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A producing method of directly reduced iron comprising the steps of: (a) drying an oxidized iron raw material selected from a group including (i) iron ore and (ii) iron-making dust generated in an iron-making process to have a predetermined moisture content; (b) mixing (i) the oxidized iron raw material obtained in the drying step and (ii) a reducing material having a predetermined moisture content to obtain a mixture; (c) pulverizing the mixture obtained in mixing step (b) for 80% minus-sieve to have a particle diameter of 150 μm to 300 μm; wherein the moisture content of the mixture obtained in pulverizing step is in the range of 1% to 3%; (d) kneading the mixture after the moisture content of the mixture obtained in pulverizing step (c) is adjusted; (e) agglomerating the mixture obtained in kneading step (d) to be agglomerated; and (f) reducing the agglomerate obtained in agglomerating step (e) by a rotary hearth furnace to generate directly reduced iron. (a) drying an oxidized iron raw material selected from a group including (i) iron ore and (ii) iron-making dust generated in an iron-making process to have a predetermined moisture content; (b) mixing (i) the oxidized iron raw material obtained in the drying step and (ii) a reducing material having a predetermined moisture content to obtain a mixture; (c) pulverizing the mixture obtained in mixing step (b) for 80% minus-sieve to have a particle diameter of 150 μm to 300 μm; wherein the moisture content of the mixture obtained in pulverizing step is in the range of 1% to 3%; (d) kneading the mixture after the moisture content of the mixture obtained in pulverizing step (c) is adjusted; (e) agglomerating the mixture obtained in kneading step (d) to be agglomerated; and (f) reducing the agglomerate obtained in agglomerating step (e) by a rotary hearth furnace to generate directly reduced iron.
A composition comprising methyl 5-ALA ester, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in photodynamic therapy on an animal for the treatment of acne, wherein said PDT comprises: (a) administering said composition to said animal; and (b) photoactivating said methyl 5-ALA ester, and wherein side-effects of said PDT are prevented or reduced by (i) said composition comprises methyl 5-ALA ester in a concentration of less than 10 % wt, and (ii) said composition is administered for less than 2 hours prior to said photoactivation. (a) administering said composition to said animal; and (b) photoactivating said methyl 5-ALA ester, (i) said composition comprises methyl 5-ALA ester in a concentration of less than 10 % wt, and (ii) said composition is administered for less than 2 hours prior to said photoactivation.
A propeller-type runner for a hydraulic turbine or pump, comprising a hub and a plurality of blades (2, 3), characterised in that up to and including two blades are fixed to the hub using bolts and the remaining blades are welded to the hub, and wherein each bolted blade is adjoined by two welded blades.
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image forming means for forming an image; a measuring means for measuring an image formed by the image forming means; a control means for controlling execution of a single-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a single-color formed by the image forming means based on a measuring result obtained in a case where the measuring means measures a single-color image formed with a single-color recording agent by the image forming means, and execution of a multi-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a multi-color formed by the image forming means based on a measuring result obtained in a case where the measuring means measures a multi-color image formed with a plurality of recording agents by the image forming means; a selection means for selecting whether to cause the control means to perform the single-color calibration or cause the control means to perform the multi-color calibration; and characterized by a display control means for displaying, in a case where it is selected by the selection means to cause the control means to perform the multi-color calibration, a screen for inquiring whether to cause the control means to perform the single-color calibration before the multi-color calibration is performed by the control means. an image forming means for forming an image; a measuring means for measuring an image formed by the image forming means; a control means for controlling execution of a single-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a single-color formed by the image forming means based on a measuring result obtained in a case where the measuring means measures a single-color image formed with a single-color recording agent by the image forming means, and execution of a multi-color calibration to be performed to correct reproduction characteristics of a multi-color formed by the image forming means based on a measuring result obtained in a case where the measuring means measures a multi-color image formed with a plurality of recording agents by the image forming means; a selection means for selecting whether to cause the control means to perform the single-color calibration or cause the control means to perform the multi-color calibration; and characterized by a display control means for displaying, in a case where it is selected by the selection means to cause the control means to perform the multi-color calibration, a screen for inquiring whether to cause the control means to perform the single-color calibration before the multi-color calibration is performed by the control means.
An integrated circuit package, comprising: a substrate comprising a core layer disposed between a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer; a die disposed in a cavity of the core layer; an encapsulant disposed in the cavity between the die and a sidewall of the cavity; a first patterned conductive layer disposed within the first dielectric layer; a device disposed on an outer surface of the first dielectric layer such that the first patterned conductive layer is between the device and the core layer, wherein the device is electrically connected to the die; a second patterned conductive layer disposed within the second dielectric layer; and a conductive pad disposed on an outer surface of the second dielectric layer such that the second patterned conductive layer is between the conductive pad and the core layer, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to the die. a substrate comprising a core layer disposed between a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer; a die disposed in a cavity of the core layer; an encapsulant disposed in the cavity between the die and a sidewall of the cavity; a first patterned conductive layer disposed within the first dielectric layer; a device disposed on an outer surface of the first dielectric layer such that the first patterned conductive layer is between the device and the core layer, wherein the device is electrically connected to the die; a second patterned conductive layer disposed within the second dielectric layer; and a conductive pad disposed on an outer surface of the second dielectric layer such that the second patterned conductive layer is between the conductive pad and the core layer, wherein the conductive pad is electrically connected to the die.
A method of imaging a conductive object with a parallel transmit magnetic resonance scanner apparatus, comprising: a) determining one or more RF transmit modes ( S.3.2) that couple with a conductive object located within a subject to be imaged; b) determining one or more RF transmit modes ( S.3.2) that do not couple with the conductive object located within the subject to be imaged; c) imaging the subject ( S.4.2) by controlling the parallel transmit MR scanner to produce the determined one or more RF transmit modes that do not couple with the conductive object; wherein the determined one or more non-coupling RF transmit modes are produced at a higher power than any coupling RF transmit modes; and d) imaging the conductive object ( S.3.4, S.3.6) within the subject by controlling the parallel transmit MR scanner to produce the determined one or more coupling RF transmit modes at a reduced power than normally used for MR imaging, thus inducing electric currents in the conductive object which in turn induce localised magnetic fields around the conductive object, the localised magnetic fields generating a detectable MR signal local to the conductive object, and controlling the MR scanner to detect the detectable MR signal, wherein a RF power level of the RF signal is such so as to prevent excessive heating of the conductive object by the electric currents induced in the conductive object to a level that would cause damage to the tissue of the subj ect surrounding the conductive object. a) determining one or more RF transmit modes ( S.3.2) that couple with a conductive object located within a subject to be imaged; b) determining one or more RF transmit modes ( S.3.2) that do not couple with the conductive object located within the subject to be imaged; c) imaging the subject ( S.4.2) by controlling the parallel transmit MR scanner to produce the determined one or more RF transmit modes that do not couple with the conductive object; wherein the determined one or more non-coupling RF transmit modes are produced at a higher power than any coupling RF transmit modes; and d) imaging the conductive object ( S.3.4, S.3.6) within the subject by controlling the parallel transmit MR scanner to produce the determined one or more coupling RF transmit modes at a reduced power than normally used for MR imaging, thus inducing electric currents in the conductive object which in turn induce localised magnetic fields around the conductive object, the localised magnetic fields generating a detectable MR signal local to the conductive object, and controlling the MR scanner to detect the detectable MR signal, wherein a RF power level of the RF signal is such so as to prevent excessive heating of the conductive object by the electric currents induced in the conductive object to a level that would cause damage to the tissue of the subj ect surrounding the conductive object.
A vehicle, comprising: - a vehicle body, - an aperture in the vehicle body wherein a roof panel is arranged, the roof panel comprising: - a glass pane made of tempered glass, and being provided with an opening for the passage of air through the glass pane, and - a ventilation device attached to the glass pane in connection with the opening, the ventilation device being configured to control the air flow through the opening, characterised in that the roof panel comprises a first fastening member attached to the ventilation device and to the vehicle body, wherein the first fastening member ensures that once the glass pane is broken in an emergency situation, the ventilation device remains fastened to the vehicle body, thereby preventing it injuring passengers inside the vehicle and people outside the vehicle by falling out, and wherein the first fastening member is in the form selected from the group consisting of strings, cords, wires, cables, belts and combinations thereof. - a vehicle body, - an aperture in the vehicle body wherein a roof panel is arranged, the roof panel comprising: - a glass pane made of tempered glass, and being provided with an opening for the passage of air through the glass pane, and - a ventilation device attached to the glass pane in connection with the opening, the ventilation device being configured to control the air flow through the opening, - a glass pane made of tempered glass, and being provided with an opening for the passage of air through the glass pane, and - a ventilation device attached to the glass pane in connection with the opening, the ventilation device being configured to control the air flow through the opening,
Stator arrangement for an electrical machine, comprising a laminated stator core, comprising a plurality of stator windings, comprising a contacting device, which has at least one contact conductor of sheet metal material, which is formed for electrically interconnecting at least two stator windings, each contact conductor having at least one terminal lug, for electrically coupling an external terminal unit to the contacting device, and at least one hook, for receiving a winding wire end of an associated stator winding which is electrically connected to the contact conductor, characterised in that the hook is formed by first folding of the sheet metal material of the contact conductor to double the thickness of the sheet metal material of the contact conductor and by second folding of the sheet metal material to form the contour of the hook.
A composite material for storing thermal energy, wherein said composite material comprises a matrix comprising an elastomeric material, said elastomeric material made from a precursor comprising: rubber; a material incorporated into said rubber, said material comprising a thermoplastic vulcanizate, microparticles of TPV, thermoplastic incorporating microparticles of rubber, thermoplastic incorporating microparticles of cured thermoplastic, thermoplastic incorporating microparticles of uncured thermoplastic, or any combination thereof, and at least one cross-linking agent; wherein said composite material further comprises at least one type of encapsulated microparticulate phase change material dispersed within said elastomeric material. rubber; a material incorporated into said rubber, said material comprising a thermoplastic vulcanizate, microparticles of TPV, thermoplastic incorporating microparticles of rubber, thermoplastic incorporating microparticles of cured thermoplastic, thermoplastic incorporating microparticles of uncured thermoplastic, or any combination thereof, and at least one cross-linking agent;
Steering column switch device for operating at least one electrical consumer of a motor vehicle that is operated with an electrical load current, having a printed circuit board on which conductor tracks (9, 11) are arranged, which conductor tracks are designed for the load current and are connected to electrically conductive contact areas (8, 10, 13) for contact elements (15, 15') which are movable with a steering column lever, characterized in that the contact areas are designed to switch the load current, with the result that the load current is conducted via the conductor tracks (9, 11), wherein the contact areas are areas of an attachment part which is fastened to the printed circuit board.
Positive displacement pump having a drive unit and a pump unit having at least one inline valve unit (1, 1'), wherein the inline valve unit (1, 1') is tensioned in an operating position between two flanges (2, 2') and the flanges (2, 2') are connected to each other by means of connection and/or spacer means, wherein a displacement of the inline valve unit (1, 1') is possible without dismounting a connection and/or spacer means, characterized in that either the connection and/or spacer means are arranged in such a way that different distances between adjacent connection and/or spacer means arise and the largest distance between two adjacent connection and/or spacer means is greater than the outer dimensions of the inline valve unit (1, 1') or adjacent connection and/or spacer means have the same distance to each other, and this distance is greater than the outer dimensions of the inline valve unit (1, 1').
A heater, comprising: a heating element of which a main component is V, Nb, Ta, Mo, or W; leads bonded to respective end portions of the heating element; and an insulating base in which the heating element and the leads are embedded, wherein the heating element and the insulating base are formed of a sintered body which is integrally sintered, the heating element includes a compound including at least one of V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, and Fe, which is an element different from an element used as the main component of the heating element, characterized in that the element of the compound is present at only a proportion of 1 ppm or less or is not present at all in the insulating base in a distance from the heating element within a range of 100 μm. a heating element of which a main component is V, Nb, Ta, Mo, or W; leads bonded to respective end portions of the heating element; and an insulating base in which the heating element and the leads are embedded, wherein the heating element and the insulating base are formed of a sintered body which is integrally sintered, the heating element includes a compound including at least one of V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, and Fe, which is an element different from an element used as the main component of the heating element, characterized in that the element of the compound is present at only a proportion of 1 ppm or less or is not present at all in the insulating base in a distance from the heating element within a range of 100 μm.
Automatic winding device for a spring of a watch movement including a weight fixed on a support via a bearing comprising a ring which drives, in only one direction of rotation called the winding direction, a transmission gear in order to wind the mainspring, this winding device being characterized in that, on the one hand, the bearing is of the one-way type and blocks the rotation of the weight in the opposite direction to the winding direction, called the blocking direction and in that, on the other hand, the device includes a means for decoupling the weight from said bearing in at least the blocking direction when the weight exerts on the bearing a torque higher than a desired value.
A system for use in assisting a user in a social interaction with another person, the system being configured to determine by means of a processor (12,28) whether the user recognizes the person and, if it is determined that the user does not recognize the person, to provide information to the user about the person, wherein the system is configured to determine whether the user recognizes the person by determining an emotional state of the user, and/or by (i) playing an audio and/or video message and monitoring the response of the user to the message or (ii) using a speech recognition algorithm to analyze the speech by the user and/or the person during the interaction.
Method for adjusting a gas supply system (300, 400), wherein the method comprises the following steps of: - calibrating a gas sensor (303, 401) at a first calibration time with a defined concentration of test gas, wherein a first calibration result is determined during calibration, and characterized in that at least one gas supply measured value is determined at a gas supply measured value time preceding the first calibration time, - determining a gas supply reference value by mathematically relating the at least one gas supply measured value to the first calibration result and a calibration result of the gas sensor (303, 401) that was determined at a time preceding the first calibration time, - adjusting the gas supply system on the basis of the gas supply reference value, wherein the time preceding the first calibration time, the gas supply measured value time and the first calibration time succeed one another in terms of time. - calibrating a gas sensor (303, 401) at a first calibration time with a defined concentration of test gas, wherein a first calibration result is determined during calibration, and characterized in that at least one gas supply measured value is determined at a gas supply measured value time preceding the first calibration time, - determining a gas supply reference value by mathematically relating the at least one gas supply measured value to the first calibration result and a calibration result of the gas sensor (303, 401) that was determined at a time preceding the first calibration time, - adjusting the gas supply system on the basis of the gas supply reference value, wherein the time preceding the first calibration time, the gas supply measured value time and the first calibration time succeed one another in terms of time.
A process for thermolysis of industrial and domestic organic wastes, in particular plastic and/or rubber-containing wastes, used as starting material by treating the starting material with a catalyst and an initiator, optionally in the presence of a hydrogen donor, at elevated temperature and pressure, the catalyst comprising one or more metal carboxylate salt(s), wherein the carboxylate anion A of each metal carboxylate salt is independently of one another selected from the group consisting of anions of saturated C1-C20 carboxylic acids, and the metallic cation M of each metal carboxylate salt is independently of one another selected from the group consisting of cations of aluminum, germanium, tin, titanium, chromium, molybdenum, manganese, iron, nickel, cobalt, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, samarium and dysprosium, and the initiator comprising at least one metal hydride, wherein the thermolysis is performed at a temperature of 200-400 °C and a pressure of 3-7 MPa. wherein the carboxylate anion A of each metal carboxylate salt is independently of one another selected from the group consisting of anions of saturated C1-C20 carboxylic acids, and the metallic cation M of each metal carboxylate salt is independently of one another selected from the group consisting of cations of aluminum, germanium, tin, titanium, chromium, molybdenum, manganese, iron, nickel, cobalt, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, samarium and dysprosium,
A washer fluid system (3, 3', 3", 3"') for a vehicle, said washer fluid system (3, 3', 3", 3"') comprising - a reservoir, adapted to contain washer fluid, - a filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7"') comprising an aperture for filling washer fluid into said reservoir, - a conduit (11, 11", 11"') providing a fluid connection from said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7"') to said reservoir, said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7"') being transitable between an inactive position and a fill position, said washer fluid system (3, 3', 3", 3"') further comprises a hatch (13, 13', 13") being transitable between a closed position and an open position by means of a displacement comprising a pivotal displacement around a pivot arm (31, 35, 67), said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7'") being attached to, or integrated with, said hatch (13, 13', 13"), such that said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7"') is displaced together with said hatch (13, 13', 13") when transiting from said closed position to said open position, said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7'") thereby transiting from said inactive position to said fill position, said filling unit (7, 7', 7'") comprises a tubular structure (31, 31'"), adapted to extend in a vertical direction to connect to said conduit (11, 11"') characterized in that the pivot arm (31, 35, 67) constitutes or comprises the tubular structure which extends in a vertical direction to connect to the conduit. - a reservoir, adapted to contain washer fluid, - a filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7"') comprising an aperture for filling washer fluid into said reservoir, - a conduit (11, 11", 11"') providing a fluid connection from said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7"') to said reservoir, said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7"') being transitable between an inactive position and a fill position, said washer fluid system (3, 3', 3", 3"') further comprises a hatch (13, 13', 13") being transitable between a closed position and an open position by means of a displacement comprising a pivotal displacement around a pivot arm (31, 35, 67), said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7'") being attached to, or integrated with, said hatch (13, 13', 13"), such that said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7"') is displaced together with said hatch (13, 13', 13") when transiting from said closed position to said open position, said filling unit (7, 7', 7", 7'") thereby transiting from said inactive position to said fill position, said filling unit (7, 7', 7'") comprises a tubular structure (31, 31'"), adapted to extend in a vertical direction to connect to said conduit (11, 11"') characterized in that the pivot arm (31, 35, 67) constitutes or comprises the tubular structure which extends in a vertical direction to connect to the conduit.