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Assembly of a liquid dispensing device and a flexible bag containing said liquid and having a spigot connected thereto, which liquid dispensing device comprises a valve assembly, a housing for receiving the bag, which housing in its upper part comprises receiving means for receiving the spigot, wherein the receiving means houses the valve assembly which defines there through a liquid channel, wherein the liquid channel has an inner end adapted for, in a liquid-tight manner, connecting to the spigot of the flexible bag and wherein the liquid channel, closer to its opposite outer end, is provided with a valve which is movable between a closed position for preventing a flow of the liquid and an open position for dispensing the liquid, wherein the assembly further comprises a member which is adapted for keeping said spigot, once connected to said inner end of the liquid channel, in a permanent open position, and wherein the valve is movable between the closed and open positions when the spigot is in its permanent open position.
Rivet connection having a hollow rivet, wherein the hollow rivet is composed of plastics material and connects a first component to a second component, wherein the first component has a first surface and the second component has a second and third surface (202, 203), wherein the first surface of the first component and the second surface of the second component bear on one another, and the second component has a first opening between the second and third surface (202, 203), wherein the hollow rivet has a tubular component having a lateral wall, a cavity and a first end and a second end, wherein part of the tubular component is disposed in the first opening of the second component, and the tubular component by way of the second end thereof protrudes beyond the second component, characterized in that the lateral wall of the tubular component, along the circumference thereof neighbouring the first opening above the third surface of the second component and only below the second end, is heated from the side by means of a laser and compressed and thus configures an outwardly bulging region such that part of the outwardly bulging region contacts the third surface of the second component, wherein the lateral wall on the second end of the tubular component is not plasticized.
A mobile communication device for avoiding location exposure on insecure communications, comprising: a wireless transceiver, configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network; and a controller, configured to determine whether a Radio Resource Control, RRC, security has been activated between the mobile communication device and the service network when receiving measurement configuration from the service network via the wireless transceiver, and characterized in that: the controller is further configured to: in response to the RRC security not having been activated, not send a measurement report, to the service network via the wireless transceiver to avoid exposing location information of the mobile communication device present in the measurement report, and send the measurement report after the RRC security has been activated. a wireless transceiver, configured to perform wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network; and a controller, configured to determine whether a Radio Resource Control, RRC, security has been activated between the mobile communication device and the service network when receiving measurement configuration from the service network via the wireless transceiver, and
A heating method of a honeycomb structure whose resistance value lowers with temperature rise, the honeycomb structure comprising a tubular honeycomb structure body which has porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells which become through channels for a fluid and extend from a first end face to a second end face and a circumferential wall positioned at an outermost circumference, and which is heated by electricity conduction, and a catalyst loaded onto the partition walls of the honeycomb structure body, the method comprising: a heating step of supplying a power to the honeycomb structure body of the honeycomb structure to heat the honeycomb structure body up to a target temperature, wherein in the heating step, there is provided, at least once, a supply power decrease section where the supply of the power to the honeycomb structure body is stopped or the power to be supplied to the honeycomb structure body is decreased before the lowest temperature in a heating region of the honeycomb structure body reaches the target temperature. a heating step of supplying a power to the honeycomb structure body of the honeycomb structure to heat the honeycomb structure body up to a target temperature, wherein in the heating step, there is provided, at least once, a supply power decrease section where the supply of the power to the honeycomb structure body is stopped or the power to be supplied to the honeycomb structure body is decreased before the lowest temperature in a heating region of the honeycomb structure body reaches the target temperature.
A method for evaluating injection physical properties of a polyethylene resin whose melt index is 0.1 to 1.5 g/10 minutes and having a shear thinning index value of 0.1 to 0.5 comprising the steps of: measuring the melt index value of a specimen of the polyethylene resin; measuring the steady flow viscosity value of the specimen; and deriving a shear thinning index value from the steady flow viscosity value according to a viscosity model equation; and characterized by predicting injection pressure using the melt index value and the shear thinning index value using the following equation: predicted injection pressure = a MI 2.16 b * STI c wherein: MI 2.16 is the melt index value measured according to ASTM D1238 Condition E, STI is the shear thinning index value derived according to the viscosity model equation, a has the value of 2290.47147, b has the value of -0.22201, and c has the value of 0.42278. measuring the melt index value of a specimen of the polyethylene resin; measuring the steady flow viscosity value of the specimen; and deriving a shear thinning index value from the steady flow viscosity value according to a viscosity model equation; and characterized by predicting injection pressure using the melt index value and the shear thinning index value using the following equation: predicted injection pressure = a MI 2.16 b * STI c wherein: MI 2.16 is the melt index value measured according to ASTM D1238 Condition E, STI is the shear thinning index value derived according to the viscosity model equation, a has the value of 2290.47147, b has the value of -0.22201, and c has the value of 0.42278. MI 2.16 is the melt index value measured according to ASTM D1238 Condition E, STI is the shear thinning index value derived according to the viscosity model equation, a has the value of 2290.47147, b has the value of -0.22201, and c has the value of 0.42278.
An imaging element comprising a photoelectric conversion unit formed by laminating a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode, wherein between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, a first semiconductor material layer (23B 1) and a second material layer (23B 2) are formed from the first electrode side, and the second material layer (23B 2) is in contact with the photoelectric conversion layer, the photoelectric conversion unit further includes an insulating layer and a charge accumulation electrode disposed apart from the first electrode so as to face the first semiconductor material layer (23B 1) via the insulating layer, and when an electron mobility of the first semiconductor material layer (23B 1) is represented by μ 1, and an electron mobility of the second material layer (23B 2) is represented by μ 2, μ 2 < μ 1 is satisfied, characterized in that the second material layer (23B 2) is a second semiconductor material layer, which is in electrical contact with the photoelectric conversion layer. between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer, a first semiconductor material layer (23B 1) and a second material layer (23B 2) are formed from the first electrode side, and the second material layer (23B 2) is in contact with the photoelectric conversion layer, the photoelectric conversion unit further includes an insulating layer and a charge accumulation electrode disposed apart from the first electrode so as to face the first semiconductor material layer (23B 1) via the insulating layer, and when an electron mobility of the first semiconductor material layer (23B 1) is represented by μ 1, and an electron mobility of the second material layer (23B 2) is represented by μ 2, μ 2 < μ 1 is satisfied, characterized in that the second material layer (23B 2) is a second semiconductor material layer, which is in electrical contact with the photoelectric conversion layer.
A method for aircraft occupant health, safety and comfort management, comprising: monitoring an aircraft occupant seated in an aircraft occupant seat in an aircraft, substantially around the aircraft occupant seat for health, safety, alertness/sleepiness, and comfort information using at least one first sensor disposed in the aircraft occupant seat and using at least one second condition sensor disposed substantially around the aircraft occupant seat; characterised by: measuring background electrical noise, audible noise, and mechanical vibration associated with the aircraft occupant seat using at least one third sensor disposed in the occupant seat; obtaining the health, safety and comfort information associated with the aircraft occupant using the monitored health, safety and comfort information and the measured background electrical noise, audible noise and mechanical vibration; and managing health, safety and comfort of the aircraft occupant based on the obtained health, safety and comfort information. monitoring an aircraft occupant seated in an aircraft occupant seat in an aircraft, substantially around the aircraft occupant seat for health, safety, alertness/sleepiness, and comfort information using at least one first sensor disposed in the aircraft occupant seat and using at least one second condition sensor disposed substantially around the aircraft occupant seat; characterised by: measuring background electrical noise, audible noise, and mechanical vibration associated with the aircraft occupant seat using at least one third sensor disposed in the occupant seat; obtaining the health, safety and comfort information associated with the aircraft occupant using the monitored health, safety and comfort information and the measured background electrical noise, audible noise and mechanical vibration; and managing health, safety and comfort of the aircraft occupant based on the obtained health, safety and comfort information. measuring background electrical noise, audible noise, and mechanical vibration associated with the aircraft occupant seat using at least one third sensor disposed in the occupant seat; obtaining the health, safety and comfort information associated with the aircraft occupant using the monitored health, safety and comfort information and the measured background electrical noise, audible noise and mechanical vibration; and managing health, safety and comfort of the aircraft occupant based on the obtained health, safety and comfort information.
Headphones, comprising: a left earpiece; a right earpiece; and a headband assembly extending between the left and right earpieces, the headband assembly comprising: a frame defining a central opening and having first and second segments spaced apart from each other in an opposing relationship between left and right frame sides and a central frame region between the first and second segments and the left and right frame sides and elevated relative to the left and right frame sides; a signal cable electrically coupling the left and right earpieces and extending through an interior volume defined by the frame, and a mesh extending across the central opening between the opposing first and second segments of the central frame region and also between the left and right frame sides, the mesh having a curved profile between the left and right frame sides, characterized in that the mesh has a U-shaped cross-section between the first and second segments such that a central region of the mesh is positioned below the first and second segments in the central frame region and above the left and right frame sides. a left earpiece; a right earpiece; and a headband assembly extending between the left and right earpieces, the headband assembly comprising: a frame defining a central opening and having first and second segments spaced apart from each other in an opposing relationship between left and right frame sides and a central frame region between the first and second segments and the left and right frame sides and elevated relative to the left and right frame sides; a signal cable electrically coupling the left and right earpieces and extending through an interior volume defined by the frame, and a mesh extending across the central opening between the opposing first and second segments of the central frame region and also between the left and right frame sides, the mesh having a curved profile between the left and right frame sides, characterized in that the mesh has a U-shaped cross-section between the first and second segments such that a central region of the mesh is positioned below the first and second segments in the central frame region and above the left and right frame sides. a frame defining a central opening and having first and second segments spaced apart from each other in an opposing relationship between left and right frame sides and a central frame region between the first and second segments and the left and right frame sides and elevated relative to the left and right frame sides; a signal cable electrically coupling the left and right earpieces and extending through an interior volume defined by the frame, and a mesh extending across the central opening between the opposing first and second segments of the central frame region and also between the left and right frame sides, the mesh having a curved profile between the left and right frame sides, characterized in that the mesh has a U-shaped cross-section between the first and second segments such that a central region of the mesh is positioned below the first and second segments in the central frame region and above the left and right frame sides.
A processor of a user equipment, UE, configured to perform operations comprising: receiving secondary cell, SCell, activation configuration information from a first cell; receiving a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, from the first cell, wherein the MAC CE indicates that a SCell state is to be changed from a deactivated state to an activated state, wherein the MAC CE comprises a single-octet bitmap comprising seven C i fields and one reserved bit, wherein a C i field indicates an activation status of a SCell with SCell index i; and receiving aperiodic reference signals from a secondary cell, SCell, wherein the reception of the aperiodic reference signals is triggered by the MAC CE and characterized in that the MAC CE comprises a trigger state, TS, field common to all component carriers, CCs, and indicates whether each CC is to utilize SCell activation with aperiodic reference signals or a synchronization signal block, SSB, based SCell activation. receiving secondary cell, SCell, activation configuration information from a first cell; receiving a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, from the first cell, wherein the MAC CE indicates that a SCell state is to be changed from a deactivated state to an activated state, wherein the MAC CE comprises a single-octet bitmap comprising seven C i fields and one reserved bit, wherein a C i field indicates an activation status of a SCell with SCell index i; and receiving aperiodic reference signals from a secondary cell, SCell, wherein the reception of the aperiodic reference signals is triggered by the MAC CE and characterized in that the MAC CE comprises a trigger state, TS, field common to all component carriers, CCs, and indicates whether each CC is to utilize SCell activation with aperiodic reference signals or a synchronization signal block, SSB, based SCell activation.
A quantum device comprising: a first qubit; a second qubit; a third qubit; a first coupler inductively coupled to each of the first, the second, and the third qubits by a respective mutual inductance; and an interface operable to apply a flux bias to a body of the first coupler, wherein each of the first, the second, and the third qubits is a superconducting flux qubit, and the first coupler is operable to provide a third-order interaction or a higher-order interaction among the first, the second, and the third qubits, and wherein the first qubit has a state, the state of the first qubit representative of a first input to the quantum device; the second qubit has a state, the state of the second qubit representative of a second input to the quantum device; the third qubit has a state, the state of the third qubit representative of an output from the quantum device; and the first coupler is further operable to provide a second-order interaction between each pair of qubits selected from the first, the second and the third qubits, and wherein the quantum device is a reversible logic gate. a first qubit; a second qubit; a third qubit; a first coupler inductively coupled to each of the first, the second, and the third qubits by a respective mutual inductance; and an interface operable to apply a flux bias to a body of the first coupler, wherein each of the first, the second, and the third qubits is a superconducting flux qubit, and the first coupler is operable to provide a third-order interaction or a higher-order interaction among the first, the second, and the third qubits, and wherein the first qubit has a state, the state of the first qubit representative of a first input to the quantum device; the second qubit has a state, the state of the second qubit representative of a second input to the quantum device; the third qubit has a state, the state of the third qubit representative of an output from the quantum device; and the first coupler is further operable to provide a second-order interaction between each pair of qubits selected from the first, the second and the third qubits, and wherein the quantum device is a reversible logic gate.
A stacking apparatus for assembly of electrochemical cells comprising: - a supporting structure; - at least one stacking head mounted on the supporting structure and operative to stack a plurality of electrochemical laminates of a pre-determined length one on top of the other; - a pair of adjustable holding members mounted on said stacking head, each adjustable holding member including a plate made of a micro-porous material and a vacuum system operative for generating a negative pressure through said plate made of a micro-porous material so that said pair of adjustable holding members is adapted to hold a particular one of the electrochemical laminates of a pre-determined length, each of said pair of adjustable holding members being mounted on said stacking head so as to be able to change its angular position relative to the horizontal axis so that it is adapted to adjust the shape of said particular one of the electrochemical laminates of a pre-determined length so as to deposit first the central portion of said particular one of the electrochemical laminates of a pre-determined length onto another one of the plurality of electrochemically laminates and then progressively lower the remainder of the particular electrochemical laminate of the pre-determined length, thereby preventing air entrapment between adjacent ones of the electrochemical laminates of the pre-determined length being stacked. - a supporting structure; - at least one stacking head mounted on the supporting structure and operative to stack a plurality of electrochemical laminates of a pre-determined length one on top of the other; - a pair of adjustable holding members mounted on said stacking head, each adjustable holding member including a plate made of a micro-porous material and a vacuum system operative for generating a negative pressure through said plate made of a micro-porous material so that said pair of adjustable holding members is adapted to hold a particular one of the electrochemical laminates of a pre-determined length, each of said pair of adjustable holding members being mounted on said stacking head so as to be able to change its angular position relative to the horizontal axis so that it is adapted to adjust the shape of said particular one of the electrochemical laminates of a pre-determined length so as to deposit first the central portion of said particular one of the electrochemical laminates of a pre-determined length onto another one of the plurality of electrochemically laminates and then progressively lower the remainder of the particular electrochemical laminate of the pre-determined length, thereby preventing air entrapment between adjacent ones of the electrochemical laminates of the pre-determined length being stacked.
An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-generating article, the device comprising: a housing having an opening; a chamber disposed within the housing, and configured to receive at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article through the opening in the housing; a heater assembly disposed within the housing, and comprising a heating element configured to heat at least a portion of the chamber; and a holding mechanism comprising at least one holding member disposed at or proximate to the opening of the housing, the at least one holding member comprising a plurality of blades (760A, 760B) in an iris arrangement, each of said blades (760A, 760B) being configured to move between: a first position, in which the aerosol-generating article can be inserted into the chamber via the opening; and a second position, in which each blade (760A, 760B) has reduced the size of the opening relative to the size of the opening when the blades (760A, 760B) are in the first position. a housing having an opening; a chamber disposed within the housing, and configured to receive at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article through the opening in the housing; a heater assembly disposed within the housing, and comprising a heating element configured to heat at least a portion of the chamber; and a holding mechanism comprising at least one holding member disposed at or proximate to the opening of the housing, the at least one holding member comprising a plurality of blades (760A, 760B) in an iris arrangement, each of said blades (760A, 760B) being configured to move between: a first position, in which the aerosol-generating article can be inserted into the chamber via the opening; and a second position, in which each blade (760A, 760B) has reduced the size of the opening relative to the size of the opening when the blades (760A, 760B) are in the first position. a first position, in which the aerosol-generating article can be inserted into the chamber via the opening; and a second position, in which each blade (760A, 760B) has reduced the size of the opening relative to the size of the opening when the blades (760A, 760B) are in the first position.