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A processor implemented method of performing web services location allocation, comprising: collecting a Web Service Location Allocation Problem, WSLAP, as input, via one or more hardware processors; identifying a plurality of web-services that are associated with the WSLAP, via the one or more hardware processors; decomposing the WSLAP to a plurality of sub-problems, via the one or more hardware processors, by treating each of the plurality of web services as a sub-problem; determining at least one non-dominating solution to each of the plurality of sub-problems, to obtain a plurality of non-dominating solutions to the plurality of sub-problems, via the one or more hardware processors; and generating a solution to the obtained WSLAP by merging the plurality of the non-dominating solutions, via the one or more hardware processors, wherein the solution determines a plurality of locations in a cloud space where a plurality of VM resources providing the plurality of web-services are to be deployed according to a users' locations and invocation frequencies, wherein as the WSLAP is solved at sub-problem level, whenever a new web service is added to the WSLAP, the steps of determining at least one non-dominating solution to the new sub-problem and generating a solution to the WSLAP are executed to achieve scalability in addition of the new web service. collecting a Web Service Location Allocation Problem, WSLAP, as input, via one or more hardware processors; identifying a plurality of web-services that are associated with the WSLAP, via the one or more hardware processors; decomposing the WSLAP to a plurality of sub-problems, via the one or more hardware processors, by treating each of the plurality of web services as a sub-problem; determining at least one non-dominating solution to each of the plurality of sub-problems, to obtain a plurality of non-dominating solutions to the plurality of sub-problems, via the one or more hardware processors; and generating a solution to the obtained WSLAP by merging the plurality of the non-dominating solutions, via the one or more hardware processors, wherein the solution determines a plurality of locations in a cloud space where a plurality of VM resources providing the plurality of web-services are to be deployed according to a users' locations and invocation frequencies, wherein as the WSLAP is solved at sub-problem level, whenever a new web service is added to the WSLAP, the steps of determining at least one non-dominating solution to the new sub-problem and generating a solution to the WSLAP are executed to achieve scalability in addition of the new web service.
A method of displaying a 3D image within a display volume, the method comprising: receiving image data which specifies the 3D image as a sequence of 2D image slices through the 3D image, each 2D image slice being located at a respective slice location within the 3D image; moving a screen within the display volume; and when a display area of the screen is located at a position within the display volume that corresponds to a slice location (204, 205), displaying the 2D image slice of that slice location on the display area; characterised in that the step of moving the screen within the display volume comprises moving the display area at a first speed when the display area is located at a slice location and moving the display area at a second speed greater than the first speed when the display area is not located at a slice location. receiving image data which specifies the 3D image as a sequence of 2D image slices through the 3D image, each 2D image slice being located at a respective slice location within the 3D image; moving a screen within the display volume; and when a display area of the screen is located at a position within the display volume that corresponds to a slice location (204, 205), displaying the 2D image slice of that slice location on the display area; characterised in that the step of moving the screen within the display volume comprises moving the display area at a first speed when the display area is located at a slice location and moving the display area at a second speed greater than the first speed when the display area is not located at a slice location.
A method of producing a transistor device, comprising forming a deposit of an oxide semiconductor channel material from a solution of a metal organic precursor, annealing the precursor film in the presence of water at a temperature between 150 - 350°C and depositing an organic polymer gate dielectric on top of the oxide semiconductor channel; wherein said oxide semiconductor channel material comprises at least 10% of metal hydroxide species after deposition of the polymer gate dielectric.
A pre-cured plywood article comprising: A. a first wood veneer; B. a second wood veneer disposed opposite said first wood veneer; and C. an adhesive composition disposed between said first and second wood veneers; wherein said adhesive composition consists essentially of; an isocyanate component, wherein said isocyanate component is selected from the group of diphenylmethane diisocyanates (MDIs), polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanates (pMDIs), and combination thereof; and Kaolin present in an amount of from greater than 10 to 50 weight percent based on a total weight of said adhesive composition; and wherein each of said first and second wood veneers independently has a moisture content of from 0 to 45 weight percent. A. a first wood veneer; B. a second wood veneer disposed opposite said first wood veneer; and C. an adhesive composition disposed between said first and second wood veneers; wherein said adhesive composition consists essentially of; an isocyanate component, wherein said isocyanate component is selected from the group of diphenylmethane diisocyanates (MDIs), polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanates (pMDIs), and combination thereof; and Kaolin present in an amount of from greater than 10 to 50 weight percent based on a total weight of said adhesive composition; and an isocyanate component, wherein said isocyanate component is selected from the group of diphenylmethane diisocyanates (MDIs), polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanates (pMDIs), and combination thereof; and Kaolin present in an amount of from greater than 10 to 50 weight percent based on a total weight of said adhesive composition; and
A pallet transport device comprising: a plurality of pallet (21, 31) rails configured to allow a pallet to be movably placed thereon; a pallet feeding unit (41, 51) configured to transport the pallet along the pallet rails; a pallet moving unit disposed at end portions of the plurality of pallet rails (21, 31), the pallet moving unit being configured to horizontally rotate so as to move the pallet placed on any one of the plurality of pallet rails to the other pallet rail; one or more short rails disposed at a periphery of the pallet moving unit; a pallet feeding assist unit configured to move the pallet from the pallet rails to the short rails, or move the pallet from the short rails to the pallet rails; and is characterized by further comprising an elevator unit configured to cause the pallet feeding assist unit to descend and ascend, wherein the horizontal rotation of the pallet moving unit is permitted by the descent of the pallet feeding assist unit. a plurality of pallet (21, 31) rails configured to allow a pallet to be movably placed thereon; a pallet feeding unit (41, 51) configured to transport the pallet along the pallet rails; a pallet moving unit disposed at end portions of the plurality of pallet rails (21, 31), the pallet moving unit being configured to horizontally rotate so as to move the pallet placed on any one of the plurality of pallet rails to the other pallet rail; one or more short rails disposed at a periphery of the pallet moving unit; a pallet feeding assist unit configured to move the pallet from the pallet rails to the short rails, or move the pallet from the short rails to the pallet rails; and is characterized by further comprising an elevator unit configured to cause the pallet feeding assist unit to descend and ascend, wherein the horizontal rotation of the pallet moving unit is permitted by the descent of the pallet feeding assist unit.
A Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser, VCSEL, device for a self-mixing interference sensor for recording three-dimensional pictures, the VCSEL device comprises a VCSEL array comprising a multitude of laser diodes on a substrate, a multitude of detectors, a first electrical laser contact and at least one second electrical laser contact, wherein each laser diode is configured as a VCSEL, wherein each laser diode comprises an optical resonator, wherein the optical resonator comprises a first distributed Bragg reflector, a second distributed Bragg reflector and an active layer for light emission of laser light, wherein the active layer is arranged between the first distributed Bragg reflector and the second distributed Bragg reflector, wherein the first electrical laser contact and the at least one second electrical laser contact are arranged to provide an electrical drive current to electrically pump the optical resonators of the laser diodes, wherein the first electrical laser contact is a common contact for all laser diodes of the VCSEL array, and wherein the at least one second electrical laser contact is arranged to electrically contact at least a subgroup of the multitude of laser diodes of the VCSEL array, wherein each detector is arranged to generate an electrical self-mixing interference measurement signal associated to at least one laser diode upon reception of the laser light, wherein the detectors are integrated in the optical resonators, wherein the VCSEL device is configured to generate the self-mixing interference signal when a laser diode emits laser light and a part of the emitted laser light is reflected back to the to the optical resonator of the respective laser diode and interferes with the standing wave pattern within the optical resonator, wherein the laser light is emitted through a substrate.
A method for cleaning the surface of food products, particularly for cleaning the surface crust of hard cheeses, characterized in that it comprises a step of striking at least partially said surface by means of at least one fluid jet, composed of a carrier fluid and solid carbon dioxide.
A plant for the production of embossed articles comprising a cylinder embossing group, formed by a metal pressing cylinder, with in-relief design, and a first contrast cylinder to keep a multiweb paper band pressed against the pressing cylinder in order to emboss said design thereon, a glue dispensing unit and/or a printing unit being provided upstream of said embossing unit and comprising at least one cliché roll (20b; 51) for applying glue on a web (Na, Nb) of said band or ink on said band, said web (Na, Nb) or said band moving forward between said cliché roll (20b; 51) and a second contrast cylinder, said plant being characterised in that actuator means are provided for contacting or moving away at least one portion of said cliché roll (20b; 51) from said second contrast cylinder as a function of the position of said raised design on the surface of said pressing cylinder.
A bicycle with electric drive and a frame tube, into which a rechargeable-battery module can be inserted, wherein the rechargeable-battery module is coupled via a connection to at least one additional module and is held at the front and/or rear end of the frame tube, characterised in that the additional module is constructed as a lamp.
A method of forming a surface tunnel, said method comprising the steps of forming at least one access point along the route of the said tunnel, forming at least first and second support bases in at least one direction away from the access point along said route, providing the support bases with guide means thereon, a plurality of deck structures are advanced along the guide means to be supported by, and span between, the respective guide means to form at least the roof of at least a portion of the tunnel so that at least a portion of the said tunnel is formed outwardly from the said access point along said route and characterised in that excavation work in front of the leading deck structure is at least partially performed by excavation apparatus located on the top face of the leading deck structure, said excavation work required to define a cavity in which to form the tunnel in the direction of advancement of the deck structures and the excavation of material in advance of the leading deck structure is required in the area between the support bases and up to and above the location of those deck structures which have been jacked into position.
Method for adapting a detected camshaft position (NW erf) of a camshaft (7; 14) in an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: - detecting an ACTUAL gas signal (S IST) in a gas space (2; 12) that is associated with the camshaft (7; 14) and is associated with a detected camshaft position (NW erf), - processing the gas signal (S IST) to produce an ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST), wherein the ACTUAL gas signal (S IST) is processed to produce an ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST) by means of a signal filtering method, - modelling multiple simulated gas criteria (K SIM), which are each associated with a target camshaft position (NW SOLL), - comparing the simulated gas criteria (K SIM) with the ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST), - determining a simulated gas criterion (K SIM) with the least deviation from the ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST), - determining an ACTUAL camshaft position (NW IST) that corresponds to the simulated gas criterion (K SIM) with the least deviation from the ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST), - determining a camshaft position correction value (NW Korr) from the difference between the determined ACTUAL camshaft position (NW IST) and the detected camshaft position (NW erf), - determining corrected camshaft positions (NW Korr) by correcting the detected camshaft positions (NW erf) with the camshaft position correction value (NW Korr). - detecting an ACTUAL gas signal (S IST) in a gas space (2; 12) that is associated with the camshaft (7; 14) and is associated with a detected camshaft position (NW erf), - processing the gas signal (S IST) to produce an ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST), wherein the ACTUAL gas signal (S IST) is processed to produce an ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST) by means of a signal filtering method, - modelling multiple simulated gas criteria (K SIM), which are each associated with a target camshaft position (NW SOLL), - comparing the simulated gas criteria (K SIM) with the ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST), - determining a simulated gas criterion (K SIM) with the least deviation from the ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST), - determining an ACTUAL camshaft position (NW IST) that corresponds to the simulated gas criterion (K SIM) with the least deviation from the ACTUAL gas criterion (K IST), - determining a camshaft position correction value (NW Korr) from the difference between the determined ACTUAL camshaft position (NW IST) and the detected camshaft position (NW erf), - determining corrected camshaft positions (NW Korr) by correcting the detected camshaft positions (NW erf) with the camshaft position correction value (NW Korr).
Rail vehicle with at least one wagon body, at least one chassis and at least one secondary spring for springing the wagon body on the chassis, wherein the secondary spring is divided along a predefined axis into a first and at least one further second section, which first section is designed to be axially stiff and springy orthogonally to the predefined axis, and which second section is designed to be stiff orthogonally to the predefined axis and axially springy, characterized in that the secondary spring comprises at least one horizontal stop which is arranged on the secondary spring such that a force which acts on the horizontal stop orthogonally to the predefined axis is introduced into the secondary spring between the first and the second section, and in that the chassis has at least one horizontal stop which is designed complementary with the horizontal stop of the secondary spring.
Portable power tool having a first housing shell (12, 150, 162), a second housing shell (16, 156, 168), which is different from the first housing shell (12, 150, 162) and is connected to the first housing shell (12, 150, 162) via a damping means (58, 60, 122, 132, 158, 170, 172), and a handle region (14, 152, 164), which is arranged on one of the housing shells (12, 150, 162), wherein the first housing shell (12, 150, 162) at least partially encloses the second housing shell (16, 156, 168), characterized in that the damping means is configured as a housing portion that has a housing outer surface (66, 159), which is embodied as a gripping means in one piece with the damping means.
A method performed by a Narrowband Internet of Things, NB-IoT, device, the method comprising: determining that a Time Division Duplex, TDD, special subframe including a Downlink Pilot Time Slot, DwPTS, is configured for receiving a signal of a downlink physical channel from an NB-IoT cell; said method being characterized by: based on the determination, receiving, from the NB-IoT cell, the signal of the downlink physical channel in the TDD special subframe including the DwPTS, wherein the DwPTS in the TDD special subframe is used for receiving the signal of the downlink physical channel, based on a size of the DwPTS and an operation mode of the NB-IoT cell, wherein the operation mode includes one or more of stand-alone, in-band, and guard-band modes, and wherein based on i) the signal of the downlink physical channel is received repeatedly over a plurality of subframes including the TDD special subframe, and ii) one or more resource element, REs, within the TDD special subframe are available for a Narrowband reference signal, NRS, the signal of the downlink physical channel is punctured on the corresponding RE. based on the determination, receiving, from the NB-IoT cell, the signal of the downlink physical channel in the TDD special subframe including the DwPTS, wherein the DwPTS in the TDD special subframe is used for receiving the signal of the downlink physical channel, based on a size of the DwPTS and an operation mode of the NB-IoT cell, wherein the operation mode includes one or more of stand-alone, in-band, and guard-band modes, and wherein based on i) the signal of the downlink physical channel is received repeatedly over a plurality of subframes including the TDD special subframe, and ii) one or more resource element, REs, within the TDD special subframe are available for a Narrowband reference signal, NRS, the signal of the downlink physical channel is punctured on the corresponding RE.
A method of preparing the structure of formula B: Wherein R 1 is a phenyl, a substituted phenyl, a naphthyl, a substituted naphthyl, a C 1 -C 6 alkyl or aralkyl; wherein the substitute is a C 1 -C 6 alkyl, a C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, a halogen; and wherein the number of the substituents is 1-3; Wherein M is a chiral spiro-pyridylamidophosphine ligand iridium complex of the following structure: wherein R is hydrogen, 3-methyl, 4- t Bu or 6-methyl; wherein the base is selected from sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium tert-butyl oxide or potassium tert-butyl oxide; and wherein the molar dosage ratio of the base to the substrate A compound is (1.0-3):1.
A camera for detecting objects moving through a detection area, the camera comprising an image sensor for recording image data, receiving optics having an adjustable diaphragm, and a control and evaluation unit for reading out the image data and for adjusting the diaphragm, characterized in that the receiving optics comprise a fixed focus position, in that the camera comprises a distance sensor for measuring a distance value to an object, and in that the control and evaluation unit is configured to set the diaphragm per object as a function of a distance value measured for the object, in such a way that the object is recorded in a depth of field range where the recorded image data achieve a required image sharpness.
A composition comprising a clonal embryonic progenitor cell line for use in an in vivo method of generating cartilage, the composition comprising: (a) an embryonic progenitor cell line which expresses COL2A1 and is negative for the expression of CD74; and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for use in an in vivo method of generating cartilage. (a) an embryonic progenitor cell line which expresses COL2A1 and is negative for the expression of CD74; and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for use in an in vivo method of generating cartilage.
A circuit arrangement which comprises a pass transistor and a current sensing circuit which is configured to provide an indication of a load current through the pass transistor, wherein the current sensing circuit comprises - a sensing transistor; wherein the pass transistor and the sensing transistor are controlled in synchronicity; - a sensing resistor arranged in series with the sensing transistor; wherein the sensing transistor and the sensing resistor are arranged in parallel to the pass transistor; wherein the sensing resistor and the sensing transistor form a voltage divider such that a voltage drop at the sensing resistor provides an indication of the load current through the pass transistor and such that the voltage drop at the sensing resistor is dependent on an on-resistance of the pass transistor; and characterised in that said current sensing circuit further comprises - a transformation circuit (25, 26, 227, 228, 29) comprising a compensation circuit which exhibits a compensation resistance; wherein the compensation resistance exhibits a dependency on the on-resistance of the pass transistor which corresponds to the dependency of the voltage drop at the sensing resistor on the on-resistance of the pass transistor; wherein the transformation circuit (25, 26, 227, 228, 29) is configured to transform the voltage drop at the sensing resistor into an output current such that the output current is indicative of the voltage drop at the sensing resistor divided by the compensation resistance of the compensation circuit. - a sensing transistor; wherein the pass transistor and the sensing transistor are controlled in synchronicity; - a sensing resistor arranged in series with the sensing transistor; wherein the sensing transistor and the sensing resistor are arranged in parallel to the pass transistor; wherein the sensing resistor and the sensing transistor form a voltage divider such that a voltage drop at the sensing resistor provides an indication of the load current through the pass transistor and such that the voltage drop at the sensing resistor is dependent on an on-resistance of the pass transistor; and - a transformation circuit (25, 26, 227, 228, 29) comprising a compensation circuit which exhibits a compensation resistance; wherein the compensation resistance exhibits a dependency on the on-resistance of the pass transistor which corresponds to the dependency of the voltage drop at the sensing resistor on the on-resistance of the pass transistor; wherein the transformation circuit (25, 26, 227, 228, 29) is configured to transform the voltage drop at the sensing resistor into an output current such that the output current is indicative of the voltage drop at the sensing resistor divided by the compensation resistance of the compensation circuit.
A land vehicle including a front part, said front part comprising a protection device, said protection device comprising: - a bumper positioned in front of the vehicle; - a device for detecting an impact or presence, able to detect an obstacle in front of the vehicle, wherein the bumper comprises a flap situated in front in the lower part of the front part of the vehicle, said flap being able to go from a closed position to an open position toward the bottom of vehicle in case of detection by the device of an impact or presence in front of the vehicle, so that said flap prevents an obstacle from passing below the front part of the vehicle. - a bumper positioned in front of the vehicle; - a device for detecting an impact or presence, able to detect an obstacle in front of the vehicle,