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Method for cleaning and/ or evaluating a food products mould drum having an outer drum surface provided with multiple recessed mould cavities, each with a mould cavity wall (4a, 4b) formed at least in part by a wall part with a porous structure, the mould drum further being provided with one or more passage ports, which are via one or more passages and via the wall part porous structures in fluid communication with the mould cavities; which mould drum has become soiled in a process of moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of one or more food starting materials involving rotating the mould drum and feeding the mass to the mould cavities and ejecting formed food products from said mould drum; the method comprising the steps of: providing a mould drum cleaning and/ or evaluating device with a fluid circuit comprising a pump creating a pressurized fluid stream in a pressure line of the fluid circuit, the circuit further comprising a return line; characterized by the steps of: arranging one or more pressure housings against the outside of and over one or more mould cavities, so as to form together with the mould drum an outside chamber, the outside chamber having a chamber port in fluid communication with the at least one mould cavity and optionally having a discharge port; connecting the chamber port to the pressure line of the fluid circuit, and the passage port or the discharge port to the return line of the fluid circuit; cleaning and/ or evaluating the at least one mould cavity in a first phase by allowing the pressurized fluid stream to enter via the chamber port into the mould cavities and then via the wall part porous structure through the at least one passage, and exit via the passage port to the return line of the fluid circuit, or cleaning the at least one mould cavity in a first phase by allowing the pressurized fluid stream to enter via the chamber port into the mould cavities and exit via the discharge port to the return line of the fluid circuit. arranging one or more pressure housings against the outside of and over one or more mould cavities, so as to form together with the mould drum an outside chamber, the outside chamber having a chamber port in fluid communication with the at least one mould cavity and optionally having a discharge port; connecting the chamber port to the pressure line of the fluid circuit, and the passage port or the discharge port to the return line of the fluid circuit; cleaning and/ or evaluating the at least one mould cavity in a first phase by allowing the pressurized fluid stream to enter via the chamber port into the mould cavities and then via the wall part porous structure through the at least one passage, and exit via the passage port to the return line of the fluid circuit, or cleaning the at least one mould cavity in a first phase by allowing the pressurized fluid stream to enter via the chamber port into the mould cavities and exit via the discharge port to the return line of the fluid circuit.
An image processing system, the system comprising: a computer, a first tomographic projection data generated by a first imaging modality, and a second tomographic projection data generated by a second imaging modality, the computer configured to generate a first reconstructed image data from the first tomographic projection data, and a second reconstructed image data from the second tomographic projection data, the computer configured to register the second reconstructed image data with the first reconstructed image data to generate an attenuation map and a registration information, the computer configured to use the second tomographic projection data, the attenuation map, and the registration information to generate an attenuation-corrected reconstructed image data corresponding to the second imaging modality, and the computer configured to use the second tomographic projection data and the registration information to generate a non-attenuation-corrected reconstructed image data corresponding to the second imaging modality. a computer, a first tomographic projection data generated by a first imaging modality, and a second tomographic projection data generated by a second imaging modality, the computer configured to generate a first reconstructed image data from the first tomographic projection data, and a second reconstructed image data from the second tomographic projection data, the computer configured to register the second reconstructed image data with the first reconstructed image data to generate an attenuation map and a registration information, the computer configured to use the second tomographic projection data, the attenuation map, and the registration information to generate an attenuation-corrected reconstructed image data corresponding to the second imaging modality, and the computer configured to use the second tomographic projection data and the registration information to generate a non-attenuation-corrected reconstructed image data corresponding to the second imaging modality.
A method of providing variable spectral efficiency for a plurality of transmitters (TX1, TX2...TXN) in an optical communication system, said method comprising: selecting a maximum spectral efficiency at which each of said plurality of transmitters (TX1, TX2...TXN) may transmit data on said optical communication system; selecting an M 2 -QAM modulation format used by said plurality of transmitters (TX1, TX2...TXN) for transmitting said data at said maximum spectral efficiency; selecting a desired standard step size by which said maximum spectral efficiency may be reduced, said standard step size being 1/n of said maximum spectral efficiency, wherein n is a positive integer multiple of log 2 ( M 2); and for each of said plurality of transmitters (TX1, TX2...TXN), selecting an associated number, i, of standard steps for reducing said spectral efficiency associated with said transmitter (TX1, TX2...TXN); encoding successive blocks of n-i bits with i encoding bits to provide successive blocks of n bits; Gray mapping each of said successive blocks of n bits to n/log 2 ( M 2) QAM symbols having said M 2 -QAM modulation format; and modulating said plurality of QAM symbols on an optical carrier wavelength (λ 1, λ 2...λ N) to provide an associated modulated optical signal. selecting a maximum spectral efficiency at which each of said plurality of transmitters (TX1, TX2...TXN) may transmit data on said optical communication system; selecting an M 2 -QAM modulation format used by said plurality of transmitters (TX1, TX2...TXN) for transmitting said data at said maximum spectral efficiency; selecting a desired standard step size by which said maximum spectral efficiency may be reduced, said standard step size being 1/n of said maximum spectral efficiency, wherein n is a positive integer multiple of log 2 ( M 2); and for each of said plurality of transmitters (TX1, TX2...TXN), selecting an associated number, i, of standard steps for reducing said spectral efficiency associated with said transmitter (TX1, TX2...TXN); encoding successive blocks of n-i bits with i encoding bits to provide successive blocks of n bits; Gray mapping each of said successive blocks of n bits to n/log 2 ( M 2) QAM symbols having said M 2 -QAM modulation format; and modulating said plurality of QAM symbols on an optical carrier wavelength (λ 1, λ 2...λ N) to provide an associated modulated optical signal. selecting an associated number, i, of standard steps for reducing said spectral efficiency associated with said transmitter (TX1, TX2...TXN); encoding successive blocks of n-i bits with i encoding bits to provide successive blocks of n bits; Gray mapping each of said successive blocks of n bits to n/log 2 ( M 2) QAM symbols having said M 2 -QAM modulation format; and modulating said plurality of QAM symbols on an optical carrier wavelength (λ 1, λ 2...λ N) to provide an associated modulated optical signal.
A glazed unit (1, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701) for means of transport, in particular a vehicle, comprising a first glass pane and a second glass pane that are contiguous, the second glass pane being laminated and includes an exterior glass sheet, an interior glass sheet and a plastic material interlayer arranged between said exterior glass sheet and said interior glass sheet, said glazed unit having an exterior face (20, 20') and an interior face (22, 22'), characterized in that an edge surface of the interlayer of said second glass pane is set back relative to an edge surface of the exterior glass sheet of said second glass pane and said glazed unit includes a seal (6, 206, 406, 606, 706) that is arranged between said first glass pane and said second glass pane, said seal (6, 206, 406, 606, 706) having an exterior face and an interior face, the exterior face (20, 20') of said glazed unit and the exterior face of said seal being flush and said seal (6, 206, 406, 606, 706) being in contact with an interior face of the exterior glass sheet of said second glass pane.
An injection-molding method for manufacturing a sleeve, also called helical bellows, comprising a cylindrical or cylindroconical molded hollow body, including at least one deformable bellows portion arranged in the extension of a base forming one end of the sleeve, using a tooling comprising a mold formed by at least two parts (81, 82) delimiting a mold cavity able to go from an open position to a closed position, and vice versa, by relative movement of said mold parts (81, 82), and a core, able to be inserted at least partially inside the mold cavity, and comprising a cylindrical or cylindroconical portion outwardly provided with a helical thread complementary to a helical thread of the mold in order to form, between said helical threads (12, 13), in the closed state of said mold cavity, a first space for molding the bellows portion of the sleeve, the core comprising, above the first cylindrical or cylindroconical portion outwardly provided with a helical thread, a second so-called moving portion complementary to a hollow portion of the mold in order to form, between said second portion of the core and the hollow portion of the mold, in the closed state of said mold cavity, a second molding space of the base of the sleeve, said method comprising, in the at least partially state of the core inserted into the mold cavity and the closed state of the mold cavity, a step of filling the first and second mold spaces (14, 17) left free between the core and the inside of the mold cavity by injecting material therein, characterized in that said method further comprises a step for opening the mold during or after which the second portion of the core is moved axially along a direction parallel to the winding axis (XX') of the threads of the helical screw thread of the first portion of the core in the direction of a separation from the first portion of the core, and a step for driving relative rotation of the sleeve and of the first portion of the core in order to remove the sleeve from the mold by unscrewing.
An ignition-suppressing device for shielding fasteners in an aircraft fuel tank comprising a wall, the ignition-suppressing device being configured to be installed over the fasteners within the aircraft fuel tank and to be coupled to the wall, the ignition-suppressing device comprising: a ribbon; and receptacles, spaced apart from one another along the ribbon, with the fasteners extending inside the aircraft fuel tank from the wall within respective ones of the receptacles for suppression of ignition events. a ribbon; and receptacles, spaced apart from one another along the ribbon, with the fasteners extending inside the aircraft fuel tank from the wall within respective ones of the receptacles for suppression of ignition events.
A hearing aid comprising at least one microphone, a signal processing means and an output transducer, said signal processing means being adapted to receive an audio signal from the microphone, wherein the signal processing means has a table of signal processing parameters with respect to a set of stored noise classes and noise levels, means for estimating a noise level in the audio signal, means for classifying background noise of the audio signal, and means for retrieving, from the table, a set of signal processing parameters according to the noise level and the classification of background noise and processing the audio signal according to the retrieved set of signal processing parameters to produce a signal to the output transducer.
Circuit for dimming at least one illuminant, - comprising two L-terminals (La, Lb) and an N-terminal for inputting a mains voltage between the L-terminals (La, Lb) and the N-terminal, - comprising a dimming controller for evaluating a switching combination at the L-terminals, wherein the at least one illuminant is dimmable on the basis of the switching combination of the L-terminals (La, Lb), characterized in that the dimming controller is designed to evaluate the voltage at the N-terminal of the mains voltage and deactivates the evaluation of a switching combination at the L-terminals as long as the voltage at the N-terminal is positive relative to an internal earth potential. - comprising two L-terminals (La, Lb) and an N-terminal for inputting a mains voltage between the L-terminals (La, Lb) and the N-terminal, - comprising a dimming controller for evaluating a switching combination at the L-terminals, wherein the at least one illuminant is dimmable on the basis of the switching combination of the L-terminals (La, Lb),
A display device for rendering a three-dimensional image in accordance with image data, the display device comprising: a plurality of display elements arranged in a display plane, each display element comprising a pixel for outputting light in accordance with a luminance value extracted from the image data, and an actuator for moving the pixel normal to the display plane; wherein the actuator of each display element is operable in response to receiving a height value for the pixel to move the pixel normal to the display plane to an offset relative to the display plane in accordance with the height value; and a pixel position-extracting portion configured to: receive image data; apply an edge detection algorithm to the image data to determine a set of pixels that are on detected edges of the image; and generate height values for those pixels in the set of pixels that are on detected edges of the image in which the height values for those pixels in the set of pixels that are on detected edges of the image are larger than the height values for other pixels. a plurality of display elements arranged in a display plane, each display element comprising a pixel for outputting light in accordance with a luminance value extracted from the image data, and an actuator for moving the pixel normal to the display plane; wherein the actuator of each display element is operable in response to receiving a height value for the pixel to move the pixel normal to the display plane to an offset relative to the display plane in accordance with the height value; and a pixel position-extracting portion configured to: receive image data; apply an edge detection algorithm to the image data to determine a set of pixels that are on detected edges of the image; and generate height values for those pixels in the set of pixels that are on detected edges of the image in which the height values for those pixels in the set of pixels that are on detected edges of the image are larger than the height values for other pixels. receive image data; apply an edge detection algorithm to the image data to determine a set of pixels that are on detected edges of the image; and generate height values for those pixels in the set of pixels that are on detected edges of the image in which the height values for those pixels in the set of pixels that are on detected edges of the image are larger than the height values for other pixels.
A system for installing pipe underground, the system comprising: a pneumatic rammer configured to provide a percussive force, transmitted by a main jacking frame, to a section of pipe; the main jacking frame coupled to the pneumatic rammer, the main jacking frame including a surface for contacting the section of pipe; one or more hydraulic jacks coupled to the main jacking frame and configured to provide a hydraulic force to the section of pipe, the hydraulic force combining with the percussive force to drive the section of pipe underground; and a set of tracks coupled to the main jacking frame, the set of tracks permitting the main jacking frame to slide in a longitudinal direction. a pneumatic rammer configured to provide a percussive force, transmitted by a main jacking frame, to a section of pipe; the main jacking frame coupled to the pneumatic rammer, the main jacking frame including a surface for contacting the section of pipe; one or more hydraulic jacks coupled to the main jacking frame and configured to provide a hydraulic force to the section of pipe, the hydraulic force combining with the percussive force to drive the section of pipe underground; and a set of tracks coupled to the main jacking frame, the set of tracks permitting the main jacking frame to slide in a longitudinal direction.
Tube connection with a connecting body, a nut which can be screwed onto or into the connecting body, which has a conical bore widening in the direction of the connecting body, and a tube, which is guided through a bore of the nut and which has an outwardly projecting formation with two clamping surfaces (42, 43), of which a first clamping surface is parallel to the end face of the connecting body and, in the clamped state of the tube connection, is supported at least in regions on the connecting body, and the second clamping surface is of conical design corresponding to the conical bore of the nut and is supported in the conical bore of the nut, wherein the connecting body has a radially circumferential recess, through which a receiving space for a sealing ring is formed, which is delimited by the first clamping surface, characterised in that the first clamping surface of the tube merges into a connecting surface, which tapers conically in the direction of the cylindrical end section of the tube, and in that the sealing ring has a polygonal, symmetrical cross-section.
A redox fuel cell comprising an anode and a cathode separated by an ion selective polymer electrolyte membrane; means for supplying a fuel to the anode region of the cell; means for supplying an oxidant to the cathode region of the cell; means for providing an electrical circuit between the anode and the cathode; a catholyte solution comprising at least one non-volatile catholyte component flowing in fluid communication with the cathode, the catholyte solution comprising a redox mediator which is at least partially reduced at the cathode in operation of the cell, and at least partially regenerated by, optionally indirect, reaction with the oxidant after such reduction at the cathode, the catholyte solution comprising a redox catalyst catalysing the regeneration of the said mediator, characterised in that said catalyst is a complexed multidentate N-donor ligand.
Air guide (10, 100) intended to be incorporated in the front of a vehicle between a functional front end linked to a cross-member by components that can be compressed longitudinally and a front end of said vehicle provided with at least one ventilation opening, the air guide (10, 100) exhibiting a front face (10a, 100a) and a rear face (10b, 100b), characterized in that the air guide (10, 100) is produced from a single piece in a polymer material and in that it comprises: - at least one guiding channel (11, 12, 101-104) between its front and rear faces, intended to conduct the air from a ventilation opening in the front end to the functional front end, - a receiving zone (16, 116) of the cross-member exhibiting a recess intended to receive said cross-member, - a fixing zone (17, 117) for fixing to the functional front end of the vehicle situated on its rear face (10b, 100b), - sealing means (18, 118) integral with its front face (10a, 100a) and engaging with the front end, arranged in such a manner as to ensure the seal between said at least one guiding channel (11, 12, 101-104) and the front end on the circumference of said ventilation opening in the front end. - at least one guiding channel (11, 12, 101-104) between its front and rear faces, intended to conduct the air from a ventilation opening in the front end to the functional front end, - a receiving zone (16, 116) of the cross-member exhibiting a recess intended to receive said cross-member, - a fixing zone (17, 117) for fixing to the functional front end of the vehicle situated on its rear face (10b, 100b), - sealing means (18, 118) integral with its front face (10a, 100a) and engaging with the front end, arranged in such a manner as to ensure the seal between said at least one guiding channel (11, 12, 101-104) and the front end on the circumference of said ventilation opening in the front end.
A hollow ice-making forming mould, comprising an inner membrane which is in a fixed shape after being charged with air, and an outer membrane which is in a fixed shape after liquid injection and is disposed outside the inner membrane, a base plate is arranged at the bottom of the outer membrane; the bottoms of the inner and outer membranes (1, 2) are hermetically connected with the base plate respectively, a cavity for injecting liquid is formed between the inner and outer membranes (1, 2); an air filling and liquid injecting member is provided at the top of the inner membrane; a top part of the outer membrane is connected with an upper part of the air filling and liquid injecting member in a detachable way; and a zipper is disposed on the outer membrane to allow conveniently opening the outer membrane.
An ex vivo method for activating a dendritic cell, which comprises: contacting a dendritic cell with a non-protein multimeric ligand that binds to a ligand binding region of a chimeric protein in the cell, which cell has been transduced or transfected with a nucleic acid that encodes the chimeric protein, wherein the chimeric protein comprises (i) a membrane targeting region, (ii) a ligand-binding region, (iii) a cytoplasmic CD40 polypeptide region lacking the CD40 extracellular domain, and (iv) a signaling region and/or cytoplasmic region of a Pattern Recognition Receptor, wherein the Pattern Recognition Receptor is NOD2 or RIG-1, wherein the binding of the non-protein multimeric ligand to the ligand binding region results in an oligomerization of the chimeric protein, whereby the dendritic cell is activated. contacting a dendritic cell with a non-protein multimeric ligand that binds to a ligand binding region of a chimeric protein in the cell, which cell has been transduced or transfected with a nucleic acid that encodes the chimeric protein, wherein the chimeric protein comprises (i) a membrane targeting region, (ii) a ligand-binding region, (iii) a cytoplasmic CD40 polypeptide region lacking the CD40 extracellular domain, and (iv) a signaling region and/or cytoplasmic region of a Pattern Recognition Receptor, wherein the Pattern Recognition Receptor is NOD2 or RIG-1, wherein the binding of the non-protein multimeric ligand to the ligand binding region results in an oligomerization of the chimeric protein, whereby the dendritic cell is activated.