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A recovery method for recovering mineral resources from a hydrothermal fluid reservoir present beneath the ocean floor, the recovery method comprising the steps of: providing a hydrothermal fluid well by drilling a hole reaching a hydrothermal fluid reservoir from an ocean floor surface via a guide base on the ocean floor surface, and then installing a casing in the drilled hole via the guide base; precipitating minerals on a mineral-culturing device by installing the mineral-culturing device on the base guide so as to cover a well head of the hydrothermal fluid well, and mixing hot water ejecting from the well head with sea water on the mineral-culturing device; and recovering minerals precipitated on the mineral-culturing device together with the mineral-culturing device. providing a hydrothermal fluid well by drilling a hole reaching a hydrothermal fluid reservoir from an ocean floor surface via a guide base on the ocean floor surface, and then installing a casing in the drilled hole via the guide base; precipitating minerals on a mineral-culturing device by installing the mineral-culturing device on the base guide so as to cover a well head of the hydrothermal fluid well, and mixing hot water ejecting from the well head with sea water on the mineral-culturing device; and recovering minerals precipitated on the mineral-culturing device together with the mineral-culturing device.
Skylight with extendable clothes drying device, characterized in that the clothes drying device comprises: lines (4.1) for hanging clothes, a collecting rail (4.2) on which the lines (4.1) are fixed, a mechanism (4.4) which is configured to pull in and to drive out the lines (4.1) so that the lines (4.1) are configured to be commonly driven out of the mechanism (4.4) in a plane parallel to the surface of the window plane by moving the collecting rail (4.2), wherein the clothes drying device, in the pulled in state, is arranged at a first side (3.1) of the skylight. lines (4.1) for hanging clothes, a collecting rail (4.2) on which the lines (4.1) are fixed, a mechanism (4.4) which is configured to pull in and to drive out the lines (4.1) so that the lines (4.1) are configured to be commonly driven out of the mechanism (4.4) in a plane parallel to the surface of the window plane by moving the collecting rail (4.2),
A recovery device for a fluid, comprising a flow orifice for the fluid in fluid communication with a receiving device of said fluid, said device comprising a first and second bucket and being mounted rotating between a first position, in which the bottom of the first bucket is across from the flow orifice, and a second position, in which the bottom of the second bucket is across from the flow orifice, the passage from one position to the other being done when one of the buckets (18, 20) contains a predetermined quantity of fluid causing it to tilt, each bucket (18, 20) having a pouring wall extending from the bottom of said bucket (18,20) along an opposite direction to the other bucket (18, 20), characterized in that the receiving device further comprises a first and second deflector, interposed respectively between the first and second buckets and the flow orifice of the fluid, the first, second, respectively, deflector comprising a deflecting wall arranged to offload the flow of the fluid onto a zone of the pouring wall of the first, second, respectively, bucket offset relative to the bottom of said bucket when the device is in its first, second, respectively, position.
Process of operation of an apparatus for the mechanized displacement of movable wires from a first to a second height, said wires being arranged on opposite sides of a row of plants, in particular grape vines, said process comprising the following steps of: a) arranging a frame (1, 301) astride the row of plants so as to position means (14, 114, 314) for moving the movable wires on opposite sides of said row; b) connecting the movable wires to a pair of opposed gripping elements (15, 115, 315) provided on said moving means (14, 114, 314); the process being characterized in that it further comprises the steps of arranging said frame (1, 301) in proximity of an intermediate pole of said row; c) moving the gripping elements (15, 115, 315) to a prepositioning height through a sequential and synchronized displacement along at least one axis substantially orthogonal to the tilled ground in which said row is located; d) arranging the movable wires at the second height through a sequential and synchronized displacement of said gripping elements (15, 115, 315) along two axes, one substantially parallel to the tilled ground and the other perpendicular to said ground. a) arranging a frame (1, 301) astride the row of plants so as to position means (14, 114, 314) for moving the movable wires on opposite sides of said row; b) connecting the movable wires to a pair of opposed gripping elements (15, 115, 315) provided on said moving means (14, 114, 314); the process being characterized in that it further comprises the steps of arranging said frame (1, 301) in proximity of an intermediate pole of said row; c) moving the gripping elements (15, 115, 315) to a prepositioning height through a sequential and synchronized displacement along at least one axis substantially orthogonal to the tilled ground in which said row is located; d) arranging the movable wires at the second height through a sequential and synchronized displacement of said gripping elements (15, 115, 315) along two axes, one substantially parallel to the tilled ground and the other perpendicular to said ground.
A method for checking or adjusting the calibration of a blood pressure monitor, the blood pressure monitor including a pressure sensing means, comprising the steps of: applying a known pressure to the pressure sensing means, obtaining a reading from the pressure sensing means while the known pressure is applied thereto, and comparing the reading obtained from the pressure sensing means with an expected reading so as to check or calibrate the blood pressure monitor; characterised in that the known pressure is a known, predetermined, stored pressure, and by the steps of: providing at least one disposable, single use sealed canister, the canister containing vacuum or a gas at the known, predetermined, stored pressure, connecting the canister in fluid communication with the pressure sensing means so as to apply the known pressure to the pressure sensing means, and obtaining said reading from the pressure sensing means while the canister is in fluid communication therewith; and wherein each instance of calibration is carried out with a new said disposable, single use sealed canister. applying a known pressure to the pressure sensing means, obtaining a reading from the pressure sensing means while the known pressure is applied thereto, and comparing the reading obtained from the pressure sensing means with an expected reading so as to check or calibrate the blood pressure monitor; characterised in that the known pressure is a known, predetermined, stored pressure, and by the steps of: providing at least one disposable, single use sealed canister, the canister containing vacuum or a gas at the known, predetermined, stored pressure, connecting the canister in fluid communication with the pressure sensing means so as to apply the known pressure to the pressure sensing means, and obtaining said reading from the pressure sensing means while the canister is in fluid communication therewith; and wherein each instance of calibration is carried out with a new said disposable, single use sealed canister.
A stall reduction propeller comprising at least one blade connected to an axis, where the propeller comprises: • ducts arranged along the length of the blade; • nozzles arranged on the surface of the blade and connected to the ducts; • a hub connected to the ducts; characterized in that the nozzles are located on the middle front part of the extrados; and • a compressor is connected to the axis and located inside the hub; where the compressor generates a controlled airflow which is ducted through the hub and the ducts until it is expelled trough the nozzles, providing an additional airflow over the extrados of the blade which forces the airflow to become laminar, thus allowing the propeller to maintain the boundary layer over the blade. • ducts arranged along the length of the blade; • nozzles arranged on the surface of the blade and connected to the ducts; • a hub connected to the ducts; characterized in that the nozzles are located on the middle front part of the extrados; and • a compressor is connected to the axis and located inside the hub; where the compressor generates a controlled airflow which is ducted through the hub and the ducts until it is expelled trough the nozzles, providing an additional airflow over the extrados of the blade which forces the airflow to become laminar, thus allowing the propeller to maintain the boundary layer over the blade.
A biological sample measuring device, comprising: a main body case; a data reader provided on a first end side in the lengthwise direction of the main body case; a sensor mounting portion provided on a second end side that is on the opposite side from the first end in the lengthwise direction of the main body case; a display section provided to the surface on the first end side of the main body case; a finger groove provided at a position that is more to the sensor mounting portion side than the display section on the rear side of the main body case, and formed in the short-side direction of the main body case; an interface unit that is provided at a position corresponding to the finger groove on the front side of the main body case, and that has an enter key and a plurality of keys or buttons disposed at a specific spacing around the outer periphery of the enter key so that the enter key protrudes the farthest on the front of the main body case; and a controller that is connected to the interface unit and is characterised by being adapted to perform a reset operation when the plurality of keys or buttons are pressed at the same time. a main body case; a data reader provided on a first end side in the lengthwise direction of the main body case; a sensor mounting portion provided on a second end side that is on the opposite side from the first end in the lengthwise direction of the main body case; a display section provided to the surface on the first end side of the main body case; a finger groove provided at a position that is more to the sensor mounting portion side than the display section on the rear side of the main body case, and formed in the short-side direction of the main body case; an interface unit that is provided at a position corresponding to the finger groove on the front side of the main body case, and that has an enter key and a plurality of keys or buttons disposed at a specific spacing around the outer periphery of the enter key so that the enter key protrudes the farthest on the front of the main body case; and a controller that is connected to the interface unit and is characterised by being adapted to perform a reset operation when the plurality of keys or buttons are pressed at the same time.
A carrier body for a bristle insert which is formed from two wire sections twisted with each other, the carrier body having a guide opening having a cross-section that is larger than the cross-section of the twisted wire of the bristle insert to be attached to the carrier body, and an embedding surface which is accessible in a direction that is lateral relative to the longitudinal direction of the guide opening, in particular perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the guide opening, wherein the carrier body is made of wood or bamboo.
A process for the preparation of β,γ-unsaturated-γ,γ-disubstituted esters 1, said process comprising the step of reacting at a temperature of between about 100 and 350 degrees centigrade the conjugated malonate with a MX n in the presence of an inorganic proton source and optionally a polar solvent, wherein MX n is an inorganic salt or an organic cation/halide anion pair, X is a halide and n is an integer of 1 to 3, and M is a group I, II or III metal when MX n is an inorganic salt, or M is selected from the group consisting of pyrridinium, piperidinium, pyrrolidinium, imidazolium, ammonium, phophonium and sulphonium, when MX n is an organic cation/halide anion pair; and wherein the groups R 1, R 2 and R are organic residues independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; linear, branched or (poly)cyclic C 1-15 alkyl, aryl or arylalkyl groups, which optionally contain unsaturated bonds and/or 1 to 4 heteroatoms independently selected from O, S, N and Si.
A plywood panel comprising - a first veneer layer comprising wood, - a second veneer layer comprising wood, - adhesive in between the first veneer layer and the second veneer layer, - on a first side of the plywood panel, a first polymer layer attached to the first veneer layer or the second veneer layer and having a first side and a second side such that - the first and the second veneer layers are arranged on the first side of the first polymer layer, the plywood panel further comprising - a second polymer layer attached to the second side of the first polymer layer, wherein - at least part of the second polymer layer is removable from the first polymer layer, characterized in that the plywood panel comprises, on a second side of the panel - a third polymer layer attached to the second veneer layer or the first veneer layer, respectively, and having two sides such that the first veneer layer and the second veneer layer are arranged on a first side of the third polymer layer. - a first veneer layer comprising wood, - a second veneer layer comprising wood, - adhesive in between the first veneer layer and the second veneer layer, - on a first side of the plywood panel, a first polymer layer attached to the first veneer layer or the second veneer layer and having a first side and a second side such that - the first and the second veneer layers are arranged on the first side of the first polymer layer, the plywood panel further comprising - a second polymer layer attached to the second side of the first polymer layer, wherein - at least part of the second polymer layer is removable from the first polymer layer, - a third polymer layer attached to the second veneer layer or the first veneer layer, respectively, and having two sides such that the first veneer layer and the second veneer layer are arranged on a first side of the third polymer layer.
One or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for inferring entity attribute values, the method comprising: receiving a search query from a user; receiving data from multiple heterogeneous data sources, each data source storing information related to said search query, the data including a plurality of entity attribute values each associated with an entity and an attribute, the attribute having an associated attribute type and an attribute confidence score; creating a partial-to-attribute graph that includes the plurality of entity attribute values and associated entities, wherein a partial is a set of attributes and their corresponding attribute values for a particular entity; creating a partial-to-partial similarity graph based upon attribute overlap in the partial-to-attribute graph; identifying a specific partial corresponding to a first entity in the partial-to-partial similarity graph, the specific partial including a missing or ambiguous attribute for the first entity; identifying one or more spatially proximate partials to the specific partial from the partial-to-partial similarity graph; inferring a possible value for the missing or ambiguous attribute for the first entity by identifying, in aggregate across the one or more spatially proximate partials, values associated with the missing or ambiguous attribute; ranking entities retrieved in response to the search query, based on using said inferred value as a ranking signal; and providing search results in the form of entities to the user. receiving a search query from a user; receiving data from multiple heterogeneous data sources, each data source storing information related to said search query, the data including a plurality of entity attribute values each associated with an entity and an attribute, the attribute having an associated attribute type and an attribute confidence score; creating a partial-to-attribute graph that includes the plurality of entity attribute values and associated entities, wherein a partial is a set of attributes and their corresponding attribute values for a particular entity; creating a partial-to-partial similarity graph based upon attribute overlap in the partial-to-attribute graph; identifying a specific partial corresponding to a first entity in the partial-to-partial similarity graph, the specific partial including a missing or ambiguous attribute for the first entity; identifying one or more spatially proximate partials to the specific partial from the partial-to-partial similarity graph; inferring a possible value for the missing or ambiguous attribute for the first entity by identifying, in aggregate across the one or more spatially proximate partials, values associated with the missing or ambiguous attribute; ranking entities retrieved in response to the search query, based on using said inferred value as a ranking signal; and providing search results in the form of entities to the user.
A method for controlling an aircraft with a remote control displaying steering control status of the aircraft on a display by means of an aircraft symbol and a number of directional speed symbols, wherein a directional speed is stepwise shifted by at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons on the remote control, the method comprises: displaying one or more of the directional speed symbols positioned on a longitudinal axis of the aircraft symbol, on a lateral axis of the aircraft symbol or between the longitudinal axis of the aircraft symbol and the lateral axis of the aircraft symbol, the number of directional speed symbols and position relative to the aircraft symbol depending on a current steering control status, characterized in that the method further comprises: when pushing at least one button of the at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons, adding or removing at least one of the directional speed symbols, wherein the aircraft symbol is shaped to indicate the longitudinal axis and the lateral axis passing through an origin of the aircraft symbol and a forward direction of the aircraft, wherein the directional speed symbols are bars and the aircraft symbol comprises an airplane symbol seen from above, wherein an airplane nose on the airplane symbol indicates the forward direction of the aircraft, and wherein a push on a first button of a first pair of the at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons generates a speed shift in the forward direction of the aircraft, a push on a second button of the first pair of the at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons generates a speed shift in a backward direction of the aircraft, the bars are positioned on the longitudinal axis of the aircraft symbol, and the directional speed that respective bars represent is increasing with a distance of the bar's position from the origin of the aircraft symbol along the longitudinal axis. when pushing at least one button of the at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons, adding or removing at least one of the directional speed symbols, wherein the aircraft symbol is shaped to indicate the longitudinal axis and the lateral axis passing through an origin of the aircraft symbol and a forward direction of the aircraft, wherein the directional speed symbols are bars and the aircraft symbol comprises an airplane symbol seen from above, wherein an airplane nose on the airplane symbol indicates the forward direction of the aircraft, and wherein a push on a first button of a first pair of the at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons generates a speed shift in the forward direction of the aircraft, a push on a second button of the first pair of the at least one pair of opposite effecting buttons generates a speed shift in a backward direction of the aircraft, the bars are positioned on the longitudinal axis of the aircraft symbol, and the directional speed that respective bars represent is increasing with a distance of the bar's position from the origin of the aircraft symbol along the longitudinal axis.
A system for disabling a vehicle, the system comprising: a transmit antenna; a controller to control frequencies transmitted by the transmit antenna; a receive antenna; and a signal processor configured to monitor the performance of an engine of the vehicle by processing information from the receive antenna; the system is characterized in that: the transmit antenna is configured to transmit a range of frequencies targeting a vehicle and the signal processor is configured to identify a frequency transmitted by the transmit antenna that disrupts operation of an engine of a vehicle, wherein the controller controls the signal transmitted by the transmit antenna to dwell on the frequency that disrupts the engine. a transmit antenna; a controller to control frequencies transmitted by the transmit antenna; a receive antenna; and a signal processor configured to monitor the performance of an engine of the vehicle by processing information from the receive antenna; the system is characterized in that: the transmit antenna is configured to transmit a range of frequencies targeting a vehicle and the signal processor is configured to identify a frequency transmitted by the transmit antenna that disrupts operation of an engine of a vehicle, wherein the controller controls the signal transmitted by the transmit antenna to dwell on the frequency that disrupts the engine. the transmit antenna is configured to transmit a range of frequencies targeting a vehicle and the signal processor is configured to identify a frequency transmitted by the transmit antenna that disrupts operation of an engine of a vehicle, wherein the controller controls the signal transmitted by the transmit antenna to dwell on the frequency that disrupts the engine.
An electrosurgical instrument comprising forceps, having: a. a first arm carrying a first and second electrode (16,18); b. a second arm opposing the first arm, the second arm carrying a conductive element; characterized in that the conductive element is a floating electrode so that a preferential path is created for energy flow from one or more of the first and second electrode (16,18) via the floating electrode in bipolar mode. a. a first arm carrying a first and second electrode (16,18); b. a second arm opposing the first arm, the second arm carrying a conductive element;