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Thermal energy storage system comprising at least one thermal reservoir and at least one thermal energy transfer means that at least at times are able to transfer thermal energy from at least one first section of the thermal reservoir to a least one second section of the thermal reservoir, the thermal reservoir comprising a fluid, preferably a watery fluid, at least one of said thermal energy transfer means being designed as an active thermal energy transfer means, the thermal reservoir having an outlet splitting into two supply lines,, characterized in that one of the two supply lines is connected to a low-temperature part inlet of a low-temperature part and the other one of the two supply lines is connected to a high-temperature part inlet of a high-temperature part of the active heat transfer means, where the fluid that passes through the high-temperature part is heated and exits the high-temperature part through a high-temperature part outlet to be lead through a high-temperature part return line to said first section of said thermal reservoir, and the fluid that is cooled down in the low-temperature part exits the low-temperature part though a low-temperature part outlet and is led through a low-temperature part return line to said second section of said thermal reservoir.
A method for monitoring state of health of a vehicle system, comprising the following steps: - measuring a plurality of parameter values for the vehicle system at different running conditions as an end of line test, - storing the parameter values in a fingerprint file, - measuring the same plurality of parameter values that is comprised in the fingerprint file at similar load conditions after a predefined time interval, - adding a predefined ageing offset to the fingerprint file, where the ageing offset corresponds to a predicted wear of the system during the predefined time interval, thereby obtaining a time modified fingerprint file for the system, - comparing the measured values with the time modified fingerprint file, - and issuing a message if the measured values deviate from the time modified fingerprint file. - measuring a plurality of parameter values for the vehicle system at different running conditions as an end of line test, - storing the parameter values in a fingerprint file, - measuring the same plurality of parameter values that is comprised in the fingerprint file at similar load conditions after a predefined time interval, - adding a predefined ageing offset to the fingerprint file, where the ageing offset corresponds to a predicted wear of the system during the predefined time interval, thereby obtaining a time modified fingerprint file for the system, - comparing the measured values with the time modified fingerprint file, - and issuing a message if the measured values deviate from the time modified fingerprint file.
Use of a heat exchanger having an outer cover and at least two thermal sheet modules to perform chemical reactions, wherein the thermal sheet modules consist of thermal sheets (54, 62) which are divided in at least two passages (51, 52, 53) by means of rolling or welding seams (54, 62), wherein the individual passages of the thermal sheets are connected by common feed and discharge lines (4a, 4b, 4c, 5b, 5c) and wherein the thermal sheet modules are structured such that different cycles of media can be brought together in the thermal sheet module, whereby at least one rolling or welding seam between two passages is interrupted at at least one point so as to provide a passageway for a fluid between the two passages, so that the media of adjacent passages can be contacted and cause a chemical reaction.
A cracker roller disc, having an axial bore through the centre, a first portion radially outward of the centre of constant thickness, a second portion radially outward of the first portion which second portion tapers towards the periphery, and further comprising a plurality of conical machined surfaces forming radially extending edges on opposed faces of the disc; characterised in that the edges are interrupted by grooves (650, 652a, 652b, 652c, 652d) extending perpendicular to said edges.
An absorbent cellulosic sheet having a variable local basis weight comprising a patterned papermaking-fiber reticulum provided with: (a) a plurality of elongated densified regions of compressed papermaking fibers, the elongated densified regions (i) having a relatively low local basis weight and leading and trailing edges and being generally oriented along the machine direction of the sheet, and (ii) being arranged in a repeating pattern of a plurality of generally parallel linear arrays that are longitudinally staggered with respect to each other, such that a plurality of intervening linear arrays are disposed between a pair of cross-machine direction -aligned densified regions; and (b) a plurality of fiber-enriched, pileated regions having a relatively high local basis weight and being interspersed between and connected with the densified regions, the pileated regions having crests extending generally in the CD of the sheet, wherein the generally parallel linear arrays of densified regions are positioned and configured such that a fiber-enriched region between a pair of CD-aligned densified regions extends in the CD unobstructed by leading or trailing edges of densifed regions of at least one intervening linear array thereof. (a) a plurality of elongated densified regions of compressed papermaking fibers, the elongated densified regions (i) having a relatively low local basis weight and leading and trailing edges and being generally oriented along the machine direction of the sheet, and (ii) being arranged in a repeating pattern of a plurality of generally parallel linear arrays that are longitudinally staggered with respect to each other, such that a plurality of intervening linear arrays are disposed between a pair of cross-machine direction -aligned densified regions; and (b) a plurality of fiber-enriched, pileated regions having a relatively high local basis weight and being interspersed between and connected with the densified regions, the pileated regions having crests extending generally in the CD of the sheet, wherein the generally parallel linear arrays of densified regions are positioned and configured such that a fiber-enriched region between a pair of CD-aligned densified regions extends in the CD unobstructed by leading or trailing edges of densifed regions of at least one intervening linear array thereof.
A radio frequency identification (RFID) monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of RFID tags, the system comprising: an RFID reader; a plurality of antennas (34a-34i) each for transmitting and receiving RF signals to communicate with the RFID tags; a plurality of electronic switches each interposed between the RFID reader and a respective antenna (34a-34i); characterised in that each switch is selectively operable to intermittently connect the respective antenna (34a-34i) to the RF reader so as to regulate the power of the RF signal transmitted from the antenna (34a-34i), thereby limiting the speed of induced operation of the RFID tags, to enable the system to operate at a temperature less than -40 °C. an RFID reader; a plurality of antennas (34a-34i) each for transmitting and receiving RF signals to communicate with the RFID tags; a plurality of electronic switches each interposed between the RFID reader and a respective antenna (34a-34i); characterised in that each switch is selectively operable to intermittently connect the respective antenna (34a-34i) to the RF reader so as to regulate the power of the RF signal transmitted from the antenna (34a-34i), thereby limiting the speed of induced operation of the RFID tags, to enable the system to operate at a temperature less than -40 °C.
A method for extracting nucleic acids from a biological sample, comprising the steps of: a. treating the biological sample with RNase inhibitor; b. isolating microvesicles from the biological sample by one or more centrifugation procedures, wherein none of the centrifugation procedures are performed at a speed exceeding about 20,000g; c. extracting nucleic acids from the isolated microvesicles; and d. analyzing the extracted nucleic acids. a. treating the biological sample with RNase inhibitor; b. isolating microvesicles from the biological sample by one or more centrifugation procedures, wherein none of the centrifugation procedures are performed at a speed exceeding about 20,000g; c. extracting nucleic acids from the isolated microvesicles; and d. analyzing the extracted nucleic acids.
A method for manufacture of fiber reinforced cement composite materials, comprising processing cellulose fibers in an aqueous solution for a predetermined retention time, wherein the solution temperature is greater than 65°C and the processing involves counter-current washing; providing agitation to the solution so as to facilitate diffusion of impurities from the pores and lumens of the fibers and incorporating the cellulose fibers with reduced impurities so obtained in a process for the manufacture of a fiber reinforced cement composite material comprising the cellulose fibers with reduced impurities.
A method for inhibiting scale formation within a hydrocarbon producing system said method comprising contacting said system with a clay mineral, a metal carbonate, an organosilane and a scale inhibitor.
A method for identifying androgen receptor-variant 7 (AR-V7) in a biological liquid, wherein the biological liquid is blood or serum that has been taken from a subject comprising: a) isolating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from said biological liquid from a subject specific for prostate cancer, wherein the subject has been administered a selected chemotherapy; b) extracting the RNA from the isolated CTCs; c) creating a cDNA library from the RNA of b) using 100 bp paired end RNA-seq methodology; d) performing an exonic read of the cDNA library of c) using high throughput sequencing; e) identifying the subject as having AR-V7 when the biological liquid that has been taken from the subject contains AR-V7. a) isolating circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from said biological liquid from a subject specific for prostate cancer, wherein the subject has been administered a selected chemotherapy; b) extracting the RNA from the isolated CTCs; c) creating a cDNA library from the RNA of b) using 100 bp paired end RNA-seq methodology; d) performing an exonic read of the cDNA library of c) using high throughput sequencing; e) identifying the subject as having AR-V7 when the biological liquid that has been taken from the subject contains AR-V7.
A method implemented in an encoder for encoding a video including a plurality of pictures, the method comprising: partitioning, by a processor of the encoder, a picture of the plurality of pictures into a plurality of first level tiles, wherein the plurality of first level tiles are defined by a set of tile columns and a set of tile rows; partitioning, by the processor, a subset of the first level tiles into one or more tile rows and one or more tile columns to obtain a plurality of second level tiles; assigning, by the processor, the first level tiles and the second level tiles into one or more tile groups, wherein all second level tiles created from a single first level tile are assigned to a same tile group such that all tiles in an assigned tile group are constrained to cover a rectangular region of the picture; encoding, by the processor, the first level tiles and the second level tiles into a bitstream; and encoding, by the processor, a flag, for each of the first level tiles, into the bitstream, the flag indicating whether the first level tile is partitioned into second level tiles. partitioning, by a processor of the encoder, a picture of the plurality of pictures into a plurality of first level tiles, wherein the plurality of first level tiles are defined by a set of tile columns and a set of tile rows; partitioning, by the processor, a subset of the first level tiles into one or more tile rows and one or more tile columns to obtain a plurality of second level tiles; assigning, by the processor, the first level tiles and the second level tiles into one or more tile groups, wherein all second level tiles created from a single first level tile are assigned to a same tile group such that all tiles in an assigned tile group are constrained to cover a rectangular region of the picture; encoding, by the processor, the first level tiles and the second level tiles into a bitstream; and encoding, by the processor, a flag, for each of the first level tiles, into the bitstream, the flag indicating whether the first level tile is partitioned into second level tiles.
A canister type suction assembly comprising: - a vacuum cleaner housing comprising a front lower part provided with a leading edge, - a suction nozzle through which outside air can be sucked into the suction assembly, - first and second main wheels (13, 14) movably mounted in rotation relative to the vacuum cleaner housing, the leading edge including a concave edge part which is located under the suction nozzle and which extends in a median vertical longitudinal plane of the suction assembly, the front lower part of the vacuum cleaner housing comprising first and second flanks (25, 26) located on either side of the leading edge and extending from the leading edge and respectively towards the first and second main wheels (13, 14), characterized in that the front lower part of the vacuum cleaner housing includes a front protective portion which extends on either side of the median vertical longitudinal plane of the suction assembly and which is located above the first and second flanks (25, 26). - a vacuum cleaner housing comprising a front lower part provided with a leading edge, - a suction nozzle through which outside air can be sucked into the suction assembly, - first and second main wheels (13, 14) movably mounted in rotation relative to the vacuum cleaner housing, the leading edge including a concave edge part which is located under the suction nozzle and which extends in a median vertical longitudinal plane of the suction assembly, the front lower part of the vacuum cleaner housing comprising first and second flanks (25, 26) located on either side of the leading edge and extending from the leading edge and respectively towards the first and second main wheels (13, 14), characterized in that the front lower part of the vacuum cleaner housing includes a front protective portion which extends on either side of the median vertical longitudinal plane of the suction assembly and which is located above the first and second flanks (25, 26). the leading edge including a concave edge part which is located under the suction nozzle and which extends in a median vertical longitudinal plane of the suction assembly, the front lower part of the vacuum cleaner housing comprising first and second flanks (25, 26) located on either side of the leading edge and extending from the leading edge and respectively towards the first and second main wheels (13, 14), characterized in that the front lower part of the vacuum cleaner housing includes a front protective portion which extends on either side of the median vertical longitudinal plane of the suction assembly and which is located above the first and second flanks (25, 26).
Food preparation household electrical appliance designed to be held in the hand comprising a housing containing a motor and comprising an attached front element comprising an outer surface defining at least a visible part of said housing, characterised in that said front element is held on the housing by means of a fastener coming edge to edge with the front element and in that said fastener comprises at least a part made of material with Shore A hardness less than or equal to 70, mating with the front element.
A food preparation and/or cooking appliance, such as a food processor, comprising at least: - a food preparation and/or cooking bowl comprising at least one internal volume for cooking and/or preparation, - a base on which the bowl is arranged in the operating state of the appliance, the base comprising at least one bottom and at least one side wall extending from the bottom in a substantially secant direction, the bottom and said at least one side wall delimiting an internal volume, - a weighing device configured to weigh at least the contents of the bowl of the appliance comprising at least two weighing sensors, characterised in that the weighing device is arranged in the internal volume of the base, and in that the appliance comprises a support plate that is separate from the base and arranged facing the bottom of the base, the weighing sensors each comprising at least one first portion positioned on the bottom of the base and at least one second portion positioned on a part of the support plate. - a food preparation and/or cooking bowl comprising at least one internal volume for cooking and/or preparation, - a base on which the bowl is arranged in the operating state of the appliance, the base comprising at least one bottom and at least one side wall extending from the bottom in a substantially secant direction, the bottom and said at least one side wall delimiting an internal volume, - a weighing device configured to weigh at least the contents of the bowl of the appliance comprising at least two weighing sensors,
An image processing system comprising: - an input for receiving image data and depth data, the image data defining luminance and/or color for image positions in an image and the depth data defining distance to objects visible at said image positions respectively; - a dilator coupled to the input and configured to dilate the depth data, in a direction to move a depth edge between a region of image positions with a relatively smaller distance and a region of image positions with a relatively greater distance towards the region of image positions with a relatively greater distance; - a compressor coupled to said input and to an output of the dilator and configured to compress the image data and the dilated depth data. - an input for receiving image data and depth data, the image data defining luminance and/or color for image positions in an image and the depth data defining distance to objects visible at said image positions respectively; - a dilator coupled to the input and configured to dilate the depth data, in a direction to move a depth edge between a region of image positions with a relatively smaller distance and a region of image positions with a relatively greater distance towards the region of image positions with a relatively greater distance; - a compressor coupled to said input and to an output of the dilator and configured to compress the image data and the dilated depth data.
A sustained release formulation comprising granules of Crocus sativus hydroalcoholic extract or fraction; biodegradable polymers and/ or non-biodegradable polymers alone or in combination; optionally an excipient, selected from carrier, adjuvant and binder; wherein the hydroalcoholic extract/fraction comprises a mixture of at least 6 crocins including trans-5-ng-crocin, trans-4-GG-crocin, trans-3-Gg-crocin, trans-2-gg-crocin, cis-4-GG-crocin and cis-3-Gg-crocin and wherein weight ratio of the hydroalcoholic extract/fraction of Crocus sativus: polymer(s) is in the range of 30:70 to 70:30.
A terminal comprising: a receiving section adapted to receive multiple downlink control information, DCI, being transmitted separately in a primary cell and a secondary cell, each including a transmission power control, TPC, command field value used for control of a transmission power of an uplink control channel, PUCCH, in the primary cell; and a control section adapted to, when the multiple DCI indicates a same slot for PUCCH transmission, control the transmission power based on TPC command accumulated values indicated by TPC command field values included in the multiple DCI. a receiving section adapted to receive multiple downlink control information, DCI, being transmitted separately in a primary cell and a secondary cell, each including a transmission power control, TPC, command field value used for control of a transmission power of an uplink control channel, PUCCH, in the primary cell; and a control section adapted to, when the multiple DCI indicates a same slot for PUCCH transmission, control the transmission power based on TPC command accumulated values indicated by TPC command field values included in the multiple DCI.
A compound of the Formula: or a salt, ester, amide, solvate or hydrate thereof, or a combination thereof, wherein: each instance of R 1 is independently hydrogen, an unsubstituted C 1-3 alkyl, or a C 1-3 alkyl substituted with -CO 2 R A1 or -C(=O)N(R A1) 2, wherein each instance of R A1 is independently hydrogen or C 1-10 alkyl; each instance of R 2 is independently hydrogen, an unsubstituted C 1-3 alkyl, or a C 1-3 alkyl substituted with -CO 2 R A2 or -C(=O)N(R A2) 2, wherein each instance of R A2 is independently hydrogen or C 1-10 alkyl; or R 1 and R 2 and the carbon to which they are both attached are independently joined to form a C 3-4 carbocyclyl; provided that each instance of R 1 and R 2 attached to the same carbon are not both hydrogen; wherein an ester of a compound of Formula is a compound wherein one or more of the acidic hydrogen atoms of the carboxylic acid groups in the molecule are replaced with a C 1-10 alkyl group; and an amide of a compound of Formula is a compound wherein one or more of the - OH groups of the carboxylic acid groups in the molecule are replaced with an amino, C 1-10 alkyl amino, or C 1-10 dialkyl amino group. each instance of R 1 is independently hydrogen, an unsubstituted C 1-3 alkyl, or a C 1-3 alkyl substituted with -CO 2 R A1 or -C(=O)N(R A1) 2, wherein each instance of R A1 is independently hydrogen or C 1-10 alkyl; each instance of R 2 is independently hydrogen, an unsubstituted C 1-3 alkyl, or a C 1-3 alkyl substituted with -CO 2 R A2 or -C(=O)N(R A2) 2, wherein each instance of R A2 is independently hydrogen or C 1-10 alkyl; or R 1 and R 2 and the carbon to which they are both attached are independently joined to form a C 3-4 carbocyclyl; provided that each instance of R 1 and R 2 attached to the same carbon are not both hydrogen; wherein an ester of a compound of Formula is a compound wherein one or more of the acidic hydrogen atoms of the carboxylic acid groups in the molecule are replaced with a C 1-10 alkyl group; and an amide of a compound of Formula is a compound wherein one or more of the - OH groups of the carboxylic acid groups in the molecule are replaced with an amino, C 1-10 alkyl amino, or C 1-10 dialkyl amino group.