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A garment (200, 250, 300, 450, 880) for real time detection of body deformation during an image scan, comprising a front portion, made of a compression material and having a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs), the front portion disposed on top of a body, the FBGs aligned along a predetermined coordinate system; a plurality of light emitters, each light emitter configured to pulse light waves through a corresponding FBGs; a plurality of light sensors, each light sensor attached to a corresponding FBG and configured to receive pulsed light waves; and a processor including: a data acquisition module configured to receive from the light sensors peak wavelengths reflected by the FBG; a comparator configured to determine the effective shifts of Bragg wavelengths due to axial strain on the FBGs, and a controller configured to control the movement of the body through a cavity in a scanning device and to control the acquisition of image data during body deformation based on the effective shifts of the Bragg wavelengths of the FBGs. a front portion, made of a compression material and having a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs), the front portion disposed on top of a body, the FBGs aligned along a predetermined coordinate system; a plurality of light emitters, each light emitter configured to pulse light waves through a corresponding FBGs; a plurality of light sensors, each light sensor attached to a corresponding FBG and configured to receive pulsed light waves; and a processor including: a data acquisition module configured to receive from the light sensors peak wavelengths reflected by the FBG; a comparator configured to determine the effective shifts of Bragg wavelengths due to axial strain on the FBGs, and a controller configured to control the movement of the body through a cavity in a scanning device and to control the acquisition of image data during body deformation based on the effective shifts of the Bragg wavelengths of the FBGs. a data acquisition module configured to receive from the light sensors peak wavelengths reflected by the FBG; a comparator configured to determine the effective shifts of Bragg wavelengths due to axial strain on the FBGs, and a controller configured to control the movement of the body through a cavity in a scanning device and to control the acquisition of image data during body deformation based on the effective shifts of the Bragg wavelengths of the FBGs.
A negative-working lithographic printing plate precursor that comprises: a substrate, a negative-working imageable layer disposed over the substrate, the negative-working imageable layer comprising a free radically polymerizable component, an initiator composition that is capable of generating free radicals upon exposure to imaging radiation, a radiation absorber, and a polymeric binder, and an outermost water-soluble overcoat layer that is disposed directly on the negative-working imageable layer, the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer comprising: one or more film-forming water-soluble polymeric binders present, and organic wax particles dispersed within the one or more film-forming water-soluble polymeric binders in an amount of at least 1.3 weight % and up to and including 60 weight %, based on the total outermost water-soluble overcoat layer weight, characterized in that the organic wax particles have an average largest dimension of at least 0.05 μm and up to and including 0.7 μm, as determined from a scanning electron micrographic of the dried outermost water-soluble overcoat layer; and the ratio of the dry coating coverage of the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer (in g/m 2) to the average largest dimension of the organic wax particles (in μm), is greater than 1.1:1. a substrate, a negative-working imageable layer disposed over the substrate, the negative-working imageable layer comprising a free radically polymerizable component, an initiator composition that is capable of generating free radicals upon exposure to imaging radiation, a radiation absorber, and a polymeric binder, and an outermost water-soluble overcoat layer that is disposed directly on the negative-working imageable layer, the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer comprising: one or more film-forming water-soluble polymeric binders present, and organic wax particles dispersed within the one or more film-forming water-soluble polymeric binders in an amount of at least 1.3 weight % and up to and including 60 weight %, based on the total outermost water-soluble overcoat layer weight, characterized in that the organic wax particles have an average largest dimension of at least 0.05 μm and up to and including 0.7 μm, as determined from a scanning electron micrographic of the dried outermost water-soluble overcoat layer; and the ratio of the dry coating coverage of the outermost water-soluble overcoat layer (in g/m 2) to the average largest dimension of the organic wax particles (in μm), is greater than 1.1:1.
A current mirror comprising: two transistors (1, 2), wherein one is a reference transistor and one is a mirror transistor, and a bypass transistor, whose drain contact contacts a gate contact of at least one of the two transistors (1, 2), wherein at least one of the two transistors (1, 2) is a self conducting transistor, wherein a gate contact of the bypass transistor is contacted with a source contact of the bypass-transistors, and wherein a drain contact of the reference transistor is connected in forward direction with a gate contact of the of the reference transistor via a first diode, characterized in that at least a second diode is arranged between a source contact of the reference transistor and a ground and is contacted on the anode side with the source contact of the reference transistor, and in that at least one third diode is arranged between a source contact of the mirror transistor and the ground and is contacted on the anode side with a source contact of the mirror transistor. two transistors (1, 2), wherein one is a reference transistor and one is a mirror transistor, and a bypass transistor, whose drain contact contacts a gate contact of at least one of the two transistors (1, 2), wherein at least one of the two transistors (1, 2) is a self conducting transistor, wherein a gate contact of the bypass transistor is contacted with a source contact of the bypass-transistors, and wherein a drain contact of the reference transistor is connected in forward direction with a gate contact of the of the reference transistor via a first diode, characterized in that at least a second diode is arranged between a source contact of the reference transistor and a ground and is contacted on the anode side with the source contact of the reference transistor, and in that at least one third diode is arranged between a source contact of the mirror transistor and the ground and is contacted on the anode side with a source contact of the mirror transistor.
A biocidal coating of paper for printing, containing titanium oxide nanoparticles, salts of mono-, bi- and trivalent metals, namely sodium chloride, ammonium chloride, calcium chloride and polyaluminium chloride, polyvinyl alcohol, starch, aliphatic polyamine and sodium aluminosilicate characterised in that their proportions are as follows: Ingredient Percentage by mass of each ingredient [%] Tolerance Titanium oxide 3.92% +-40% Salts of metals (I, II and III- valent) 14.69% +-40% Starch + PVOH 68.86% +-40% Aliphatic polyamine 6.27% +-40% Sodium aluminosilicate 6.27% +-40% and biocidal activity of this mixture does not require activation by UV rays.
An oil-lubricated helium compressor system configured to supply gas to an expander operating at cryogenic temperatures, the compressor system comprising: an air cooled compressor having a first supply side and a first return side; a water cooled compressor having a second supply side and a second return side; a gas supply manifold connected to the respective supply side of each compressor (100, 200) and a high pressure side of the expander; a gas return manifold connected to the respective return side of each compressor (100, 200) and the low pressure side of the expander; check valves (10, 11) configured to prevent gas from flowing from either compressor (100, 200) into the gas return manifold; a controller configured to control the cross-over from one compressor to the other; and a plurality of sensors configured to detect critical operating parameters connected to the controller and configured to provide critical signals to the controller that are used to determine when to switch from the one compressor to the other such that the operation of the expander is not affected, wherein the sensors include temperature sensors for measuring one or more of the following temperatures: temperature of oil out of a water cooled after-cooler, of oil out of an air cooled after-cooler, of helium discharged out of the compressors, of oil leaving the compressor, of water in and out of a water cooled after-cooler, and indoor and outdoor air temperatures. an air cooled compressor having a first supply side and a first return side; a water cooled compressor having a second supply side and a second return side; a gas supply manifold connected to the respective supply side of each compressor (100, 200) and a high pressure side of the expander; a gas return manifold connected to the respective return side of each compressor (100, 200) and the low pressure side of the expander; check valves (10, 11) configured to prevent gas from flowing from either compressor (100, 200) into the gas return manifold; a controller configured to control the cross-over from one compressor to the other; and a plurality of sensors configured to detect critical operating parameters connected to the controller and configured to provide critical signals to the controller that are used to determine when to switch from the one compressor to the other such that the operation of the expander is not affected, wherein the sensors include temperature sensors for measuring one or more of the following temperatures: temperature of oil out of a water cooled after-cooler, of oil out of an air cooled after-cooler, of helium discharged out of the compressors, of oil leaving the compressor, of water in and out of a water cooled after-cooler, and indoor and outdoor air temperatures.
A method, comprising: performing by one or more computing nodes, each of which comprises at least one processor core and a memory: beginning execution of a multithreaded application that comprises one or more operations to increment a shared counter, wherein the shared counter is implemented as a data structure that is accessible by a plurality of threads of the multithreaded application; initiating, by a given thread of the application, an increment operation targeting the shared counter; in response to said initiating, selecting, from a plurality of techniques, a technique for determining whether or when to update the data structure and a technique for updating the data structure, said selection being dependent on current and historical amounts of contention for the shared counter; in response to said initiating, determining whether or when to update the data structure according to the selected technique for determining; and in response to determining that the data structure is to be updated, updating a value stored in the data structure according to the selected technique for updating; wherein said selecting one of a plurality of techniques for performing said determining or said updating is dependent on whether a retry limit condition has been met by a previous attempt to increment the shared counter or will be met by said updating; or whether there have already been more than a pre-determined maximum number of failed attempts. beginning execution of a multithreaded application that comprises one or more operations to increment a shared counter, wherein the shared counter is implemented as a data structure that is accessible by a plurality of threads of the multithreaded application; initiating, by a given thread of the application, an increment operation targeting the shared counter; in response to said initiating, selecting, from a plurality of techniques, a technique for determining whether or when to update the data structure and a technique for updating the data structure, said selection being dependent on current and historical amounts of contention for the shared counter; in response to said initiating, determining whether or when to update the data structure according to the selected technique for determining; and in response to determining that the data structure is to be updated, updating a value stored in the data structure according to the selected technique for updating; wherein said selecting one of a plurality of techniques for performing said determining or said updating is dependent on whether a retry limit condition has been met by a previous attempt to increment the shared counter or will be met by said updating; or whether there have already been more than a pre-determined maximum number of failed attempts. whether a retry limit condition has been met by a previous attempt to increment the shared counter or will be met by said updating; or whether there have already been more than a pre-determined maximum number of failed attempts.
Method for active noise suppression of surrounding influences, as occur at a construction site, in street or air traffic, in which a microphone arranged externally on a headphone cup picks up an interference signal produced by the surrounding influences and an analog filter modifies the picked-up interference signal to an anti-interference signal, which, after having been reproduced via a membrane of an internally arranged loudspeaker, is canceled with the interference signal that penetrated the headphone cup, whereby the picked-up interference signal is passed, within the analog filter, through at least two analog filters ( H 1, H 2) mounted in parallel and adaptively linked to a filter bank and output signals of the filter bank are summed, in which case the summation signal is fed to the membrane of the loudspeaker, characterized in that output signals of the at least two adaptively linked analog filters ( H 1, H 2) are each amplified via a correspondent downstream voltage-controlled amplifier VCA as a function of a weighting (w i) dependent on the interference signal, and in that each voltage-controlled amplifier VCA is controlled by an fxLMS algorithm with a fed-back error signal ( e) of an error microphone and the output signal of the correspondent analog filter ( H 1, H 2) as input signals.
A method of facilitating an individualized interaction with an electronic device, comprising: establishing by the electronic device an open communication session between a server and the electronic device due to the utilization of a server push technique; receiving, at a smartphone, an identity of the electronic device; sending the identity and other data (14,15) from the smartphone to the server; and initiating by the smartphone an individualized interaction with the electronic device in response to the server determining that the smartphone is proximate to the electronic device; wherein the individualized interaction is initiated via the previously established, open communication session between the server and the electronic device. establishing by the electronic device an open communication session between a server and the electronic device due to the utilization of a server push technique; receiving, at a smartphone, an identity of the electronic device; sending the identity and other data (14,15) from the smartphone to the server; and initiating by the smartphone an individualized interaction with the electronic device in response to the server determining that the smartphone is proximate to the electronic device; wherein the individualized interaction is initiated via the previously established, open communication session between the server and the electronic device.
A process for preparing hydrophobes and their corresponding surfactant products, the process comprising the steps of: combining ethylene and at least one coordination-insertion catalyst, wherein the coordination-insertion catalyst is a metal-ligand complex wherein the metal is selected from zirconium, hafnium and titanium, and has an ethylene/octene reactivity ratio up to 20 at an operating reactor temperature, and a kinetic chain length up to 20 monomer units; under conditions such that at least one oligomer product is formed, wherein the oligomer product includes a fraction having an average carbon number between 10 and 16 carbons and having a main carbon chain containing an average of between 0.5 and 2.5 branches, wherein more than 50% of the branches are ethyl branches, wherein the branches are located on average more than one carbon away from each end of the main carbon chain in more than 20% of oligomer product molecules, wherein the branches are situated at a second carbon relative to an unsaturated end of the main carbon chain in less than 40% of the oligomer product molecules, and wherein the oligomer product contains greater than 50% vinyl olefin based on the vinyl olefin, vinylidene olefin, and vinylene groups of the oligomer product; fractionating the oligomer product to produce a fractionated oligomer product, such that the average carbon number of the fractionated oligomer product is between 10 and 16 carbons; and hydroformylating the fractionated oligomer product to produce an aldehyde product or sulfonating the fractionated oligomer product to produce a sulfonated surfactant product. combining ethylene and at least one coordination-insertion catalyst, wherein the coordination-insertion catalyst is a metal-ligand complex wherein the metal is selected from zirconium, hafnium and titanium, and has an ethylene/octene reactivity ratio up to 20 at an operating reactor temperature, and a kinetic chain length up to 20 monomer units; under conditions such that at least one oligomer product is formed, wherein the oligomer product includes a fraction having an average carbon number between 10 and 16 carbons and having a main carbon chain containing an average of between 0.5 and 2.5 branches, wherein more than 50% of the branches are ethyl branches, wherein the branches are located on average more than one carbon away from each end of the main carbon chain in more than 20% of oligomer product molecules, wherein the branches are situated at a second carbon relative to an unsaturated end of the main carbon chain in less than 40% of the oligomer product molecules, and wherein the oligomer product contains greater than 50% vinyl olefin based on the vinyl olefin, vinylidene olefin, and vinylene groups of the oligomer product; fractionating the oligomer product to produce a fractionated oligomer product, such that the average carbon number of the fractionated oligomer product is between 10 and 16 carbons; and hydroformylating the fractionated oligomer product to produce an aldehyde product or sulfonating the fractionated oligomer product to produce a sulfonated surfactant product.
Process for producing a particulate recyclate from quartz composite by comminuting quartz composite mouldings composed of a polymer matrix with inorganic and/or optionally additionally organic filler particles embedded therein, in which precomminuted pieces of moulding are comminuted in a hammer mill to form particles that form the recyclate, wherein a sieve is used to remove a first particle fraction having a maximum grain size greater than the target grain size of the particles that form the recyclate from the hammer mill, and then, in a downstream sieving device, a second particle fraction containing particles having a grain size equal to or less than the target grain size that form the recyclate is removed from the first particle fraction and separated from a third particle fraction containing particles larger than the target grain size.
A downhole gravel packing apparatus, comprising: a tubular assembly for being arranged within a wellbore to define an annulus between said tubular assembly and a wall of the wellbore; and a control valve provided within the tubular assembly to control flow of a gravel pack carrier fluid between external and internal regions of the tubular assembly, the control valve comprising a fluid reactant arrangement which reacts with a first fluid to reconfigure the control valve from a first configuration in which flow through the control valve is permitted during a gravel packing operation, and a second configuration in which flow through the control valve is restricted; wherein the downhole gravel packing apparatus comprises a sand screen and a base pipe; wherein the sand screen circumscribes the base pipe and defines a screen annulus between the sand screen and the base pipe, the screen annulus being arranged such that fluid may enter the screen annulus from the annulus via the sand screen; wherein the control valve is located in the base pipe to permit flow from the screen annulus into the interior of the base pipe. a tubular assembly for being arranged within a wellbore to define an annulus between said tubular assembly and a wall of the wellbore; and a control valve provided within the tubular assembly to control flow of a gravel pack carrier fluid between external and internal regions of the tubular assembly, the control valve comprising a fluid reactant arrangement which reacts with a first fluid to reconfigure the control valve from a first configuration in which flow through the control valve is permitted during a gravel packing operation, and a second configuration in which flow through the control valve is restricted; wherein the downhole gravel packing apparatus comprises a sand screen and a base pipe; wherein the sand screen circumscribes the base pipe and defines a screen annulus between the sand screen and the base pipe, the screen annulus being arranged such that fluid may enter the screen annulus from the annulus via the sand screen; wherein the control valve is located in the base pipe to permit flow from the screen annulus into the interior of the base pipe.
A variant of a mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase showing an improved activity in converting 3-phosphonoxyisovalerate into isobutene over the mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase variant is characterized in that it has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or an amino acid sequence having at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1, in which the amino acid residue at position 282 in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or at a position corresponding to said position in said sequence having at least 60 % sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1, is substituted with another amino acid residue.
A hot foil stamping press comprising a pressing system for pressing a foil onto a sheet, a blow unit which is positioned at a distance to the pressing system for directing a stream of gas between the sheet and the foil, a gripper bar which is arranged between the blow unit and the pressing system for gripping and transporting the sheet, and a flow guiding element which is arranged between the blow unit and the pressing system for directing the gas from the blow unit between the sheet and the foil, characterized in that the flow guiding element is a thin plate, or in that the gripper bar has a body and that the flow guiding element is an extension of a surface of the body facing the stream of gas of the blow unit. a pressing system for pressing a foil onto a sheet, a blow unit which is positioned at a distance to the pressing system for directing a stream of gas between the sheet and the foil, a gripper bar which is arranged between the blow unit and the pressing system for gripping and transporting the sheet, and a flow guiding element which is arranged between the blow unit and the pressing system for directing the gas from the blow unit between the sheet and the foil, the flow guiding element is a thin plate, or in that the gripper bar has a body and that the flow guiding element is an extension of a surface of the body facing the stream of gas of the blow unit.