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Satellite telecommunications system comprising at least one terrestrial user terminal, characterised in that it comprises at least one so-called optical gateway satellite in Earth orbit, comprising a payload, said payload comprising: - a communication module, referred to as a gateway module, suitable for exchanging data in the form of optical signals with at least one terrestrial optical gateway station, and for exchanging data in the form of radio-frequency signals with at least one terrestrial radio gateway station, characterized in that - the payload comprises a communication module, referred to as a user module, suitable for exchanging data with said terrestrial user terminal, - the satellite telecommunications system further comprising a control module configured such that it determines whether an optical path exists between the optical gateway satellite and an optical gateway station and such that it routes the data from the user terminal to a radio gateway station in the absence of any optical path. - a communication module, referred to as a gateway module, suitable for exchanging data in the form of optical signals with at least one terrestrial optical gateway station, and for exchanging data in the form of radio-frequency signals with at least one terrestrial radio gateway station, characterized in that - the payload comprises a communication module, referred to as a user module, suitable for exchanging data with said terrestrial user terminal, - the satellite telecommunications system further comprising a control module configured such that it determines whether an optical path exists between the optical gateway satellite and an optical gateway station and such that it routes the data from the user terminal to a radio gateway station in the absence of any optical path.
A device for flowing molten glass suitable for installation on a glass melting furnace, comprising: - a flow channel having an outlet of given diameter; and - a device for regulating the flow of molten glass at the outlet of the flow channel, characterized in that the device for regulating the flow of molten glass comprises: - a removable plate comprising a through-orifice the area of which is smaller than the area of the outlet of the flow channel; and - a movable shuttering means suitable for adjustably shuttering the outlet of the flow channel or the through-orifice of the removable plate, said movable shuttering means being an unapertured plate and being cooled by a cooling system located in the thickness of the unapertured plate. - a flow channel having an outlet of given diameter; and - a device for regulating the flow of molten glass at the outlet of the flow channel, characterized in that the device for regulating the flow of molten glass comprises: - a removable plate comprising a through-orifice the area of which is smaller than the area of the outlet of the flow channel; and - a movable shuttering means suitable for adjustably shuttering the outlet of the flow channel or the through-orifice of the removable plate, said movable shuttering means being an unapertured plate and being cooled by a cooling system located in the thickness of the unapertured plate. - a removable plate comprising a through-orifice the area of which is smaller than the area of the outlet of the flow channel; and - a movable shuttering means suitable for adjustably shuttering the outlet of the flow channel or the through-orifice of the removable plate, said movable shuttering means being an unapertured plate and being cooled by a cooling system located in the thickness of the unapertured plate.
A method of bioimpedance vector analysis technology to evaluate local or whole body bone mineral density, comprising the steps of: (a) measuring a resistance and a reactance of a subject with a bioimpedance measuring instrument, obtaining a height of said subject, and then dividing the height of said subject by said resistance to obtain a first value, and dividing the height of said subject by said reactance to obtain a second value; and (b) comparing said first value and said second value with a bioimpedance vector analysis chart by the bioimpedance measuring instrument to evaluate the local or whole body bone mineral density of said subject. (a) measuring a resistance and a reactance of a subject with a bioimpedance measuring instrument, obtaining a height of said subject, and then dividing the height of said subject by said resistance to obtain a first value, and dividing the height of said subject by said reactance to obtain a second value; and (b) comparing said first value and said second value with a bioimpedance vector analysis chart by the bioimpedance measuring instrument to evaluate the local or whole body bone mineral density of said subject.
A building panel comprising: a surface layer comprising a wood veneer, wherein the wood veneer comprises cracks; a wood fibre based core, and a sub-layer arranged between the surface layer and the wood fibre based core, wherein the sub-layer comprises wood fibres and a binder, wherein the surface layer has surface portions comprising wood fibres and binder from the sub-layer extending into the wood veneer, characterized in that the sub-layer fills the cracks of the wood veneer, and wherein said surface portions are flush with a remainder of the surface layer. a surface layer comprising a wood veneer, wherein the wood veneer comprises cracks; a wood fibre based core, and a sub-layer arranged between the surface layer and the wood fibre based core, wherein the sub-layer comprises wood fibres and a binder, wherein the surface layer has surface portions comprising wood fibres and binder from the sub-layer extending into the wood veneer, characterized in that the sub-layer fills the cracks of the wood veneer, and wherein said surface portions are flush with a remainder of the surface layer.
A therapeutic composition comprising heat-treated clear tomato concentrate, wherein the total free amino acid concentration is less than 2% w/w, wherein the heat-treated clear tomato concentrate is obtained by heating the CTC at 90° C for a period of between 1 and 3 hours.
Method for protecting against engassing of a heat transfer fluid in a cooling system of a heat engine, the system comprising a radiator and a regulation element opening an at least partial passage of the fluid towards the radiator from a first predetermined setpoint temperature reached by the fluid, the passage towards the radiator carrying out at least partial degassing of the fluid, characterized in that it is carried out, on the one hand, a counting of the duration of opening of the passage to the radiator and, on the other hand, a counting of the total engassing duration of the fluid as soon as the heat engine is rotating counted as long as a predetermined at least partial degassing considered to be sufficient has not been carried out during one or more consecutive runs (R, R+1) of the motor vehicle, a first duration of opening of the passage being predetermined as being sufficient to carry out said predetermined at least partial degassing, the opening and gassing duration counts being reset to zero (Ri) as soon as the first opening duration is reached.
A method of fixing a tissue sample, wherein: (a) the tissue sample is immersed in a high-concentration aldehyde fixative solution having a formalin concentration of greater than 20% at a temperature within the range of about -20°C to about 15°C for a first time period from about 15 minutes up to about 4 hours; and (b) the tissue sample is immersed in a 5-10% formalin solution at a second temperature within the range of about 22°C to about 50°C for a second time period from greater than 15 minutes up to at least about 5 hours. (a) the tissue sample is immersed in a high-concentration aldehyde fixative solution having a formalin concentration of greater than 20% at a temperature within the range of about -20°C to about 15°C for a first time period from about 15 minutes up to about 4 hours; and (b) the tissue sample is immersed in a 5-10% formalin solution at a second temperature within the range of about 22°C to about 50°C for a second time period from greater than 15 minutes up to at least about 5 hours.
LED operating circuit, having: a) a circuit block for supplying an adjustable DC voltage (V Bus), and b) a clocked constant current source, i.e. a DC/DC converter, supplied with the DC voltage (V Bus), with a switch, clocked by a control unit in such a way that a reduction in the switch-on time (t ON) of the switch results in a reduction in the supply of power, wherein one or several LEDs are suppliable originating from the constant current source, c) wherein the control unit is designed, in addition to reducing the switch-on time (t ON), to change at least one further control variable of the constant current source or of the circuit block for the supplying of DC, d) wherein the further control variable of the circuit block is the presetting of a target value of the adjustable DC output voltage of the circuit block for providing a DC voltage, and e) wherein the control unit is designed to reduce the switch-on time (t ON) of the switch up to a minimum value (t ON_MIN) to then reduce the supply of power of the constant current source by lowering the DC voltage (V Bus). a) a circuit block for supplying an adjustable DC voltage (V Bus), and b) a clocked constant current source, i.e. a DC/DC converter, supplied with the DC voltage (V Bus), with a switch, clocked by a control unit in such a way that a reduction in the switch-on time (t ON) of the switch results in a reduction in the supply of power, wherein one or several LEDs are suppliable originating from the constant current source, c) wherein the control unit is designed, in addition to reducing the switch-on time (t ON), to change at least one further control variable of the constant current source or of the circuit block for the supplying of DC, d) wherein the further control variable of the circuit block is the presetting of a target value of the adjustable DC output voltage of the circuit block for providing a DC voltage, and e) wherein the control unit is designed to reduce the switch-on time (t ON) of the switch up to a minimum value (t ON_MIN) to then reduce the supply of power of the constant current source by lowering the DC voltage (V Bus).
Filling station for an automated refilling of a gas bottle by an end-user comprising an insertion device for inserting of an emptied gas bottle into the filling station, a closing device for closing the filling station after the insertion of the gas bottle such that a removal of the gas bottle is not possible after closing, a filling device for an automated filling, after said closing, of a gas bottle that has been inserted into the filling station, characterized in that there is a gas testing device for an automated gas leakage test subsequent to a refilling of an inserted gas bottle and a release device that releases a refilled gas bottle only after a successful gas leakage test and thereby enables a removal of a refilled gas bottle, and an emptying device, by which the content of an inserted gas bottle can be sucked off.
An ablation catheter comprising: a transparent expandable membrane, an imaging member disposed within the expandable membrane; a diffuse reflector secured to a proximal portion of an external surface of the expandable membrane; a light source disposed within the expandable membrane and positioned to direct light generally radially outward towards the diffuse reflector such that diffuse reflection of the light is directed towards a field of view of the imaging member; characterised in that the ablation catheter comprises a plurality of ablation electrodes secured to an exterior of the expandable membrane; and a light absorber adapted to reduce specular reflection of light from at least one of the plurality of ablation electrodes into the field of view of the imaging member, wherein the light absorber is positioned between the at least one ablation electrode and the expandable membrane. a transparent expandable membrane, an imaging member disposed within the expandable membrane; a diffuse reflector secured to a proximal portion of an external surface of the expandable membrane; a light source disposed within the expandable membrane and positioned to direct light generally radially outward towards the diffuse reflector such that diffuse reflection of the light is directed towards a field of view of the imaging member; characterised in that the ablation catheter comprises a plurality of ablation electrodes secured to an exterior of the expandable membrane; and a light absorber adapted to reduce specular reflection of light from at least one of the plurality of ablation electrodes into the field of view of the imaging member, wherein the light absorber is positioned between the at least one ablation electrode and the expandable membrane.
An enlarging displacement mechanism for a head portion of a liquid ejection mechanism configured to enlarge an amount of displacement of an actuator, the mechanism comprising: an accommodation chamber in which an elastic material is accommodated; and a deformation portion that forms at least a portion of a wall surface of the accommodation chamber and is capable of being displaced in a first direction which is a direction away from the accommodation chamber in a state where an elastic force acting in a second direction approaching the accommodation chamber is generated by a pressure of the elastic material when the actuator applies a pressure to the elastic material, wherein an area of the deformation portion in contact with the elastic material is smaller than an area of a region of the elastic material subjected to pressure from the actuator; characterised in that the deformation portion is formed of a diaphragm that is flexibly deformable; wherein a filler having a compressibility lower than that of the elastic material is disposed dispersedly in the accommodation chamber. an accommodation chamber in which an elastic material is accommodated; and a deformation portion that forms at least a portion of a wall surface of the accommodation chamber and is capable of being displaced in a first direction which is a direction away from the accommodation chamber in a state where an elastic force acting in a second direction approaching the accommodation chamber is generated by a pressure of the elastic material when the actuator applies a pressure to the elastic material, wherein an area of the deformation portion in contact with the elastic material is smaller than an area of a region of the elastic material subjected to pressure from the actuator; characterised in that the deformation portion is formed of a diaphragm that is flexibly deformable; wherein a filler having a compressibility lower than that of the elastic material is disposed dispersedly in the accommodation chamber.
A digital optical transmitter comprising: pre-equalization factor computation means (102; 203) for generating transform functions; pre-equalization signal generation means (101; 202) for generating third data and fourth data from first data and second data, by the use of the generated transform functions; and an optical modulator comprising a splitting unit for splitting an optical signal into two, a first optical modulator for performing optical modulation of one of the split optical signals on the basis of the third data, a second optical modulator for performing optical modulation of the other one of the split optical signals on the basis of the fourth data, and a combining unit for combining the two optical signals having received the optical modulations and outputting the combined optical signal, characterized in that the transform functions are functions for generating the third data by adding the second data modified by a characteristic of the optical modulator, to the first data, and generating the fourth data by adding the first data modified by a characteristic of the optical modulator, to the second data, in a manner to compensate waveform distortion to occur in the optical modulator. pre-equalization factor computation means (102; 203) for generating transform functions; pre-equalization signal generation means (101; 202) for generating third data and fourth data from first data and second data, by the use of the generated transform functions; and an optical modulator comprising a splitting unit for splitting an optical signal into two, a first optical modulator for performing optical modulation of one of the split optical signals on the basis of the third data, a second optical modulator for performing optical modulation of the other one of the split optical signals on the basis of the fourth data, and a combining unit for combining the two optical signals having received the optical modulations and outputting the combined optical signal, characterized in that the transform functions are functions for generating the third data by adding the second data modified by a characteristic of the optical modulator, to the first data, and generating the fourth data by adding the first data modified by a characteristic of the optical modulator, to the second data, in a manner to compensate waveform distortion to occur in the optical modulator.
A diaper assembly comprising: a diaper comprising an inner surface and a rear edge; and a blocking member coupled to a portion of the inner surface in a location that forms a seal between the inner surface and the intergluteal cleft when the diaper assembly is worn, the blocking member being elongated and aligned approximately parallel to the rear edge and comprising: a resilient pad coextensive with the portion of the inner surface, the resilient pad comprising a foam or polyester batting; and an attachment layer bonded to the resilient pad and capable of being repositionably attached to the inner surface at a plurality of locations, wherein the attachment layer has an outer surface and a male element of a mechanical fastener disposed on the outer surface. a diaper comprising an inner surface and a rear edge; and a blocking member coupled to a portion of the inner surface in a location that forms a seal between the inner surface and the intergluteal cleft when the diaper assembly is worn, the blocking member being elongated and aligned approximately parallel to the rear edge and comprising: a resilient pad coextensive with the portion of the inner surface, the resilient pad comprising a foam or polyester batting; and an attachment layer bonded to the resilient pad and capable of being repositionably attached to the inner surface at a plurality of locations, wherein the attachment layer has an outer surface and a male element of a mechanical fastener disposed on the outer surface. a resilient pad coextensive with the portion of the inner surface, the resilient pad comprising a foam or polyester batting; and an attachment layer bonded to the resilient pad and capable of being repositionably attached to the inner surface at a plurality of locations, wherein the attachment layer has an outer surface and a male element of a mechanical fastener disposed on the outer surface.
Laminated hybrid composite for ballistic protection, comprising a central thermoplastic polymer layer sandwiched between two laminated thermoset material layers; wherein the central thermoplastic polymer layer is a solid layer, wherein the central thermoplastic polymer layer is made up of polyethylene, wherein said central thermoplastic polymer layer is a stack of 5 to 200 plies of thermoplastic polymer, and wherein each of said laminated thermoset material layers comprise a stack of 5 to 30 carbon fibre fabric plies prepreg by a varnish.
A quantization unit configured to quantize a first coefficient of a block of coefficients; wherein the block of coefficients comprises a plurality of coefficients for a plurality of corresponding frequency bins; wherein the quantization unit is configured to - provide a set (326, 327) of quantizers; wherein the set (326, 327) of quantizers comprises a limited number of different quantizers (321, 322, 323) associated with different signal-to-noise ratios, referred to as SNR, respectively; wherein the different quantizers of the set of quantizers are ordered according to their SNR; the set (326, 327) of quantizers (321, 322, 323) including - a noise-filling quantizer; wherein the noise-filling quantizer is configured to quantize the first coefficient by replacing a value of the first coefficient with a random value generated according to a pre-determined statistical model; - one or more dithered quantizers; and - one or more un-dithered deterministic quantizers; - determine an SNR indication indicative of an SNR attributed to the first coefficient; - select a first quantizer from the set (326, 327) of quantizers, based on the SNR indication; and - quantize the first coefficient using the first quantizer. - provide a set (326, 327) of quantizers; wherein the set (326, 327) of quantizers comprises a limited number of different quantizers (321, 322, 323) associated with different signal-to-noise ratios, referred to as SNR, respectively; wherein the different quantizers of the set of quantizers are ordered according to their SNR; the set (326, 327) of quantizers (321, 322, 323) including - a noise-filling quantizer; wherein the noise-filling quantizer is configured to quantize the first coefficient by replacing a value of the first coefficient with a random value generated according to a pre-determined statistical model; - one or more dithered quantizers; and - one or more un-dithered deterministic quantizers; - a noise-filling quantizer; wherein the noise-filling quantizer is configured to quantize the first coefficient by replacing a value of the first coefficient with a random value generated according to a pre-determined statistical model; - one or more dithered quantizers; and - one or more un-dithered deterministic quantizers; - determine an SNR indication indicative of an SNR attributed to the first coefficient; - select a first quantizer from the set (326, 327) of quantizers, based on the SNR indication; and - quantize the first coefficient using the first quantizer.
A method of fabricating a photo voltaic generator panel including a glass superstrate and a polymer back sheet with at least one attachment feature, so as to provide means of attaching the panel to a structural support upon subsequent installation, the method comprising: applying at least one polymer attachment feature to the outer side of the polymer back sheet of the panel during the manufacturing process for that panel such that the attachment feature projects with respect to the back sheet, the application being in conjunction with a lamination process, or subsequent to the lamination process, or as an integral part of the back sheet manufacturing process; the configuration of the attachment feature being such as to engage with a corresponding at least one feature to be found on site for the installation of the panel, wherein the said at least one polymer attachment feature and said outer side of the polymer back sheet have a substantially identical thermal expansion coefficient. applying at least one polymer attachment feature to the outer side of the polymer back sheet of the panel during the manufacturing process for that panel such that the attachment feature projects with respect to the back sheet, the application being in conjunction with a lamination process, or subsequent to the lamination process, or as an integral part of the back sheet manufacturing process; the configuration of the attachment feature being such as to engage with a corresponding at least one feature to be found on site for the installation of the panel, wherein the said at least one polymer attachment feature and said outer side of the polymer back sheet have a substantially identical thermal expansion coefficient.