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A clamping device (100, 200) for smoothing a curved sample, comprising: a clamping body having a flat clamping surface formed on the body surface, wherein the clamping surface at least partially receives the curved sample; a first channel formed in the clamping body and having a channel inlet and a channel outlet, wherein the first channel has at least one recess between the channel inlet and the channel outlet completely penetrating the clamping body up to the clamping surface, wherein a cavity is formed between a lower surface of the curved sample and the recess, and wherein a directed air flow flows through the cavity from the channel inlet to the channel outlet, and wherein the clamping body comprises at least one second channel having a channel inlet and a channel outlet, wherein the channel outlet being formed on the clamping surface, and wherein the second channel is formed as a vacuum channel. a clamping body having a flat clamping surface formed on the body surface, wherein the clamping surface at least partially receives the curved sample; a first channel formed in the clamping body and having a channel inlet and a channel outlet, wherein the first channel has at least one recess between the channel inlet and the channel outlet completely penetrating the clamping body up to the clamping surface, wherein a cavity is formed between a lower surface of the curved sample and the recess, and wherein a directed air flow flows through the cavity from the channel inlet to the channel outlet, and wherein the clamping body comprises at least one second channel having a channel inlet and a channel outlet, wherein the channel outlet being formed on the clamping surface, and wherein the second channel is formed as a vacuum channel.
A method for controlling a downlink optical signal in a passive optical network, wherein the method is applied to an optical network unit, ONU, comprising: monitoring (S101, S402) power of a downlink optical signal in a process of receiving the downlink optical signal; and adjusting (S102, S403) an attenuation value of a variable optical attenuator at an ONU side according to the power of the downlink optical signal until the power of the downlink optical signal falls within a preset power range; wherein before receiving the downlink optical signal, the method further comprises: adjusting the attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator to a maximum value, wherein adjusting (S102, S403) the attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator at the ONU side until the power of the downlink optical signal falls within the preset power range comprises: gradually reducing the attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator until the power of the downlink optical signal falls within the preset power range, and wherein the method comprises: in the process of receiving the downlink optical signal by a receiver, adjusting a gain value of an OA at the ONU side until the power of the downlink optical signal falls within the preset power range, if the power of the downlink optical signal is still out of the preset power range when the attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator is adjusted to a minimum value, wherein the OA at the ONU side is located between the optical splitter and the ONU. monitoring (S101, S402) power of a downlink optical signal in a process of receiving the downlink optical signal; and adjusting (S102, S403) an attenuation value of a variable optical attenuator at an ONU side according to the power of the downlink optical signal until the power of the downlink optical signal falls within a preset power range; wherein before receiving the downlink optical signal, the method further comprises: adjusting the attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator to a maximum value, wherein adjusting (S102, S403) the attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator at the ONU side until the power of the downlink optical signal falls within the preset power range comprises: gradually reducing the attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator until the power of the downlink optical signal falls within the preset power range, and wherein the method comprises: in the process of receiving the downlink optical signal by a receiver, adjusting a gain value of an OA at the ONU side until the power of the downlink optical signal falls within the preset power range, if the power of the downlink optical signal is still out of the preset power range when the attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator is adjusted to a minimum value, wherein the OA at the ONU side is located between the optical splitter and the ONU.
A method of transmitting data to a magnetic read head of a payment terminal, said method being implemented by an electronic device suitable for generating a magnetic field representative of an encoding of said data, said data transmission comprising a plurality of transmissions of a same standardised data sequence (D_Nor), said standardised data being data representative of a means of payment formatted in accordance with the ISO/I EC 7813 standard, said standardised data sequence comprising a start tag for the standardised data sequence and an end tag for the standardised data sequence, said method being characterised in that it further comprises the transmission of secondary data (D_Sec), said secondary data (D_Sec) being transmitted between two successive transmissions of said standardised data sequence (D_Nor), said standardised data sequence further comprising a predetermined number of characters located immediately after the end tag of said standardised data sequence, said predetermined number of characters corresponding to a sequence of characters representative of a presence and a type of said secondary data, said secondary data being to be processed by the payment terminal as a function of said type.
A device for artificial noise suppression in iterative image reconstruction, wherein the device comprises: - a processing unit; wherein the processing unit is configured to: acquire image precursor information (λ i), to generate (i) edge pattern information of the image precursor information (λ i) using an edge pattern detector, and (ii) noise pattern information, to generate edge preservation parameter information (γ) based on the edge pattern information, the noise pattern information, and the image precursor information (λ i), wherein the processing unit is configured to generate a regularization function, which is locally adjusted using the edge preservation parameter information (γ), and to generate reconstructed image information (λ i+1) by applying an image reconstruction algorithm to the image precursor information (λ i), wherein the image reconstruction algorithm applies the regularization function to the image precursor information (λ i), thus providing reconstructed image information (λ i+1) in which noise-correlated features of the image precursor information (λ i) have been filtered more strongly than edge-correlated features of the image precursor information (λ i); and characterized in that the edge preservation parameter information (γ) is a continuous probability measure, obtained by using a statistical model to determine how well a pattern in the image precursor information matches an edge model and a noise model, which also considers local statistical variations in the image precursor information. - a processing unit; wherein the processing unit is configured to: acquire image precursor information (λ i), to generate (i) edge pattern information of the image precursor information (λ i) using an edge pattern detector, and (ii) noise pattern information, to generate edge preservation parameter information (γ) based on the edge pattern information, the noise pattern information, and the image precursor information (λ i), wherein the processing unit is configured to generate a regularization function, which is locally adjusted using the edge preservation parameter information (γ), and to generate reconstructed image information (λ i+1) by applying an image reconstruction algorithm to the image precursor information (λ i), wherein the image reconstruction algorithm applies the regularization function to the image precursor information (λ i), thus providing reconstructed image information (λ i+1) in which noise-correlated features of the image precursor information (λ i) have been filtered more strongly than edge-correlated features of the image precursor information (λ i); and characterized in that the edge preservation parameter information (γ) is a continuous probability measure, obtained by using a statistical model to determine how well a pattern in the image precursor information matches an edge model and a noise model, which also considers local statistical variations in the image precursor information.
Method for actuating an electric vacuum pump for a brake booster of a vehicle, the brake booster being supplied with vacuum from a vacuum reservoir, and the vacuum pump being designed to increase the vacuum in the vacuum reservoir as soon as the vacuum drops below a predefinable switch-on threshold, characterized in that the method has the following steps: estimation of an expected decrease ΔP U of the vacuum in the vacuum reservoir on account of a current braking operation, and temporary reduction of the switch-on threshold P S_temp if the vacuum P U_current which currently prevails in the vacuum reservoir minus the estimated vacuum decrease ΔP U is greater than a predefined run-out point vacuum P A. estimation of an expected decrease ΔP U of the vacuum in the vacuum reservoir on account of a current braking operation, and temporary reduction of the switch-on threshold P S_temp if the vacuum P U_current which currently prevails in the vacuum reservoir minus the estimated vacuum decrease ΔP U is greater than a predefined run-out point vacuum P A.
Formwork element (1, 2) for a concrete wall formwork, wherein the formwork element comprises a device for receiving a formwork anchor in the formwork element (1, 2), wherein the device comprises - a formwork-proof insert pot, the pot base of which, facing a formwork inner side of the formwork element (1, 2), has a passage opening for an anchor end (7, 8) of the formwork anchor, - an anchor receptacle (9, 10) within the insert pot, in which the anchor end (7, 8) can be held in a non-displaceable manner, and - a holder for the anchor receptacle (9, 10) which is supported so as to be pivotable to a limited extent with respect to the pot base, characterised in that the anchor receptacle (9, 10) has a supporting end which is supported on the pot base with interpositioning of a sealing ring for tightly surrounding the anchor end (7, 8) and forms in the region of the supporting end an annular groove, into which a flexible holding ring of the holder engages. - a formwork-proof insert pot, the pot base of which, facing a formwork inner side of the formwork element (1, 2), has a passage opening for an anchor end (7, 8) of the formwork anchor, - an anchor receptacle (9, 10) within the insert pot, in which the anchor end (7, 8) can be held in a non-displaceable manner, and - a holder for the anchor receptacle (9, 10) which is supported so as to be pivotable to a limited extent with respect to the pot base,
A multi component braze alloy comprising an alloy of the elements, Ni, Cr, Ti, Al, Co, W, Mn, and Ta, wherein said alloy has the following composition in weight percents: Ni(X Ni)-Cr(X Cr)-Ti(X Ti)-Al(X Al)-Co(X Co)-W(X W)-Mn(X Mn)-Ta(X Ta), wherein said weight percentages X z lie in the following ranges: X Cr = 12 % − 16 %, X Ti = 13 % − 16 %, X Al = 0 % − 2 %, X Co = 2 % − 4 %, X w = 3 % − 5 %, X Mn = 0 % − 2 %, X Ta = 0 % − 2 %, X Ni = balance.
A turbine airfoil comprising: a wall having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, a suction side, an outer diameter end and an inner diameter end to define an interior; a cooling channel extending through the interior of the wall between the pressure side and the suction side; a trench (48,49) extending radially along an exterior of the wall and being recessed axially into the wall to form a back wall, the back wall being contoured to include at least one undulation; a plurality of cooling holes (46,51) extending through the back wall of the trench to connect the interior of the wall at the cooling channel to the exterior; characterized in that the undulation positions a convex curvature between two cooling holes, and wherein the convex curvature forms a smooth extension of one of the plurality of cooling holes. a wall having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, a suction side, an outer diameter end and an inner diameter end to define an interior; a cooling channel extending through the interior of the wall between the pressure side and the suction side; a trench (48,49) extending radially along an exterior of the wall and being recessed axially into the wall to form a back wall, the back wall being contoured to include at least one undulation; a plurality of cooling holes (46,51) extending through the back wall of the trench to connect the interior of the wall at the cooling channel to the exterior; characterized in that the undulation positions a convex curvature between two cooling holes, and wherein the convex curvature forms a smooth extension of one of the plurality of cooling holes.
A bulkhead unit for a wind turbine blade, the wind turbine blade comprising a blade shell defining a blade root portion having an inner blade surface, wherein the bulkhead unit comprises a bulkhead element substantially extending in a radial direction, the bulkhead element having a first side surface and a second side surface facing in opposite longitudinal directions and a first peripheral edge facing the inner blade surface of the wind turbine blade when installed, wherein outer dimensions of the bulkhead element substantially corresponds to inner dimensions of the blade root portion, the bulkhead unit further comprises a supporting frame structure extending in the radial direction, the supporting frame structure is configured to be attached to at least the bulkhead element and to be arranged relative to said first or second side surface (41,42), wherein said supporting frame structure is configured to provide support for mounting of additional components, characterised in that the supporting frame structure comprises at least one set of frame elements (47, 48) extending in at least one direction, wherein said at least one set of frame elements (47, 48) is arranged relative to at least one opening (27, 28, 29) formed in the bulkhead element, said at least one set of frame elements (47, 48) comprises a number of first frame elements and, optionally, a number of second frame elements, wherein the first frame elements and, optionally the second frame elements, are interconnected to divide a surface area of the bulkhead element into a plurality of enclosed areas and/or open ended areas.
An internal gear pump in which an inner rotor and an outer rotor are arranged in a rotor housing chamber, characterized in that in the inner rotor and the outer rotor, e>d/[2(N-2)] is satisfied when eccentricity is represented as e, a tooth bottom diameter of the inner rotor is represented as d, and the number of teeth of the inner rotor is represented as N characterised in that a deepest meshing section is located in a vicinity on a line connecting a center of the inner rotor and a center of the outer rotor, a center of the rotor housing chamber is offset, from a position in which the center of the rotor housing chamber and the center of the outer rotor coincide with each other, to the deepest meshing section side by an amount smaller than a tip clearance, which is a gap between a tooth tip of the inner rotor and a tooth tip of the outer rotor in a vicinity of a seal land between a terminal end side of an intake port and a start end side of a discharge port.
A thermoelectric device comprising: a first element having a first portion, a second portion and a first region, the first and second portions of the first element being electrically conductive, the first region being electrically conductive and thermally insulative disposed between the first and second portions of the first element; a second element having a third portion, a fourth portion, and a second region, the third and the fourth portions of the second element being electrically conductive, the second region being electrical conductive and thermally insulative disposed between the third and second portions of the second element, the second element further including a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a first thermoelectric element, the first thermoelectric element disposed onto the second portion of the first element, and the first thermoelectric element disposed onto the third portion along the first side of the second element; and a second thermoelectric element, the second thermoelectric element disposed onto the fourth portion along the second side of the second element, wherein the first and second thermoelectric elements are both N-type or both P-type, characterized in that the thermoelectric devices are vertically spaced apart to form a stair-step configuration. a first element having a first portion, a second portion and a first region, the first and second portions of the first element being electrically conductive, the first region being electrically conductive and thermally insulative disposed between the first and second portions of the first element; a second element having a third portion, a fourth portion, and a second region, the third and the fourth portions of the second element being electrically conductive, the second region being electrical conductive and thermally insulative disposed between the third and second portions of the second element, the second element further including a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a first thermoelectric element, the first thermoelectric element disposed onto the second portion of the first element, and the first thermoelectric element disposed onto the third portion along the first side of the second element; and a second thermoelectric element, the second thermoelectric element disposed onto the fourth portion along the second side of the second element, wherein the first and second thermoelectric elements are both N-type or both P-type, characterized in that the thermoelectric devices are vertically spaced apart to form a stair-step configuration.
A wet-sheet packaging comprising an outer bag that includes an outer take-out opening on the bag's upper side, the outer take-out opening being freely opened and closed by a closure means; and a layered body of wet sheets, each of the wet sheets being in a folded state, the outer bag accommodating the layered body of the wet sheets, wherein the layered body is accommodated in a way that allows an edge of the upper surface-side of the topmost wet sheet to be grasped by a user and spread out when the wet sheet is taken out of the packaging, each of the wet sheets is folded into a band shape to be layered such that each of the wet sheets is folded at fold lines (13, 14) that are substantially parallel to each other into a zigzag shape, and the edge is configured to be opposite the outer take-out opening, and to be disposed at the middle part of the folded sheet in the width direction so as to face the lengthwise direction, characterized in that the layered body includes a layer-top part that faces the outer take-out opening, and layer-side parts that are bent in their lengthwise direction into an approximately inverted U-shape, and that stretch from both sides of the layer-top part to each of the bottom edges of the layered body.
Compound of polymorphic form K characterized by the following significant peaks in its X-ray powder diffraction pattern: No. Position [°2Theta] Relative Intensitiy [%] 1 3.6 43 2 7.1 22 3 14.3 22 4 19.9 92 5 20.2 63 6 24.3 100 7 28.9 39
Holding device having a plurality of gripping devices which are arranged movable relative to each other on a support structure in such a manner that by their displacement gripping devices are adjustable to a free-form surface, wherein the support structure comprises a plurality of support elements, which are connected to each other in a mutually movable way and at which support elements there are arranged gripping devices, wherein a plurality of support elements are arranged in a row and are connected to form a carrying chain such that the carrying chain is form-adjustable by the movement of the support member relatively to each other, wherein at each of the support elements there is provided exactly one gripping device, and wherein between each two adjacent support elements of the carrying chain there is provided a deformable or configuration-variable connecting element, by which the adjacent support elements of the carrying chain are movably connected with each other, characterized in that the connecting element (30, 30a) has a neutral position from which it is elastically deformable and is formed such that it exerts a counter force against deformation out of the neutral position.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising an IL-13Ra2 peptide, an EphA2 peptide, a survivin peptide, and a WT1 peptide, wherein: (a) the IL-13Ra2 peptide comprises any one of SEQ ID NOs:1-4, the EphA2 peptide comprises SEQ ID NO:6, the survivin peptide comprises SEQ ID NO:7, and the WT1 peptide comprises SEQ ID NO:8; preferably wherein: (b) one or more of the peptides are loaded on dendritic cells; and/or (c) the pharmaceutical composition further comprises an adjuvant, wherein the adjuvant is preferably Montanide ISA-51. (a) the IL-13Ra2 peptide comprises any one of SEQ ID NOs:1-4, the EphA2 peptide comprises SEQ ID NO:6, the survivin peptide comprises SEQ ID NO:7, and the WT1 peptide comprises SEQ ID NO:8; preferably wherein: (b) one or more of the peptides are loaded on dendritic cells; and/or (c) the pharmaceutical composition further comprises an adjuvant,
A method performed by a within-vehicle-confirming system on-board a vehicle for, prior to enabling an operator in possession of a key device to initiate a passive start of said vehicle, establishing that said key device is within an interior of said vehicle, said method comprising: determining that there is a secure communication link between said vehicle and said key device; providing a vehicle sound signal within said interior of the vehicle; receiving from said key device a key device signal via said secure communication link, said key device signal being derived from a sound signal detected by one or more sensors associated with said key device; comparing said vehicle sound signal with said key device signal; and enabling a start of said vehicle when said key device signal matches said vehicle sound signal. determining that there is a secure communication link between said vehicle and said key device; providing a vehicle sound signal within said interior of the vehicle; receiving from said key device a key device signal via said secure communication link, said key device signal being derived from a sound signal detected by one or more sensors associated with said key device; comparing said vehicle sound signal with said key device signal; and enabling a start of said vehicle when said key device signal matches said vehicle sound signal.