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A method of compensating optical dispersion of a communications signal conveyed through an optical communications system, the method comprising steps of: deriving a compensation function [c(ω)] that mitigates the dispersion imparted to the communications signal by the optical communications system; processing an electrical input signal [x(t)] using the compensation function [c(ω)] to generate a predistorted electrical signal; and modulating an optical signal using the predistorted electrical signal to generate a corresponding predistorted optical signal [E 1 IN (ω)] for transmission through the optical communications system; characterized in that the step of deriving the compensation function [c(ω)] further comprises steps of: measuring a performance parameter related to the optical dispersion; and calculating respective values of one or more parameters of the compensation function that optimizes the measured performance parameter. deriving a compensation function [c(ω)] that mitigates the dispersion imparted to the communications signal by the optical communications system; processing an electrical input signal [x(t)] using the compensation function [c(ω)] to generate a predistorted electrical signal; and modulating an optical signal using the predistorted electrical signal to generate a corresponding predistorted optical signal [E 1 IN (ω)] for transmission through the optical communications system; characterized in that the step of deriving the compensation function [c(ω)] further comprises steps of: measuring a performance parameter related to the optical dispersion; and calculating respective values of one or more parameters of the compensation function that optimizes the measured performance parameter. measuring a performance parameter related to the optical dispersion; and calculating respective values of one or more parameters of the compensation function that optimizes the measured performance parameter.
Use of a particulate solid carrier to enhance the efficacy of an agrochemical compound, loaded onto said carrier, in an aqueous formulation; characterized in that the particulate solid carrier comprises a surface-reacted calcium carbonate-containing mineral carbonate, wherein the agrochemical compound is selected from fungicides, herbicides, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate-containing mineral is a reaction product obtainable by contacting a calcium carbonate-containing mineral in an aqueous medium with carbon dioxide and with at least one water soluble acid, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ and/or is supplied from an external source, wherein the at least one water soluble acid is phosphoric acid. characterized in that the particulate solid carrier comprises a surface-reacted calcium carbonate-containing mineral carbonate, wherein the agrochemical compound is selected from fungicides, herbicides, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate-containing mineral is a reaction product obtainable by contacting a calcium carbonate-containing mineral in an aqueous medium with carbon dioxide and with at least one water soluble acid, wherein the carbon dioxide is formed in situ and/or is supplied from an external source, wherein the at least one water soluble acid is phosphoric acid.
A laundry treating apparatus comprising: a dryer; a washing machine vertically disposed with respect to the dryer; a refresher disposed on one side of the dryer and the washing machine; and a heating device including a plurality of compressors, the heating device configured to heat air supplied to at least one of the dryer, the washing machine, and the refresher; and a processor configured to control a number of the plurality of compressors to be operated and an RPM of each of the operated compressors, according to a cycle status of the dryer, the washing machine and the refresher, characterized in that the processor is configured to vary a number of compressors among the plurality of compressors to be operated according to a type of laundry treating machine among the dryer, the washing machine, and the refresher that requires the heated air. a dryer; a washing machine vertically disposed with respect to the dryer; a refresher disposed on one side of the dryer and the washing machine; and a heating device including a plurality of compressors, the heating device configured to heat air supplied to at least one of the dryer, the washing machine, and the refresher; and a processor configured to control a number of the plurality of compressors to be operated and an RPM of each of the operated compressors, according to a cycle status of the dryer, the washing machine and the refresher, characterized in that the processor is configured to vary a number of compressors among the plurality of compressors to be operated according to a type of laundry treating machine among the dryer, the washing machine, and the refresher that requires the heated air.
A proteinase, comprising: (a) an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1; and (b) at least one amino acid substitution within the hydrophobic core region of helix 3 corresponding to amino acid positions 230-237 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the substitution is not isoleucine at a position corresponding to position 230 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the substitution is not glycine at a position corresponding to position 231, 234 or 235 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the substitution is not proline at a position corresponding to position 236 of SEQ ID NO:1, and wherein the substitution is not phenylalanine at a position corresponding to position 237 of SEQ ID NO:1; wherein the proteinase has enhanced thermolability at 65°C compared to the wild type proteinase K enzyme of SEQ ID NO: 1. (a) an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1; and (b) at least one amino acid substitution within the hydrophobic core region of helix 3 corresponding to amino acid positions 230-237 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the substitution is not isoleucine at a position corresponding to position 230 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the substitution is not glycine at a position corresponding to position 231, 234 or 235 of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the substitution is not proline at a position corresponding to position 236 of SEQ ID NO:1, and wherein the substitution is not phenylalanine at a position corresponding to position 237 of SEQ ID NO:1;
A vehicle mounting structure for an electric unit, comprising: - a side member; - a suspension member including a high rigidity portion and a low rigidity portion in a vehicle front-rear direction; and - an electric unit in which an inverter and a first motor are integrated, wherein: - the side member includes a curved portion having an upwardly convex curved shape, - the curved portion is disposed at a position overlapping with the inverter in the vehicle front-rear direction, and - the electric unit is fixed to the low rigidity portion. - a side member; - a suspension member including a high rigidity portion and a low rigidity portion in a vehicle front-rear direction; and - an electric unit in which an inverter and a first motor are integrated, - the side member includes a curved portion having an upwardly convex curved shape, - the curved portion is disposed at a position overlapping with the inverter in the vehicle front-rear direction, and - the electric unit is fixed to the low rigidity portion.
Sports footwear, of the kind comprising a shell and a cuff hinged to each other, wherein said sports footwear comprises a locking device, for preventing/allowing the relative movement of said shell and said cuff relative to each other, said locking device comprising a male member and a female member, which members are provided with respective engaging means (5b, 7b) adapted to cooperate with each other and at least one of which is arranged movably and is connected to actuating means (3;3') of said locking device, wherein one of said male and female members (5, 7) of said locking device is stationarily mounted on said shell / said cuff and the other one of said male and female members (5, 7) of said locking device is movably mounted on said cuff / said shell and is actuated by said actuating means (3; 3'), said actuating means (3; 3') being actuatable for moving the locking device from a first configuration in which the engaging means of the male member are engaged with the engaging means of the female member for preventing rotation of said cuff relative to said shell, to a second configuration in which the engaging means of the male member are disengaged from the engaging means of the female member so as to leave said cuff free to rotate relative to said shell, and vice versa, characterized in that the engaging means of said male member and/or the engaging means of said female member have a tapered or conical shape so as to make a coupling without clearance when the engaging means of said male member are engaged with the engaging means of said female member.
A composition for forming a plating base, comprising: inorganic nanoparticles that are made of at least one or two or more kinds of substances selected from a group consisting of metal, semiconductor substance, and metal oxide wherein the inorganic nanoparticles have an average particle diameter of 1 nm to 500 nm as measured according to a method of JIS H7804:2005 or JIS Z 8827-1:2008; at least one or two or more kinds of organic pi conjugated ligands which include at least one selected from a group consisting of 2,11,20,29-tetrakis (carboxy) phthalocyanine (TCAP), 2,11,20,29- tetrakis (carboxy) naphthalocyanine (TCAN), and 2,3,11,12,20,21,29,30-Octakis (carboxy) phthalocyanine (OCAP); and an aqueous or water-soluble solvent and/or dispersing medium wherein a residue of the composition exhibits electronic conductivity due to substantial loss of the aqueous or water-soluble solvent and/or dispersing medium from the composition. inorganic nanoparticles that are made of at least one or two or more kinds of substances selected from a group consisting of metal, semiconductor substance, and metal oxide wherein the inorganic nanoparticles have an average particle diameter of 1 nm to 500 nm as measured according to a method of JIS H7804:2005 or JIS Z 8827-1:2008; at least one or two or more kinds of organic pi conjugated ligands which include at least one selected from a group consisting of 2,11,20,29-tetrakis (carboxy) phthalocyanine (TCAP), 2,11,20,29- tetrakis (carboxy) naphthalocyanine (TCAN), and 2,3,11,12,20,21,29,30-Octakis (carboxy) phthalocyanine (OCAP); and an aqueous or water-soluble solvent and/or dispersing medium wherein a residue of the composition exhibits electronic conductivity due to substantial loss of the aqueous or water-soluble solvent and/or dispersing medium from the composition.
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor element comprising a single-photon avalanche diode with a multiplication zone and a guard ring structure, the guard ring structure having a second type of electrical conductivity, the method comprising - providing a semiconductor wafer with a first region comprising a semiconductor material having a first type of electrical conductivity; - generating by means of a first doping process a first well of the guard ring structure, the first well being arranged within the first region and having a first vertical depth, the first well laterally surrounding the multiplication zone and having a nonzero lateral distance from the multiplication zone; - generating by means of a second doping process a second well of the guard ring structure, the second well being arranged within the first region and having a second vertical depth, the second well laterally surrounding and adjoining a part of the first region for laterally defining the multiplication zone, wherein the first vertical depth is greater than the second vertical depth and wherein a gradient of dopant concentration of the second well at an edge facing the multiplication zone is greater than a gradient of dopant concentration of the first well at an edge facing the multiplication zone; and - generating by means of a further, so called fourth doping process a further well being arranged within the first region and having the first type of electrical conductivity, the further well laterally surrounding the multiplication zone, the first well and the second well. - providing a semiconductor wafer with a first region comprising a semiconductor material having a first type of electrical conductivity; - generating by means of a first doping process a first well of the guard ring structure, the first well being arranged within the first region and having a first vertical depth, the first well laterally surrounding the multiplication zone and having a nonzero lateral distance from the multiplication zone; - generating by means of a second doping process a second well of the guard ring structure, the second well being arranged within the first region and having a second vertical depth, the second well laterally surrounding and adjoining a part of the first region for laterally defining the multiplication zone, wherein the first vertical depth is greater than the second vertical depth and wherein a gradient of dopant concentration of the second well at an edge facing the multiplication zone is greater than a gradient of dopant concentration of the first well at an edge facing the multiplication zone; and - generating by means of a further, so called fourth doping process a further well being arranged within the first region and having the first type of electrical conductivity, the further well laterally surrounding the multiplication zone, the first well and the second well.
A system comprising; a transmitter to transmit an encoded signal; a transbody functionality module to facilitate communication of the encoded signal; wherein the transmitter is an in vivo transmitter integrated with an ingestible device to transmit the encoded signal; wherein the system further comprises: a receiver to receive the encoded signal from the in vivo transmitter integrated with the ingestible device via the transbody functionality module; wherein the transbody functionality module includes a beacon functionality module comprising a beacon wake up module configured to provide beacon wake up functionality to periodically wake up the receiver from a sleep mode to a first energy consumption mode lasting a first period, to detect whether the in vivo transmitter is transmitting the encoded signal, wherein when the receiver detects the in vivo transmitter is transmitting the encoded signal during the first period, the receiver transitions to a second energy consumption mode that is greater than the first energy consumption mode, to decode the transmitted encoded signal, and wherein when the receiver does not detect that the in vivo transmitter is transmitting the encoded signal during the first period, the receiver transitions back to sleep mode. a receiver to receive the encoded signal from the in vivo transmitter integrated with the ingestible device via the transbody functionality module; wherein the transbody functionality module includes a beacon functionality module comprising a beacon wake up module configured to provide beacon wake up functionality to periodically wake up the receiver from a sleep mode to a first energy consumption mode lasting a first period, to detect whether the in vivo transmitter is transmitting the encoded signal, wherein
A compressive encoding apparatus comprising: a controller that is configured to create a first conversion table and a second conversion table based on data of a supplied ΔΣ-modulated digital signal of one frame; an encoding unit that is configured to convert M bits of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal into N bits, where M > N, with reference to the first conversion table, and when the M bits are not able to be converted into the N bits with the first conversion table, to convert the M bits into N' bits with reference to the second conversion table; and a data transmission unit that is configured to transmit converted data converted by the encoding unit and to transmit data of the first conversion table and the second conversion table along with the converted data, wherein a number of bit patterns of the N bits is P, wherein the first conversion table is a table storing P-1 number of M bit values having a first set of first highest generation frequencies for past bit patterns of the data of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal, and wherein the second conversion table is a table storing P-1 number of M bit values having a second set of second highest generation frequencies for past bit patterns of the data of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal, where the second set of second highest generation frequencies follows the first set of first highest generation frequencies. a controller that is configured to create a first conversion table and a second conversion table based on data of a supplied ΔΣ-modulated digital signal of one frame; an encoding unit that is configured to convert M bits of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal into N bits, where M > N, with reference to the first conversion table, and when the M bits are not able to be converted into the N bits with the first conversion table, to convert the M bits into N' bits with reference to the second conversion table; and a data transmission unit that is configured to transmit converted data converted by the encoding unit and to transmit data of the first conversion table and the second conversion table along with the converted data, wherein a number of bit patterns of the N bits is P, wherein the first conversion table is a table storing P-1 number of M bit values having a first set of first highest generation frequencies for past bit patterns of the data of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal, and wherein the second conversion table is a table storing P-1 number of M bit values having a second set of second highest generation frequencies for past bit patterns of the data of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal, where the second set of second highest generation frequencies follows the first set of first highest generation frequencies.
Disinfection device for disinfection of an internal space of a container (2, 2a, 2b, 2c) serving for accommodation of an object, in particular a perishable goods, preferably a food container, having a plasma applicator for application of a non-thermal atmospheric plasma into the internal space of the container (2, 2a, 2b, 2c), characterised in that the external shape of the plasma applicator is equivalent to a closure lid or a closure stopper for a food container, in particular for a bottle, whereby the plasma applicator is formed appropriately such that it can be left permanently on the food container, whereby the food container is closed tightly by the plasma applicator.
An intermediate bulk container comprising a base, side plates, and a valve installed at the bottom of the intermediate bulk container, wherein, the intermediate bulk container further comprises a valve opening/closing device comprising a handle, a motion-transferring device, a valve opening/closing mechanism, wherein the valve opening/closing mechanism is a valve stem, the handle is installed on the side plate of the container and is connected to the motion-transferring device, the motion-transferring device is at least partially located in a cavity between two sidewalls (21,22) of one of the side plates of the intermediate bulk container or at least partially located in a groove provided on one of the side plates, so that forces applied on the handle can be transferred to the valve stem through the motion-transferring device, so as to achieve the opening/closing of the valve even if the central rotating axis of the handle and the central rotating axis of the valve stem are not in a same line.
An electromagnetic wave transmission cable (100, 200) for transmitting an electromagnetic wave, comprising: a hollow waveguide tube including a hollow dielectric layer formed in a tubular shape, and a foamed resin member that is provided over a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction of the hollow waveguide tube and covers an outer surface of the hollow waveguide tube, characterized in that the dielectric layer is made of polytetrafluoroethylene, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene, or polyethylene, the foamed resin member is made of foamed polystyrene, foamed polyurethane, foamed polyolefin, foamed polyethylene, foamed polypropylene, or foamed polytetrafluoroethylene and has a fine intricate structure of resin and air with different refractive indices, and in that the foamed resin member has different expansion ratios between a region close to a contact surface of the foamed resin member that is in contact with the outer surface of the hollow waveguide tube and a region far from the contact surface. a hollow waveguide tube including a hollow dielectric layer formed in a tubular shape, and a foamed resin member that is provided over a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction of the hollow waveguide tube and covers an outer surface of the hollow waveguide tube, characterized in that the dielectric layer is made of polytetrafluoroethylene, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene, or polyethylene, the foamed resin member is made of foamed polystyrene, foamed polyurethane, foamed polyolefin, foamed polyethylene, foamed polypropylene, or foamed polytetrafluoroethylene and has a fine intricate structure of resin and air with different refractive indices, and in that the foamed resin member has different expansion ratios between a region close to a contact surface of the foamed resin member that is in contact with the outer surface of the hollow waveguide tube and a region far from the contact surface.
A client application comprising code embodied on a computer-readable medium and configured so as when executed on a first terminal to perform operations of: accessing a packet-based communication system to conduct voice or video calls over a packet-based network; and receiving an input from one or more audio and/or video input transducers of the first terminal (208, 212, 216, 218); characterised by: operating in conjunction with one or more other instances of the client application executed on one or more respective second terminals (102b, 102c, 102d) so as to participate in an analysis of said one or more inputs in relation to an input from one or more audio and/or video input transducers of the one or more second terminals; thereby enabling selection of one of the first and second terminals, based on said analysis, for use by a near-end user in conducting a voice or video call with a far-end user of a third user terminal via the respective client instance and packet-based communication system. accessing a packet-based communication system to conduct voice or video calls over a packet-based network; and receiving an input from one or more audio and/or video input transducers of the first terminal (208, 212, 216, 218); characterised by: operating in conjunction with one or more other instances of the client application executed on one or more respective second terminals (102b, 102c, 102d) so as to participate in an analysis of said one or more inputs in relation to an input from one or more audio and/or video input transducers of the one or more second terminals; thereby enabling selection of one of the first and second terminals, based on said analysis, for use by a near-end user in conducting a voice or video call with a far-end user of a third user terminal via the respective client instance and packet-based communication system.