates.
A carrier for growing adherent cells, comprising: two outer surfaces; and one or more structured indentations on the two outer surfaces, wherein the carrier has a length at least about 0.2 mm, a width at least about 0.2 mm, and a height in a range from about 0.05 mm to 1.2 mm and each of the structured indentations has a major axis in a range from about 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm, a minor axis in a range from about 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm and a depth in a range from about 0.025 mm to about 0.5 mm. two outer surfaces; and one or more structured indentations on the two outer surfaces, wherein the carrier has a length at least about 0.2 mm, a width at least about 0.2 mm, and a height in a range from about 0.05 mm to 1.2 mm and each of the structured indentations has a major axis in a range from about 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm, a minor axis in a range from about 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm and a depth in a range from about 0.025 mm to about 0.5 mm.
An extensible shell for constructing a support pier in ground, the extensible shell being continuous and defining an interior for holding granular construction material and defining a first end having a first opening and a second end having a second opening for receiving the granular construction material into the interior, wherein the shell is flexible such that the shell expands laterally outward in ground when granular construction material is compacted in the interior of the shell, characterized by the shell has a hexagon-shaped cross-section and a tapered tip at the first end.
A method to determine the recovery rate of sample extracellular vesicles, the method comprising: - mixing a biofluid sample comprising sample extracellular vesicles with a known amount of recombinant extracellular vesicles wherein the recombinant extracellular vesicles comprise: a) a self-assembling protein that directs its own release through vesicles as a luminal membrane-bound protein, and b) a heterologous marker, to obtain a mixture, - isolating the extracellular vesicles from said mixture, - detecting the amount of the recombinant extracellular vesicles among the isolated extracellular vesicles, and - determining the recovery rate of said sample extracellular vesicles based on the ratio of the amount of recombinant extracellular vesicles after the isolation step to the known amount of recombinant extracellular vesicles mixed with the biofluid sample before the isolation step. - mixing a biofluid sample comprising sample extracellular vesicles with a known amount of recombinant extracellular vesicles wherein the recombinant extracellular vesicles comprise: a) a self-assembling protein that directs its own release through vesicles as a luminal membrane-bound protein, and b) a heterologous marker, to obtain a mixture, - isolating the extracellular vesicles from said mixture, - detecting the amount of the recombinant extracellular vesicles among the isolated extracellular vesicles, and - determining the recovery rate of said sample extracellular vesicles based on the ratio of the amount of recombinant extracellular vesicles after the isolation step to the known amount of recombinant extracellular vesicles mixed with the biofluid sample before the isolation step.
A method for making a multi-shear pinned composite/metal mechanical connection including making a fastener including a bracket element receiving a composite termination (14, 141, 142), one or more doublers (5, 13, 51, 52) adapted to switch stresses between composite and metal and through pins in number and position as a function of the shear distribution intended on the attachments for which the thickness of the composite termination is kept constant whereas the wings of the bracket and of said one or more doublers are made with a gradual thickness, said method being characterised in that it includes steps of dimensioning the multi-shear connection by resolving the system consisting of the connection into as much sub-assemblies as there are simple shear interfaces, by defining the sub-assemblies about each shear interface, by describing each shear by its stiffness by applying mechanical relationships to result in a system of equations adapted to be solved on a computer by applying the Huth method to each shear interface, then dimensioning each zone of the connection about the shears by an iterative process by adding material to an iteration determining too high a stress, and removing material at an iteration determining a low stress, and in that said gradual thickness is determined by dimensioning steps to distribute stresses equivalently on each row.
A pack comprising a sealed package containing a squeezable product, the package having a first openable portion and being at least partially flexible to enable squeezing of the package to facilitate dispensing of a liquid contained within the product via the first openable portion once opened, wherein the package comprises one or more films (13, 14) which are fluid-tight and which fully enclose a volume in which the product is sealingly retained, wherein said one or more films comprises a flexible first film and a flexible second film, which films are sealingly joined to each other about a periphery thereby fully enclosing said volume in which the product is sealingly retained, wherein the pack has at least one formation for improving the dispensing of the liquid, said at least one formation comprising the second film being provided with a first preformed hinge across at least part of the volume enclosed by the package, a second preformed hinge being aligned with said first preformed hinge and being provided either by (i) the first film or (ii) by an insert plate which lies against the first film and which is less flexible than said first film, and wherein the product is a flexible, absorbent substrate containing said liquid, said substrate being a non-memory foam which, in use, remains collapsed after removal of a compressive, squeezing force.
A valve for controlling a downhole assembly by directing pressurized fluid from a first side of the valve to a second side of the valve, the valve comprising: a first seal being selectively orientable about an axis and having at least one inlet, the at least one inlet communicating with the pressurized fluid from the first side; a second seal disposed adjacent the first seal and having at least one outlet, the at least one outlet communicating the pressurized fluid to the second side at least when aligned with the at least one inlet; and a bearing assembly disposed at the axis between the first and second seals (210, 220) and separating adjacent seal surfaces of the first and second seals (210, 220) by a separation, the bearing assembly having a male bearing surface and a female bearing surface, the male and female bearing surfaces (232, 234) being mated with one another and having an interface angled off the axis. a first seal being selectively orientable about an axis and having at least one inlet, the at least one inlet communicating with the pressurized fluid from the first side; a second seal disposed adjacent the first seal and having at least one outlet, the at least one outlet communicating the pressurized fluid to the second side at least when aligned with the at least one inlet; and a bearing assembly disposed at the axis between the first and second seals (210, 220) and separating adjacent seal surfaces of the first and second seals (210, 220) by a separation, the bearing assembly having a male bearing surface and a female bearing surface, the male and female bearing surfaces (232, 234) being mated with one another and having an interface angled off the axis.
Method of manufacturing a tyre tread, this tread comprising a plurality of raised elements, each raised element comprising a contact face intended to come into contact with a ground when the tyre is rolling along and lateral faces connected to this contact face, the method of manufacturing comprising the following steps: - a step of preparing a green form of the tyre; - a step of laying a cover layer over all or part of an external surface of the green tyre; - a step of laying the green tyre in a mould; - with the mould comprising a blade, a step of using this blade to mould a lateral face of a raised element; - a step of vulcanizing the green tyre in order to obtain the tyre; characterized in that this method of manufacturing further comprises the following steps: - a step of straining the cover layer by the blade; - a step of cutting the cover layer using cutting means belonging to the mould; - a step whereby the blade drives a cut part of the cover layer into the green tyre so that the lateral face of the raised element is partially or fully covered by this cut part. - a step of preparing a green form of the tyre; - a step of laying a cover layer over all or part of an external surface of the green tyre; - a step of laying the green tyre in a mould; - with the mould comprising a blade, a step of using this blade to mould a lateral face of a raised element; - a step of vulcanizing the green tyre in order to obtain the tyre; - a step of straining the cover layer by the blade; - a step of cutting the cover layer using cutting means belonging to the mould; - a step whereby the blade drives a cut part of the cover layer into the green tyre so that the lateral face of the raised element is partially or fully covered by this cut part.
A SCR catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides, comprising a support in which Ti-pillared interlayer clay (Ti-PILC) is mixed with titania (TiO 2) as a carrier and a catalyst material on the carrier contains an active material of a vanadium (V 2 O 5) component and a cocatalyst of a tungsten (WO 3) component, wherein on the basis of a total weight of the catalyst, the support Ti-PILC is contained at 0.01-40 wt%, and the support titania (TiO 2) is contained at 50 to 90 wt%.
Converter device for converting an input power to an electrical output power, the converter device comprising: - a voltage input for receiving a voltage signal, said voltage signal being indicative of a voltage in a electricity network to which the converter device is coupled during operation in order to provide said electrical output power to said electricity network; - a controller; wherein - the controller being configured for setting the phase angle between the voltage and the current of the electrical output power at a constant out-of-band value (170a, 170b) if the voltage indicated by the voltage signal is outside the predetermined voltage band (ΔUb), and keeping the magnitude of the phase angle constant during a grid fault when the voltage indicated by the voltage signal is outside the predetermined voltage band (ΔUb); characterised by - the controller being configured for changing the phase angle between the voltage and the current of the electrical output power at the boundary of said predetermined voltage interval in a stepwise manner; and - the controller being configured for operating with a constant in-band value of the phase angle between the voltage and the current of the electrical output power if the voltage indicated by the voltage signal is inside the predetermined voltage band. - a voltage input for receiving a voltage signal, said voltage signal being indicative of a voltage in a electricity network to which the converter device is coupled during operation in order to provide said electrical output power to said electricity network; - a controller; wherein - the controller being configured for setting the phase angle between the voltage and the current of the electrical output power at a constant out-of-band value (170a, 170b) if the voltage indicated by the voltage signal is outside the predetermined voltage band (ΔUb), and keeping the magnitude of the phase angle constant during a grid fault when the voltage indicated by the voltage signal is outside the predetermined voltage band (ΔUb); - the controller being configured for changing the phase angle between the voltage and the current of the electrical output power at the boundary of said predetermined voltage interval in a stepwise manner; and - the controller being configured for operating with a constant in-band value of the phase angle between the voltage and the current of the electrical output power if the voltage indicated by the voltage signal is inside the predetermined voltage band.
Ball pins made of a steel with a bainitic microstructure with the following composition in weight percent: - 0,05 to 0,15 carbon - 0,10 to 0,4 silicon - 1,0 to 2,5 manganese - 0,0015 (15 ppm) to 0,0120 (120 ppm) boron - 0,06 to 0,15 titanium - in total 0,06 to 0,30 of the elements vanadium, niobium, titanium - up to 0,08 molybdenum - up to 0,25 chromium - up to 0,05 aluminum - up to 0,25 nickel - up to 0,25 copper - optionally nitrogen, but less than 0,012 - the residue being iron and impurities usually contained in steel. - 0,05 to 0,15 carbon - 0,10 to 0,4 silicon - 1,0 to 2,5 manganese - 0,0015 (15 ppm) to 0,0120 (120 ppm) boron - 0,06 to 0,15 titanium - in total 0,06 to 0,30 of the elements vanadium, niobium, titanium - up to 0,08 molybdenum - up to 0,25 chromium - up to 0,05 aluminum - up to 0,25 nickel - up to 0,25 copper - optionally nitrogen, but less than 0,012 - the residue being iron and impurities usually contained in steel.
A method for forwarding a packet, comprising: receiving, by a first node, a packet to be forwarded, wherein a destination address of the packet is a second node; searching, by the first node, for a target topology corresponding to the packet in previously generated topologies, wherein the previously generated topologies comprise: a first topology and a second topology generated according to a maximum redundancy tree, MRT, algorithm, and a third topology generated according to a Shortest Path First, SPF, algorithm, and the first topology, the second topology and the third topology are different from one another; and searching, by the first node, for a next hop node for forwarding to the second node in the target topology, and forwarding the packet to the next hop node according to a predetermined forwarding mechanism, wherein the predetermined forwarding mechanism is a segment routing, SR, forwarding mechanism based on a segment routing global block, SRGB, in a non-tunnel nesting manner for each of the first, second and third topologies and each segment route, wherein the non-tunnel nesting manner comprises packing a label in the packet where the label directly indicates that the packet is forwarded to the second node. receiving, by a first node, a packet to be forwarded, wherein a destination address of the packet is a second node; searching, by the first node, for a target topology corresponding to the packet in previously generated topologies, wherein the previously generated topologies comprise: a first topology and a second topology generated according to a maximum redundancy tree, MRT, algorithm, and a third topology generated according to a Shortest Path First, SPF, algorithm, and the first topology, the second topology and the third topology are different from one another; and searching, by the first node, for a next hop node for forwarding to the second node in the target topology, and forwarding the packet to the next hop node according to a predetermined forwarding mechanism, wherein the predetermined forwarding mechanism is a segment routing, SR, forwarding mechanism based on a segment routing global block, SRGB, in a non-tunnel nesting manner for each of the first, second and third topologies and each segment route, wherein the non-tunnel nesting manner comprises packing a label in the packet where the label directly indicates that the packet is forwarded to the second node.
A process for the production of a high strength transparent high density polyethylene article comprising the steps of (i) heating a high density polyethylene (HDPE) to a temperature above the melting temperature (T m) of the HDPE; (ii) molding the heated HDPE obtained in step (i) to form a hot molded HDPE article; (iii) cooling the hot molded HDPE article to a temperature below T m to form a melt-crystallized HDPE article; (iv) stretching the melt-crystallized HDPE article to a total draw ratio of at least 5 comprising at least one stretching step of the article at a temperature T 1 below the melting temperature T m to a draw ratio (DR 1) of at least 2 to form an oriented HDPE article, characterized in that the HDPE has a melt flow index measured at 21.6 kg and 190°C according to ASTM D1238 of at most 1.5 g/10min, an isotropic density measured according to ISO 1183-1A of at most 0.955 g/cm 3, a T m measured according to ISO 11357-3 of greater than 130°C and a molecular weight distribution of between 2 and 10. (i) heating a high density polyethylene (HDPE) to a temperature above the melting temperature (T m) of the HDPE; (ii) molding the heated HDPE obtained in step (i) to form a hot molded HDPE article; (iii) cooling the hot molded HDPE article to a temperature below T m to form a melt-crystallized HDPE article; (iv) stretching the melt-crystallized HDPE article to a total draw ratio of at least 5 comprising at least one stretching step of the article at a temperature T 1 below the melting temperature T m to a draw ratio (DR 1) of at least 2 to form an oriented HDPE article, characterized in that the HDPE has a melt flow index measured at 21.6 kg and 190°C according to ASTM D1238 of at most 1.5 g/10min, an isotropic density measured according to ISO 1183-1A of at most 0.955 g/cm 3, a T m measured according to ISO 11357-3 of greater than 130°C and a molecular weight distribution of between 2 and 10. to form an oriented HDPE article, characterized in that the HDPE has a melt flow index measured at 21.6 kg and 190°C according to ASTM D1238 of at most 1.5 g/10min, an isotropic density measured according to ISO 1183-1A of at most 0.955 g/cm 3, a T m measured according to ISO 11357-3 of greater than 130°C and a molecular weight distribution of between 2 and 10.
Inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) for use in preventing and/or treating diseases or disorders characterized by tissue calcification, particularly soft tissue calcification, or diseases or disorders characterized by low plasma PPi levels, wherein said inorganic pyrophosphate is administered in oral form.