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A method comprising: receiving, at a monitoring server, a transmission control protocol, TCP, request for a target server, wherein the TCP request comprises, in the header of the TCP request, at least one target geographic location for the TCP request; monitoring a plurality of remote clients (14, 16), at the monitoring server, to determine a plurality of available remote clients (14, 16), the plurality of available remote clients (14, 16) being a proper subset of the plurality of remote clients (14, 16); determining the at least one target geographic location for the TCP request by parsing the header of the received TCP request; selecting, at the monitoring server, a client of a plurality of available remote clients (14, 16) within a threshold distance of the determined at least one target geographic location, the client being geographically distant from the monitoring server, so that the target server produces a response to a TCP request made from the client that is different from a response to the TCP request made from the monitoring server; transmitting the TCP request from the monitoring server to the selected client; forwarding the TCP request from the client to the target server; receiving a TCP response from the target server at the client; and forwarding the TCP response from the client to the monitoring server. receiving, at a monitoring server, a transmission control protocol, TCP, request for a target server, wherein the TCP request comprises, in the header of the TCP request, at least one target geographic location for the TCP request; monitoring a plurality of remote clients (14, 16), at the monitoring server, to determine a plurality of available remote clients (14, 16), the plurality of available remote clients (14, 16) being a proper subset of the plurality of remote clients (14, 16); determining the at least one target geographic location for the TCP request by parsing the header of the received TCP request; selecting, at the monitoring server, a client of a plurality of available remote clients (14, 16) within a threshold distance of the determined at least one target geographic location, the client being geographically distant from the monitoring server, so that the target server produces a response to a TCP request made from the client that is different from a response to the TCP request made from the monitoring server; transmitting the TCP request from the monitoring server to the selected client; forwarding the TCP request from the client to the target server; receiving a TCP response from the target server at the client; and forwarding the TCP response from the client to the monitoring server.
A cosmetic composition for lips, comprising: a wax, and a coloring material comprising: one or more selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane powder and a polyamide powder having a weight average molecular weight of 200,000 or more; and a water-soluble dye represented by Structural Formula 1 below wherein R 1 is oxygen or N(C 2 H 5) 2, wherein, when R 1 is oxygen, n is 1, and when R 1 is N(C 2 H 5) 2, n is 0; R 2 and R 3 are each independently hydrogen, bromine (Br), or iodine; R 4 is COO - or SO 3 -; R 5 is hydrogen, chlorine, or SO 3 -, wherein, when R 5 is hydrogen or chlorine, m is 0, and when R 5 is SO 3 -, m is 1; R 6 is hydrogen or chlorine; and X is aluminum, calcium, sodium, or potassium; wherein the water-soluble dye is included in an amount of 0.1 to 5% by weight based on total weight of the coloring material, and the coloring material is included in an amount of 15 to 50% by weight based on total weight of the composition. one or more selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane powder and a polyamide powder having a weight average molecular weight of 200,000 or more; and a water-soluble dye represented by Structural Formula 1 below wherein R 1 is oxygen or N(C 2 H 5) 2, wherein, when R 1 is oxygen, n is 1, and when R 1 is N(C 2 H 5) 2, n is 0; R 2 and R 3 are each independently hydrogen, bromine (Br), or iodine; R 4 is COO - or SO 3 -; R 5 is hydrogen, chlorine, or SO 3 -, wherein, when R 5 is hydrogen or chlorine, m is 0, and when R 5 is SO 3 -, m is 1; R 6 is hydrogen or chlorine; and X is aluminum, calcium, sodium, or potassium; wherein the water-soluble dye is included in an amount of 0.1 to 5% by weight based on total weight of the coloring material, and the coloring material is included in an amount of 15 to 50% by weight based on total weight of the composition.
Ironing appliance comprising a base connected by a cord to an iron, the cord containing at least one conduit for conveying a fluid to the iron, the iron comprising a heating body and a fluid connector connected to the conduit for conveying the fluid, said fluid connector being supported by a functional plate which is inserted between the heating body and a casing curling around the heating body, the fluid connector comprising a cavity open at the lower end thereof wherein is engaged a connection tube, characterised in that the connection tube is carried by the heating body and in that the fluid connector comprises a seal which is fixed in the cavity and which is inserted between the inner surface of the cavity and the outer surface of the connection tube.
A multimedia distribution method for preventing distribution of one or more media streams recorded at a physical event that is or has occurred at a physical location within a particular period of time comprising: receiving a reference sensor data signal characterizing the physical event; receiving a plurality of media streams for potential distribution, each media stream including respective audio and/or visual content and an embedded contextual sensor data signal, wherein the reference sensor data signal and the embedded contextual sensor data signal each are indicative of one or more of air pressure, motion, orientation, temperature, humidity, available access point details, radio signal strength, and ambient light; for each stream, comparing the reference sensor data signal with the respective embedded contextual sensor data signal to identify streams generated at the physical event; and preventing distribution of those media streams that are identified as being generated at the physical event. receiving a reference sensor data signal characterizing the physical event; receiving a plurality of media streams for potential distribution, each media stream including respective audio and/or visual content and an embedded contextual sensor data signal, wherein the reference sensor data signal and the embedded contextual sensor data signal each are indicative of one or more of air pressure, motion, orientation, temperature, humidity, available access point details, radio signal strength, and ambient light; for each stream, comparing the reference sensor data signal with the respective embedded contextual sensor data signal to identify streams generated at the physical event; and preventing distribution of those media streams that are identified as being generated at the physical event.
Shoe intended to be held reversibly on a sports device, the shoe comprising an external bottom assembly, an upper and a binding element, the latter being intended to collaborate with a locking mechanism itself intended to be secured to the device, the shoe comprising a position-adjustable connecting means which adjustably connects the binding element to the external bottom assembly, the binding element comprising a first longitudinal bar and a second longitudinal bar, the binding element being connected to the external bottom assembly by a removable connection means comprising screws (47, 70, 105, 106) and threaded orifices (48, 71 to 78, 109 to 110) in the external bottom assembly, characterized in that the binding element comprises a first wire set into the longitudinal bars (31, 32).
A method for forming a semiconductor body, the method comprising: forming a mixture of an organic semiconducting material and a binder material; causing the semiconducting material to at least partially solidify; and subsequently, causing the binder material to crystallize in such a way as to cause the semiconducting material to at least partially segregate from the binder material and become concentrated at the interfaces of the semiconductor body with adjacent media. forming a mixture of an organic semiconducting material and a binder material; causing the semiconducting material to at least partially solidify; and subsequently, causing the binder material to crystallize in such a way as to cause the semiconducting material to at least partially segregate from the binder material and become concentrated at the interfaces of the semiconductor body with adjacent media.
An absorbent article having an absorber interposed between a permeable front surface sheet and a back surface sheet, wherein the absorber includes an absorber recessed part formed into a recessed groove shape or a slit shape which absorber recessed part being formed by fiber stacking or by a laminated structure of a lower layer absorber formed with a thickness of a bottom part of the absorber recessed part, and an upper layer absorber in which a part corresponding to the absorber recessed part is opened, on a surface on a side of the permeable front surface sheet along an absorbent article longitudinal direction and over a longitudinal direction range including a body fluid discharge site, wherein by embossing from a front surface side of the permeable front surface sheet, an embossed part imparted with an emboss width A smaller than a groove width B of the absorber recessed part is disposed along the absorber recessed part in the inside of the absorber recessed part, and a ratio of an emboss width A of the embossed part and a groove width B of the absorber recessed part, A/B, is 0.6 or more and less than 0,83; wherein only one section of the absorber recessed part is formed at a center in the width direction of the absorbent article, and one embossed part is disposed at a center in a width direction in the absorber recessed part; and wherein a gap which is disposed between the permeable front surface sheet interposed in the absorber recessed part by the embossed part, and a side surface of the absorber recessed part, works as a buffer zone for temporarily storing a body fluid permeating through the permeable front surface sheet.
A display device (100, 100A, 100B, 100C, 100D) having a display that displays an image based on a received image signal, the display device comprising: a memory that stores maximum luminance information regarding maximum luminance that the display can display; a determiner that determines whether the image signal is a high dynamic range image signal specified by relative luminance; a first converter that, when the determiner determines that the image signal is the HDR image signal specified by the relative luminance, subjects luminance information of the image signal to a nonlinear first conversion based on a luminance characteristic of the display within an entire luminance range of the image signal; and a second converter (136, 136A, 136C, 136D) that subjects the luminance information that has been subjected to the nonlinear first conversion by the first converter to a second conversion such that the display displays an image at increased luminance, that is higher than luminance before the second conversion, within a luminance range (R; R1) determined from said maximum luminance information regarding the maximum luminance that the display can display. a memory that stores maximum luminance information regarding maximum luminance that the display can display; a determiner that determines whether the image signal is a high dynamic range image signal specified by relative luminance; a first converter that, when the determiner determines that the image signal is the HDR image signal specified by the relative luminance, subjects luminance information of the image signal to a nonlinear first conversion based on a luminance characteristic of the display within an entire luminance range of the image signal; and a second converter (136, 136A, 136C, 136D) that subjects the luminance information that has been subjected to the nonlinear first conversion by the first converter to a second conversion such that the display displays an image at increased luminance, that is higher than luminance before the second conversion, within a luminance range (R; R1) determined from said maximum luminance information regarding the maximum luminance that the display can display.
An exhibiting device for supporting informative material, particularly for containers, urban furnishing elements and the like, whereby it comprises at least one plate, which is provided with at least one contoured perimetric edge, said plate being intended to accommodate stably at least one panel, and at least one closure element provided with means for detachable coupling to said contoured perimetric edge, said closure element coupling said panel to said plate, said coupling means and said contoured perimetric edge comprising respective mated and complementary profiles, said exhibiting device being characterized in that the at least one plate is provided with drainage holes and in that it comprises at least two plates (2, 2a and 2b), which are mutually connected by means of the mutual juxtaposition of said mated and complementary profiles of the contoured perimetric edges (3, 3a and 3b) of said plates.
A power supply degradation determination apparatus which is mounted to a vehicle, comprising: a battery which is capable of accumulating regenerative energy of the vehicle; a charge and discharge control unit (13, 14) which controls execution of a charge phase in which the battery is charged and a discharge phase in which the battery is discharged; and an internal resistance determination unit which determines an internal resistance of the battery, wherein the internal resistance determination unit detects the internal resistance of the battery using a difference between a terminal voltage and an open circuit voltage of the battery during the execution of the discharge phase, and a discharge current of the battery during the execution of the discharge phase, and determines whether the internal resistance is a predetermined value or more, characterized in that the power supply degradation determination apparatus further comprises a standby unit which delays an execution start of the discharge phase by the charge and discharge control unit (13, 14) for a predetermined time, wherein the standby unit delays an execution start of a next discharge phase by the charge and discharge control unit (13, 14) for the predetermined time while stopping the charge and discharge of the battery, when the internal resistance is determined to be the predetermined value or more by the internal resistance determination unit. a battery which is capable of accumulating regenerative energy of the vehicle; a charge and discharge control unit (13, 14) which controls execution of a charge phase in which the battery is charged and a discharge phase in which the battery is discharged; and an internal resistance determination unit which determines an internal resistance of the battery, wherein the internal resistance determination unit detects the internal resistance of the battery using a difference between a terminal voltage and an open circuit voltage of the battery during the execution of the discharge phase, and a discharge current of the battery during the execution of the discharge phase, and determines whether the internal resistance is a predetermined value or more, characterized in that the power supply degradation determination apparatus further comprises a standby unit which delays an execution start of the discharge phase by the charge and discharge control unit (13, 14) for a predetermined time, wherein the standby unit delays an execution start of a next discharge phase by the charge and discharge control unit (13, 14) for the predetermined time while stopping the charge and discharge of the battery, when the internal resistance is determined to be the predetermined value or more by the internal resistance determination unit.
Thermal flowmeter designed to determine and/or monitor a thermal mass flow of a medium under measurement through a measuring tube with a thin-film sensor, said thin-film sensor comprising: at least a first substrate layer made from non-electrically conductive material, a resistance layer made from electrically conductive material and a cover layer designed to protect the resistance layer from abrasion, wherein the resistance layer comprises two sensor elements (5, 6), wherein at least a first of the two sensor elements is designed to introduce a quantity of heat Q1 into a medium and at least a second of the two sensor elements is designed to determine the temperature of the medium, and the thin-film sensor has a gap to thermally isolate the two sensor elements (5, 6) from one another, characterized in that the thermal flowmeter has an energy storage element and a control and/or regulation unit designed to supply energy in a clocked manner to the first heatable sensor element in such a way that by means of the thin-film sensor i) a quantity of heat is introduced at intervals into the medium under measurement with breaks t0 in which no quantity of heat is introduced into the medium and heating intervals t1 in which quantities of heat are introduced into the medium, and wherein ii) the breaks t0 last longer than the heating intervals t1. i) a quantity of heat is introduced at intervals into the medium under measurement with breaks t0 in which no quantity of heat is introduced into the medium and heating intervals t1 in which quantities of heat are introduced into the medium, and wherein ii) the breaks t0 last longer than the heating intervals t1.
A method of monitoring turbine blade creep in a gas turbine engine, the method including: receiving stereo images of a turbine blade of a row of turbine blades, the stereo images being over the whole radial length of the blade, and having been obtained using a stereo borescope located in the engine adjacent the row of turbine blades; identifying a trailing edge, platform edge, and shroud edge of the blade in each of the stereo images; mapping each of the trailing edge, platform edge, and shroud edge by triangulation onto a 3D space; measuring in the 3D space a distance between a radially inner landmark at the corner of the platform edge closest to the trailing edge on the blade, and a radially outer landmark at the corner of the shroud edge closest to the trailing edge on the blade; and comparing the measured distance with the distance between the radially inner and radially outer landmarks for a turbine blade which has not experienced creep to determine an amount of creep-induced distortion of the blade. receiving stereo images of a turbine blade of a row of turbine blades, the stereo images being over the whole radial length of the blade, and having been obtained using a stereo borescope located in the engine adjacent the row of turbine blades; identifying a trailing edge, platform edge, and shroud edge of the blade in each of the stereo images; mapping each of the trailing edge, platform edge, and shroud edge by triangulation onto a 3D space; measuring in the 3D space a distance between a radially inner landmark at the corner of the platform edge closest to the trailing edge on the blade, and a radially outer landmark at the corner of the shroud edge closest to the trailing edge on the blade; and comparing the measured distance with the distance between the radially inner and radially outer landmarks for a turbine blade which has not experienced creep to determine an amount of creep-induced distortion of the blade.
Method for retrofitting a gas turbine that was designed for operation with natural gas or oil, the gas turbine comprising at least a compressor, a first combustion area where fuel is combusted with air fed by the compressor generating a first hot gas, a second combustion area where fuel is combusted with oxygen contained in the first hot gas generating a second hot gas, a turbine where the second hot gas is expanded to collect mechanical power, the method comprising - providing a supply of fuel being hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen for the first combustion area, - providing a supply of fuel being hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen for the second combustion area, - providing a supply of water for the first combustion area if not present, - providing a controller arranged for receiving at least a control parameter indicative of the reactivity of the mix of hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen and first hot gas at the second combustion area and regulating the amount of water supplied to the first combustion area based on the at least a control parameter; characterized in that the controller is provided with a software configured to calculate an auto ignition time of the mix of hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen and first hot gas. the method comprising - providing a supply of fuel being hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen for the first combustion area, - providing a supply of fuel being hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen for the second combustion area, - providing a supply of water for the first combustion area if not present, - providing a controller arranged for receiving at least a control parameter indicative of the reactivity of the mix of hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen and first hot gas at the second combustion area and regulating the amount of water supplied to the first combustion area based on the at least a control parameter; - providing a supply of fuel being hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen for the first combustion area, - providing a supply of fuel being hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen for the second combustion area, - providing a supply of water for the first combustion area if not present, - providing a controller arranged for receiving at least a control parameter indicative of the reactivity of the mix of hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen and first hot gas at the second combustion area and regulating the amount of water supplied to the first combustion area based on the at least a control parameter; characterized in that the controller is provided with a software configured to calculate an auto ignition time of the mix of hydrogen or mixture containing hydrogen and first hot gas.
An oligonucleotide which targets an Uncoupling Protein 2 natural antisense transcript for use as a therapeutic compound, wherein the oligonucleotide increases the expression of Uncoupling Protein 2, and wherein the natural antisense transcript has the nucleic acid sequence as set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 2 or 3.
Process for preparing purified plasma protein concentrates for therapeutic use from blood plasma, comprising purification steps wherein blood plasma or a plasma fraction is successively subjected to three multicolumn chromatographies, so as to recover successively three purified plasma protein concentrates, said purified plasma protein concentrates for therapeutic use being an immunoglobulin concentrate, a fibrinogen concentrate and an albumin concentrate.