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A control method of the wastegate valve in an internal combustion engine turbocharged by a turbocharger; the control method comprises the steps of: determining the atmospheric pressure (P atm); determining a target boost pressure (Pobj); calculating a target boost jump (ΔP obj), i.e. the difference between the target boost pressure (P obj) and the atmospheric pressure (P atm), by subtracting the atmospheric pressure (P atm) from the target boost pressure (P obj); determining an actual boost pressure; and determining a target position (WGobj) of the wastegate valve through a control strategy that uses the target boost pressure (Pobj) and the actual boost pressure; the control method is characterized by the fact that it comprises the additional step of differentiating the control strategy as a function of the target boost jump (ΔP obj) to determine the target position (WG obj) of the wastegate valve through a first control strategy when the target boost jump (ΔP obj) is lower than at least one threshold (ΔP obj1; ΔP obj2) and through a second control strategy different from the first control strategy when the target boost jump (ΔP obj) is higher than the threshold (ΔP obj1; ΔP obj2). determining the atmospheric pressure (P atm); determining a target boost pressure (Pobj); calculating a target boost jump (ΔP obj), i.e. the difference between the target boost pressure (P obj) and the atmospheric pressure (P atm), by subtracting the atmospheric pressure (P atm) from the target boost pressure (P obj); determining an actual boost pressure; and determining a target position (WGobj) of the wastegate valve through a control strategy that uses the target boost pressure (Pobj) and the actual boost pressure; the control method is characterized by the fact that it comprises the additional step of differentiating the control strategy as a function of the target boost jump (ΔP obj) to determine the target position (WG obj) of the wastegate valve through a first control strategy when the target boost jump (ΔP obj) is lower than at least one threshold (ΔP obj1; ΔP obj2) and through a second control strategy different from the first control strategy when the target boost jump (ΔP obj) is higher than the threshold (ΔP obj1; ΔP obj2).
A destemmer for stationary use in winemaking equipment, comprising: a frame configured to be installed in a stationary manner in the winemaking equipment; a box supported by the frame, the box comprising an inlet port for receiving stems and other material; an eccentric drive connected to the box for driving the box in an oscillating manner inside the frame; characterized by: at least one upper link interconnecting the box and the frame, said upper link comprising a first end pivotably connected to the frame, a second end pivotably connected to the box and a longitudinal axis; and at least one lower link interconnecting the box and the frame, said lower link comprising a first end pivotably connected to the frame, a second end pivotably connected to the box and a longitudinal axis; wherein, when seen from one side, the longitudinal axis of each upper link and the longitudinal axis of each lower link intersect at a virtual pivot axis positioned upstream of the inlet port relative to the box, with respect to a movement direction of the seeds and of the material through the box. a frame configured to be installed in a stationary manner in the winemaking equipment; a box supported by the frame, the box comprising an inlet port for receiving stems and other material; an eccentric drive connected to the box for driving the box in an oscillating manner inside the frame; at least one upper link interconnecting the box and the frame, said upper link comprising a first end pivotably connected to the frame, a second end pivotably connected to the box and a longitudinal axis; and at least one lower link interconnecting the box and the frame, said lower link comprising a first end pivotably connected to the frame, a second end pivotably connected to the box and a longitudinal axis; wherein, when seen from one side, the longitudinal axis of each upper link and the longitudinal axis of each lower link intersect at a virtual pivot axis positioned upstream of the inlet port relative to the box, with respect to a movement direction of the seeds and of the material through the box.
Composition comprising: - a monomer derived from 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol bearing at least one acrylate or methacrylate function; and - a functionalised oligomeric monomer having a molar mass ranging from 350 to 5000 g.mol -1, bearing two acrylate and/or methacrylate functions and complying with the following formula: R1-Xc-R2 wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different and are chosen from the acrylate group and the methacrylate group, Xc represents a long acyclic linear chain of at least 6 atoms, said chain being of the polyether type chosen in the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and polytetramethylene glycol, or of poly ε-caprolactone type. - a monomer derived from 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol bearing at least one acrylate or methacrylate function; and - a functionalised oligomeric monomer having a molar mass ranging from 350 to 5000 g.mol -1, bearing two acrylate and/or methacrylate functions and complying with the following formula: R1-Xc-R2 wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different and are chosen from the acrylate group and the methacrylate group, Xc represents a long acyclic linear chain of at least 6 atoms, said chain being of the polyether type chosen in the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and polytetramethylene glycol, or of poly ε-caprolactone type. R1 and R2 are identical or different and are chosen from the acrylate group and the methacrylate group, Xc represents a long acyclic linear chain of at least 6 atoms, said chain being of the polyether type chosen in the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and polytetramethylene glycol, or of poly ε-caprolactone type.
A method for providing at least one drive parameter of at least one door system, - determining the at least one drive parameter by way of at least one detection unit of the door system, wherein the drive parameter is correlated with a door function of the door system, - detecting a readiness to transmit of a wireless data transmission between the door system and a communication unit, wherein, in order to positively detect the readiness to transmit, at least one control authorization of the communication unit is checked for the at least partial control of the door system on the basis of an authentication, - transmitting the at least one drive parameter at least partially via the wireless data transmission to the communication unit, when the readiness to transmit is positively detected such that at least one item of information of the transmitted drive parameter in the case of a door system-remote storage system is provided by the control-authorized communication unit, wherein, in order to positively detect the readiness to transmit, at least one further transmission condition is checked in addition to the control authorization, wherein the at least one further transmission condition is specific for a transmission count of the drive parameters already transmitted via the wireless data transmission in a predefined time period such that the transmission of the and/or of further drive parameters is carried out in the time period only when a predetermined transmission count per time period is not exceeded according to the transmission condition. - determining the at least one drive parameter by way of at least one detection unit of the door system, wherein the drive parameter is correlated with a door function of the door system, - detecting a readiness to transmit of a wireless data transmission between the door system and a communication unit, wherein, in order to positively detect the readiness to transmit, at least one control authorization of the communication unit is checked for the at least partial control of the door system on the basis of an authentication, - transmitting the at least one drive parameter at least partially via the wireless data transmission to the communication unit, when the readiness to transmit is positively detected such that at least one item of information of the transmitted drive parameter in the case of a door system-remote storage system is provided by the control-authorized communication unit,
An immunogenic composition comprising a fusion protein comprising (i) a biotin-binding protein or a functional portion thereof, and (ii) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:34 or a fragment thereof comprising a polypeptide having at least 90% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 190, or an immunogenic portion thereof wherein the immunogenic composition, when administered to a subject, induces an IL-17A immune response in the subject.
A method for compensating image distortion generated in a medical image passing through safety goggles which absorb medical laser with a specific wavelength range, the method comprising: estimating the image distortion based on spectral characteristics of the safety goggles comprising light absorbance according to wavelength; and preliminarily performing color correction to compensate the estimated image distortion with respect to an image to be displayed on a display unit using the spectral characteristics of the safety goggles, determining that compensation of image distortion is impossible through the color correction when, among colors used for an image to be displayed on the display unit, a color not represented in an image to which light absorption effects of the safety goggles are applied is present. estimating the image distortion based on spectral characteristics of the safety goggles comprising light absorbance according to wavelength; and preliminarily performing color correction to compensate the estimated image distortion with respect to an image to be displayed on a display unit using the spectral characteristics of the safety goggles, determining that compensation of image distortion is impossible through the color correction when, among colors used for an image to be displayed on the display unit, a color not represented in an image to which light absorption effects of the safety goggles are applied is present.
A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions readable and executable by an electronic processor (16, 50) to perform a method comprising: reconstructing computed tomography projection data (12, 14) to generate a scatter-corrected reconstructed CT image; and characterized by generating a scatter estimate by: inputting an uncorrected reconstructed CT image into a suitably trained neural network to generate the scatter estimate in image space, wherein the reconstructing includes reconstructing the CT projection data to generate the uncorrected reconstructed CT image and correcting the uncorrected reconstructed CT image using the scatter estimate in image space to generate the scatter-corrected reconstructed CT image. reconstructing computed tomography projection data (12, 14) to generate a scatter-corrected reconstructed CT image; and characterized by generating a scatter estimate by: inputting an uncorrected reconstructed CT image into a suitably trained neural network to generate the scatter estimate in image space, wherein the reconstructing includes reconstructing the CT projection data to generate the uncorrected reconstructed CT image and correcting the uncorrected reconstructed CT image using the scatter estimate in image space to generate the scatter-corrected reconstructed CT image.
Apparatus for packing bulk material into a container having a fill opening disposed in a fill side, comprising a supply device for the container, a gripping device for grabbing the substantially closed and empty container from the supply device, characterized in that the apparatus has a detection device configured as a distance measuring device for detecting the position of the container on and/or in the supply device, and a positioning device for positioning, in particular aligning, the container as a function of a distance measured by the detection device.
A drug-screening assay method for determining the efficacy of a potential drug on a target protein undergoing secondary structural changes associated with a disease with misfolded target proteins in a complex body fluid, comprising the steps: (a) conducting, in an IR cell comprising an infrared sensor element having an internal reflection element with a core of an infrared transparent material and at least one receptor for the target protein directly grafted to at least one surface of said core, said at least one receptor for the target protein being antibodies capable of specific and conformationally independent binding to the target protein, a flux of a sample of the complex body fluid with soluble target protein, submitting an IR beam through said IR cell, and obtaining an infrared spectrum therefrom; (b) conducting, in the same IR cell of step (a), wherein the receptors for the target protein grafted to the surface of the core are loaded with the target protein, a flux of a solution with potential drug, submitting an IR beam through said IR cell, and obtaining an infrared spectrum therefrom; and (c) analyzing the obtained infrared spectra to evaluate the effect of the potential drug by determining the secondary structure distribution of the soluble target protein in the sample and after application of the potential drug, wherein an upshift or disappearance of the amide I band characteristic for β-sheets in the spectrum of (b) relative to the corresponding amide I band in (a) is indicative for the efficacy of the potential drug; wherein the target protein undergoing conformational transitions associated with the disease is Tau protein associated with Alzheimer's disease. (a) conducting, in an IR cell comprising an infrared sensor element having an internal reflection element with a core of an infrared transparent material and at least one receptor for the target protein directly grafted to at least one surface of said core, said at least one receptor for the target protein being antibodies capable of specific and conformationally independent binding to the target protein, a flux of a sample of the complex body fluid with soluble target protein, submitting an IR beam through said IR cell, and obtaining an infrared spectrum therefrom; (b) conducting, in the same IR cell of step (a), wherein the receptors for the target protein grafted to the surface of the core are loaded with the target protein, a flux of a solution with potential drug, submitting an IR beam through said IR cell, and obtaining an infrared spectrum therefrom; and (c) analyzing the obtained infrared spectra to evaluate the effect of the potential drug by determining the secondary structure distribution of the soluble target protein in the sample and after application of the potential drug, wherein an upshift or disappearance of the amide I band characteristic for β-sheets in the spectrum of (b) relative to the corresponding amide I band in (a) is indicative for the efficacy of the potential drug; wherein the target protein undergoing conformational transitions associated with the disease is Tau protein associated with Alzheimer's disease.
A sorbent device comprising a hollow tube comprising a sampling inlet (110, 302, 312, 322, 332, 402, 602, 612, 810, 910, 1010) and an outlet (120, 304, 314, 324, 334, 404, 604, 614, 820, 920, 1020), the hollow tube comprising an interior volume in which at least two different sorbent materials (140, 150, 210, 220, 260, 270, 410, 420, 608, 618, 712, 714, 716, 722, 724, 726, 728, 731, 733, 735, 737, 739, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 830, 832, 834, 836, 838, 840, 930-940, 1030-1040, 1130-1140) are disposed, the interior volume comprising a longitudinal diffusion path (130, 306, 316, 326, 336, 406, 430, 606, 616, 925, 1025) between the sampling inlet and the sampling outlet, wherein the longitudinal diffusion path (130, 306, 316, 326, 406, 430, 606, 616, 925, 1025) is fluidically coupled to the at least two sorbent materials (140, 150, 210, 220, 260, 270, 410, 420, 608, 618, 712, 714, 716, 722, 724, 726, 728, 731, 733, 735, 737, 739, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 830, 832, 834, 836, 838, 840, 930-940, 1030-1040, 1130-1140) in the sorbent device, wherein the sorbent materials (140, 150, 210, 220, 260, 270, 410, 420, 608, 618, 712, 714, 716, 722, 724, 728, 731, 733, 735, 737, 739, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 830, 832, 834, 836, 838, 840, 930-940, 1030-1040, 1130-1140) are arranged serially from a material with a weakest sorbent strength to a material with a strongest sorbent strength with the weakest sorbent strength material adjacent to the sampling inlet (110, 302, 312, 322, 332, 402, 602, 612, 810, 910, 1010), and wherein the sorbent device is effective to sample passively an air space comprising volatile species, characterised in that the longitudinal diffusion path (130, 306, 316, 326, 336, 406, 430, 606, 616, 925, 1025) is open for the full length between the sampling inlet (110, 302, 312, 322, 332, 402, 602, 612, 810, 910, 1010) and the outlet (120, 304, 314, 324, 334, 404, 604, 614, 820, 920, 1020) and along the serially arranged sorbent materials (140, 150, 210, 220, 260, 270, 410, 420, 608, 618, 712, 714, 716, 722, 724, 726, 728, 731, 733, 735, 737, 739, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 830, 832, 834, 836, 838, 840, 930-940, 1030-1040, 1130-1140).
A DC/DC converter (1, 1') comprising: - multiple single-phase full bridge inverters (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b') connected in parallel or in series - just as many transformers (T a, T b, T a ', T b '), and - just as many single-phase full bridge rectifiers (3a, 3b, 3a', 3b') connected in parallel or in series, wherein - a respective inverter (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b') is connected to a primary side of a respective transformer (T a, T b, T a ', T b ') and a respective rectifier (3a, 3b, 3a', 3b') is connected to a secondary side of a respective transformer (T a, T b, T a ', T b '), and wherein - the inverters (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b') are connected to a controller, which is provided for frequency-synchronous control of the inverters (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b'), said control is phase shifted by 180°/ n with the aid of a control signal, where n indicates the number of transformers (T a, T b, T a ', T b '), characterized in that leakage inductances (L s1, L s2) of the transformers (T a, T b, T a ', T b ') with capacitors (C 1, C 2) of the inverters (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b') and/or capacitors (C 3, C 4) of the rectifiers (3a, 3b, 3a', 3b') form a resonant circuit in each case, whose resonance frequency is twice as large as a clock frequency of the control signal; and that a respective inverter (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b') is connected in parallel to a respective capacitor (C 1, C 2) and/or a respective rectifier (3a, 3b, 3a', 3b') is connected in parallel to a respective capacitor (C 3, C 4). - multiple single-phase full bridge inverters (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b') connected in parallel or in series - just as many transformers (T a, T b, T a ', T b '), and - just as many single-phase full bridge rectifiers (3a, 3b, 3a', 3b') connected in parallel or in series, wherein - a respective inverter (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b') is connected to a primary side of a respective transformer (T a, T b, T a ', T b ') and a respective rectifier (3a, 3b, 3a', 3b') is connected to a secondary side of a respective transformer (T a, T b, T a ', T b '), and wherein - the inverters (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b') are connected to a controller, which is provided for frequency-synchronous control of the inverters (2a, 2b, 2a', 2b'), said control is phase shifted by 180°/ n with the aid of a control signal, where n indicates the number of transformers (T a, T b, T a ', T b '),
A method for efficient paging of mobile user equipment, UEs, using extended discontinuous reception, eDRX, and paging transmission window, PTW, zones Pz eNB, with Pz eNB = 0... N pz being identifiers of PTW zones within a tracking area, TA, and N Pz > 0 being a number of PTW zones within the tracking area, wherein the TA consists of a set of eNodeBs (1,2,3) connected to a mobile management entity, MME, wherein the eNodeBs are partitioned into the PTW zones, wherein the PTW zone Pz eNB for a eNodeB is determined by Pz eNB = 1 + ECI mod N Pz, with ECI being the E-UTRAN cell identifier, the method comprising the following steps: - step 1: the mobile management entity, MME, determines an eNodeB of a target UE, where said UE was last registered and determines an associated paging transmission window start time for said UE, wherein PTW zone 0 is only assigned to the last registered eNodeB; - step 2: the MME selects one PTW zone in the TA and pages the target UE in the selected PTW zone; - step 3: the MME stops the paging if it was successful, - otherwise the MME selects a next PTW zone and continues with step 2 until all PTW zones in the associated TA of the target UE have been proceeded, wherein the different PTW zones are non-overlapping in time and except for PTW zone 0, all PTW zones are pseudo-randomly assigned to eNodeBs. - step 1: the mobile management entity, MME, determines an eNodeB of a target UE, where said UE was last registered and determines an associated paging transmission window start time for said UE, wherein PTW zone 0 is only assigned to the last registered eNodeB; - step 2: the MME selects one PTW zone in the TA and pages the target UE in the selected PTW zone; - step 3: the MME stops the paging if it was successful, - otherwise the MME selects a next PTW zone and continues with step 2 until all PTW zones in the associated TA of the target UE have been proceeded, wherein the different PTW zones are non-overlapping in time and except for PTW zone 0, all PTW zones are pseudo-randomly assigned to eNodeBs.
A method for bonding metal surfaces to a substrate to form an assembly comprising: a) applying an adhesive comprising at least one free radical-polymerizable monomer, an ambient temperature activated free-radical polymerization initiator comprising a redox initiation system, a photoinitiator, and an epoxy compound, between the metal surface and the substrate such that the adhesive contacts both the metal surface and the substrate and at least partially fills the area between the metal surface and the substrate and is at least partially exposed to air; b) allowing the adhesive to at least partially cure at a temperature in the range of 10°C to 40°C through the ambient temperature radical catalyst system; and c) illuminating the portion of the adhesive exposed to air with activating electromagnetic energy to cure the exposed adhesive portion through the photoinitiator. a) applying an adhesive comprising at least one free radical-polymerizable monomer, an ambient temperature activated free-radical polymerization initiator comprising a redox initiation system, a photoinitiator, and an epoxy compound, between the metal surface and the substrate such that the adhesive contacts both the metal surface and the substrate and at least partially fills the area between the metal surface and the substrate and is at least partially exposed to air; b) allowing the adhesive to at least partially cure at a temperature in the range of 10°C to 40°C through the ambient temperature radical catalyst system; and c) illuminating the portion of the adhesive exposed to air with activating electromagnetic energy to cure the exposed adhesive portion through the photoinitiator.