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A method comprising: capturing multiple ambient images of a scene using at least one camera of an electronic device and without using a flash of the electronic device; capturing multiple flash images of the scene using the at least one camera of the electronic device and during firing of a pilot flash sequence using the flash; analyzing multiple pairs of images to estimate exposure differences obtained using the flash, wherein each pair of images includes one of the ambient images and one of the flash images that are both captured using a common camera exposure, and wherein different pairs of images are captured using different camera exposures; determining a flash strength for the scene based on the estimate of the exposure differences; and firing the flash based on the determined flash strength, wherein the method further comprises: capturing additional images (504;506;508) of the scene using the at least one camera of the electronic device, at least some of the additional images (504;506;508) captured at the determined flash strength and using different camera exposures; and blending the additional images (504;506;508) to produce a blended image of the scene. capturing multiple ambient images of a scene using at least one camera of an electronic device and without using a flash of the electronic device; capturing multiple flash images of the scene using the at least one camera of the electronic device and during firing of a pilot flash sequence using the flash; analyzing multiple pairs of images to estimate exposure differences obtained using the flash, wherein each pair of images includes one of the ambient images and one of the flash images that are both captured using a common camera exposure, and wherein different pairs of images are captured using different camera exposures; determining a flash strength for the scene based on the estimate of the exposure differences; and firing the flash based on the determined flash strength, wherein the method further comprises: capturing additional images (504;506;508) of the scene using the at least one camera of the electronic device, at least some of the additional images (504;506;508) captured at the determined flash strength and using different camera exposures; and blending the additional images (504;506;508) to produce a blended image of the scene. capturing additional images (504;506;508) of the scene using the at least one camera of the electronic device, at least some of the additional images (504;506;508) captured at the determined flash strength and using different camera exposures; and blending the additional images (504;506;508) to produce a blended image of the scene.
A composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound, neutralizing peptide, or neutralizing antibody that inactivates or blocks 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) for use in regenerating a population of muscle cells and treating muscle damage, muscle injury, or muscle atrophy in a subject in need thereof.
A method of treating a subterranean formation including: injecting a magnetically permeable material into the formation; and energizing the magnetically permeable material using electromagnetic radiation; heating the magnetically permeable material in response to the electromagnetic radiation, providing a fracturing fluid containing the magnetically permeable material, characterized in that the method further comprises: the fracturing fluid including an explosive material, for injecting into the formation; fracturing the formation with the fracturing fluid; sending electromagnetic radiation into the formation from a borehole to achieve said energizing of the magnetically permeable material; exploding the explosive material in response to the heating of the magnetically permeable material. injecting a magnetically permeable material into the formation; and energizing the magnetically permeable material using electromagnetic radiation; heating the magnetically permeable material in response to the electromagnetic radiation, providing a fracturing fluid containing the magnetically permeable material, characterized in that the method further comprises: the fracturing fluid including an explosive material, for injecting into the formation; the fracturing fluid including an explosive material, for injecting into the formation; fracturing the formation with the fracturing fluid; sending electromagnetic radiation into the formation from a borehole to achieve said energizing of the magnetically permeable material; exploding the explosive material in response to the heating of the magnetically permeable material.
A disk brake friction pad assembly (100, 110, 120), comprising: a guide plate for receiving a braking torque; and a plurality of lining assemblies oscillatably supported by the guide plate to be pressed against a disk rotor, wherein each of the lining assemblies includes, in a back plate portion thereof fixed to the back of a friction member, a plate engagement portion with an outer peripheral surface thereof oscillatably engaged with a guide hole portion formed in the guide plate and a retaining flange portion having an outer diameter larger than the guide hole portion, each of the lining assemblies is inserted into the guide hole portion from the back of the guide plate so as to transmit a braking torque generated at the time of contact between the disk rotor and the friction member from the plate engagement portion to the guide plate, each of the lining assemblies is supported and urged toward the guide plate by a spring member provided on the back of the back plate portion, and an outer peripheral portion of a torque receiving plate is fixed to the guide plate with a clearance between the back plate portion and itself, the disk brake friction pad assembly (100, 110, 120) is characterized by a link plate (5, 6) straddling over the lining assemblies for applying a pressure from the torque receiving plate to the lining assemblies is fixed by a fastening member between the torque receiving plate and the guide plate at a vicinity of a central portion of the torque receiving plate and the guide plate, so as to hold a clearance between the guide plate and the torque receiving plate. a guide plate for receiving a braking torque; and a plurality of lining assemblies oscillatably supported by the guide plate to be pressed against a disk rotor, wherein each of the lining assemblies includes, in a back plate portion thereof fixed to the back of a friction member, a plate engagement portion with an outer peripheral surface thereof oscillatably engaged with a guide hole portion formed in the guide plate and a retaining flange portion having an outer diameter larger than the guide hole portion, each of the lining assemblies is inserted into the guide hole portion from the back of the guide plate so as to transmit a braking torque generated at the time of contact between the disk rotor and the friction member from the plate engagement portion to the guide plate, each of the lining assemblies is supported and urged toward the guide plate by a spring member provided on the back of the back plate portion, and an outer peripheral portion of a torque receiving plate is fixed to the guide plate with a clearance between the back plate portion and itself, the disk brake friction pad assembly (100, 110, 120) is characterized by a link plate (5, 6) straddling over the lining assemblies for applying a pressure from the torque receiving plate to the lining assemblies is fixed by a fastening member between the torque receiving plate and the guide plate at a vicinity of a central portion of the torque receiving plate and the guide plate, so as to hold a clearance between the guide plate and the torque receiving plate.
Baling press with an undercarriage for the support on the ground, a pickup device for picking up harvested material from the ground, a bale forming device for forming the harvested material picked-up from the ground into bales, as well as with a winding device for enwrapping the bale with a mesh, a film or the like, a determination device for determining the slope of a hillside, as well as with a control device, characterized in that the control device for controlling the operating speed of the winding device and/or of a transfer conveyor provided between the winding device and the bale forming device is provided depending on the determined slope of the hillside, wherein winding elements of the winding device can be operated by the control device in a manner to be increasingly decelerated as the slope of a hill increases in the driving direction and/or as the slope of a hill increases transversally to the driving direction, and/or a conveying means of the transfer conveyor can be operated by the control device in a manner to be increasingly decelerated as the slope of a hill increases transversally to the driving direction.
A method for determining an insulation resistance (R f) of a power supply system (20, 30, 40, 50) whose active parts are ungrounded and which is supplied via a converter (10, 14, 24, 34) operated to ground and equipped with controlled power semiconductor switches (SW10, SW20, SW30, SW40, SW50, SW60), the method comprising the following steps: - generating a common-mode voltage to ground at the output of the converter (10, 14, 24, 34), the common-mode voltage being generated by generating pulse patterns (sa, sb, sc) for controlling the power semiconductor switches (SW10, SW20, SW30, SW40, SW50, SW60), - superimposing the common-mode voltage as a measuring voltage (U g) for determining the insulation resistance (R f) of the ungrounded power supply system (20, 30, 40, 50), - detecting the measuring voltage (U g) in the ungrounded power supply system (20, 30, 40, 50), - detecting a measuring current (I g) which flows in the ungrounded power supply system (20, 30, 40, 50) via the insulation resistance (R f) because of the measuring voltage (U g), - determining the insulation resistance (R f) by assessing the measuring current (I g). - generating a common-mode voltage to ground at the output of the converter (10, 14, 24, 34), the common-mode voltage being generated by generating pulse patterns (sa, sb, sc) for controlling the power semiconductor switches (SW10, SW20, SW30, SW40, SW50, SW60), - superimposing the common-mode voltage as a measuring voltage (U g) for determining the insulation resistance (R f) of the ungrounded power supply system (20, 30, 40, 50), - detecting the measuring voltage (U g) in the ungrounded power supply system (20, 30, 40, 50), - detecting a measuring current (I g) which flows in the ungrounded power supply system (20, 30, 40, 50) via the insulation resistance (R f) because of the measuring voltage (U g), - determining the insulation resistance (R f) by assessing the measuring current (I g).
A method for operating a call originating P-CSCF node (114a; 401) for an Interactive Connectivity Establishment, ICE, based network address translation, NAT, traversal in a communications network including an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, a first user equipment, UE, and a second UE, the method comprising the steps of: receiving (A1; 201) a SIP Invite message originating from the first UE, the SIP Invite message comprising candidate address information for the first UE; and if a server reflexive candidate address for the first UE is present in the candidate address information for the first UE and a relay candidate address for the first UE is not present in the candidate address information for the first UE, then performing the steps of: modifying (A4; 202a) the SIP Invite message candidate address information for the first UE to include a first address provided by an originating IMS Access Gateway node as the relay candidate address for the first UE; and forwarding (A5; 202b) the modified SIP Invite message to a further IMS node for routing the SIP Invite message towards the second UE; otherwise (A2, A3), forwarding the received SIP Invite message to the further IMS node for routing the SIP Invite message towards the second UE; and wherein the candidate address information for the first UE is for use by the second UE when performing ICE procedures. receiving (A1; 201) a SIP Invite message originating from the first UE, the SIP Invite message comprising candidate address information for the first UE; and if a server reflexive candidate address for the first UE is present in the candidate address information for the first UE and a relay candidate address for the first UE is not present in the candidate address information for the first UE, then performing the steps of: modifying (A4; 202a) the SIP Invite message candidate address information for the first UE to include a first address provided by an originating IMS Access Gateway node as the relay candidate address for the first UE; and forwarding (A5; 202b) the modified SIP Invite message to a further IMS node for routing the SIP Invite message towards the second UE; modifying (A4; 202a) the SIP Invite message candidate address information for the first UE to include a first address provided by an originating IMS Access Gateway node as the relay candidate address for the first UE; and forwarding (A5; 202b) the modified SIP Invite message to a further IMS node for routing the SIP Invite message towards the second UE; otherwise (A2, A3), forwarding the received SIP Invite message to the further IMS node for routing the SIP Invite message towards the second UE; and wherein the candidate address information for the first UE is for use by the second UE when performing ICE procedures.
Sealing assembly for sealing up between an electrical line and a surrounding area, the sealing assembly comprising a sealing compound at least partially surrounding a section of the line, wherein a gasket circumferentially enclosing the section is arranged between the section and the sealing compound, characterized in that a front-end face of the gasket is aligned with a surface of the sealing compound in an axial direction of the line.
An apparatus, comprising: means positionable at a distance X from an outlet of a casting mold for removing coolant liquid from an exterior surface of an embryonic ingot emerging from the outlet, the casting mold including an inlet and a mold cavity, the coolant liquid being supplied by a supply of the coolant liquid arranged to cause the coolant liquid to flow along the exterior surface of the embryonic ingot; an apparatus for moving the coolant removing means towards and away from the outlet, thereby enabling the distance X to be modified during casting of the ingot, wherein the coolant removing means is a wiper and the apparatus is a wiper support coupled to the wiper for adjusting the distance X between the wiper and the casting mold; a controller coupled to the wiper support to adjust the distance X between the wiper and the outlet, and a sensor to measure a surface temperature of the embryonic ingot, wherein the controller is coupled to the sensor to adjust the distance X between the wiper and the outlet based on the measured surface temperature. means positionable at a distance X from an outlet of a casting mold for removing coolant liquid from an exterior surface of an embryonic ingot emerging from the outlet, the casting mold including an inlet and a mold cavity, the coolant liquid being supplied by a supply of the coolant liquid arranged to cause the coolant liquid to flow along the exterior surface of the embryonic ingot; an apparatus for moving the coolant removing means towards and away from the outlet, thereby enabling the distance X to be modified during casting of the ingot, wherein the coolant removing means is a wiper and the apparatus is a wiper support coupled to the wiper for adjusting the distance X between the wiper and the casting mold; a controller coupled to the wiper support to adjust the distance X between the wiper and the outlet, and a sensor to measure a surface temperature of the embryonic ingot, wherein the controller is coupled to the sensor to adjust the distance X between the wiper and the outlet based on the measured surface temperature.
A semiconductor laser element comprising: a substrate of GaN or AIGaN; a first nitride semiconductor layer of AIGaN on or above the substrate having a refractive index lower than the substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer of AIGaN on or above the first nitride semiconductor layer, the second nitride semiconductor layer having an Al ratio higher than the first nitride semiconductor layer; a third nitride semiconductor layer of an InGaN on or above the second nitride semiconductor layer,and a fourth nitride semiconductor layer of AIGaN on or above the third nitride semiconductor layer, the fourth nitride semiconductor layer having an Al ratio higher than the first nitride semiconductor layer, a thickness greater than the second nitride semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer of a nitride semiconductor on or above the fourth nitride semiconductor layer, the light emitting layer having a refractive index higher than the substrate, wherein a thickness of the third nitride semiconductor layer is 100 nm or more. a substrate of GaN or AIGaN; a first nitride semiconductor layer of AIGaN on or above the substrate having a refractive index lower than the substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer of AIGaN on or above the first nitride semiconductor layer, the second nitride semiconductor layer having an Al ratio higher than the first nitride semiconductor layer; a third nitride semiconductor layer of an InGaN on or above the second nitride semiconductor layer,and a fourth nitride semiconductor layer of AIGaN on or above the third nitride semiconductor layer, the fourth nitride semiconductor layer having an Al ratio higher than the first nitride semiconductor layer, a thickness greater than the second nitride semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer of a nitride semiconductor on or above the fourth nitride semiconductor layer, the light emitting layer having a refractive index higher than the substrate, wherein a thickness of the third nitride semiconductor layer is 100 nm or more.
A centrifuge cartridge for a centrifuge for the separation of a mixture into a solid cake and into a liquid phase, wherein the centrifuge cartridge can be releasably installed in the centrifuge, in particular in a centrifuge drum of the centrifuge; wherein the centrifuge cartridge is rotatably supported about an axis of rotation of the centrifuge in the installed state; and wherein a sedimentation chamber is provided in the centrifuge cartridge and the sediment chamber is formed by a decanter weir, characterised in that the decanter weir is formed with a drainage opening and/or with a drainage cut-out to drain the liquid phase.
A vehicle left-right wheel drive force distribution control apparatus that executes a distributed output of a wheel drive force to left and right rear drive wheels of a four wheel drive vehicle in accordance with a control, the left-right wheel drive force distribution control apparatus comprising: a left-right drive force difference steady-state control amount computing means that computes a left-right drive force difference steady-state control amount (cΔTcLR) based on a steady-state turn response requested by a driver, by estimating a longitudinal acceleration rate (Gx) of the vehicle based on the engine torque (Te) and the transmission gear ratio (γ), and a lateral acceleration rate (Gy) of the vehicle based on a steering angle (θ) and a vehicle speed, and being characterized by further comprising: a left-right drive force difference transient control amount computing means that computes a left-right drive force difference transient control amount (dΔTcLR) based on a transient turn response requested by the driver through the change rate of the steering angle (θ) while traveling at the current vehicle speed, and a left-right drive force difference computing means that calculates a sum value of the left-right drive force difference steady-state control amount (cΔTcLR) and the left-right drive force difference transient control amount (dΔTcLR) and sets the sum value as a left-right rear wheel drive force difference (rΔTcLR), the left-right rear wheel drive force difference (rΔTcLR) being contributed to the drive force distribution control. a left-right drive force difference steady-state control amount computing means that computes a left-right drive force difference steady-state control amount (cΔTcLR) based on a steady-state turn response requested by a driver, by estimating a longitudinal acceleration rate (Gx) of the vehicle based on the engine torque (Te) and the transmission gear ratio (γ), and a lateral acceleration rate (Gy) of the vehicle based on a steering angle (θ) and a vehicle speed, a left-right drive force difference transient control amount computing means that computes a left-right drive force difference transient control amount (dΔTcLR) based on a transient turn response requested by the driver through the change rate of the steering angle (θ) while traveling at the current vehicle speed, and a left-right drive force difference computing means that calculates a sum value of the left-right drive force difference steady-state control amount (cΔTcLR) and the left-right drive force difference transient control amount (dΔTcLR) and sets the sum value as a left-right rear wheel drive force difference (rΔTcLR), the left-right rear wheel drive force difference (rΔTcLR) being contributed to the drive force distribution control.
A refractory insert (300, 330) comprising: a main body part having a first surface defining a first sidewall, an opposed second surface defining a second sidewall, and an outer peripheral surface separating the first and second surfaces; and a mechanical mating member provided on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface thereof, the mechanical mating member comprising a retention mechanism for controlling and retaining a position of a corresponding mating member in connection therewith, wherein the retention mechanism of the mechanical mating member comprises at least two diametrically opposed channels in the outer peripheral surface of the refractory insert, each channel being circumferentially defined by the first and second sidewalls, and wherein the retention mechanism comprises a retention projection member that projects into each channel axially inward from one of the first and second sidewalls proximate a first end of each channel, and a rotational stop member defining an opposed second end of each channel. a main body part having a first surface defining a first sidewall, an opposed second surface defining a second sidewall, and an outer peripheral surface separating the first and second surfaces; and a mechanical mating member provided on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface thereof, the mechanical mating member comprising a retention mechanism for controlling and retaining a position of a corresponding mating member in connection therewith, wherein the retention mechanism of the mechanical mating member comprises at least two diametrically opposed channels in the outer peripheral surface of the refractory insert, each channel being circumferentially defined by the first and second sidewalls, and wherein the retention mechanism comprises a retention projection member that projects into each channel axially inward from one of the first and second sidewalls proximate a first end of each channel, and a rotational stop member defining an opposed second end of each channel.