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A process for reducing the amount of water-insoluble fibers in a water-soluble cellulose derivative comprising the steps of a) providing a water-soluble cellulose derivative having a residual amount of at least 20 ppm by weight of water-insoluble fibers in a 2 weight percent aqueous solution of the water-soluble cellulose derivative; b) mixing the water-soluble cellulose derivative of step a) with a liquid in a compounder to provide a moist water-soluble cellulose derivative having a temperature of at least 50° C and a moisture content of from 35 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of the moist cellulose derivative; and c) drying-grinding the mixture of step b) in a gas-swept impact mill to obtain a dried and ground cellulose derivative wherein step a) is preceded by the steps of i) treating cellulose with an alkali metal hydroxide to produce alkali cellulose, ii) reacting the alkali cellulose with a derivatizing agent to produce a water-soluble cellulose derivative, and iii) washing the water-soluble cellulose derivative to remove by-products with or without a subsequent drying step but in the absence of a grinding step in a ball mill. a) providing a water-soluble cellulose derivative having a residual amount of at least 20 ppm by weight of water-insoluble fibers in a 2 weight percent aqueous solution of the water-soluble cellulose derivative; b) mixing the water-soluble cellulose derivative of step a) with a liquid in a compounder to provide a moist water-soluble cellulose derivative having a temperature of at least 50° C and a moisture content of from 35 to 90 percent, based on the total weight of the moist cellulose derivative; and c) drying-grinding the mixture of step b) in a gas-swept impact mill to obtain a dried and ground cellulose derivative wherein step a) is preceded by the steps of i) treating cellulose with an alkali metal hydroxide to produce alkali cellulose, ii) reacting the alkali cellulose with a derivatizing agent to produce a water-soluble cellulose derivative, and iii) washing the water-soluble cellulose derivative to remove by-products with or without a subsequent drying step but in the absence of a grinding step in a ball mill. i) treating cellulose with an alkali metal hydroxide to produce alkali cellulose, ii) reacting the alkali cellulose with a derivatizing agent to produce a water-soluble cellulose derivative, and iii) washing the water-soluble cellulose derivative to remove by-products with or without a subsequent drying step but in the absence of a grinding step in a ball mill.
A steering assembly for a lawn maintenance vehicle having a frame, said steering assembly comprising: a control assembly including a steering wheel operatively connected to a pinion gear; a transfer assembly including a sector gear and a pair of tie rods, wherein said sector gear is operatively connected to said frame and rotatable relative thereto, said sector gear having an arcuate leading edge forming a rack that is meshingly engaged with said pinion gear, said leading edge forming said rack of said sector gear being directed forwardly, said pair of tie rods being operatively connected to said sector gear; and a pair of wheel assemblies, wherein each tie rod of said transfer assembly is attachable to one of said wheel assemblies, and movement of said tie rods in response to rotation of said sector gear causes said wheel assemblies to rotate; characterized in that a. each of said wheel assemblies includes a knuckle having an axle attached thereto, a rim receiving said axle, and a tire mounted on said rim, b. said knuckle of each of said wheel assemblies is operatively connected to a pivot bar by a kingpin, said pivot bar being operatively connected to said frame, and c. each kingpin is positioned within said rim. a control assembly including a steering wheel operatively connected to a pinion gear; a transfer assembly including a sector gear and a pair of tie rods, wherein said sector gear is operatively connected to said frame and rotatable relative thereto, said sector gear having an arcuate leading edge forming a rack that is meshingly engaged with said pinion gear, said leading edge forming said rack of said sector gear being directed forwardly, said pair of tie rods being operatively connected to said sector gear; and a pair of wheel assemblies, wherein each tie rod of said transfer assembly is attachable to one of said wheel assemblies, and movement of said tie rods in response to rotation of said sector gear causes said wheel assemblies to rotate; characterized in that a. each of said wheel assemblies includes a knuckle having an axle attached thereto, a rim receiving said axle, and a tire mounted on said rim, b. said knuckle of each of said wheel assemblies is operatively connected to a pivot bar by a kingpin, said pivot bar being operatively connected to said frame, and c. each kingpin is positioned within said rim. a. each of said wheel assemblies includes a knuckle having an axle attached thereto, a rim receiving said axle, and a tire mounted on said rim, b. said knuckle of each of said wheel assemblies is operatively connected to a pivot bar by a kingpin, said pivot bar being operatively connected to said frame, and c. each kingpin is positioned within said rim.
A method by a mobility management entity, MME, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a non access stratum, NAS, request message and a closed subscriber group identifier, CSG ID; transmitting (204, 206), to a home subscriber sever, HSS, information for requesting subscription information for a terminal if there is no valid subscription information for the terminal; receiving the subscription information for the terminal from the HSS; determining whether the CSG ID is contained in the subscription information for the terminal in the MME; and transmitting (210, 212, 214), to the base station, a NAS accept message or a NAS reject message based on whether the CSG ID is contained in the subscription information for the terminal in the MME. receiving, from a base station, a non access stratum, NAS, request message and a closed subscriber group identifier, CSG ID; transmitting (204, 206), to a home subscriber sever, HSS, information for requesting subscription information for a terminal if there is no valid subscription information for the terminal; receiving the subscription information for the terminal from the HSS; determining whether the CSG ID is contained in the subscription information for the terminal in the MME; and transmitting (210, 212, 214), to the base station, a NAS accept message or a NAS reject message based on whether the CSG ID is contained in the subscription information for the terminal in the MME.
A method for producing frozen noodles comprising: a step of attaching a composition to cooked noodles in an amount of from 1 to 15% by mass based on a mass of the cooked noodles, the composition comprising at least water, oil or fat and a polysaccharide thickener, having a viscosity of from 30 to 2000 mPa·s at 60°C and having a food product temperature of from 20 to 45 °C; and a step of freezing the noodles to which the composition has attached.
A damping valve (V1, V2) comprising: a flow path of fluid; a solenoid which generates a magnetic force according to a supply of a power current; a normal state operation valve disposed in the flow path and configured to exert a flow resistance on a flow of fluid in the flow path according to a magnetic force of the solenoid supplied with the power current; an emergency state operation valve disposed in the flow path downstream of the normal state operation valve and configured to exert a flow resistance on the flow according to an absence of the magnetic force; a first driving mechanism configured to drive the normal state operation valve in a direction to increase the flow resistance thereof as the magnetic force increases; and a second driving mechanism (13b, 16, 20, 20b, 28) configured to drive the emergency state operation valve in a direction to decrease the flow resistance thereof as the magnetic force increases; wherein the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism (13b, 16, 20b 20, 28) are constructed to operate independently from each other under the magnetic force, and the solenoid comprises a fixed iron core that attracts the emergency state operation valve by the magnetic force and the emergency state operation valve is configured to be in contact with the fixed iron core when the power current exceeds a predetermined value so as not to exert the flow resistance on the flow. a flow path of fluid; a solenoid which generates a magnetic force according to a supply of a power current; a normal state operation valve disposed in the flow path and configured to exert a flow resistance on a flow of fluid in the flow path according to a magnetic force of the solenoid supplied with the power current; an emergency state operation valve disposed in the flow path downstream of the normal state operation valve and configured to exert a flow resistance on the flow according to an absence of the magnetic force; a first driving mechanism configured to drive the normal state operation valve in a direction to increase the flow resistance thereof as the magnetic force increases; and a second driving mechanism (13b, 16, 20, 20b, 28) configured to drive the emergency state operation valve in a direction to decrease the flow resistance thereof as the magnetic force increases; wherein the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism (13b, 16, 20b 20, 28) are constructed to operate independently from each other under the magnetic force, and the solenoid comprises a fixed iron core that attracts the emergency state operation valve by the magnetic force and the emergency state operation valve is configured to be in contact with the fixed iron core when the power current exceeds a predetermined value so as not to exert the flow resistance on the flow.
A system for protection, control and monitoring of an electrical grid comprising at least one substation, the system comprising: - at least one grid module configured to sense at least one electrical measurement from the electrical grid and/or configured to implement an electrical condition in the electrical grid, - a central processing module configured to communicate with the grid module, wherein the central processing module is configured to receive information corresponding to the electrical measurement sensed by the grid module and/or to convey a command to the grid module corresponding to the electrical condition to be implemented in the electrical grid, and wherein the central processing module is one of a remote terminal unit, a protection relay, and an Intelligent Electronic Device, and - an interface module connected between the grid module and the central processing module wherein the interface module is configured to convert the information from analog form to digital form or to convert the command from digital form to analog form outside the central processing module, and wherein communication between the interface module and the central processing module is based on Universal Serial Bus architecture, and wherein the grid module, the central processing module and the interface module are located at a substation level. - at least one grid module configured to sense at least one electrical measurement from the electrical grid and/or configured to implement an electrical condition in the electrical grid, - a central processing module configured to communicate with the grid module, wherein the central processing module is configured to receive information corresponding to the electrical measurement sensed by the grid module and/or to convey a command to the grid module corresponding to the electrical condition to be implemented in the electrical grid, and wherein the central processing module is one of a remote terminal unit, a protection relay, and an Intelligent Electronic Device, and - an interface module connected between the grid module and the central processing module wherein the interface module is configured to convert the information from analog form to digital form or to convert the command from digital form to analog form outside the central processing module, and
Connector piece for a connector device provided for connecting an electricity meter, in particular an electronic electricity meter, wherein the connector piece is suitable for direct connection with a neutral conductor cable guided through the connector device, characterised in that the connector piece comprises clamping legs (6, 7), between which by producing an electric contact a connecting conductor of the electricity meter can be clamped, wherein the connector piece has an end section for direct connection with the neutral conductor cable guided through the connection device and wherein the end section at least partly grips around the neutral conductor cable.
A method for calculating a myocardial mechanical property using computerized characterization of cardiac motion from ultrasound data in an automatic manner, the method comprising: obtaining a sequence of frames of ultrasound data, the frames representing a volume of a patient at different times; identifying, with a processor, a myocardium in a first frame; estimating, with the processor, non-rigid deformation of the myocardium through the sequence by volumetrically tracking the indentified myocardium from the first frame to a second frame of the sequence of frames using a discriminative classifier, wherein the classifier distinguishes between the left ventricle myocardium and other information in a frame based on a machine-learned model of the image intensity and/or speckle patterns specific to the left ventricle myocardium, wherein the machine-learned model is trained by machine processing of annotated training data of known cases, using machine-learning to select learned features, and wherein the machine-learned model comprises a motion prior of typical myocardium positions for different phases of the cardiac cycle learned from the known cases using the machine-learning; calculating, with the processor, a first myocardial mechanical quantity as a function of the non-rigid deformation, the quantity computed in both a Cartesian coordinate system and a local heart coordinate system. obtaining a sequence of frames of ultrasound data, the frames representing a volume of a patient at different times; identifying, with a processor, a myocardium in a first frame; estimating, with the processor, non-rigid deformation of the myocardium through the sequence by volumetrically tracking the indentified myocardium from the first frame to a second frame of the sequence of frames using a discriminative classifier, wherein the classifier distinguishes between the left ventricle myocardium and other information in a frame based on a machine-learned model of the image intensity and/or speckle patterns specific to the left ventricle myocardium, wherein the machine-learned model is trained by machine processing of annotated training data of known cases, using machine-learning to select learned features, and wherein the machine-learned model comprises a motion prior of typical myocardium positions for different phases of the cardiac cycle learned from the known cases using the machine-learning; calculating, with the processor, a first myocardial mechanical quantity as a function of the non-rigid deformation, the quantity computed in both a Cartesian coordinate system and a local heart coordinate system.
Method in which the axle load of a drive axle (5, 6) of the tractor of a tractor/trailer combination (1, 2), which is composed of a tractor and at least one trailer which is coupled to the tractor, is influenced by means of automatic activation of at least one lifting axle, one trailing axle and/or one air-suspension axle (7, 8, 9) of the trailer by means of an electronic control device (11, 20), characterized in that the electronic control device (11, 20) senses at least one indicator which indicates whether the underlying surface on which the tractor/trailer combination (1, 2) is located rises in the forward direction of travel of the tractor/trailer combination (1, 2) and increases the axle load of the drive axle (5, 6) as a function of the sensed indicator.
A vacuum planter filtration system, comprising: a vacuum planter for planting a crop, wherein said vacuum planter includes a fan having an intake port and an exhaust port, and a plurality of planting units fluidly connected to said intake port via a vacuum conduit; and a primary air filter fluidly connected to said fan to filter particulate material from a return airflow prior to being exhausted externally of said fan, wherein said return airflow flows from said vacuum planter to said fan, characterized in that said primary air filter is fluidly positioned between said fan and said planting units of said vacuum planter and in that said particulate material includes insecticides. a vacuum planter for planting a crop, wherein said vacuum planter includes a fan having an intake port and an exhaust port, and a plurality of planting units fluidly connected to said intake port via a vacuum conduit; and a primary air filter fluidly connected to said fan to filter particulate material from a return airflow prior to being exhausted externally of said fan, wherein said return airflow flows from said vacuum planter to said fan, characterized in that said primary air filter is fluidly positioned between said fan and said planting units of said vacuum planter and in that said particulate material includes insecticides.
A system including a 3D printer, a scanning and driving module (40, 40a, 40b) and a detachable scanning and supporting module (50; 50a; 50b) for the 3D printer, comprising: a machine body (10; 10a; 10b), having a bottom plate (11; 11a; 11b); a printing platform (20; 20a; 20b) disposed on the bottom plate (11; 11a; 11b), characterized in that the printing platform (20; 20a; 20b) comprises a slide track (21; 21a; 21b) and a printing substrate, the printing substrate being capable of moving corresponding to the slide track (21; 21a; 21b); the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b) is disposed on the bottom plate (11; 11a; 11b), the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b) and the slide track (21; 21a; 21b) being staggeredly disposed such that the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b) and the slide track (21; 21a; 21b) do not interfere with the movement of the printing substrate; and the scanning and supporting module (50; 50a; 50b) is detachably combined with the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b) and is driven by the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b). a machine body (10; 10a; 10b), having a bottom plate (11; 11a; 11b); a printing platform (20; 20a; 20b) disposed on the bottom plate (11; 11a; 11b), characterized in that the printing platform (20; 20a; 20b) comprises a slide track (21; 21a; 21b) and a printing substrate, the printing substrate being capable of moving corresponding to the slide track (21; 21a; 21b); the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b) is disposed on the bottom plate (11; 11a; 11b), the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b) and the slide track (21; 21a; 21b) being staggeredly disposed such that the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b) and the slide track (21; 21a; 21b) do not interfere with the movement of the printing substrate; and the scanning and supporting module (50; 50a; 50b) is detachably combined with the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b) and is driven by the scanning and driving module (40; 40a; 40b).
An agricultural adjuvant composition, comprising, based on 100 pbw of the adjuvant composition: (a) one or more first nonionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of fatty acid glycol ester surfactants, polyalkoxylated triglyceride surfactants, alkoxylated fatty alcohol surfactants, and sorbitan fatty acid ester surfactants; (b) at least one of (b)(i) one or more second nonionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of polyalkoxylated alkylphenol surfactants, polyalkoxylated alkarylphenol surfactants, amine oxide surfactants, alkanolamide surfactants, and glycoside surfactants, and/or (b)(ii) one or more anionic surfactants, wherein the one or more first nonionic surfactants (a) and the one or more second nonionic surfactants (b)(i) are present in a combined amount of 5 pbw to 30 pbw; (c) 50 pbw to 85 pbw of a liquid medium comprising one or more fatty acid (C 1 -C 3)alkyl esters; (d) 1 pbw to 20 pbw of one or more water soluble deposition aid polymers selected from guars and guar derivatives; and (e) greater than 0 pbw to 10 pbw of one or more thickening agents selected from silica, inorganic colloidal or colloid-forming clay particles. (a) one or more first nonionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of fatty acid glycol ester surfactants, polyalkoxylated triglyceride surfactants, alkoxylated fatty alcohol surfactants, and sorbitan fatty acid ester surfactants; (b) at least one of (b)(i) one or more second nonionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of polyalkoxylated alkylphenol surfactants, polyalkoxylated alkarylphenol surfactants, amine oxide surfactants, alkanolamide surfactants, and glycoside surfactants, and/or (b)(ii) one or more anionic surfactants, wherein the one or more first nonionic surfactants (a) and the one or more second nonionic surfactants (b)(i) are present in a combined amount of 5 pbw to 30 pbw; (b)(i) one or more second nonionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of polyalkoxylated alkylphenol surfactants, polyalkoxylated alkarylphenol surfactants, amine oxide surfactants, alkanolamide surfactants, and glycoside surfactants, and/or (b)(ii) one or more anionic surfactants, (c) 50 pbw to 85 pbw of a liquid medium comprising one or more fatty acid (C 1 -C 3)alkyl esters; (d) 1 pbw to 20 pbw of one or more water soluble deposition aid polymers selected from guars and guar derivatives; and (e) greater than 0 pbw to 10 pbw of one or more thickening agents selected from silica, inorganic colloidal or colloid-forming clay particles.
A hot melt adhesive composition comprising an acrylic block copolymer component, wherein the block copolymers have the formula: - - - - wherein A1 and A2 is methyl methacrylate having a glass transition temperature (Tg) measured according to the description of greater than 30°C and B is n-butyl acrylate having a Tg of less than 20°C, and wherein the acrylic block copolymer component is present in the composition in amounts from 20 to 35 % by weight based on the weight of the adhesive composition and is prepared by anionic polymerization.