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A first ring node arranged to protect against loops in an Ethernet ring (51, 61) by performing Ethernet Ring Protection, ERP, according to an ERP protocol standard, the first ring node being located directly adjacent to at least one second ring node in the Ethernet ring (51, 61), wherein the at least one second ring node is not configured to perform ERP according to the same ERP protocol standard, characterized in that the first ring node is configured to, upon detection of a link failure event or a recovery event in the Ethernet ring (51, 61) resulting in a flush operation of a filtering database, FDB, in the first ring node in accordance with the ERP protocol standard, send a message to the at least one second ring node, wherein the message is operable to cause said at least one second ring node to perform a flush operation of an FDB in the at least one second ring node.
Apparatus (10, 110) for detecting defects on the outer surface of foodstuffs comprising: - an optical system (40, 140) configured to analyse the surface of the foodstuffs and detect the presence of any defects; and - transport means configured to convey a quantity of foodstuffs through the apparatus; characterised in that it comprises application means (20, 120) adapted to distribute a dry or fluid contrast material (23, 123) onto the surface of the foodstuffs, such that said contrast material can penetrate into any surface defects, and removal means (30, 130) adapted to remove excess contrast material from the surface, so that it remains inside the aforementioned surface defects only, said contrast material making the defects detectable by the optical system. - an optical system (40, 140) configured to analyse the surface of the foodstuffs and detect the presence of any defects; and - transport means configured to convey a quantity of foodstuffs through the apparatus; characterised in that it comprises application means (20, 120) adapted to distribute a dry or fluid contrast material (23, 123) onto the surface of the foodstuffs, such that said contrast material can penetrate into any surface defects, and removal means (30, 130) adapted to remove excess contrast material from the surface, so that it remains inside the aforementioned surface defects only, said contrast material making the defects detectable by the optical system.
A method for regenerating a particulate filter comprising: coupling one or more supply lines (101, 102), each defining a conduit, to an engine exhaust pipe through at least one of one or more access ports disposed either upstream or downstream of a particulate filter, wherein each supply line (101, 102) is configured to be coupled to a connector, the connector configured to be releasably coupled to the one or more access ports; dispensing a fuel through the one or more supply lines (101, 102) and into the exhaust pipe, the fuel dispensed from a first reservoir, wherein the fuel comprises at least one of butane, propane, and methane, the first reservoir different than a fuel source, the fuel source configured to supply a second fuel to an engine, which is a diesel engine; and igniting the fuel thereby regenerating the particulate filter. coupling one or more supply lines (101, 102), each defining a conduit, to an engine exhaust pipe through at least one of one or more access ports disposed either upstream or downstream of a particulate filter, wherein each supply line (101, 102) is configured to be coupled to a connector, the connector configured to be releasably coupled to the one or more access ports; dispensing a fuel through the one or more supply lines (101, 102) and into the exhaust pipe, the fuel dispensed from a first reservoir, wherein the fuel comprises at least one of butane, propane, and methane, the first reservoir different than a fuel source, the fuel source configured to supply a second fuel to an engine, which is a diesel engine; and igniting the fuel thereby regenerating the particulate filter.
A transducer for converting mechanical energy to light energy, the transducer comprising: at least one molecule of a first type; and at least one molecule of a second type; the molecules of the first and second types (3,4) being capable of energy transfer according to Forster Resonance Energy Transfer wherein one of the first type and second type of molecule is a donor molecule and the other of the first type and second type of molecule is an acceptor molecule; characterised in that: the transducer comprises a plurality of molecules of the second type, the molecules of the second type being spaced from each other; and by: the transducer being arranged such that the molecule of the first type is movable across the molecules of the second type in sequence so as to enable energy transfer according to Forster Resonance Energy Transfer between the molecule of the first type and the molecules of the second type in sequence thereby to cause the acceptor molecule or molecules to emit light. at least one molecule of a first type; and at least one molecule of a second type; the molecules of the first and second types (3,4) being capable of energy transfer according to Forster Resonance Energy Transfer wherein one of the first type and second type of molecule is a donor molecule and the other of the first type and second type of molecule is an acceptor molecule; characterised in that: the transducer comprises a plurality of molecules of the second type, the molecules of the second type being spaced from each other; and by: the transducer being arranged such that the molecule of the first type is movable across the molecules of the second type in sequence so as to enable energy transfer according to Forster Resonance Energy Transfer between the molecule of the first type and the molecules of the second type in sequence thereby to cause the acceptor molecule or molecules to emit light.
An organopolysiloxane, represented by a formula shown below and having (3,5-diglycidylisocyanuryl)alkyl groups represented by a formula at least at both terminals of a main chain thereof: wherein each R 1 represents, independently, a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R 2 is a group represented by the formula shown below, X is a group represented by a formula shown below, a represents an integer of 0 to 100 and b represents an integer of 0 to 30, provided that 1 ≤ a+b, and c represents an integer of 1 to 10, wherein R 3 represents an alkylene group of 2 to 12 carbon atoms, wherein R 1 and R 2 are as defined above, d represents an integer of 0 to 30, and e represents an integer of 0 to 30.
Movement restraining device (1, 2, 3) for partially immobilizing a body joint facilitating rotation of a body part about a joint axis, the movement restraining device comprising a) a first stopper element, comprising an abutment surface; b) a second stopper element, - comprising an abutting surface; - being arranged, in an adjacency direction, adjacent to the first stopper element; - being pivotable, relative to the first stopper element, about a virtual pivot axis, wherein the second stopper element can be pivoted into an abutting pivot position, in which position the abutting surface is in surface contact with the abutment surface, the surface contact preventing pivoting in a first pivot direction, while allowing pivoting in a second pivot direction, opposite to the first pivot direction; c) skin attachment means (90, 170, 180) for attaching the first stopper element and the second stopper element to skin at the body joint; charactered by d) a first electrical contact element and a second electrical contact element, at least one of which is connectable to an indicator device for providing a visual, audible or electronic indication when the first contact element and the second contact element are in electrical contact with each other, wherein the first contact element can be brought into electrical contact with the second contact element by pivoting the second stopper element into the abutting pivot position. a) a first stopper element, comprising an abutment surface; b) a second stopper element, - comprising an abutting surface; - being arranged, in an adjacency direction, adjacent to the first stopper element; - being pivotable, relative to the first stopper element, about a virtual pivot axis, wherein the second stopper element can be pivoted into an abutting pivot position, in which position the abutting surface is in surface contact with the abutment surface, the surface contact preventing pivoting in a first pivot direction, while allowing pivoting in a second pivot direction, opposite to the first pivot direction; - comprising an abutting surface; - being arranged, in an adjacency direction, adjacent to the first stopper element; - being pivotable, relative to the first stopper element, about a virtual pivot axis, c) skin attachment means (90, 170, 180) for attaching the first stopper element and the second stopper element to skin at the body joint; charactered by d) a first electrical contact element and a second electrical contact element, at least one of which is connectable to an indicator device for providing a visual, audible or electronic indication when the first contact element and the second contact element are in electrical contact with each other,
A method comprising: receiving control in a kernel mode via a ring transition from a first user thread during execution of an unbounded transactional memory, UTM, transaction in the first user thread; while in the kernel mode, clearing at least one UTM property of the UTM transaction wherein the clearing comprises explicitly clearing buffering and monitoring and discarding metadata for the first user thread, updating a state of at least one event field of a transaction status register, TSR, associated with the first user thread to indicate the clearing, and storing the TSR with a context of the first user thread, the state updating comprising writing to bits of the at least one event field to reflect UTM property loss events that have occurred for the first user thread; restoring the first user thread context including the TSR to a processor and transitioning from the kernel mode to the first user thread; and executing recovery code for handling loss events in the TSR to handle the loss of the at least one cleared UTM property. receiving control in a kernel mode via a ring transition from a first user thread during execution of an unbounded transactional memory, UTM, transaction in the first user thread; while in the kernel mode, clearing at least one UTM property of the UTM transaction wherein the clearing comprises explicitly clearing buffering and monitoring and discarding metadata for the first user thread, updating a state of at least one event field of a transaction status register, TSR, associated with the first user thread to indicate the clearing, and storing the TSR with a context of the first user thread, the state updating comprising writing to bits of the at least one event field to reflect UTM property loss events that have occurred for the first user thread; restoring the first user thread context including the TSR to a processor and transitioning from the kernel mode to the first user thread; and executing recovery code for handling loss events in the TSR to handle the loss of the at least one cleared UTM property.
A two-way valvulotome comprising: a proximal portion; a distal portion; and an intermediate portion longitudinally between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the intermediate portion comprising: a first blade facing distally and being configured to cut as the valvulotome is distally advanced; a second blade facing proximally and being configured to cut as the valvulotome is proximally retracted; and a plurality of struts, a first strut of the plurality of struts comprising the first blade and the second blade. a proximal portion; a distal portion; and an intermediate portion longitudinally between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the intermediate portion comprising: a first blade facing distally and being configured to cut as the valvulotome is distally advanced; a second blade facing proximally and being configured to cut as the valvulotome is proximally retracted; and a plurality of struts, a first strut of the plurality of struts comprising the first blade and the second blade. a first blade facing distally and being configured to cut as the valvulotome is distally advanced; a second blade facing proximally and being configured to cut as the valvulotome is proximally retracted; and a plurality of struts, a first strut of the plurality of struts comprising the first blade and the second blade.
A method for performing an interaction between a first communication device configured to establish a first wireless-type communication channel and one or more second devices configured to operate on said first wireless communication channel, said wireless communication channel being of the type suitable to allow the implementation of discovery operations to search for devices that become visible, or discoverable, on said wireless communication channel within a radius of operation of said first wireless communication channel, said method providing that said first communication device publishes its device attributes on said wireless communication channel to become visible, and detects through said wireless communication channel attributes published by said one or more second devices to become visible, said first communication device accessing a database that comprises stored attributes (AM, AS) of visible devices, wherein said first communication device is configured to establish a second communication channel to communicate in a client-server communication relationship with a remotely located computer server to which said database is associated, said first communication device, after a discovery operation of one or more second devices sends through said second communication channel to said remotely located computer server a corresponding decoding request comprising at least one system identifier, assigned in the database to said first communication device, and said attributes of the one or more second devices detected on said first wireless communication channel, said remotely located computer server performs with respect to said decoding request a decoding operation that comprises at least one step of obtaining from said database, if available, a respective system identifier of one or more second detected devices, said remotely located computer server sends through said second communications channel to said first communication device a decoding message (M630, M650, M675, M685) comprising a result of said decoding operation that comprises said system identifier, if available, at the first communication device based on the results indicated in said decoding message (M630, M650, M675, M685) received from the computer server the system identifier received from said remotely located computer server is recorded and is signalled the availability of a determined mode of access (800, 900, 100) to information or services of the one or more second devices possibly detected, said decoding operation comprising recording said request for decoding on the remotely located computer server, said operation of recording said decoding request on the remotely located computer comprising recording information relative to such decoding request in the database and time information of reception at the remotely located computer server, said decoding operation further comprising verifying if, within a determined interval of time, a decoding request initiated by the detection of the first communication device by the one or more second detected device has also arrived at the remotely located computer server.
A method for computing a plurality of computing tasks, each computing task being associated with a subset of data, the subset of data associated with a current computing task being acceded during the computation of said current task, a plurality of computing clients being divided into a plurality of client groups, each current group in said plurality of clients groups comprising a current storage node; wherein said method comprises: /a/ for each current client in the plurality of computing clients, determining an association between a task in the plurality of computing tasks and said current client; /b/ distributing said plurality of computing tasks according to the determined association; characterized in that the method further comprises: /c/ for each current group in said plurality of clients groups, retrieving by the storage node of said current group an union of the subsets of data associated with tasks distributed to computing clients of said current group; /d/ for each current computing client in the plurality of computing clients: /d1/ retrieving the subset of data associated with the task distributed to said current computing client from the storage node of the group of the current computing client, and /d2/ computing the task distributed to said current computing client based on said retrieved subset of data associated with the task distributed to said current computing client; wherein the determination of the association between task and clients is based on a minimization of a size of an union of the subsets of data associated with tasks distributed to computing clients of at least one group in the plurality of clients groups. /a/ for each current client in the plurality of computing clients, determining an association between a task in the plurality of computing tasks and said current client; /b/ distributing said plurality of computing tasks according to the determined association; /c/ for each current group in said plurality of clients groups, retrieving by the storage node of said current group an union of the subsets of data associated with tasks distributed to computing clients of said current group; /d/ for each current computing client in the plurality of computing clients: /d1/ retrieving the subset of data associated with the task distributed to said current computing client from the storage node of the group of the current computing client, and /d2/ computing the task distributed to said current computing client based on said retrieved subset of data associated with the task distributed to said current computing client; /d1/ retrieving the subset of data associated with the task distributed to said current computing client from the storage node of the group of the current computing client, and /d2/ computing the task distributed to said current computing client based on said retrieved subset of data associated with the task distributed to said current computing client;
A yarn comprising a blend of from 60% to 100% by weight gel-forming fibres and 0% to 40% by weight textile fibres, wherein the individual fibres are carded to form a continuous web, the web drawn to produce a sliver and the sliver rotor-spun into a yarn.
A method of operating a power tool coupled to a source of electric power and having a motor, a controller, and an input switch, the method comprising: determining a position of the input switch that is moveable between a deactivated position and an actuated position (Pmax); characterised by: delivering continuous electric power to the motor when the determined position of the input switch is within a first range of positions, the continuous electric power causing continuous rotation of the motor; and delivering discontinuous electric power to the motor when the determined position of the input switch is within a second range of positions that is different from the first range of positions, the discontinuous power causing discontinuous rotation of the motor to simulate feathering the input switch. determining a position of the input switch that is moveable between a deactivated position and an actuated position (Pmax); characterised by: delivering continuous electric power to the motor when the determined position of the input switch is within a first range of positions, the continuous electric power causing continuous rotation of the motor; and delivering discontinuous electric power to the motor when the determined position of the input switch is within a second range of positions that is different from the first range of positions, the discontinuous power causing discontinuous rotation of the motor to simulate feathering the input switch. delivering continuous electric power to the motor when the determined position of the input switch is within a first range of positions, the continuous electric power causing continuous rotation of the motor; and delivering discontinuous electric power to the motor when the determined position of the input switch is within a second range of positions that is different from the first range of positions, the discontinuous power causing discontinuous rotation of the motor to simulate feathering the input switch.
A device for monitoring the integrity of a fluid connection between first and second fluid containing systems (S1, S2) based on at least one time-dependent measurement signal from at least one pressure sensor (4a-4c) in the first fluid containing system, wherein the first fluid containing system comprises a first pulse generator, and the second fluid containing system comprises a second pulse generator, and wherein said at least one pressure sensor (4a-4c) is arranged to detect first pulses originating from the first pulse generator and second pulses originating from the second pulse generator, said device comprising: means for receiving said at least one measurement signal; and means for generating, based on said at least one measurement signal, a time-dependent monitoring signal in which the first pulses are essentially eliminated; means for calculating a parameter value that is indicative of presence or absence of the second pulses within a time window in the monitoring signal; and means for determining the integrity of the fluid connection based at least partly on the parameter value, wherein the fluid connection is deemed compromised when the parameter value indicates absence of second pulses; characterized in that the means for calculating a parameter value is configured to calculate the parameter value by matching signal values within the time window in the monitoring signal to a predicted temporal signal profile of a second pulse, such that the parameter value represents a distribution of the signal values. means for receiving said at least one measurement signal; and means for generating, based on said at least one measurement signal, a time-dependent monitoring signal in which the first pulses are essentially eliminated; means for calculating a parameter value that is indicative of presence or absence of the second pulses within a time window in the monitoring signal; and means for determining the integrity of the fluid connection based at least partly on the parameter value, wherein the fluid connection is deemed compromised when the parameter value indicates absence of second pulses; characterized in that the means for calculating a parameter value is configured to calculate the parameter value by matching signal values within the time window in the monitoring signal to a predicted temporal signal profile of a second pulse, such that the parameter value represents a distribution of the signal values.
Method for operating a gripping device by using electrostatic forces, in which, for a gripping operation, a potential difference is produced between electrodes of an electrode pair arranged in a gripping element (1, 11) of the gripping device, wherein in order to deposit a gripped workpiece, the absolute value of the potential difference provided between the electrodes is reduced and the sign of the potential difference is changed at least once, characterized in that the workpiece is heated by means of electromagnetic induction, wherein at least one closed conductor loop arranged in or on the gripping device is used to produce the alternating electromagnetic field, through which closed conductor loop a high-frequency alternating current is led.