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Device for removing a partial flow from a flowing gaseous medium in a ventilation channel of an air conditioning system, wherein the device comprises on the one hand a detection region, preferably arranged outside the ventilation channel and, on the other, a measurement tube, which extends in the ventilation channel between opposing wall regions of the ventilation channel and is aligned orthogonally to the flow direction of the flowing medium, wherein a removal chamber is provided in the measurement tube, extending in the longitudinal extension of the measurement tube, which comprises at least one inlet opening, to which flow is directed, for the inlet of the gaseous medium from the ventilation channel into the removal chamber, characterised in that at least one further removal chamber (10, 11, 12, 22) is provided, arranged in the measurement tube, which likewise comprises at least one inlet opening (15 or 16 or 17 or 23 respectively), to which flow is directed, wherein the inlet openings (14, 15, 16, 17, 23) of different removal chambers (9, 10, 11, 12, 22) are arranged at different heights of the ventilation channel cross-section and wherein all the removal chambers (9, 10, 11, 12, 22) open into the same detection region, and wherein, further either the removal chambers (9, 10, 11, 12, 22) comprise cross-section surfaces of different sizes at least along the flow or the removal chambers (9, 10, 11, 12, 22) comprise cross-section surfaces of the same size, and at least in every further removal chamber (10, 11, 12, 22) extending beyond the first removal chamber, and preferably in every removal chamber (9, 10, 11, 12, 22), along the flow, at least at one point an element is provided which reduces the cross-section surface area, such that free cross-section surface areas of different sizes remain in all the removal chambers (9, 10, 11, 12, 22) or, however the removal chambers (9, 10, 11, 12, 22) comprise cross-section surfaces of the same surface area, and, seen at least in the direction of the flow, behind each further removal chamber (10, 11, 12, 22) extending beyond the first removal chamber, an element is provided which reduces the cross-section surface area, which is configured as a closure element in the from of a screen, such that free outlet cross-section surface areas of different sizes result for all the removal chambers (9, 10, 11, 12, 22).
A method for communication, the method comprising: in an avalanche photodiode comprising an absorbing layer, an anode, a cathode, an N-doped layer, a P-doped layer, and a multiplication region between the N-doped layer and the P-doped layer, wherein oxide interfaces are at top and bottom surfaces of the anode, cathode, N-doped layer, P-doped layer, and multiplication region and doping profiles in the N-doped layer and the P-doped layer vary in a direction perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces of the N-doped layer and the P-doped layer: absorbing a received optical signal in the absorbing layer to generate carriers; and directing the carriers to a center of the cathode using the doping profiles. absorbing a received optical signal in the absorbing layer to generate carriers; and directing the carriers to a center of the cathode using the doping profiles.
Composition for thermoplastic adhesive, said composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of at least one branched copolyamide with unsaturated ends, said branched copolyamide with unsaturated ends: - being in the form of particles such that the volume-average diameter d 50 of said particles is less than or equal to 50 μm, and - comprising more than 50 mol% of amine ends relative to the total number of moles of amine and acid ends of said branched copolyamide with unsaturated ends, among which certain of said amine ends are at least partially neutralized by a phosphorus-based Brønsted acid so that the molar ratio [Brønsted acid]/[amine ends] is between 0.1 and 5, said composition further comprising at least one initiator of crosslinking of said branched copolyamide with unsaturated ends. - being in the form of particles such that the volume-average diameter d 50 of said particles is less than or equal to 50 μm, and - comprising more than 50 mol% of amine ends relative to the total number of moles of amine and acid ends of said branched copolyamide with unsaturated ends, among which certain of said amine ends are at least partially neutralized by a phosphorus-based Brønsted acid so that the molar ratio [Brønsted acid]/[amine ends] is between 0.1 and 5,
A heat exchanger comprising: a plurality of parallel tubes for conveying a fluid, inlet and outlet core plates (11, 21), each having a plurality of openings into which respective ends of the tubes are inserted in a fluid-tight manner, and inlet and outlet header tanks (13, 23) joined to the inlet and outlet core plates (11, 21), respectively, in a fluid-tight manner, said inlet and outlet header tanks cooperating with the inlet and outlet core plates to form a fluid inlet chamber and a fluid outlet chamber, respectively, wherein an insulation plate of thermally insulating material is arranged on the inlet core plate, said insulation plate comprising a frame portion and a plurality of bridge portions extending between opposite sides of the frame portion, each of said bridge portions covering a respective area of the inlet core plate between adjacent tubes, when viewed in cross-section, each of said bridge portions is approximately C-shaped or U-shaped, characterized in that, when viewed in cross-section, each of said bridge portions surrounds the respective area of the inlet core plate and respective walls of the tubes adjoining said area. a plurality of parallel tubes for conveying a fluid, inlet and outlet core plates (11, 21), each having a plurality of openings into which respective ends of the tubes are inserted in a fluid-tight manner, and inlet and outlet header tanks (13, 23) joined to the inlet and outlet core plates (11, 21), respectively, in a fluid-tight manner, said inlet and outlet header tanks cooperating with the inlet and outlet core plates to form a fluid inlet chamber and a fluid outlet chamber, respectively, wherein an insulation plate of thermally insulating material is arranged on the inlet core plate, said insulation plate comprising a frame portion and a plurality of bridge portions extending between opposite sides of the frame portion, each of said bridge portions covering a respective area of the inlet core plate between adjacent tubes, when viewed in cross-section, each of said bridge portions is approximately C-shaped or U-shaped, characterized in that, when viewed in cross-section, each of said bridge portions surrounds the respective area of the inlet core plate and respective walls of the tubes adjoining said area.
A paging processing method, applicable to a User Equipment, UE, the method comprising: adjusting a paging parameter and/or a paging calculation formula to obtain an adjusted paging parameter and/or paging calculation formula; and determining an adjusted Paging Frame, PF, and/or an adjusted Paging Occasion, PO, based on the adjusted paging parameter and/or the adjusted paging calculation formula, wherein the adjusting a paging parameter and/or a paging calculation formula is characterised by increasing a number of POs in each PF. adjusting a paging parameter and/or a paging calculation formula to obtain an adjusted paging parameter and/or paging calculation formula; and determining an adjusted Paging Frame, PF, and/or an adjusted Paging Occasion, PO, based on the adjusted paging parameter and/or the adjusted paging calculation formula, wherein the adjusting a paging parameter and/or a paging calculation formula is characterised by increasing a number of POs in each PF.
Method for controlling a dynamoelectric machine, in particular a dynamoelectric rotary machine, comprising the following steps: - ascertaining an ambient air pressure of the dynamoelectric machine by means of an apparatus for determining air pressure (11, 15), - adapting a power output of the dynamoelectric machine as a function of the ambient air pressure, characterised in that this counteracts an air pressure which drops as installation altitude rises and an associated deterioration of cooling properties, such that a sufficient cooling of the machine is ensured, wherein the ambient air pressure is determined by ascertaining an altitude and/or wherein the ambient air pressure is measured, in particular by means of a barometer. - ascertaining an ambient air pressure of the dynamoelectric machine by means of an apparatus for determining air pressure (11, 15), - adapting a power output of the dynamoelectric machine as a function of the ambient air pressure, characterised in that this counteracts an air pressure which drops as installation altitude rises and an associated deterioration of cooling properties, such that a sufficient cooling of the machine is ensured, wherein the ambient air pressure is determined by ascertaining an altitude and/or wherein the ambient air pressure is measured, in particular by means of a barometer.
An apparatus for separating at least two discrete volumes of a composite liquid into at least a first component and a second component comprising a centrifuge rotor adapted to rotate about a rotation axis, at least one separation cell, adapted to receive a separation bag of a set of fluidly interconnected bags (14,16), said set comprising at least said separation bag containing a volume of composite liquid, and at least one component bag (14, 16), a plurality of valves (128, 130, 132), the valves (128, 130, 132) being adapted to control fluid flow between parts of the set of interconnected bags (14, 16), at least one of said valves (128, 130, 132) comprising a jaw mounted on a shaft, said jaw being adapted to move from an open position to a closed position constricting fluid flow through said tube (32, 36, 46), and a controller electrically connected to said valves (128, 130, 132), said controller controlling the status of said valves (128, 130, 132), characterized in that said jaw is further adapted to move from a load position allowing at least one tube (32, 36, 46) to be placed adjacent said valve (128, 130, 132) to the open position over said tube (32, 36, 46), and said valve further comprises a cam mounted on said shaft, said cam guiding said jaw in a translating and rotating motion from said load position to said open position and in a translating motion from said load position to said closed position, and by a cavity adapted to receive at least said component bag.
A lap fillet arc-welded joint comprising two overlapped metal sheets (3, 9), the joint being produced by welding an end portion of one sheet of the two metal sheets (3, 9) to a surface of the other sheet along the end portion of the one sheet, the lap fillet arc-welded joint comprising: a protruding curved portion, the protruding curved portion being bead-like and protruding from the surface of the other sheet; characterized in that the lap fillet arc-welded joint further comprises: a weld toe positioned on a sloped portion of the protruding curved portion, the sloped portion being on the side to be welded to the end portion of the one sheet, and another weld toe positioned on a surface of the one sheet. a protruding curved portion, the protruding curved portion being bead-like and protruding from the surface of the other sheet; characterized in that the lap fillet arc-welded joint further comprises: a weld toe positioned on a sloped portion of the protruding curved portion, the sloped portion being on the side to be welded to the end portion of the one sheet, and another weld toe positioned on a surface of the one sheet.
A lens-less, angle-sensitive pixel device sensitive to an intensity and an incident angle of light, comprising: a device support structure; a first periodic, light diffracting structure having a period, p 1, disposed in the support structure; a second periodic structure having a period, p 2, oriented parallel to the first periodic, light diffracting structure and disposed in the support structure at a second selected Talbot distance from the first periodic structure to the second periodic structure, z T2 = ( m 2 / n 2) (2p 1 2 / λ), below the first periodic light diffracting structure, where m 2, n 2 are positive integers, and where p 1 is equal to or greater than λ, which is the wavelength of a monochromatic, plane, incident wavefront on the first periodic, light diffracting structure; and a sensor disposed in the support structure below the second periodic structure, the sensor comprising at least two sets of interleaved diffusion type diodes respectively laterally displaced from the first periodic light diffracting structure by a distance n p 1 / m where n can have the values 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and m can have the values 2, 3, 4, 8; wherein the sensor is disposed in the support structure at a first selected Talbot distance z T1 = ( m 1 / n 1)(2p 1 2 /λ), below the first periodic, light diffracting structure, where m 1, n 1 are positive integers and wherein z T2 is less than z T1. a device support structure; a first periodic, light diffracting structure having a period, p 1, disposed in the support structure; a second periodic structure having a period, p 2, oriented parallel to the first periodic, light diffracting structure and disposed in the support structure at a second selected Talbot distance from the first periodic structure to the second periodic structure, z T2 = ( m 2 / n 2) (2p 1 2 / λ), below the first periodic light diffracting structure, where m 2, n 2 are positive integers, and where p 1 is equal to or greater than λ, which is the wavelength of a monochromatic, plane, incident wavefront on the first periodic, light diffracting structure; and a sensor disposed in the support structure below the second periodic structure, the sensor comprising at least two sets of interleaved diffusion type diodes respectively laterally displaced from the first periodic light diffracting structure by a distance n p 1 / m where n can have the values 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and m can have the values 2, 3, 4, 8; wherein the sensor is disposed in the support structure at a first selected Talbot distance z T1 = ( m 1 / n 1)(2p 1 2 /λ), below the first periodic, light diffracting structure, where m 1, n 1 are positive integers and wherein z T2 is less than z T1.
A method of adjusting uplink load variance due to a change of a beam direction turning from towards a current beamforming control cell to towards a target beamforming control cell, comprising steps of: estimating an uplink load increment of the target beamforming control cell due to the change of the beam direction, before the beam direction turning from towards a current beamforming control cell to towards a target beamforming control cell; comparing the estimated uplink load increment with an available uplink load headroom of the target beamforming control cell; and adjusting an uplink load grant of a user equipment UE if the uplink load increment is larger than the available uplink load headroom, so that the uplink load increment is not beyond the available uplink load headroom. estimating an uplink load increment of the target beamforming control cell due to the change of the beam direction, before the beam direction turning from towards a current beamforming control cell to towards a target beamforming control cell; comparing the estimated uplink load increment with an available uplink load headroom of the target beamforming control cell; and adjusting an uplink load grant of a user equipment UE if the uplink load increment is larger than the available uplink load headroom, so that the uplink load increment is not beyond the available uplink load headroom.
A unitary wound dressing comprising: an absorbent core, a backing layer, and a woven or non-woven fabric layer comprising an agent having an effect against pathogenic microbial colonization of a wound, wherein the woven or non-woven fabric layer is bonded to at least a part of the border portion to the proximal surface of the backing layer bordering the center portion, wherein the non-woven or woven fabric is not bonded to the absorbent core, said wound dressing further comprising a carrier layer secured to the woven or non-woven fabric in at least a part of the border portion thereof and having at least an opening through which fluid can pass from the wound into the absorbent core. an absorbent core, a backing layer, and a woven or non-woven fabric layer comprising an agent having an effect against pathogenic microbial colonization of a wound, wherein the woven or non-woven fabric layer is bonded to at least a part of the border portion to the proximal surface of the backing layer bordering the center portion, wherein the non-woven or woven fabric is not bonded to the absorbent core, said wound dressing further comprising a carrier layer secured to the woven or non-woven fabric in at least a part of the border portion thereof and having at least an opening through which fluid can pass from the wound into the absorbent core.
An additive manufacturing apparatus comprising a build module, the build module comprising: a support structure; a powder supply chamber formed in the support structure for containing and supplying a powder material; a powder applicator disposed on the support structure and located proximate to the powder supply chamber; a powder recovery chamber formed in the support structure such that the powder supply chamber is disposed between the powder applicator and the powder recovery chamber; and a plurality of build plates formed in the support structure and spatially disposed around the powder recovery chamber, the plurality of build plates configured to move around the powder recovery chamber; wherein the build module is configured such that during an additive manufacturing process step, a build plate of the plurality of build plates is disposed between the powder supply chamber and the powder recovery chamber, and the powder applicator is configured to distribute a required amount of the powder material from the powder supply chamber on the build plate 8170) and deposit any excess powder material in the powder recovery chamber. a support structure; a powder supply chamber formed in the support structure for containing and supplying a powder material; a powder applicator disposed on the support structure and located proximate to the powder supply chamber; a powder recovery chamber formed in the support structure such that the powder supply chamber is disposed between the powder applicator and the powder recovery chamber; and a plurality of build plates formed in the support structure and spatially disposed around the powder recovery chamber, the plurality of build plates configured to move around the powder recovery chamber; wherein the build module is configured such that during an additive manufacturing process step, a build plate of the plurality of build plates is disposed between the powder supply chamber and the powder recovery chamber, and the powder applicator is configured to distribute a required amount of the powder material from the powder supply chamber on the build plate 8170) and deposit any excess powder material in the powder recovery chamber.
A recombinant variant of a parent α-amylase comprising: i) a mutation at an amino acid residue S241 using SEQ ID NO: 1 for numbering; and at least one mutation at an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of N126, Y150, F153, L171, T180, and 1203 using SEQ ID NO: 1 for numbering; wherein the variant α-amylase has at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1; or ii) a mutation at an amino acid residue D240 using SEQ ID NO: 3 for numbering; and at least one mutation at an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of N125, Y149, F152, L170, D179, and L202 using SEQ ID NO: 3 for numbering; wherein the variant α-amylase has at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3; or iii) a mutation at an amino acid residue S243 using SEQ ID NO: 5 for numbering; and at least one mutation at an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of N128, Y152, F155, L173, T182, and L205 using SEQ ID NO: 5 for numbering; wherein the variant α-amylase has at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 5; wherein the variant has increased thermostability, detergent stability, starch liquefaction activity, or cleaning performance compared to the parent α-amylase or a reference α-amylase differing from the variant α-amylase only by the absence of the mutations. i) a mutation at an amino acid residue S241 using SEQ ID NO: 1 for numbering; and at least one mutation at an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of N126, Y150, F153, L171, T180, and 1203 using SEQ ID NO: 1 for numbering; wherein the variant α-amylase has at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1; or ii) a mutation at an amino acid residue D240 using SEQ ID NO: 3 for numbering; and at least one mutation at an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of N125, Y149, F152, L170, D179, and L202 using SEQ ID NO: 3 for numbering; wherein the variant α-amylase has at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3; or iii) a mutation at an amino acid residue S243 using SEQ ID NO: 5 for numbering; and at least one mutation at an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of N128, Y152, F155, L173, T182, and L205 using SEQ ID NO: 5 for numbering; wherein the variant α-amylase has at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 5; wherein the variant has increased thermostability, detergent stability, starch liquefaction activity, or cleaning performance compared to the parent α-amylase or a reference α-amylase differing from the variant α-amylase only by the absence of the mutations.