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A battery module (101, 101', 102, 103) comprising a plurality of series-connected and stacked rechargeable batteries, a plurality of heat-conductive sheets (123, 123', 123") interposed between and being in thermal contact with the stacked rechargeable batteries, heat dispersion members (125, 135, 145) providing a coolant path and being composed of heat pipes being in thermal contact with the heat-conductive sheets (123, 123', 123"), wherein the battery module (101, 101', 102, 103) further comprises a heat dissipation member (126, 136, 146) including a support plate (126a, 136a, 146a) being in thermal contact with the heat dispersion member (125, 135, 145) and with heat dissipation fins (126b, 136b, 146b) protruding from the support plate (126a, 136a, 146a) characterized in that the heat pipes extend in a direction in which the rechargeable batteries are stacked and are arranged at intervals in a width direction of the rechargeable batteries, and in that the heat dissipation fins (126b, 136b, 146b) extend in the width direction of the rechargeable batteries, and are arranged at intervals in the direction in which the rechargeable batteries are stacked.
A method of reducing distortion in an additively manufactured part; comprising: forming a shrinking platform of successive layers of composite, the composite including a metal particulate filler in a debindable matrix; forming shrinking supports of the composite above the shrinking platform; forming a desired part of the composite upon the shrinking platform and shrinking supports, all portions of the desired part being vertically and directly supported by the shrinking platform; forming a sliding release layer below the shrinking platform of equal or larger surface area than a bottom of the shrinking platform that reduces lateral resistance between the shrinking platform and an underlying surface; debinding the matrix sufficient to form a shape-retaining brown part assembly including the shrinking platform, the shrinking supports, and the desired part; and heating the shape-retaining brown part assembly formed from the composite to shrink all of the shrinking platform, the shrinking supports, and the desired part together at a same rate as neighboring metal particles throughout the shape-retaining brown part assembly undergo mass diffusion. forming a shrinking platform of successive layers of composite, the composite including a metal particulate filler in a debindable matrix; forming shrinking supports of the composite above the shrinking platform; forming a desired part of the composite upon the shrinking platform and shrinking supports, all portions of the desired part being vertically and directly supported by the shrinking platform; forming a sliding release layer below the shrinking platform of equal or larger surface area than a bottom of the shrinking platform that reduces lateral resistance between the shrinking platform and an underlying surface; debinding the matrix sufficient to form a shape-retaining brown part assembly including the shrinking platform, the shrinking supports, and the desired part; and heating the shape-retaining brown part assembly formed from the composite to shrink all of the shrinking platform, the shrinking supports, and the desired part together at a same rate as neighboring metal particles throughout the shape-retaining brown part assembly undergo mass diffusion.
An electrolytic cell, comprising: at least one anode module having a plurality of anodes, wherein each of the plurality of anodes is an oxygen-involving electrode; at least one cathode module, opposing the anode module, wherein the at least one cathode module comprises a plurality of cathodes, wherein each of the plurality of anodes and each of the plurality of cathodes have surfaces thereon that are vertically oriented and spaced one from another, wherein the cathodes are wettable, wherein the at least one cathode module is coupled to a bottom of the electrolytic cell, and wherein a portion of each of the anodes overlaps a portion of adjacent cathodes; a cell reservoir configured to retain a bath of molten electrolyte and a molten metal pad disposed therewithin; and a positioning apparatus coupled to the at least one anode module, configured to selectively adjust a position of the at least one anode module in a vertical direction relative to the cathode module, and to adjust a position of the plurality of anodes in a horizontal direction relative to adjacent cathodes; wherein the plurality of anodes are configured to be at least partially immersed in the bath of electrolyte when the plurality of anodes are suspended above the cathode module and extend downwards towards the cathode module, wherein the plurality of cathodes are configured to be completely immersed in the bath of electrolyte, wherein the plurality of cathodes are positioned in the cell reservoir extending upwards towards the anode module, and wherein each of the plurality of anodes and each of the plurality of cathodes are alternatingly positioned within the cell reservoir. at least one anode module having a plurality of anodes, wherein each of the plurality of anodes is an oxygen-involving electrode; at least one cathode module, opposing the anode module, wherein the at least one cathode module comprises a plurality of cathodes, wherein each of the plurality of anodes and each of the plurality of cathodes have surfaces thereon that are vertically oriented and spaced one from another, wherein the cathodes are wettable, wherein the at least one cathode module is coupled to a bottom of the electrolytic cell, and wherein a portion of each of the anodes overlaps a portion of adjacent cathodes; a cell reservoir configured to retain a bath of molten electrolyte and a molten metal pad disposed therewithin; and
Method for calibrating a current measuring device of a control device for a luminaire, the current measuring device comprising measuring means which are coupled to the luminaire during operation of the control device (100, 500), the measuring means being connected in series with the luminaire during operation of the control device (100, 500), the method comprising: - automatically setting a predetermined current of zero magnitude through the measuring means during operation of the control device (100, 500), - automatically detecting an electrical variable at the measuring means while the predetermined current is set, the electrical variable being a voltage drop across the measuring means, and - automatically determining a correction value for the current measuring device depending on the detected electrical variable, characterized in that the measuring means comprise a measuring resistor, by means of which, when the predetermined current is not set through the measuring means during operation of the control device, the current through the measuring resistor is at least on average equal to the current through the luminaire. - automatically setting a predetermined current of zero magnitude through the measuring means during operation of the control device (100, 500), - automatically detecting an electrical variable at the measuring means while the predetermined current is set, the electrical variable being a voltage drop across the measuring means, and - automatically determining a correction value for the current measuring device depending on the detected electrical variable,
A device for determining a skin inflammation score or value, comprising - an optoelectronic measuring instrument or device, preferably a 3D scanner, for taking a three-dimensional image of an inflammation area on human or animal skin, wherein area-related, space and color values of the three-dimensional image are detectable by the optoelectronic measuring instrument, - a processing or computing unit for calculating the skin inflammation score from the area-related, space and color values detected by the measuring instrument, and - a display unit for displaying the calculated skin inflammation score, characterized in that the processing unit is arranged to distinguish the area-related values of the scanned three-dimensional image into an inflammation focus and a focus-surrounding area adjoining and surrounding the inflammation focus by delimiting the color values of the individual pixels and by delimiting the space values of the individual pixels and in that the device is arranged to assign each area-related value of the three-dimensional image scanned by the optoelectronic measuring instrument a magenta value in the CMYK color model. - an optoelectronic measuring instrument or device, preferably a 3D scanner, for taking a three-dimensional image of an inflammation area on human or animal skin, wherein area-related, space and color values of the three-dimensional image are detectable by the optoelectronic measuring instrument, - a processing or computing unit for calculating the skin inflammation score from the area-related, space and color values detected by the measuring instrument, and - a display unit for displaying the calculated skin inflammation score,
A process for preparing at least one organic target compound by a) heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of at least one organic precursor compound with molecular oxygen in at least two oxidation reactor systems which comprise catalyst charges and are operated in parallel to obtain at least two product gas streams each comprising the target compound and each stemming from one of the at least two oxidation reactor systems and b) subsequent removal of the at least one target compound from the at least two product gas streams to obtain at least one crude target product stream, by c) before the removal, mixing together at least two of the at least two product gas streams, or, in the course of the removal, mixing together at least two of any target product-comprising subsequent streams obtained on the route from the at least two product gas streams to the at least one crude target product stream, and/or, after the removal from the at least two product gas streams, mixing together any crude target product streams obtained in the course of the removal, to form a mixture stream, wherein at least one of the catalyst charges of the at least two oxidation reactor systems operated in parallel, over which the target compounds comprised in the mixture stream were formed, comprises at least one portion of catalyst over which the heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation has already been carried out longer than over all portions of catalyst of the at least one other catalyst charge. a) heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of at least one organic precursor compound with molecular oxygen in at least two oxidation reactor systems which comprise catalyst charges and are operated in parallel to obtain at least two product gas streams each comprising the target compound and each stemming from one of the at least two oxidation reactor systems and b) subsequent removal of the at least one target compound from the at least two product gas streams to obtain at least one crude target product stream, by c) before the removal, mixing together at least two of the at least two product gas streams, or, in the course of the removal, mixing together at least two of any target product-comprising subsequent streams obtained on the route from the at least two product gas streams to the at least one crude target product stream, and/or, after the removal from the at least two product gas streams, mixing together any crude target product streams obtained in the course of the removal, to form a mixture stream, wherein at least one of the catalyst charges of the at least two oxidation reactor systems operated in parallel, over which the target compounds comprised in the mixture stream were formed, comprises at least one portion of catalyst over which the heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation has already been carried out longer than over all portions of catalyst of the at least one other catalyst charge.
Drum brake having a brake drum and two brake shoes (2, 3), which can be applied to the brake drum, are secured on the brake shoe side of a carrier plate and each have a pressure end and an abutment end, wherein a spreader device is situated between the pressure ends, and an abutment having a load measurement device that is used to determine the load prevailing at the abutment is situated between the abutment ends, the abutment has a cylinder in which two pistons are guided, on the outer end faces of which the abutment ends of the brake shoes (2, 3) rest, characterized in that the inner end faces of the pistons are each supported by a spring on a step in the cylinder, and in that a hollow peg projects from the outside of the cylinder, which peg penetrates an opening in the carrier plate, such that it can be received in a receiving space in a steering knuckle resting against the carrier plate or in a reinforcement element fixed on the steering knuckle.
An encoding method, wherein the method is performed by an encoding device, and comprises: encoding first data in a first encoding manner to generate a first encoded sequence; encoding second data in a second encoding manner to generate a second encoded sequence, wherein a quantity of bits comprised in the first data is greater than a quantity of bits comprised in the second data, and a quantity of bits comprised in the first encoded sequence is equal to a quantity of bits comprised in the second encoded sequence; performing Four-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation, PAM-4, modulation on an input signal to generate a symbol sequence, wherein the input signal comprises the first encoded sequence and the second encoded sequence, the first encoded sequence corresponds to a high bit of the input signal, and the second encoded sequence corresponds to a low bit of the input signal; and sending the symbol sequence; characterized in that the first data comprises 6448 bits, and the second data comprises 5668 bits; or the first data comprises 5324 bits, and the second data comprises 4700 bits; or the first data comprises 27436 bits, and the second data comprises 19600 bits. encoding first data in a first encoding manner to generate a first encoded sequence; encoding second data in a second encoding manner to generate a second encoded sequence, wherein a quantity of bits comprised in the first data is greater than a quantity of bits comprised in the second data, and a quantity of bits comprised in the first encoded sequence is equal to a quantity of bits comprised in the second encoded sequence; performing Four-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation, PAM-4, modulation on an input signal to generate a symbol sequence, wherein the input signal comprises the first encoded sequence and the second encoded sequence, the first encoded sequence corresponds to a high bit of the input signal, and the second encoded sequence corresponds to a low bit of the input signal; and sending the symbol sequence; characterized in that the first data comprises 6448 bits, and the second data comprises 5668 bits; or the first data comprises 5324 bits, and the second data comprises 4700 bits; or the first data comprises 27436 bits, and the second data comprises 19600 bits.
A valve for a drain channel of a sanitary appliance, comprising: a flexible tubular structure extending between an inlet end defining an inlet opening for receiving fluid into an interior of the tubular structure, and an outlet end downstream of the inlet opening, the tubular structure defining a flow direction (f), wherein the tubular structure is adapted to deform from - a closed state, in absence of fluid applying a pressure to the interior of the tubular structure, in which the outlet end is closed, to - an open state, in response to a pressure of fluid applied to the interior of the tubular structure, in which the outlet end is open, defining an outlet opening; characterised in that the outlet end has a V-shaped cross-section across the flow direction when the tubular structure is in the closed state. a flexible tubular structure extending between an inlet end defining an inlet opening for receiving fluid into an interior of the tubular structure, and an outlet end downstream of the inlet opening, the tubular structure defining a flow direction (f), wherein the tubular structure is adapted to deform from - a closed state, in absence of fluid applying a pressure to the interior of the tubular structure, in which the outlet end is closed, to - an open state, in response to a pressure of fluid applied to the interior of the tubular structure, in which the outlet end is open, defining an outlet opening; - a closed state, in absence of fluid applying a pressure to the interior of the tubular structure, in which the outlet end is closed, to - an open state, in response to a pressure of fluid applied to the interior of the tubular structure, in which the outlet end is open, defining an outlet opening; characterised in that the outlet end has a V-shaped cross-section across the flow direction when the tubular structure is in the closed state.
Conjugated polymer containing one or more identical or different recurring units of the formula I in which the individual radicals have the following meanings: Ar denotes mono- or polycyclic aryl or heteroaryl, which may additionally be substituted in one or more positions, Sp 1 denotes alkylene having 1 to 20 C atoms, which is unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by F, Cl, Br, I or CN, and in which, in addition, one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups may in each case be replaced, independently of one another, by -O-, -S-, -NH-, -NR 0 -, -SiR 0 R 00 -, -CO-, -COO-, -OCO-, -OCO-O-, -S-CO-, -CO-S-, -CR 0 =CR 00 - or -C≡C- in such a way that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another, X 1 denotes NR 0 or O, R 0 and R 00 in each case, independently of one another, denote H or alkyl having 1 to 12 C atoms, and R 1 denotes a hydrocarbyl radical having 1 to 40 C atoms, except for recurring units of the formula I in which Ar denotes phenylene which is mono- or polysubstituted by -NH-C -OR 1, and which is directly adjacent to an optionally substituted benzo[lmn][3,8]phenanthroline-1,3,6,8-tetraone-4,9-diyl unit in the main polymer chain, and recurring units of the formula I in which Ar denotes pyrrolo[3,4-c]-pyrrole-1,4-dione-3,6-diyl, in which both N atoms are substituted by -C -OR 1. Ar denotes mono- or polycyclic aryl or heteroaryl, which may additionally be substituted in one or more positions, Sp 1 denotes alkylene having 1 to 20 C atoms, which is unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by F, Cl, Br, I or CN, and in which, in addition, one or more non-adjacent CH 2 groups may in each case be replaced, independently of one another, by -O-, -S-, -NH-, -NR 0 -, -SiR 0 R 00 -, -CO-, -COO-, -OCO-, -OCO-O-, -S-CO-, -CO-S-, -CR 0 =CR 00 - or -C≡C- in such a way that O and/or S atoms are not linked directly to one another, X 1 denotes NR 0 or O, R 0 and R 00 in each case, independently of one another, denote H or alkyl having 1 to 12 C atoms, and R 1 denotes a hydrocarbyl radical having 1 to 40 C atoms,
A method for producing cysteine, comprising: 1) culturing a recombinant microorganism in which the activity of endogeneous phosphoserine phosphatase SerB is reduced, to produce O-phosphoserine; and 2) reacting the OPS of step 1) with a sulfide in presence of O-phosphoserine sulfhydrylase (OPSS) or with a sulfide in presence of a microorganism expressing OPSS, to produce cysteine, wherein the level of SerB enzymeactivity is reduced by using a technique selected from the group consisting of: deletion of the chromosomal gene encoding the SerB enzyme, the introduction of mutation into the chromosomal gene encoding the SerB enzyme to reduce the endogenous gene activity, the substitution of the chromosomal gene encoding the SerB enzyme with a gene mutated to reduce the endogenous enzyme activity, the introduction of mutation into a regulatory region for the gene encoding the SerB enzyme to reduce endogenous gene activity, and the introduction of an antisense oligonucleotide complementary to a transcript of the gene encoding the SerB enzyme to inhibit the translation of the mRNA. 1) culturing a recombinant microorganism in which the activity of endogeneous phosphoserine phosphatase SerB is reduced, to produce O-phosphoserine; and 2) reacting the OPS of step 1) with a sulfide in presence of O-phosphoserine sulfhydrylase (OPSS) or with a sulfide in presence of a microorganism expressing OPSS, to produce cysteine, wherein the level of SerB enzymeactivity is reduced by using a technique selected from the group consisting of: deletion of the chromosomal gene encoding the SerB enzyme, the introduction of mutation into the chromosomal gene encoding the SerB enzyme to reduce the endogenous gene activity, the substitution of the chromosomal gene encoding the SerB enzyme with a gene mutated to reduce the endogenous enzyme activity, the introduction of mutation into a regulatory region for the gene encoding the SerB enzyme to reduce endogenous gene activity, and the introduction of an antisense oligonucleotide complementary to a transcript of the gene encoding the SerB enzyme to inhibit the translation of the mRNA. deletion of the chromosomal gene encoding the SerB enzyme, the introduction of mutation into the chromosomal gene encoding the SerB enzyme to reduce the endogenous gene activity, the substitution of the chromosomal gene encoding the SerB enzyme with a gene mutated to reduce the endogenous enzyme activity, the introduction of mutation into a regulatory region for the gene encoding the SerB enzyme to reduce endogenous gene activity, and the introduction of an antisense oligonucleotide complementary to a transcript of the gene encoding the SerB enzyme to inhibit the translation of the mRNA.
A computer-implemented method for performing long-term prediction, LTP, in an encoding process, comprising: determining a pitch gain and a pitch lag of an input audio signal for at least a predetermined number of frames; determining that the pitch gain of the input audio signal has exceeded a predetermined threshold and that a change of the pitch lag of the input audio signal has been within a predetermined range for at least the predetermined number of frames; and in response to determining that the pitch gain of the input audio signal has exceeded the predetermined threshold and that the change of the pitch lag has been within the predetermined range for at least the predetermined number of frames, setting a pitch gain for a current frame of the input audio signal, in order to improve packet loss concealment, PLC, and in response to determining that the pitch gain of the input audio signal is lower than the predetermined threshold and/or that the change of the pitch lag has not been within the predetermined range for at least the predetermined number of previous frames, the pitch gain is set to zero for the current frame of the input audio signal. determining a pitch gain and a pitch lag of an input audio signal for at least a predetermined number of frames; determining that the pitch gain of the input audio signal has exceeded a predetermined threshold and that a change of the pitch lag of the input audio signal has been within a predetermined range for at least the predetermined number of frames; and in response to determining that the pitch gain of the input audio signal has exceeded the predetermined threshold and that the change of the pitch lag has been within the predetermined range for at least the predetermined number of frames, setting a pitch gain for a current frame of the input audio signal, in order to improve packet loss concealment, PLC, and in response to determining that the pitch gain of the input audio signal is lower than the predetermined threshold and/or that the change of the pitch lag has not been within the predetermined range for at least the predetermined number of previous frames, the pitch gain is set to zero for the current frame of the input audio signal.