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A computer-implemented method for simplifying a complex well-formed formula, hereafter WFF, in a data-dependent constraint network for separation of the planning of the computational paths, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, in a formula processor, an input WFF, wherein the input WFF is formed of one or more of: i) an atomic True, ii) an atomic False, iii) a Boolean predicate, and/or iv) an equality predicate; and zero or more of: i) a negation operator, ii) a conjunction operator, and/or iii) a disjunction operator, and performing the following: converting, with a formula converter, the input WFF into an initial bit array; simplifying, with a bit array simplifier, the initial bit array into a simplified bit array by removing semantically redundant dimensions of the initial bit array; and converting, with a bit array converter, the simplified bit array into a return WFF in either a conjunctive normal form or a disjunctive normal form; and returning, with the formula processor, the return WFF; wherein the step of converting the input WFF into the initial bit array comprises: determining predicates in the input WFF; determining domain elements associated with each one of the predicates; determining bit array dimensions of the initial bit array corresponding to the predicates and the domain elements; and processing the input WFF to return the initial bit array having the bit array dimensions and the predicates and the domain elements associated therewith. i) an atomic True, ii) an atomic False, iii) a Boolean predicate, and/or iv) an equality predicate; i) a negation operator, ii) a conjunction operator, and/or iii) a disjunction operator, converting, with a formula converter, the input WFF into an initial bit array; simplifying, with a bit array simplifier, the initial bit array into a simplified bit array by removing semantically redundant dimensions of the initial bit array; and converting, with a bit array converter, the simplified bit array into a return WFF in either a conjunctive normal form or a disjunctive normal form; and returning, with the formula processor, the return WFF; determining predicates in the input WFF; determining domain elements associated with each one of the predicates; determining bit array dimensions of the initial bit array corresponding to the predicates and the domain elements; and processing the input WFF to return the initial bit array having the bit array dimensions and the predicates and the domain elements associated therewith.
A method of making a gel cap for a surgical access device comprising: providing a mold cavity of a casting mold, wherein the casting mold includes a circular ring, and wherein the circular ring is supported within the casting mold such that the circular ring is above a bottom of the mold cavity and below a top of the mold cavity; pouring a gel slurry into the mold cavity of the casting mold, wherein the circular ring is encased within the gel slurry; heating the gel slurry to a temperature sufficient to transform the gel slurry to a gel; cooling the gel to form a gel pad, wherein the gel pad includes the circular ring within an interior of a peripheral region of the gel pad; providing two or more separate portions (16, 18), wherein each of the two or more separate portions have one or more connective features (20, 22) that connects a first separate portion to one or more other separate portions; disposing the two or more separate portions around the gel pad; and mechanically connecting the two or more separate portions (16, 18) to form a cap ring around the gel pad, wherein the two or more separate portions (16, 18) forming the cap ring includes a channel, and wherein the connecting of the two or more separate portions (16, 18) compresses the peripheral region of the gel pad, including the circular ring, into the channel, thereby mechanically locking the gel pad in place within the channel of the cap ring. providing a mold cavity of a casting mold, wherein the casting mold includes a circular ring, and wherein the circular ring is supported within the casting mold such that the circular ring is above a bottom of the mold cavity and below a top of the mold cavity; pouring a gel slurry into the mold cavity of the casting mold, wherein the circular ring is encased within the gel slurry; heating the gel slurry to a temperature sufficient to transform the gel slurry to a gel; cooling the gel to form a gel pad, wherein the gel pad includes the circular ring within an interior of a peripheral region of the gel pad; providing two or more separate portions (16, 18), wherein each of the two or more separate portions have one or more connective features (20, 22) that connects a first separate portion to one or more other separate portions; disposing the two or more separate portions around the gel pad; and mechanically connecting the two or more separate portions (16, 18) to form a cap ring around the gel pad, wherein the two or more separate portions (16, 18) forming the cap ring includes a channel, and wherein the connecting of the two or more separate portions (16, 18) compresses the peripheral region of the gel pad, including the circular ring, into the channel, thereby mechanically locking the gel pad in place within the channel of the cap ring.
A rose-like fragrance composition, having added thereto methyl epijasmonate, wherein methyl epijasmonate is added to the rose-like fragrance composition at a concentration of 0.1 ppm to 1,000 ppm, provided that a case where a natural jasmine fragrance containing methyl epijasmonate is added alone as methyl epijasmonate is excluded.
A cartridge for preparation of a beverage upon injection of liquid into the cartridge, the cartridge comprising: i. at least a first compartment and a second compartment for holding beverage ingredients, ii. an injection area for receiving a liquid injected into the cartridge, and iii. flow dividing means designed for providing a fluid communication between the injection area and the first and second compartments (2, 3), wherein the flow dividing means are designed to provide a preferred flow path for liquid from the injection area to the first or second compartments (2, 3) and to outlet means (9, 10) of the cartridge, said flow dividing means being an essentially disc-shaped member comprising a central aperture surrounded by a perforated area, characterized in that the central aperture is in fluid communication with the first compartment and the perforated area is in fluid communication with the second compartment. i. at least a first compartment and a second compartment for holding beverage ingredients, ii. an injection area for receiving a liquid injected into the cartridge, and iii. flow dividing means designed for providing a fluid communication between the injection area and the first and second compartments (2, 3),
Phospholipids complexes of curcumin or extracts containing it, obtainable by a process consisting of the steps wherein a hydroalcoholic extract of turmeric rhizomes is reacted with phospholipids in ethanol and the complexes are then isolated by concentration and drying.
A device for removing a wear member from a ground engaging surface, the device comprising: a body having a cavity and a wear member engaging portion to engage the wear member when the wear member extends into the cavity; a gripper movable relative to the body, the gripper having a bracing member adapted to bear against a portion of the ground engaging surface to thereby provide a load path from the ground engaging surface to the wear member engaging portion; and a first actuator connected to the gripper and the body, to apply a force to the gripper, to urge the gripper to move relative to the body, such that, when the bracing member bears against the ground engaging surface, movement of the gripper relative to the body removes the wear member from the ground engaging surface; characterized in that the wear member engaging portion is moveable between: an open position to allow movement of the wear member into the cavity, and an engaged position to engage the wear member when the wear member extends into the cavity. a body having a cavity and a wear member engaging portion to engage the wear member when the wear member extends into the cavity; a gripper movable relative to the body, the gripper having a bracing member adapted to bear against a portion of the ground engaging surface to thereby provide a load path from the ground engaging surface to the wear member engaging portion; and a first actuator connected to the gripper and the body, to apply a force to the gripper, to urge the gripper to move relative to the body, such that, when the bracing member bears against the ground engaging surface, movement of the gripper relative to the body removes the wear member from the ground engaging surface; characterized in that the wear member engaging portion is moveable between: an open position to allow movement of the wear member into the cavity, and an engaged position to engage the wear member when the wear member extends into the cavity.
A method for transmitting a random access preamble on a random access channel, hereinafter called RACH, the method performed by a user equipment and comprising: receiving from a base station, information associated with predetermined preambles for a random access; and transmitting to the base station, a random access preamble selected from the predetermined preambles according to the information; characterized in that the selected random access preamble has a preamble format defined by a time-length value of a predetermined cyclic prefix, hereinafter called CP, and a time-length value of a first sequence or a second sequence (520, 540), the time-length value of the second sequence (520, 540) is two times the time-length value of the first sequence, the selected random access preamble is configured only with the predetermined CP and either the first sequence or the second sequence (520, 540) without a time-length of a guard time, hereinafter called GT, and the predetermined CP is determined considering a cell radius of the base station. receiving from a base station, information associated with predetermined preambles for a random access; and transmitting to the base station, a random access preamble selected from the predetermined preambles according to the information; characterized in that the selected random access preamble has a preamble format defined by a time-length value of a predetermined cyclic prefix, hereinafter called CP, and a time-length value of a first sequence or a second sequence (520, 540), the time-length value of the second sequence (520, 540) is two times the time-length value of the first sequence, the selected random access preamble is configured only with the predetermined CP and either the first sequence or the second sequence (520, 540) without a time-length of a guard time, hereinafter called GT, and the predetermined CP is determined considering a cell radius of the base station.
Sensor for the recognition of images on surfaces of objects in relative motion with regard to the sensor, especially for reading optical codes and/or characters and/or symbols on a surface of an object, comprising a plurality of sensor lines, each adapted to capture line images in a temporal sequence, wherein the sensor is arranged to combine a plurality of line images of said sensor lines to yield a line image of the sensor, wherein each of said plurality of line images was captured by a different one of said sensor lines and at least some of said plurality of line images were captured at different points in time, wherein the time difference between those two of said different points in time that are closest to each other equals a first time interval (P t), characterized in that each of said plurality of sensor lines is adapted to capture line images in a temporal sequence at a sampling frequency that is the inverse of a second time interval, wherein each of these sensor lines is arranged to capture line images such that, having captured the line image that is to be combined to said line image of the sensor, the next line image in said temporal sequence will be taken after said second time interval, wherein the sensor is adapted to operate with the second time interval being less than the first time interval.
A computer-aided image processing method for reading a marking on a surface of an animal skin support, the method being carried out before tanning the skin, the method comprising the steps of: - acquiring by a camera an image of the surface of the support; - detecting a marking area, said detection step comprising a first processing applied within a window, said window being a part of the image and said marking area being a portion of the image included in said part of the image; - determining an orientation of the marking area, said determination comprising a second processing; - detecting the characters comprised in the marking area, said detection comprising a third processing applied to a new image of the marking area, the new image being obtained on the basis of the portion of the image corresponding to the marking area through a calculation carried out according to the orientation determined in the previous step; - classifying (107, 108) each detected character in the new image of the marking area; - ordering the detected and classified characters in the new image of the marking area, according to a reading direction of the characters defined on the basis of the orientation of the marking area. - acquiring by a camera an image of the surface of the support; - detecting a marking area, said detection step comprising a first processing applied within a window, said window being a part of the image and said marking area being a portion of the image included in said part of the image; - determining an orientation of the marking area, said determination comprising a second processing; - detecting the characters comprised in the marking area, said detection comprising a third processing applied to a new image of the marking area, the new image being obtained on the basis of the portion of the image corresponding to the marking area through a calculation carried out according to the orientation determined in the previous step; - classifying (107, 108) each detected character in the new image of the marking area; - ordering the detected and classified characters in the new image of the marking area, according to a reading direction of the characters defined on the basis of the orientation of the marking area.
An unloading dynamic intervertebral device consisting of two bars (1,2) cooperating with each other, wherein - each of the bars (1,2) is ended on one side with a shaped bearing (3,4) for bony elements of the spine, - one of the bars (1,2) is provided with a guideline and the other one is provided with a guide, - one of the bars (1,2) provided with a shaped gap, - the other one of the bars (1,2) is provided with at least one tang that is situated in the corresponding shaped gap of the other bar (2,1) and assures rotational movement of bars (1,2), which cross with each other in the device's open position, about the tang and the device is provided with a mechanism blocking rotational movement of bars (1,2) in the closed position, characterized in that the shaped gap is an elongated gap which assures a rotational-sliding cooperation of bars (1,2) and which allows adjusting the point of rotation. - each of the bars (1,2) is ended on one side with a shaped bearing (3,4) for bony elements of the spine, - one of the bars (1,2) is provided with a guideline and the other one is provided with a guide, - one of the bars (1,2) provided with a shaped gap, - the other one of the bars (1,2) is provided with at least one tang that is situated in the corresponding shaped gap of the other bar (2,1) and assures rotational movement of bars (1,2), which cross with each other in the device's open position, about the tang and the device is provided with a mechanism blocking rotational movement of bars (1,2) in the closed position, characterized in that the shaped gap is an elongated gap which assures a rotational-sliding cooperation of bars (1,2) and which allows adjusting the point of rotation.
Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring the level of a medium in a vessel with an antenna which emits and receives high-frequency signals in a pre-defined oscillation mode in a limited space in a pre-defined beam direction, wherein an antenna protection element, designed from a material through which the high-frequency signals can pass, is in front of the antenna in the beam direction, from the surface of said element any condensate of the medium which may form drains off and/or drips off, and wherein a control/evaluation unit is provided which evaluates the high-frequency signals received and determines the level, wherein, in the beam direction, the surface of the antenna protection element is formed according to at least one periodic, symmetric function which is adapted to the symmetry properties of the pre-defined oscillation mode of the high-frequency signals, wherein the limited space is designed as a waveguide in which the antenna emits and receives the high-frequency signals, characterized in that a rotationally-symmetric, periodic function of the surface of the antenna protection element is provided if the high-frequency signals of the antenna are emitted and received in a circular waveguide as the waveguide, or a translationally-symmetric, periodic function of the surface of the antenna protection element is provided if the high-frequency signals of the antenna are emitted and received in a rectangular waveguide as the waveguide.
A method comprising: maintaining a set of data in one or more extents in a non-volatile random-access memory, NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332), of a computing device (100, 200, 302, 304); allocating at least one buffer header (112, 212, 322, 324) in a dynamic random-access memory, DRAM (102, 202, 306, 308), of the computing device (100, 200, 302, 304); wherein the computing device (100, 200, 302, 304) is adapted to provide direct access and DRAM-copy access to the set of data, wherein "direct access" refers to access to data blocks in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332) while "DRAM-copy access" refers to access to a copy, stored in the DRAM (102, 202, 306, 308), of data blocks in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332); in response to a read request by a first process executing on the computing device (100, 200, 302, 304) to access one or more first data blocks in a first extent of the one or more extents, granting the first process direct read access of the first extent in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332) by: storing, in a first buffer header, a reference to the first extent in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332), and associating the first buffer header with the first process; wherein the first process uses the first buffer header to perform direct access to the one or more first data blocks in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332); wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. maintaining a set of data in one or more extents in a non-volatile random-access memory, NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332), of a computing device (100, 200, 302, 304); allocating at least one buffer header (112, 212, 322, 324) in a dynamic random-access memory, DRAM (102, 202, 306, 308), of the computing device (100, 200, 302, 304); wherein the computing device (100, 200, 302, 304) is adapted to provide direct access and DRAM-copy access to the set of data, wherein "direct access" refers to access to data blocks in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332) while "DRAM-copy access" refers to access to a copy, stored in the DRAM (102, 202, 306, 308), of data blocks in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332); in response to a read request by a first process executing on the computing device (100, 200, 302, 304) to access one or more first data blocks in a first extent of the one or more extents, granting the first process direct read access of the first extent in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332) by: storing, in a first buffer header, a reference to the first extent in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332), and associating the first buffer header with the first process; storing, in a first buffer header, a reference to the first extent in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332), and associating the first buffer header with the first process; wherein the first process uses the first buffer header to perform direct access to the one or more first data blocks in the NVRAM (104, 206, 330, 332); wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
A method for lubricating an element essentially consisting of crosslinked hyaluronic acid, said method comprising a) bringing said element essentially consisting of crosslinked hyaluronic acid into contact with a solution of free hyaluronic acid, said element essentially consisting of crosslinked hyaluronic acid being previously crosslinked by means of a crosslinking agent which is a chelate of titan or zirconium which is soluble and stable in water, preferably a chelate of following formula 1: wherein A is Ti, and wherein R 1 is a functional group comprising an Oxygen or Nitrogen atom, R 2 represents two or three atoms of Carbon, and R 3 and R 4 represent a C 1 -C 4 linear or branched or cyclic alkyl. a) bringing said element essentially consisting of crosslinked hyaluronic acid into contact with a solution of free hyaluronic acid, said element essentially consisting of crosslinked hyaluronic acid being previously crosslinked by means of a crosslinking agent which is a chelate of titan or zirconium which is soluble and stable in water, preferably a chelate of following formula 1: wherein A is Ti, and wherein R 1 is a functional group comprising an Oxygen or Nitrogen atom, R 2 represents two or three atoms of Carbon, and R 3 and R 4 represent a C 1 -C 4 linear or branched or cyclic alkyl. said element essentially consisting of crosslinked hyaluronic acid being previously crosslinked by means of a crosslinking agent which is a chelate of titan or zirconium which is soluble and stable in water, preferably a chelate of following formula 1: wherein A is Ti, and wherein R 1 is a functional group comprising an Oxygen or Nitrogen atom, R 2 represents two or three atoms of Carbon, and R 3 and R 4 represent a C 1 -C 4 linear or branched or cyclic alkyl.
Device for stabilising a supply voltage in a motor vehicle, having: a starter of the motor vehicle, a vehicle battery as voltage supply, which is connected to the starter to provide supply voltage (D Batt) to the starter, wherein the voltage supply is connected to the starter via a resistor cascade in order to stabilise the supply voltage (U Batt), characterized in that the resistor cascade has at least two cascade branches connected in parallel, wherein each cascade branch has a switch connected in series with a resistor (R 1, R 2, R 3), the resistor cascade for stabilising the supply voltage (D Batt) is switchable a control unit is arranged to control the switches, and a charge pump is arranged to provide the control unit with an operating voltage (U Lad), which is higher than the supply voltage (U Batt). a starter of the motor vehicle, a vehicle battery as voltage supply, which is connected to the starter to provide supply voltage (D Batt) to the starter, wherein the voltage supply is connected to the starter via a resistor cascade in order to stabilise the supply voltage (U Batt), characterized in that the resistor cascade has at least two cascade branches connected in parallel, wherein each cascade branch has a switch connected in series with a resistor (R 1, R 2, R 3), the resistor cascade for stabilising the supply voltage (D Batt) is switchable a control unit is arranged to control the switches, and a charge pump is arranged to provide the control unit with an operating voltage (U Lad), which is higher than the supply voltage (U Batt).
A gas turbine engine nacelle which has a primary purpose in the engine which is structural and/or aerodynamic, the nacelle being formed of rigid composite material, and having an electrical system comprising electrical conductors permanently embedded in the composite material; characterised by the electrical conductors to transmit control signals to or from electrical components.