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A method, comprising: without ceasing flow of fluid through a flow meter: transmitting an ultrasonic signal of a first frequency through the fluid; determining the quality of the ultrasonic signal; characterized in that the method further comprises: adjusting the first frequency to a second frequency as a result of the quality failing to meet a threshold; and transmitting another ultrasonic signal of the second frequency through the fluid. transmitting an ultrasonic signal of a first frequency through the fluid; determining the quality of the ultrasonic signal; characterized in that the method further comprises: adjusting the first frequency to a second frequency as a result of the quality failing to meet a threshold; and transmitting another ultrasonic signal of the second frequency through the fluid. adjusting the first frequency to a second frequency as a result of the quality failing to meet a threshold; and transmitting another ultrasonic signal of the second frequency through the fluid.
Method of liquefying a contaminated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream, the method comprising at least the steps of: (a) providing a contaminated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream, the contaminant being CO2; (b) cooling the contaminated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream to obtain a partially liquefied stream; (c) separating the partially liquefied stream in a separator thereby obtaining a gaseous stream and a liquid stream; (d) cooling the liquid stream obtained in step (c) by passing the liquid stream to a direct contact heat exchanger thereby obtaining a multiphase stream, the multiphase stream containing at least a liquid phase and a solid phase, the solid phase containing CO2 particles; (e) separating the multiphase stream in a solid-liquid separator thereby obtaining a CO2 depleted liquid stream and a CO2 enriched slurry stream; (f) passing the CO2 depleted liquid stream to a further cooling, pressure reduction and separation stage, the further cooling, pressure reduction and separation stage generating a gaseous stream, a purified liquid stream and a further CO2 enriched slurry stream; (g) passing at least part of the further CO2 enriched slurry stream to the direct contact heat exchanger to provide cooling duty to and mix with the liquid stream obtained in step (c). (a) providing a contaminated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream, the contaminant being CO2; (b) cooling the contaminated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream to obtain a partially liquefied stream; (c) separating the partially liquefied stream in a separator thereby obtaining a gaseous stream and a liquid stream; (d) cooling the liquid stream obtained in step (c) by passing the liquid stream to a direct contact heat exchanger thereby obtaining a multiphase stream, the multiphase stream containing at least a liquid phase and a solid phase, the solid phase containing CO2 particles; (e) separating the multiphase stream in a solid-liquid separator thereby obtaining a CO2 depleted liquid stream and a CO2 enriched slurry stream; (f) passing the CO2 depleted liquid stream to a further cooling, pressure reduction and separation stage, the further cooling, pressure reduction and separation stage generating a gaseous stream, a purified liquid stream and a further CO2 enriched slurry stream; (g) passing at least part of the further CO2 enriched slurry stream to the direct contact heat exchanger to provide cooling duty to and mix with the liquid stream obtained in step (c).
A gel composition prepared by gelling an oil-in-water type emulsion having an average emulsified particle size of 2 to 40 μm, the gel composition comprising: 0.2 to 2 mass% of gelling agent, the gelling agent comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of carrageenan, locust bean gum, agar-agar, deacylated gellan gum, native gellan gum, glucomannan, xanthane gum, and alginate, 0.2 to 4 mass% of emulsifier, the emulsifier comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of glycerin fatty acid ester, organic acid monoglyceride, polyglyceryl fatty acid ester, propylene glycol fatty acid ester, polyglyceryl condensed ricinoleate ester, sorbitan fatty acid ester, sucrose fatty acid ester, lecithin and modified starch, and 20 to 60 mass% of triglycerides, wherein 40 mass% or more of the total constituting fatty acids of the triglycerides are medium-chain fatty acids with 6 to 12 carbon atoms. 0.2 to 2 mass% of gelling agent, the gelling agent comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of carrageenan, locust bean gum, agar-agar, deacylated gellan gum, native gellan gum, glucomannan, xanthane gum, and alginate, 0.2 to 4 mass% of emulsifier, the emulsifier comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of glycerin fatty acid ester, organic acid monoglyceride, polyglyceryl fatty acid ester, propylene glycol fatty acid ester, polyglyceryl condensed ricinoleate ester, sorbitan fatty acid ester, sucrose fatty acid ester, lecithin and modified starch, and 20 to 60 mass% of triglycerides, wherein 40 mass% or more of the total constituting fatty acids of the triglycerides are medium-chain fatty acids with 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
A method comprising: (a) treating a piece of natural wood with a chemical solution so as to partially remove lignin therein while substantially preserving a structure of cellulose-based lumina, the lumina extending in a first direction of growth of the natural wood; and (b) after the treating, pressing the piece of chemically-treated wood in a second direction crossing the first direction for a first time such that the lumina collapse and such that facing portions of the collapsed lumina in the first piece are held together by hydrogen bonds, thereby forming a densified piece, wherein between 1% and 60% of the lignin has been removed from said piece by the treating, wherein the density of the densified piece after (b) is at least 2 times greater than that of the natural wood before chemical treatment of (a), wherein, after (b), cellulose nanofibers of each collapsed lumina in the densified piece are substantially aligned along the first direction, and wherein, after (b), the densified piece, which comprises the pressed, chemically treated wood, has a tensile strength of at least 350 MPa. (a) treating a piece of natural wood with a chemical solution so as to partially remove lignin therein while substantially preserving a structure of cellulose-based lumina, the lumina extending in a first direction of growth of the natural wood; and (b) after the treating, pressing the piece of chemically-treated wood in a second direction crossing the first direction for a first time such that the lumina collapse and such that facing portions of the collapsed lumina in the first piece are held together by hydrogen bonds, thereby forming a densified piece, wherein between 1% and 60% of the lignin has been removed from said piece by the treating, wherein the density of the densified piece after (b) is at least 2 times greater than that of the natural wood before chemical treatment of (a), wherein, after (b), cellulose nanofibers of each collapsed lumina in the densified piece are substantially aligned along the first direction, and wherein, after (b), the densified piece, which comprises the pressed, chemically treated wood, has a tensile strength of at least 350 MPa. wherein between 1% and 60% of the lignin has been removed from said piece by the treating, wherein the density of the densified piece after (b) is at least 2 times greater than that of the natural wood before chemical treatment of (a), wherein, after (b), cellulose nanofibers of each collapsed lumina in the densified piece are substantially aligned along the first direction, and wherein, after (b), the densified piece, which comprises the pressed, chemically treated wood, has a tensile strength of at least 350 MPa.
Robot arm, having a plurality of joints and a plurality of links, which each connect two adjacent joints to one another, wherein at least one of said links (4, 4a) has a human-machine interface, comprising at least one display means, which is designed to display at least one system state of the robot arm and/or of a control device connected in terms of control technology to the robot arm, and comprising at least one input means, which is designed to supply at least one manual input via the human-machine interface to the robot arm and/or to a control device connected in terms of control technology to the robot arm, wherein the at least one input means comprises a tactile sensor surface (8.1) arranged on an outer casing wall of the link, the at least one display means comprises a display surface (7.1) superimposed on the tactile sensor surface (8.1) and the human-machine interface has a configuration device, which actuates the display means and the input means and which is set up to visually highlight a certain partial surface section (T, T1, T2) of the tactile sensor surface (8.1) due to the superimposed arrangement of the display surface (7.1) and the tactile sensor surface (8.1) by illuminating said partial surface section (T, T1, T2) of the tactile sensor surface (8.1) of the input means by means of the display means and to activate said visually highlighted partial surface section (T, T1, T2) of the tactile sensor surface (8.1) separately in terms of control technology in such a way that, in the case of a compressive force exerted on said activated partial surface section (T, T1, T2) of the tactile sensor surface (8.1), a signal associated in terms of control technology with said partial surface section (T, T1, T2) by the configuration device is generated and fed to an evaluation device of the human-machine interface, characterized in that the tactile sensor surface (8.1) of the at least one link of the robot arm that has the human-machine interface is designed and set up to detect unintentional collisions of the link with other objects, wherein, however, that partial surface section (T, T1, T2) of the tactile sensor surface (8.1) that is activated to form the input means in such a way that, when said activated partial surface section (T, T1, T2) of the tactile sensor surface (8.1) is touched, a signal assigned in terms of control technology to said partial surface section (T, T1, T2) by the configuration device is generated, is deactivated for detection of an unintentional collision.
A shackle with captured pin assembly, which assembly comprises: - a shackle having a pair of opposed legs (14, 16), - a shackle pin, - a first ear for one of said opposed legs, said first ear having an opening therethrough to receive said shackle pin and having a recess in said first ear opening to receive a spring clip surrounding a shaft of said shackle pin, - a second ear for another of said opposed legs, said second ear opposed to said first ear and having an opening therethrough to receive said shackle pin, said second ear opening having a threaded portion, - said shackle pin having a head at one end, a threaded shaft portion at an opposed end engageable with said threaded portion of said second ear opening, and a reduced diameter portion near said opposed end, and - a rotating retaining clip rotating about an axis parallel to said shackle pin between a locked position and an unlocked position, said rotating retaining clip having a slot providing an opening smaller than the diameter of said shackle pin, wherein said slot is receivable over said reduced diameter portion in said locked position, and wherein a plurality of fasteners (72, 74, and 76) passes through said rotating retaining clip and into said second ear. - a shackle having a pair of opposed legs (14, 16), - a shackle pin, - a first ear for one of said opposed legs, said first ear having an opening therethrough to receive said shackle pin and having a recess in said first ear opening to receive a spring clip surrounding a shaft of said shackle pin, - a second ear for another of said opposed legs, said second ear opposed to said first ear and having an opening therethrough to receive said shackle pin, said second ear opening having a threaded portion, - said shackle pin having a head at one end, a threaded shaft portion at an opposed end engageable with said threaded portion of said second ear opening, and a reduced diameter portion near said opposed end, and - a rotating retaining clip rotating about an axis parallel to said shackle pin between a locked position and an unlocked position, said rotating retaining clip having a slot providing an opening smaller than the diameter of said shackle pin, wherein said slot is receivable over said reduced diameter portion in said locked position, and wherein a plurality of fasteners (72, 74, and 76) passes through said rotating retaining clip and into said second ear.
A radio communication system that comprises remote radio heads (20-1, 20-2) and a base band unit that function as a base station, each of the remote radio heads comprising: a channel estimation unit (202-1, 202-2) that, on the basis of a radio signal transmitted from a terminal apparatus, measures a reception quality of the radio signal; and a transmission control unit (205-1, 205-2) that, on the basis of the reception quality measured by the channel estimation unit, controls transmission, to the base band unit, of bit data or a log likelihood ratio obtained from the radio signal, wherein when the reception quality is less than a predetermined threshold value, the transmission control unit discards the bit data or the log likelihood ratio without transmission to the base band unit, and notifies the base band unit that the bit data or the log likelihood ratio will not be transmitted to the base band unit, and wherein the base band unit transmits, to all cooperating remote radio heads, a message providing notification that the base band unit has completed reception when the base band unit has received the bit data or the log likelihood ratio from one of the remote radio heads without error. a channel estimation unit (202-1, 202-2) that, on the basis of a radio signal transmitted from a terminal apparatus, measures a reception quality of the radio signal; and a transmission control unit (205-1, 205-2) that, on the basis of the reception quality measured by the channel estimation unit, controls transmission, to the base band unit, of bit data or a log likelihood ratio obtained from the radio signal, wherein when the reception quality is less than a predetermined threshold value, the transmission control unit discards the bit data or the log likelihood ratio without transmission to the base band unit, and notifies the base band unit that the bit data or the log likelihood ratio will not be transmitted to the base band unit, and wherein the base band unit transmits, to all cooperating remote radio heads, a message providing notification that the base band unit has completed reception when the base band unit has received the bit data or the log likelihood ratio from one of the remote radio heads without error.
Intervertebral disc prosthesis device comprising at least three pieces, which pieces include a first plate and a second plate producing, around at least one nucleus mobile between said plates (1, 3), an articulation by support or sliding between loadbearing surfaces (12, 15, 21, 21 a, 23, 32, 51, 52) of said pieces, one of these pieces including at least one protruding part cooperating with the shape of at least one other part of said pieces to form at least one stop mechanism limiting the possibilities of movement of the nucleus, characterized in that said nucleus comprises a concave loadbearing surface in contact with a convex loadbearing surface (12, 52) of another one of said pieces and a convex loadbearing surface in contact with a concave loadbearing surface of one of the plates (1, 3), wherein said concave loadbearing surface of the nucleus has a radius of curvature greater than the radius of the convex loadbearing surface of the nucleus and comprises a recess cooperating with said protruding part protruding from the first plate.
A method of detecting a material discontinuity in a magnetisable article comprising: traversing a magnet along the article so that lines of magnetic flux from an active magnetic field of the magnet loop through the article and magnetically couple the magnet to the article; placing at least one magnetic field coupling sensor (S; Sn) at a fixed position relative to the magnet and in the active magnetic field of the magnet, wherein the at least one coupling sensor (S; Sn) traverses along the article with the magnet to sample magnetic coupling between the magnet and the article; analysing the measured magnetic coupling in the active magnetic field for a change in the magnetic coupling during the traversing of the magnet and using the change in magnetic coupling to detect a discontinuity in the article; acquiring longitudinal samples of the magnetic field along the article from displacement sensors (Bn) simultaneously with acquisition of samples of magnetic coupling from one or more coupling sensors (S; Sn); between instants at which the samples are acquired, moving: the magnet, the at least one coupling sensor (S; Sn) and the displacement sensors (Bn) in a fixed juxtaposition relative to each other along the article; and using the samples from the displacement sensors (Bn) to provide an estimate of the displacement of the magnet along the article between successive sampling instants. traversing a magnet along the article so that lines of magnetic flux from an active magnetic field of the magnet loop through the article and magnetically couple the magnet to the article; placing at least one magnetic field coupling sensor (S; Sn) at a fixed position relative to the magnet and in the active magnetic field of the magnet, wherein the at least one coupling sensor (S; Sn) traverses along the article with the magnet to sample magnetic coupling between the magnet and the article; analysing the measured magnetic coupling in the active magnetic field for a change in the magnetic coupling during the traversing of the magnet and using the change in magnetic coupling to detect a discontinuity in the article; acquiring longitudinal samples of the magnetic field along the article from displacement sensors (Bn) simultaneously with acquisition of samples of magnetic coupling from one or more coupling sensors (S; Sn); between instants at which the samples are acquired, moving: the magnet, the at least one coupling sensor (S; Sn) and the displacement sensors (Bn) in a fixed juxtaposition relative to each other along the article; and using the samples from the displacement sensors (Bn) to provide an estimate of the displacement of the magnet along the article between successive sampling instants.
An image processing apparatus, comprising: an input connectable to a remote controlled camera to receive an image of a scene from the camera and an output connectable to said camera to automatically control the movement of the camera to follow an object comprising two or more objects; and a processing unit configured to predict a future position of the object and to control a pan, tilt or zoom parameter of the camera to capture the scene at the predicted future position, wherein the processing unit is configured to compare the predicted future position with the current position and when the difference between the predicted future position and the current position is above a threshold, the processing unit is further configured to adjust the pan, tilt or zoom parameter of the camera, whereby the pan, tilt or zoom parameter of the camera is adjusted to provide a camera field of view of-a predetermined size and centred at the predicted future position, wherein the current position and the predicted future position is the centre of the group formed by two or more objects.
Use of an aqueous composition comprising an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric or zwitterionic co-surfactant and an effective amount of a hyperbranched polyesteramide comprising at least one secondary amide bond and having at least one quarternized amine end-group for increasing the volume of hair wherein the hyperbranched polyesteramide comprising at least one secondary amide bond and having at least one quarternized amine end-group is obtainable by condensation of a dialkylamine of the general formula HN(R 1 R 2) wherein R 1 and R 2 are di-(C 1-20 -alkyl)amino-C 1-20 -alkyl groups or R 1 and R 2 form a N-heterocyclic ring and/or an alcohol functional amine of the general formula HO-R 3 -N(R 1 R 2), wherein R 1 and R 2 are di-(C 1-20 -alkyl)amino-C 1-20 -alkyl groups and R 3 is C 1-20 -alkyl, which might also contain oxygen groups, a dicarboxylic acid or a cyclic anhydride thereof and tris-hydroxymethyl-aminomethane followed by quaternization of the amino groups and the ratio of the anionic surfactant to the hyperbranched polyesteramide comprising at least one secondary amide bond and having at least one quarternized amine end-group is in the range of 20 to 1 to 0.5 to 1.
An article of footwear having an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper, the sole structure comprising: a chamber with (a) an exterior surface and (b) an interior surface located opposite the exterior surface, at least a portion of the interior surface defining a cavity within the chamber that receives a fluid; characterized by: a plate located within the cavity and including (a) a first surface secured to the interior surface of the chamber and (b) a second surface located opposite the first surface and defining a first indentation extending into and across the plate between a lateral side of the plate and a medial side of the plate and a second indentation extending into and across the plate between the lateral side and the medial side. a chamber with (a) an exterior surface and (b) an interior surface located opposite the exterior surface, at least a portion of the interior surface defining a cavity within the chamber that receives a fluid; characterized by: a plate located within the cavity and including (a) a first surface secured to the interior surface of the chamber and (b) a second surface located opposite the first surface and defining a first indentation extending into and across the plate between a lateral side of the plate and a medial side of the plate and a second indentation extending into and across the plate between the lateral side and the medial side.