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A method (1100, 1200) for adjusting a frequency of a clock signal, comprising: receiving the clock signal; loading a sequence of numbers in a shift register, wherein one of the numbers of the sequence of numbers is in a read position of the shift register at a time; counting pulses in the clock signal using a counter; and for each of the pulses in the clock signal, performing the steps of: comparing a current count of the counter with a number currently in the read position of the shift register; determining whether to swallow the pulse based on the comparison; swallowing (1120, 1230) the pulse if a determination is made to swallow the pulse; and resetting the counter and shifting the sequence of numbers in the shift register if the current count of the counter equals the number currently in the read position of the shift register. receiving the clock signal; loading a sequence of numbers in a shift register, wherein one of the numbers of the sequence of numbers is in a read position of the shift register at a time; counting pulses in the clock signal using a counter; and for each of the pulses in the clock signal, performing the steps of: comparing a current count of the counter with a number currently in the read position of the shift register; determining whether to swallow the pulse based on the comparison; swallowing (1120, 1230) the pulse if a determination is made to swallow the pulse; and resetting the counter and shifting the sequence of numbers in the shift register if the current count of the counter equals the number currently in the read position of the shift register. comparing a current count of the counter with a number currently in the read position of the shift register; determining whether to swallow the pulse based on the comparison; swallowing (1120, 1230) the pulse if a determination is made to swallow the pulse; and resetting the counter and shifting the sequence of numbers in the shift register if the current count of the counter equals the number currently in the read position of the shift register.
An ink composition comprising 0.01 to 5% by weight of polyether-modified silicone having the average compositional formula, 0.01 to 5% by weight of polyether-modified silicone having the average compositional formula, water, water-soluble organic solvent, and colorant, said polyether-modified silicone having the average compositional formula: wherein R 1 is hydrogen, alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or acetyl group, m1 is an integer of 0 or more, n1 is an integer of at least 1, m1+n1 is an integer of 1 to 6, a1×n1 is an integer of 2 to 20, b1×n1 is an integer of 0 to 100, and units and may be arranged randomly or blockwise, said polyether-modified silicone having the average compositional formula: wherein R 2 and R 3 are independently hydrogen, alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or acetyl group, m2 is an integer of 10 to 40, a2+a3 is an integer of 5 to 100, b2+b3 is an integer of 0 to 100, units and may be arranged randomly or blockwise, and so may units and.
A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor substrate, the method comprising: a step of placing a semiconductor substrate which includes a sapphire substrate and a precursor of an aluminum nitride, AlN, buffer layer, wherein the AlN buffer layer includes AlN grains and is formed by annealing the precursor, formed on a principal surface of the sapphire substrate, in an annealing furnace such that the precursor and a cover member face each other with at most a 0.5-mm spacing therebetween so that a gas tight state is formed whereby a gas between the cover member and a principal surface of the AIN buffer layer is in a stagnant state whereby the gas does not substantially flow, so as to inhibit components from leaving and going out of the AlN buffer layer due to heating the semiconductor substrate, and a step of annealing the semiconductor substrate in the annealing furnace in an inert gas atmosphere for at least 20 minutes at a temperature of the semiconductor substrate in a range from 1600°C to 1750°C, wherein a full width at half maximum of an X-ray rocking curve of a plane of the AlN buffer layer after the annealing treatment is less than or equal to 1000 arcsec. a step of placing a semiconductor substrate which includes a sapphire substrate and a precursor of an aluminum nitride, AlN, buffer layer, wherein the AlN buffer layer includes AlN grains and is formed by annealing the precursor, formed on a principal surface of the sapphire substrate, in an annealing furnace such that the precursor and a cover member face each other with at most a 0.5-mm spacing therebetween so that a gas tight state is formed whereby a gas between the cover member and a principal surface of the AIN buffer layer is in a stagnant state whereby the gas does not substantially flow, so as to inhibit components from leaving and going out of the AlN buffer layer due to heating the semiconductor substrate, and a step of annealing the semiconductor substrate in the annealing furnace in an inert gas atmosphere for at least 20 minutes at a temperature of the semiconductor substrate in a range from 1600°C to 1750°C, wherein a full width at half maximum of an X-ray rocking curve of a plane of the AlN buffer layer after the annealing treatment is less than or equal to 1000 arcsec.
A method for offloading network traffic, comprising: obtaining link utilization information of a network; computing a shortest path and a second shortest path to a content source; selecting a light-load path from the shortest path and the second shortest path according to the obtained link utilization information; monitoring, by a network node, received network traffic, and establishing a mapping relationship between subnets and traffic; and selecting, by the network node, traffic on one or more subnets according to the mapping relationship between subnets and traffic, and transmitting the traffic on the one or more subnets over the light-load path, wherein traffic on the same subnet is transmitted over the same path. obtaining link utilization information of a network; computing a shortest path and a second shortest path to a content source; selecting a light-load path from the shortest path and the second shortest path according to the obtained link utilization information; monitoring, by a network node, received network traffic, and establishing a mapping relationship between subnets and traffic; and selecting, by the network node, traffic on one or more subnets according to the mapping relationship between subnets and traffic, and transmitting the traffic on the one or more subnets over the light-load path, wherein traffic on the same subnet is transmitted over the same path.
Cable connection module, comprising an electrically insulating housing and an electrically conductive conducting body which can be electrically conductively connected to cables, wherein the conducting body is arranged in the housing such that it is electrically insulated in regions, characterized in that the conducting body is in the form of a bar which is held in an accommodating device, wherein the accommodating device is accommodated in the housing at least in regions and has two holding shells which are configured as plastic shells and are connected to one another by a nut, wherein the bar is accommodated in a sandwich-like manner between the holding shells, projects out of the housing, which is in the form of a bellows element having an insertion opening, by way of a free end and has at least one recess for connecting cables and cables having a cable end sleeve.
A triple papermaking fabric, having at least one fabric repeat unit that comprises: - a set of sixteen warp yarns or machine direction yarns, that extend in machine direction and subdivide in eight top MD yarns and eight bottom MD yarns; - a set of weft yarns or cross machine direction yarns (P11,P14,P17; MC10,MC13,MC16; L12,L15,L18), that extend in cross machine direction and include: three top CMD yarns (P11,P14,P17), three bottom CMD yarns (MC10,MC13,MC16) and binding yarns (L12,L15,L18); wherein: - the top CMD yarns (P11,P14,P17) are interwoven only with the top MD yarns to form a top layer; - the bottom CMD yarns (MC10,MC13,MC16) are interwoven only with the bottom MD yarns to form a bottom layer; - the binding yarns (12,15,18) are interwoven with both top MD yarns and bottom MD yarns so as to bind the top layer with the bottom layer; the fabric being characterized in that: - the set of weft yarns or cross machine direction yarns is a set of nine weft yarns (P11,P14,P17; MC10,MC13,MC16; L12,L15,L18), that include: three top CMD yarns (P11,P14,P17), three bottom CMD yarns (MC10,MC13,MC16) and three binding yarns (L12,L15,L18); and - the fabric has a ratio between weft yarns and warp yarns of 3:1. - a set of sixteen warp yarns or machine direction yarns, that extend in machine direction and subdivide in eight top MD yarns and eight bottom MD yarns; - a set of weft yarns or cross machine direction yarns (P11,P14,P17; MC10,MC13,MC16; L12,L15,L18), that extend in cross machine direction and include: three top CMD yarns (P11,P14,P17), three bottom CMD yarns (MC10,MC13,MC16) and binding yarns (L12,L15,L18); - the top CMD yarns (P11,P14,P17) are interwoven only with the top MD yarns to form a top layer; - the bottom CMD yarns (MC10,MC13,MC16) are interwoven only with the bottom MD yarns to form a bottom layer; - the binding yarns (12,15,18) are interwoven with both top MD yarns and bottom MD yarns so as to bind the top layer with the bottom layer; - the set of weft yarns or cross machine direction yarns is a set of nine weft yarns (P11,P14,P17; MC10,MC13,MC16; L12,L15,L18), that include: three top CMD yarns (P11,P14,P17), three bottom CMD yarns (MC10,MC13,MC16) and three binding yarns (L12,L15,L18); and - the fabric has a ratio between weft yarns and warp yarns of 3:1.
A computer-implemented method of generating a continuous recording of a calling party's communications with first and second called parties, comprising: connecting an incoming call from a calling party to a first called party so that the calling party and the first called party can communicate with each other (S804, SI004); connecting the calling party to a second called party after the calling party has communicated with the first called party so that the calling party and the second called party can communicate with each other (S806, S1006); and generating a continuous recording of communications that originate from the calling party and are sent to the first and second called parties and communications that originate from the first and second called parties and are received by the calling party (S802-S810, S1002-S1010) characterised in that the step of generating a continuous recording (S802-S810, S1002-S1010) is performed by a voice application programming interface that is performing actions specified by a call control object (436, 446). connecting an incoming call from a calling party to a first called party so that the calling party and the first called party can communicate with each other (S804, SI004); connecting the calling party to a second called party after the calling party has communicated with the first called party so that the calling party and the second called party can communicate with each other (S806, S1006); and generating a continuous recording of communications that originate from the calling party and are sent to the first and second called parties and communications that originate from the first and second called parties and are received by the calling party (S802-S810, S1002-S1010)
Electric or hybrid motor-vehicle with a modular battery system comprising at least one fixed battery module, permanently installed on board of the vehicle, at least one removable battery module, and a battery management system configured to manage the operation of said battery modules (B1, B2), wherein said at least one removable battery module comprises an outer casing, a first thermally conductive plate received inside said casing, at least one rechargeable battery pack, which is received inside said casing and is placed in contact with said first plate, an internal circuit which extends inside said first plate and is filled with a heat transfer fluid, and a second thermally conductive plate which is fluidly connected to said internal circuit so as to be flowed through by the heat transfer fluid flowing in said internal circuit and is arranged with an outer face thereof outside of said casing and wherein the motor-vehicle further comprises an auxiliary cooling circuit having at least one direct expansion plate which is fixed to the motor-vehicle and is adapted to be placed in contact with said second plate of said at least one removable battery module, when said at least one removable battery module is installed on the motor-vehicle. wherein said at least one removable battery module comprises an outer casing, a first thermally conductive plate received inside said casing, at least one rechargeable battery pack, which is received inside said casing and is placed in contact with said first plate, an internal circuit which extends inside said first plate and is filled with a heat transfer fluid, and a second thermally conductive plate which is fluidly connected to said internal circuit so as to be flowed through by the heat transfer fluid flowing in said internal circuit and is arranged with an outer face thereof outside of said casing and wherein the motor-vehicle further comprises an auxiliary cooling circuit having at least one direct expansion plate which is fixed to the motor-vehicle and is adapted to be placed in contact with said second plate of said at least one removable battery module, when said at least one removable battery module is installed on the motor-vehicle.
An annular wellbore pressure control device, comprising: a high pressure housing defining an interior space and having features at each axial end for connection to a wellbore and/or to an element of a wellbore pressure control device; a piston having a tapered inner surface, a through bore and a threaded outer surface disposed in the interior space and arranged to move axially within the interior space; a threaded sleeve having a threaded inner surface in threaded engagement with the threaded outer surface of the piston, and an exterior surface comprising a bull gear; the threaded sleeve rotatably supported in the interior space; a rotary motor arranged to rotate a pinion gear in functional contact with the bull gear of the threaded sleeve to rotate the threaded sleeve, whereby rotation of the threaded sleeve causes corresponding axial motion of the piston; and an annular sealing element disposed in the tapered inner surface of the piston such that axial motion of the piston causes corresponding radial motion of the annular sealing element. a high pressure housing defining an interior space and having features at each axial end for connection to a wellbore and/or to an element of a wellbore pressure control device; a piston having a tapered inner surface, a through bore and a threaded outer surface disposed in the interior space and arranged to move axially within the interior space; a threaded sleeve having a threaded inner surface in threaded engagement with the threaded outer surface of the piston, and an exterior surface comprising a bull gear; the threaded sleeve rotatably supported in the interior space; a rotary motor arranged to rotate a pinion gear in functional contact with the bull gear of the threaded sleeve to rotate the threaded sleeve, whereby rotation of the threaded sleeve causes corresponding axial motion of the piston; and an annular sealing element disposed in the tapered inner surface of the piston such that axial motion of the piston causes corresponding radial motion of the annular sealing element.
An adenovirus having a capsid comprising a hexon protein selected from the group consisting of a hexon protein of SAdV-42.1, amino acids 1 to 957 of SEQ ID NO:43 or a sequence at least 99% identical thereto, said capsid encapsidating a heterologous nucleic acid molecule carrying a gene sequence operably linked to expression control sequences which direct transcription, translation, and/or expression in a host cell, said capsid further encapsidating 5' and 3' adenovirus cis-elements necessary for replication and encapsidation.
A strain of lactic acid bacteria of the genus Bifidobacteria obtainable by isolation from resected and washed feline gastrointestinal tract having probiotic activity; wherein the strain is selected from the group consisting of Bifidobacterium longum NCIMB 41290 having a 16s-23s intergenic polynucleotide sequence according to SEQ ID NO. 1, Bifidobacterium longum NCIMB 41291 having a 16s-23s intergenic polynucleotide sequence according to SEQ. ID NO. 2, and mixtures thereof.
Headrest for a vehicle seat comprising a padded part, carrying bars (3, 4) for securing the padded part to a backrest of the vehicle seat and a mechanism for turning down the padded part about a swivel axis from an in-use position into an out-of-use position, in which the mechanism comprises a cross member connecting the carrying bars (3, 4) to one another and forming the swivel axis of the padded part and the carrying bars (3, 4) and also the cross member run outside the padded part and the padded part is suspended on the cross member from the outside in a swiveling movable manner, characterized in that the padded part has a retaining strut running parallel to the cross member projecting from the contour of the padded part, a double clip being provided which is engaged both with the cross member and also with the retaining strut in a swiveling movable manner.
An internal combustion engine comprising: an outer body defining an internal cavity; a rotatable body sealingly and rotationally received within the internal cavity to define at least one combustion chamber of variable volume; a pilot subchamber defined in the outer body in communication with the internal cavity; a pilot fuel injector having a tip in communication with the pilot subchamber; an ignition element positioned to ignite fuel within the pilot subchamber; and a main fuel injector spaced apart from the pilot fuel injector and having a tip in communication with the internal cavity at a location spaced apart from the pilot subchamber; characterised in that it further includes: a common rail (100;200) in fluid communication with the main fuel injector and with the pilot fuel injector; and a pressure regulating mechanism in fluid communication with the common rail (100;200) for regulating a fuel pressure therein. an outer body defining an internal cavity; a rotatable body sealingly and rotationally received within the internal cavity to define at least one combustion chamber of variable volume; a pilot subchamber defined in the outer body in communication with the internal cavity; a pilot fuel injector having a tip in communication with the pilot subchamber; an ignition element positioned to ignite fuel within the pilot subchamber; and a main fuel injector spaced apart from the pilot fuel injector and having a tip in communication with the internal cavity at a location spaced apart from the pilot subchamber; characterised in that it further includes: a common rail (100;200) in fluid communication with the main fuel injector and with the pilot fuel injector; and a pressure regulating mechanism in fluid communication with the common rail (100;200) for regulating a fuel pressure therein. a common rail (100;200) in fluid communication with the main fuel injector and with the pilot fuel injector; and a pressure regulating mechanism in fluid communication with the common rail (100;200) for regulating a fuel pressure therein.
Membrane electrode unit with a seal which is arranged on the edge region of the membrane electrode unit, wherein the seal on the one hand penetrates into the edge region of the membrane electrode unit and on the other hand grips around and fully covers the edge region on both sides outside the membrane electrode unit, and a sealing frame which surrounds the membrane electrode unit and grips around the edge region with the seal on both sides.
First and second therapeutic agents for use in treating an eye disorder characterized by macular degeneration, choroidal neovascularisation or retinal neovascularisation, wherein effective amounts of the first and second therapeutic agents are administered to the subject's eye, optionally in a single procedure; the first therapeutic agent is an anti-VEGF agent selected from the group consisting of antibodies or antibody fragments that bind to VEGF, a fusion protein containing extracellular domains of two VEGF receptors connected to the Fc region of an antibody, and nucleic acids that bind to VEGF; and the second therapeutic agent is selected from the group consisting of a compstatin analog having at least 5-fold higher complement inhibiting activity than compstatin, a monoclonal antibody or monoclonal antibody fragment that binds to C3 and an antibody or antibody fragment that binds to C5, factor B or factor D.
A method of determining a presence and location of a subsurface hydrocarbon accumulation from a sample of naturally occurring substance, the method comprising: determining an expected concentration of isotopologues of a hydrocarbon species; modeling, using high-level ab initio calculations, an expected temperature dependence of isotopologues present in the sample; measuring a clumped isotopic signature of the isotopologues present in the sample; integrating the modelled temperature dependence of isotopologues with the measured concentrations and comparing the clumped isotopic signature with the expected concentration of isotopologues; determining, using said comparison, and using any deviation between the expected and measured concentrations of isotopologues, whether hydrocarbons present in the sample originate directly from a source rock or whether the hydrocarbons present in the sample have escaped from a subsurface accumulation; determining, using said comparison, the current equilibrium storage temperature of the hydrocarbon species in the subsurface accumulation prior to escape to the surface; and estimating a location of the subsurface accumulation by applying a geothermal gradient to the equilibrium storage temperature. determining an expected concentration of isotopologues of a hydrocarbon species; modeling, using high-level ab initio calculations, an expected temperature dependence of isotopologues present in the sample; measuring a clumped isotopic signature of the isotopologues present in the sample; integrating the modelled temperature dependence of isotopologues with the measured concentrations and comparing the clumped isotopic signature with the expected concentration of isotopologues; determining, using said comparison, and using any deviation between the expected and measured concentrations of isotopologues, whether hydrocarbons present in the sample originate directly from a source rock or whether the hydrocarbons present in the sample have escaped from a subsurface accumulation; determining, using said comparison, the current equilibrium storage temperature of the hydrocarbon species in the subsurface accumulation prior to escape to the surface; and estimating a location of the subsurface accumulation by applying a geothermal gradient to the equilibrium storage temperature.