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An apparatus for extracting power comprising a track comprising first and second elongate sections (104, 106) and a terminal (108, 110) connecting the first and second elongate sections, wherein the first elongate section is positioned behind the second elongate section; multiple towers, each tower supporting the track; an airfoil comprising a suction surface and a pressure surface, wherein the airfoil is coupled to the track so that the pressure surface lies between the suction surface and the track or the suction surface lies between the pressure surface and the track as the airfoil travels along the track, wherein the airfoil is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section, wherein the airfoil pitches as it travels along the terminal; a power generator to harvest power from an atmospheric wind through the movement of the airfoil; and a bridle system coupling at least one of the first and second elongate sections to an anchor (306, 312, 316), wherein the bridle system balances the force of gravity on the at least one of the first and second elongate sections. a track comprising first and second elongate sections (104, 106) and a terminal (108, 110) connecting the first and second elongate sections, wherein the first elongate section is positioned behind the second elongate section; multiple towers, each tower supporting the track; an airfoil comprising a suction surface and a pressure surface, wherein the airfoil is coupled to the track so that the pressure surface lies between the suction surface and the track or the suction surface lies between the pressure surface and the track as the airfoil travels along the track, wherein the airfoil is moveable in opposite directions when alternately coupled to the first elongate section and second elongate section, wherein the airfoil pitches as it travels along the terminal; a power generator to harvest power from an atmospheric wind through the movement of the airfoil; and a bridle system coupling at least one of the first and second elongate sections to an anchor (306, 312, 316), wherein the bridle system balances the force of gravity on the at least one of the first and second elongate sections.
A conduit for use in a respiratory apparatus for delivering breathable gas to a patient, the conduit comprising: a tube; a helical rib on an outer surface of the tube; at least three wires (4c, 4d, 4e) supported by the helical rib in contact with the outer surface of the tube; a connector connected to an end of the conduit, the connector being configured to be connected to a flow generator or a patient interface of the respiratory apparatus; and a thermal heater; characterized in that the conduit comprises a printed circuit board supported by the connector and connected to the at least three wires, the printed circuit board comprising the thermal heater and a sensor, two of the at least three wires (4d, 4e) are heater wires, and one of the at least three wires is a sensing wire connected to the sensor to provide a signal to a power supply and controller of the respiratory apparatus. a tube; a helical rib on an outer surface of the tube; at least three wires (4c, 4d, 4e) supported by the helical rib in contact with the outer surface of the tube; a connector connected to an end of the conduit, the connector being configured to be connected to a flow generator or a patient interface of the respiratory apparatus; and a thermal heater; characterized in that the conduit comprises a printed circuit board supported by the connector and connected to the at least three wires, the printed circuit board comprising the thermal heater and a sensor, two of the at least three wires (4d, 4e) are heater wires, and one of the at least three wires is a sensing wire connected to the sensor to provide a signal to a power supply and controller of the respiratory apparatus.
A heat transfer pipe for a biogas plant fermenter to transfer heat between a medium flowing in the heat transfer pipe and a substrate at least partially enclosing the heat transfer pipe, comprising an inner layer for contact with the medium and a diffusion barrier layer to prevent a permeation of molecules of the substrate into the medium, wherein - the diffusion barrier layer consists of ethylene vinyl alcohol, EVOH, and - an ethylene content is at least more than 32%. - the diffusion barrier layer consists of ethylene vinyl alcohol, EVOH, and - an ethylene content is at least more than 32%.
A method of manufacturing an artificial turf fiber, the method comprising: - creating a polymer mixture (100, 150, 200) comprising molten plastic waste and a molten compensatory polymer, the plastic waste comprising one or more aged polyethylene polymers, the compensatory polymer being an unaged polyethylene polymer, the melt flow index of the compensatory polymer being at least four times lower than the melt flow index of the one or more aged polymers, wherein the one or more aged polyethylene polymers respectively have a melt flow index in the range of 5.0 to 7.0 g/10 min and wherein the compensatory polymer has a melt flow index in the range of 0.6 to 1.2 g/10 min - extruding the polymer mixture into a monofilament; and - fabricating the artificial turf fiber from one or more of the monofilaments. - creating a polymer mixture (100, 150, 200) comprising molten plastic waste and a molten compensatory polymer, the plastic waste comprising one or more aged polyethylene polymers, the compensatory polymer being an unaged polyethylene polymer, the melt flow index of the compensatory polymer being at least four times lower than the melt flow index of the one or more aged polymers, wherein the one or more aged polyethylene polymers respectively have a melt flow index in the range of 5.0 to 7.0 g/10 min and wherein the compensatory polymer has a melt flow index in the range of 0.6 to 1.2 g/10 min - extruding the polymer mixture into a monofilament; and - fabricating the artificial turf fiber from one or more of the monofilaments.
A lighting device comprising: an LED as a light source; and a light guiding member having a cut (64, 65) formed to provide a certain directivity to emitted light from the LED; wherein the cut (64, 65) is formed at a position corresponding to the LED, at an emission surface side of the light guiding member, and a case having an opening at an emission surface side thereof to surround the light guiding member; and a lens configured to cover the opening of the case, the light guiding member is sandwiched between the case and the lens, and a mask member configured to block the emitted light from the LED is disposed on an emission surface side of the cut (64, 65), the mask member is attached to the lens and wherein an LED-accommodating recess configured to accommodate the LED is formed in a surface of the light guiding member at a side opposite to the emission surface side, and a board for the LED is accommodated in a board-accommodating recess formed in a bottom portion of the case. an LED as a light source; and a light guiding member having a cut (64, 65) formed to provide a certain directivity to emitted light from the LED; wherein the cut (64, 65) is formed at a position corresponding to the LED, at an emission surface side of the light guiding member, and a case having an opening at an emission surface side thereof to surround the light guiding member; and a lens configured to cover the opening of the case, the light guiding member is sandwiched between the case and the lens, and a mask member configured to block the emitted light from the LED is disposed on an emission surface side of the cut (64, 65), the mask member is attached to the lens and wherein an LED-accommodating recess configured to accommodate the LED is formed in a surface of the light guiding member at a side opposite to the emission surface side, and a board for the LED is accommodated in a board-accommodating recess formed in a bottom portion of the case.
A process to produce a fermentation product from lignocellulosic biomass, said process comprising: (a) introducing a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock to a single-stage digestor, wherein said feedstock contains cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin; (b) exposing said feedstock to a reaction solution comprising steam or liquid hot water within said digestor, to solubilize at least a portion of said hemicellulose in a liquid phase and to provide a cellulose-rich solid phase; (c) refining said cellulose-rich solid phase, together with said liquid phase, in a mechanical refiner to reduce average particle size of said cellulose-rich solid phase, thereby providing a mixture comprising refined cellulose-rich solids and said liquid phase; (d) enzymatically hydrolyzing said mixture in a hydrolysis reactor with cellulase enzymes, to generate fermentable sugars from said mixture, wherein said hydrolysis reactor includes one or more hydrolysis stages; and (e) fermenting at least some of said fermentable sugars in a fermentor to produce a fermentation product. (a) introducing a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock to a single-stage digestor, wherein said feedstock contains cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin; (b) exposing said feedstock to a reaction solution comprising steam or liquid hot water within said digestor, to solubilize at least a portion of said hemicellulose in a liquid phase and to provide a cellulose-rich solid phase; (c) refining said cellulose-rich solid phase, together with said liquid phase, in a mechanical refiner to reduce average particle size of said cellulose-rich solid phase, thereby providing a mixture comprising refined cellulose-rich solids and said liquid phase; (d) enzymatically hydrolyzing said mixture in a hydrolysis reactor with cellulase enzymes, to generate fermentable sugars from said mixture, wherein said hydrolysis reactor includes one or more hydrolysis stages; and (e) fermenting at least some of said fermentable sugars in a fermentor to produce a fermentation product.
A device for a motor-driven appliance (2, 4, 6), wherein the device is selected from the group consisting of: a motor-driven tool, a battery pack adapted to supply electric power to the motor-driven tool, and a charger adapted to charge the battery pack, comprising: a communication unit (20, 40, 70) that performs communication with an external appliance having a date/time information indicating a current date and time; a date/time information acquisition unit (20, 40, 70) that acquires the date/time information from the external appliance via the communication unit (20, 40, 70); and a control unit (20, 40, 70) that performs control based on the date/time information acquired by the date/time information acquisition unit (20, 40, 70). a communication unit (20, 40, 70) that performs communication with an external appliance having a date/time information indicating a current date and time; a date/time information acquisition unit (20, 40, 70) that acquires the date/time information from the external appliance via the communication unit (20, 40, 70); and a control unit (20, 40, 70) that performs control based on the date/time information acquired by the date/time information acquisition unit (20, 40, 70).
An apparatus for encoding a video image including samples, the apparatus comprising a processing circuitry, which is configured to: perform clustering to identify a texture region within the video image; determine one or more brightness parameters of a 2D polynomial by fitting the polynomial to the brightness or luminance and/or chrominance of the identified texture region; detect in the identified texture region samples with a brightness or luminance and/or chrominance distance to the fitted polynomial exceeding a first threshold and identify a refined texture region as the texture region excluding one or more of the detected samples; and encode the refined texture region separately from portions of the video image not belonging to the refined texture region, characterized in that the 2D polynomial is of order one or higher. perform clustering to identify a texture region within the video image; determine one or more brightness parameters of a 2D polynomial by fitting the polynomial to the brightness or luminance and/or chrominance of the identified texture region; detect in the identified texture region samples with a brightness or luminance and/or chrominance distance to the fitted polynomial exceeding a first threshold and identify a refined texture region as the texture region excluding one or more of the detected samples; and encode the refined texture region separately from portions of the video image not belonging to the refined texture region, characterized in that the 2D polynomial is of order one or higher.
A method of selecting a sampling phase in an optical receiver, the method comprising: estimating a plurality of sampling phase quality indicator, SPQI, values for a plurality of adjusted sampling phases within one or more unit intervals in a received signal; selecting the sampling phase corresponding to the SPQI with the highest value of said plurality of SPQI values; equalizing said received signal; and adjusting a sampling phase of said received signal based on the selected sampling phase. estimating a plurality of sampling phase quality indicator, SPQI, values for a plurality of adjusted sampling phases within one or more unit intervals in a received signal; selecting the sampling phase corresponding to the SPQI with the highest value of said plurality of SPQI values; equalizing said received signal; and adjusting a sampling phase of said received signal based on the selected sampling phase.
Spacecraft (1, 75) comprising: - a housing defining an interior space and an exterior space, the housing having a north face, a south face opposite to the north face, an east face, and a west face opposite to the east face, an Earth face, and a zenith face opposite to the Earth face, - a first radiator carried by a face among the north face and south face, and - a second radiator carried by the other face among the north face and south face, the first radiator and the second radiator each having an inner main face (15, 21), an outer main face (17, 23) opposite to the inner main face (15, 21), longitudinal side faces (19, 25), and transverse side faces (191, 251), characterized in that the spacecraft further comprises a first auxiliary radiator (3, 118, 120, 124) and a first auxiliary heat transfer device (34, 76) thermally connecting said first auxiliary radiator (32, 118, 120, 124) to the inner main face of the second radiator, the first auxiliary radiator (32, 118, 120, 124) being arranged in a first portion of the exterior space, said first portion being defined by the outer main face of the first radiator and by first planes (48, 50, 52, 54) containing the side faces (19, 191) of the first radiator, and in that said first auxiliary heat transfer device (34, 76) comprises a heat conducting device (42, 80), said first auxiliary radiator (32, 118, 120, 124) being composed solely of one or two radiating panels (100, 102) supporting said heat conducting device (42, 80), called carrier radiating panel(s). - a housing defining an interior space and an exterior space, the housing having a north face, a south face opposite to the north face, an east face, and a west face opposite to the east face, an Earth face, and a zenith face opposite to the Earth face, - a first radiator carried by a face among the north face and south face, and - a second radiator carried by the other face among the north face and south face,
A creped tissue web having a first side and a second side and a creping composition comprising at least one cationic component disposed on at least the first side wherein the tissue web has a fine crepe structure less than about 25 percent COV as determined by the procedure set out in the description, a Fuzz on Edge greater than about 0.90 mm/mm as determined by the procedure set out in the description and less than about 1.0 percent water soluble extractives by weight of the tissue web as determined by the procedure set out in the description, wherein the at least one cationic component comprises a quaternary ammonium salt having the general formula: (R 1') 4-b -N + -(R 1") b X - wherein R 1' is a C 1-6 alkyl group, R 1" is a C 14-22 alkyl group, b is an integer from 1 to 3 and X- is any suitable counterion; or wherein the at least one cationic component comprises a cationic oleyl imidazoline.
A method for execution in a time division duplex long term evolution system, the method comprising the following steps: setting a first subframe to be switched between uplink and downlink transmission directions, said first subframe including one control region and one data region; pairing the first subframe with a second subframe that is not switchable between uplink and downlink transmission directions; providing an indication signal in said second subframe to indicate a change of transmission direction of the first subframe; and transmitting on the said first subframe following detection of the said indication signal; characterized by changing the data region of said first subframe from a default transmission direction to an uplink direction, and maintaining the control region of said first subframe in the default transmission direction upon detection of said indication signal. setting a first subframe to be switched between uplink and downlink transmission directions, said first subframe including one control region and one data region; pairing the first subframe with a second subframe that is not switchable between uplink and downlink transmission directions; providing an indication signal in said second subframe to indicate a change of transmission direction of the first subframe; and transmitting on the said first subframe following detection of the said indication signal; characterized by changing the data region of said first subframe from a default transmission direction to an uplink direction, and maintaining the control region of said first subframe in the default transmission direction upon detection of said indication signal.
An in vitro method for diagnosing an infectious disease in a human subject, the method comprising: (a) measuring the protein or mRNA expression level of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase in a human sample which has been provided; and (b) comparing the level of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase in the human subject with the level of a healthy human subject, and (c) determining that the human subject having an increased expression level of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase compared to the healthy subject has been infected with the infectious disease. (a) measuring the protein or mRNA expression level of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase in a human sample which has been provided; and (b) comparing the level of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase in the human subject with the level of a healthy human subject, and (c) determining that the human subject having an increased expression level of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase compared to the healthy subject has been infected with the infectious disease.
A thermoplastic polymer capable of forming an optically anisotropic melt phase (hereinafter, referred to as a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer), the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer comprising repeating units represented by the following formulae,, and, wherein a molar ratio of a total amount of the repeating units represented by formulae and to a total amount of all the repeating units in the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer is 50 to 90 mol%, and a molar ratio of the repeating unit represented by formula to the repeating unit represented by formula is the former/the latter = 23/77 to 77/23. -O-Ar 1 -O- -O-Ar 2 -O-, wherein Ar 1 and Ar 2 represent divalent aromatic groups that are different from each other. wherein a molar ratio of a total amount of the repeating units represented by formulae and to a total amount of all the repeating units in the thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer is 50 to 90 mol%, and a molar ratio of the repeating unit represented by formula to the repeating unit represented by formula is the former/the latter = 23/77 to 77/23. -O-Ar 1 -O- -O-Ar 2 -O-, wherein Ar 1 and Ar 2 represent divalent aromatic groups that are different from each other.
A method for the preselection of at least one application in a mobile communication device comprising an NFC system, the said device being capable of accessing and reading information stored in a target NFC system, of the contactless electronic tag or card type, the said NFC system being capable of operating in at least two communication modes including a reader mode, and a card emulation mode, or a Peer-to-Peer mode, the method comprising the steps of: - continuously switching between communication modes for detecting the presence of the NFC target system; and when the NFC system is in reader mode: - reading data stored in the NFC target system, said data containing an application identifier; - pre-selecting an application corresponding to the application identifier. - continuously switching between communication modes for detecting the presence of the NFC target system; - reading data stored in the NFC target system, said data containing an application identifier; - pre-selecting an application corresponding to the application identifier.
A fluorescent conjugate comprising a fluorochrome moiety F coupled to a targeting moiety T, wherein moiety F has the formula: wherein Y is independently for each occurrence selected from SO 3 H, SO 3 -, and SO 3 M, wherein M is a monovalent cation or Y is selected from SO 3 - and SO 3 Na; x, z and y are independently selected from an integer of 1 to 8; and wherein moiety T has affinity to a tumour marker. Y is independently for each occurrence selected from SO 3 H, SO 3 -, and SO 3 M, wherein M is a monovalent cation or Y is selected from SO 3 - and SO 3 Na; x, z and y are independently selected from an integer of 1 to 8; and wherein moiety T has affinity to a tumour marker.
A nickel-base superalloy consisting of, by weight: 14.75 to 26.5 percent cobalt; 4.1 to 4.65 percent aluminium; 1.1 to 1.9 percent titanium; 3.85 to 6.3 percent tantalum; 1.2 to 2.55 percent niobium; up to 0.07 percent boron; up to 0.06 percent carbon; up to 14.0 percent chromium; up to 1.0 percent iron; up to 1.0 percent manganese; up to 4.2 percent molybdenum; up to 0.5 percent silicon; up to 4.9 percent tungsten; up to 0.1 percent zirconium; the balance being nickel and incidental impurities; wherein the overall concentration in the alloy of aluminium, titanium, tantalum, and niobium is from 13 to 14 atomic percent and the atomic ratio of aluminium to titanium is from 4.625:1 to 6.333:1. 14.75 to 26.5 percent cobalt; 4.1 to 4.65 percent aluminium; 1.1 to 1.9 percent titanium; 3.85 to 6.3 percent tantalum; 1.2 to 2.55 percent niobium; up to 0.07 percent boron; up to 0.06 percent carbon; up to 14.0 percent chromium; up to 1.0 percent iron; up to 1.0 percent manganese; up to 4.2 percent molybdenum; up to 0.5 percent silicon; up to 4.9 percent tungsten; up to 0.1 percent zirconium; the balance being nickel and incidental impurities; wherein the overall concentration in the alloy of aluminium, titanium, tantalum, and niobium is from 13 to 14 atomic percent and the atomic ratio of aluminium to titanium is from 4.625:1 to 6.333:1.