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A structure comprising a substrate an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and a high-frequency line including a dielectric body, a signal electrode, and a ground electrode formed on the substrate and configured to transmit a high-frequency electric signal in a propagation direction, the high-frequency line comprises segments each having a length shorter than a wavelength of the high-frequency electric signal, in a top plan view on the substrate, the signal electrode, the ground electrode, and the dielectric body in one of the segments extend in the propagation direction, in the top plan view on the substrate, the signal electrode, the ground electrode, and the dielectric body in the one of the segments intersects with the optical waveguide in a crossing manner; the high-frequency line in the one of the segments has a characteristic impedance equal to a characteristic impedance in another one of the segments where the signal electrode, the ground electrode, and the dielectric body do not intersect with the optical waveguide in the top plan view, the high frequency line is a microstrip line; characterized in that: the signal electrode in the one of the segments where the high-frequency line intersects with the optical waveguide has portions of two or more different widths.
An electric arc welding method to be used with an arc welding arrangement (100; 202), said welding arrangement (100; 202) comprising a first power source, a first wire feeder for feeding a first electrode, a second wire feeder for feeding a second electrode, an electric arc welding head (1; 160) comprising a first contact device housing a first duct for guiding the first electrode and providing electrical contact between said first power source and said first electrode, a second contact device housing a second duct for guiding the second electrode and providing electrical contact between a power source (204; 205) and said second electrode, said first and second contact devices (3, 11) being electrically insulated from each other, said first electrode being adapted to act on a work piece for generating a weld pool via a first electric arc present between the first electrode and the work piece within a first arc region and said second electrode being adapted to act on said work piece for generating said weld pool via a second electric arc present between the second electrode and the work piece within a second arc region, which method is characterized in that: - said first electrode is operated at welding parameters adapted to maintain said first arc ignited and transfer molten electrode material from said first electrode to said weld pool; - said second electrode is operated at welding parameters adapted to ensure that excess energy from at least said first electrode is required to maintain said second arc ignited and transfer molten electrode material from said second electrode to said weld pool; and in that said method comprises the step of: - feeding said second electrode so that it is allowed to consume excess energy from said first electrode to ignite and maintain said second arc ignited and transfer molten electrode material from said second electrode to said weld pool. - said first electrode is operated at welding parameters adapted to maintain said first arc ignited and transfer molten electrode material from said first electrode to said weld pool; - said second electrode is operated at welding parameters adapted to ensure that excess energy from at least said first electrode is required to maintain said second arc ignited and transfer molten electrode material from said second electrode to said weld pool; - feeding said second electrode so that it is allowed to consume excess energy from said first electrode to ignite and maintain said second arc ignited and transfer molten electrode material from said second electrode to said weld pool.
A vertebral-column implant having an upper side, a lower side and a lateral surface, wherein the implant has anchoring elements for connection to end plates of adjacent vertebral bodies, wherein the implant has a central cavity that extends at least through the upper and/or lower side so that bone regeneration of the adjacent vertebral bodies can take place through the implant, wherein the vertebral-column implant comprises at least one first and one second component, wherein the components have anchoring elements and can be plugged together, and the vertebral-column implant has a first outer contour for implantation and a second outer contour in the implanted state, characterised in that the implant comprises ceramic material or consists of ceramic material, and the anchoring elements of the first component are received in recesses of the second component and/or the anchoring elements of the second component are received in recesses of the first component in such a way that the anchoring elements in the first outer contour do not project out beyond the upper and lower side and in the second outer contour protrude over the upper and/or lower side in such a way that they are connected to the end plates of the adjoining vertebral bodies, and wherein the second outer contour is formed by displacing the two components against each other out of the first outer contour of the vertebral-column implant.
A device for monitoring the operation of a pair of turboprop engines of an aircraft that comprises a fuselage provided with a pair of wings and is provided with at least a first turboprop engine and with a second turboprop engine; the device comprises a first acoustic sensor configured to detect the sound pressure generated by the first turboprop engine generating a respective first signal x(t) and a second acoustic sensor configured to detect the sound pressure generated by the second turboprop engine generating a respective second signal y(t); the device comprises an electronic processing unit that receives, at input, the first and second signals x(t),y(t) and provides, at output, data indicative of the operating state of the first and/or second turboprop engine (4 and 5), characterized in that the electronic unit is configured to iteratively calculate by means of a function Rx the similarity between the first signal x(t) at a time T1 and the first signal at a time T2 subsequent to the time T1 or, by means of a function Ry, the similarity between the second signal y(t) at a time T1 and the second signal at a time T2 subsequent to the time T1; the electronic unit is designed to detect and store the degrees of similarity calculated in successive iterations in order to detect situations of normal operation of the engines when the degrees of similarity calculated in successive iterations remain within a safety interval of a first value and to detect a potential fault in the engines when the degrees of similarity calculated in successive iterations depart from this safety interval tending towards a second value lower than the first value.
A method comprising: conveying a downhole tool (200, 201) within a wellbore, wherein the downhole tool comprises a laser cutting apparatus and a sealing material (271, 272, 273, 287, 279, 288, 289) disposed at least partially within or around a housing of the laser cutting apparatus or another portion of the downhole tool (200, 201); operating the laser cutting apparatus to remove material from at least one of: a subterranean formation penetrated by the wellbore; a casing secured within the wellbore; and a cement sheath securing the casing within the wellbore; and directing the sealing material into a void created by the material removal. conveying a downhole tool (200, 201) within a wellbore, wherein the downhole tool comprises a laser cutting apparatus and a sealing material (271, 272, 273, 287, 279, 288, 289) disposed at least partially within or around a housing of the laser cutting apparatus or another portion of the downhole tool (200, 201); operating the laser cutting apparatus to remove material from at least one of: a subterranean formation penetrated by the wellbore; a casing secured within the wellbore; and a cement sheath securing the casing within the wellbore; and a subterranean formation penetrated by the wellbore; a casing secured within the wellbore; and a cement sheath securing the casing within the wellbore; and directing the sealing material into a void created by the material removal.
A monitoring device for in-building monitoring of usage of a commodity supplied by a utility and contemporaneously displaying at least two usage metrics, comprising: receiver means for receiving information relating to at least a first of said two usage metrics, said first usage metric relating to present consumption rate or aggregate consumption of the commodity; and display means having a display area; characterized by light source means for selectively illuminating at least part of the display area with light of a selected one of a plurality of colours and varying the illuminated area of said display area; and control means (130, 142) responsive to the receiver means for controlling the light source means to select the illumination colour, the colour selected being indicative of one of the at least two usage metrics, and to vary the illuminated area, the area variation being indicative of another one of the at least two usage metrics. receiver means for receiving information relating to at least a first of said two usage metrics, said first usage metric relating to present consumption rate or aggregate consumption of the commodity; and display means having a display area; characterized by light source means for selectively illuminating at least part of the display area with light of a selected one of a plurality of colours and varying the illuminated area of said display area; and control means (130, 142) responsive to the receiver means for controlling the light source means to select the illumination colour, the colour selected being indicative of one of the at least two usage metrics, and to vary the illuminated area, the area variation being indicative of another one of the at least two usage metrics.
System for insulating buildings from the outside, comprising: - insulating elements - covered with sheets of cladding, which are fixed onto - a set of section pieces attached to the wall that is to be insulated, in which the insulating elements and the section pieces are held by brackets comprising a substantially flat first part for bearing against and attaching to the wall that is to be insulated and a substantially flat second part for bearing against, holding and fixing, for a substantially flat first part of the section pieces which comprise a substantially flat second part for bearing against the sheets of cladding, and the brackets are made of a material with a thermal conductivity of 0.5 W/m.K at most, characterized in that the section pieces are T-sections or L-sections in which: - a leg part is intended to be fixed bearing against a flat part of a bracket, some adjustable distance from a wall that is to be insulated, and - a top part constitutes a flat surface for bearing against a sheet of cladding; the top part comprising one or two turned-back flanges. - insulating elements - covered with sheets of cladding, which are fixed onto - a set of section pieces attached to the wall that is to be insulated, - a leg part is intended to be fixed bearing against a flat part of a bracket, some adjustable distance from a wall that is to be insulated, and - a top part constitutes a flat surface for bearing against a sheet of cladding; the top part comprising one or two turned-back flanges.
A method for detecting a short term irregularity of a road surface under a driving vehicle having at least a first wheel, the method comprising: a) determining a wheel speed sensor signal using a wheel speed sensor, the wheel speed sensor signal being indicative of wheel speed oscillations at the first wheel; b) determining a second sensor signal indicative of a time dependent vertical movement of the vehicle chassis, using a second sensor; and c) detecting a short term irregularity of a road surface under the driving vehicle based on the variance of the difference in time between two registrations of the wheel speed sensor signal and based on the second sensor signal. a) determining a wheel speed sensor signal using a wheel speed sensor, the wheel speed sensor signal being indicative of wheel speed oscillations at the first wheel; b) determining a second sensor signal indicative of a time dependent vertical movement of the vehicle chassis, using a second sensor; and c) detecting a short term irregularity of a road surface under the driving vehicle based on the variance of the difference in time between two registrations of the wheel speed sensor signal and based on the second sensor signal.
A sensor apparatus comprising: a rotor assembly comprising a rotor magnet responsive to a driving rotational input; a pole-piece assembly magnetically coupled to the rotor magnet and having a pole-piece configured to effect a respective detent torque in at least two detent locations, wherein, as the driving rotational input rotates beyond a threshold angle said detent torque is overcome, which causes the rotor magnet to angularly accelerate towards the other one of said at least two detent locations irrespective of a relatively low rate of rotation of the driving rotational input; a coil assembly magnetically coupled to the rotor magnet and the pole-piece assembly to generate a signal in response to rotation of the rotor magnet between said at least two detent locations; and a processor responsive to the signal from the coil assembly to determine data indicative of at least one characteristic of the rotational input. a rotor assembly comprising a rotor magnet responsive to a driving rotational input; a pole-piece assembly magnetically coupled to the rotor magnet and having a pole-piece configured to effect a respective detent torque in at least two detent locations, wherein, as the driving rotational input rotates beyond a threshold angle said detent torque is overcome, which causes the rotor magnet to angularly accelerate towards the other one of said at least two detent locations irrespective of a relatively low rate of rotation of the driving rotational input; a coil assembly magnetically coupled to the rotor magnet and the pole-piece assembly to generate a signal in response to rotation of the rotor magnet between said at least two detent locations; and a processor responsive to the signal from the coil assembly to determine data indicative of at least one characteristic of the rotational input.
An apparatus comprising, a device for illuminating the cornea of an eye of a patient to produce a multiplicity of reflected concentric circular rings from the entire cornea or a portion thereof, a computer assisted videokeratographer device for receiving the illuminated rings to produce topographic parameters of the rings of the cornea or the portion thereof, and a computer device configured for producing spherocylindrical curved surfaces in each ring to conform with the corneal surface of the eye; for determining corneal parameters for each ring on the spherocylindrical surfaces; and for obtaining a mean vectorial summated value for all of the rings representing a CorT astigmatism value for the entire cornea or the portion thereof. a device for illuminating the cornea of an eye of a patient to produce a multiplicity of reflected concentric circular rings from the entire cornea or a portion thereof, a computer assisted videokeratographer device for receiving the illuminated rings to produce topographic parameters of the rings of the cornea or the portion thereof, and a computer device configured for producing spherocylindrical curved surfaces in each ring to conform with the corneal surface of the eye; for determining corneal parameters for each ring on the spherocylindrical surfaces; and for obtaining a mean vectorial summated value for all of the rings representing a CorT astigmatism value for the entire cornea or the portion thereof.
A method for a user equipment, UE, wireless communications performed by the UE, comprising: determining a plurality of positioning state information, PSI, report elements, wherein each PSI report element comprises information related to positioning measurements performed by the UE, the PSI report elements comprising at least one positioning timing measurement and at least one quality metric associated with the at least one positioning timing measurement; generating a PSI report based on the PSI report elements and one or more priority based rules for the PSI report elements, wherein at least one low priority PSI report element is omitted from the PSI report, wherein in accordance with the one or more priority based rules, a quality metric has a lower priority than a positioning timing measurement associated with the quality metric; and transmitting on a lower layer channel the PSI report to a network entity in a channel container scheduled for the PSI report. determining a plurality of positioning state information, PSI, report elements, wherein each PSI report element comprises information related to positioning measurements performed by the UE, the PSI report elements comprising at least one positioning timing measurement and at least one quality metric associated with the at least one positioning timing measurement; generating a PSI report based on the PSI report elements and one or more priority based rules for the PSI report elements, wherein at least one low priority PSI report element is omitted from the PSI report, wherein in accordance with the one or more priority based rules, a quality metric has a lower priority than a positioning timing measurement associated with the quality metric; and transmitting on a lower layer channel the PSI report to a network entity in a channel container scheduled for the PSI report.
A method for drying transport and/or storage containers for radioactive waste, in particular for spent fuel assemblies, wherein the container comprises a primary lid, a container interior arranged beneath the primary lid and a carrier basket, wherein the container is first dewatered or mechanically dewatered and wherein, after the dewatering or after the mechanical dewatering of the container interior, vacuum drying of the container interior is then carried out, wherein, only after the vacuum drying and following the latter, at least one solid desiccant is introduced into the container interior for the removal of the residual water from the container interior - in particular for the removal of physically and/or chemically bound water, characterised in that the solid desiccant is calcium oxide and that the desiccant is introduced into the container interior by means of at least one filter candle. wherein the container is first dewatered or mechanically dewatered and wherein, after the dewatering or after the mechanical dewatering of the container interior, vacuum drying of the container interior is then carried out, wherein, only after the vacuum drying and following the latter, at least one solid desiccant is introduced into the container interior for the removal of the residual water from the container interior - in particular for the removal of physically and/or chemically bound water, characterised in that the solid desiccant is calcium oxide and that the desiccant is introduced into the container interior by means of at least one filter candle.
An apparatus for adapting a prefabricated item of footwear consisting, at least in part, of hard thermoplastic material to a user's foot and/or leg, wherein a pressure exerting element essentially enveloping said item of footwear and having an accommodating space intended for accommodating said item of footwear is provided, said accommodating space being at least partly delimited by a deformable material forming an inner layer (8") of said pressure exerting element, which contains a cavity (8"') and comprises an inlet opening intended for introducing a pressure application fluid, and wherein said pressure exerting element comprises an outer layer tightly bonded to said inner layer (8") to form said cavity (8"'), characterized in that at least one area of said pressure exerting element is formed such that said pressure application fluid will not enter.
A method for acquiring performance data of a telecommunications network, characterized by comprising: establishing, by a telecommunications network management system, a performance data acquisition task queue; generating, by the telecommunications network management system, a main acquisition task of performance data and adding the main acquisition task into the performance data acquisition task queue; acquiring, by the telecommunications network management system, the main acquisition task from the performance data acquisition task queue and executing the main acquisition task, and after the execution of the main acquisition task fails, generating a supplementary acquisition task corresponding to the main acquisition task and adding the supplementary acquisition task into the performance data acquisition task queue; acquiring and executing, by the telecommunications network management system, the supplementary acquisition task from the performance data acquisition task queue. establishing, by a telecommunications network management system, a performance data acquisition task queue; generating, by the telecommunications network management system, a main acquisition task of performance data and adding the main acquisition task into the performance data acquisition task queue; acquiring, by the telecommunications network management system, the main acquisition task from the performance data acquisition task queue and executing the main acquisition task, and after the execution of the main acquisition task fails, generating a supplementary acquisition task corresponding to the main acquisition task and adding the supplementary acquisition task into the performance data acquisition task queue; acquiring and executing, by the telecommunications network management system, the supplementary acquisition task from the performance data acquisition task queue.
A single use vaginal or anal electro-stimulation device for the neuromuscular electro-stimulation of the muscles of the pelvic floor complex, which device comprises a body and at least two electro-conductive elements located at or on the external surface of the body, components internal to the device body comprising an internal power source and internal control circuitry, characterised in that the device is self-contained, the internal control circuitry is under microprocessor control and the microprocessor is pre-programmed to generate and control a single electro-stimulating treatment session that is not alterable by the user, the waveform comprising two or more components each component being a train of regularly spaced pulses.
A method for obtaining flowable oil comprising the steps of providing a population of oil-producing microorganisms; recovering oil from the microorganisms, wherein the recovered oil is at a first temperature; reducing the first temperature of the recovered oil over a first period of time to a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is -10°C to 9°C; and applying mechanical energy to the recovered oil during the first period of time thereby producing the flowable oil, wherein the method is carried out without further purification steps and in the absence of agents that decrease oil viscosity.