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A method comprising: applying one or more gain control signals (165,170) to one or more gain elements of a receiver system, wherein the applying one or more gain control signals results in a gain change to the receiver system; in response to the gain change, determining whether the receiver system exhibits a DC offset; and in response to a determination that the receiver system exhibits the DC offset, applying one or more DC offset correction control signals to one or more gain elements of the receiver system, wherein the one or more DC offset correction signals are configured to correct the DC offset, wherein the method further comprises: applying the one or more gain control signals determined from a first gain profile to a receiver system, wherein the one or more gain control signals implement a present gain setting of the receiver system; detecting (310,422,428) whether the present gain setting of the receiver system requires a gain adjustment within a monitoring time, wherein the monitoring time begins in response to the applying the first gain profile; and in response to a detection that the present gain setting does not require the gain adjustment within the monitoring time, determining whether the receiver system exhibits a DC offset; and in response to a determination that the receiver system exhibits the DC offset (314,412,414), applying one or more DC offset correction signals to one or more gain elements of the receiver system, wherein the one or more DC offset correction signals are configured to correct the DC offset. applying one or more gain control signals (165,170) to one or more gain elements of a receiver system, wherein the applying one or more gain control signals results in a gain change to the receiver system; in response to the gain change, determining whether the receiver system exhibits a DC offset; and in response to a determination that the receiver system exhibits the DC offset, applying one or more DC offset correction control signals to one or more gain elements of the receiver system, wherein the one or more DC offset correction signals are configured to correct the DC offset, wherein the method further comprises: applying the one or more gain control signals determined from a first gain profile to a receiver system, wherein the one or more gain control signals implement a present gain setting of the receiver system; detecting (310,422,428) whether the present gain setting of the receiver system requires a gain adjustment within a monitoring time, wherein the monitoring time begins in response to the applying the first gain profile; and in response to a detection that the present gain setting does not require the gain adjustment within the monitoring time, determining whether the receiver system exhibits a DC offset; and in response to a determination that the receiver system exhibits the DC offset (314,412,414), applying one or more DC offset correction signals to one or more gain elements of the receiver system, wherein the one or more DC offset correction signals are configured to correct the DC offset.
A pack for elongate, rod-shaped objects, in particular a cigarette pack, composed of an outer pack, in particular in the embodiment as a hinge-lid box or a shell-and-slide pack, and of an inner pack for a cigarette group which preferably on all sides is surrounded by a blank from tinfoil, paper, foil, or the like, and which has a removal aid for removing at least one first cigarette with the aid of a lifting strip in the case of an opened outer pack, wherein the lifting strip is formed by weakening lines in the region of the front wall of the inner pack, namely of an inner front wall and of an adjacent inner base wall, and, is connected to an end-side tear-off flap, namely a pull flap, of the inner blank, characterized in that the lifting strip by shaping in the region of a transition from the lifting strip to the pull flap, or to the front wall thereof, respectively, is connected in a tear-off-safe manner to the pull flap, namely by way of a gradually widening transverse dimension of the transition having an arcuate or (segment) circular, respectfully, peripheral configuration.
A coverage enhancement, CE, function implementation method, characterized by comprising: determining (S703b), by a core network node, CE authorization information of a terminal based on subscription information and CE capability information of the terminal, wherein the CE authorization information comprises CE indication information, and the CE indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal is allowed to use the CE function; and sending, by the core network node, the CE authorization information to the terminal. determining (S703b), by a core network node, CE authorization information of a terminal based on subscription information and CE capability information of the terminal, wherein the CE authorization information comprises CE indication information, and the CE indication information is used to indicate whether the terminal is allowed to use the CE function; and sending, by the core network node, the CE authorization information to the terminal.
Device (1; 10; 18; 19) for closing a chamber of a container (6; 60; 68; 69) having an opening (61; 610; 618; 619) for accessing the chamber, comprising a plunger (15; 150; 158; 159), a plunger seat (11; 110; 1228; 1229), a container carrier (13; 130; 1128; 1129) and a spacer (121; 1210; 1138, 1238; 1139, 1239), wherein the plunger seat (11; 110; 1228; 1229) releasably holds the plunger (15; 150; 158; 159) in a predefined alignment, the container carrier (13; 130; 1128; 1129) is arranged to be connected to the container (6; 60; 68; 69) in a predefined position and alignment in relation to the opening (61; 610; 618; 619) of the container (6; 60; 68; 69), the spacer (121; 1210; 1138, 1238; 1139, 1239) is arranged to predefine a position and alignment of the plunger seat (11; 110; 1228; 1229) in relation to the container carrier (13; 130; 1128; 1129), in a predefined distant position of the device (1; 10; 18; 19), the plunger seat (11; 110; 1228; 1229) is located distant from the opening (61; 610; 618; 619) of the container (6; 60; 68; 69) when the container (6; 60; 68; 69) is connected to the container carrier (13; 130; 1128; 1129) such that the opening (61; 610; 618; 619) of the container (6; 60; 68; 69) is open, and in a predefined near position of the device (1; 10; 18; 19), the plunger seat (11; 110; 1228; 1229) is arranged adjacent to the opening (61; 610; 618; 619) of the container (6; 60; 68; 69) when the container (6; 60; 68; 69) is connected to the container carrier (13; 130; 1128; 1129) such that the plunger (15; 150; 158; 159) is providable into the opening (61; 610; 618; 619) of the container (6; 60; 68; 69) for closing the container (6; 60; 68; 69), characterized in that either the device (1; 10; 18; 19) comprises a support having the plunger seat (11; 110; 1228; 1229), the container carrier (13; 130; 1128; 1129) and the spacer (121; 1210; 1138, 1238; 1139, 1239) between the plunger seat (11; 110; 1228; 1229) and the container carrier (6; 60; 68; 69), wherein the container carrier (13; 130; 1128; 1129) comprises a clamping portion for clamping a section of the container (6; 60; 68; 69) adjacent to its opening (61; 610; 618; 619) and the container carrier (13; 130; 1128; 1129) passes over into the spacer (121; 1210; 1138, 1238; 1139, 1239) via a step (14; 140) arranged for contacting an edge of the opening (61; 610; 618; 619) of the container (6; 60; 68; 69), or the device (1; 10; 18; 19) has a support (128; 129) and a holder (118; 119), wherein the support (128; 129) comprises the plunger seat (11; 110; 1228; 1229) and a support part (1238; 1239) of the spacer (121; 1210; 1138, 1238; 1139, 1239), the holder (118; 119) comprises the container carrier (13; 130; 1128; 1129) and a holder part (1138; 1139) of the spacer (121; 1210; 1138, 1238; 1139, 1239), and the support part (1238; 1239) of the spacer (121; 1210; 1138, 1238; 1139, 1239) and the holder part (1138; 1139) of the spacer (121; 1210; 1138, 1238; 1139, 1239) are arranged to interengage to be connected in the distant position of the device (1; 10; 18; 19) and to be connected in the near position of the device (1; 10; 18; 19).
A method of determining a size, extent, and orientation of a hydraulic fracture of a reservoir, the method comprising the steps of injecting a fluid carrying a plurality of transponders into a hydraulic fracture through a wellbore, the fluid injected through casing perforations and at least one fracture aperture, the method being characterized by the steps of: actuating each of the plurality of transponders by a reader to provide an acoustic return signal to the reader, the plurality of transponders each comprising a radiofrequency identification circuit (93, 95, 97) including an RF antenna and an acoustic transmitter, the reader comprising an RF antenna and a pair of spaced apart acoustic receivers, the actuating including selectively activating one or more transponders defining a subset of the plurality of transponders, with a remainder of the plurality of transponders located outside an extent of primary portions of a corresponding RF radiation pattern remaining unactivated; receiving at least portions of the acoustic return signal from each respective transponder of the subset of the plurality of transponders, the receiving at least portions of the acoustic return signal performed by each of the pair of spaced apart acoustic receivers; determining a three-dimensional position of each of the plurality of transponders; and determining characteristics of the hydraulic fracture responsive to the determining the three-dimensional position of each of the plurality of transponders. actuating each of the plurality of transponders by a reader to provide an acoustic return signal to the reader, the plurality of transponders each comprising a radiofrequency identification circuit (93, 95, 97) including an RF antenna and an acoustic transmitter, the reader comprising an RF antenna and a pair of spaced apart acoustic receivers, the actuating including selectively activating one or more transponders defining a subset of the plurality of transponders, with a remainder of the plurality of transponders located outside an extent of primary portions of a corresponding RF radiation pattern remaining unactivated; receiving at least portions of the acoustic return signal from each respective transponder of the subset of the plurality of transponders, the receiving at least portions of the acoustic return signal performed by each of the pair of spaced apart acoustic receivers; determining a three-dimensional position of each of the plurality of transponders; and determining characteristics of the hydraulic fracture responsive to the determining the three-dimensional position of each of the plurality of transponders.
A garden device for cultivating soil comprising a handle section, a soil contact section attached thereto, for example a shovel blade, a power supply, a moisture detection device for detecting a number of values corresponding to the soil moisture, a nutrient detection device for detecting a number of values corresponding to the nutrient content of the soil, a processing unit for calculating the soil moisture from values corresponding to the soil moisture and the nutrient content from values corresponding to the nutrient content, as well as an output device for output of soil moisture and/or data based on the soil moisture, as well as the nutrient content of the soil and/or data based on the nutrient content, characterized in that the moisture detection device comprises at least two first electrodes (3, 4) spaced from each other in the kind of a plate capacitor and attached to the floor contact section, with one capacity of the plate capacitor being influenced by means of soil as a dielectric when the soil is contacted by the soil contact section in the region between the electrodes (3, 4), with the garden device having a user interface, a selection programme for selecting garden plants and/or vegetables by means of the user interface, such selection programme storing favourable target values for soil moisture or nutrient content in the soil for the garden plants and/or vegetables, as well as a comparing device which compares the stored target values for the selected plant or vegetable with the detected actual values for soil moisture and/or nutrient content of the soil and transmits the result for output on the output device.
A braiding mandrel (22, 22") for braiding a tubular stent comprising: an elongate tubular member having opposed proximal and distal ends; securement projections circumferentially disposed at spaced-apart locations at the distal end for engaging a filament (20, 20'); characterised by a plurality of angularly disposed grooves along at least a portion of a longitudinal length of the elongate tubular member; and a plurality of spaced-apart raised projections (52, 56) wherein spaces between the raised projections (52, 56) define the plurality of angularly disposed grooves in the elongate tubular member. an elongate tubular member having opposed proximal and distal ends; securement projections circumferentially disposed at spaced-apart locations at the distal end for engaging a filament (20, 20'); characterised by a plurality of angularly disposed grooves along at least a portion of a longitudinal length of the elongate tubular member; and a plurality of spaced-apart raised projections (52, 56) wherein spaces between the raised projections (52, 56) define the plurality of angularly disposed grooves in the elongate tubular member.
An aircraft engine comprising: a hydrogen fuel system including an accumulator of hydrogen, and one or more fuel lines in fluid communication with the accumulator and configured to carry the hydrogen; a combustor in fluid communication with the one or more fuel lines to receive the hydrogen from the accumulator, the combustor operable to combust the hydrogen and produce a flow of water vapor; a turbine section downstream of the combustor for extracting energy from the flow of water vapor; and a water recovery system comprising: a water vapor collector positioned downstream of the turbine section for receiving at least part of the water vapor; a condenser in fluid communication with the water vapor collector, the condenser operable to receive and cool in the condenser the at least part of the water vapor and thereby condense at least part of the at least part of the flow of water vapor; and a spray nozzle in fluid communication with the condenser and operable to spray the condensed part of the at least part of the flow of water vapor onto a component of the aircraft engine, wherein the component comprises one or more of the fuel lines of the hydrogen fuel system. a hydrogen fuel system including an accumulator of hydrogen, and one or more fuel lines in fluid communication with the accumulator and configured to carry the hydrogen; a combustor in fluid communication with the one or more fuel lines to receive the hydrogen from the accumulator, the combustor operable to combust the hydrogen and produce a flow of water vapor; a turbine section downstream of the combustor for extracting energy from the flow of water vapor; and a water recovery system comprising: a water vapor collector positioned downstream of the turbine section for receiving at least part of the water vapor; a condenser in fluid communication with the water vapor collector, the condenser operable to receive and cool in the condenser the at least part of the water vapor and thereby condense at least part of the at least part of the flow of water vapor; and a spray nozzle in fluid communication with the condenser and operable to spray the condensed part of the at least part of the flow of water vapor onto a component of the aircraft engine, wherein the component comprises one or more of the fuel lines of the hydrogen fuel system. a water vapor collector positioned downstream of the turbine section for receiving at least part of the water vapor; a condenser in fluid communication with the water vapor collector, the condenser operable to receive and cool in the condenser the at least part of the water vapor and thereby condense at least part of the at least part of the flow of water vapor; and a spray nozzle in fluid communication with the condenser and operable to spray the condensed part of the at least part of the flow of water vapor onto a component of the aircraft engine, wherein the component comprises one or more of the fuel lines of the hydrogen fuel system.
An assembly comprising a pipe in which a fluid is intended to circulate and a pipe end insert, this end insert extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end, said insert comprising a linear element wound in a helix and defining a set of at least two and at most fifteen loops about the longitudinal direction, said linear element being arranged in the pipe so that its longitudinal direction coincides with a flow direction of the fluid in the pipe, the first end being located more towards the interior of the pipe than the second end, wherein the set of loops comprises at least one loop, called a large diameter loop, inside the pipe and whose external diameter when the insert is taken out of the pipe is strictly greater than the internal diameter of the pipe, and wherein an end portion of the helically wound linear element corresponding to the first end defines an open loop, called an end loop, and characterised in that when the insert is out of the pipe, said large diameter loop (16-19; 118, 119) has an outer diameter strictly greater than twice the outer radius of curvature of an end portion of the end loop (20; 120). a linear element wound in a helix and defining a set of at least two and at most fifteen loops about the longitudinal direction, said linear element being arranged in the pipe so that its longitudinal direction coincides with a flow direction of the fluid in the pipe, the first end being located more towards the interior of the pipe than the second end, wherein the set of loops comprises at least one loop, called a large diameter loop, inside the pipe and whose external diameter when the insert is taken out of the pipe is strictly greater than the internal diameter of the pipe, and wherein an end portion of the helically wound linear element corresponding to the first end defines an open loop, called an end loop, and characterised in that when the insert is out of the pipe, said large diameter loop (16-19; 118, 119) has an outer diameter strictly greater than twice the outer radius of curvature of an end portion of the end loop (20; 120).
A blood vessel function inspecting apparatus provided with means (56, 58, 60, 62, 64) for obstructing and/or releasing blood flow through a blood vessel within a live body and blood vessel diameter measuring means for measuring a change ratio of a diameter of the blood vessel in a non-invasion manner with ultrasonic waves irradiated toward the blood vessel during a predetermined blood vessel diameter measuring time period after said means (56, 58, 60, 62, 64) releases the blood vessel from blood flow obstruction, the blood vessel function inspecting apparatus further comprising: blood flow velocity distribution measuring means for measuring a blood flow velocity distribution within said blood vessel in a non-invasion manner with said ultrasonic waves before said means (56, 58, 60, 62, 64) releases the blood vessel from the blood flow obstruction or after said blood vessel diameter measuring time period; viscosity-shear rate relationship calculating means (104; 204) for calculating a viscosity-shear rate relationship between a blood viscosity and a blood shear rate, on the basis of said blood flow velocity distribution measured by said blood flow velocity distribution measuring means; and blood shear stress calculating means (112; 212) for measuring a blood flow velocity within said blood vessel, concurrently with the measurement of said change ratio of the diameter of the blood vessel within said predetermined blood vessel diameter measuring time period after said means (56, 58, 60, 62, 64) releases the blood vessel from the blood flow obstruction, and calculating a blood shear stress on the basis of said measured blood flow velocity, and according to said viscosity-shear rate relationship. blood flow velocity distribution measuring means for measuring a blood flow velocity distribution within said blood vessel in a non-invasion manner with said ultrasonic waves before said means (56, 58, 60, 62, 64) releases the blood vessel from the blood flow obstruction or after said blood vessel diameter measuring time period; viscosity-shear rate relationship calculating means (104; 204) for calculating a viscosity-shear rate relationship between a blood viscosity and a blood shear rate, on the basis of said blood flow velocity distribution measured by said blood flow velocity distribution measuring means; and blood shear stress calculating means (112; 212) for measuring a blood flow velocity within said blood vessel, concurrently with the measurement of said change ratio of the diameter of the blood vessel within said predetermined blood vessel diameter measuring time period after said means (56, 58, 60, 62, 64) releases the blood vessel from the blood flow obstruction, and calculating a blood shear stress on the basis of said measured blood flow velocity, and according to said viscosity-shear rate relationship.
A mounting plate for a blow labelling apparatus for applying labels which comprises an outer side facing the labels, an inner side disposed opposite the outer side and a plurality of throughgoing blow openings, wherein the mounting plate comprises a plurality of suction passages in which a plurality of suction openings are provided, while the blow openings are provided between the suction passages, characterised in that the suction passages are formed as groove-like recesses at the inner side of the mounting plate.
A thin film sensor for emitting light when excited by an electron beam, comprising: a cerium-doped or praseodymium-doped, non-transparent, garnet crystalline energy conversion phosphor powder, comprised of particles having an average grain size between 1 and 5 microns.
A method of patterning a surface of a lithium metal, the method comprising: 1) forming a uniform intaglio or embossed pattern comprising a plurality of repeating units each having a size in terms of their length and width of 0.001 to 900 μm on a silicon wafer; 2) physically pressing a lithium metal to the silicon wafer having the uniform pattern formed thereon or applying liquid lithium to the silicon wafer and cooling the liquid lithium in order to form a uniform pattern on a surface of the lithium metal; and 3) separating the lithium metal having the uniform pattern formed thereon from the silicon wafer. 1) forming a uniform intaglio or embossed pattern comprising a plurality of repeating units each having a size in terms of their length and width of 0.001 to 900 μm on a silicon wafer; 2) physically pressing a lithium metal to the silicon wafer having the uniform pattern formed thereon or applying liquid lithium to the silicon wafer and cooling the liquid lithium in order to form a uniform pattern on a surface of the lithium metal; and 3) separating the lithium metal having the uniform pattern formed thereon from the silicon wafer.