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A process for preparing a catalyst bed system for use in adiabatic non-oxidative dehydrogenation processes comprising the following steps: (a) preparing a dehydrogenation catalyst by dispersing or compounding an active component selected from an oxide of a metal of Group 4, Group 5, Group 6 and combinations thereof on or with a support selected from aluminum oxide, aluminas, alumina monohydrate, alumina trihydrate, alumina-silica, transition aluminas, alpha-alumina, silica, silicates, aluminates, calcined hydrotalcites, zeolites and combinations thereof, (b) physically mixing the dehydrogenation catalyst prepared in step (a) with granular alpha-alumina material of similar particle size to the catalyst, characterized in that the process further comprises the following steps: (c) preparing a secondary component by dispersing or compounding a heat-generating inert material selected from copper, cerium, yttrium, scandium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, silver, bismuth and combinations thereof on or with a carrier capable of supporting the heat-generating inert material, wherein said secondary component is catalytically inert with respect to dehydrogenation reactions or to cracking or to coking and generates heat after being exposed to reducing and/or to oxidizing reaction conditions, and (d) physically combining the mixture obtained in step (b) with the secondary component prepared in step (c). (a) preparing a dehydrogenation catalyst by dispersing or compounding an active component selected from an oxide of a metal of Group 4, Group 5, Group 6 and combinations thereof on or with a support selected from aluminum oxide, aluminas, alumina monohydrate, alumina trihydrate, alumina-silica, transition aluminas, alpha-alumina, silica, silicates, aluminates, calcined hydrotalcites, zeolites and combinations thereof, (b) physically mixing the dehydrogenation catalyst prepared in step (a) with granular alpha-alumina material of similar particle size to the catalyst, (c) preparing a secondary component by dispersing or compounding a heat-generating inert material selected from copper, cerium, yttrium, scandium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, silver, bismuth and combinations thereof on or with a carrier capable of supporting the heat-generating inert material, wherein said secondary component is catalytically inert with respect to dehydrogenation reactions or to cracking or to coking and generates heat after being exposed to reducing and/or to oxidizing reaction conditions, and (d) physically combining the mixture obtained in step (b) with the secondary component prepared in step (c).
Apparatus for aligning a frame within a building aperture comprising two extendable arms (14,16) connected to opposing ends of a first elongate member, wherein a rack and pinion mechanism positioned within the first elongate member is operable to extend the arms (14,16) laterally relative to the first elongate member and a free end of each arm (14,16) is provided with a fixing point configured to receive and secure a second detachable elongate member, characterised in that the first elongate member comprises at least two pivotally connected sections and the rack and pinion mechanism is provided with a deformable region so as to allow folding of the two or more connected sections.
A method at a Fast Identity Online, FIDO, server for facilitating a terminal device without a Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, card to access a first network via a second network, the terminal device without a SIM card being FIDO enabled, the method comprising: obtaining association information for the terminal device without a SIM card indicative of an association between the terminal device without a SIM card and a user subscription account and authentication information for the terminal device without a SIM card; causing the terminal device without a SIM card to be registered with the FIDO server according to a set of FIDO Alliance specifications based at least on the association information and the authentication information, in response to receipt of a request for registration with the FIDO server from the terminal device without a SIM card, the request comprising at least the authentication information for the terminal device without a SIM card; and providing registration information for the terminal device without a SIM card to an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA, server, in response to receipt at the AAA server of an authentication request from the terminal device without a SIM card, so as to facilitate the AAA server to authenticate the terminal device without a SIM card to access the first network via the second network based at least on the registration information. obtaining association information for the terminal device without a SIM card indicative of an association between the terminal device without a SIM card and a user subscription account and authentication information for the terminal device without a SIM card; causing the terminal device without a SIM card to be registered with the FIDO server according to a set of FIDO Alliance specifications based at least on the association information and the authentication information, in response to receipt of a request for registration with the FIDO server from the terminal device without a SIM card, the request comprising at least the authentication information for the terminal device without a SIM card; and providing registration information for the terminal device without a SIM card to an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting, AAA, server, in response to receipt at the AAA server of an authentication request from the terminal device without a SIM card, so as to facilitate the AAA server to authenticate the terminal device without a SIM card to access the first network via the second network based at least on the registration information.
A multi-element fiber scanner for scanning electromagnetic imaging radiation, the multi-element fiber scanner comprising: a base (110, 1010) having a base plane and a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the base plane; a first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) passing through the base (110, 1010) in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) is operatively coupled to at least one electromagnetic radiation source; a plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040), each spatially separated by an air gap, joined to the base (110, 1010), passing through the base (110, 1010) and being operatively coupled to the at least one electromagnetic radiation source, the plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040) extending from the base (110, 1010), wherein the first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) passes through the base (110, 1010) independently from the plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040) and the first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) and each of the plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040) are spatially separated by air gaps; and a retention collar (130, 1030) disposed a predetermined distance along the longitudinal axis from the base (110, 1010), wherein the first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) and the plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040) pass through and are joined to the retention collar (130, 1030). a base (110, 1010) having a base plane and a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the base plane; a first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) passing through the base (110, 1010) in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein the first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) is operatively coupled to at least one electromagnetic radiation source; a plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040), each spatially separated by an air gap, joined to the base (110, 1010), passing through the base (110, 1010) and being operatively coupled to the at least one electromagnetic radiation source, the plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040) extending from the base (110, 1010), wherein the first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) passes through the base (110, 1010) independently from the plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040) and the first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) and each of the plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040) are spatially separated by air gaps; and a retention collar (130, 1030) disposed a predetermined distance along the longitudinal axis from the base (110, 1010), wherein the first fiber link (114, 940, 1014) and the plurality of additional links (116, 310, 312, 810, 905, 1040) pass through and are joined to the retention collar (130, 1030).
A composition comprising an amount of a MASP-3 inhibitory agent effective to inhibit MASP-3-dependent complement activation for use in treating a subject suffering from paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, wherein said MASP-3 inhibitory agent is a MASP-3 monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds to a portion of human MASP-3 (SEQ ID NO:8).
A tape feeder comprising: a feeder main body including a conveyance path through which a tape having electronic components accommodated therein in multiple component accommodation sections is conveyed, and the conveyance path having a base width section wider than the tape and a narrow width section narrower than the base width section, the base width section being provided at another part of the conveyance path than the narrow width section; and a width regulating section that abuts against the tape conveyed through the conveyance path from a path width direction of the conveyance path so as to set the narrow width section on the conveyance path, wherein the conveyance path has an extraction position at which the electronic component is extracted from the tape, and the multiple component accommodation sections are provided at an interval C in the conveyance direction, characterized in that the width regulating section is disposed in the vicinity of the extraction position within an interval between two times C in the down-stream direction of the extraction position and four times C in the up-stream direction of the extraction position. a feeder main body including a conveyance path through which a tape having electronic components accommodated therein in multiple component accommodation sections is conveyed, and the conveyance path having a base width section wider than the tape and a narrow width section narrower than the base width section, the base width section being provided at another part of the conveyance path than the narrow width section; and a width regulating section that abuts against the tape conveyed through the conveyance path from a path width direction of the conveyance path so as to set the narrow width section on the conveyance path, wherein the conveyance path has an extraction position at which the electronic component is extracted from the tape, and the multiple component accommodation sections are provided at an interval C in the conveyance direction, characterized in that the width regulating section is disposed in the vicinity of the extraction position within an interval between two times C in the down-stream direction of the extraction position and four times C in the up-stream direction of the extraction position.
A rotary electric machine armature that includes a cylindrical armature core in which a plurality of slots that extend in an axial direction are disposed in a circumferential direction and a coil wound around the armature core, wherein: the coil is constituted by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other; the segment conductors have respective conductor side portions that extend along the axial direction; the conductor side portions are provided with respective joint portions; the joint portions have respective facing surfaces; the joint portions of a pair of the segment conductors are joined to each other with the facing surfaces of the joint portions facing each other; the facing surface is formed so as to have a portion that faces a radial direction and so as not to have portions that overlap each other as viewed in the radial direction over the entire facing surface; a plurality of conductor side portions is arranged in the radial direction within each one of the slots, and a conductive joint material is disposed on at least one of the facing surfaces of the joint portions facing each other, the segment conductors further have respective crossover portions disposed on an outer side of the armature core in the axial direction; the conductor side portions are disposed in the slots; and characterized in that the joint portions of a pair of the segment conductors are joined to each other in the slots. the coil is constituted by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other; the segment conductors have respective conductor side portions that extend along the axial direction; the conductor side portions are provided with respective joint portions; the joint portions have respective facing surfaces; the joint portions of a pair of the segment conductors are joined to each other with the facing surfaces of the joint portions facing each other; the facing surface is formed so as to have a portion that faces a radial direction and so as not to have portions that overlap each other as viewed in the radial direction over the entire facing surface; a plurality of conductor side portions is arranged in the radial direction within each one of the slots, and a conductive joint material is disposed on at least one of the facing surfaces of the joint portions facing each other, the segment conductors further have respective crossover portions disposed on an outer side of the armature core in the axial direction; the conductor side portions are disposed in the slots; and characterized in that the joint portions of a pair of the segment conductors are joined to each other in the slots.
A reflectron for deflecting an ion from a specimen in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer, comprising: a front electrode; and a back electrode; the front and back electrodes (2,3) being configured to perform time focusing and resolve an image of a specimen, and said reflectron is characterized in that at least one of the front and back electrodes (2, 3) is configured to generate a curved electric field between the front and back electrodes (2, 3) that intersects an ion path through the reflectron. a front electrode; and a back electrode; the front and back electrodes (2,3) being configured to perform time focusing and resolve an image of a specimen, and said reflectron is characterized in that at least one of the front and back electrodes (2, 3) is configured to generate a curved electric field between the front and back electrodes (2, 3) that intersects an ion path through the reflectron.
A voice call processing method of a base station in a long term evolution, LTE, system, the method comprising: receiving a packet for a voice call from a terminal; determining whether the packet is an initialization and refresh, IR, packet; determining whether a context for robust header compression, ROHC, decompression is stored in the base station, when it is determined that the packet is not the IR packet; and transmitting a negative acknowledgement, NACK, to the terminal in a connection state of the voice call, when it is determined that no context for ROHC decompression is stored in the base station; and performing ROHC decompression to decompress a compressed header of the received packet when it is determined that the context for ROHC decompression exists, wherein determining whether the context for the ROHC decompression is stored in the base station comprises determining whether a static context stored in the base station is damaged. receiving a packet for a voice call from a terminal; determining whether the packet is an initialization and refresh, IR, packet; determining whether a context for robust header compression, ROHC, decompression is stored in the base station, when it is determined that the packet is not the IR packet; and transmitting a negative acknowledgement, NACK, to the terminal in a connection state of the voice call, when it is determined that no context for ROHC decompression is stored in the base station; and performing ROHC decompression to decompress a compressed header of the received packet when it is determined that the context for ROHC decompression exists, wherein determining whether the context for the ROHC decompression is stored in the base station comprises determining whether a static context stored in the base station is damaged.
A method for tomographic image reconstruction of a subject using a radiographic imaging system having one or more x-ray sources and a digital detector, wherein the detector is configured to indicate a preferred binning direction due to its hardware configuration based upon which direction in the detector gate drivers (28, 228) are positioned versus data line read out circuitry (30, 230) and the processing steps to be performed thereby, the method comprising: acquiring a plurality of radiographic images of the subject in the digital detector, including acquiring the radiographic images each at one of a plurality of positions during a relative motion as between the one or more x-ray sources and the digital detector, wherein the relative motion is parallel to a row orientation of pixels in the detector or to a column orientation of the pixels in the detector; selecting a binning direction that is parallel to the row orientation of pixels in the detector or to the column orientation of the pixels in the detector based on the preferred binning direction; and reading out the radiographic images of the subject from the detector, including binning image data captured in two or more pixels of the detector that are adjacent to each other only in the selected binning direction. acquiring a plurality of radiographic images of the subject in the digital detector, including acquiring the radiographic images each at one of a plurality of positions during a relative motion as between the one or more x-ray sources and the digital detector, wherein the relative motion is parallel to a row orientation of pixels in the detector or to a column orientation of the pixels in the detector; selecting a binning direction that is parallel to the row orientation of pixels in the detector or to the column orientation of the pixels in the detector based on the preferred binning direction; and reading out the radiographic images of the subject from the detector, including binning image data captured in two or more pixels of the detector that are adjacent to each other only in the selected binning direction.
A rope terminal assembly of a hoisting apparatus comprising a first compression member (10;20) having a first contact face (11;21); and a second compression member (12;22) having a second contact face (13;23); and wherein said compression members (10,12;20,22) are placed such that their contact faces (11,13;21,23) face each other and delimit between them a gap; and wherein a belt-shaped rope having a thermoplastic polymer coating (p) forming the outer surface of the rope is placed in the gap, the contact faces (11,13;21,23) of the compression members (10,12;20,22) compressing against opposite sides of the belt-shaped rope, characterised in that one or both of the compression members (10,12;20,22) comprises on the contact face (11,13) thereof and/or in proximity of the contact face (21,23) thereof, one or more indentations (19,29), each indentation (19,29) forming a cavity in the compression member (10,12;20,22) which is in open connection with the gap and arranged to be empty when the thermoplastic polymer coating (p) of the rope compressed by the contact face (11,13;21,23) is solid, and to receive via said open connection thermoplastic polymer coating (p) of the rope flowing from the gap pushed by the compression when the thermoplastic polymer coating (p) melts. a first compression member (10;20) having a first contact face (11;21); and a second compression member (12;22) having a second contact face (13;23); and wherein said compression members (10,12;20,22) are placed such that their contact faces (11,13;21,23) face each other and delimit between them a gap; and wherein a belt-shaped rope having a thermoplastic polymer coating (p) forming the outer surface of the rope is placed in the gap, the contact faces (11,13;21,23) of the compression members (10,12;20,22) compressing against opposite sides of the belt-shaped rope, characterised in that one or both of the compression members (10,12;20,22) comprises on the contact face (11,13) thereof and/or in proximity of the contact face (21,23) thereof, one or more indentations (19,29), each indentation (19,29) forming a cavity in the compression member (10,12;20,22) which is in open connection with the gap and arranged to be empty when the thermoplastic polymer coating (p) of the rope compressed by the contact face (11,13;21,23) is solid, and to receive via said open connection thermoplastic polymer coating (p) of the rope flowing from the gap pushed by the compression when the thermoplastic polymer coating (p) melts.
A look-up table creation method performed by a forwarding device, comprising: receiving a look-up table create message sent by a controller, wherein the look-up table create message comprises an identifier of a look-up table and a look-up mode of the look-up table; creating a look-up table according to the look-up table create message and setting a look-up mode of the look-up table; receiving an entry add message sent by the controller, wherein the entry add message comprises a to-be-added forwarding action and an index parameter of the forwarding action; and adding, according to the entry add message, an entry corresponding to the entry add message to the look-up table. receiving a look-up table create message sent by a controller, wherein the look-up table create message comprises an identifier of a look-up table and a look-up mode of the look-up table; creating a look-up table according to the look-up table create message and setting a look-up mode of the look-up table; receiving an entry add message sent by the controller, wherein the entry add message comprises a to-be-added forwarding action and an index parameter of the forwarding action; and adding, according to the entry add message, an entry corresponding to the entry add message to the look-up table.