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A method of electrostatic printing and glossing comprising: forming a first toner image on a print substrate by electrostatically printing an electrostatic ink comprising a first resin component comprising an ethylene acrylic acid resin, an ethylene methacrylic acid resin or combinations thereof; forming a second toner image disposed on the first toner image on the print substrate by electrostatically printing a liquid electrophotographic printing composition comprising a first resin component comprising an ethylene acrylic acid resin, an ethylene methacrylic acid resin or combinations thereof, and a second resin component present in an amount of 20% to 80% by weight of total solids content of the LEP printing composition, the second resin component having a melting point - as measured according to the method disclosed in the description - of from 50oC to 75oC, which is below the melting point of the first resin component, or from 140oC to 180oC, which is above the melting point - as measured according to the method disclosed in the description - of the first resin component; and heating the print substrate to at least partially melt the first or second toner image. forming a first toner image on a print substrate by electrostatically printing an electrostatic ink comprising a first resin component comprising an ethylene acrylic acid resin, an ethylene methacrylic acid resin or combinations thereof; forming a second toner image disposed on the first toner image on the print substrate by electrostatically printing a liquid electrophotographic printing composition comprising a first resin component comprising an ethylene acrylic acid resin, an ethylene methacrylic acid resin or combinations thereof, and a second resin component present in an amount of 20% to 80% by weight of total solids content of the LEP printing composition, the second resin component having a melting point - as measured according to the method disclosed in the description - of from 50oC to 75oC, which is below the melting point of the first resin component, or from 140oC to 180oC, which is above the melting point - as measured according to the method disclosed in the description - of the first resin component; and heating the print substrate to at least partially melt the first or second toner image.
A method for fuzzy-based control of an allocation of resources of a system, in particular of an IT network, to one or more software applications (10-1,..., 10-N) from a number N of software applications which define a set, comprising the steps of: - measuring, for each resource, a current resource utilization (21-1,..., 28-N) by each of the software applications (10-1,..., 10-N) of the set; - determining, using a first fuzzy-based device, an instantaneous resource utilization value VM (VM-1,..., VM-N) for each software application (10-1,..., 10-N) of the set as a function of the current resource utilization (21-1,..., 28-N) thereof of each resource; - selecting, using a selecting means, at least one software application with a highest instantaneous resource utilization value (VM-1,..., VM-N); - determining, using a fourth fuzzy-based device, a scaling value (SV-1,..., SV-N) at least for each selected software application as a function of the instantaneous resource utilization value VM (VM-1,..., VM-N) thereof, from a relevance value (RV-1,..., RV-N) as determined by a second fuzzy-based device and from a criticality value (CV-1,..., CV-N) as determined by a third fuzzy-based device, of the selected software applications, and a system capacity for the set, with the criterion that the utilization of all the resources by all of the software applications (10-1,..., 10-N) of the set does not exceed an adjustable threshold value. - measuring, for each resource, a current resource utilization (21-1,..., 28-N) by each of the software applications (10-1,..., 10-N) of the set; - determining, using a first fuzzy-based device, an instantaneous resource utilization value VM (VM-1,..., VM-N) for each software application (10-1,..., 10-N) of the set as a function of the current resource utilization (21-1,..., 28-N) thereof of each resource; - selecting, using a selecting means, at least one software application with a highest instantaneous resource utilization value (VM-1,..., VM-N); - determining, using a fourth fuzzy-based device, a scaling value (SV-1,..., SV-N) at least for each selected software application as a function of the instantaneous resource utilization value VM (VM-1,..., VM-N) thereof, from a relevance value (RV-1,..., RV-N) as determined by a second fuzzy-based device and from a criticality value (CV-1,..., CV-N) as determined by a third fuzzy-based device, of the selected software applications, and a system capacity for the set,
Mixing device for a machine to prepare ice-cream with a truncated cone-shape container, suitable to mix substances or liquid or semi-liquid compounds to increase the volume thereof, comprising a hub which develops along a central axis and three mixing spokes connected to the hub, wherein each of said spokes comprises an external lateral fin and two upper and lower connection segments, which connect respective upper and lower ends of said lateral fin to said hub, and wherein said lateral fins and said upper and lower connection segments have respective longitudinal axes of development inclined with respect to each other and with respect to said central axis, wherein said spokes develop, with respect to the central axis, in a truncated cone-shaped volume mating with said truncated cone-shaped container and said fins have respective external edges lying on a common truncated cone-shaped surface, with a shape flared between said lower connection segment and said upper connection segment, wherein the lateral fin of at least one spoke lies on a vertical lying plane (λ) inclined with respect to said central axis by an angle of vertical inclination (β) comprised between 2° and 10°, wherein one or more of either the upper connection segments and/or the lower connection segments have a tapered shape between the hub and the lateral fin.
A method for transmitting system information, comprising: determining, by a base station, a position of a resource for repeatedly sending the system information in a transmission period for the system information according to repeated transmission times for repeatedly sending the system information; and sending, by the base station, the system information on the resource for repeatedly sending the system information, characterized in that, a resource for repeatedly sending the system information corresponding to a high coverage enhancement grade comprises a resource for repeatedly sending the system information corresponding to a low coverage enhancement grade, and the coverage enhancement grades comprise one or more preset grades, and the coverage enhancement grades respectively correspond to different system information repeated transmission times; and wherein system information repeated transmission times corresponding to the high coverage enhancement grade is bigger than system information repeated transmission times corresponding to the low coverage enhancement grade. determining, by a base station, a position of a resource for repeatedly sending the system information in a transmission period for the system information according to repeated transmission times for repeatedly sending the system information; and sending, by the base station, the system information on the resource for repeatedly sending the system information, characterized in that, a resource for repeatedly sending the system information corresponding to a high coverage enhancement grade comprises a resource for repeatedly sending the system information corresponding to a low coverage enhancement grade, and the coverage enhancement grades comprise one or more preset grades, and the coverage enhancement grades respectively correspond to different system information repeated transmission times; and wherein system information repeated transmission times corresponding to the high coverage enhancement grade is bigger than system information repeated transmission times corresponding to the low coverage enhancement grade.
A device for locking a binding to a snowboard, comprising a disc, having a base, that is housed in an opening of a base of the binding and is destinated to be attached to the snowboard and a lever (10, 11, 12), which is hinged to the base and pivots from an unlocking position to a locking position, wherein the base is locked in any angular position relative to an axial direction of the base of the disc, the opening of the base being provided with a shoulder, characterized in that the lever is a locking lever, overlapping the shoulder of the opening of the base in the locking position and transmitting a clamping force onto said shoulder, exerted by a clamping means (27, 33, 45, 55, 65), the lever fitting into the opening of the base in the unlocking position.
A method of monitoring a space by a portable sensor device, the portable sensor device comprising a first sensor of a first sensor type for providing first sensor data indicative of first environmental information in the space, and a second sensor of a second sensor type different from the first sensor type for providing second sensor data indicative of second environmental information in the space, the method comprising: - determining a location of the portable sensor device in the space, - transmitting, if the portable sensor device is located at a first location in the space, the first sensor data indicative of the first environmental information via the communication unit to a first device or application of a plurality of devices or applications (110, 112), the plurality of devices or applications (110, 112) being external to the portable sensor device, and - transmitting, if the portable sensor device is located at a second location in the space different from the first location, the second sensor data indicative of the second environmental information via the communication unit to a second device or application of the plurality of devices or applications (110, 112). - determining a location of the portable sensor device in the space, - transmitting, if the portable sensor device is located at a first location in the space, the first sensor data indicative of the first environmental information via the communication unit to a first device or application of a plurality of devices or applications (110, 112), the plurality of devices or applications (110, 112) being external to the portable sensor device, and - transmitting, if the portable sensor device is located at a second location in the space different from the first location, the second sensor data indicative of the second environmental information via the communication unit to a second device or application of the plurality of devices or applications (110, 112).
A cooling chamber (1,1') for exhaust gas condensers comprising: a chamber (2,2') having a substantially rectangular profile defining a profile cross-sectional area (A,A',A"); at least one process water piping having a plurality of nozzles, respectively, extending across an dimension; at least one first opening as an inlet into the chamber; at least one second opening as an outlet from the chamber, characterized in that the profile cross-sectional area (A,A',A") gradually decreases along the dimension of the chamber (2,2'). a chamber (2,2') having a substantially rectangular profile defining a profile cross-sectional area (A,A',A"); at least one process water piping having a plurality of nozzles, respectively, extending across an dimension; at least one first opening as an inlet into the chamber; at least one second opening as an outlet from the chamber, characterized in that the profile cross-sectional area (A,A',A") gradually decreases along the dimension of the chamber (2,2').
An elevator rope, comprising: a rope main body; and a covering resin layer that covers the periphery of the rope main body and comprises a molded product of a composition for forming a covering resin layer, characterized in that the composition is produced by mixing a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer, a friction stabilizer having a melting point of 100 °C or more to 150 °C or less and an isocyanate compound having two or more isocyanate groups per molecule.
A system for automated concrete structural member fabrication, comprising: a concrete delivery subsystem comprising a concrete mixing source, a concrete pump and a concrete transfer system, which further comprises a concrete placement boom; a concrete delivery hose; a block transport subsystem; and a plurality of casting machines, each casting machine having: side walls including integrally formed end dams which are pivotally movable from an open position to a closed position; and a bottom casting surface, which includes pivotable bottom surfaces which rotate on bottom surface pivots to a vertical position and to a horizontal position, said bottom casting surface, and said side walls with integrally formed end dams serving to form a self-releasing mold surrounding a cavity when said side walls with integrally formed end dams are in said closed position, said self-releasing mold being configured to contain wet concrete which is pumped into said cavity via the concrete placement boom and concrete delivery hose, said side walls with integrally formed end dams being automatically movable to an open position when said concrete has solidified so that a precast concrete structural member is automatically released from said self- releasing mold; and a removable bottom core which completely supports a precast structural member from within when said side walls and said end dams are moved to said open position. a concrete delivery subsystem comprising a concrete mixing source, a concrete pump and a concrete transfer system, which further comprises a concrete placement boom; a concrete delivery hose; a concrete placement boom; a concrete delivery hose; a block transport subsystem; and a plurality of casting machines, each casting machine having: side walls including integrally formed end dams which are pivotally movable from an open position to a closed position; and a bottom casting surface, which includes pivotable bottom surfaces which rotate on bottom surface pivots to a vertical position and to a horizontal position, said bottom side walls including integrally formed end dams which are pivotally movable from an open position to a closed position; and a bottom casting surface, which includes pivotable bottom surfaces which rotate on bottom surface pivots to a vertical position and to a horizontal position, said bottom casting surface, and said side walls with integrally formed end dams serving to form a self-releasing mold surrounding a cavity when said side walls with integrally formed end dams are in said closed position, said self-releasing mold being configured to contain wet concrete which is pumped into said cavity via the concrete placement boom and concrete delivery hose, said side walls with integrally formed end dams being automatically movable to an open position when said concrete has solidified so that a precast concrete structural member is automatically released from said self- releasing mold; and a removable bottom core which completely supports a precast structural member from within when said side walls and said end dams are moved to said open position.
A water-detection device for detecting a change in an amount of water in a gas phase or in a liquid phase with respect to a baseline-condition, the water-detection device comprising: - a receiver unit for receiving radio-frequency wireless communication signals from at least one external emitter unit in accordance with a predetermined wireless communication protocol; - a signal-quality determination unit connected to the receiver unit and configured to determine and store respective signal-quality values associated to the at least one external emitter unit, wherein the signal-quality value is correlated to an amount of water present in a signal-propagation path between the emitter unit and the receiver unit; - a baseline-value determination unit configured, in response to a reception of a trigger signal, to determine and to store a respective baseline-value indicative of the signal-quality value obtained from the radio-frequency wireless communication signal provided by the respective external emitter unit at the baseline-condition; - a water-detection unit connected to the signal-quality determination unit and to the baseline-value determination unit and configured to compare the signal-quality values with the corresponding baseline-value, and to provide a respective water-detected signal upon determining that the respective signal-quality value has been outside a predetermined tolerance-range of the baseline-value for at least a predetermined water-determination time span, the water-detected signal being indicative of a possible change of the amount water in the respective signal-propagation path with respect to the amount of water in the baseline-condition. - a receiver unit for receiving radio-frequency wireless communication signals from at least one external emitter unit in accordance with a predetermined wireless communication protocol; - a signal-quality determination unit connected to the receiver unit and configured to determine and store respective signal-quality values associated to the at least one external emitter unit, wherein the signal-quality value is correlated to an amount of water present in a signal-propagation path between the emitter unit and the receiver unit; - a baseline-value determination unit configured, in response to a reception of a trigger signal, to determine and to store a respective baseline-value indicative of the signal-quality value obtained from the radio-frequency wireless communication signal provided by the respective external emitter unit at the baseline-condition; - a water-detection unit connected to the signal-quality determination unit and to the baseline-value determination unit and configured to compare the signal-quality values with the corresponding baseline-value, and to provide a respective water-detected signal upon determining that the respective signal-quality value has been outside a predetermined tolerance-range of the baseline-value for at least a predetermined water-determination time span, the water-detected signal being indicative of a possible change of the amount water in the respective signal-propagation path with respect to the amount of water in the baseline-condition.
An enzyme composition suitable for being used in pulp or paper processing comprising one or more enzymes from the alkane hydroxylase enzyme group and further comprising one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of aromatic peroxygenase enzyme group, the fatty acid/alcohol oxidase enzyme group, the hydrolase enzyme group, the lyase enzyme group, and combinations thereof.
A wrinkle generation detection device for a press machine having a die cushion device (200, 200') which supports a cushion pad and generates a die cushion force when a slide of the press machine is lowered, the wrinkle generation detection device comprising: a slide position detector configured to detect a height position of the slide; a cushion pad position detector configured to detect a height position of the cushion pad; the device being characterized in that it further comprises: a computing unit configured to consecutively calculate a deviation between the height position of the slide detected by the slide position detector and the height position of the cushion pad detected by the cushion pad position detector, during a time period from a start of forming of a material by the slide lowering to an end of the forming, wherein a wrinkle generated in the material is detected based on an increase of the deviation consecutively calculated by the computing unit. a slide position detector configured to detect a height position of the slide; a cushion pad position detector configured to detect a height position of the cushion pad; the device being characterized in that it further comprises: a computing unit configured to consecutively calculate a deviation between the height position of the slide detected by the slide position detector and the height position of the cushion pad detected by the cushion pad position detector, during a time period from a start of forming of a material by the slide lowering to an end of the forming, wherein a wrinkle generated in the material is detected based on an increase of the deviation consecutively calculated by the computing unit. a computing unit configured to consecutively calculate a deviation between the height position of the slide detected by the slide position detector and the height position of the cushion pad detected by the cushion pad position detector, during a time period from a start of forming of a material by the slide lowering to an end of the forming, wherein a wrinkle generated in the material is detected based on an increase of the deviation consecutively calculated by the computing unit.
A control device for an internal combustion engine which includes a fuel injection valve arranged to directly inject a fuel into a combustion chamber, and a variable compression ratio mechanism arranged to vary an upper dead center position of a piston, and thereby to vary a compression ratio of the internal combustion engine, in which a fuel cut by which the fuel injection from the fuel injection valve is stopped is performed when a predetermined fuel cut condition is satisfied during a traveling of a vehicle, and in which the fuel injection from the fuel injection valve is restarted when a predetermined fuel cut recovery condition is satisfied during the fuel cut, the control device comprising: the compression ratio at the restart of the fuel injection from the fuel cut being reduced to be smaller than a normal state compression ratio determined in accordance with a driving state as a temperature of a wall surface of the combustion chamber becomes lower, so as to decrease adhesion of the fuel injected from the fuel injection valve into a cylinder to the piston, wherein a rich spike by which the fuel injection amount from the fuel injection valve is temporarily increased is performed at the restart of the fuel injection from the fuel cut to promote a recovery of an exhaust air purification capability of a three-way catalyst; and the compression ratio is finished to be returned to the normal state compression ratio after the end of the rich spike. the compression ratio at the restart of the fuel injection from the fuel cut being reduced to be smaller than a normal state compression ratio determined in accordance with a driving state as a temperature of a wall surface of the combustion chamber becomes lower, so as to decrease adhesion of the fuel injected from the fuel injection valve into a cylinder to the piston, wherein a rich spike by which the fuel injection amount from the fuel injection valve is temporarily increased is performed at the restart of the fuel injection from the fuel cut to promote a recovery of an exhaust air purification capability of a three-way catalyst; and the compression ratio is finished to be returned to the normal state compression ratio after the end of the rich spike.