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An anodising apparatus for selectively anodizing at least a portion of a surface of a component, the anodising apparatus comprising: a fluid reservoir containing a fluid; a conductive element submerged in the fluid within the fluid reservoir; a conformable wicking element supported on the conductive element such that the conformable wicking element is at least partially immersed in the fluid, wherein the conformable wicking element is at least partially disposed in between the component and the conductive element, and wherein the conformable wicking element comprises a porous material having pore sizes between 5 μm and 100 μm for absorbing fluid from the fluid reservoir, the conformable wicking element comprising a resilient material such that the conformable wicking element is conformable to at least the said portion of the surface of the component, wherein, upon bringing the component into contact with the conformable wicking element, the conformable wicking element conforms to the portion of the surface of the component and the fluid completes an electric circuit between the component and the conductive element, the anodising apparatus being configured to grow an anodised layer on the said portion of the surface of the component that is in contact with the conformable wicking element when an electric current is supplied to the electric circuit between the conductive element and the component, wherein the anodising apparatus comprises a direct current source, and wherein the conductive element is connected to the negative terminal of the direct current source. a fluid reservoir containing a fluid; a conductive element submerged in the fluid within the fluid reservoir; a conformable wicking element supported on the conductive element such that the conformable wicking element is at least partially immersed in the fluid, wherein the conformable wicking element is at least partially disposed in between the component and the conductive element, and wherein the conformable wicking element comprises a porous material having pore sizes between 5 μm and 100 μm for absorbing fluid from the fluid reservoir, the conformable wicking element comprising a resilient material such that the conformable wicking element is conformable to at least the said portion of the surface of the component, wherein, upon bringing the component into contact with the conformable wicking element, the conformable wicking element conforms to the portion of the surface of the component and the fluid completes an electric circuit between the component and the conductive element, the anodising apparatus being configured to grow an anodised layer on the said portion of the surface of the component that is in contact with the conformable wicking element when an electric current is supplied to the electric circuit between the conductive element and the component, wherein the anodising apparatus comprises a direct current source, and wherein the conductive element is connected to the negative terminal of the direct current source.
A ground penetrating radar, GPR, and metal detector, MD, hybrid head comprising: an MD sensor including at least one receive coil (40, 314) in a quadrupole configuration including a crossbar, and at least one transmit coil, the crossbar having a first axis parallel to a direction in which current flows in the crossbar; and at least one GPR V-dipole antenna arranged in a plane perpendicular to the first axis of the crossbar so as to reduce coupling between the coils of the MD sensor and the antenna; wherein the transmit coil has an outer perimeter, the receive coil has an outer perimeter, and wherein at least a portion of the V-dipole antenna is within a cylinder formed by the projection of one of the outer perimeter of the receive coil or the transmit coil onto a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the V-dipole antenna.
A method of transmitting data from a transmitter device to one or more receiver devices (51, 52, 53), each of the one or more receiver devices being connected to the transmitter device via a respective wire connection (21, 22, 23), the transmitter device being operable to transmit signals onto the wire connections over one or more different channels, the method comprising, for each of the one or more different channels: i) determining a value of a function s ̃ j, j m, the function being s ̃ j, j m = 2 b max − 1 γ j, j m where: j is a channel index; b max is an upper bound for a channel capacity of the one or more channels; and γ j, j m is a gain of the jth channel; ii) determining a transmission power s j, j m for transmitting data along that channel, wherein the transmission power s j, j m is: s j, j m = min p m s ̃ j, j m where: p m is a power mask for transmitting the data over the one or more different channels; and iii) transmitting, by the transmitter device, data over that channel to one or more of the receiver devices, the data being transmitted at the transmission power s j, j m determined for that channel. i) determining a value of a function s ̃ j, j m, the function being s ̃ j, j m = 2 b max − 1 γ j, j m where: j is a channel index; b max is an upper bound for a channel capacity of the one or more channels; and γ j, j m is a gain of the jth channel; j is a channel index; b max is an upper bound for a channel capacity of the one or more channels; and γ j, j m is a gain of the jth channel; ii) determining a transmission power s j, j m for transmitting data along that channel, wherein the transmission power s j, j m is: s j, j m = min p m s ̃ j, j m where: p m is a power mask for transmitting the data over the one or more different channels; and iii) transmitting, by the transmitter device, data over that channel to one or more of the receiver devices, the data being transmitted at the transmission power s j, j m determined for that channel.
An expandable implant comprising: a body having a proximal surface including an attachment port and a bone graft port; a top member moveable with respect to the body; and a structural insert positioned at least partially within the body and spaced distally from the proximal surface such that a portion of the body is defined between the structural insert and the proximal surface, the structural insert having a threaded connection configured to detachably couple to a threaded portion of an insertion instrument when the threaded portion is received within the attachment port, wherein the structural insert is made from a different material than the body. a body having a proximal surface including an attachment port and a bone graft port; a top member moveable with respect to the body; and a structural insert positioned at least partially within the body and spaced distally from the proximal surface such that a portion of the body is defined between the structural insert and the proximal surface, the structural insert having a threaded connection configured to detachably couple to a threaded portion of an insertion instrument when the threaded portion is received within the attachment port, wherein the structural insert is made from a different material than the body.
A method for requesting an uplink transmission resource, the method being applied in a user terminal in a LTE-NR interworking phase in a 5G network, the method comprising: triggering, by the user terminal, an uplink resource Scheduling Request, SR; in response to a preset random access trigger condition being satisfied, triggering, by the user terminal, a contention based random access request; before completing a contention based random access procedure, in response to a preset random access cancellation condition being satisfied, cancelling, by the user terminal, the contention based random access procedure, wherein the preset random access cancellation condition comprises that a UL-grant allocated by a base station is received on PDCCH, and second preset transmission information in the contention based random access procedure is not sent to the base station, characterised in that the second preset transmission information is MSG3. triggering, by the user terminal, an uplink resource Scheduling Request, SR; in response to a preset random access trigger condition being satisfied, triggering, by the user terminal, a contention based random access request; before completing a contention based random access procedure, in response to a preset random access cancellation condition being satisfied, cancelling, by the user terminal, the contention based random access procedure, wherein the preset random access cancellation condition comprises that a UL-grant allocated by a base station is received on PDCCH, and second preset transmission information in the contention based random access procedure is not sent to the base station, characterised in that the second preset transmission information is MSG3.
Method for operating an internal combustion engine, in which an air-fuel mixture is burnt in a combustion cycle, wherein different fuels are sequentially burnt in the combustion cycle, and wherein hydrogen is used as the first fuel, characterized in that diesel is used as the second fuel, and in that the second fuel is injected into the almost completely burnt-out combustion chamber after at least 80% of the first fuel has been combusted.
A ski having a cross section of the edge and sidewall of the ski where the edge of the ski and the top final layer of the ski are separated at least by the sidewall of the ski and the lateral side of the edge continues into the sidewall, characterised by the lateral side of the edge and the sidewall of the ski having the shape of a composite function concave curve (7,15) which starts at the verge of the edge and ends at the top edge of the top final layer and the angle α of the concave curve (7,15), defined by the line passing through the verge of the edge and tangentially touching the lateral side of the final layer and the line defined by the bottom side of the base, is smaller than 90°, whereby the above mentioned shape of the side of the edge and sidewall of the ski runs along the entire length of the ski.
An acid-resistant alloy catalyst, characterized in that the acid-resistant alloy catalyst comprises nickel, one or more rare earth element, tin, aluminum and molybdenum, wherein the catalyst does not contain tungsten.
Device for detecting micro-sleep, comprising: a video recording device for video-based monitoring of a person and of an eye area of said person, the video recording device being configured to record a sequence of pictures of the person and of the eye area and to output same to a threshold determination device; the threshold determination device configured to derive multiple thresholds (80, 85) individually adapted to the person from the sequence of pictures; and a threshold evaluator configured to decide, on the basis of the multiple individually adapted thresholds (80, 85), whether or not the person is experiencing micro-sleep; the one or more individually adapted thresholds (80, 85) being utilized for establishing whether or not the thresholds (80, 85) have been passed within the actual time curve of the eye opening and, thus, whether or not the person is experiencing micro-sleep; a first individually adapted threshold characterizing the transition from the opened to the closed eye, an eyelid closure being established to have occurred if the first individually adapted threshold has been passed; a second individually adapted threshold referring to a duration of the eyelid closure, an individual eyelid closure time being determined so as to evaluate the eyelid closure as being an indication of micro-sleep if the individual eyelid closure time is exceeded. a video recording device for video-based monitoring of a person and of an eye area of said person, the video recording device being configured to record a sequence of pictures of the person and of the eye area and to output same to a threshold determination device; the threshold determination device configured to derive multiple thresholds (80, 85) individually adapted to the person from the sequence of pictures; and a threshold evaluator configured to decide, on the basis of the multiple individually adapted thresholds (80, 85), whether or not the person is experiencing micro-sleep; the one or more individually adapted thresholds (80, 85) being utilized for establishing whether or not the thresholds (80, 85) have been passed within the actual time curve of the eye opening and, thus, whether or not the person is experiencing micro-sleep; a first individually adapted threshold characterizing the transition from the opened to the closed eye, an eyelid closure being established to have occurred if the first individually adapted threshold has been passed; a second individually adapted threshold referring to a duration of the eyelid closure, an individual eyelid closure time being determined so as to evaluate the eyelid closure as being an indication of micro-sleep if the individual eyelid closure time is exceeded.
A method for purifying a 2-aryl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine product, the method comprising: contacting a crude 2-aryl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine product, wherein said 2-aryl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine is of the formula wherein R 1 is independently selected from a group consisting of a hydrocarbyl radical, a nitro radical, and a halogen atom; "a" is an integer from 0-4; Ar 1 is a phenyl radical in which the two OH groups are in the para positions; and Ar 2 is an aromatic radical; with a purification agent which is an acidic material, to remove a 2-aryl-3-(aminoaryl)-3-(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine compound of the formula: wherein each R 1 is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbyl radical, a nitro radical, and a halogen atom; "a" is an integer from 0 to 4; Ar 1 is a phenyl radical in which the OH group is in the para position; and Ar 2 is independently at each occurrence an aromatic radical; and producing a purified 2-aryl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine product comprising less than 200 parts per million of the 2-aryl-3-(aminoaryl)-3-(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine; wherein the acidic material comprises a sulfonated polystyrene-divinylbenzene copolymer acidic ion exchange resin crosslinked with up to 20 weight percent of divinylbenzene relative to an overall weight of the acidic ion exchange resin, ethanesulfonic acid, propanesulfonic acid, butanesulfonic acid, octanesulfonic acid, dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, or phthalic anhydride. contacting a crude 2-aryl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine product, wherein said 2-aryl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine is of the formula wherein R 1 is independently selected from a group consisting of a hydrocarbyl radical, a nitro radical, and a halogen atom; "a" is an integer from 0-4; Ar 1 is a phenyl radical in which the two OH groups are in the para positions; and Ar 2 is an aromatic radical; with a purification agent which is an acidic material, to remove a 2-aryl-3-(aminoaryl)-3-(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine compound of the formula: wherein each R 1 is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbyl radical, a nitro radical, and a halogen atom; "a" is an integer from 0 to 4; Ar 1 is a phenyl radical in which the OH group is in the para position; and Ar 2 is independently at each occurrence an aromatic radical; and producing a purified 2-aryl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine product comprising less than 200 parts per million of the 2-aryl-3-(aminoaryl)-3-(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine; wherein the acidic material comprises a sulfonated polystyrene-divinylbenzene copolymer acidic ion exchange resin crosslinked with up to 20 weight percent of divinylbenzene relative to an overall weight of the acidic ion exchange resin, ethanesulfonic acid, propanesulfonic acid, butanesulfonic acid, octanesulfonic acid, dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, or phthalic anhydride.
A front fork having a stroke amount detection and comprising: a spring leg formed including an air spring and a damper leg having a damper built therein, which are disposed parallel to each other, the spring leg including a cylindrical guide cylinder that is disposed in an inner periphery space that is formed by mutual insertion of a vehicle body-side tube, which is fixed to a vehicle body side and whose one end is plugged, and an axle-side tube, to which an axle is mounted and whose one end is plugged, with this inner periphery space extending from the plugged end of one of the vehicle body-side tube and the axle-side tube; a piston that is mounted to a leading end of a guide rod that extends from the plugged end of the other one of the tubes, and that slides over an inner peripheral face of the guide cylinder; an inner air spring chamber that is partitioned by the piston in the interior of the guide cylinder characterized in that an outer air spring chamber is partitioned, outward of the inner air spring chamber, in the interior of the vehicle body-side tube and axle-side tube; a first detector for detecting pressure and temperature in the outer air spring chamber; a second detector for detecting pressure and temperature in the inner air spring chamber; and a stroke detection compensator for detecting a stroke amount of the spring leg, while compensating for the influence on pressure as a result of temperature changes in the inner air spring chamber and outer air spring chamber, on the basis of outputs of the first and second detector. a spring leg formed including an air spring and a damper leg having a damper built therein, which are disposed parallel to each other, the spring leg including a cylindrical guide cylinder that is disposed in an inner periphery space that is formed by mutual insertion of a vehicle body-side tube, which is fixed to a vehicle body side and whose one end is plugged, and an axle-side tube, to which an axle is mounted and whose one end is plugged, with this inner periphery space extending from the plugged end of one of the vehicle body-side tube and the axle-side tube; a piston that is mounted to a leading end of a guide rod that extends from the plugged end of the other one of the tubes, and that slides over an inner peripheral face of the guide cylinder; an inner air spring chamber that is partitioned by the piston in the interior of the guide cylinder characterized in that an outer air spring chamber is partitioned, outward of the inner air spring chamber, in the interior of the vehicle body-side tube and axle-side tube; a first detector for detecting pressure and temperature in the outer air spring chamber; a second detector for detecting pressure and temperature in the inner air spring chamber; and a stroke detection compensator for detecting a stroke amount of the spring leg, while compensating for the influence on pressure as a result of temperature changes in the inner air spring chamber and outer air spring chamber, on the basis of outputs of the first and second detector.
A method for starting up a combined cycle power plant, wherein the combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine with a first combustion chamber and a sequential combustion chamber, a reheat boiler fed with exhaust gas from the gas turbine and a steam turbine fed with steam generated at the reheat boiler, wherein the gas turbine has a first emission compliant operating window when operated with both the first combustion chamber and the sequential combustion chamber, the gas turbine has a second emission compliant operating window when operated only with the first combustion chamber, the method characterized by operating the gas turbine with only the first combustion chamber and loading up the gas turbine to a first operating point within the second emission compliant operating window, then within the second emission compliant operating window, regulating the gas turbine up to a second operating point and loading up the steam turbine, then operating the gas turbine with both the first combustion chamber and the sequential combustion chamber and further regulating the gas turbine to a third operating point within the first emission compliant operating window.
A system for measuring a distance to a target object, the system comprising at least one light source arrangement configured to provide illumination of a selected wavelength range and certain coherence length, an optical arrangement, and a detection arrangement comprising at least one detector unit; said optical arrangement comprises optical elements forming at least first and second interferometer arrangements, each of said first and second interferometer arrangements is formed of a reference path and an interrogating path, said interrogating path comprises optical arrangement adapted to direct light portions toward a target object and collect light portions reflected from said target object; said reference path and interrogating path generate an interference signal on at least one detector of the detection arrangement, thereby generating detection data comprising at least first and second detected signals indicative of interference signal of said first and second interferometer arrangements; wherein said first and second interferometer arrangements are configured with respective first and second different coherence factors being associated with at least one of optical path of reference paths of the first and second interferometer arrangements, and coherence length of light passing in said first and second interferometer arrangements; and wherein the system is configured to determine a coherence ratio term Γ being a ratio between two coherence terms, where these two coherence terms are based on said at least first and second detected signals, respectively, and uses said coherence ratio term Γ to determine a distance to said target object. said optical arrangement comprises optical elements forming at least first and second interferometer arrangements, each of said first and second interferometer arrangements is formed of a reference path and an interrogating path, said interrogating path comprises optical arrangement adapted to direct light portions toward a target object and collect light portions reflected from said target object; said reference path and interrogating path generate an interference signal on at least one detector of the detection arrangement, thereby generating detection data comprising at least first and second detected signals indicative of interference signal of said first and second interferometer arrangements; wherein said first and second interferometer arrangements are configured with respective first and second different coherence factors being associated with at least one of optical path of reference paths of the first and second interferometer arrangements, and coherence length of light passing in said first and second interferometer arrangements; and wherein the system is configured to determine a coherence ratio term Γ being a ratio between two coherence terms, where these two coherence terms are based on said at least first and second detected signals, respectively, and uses said coherence ratio term Γ to determine a distance to said target object.