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A method of wastewater treatment for industrial wastewater, the industrial wastewater containing dissolved salts, the method comprising: pretreating said industrial wastewater to produce a clear effluent; providing the effluent to a pressure vessel within a solar collector the pressure vessel being a tube extending along a tube axis and the solar collector being a trough-type collector having a focal axis and said tube axis being the focal axis; superheating the effluent under pressure within said vessel using solar energy of the solar collector, the solar energy being focused on said tube along said tube axis, wherein the pressure vessel is provided with flow control configured to retain the clear effluent under the oxidation conditions for a period of time determined according to a concentration of organic matter in said effluent, thereby retaining said effluent in said tube under oxidation conditions over a focused solar energy length of said focal axis for said period of time determined according to said concentration of organic matter therein, said period of time being variable according to said organic matter concentration, thereby to provide sufficient oxidation conditions from said solar energy to oxidize organic matter in said effluent, and passing oxidized effluent from said solar collector following oxidation, to a flash chamber at atmospheric pressure, therein to boil oxidized effluent into a vapor and leave a brine. pretreating said industrial wastewater to produce a clear effluent; providing the effluent to a pressure vessel within a solar collector the pressure vessel being a tube extending along a tube axis and the solar collector being a trough-type collector having a focal axis and said tube axis being the focal axis; superheating the effluent under pressure within said vessel using solar energy of the solar collector, the solar energy being focused on said tube along said tube axis, wherein the pressure vessel is provided with flow control configured to retain the clear effluent under the oxidation conditions for a period of time determined according to a concentration of organic matter in said effluent, thereby retaining said effluent in said tube under oxidation conditions over a focused solar energy length of said focal axis for said period of time determined according to said concentration of organic matter therein, said period of time being variable according to said organic matter concentration, thereby to provide sufficient oxidation conditions from said solar energy to oxidize organic matter in said effluent, and passing oxidized effluent from said solar collector following oxidation, to a flash chamber at atmospheric pressure, therein to boil oxidized effluent into a vapor and leave a brine.
An abrasive agglomerate particle (13, 61) comprising fused aluminum oxide mineral bonded in a vitreous matrix, wherein the fused aluminum oxide mineral is present in a range from 70 percent by weight to 95 percent by weight and the vitreous matrix is present at least at five percent by weight, based on the weight of the abrasive agglomerate particle (13, 61), wherein the fused aluminum oxide mineral has an average particle size of up to 300 micrometers, and wherein the abrasive agglomerate particle (13, 61) has a frusto-pyramidal shape with side walls having a taper angle (α) in a range from 2 to 15 degrees and a dimension of at least 400 micrometers.
A semiconductor laser device, comprising: a submount having a thermal conductivity of kx in a horizontal direction, and a thermal conductivity of ky in a vertical direction that is joined on a heat sink; and a laser element having a plurality of light emitting regions said regions emitting light, by applying an electrical current through a plurality of openings (10a,10b)in an insulation layer to an active layer provided on the electrode, the laser element being mounted on the submount such that a side of the element having the active layer faces a side of the submount, wherein in at least one opening of the plurality of openings, the following inequality is satisfied: x ≦ 1 2 ⋅ t ⋅ kx / ky where x represents a minimum distance in the horizontal direction between an opening end of the one opening and an end of the submount, and t represents a thickness of the submount, and in at least one of the other openings different from the one opening, the following inequality is satisfied: x > 1 2 ⋅ t ⋅ kx / ky
A flow switch connected to a controller, the controller being configured to control any one of flows of protocol messages in a data plane communication, the flow switch comprising: a storage unit (211, 23, 24) configured to store a plurality of pairs of a protocol message for a communication protocol used in the data plane communication and an identifier of the protocol message, the protocol message being a message compliant with a specification of the communication protocol; and a communication processor (212, 216, 217, 22) configured to apply the protocol message selected from the storage unit to the data plane communication, and to apply the identifier selected from the storage unit (211, 23, 24) to a control plane communication for the controller, the selected identifier corresponding to a protocol message of a control target of the flow, characterized in that the communication processor (212, 216, 217, 22) comprises a second reception unit configured to receive a message transmitted in the data plane communication by another flow switch, and a second transmission unit configured to select an identifier from the storage unit and to transmit a reception notification message including the selected identifier to the controller with the control plane communication, the selected identifier corresponding to the message received by the second reception unit. a storage unit (211, 23, 24) configured to store a plurality of pairs of a protocol message for a communication protocol used in the data plane communication and an identifier of the protocol message, the protocol message being a message compliant with a specification of the communication protocol; and a communication processor (212, 216, 217, 22) configured to apply the protocol message selected from the storage unit to the data plane communication, and to apply the identifier selected from the storage unit (211, 23, 24) to a control plane communication for the controller, the selected identifier corresponding to a protocol message of a control target of the flow, characterized in that the communication processor (212, 216, 217, 22) comprises a second reception unit configured to receive a message transmitted in the data plane communication by another flow switch, and a second transmission unit configured to select an identifier from the storage unit and to transmit a reception notification message including the selected identifier to the controller with the control plane communication, the selected identifier corresponding to the message received by the second reception unit.
A compound having the structure of Formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable racemate, hydrate, solvate, isotope, or salt thereof, wherein: ring A is carbocycle or heterocycle; ring B is carbocycle or heterocycle; L is ring C; ring C is a C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, substituted with 0-5 R 7; R 1 and R 2 are each, independently, H, or (C 1 -C 6)alkyl or C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl substituted with 0-5 halo; R 3 and R 4 are each, independently, H, (C 1 -C 6)alkyl, carbocycle, or carbocyclealkyl; R 5, R 6, and R 7 are each, independently, -C NR 1 R 2, -NR 1 C R 2, -OC R 1, -C OR 1, -S t NR 1 R 2, -NR 1 S t R 2, -OH, -CN, halo, oxo, (C 1 -C 6)alkyl, (C 1 -C 6)haloalkyl, (C 1 -C 6)alkoxy, or carbocycle; or R 3 and one R 5, together with the atoms to which they are connected, form a 5-7 membered heterocycle; R 8 is H or (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; m is 0-5; n is 0-5; and t is 0-2; with the proviso that: m is not 0 when ring B is phenyl or pyrrolyl and R 3 is H, (C 1 -C 6)alkyl, or forms a 5-7 membered heterocycle together with one R 5. ring A is carbocycle or heterocycle; ring B is carbocycle or heterocycle; L is ring C; ring C is a C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, substituted with 0-5 R 7; R 1 and R 2 are each, independently, H, or (C 1 -C 6)alkyl or C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl substituted with 0-5 halo; R 3 and R 4 are each, independently, H, (C 1 -C 6)alkyl, carbocycle, or carbocyclealkyl; R 5, R 6, and R 7 are each, independently, -C NR 1 R 2, -NR 1 C R 2, -OC R 1, -C OR 1, -S t NR 1 R 2, -NR 1 S t R 2, -OH, -CN, halo, oxo, (C 1 -C 6)alkyl, (C 1 -C 6)haloalkyl, (C 1 -C 6)alkoxy, or carbocycle; or R 3 and one R 5, together with the atoms to which they are connected, form a 5-7 membered heterocycle; R 8 is H or (C 1 -C 6)alkyl; m is 0-5; n is 0-5; and t is 0-2;
A pressure support system comprising: a pressure generating system adapted to generate a pressurized flow of gas; a patient circuit coupled to the pressure generating system and adapted to communicate the flow of gas to an airway of a patient; a controller operatively coupled to the pressure generating system, wherein the controller receives a treatment set point from an input source, and is programmed to determine an adjusted treatment set point based on the treatment set point and a comfort feature function, wherein the comfort feature function is arranged to modify a comfort feature based on comparison of the treatment set point with a treatment set point variable, wherein the treatment set point variable is a preset pressure P1, and wherein the controller is arranged to control the operation of the pressure generating system based on the adjusted treatment set point, characterized in that the comfort feature function is not based on a physiological condition of such a patient, and in that the comfort feature is a modification in a pressure support level, the pressure support level being a difference between an inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) and an expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP), and in that the comfort feature function is arranged to not add the comfort feature as long as the treatment set point is smaller than, or equal to P1, and is further arranged to add the comfort feature in case the treatment set point is larger than P1. a pressure generating system adapted to generate a pressurized flow of gas; a patient circuit coupled to the pressure generating system and adapted to communicate the flow of gas to an airway of a patient; a controller operatively coupled to the pressure generating system, wherein the controller receives a treatment set point from an input source, and is programmed to determine an adjusted treatment set point based on the treatment set point and a comfort feature function, wherein the comfort feature function is arranged to modify a comfort feature based on comparison of the treatment set point with a treatment set point variable, wherein the treatment set point variable is a preset pressure P1, and wherein the controller is arranged to control the operation of the pressure generating system based on the adjusted treatment set point, characterized in that the comfort feature function is not based on a physiological condition of such a patient, and in that the comfort feature is a modification in a pressure support level, the pressure support level being a difference between an inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) and an expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP), and in that the comfort feature function is arranged to not add the comfort feature as long as the treatment set point is smaller than, or equal to P1, and is further arranged to add the comfort feature in case the treatment set point is larger than P1.
A method for use in a system that can produce time-of-flight measurements, wherein the system includes a timing generator and a light source driver that selectively drives a light source to emit pulses of light which are used to produce the time-of-flight measurements, the method comprising: generating a light timing pulse and a corresponding light reference pulse, which has a specified fixed delay relative to the light timing pulse, using the timing generator; delaying the light timing pulse by a variable delay to produce a delayed light timing pulse; providing the delayed light timing pulse to the light source driver to produce a light drive pulse that is used to drive the light source to cause the light source to emit a corresponding pulse of light; comparing an edge of the light drive pulse, produced by the light source driver, to a corresponding edge of the corresponding light reference pulse to produce an edge comparison signal; adjusting the variable delay in dependence on the edge comparison signal; and repeating the generating, the delaying, the providing, the comparing and the adjusting over time to cause edges of further instances of the light drive pulses to substantially align with edges of further instances of the corresponding light references pulses, characterized in that the edge comparison signal is a binary edge comparison signal indicative of whether the edge of the light drive pulse lags or leads the corresponding edge of the corresponding light reference pulse. generating a light timing pulse and a corresponding light reference pulse, which has a specified fixed delay relative to the light timing pulse, using the timing generator; delaying the light timing pulse by a variable delay to produce a delayed light timing pulse; providing the delayed light timing pulse to the light source driver to produce a light drive pulse that is used to drive the light source to cause the light source to emit a corresponding pulse of light; comparing an edge of the light drive pulse, produced by the light source driver, to a corresponding edge of the corresponding light reference pulse to produce an edge comparison signal; adjusting the variable delay in dependence on the edge comparison signal; and repeating the generating, the delaying, the providing, the comparing and the adjusting over time to cause edges of further instances of the light drive pulses to substantially align with edges of further instances of the corresponding light references pulses, characterized in that the edge comparison signal is a binary edge comparison signal indicative of whether the edge of the light drive pulse lags or leads the corresponding edge of the corresponding light reference pulse.
A computer-implemented method of generating an atlas for a universal multi-institution atlas database, the method comprising: a) providing a medical scan image; b) performing a universal auto-contouring operation using the universal multi-institution atlas database on the medical scan image, to generate a set of universal contours for the medical scan image; c) performing an institution specific auto-contouring customisation operation using a local atlas database on the medical scan image, to generate a set of local contours for the medical scan image; d) providing the set of local contours to a user for approval or editing, adding approved local contours and medical scan image to the local atlas database; e) standardising the set of local contours to ensure compliance with universal contouring guidelines, using a trained model to compensate for biases in the set of local contours, thereby creating a set of standardised global contours for the medical scan image; and f) adding a universal atlas to the universal multi-institution atlas database, the universal atlas comprising the medical scan image and the set of standardised global contours for the medical scan image. a) providing a medical scan image; b) performing a universal auto-contouring operation using the universal multi-institution atlas database on the medical scan image, to generate a set of universal contours for the medical scan image; c) performing an institution specific auto-contouring customisation operation using a local atlas database on the medical scan image, to generate a set of local contours for the medical scan image; d) providing the set of local contours to a user for approval or editing, adding approved local contours and medical scan image to the local atlas database; e) standardising the set of local contours to ensure compliance with universal contouring guidelines, using a trained model to compensate for biases in the set of local contours, thereby creating a set of standardised global contours for the medical scan image; and f) adding a universal atlas to the universal multi-institution atlas database, the universal atlas comprising the medical scan image and the set of standardised global contours for the medical scan image.
A tub including a receptacle suitable for containing water, the tub comprising: a compartment communicating with a discharge orifice of the tub and including an opening emerging in one face of the tub; and a communication orifice suitable for the passage of water from the receptacle to the compartment, the compartment housing a water discharge system, characterized in that: a control plate is configured for actuating the opening and closing of the water discharge system, wherein the control plate forms a cover in the opening of the compartment and is flush with the surface of the face of the tub when the discharge system is in the open position. a compartment communicating with a discharge orifice of the tub and including an opening emerging in one face of the tub; and a communication orifice suitable for the passage of water from the receptacle to the compartment, the compartment housing a water discharge system, characterized in that: a control plate is configured for actuating the opening and closing of the water discharge system, wherein the control plate forms a cover in the opening of the compartment and is flush with the surface of the face of the tub when the discharge system is in the open position. a control plate is configured for actuating the opening and closing of the water discharge system, wherein the control plate forms a cover in the opening of the compartment and is flush with the surface of the face of the tub when the discharge system is in the open position.
A method at a media converter system of a network configuration of handling a pluggable module selectable from a plurality of pluggable modules said method comprising: automatically enabling (1012;1111) a disabled channel or disabling (1008;1109) an enabled channel of said media converter system when said pluggable module is attached to the media converter system, wherein - said channel enabling/disabling is executed on the basis of a correlation (1007;1107,1108) between module specific information extracted from the respective pluggable module and corresponding information extracted from said media converter system, wherein ∘ the information extracted from said media converter system comprises: ▪ one or more protocol identity codes and ▪ an operating mode associated with each respective protocol identity code, and wherein ∘ the information extracted from said pluggable module comprises ▪ a protocol identity code corresponding to one of said one or more protocol identity codes extractable from said media converter system, wherein said channel is enabled after selecting an operating mode on the basis of said correlation, by enabling a transmitter (XAUI-TX; PMD-TX) associated with said channel, wherein said channel is disabled by disabling the transmitter (XAUI-TX; PMD-TX) associated with said channel. - said channel enabling/disabling is executed on the basis of a correlation (1007;1107,1108) between module specific information extracted from the respective pluggable module and corresponding information extracted from said media converter system, wherein ∘ the information extracted from said media converter system comprises: ▪ one or more protocol identity codes and ▪ an operating mode associated with each respective protocol identity code, and wherein ∘ the information extracted from said pluggable module comprises ▪ a protocol identity code corresponding to one of said one or more protocol identity codes extractable from said media converter system, wherein said channel is enabled after selecting an operating mode on the basis of said correlation, by enabling a transmitter (XAUI-TX; PMD-TX) associated with said channel, wherein said channel is disabled by disabling the transmitter (XAUI-TX; PMD-TX) associated with said channel. ∘ the information extracted from said media converter system comprises: ▪ one or more protocol identity codes and ▪ an operating mode associated with each respective protocol identity code, and wherein ▪ one or more protocol identity codes and ▪ an operating mode associated with each respective protocol identity code, and wherein ∘ the information extracted from said pluggable module comprises ▪ a protocol identity code corresponding to one of said one or more protocol identity codes extractable from said media converter system, wherein said channel is enabled after selecting an operating mode on the basis of said correlation, by enabling a transmitter (XAUI-TX; PMD-TX) associated with said channel, wherein said channel is disabled by disabling the transmitter (XAUI-TX; PMD-TX) associated with said channel.
A topical dermatological composition comprising live Lactobacillus species L. plantarum, L. pentosus and L. rhamnosus; wherein said L. plantarum is a L. plantarum strain having at least 97% sequence similarity with SEQ ID N° 4 in its 16S rRNA gene, said L. pentosus is a L. pentosus strain having at least 97% sequence similarity with SEQ ID N° 1 in its 16S rRNA gene, and said L. rhamnosus is a L. rhamnosus strain having at least 97% sequence similarity with SEQ ID N° 5 in its 16S rRNA gene.
A mixing device comprising a longitudinal shaft connectable to a rotational drive mechanism at one end and fixed to at least one elongated blade or impeller adjacent to its opposite end, leaving the free end of the shaft extending beyond the blade or impeller to provide a spacing element, characterized in that the elongated blade or impeller has a plurality of tapered apertures arranged along its length and the tapered apertures extend through the blade or impeller and are tapered on opposing sides of the blade or impeller.