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A method for obtaining a homogenous sample for compositional analysis of a pressurized multi-phase fluid stream flowing in a pipeline, the fluid stream consisting of a majority component of hydrocarbon gas, the minor component consisting of a minor proportion of one or more hydrocarbon liquids and water in the form of vapor, aerosols, droplets and/or liquid streams, the method comprising: a. injecting one or more surface active agents ("saa") into the fluid stream in an injection zone at a rate that is sufficient to form a stable, uniform homogeneous foam of the gas and the one or more hydrocarbon liquids and water components; b. mixing the one or more saa with the fluid stream in a mixing zone to form a uniform homogeneous foam composition flowing in the pipeline downstream of the mixing zone; c. withdrawing a portion of the homogeneous foam composition from the pipeline at a sampling point; d. passing the portion of the homogeneous foam composition withdrawn from the pipeline through a sampling loop that is in communication with the pipeline; e. removing a sample of predetermined volume of the homogeneous foam from the sampling loop for compositional analysis; and f. analyzing the foam to determine the amount of hydrocarbon and water present. a. injecting one or more surface active agents ("saa") into the fluid stream in an injection zone at a rate that is sufficient to form a stable, uniform homogeneous foam of the gas and the one or more hydrocarbon liquids and water components; b. mixing the one or more saa with the fluid stream in a mixing zone to form a uniform homogeneous foam composition flowing in the pipeline downstream of the mixing zone; c. withdrawing a portion of the homogeneous foam composition from the pipeline at a sampling point; d. passing the portion of the homogeneous foam composition withdrawn from the pipeline through a sampling loop that is in communication with the pipeline; e. removing a sample of predetermined volume of the homogeneous foam from the sampling loop for compositional analysis; and f. analyzing the foam to determine the amount of hydrocarbon and water present.
A drug image processing device, comprising: a stage configured to place a drug thereon, the drug having an engraved mark on a surface of the drug; an irradiating unit configured to include a plurality of light sources with emitting directions of light to the surface different from each other; an imaging unit (120, 122) configured to obtain a plurality of images taken by imaging the drug with the surface irradiated with light by the light sources; characterized by an edge image generating unit configured to apply respectively to the plurality of images, edge extracting filters in directions in conformity with the emitting directions, the edge extracting filters having a size larger than half a width of a groove of the engraved mark, and generate a plurality of edge images; and an image composing unit configured to compose the plurality of edge images and generate a composite image. a stage configured to place a drug thereon, the drug having an engraved mark on a surface of the drug; an irradiating unit configured to include a plurality of light sources with emitting directions of light to the surface different from each other; an imaging unit (120, 122) configured to obtain a plurality of images taken by imaging the drug with the surface irradiated with light by the light sources; characterized by an edge image generating unit configured to apply respectively to the plurality of images, edge extracting filters in directions in conformity with the emitting directions, the edge extracting filters having a size larger than half a width of a groove of the engraved mark, and generate a plurality of edge images; and an image composing unit configured to compose the plurality of edge images and generate a composite image.
A charging arrangement having a charging device for a high-voltage battery of a motor vehicle, in particular a charging device fitted in a motor vehicle, and a connecting device, wherein the charging device is capable of being connected to an alternating-current mains by way of the connecting device, wherein the connecting device comprises a fault-current circuit breaker not detecting a fault current of at least one type of fault current, in particular a direct-current fault current, and wherein at least one communication connection present when the connecting device is attached to the charging device for transmitting a communication signal between a control unit towards the charging unit and a control unit towards the connecting device, characterized in that the charging device comprises a fault-current detection device for detecting a fault current of the type of fault current, wherein the fault-current detection device is designed to transmit a fault-current signal indicating the fault current to the control unit towards the charging unit, wherein the control unit towards the charging unit is designed to modify and/or interrupt the communication signal in a manner dependent upon the fault-current signal in such a way that the charging device is separated from the AC mains, wherein in order to separate the charging device from the AC mains the control unit towards the connecting device is designed to open the fault-current circuit breaker in the event of a non-existent and/or modified communication signal.
A denture adhesive composition, comprising: a) at least one component comprising a C5 to C15 polyalkene present in the composition in an amount of from 30% to 50%wt based on the total weight of the composition; and b) a viscosity index improver selected from the group consisting of polymethacrylates, olefin copolymers, hydrogenated styrene-diene copolymers, styrene polyesters, rubber, polyvinylchloride, nylon, fluorocarbon, polyurethane prepolymer, polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, acrylic resins, microcrystalline wax, elastomers, poly(alkyl fumarate co-vinyl acetate), alkylated polystyrene, poly(t-butyl styrene), and combinations thereof, wherein the viscosity index improver is present in an amount from 0.001% to 20.0%wt; wherein the composition comprises a denture adhesive component; wherein the denture adhesive component is selected from the group consisting of cellulose, poly(n-butyl vinyl ether), poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride), starch, saccharide, polyethylene oxides, polyethylene glycols, polyvinyl alcohols, carrageenan, alginates, karaya gum, xanthan gum, guar gum, gelatin, algin, tragacanth, chitosan, acrylamide polymers, carboxypolymethylene, polyamines, polyquaternary compounds, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polylvinylalkylacrylates /maleic anhydride copolymers and salts thereof including mixed salts, polymeric acids, polymeric salts, polyhydroxy compounds, and combinations thereof; and wherein the denture adhesive component is present in an amount from 40% to 65% based on the total weight of the composition. a) at least one component comprising a C5 to C15 polyalkene present in the composition in an amount of from 30% to 50%wt based on the total weight of the composition; and b) a viscosity index improver selected from the group consisting of polymethacrylates, olefin copolymers, hydrogenated styrene-diene copolymers, styrene polyesters, rubber, polyvinylchloride, nylon, fluorocarbon, polyurethane prepolymer, polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, acrylic resins, microcrystalline wax, elastomers, poly(alkyl fumarate co-vinyl acetate), alkylated polystyrene, poly(t-butyl styrene), and combinations thereof, wherein the viscosity index improver is present in an amount from 0.001% to 20.0%wt; wherein the composition comprises a denture adhesive component; wherein the denture adhesive component is selected from the group consisting of cellulose, poly(n-butyl vinyl ether), poly(styrene-co-maleic anhydride), starch, saccharide, polyethylene oxides, polyethylene glycols, polyvinyl alcohols, carrageenan, alginates, karaya gum, xanthan gum, guar gum, gelatin, algin, tragacanth, chitosan, acrylamide polymers, carboxypolymethylene, polyamines, polyquaternary compounds, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polylvinylalkylacrylates /maleic anhydride copolymers and salts thereof including mixed salts, polymeric acids, polymeric salts, polyhydroxy compounds, and combinations thereof; and wherein the denture adhesive component is present in an amount from 40% to 65% based on the total weight of the composition.
Shock absorber device comprising: - a containing body defining a chamber inside which at least a first operating fluid is confined, and provided with a closed bottom end and an opposite end, in which there is an aperture; - a first plunger able to slide axially inside said chamber and configured to compress/expand said first operating fluid to obtain a first braking action, said first plunger comprising a first piston able to slide in the chamber, and a first actuation member connected to the piston, which partly protrudes from said aperture of said containing body, and - an internal shock absorber unit disposed inside said chamber and configured to provide a second braking action, which comprises: - a diaphragm configured to hermetically divide said chamber into a first braking section inside which said first operating fluid is confined and into a second braking section inside which a second operating fluid is confined, - a second plunger slidingly associated with said mobile diaphragm, comprising a distal end, disposed in said first braking zone and configured to cooperate with said first plunger, and an opposite proximal end, disposed in said second braking zone and configured to cooperate with said second operating fluid in order to exert a second braking action on said first plunger, characterized in that said diaphragm is configured to deform or move along said operating axis so as to compensate for an increase in the volume of said second section given by the entry into it of a portion of said second plunger. - a containing body defining a chamber inside which at least a first operating fluid is confined, and provided with a closed bottom end and an opposite end, in which there is an aperture; - a first plunger able to slide axially inside said chamber and configured to compress/expand said first operating fluid to obtain a first braking action, said first plunger comprising a first piston able to slide in the chamber, and a first actuation member connected to the piston, which partly protrudes from said aperture of said containing body, and - an internal shock absorber unit disposed inside said chamber and configured to provide a second braking action, which comprises: - a diaphragm configured to hermetically divide said chamber into a first braking section inside which said first operating fluid is confined and into a second braking section inside which a second operating fluid is confined, - a second plunger slidingly associated with said mobile diaphragm, comprising a distal end, disposed in said first braking zone and configured to cooperate with said first plunger, and an opposite proximal end, disposed in said second braking zone and configured to cooperate with said second operating fluid in order to exert a second braking action on said first plunger, characterized in that said diaphragm is configured to deform or move along said operating axis so as to compensate for an increase in the volume of said second section given by the entry into it of a portion of said second plunger.
Laminate comprising at least one layer of silicone rubber sandwiched between two layers of fibre-resin composite comprising filaments of an inorganic substance embedded in a thermoset resin, wherein the silicone layer has a thickness, denoted T 1, of between 1.5 and 3 times the thickness, denoted T 2, of each layer of fibre-resin composite, which is between 0.25 and 2 mm.
A vehicle state prediction system comprising: an encoding section, which is configured to encode a vehicle state by use of time-series information of one or more vehicle signals; a network generating section, which is configured to define symbols representing the encoded vehicle state as nodes in order of appearance, wherein the network generating section defines transitions between nodes as links and generates a network structure by accumulating the number of appearances of the nodes and the number of transitions via the links; and a state predicting section, which is configured to predict a route showing a future change in the vehicle state from among a plurality of routes from a first node to a second node, wherein the first node corresponds to the current vehicle state, the second node corresponds to the vehicle state after having transitioned a predetermined number of times from the first node, the state predicting section is configured to predict, as the route showing a future change in the vehicle state, a route in which at least one of an accumulated value of the node that exists in the routes and an accumulated value of the link that exists in the routes is great, from among the plurality of routes. an encoding section, which is configured to encode a vehicle state by use of time-series information of one or more vehicle signals; a network generating section, which is configured to define symbols representing the encoded vehicle state as nodes in order of appearance, wherein the network generating section defines transitions between nodes as links and generates a network structure by accumulating the number of appearances of the nodes and the number of transitions via the links; and a state predicting section, which is configured to predict a route showing a future change in the vehicle state from among a plurality of routes from a first node to a second node, wherein the first node corresponds to the current vehicle state, the second node corresponds to the vehicle state after having transitioned a predetermined number of times from the first node, the state predicting section is configured to predict, as the route showing a future change in the vehicle state, a route in which at least one of an accumulated value of the node that exists in the routes and an accumulated value of the link that exists in the routes is great, from among the plurality of routes. the first node corresponds to the current vehicle state, the second node corresponds to the vehicle state after having transitioned a predetermined number of times from the first node, the state predicting section is configured to predict, as the route showing a future change in the vehicle state, a route in which at least one of an accumulated value of the node that exists in the routes and an accumulated value of the link that exists in the routes is great, from among the plurality of routes.
A diagnostic method for the quantitative detection of Nox2 protein in a biological sample, comprising the following operations: i) normalizing the protein content of the biological sample to a value of 1 μg of protein per 100 μl of sample, ii) contacting the normalized biological sample with a monoclonal anti-Nox2 detection antibody, in which the detection antibody is directly conjugated with a detection marker, and iii) detecting the formation of the Nox2 protein-detection antibody complex. i) normalizing the protein content of the biological sample to a value of 1 μg of protein per 100 μl of sample, ii) contacting the normalized biological sample with a monoclonal anti-Nox2 detection antibody, in which the detection antibody is directly conjugated with a detection marker, and iii) detecting the formation of the Nox2 protein-detection antibody complex.
Method for analyzing the driving behavior of a user of a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: - acquiring (202; 305; 314) data relating to a user's driving behavior, a time and a position from a mobile terminal of the user; - obtaining (203; 308; 317) contextual data at a database as a function of the acquired time and position; - correlating the data relating to the driving behavior and the context data, further comprising acquiring an identifier of the user from the user's mobile terminal and obtaining, from a user database, equipment data of the user's motor vehicle in dependence on the identifier of the user, wherein the behavioral data and the contextual data are further correlated with the equipment data, wherein the database comprises a weather database in which time-position pairs are stored in correspondence with weather data, wherein the obtained context data comprises weather data, and characterised in that the weather data indicates the occurrence or absence thereof of rain at the position and time, and in that the equipment information data indicates a type or model of a lighting system, brake system, and/or windshield wiper system. - acquiring (202; 305; 314) data relating to a user's driving behavior, a time and a position from a mobile terminal of the user; - obtaining (203; 308; 317) contextual data at a database as a function of the acquired time and position; - correlating the data relating to the driving behavior and the context data, further comprising acquiring an identifier of the user from the user's mobile terminal and obtaining, from a user database, equipment data of the user's motor vehicle in dependence on the identifier of the user, wherein the behavioral data and the contextual data are further correlated with the equipment data, wherein the database comprises a weather database in which time-position pairs are stored in correspondence with weather data, wherein the obtained context data comprises weather data, and characterised in that the weather data indicates the occurrence or absence thereof of rain at the position and time, and in that the equipment information data indicates a type or model of a lighting system, brake system, and/or windshield wiper system. further comprising acquiring an identifier of the user from the user's mobile terminal and obtaining, from a user database, equipment data of the user's motor vehicle in dependence on the identifier of the user, wherein the behavioral data and the contextual data are further correlated with the equipment data, wherein the database comprises a weather database in which time-position pairs are stored in correspondence with weather data, wherein the obtained context data comprises weather data, and characterised in that the weather data indicates the occurrence or absence thereof of rain at the position and time, and in that the equipment information data indicates a type or model of a lighting system, brake system, and/or windshield wiper system.
Personal protection device comprising an inflatable element and an inflation device, wherein the inflation device comprises a gas generator and a bushing connection device configured to connect said gas generator with said inflatable element, wherein said bushing connection device comprises a tubular body extending between a first mouth and a second mouth and defining an internal cavity able to house a portion of the gas generator intended for the gas outflow, wherein a first end region of the tubular body defines said first mouth and a second end region of the tubular body defines said second mouth, and wherein said portion of the gas generator is inserted into said internal cavity from the side of said first mouth of the tubular body, said inflatable element is configured to be able to assume a deflated or rest configuration and an inflated or active configuration, wherein the gas generator is configured to allow inflation of said inflatable element from said deflated configuration into said inflated configuration, wherein said second mouth of the tubular body opens into the inner chamber of said inflatable element characterized in that said bushing connection device further comprises a vent channel extending along at least a portion of said tubular body for venting an inflation fluid of said inflatable element, wherein said vent channel has a cross-section with a smaller area than at least said second mouth, and said portion of the gas generator is configured to leave said vent channel free to vent the inflation fluid. wherein a first end region of the tubular body defines said first mouth and a second end region of the tubular body defines said second mouth, and wherein said portion of the gas generator is inserted into said internal cavity from the side of said first mouth of the tubular body, said inflatable element is configured to be able to assume a deflated or rest configuration and an inflated or active configuration, wherein the gas generator is configured to allow inflation of said inflatable element from said deflated configuration into said inflated configuration, wherein said second mouth of the tubular body opens into the inner chamber of said inflatable element characterized in that said bushing connection device further comprises a vent channel extending along at least a portion of said tubular body for venting an inflation fluid of said inflatable element, wherein said vent channel has a cross-section with a smaller area than at least said second mouth, and said portion of the gas generator is configured to leave said vent channel free to vent the inflation fluid.
Radial vibration damper comprising a cylindrical external bushing which comprises an internal wall, connectable to a first element and capable of housing an inner shaft connectable to a second element, in such a way that the inner shaft and the cylindrical external bushing have rotatory movement capacity one respect to the other, friction means to radially enclose the inner shaft exerting a friction force for dampening the rotatory movement, and an internal bushing housed in the external bushing with a rotation capacity, the internal bushing comprising an external wall opposite to the internal wall of the external bushing and an internal axial passage in which the inner shaft is arranged; characterized in that it comprises: a rotation-delimiting system (2b, 4c, 7, 8) between the internal bushing and the external bushing such that it allows the rotation between the external bushing and the internal bushing in a determined free path, therefore the friction means do not act and it blocks rotation between the external bushing and the internal bushing by actuating the friction means and in that the friction means are radially grasping the inner shaft exerting a frictional force to damp rotational movement. a rotation-delimiting system (2b, 4c, 7, 8) between the internal bushing and the external bushing such that it allows the rotation between the external bushing and the internal bushing in a determined free path, therefore the friction means do not act and it blocks rotation between the external bushing and the internal bushing by actuating the friction means and in that the friction means are radially grasping the inner shaft exerting a frictional force to damp rotational movement.