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A method of assessing airframe corrosion risk carried out by a corrosion risk assessment module, the method comprising: determining a component corrosion stress for one or more components disposed on or integral with an airframe, based on an aircraft location and data from an aircraft exposure history and a climate database, wherein determining the component corrosion stress includes generating a corrosion rate for aluminum using the aircraft exposure history, the climate database and an atmospheric corrosion model, and correlating the corrosion rate for aluminum to a corrosion stress from a pre-determined empirical model to generate the determined component corrosion stress; generating a component corrosion risk based on the determined component corrosion stress; calculating an accumulated component corrosion risk based on the component corrosion risk and a historical component corrosion risk; determining an airframe corrosion risk based on the accumulated component corrosion risk, wherein generating the component corrosion risk includes comparing the determined component corrosion stress to a pre-determined component corrosion stress allowable, and data from the climate database is used and includes chloride deposition rate, sulfur dioxide (SO 2) pollution, temperature, and humidity for a plurality of locations. determining a component corrosion stress for one or more components disposed on or integral with an airframe, based on an aircraft location and data from an aircraft exposure history and a climate database, wherein determining the component corrosion stress includes generating a corrosion rate for aluminum using the aircraft exposure history, the climate database and an atmospheric corrosion model, and correlating the corrosion rate for aluminum to a corrosion stress from a pre-determined empirical model to generate the determined component corrosion stress; generating a component corrosion risk based on the determined component corrosion stress; calculating an accumulated component corrosion risk based on the component corrosion risk and a historical component corrosion risk; determining an airframe corrosion risk based on the accumulated component corrosion risk, wherein generating the component corrosion risk includes comparing the determined component corrosion stress to a pre-determined component corrosion stress allowable, and data from the climate database is used and includes chloride deposition rate, sulfur dioxide (SO 2) pollution, temperature, and humidity for a plurality of locations.
An article of footwear comprising: a sole structure including a bottom surface, and a first traction element including a first cut step and a second traction element including a second cut step; wherein the first cut step and the second cut step are aligned in a generally lateral direction across both of first traction element and second traction element, the major axis (2102, 2104) of each of the traction elements (1550, 1552) is aligned in different directions, and the first traction element and the second traction element are disposed in a heel region of the sole structure. a sole structure including a bottom surface, and a first traction element including a first cut step and a second traction element including a second cut step; wherein the first cut step and the second cut step are aligned in a generally lateral direction across both of first traction element and second traction element, the major axis (2102, 2104) of each of the traction elements (1550, 1552) is aligned in different directions, and the first traction element and the second traction element are disposed in a heel region of the sole structure.
A position tracking system, comprising: an electrical interface configured to: communicate with one or more electrodes that are coupled to a distal end of a probe inserted into a heart of a patient; and receive, from a plurality of electrode-patches (60P; 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70) attached to a skin of the patient, position signals that are indicative of positions of the one or more electrodes in the heart; and a processor, configured to: select, based on the position signals, a partial subset of the electrode-patches whose position signals are least-correlated with one another while the distal end moves in the heart; and estimate a position of at least one of the electrodes in the heart, based on the position signals received from the selected partial subset of the electrode-patches. an electrical interface configured to: communicate with one or more electrodes that are coupled to a distal end of a probe inserted into a heart of a patient; and receive, from a plurality of electrode-patches (60P; 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70) attached to a skin of the patient, position signals that are indicative of positions of the one or more electrodes in the heart; and communicate with one or more electrodes that are coupled to a distal end of a probe inserted into a heart of a patient; and receive, from a plurality of electrode-patches (60P; 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70) attached to a skin of the patient, position signals that are indicative of positions of the one or more electrodes in the heart; and a processor, configured to: select, based on the position signals, a partial subset of the electrode-patches whose position signals are least-correlated with one another while the distal end moves in the heart; and estimate a position of at least one of the electrodes in the heart, based on the position signals received from the selected partial subset of the electrode-patches. select, based on the position signals, a partial subset of the electrode-patches whose position signals are least-correlated with one another while the distal end moves in the heart; and estimate a position of at least one of the electrodes in the heart, based on the position signals received from the selected partial subset of the electrode-patches.
A method for detecting or measuring the inhibition of TOR kinase activity in a patient, comprising measuring the amount of phosphorylated PRAS40, GSK3β or p70S6K1 in a blood, skin, tumor and/or circulating tumor cells in biological sample from said patient, prior to and after the administration of 7-(6-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)-1-(trans-4-methoxycyclohexyl)-3,4-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazin-2 -one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, clathrate, or solvate thereof, to said patient, wherein less phosphorylated PRAS40, GSK3β or p70S6K1 in said biological sample obtained after administration of 7-(6-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)-1-( trans -4-methoxycyclohexyl)-3,4-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazin-2 -one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, clathrate, or solvate thereof, relative to the amount of phosphorylated PRAS40, GSK3β or p70S6K1 in said biological sample obtained prior to the administration of 7-(6-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)-1-( trans -4-methoxycyclohexyl)-3,4-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazin-2 -one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, clathrate, or solvate thereof, indicates inhibition of TOR kinase activity, and wherein the amount of phosphorylated PRAS40, GSK3β or p70S6K1 in said biological sample is measured using flow cytometry, ELISA, immunohistochemistry using phosphorylation-specific antibodies, western blotting, or immunofluorescence.
Spiraled timepiece spring with a two-phase structure, characterised in that the material of said spiral spring is a binary alloy including niobium and titanium, and which includes: - niobium: the remainder to 100%; - a proportion by mass of titanium greater than or equal to 45.0% of the total and less than or equal to 48.0% of the total; - traces of other components among O, H, C, Fe, Ta, N, Ni, Si, Cu, Al, each of said trace components being comprised between 0 and 1600 ppm of the total by mass, and the sum of said traces being less than or equal to 0.3% by mass, and characterised in that said spiral spring has a two-phase microstructure comprising a solid solution of niobium with β-phase titanium and a solid solution of niobium with α-phase titanium, the α-phase titanium content being greater than 10% by volume. - niobium: the remainder to 100%; - a proportion by mass of titanium greater than or equal to 45.0% of the total and less than or equal to 48.0% of the total; - traces of other components among O, H, C, Fe, Ta, N, Ni, Si, Cu, Al, each of said trace components being comprised between 0 and 1600 ppm of the total by mass, and the sum of said traces being less than or equal to 0.3% by mass, and characterised in that said spiral spring has a two-phase microstructure comprising a solid solution of niobium with β-phase titanium and a solid solution of niobium with α-phase titanium, the α-phase titanium content being greater than 10% by volume.
A radiation detector having a plurality of single-photon-counting imaging cells, comprising: an imaging cell configured to generate a detection signal in accordance with the intensity of radiation; a digitization circuit configured to digitize the detection signal; at least one data read structure configured to count the digitized detection signal, to keep the result as bit data and to output said bit data in accordance with a read clock (Pck); and a send-out register including a shift unit for each data read structure such that the output of every data read structure is connected to a respective shift unit; wherein inside the send-out register the shift units are connected in series and each shift unit includes an intake circuit and a bit register, the intake circuit being configured to switch between enabling and disabling the input of a data bit output from the data read structure in the respective shift unit in accordance with a load signal (Ld) being input to the intake circuit; and wherein the send-out register is configured to reduce the amount of output data by omitting a load signal for a data bit which is not to be transferred from the data read structure to the send-out register and by reducing an interval between a load signal that precedes the omitted load signal and a read clock that follows the omitted load signal. an imaging cell configured to generate a detection signal in accordance with the intensity of radiation; a digitization circuit configured to digitize the detection signal; at least one data read structure configured to count the digitized detection signal, to keep the result as bit data and to output said bit data in accordance with a read clock (Pck); and a send-out register including a shift unit for each data read structure such that the output of every data read structure is connected to a respective shift unit; wherein
Garden shredder with a shredding device (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) for reducing material to be shredded, an introducing opening for introducing the material to be shredded and a feed shaft, connecting to the introducing opening, for feeding the material to be shredded to the shredding device (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) arranged behind the feed shaft, and with an ejection channel arranged behind the shredding device (5, 6, 7, 8, 9), at the end of which ejection channel an ejection portion with an ejection opening for ejection of the material shredded by the shredding device (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) is located, wherein protrusions (13a, 13b, 13c) spaced apart from each other are provided in the region of the ejection portion, said protrusions (13a, 13b, 13c) extending from the wall (11 a) of the ejection portion over a part of the width of the ejection opening, characterised in that the protrusions (13a, 13b, 13c) taper in the ejection direction.
A tensioner for tensioning a belt in an engine, comprising: a base that is mountable to a stationary member; a first tensioner arm that is pivotably connected to the base, wherein the first tensioner arm is biased in a first pivot direction for the first tensioner arm; a first bumper on one of the base and the first tensioner arm, which is engageable with a first travel limiter on the other of the base and the first tensioner arm to limit travel of the first tensioner arm in a second pivot direction for the first tensioner arm; and a first pulley rotatably mounted to the first tensioner arm and positioned to engage a first section of the belt, wherein the first bumper and the first travel limiter together have a selected first combined spring rate during engagement with one another, wherein the first combined spring rate increases progressively with compression between the first bumper and the first travel limiter, wherein the first bumper has a proximal portion that is captured in a first bumper receptacle, and a distal portion on which there is a distal face that is engageable with the first travel limiter to limit travel of the first tensioner arm in the second pivot direction for the first tensioner arm, wherein the first bumper has a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal portion to the distal face, and wherein the distal portion is spaced laterally from a side wall of the first bumper receptacle by a gap sized to limit lateral growth of the first bumper during compression of the first bumper, wherein the gap increases in size in a distal direction. a base that is mountable to a stationary member; a first tensioner arm that is pivotably connected to the base, wherein the first tensioner arm is biased in a first pivot direction for the first tensioner arm; a first bumper on one of the base and the first tensioner arm, which is engageable with a first travel limiter on the other of the base and the first tensioner arm to limit travel of the first tensioner arm in a second pivot direction for the first tensioner arm; and a first pulley rotatably mounted to the first tensioner arm and positioned to engage a first section of the belt, wherein the first bumper and the first travel limiter together have a selected first combined spring rate during engagement with one another, wherein the first combined spring rate increases progressively with compression between the first bumper and the first travel limiter, wherein the first bumper has a proximal portion that is captured in a first bumper receptacle, and a distal portion on which there is a distal face that is engageable with the first travel limiter to limit travel of the first tensioner arm in the second pivot direction for the first tensioner arm, wherein the first bumper has a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal portion to the distal face, and wherein the distal portion is spaced laterally from a side wall of the first bumper receptacle by a gap sized to limit lateral growth of the first bumper during compression of the first bumper, wherein the gap increases in size in a distal direction.
A multi-layer anti-fog composition, comprising: an anti-fog layer comprising cellulose acetate and a plasticizer and having opposing major planar surfaces; a protective layer having opposing major planar surfaces oriented substantially coplanar, at least in part, to the anti-fog layer forming a multi-layered anti-fog composition, the protective layer being configured to define an air gap between the anti-fog layer and the protective layer and; and a connector extending through the multi-layered anti-fog composition; wherein the plasticizer is a haloalkyl phosphate; and wherein the connector has the same composition as the protective layer. an anti-fog layer comprising cellulose acetate and a plasticizer and having opposing major planar surfaces; a protective layer having opposing major planar surfaces oriented substantially coplanar, at least in part, to the anti-fog layer forming a multi-layered anti-fog composition, the protective layer being configured to define an air gap between the anti-fog layer and the protective layer and; and a connector extending through the multi-layered anti-fog composition; wherein the plasticizer is a haloalkyl phosphate; and wherein the connector has the same composition as the protective layer.
A buoyant immiscible pollutant remediation apparatus for use in a body of water comprising: a deck having a first end and a second end; a cryogenic fluid source adapted for providing a cryogenic fluid, the cryogenic fluid source supported by the deck; a cryogenic fluid dispenser structure coupled to the cryogenic fluid source and supported over the body water at a first end of the deck, the cryogenic fluid dispenser structure comprising at least one cryogenic fluid dispenser adapted for dispensing cryogenic fluid in a substantially condensed phase; a conveyor belt adapted to receive and transport at least some immiscible pollutant that was exposed to substantially condensed phase cryogenic fluid by the cryogenic fluid dispenser structure, wherein the conveyor belt causes a belt to travel in a direction from the first end of the deck toward the second end of the deck; transport structure, disposed proximate to the second end of the deck, adapted for transporting the immiscible pollutant from the conveyor belt to the waste tank; and a waste tank adapted for storing collected immiscible pollutant. a deck having a first end and a second end; a cryogenic fluid source adapted for providing a cryogenic fluid, the cryogenic fluid source supported by the deck; a cryogenic fluid dispenser structure coupled to the cryogenic fluid source and supported over the body water at a first end of the deck, the cryogenic fluid dispenser structure comprising at least one cryogenic fluid dispenser adapted for dispensing cryogenic fluid in a substantially condensed phase; a conveyor belt adapted to receive and transport at least some immiscible pollutant that was exposed to substantially condensed phase cryogenic fluid by the cryogenic fluid dispenser structure, wherein the conveyor belt causes a belt to travel in a direction from the first end of the deck toward the second end of the deck; transport structure, disposed proximate to the second end of the deck, adapted for transporting the immiscible pollutant from the conveyor belt to the waste tank; and a waste tank adapted for storing collected immiscible pollutant.
Control method deployed in a control installation of an electric motor, wherein said control installation comprises: - A number of input phases, which are designed for connection to an electric grid system for the delivery of an AC voltage, - A common mode filter (F MC) connected on the input phases, comprising at least one inductance, - A rectifier (REC, CONV10) for the transformation of the AC voltage delivered by the supply system into a DC voltage, - A DC supply bus, which is arranged for the delivery of the DC voltage, - A first converter (CONV1, CONV20) connected to said DC supply bus, and controlled for the application of the first voltage pulse edges to an electric motor by means of a first pulse width modulation, obtained by comparing a first carrier signal, described as the reference carrier signal, applied at a first chopping frequency, with a first modulating signal, - A second converter (CONV2, CONV10) connected to said DC supply bus and controlled by means of a second pulse width modulation, obtained by comparing a second carrier signal, applied at a second chopping frequency, with a second modulating signal, - Said second carrier signal being designed to be out-of-phase with the reference carrier signal by an optimum phase-shift angle, - characterized in that the control method involves the determination of an optimum phase-shift angle from the first chopping frequency and the second chopping frequency, wherein said optimum phase-shift angle corresponds to the phase-shift angle for which the maximum magnetic flux received by the inductance of the common mode filter is as low as possible. - A number of input phases, which are designed for connection to an electric grid system for the delivery of an AC voltage, - A common mode filter (F MC) connected on the input phases, comprising at least one inductance, - A rectifier (REC, CONV10) for the transformation of the AC voltage delivered by the supply system into a DC voltage, - A DC supply bus, which is arranged for the delivery of the DC voltage, - A first converter (CONV1, CONV20) connected to said DC supply bus, and controlled for the application of the first voltage pulse edges to an electric motor by means of a first pulse width modulation, obtained by comparing a first carrier signal, described as the reference carrier signal, applied at a first chopping frequency, with a first modulating signal, - A second converter (CONV2, CONV10) connected to said DC supply bus and controlled by means of a second pulse width modulation, obtained by comparing a second carrier signal, applied at a second chopping frequency, with a second modulating signal, - Said second carrier signal being designed to be out-of-phase with the reference carrier signal by an optimum phase-shift angle, - characterized in that the control method involves the determination of an optimum phase-shift angle from the first chopping frequency and the second chopping frequency, wherein said optimum phase-shift angle corresponds to the phase-shift angle for which the maximum magnetic flux received by the inductance of the common mode filter is as low as possible.
A control system for a driveline of a vehicle comprising: a memory unit storing program instructions for operating said control system; a processor in communication with a plurality of vehicle controllers (30, 32, 34) and coupled to said memory unit, characterized in that said processor is also coupled to a wheel torque generator and configured to: receive a plurality of driver inputs and a plurality of sensor inputs from a plurality of sensors, determine a wheel torque command signal and a plurality of tire parameters of a plurality of tires of the vehicle, generate a periodic torque modulation signal based on the wheel torque command signal and the plurality of tire parameters, add the periodic torque modulation signal to the wheel torque command signal, and output a modulated wheel torque command signal to the wheel torque generator to linearize a tire characteristic of the plurality of tires of the vehicle. a memory unit storing program instructions for operating said control system; a processor in communication with a plurality of vehicle controllers (30, 32, 34) and coupled to said memory unit, characterized in that said processor is also coupled to a wheel torque generator and configured to: receive a plurality of driver inputs and a plurality of sensor inputs from a plurality of sensors, determine a wheel torque command signal and a plurality of tire parameters of a plurality of tires of the vehicle, generate a periodic torque modulation signal based on the wheel torque command signal and the plurality of tire parameters, add the periodic torque modulation signal to the wheel torque command signal, and output a modulated wheel torque command signal to the wheel torque generator to linearize a tire characteristic of the plurality of tires of the vehicle. receive a plurality of driver inputs and a plurality of sensor inputs from a plurality of sensors, determine a wheel torque command signal and a plurality of tire parameters of a plurality of tires of the vehicle, generate a periodic torque modulation signal based on the wheel torque command signal and the plurality of tire parameters, add the periodic torque modulation signal to the wheel torque command signal, and output a modulated wheel torque command signal to the wheel torque generator to linearize a tire characteristic of the plurality of tires of the vehicle.