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A method of producing flexible polyurethane foam, comprising: providing a polyol composition comprising at least a first polyol, the first polyol having a weight average molecular weight of 3000 to 6000 and a functionality from 2.5 to 3.5, and up to 10 wt% of a fumed silica having a surface area from 50 to 150 m 2 /g, wherein the fumed silica has C1-C3 alkylsilyl groups at its surface; combining the polyol composition, a polyisocyanate having a functionality of 1.8 to 2.5, water, and a tertiary amine catalyst to form a prepolymer composition; and allowing the prepolymer composition to polymerize to form an open cell foam structure having a density of 28.83 to 64.07 kg/m 3 (1.8 to 4 pcf) and one or more of a) a resilience, as measured via ball rebound according to ASTM D3574, Test H, of at least 40%, and b) a dry compression set no greater than 15%. providing a polyol composition comprising at least a first polyol, the first polyol having a weight average molecular weight of 3000 to 6000 and a functionality from 2.5 to 3.5, and up to 10 wt% of a fumed silica having a surface area from 50 to 150 m 2 /g, wherein the fumed silica has C1-C3 alkylsilyl groups at its surface; combining the polyol composition, a polyisocyanate having a functionality of 1.8 to 2.5, water, and a tertiary amine catalyst to form a prepolymer composition; and allowing the prepolymer composition to polymerize to form an open cell foam structure having a density of 28.83 to 64.07 kg/m 3 (1.8 to 4 pcf) and one or more of a) a resilience, as measured via ball rebound according to ASTM D3574, Test H, of at least 40%, and b) a dry compression set no greater than 15%.
A moving robot comprising: a movable body; a running unit configured to move the body; a storage unit configured to store a map with respect to a running area; and a control unit configured: - to recognize a current position and to control the body to run the running area to clean, - to set at least one search position, for detecting a return signal from the charging station, in an area of a plurality of areas included in the running area, according to a form of the area, - to control the running unit so that the body moves along a moving path connecting the search position and the current position, and - to detect a return signal of a charging station while moving along the moving path. a movable body; a running unit configured to move the body; a storage unit configured to store a map with respect to a running area; and a control unit configured: - to recognize a current position and to control the body to run the running area to clean, - to set at least one search position, for detecting a return signal from the charging station, in an area of a plurality of areas included in the running area, according to a form of the area, - to control the running unit so that the body moves along a moving path connecting the search position and the current position, and - to detect a return signal of a charging station while moving along the moving path. - to recognize a current position and to control the body to run the running area to clean, - to set at least one search position, for detecting a return signal from the charging station, in an area of a plurality of areas included in the running area, according to a form of the area, - to control the running unit so that the body moves along a moving path connecting the search position and the current position, and - to detect a return signal of a charging station while moving along the moving path.
A video intercom system, including a front door slave unit and an indoor master unit, that performs wireless communication between the front door slave unit and the indoor master unit, wherein the indoor master unit includes a wireless communication unit that requests the front door slave unit to be switched between a first communication method by which the front door slave unit periodically turns on a main power source and is in a sleep state when the main power source turns off, and a second communication method by which the front door slave unit turns on the main power source when an interrupt occurs and is in the sleep state when the main power source turns off, and wherein the front door slave unit includes a controller that controls switching to a communication method requested from the indoor master unit.
An apparatus for collecting fluid from a tissue site, comprising: an upstream layer having a hydrophilic side and a hydrophobic side; a downstream layer having a hydrophilic side and a hydrophobic side; and an absorbent member positioned between the upstream layer and the downstream layer, the hydrophilic side of the upstream layer positioned adjacent to and facing the absorbent member so that the hydrophobic side of the upstream layer forms a portion of an exterior of the apparatus, and the hydrophilic side of the downstream layer positioned adjacent to and facing the absorbent member so that the hydrophobic side of the downstream layer forms another portion of the exterior of the apparatus; wherein the exterior of the apparatus is adapted to laterally distribute fluids along the exterior before the fluids are absorbed by the absorbent member. an upstream layer having a hydrophilic side and a hydrophobic side; a downstream layer having a hydrophilic side and a hydrophobic side; and an absorbent member positioned between the upstream layer and the downstream layer, the hydrophilic side of the upstream layer positioned adjacent to and facing the absorbent member so that the hydrophobic side of the upstream layer forms a portion of an exterior of the apparatus, and the hydrophilic side of the downstream layer positioned adjacent to and facing the absorbent member so that the hydrophobic side of the downstream layer forms another portion of the exterior of the apparatus; wherein the exterior of the apparatus is adapted to laterally distribute fluids along the exterior before the fluids are absorbed by the absorbent member.
An ion mobility spectrometer comprising: a sample inlet comprising an aperture arranged to allow a sample of gaseous fluid to flow from an ambient pressure region to a low pressure region of the ion mobility spectrometer to be ionised; a controller arranged to control gas pressure in the low pressure region to be lower than ambient pressure; and an ion modifier configured to modify ions in the low pressure region, wherein the ions are obtained from the sample of gas. a sample inlet comprising an aperture arranged to allow a sample of gaseous fluid to flow from an ambient pressure region to a low pressure region of the ion mobility spectrometer to be ionised; a controller arranged to control gas pressure in the low pressure region to be lower than ambient pressure; and an ion modifier configured to modify ions in the low pressure region, wherein the ions are obtained from the sample of gas.
A maskless lithography system for transferring a pattern onto the surface of a target, comprising: - at least one beam generator (50, 52, 53) arranged to generate a plurality of beamlets, wherein said beam generator comprises an ion beam generating means or an electron beam generating means; - a modulation array comprising a plurality of modulators arranged to modulate the magnitude of a beamlet, wherein each of said modulators comprises at least one electrostatic deflector; - a control unit arranged to control each of the modulators, wherein the control unit is arranged to generate and deliver pattern data to said modulation array to control the magnitude of each individual beamlet; characterised in that each modulator of the modulation array comprises a light sensitive element, each electrostatic deflector being coupled to a light sensitive element; and in that the control unit comprises at least one optical transmitter arranged to transmit at least one modulated light beam holding part of the pattern data to control one or more modulators to modulate said beamlets to said modulation array, said optical transmitter comprising optical fibers bonded together to form an optical fiber array to transmit said at least one modulated light beam from said control unit to said modulation array wherein each optical fiber from said optical fiber array is coupled to one of said light sensitive elements, said light sensitive elements being adapted to convert said modulated light beam into an electrical signal and to electrically activate their corresponding electrostatic deflectors. - at least one beam generator (50, 52, 53) arranged to generate a plurality of beamlets, wherein said beam generator comprises an ion beam generating means or an electron beam generating means; - a modulation array comprising a plurality of modulators arranged to modulate the magnitude of a beamlet, wherein each of said modulators comprises at least one electrostatic deflector; - a control unit arranged to control each of the modulators, wherein the control unit is arranged to generate and deliver pattern data to said modulation array to control the magnitude of each individual beamlet;
A magnet work machine comprising: an engine as a power source; a generator motor driven by the engine to function as a generator; a magnet having an attraction function and a release function realized by energization and demagnetization using the generator motor as a power supply; and a controller which conducts control of the generator motor and the magnet including transmission/reception of electric power between the generator motor and the magnet, wherein the controller is configured to transmit electric power applied to the magnet to the generator motor during demagnetization of the magnet so as to allow the generator motor to consume the electric power as regenerative power, characterized by a main circuit voltage detector which detects a voltage of a main circuit ( 14, 15) connecting the generator motor and the magnet, wherein the controller is configured to control a torque of the generator motor as a motor according to a voltage change of the main circuit ( 14, 15) during the demagnetization of the magnet based on a voltage of the main circuit ( 14, 15) detected by the main circuit voltage detector so as to suppress the voltage change during the demagnetization of the magnet. an engine as a power source; a generator motor driven by the engine to function as a generator; a magnet having an attraction function and a release function realized by energization and demagnetization using the generator motor as a power supply; and a controller which conducts control of the generator motor and the magnet including transmission/reception of electric power between the generator motor and the magnet, wherein the controller is configured to transmit electric power applied to the magnet to the generator motor during demagnetization of the magnet so as to allow the generator motor to consume the electric power as regenerative power, characterized by a main circuit voltage detector which detects a voltage of a main circuit ( 14, 15) connecting the generator motor and the magnet, wherein the controller is configured to control a torque of the generator motor as a motor according to a voltage change of the main circuit ( 14, 15) during the demagnetization of the magnet based on a voltage of the main circuit ( 14, 15) detected by the main circuit voltage detector so as to suppress the voltage change during the demagnetization of the magnet.
A gas turbine plant comprising: a gas turbine; a heat recovery steam generator that generates steam by exchanging heat between an exhaust gas of the gas turbine and water; a quencher that cools the exhaust gas discharged from the heat recovery steam generator; an absorber that recovers carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas cooled by the quencher; an EGR line that extracts a part of the exhaust gas and guides the exhaust gas to an intake side of the gas turbine; an exhaust gas heater that heats the exhaust gas by exchanging heat between a heat medium and the exhaust gas passed through the absorber using steam extracted from the heat recovery steam generator as the heat medium; and an EGR heater that is provided on the EGR line and heats the exhaust gas circulating through the EGR line by exchanging heat between the exhaust gas circulating through the EGR line and the heat medium discharged from the exhaust gas heater, wherein the EGR line extracts a part of the exhaust gas discharged from the quencher and guides the exhaust gas to the intake side of the gas turbine. a gas turbine; a heat recovery steam generator that generates steam by exchanging heat between an exhaust gas of the gas turbine and water; a quencher that cools the exhaust gas discharged from the heat recovery steam generator; an absorber that recovers carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas cooled by the quencher; an EGR line that extracts a part of the exhaust gas and guides the exhaust gas to an intake side of the gas turbine; an exhaust gas heater that heats the exhaust gas by exchanging heat between a heat medium and the exhaust gas passed through the absorber using steam extracted from the heat recovery steam generator as the heat medium; and an EGR heater that is provided on the EGR line and heats the exhaust gas circulating through the EGR line by exchanging heat between the exhaust gas circulating through the EGR line and the heat medium discharged from the exhaust gas heater, wherein the EGR line extracts a part of the exhaust gas discharged from the quencher and guides the exhaust gas to the intake side of the gas turbine.
An oral care implement package, comprising: a first panel (100; 100') and a second panel (200; 200'), a cavity (500; 500') formed between the first (100; 100') and second panels (200; 200'); the first panel (100; 100') comprising at least one pre-weakened line (103; 303) that defines a tear-away portion (105; 105') and a base portion (104; 104'), the base portion (104; 104') coupled to the second panel (200; 200'); an oral care implement (3000; 3000'; 3000") positioned within the cavity (500; 500'); and the pre-weakened line (103; 303) comprising a first portion (103A; 303A) having a first pre-weakening pattern having a first non-zero shear strength; characterized in that the pre-weakened line (103; 303) comprises a second portion (103B; 303B) having a second pre-weakening pattern having a second non-zero shear strength that is greater than the first non-zero shear strength, wherein the base portion (104; 104') comprises a tab (106; 106'; 106") that protrudes into the tear-away portion (105; 105'), an edge (124; 124') of the tab (106; 106'; 106") being defined by the first portion (103A; 303A) of the pre-weakened line (103; 303). a first panel (100; 100') and a second panel (200; 200'), a cavity (500; 500') formed between the first (100; 100') and second panels (200; 200'); the first panel (100; 100') comprising at least one pre-weakened line (103; 303) that defines a tear-away portion (105; 105') and a base portion (104; 104'), the base portion (104; 104') coupled to the second panel (200; 200'); an oral care implement (3000; 3000'; 3000") positioned within the cavity (500; 500'); and the pre-weakened line (103; 303) comprising a first portion (103A; 303A) having a first pre-weakening pattern having a first non-zero shear strength; characterized in that the pre-weakened line (103; 303) comprises a second portion (103B; 303B) having a second pre-weakening pattern having a second non-zero shear strength that is greater than the first non-zero shear strength, wherein the base portion (104; 104') comprises a tab (106; 106'; 106") that protrudes into the tear-away portion (105; 105'), an edge (124; 124') of the tab (106; 106'; 106") being defined by the first portion (103A; 303A) of the pre-weakened line (103; 303).
An analysis method, comprising: subjecting a sample to liquid chromatography; performing first mass spectrometry of the sample subjected to the liquid chromatography to detect a first ion corresponding to cholesteryl ester and a second ion corresponding to cholesteryl ester peroxide; and analyzing a degree of oxidation of the sample based on a ratio between an intensity of the detected first ion and an intensity of the detected second ion. subjecting a sample to liquid chromatography; performing first mass spectrometry of the sample subjected to the liquid chromatography to detect a first ion corresponding to cholesteryl ester and a second ion corresponding to cholesteryl ester peroxide; and analyzing a degree of oxidation of the sample based on a ratio between an intensity of the detected first ion and an intensity of the detected second ion.
A retroreflector capable of being placed in contact with an environment, comprising, as a constitutive material, i.e. the material comprised between the faces of the retroreflector and also delimiting the latter, a porous material capturing a parameter of said environment, said parameter of said environment being a gas, said material inducing a modification of the optical transmission properties of the retroreflector, in the presence of said parameter and said retroreflector being able to receive an incident light beam through a first face and of re-emitting a light beam through said first face.
A high speed phase shift keying modulator comprising: a mapper configured to map a signal to modulating symbols representing a position according to an amplitude and a phase constellation; a first pipeline buffer having an in-phase component of an output of the mapper as an input; a second pipeline buffer having a quadrature phase component of the output of the mapper as an input; a first square root raised cosine, SRRC, filter having an output signal of the first pipeline buffer as an input; a second SRRC filter having an output signal of the second pipeline buffer as an input; a third pipeline buffer having an output signal of the first SRRC filter as an input; a fourth pipeline buffer having an output signal of the second SRRC filter as an input; a first compensation filter having an output signal of the third pipeline buffer as an input and configured to compensate for signal distortion; a second compensation filter having an output signal of the fourth pipeline buffer as an input and configured to compensate for signal distortion; a first digital-analog converter, DAC, having an output signal of the first compensation filter as an input; and a second DAC having an output signal of the second compensation filter as an input. a mapper configured to map a signal to modulating symbols representing a position according to an amplitude and a phase constellation; a first pipeline buffer having an in-phase component of an output of the mapper as an input; a second pipeline buffer having a quadrature phase component of the output of the mapper as an input; a first square root raised cosine, SRRC, filter having an output signal of the first pipeline buffer as an input; a second SRRC filter having an output signal of the second pipeline buffer as an input; a third pipeline buffer having an output signal of the first SRRC filter as an input; a fourth pipeline buffer having an output signal of the second SRRC filter as an input; a first compensation filter having an output signal of the third pipeline buffer as an input and configured to compensate for signal distortion; a second compensation filter having an output signal of the fourth pipeline buffer as an input and configured to compensate for signal distortion; a first digital-analog converter, DAC, having an output signal of the first compensation filter as an input; and a second DAC having an output signal of the second compensation filter as an input.
Method for detecting failure of an analogue sensor consisting in acquiring for a physical phenomenon data measured by the sensor, in analysing this data in the form of measured values and in generating information on the operating state of said sensor, characterised in that it consists in: - detecting a discontinuity in the measurements performed by the sensor, - detecting an exceedance of at least one predefined operating threshold among the measured values, - calculating slopes in the evolution of the measured values and detecting among these calculated slopes an exceedance of a predefined slope threshold, - performing statistical evaluations on the measurements of the sensor to detect an operating anomaly from said statistical evaluations, - and verifying if one of the situations defined in at least one of the preceding steps is proved and if so generating a signal representative of a failure of the sensor. - detecting a discontinuity in the measurements performed by the sensor, - detecting an exceedance of at least one predefined operating threshold among the measured values, - calculating slopes in the evolution of the measured values and detecting among these calculated slopes an exceedance of a predefined slope threshold, - performing statistical evaluations on the measurements of the sensor to detect an operating anomaly from said statistical evaluations, - and verifying if one of the situations defined in at least one of the preceding steps is proved and if so generating a signal representative of a failure of the sensor.
A process for converting a dewatered heterogeneous sludge containing organic waste materials into a homogenous extract of carbon and amino acids to be used in a pipe-reactor granulator fertilizer production process, the conversion process comprising: pumping a heterogeneous dewatered sludge including from 13% to 45% solids; adding sulfuric acid to the sludge in an amount sufficient to cause the pH of the resultant mixture to be less than 1; pumping the mixture through at least one in-line static blending mixer to mix the sludge with the sulfuric acid to reduce the viscosity of the mixture to less than 5,000 centipoise; adding conditioning chemicals to the mixture to cause the created extract to have an oxidation reduction potential of greater than 250 mV; pumping the mixture through at least one in-line static shearing mixer to mix the conditioning chemicals into the mixture, to substantially sterilize the mixture of pathogens, and to substantially eliminate lumps in the mixture; and mechanically agitating the mixture for an aging time to create the homogenous extract. pumping a heterogeneous dewatered sludge including from 13% to 45% solids; adding sulfuric acid to the sludge in an amount sufficient to cause the pH of the resultant mixture to be less than 1; pumping the mixture through at least one in-line static blending mixer to mix the sludge with the sulfuric acid to reduce the viscosity of the mixture to less than 5,000 centipoise; adding conditioning chemicals to the mixture to cause the created extract to have an oxidation reduction potential of greater than 250 mV; pumping the mixture through at least one in-line static shearing mixer to mix the conditioning chemicals into the mixture, to substantially sterilize the mixture of pathogens, and to substantially eliminate lumps in the mixture; and mechanically agitating the mixture for an aging time to create the homogenous extract.