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An image forming apparatus comprising: a developing roller (16Y, 16M, 16C, 16K); a motor; a motor control portion configured to control the motor; a drive train (YA, YB, MA, MB, CA, CB, KA, KB) configured to transmit a rotational driving force of the motor to the developing roller; a drive switching unit (105Y, 105M, 105C, 105K) configured to switch between transmission and non-transmission of the rotational driving force of the motor relative to the developing roller by the drive train; a current detection portion (128, 129, 130, 134) configured to detect a current value of a current flowing through the motor; and an acquisition unit (32, 121) configured to acquire information relating to a rotation amount of the developing roller, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire the information relating to the rotation amount of the developing roller on the basis of (i) a transmission timing at which the rotational driving force is allowed to be transmitted to the developing roller by the drive switching unit and (ii) a non-transmission timing at which the rotational driving force is prevented from being transmitting to the developing roller by the drive switching unit, wherein the transmission timing and the non-transmission timing are acquired from a change of the current value detected by the current detection portion. a developing roller (16Y, 16M, 16C, 16K); a motor; a motor control portion configured to control the motor; a drive train (YA, YB, MA, MB, CA, CB, KA, KB) configured to transmit a rotational driving force of the motor to the developing roller; a drive switching unit (105Y, 105M, 105C, 105K) configured to switch between transmission and non-transmission of the rotational driving force of the motor relative to the developing roller by the drive train; a current detection portion (128, 129, 130, 134) configured to detect a current value of a current flowing through the motor; and an acquisition unit (32, 121) configured to acquire information relating to a rotation amount of the developing roller, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire the information relating to the rotation amount of the developing roller on the basis of (i) a transmission timing at which the rotational driving force is allowed to be transmitted to the developing roller by the drive switching unit and (ii) a non-transmission timing at which the rotational driving force is prevented from being transmitting to the developing roller by the drive switching unit, wherein the transmission timing and the non-transmission timing are acquired from a change of the current value detected by the current detection portion.
A fan coil comprising: - an inlet and an outlet for heat-transfer fluid; - a heat exchanger positioned essentially vertically in use, connected to the heat-transfer fluid inlet and outlet, the largest surface width x height of which corresponds to the front part of the fan coil, said heat exchanger comprising a hot-fluid collector, a cold-fluid collector and a plurality of micro-channels that are located between said collectors and allow the circulation from the hot-fluid collector to the cold-fluid collector, said micro-channels being arranged in rows connected to one another by a set of fins; - an air duct or plenum supplying ambient air located behind the heat exchanger, forming a cavity arranged so as to ensure an air flow from bottom to top which is as uniform as possible at the outlet of the heat exchanger; - at least one fan located at the base of the fan coil under the plenum supplying ambient air; characterized in that the fan coil comprises a plurality of axial fans distributed at the same height over the entire width of the fan coil, so as to allow the circulation of ambient air in the plenum and next through the heat exchanger toward the outside, through the front part of the fan coil, and in that the plenum supplying ambient air has a cross-section which linearly narrows from its part that is proximal to the fans toward its part that is distal to the fans, as well as a constant width. - an inlet and an outlet for heat-transfer fluid; - a heat exchanger positioned essentially vertically in use, connected to the heat-transfer fluid inlet and outlet, the largest surface width x height of which corresponds to the front part of the fan coil, said heat exchanger comprising a hot-fluid collector, a cold-fluid collector and a plurality of micro-channels that are located between said collectors and allow the circulation from the hot-fluid collector to the cold-fluid collector, said micro-channels being arranged in rows connected to one another by a set of fins; - an air duct or plenum supplying ambient air located behind the heat exchanger, forming a cavity arranged so as to ensure an air flow from bottom to top which is as uniform as possible at the outlet of the heat exchanger; - at least one fan located at the base of the fan coil under the plenum supplying ambient air;
A method of screening for therapeutic targets for an autoimmune disorder comprising: a) contacting a first peptide array with a first biological sample from an individual with an autoimmune disorder; b) detecting binding of at least one antibody in the first biological sample with the first peptide array to obtain a first immunosignature profile; c) contacting a second peptide array with a second biological sample, consisting of a control sample derived from an individual without the autoimmune disorder; d) detecting binding of at least one antibody in the control sample with the second peptide array to obtain a second immunosignature profile; e) comparing the first immunosignature profile to the second immunosignature profile and identifying peptide(s) that are associated with the at least one antibody downregulated in the first biological immunosignature profile; and f) identifying proteins that correspond to the identified peptides as therapeutic targets for the autoimmune disorder; wherein the autoimmune disorder is selected from the group consisting of Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis and scleroderma. a) contacting a first peptide array with a first biological sample from an individual with an autoimmune disorder; b) detecting binding of at least one antibody in the first biological sample with the first peptide array to obtain a first immunosignature profile; c) contacting a second peptide array with a second biological sample, consisting of a control sample derived from an individual without the autoimmune disorder; d) detecting binding of at least one antibody in the control sample with the second peptide array to obtain a second immunosignature profile; e) comparing the first immunosignature profile to the second immunosignature profile and identifying peptide(s) that are associated with the at least one antibody downregulated in the first biological immunosignature profile; and f) identifying proteins that correspond to the identified peptides as therapeutic targets for the autoimmune disorder;
A method for connecting a plurality of materials (440, 540) using pressure and thermal curing comprising: receiving the plurality of materials (440, 540) on a vacuum conveyor (420, 520) at a first location (445, 545), the vacuum conveyor (420, 520) including a plurality of openings through which a predetermined vacuum is applied to hold the plurality of materials (440, 540) in place on the vacuum conveyor (420, 520); conveying the received plurality of materials (440, 540) from the first location (445, 545) to a second location (455, 555) along the vacuum conveyor (420, 520), a moving belt (415, 515) being adaptively positioned above the vacuum conveyor (420, 520) at the second location (455, 555), and the vacuum conveyor (420, 520) and the moving belt (415, 515) being arranged to be driven in a predetermined relation to one another; applying a predetermined vacuum through at least one of the plurality of openings to cause the moving belt (415, 515) to apply a pressure to an upper surface of the plurality of materials (440, 540) as the plurality of materials (440, 540) are conveyed from the second location (455, 555) to a third location (465, 565) that compresses the plurality of materials (440, 540); and thermal curing the compressed plurality of materials (440, 540). receiving the plurality of materials (440, 540) on a vacuum conveyor (420, 520) at a first location (445, 545), the vacuum conveyor (420, 520) including a plurality of openings through which a predetermined vacuum is applied to hold the plurality of materials (440, 540) in place on the vacuum conveyor (420, 520); conveying the received plurality of materials (440, 540) from the first location (445, 545) to a second location (455, 555) along the vacuum conveyor (420, 520), a moving belt (415, 515) being adaptively positioned above the vacuum conveyor (420, 520) at the second location (455, 555), and the vacuum conveyor (420, 520) and the moving belt (415, 515) being arranged to be driven in a predetermined relation to one another; applying a predetermined vacuum through at least one of the plurality of openings to cause the moving belt (415, 515) to apply a pressure to an upper surface of the plurality of materials (440, 540) as the plurality of materials (440, 540) are conveyed from the second location (455, 555) to a third location (465, 565) that compresses the plurality of materials (440, 540); and thermal curing the compressed plurality of materials (440, 540).
A rotor for a turbo-machine, in particular for an aircraft turbine, having rotor blades which are connected to a rotor disk, wherein provided radially below a blade platform of at least one rotor blade there is at least one cooling-air channel that extends between a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side of the rotor, and wherein a lower side of the cooling-air channel defines a radially outer, non-interrupted edge of the rotor disk, characterised in that with regard to a rotary axis of the rotor a slope of a main axis of extent of the channel and the edge of the rotor disk over the length of the channel have the same preceding sign as a slope of a main axis of extent of a radially inner flow-channel-limit of the rotor.
Stairlift device configured for being controlled according to a plurality of predefined control profiles, wherein the stairlift device comprises a drive unit comprising a plurality of drives or actuators (11.1, 11.2, 11.3) and further comprises a control unit and a data storage unit (19.3), wherein the drive unit is in communication with the control unit, wherein at least two or three individual or predefined control profiles, especially speed and/or swivel profiles, are stored in the data storage unit and are retrievable from the data storage unit via the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control at least one of the drives or actuators according to predefined settings or parameters matching with a respective control profile, when the respective control profile is in active state activated by the control unit or by a user, wherein the respective control profile is activated depending on at least one condition from the following group: the stairlift device autonomously detects at least one condition or parameter being correlated with one specific of the predefined control profiles, a momentary situation falls within a predefined time frame correlated with one specific of the predefined control profiles, at least one of the components of the stairlift device is in a predefined relative position correlated with one specific of the predefined control profiles, the stairlift device is operated via remote control or joystick or user control device, wherein the stairlift device comprises a foldable chair having at least one of the following components: footrest, chair leg (17.7), seat (17.1) and backrest (17.3); wherein at least one specific relative position of at least one of these components is correlated with a condition or parameter or with one specific of the predefined control profiles; characterized in that the control unit of the stairlift device is configured for activating a specific one of the control profiles depending on the stairlift device autonomously detecting at least one condition or parameter referring to at least one relative position or state of at least one of the chair's components (17.1, 17.3, 17.5, 17.7).
A method for facilitating scrambling data for transmission in a wireless communication environment, comprising: initializing a scrambling sequence based at least in part upon a type of Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, that is a function of a transmission type corresponding to data to be transmitted; scrambling the data with the scrambling sequence to yield scrambled data; and transmitting the scrambled data to at least one receiving wireless communication apparatus, wherein: the type of the RNTI, for a downlink data transmission, is selected from a first set of RNTI types that includes: System Information RNTI, SI-RNTI; Paging RNTI, P-RNTI; Random Access RNTI, RA-RNTI; Temporary Cell RNTI, Temporary C-RNTI; Semi-Persistent Scheduling Cell RNTI, SPS C-RNTI; and Cell RNTI, C-RNTI; or the type of RNTI, for an uplink data channel transmission, is selected from a second set of RNTI types that includes: Temporary Cell RNTI, Temporary C-RNTI; Semi-Persistent Scheduling Cell RNTI, SPS C-RNTI; and Cell RNTI, C-RNTI. initializing a scrambling sequence based at least in part upon a type of Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI, that is a function of a transmission type corresponding to data to be transmitted; scrambling the data with the scrambling sequence to yield scrambled data; and transmitting the scrambled data to at least one receiving wireless communication apparatus, wherein: the type of the RNTI, for a downlink data transmission, is selected from a first set of RNTI types that includes: System Information RNTI, SI-RNTI; Paging RNTI, P-RNTI; Random Access RNTI, RA-RNTI; Temporary Cell RNTI, Temporary C-RNTI; Semi-Persistent Scheduling Cell RNTI, SPS C-RNTI; and Cell RNTI, C-RNTI; or the type of RNTI, for an uplink data channel transmission, is selected from a second set of RNTI types that includes: Temporary Cell RNTI, Temporary C-RNTI; Semi-Persistent Scheduling Cell RNTI, SPS C-RNTI; and Cell RNTI, C-RNTI. the type of the RNTI, for a downlink data transmission, is selected from a first set of RNTI types that includes: System Information RNTI, SI-RNTI; Paging RNTI, P-RNTI; Random Access RNTI, RA-RNTI; Temporary Cell RNTI, Temporary C-RNTI; Semi-Persistent Scheduling Cell RNTI, SPS C-RNTI; and Cell RNTI, C-RNTI; or the type of RNTI, for an uplink data channel transmission, is selected from a second set of RNTI types that includes: Temporary Cell RNTI, Temporary C-RNTI; Semi-Persistent Scheduling Cell RNTI, SPS C-RNTI; and Cell RNTI, C-RNTI.
A method of controlling a play-out of media content from a control point of a UPnP network, said media content being delivered from a media server to a remote rendering device,, wherein the method comprises the following steps to be executed at the control point: - establishing a UPnP remote access connection between the control point and the rendering device, - invoking a UPnP action at the rendering device, - initiating a subscription of a specified state variable at the rendering device, the method characterized by: - starting a timer, which will indicate the time that has elapsed since the initiation of the subscription of the specified state variable, - considering the UPnP action as successful in case a predefined state variable transition of the specified state variable is recognised, by the control point, prior to the expiry of a time out value of the timer, and - considering the UPnP action as failed in case the predefined state variable transition of the specified state variable has not been recognised, by the control point, upon expiry of the time out value, - generating a notification indicative of the result of the UPnP action and providing the notification to a user interface. - establishing a UPnP remote access connection between the control point and the rendering device, - invoking a UPnP action at the rendering device, - initiating a subscription of a specified state variable at the rendering device, - starting a timer, which will indicate the time that has elapsed since the initiation of the subscription of the specified state variable, - considering the UPnP action as successful in case a predefined state variable transition of the specified state variable is recognised, by the control point, prior to the expiry of a time out value of the timer, and - considering the UPnP action as failed in case the predefined state variable transition of the specified state variable has not been recognised, by the control point, upon expiry of the time out value, - generating a notification indicative of the result of the UPnP action and providing the notification to a user interface.
Holder for a joining device having a first arm and having a second arm that is connected by a swivel joint to the first arm such that it can rotate about an axis and that forms a C-shaped frame with the first arm in an operating position predefined for joining in which the two arms (2, 3) are braced rigidly on one another, wherein the free end of the first arm has a receptacle for a joining device, and the free end of the second arm has a receptacle for a mating tool cooperating with the joining device, and wherein the position of the first arm relative to the second arm can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the axis by means of a first adjusting device at the swivel joint, characterized in that the position of the first arm relative to the second arm can be adjusted in a direction perpendicular to the axis by means of a second adjusting device at the swivel joint.
A method for the controlled continuous cooling of a fluid in the liquid state by using a cooling fluid consisting of a liquefied gas contained in a tank, said liquid to be cooled being of food type or of other type, said liquid also being single-phase or multi-phase and possibly also containing solid bodies, said method comprising feeding said liquid to be cooled into a containing and heat transfer member, also feeding into said member a suitable quantity of cooling fluid, such as a liquefied gas, taken from the tank connected to said member by at least one conduit, said cooling fluid entering into direct contact in said member with said liquid to be cooled, said contact leading to the transformation of the cooling fluid into a gaseous or vapour phase and the cooling of said liquid to be cooled, characterised in the following manner: - said cooling fluid in the gaseous state and said cooled fluid are directly extracted from the containing member in a manner already separated; - the pressure in the containing and heat transfer member is regulated by the pressure drop through a valve positioned in a discharge conduit for the liquefied gas transformed into the gaseous phase after heat transfer with the fluid to be cooled; - the level of the fluid to be cooled in said member is determined by an indicator, said indicator being linked by algorithmic correlation to said valve, this algorithmic correlation associating a determined degree of opening of the valve with the level of the fluid present in said member, determined by said indicator. - said cooling fluid in the gaseous state and said cooled fluid are directly extracted from the containing member in a manner already separated; - the pressure in the containing and heat transfer member is regulated by the pressure drop through a valve positioned in a discharge conduit for the liquefied gas transformed into the gaseous phase after heat transfer with the fluid to be cooled; - the level of the fluid to be cooled in said member is determined by an indicator, said indicator being linked by algorithmic correlation to said valve, this algorithmic correlation associating a determined degree of opening of the valve with the level of the fluid present in said member, determined by said indicator.
Motor vehicle heat engine intake device comprising a cylinder head and an intake manifold attached to the cylinder head by an attachment system comprising an attachment flange for attaching the manifold against an attachment wall of the cylinder head, said manifold and said cylinder head being configured to have an intake plenum covered by the manifold, intake ducts being cut into the cylinder head to connect cylinders of the engine to the plenum, said intake ducts leading into the plenum, the attachment system comprising a blow-by gas distribution channel extending over the width of the plenum and arranged between a wall of the attachment flange of the manifold and the attachment wall of the cylinder head, characterized in that the distribution channel comprises a vertical diffusion branch leading into the plenum.
A baffle insert for a component of a gas turbine engine, the baffle insert comprising: a plurality of trip strips extending upwardly from an exterior surface of the baffle insert; characterised in that: the plurality of trip strips extend upwardly from the exterior surface of the baffle insert in a spiral configuration, configured to create a plurality of vortices at the exterior surface of the baffle insert; and in that the baffle insert further comprises at least one rib, extending upwardly from the exterior surface of the baffle insert, configured to terminate the plurality of vortices. a plurality of trip strips extending upwardly from an exterior surface of the baffle insert; characterised in that: the plurality of trip strips extend upwardly from the exterior surface of the baffle insert in a spiral configuration, configured to create a plurality of vortices at the exterior surface of the baffle insert; and in that the baffle insert further comprises at least one rib, extending upwardly from the exterior surface of the baffle insert, configured to terminate the plurality of vortices. the plurality of trip strips extend upwardly from the exterior surface of the baffle insert in a spiral configuration, configured to create a plurality of vortices at the exterior surface of the baffle insert; and in that the baffle insert further comprises at least one rib, extending upwardly from the exterior surface of the baffle insert, configured to terminate the plurality of vortices.