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A method of updating a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus such that a first air-conditioning apparatus which is disposed in a frame mounted on a vehicle and in which a first refrigerant is used is updated to a second air-conditioning apparatus using a second refrigerant and the second air-conditioning apparatus is disposed in the frame, the method being characterized by the following steps: - removing at least a first compressor, a first heat source side heat exchanger, first pressure reducing means, and a first use side heat exchanger constituting a refrigerant circuit of the first air-conditioning apparatus from the frame; - assembling the second air-conditioning apparatus such that a second compressor, a second heat source side heat exchanger, second pressure reducing means, and a second use side heat exchanger are arranged at predetermined positions in the frame; and - charging the second air-conditioning apparatus disposed in the frame with the second refrigerant, wherein an inverter driving the first compressor included in the first air-conditioning apparatus is adapted to control the second compressor depending on a measured value of at least one of a pressure sensor and an outside air temperature sensor arranged on a discharge side of the second compressor such that an amount of a refrigerant circulating in the second air-conditioning apparatus is larger than that in the first air-conditioning apparatus. - removing at least a first compressor, a first heat source side heat exchanger, first pressure reducing means, and a first use side heat exchanger constituting a refrigerant circuit of the first air-conditioning apparatus from the frame; - assembling the second air-conditioning apparatus such that a second compressor, a second heat source side heat exchanger, second pressure reducing means, and a second use side heat exchanger are arranged at predetermined positions in the frame; and - charging the second air-conditioning apparatus disposed in the frame with the second refrigerant,
An autonomous distress tracking system (200, 300, 400, 500) for an aircraft, comprising: a first transponder configured to transmit radio frequency emissions; an RF detector unit configured to detect the RF emissions; and an alert system in communication with the RF detector unit and comprising a distress beacon system, a second transponder, wherein the first transponder is installed at a first location and the second transponder is installed at a second location, characterized in that the transponder and the second transponder function independently, and in that wherein the alert system is configured to activate the distress radio beacon if no RF emissions from both the first and second transponders (218, 220) are detected by the RF detector within a predetermined period of time. a first transponder configured to transmit radio frequency emissions; an RF detector unit configured to detect the RF emissions; and an alert system in communication with the RF detector unit and comprising a distress beacon system, a second transponder, wherein the first transponder is installed at a first location and the second transponder is installed at a second location, characterized in that the transponder and the second transponder function independently, and in that wherein the alert system is configured to activate the distress radio beacon if no RF emissions from both the first and second transponders (218, 220) are detected by the RF detector within a predetermined period of time.
A method for producing an herbicide-resistant plant, said method comprising: (a) introducing into a plant cell a gene repair oligonucleobase (GRON) with a targeted mutation in an acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) gene to produce a plant cell with: (i) an AHAS gene that expresses an AHAS protein comprising an aspartic acid to glutamic acid substitution at the amino acid position corresponding to position D376 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and (ii) an AHAS gene that expresses an AHAS protein comprising a serine to asparagine substitution at the amino acid position corresponding to position 653 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) identifying a plant cell having substantially normal growth and catalytic activity as compared to a corresponding wild-type plant cell in the presence of an AHAS-inhibiting herbicide; and (c) regenerating a non-transgenic herbicide-resistant plant having a mutated AHAS gene from said plant cell. (a) introducing into a plant cell a gene repair oligonucleobase (GRON) with a targeted mutation in an acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) gene to produce a plant cell with: (i) an AHAS gene that expresses an AHAS protein comprising an aspartic acid to glutamic acid substitution at the amino acid position corresponding to position D376 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and (ii) an AHAS gene that expresses an AHAS protein comprising a serine to asparagine substitution at the amino acid position corresponding to position 653 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (i) an AHAS gene that expresses an AHAS protein comprising an aspartic acid to glutamic acid substitution at the amino acid position corresponding to position D376 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and (ii) an AHAS gene that expresses an AHAS protein comprising a serine to asparagine substitution at the amino acid position corresponding to position 653 of SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) identifying a plant cell having substantially normal growth and catalytic activity as compared to a corresponding wild-type plant cell in the presence of an AHAS-inhibiting herbicide; and (c) regenerating a non-transgenic herbicide-resistant plant having a mutated AHAS gene from said plant cell.
A lining (10, 110) for items of clothing, footwear and accessories, comprising a fabric with a plurality of channels (25, 114) which are alternated with ribs (24, 113), wherein the fabric comprises: a region with a high density of channels (17, 116, 118), a region with a medium density of channels (16, 119), a region with a low density of channels (15, 117), said channels (25, 114) at least partly having differentiated widths characterized in that the fabric is a three-dimensional fabric.
A computer-implemented method for generating stereoscopic images to supplement existing content, the method comprising: obtaining first image data; obtaining second image data, the second image data being a 2D image comprising a plurality of sample points, wherein a direction, a color value, and a depth value are associated with each sample point, and wherein the directions and depth values are relative to a common origin; generating a mesh, wherein generating the mesh includes displacing the sample points from the common origin in the directions associated with the sample points by distances representative of the corresponding depth values; mapping the second image data to the mesh, wherein the color values associated with the sample points are mapped to the mesh at the corresponding directions; generating a first stereoscopic image of an inner surface of the mesh from a first perspective; generating a second stereoscopic image of the inner surface of the mesh from a second perspective; displaying of the first image data on a first portion of a display; and displaying of at least part of the first stereoscopic image and at least part of the second stereoscopic image on a second portion of the display, wherein at least part of the second portion of the display surrounds the first portion of the display. obtaining first image data; obtaining second image data, the second image data being a 2D image comprising a plurality of sample points, wherein a direction, a color value, and a depth value are associated with each sample point, and wherein the directions and depth values are relative to a common origin; wherein a direction, a color value, and a depth value are associated with each sample point, and wherein the directions and depth values are relative to a common origin; generating a mesh, wherein generating the mesh includes displacing the sample points from the common origin in the directions associated with the sample points by distances representative of the corresponding depth values; mapping the second image data to the mesh, wherein the color values associated with the sample points are mapped to the mesh at the corresponding directions; generating a first stereoscopic image of an inner surface of the mesh from a first perspective; generating a second stereoscopic image of the inner surface of the mesh from a second perspective; displaying of the first image data on a first portion of a display; and displaying of at least part of the first stereoscopic image and at least part of the second stereoscopic image on a second portion of the display, wherein at least part of the second portion of the display surrounds the first portion of the display.
Device for protecting an object against lightning strike adapted to balance out or weaken the induced charge on the surface of an object to be protected against lightning strike, comprising a conductive ball which is covered by a plasma when exposed to a precursor charge of lightning strike, whereby a first charge is induced on the outer surface of the conductive ball, whereby the precursor charge of the lightning strike induces a second charge on the inner surface of the conductive ball, and a wire connecting the inner surface of the conductive ball for outputting a balancing charge to the surface of the object to be protected for charging the object with the balancing charge, whereby a charging-discharging circuit, the input thereof being connected to the wire and the output thereof being connected to the object wherein the charging-discharging circuit is embodied for prolonging a stay period of the balancing charge and consists of a capacitor for storing the balancing charge and releasing the balancing charge via a resistor such that there is enough balancing charge during the danger period of lightning strike.
An electrical connection assembly (200, 300) comprising: a first connector (202, 302) including a first electrical contact (250, 350) surrounded by a first connector wall (254, 354) defining a first connector cavity (256, 356), said first connector wall (254, 354) having a plurality of ribs (262, 362) extending into said first connector cavity (256, 356); and a second connector (204, 304) matable with said first connector (202, 302) along a mating axis (A, B) and having a second electrical contact (210, 310) in electrical communication with said first electrical contact (250, 350) when said first connector (202, 302) is mated with said second connector (204, 304), said second connector (204, 304) having a second connector body (212, 312) surrounding said second electrical contact (210, 310) wherein said first connector cavity (256, 356) has a bottom (258, 358) defining a closed end of said first connector cavity (256, 356) and a top (260, 360) defining an open end of said first connector cavity (256, 356), characterized by the plurality of ribs (262, 362) extending outward of said first connector cavity (256, 356) beyond said open end. a first connector (202, 302) including a first electrical contact (250, 350) surrounded by a first connector wall (254, 354) defining a first connector cavity (256, 356), said first connector wall (254, 354) having a plurality of ribs (262, 362) extending into said first connector cavity (256, 356); and a second connector (204, 304) matable with said first connector (202, 302) along a mating axis (A, B) and having a second electrical contact (210, 310) in electrical communication with said first electrical contact (250, 350) when said first connector (202, 302) is mated with said second connector (204, 304), said second connector (204, 304) having a second connector body (212, 312) surrounding said second electrical contact (210, 310)
A method for operating a washing appliance comprising a washing chamber to wash goods according to a wash program selected by a user including at least a washing cycle, said method including: - Adding (110,120) a detergent to a washing liquor which is circulating within the washing chamber during a washing phase of the washing cycle; - Performing a plurality of measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... C n) of the conductivity of the washing liquor in order to collect a set of conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... Cn); - Analyzing at least part of the set of conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... C n) in order to determine if a condition of substantial invariability of the conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... Cn) is reached; and - Starting to heat the washing liquor when said condition of substantial invariability of the conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... C n) has been reached; wherein said determining the condition of substantial invariability of the conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... C n) includes: - comparing relative variations of successive conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... C n) according to the formula: ∑ k = 0 m | C n − k − C n − 1 − k | < Threshold > 0 - identifying a condition of substantial invariability of the washing liquor conductivity indicating a condition of full dissolution of the detergent when the sum of the relative variations keeps staying below the threshold. - Adding (110,120) a detergent to a washing liquor which is circulating within the washing chamber during a washing phase of the washing cycle; - Performing a plurality of measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... C n) of the conductivity of the washing liquor in order to collect a set of conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... Cn); - Analyzing at least part of the set of conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... C n) in order to determine if a condition of substantial invariability of the conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... Cn) is reached; and - Starting to heat the washing liquor when said condition of substantial invariability of the conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... C n) has been reached; - comparing relative variations of successive conductivity measurements (C 1, C 2, C 3... C n) according to the formula: ∑ k = 0 m | C n − k − C n − 1 − k | < Threshold > 0 - identifying a condition of substantial invariability of the washing liquor conductivity indicating a condition of full dissolution of the detergent when the sum of the relative variations keeps staying below the threshold.
A process of producing a blanket comprising: forming an aqueous slurry comprising hydrophobic aerogels, fibers, and at least one wetting agent; wherein the wetting agent is at least one of pre-applied to the aerogels before forming the aqueous slurry or introduced into the aqueous slurry prior to or at the same time the aerogels are added thereto; drying said aqueous slurry to form a dried product; and calendering said dried product to form said blanket.
Surgical screw for fixing in a bone of a human or animal body, having a head, having a shaft, and having an external thread disposed on at least one segment of the shaft of the surgical screw, wherein the external thread extends onto at least one segment of the head characterized in that the head comprises a U-shaped recess formed by at least two outer walls for receiving a stabilizing element.
An antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof, that specifically binds to both single nucleotide polymorphism variants of hLIGHT comprising SNP 214E (214E hLIGHT) and hLIGHT comprising SNP 214K (214K hLIGHT), wherein the antibody or fragment thereof comprises (i) VH domains that comprise the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 368 and (ii) VL domains that comprise the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 370.
A replaceable cap for a transdermal liquid dosing device comprising an elongate hollow body with a first open end which can be placed over a front part of the dosing device from which the liquid is dosed and a second closed end opposite the first end, the cap being releasably received on the dosing device, wherein the cap body includes a cavity which opens into the interior of the cap body and which houses a timer unit coupled to a switch mechanism which stands at least partially proud of the cavity so as to project into the interior of the body, and a timer display unit which displays time counted by the timer unit on an outer surface of the body of the cap, wherein the switch mechanism is engaged by abutment of a surface of the front part of the dosing device when the cap is placed on the dosing device, and the switch mechanism is released when the cap is removed from the dosing device, the engagement and/or releasing of the switch mechanism causing the timer unit to reset after a predetermined period of time, the time since the timer unit was last reset thereby indicating the time that has elapsed since the dosing device was last used, wherein the elongate hollow body of the cap includes two main parts (40, 42) being a cap top having a window through which the time display unit is visible and a cap bottom that forms most of the length of the elongate hollow body, wherein the cap top and the cap bottom are of injection moulded plastic and connect together to form the cap with the cavity being defined at least partly between the cap top and the cap bottom, and the cap top and the cap bottom hold the timer unit and switch mechanism captive between them, characterised in that the predetermined period of time is between 5 and 12 seconds, to thereby prevent the timer unit from being reset in the event that a user only briefly removes the cap.
A digital cinema projector comprising a lens system having reduced susceptibility to thermally-induced stress birefringence for imaging an object plane to an image plane comprising; an aperture stop positioned between the object plane and the image plane; and a plurality of lens elements including lens elements (423, 424) fabricated using a glass having a negligible susceptibility to thermal stress birefringence and other lens elements (420-422, 425-427) fabricated using glasses having an at most moderate susceptibility to thermal stress birefringence as characterized by a thermal stress birefringence metric, wherein at least the lens element (423, 424) that experiences a highest optical power density from transiting light when the lens system is used to image the object plane to the image plane is fabricated using a glass having a negligible susceptibility to thermal stress birefringence as characterized by the thermal stress birefringence metric; and wherein the other lens elements (420-422, 425-427) are fabricated using glasses having an at most moderate susceptibility to thermal stress birefringence as characterized by the thermal stress birefringence metric; wherein the thermal stress birefringence metric is given by: M 1 = ρ κ α E / K ⋅ 1 − μ. where p is the coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass, κ is the stress optical coefficient of the glass, α is the light absorption coefficient of the glass at a wavelength of 460 nm, E is the modulus of elasticity of the glass, K is the thermal conductivity of the glass, and μ is Poisson's ratio of the glass, and wherein glasses having a negligible susceptibility to thermal stress birefringence satisfy the condition that M 1 ≤ 0.1x10 -6 W -1 and glasses having an at most moderate susceptibility to thermal stress birefringence satisfy the condition that 0.1x10 -6 W -1 ≤ M 1 ≤ 1.60x10 -6 W -1.
An aqueous electrophoresis sample buffer, comprising: 155 to 175 mM 2-iodoacetamide; 0.50 to 1.5% lithium dodecyl sulfate; and 75 to 95 mM sodium phosphate, wherein the aqueous electrophoresis sample buffer has a pH of less than 7. 155 to 175 mM 2-iodoacetamide; 0.50 to 1.5% lithium dodecyl sulfate; and 75 to 95 mM sodium phosphate, wherein the aqueous electrophoresis sample buffer has a pH of less than 7.
A method comprising: obtaining, by a Mobility Management Entity, MME, from a Home Subscriber Server, HSS, user subscription data including a Selected IP Traffic Offload, SIPTO, permission flag defined on an Access Point Name, APN, basis that indicate whether traffic associated with the APN is allowed for SIPTO, wherein the SIPTO permission flag indicates, for traffic that is allowed for SIPTO, whether it is also allowed for SIPTO via Local Network, SIPTO@LN; receiving, by the MME, information about one local Gateway, GW, capable of offloading selected traffic, said information indicating one local GW providing access to a Packet Data Network, PDN, the PDN being identified by an associated APN; and based on the received information, initiating, by the MME, the offload of said selected traffic, for said user, via the local GW, by triggering PDN disconnection and, upon reconnection, selecting the said local GW. obtaining, by a Mobility Management Entity, MME, from a Home Subscriber Server, HSS, user subscription data including a Selected IP Traffic Offload, SIPTO, permission flag defined on an Access Point Name, APN, basis that indicate whether traffic associated with the APN is allowed for SIPTO, wherein the SIPTO permission flag indicates, for traffic that is allowed for SIPTO, whether it is also allowed for SIPTO via Local Network, SIPTO@LN; receiving, by the MME, information about one local Gateway, GW, capable of offloading selected traffic, said information indicating one local GW providing access to a Packet Data Network, PDN, the PDN being identified by an associated APN; and based on the received information, initiating, by the MME, the offload of said selected traffic, for said user, via the local GW, by triggering PDN disconnection and, upon reconnection, selecting the said local GW.
A method for controlling a bandwidth over a communication link connecting a first client network element and a second client network element, wherein the first client network element is configured to send to the second client network element data traffic comprising at least a best effort traffic flow of packets, said method comprising: - at said first client network element, marking a number of best effort packets of said best effort traffic flow with a respective control code, said control code taking, in each of said number of best effort packets, a value within a predetermined ordered control sequence of values, and sending said marked best effort packets to said second client network element through said link; - at said second client network element, checking the control code of each marked best effort packet and, in case of detection of a missing value of said control code within said control sequence, sending to said first client network element a packet containing a feedback code indicative of an adjustment of said bandwidth which shall be taken by said first client network element, wherein said feedback code takes a fixed value selected within said predetermined ordered control sequence of values; and - at said first client network element, upon reception of said packet containing said feedback code, adjusting said bandwidth. - at said first client network element, marking a number of best effort packets of said best effort traffic flow with a respective control code, said control code taking, in each of said number of best effort packets, a value within a predetermined ordered control sequence of values, and sending said marked best effort packets to said second client network element through said link; - at said second client network element, checking the control code of each marked best effort packet and, in case of detection of a missing value of said control code within said control sequence, sending to said first client network element a packet containing a feedback code indicative of an adjustment of said bandwidth which shall be taken by said first client network element, wherein said feedback code takes a fixed value selected within said predetermined ordered control sequence of values; and - at said first client network element, upon reception of said packet containing said feedback code, adjusting said bandwidth.