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An apparatus configured to estimate an OCV (Open Circuit Voltage) of a battery, comprising: a voltage sensing unit configured to measure an output voltage of a battery; a temperature sensing unit configured to measure a temperature of the battery; a data storing unit configured to periodically receive the battery measured output voltage and the measured temperature from the voltage sensing unit and the temperature sensing unit and then store the measured output voltage and the measured temperature in a memory; an OCV variation estimating unit configured to calculate an OCV variation on a basis of an OCV at a last stage from a varying pattern of battery output voltages measured in the past and at the present, stored in a memory applying a predetermined pattern function that defined a correlation between the varying pattern of the battery output voltages and the OCV variation, said function is defined using at least three output voltages (V n, V n-1, V n-2) measured at a current stage, a last stage and a stage before last so as to convert a variation (V n -V n-1) of the output voltages measured at the current stage and the last stage to the OCV variation, and then estimate an OCV variation at the current stage by multiplying the calculated OCV variation by a correction factor corresponding to the temperature of the battery; and an OCV estimating unit configured to estimate an OCV of the battery at the current stage by adding the estimated OCV variation to the OCV estimated at the last stage. a voltage sensing unit configured to measure an output voltage of a battery; a temperature sensing unit configured to measure a temperature of the battery; a data storing unit configured to periodically receive the battery measured output voltage and the measured temperature from the voltage sensing unit and the temperature sensing unit and then store the measured output voltage and the measured temperature in a memory; an OCV variation estimating unit configured to calculate an OCV variation on a basis of an OCV at a last stage from a varying pattern of battery output voltages measured in the past and at the present, stored in a memory applying a predetermined pattern function that defined a correlation between the varying pattern of the battery output voltages and the OCV variation, said function is defined using at least three output voltages (V n, V n-1, V n-2) measured at a current stage, a last stage and a stage before last so as to convert a variation (V n -V n-1) of the output voltages measured at the current stage and the last stage to the OCV variation, and then estimate an OCV variation at the current stage by multiplying the calculated OCV variation by a correction factor corresponding to the temperature of the battery; and an OCV estimating unit configured to estimate an OCV of the battery at the current stage by adding the estimated OCV variation to the OCV estimated at the last stage.
A multilayer structure comprising: a first layer comprising, based on the total weight of the first layer: from 90 wt.% to 99.5 wt.% of an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having a density of from 0.945 g/cc to 0.970 g/cc, and from 0.5 wt.% to 10 wt.% of a compatibilizer, the compatibilizer comprising an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin elastomer having a density of from 0.850 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc as measured according to ASTM Method No. D792-91 and a melt viscosity of greater than 200 Pa*s (200,000 cP) when measured according to ASTM D3236 at 177°C; and a barrier layer comprising a polyamide, an ethylene vinyl alcohol, or combinations thereof. a first layer comprising, based on the total weight of the first layer: from 90 wt.% to 99.5 wt.% of an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having a density of from 0.945 g/cc to 0.970 g/cc, and from 0.5 wt.% to 10 wt.% of a compatibilizer, the compatibilizer comprising an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin elastomer having a density of from 0.850 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc as measured according to ASTM Method No. D792-91 and a melt viscosity of greater than 200 Pa*s (200,000 cP) when measured according to ASTM D3236 at 177°C; and from 90 wt.% to 99.5 wt.% of an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having a density of from 0.945 g/cc to 0.970 g/cc, and from 0.5 wt.% to 10 wt.% of a compatibilizer, the compatibilizer comprising an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin elastomer having a density of from 0.850 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc as measured according to ASTM Method No. D792-91 and a melt viscosity of greater than 200 Pa*s (200,000 cP) when measured according to ASTM D3236 at 177°C; and a barrier layer comprising a polyamide, an ethylene vinyl alcohol, or combinations thereof.
An overbased metal sulphonate detergent having incorporated therein at least one friction modifier including at least one amine group; wherein the friction modifier is selected from: alkoxylated hydrocarbyl-substituted mono-amines and diamines, and hydrocarbyl ether amines; preferably from alkoxylated tallow amines and alkoxylated tallow ether amines; preferably alkoxylated amines containing about two moles of alkylene oxide per mole of nitrogen.
A method for producing butadiene through an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the method comprising: a) a step for introducing a raw material stream that includes C4 fraction, steam, oxygen (O 2), and nitrogen (N 2) into a reactor that is filled with a catalyst to perform the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction; b) a step for separating a C4 mixture that includes the butadiene and a light gas product obtained from the reactor; and c) a step for purifying the butadiene-containing C4 mixture; characterized in that the method further comprises: a step d) for separating the light gas product of step b) into a first fraction stream and a second fraction stream to reintroduce the first fraction stream into the reactor and discharge the second fraction stream to outside of the system, wherein the first fraction stream includes one or more of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, wherein the oxygen (O 2) and nitrogen (N 2) included in the raw material stream are independently introduced in pure gas state. a) a step for introducing a raw material stream that includes C4 fraction, steam, oxygen (O 2), and nitrogen (N 2) into a reactor that is filled with a catalyst to perform the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction; b) a step for separating a C4 mixture that includes the butadiene and a light gas product obtained from the reactor; and c) a step for purifying the butadiene-containing C4 mixture; characterized in that the method further comprises: a step d) for separating the light gas product of step b) into a first fraction stream and a second fraction stream to reintroduce the first fraction stream into the reactor and discharge the second fraction stream to outside of the system, wherein the first fraction stream includes one or more of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, a step d) for separating the light gas product of step b) into a first fraction stream and a second fraction stream to reintroduce the first fraction stream into the reactor and discharge the second fraction stream to outside of the system, wherein the first fraction stream includes one or more of nitrogen and carbon dioxide,
A method of immunoassay for detecting or monitoring liver fibrosis in a patient or for assessing, in a patient with liver fibrosis, the likelihood of the patient responding to treatment with an antifibrotic drug, the method of immunoassay comprising: (i) contacting a patient sample with a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to the long and/or intermediate isoforms of type XVIII collagen and that does not specifically bind to the short isoform of type XVIII collagen, wherein the monoclonal antibody specifically binds to the amino acid sequence NLLNLN (SEQ ID NO. 1); and (ii) detecting and determining the amount of binding between said monoclonal antibody and peptides in the sample. (i) contacting a patient sample with a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to the long and/or intermediate isoforms of type XVIII collagen and that does not specifically bind to the short isoform of type XVIII collagen, wherein the monoclonal antibody specifically binds to the amino acid sequence NLLNLN (SEQ ID NO. 1); and (ii) detecting and determining the amount of binding between said monoclonal antibody and peptides in the sample.
A preformed protective cover for a wind turbine blade, wherein the preformed protective cover is made of a polymer material in the form of a polyurethane material prepared from a polyol, butanediol, and an isocyanate, wherein the preformed protective cover is adapted to be attached along at least a part of a longitudinal edge of the wind turbine blade by adhesion of an inside of the preformed protective cover to a surface of the longitudinal edge of the wind turbine blade, wherein the preformed protective cover is elongated in a longitudinal direction and has an at least substantially U-formed cross-section, wherein the preformed protective cover includes a central cover section extending in the longitudinal direction and two peripheral cover sections extending in the longitudinal direction at either side of the central cover section, respectively, wherein the central cover section has a minimum thickness of at least 1 millimetre, wherein each peripheral cover section has a thickness decreasing from maximum thickness of at least 1 millimetre to a minimum thickness of less than 1/2 millimetre, wherein the maximum thickness of each peripheral cover section corresponds to the minimum thickness of the central cover section, wherein the isocyanate is an optionally modified diphenylmethane 4,4'-diisocyanate.
A method for power amplifier supply modulation comprising: receiving discrete-time samples corresponding to a signal to be amplified, after a specified delay, by a power amplifier circuit, the samples defining a first bandwidth; identifying information representative of a peak magnitude of the signal within a specified temporal window defining a sequence of the discrete-time samples; establishing a value for a sample of an envelope tracking signal using the information indicative of the peak magnitude; filtering the envelope tracking signal to provide a bandwidth-compressed envelope tracking signal defining a second bandwidth that is narrower than the first bandwidth; modulating a signal provided to a supply node of the power amplifier circuit using an analog representation of the bandwidth-compressed envelope tracking signal; and temporally aligning the signal to be amplified by the power amplifier circuit with the bandwidth-compressed envelope tracking signal modulating the signal provided to the supply node of the power amplifier circuit; and characterized in that receiving the discrete-time samples corresponding to the signal to be amplified includes storing the discrete-time samples in a tapped delay line providing the specified delay defining the window. receiving discrete-time samples corresponding to a signal to be amplified, after a specified delay, by a power amplifier circuit, the samples defining a first bandwidth; identifying information representative of a peak magnitude of the signal within a specified temporal window defining a sequence of the discrete-time samples; establishing a value for a sample of an envelope tracking signal using the information indicative of the peak magnitude; filtering the envelope tracking signal to provide a bandwidth-compressed envelope tracking signal defining a second bandwidth that is narrower than the first bandwidth; modulating a signal provided to a supply node of the power amplifier circuit using an analog representation of the bandwidth-compressed envelope tracking signal; and temporally aligning the signal to be amplified by the power amplifier circuit with the bandwidth-compressed envelope tracking signal modulating the signal provided to the supply node of the power amplifier circuit; and characterized in that receiving the discrete-time samples corresponding to the signal to be amplified includes storing the discrete-time samples in a tapped delay line providing the specified delay defining the window.
A device for obtaining vital sign information of a living being, comprising: - a detection unit (3, 42, 61) for receiving light in at least one wavelength interval reflected from at least a region of interest of a living being and for generating an input signal from the received light, - a processing unit for processing the input signal and deriving vital sign information of said living being from said input signal by use of remote photoplethysmography, - an illumination unit (8, 43, 64) for illuminating at least said region of interest with light, and - a control unit for controlling said illumination unit (8, 43, 64) based on said input signal and/or said derived vital sign information, wherein said control unit is configured i) to determine the amount of specular reflection in the region of interest and to control said illumination unit based on the determined amount of specular reflection so as to reduce or minimize the amount of specular reflection or ii) to control said illumination unit based on pulsatility amplitude, pulse shape and/or periodicity of the vital sign information. - a detection unit (3, 42, 61) for receiving light in at least one wavelength interval reflected from at least a region of interest of a living being and for generating an input signal from the received light, - a processing unit for processing the input signal and deriving vital sign information of said living being from said input signal by use of remote photoplethysmography, - an illumination unit (8, 43, 64) for illuminating at least said region of interest with light, and - a control unit for controlling said illumination unit (8, 43, 64) based on said input signal and/or said derived vital sign information,
An image capturing device for capturing a first image of an identification document in a first wavelength range and a second image of the identification document in a second wavelength range, comprising: a document bed for a placement of the identification document; a lighting device which is configured to illuminate the document bed with a first light in the first wavelength range and with a second light in the second wavelength range, wherein the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range are different, characterized by: a movable guide carriage which is movable between a first stop position at a first distance to the document bed and a second stop position at a second distance to the document bed; and an image camera comprising an optical fixed focal length lens, wherein the optical lens comprises a first focal point in the first wavelength range at the first distance, wherein the optical lens comprises a second focal point in the second wavelength range at the second distance and wherein the image camera is arranged on the guide carriage and configured to capture the first image in the first wavelength range at the first stop position and the second image in the second wavelength range at the second stop position. a document bed for a placement of the identification document; a lighting device which is configured to illuminate the document bed with a first light in the first wavelength range and with a second light in the second wavelength range, wherein the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range are different, characterized by: a movable guide carriage which is movable between a first stop position at a first distance to the document bed and a second stop position at a second distance to the document bed; and an image camera comprising an optical fixed focal length lens, wherein the optical lens comprises a first focal point in the first wavelength range at the first distance, wherein the optical lens comprises a second focal point in the second wavelength range at the second distance and wherein the image camera is arranged on the guide carriage and configured to capture the first image in the first wavelength range at the first stop position and the second image in the second wavelength range at the second stop position. a movable guide carriage which is movable between a first stop position at a first distance to the document bed and a second stop position at a second distance to the document bed; and an image camera comprising an optical fixed focal length lens, wherein the optical lens comprises a first focal point in the first wavelength range at the first distance, wherein the optical lens comprises a second focal point in the second wavelength range at the second distance and wherein the image camera is arranged on the guide carriage and configured to capture the first image in the first wavelength range at the first stop position and the second image in the second wavelength range at the second stop position.
A vehicle comprising: a floor panel; a battery located under the floor panel; a rocker (8L, 8R) extending in a vehicle length direction along a side edge (7L, 7R) of the floor panel, the side edge (7L, 7R) being an edge of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction; a torque box (6L, 6R) extending inward in the vehicle width direction from a front end of the rocker (8L, 8R) along a front edge of the floor panel, the torque box (6L, 6R) including a front wall (61R, 62R) and a rear wall that face each other in the vehicle length direction, the front edge being an edge of the floor panel in the vehicle length direction, and the front wall (61R, 62R) and the rear wall defining an internal space extending in the vehicle width direction; and a front side member (4L, 4R) extending forward in the vehicle length direction from the torque box (6L, 6R), and including a proximal end portion (40L, 40R) at a rear end of the front side member (4L, 4R), the proximal end portion (40L, 40R) being located in the internal space of the torque box (6L, 6R), and being joined to an inner surface of the torque box (6L, 6R) in the internal space. a floor panel; a battery located under the floor panel; a rocker (8L, 8R) extending in a vehicle length direction along a side edge (7L, 7R) of the floor panel, the side edge (7L, 7R) being an edge of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction; a torque box (6L, 6R) extending inward in the vehicle width direction from a front end of the rocker (8L, 8R) along a front edge of the floor panel, the torque box (6L, 6R) including a front wall (61R, 62R) and a rear wall that face each other in the vehicle length direction, the front edge being an edge of the floor panel in the vehicle length direction, and the front wall (61R, 62R) and the rear wall defining an internal space extending in the vehicle width direction; and a front side member (4L, 4R) extending forward in the vehicle length direction from the torque box (6L, 6R), and including a proximal end portion (40L, 40R) at a rear end of the front side member (4L, 4R), the proximal end portion (40L, 40R) being located in the internal space of the torque box (6L, 6R), and being joined to an inner surface of the torque box (6L, 6R) in the internal space.
An organ container for storing an organ, comprising: a pouch-shaped body having an opening and capable of storing an organ that is inserted from said opening into an inner space, wherein said body is formed of a styrene elastomer, characterized in that said body has a plurality of linear projections on an inner surface of said body, said plurality of linear projections forming an uneven shape of said inner surface, and wherein said body has a plurality of projections on an outer surface of said body, said plurality of projections forming an uneven shape of said outer surface. a pouch-shaped body having an opening and capable of storing an organ that is inserted from said opening into an inner space, wherein said body is formed of a styrene elastomer, characterized in that said body has a plurality of linear projections on an inner surface of said body, said plurality of linear projections forming an uneven shape of said inner surface, and wherein said body has a plurality of projections on an outer surface of said body, said plurality of projections forming an uneven shape of said outer surface.
A non-porous film with an average pore size of less than 1 μm as determined by scanning electron microscopy, comprising a collagenous polypeptide comprising at least one GXY domain having a length of at least 5 consecutive GXY triplets, wherein X and Y each represent any amino acid and wherein at least 20% of the amino acids of said collagenous polypeptide are present in the form of consecutive GXY triplets, characterized in that the film thickness when placed in demineralized water of 37 degrees Celsius for 24 hours is at most 10 times its initial thickness, wherein said film is crosslinked by adding between 0.02 millimol and 5.0 millimol of a crosslinking compound per gram collagenous polypeptide, or wherein said film is crosslinked by exposure to radiation so that the degree of crosslinking is the equivalent of adding between 0.02 millimol and 5.0 millimol of a crosslinking compound per gram collagenous polypeptide, and wherein the collagenous polypeptide has a content of glycosylation of less than or equal to 2 (m/m)%.
Connecting element for a spinal column stabilization system comprising a first attachment section for fixing to a first bone attachment device, a second attachment section for fixing to a second bone attachment device and an at least partially flexible intermediate section which is arranged or formed between the first and the second attachment section (20, 22), which intermediate section is in the form of a strip-like, winding leaf spring element and comprises at least one recess (66, 68) which is open to the side in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis defined by the intermediate section, wherein at least one of the two leaf spring element surfaces (100, 101) of the leaf spring element comprises at least one stiffness-modifying element and the at least one stiffness-modifiying element extends in a longitudinal direction defined by the leaf spring element, characterized in that the leaf spring element is of a different thickness on the one side and on the other side of the at least one stiffness-modifying element according to the longitudinal direction defined by the leaf spring element.
A method of securing data in virtualized environment where virtual computing instances interface a service platform operated on a physical computing apparatus, the method comprising: creating (60, 70), by the computing apparatus, a new virtual computing instance interfacing the service platform and belonging to a class of virtual computing instances, determining (61, 71), by the computing apparatus, the class of the new virtual computing instance, selecting, by the computing apparatus, at least one security credential available for selection for the determined class of virtual computing instances in a storage of security credentials based on the determined class of the new virtual computing instance, obtaining, by the computing apparatus, from the storage of security credentials the at least one security credential, and securing (64, 73), by the computing apparatus, data communicated between the new virtual computing instance and at least one other computing instance based on the at least one security credential. creating (60, 70), by the computing apparatus, a new virtual computing instance interfacing the service platform and belonging to a class of virtual computing instances, determining (61, 71), by the computing apparatus, the class of the new virtual computing instance, selecting, by the computing apparatus, at least one security credential available for selection for the determined class of virtual computing instances in a storage of security credentials based on the determined class of the new virtual computing instance, obtaining, by the computing apparatus, from the storage of security credentials the at least one security credential, and securing (64, 73), by the computing apparatus, data communicated between the new virtual computing instance and at least one other computing instance based on the at least one security credential.