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An imaging module of an imaging system, comprising: a porous silicon membrane including: a first side; a contact side opposite the first side; columns of silicon configured to extend from the first side to the contact side; and columnar holes (214, 502) interlaced with the columns of silicon and configured to extend from the first side to the contact side; and quantum dots in the columnar holes; characterized in that the columnar holes contain a recess on the contact side, the recess is one of being an empty, material free space and being filled with an insulating material, and the module further comprisesa metal pad electrically coupled to the columns of silicon of the porous silicon membrane, wherein the quantum dots in the columnar holes are electrically insulated by means of the recess from the metal pad; and a substrate including: an electrically conductive pad in electrical communication with the metal pad. a porous silicon membrane including: a first side; a contact side opposite the first side; columns of silicon configured to extend from the first side to the contact side; and columnar holes (214, 502) interlaced with the columns of silicon and configured to extend from the first side to the contact side; and a first side; a contact side opposite the first side; columns of silicon configured to extend from the first side to the contact side; and columnar holes (214, 502) interlaced with the columns of silicon and configured to extend from the first side to the contact side; and quantum dots in the columnar holes; characterized in that the columnar holes contain a recess on the contact side, the recess is one of being an empty, material free space and being filled with an insulating material, and the module further comprisesa metal pad electrically coupled to the columns of silicon of the porous silicon membrane, wherein the quantum dots in the columnar holes are electrically insulated by means of the recess from the metal pad; and a substrate including: an electrically conductive pad in electrical communication with the metal pad.
A method of replacing a filter cartridge in a filter assembly, the filter assembly including a filter housing defining an internal cavity, an inlet, and an outlet, the filter housing including sidewalls proximate the outlet extending inwardly toward one another, the method comprising: providing a filter cartridge including a fluted filter media and a frame member and a seal, the fluted filter media having an inlet flow face and an outlet flow face, the flutes of the fluted filter media extending from the inlet flow face to the outlet flow face, the outlet flow face and the inlet flow face each being generally planar, the frame member including a top portion having a top surface, the top portion extending from a first end to a second end and defining a central opening, the frame member being coupled to the fluted filter media such that fluid may be directed through the central opening to the inlet flow face of the filter media, the inlet flow face of the filter media being recessed below the top surface of the top portion, the seal extending under and around the top portion of the frame member; the frame member provides clearance due to the inlet flow face being recessed below the top surface of the frame member; locating the filter cartridge in the internal cavity of the filter housing; configuring the seal to be located against a filter housing to prevent contaminated fluid from passing into the filter housing; receiving in the provided clearance a projection portion of the housing, wherein the projection portion of the housing projects into the central opening defined by the frame member and the frame member surrounds the projection portion of the housing. providing a filter cartridge including a fluted filter media and a frame member and a seal, the fluted filter media having an inlet flow face and an outlet flow face, the flutes of the fluted filter media extending from the inlet flow face to the outlet flow face, the outlet flow face and the inlet flow face each being generally planar, the frame member including a top portion having a top surface, the top portion extending from a first end to a second end and defining a central opening, the frame member being coupled to the fluted filter media such that fluid may be directed through the central opening to the inlet flow face of the filter media, the inlet flow face of the filter media being recessed below the top surface of the top portion, the seal extending under and around the top portion of the frame member; the frame member provides clearance due to the inlet flow face being recessed below the top surface of the frame member; locating the filter cartridge in the internal cavity of the filter housing; configuring the seal to be located against a filter housing to prevent contaminated fluid from passing into the filter housing; receiving in the provided clearance a projection portion of the housing, wherein the projection portion of the housing projects into the central opening defined by the frame member and the frame member surrounds the projection portion of the housing.
A heat pump device comprising: a heat exchanger; a protection device; and a fan having a fan drive circuit, wherein the heat pump device is configured to blow air heat exchanged by the heat exchanger using a mildly-flammable or flammable refrigerant having a specific gravity greater than air from a blowout port using the fan, and the fan drive circuit comprises a forced operation circuit configured to operate the fan in an event that it is undetectable that the protection device configured to prevent a leaked refrigerant from the heat pump device from reaching a combustible density is connected to the heat pump device. a heat exchanger; a protection device; and a fan having a fan drive circuit, wherein the heat pump device is configured to blow air heat exchanged by the heat exchanger using a mildly-flammable or flammable refrigerant having a specific gravity greater than air from a blowout port using the fan, and the fan drive circuit comprises a forced operation circuit configured to operate the fan in an event that it is undetectable that the protection device configured to prevent a leaked refrigerant from the heat pump device from reaching a combustible density is connected to the heat pump device.
A reference interferometer for determining an optical path length change, in particular a relative optical path length change in interferometer arms, comprising a beam splitter and a laser light source, characterised in that the reference interferometer is designed such that a light beam of the laser light source is guided by means of total internal reflection via an upper side and a lower side of the beam splitter, wherein at least the upper side and/or the lower side of the beam splitter are at least partially provided with a coating in order to achieve a phase shift between xand y-polarised light of the light beam via the selected refractive index and the thickness of the coating.
Punch rivet for joining two workpieces (12, 14), said punch rivet having a head and a shank, wherein the shank is realized as a hollow shank with a shank internal diameter, a shank external diameter and a shank end face, wherein on the shank end face a ring cutting edge is realized, the diameter of which is smaller than the shank external diameter and the diameter of which is greater than the shank internal diameter, wherein the ring cutting edge is spaced by at least 20% of the radial shank thickness of the hollow shank both from the shank external diameter and from the shank internal diameter wherein the ring cutting edge comprises a cutting ring surface width which is smaller than 10% of the radial shank thickness of the hollow shank, characterized in that the ratio (D3/D1) of shank internal diameter to shank external diameter is smaller than 0.6, in that the ring cutting edge merges into the shank internal diameter by means of a profile which includes a cutting radius (R2, R2', R2", R2′′′), and in that the cutting radius (R2') adjoins the ring cutting edge and merges tangentially into a conical surface which adjoins the shank internal diameter.
A fluid delivery apparatus for providing instillation therapy with a negative-pressure source, the apparatus comprising: a housing having an ambient chamber and a negative-pressure chamber fluidly isolated from each other; a moveable barrier disposed in the housing between the ambient chamber and the negative-pressure chamber, the moveable barrier operable to move between a charge position and a discharge position in response to negative pressure; a fluid source disposed in the negative-pressure chamber, the fluid source being collapsible in response to movement of the moveable barrier to the discharge position; a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the fluid source; a negative-pressure port in fluid communication with the negative-pressure chamber and configured to be coupled to a negative-pressure source; and a vent formed in the housing and fluidly coupled to the ambient chamber. a housing having an ambient chamber and a negative-pressure chamber fluidly isolated from each other; a moveable barrier disposed in the housing between the ambient chamber and the negative-pressure chamber, the moveable barrier operable to move between a charge position and a discharge position in response to negative pressure; a fluid source disposed in the negative-pressure chamber, the fluid source being collapsible in response to movement of the moveable barrier to the discharge position; a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the fluid source; a negative-pressure port in fluid communication with the negative-pressure chamber and configured to be coupled to a negative-pressure source; and a vent formed in the housing and fluidly coupled to the ambient chamber.
Method for automatically regulating the longitudinal dynamics of a motor vehicle, in particular of a utility vehicle, with the steps: - determining a first state variable that is dependent on the acceleration of the vehicle; - determining a second state variable that is dependent on the drive torque of the engine; - determining a third state variable that is dependent on the operating state of at least one permanent brake; - determining information about a vehicle ahead; - adjusting at least one regulating parameter of the regulation function; and - regulating the longitudinal dynamics of the vehicle depending on the at least one regulating parameter; and wherein the adjustment of the at least one regulating parameter of the regulation function is carried out depending on the first, second and third state variables and the determined information about the vehicle ahead. - determining a first state variable that is dependent on the acceleration of the vehicle; - determining a second state variable that is dependent on the drive torque of the engine; - determining a third state variable that is dependent on the operating state of at least one permanent brake; - determining information about a vehicle ahead; - adjusting at least one regulating parameter of the regulation function; and - regulating the longitudinal dynamics of the vehicle depending on the at least one regulating parameter;
A process for removing C 5 -C 8 -hydrocarbons and acid gases from a fluid stream, wherein a) the fluid stream is brought into contact with an absorption medium comprising at least one amine in an absorption zone to obtain a deacidified fluid stream and an acid-gases-laden absorption medium, b) the laden absorption medium is heated in a first heat exchanger and decompressed into a decompression zone to a pressure of from 5 to 10 bar to obtain a C 5 -C 8 -hydrocarbons-comprising gas phase and a hydrocarbon-depleted laden absorption medium, c) the hydrocarbon-depleted laden absorption medium is passed into a stripper in which at a pressure of 1 to 2.5 bar the acid gases are at least partially liberated by supplying heat to obtain a regenerated absorption medium and an acid-gas-comprising stream, the hydrocarbon-depleted laden absorption medium optionally being heated in a second heat exchanger before being introduced into the stripper, and d) the regenerated absorption medium is recycled into the absorption zone, wherein, if the second heat exchanger is present, the heating medium used in the second heat exchanger is the regenerated absorption medium and the heating medium used in the first heat exchanger is the regenerated absorption medium after it has passed through the second heat exchanger, or, if the second heat exchanger is not present, the heating medium used in the first heat exchanger is the regenerated absorption medium, and the amount of heat transferred in the first heat exchanger is such that the C 5 -C 8 -hydrocarbons-comprising gas phase comprises 50% to 97% by volume of acid gases. a) the fluid stream is brought into contact with an absorption medium comprising at least one amine in an absorption zone to obtain a deacidified fluid stream and an acid-gases-laden absorption medium, b) the laden absorption medium is heated in a first heat exchanger and decompressed into a decompression zone to a pressure of from 5 to 10 bar to obtain a C 5 -C 8 -hydrocarbons-comprising gas phase and a hydrocarbon-depleted laden absorption medium, c) the hydrocarbon-depleted laden absorption medium is passed into a stripper in which at a pressure of 1 to 2.5 bar the acid gases are at least partially liberated by supplying heat to obtain a regenerated absorption medium and an acid-gas-comprising stream, the hydrocarbon-depleted laden absorption medium optionally being heated in a second heat exchanger before being introduced into the stripper, and d) the regenerated absorption medium is recycled into the absorption zone,
A resin formed body obtained from a resin composition that contains a polypropylene resin and a cellulose fiber, the polypropylene resin partially containing an acid modified polypropylene resin, wherein the resin formed body has a diffraction peak derived from a polypropylene α-crystal plane at a position of a scattering vector s of 1.92±0.1 nm -1, a diffraction peak derived from a polypropylene β-crystal plane at a position of a scattering vector s of 1.83±0.1 nm -1, and a diffraction peak derived from a cellulose I β type crystal plane at a position of a scattering vector s of 3.86±0.1 nm -1, observed in a wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement, and wherein an orientation degree of the cellulose fiber in the resin formed body is larger than 0.1 and less than 0.8; wherein the wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement is carried out as described in the description; and the orientation degree of the cellulose fiber is determined as described in the description. wherein the resin formed body has a diffraction peak derived from a polypropylene α-crystal plane at a position of a scattering vector s of 1.92±0.1 nm -1, a diffraction peak derived from a polypropylene β-crystal plane at a position of a scattering vector s of 1.83±0.1 nm -1, and a diffraction peak derived from a cellulose I β type crystal plane at a position of a scattering vector s of 3.86±0.1 nm -1, observed in a wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement, and wherein an orientation degree of the cellulose fiber in the resin formed body is larger than 0.1 and less than 0.8; wherein the wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement is carried out as described in the description; and the orientation degree of the cellulose fiber is determined as described in the description.
A method for automated robot entity based execution of processes across distributed heterogeneous computing environments, comprising the steps of: - initiating the process considering provided execution parameters and triggering the execution of the process, wherein the process defines the execution of at least one task by the robot entity operating in a first computing environment; - evaluating the execution of the at least one task by a predefined accomplishment metric, wherein the predefined accomplishment metric defines the required output by a set of rules that indicate what data type or level of accuracy is required; - storing results of a completed process execution in an output storage and launching an exception handler for an incomplete process execution which adapts the provided execution parameters and initiates and triggers the process execution again, wherein the execution parameters define at least one of a second computing environment, an alternative task implementation, an update of input data required for process execution, a timestamp, a repeat frequency and/ or a computer environment configuration; wherein a history of process executions is recorded and the task is assigned to the robot entity and/ or environment that performed best according to the predefined accomplishment metric. - initiating the process considering provided execution parameters and triggering the execution of the process, wherein the process defines the execution of at least one task by the robot entity operating in a first computing environment; - evaluating the execution of the at least one task by a predefined accomplishment metric, wherein the predefined accomplishment metric defines the required output by a set of rules that indicate what data type or level of accuracy is required; - storing results of a completed process execution in an output storage and launching an exception handler for an incomplete process execution which adapts the provided execution parameters and initiates and triggers the process execution again, wherein the execution parameters define at least one of a second computing environment, an alternative task implementation, an update of input data required for process execution, a timestamp, a repeat frequency and/ or a computer environment configuration;
Device for disinfection of air in the ventilation and conditioning system of a railcar, the device comprising a body with impact dampers, a bactericidal UV lamp fixed into the body via the impact dampers, and a means of protection against UV radiation escape, wherein the body is made open from the top with a recess, the bactericidal UV lamp is positioned in the recess so that between the body and the lamp there is a gap, and wherein a removable cover is fixed at the bottom of the body under the lamp so that air flow can pass between the cover and the body, the cover and the recess being used as a means of protection against UV radiation escape, the device being characterized in that one of the body edges has a downward incline relative to the top of the body, for ensuring smooth expansion of the air channel, the edge of the body having the downward incline is distant along the flow from an inlet of the treated air, and the device is adapted to be built into an air channel in the near-roof space at an outlet of the ventilation and conditioning system of the railcar.
A method for operating a voice trigger, performed at an electronic device including one or more processors, memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, and light sensing means (212, 220), the method comprising: determining whether the electronic device is stored in an enclosed space, wherein the electronic device is determined to be stored in an enclosed space if the light sensing means detect a level of light that is below a threshold level of light and the electronic device is determined not to be stored in an enclosed space if the light sensing means detect the threshold level of light; in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is not stored in an enclosed space: receiving a sound input; determining whether at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to a predetermined type of sound; upon a determination that at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to the predetermined type, determining whether the sound input includes predetermined content; and upon a determination that the sound input includes the predetermined content, initiating a speech-based service; in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is stored in an enclosed space, operating the voice trigger in a standby mode. determining whether the electronic device is stored in an enclosed space, wherein the electronic device is determined to be stored in an enclosed space if the light sensing means detect a level of light that is below a threshold level of light and the electronic device is determined not to be stored in an enclosed space if the light sensing means detect the threshold level of light; in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is not stored in an enclosed space: receiving a sound input; determining whether at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to a predetermined type of sound; upon a determination that at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to the predetermined type, determining whether the sound input includes predetermined content; and upon a determination that the sound input includes the predetermined content, initiating a speech-based service; receiving a sound input; determining whether at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to a predetermined type of sound; upon a determination that at least a portion of the sound input corresponds to the predetermined type, determining whether the sound input includes predetermined content; and upon a determination that the sound input includes the predetermined content, initiating a speech-based service; in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is stored in an enclosed space, operating the voice trigger in a standby mode.
Use of a medical dressing for securing a medical device to skin, the medical dressing comprising: a substrate having an upper surface and an outer contact surface, opposite the upper surface; a first adhesive having a first adhesion at a first portion of the outer contact surface, wherein the first adhesive is an acrylate-containing adhesive; a second adhesive having a second adhesion at a second portion of the outer contact surface, wherein the second adhesive is a silicone-containing adhesive; wherein the first adhesive has an adhesion greater than the second adhesive; wherein the second portion with the second adhesive is adjacent a perimeter and extends along at least 25% of the perimeter of the substrate; and wherein the first adhesive is placed in contact with the medical device that is to be secured to the skin. a substrate having an upper surface and an outer contact surface, opposite the upper surface; a first adhesive having a first adhesion at a first portion of the outer contact surface, wherein the first adhesive is an acrylate-containing adhesive; a second adhesive having a second adhesion at a second portion of the outer contact surface, wherein the second adhesive is a silicone-containing adhesive; wherein the first adhesive has an adhesion greater than the second adhesive; wherein the second portion with the second adhesive is adjacent a perimeter and extends along at least 25% of the perimeter of the substrate; and wherein the first adhesive is placed in contact with the medical device that is to be secured to the skin.