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A method for adjusting a variable geometry mechanism of a gas turbine engine, the method comprising: monitoring, at a computing device, an engine control request indicative of a desired output power for the gas turbine engine; characterised by: determining, at the computing device, a rate of change of the engine control request; comparing, at the computing device, the rate of change to a threshold; in response to determining that the rate of change is beyond the threshold, applying, at the computing device, a transient bias map to a steady-state schedule to generate a variable geometry mechanism request indicative of a target position for the variable geometry mechanism; and adjusting a position of the variable geometry mechanism toward the target position according to the variable geometry mechanism request, wherein the engine control request is a power control request indicative of a demand for the gas turbine engine to produce output power at a requested power level or the engine control request is a torque control request indicative of a demand for the gas turbine engine to produce thrust at a requested thrust level.. determining, at the computing device, a rate of change of the engine control request; comparing, at the computing device, the rate of change to a threshold; in response to determining that the rate of change is beyond the threshold, applying, at the computing device, a transient bias map to a steady-state schedule to generate a variable geometry mechanism request indicative of a target position for the variable geometry mechanism; and adjusting a position of the variable geometry mechanism toward the target position according to the variable geometry mechanism request, wherein the engine control request is a power control request indicative of a demand for the gas turbine engine to produce output power at a requested power level or the engine control request is a torque control request indicative of a demand for the gas turbine engine to produce thrust at a requested thrust level..
A shank adapter to form part of a drilling assembly, the shank adapter comprising: a main body extending axially between a first end and a second end; a male spigot portion provided at the second end having an externally threaded section and a non-threaded shank positioned axially intermediate the main body and the threaded section; a radially projecting shoulder positioned axially between the main body and the male spigot portion; the shank having a transition section positioned adjacent to the shoulder at the second end, the transition section having an outside diameter that increases in a direction from the spigot portion to the shoulder; wherein the cross-sectional shape profile of the outer surface of the transition section in the plane of the longitudinal axis comprises a segment of an ellipse having semi-major axis (a); a semi-minor axis (b) and an exponential factor (n) according to the equation: x a n + y b n = 1 characterised in that: the ratio of the semi-maj or to semi-minor axes (a:b) is within the range 2b<a<8b. a main body extending axially between a first end and a second end; a male spigot portion provided at the second end having an externally threaded section and a non-threaded shank positioned axially intermediate the main body and the threaded section; a radially projecting shoulder positioned axially between the main body and the male spigot portion; the shank having a transition section positioned adjacent to the shoulder at the second end, the transition section having an outside diameter that increases in a direction from the spigot portion to the shoulder; wherein the cross-sectional shape profile of the outer surface of the transition section in the plane of the longitudinal axis comprises a segment of an ellipse having semi-major axis (a); a semi-minor axis (b) and an exponential factor (n) according to the equation: x a n + y b n = 1 characterised in that: the ratio of the semi-maj or to semi-minor axes (a:b) is within the range 2b<a<8b.
Use of a titanium alloy sheet as an electrode, wherein the titanium alloy sheet comprises at least one of 0.1 to 1.0% by mass of Al and 0.1 to 1.0% by mass of Si, with the balance being Ti and inevitable impurities, wherein the total content of Al and Si is 0.2 to 1.0% by mass and an average grain size is 5 to 20 μm.
A sterilization unit for sterilizing articles such as capsules, parisons, containers, comprising: a treatment chamber having an inlet section and an outlet section for said articles; a passage zone for the passage of the articles having an extension inside the treatment chamber from the inlet section to the outlet section; plasma supply means (5, 6) for supplying plasma to said treatment chamber; a suction air barrier system (7, 8) operatively active on the treatment chamber so as to limit the inlet of air from the outside towards the treatment chamber and the outlet of plasma from the treatment chamber towards the outside, thus maintaining a plasma saturated environment inside the treatment chamber, said suction air barrier system (7, 8) comprising two suction intakes (7, 8) respectively arranged at the inlet section and at the outlet section of said treatment chamber, said suction air barrier system (7, 8) being arranged outside the treatment chamber; a first opening made in the inlet section through which the articles are supplied to the treatment chamber and a second opening made in the outlet section through which the treated articles exit from the treatment chamber, said suction air barrier system (7, 8) being arranged so as not to interfere with said openings (13, 14). a treatment chamber having an inlet section and an outlet section for said articles; a passage zone for the passage of the articles having an extension inside the treatment chamber from the inlet section to the outlet section; plasma supply means (5, 6) for supplying plasma to said treatment chamber; a suction air barrier system (7, 8) operatively active on the treatment chamber so as to limit the inlet of air from the outside towards the treatment chamber and the outlet of plasma from the treatment chamber towards the outside, thus maintaining a plasma saturated environment inside the treatment chamber, said suction air barrier system (7, 8) comprising two suction intakes (7, 8) respectively arranged at the inlet section and at the outlet section of said treatment chamber, said suction air barrier system (7, 8) being arranged outside the treatment chamber; a first opening made in the inlet section through which the articles are supplied to the treatment chamber and a second opening made in the outlet section through which the treated articles exit from the treatment chamber, said suction air barrier system (7, 8) being arranged so as not to interfere with said openings (13, 14).
A vacuum insulating container comprising: an outer cylinder having a bottom; and an inner cylinder having a bottom and disposed in the outer cylinder, a vacuum space being formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, wherein the inner cylinder is disposed with respect to the outer cylinder in such a manner that an aperture plane of the inner cylinder is located outside of an aperture plane of the outer cylinder, the outer cylinder is provided with a first annular wall that extends radially inward at an open end of the outer cylinder and has a tip end part spaced apart from an outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder, the inner cylinder is provided with a second annular wall that extends radially outward at an open end of the inner cylinder and faces the first annular wall, and the vacuum insulating container further comprises an annular sealing member formed of an elastic body having a thermal conductivity lower than that of the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, the annular sealing member being compressed between the first annular wall and the second annular wall to seal the vacuum space; characterized in that: the first annular wall extends radially inward so as to be inclined with respect to the aperture plane of the outer cylinder, and the second annular wall extends radially inward so as to be inclined with respect to the aperture plane of the inner cylinder. an outer cylinder having a bottom; and an inner cylinder having a bottom and disposed in the outer cylinder, a vacuum space being formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, wherein the inner cylinder is disposed with respect to the outer cylinder in such a manner that an aperture plane of the inner cylinder is located outside of an aperture plane of the outer cylinder, the outer cylinder is provided with a first annular wall that extends radially inward at an open end of the outer cylinder and has a tip end part spaced apart from an outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder, the inner cylinder is provided with a second annular wall that extends radially outward at an open end of the inner cylinder and faces the first annular wall, and the vacuum insulating container further comprises an annular sealing member formed of an elastic body having a thermal conductivity lower than that of the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, the annular sealing member being compressed between the first annular wall and the second annular wall to seal the vacuum space; characterized in that: the first annular wall extends radially inward so as to be inclined with respect to the aperture plane of the outer cylinder, and the second annular wall extends radially inward so as to be inclined with respect to the aperture plane of the inner cylinder.
A process for recovering lanthanides from mineral wastes, residuals, composite materials or composites comprising one or more inorganic components, comprising the following steps: a) crushing the waste, residuals, composite materials or composites or providing the waste, residuals, composite materials or composites in crushed form, b) comminuting the material from step a) by means of a mill to a millbase, c) pulverizing the millbase obtained in step b) using a grinding process in which the resulting powder particles are mechanochemically activated, d) leaching the powder particles obtained in step c) using an aqueous basic solution, e) transferring the lanthanide hydroxides contained in the aqueous basic solution into a hydrochloric or phosphoric acid solution, and f) recovering lanthanide chlorides from said hydrochloric or phosphoric acid solution. a) crushing the waste, residuals, composite materials or composites or providing the waste, residuals, composite materials or composites in crushed form, b) comminuting the material from step a) by means of a mill to a millbase, c) pulverizing the millbase obtained in step b) using a grinding process in which the resulting powder particles are mechanochemically activated, d) leaching the powder particles obtained in step c) using an aqueous basic solution, e) transferring the lanthanide hydroxides contained in the aqueous basic solution into a hydrochloric or phosphoric acid solution, and f) recovering lanthanide chlorides from said hydrochloric or phosphoric acid solution.
A solid fuel burner comprising a fuel nozzle for ejecting a mixture fluid of a solid fuel and a carrier gas, a secondary combustion gas nozzle concentrically disposed around the fuel nozzle for permitting passage of a secondary combustion gas, a tertiary combustion gas nozzle concentrically disposed around the secondary combustion gas nozzle for permitting passage of a tertiary combustion gas, and a guide sleeve disposed at the outlet end of the secondary combustion gas nozzle for guiding a tertiary combustion gas flow radially outwardly from a burner center axis, the solid fuel burner characterized by comprising a flame stabilizer disposed at the outer end of an inner circumferential wall of the secondary combustion gas nozzle for guiding a secondary combustion gas flow radially outwardly from the secondary combustion gas nozzle, a plurality of fin members secured on an outer circumferential surface of the flame stabilizer and intended to be cooled by the secondary combustion gas flow, a first guide member secured to the end of the flame stabilizer for guiding the secondary combustion gas flow outwardly from the burner center axis, and a second guide member secured to the end of at least one of the fin members and located at a distance from the first guide member, upstream of the secondary combustion gas flow from the first guide member for guiding the secondary combustion gas flow outwardly from the burner center axis, wherein a gap for permitting passage of a part of the secondary combustion gas flow is formed between the outer circumferential surface of the flame stabilizer, which extends to the first guide member, and the second guide member so as to separate the secondary combustion gas flow into the front side flow and the rear side flow of a furnace at the second guide member, and each outward angle of the first guide member and the second guide member with respect to the burner center axis is larger than an outward angle of the guide sleeve with respect to the burner center axis.
A deuterium oxide for use for prevention and/or treatment of viral diseases of the eye, wherein the viral disease of the eye is epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, follicular conjunctivitis, pharyngoconjunctival fever, blepharitis, blepharoconjunctivitis, keratitis dendritica, interstitial keratitis, endotheliitis, keratitis disciformis, ophthalmia neonatorum, dacryoadenitis, acute dacryoadenitis, dacryocystitis, episcleritis, scleritis, choroiditis, chorioretinitis, retinitis, acute necrotizing retinitis, anterior uveitis, intermediate uveitis and/or posterior uveitis, and wherein the replication of the viral nucleic acid and thus the replication of the virus is inhibited or suppressed.
A signal processing method, wherein the method comprises: dividing, by a network side device, a DSL frequency band used to send a downlink synchronization symbol into at least two parts of frequency bands that do not overlap, wherein the two parts of frequency bands are a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and a lowest frequency in the second frequency band is higher than a highest frequency in the first frequency band, wherein the DSL frequency band comprises a VDSL-2 frequency band and wherein the divided first frequency band is the VDSL-2 frequency band; alternately allocating frequencies in the first frequency band to a probe tone and a flag tone; and allocating all frequencies in the second frequency band to a probe tone; and modulating, by the network side device, a downlink pilot sequence to probe tones in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and sending the downlink pilot sequence to a peer device. dividing, by a network side device, a DSL frequency band used to send a downlink synchronization symbol into at least two parts of frequency bands that do not overlap, wherein the two parts of frequency bands are a first frequency band and a second frequency band, and a lowest frequency in the second frequency band is higher than a highest frequency in the first frequency band, wherein the DSL frequency band comprises a VDSL-2 frequency band and wherein the divided first frequency band is the VDSL-2 frequency band; alternately allocating frequencies in the first frequency band to a probe tone and a flag tone; and allocating all frequencies in the second frequency band to a probe tone; and modulating, by the network side device, a downlink pilot sequence to probe tones in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and sending the downlink pilot sequence to a peer device.
A method for reducing ice or condensation that forms on a power component of a wind turbine during a power outage, the method comprising: determining an ambient temperature near the power component; providing one or more parameters of the power component; characterised by determining a down time of the power component for the power outage; determining a wait time for the power component to stay offline as a function of the ambient temperature, the one or more parameters, or the down time of the power component; and heating the power component for the wait time before supplying power to the power component such that a surface temperature of the power component is raised above the ambient temperature. determining an ambient temperature near the power component; providing one or more parameters of the power component; characterised by determining a down time of the power component for the power outage; determining a wait time for the power component to stay offline as a function of the ambient temperature, the one or more parameters, or the down time of the power component; and heating the power component for the wait time before supplying power to the power component such that a surface temperature of the power component is raised above the ambient temperature.
An oxygen scavenging composition for containers comprising: at least one polyester component, a transition metal catalyst, an oxygen scavenger, and a vegetable oil comprising at least one molecule having a double allylic structure, wherein the at least one polyester component comprises at least one acid unit and at least one diol unit, the concentration of the double allylic structures of the vegetable oil in the composition is greater than 5.0 meq/kg of all of the polyester components, the oxygen scavenger is a polyamide that is present in the composition in an amount in the range of between 0.05% by weight and 0.9% by weight, and the vegetable oil is present in the composition at a level greater than 0.3% by weight relative to the total weight of the polyester components, the transition metal catalyst and the vegetable oil. at least one polyester component, a transition metal catalyst, an oxygen scavenger, and a vegetable oil comprising at least one molecule having a double allylic structure, wherein the at least one polyester component comprises at least one acid unit and at least one diol unit, the concentration of the double allylic structures of the vegetable oil in the composition is greater than 5.0 meq/kg of all of the polyester components, the oxygen scavenger is a polyamide that is present in the composition in an amount in the range of between 0.05% by weight and 0.9% by weight, and the vegetable oil is present in the composition at a level greater than 0.3% by weight relative to the total weight of the polyester components, the transition metal catalyst and the vegetable oil.
A computer-implemented method for vehicle driving assistance within a sensing area, including the following steps performed by a central data processing system: - receiving in real time from a plurality of vehicles (V i, i = 1, 2, 3,...) located within the sensing area, through a wireless local area network covering said sensing area, raw sensing data captured by sensors of the vehicles (V i), whereby the sensing data from each vehicle (V i) is related to an environment around said vehicle (V i); - centrally processing and fusing the sensing data from the plurality of vehicles (V i) by generating a real-time fused map of the sensing area based on the sensing data received from the plurality of vehicles (Vi, i=1,2,3,...); - transmitting to at least one target vehicle (V i), through the wireless local area network, an information for vehicle driving assistance including the real time fused map. - receiving in real time from a plurality of vehicles (V i, i = 1, 2, 3,...) located within the sensing area, through a wireless local area network covering said sensing area, raw sensing data captured by sensors of the vehicles (V i), whereby the sensing data from each vehicle (V i) is related to an environment around said vehicle (V i); - centrally processing and fusing the sensing data from the plurality of vehicles (V i) by generating a real-time fused map of the sensing area based on the sensing data received from the plurality of vehicles (Vi, i=1,2,3,...); - transmitting to at least one target vehicle (V i), through the wireless local area network, an information for vehicle driving assistance including the real time fused map.
A biochip cartridge comprising: a) a bottom substrate comprising a printed circuit board comprising: i) an electrowetting grid of electrodes forming a droplet pathway comprising a plurality of electrowetting pads; ii) an array of detection electrodes accessible to said droplet pathway, each detection electrode comprising a self-assembled monolayer and a capture probe; and iii) a plurality of interconnections from said electrowetting grid and said detection electrodes; b) a top plate that is parallel to said bottom substrate and mated thereto to form a reaction chamber between the top plate and the bottom substrate, wherein said top plate comprises: (i) fluid holes spatially corresponding to some of said electrowetting pads, and (ii) a conductive surface; and c) a liquid reagent module comprising: i) a plurality of blisters comprising fluid assay reagents; ii) fluid passageways in fluid communication with said blisters and connecting each of said blisters to one of the fluid holes of the top plate; and iii) a sample inlet port in fluid connection with said reaction chamber. a) a bottom substrate comprising a printed circuit board comprising: i) an electrowetting grid of electrodes forming a droplet pathway comprising a plurality of electrowetting pads; ii) an array of detection electrodes accessible to said droplet pathway, each detection electrode comprising a self-assembled monolayer and a capture probe; and iii) a plurality of interconnections from said electrowetting grid and said detection electrodes; i) an electrowetting grid of electrodes forming a droplet pathway comprising a plurality of electrowetting pads; ii) an array of detection electrodes accessible to said droplet pathway, each detection electrode comprising a self-assembled monolayer and a capture probe; and iii) a plurality of interconnections from said electrowetting grid and said detection electrodes; b) a top plate that is parallel to said bottom substrate and mated thereto to form a reaction chamber between the top plate and the bottom substrate, wherein said top plate comprises: (i) fluid holes spatially corresponding to some of said electrowetting pads, and (ii) a conductive surface; and c) a liquid reagent module comprising: i) a plurality of blisters comprising fluid assay reagents; ii) fluid passageways in fluid communication with said blisters and connecting each of said blisters to one of the fluid holes of the top plate; and iii) a sample inlet port in fluid connection with said reaction chamber. i) a plurality of blisters comprising fluid assay reagents; ii) fluid passageways in fluid communication with said blisters and connecting each of said blisters to one of the fluid holes of the top plate; and iii) a sample inlet port in fluid connection with said reaction chamber.