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An arrangement for transferring heat, comprising: - a wet scrubber configured to transfer heat from waste gas to scrubbing liquid, - a first heat exchanger having a first side coupled to the wet scrubber and a second side coupled to a return side and a supply side of a district heating network, and - means for conveying scrubbing liquid from the wet scrubber through the first side of the first heat exchanger to the wet scrubber, characterised in that the arrangement comprises: - a heat accumulator containing heat storage liquid, - a second heat exchanger having a first side coupled to a top part and a bottom part of the heat accumulator and a second side coupled to the return side and the supply side of the district heating network and the second side of the first heat exchanger, - means for conveying heat storage liquid between the first side of the second heat exchanger and the heat accumulator, - an evaporator having a first side and a second side, the first side being coupled to the first side of the second heat exchanger and the bottom part of the heat accumulator, - a condenser having a first side and a second side, the first side being coupled to the second side of the second heat exchanger, the second side of the first heat exchanger and the supply side of the district heating network and the second side being coupled to the second side of the evaporator, and - means for conveying heat transfer media between the second side of the evaporator and the second side of the condenser. - a wet scrubber configured to transfer heat from waste gas to scrubbing liquid, - a first heat exchanger having a first side coupled to the wet scrubber and a second side coupled to a return side and a supply side of a district heating network, and - means for conveying scrubbing liquid from the wet scrubber through the first side of the first heat exchanger to the wet scrubber, - a heat accumulator containing heat storage liquid, - a second heat exchanger having a first side coupled to a top part and a bottom part of the heat accumulator and a second side coupled to the return side and the supply side of the district heating network and the second side of the first heat exchanger, - means for conveying heat storage liquid between the first side of the second heat exchanger and the heat accumulator, - an evaporator having a first side and a second side, the first side being coupled to the first side of the second heat exchanger and the bottom part of the heat accumulator, - a condenser having a first side and a second side, the first side being coupled to the second side of the second heat exchanger, the second side of the first heat exchanger and the supply side of the district heating network and the second side being coupled to the second side of the evaporator, and - means for conveying heat transfer media between the second side of the evaporator and the second side of the condenser.
A storage stable resin composition, comprising an epoxy resin, a block-copolymer with silicone and organic blocks, and a silane, wherein the block-copolymer is present in the composition in an amount of 4 to 8 wt.% and the silane is present in the composition in an amount of 0.6 to 1.5 wt.%, both amounts based on the sum of amounts of the epoxy resin, the block-copolymer and the silane.
A hearing assistance apparatus for detecting user activities from within the hearing assistance apparatus using at least one sensor employing micro electro-mechanical structures, MEMS, the hearing assistance apparatus comprising: an earmold adapted to fit against the skin of a user's ear canal; a MEMS sensor positioned within the earmold and being adapted to sense structural vibrations within the body of the user of the hearing assistance apparatus; and a signal processor adapted to carry out a signal processing algorithm for detecting a specific user activity, wherein the signal processing algorithm comprises the steps of: digitizing an output signal or signals from the MEMS sensor, and comparing the digitized signal or signals to a stored signature or signatures that characterize each of the user activities that can be detected, and wherein the user activities that can be detected comprise: speech, chewing, footfall, head tilt, or automobile motion or acceleration. an earmold adapted to fit against the skin of a user's ear canal; a MEMS sensor positioned within the earmold and being adapted to sense structural vibrations within the body of the user of the hearing assistance apparatus; and a signal processor adapted to carry out a signal processing algorithm for detecting a specific user activity, wherein the signal processing algorithm comprises the steps of: digitizing an output signal or signals from the MEMS sensor, and comparing the digitized signal or signals to a stored signature or signatures that characterize each of the user activities that can be detected, and digitizing an output signal or signals from the MEMS sensor, and comparing the digitized signal or signals to a stored signature or signatures that characterize each of the user activities that can be detected, and wherein the user activities that can be detected comprise: speech, chewing, footfall, head tilt, or automobile motion or acceleration.
A method of manufacturing a porous polymer membrane having a pore size of 5-400 nm, comprising the steps of a) providing a dispersion comprising • 50 to 99 wt.% of one or more diluents, • 1 to 20 wt. -% of one or more polymers dissolved therein, • 0.5 to 40 wt.-% of one or more metal salt nanoparticles, having primary particle sizes between 5-400 nm, dispersed therein, • 0 to 5 wt.-% of one or more additives dissolved therein, whereby the ratio of polymer: nanoparticles is in the range of 2:1 to 1:5; b) coating a substrate with said dispersion; c) optionally subjecting the obtained material to a drying step; d) optionally subjecting the thus obtained material to a polymerisation or cross-linking step; e) removing said one or more metal salt particles by a dissolution step; f) optionally removing the obtained polymer membrane from said supporting material. a) providing a dispersion comprising • 50 to 99 wt.% of one or more diluents, • 1 to 20 wt. -% of one or more polymers dissolved therein, • 0.5 to 40 wt.-% of one or more metal salt nanoparticles, having primary particle sizes between 5-400 nm, dispersed therein, • 0 to 5 wt.-% of one or more additives dissolved therein, whereby the ratio of polymer: nanoparticles is in the range of 2:1 to 1:5; • 50 to 99 wt.% of one or more diluents, • 1 to 20 wt. -% of one or more polymers dissolved therein, • 0.5 to 40 wt.-% of one or more metal salt nanoparticles, having primary particle sizes between 5-400 nm, dispersed therein, • 0 to 5 wt.-% of one or more additives dissolved therein, b) coating a substrate with said dispersion; c) optionally subjecting the obtained material to a drying step; d) optionally subjecting the thus obtained material to a polymerisation or cross-linking step; e) removing said one or more metal salt particles by a dissolution step; f) optionally removing the obtained polymer membrane from said supporting material.
A nanoparticle comprising: (i) a core comprising a metal and/or a semiconductor atom; (ii) a corona comprising a plurality of ligands covalently linked to the core, wherein at least a first ligand of said plurality comprises a carbohydrate moiety that is covalently linked to the core via a first linker or comprises glutathione, and wherein at least a second ligand of said plurality comprises a peptide of choice that is covalently linked to the core via a second linker, said second linker comprising: a peptide portion and a non-peptide portion, wherein said peptide portion of said second linker comprises the sequence X 1 X 2 Z 1, wherein: X 1 is an amino acid selected from A and G; X 2 is an amino acid selected from A and G; and Z 1 is an amino acid selected from Y and F. (i) a core comprising a metal and/or a semiconductor atom; (ii) a corona comprising a plurality of ligands covalently linked to the core, wherein at least a first ligand of said plurality comprises a carbohydrate moiety that is covalently linked to the core via a first linker or comprises glutathione, and wherein at least a second ligand of said plurality comprises a peptide of choice that is covalently linked to the core via a second linker, said second linker comprising: a peptide portion and a non-peptide portion, wherein said peptide portion of said second linker comprises the sequence X 1 X 2 Z 1, wherein: X 1 is an amino acid selected from A and G; X 2 is an amino acid selected from A and G; and Z 1 is an amino acid selected from Y and F. a peptide portion and a non-peptide portion, wherein said peptide portion of said second linker comprises the sequence X 1 X 2 Z 1, wherein: X 1 is an amino acid selected from A and G; X 2 is an amino acid selected from A and G; and Z 1 is an amino acid selected from Y and F. X 1 is an amino acid selected from A and G; X 2 is an amino acid selected from A and G; and Z 1 is an amino acid selected from Y and F.
An apparatus, comprising means for: communicating with a plurality of remote devices (202, 203) in a videoconference session; outputting, on a display, a user interface comprising a plurality of video feed display portions (602, 603) respectively associated with the plurality of remote devices; receiving user selection of one or more of the remote devices; and based on the received user selection: causing display of a video feed display portion associated with the one or more selected remote devices on a linked user device which is linked to the apparatus, and enabling one or more communications actions for use with the one or more selected remote devices over a private communications channel which is not part of the videoconference session by, responsive to detecting a user input for initiating audio communications over the private communications channel, causing capture of audio data by one or more microphones of the linked user device for sending over the private communications channel and to disable sending of audio data as part of the videoconference session. communicating with a plurality of remote devices (202, 203) in a videoconference session; outputting, on a display, a user interface comprising a plurality of video feed display portions (602, 603) respectively associated with the plurality of remote devices; receiving user selection of one or more of the remote devices; and based on the received user selection: causing display of a video feed display portion associated with the one or more selected remote devices on a linked user device which is linked to the apparatus, and enabling one or more communications actions for use with the one or more selected remote devices over a private communications channel which is not part of the videoconference session by, responsive to detecting a user input for initiating audio communications over the private communications channel, causing capture of audio data by one or more microphones of the linked user device for sending over the private communications channel and to disable sending of audio data as part of the videoconference session. causing display of a video feed display portion associated with the one or more selected remote devices on a linked user device which is linked to the apparatus, and enabling one or more communications actions for use with the one or more selected remote devices over a private communications channel which is not part of the videoconference session by, responsive to detecting a user input for initiating audio communications over the private communications channel, causing capture of audio data by one or more microphones of the linked user device for sending over the private communications channel and to disable sending of audio data as part of the videoconference session.
An optical shape sensing system comprising - a first optical fiber comprising optical shape sensing elements, - a second optical fiber comprising optical shape sensing elements, - a processor arranged to register a first coordinate system indicative of a position of the first optical fiber in space, and to register a position of the second optical fiber in relation to the first coordinate system, and - an optical console system (C, C1, C2) arranged for interrogating the optical shape sensing elements in both of the first and second optical fibers (OSF1, OSF2), and to accordingly determine a measure of a three-dimensional shape of at least parts of both of the first and second optical fibers (OSF1, OSF2), based on the registered position of the second optical fiber in relation to the first coordinate system, characterized in that the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber are mechanically concatenated so that the second optical fiber serves to extend an effective length of the first optical fiber or to improve accuracy of a three-dimensional shape reconstruction of the first optical fiber, and the processor is arranged to register a position in space and an orientation of a proximal part of the second optical fiber in relation to the first coordinate system. - a first optical fiber comprising optical shape sensing elements, - a second optical fiber comprising optical shape sensing elements, - a processor arranged to register a first coordinate system indicative of a position of the first optical fiber in space, and to register a position of the second optical fiber in relation to the first coordinate system, and - an optical console system (C, C1, C2) arranged for interrogating the optical shape sensing elements in both of the first and second optical fibers (OSF1, OSF2), and to accordingly determine a measure of a three-dimensional shape of at least parts of both of the first and second optical fibers (OSF1, OSF2), based on the registered position of the second optical fiber in relation to the first coordinate system,
A computer implemented method for compressing video frames comprising: combining multiple thumbnail images of a motion video into a multi-thumbnail frame, each of the multiple thumbnail images to correspond to a different respective one of multiple full-resolution frames of the motion video, the multiple thumbnail images comprising chronologically adjacent thumbnail images organized within the multi-thumbnail frame in a tiled manner; compressing the multi-thumbnail frame to generate a compressed thumbnail frame, T-frame; characterized by comparing pixels of the chronologically adjacent thumbnail images of the multi-thumbnail frame to derive a motion vector, wherein the motion vector is used in the compressing of the multi-thumbnail frame. combining multiple thumbnail images of a motion video into a multi-thumbnail frame, each of the multiple thumbnail images to correspond to a different respective one of multiple full-resolution frames of the motion video, the multiple thumbnail images comprising chronologically adjacent thumbnail images organized within the multi-thumbnail frame in a tiled manner; compressing the multi-thumbnail frame to generate a compressed thumbnail frame, T-frame; characterized by comparing pixels of the chronologically adjacent thumbnail images of the multi-thumbnail frame to derive a motion vector, wherein the motion vector is used in the compressing of the multi-thumbnail frame.
A liquid crystal display panel comprising: a first and a second substrate; a sealing material; and a liquid crystal layer enclosed by the first and second substrates and the sealing material, wherein the first substrate includes a plurality of pixel electrodes each provided with multiple slits, a flat plate-shaped common electrode, and insulating films (61, 62, 63), and the common electrode and the pixel electrodes are disposed in such a way that at least one of the insulating films lies between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, the liquid crystal display panel comprises a display area defined by the region of the liquid crystal display panel where the pixel electrodes are disposed and a non-display area defined as the region of the liquid crystal display panel outside the display area, a gate driver, multiple gate leads, and a common lead are disposed on the first substrate in the non-display area, such that the gate leads extend from the gate driver to the display area and the common lead is electrically connected to the common electrode, and the common electrode covers the area between the common lead and the part of the perimeter of the display area along which the common lead is disposed, characterized in that the common lead is disposed along a part of the perimeter of the display area in such a way as to intersect the gate leads. a first and a second substrate; a sealing material; and a liquid crystal layer enclosed by the first and second substrates and the sealing material, wherein the first substrate includes a plurality of pixel electrodes each provided with multiple slits, a flat plate-shaped common electrode, and insulating films (61, 62, 63), and the common electrode and the pixel electrodes are disposed in such a way that at least one of the insulating films lies between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, the liquid crystal display panel comprises a display area defined by the region of the liquid crystal display panel where the pixel electrodes are disposed and a non-display area defined as the region of the liquid crystal display panel outside the display area, a gate driver, multiple gate leads, and a common lead are disposed on the first substrate in the non-display area, such that the gate leads extend from the gate driver to the display area and the common lead is electrically connected to the common electrode, and the common electrode covers the area between the common lead and the part of the perimeter of the display area along which the common lead is disposed, characterized in that the common lead is disposed along a part of the perimeter of the display area in such a way as to intersect the gate leads.
A pad assembly for an orthopedic device, comprising: a padding defining first and second surfaces (18, 20), the padding including a first layer being resilient and accessible from the first surface and a second layer being resilient and underlying and secured to the first layer; wherein first and second removable sections are both formed from at least one of the first and second layers (42, 44), and are arranged in a pattern and separated by edge clearances, characterised in that each of the first and second removable sections being tearable from only the first layer of the padding such that a residual portion of the first layer remains secured on the second layer when at least one of the first and second removable sections is removed from the padding. a padding defining first and second surfaces (18, 20), the padding including a first layer being resilient and accessible from the first surface and a second layer being resilient and underlying and secured to the first layer; wherein first and second removable sections are both formed from at least one of the first and second layers (42, 44), and are arranged in a pattern and separated by edge clearances,
A process for preparing a microgel comprising the following steps: (i) RAFT polymerizing in the presence of a RAFT chain transfer agent, one or more solvophobic monomers and one or more solvophilic monomers to form one or more block copolymers comprising one or more solvophobic blocks and one or more solvophilic blocks, wherein said solvophobic block is insoluble in a dispersing medium and said solvophilic block is soluble in said dispersing medium, and wherein said solvophobic block, solvophilic block, or both of said blocks are provided with one or more crosslinkable functionalities; (ii) dispersing said block copolymer in said dispersing medium to form micelles; and (iii) stabilizing said micelles by crosslinking said crosslinkable functionalities to form said microgel. (i) RAFT polymerizing in the presence of a RAFT chain transfer agent, one or more solvophobic monomers and one or more solvophilic monomers to form one or more block copolymers comprising one or more solvophobic blocks and one or more solvophilic blocks, wherein said solvophobic block is insoluble in a dispersing medium and said solvophilic block is soluble in said dispersing medium, and wherein said solvophobic block, solvophilic block, or both of said blocks are provided with one or more crosslinkable functionalities; (ii) dispersing said block copolymer in said dispersing medium to form micelles; and (iii) stabilizing said micelles by crosslinking said crosslinkable functionalities to form said microgel.
An energy absorbing assembly comprising: a seat frame comprising a base; a seat pan coupled to the seat frame and configured to support a passenger in a seated position; and a deformable member disposed substantially between the seat pan and the base of the seat frame, wherein the deformable member is configured to undergo plastic deformation in response to a first compressive load on the deformable member, and wherein at least a portion of the deformable member is pre-crushed; wherein the seat pan comprises an opening that corresponds to a size of the deformable member; and further comprising a wedge member disposed between the deformable member and the base of the seat frame. a seat frame comprising a base; a seat pan coupled to the seat frame and configured to support a passenger in a seated position; and a deformable member disposed substantially between the seat pan and the base of the seat frame, wherein the deformable member is configured to undergo plastic deformation in response to a first compressive load on the deformable member, and wherein at least a portion of the deformable member is pre-crushed; wherein the seat pan comprises an opening that corresponds to a size of the deformable member; and further comprising a wedge member disposed between the deformable member and the base of the seat frame.
A device for aligning attachment parts on a body of a vehicle with a mounting support running in the vehicle transverse direction, with a retaining unit affixed on the mounting support, on which at least one attachment part can be placed via affixing means, and via alignment means can be aligned relative to a further attachment part in an adjustment direction, such that a linear adjusting element which has an axially fixed connection to the mounting support is provided, which is adjustable in relation to a retaining body of the retaining unit which is engaged with the linear adjusting element, and that the affixing means (30, 31) is arranged at a distance from the linear adjusting means, characterized in that the linear adjusting element is designed as a threaded bolt, which is held in an axially fixed manner on an affixing element in a mounting position with abutment of a head of the threaded bolt, and with a shank is in a threaded engagement with the retaining body via a threaded bore hole of said body.