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An apparatus for managing automatic stop/start frequency of an engine, comprising: a stop/start module in operative communication with an engine, the stop/start module comprising: means for determining whether a stopping event has occurred; means for determining whether an inhibiting condition is activated; means for turning off the engine for at least a portion of time in response to determining that a stopping event has occurred if the inhibiting condition is not activated; a ratio module configured to determine an actual stop ratio for the engine based on a number of times the engine is turned off in response to determining the occurrences of stopping events; means for determining a target stop ratio based on an operating parameter; and an inhibiting module configured to activate the inhibiting condition based on the actual stop ratio for the engine being greater than the target stop ratio, thereby inhibiting automatically turning off the engine, wherein the inhibiting condition remains activated during a driving event until the actual stop ratio of the engine becomes less than the target stop ratio, wherein a driving event commences when the engine is manually turned on by an operator and ends when the engine is manually turned off by the operator; the apparatus being characterised in that the activation of the inhibiting condition occurs only at a beginning of the driving event. means for determining whether a stopping event has occurred; means for determining whether an inhibiting condition is activated; means for turning off the engine for at least a portion of time in response to determining that a stopping event has occurred if the inhibiting condition is not activated; a ratio module configured to determine an actual stop ratio for the engine based on a number of times the engine is turned off in response to determining the occurrences of stopping events; means for determining a target stop ratio based on an operating parameter; and an inhibiting module configured to activate the inhibiting condition based on the actual stop ratio for the engine being greater than the target stop ratio, thereby inhibiting automatically turning off the engine, wherein the inhibiting condition remains activated during a driving event until the actual stop ratio of the engine becomes less than the target stop ratio, wherein a driving event commences when the engine is manually turned on by an operator and ends when the engine is manually turned off by the operator; the apparatus being characterised in that the activation of the inhibiting condition occurs only at a beginning of the driving event.
A method for producing an electrode layer containing a catalyst on a substrate comprising the following steps: production of an electrode layer on the substrate, wherein the electrode layer contains carrier particles for the catalyst to be separated thereon, and subsequently: separation of the catalyst on at least part of the carrier particles present in the electrode layer produced according to step with decomposition of a catalyst precursor present not only superficially in the electrode layer without external application of an electrical current, an electrical voltage or an electrical field, wherein the electrode layer is impregnated by dropping on or spraying on only following its production according to step, wherein impregnation of the electrode layer takes place over a period of between 1 second and 10 minutes, wherein no more than 20 minutes elapse between the end of the impregnation and the beginning of the separation of the catalyst according to step, wherein separation of the catalyst according to step takes place with simultaneous exposure of the electrode layer to temperature and a reducing agent over a period of roughly 1 to 30 minutes and wherein there is no washing step which could cause seepage of the catalyst from the layer. production of an electrode layer on the substrate, wherein the electrode layer contains carrier particles for the catalyst to be separated thereon, separation of the catalyst on at least part of the carrier particles present in the electrode layer produced according to step with decomposition of a catalyst precursor present not only superficially in the electrode layer without external application of an electrical current, an electrical voltage or an electrical field,
A hearing aid system (100, 200) for generating auditory spatial cues and comprising a first microphone unit adapted to convert sound received at a first microphone to a first electric signal on a first output and received at a second microphone to a second electric signal on a second output, a first delay unit connected to said first output and adapted to delay said first electric signal, a first calculation unit connected to said first delay unit and said second output and adapted to sum said delayed first electric signal and said second electric signal and to generate a first summed signal, a processor unit connected to said first calculation unit and adapted to process said first summed signal and to generate a processed signal, and a speaker adapted to convert said processed signal to a processed sound, said first and second microphones (102, 104) being separated by a predetermined first distance (d 1) and said first delay unit being adjusted to provide a predetermined first time delay of said first electric signal causing said first calculation unit to generate a first auditory spatial cue representing a first spatial dimension in said first summed signal to a user, characterised in that the microphone unit further comprises a third microphone for converting sound to a third electric signal on a third output, the third microphone being separated perpendicularly relative to an axis between the first and second microphones by a second predetermined distance (d 2), the hearing aid system (100, 200) further comprises a filter unit connected to the third output and adapted to filter the third electric signal thereby generating a filtered third electric signal, the hearing aid system (100, 200) further comprises a second delay unit connected to the first calculation unit and adapted to delay the first summed signal, and the hearing aid system (100, 200) further comprises a second calculation unit connected to the second delay unit, the filter unit and the processor unit, the second calculation unit being adapted to sum the delayed first summed signal and the filtered third electrical signal, and that said second predetermined distance (d 2) and time delay of said second delay unit causes said second calculation unit to generate a second auditory spatial cue representing a second spatial dimension in a second summed signal to a user.
A base station apparatus (1, 10, 12, 42, 52) comprising: a carrier sense unit (11002, 21002) equipped with a function of performing carrier sense for checking a situation of a channel using a predetermined value of a clear channel assessment level, and a function of performing carrier sense for checking a situation of a channel using a value of a clear channel assessment level other than the predetermined value, and a transmission unit (11004, 21004) that transmits a transmit signal based on the carrier sense, characterised in that the predetermined value is a value that is determined based on at least a frequency band of the channel, and the value other than the predetermined value is a value that is associated with at least a maximum transmit power. a carrier sense unit (11002, 21002) equipped with a function of performing carrier sense for checking a situation of a channel using a predetermined value of a clear channel assessment level, and a function of performing carrier sense for checking a situation of a channel using a value of a clear channel assessment level other than the predetermined value, and a transmission unit (11004, 21004) that transmits a transmit signal based on the carrier sense, characterised in that the predetermined value is a value that is determined based on at least a frequency band of the channel, and the value other than the predetermined value is a value that is associated with at least a maximum transmit power.
A digital broadcast video reception apparatus, the apparatus comprising a de-interleaver configured to de-interleave data carriers in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed, OFDM, symbol of a digital broadcast video signal onto data cells of an OFDM symbol in accordance with at least a first generator polynomial and a bit permutation, the OFDM symbols being associated with a 2K mode characterized in that the bit permutation is changing from one OFDM symbol to another.
Method for elemental analysis, in particular for the determination of carbon and nitrogen, comprising the following method steps: - feeding the sample (1.2a) to a first part of a combustion unit (1.3) at temperatures of at least 500°C and an atmosphere with an oxygen excess, - passing the resulting gas for oxidation purposes over a metal oxide catalyst (1.4) in a second part of the combustion unit, - separation of CO 2 and H 2 O (1.6) by known gas drying systems or absorption systems, - reduction of the nitrogen oxides (1.5) obtained, preferably over a surface of pure copper, and measurement of the nitrogen obtained using a suitable detector, preferably a calibrated thermal conductivity detector, - measuring the amount of carbon in the sample by determining the CO 2 content (1.7,1.8), preferably by quantitative desorption of the CO 2 adsorbed in the analytical method and subsequent detection, preferably by a calibrated thermal conductivity detector, characterized in that the metal oxide catalyst comprises oxides of cerium, copper and manganese on an aluminum oxide carrier, in that the amount of Ce, Cu and Mn in the catalysts (mass ratio) satisfies the ratio Ce < Mn < Cu and in that the catalyst is free of precious metals and does not contain Ag, Ti, Zr, Cr or Ni. - feeding the sample (1.2a) to a first part of a combustion unit (1.3) at temperatures of at least 500°C and an atmosphere with an oxygen excess, - passing the resulting gas for oxidation purposes over a metal oxide catalyst (1.4) in a second part of the combustion unit, - separation of CO 2 and H 2 O (1.6) by known gas drying systems or absorption systems, - reduction of the nitrogen oxides (1.5) obtained, preferably over a surface of pure copper, and measurement of the nitrogen obtained using a suitable detector, preferably a calibrated thermal conductivity detector, - measuring the amount of carbon in the sample by determining the CO 2 content (1.7,1.8), preferably by quantitative desorption of the CO 2 adsorbed in the analytical method and subsequent detection, preferably by a calibrated thermal conductivity detector,
A method for measuring alkalihalide content of flue gas, the method comprising - generating a light beam, wherein the light beam comprises photons having a first wavelength (λ 1), - guiding the light beam to a first optical path, wherein - the first optical path runs through a space containing the flue gas, whereby the light beam is attenuated to an attenuated light beam and - detecting a first value indicative of a first intensity (I k0) of the attenuated light beam, characterized in - generating a light pulse, wherein the light pulse comprises photons having a second wavelength (λ 2), - dissociating at least part of the alkalihalide molecules on the first optical path to alkali atoms and halogen atoms, using the light pulse, wherein the light beam is further attenuated to an attenuated light beam by absorption to the alkali atoms on the first optical path, - detecting a second value indicative of a second intensity (I k) of the attenuated light beam, and - determining, using the first value and the second value, the alkalihalide content of the flue gas. - generating a light beam, wherein the light beam comprises photons having a first wavelength (λ 1), - guiding the light beam to a first optical path, wherein - the first optical path runs through a space containing the flue gas, whereby the light beam is attenuated to an attenuated light beam and - detecting a first value indicative of a first intensity (I k0) of the attenuated light beam, - generating a light pulse, wherein the light pulse comprises photons having a second wavelength (λ 2), - dissociating at least part of the alkalihalide molecules on the first optical path to alkali atoms and halogen atoms, using the light pulse, wherein the light beam is further attenuated to an attenuated light beam by absorption to the alkali atoms on the first optical path, - detecting a second value indicative of a second intensity (I k) of the attenuated light beam, and - determining, using the first value and the second value, the alkalihalide content of the flue gas.
A method of storing information on an amount of used toner, the method comprising: determining whether a customer replaceable unit monitor CRUM memory for storing the information on the amount of used toner is included in a cartridge of an image forming device; determining whether the toner remaining in the cartridge is below a threshold amount when the CRUM memory is not included in the cartridge of the image forming device; storing the information on the amount of used toner in a non-volatile memory of the image forming device when it is determined that the toner remaining in the cartridge is not below the threshold amount; and storing the information on the amount of used toner in the CRUM memory when the CRUM memory is included in the cartridge; wherein when a cartridge not including CRUM memory is removed from and subsequently reinstalled in the image forming apparatus, the non-volatile memory is arranged to provide information on the amount of used toner in the reinstalled cartridge, and wherein whether the toner remaining in the cartridge is below a threshold amount is determined by using information on a number of dots used to print. determining whether a customer replaceable unit monitor CRUM memory for storing the information on the amount of used toner is included in a cartridge of an image forming device; determining whether the toner remaining in the cartridge is below a threshold amount when the CRUM memory is not included in the cartridge of the image forming device; storing the information on the amount of used toner in a non-volatile memory of the image forming device when it is determined that the toner remaining in the cartridge is not below the threshold amount; and storing the information on the amount of used toner in the CRUM memory when the CRUM memory is included in the cartridge; wherein when a cartridge not including CRUM memory is removed from and subsequently reinstalled in the image forming apparatus, the non-volatile memory is arranged to provide information on the amount of used toner in the reinstalled cartridge, and wherein whether the toner remaining in the cartridge is below a threshold amount is determined by using information on a number of dots used to print.
A portable ultraviolet device comprising: (i) a frame; (ii) a germicidal UV light source, attached to the frame; (iii) a means for mobility of the germicidal UV light source within a container, preferably a fermentation container, wherein the germicidal UV light source is movable longitudinally and laterally in the container to a predetermined or desired position, where the longitudinal movement of the germicidal UV light source depends on the height of the container and the lateral movement of the germicidal UV light source depends on the diameter of the container; and (iv) a means for attaching the portable UV device to the container, wherein the means is a mounting bracket, wherein the mounting bracket attaches the portable UV device on an outer perimeter of an opening of the container such that the germicidal UV light source and other parts necessary for UV sterilization of the interior surface of the container can be movably inserted through the opening of the container into the interior part of the container. (i) a frame; (ii) a germicidal UV light source, attached to the frame; (iii) a means for mobility of the germicidal UV light source within a container, preferably a fermentation container, wherein the germicidal UV light source is movable longitudinally and laterally in the container to a predetermined or desired position, where the longitudinal movement of the germicidal UV light source depends on the height of the container and the lateral movement of the germicidal UV light source depends on the diameter of the container; and (iv) a means for attaching the portable UV device to the container, wherein the means is a mounting bracket, wherein the mounting bracket attaches the portable UV device on an outer perimeter of an opening of the container such that the germicidal UV light source and other parts necessary for UV sterilization of the interior surface of the container can be movably inserted through the opening of the container into the interior part of the container.
A process for preparation of compound of formula or a salt thereof, the process comprising: a. Reacting compound of formula and compound of formula to provide compound of formula, in a solvent mixture comprising methanol and butanol; b. Adding water; c. Isolating solid crystalline form of compound characterized by XRPD pattern having 20 values 5.5°, 7.5°, 9.7°, 10.1°, 14.5°, 15.9°, 18.1°, 20.2° and 21.5° degrees 2 theta (± 0.2 degrees 2 theta); d. Transforming compound of formula into compound of formula. a. Reacting compound of formula and compound of formula to provide compound of formula, in a solvent mixture comprising methanol and butanol; b. Adding water; c. Isolating solid crystalline form of compound characterized by XRPD pattern having 20 values 5.5°, 7.5°, 9.7°, 10.1°, 14.5°, 15.9°, 18.1°, 20.2° and 21.5° degrees 2 theta (± 0.2 degrees 2 theta); d. Transforming compound of formula into compound of formula.
A power transmission belt presenting elastomer teeth based on ethylene alpha olefin elastomer provided with an outer film, said outer film is made on the basis of an olefin thermoplastic, characterized in that said thermoplastic of the film being associated with a silicone elastomer representing at least 20% by weight of the total weight of the film and with a compatibilizer element for ensuring compatibility between the thermoplastic and the silicone elastomer within the film.
An isolated antibody or a fragment thereof to a low density lipoprotein-related protein 6, wherein said antibody or fragment (i) binds to Propeller region 1 of LRP6, (ii) specifically inhibits Propeller 1-dependent Wnt signalling and (iii) has a dissociation rate constant (K D) of less than 5x10 -9 M as determined using surface plasmon resonance, wherein said antibody or fragment comprises a heavy chain variable region CDR1 of SEQ ID NO: 1; a heavy chain variable region CDR2 of SEQ ID NO: 2; a heavy chain variable region CDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 3; a light chain variable region CDR1 of SEQ ID NO: 4; a light chain variable region CDR2 of SEQ ID NO: 5; and a light chain variable region CDR3 of SEQ ID NO: 6, wherein the antibody or fragment is monovalent or bivalent.
An edgewise winding method for forming an edgewise winding having a non-circular outer shape including a bent portion and an unbent portion (12a, 12b), wherein the outer shape is rectangular, and the unbent portion includes a pair of long side portions and a pair of short side portions, by feeding a wire by a length corresponding to the short side portion and the long side portion and then edgewise bending the wire by a bending jig while rotating the entire winding to form the bent portion, the method comprising: feeding the wire by a predetermined distance corresponding to the long side portion; supporting, with a first side support member, an outer side surface of the long side portion of the winding; edgewise bending the wire by rotating the bending jig and simultaneously rotating the first side support member; feeding the wire by a distance corresponding to the short side portion which gradually becomes shorter; supporting, with a second side support member, an outer side surface of the long side portion of the winding; and edgewise bending the wire by rotating the bending jig and simultaneously rotating the second side support member. feeding the wire by a predetermined distance corresponding to the long side portion; supporting, with a first side support member, an outer side surface of the long side portion of the winding; edgewise bending the wire by rotating the bending jig and simultaneously rotating the first side support member; feeding the wire by a distance corresponding to the short side portion which gradually becomes shorter; supporting, with a second side support member, an outer side surface of the long side portion of the winding; and edgewise bending the wire by rotating the bending jig and simultaneously rotating the second side support member.
A feeder for sequentially supplying components to a supply position by indexing carrier tape in which many of the components are successively stored in a conveyance direction and in which engaging holes which have a prescribed relationship with the components are formed at a regular interval in the conveyance direction, the feeder comprising: a main body; a first sprocket that is rotatably provided at the supply position of the main body, and on which is formed a first engaging protrusion; and a second sprocket that is rotatably provided on the main body at an upstream side in the carrier tape conveyance direction with respect to the first sprocket, and on which is formed a second engaging protrusion; wherein a cross-sectional area of the second engaging protrusion is set to be smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first engaging protrusion; the feeder being characterized in that the carrier tape is configured from base tape that is configured to store the components and cover tape adhered to the top surface of the base tape, and a peeling mechanism that is configured to peel the cover tape from the base tape is provided between the first sprocket and the second sprocket. a main body; a first sprocket that is rotatably provided at the supply position of the main body, and on which is formed a first engaging protrusion; and a second sprocket that is rotatably provided on the main body at an upstream side in the carrier tape conveyance direction with respect to the first sprocket, and on which is formed a second engaging protrusion; wherein a cross-sectional area of the second engaging protrusion is set to be smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first engaging protrusion; the feeder being characterized in that the carrier tape is configured from base tape that is configured to store the components and cover tape adhered to the top surface of the base tape, and a peeling mechanism that is configured to peel the cover tape from the base tape is provided between the first sprocket and the second sprocket.