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A method of manufacturing a suction anchor, comprising: depositing layers of flowable cementitious material on top of each other to form at least part of a tubular body, the flowable cementitious material capable of hardening into solidified cementitious material, the tubular body comprising: a closed end and an open end, an edge defining an opening for the open end and configured to penetrate an underwater floor, and a port (812, 814) configured to fluidly-couple at least part of a cavity within the tubular body to an exterior of the tubular body; securing a pad eye to an exterior wall of the tubular body, the pad eye configured to couple to a mooring line; wherein the portion of the tubular body formed by the layers of flowable cementitious material comprises a first portion and a second portion; and wherein depositing the layers of flowable cementitious material comprises: depositing first layers of flowable cementitious material on top of each other to form the first portion, hardening the first layers of flowable cementitious material to solidify the first portion, and depositing second layers of flowable cementitious material on the solidified first portion to form the second portion, the second layers deposited on top of each other. a closed end and an open end, an edge defining an opening for the open end and configured to penetrate an underwater floor, and a port (812, 814) configured to fluidly-couple at least part of a cavity within the tubular body to an exterior of the tubular body; securing a pad eye to an exterior wall of the tubular body, the pad eye configured to couple to a mooring line; wherein the portion of the tubular body formed by the layers of flowable cementitious material comprises a first portion and a second portion; and wherein depositing the layers of flowable cementitious material comprises: depositing first layers of flowable cementitious material on top of each other to form the first portion, hardening the first layers of flowable cementitious material to solidify the first portion, and depositing first layers of flowable cementitious material on top of each other to form the first portion, hardening the first layers of flowable cementitious material to solidify the first portion, and depositing second layers of flowable cementitious material on the solidified first portion to form the second portion, the second layers deposited on top of each other.
A subterranean treatment method comprising: altering the mean particle size of cement kiln dust by grinding, separating, or a combination thereof, to a range of 1 micron to 350 microns; preparing a treatment fluid comprising cement kiln dust in an amount of at least 30% by weight of a total amount of cementitious components present in the treatment fluid; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation altering the mean particle size of cement kiln dust by grinding, separating, or a combination thereof, to a range of 1 micron to 350 microns; preparing a treatment fluid comprising cement kiln dust in an amount of at least 30% by weight of a total amount of cementitious components present in the treatment fluid; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation
A method of generating soft information values (532, 533, 632, 633) for bit-tuple data values read from a storage medium, the method characterized by: retrieving a characterization vector (500, 600), of a plurality of distinct characterization vectors (421-1,..., 421-n) for the storage medium, based on a set of one or more storage medium characterization parameter values (511, 512) associated with the current state of the storage medium; wherein each characterization vector includes a set (530, 630) of soft information values including one or more soft information values for each of the bit-tuples that may be read from the storage medium; generating a first plurality of soft information values corresponding to a first plurality of bit-tuple data values read from the storage medium by selecting the respective soft information value from the retrieved characterization vector for each bit-tuple of the first plurality of bit-tuple data values read from the storage medium; and generating a second plurality of soft information values corresponding to a second plurality of bit-tuple data values read from the storage medium by selecting the respective soft information value from the retrieved characterization vector for each bit-tuple of the second plurality of bit-tuple data values read from the storage medium. retrieving a characterization vector (500, 600), of a plurality of distinct characterization vectors (421-1,..., 421-n) for the storage medium, based on a set of one or more storage medium characterization parameter values (511, 512) associated with the current state of the storage medium; wherein each characterization vector includes a set (530, 630) of soft information values including one or more soft information values for each of the bit-tuples that may be read from the storage medium; generating a first plurality of soft information values corresponding to a first plurality of bit-tuple data values read from the storage medium by selecting the respective soft information value from the retrieved characterization vector for each bit-tuple of the first plurality of bit-tuple data values read from the storage medium; and generating a second plurality of soft information values corresponding to a second plurality of bit-tuple data values read from the storage medium by selecting the respective soft information value from the retrieved characterization vector for each bit-tuple of the second plurality of bit-tuple data values read from the storage medium.
A method to prepare a polylactic acid-based polymer and having a molecular weight (Mn) greater than 25,000 g/mol as determined by ASTM D4001-13; said method comprising - a mixing step, during which lactide monomers, at least one polymerization catalyst and natural origin reactants are mixed together; - a polymerization step, during which the mixture obtained from the previous mixing step is heated at a temperature ranging from 120 to 220°C in inert atmosphere; and - a cooling step, during which a polymer mass obtained from said polymerization step is cooled down; said method being characterized in that said natural origin reactants comprise: (i) a first compound with general formula I wherein n ranges from 1 to 20. (ii) a second compound chosen among citric acid, malic acid and derivatives thereof with the carboxylic groups partially or completely in the form of ester or anhydride and with the hydroxyl groups partially or completely in the form of ester. - a mixing step, during which lactide monomers, at least one polymerization catalyst and natural origin reactants are mixed together; - a polymerization step, during which the mixture obtained from the previous mixing step is heated at a temperature ranging from 120 to 220°C in inert atmosphere; and - a cooling step, during which a polymer mass obtained from said polymerization step is cooled down; said method being characterized in that said natural origin reactants comprise: (i) a first compound with general formula I wherein n ranges from 1 to 20. (ii) a second compound chosen among citric acid, malic acid and derivatives thereof with the carboxylic groups partially or completely in the form of ester or anhydride and with the hydroxyl groups partially or completely in the form of ester. (i) a first compound with general formula I wherein n ranges from 1 to 20. (ii) a second compound chosen among citric acid, malic acid and derivatives thereof with the carboxylic groups partially or completely in the form of ester or anhydride and with the hydroxyl groups partially or completely in the form of ester.
A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system in which downlink communications are made by a base station using transmission resources that span a system frequency bandwidth and the terminal device is configured to receive at least some communications from the base station within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth and comprising a downlink channel having a channel bandwidth which is smaller than the system frequency bandwidth, the method comprising: seeking to acquire updated system information broadcast by the base station to a plurality of terminal devices using only the restricted subset of transmission resources of said downlink channel; receiving an allocation of uplink transmission resources from the base station; and conveying to the base station using the allocated uplink transmission resources an indication of whether or not the terminal device has acquired the updated system information. seeking to acquire updated system information broadcast by the base station to a plurality of terminal devices using only the restricted subset of transmission resources of said downlink channel; receiving an allocation of uplink transmission resources from the base station; and conveying to the base station using the allocated uplink transmission resources an indication of whether or not the terminal device has acquired the updated system information.
A light-emitting device (21, 31, 600) comprising: an anode electrode land; a cathode electrode land; and a first light-emitting unit (205, 305) and a second light-emitting unit (206, 306) electrically connected to the anode electrode land and the cathode electrode land and provided in parallel to each other, wherein the first light-emitting unit (205, 305) and the second light-emitting unit (206, 306) each include blue light-emitting diode chips (8a, 8b), the first light-emitting unit (205, 305) and the second light-emitting unit (206, 306) have different amounts of change in luminous flux with respect to an amount of change in current applied between the anode electrode land and the cathode electrode land, and a color temperature generated from an entire light-emitting unit including the first light-emitting unit (205, 305) and the second light-emitting unit (206, 306) can be adjusted, and each of the blue light-emitting diode chips included in the first light-emitting unit (205, 305) have different amounts of change in forward-direction current with respect to an amount of change in applied voltage from each of the blue light-emitting diode chips included in the second light-emitting unit (206, 306). an anode electrode land; a cathode electrode land; and a first light-emitting unit (205, 305) and a second light-emitting unit (206, 306) electrically connected to the anode electrode land and the cathode electrode land and provided in parallel to each other, wherein the first light-emitting unit (205, 305) and the second light-emitting unit (206, 306) each include blue light-emitting diode chips (8a, 8b), the first light-emitting unit (205, 305) and the second light-emitting unit (206, 306) have different amounts of change in luminous flux with respect to an amount of change in current applied between the anode electrode land and the cathode electrode land, and a color temperature generated from an entire light-emitting unit including the first light-emitting unit (205, 305) and the second light-emitting unit (206, 306) can be adjusted, and each of the blue light-emitting diode chips included in the first light-emitting unit (205, 305) have different amounts of change in forward-direction current with respect to an amount of change in applied voltage from each of the blue light-emitting diode chips included in the second light-emitting unit (206, 306).
A sound absorbing structure comprising at least one porous member including a plurality of holes, wherein said holes are either through holes and/or non-through holes, characterized in that, said porous member having a cell structure formed by mixing open-cells and closed-cells; said porous member having a coefficient of water absorption, measured by method B of JIS K6767, which coefficient is in the range between 0.01 g/ cm 3 and 0.2 g/cm 3 and a 25%-compressive hardness of 0.5 N/cm 2 or lower which compressive hardness is measured by a method conforming to JIS K6767, and wherein a sum of the areas of opening of said holes is in the range between 1% and 70%.
System for inserting additives in a flowing liquid foodstuff, comprising • a tank comprising: i. an additive receiving compartment adapted to receive additives, ii. a first chamber adapted to be vented by a venting system, iii. a pipe connection, adapted to • be connected to a pipe where the flowing liquid foodstuff is in, and • insert the additives in the flowing liquid foodstuff, iv. a first valve arranged between the additive receiving compartment and the first chamber, wherein the first valve • has an open position wherein additives can be transferred from the additive receiving compartment to the first chamber, and • has a closed position wherein additives can be received in the additive receiving compartment while the first chamber can be vented and / or additives can be inserted in the flowing liquid foodstuff via the pipe connection. • a tank comprising: i. an additive receiving compartment adapted to receive additives, ii. a first chamber adapted to be vented by a venting system, iii. a pipe connection, adapted to • be connected to a pipe where the flowing liquid foodstuff is in, and • insert the additives in the flowing liquid foodstuff, iv. a first valve arranged between the additive receiving compartment and the first chamber, wherein the first valve • has an open position wherein additives can be transferred from the additive receiving compartment to the first chamber, and • has a closed position wherein additives can be received in the additive receiving compartment while the first chamber can be vented and / or additives can be inserted in the flowing liquid foodstuff via the pipe connection. i. an additive receiving compartment adapted to receive additives, ii. a first chamber adapted to be vented by a venting system, iii. a pipe connection, adapted to • be connected to a pipe where the flowing liquid foodstuff is in, and • insert the additives in the flowing liquid foodstuff, • be connected to a pipe where the flowing liquid foodstuff is in, and • insert the additives in the flowing liquid foodstuff, iv. a first valve arranged between the additive receiving compartment and the first chamber, wherein the first valve • has an open position wherein additives can be transferred from the additive receiving compartment to the first chamber, and • has a closed position wherein additives can be received in the additive receiving compartment while the first chamber can be vented and / or additives can be inserted in the flowing liquid foodstuff via the pipe connection. • has an open position wherein additives can be transferred from the additive receiving compartment to the first chamber, and • has a closed position wherein additives can be received in the additive receiving compartment while the first chamber can be vented and / or additives can be inserted in the flowing liquid foodstuff via the pipe connection.
A nacelle for a turbojet engine, comprising an air inlet upstream of the turbojet engine, a median section intended to surround a turbojet engine fan and the casing thereof, and a downstream section, the median section being made from at least one structure capable of ensuring an external aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle, said structure is linked to a wall of the air inlet so as to form a structure which cannot be opened by pivoting relative to said air inlet wall, said structure being removably linked to said air inlet wall in order to be able to be disassembled in case of a maintenance operation, characterized in that said structure is linked to said air inlet wall via: - at least one local buckling area capable of resisting normal loads in flight, but buckling in case of overloads, and/or - a flexible linkage capable of dampening the passages of forces so as to limit the passage of significant loads, and/or - one or several stiffener(s) to be connected to said fan casing. - at least one local buckling area capable of resisting normal loads in flight, but buckling in case of overloads, and/or - a flexible linkage capable of dampening the passages of forces so as to limit the passage of significant loads, and/or - one or several stiffener(s) to be connected to said fan casing.
A connector (10; 110; 210) mounted on a substrate, for being fitted to a mating connector (70; 270), the connector including a contact (30; 130), and a housing (50; 150; 250) which holds the contact, wherein the contact includes a holding portion which is held by the housing, a connection portion (32, 33) which is continuous with the holding portion and is connected to the mounting surface of the substrate, and a contact portion (34; 134) which is continuous with the holding portion and is brought into contact with a mating contact of the mating connector, wherein the housing includes a housing main body (51; 151; 251) which is inserted in a housing main body-receiving portion formed in the substrate, and a top housing portion which is continuous with the housing main body along a housing direction and opposes to the substrate, wherein the housing main body has a connector receiving portion formed therein which accommodates the contact portion, wherein the top housing portion has a holding portion-receiving portion formed therein which receives the holding portion from an inserting direction orthogonal to the housing direction, and wherein the connection portion (32, 33) protrudes from the top housing portion in a direction orthogonal to the housing direction, characterized in that the top housing portion is formed by a top plate portion (52; 252), the front end of the connector portion (32, 33) is bent toward the housing main body (51; 151; 251), and the connector receiving portion formed in the housing main body receives a mating housing (71; 271) of the mating connector (70; 270).
A screening method for pain suppressors, characterized by using netrin-4 and/or a netrin-4 receptor to select a substance that inhibits downstream signaling from netrin-4, the netrin-4 receptor being Unc5B or neogenin, and wherein the substance inhibits the expression of netrin-4 or a netrin-4 receptor, or wherein the substance inhibits the interaction between netrin-4 and a netrin-4 receptor.
A tyre pressure sensor device arranged to monitor the pressure of a tyre of a wheel of an aircraft, wherein the device includes a housing, a pressure sensor for measuring the internal pressure of a tyre, a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature local to the tyre, a memory unit local to the tyre for storing data, and a control unit local to the tyre arranged to record in the memory unit data in respect of multiple readings over time, and wherein the housing accommodates at least the control unit and the memory unit, characterized in that, the control unit records in memory both data relating to a reading taken when the aircraft is on the ground and data relating to a reading taken when the aircraft is in flight, and the data so recorded for each such reading includes an indication of the time of the reading, the pressure as measured by the pressure sensor and the temperature as measured by the temperature sensor, such readings being in the form of successive readings which are at least ten minutes apart.
A portable shaker apparatus for harvesting olives, of the type comprising a maneuvering shaft, at an end of which there is provided a head to which one or more prong holder arms are mounted, each of which carries a plurality of prongs extending therefrom, each of said prong holder arms being rotatably mounted to said head by means of a respective pivot pin integral to said head, wherein said apparatus further comprises a drive device and a motion transmission system for transmitting motion from said drive device to said one or more prong holder arms, said motion transmission system being configured for imparting a reciprocating rotary movement to said one or more prong holder arms in a plane in which said prong holder arms lie, or in a plane substantially parallel thereto, characterized in that each of said prong holder arms is mounted to the corresponding pivot pin with the interposition of at least two rolling bearings (15a, 15b).
Electronic elevator guard device for monitoring a set of integrity states of a plurality of elevator features, the electronic elevator guard device comprising: at least one sensor installed in an elevator and configured for monitoring at least a first one of the integrity states of an elevator feature and generating a first monitoring signal based on a sensed current status of the first integrity state; a questioning device comprising or being capable of communicating with a human-machine interface, wherein the questioning device is configured for asking predetermined questions to a consulted person and for receiving the person's answers via the human-machine interface, the questions relating to at least a second one of the integrity states of an elevator feature, generating a second monitoring signal based on at least one answer; and an evaluation device configured for generating an overall monitoring signal based on the first and second monitoring signals, characterized in that the questioning device is configured for asking the questions in time intervals being longer than a predetermined minimum time interval. at least one sensor installed in an elevator and configured for monitoring at least a first one of the integrity states of an elevator feature and generating a first monitoring signal based on a sensed current status of the first integrity state; a questioning device comprising or being capable of communicating with a human-machine interface, wherein the questioning device is configured for asking predetermined questions to a consulted person and for receiving the person's answers via the human-machine interface, the questions relating to at least a second one of the integrity states of an elevator feature, generating a second monitoring signal based on at least one answer; and an evaluation device configured for generating an overall monitoring signal based on the first and second monitoring signals, characterized in that the questioning device is configured for asking the questions in time intervals being longer than a predetermined minimum time interval.