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An electric power supply circuit comprising: a rectifier circuit which is connectable to an alternating current power source and which is configured to rectify alternating current power; a smoothing circuit which has two capacitors (C1 and C2) serially connected to each other and which is connected to an output side of the rectifier circuit; a switching element which, when turned into an ON state, is configured to connect the alternating current power source and a midpoint between the two capacitors (C1 and C2); and a PAM control section which is configured to output a pulse signal for switching the switching element, at a predetermined timing based on a zero-cross point of an input voltage of the rectifier circuit, wherein the electric power supply circuit is characterized in that the PAM control section includes: a phase difference detection section which is configured to determine based on a change in a voltage difference between the two capacitors (C1 and C2), the change in the voltage difference between the two capacitors (C1 and C2) being obtained by comparing voltage differences during periods with different output phases of the pulse signal in which the switching element is in an OFF state for more than a certain period of time in one cycle of the input voltage, a shift of an output phase of the pulse signal; and a phase correction section which is configured to correct the output phase of the pulse signal by the determined shift. a rectifier circuit which is connectable to an alternating current power source and which is configured to rectify alternating current power; a smoothing circuit which has two capacitors (C1 and C2) serially connected to each other and which is connected to an output side of the rectifier circuit; a switching element which, when turned into an ON state, is configured to connect the alternating current power source and a midpoint between the two capacitors (C1 and C2); and a PAM control section which is configured to output a pulse signal for switching the switching element, at a predetermined timing based on a zero-cross point of an input voltage of the rectifier circuit, wherein the electric power supply circuit is characterized in that the PAM control section includes: a phase difference detection section which is configured to determine based on a change in a voltage difference between the two capacitors (C1 and C2), the change in the voltage difference between the two capacitors (C1 and C2) being obtained by comparing voltage differences during periods with different output phases of the pulse signal in which the switching element is in an OFF state for more than a certain period of time in one cycle of the input voltage, a shift of an output phase of the pulse signal; and a phase correction section which is configured to correct the output phase of the pulse signal by the determined shift.
Method for determining a rack force for a steering device in a vehicle, characterized in that the rack force (forZS) is obtained as a function of a multiplicity of models, characterized in that a component (forESM), relating to a driving process, of the rack force (forZS) is generated by means of a first model, and a component, relating to a parking process, of the rack force (forZS) is generated by means of at least one second model.
A method for incentivizing competitive gameplay, the method comprising: receiving gameplay data from a plurality of players in a multiplayer network, the gameplay data received from respective player devices over a communication network, the players including ranked players who engage in competitive gameplay and a non-ranked player who does not engage in the same competitive gameplay as the ranked players; evaluating metrics for each of the plurality of players based on the respective gameplay data; generating ranked profiles for the ranked players based on the metrics; generating a non-ranked profile for the non-ranked player based on the metrics; mapping the ranked profiles and the non-ranked profile in a vector-space comprising a plurality of dimensions, wherein one gameplay metric corresponds to one of the dimensions in the vector-space; presenting a notification to the non-ranked player based on a distance in the vector-space between the non-ranked profile and at least one ranked profile, wherein the notification provides an incentive for the non-ranked player to engage in the competitive gameplay; defining at least one tier to group a portion of the ranked players in the vector-space based on relative positions of the ranked profiles for the portion of the ranked players; and determining the distance in the vector-space between the non-ranked profile and the at least one ranked profile, wherein presenting the notification further comprises presenting the notification to indicate a potential rank corresponding to the at least one tier when the distance in the vector-space is within a threshold distance. receiving gameplay data from a plurality of players in a multiplayer network, the gameplay data received from respective player devices over a communication network, the players including ranked players who engage in competitive gameplay and a non-ranked player who does not engage in the same competitive gameplay as the ranked players; evaluating metrics for each of the plurality of players based on the respective gameplay data; generating ranked profiles for the ranked players based on the metrics; generating a non-ranked profile for the non-ranked player based on the metrics; mapping the ranked profiles and the non-ranked profile in a vector-space comprising a plurality of dimensions, wherein one gameplay metric corresponds to one of the dimensions in the vector-space; presenting a notification to the non-ranked player based on a distance in the vector-space between the non-ranked profile and at least one ranked profile, wherein the notification provides an incentive for the non-ranked player to engage in the competitive gameplay; defining at least one tier to group a portion of the ranked players in the vector-space based on relative positions of the ranked profiles for the portion of the ranked players; and determining the distance in the vector-space between the non-ranked profile and the at least one ranked profile, wherein presenting the notification further comprises presenting the notification to indicate a potential rank corresponding to the at least one tier when the distance in the vector-space is within a threshold distance.
A polyester film comprising a polyester resin wherein: the polyester film has a specific heat change at 85°C to 135°C (ΔCp) of from 0.06 to 0.1 J/g, and has a thermal shrinkage of from 0.05 to 0.5%, and the polyester resin, obtained by reacting a dicarboxylic acid or an ester derivative thereof with a diol compound has an intrinsic viscosity IV of from 0.73 to 0.9 dL/g, whereby the measuring methods for ΔCp, the thermal shrinkage and the intrinsic viscosity IV are described in the specification. the polyester film has a specific heat change at 85°C to 135°C (ΔCp) of from 0.06 to 0.1 J/g, and has a thermal shrinkage of from 0.05 to 0.5%, and the polyester resin, obtained by reacting a dicarboxylic acid or an ester derivative thereof with a diol compound has an intrinsic viscosity IV of from 0.73 to 0.9 dL/g, whereby the measuring methods for ΔCp, the thermal shrinkage and the intrinsic viscosity IV are described in the specification.
A medical tubular device comprising a body structure having an elongate hollow structure extending from a first end to a second end of the medical tubular device and having a luminal surface and an external surface, wherein said body structure having a continuous matrix of a host polymer matrix and comprises an interpenetrating polymer network comprising the host polymer matrix and at least one hydrogel guest polymer domain of a guest polymer comprising a plurality of interconnected paths of the guest polymer, which is interpenetrating the host polymer matrix, wherein said host polymer matrix is a covalently cross-linked elastomer matrix, wherein said at least one hydrogel polymer domain comprises a luminal surface guest polymer domain comprising at least a part of the luminal surface, wherein a plurality of the paths of the guest polymer coincide and form at least a part of said luminal surface and wherein said luminal surface comprises zwitterionic moieties, said zwitterionic moieties being covalently bonded to said guest polymer.
A method of managing electronic safes (CF 1A, CF 2A) implemented by a server on behalf of at least one user possessing at least a first electronic safe (CF 1A), characterized in that the method comprises: a step of implementing access means designed to provide said user with access, via a second safe (CF 2A) belonging to said user, to a set of data (" Pers ") forming part of a content accessible via the first electronic safe (CF 1A), said access requiring an authentication of said user as user to whom said second safe belongs, which implies that said user can read, modify, delete and/or store electronic data, said step of implementing access means being intended to be carried out in case of an authentication of said user as the user owning the first electronic safe (CF 1A). a step of implementing access means designed to provide said user with access, via a second safe (CF 2A) belonging to said user, to a set of data (" Pers ") forming part of a content accessible via the first electronic safe (CF 1A), said access requiring an authentication of said user as user to whom said second safe belongs, which implies that said user can read, modify, delete and/or store electronic data, said step of implementing access means being intended to be carried out in case of an authentication of said user as the user owning the first electronic safe (CF 1A).
Method for thermal treatment rolled aluminium ingots in a furnace, which for temperature regulation and temperature monitoring as well as furnace control is connected with a superordinate process management system, wherein a ring hearth furnace is used as the furnace and has between a thermally insulated outer housing and a thermally insulated inner housing a rotationally driven ring hearth base sealed relative to the housings (3, 4) and wherein the ring hearth furnace, which is closed by a thermally insulated ceiling, is constructed with at least one closable charging and discharging opening (15; 15a; 15b) and is heated by gas or electrically, wherein for convection heating of the rolled aluminium ingots introduced into the ring hearth furnace air is sucked upwardly from the ring hearth interior, which is enclosed by the outer and inner housings (3, 4), by circulating fans provided at the ceiling side and distributed over the circumference of the ceiling, characterised in that the inducted air is initially conducted along heating means (20a, 20b; 21), which are arranged at the ceiling side and project into the hearth interior, and thereafter flows into pressure channels, which extend, at the inner walls of the outer and inner housings (3, 4), below the heating means (20a, 20b; 21) to the furnace base and from which air increasingly heating during the heating-up phase is blown against the rolled aluminium ingots by way of slot nozzles in order to heat the rolled aluminium ingots.
An electrode for an ablation catheter, the electrode comprising a substantially cylindrical body having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen therethrough, the substantially cylindrical body comprising: a first layer comprised of a first conducting material; an electrically insulating layer comprising an electrically insulating material; and a second layer (40/42) comprised of a second conducting material different from the first conducting material, wherein: the electrically insulating layer is between the first and second layers; the first layer is substantially cylindrical; the first and second layers are in electrically conductive contact at a contact point forming a thermocouple, characterized in that: the thermocouple is positioned within a region of the cylindrical body, the region centrally-located between the proximal and distal ends of the cylindrical body, and the electrically insulating layer is between the first and second layers except for at least the contact point. a first layer comprised of a first conducting material; an electrically insulating layer comprising an electrically insulating material; and a second layer (40/42) comprised of a second conducting material different from the first conducting material, wherein: the electrically insulating layer is between the first and second layers; the first layer is substantially cylindrical; the first and second layers are in electrically conductive contact at a contact point forming a thermocouple, the electrically insulating layer is between the first and second layers; the first layer is substantially cylindrical; the first and second layers are in electrically conductive contact at a contact point forming a thermocouple, the thermocouple is positioned within a region of the cylindrical body, the region centrally-located between the proximal and distal ends of the cylindrical body, and the electrically insulating layer is between the first and second layers except for at least the contact point.
Method for moving a queue of vehicles consisting of a first vehicle and at least one second vehicle continuously and directly following the first vehicle, wherein the vehicles (f1, f2) are at least temporarily moved along a route at a presettable, constant distance from each other on the basis of a presettable overall operating strategy assigned to the queue of vehicles, characterised in that - an individual operating strategy (E1, E2) is preset for the respective vehicles (f1, f2) as a function of an ahead route profile, the individual operating strategies (E1, E2) of the vehicles (f1, f2) being different from each other, - the distance (d) between the vehicles (f1, f2) is increased within the overall operating strategy before the queue of vehicles reaches the route profile, - the respective vehicle (f1, f2) is moved along the route profile on the basis of the respective individual operating strategy (E1, E2), and - the queue of vehicles is moved on the basis of the overall operating strategy after travelling the route profile. - an individual operating strategy (E1, E2) is preset for the respective vehicles (f1, f2) as a function of an ahead route profile, the individual operating strategies (E1, E2) of the vehicles (f1, f2) being different from each other, - the distance (d) between the vehicles (f1, f2) is increased within the overall operating strategy before the queue of vehicles reaches the route profile, - the respective vehicle (f1, f2) is moved along the route profile on the basis of the respective individual operating strategy (E1, E2), and - the queue of vehicles is moved on the basis of the overall operating strategy after travelling the route profile.
An aircraft comprising: a tail cone; an engine compartment; a liquid cooled internal combustion power plant housed in the engine compartment in the tail cone; and a cooling system for the liquid cooled internal combustion power plant, the cooling system comprising: a tail cone inlet defined through a wall of the tail cone and fluidly communicating with an environment outside the aircraft; a wall inlet defined through a firewall of the engine compartment, wherein the firewall is substantially transversal relative to the wall of the tail cone; a blower within the engine compartment and having a blower inlet and a blower outlet, the blower inlet fluidly communicating with the environment via the tail cone inlet, via the wall inlet, and via an interior of the engine compartment, the blower outlet defined through a wall of the aircraft and fluidly communicating with the environment; and a cooling flow path extending from the tail cone inlet to an air outlet and across the wall inlet, the cooling flow path configured for heat exchange relationship with the liquid cooled internal combustion power plant. a tail cone; an engine compartment; a liquid cooled internal combustion power plant housed in the engine compartment in the tail cone; and a cooling system for the liquid cooled internal combustion power plant, the cooling system comprising: a tail cone inlet defined through a wall of the tail cone and fluidly communicating with an environment outside the aircraft; a wall inlet defined through a firewall of the engine compartment, wherein the firewall is substantially transversal relative to the wall of the tail cone; a blower within the engine compartment and having a blower inlet and a blower outlet, the blower inlet fluidly communicating with the environment via the tail cone inlet, via the wall inlet, and via an interior of the engine compartment, the blower outlet defined through a wall of the aircraft and fluidly communicating with the environment; and a cooling flow path extending from the tail cone inlet to an air outlet and across the wall inlet, the cooling flow path configured for heat exchange relationship with the liquid cooled internal combustion power plant. a tail cone inlet defined through a wall of the tail cone and fluidly communicating with an environment outside the aircraft; a wall inlet defined through a firewall of the engine compartment, wherein the firewall is substantially transversal relative to the wall of the tail cone; a blower within the engine compartment and having a blower inlet and a blower outlet, the blower inlet fluidly communicating with the environment via the tail cone inlet, via the wall inlet, and via an interior of the engine compartment, the blower outlet defined through a wall of the aircraft and fluidly communicating with the environment; and a cooling flow path extending from the tail cone inlet to an air outlet and across the wall inlet, the cooling flow path configured for heat exchange relationship with the liquid cooled internal combustion power plant.
Unoriented film comprising at least one layer, said layer comprises at least 70 wt.-% of a polymer composition (Co), said composition (Co) comprises (a) a propylene copolymer having a melt flow rate MFR 2 (230 °C) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of more than 2.0 to 15.0 g/10min, a comonomer content in the range of more than 7.5 to 16.5 wt.-%, and a xylene cold soluble content determined according ISO 16152 (25 °C) in the range of 25.0 to 55.0 wt.-%, wherein the comonomer content of xylene cold soluble fraction of the propylene copolymer is in the range of 14.0 to 30.0 wt.-%, and (b) a styrenic based elastomer(s) having a styrene content in the range of 5 to equal or below 15 wt.-%, wherein the polypropylene has a melting temperature in the range of 145 to 160°C. (a) a propylene copolymer having a melt flow rate MFR 2 (230 °C) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of more than 2.0 to 15.0 g/10min, a comonomer content in the range of more than 7.5 to 16.5 wt.-%, and a xylene cold soluble content determined according ISO 16152 (25 °C) in the range of 25.0 to 55.0 wt.-%, wherein the comonomer content of xylene cold soluble fraction of the propylene copolymer is in the range of 14.0 to 30.0 wt.-%, and a melt flow rate MFR 2 (230 °C) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of more than 2.0 to 15.0 g/10min, a comonomer content in the range of more than 7.5 to 16.5 wt.-%, and a xylene cold soluble content determined according ISO 16152 (25 °C) in the range of 25.0 to 55.0 wt.-%, the comonomer content of xylene cold soluble fraction of the propylene copolymer is in the range of 14.0 to 30.0 wt.-%, (b) a styrenic based elastomer(s) having a styrene content in the range of 5 to equal or below 15 wt.-%, wherein the polypropylene has a melting temperature in the range of 145 to 160°C.
A fired diatomite insulating body comprising a base material of: (a) 50-95 wt.% of diatomaceous earth in the naturally occurring, non-calcined form, (b) 5-50 wt.% of a binder, and optionally (c) one or more fillers; wherein the content of metals selected from iron (Fe 2 O 3), aluminium (Al 2 O 3), calcium (CaO) and magnesium (MgO) in the base material is at least 0.5 wt.%, and wherein the insulating body further comprises (d) a metal-masking agent selected from aluminium dihydrogen phosphate and mono ammonium phosphate, and wherein the molar equivalent ratio between the metal-masking agent and said metals, i.e the ratio between the molar contents of phosphorous in the metal-masking agent and the sum of the molar contents of said metal atoms, is at least 30:100; and/or wherein said insulating body exhibits less than 2 % of linear shrinkage after heating to 1200°C for 12 hours (EN 1094-6:1999).
A drag-inducing mat for a water ride system, comprising: a main body configured to accommodate a rider, wherein the main body comprises a rider surface configured to face the rider and an opposing surface configured to face a slide surface; and a sipe array defined within the opposing surface, wherein the sipe array includes a plurality of sipes that extends from a first lateral edge of the main body to a second lateral edge of the main body to selectively induce friction between the main body and the slide surface based on force applied to the sipe array by the rider; wherein sipe walls of each sipe of the plurality of sipes are configured to primarily contact one another when the drag-inducing mat is not compressed by the rider, and wherein the sipe walls move away from one another when the drag-inducing mat is compressed. a main body configured to accommodate a rider, wherein the main body comprises a rider surface configured to face the rider and an opposing surface configured to face a slide surface; and a sipe array defined within the opposing surface, wherein the sipe array includes a plurality of sipes that extends from a first lateral edge of the main body to a second lateral edge of the main body to selectively induce friction between the main body and the slide surface based on force applied to the sipe array by the rider;
Process for obtaining aliphatic C 3 -C 10 -aldehydes from high boilers formed in the hydroformylation of the corresponding C 2 -C 9 -olefins in a heterogeneous reaction system using an aqueous solution containing dissolved transition metal complexes of group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements with water-soluble, organic phosphorus compounds, where the reaction mixture taken from the hydroformylation reactor is separated into an aqueous phase containing transition metal complex and an organic phase, the organic phase which has been separated off is, after removal of volatile constituents, distilled in a first distillation column and an overhead product and a bottom product are obtained, characterized in that the bottom product obtained in this way is introduced into a second distillation column and the n-aldehyde is obtained as overhead product and a mixture of the n-aldehyde and the high boilers is discharged as bottom product and in that this bottom product is introduced into a third distillation column which is operated under such conditions that no dissociation of the high boilers into n-aldehyde and iso-aldehyde occurs and in that the bottom product of the third distillation column is introduced into a fourth distillation column in which the bottom product from the third distillation column which has been fed in is dissociated at elevated temperature and a mixture of n-aldehyde and iso-aldehyde is taken off as overhead product.