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A method of operating a heater for preheating components of a vehicle via a fluid in a heat exchanger, the method being operable prior to starting an engine of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a wake signal to commence heating; determining, prior to commencing heating of the fluid, a parameter value indicative of a flow capability of the fluid in dependence on data received from a temperature sensor and/or a fluid viscosity sensor and/or a sensor for measuring the current drawn by an auxiliary coolant pump when pumping the fluid; selecting, prior to commencing heating of the fluid, a heating profile sequence from at least two heating profile sequences in dependence on the determined parameter value indicative of the flow capability of the fluid, the at least two heating profile sequences comprising a first heating profile sequence for use when the parameter value indicates that the flow capability of the fluid is above a predetermined threshold value and a second heating profile sequence for use when the parameter value indicates that the flow capability of the fluid is below a predetermined threshold value; and initiating the selected heating profile sequence of the heater to commence heating of the fluid; wherein in the second heating profile sequence the heater is operated such that heat is transferred to the fluid at a lower average rate for at least an initial period than when the heater is operated according to the first heating profile sequence. receiving a wake signal to commence heating; determining, prior to commencing heating of the fluid, a parameter value indicative of a flow capability of the fluid in dependence on data received from a temperature sensor and/or a fluid viscosity sensor and/or a sensor for measuring the current drawn by an auxiliary coolant pump when pumping the fluid; selecting, prior to commencing heating of the fluid, a heating profile sequence from at least two heating profile sequences in dependence on the determined parameter value indicative of the flow capability of the fluid, the at least two heating profile sequences comprising a first heating profile sequence for use when the parameter value indicates that the flow capability of the fluid is above a predetermined threshold value and a second heating profile sequence for use when the parameter value indicates that the flow capability of the fluid is below a predetermined threshold value; and initiating the selected heating profile sequence of the heater to commence heating of the fluid; wherein in the second heating profile sequence the heater is operated such that heat is transferred to the fluid at a lower average rate for at least an initial period than when the heater is operated according to the first heating profile sequence.
A method of manufacturing decorative panels including the steps: - feeding a web-substrate along a feeding path in a web-fed inkjet printer; - printing a decoration layer on said substrate by said printer; - forming an assembly of layers by applying one or more other layers on said printed substrate and/or applying said printed substrate on one or more other layers; - pressing said assembly for bounding the layers of said assembly to form a decorative panel; and - during the feeding, controlling tension of said substrate for avoiding one or more wrinkles in said substrate; wherein said controlling step is performed by a dancer unit within the feeding path, wherein said dancer unit includes a dancer roll, having - a shaft which is positioned parallel to a first direction, which is lateral of said fed substrate; and - having a connector on both side ends of said shaft wherein both connectors are connected to a pair of parallel guiders for floating said roll along a floating path which is perpendicular to said first direction; and wherein the step of controlling comprises: - moving one guider of said pair of guiders parallel to said floating path for tilting said shaft where said shaft is connected to said moving guider. - feeding a web-substrate along a feeding path in a web-fed inkjet printer; - printing a decoration layer on said substrate by said printer; - forming an assembly of layers by applying one or more other layers on said printed substrate and/or applying said printed substrate on one or more other layers; - pressing said assembly for bounding the layers of said assembly to form a decorative panel; and - during the feeding, controlling tension of said substrate for avoiding one or more wrinkles in said substrate; wherein said controlling step is performed by a dancer unit within the feeding path, wherein said dancer unit includes a dancer roll, having - a shaft which is positioned parallel to a first direction, which is lateral of said fed substrate; and - having a connector on both side ends of said shaft wherein both connectors are connected to a pair of parallel guiders for floating said roll along a floating path which is perpendicular to said first direction; and - moving one guider of said pair of guiders parallel to said floating path for tilting said shaft where said shaft is connected to said moving guider.
A cable ladder, comprising two coplanar side rails joined to one another by a plurality of crosspieces spaced from one another, said plurality of crosspieces constituting a discontinuous support surface for cables, in which each of said crosspieces is a profile made of a polymeric material and each of said side rails is a profile made of a polymeric material, and wherein the ends of said crosspieces fit in an inner side of said side rails facing an inner side of an opposite side rail, characterized in that it comprises at least one joining piece (5A, 5B, 5C, 5D), wherein an end of one of said crosspieces is joined by fitting through said joining piece (5A, 5B, 5C, 5D) to another element of said cable ladder from among those of a group formed by said side rails and said crosspieces, said joining piece (5A, 5B, 5C, 5D) being molded from polymeric material and comprising a first side, formed for snap fitting in said end of the crosspiece which is joined by fitting through said joining piece (5A, 5B, 5C, 5D) to said element of said cable ladder, and a second side formed for snap fitting in said other element of the cable ladder.
Timepiece oscillator, comprising at least one sprung balance assembly including a balance wheel set, itself including at least one balance rim and returned by at least one balance spring, characterized in that said balance wheel set is pivoted with respect to a structure, on a first side by at least one torsion wire, fixed by a stiff anchoring element or by means of a parachute spring to said structure, and on a second side, opposite to said first side, by a contactless magnetic pivot, said balance wheel set comprising at least a first pole embedded with said balance wheel set and said at least one torsion wire, each said at least one first pole having a symmetry with respect to a plane passing through the axis of said sprung balance assembly, said at least one first pole cooperating with at least one second pole comprised in said structure, for the magnetic suspension of at least one said first pole, and to exert on the distal end of said at least one torsion wire, opposite to said anchoring element, in a resultant magnetic field with axial symmetry, a magnetic force for axially tensioning said at least one torsion wire, for the axial holding of said torsion wire, and a magnetic force for radially centring said balance wheel set.
A chimeric neurotoxin comprising a LH N domain from a first neurotoxin covalently linked to a H C domain from a second neurotoxin, wherein: (a) the C-terminal amino acid residue of said LH N domain corresponds to the first amino acid residue of the 3 10 helix separating the LH N and H C domains in said first neurotoxin; (b) the N-terminal amino acid residue of said H C domain corresponds to the second amino acid residue of the 3 10 helix separating the LH N and H C domains in said second neurotoxin; and (c) said first and second neurotoxins are different and (i) said first neurotoxin is a Botulinum Neurotoxin (BoNT) serotype A, serotype B, serotype C, serotype D, serotype E, serotype F or serotype G or a Tetanus Neurotoxin (TeNT); and (ii) said second neurotoxin is a BoNT serotype A, serotype B, serotype C, serotype D, serotype E, serotype F or serotype G or a TeNT. (a) the C-terminal amino acid residue of said LH N domain corresponds to the first amino acid residue of the 3 10 helix separating the LH N and H C domains in said first neurotoxin; (b) the N-terminal amino acid residue of said H C domain corresponds to the second amino acid residue of the 3 10 helix separating the LH N and H C domains in said second neurotoxin; and (c) said first and second neurotoxins are different and (i) said first neurotoxin is a Botulinum Neurotoxin (BoNT) serotype A, serotype B, serotype C, serotype D, serotype E, serotype F or serotype G or a Tetanus Neurotoxin (TeNT); and (ii) said second neurotoxin is a BoNT serotype A, serotype B, serotype C, serotype D, serotype E, serotype F or serotype G or a TeNT.
A user terminal configured to communicate with use of a plurality of physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, cells including a primary cell, PCell, and at least one secondary cell, SCell the user terminal comprising: a reception section configured to receive a radio resource control, RRC, message including a PUCCH secondary cell, SCell, change instruction; a control section configured to change at least one PUCCH SCell based on the RRC message after receiving the RRC message and before reporting completion of PUCCH SCell change and characterized in that a transmission section is configured to transmit transmission acknowledgement information, HARQ-ACK: Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledgement, in response to the RRC message by using PUCCH transmission setting before changing the PUCCH SCell. a reception section configured to receive a radio resource control, RRC, message including a PUCCH secondary cell, SCell, change instruction; a control section configured to change at least one PUCCH SCell based on the RRC message after receiving the RRC message and before reporting completion of PUCCH SCell change and characterized in that a transmission section is configured to transmit transmission acknowledgement information, HARQ-ACK: Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledgement, in response to the RRC message by using PUCCH transmission setting before changing the PUCCH SCell.
Sound generator system for a vehicle with internal combustion engine and/or electric motor, wherein the sound generator system (1, 70) comprises: - an electroacoustical transducer configured to produce an acoustical signal in dependence on an electrical input signal, - an acoustic line configured for a transmission of sound to the surroundings of the vehicle and/or into an exhaust line of the vehicle, and - a control unit (24, 74) configured • to create a primary audio signal in dependence on parameters that represent current operating characteristics of a vehicle engine, the primary audio signal having frequencies from a given frequency range, • to selectively amplify selected segments of the primary audio signal so that the amplified audio signal in the selected segments has at least one section in which all audio signal values correspond to a maximum amplitude value specified for the segment, and the graph of the audio signal amplified in the selected segments is continuous at the transitions from the at least one section to its neighboring sections, wherein the segments are selected in the time domain of the primary audio signal, wherein the electroacoustical transducer is connected to the acoustic line, and wherein the audio signal generated by the control unit forms the basis of the electrical input signal. - an electroacoustical transducer configured to produce an acoustical signal in dependence on an electrical input signal, - an acoustic line configured for a transmission of sound to the surroundings of the vehicle and/or into an exhaust line of the vehicle, and - a control unit (24, 74) configured • to create a primary audio signal in dependence on parameters that represent current operating characteristics of a vehicle engine, the primary audio signal having frequencies from a given frequency range, • to selectively amplify selected segments of the primary audio signal so that the amplified audio signal in the selected segments has at least one section in which all audio signal values correspond to a maximum amplitude value specified for the segment, and the graph of the audio signal amplified in the selected segments is continuous at the transitions from the at least one section to its neighboring sections, wherein the segments are selected in the time domain of the primary audio signal, • to create a primary audio signal in dependence on parameters that represent current operating characteristics of a vehicle engine, the primary audio signal having frequencies from a given frequency range, • to selectively amplify selected segments of the primary audio signal so that the amplified audio signal in the selected segments has at least one section in which all audio signal values correspond to a maximum amplitude value specified for the segment, and the graph of the audio signal amplified in the selected segments is continuous at the transitions from the at least one section to its neighboring sections, wherein the segments are selected in the time domain of the primary audio signal,
A photovoltaic string comprising: a first PV cell having a front side busbar; and a second PV cell having a rear side busbar the second PV cell being connected to the first PV cell in a partial overlapping manner by the coupling of the front side busbar to the rear side busbar, characterized in that the first PV cell and second PV cell are secured using non-conductive bonding material to form a partially overlapping region, and in that the non-conductive bonding material forms a direct connection between the first and second PV cells within the overlapping region without the use of conductive bonding material. a first PV cell having a front side busbar; and a second PV cell having a rear side busbar the second PV cell being connected to the first PV cell in a partial overlapping manner by the coupling of the front side busbar to the rear side busbar, characterized in that the first PV cell and second PV cell are secured using non-conductive bonding material to form a partially overlapping region, and in that the non-conductive bonding material forms a direct connection between the first and second PV cells within the overlapping region without the use of conductive bonding material.
Profiled rail system for bridging expansion joints or openings and/or as edging of floor coverings, wherein the profiled rail system has at least one first and second profiled rail which have mutually overlapping cover legs which are directed towards one another and oriented substantially parallel to the floor covering, wherein the at least one first profiled rail can be displaced with respect to the at least one second profiled rail and the at least one first profiled rail has at least one base leg which, together with the at least one cover leg of the at least one first profiled rail, forms at least one pocket for receiving at least one leg (6, 8) of the at least one second profiled rail, wherein at least one first stop is provided on the at least one base leg of the at least one first profiled rail, which first stop is in operative connection with at least one second stop of the at least one second profiled rail and limits the mutual displacement of the at least one first profiled rail with respect to the at least one second profiled rail in an expansion position, characterized in that in the expansion position the ratio of an overlapping of the cover legs of the at least one first and second profiled rail (2, 3) to a clear height of the at least one pocket is less than or equal to 0.5.
A facet distraction prosthesis comprising: an array of facet distraction base elements, adjacent ones of said base elements being connected to each other by a set of connector elements located at said adjacent ones of said base elements; wherein said set of connector elements comprises a male connector having an at least partial cylindrical or spherical contour that is received in, and articulates with, an at least partial cylindrical or spherical recess of a female connector so that adjacent ones of said base elements can bend in multiple degrees of freedom about different bending axes with respect to each other and adapt to a geometry of a facet joint. an array of facet distraction base elements, adjacent ones of said base elements being connected to each other by a set of connector elements located at said adjacent ones of said base elements; wherein said set of connector elements comprises a male connector having an at least partial cylindrical or spherical contour that is received in, and articulates with, an at least partial cylindrical or spherical recess of a female connector so that adjacent ones of said base elements can bend in multiple degrees of freedom about different bending axes with respect to each other and adapt to a geometry of a facet joint.
A storage battery comprising: (a) a container filled with a bed of uniformly mixed particles comprising conductive carbon granules and nonconductive granules; (b) two electrical leads in the bed of granules, each lead contacting both conductive and nonconductive granules; and (c) an electrolyte consisting of a solution of lithium bromide dissolved in a lactone. (a) a container filled with a bed of uniformly mixed particles comprising conductive carbon granules and nonconductive granules; (b) two electrical leads in the bed of granules, each lead contacting both conductive and nonconductive granules; and (c) an electrolyte consisting of a solution of lithium bromide dissolved in a lactone.
A heatshield assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a heatshield defining a cylindrical body having radially inner and outer sides (72a, 72b) and extending between first and second axial ends (72c, 72d), characterized in that the heatshield including at least one seal member on the radially outer side; and a damper member disposed at the radially inner side of the heatshield for attenuating vibration of the heatshield. a heatshield defining a cylindrical body having radially inner and outer sides (72a, 72b) and extending between first and second axial ends (72c, 72d), characterized in that the heatshield including at least one seal member on the radially outer side; and a damper member disposed at the radially inner side of the heatshield for attenuating vibration of the heatshield.
A system for promoting nasal breathing over mouth breathing for a user receiving treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, comprising: an interface to provide pressurized gas to the nasal openings of the user; a mouth seal (10, 620, 720) comprising a sealing portion, the mouth seal (10, 620, 720) being adapted to be in close proximity to or in light contact with the user's mouth region such that a differential pressure between the user's mouth and an outside of the mouth seal (10, 620, 720) causes the user's lips and/or cheeks to engage the sealing portion to form an effective seal completely around the user's mouth, the mouth seal having a mouth seal cavity; and an equalizing structure (40, 82, 85) to equalize pressure between the interface and the mouth seal (10, 620, 720) if the pressure in the mouth seal cavity exceeds the pressure within the interface. an interface to provide pressurized gas to the nasal openings of the user; a mouth seal (10, 620, 720) comprising a sealing portion, the mouth seal (10, 620, 720) being adapted to be in close proximity to or in light contact with the user's mouth region such that a differential pressure between the user's mouth and an outside of the mouth seal (10, 620, 720) causes the user's lips and/or cheeks to engage the sealing portion to form an effective seal completely around the user's mouth, the mouth seal having a mouth seal cavity; and an equalizing structure (40, 82, 85) to equalize pressure between the interface and the mouth seal (10, 620, 720) if the pressure in the mouth seal cavity exceeds the pressure within the interface.
Display processor for processing three-dimensional image data for display on a 3D display, the 3D display being arranged for adjacently emitting, in each respective one of a series of repeated viewing cones, a series of views (0-5, 0-19) of the 3D image data, the series of views enabling stereoscopic viewing of the 3D image data at multiple viewing positions in each viewing cone (102, 104, 106, 108), and the display processor being arranged for: - providing a stereoscopic series of images to the 3D display for being emitted as a first portion of the series of views to provide said stereoscopic viewing of the 3D image data at the multiple viewing positions in each viewing cone; - providing a pseudoscopic series of images to the 3D display for being emitted as a second portion of the series of views to provide pseudoscopic viewing of the 3D image data at, at least, a further viewing position in each viewing cone, with the second portion adjoining the first portion in the series of views; - generating the stereoscopic series of images by obtaining original images from the 3D image data and repeating images from the original images by interpolating in between the original images using zero-order interpolation and/or extrapolating next to the original images using zero-order extrapolation; and - generating the pseudoscopic series of images by obtaining further original images from the 3D image data and including the further original images in said pseudoscopic series while not including repeated images. - providing a stereoscopic series of images to the 3D display for being emitted as a first portion of the series of views to provide said stereoscopic viewing of the 3D image data at the multiple viewing positions in each viewing cone; - providing a pseudoscopic series of images to the 3D display for being emitted as a second portion of the series of views to provide pseudoscopic viewing of the 3D image data at, at least, a further viewing position in each viewing cone, with the second portion adjoining the first portion in the series of views; - generating the stereoscopic series of images by obtaining original images from the 3D image data and repeating images from the original images by interpolating in between the original images using zero-order interpolation and/or extrapolating next to the original images using zero-order extrapolation; and - generating the pseudoscopic series of images by obtaining further original images from the 3D image data and including the further original images in said pseudoscopic series while not including repeated images.
A retinoic acid receptor gamma (RARγ) agonist for use in muscle repair or regeneration in a subject, the use comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the retinoic acid receptor gamma (RARγ) agonist to a subject with damaged muscle tissue, to thereby repair or regenerate the damaged muscle tissue.
An aerated pet chew composition comprising: 15-90% by weight protein; 5-25% by weight glycerin; 5-25% by weight water; and between 2 x 10 6 and 2 x 10 16 cells per cubic centimeter (cc), wherein the cells are created by the release of an amount of supercritical fluid sufficient to occupy 5-55% of the overall volume of the composition when the supercritical fluid is transformed to gas, and wherein the supercritical fluid is nitrogen or CO 2. 15-90% by weight protein; 5-25% by weight glycerin; 5-25% by weight water; and