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A sound-absorbing material comprising: a fiber layer including a plurality of holes open to a surface thereof and having a thickness of 3 mm or more; and an inorganic material layer formed on the surface of the fiber layer, the holes being blind holes each penetrating through the inorganic material layer and having a bottom inside the fiber layer, wherein the fiber layer contains inorganic fibers, characterized in that the inorganic material layer contains at least one inorganic material selected from the group consisting of a calcium-based material, a silica-based material, an alumina-based material, a carbon-based material, and a titanium-based material, the inorganic material layer is formed by a dried material, originally containing a slurry of powdered inorganic material and water applied to the surface of the fiber layer, and the sound-absorbing material has an average sound absorption coefficient of 0.65 or more in the frequency domain of 800 to 2000 Hz at 400°C or higher. a fiber layer including a plurality of holes open to a surface thereof and having a thickness of 3 mm or more; and an inorganic material layer formed on the surface of the fiber layer, the holes being blind holes each penetrating through the inorganic material layer and having a bottom inside the fiber layer, wherein the fiber layer contains inorganic fibers, characterized in that the inorganic material layer contains at least one inorganic material selected from the group consisting of a calcium-based material, a silica-based material, an alumina-based material, a carbon-based material, and a titanium-based material, the inorganic material layer is formed by a dried material, originally containing a slurry of powdered inorganic material and water applied to the surface of the fiber layer, and the sound-absorbing material has an average sound absorption coefficient of 0.65 or more in the frequency domain of 800 to 2000 Hz at 400°C or higher.
A method for the deoxygenation of feedstock comprising oils and/or fats of biological origin, the method comprising contacting the feedstock with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal selected from a group consisting of ruthenium and manganese, in the presence of water, under alkaline conditions at a temperature from 200 to 300°C and under a pressure from 1 to 100 bar, to produce paraffinic hydrocarbons.
An ironing system, comprising an iron, a machine body provided with steam generating means, a tube for sending steam from the machine body to the iron and an electrical cable for supplying the iron, characterised in that said steam tube and said electrical cable coming from the iron comprise a first connector (15, 60) suitable to be connected, according to a first operating mode of the system, to a second connector (14, 14') connected to a portion of steam tube inside the machine body and to conductors (5a-d) of said electrical cable inside the machine body, there being provided in said first and second connectors (15, 60, 14, 14') electrical contact elements (38a-d, 25a-d, 67, 68) suitable to cooperate with one another and to enable contact of said electrical conductors (5a-d) with said electrical cable and also provided with valve means (29, 43) suitable to enable connection of said portion of tube inside the machine body with said steam tube to enable the passage of steam from the machine body to the iron, and said first connector (15, 60) being connectable, according to a further operating mode of the system, directly with a electrical supply cable connectable to the electricity distribution system thus excluding the machine body.
An article of footwear, comprising: a sole structure including an aperture set comprising two or more apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) extending from a top portion to a lower portion of the sole structure and being configured to engage with a thong portion; the thong portion comprising a first separable portion, a second separable portion and a third separable portion; the first separable portion having a first widened portion, the second separable portion having a second widened portion and the third separable portion having a third widened portion; a top portion of the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) having a stretched cross-sectional area corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) in a fully stretched position and a normal cross-sectional area corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) in a non-stretched position; the first widened portion having a cross-sectional area that is less than the normal cross-sectional area, the second widened portion having a cross-sectional area that is less than the normal cross-sectional area and the third widened portion having a cross-sectional area that is less than the normal cross-sectional area; wherein a combined cross-sectional area of the first widened portion, the second widened portion and the third widened portion is greater than the stretched cross-sectional area of the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406); and wherein the thong portion is removably insertable into the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) of the aperture set for variably attaching the thong portion to the sole structure. a sole structure including an aperture set comprising two or more apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) extending from a top portion to a lower portion of the sole structure and being configured to engage with a thong portion; the thong portion comprising a first separable portion, a second separable portion and a third separable portion; the first separable portion having a first widened portion, the second separable portion having a second widened portion and the third separable portion having a third widened portion; a top portion of the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) having a stretched cross-sectional area corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) in a fully stretched position and a normal cross-sectional area corresponding to the cross-sectional area of the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) in a non-stretched position; the first widened portion having a cross-sectional area that is less than the normal cross-sectional area, the second widened portion having a cross-sectional area that is less than the normal cross-sectional area and the third widened portion having a cross-sectional area that is less than the normal cross-sectional area; wherein a combined cross-sectional area of the first widened portion, the second widened portion and the third widened portion is greater than the stretched cross-sectional area of the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406); and wherein the thong portion is removably insertable into the apertures (2402, 2404, 2406) of the aperture set for variably attaching the thong portion to the sole structure.
Regulator assembly, comprising a vaned diffuser, wherein said regulator assembly further comprises a motor, a first driving gear, a second driven gear and a regulating mechanism; the motor is rotatable forwardly and reversibly; the first driving gear is engaged with the second driven gear; the regulating mechanism comprises a regulator, a supporting member and regulator sliding members; the second driven gear is sleeved on the regulator; the regulator is sleeved on the supporting member; the second driven gear has rectangle-shaped through holes thereon, the rectangle-shaped through holes are disposed and extend along an axis of the second driven gear; the regulator sliding members are fixed to the regulator through the rectangle-shaped through holes; the vaned diffuser is fixed relative to the supporting member, and is provided with an internal thread; the regulator is provided with an external thread, the external thread is engageable with the internal thread of the vaned diffuser; the motor is configured to drive the first driving gear to rotate; the first driving gear is configured to drive the second driven gear to rotate; the second driven gear is configured to push the regulator sliding members to move; and the regulator sliding members are configured to drive the regulator to rotate relative to the vaned diffuser, thus driving the regulator to move along its axis, thereby regulating the outlet width of the impeller.
Method for filtering infrastructure description messages, packaged in data packets, that are sent in a vehicle ad hoc network besides position information messages for locating individual subscriber nodes (3, 5, 8) among one another in order to describe the state of the vehicle ad hoc network and/or of a road on which the subscriber nodes (3, 5, 8) are situated, comprising: - receiving one of the infrastructure description messages at a subscriber node (3, 5, 8), - identifying a type of the received infrastructure description message, - rating the received infrastructure description message in respect of a need for reaction, and - filtering the rated infrastructure description message on the basis of a predetermined criterion for the need for reaction, characterized in that the types of infrastructure description messages are the so-called decentralized environmental notification message (DENM) according to the European standard ETSI EN 302 637-3, road topology message (MAP, TOPO) for describing the infrastructure in the form of the topology of the road and signal phase and timing (SPAT) message for describing the infrastructure in the form of states of traffic lights and the following criteria are used depending on the type of the infrastructure description message: - repeated reception in the case of a road topology message (MAP, TOPO) and/or a decentralized environmental notification message (DENM), a repeatedly received message being filtered; and - a configured period of time, during which further arriving signal phase and timing messages from a combination of traffic lights are filtered if a signal phase and timing message has already been received from this combination, in the case of a signal phase and timing (SPAT) message. - receiving one of the infrastructure description messages at a subscriber node (3, 5, 8), - identifying a type of the received infrastructure description message, - rating the received infrastructure description message in respect of a need for reaction, and - filtering the rated infrastructure description message on the basis of a predetermined criterion for the need for reaction, characterized in that the types of infrastructure description messages are the so-called decentralized environmental notification message (DENM) according to the European standard ETSI EN 302 637-3, road topology message (MAP, TOPO) for describing the infrastructure in the form of the topology of the road and signal phase and timing (SPAT) message for describing the infrastructure in the form of states of traffic lights and the following criteria are used depending on the type of the infrastructure description message: - repeated reception in the case of a road topology message (MAP, TOPO) and/or a decentralized environmental notification message (DENM), a repeatedly received message being filtered; and - a configured period of time, during which further arriving signal phase and timing messages from a combination of traffic lights are filtered if a signal phase and timing message has already been received from this combination, in the case of a signal phase and timing (SPAT) message.
A safety system for localizing one of a person and an object, the safety system comprising: a control and evaluation unit, at least one radio location system, and at least one spatially resolving sensor for the position determination of the person or of the object, wherein the radio location system has arranged radio stations, wherein at least one radio transponder is arranged at the person or the object, wherein position data of the person or object and in the transponder contained classification data that enable identification as a person or object, can be determined by means of the radio location system, wherein the position data and the classification data can be transmitted from the radio station of the radio location system to the control and evaluation unit, wherein position data and contour data of the person or of the object can be determined by means of the spatially resolving sensor, characterized in that the control and evaluation unit is configured to compare the position data of the radio location system with the position data of the sensor and to form checked position data on an agreement, with the control and evaluation unit being configured to compare the classification data of the radio station with the contour data of the spatially resolving sensor and to check for plausibility wherein the spatially resolving sensor and the radio stations are arranged as stationary. a control and evaluation unit, at least one radio location system, and at least one spatially resolving sensor for the position determination of the person or of the object, wherein the radio location system has arranged radio stations, wherein at least one radio transponder is arranged at the person or the object, wherein position data of the person or object and in the transponder contained classification data that enable identification as a person or object, can be determined by means of the radio location system, wherein the position data and the classification data can be transmitted from the radio station of the radio location system to the control and evaluation unit, wherein position data and contour data of the person or of the object can be determined by means of the spatially resolving sensor, characterized in that the control and evaluation unit is configured to compare the position data of the radio location system with the position data of the sensor and to form checked position data on an agreement, with the control and evaluation unit being configured to compare the classification data of the radio station with the contour data of the spatially resolving sensor and to check for plausibility wherein the spatially resolving sensor and the radio stations are arranged as stationary.
A method of generating an ultrasound elastic image, performed by an ultrasound imaging apparatus including a curved array probe, the method comprising: inducing a shear wave that propagates in a second direction by transmitting a first ultrasound signal in a first direction via the curved array probe, wherein the first ultrasound signal comprises a push signal for applying to an object; transmitting a second ultrasound signal to the object for tracking the shear wave, wherein the second ultrasound signal is a plane wave having a straight-line waveform parallel to the second direction; receiving an echo signal reflected by the object in response to the second ultrasound signal via the curved array probe, wherein distances between each two received adjacent scan lines adjacent to one another are uniform; beamforming the received echo signal based on a rectangular scan format; and generating an elastic image of the object by using the beamformed echo signal, characterized in that the transmitting of the second ultrasound signal comprises generating the second ultrasound signal by controlling a delay for an ultrasound wave generated by each of a plurality of transducers in the curved array probe, and in that a negative focal point of the second ultrasound signal is located between a curved surface of the curved array probe and a central point of the curved surface of the curved array probe, the central point of the curved surface of the curved array probe being a point at which the negative focal point is located when the second ultrasound signal is focused at -100%. inducing a shear wave that propagates in a second direction by transmitting a first ultrasound signal in a first direction via the curved array probe, wherein the first ultrasound signal comprises a push signal for applying to an object; transmitting a second ultrasound signal to the object for tracking the shear wave, wherein the second ultrasound signal is a plane wave having a straight-line waveform parallel to the second direction; receiving an echo signal reflected by the object in response to the second ultrasound signal via the curved array probe, wherein distances between each two received adjacent scan lines adjacent to one another are uniform; beamforming the received echo signal based on a rectangular scan format; and generating an elastic image of the object by using the beamformed echo signal, characterized in that the transmitting of the second ultrasound signal comprises generating the second ultrasound signal by controlling a delay for an ultrasound wave generated by each of a plurality of transducers in the curved array probe, and in that a negative focal point of the second ultrasound signal is located between a curved surface of the curved array probe and a central point of the curved surface of the curved array probe, the central point of the curved surface of the curved array probe being a point at which the negative focal point is located when the second ultrasound signal is focused at -100%.
An apparatus adapted to implement a machine type communications interworking function, MTC-IWF, comprising: a receiver associated with the MTC-IWF and adapted to receive, over a first reference point from a services capability server, SCS, a device trigger request message comprising a small data payload that is to be sent to a user equipment, UE, over a wireless communication network; and a transmitter associated with the MTC-IWF and adapted to send, over a second reference point to a node comprising a Mobility Management Entity, MME, or a General Packet Radio Service General Packet Radio Support Node, SGSN, the small data payload and a request to forward the small data payload to the UE; and a processor associated with the MTC-IWF and configured to authorize the SCS before communication is established with the wireless communication network and to authorize control plane requests from the SCS, wherein the processor is further configured to terminate the first reference point and the second reference point wherein the first reference point is between the MTC-IWF and the SCS and the second reference point is between the MTC-IWF and the node, to hide internal public land mobile network, PLMN, topology, and to relay or translate signaling protocols used over the first reference point to invoke specific functionality in the PLMN via the transmitter and receiver. a receiver associated with the MTC-IWF and adapted to receive, over a first reference point from a services capability server, SCS, a device trigger request message comprising a small data payload that is to be sent to a user equipment, UE, over a wireless communication network; and a transmitter associated with the MTC-IWF and adapted to send, over a second reference point to a node comprising a Mobility Management Entity, MME, or a General Packet Radio Service General Packet Radio Support Node, SGSN, the small data payload and a request to forward the small data payload to the UE; and a processor associated with the MTC-IWF and configured to authorize the SCS before communication is established with the wireless communication network and to authorize control plane requests from the SCS, wherein the processor is further configured to terminate the first reference point and the second reference point wherein the first reference point is between the MTC-IWF and the SCS and the second reference point is between the MTC-IWF and the node, to hide internal public land mobile network, PLMN, topology, and to relay or translate signaling protocols used over the first reference point to invoke specific functionality in the PLMN via the transmitter and receiver.
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1, 1A, 1B) comprising: an ultrasound probe (2, 2A); an image acquisition unit that performs transmission and reception of ultrasound beams using the ultrasound probe (2, 2A), and acquires a plurality of frames of ultrasound images which are continuous in time and in which a lower abdomen of a subject is imaged; and a gas specifying unit that specifies a gas region or a gas condition on the basis of the ultrasound image; and characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: a gas change measurement unit that measures a change of the gas region or the gas condition specified by the gas specifying unit in a case where the ultrasound probe (2, 2A) is pressed against the subject; and an imaging guide unit that provides guidance on ultrasound image capturing on the basis of the change of the gas region or the gas condition measured by the gas change measurement unit. an ultrasound probe (2, 2A); an image acquisition unit that performs transmission and reception of ultrasound beams using the ultrasound probe (2, 2A), and acquires a plurality of frames of ultrasound images which are continuous in time and in which a lower abdomen of a subject is imaged; and a gas specifying unit that specifies a gas region or a gas condition on the basis of the ultrasound image; and characterized in that the apparatus further comprises: a gas change measurement unit that measures a change of the gas region or the gas condition specified by the gas specifying unit in a case where the ultrasound probe (2, 2A) is pressed against the subject; and an imaging guide unit that provides guidance on ultrasound image capturing on the basis of the change of the gas region or the gas condition measured by the gas change measurement unit. a gas change measurement unit that measures a change of the gas region or the gas condition specified by the gas specifying unit in a case where the ultrasound probe (2, 2A) is pressed against the subject; and an imaging guide unit that provides guidance on ultrasound image capturing on the basis of the change of the gas region or the gas condition measured by the gas change measurement unit.
A power and/or telecommunications cable comprising at least one elongate conductive element and at least one electrically insulating layer surrounding said elongate conductive element, characterized in that: - the electrically insulating layer comprises an organic polymer matrix in which there is dispersed a flame-retardant filler comprising a silicon oxide macromolecular network functionalized by phosphonate functions; and - the electrically insulating layer is obtained from a composition comprising at least one thermoplastic organic polymer and at least one precursor of said flame-retardant filler comprising silicon and phosphorus. - the electrically insulating layer comprises an organic polymer matrix in which there is dispersed a flame-retardant filler comprising a silicon oxide macromolecular network functionalized by phosphonate functions; and - the electrically insulating layer is obtained from a composition comprising at least one thermoplastic organic polymer and at least one precursor of said flame-retardant filler comprising silicon and phosphorus.