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A method for producing a three-dimensional object, comprising: - providing a powder material (G); - providing a radiation absorbent material at least on a region to be sintered of said powder material, wherein the method comprises providing, as said radiation absorbent material, optically resonant particles (P); and - sintering said region to be sintered of the powder material (G), by exposing said radiation absorbent material to radiation that causes the optically resonant particles (P) to optically resonate to heat up and transfer heat to the powder material (G), wherein said radiation is light; characterised in that the method comprises providing said optically resonant particles (P), according to the following parameters: distribution and proportion of the optically resonant particles (P) with respect to the powder material (G) included in said region to be sintered, wherein the method comprises selecting said parameters: - to disperse the optically resonant particles (P) within the powder material (G) included in said region, and - to avoid an agglomeration and self-sintering of the optically resonant particles (P), even during sintering of the powder material (G), which would cause a change in the absorption spectra of the optically resonant particles (P) in the form of at least one shift in one or more optical resonance peaks above or equal to five times the full-width at half maximum (FWHM) and/or at least a broadening of one or more optical resonance peaks above or equal to five times the FWHM; wherein the method further comprises providing an anti-agglomeration coating on said optically resonant particles (P), wherein said anti-agglomeration coating is configured to cooperate in said avoiding of said agglomeration and self-sintering of the optically resonant particles (P), before being provided on said region to be sintered, while being provided and once already provided, at least by tailoring the surface chemistry of the optically resonant particles (P). - providing a powder material (G); - providing a radiation absorbent material at least on a region to be sintered of said powder material, wherein the method comprises providing, as said radiation absorbent material, optically resonant particles (P); and - sintering said region to be sintered of the powder material (G), by exposing said radiation absorbent material to radiation that causes the optically resonant particles (P) to optically resonate to heat up and transfer heat to the powder material (G), wherein said radiation is light; - to disperse the optically resonant particles (P) within the powder material (G) included in said region, and - to avoid an agglomeration and self-sintering of the optically resonant particles (P), even during sintering of the powder material (G), which would cause a change in the absorption spectra of the optically resonant particles (P) in the form of at least one shift in one or more optical resonance peaks above or equal to five times the full-width at half maximum (FWHM) and/or at least a broadening of one or more optical resonance peaks above or equal to five times the FWHM;
An engine system , comprising: an engine including: a cylinder defining a combustion chamber ; a piston configured to reciprocate inside the cylinder ; and a fuel injection valve configured to directly inject fuel into the cylinder ; a swirl control valve provided inside an intake passage and configured to generate a swirl flow inside the cylinder when the swirl control valve closes, the intake passage being configured to supply intake air to the cylinder ; an EGR passage configured to recirculate exhaust gas of the engine as EGR gas to the intake passage ; an EGR gas adjusting mechanism provided to the EGR passage and configured to control an amount of EGR gas to be recirculated to the intake passage ; and a controller configured to control the fuel injection valve , the swirl control valve , and the EGR gas adjusting mechanism , characterized in that when an engine load is at or below a given threshold (L1), the controller is configured to control the swirl control valve to fully close, and while the engine load is at or below the threshold (L1), the controller is configured to control the EGR gas adjusting mechanism such that, at a fixed engine speed, an increase rate of the amount of EGR gas with respect to an increase in the engine load is lower in a first load range (R1a) than in a second load range (R1b), the first load range (R1a) being higher than the second load range (R1b) and including the threshold (L1). an engine including: a cylinder defining a combustion chamber ; a piston configured to reciprocate inside the cylinder ; and a fuel injection valve configured to directly inject fuel into the cylinder ; a cylinder defining a combustion chamber ; a piston configured to reciprocate inside the cylinder ; and a fuel injection valve configured to directly inject fuel into the cylinder ; a swirl control valve provided inside an intake passage and configured to generate a swirl flow inside the cylinder when the swirl control valve closes, the intake passage being configured to supply intake air to the cylinder ; an EGR passage configured to recirculate exhaust gas of the engine as EGR gas to the intake passage ; an EGR gas adjusting mechanism provided to the EGR passage and configured to control an amount of EGR gas to be recirculated to the intake passage ; and a controller configured to control the fuel injection valve , the swirl control valve , and the EGR gas adjusting mechanism , characterized in that when an engine load is at or below a given threshold (L1), the controller is configured to control the swirl control valve to fully close, and while the engine load is at or below the threshold (L1), the controller is configured to control the EGR gas adjusting mechanism such that, at a fixed engine speed, an increase rate of the amount of EGR gas with respect to an increase in the engine load is lower in a first load range (R1a) than in a second load range (R1b), the first load range (R1a) being higher than the second load range (R1b) and including the threshold (L1).
A water vehicle comprising: - an above-water platform , - a hydrofoil comprising a fuselage with a front wing and a first horizontal stabilizer , and - a supporting mast connecting the above-water platform with the fuselage of the hydrofoil, - an underwater drive means for creating of horizontal thrust, characterized in that the water vehicle comprises a second horizontal stabilizer located in the vertical direction both between the fuselage and the above-water platform and between the underwater drive means and the above-water platform , wherein the second horizontal stabilizer , in the longitudinal direction, is located behind the front wing . - an above-water platform , - a hydrofoil comprising a fuselage with a front wing and a first horizontal stabilizer , and - a supporting mast connecting the above-water platform with the fuselage of the hydrofoil, - an underwater drive means for creating of horizontal thrust,
A process for the purification of a protein of interest from a mixture comprising the steps of a) in an operational chromatography cycle loading a first volume of a mixture containing the protein of interest from a first container to a chromatography matrix operated such that the protein binds to the chromatography matrix until 40% to 100% of the static binding capacity of the chromatography matrix is reached; b) collecting flow-through containing unbound protein of interest in a second container, and c) in a further operational chromatography cycle re-loading the flow-through from the second container and loading a second volume of the protein of interest from the first container to the same chromatography matrix, operated such that the protein of interest binds to the chromatography matrix until 40% to 100% of the maximum static binding capacity of the chromatography matrix is reached, wherein the re-loading of the flow-through from the second container to the chromatography matrix is performed prior to the loading of the second volume of the mixture containing the protein of interest from the first container to the chromatography matrix. a) in an operational chromatography cycle loading a first volume of a mixture containing the protein of interest from a first container to a chromatography matrix operated such that the protein binds to the chromatography matrix until 40% to 100% of the static binding capacity of the chromatography matrix is reached; b) collecting flow-through containing unbound protein of interest in a second container, and c) in a further operational chromatography cycle re-loading the flow-through from the second container and loading a second volume of the protein of interest from the first container to the same chromatography matrix, operated such that the protein of interest binds to the chromatography matrix until 40% to 100% of the maximum static binding capacity of the chromatography matrix is reached,
One or more bioactive agents for use in the treatment of a disease comprising one or more tumors, wherein said treatment comprises administering the one or more bioactive agents to the one or more tumors, said administration comprising: (a) applying one or more delivery devices having between 2 and 50,000 delivery structures to one or more sites of skin comprising blood vasculature and lymphatic vasculature, wherein the delivery device contacts one or more layers of epidermis with one or more reversible permeability enhancers that induces a reversible increase in the permeability of one or more barrier cells of the epidermis to at least the one or more bioactive agents, wherein the one or more permeability enhancers is one or more physical permeability enhancers comprising a nanostructured or nanotopography surface; (b) administering a total liquid dosage in between 2 and 50,000 sub-doses of the one or more bioactive agents at a controlled administration flow rate through the delivery device; wherein each sub-dose of the one or more bioactive agents is independently administered to a plurality of independent depths within the epidermis prior to any subsequent diffusion or movement of the one or more bioactive agents within the epidermis; and wherein following the administering step, the one or more bioactive agents moves or diffuses deeper through the epidermis through a basal layer of the epidermis and into at least a portion of underlying viable dermis to achieve an uptake of a portion of the one or more bioactive agents by one or more susceptible blood capillary plexus or lymphatic capillary plexus; wherein after administration and uptake, the one or more bioactive agents circulates through the blood vasculature or lymphatic vasculature to one or more tumors; and wherein a greater concentration of the one or more bioactive agents is delivered to the one or more tumors compared to intravenous, intradermal, or subcutaneous delivery of the identical one or more bioactive agents. (a) applying one or more delivery devices having between 2 and 50,000 delivery structures to one or more sites of skin comprising blood vasculature and lymphatic vasculature, wherein the delivery device contacts one or more layers of epidermis with one or more reversible permeability enhancers that induces a reversible increase in the permeability of one or more barrier cells of the epidermis to at least the one or more bioactive agents, wherein the one or more permeability enhancers is one or more physical permeability enhancers comprising a nanostructured or nanotopography surface; (b) administering a total liquid dosage in between 2 and 50,000 sub-doses of the one or more bioactive agents at a controlled administration flow rate through the delivery device;
A method of operating a pressure-retarded osmosis plant, the plant comprising at least one osmosis element having a semi-permeable membrane , the semi-permeable membrane defining a feed side and a permeate side of the osmosis element , the method comprising, in a first mode of operation, opening a feed inlet valve to supply a feed stream having a relatively high concentration of solute through an inlet port to the feed side in a cross flow configuration, opening a permeate stream inlet valve to supply a permeate stream having a relatively low concentration of solute through to a single port of the permeate side in a dead end filtration flow configuration, and opening a feed outlet valve for receiving a feed outlet stream from the feed side through an outlet port wherein permeate has passed through the semi-permeable membrane from the permeate side to the feed side ; side, and in a second mode of operation, closing the feed inlet valve and opening a backwash feed valve to supply a backwash stream having a relatively low concentration compared to the feed stream through the inlet port to the feed side of the osmosis element, such that water flow direction across the semi-permeable membrane is reversed relative to the first mode of operation, and closing the permeate stream inlet valve and opening a permeate stream outlet valve for receiving a permeate outlet stream through the single port of the permeate side , the method further comprising alternately performing the first mode of operation, to perform a production step, and performing the second mode of operation, to reduce fouling of the semi-permeable membrane .
A belt drive system comprising: a belt having a plurality of longitudinally spaced belt teeth , the belt further comprising a longitudinal groove extending in the endless direction of the belt through the belt teeth ; a sprocket comprising a plurality of sprocket teeth on an outer circumference of the sprocket , each of the sprocket teeth extending parallel to a rotation axis, and each of the sprocket teeth being configured to be received between adjacent belt teeth ; and a protrusion centered on each sprocket tooth and extending from one side of the sprocket tooth , the protrusion configured to cooperatively engage the longitudinal groove , the protrusion extending in a direction normal to a sprocket axis of rotation, characterized in that the protrusion does not engage an adjacent sprocket tooth . a belt having a plurality of longitudinally spaced belt teeth , the belt further comprising a longitudinal groove extending in the endless direction of the belt through the belt teeth ; a sprocket comprising a plurality of sprocket teeth on an outer circumference of the sprocket , each of the sprocket teeth extending parallel to a rotation axis, and each of the sprocket teeth being configured to be received between adjacent belt teeth ; and a protrusion centered on each sprocket tooth and extending from one side of the sprocket tooth , the protrusion configured to cooperatively engage the longitudinal groove , the protrusion extending in a direction normal to a sprocket axis of rotation, characterized in that the protrusion does not engage an adjacent sprocket tooth .
A method for resolving a slot conflict at a computing device comprising a processor device and being communicatively coupled with a receiver , the receiver being coupled to an electrical distribution grid on a high voltage side of one or more service transformers between the receiver and multiple downstream transmitters , the method comprising: determining (S704, S706) that signals received by the receiver via the electrical distribution grid during a message time slot comprise multiple transmissions that were transmitted by corresponding multiple downstream transmitters of the plurality of downstream transmitters , the message time slot being assigned to only one downstream transmitter of the multiple downstream transmitters; the method characterized in that it further comprises: identifying a first downstream transmitter of the multiple downstream transmitters as being assigned to the message time slot; assigning (S708; S1102-S1132; S1200-S1250) at least one new message time slot to the first downstream transmitter; and causing a new time slot identifier that identifies the at least one new message time slot to be sent to the first downstream transmitter. determining (S704, S706) that signals received by the receiver via the electrical distribution grid during a message time slot comprise multiple transmissions that were transmitted by corresponding multiple downstream transmitters of the plurality of downstream transmitters , the message time slot being assigned to only one downstream transmitter of the multiple downstream transmitters; the method characterized in that it further comprises: identifying a first downstream transmitter of the multiple downstream transmitters as being assigned to the message time slot; assigning (S708; S1102-S1132; S1200-S1250) at least one new message time slot to the first downstream transmitter; and causing a new time slot identifier that identifies the at least one new message time slot to be sent to the first downstream transmitter. identifying a first downstream transmitter of the multiple downstream transmitters as being assigned to the message time slot; assigning (S708; S1102-S1132; S1200-S1250) at least one new message time slot to the first downstream transmitter; and causing a new time slot identifier that identifies the at least one new message time slot to be sent to the first downstream transmitter.
A method for preparing methyl methacrylate from methacrolein and methanol; said method comprising contacting a mixture comprising methacrolein, methanol and oxygen with a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a support and a noble metal in a reactor; wherein said catalyst has an average diameter of at least 200 microns and average concentration of methacrolein is at least 15 wt%, wherein no base is added to the reactor or liquid streams entering the reactor, wherein the noble metal is gold, and the support is selected from the group consisting of γ-, δ-, or θ-alumina.
Awning-cloth fixing and guiding device, comprising - an awning cloth having a side edge extending in the deployment direction (A) of the awning, and a deployment edge extending transversely thereto, - a deployment profile of the awning, in which the deployment edge of the awning cloth is anchored, - a guide rail , extending in the deployment direction (A), for the deployment profile , - a guide web on the side edge of the awning cloth , which is guided displaceably in the deployment direction (A) in an undercut slot in the guide rail , - a clamping zone (Z) on the awning cloth , in the corner region thereof between the side edge and deployment edge , said clamping zone (Z) being at least indirectly connected to the deployment profile via a clamping device (K), characterized in that - the clamping device (K) has two clamping jaws that form between one another a slot-like clamping receptacle for the clamping zone (Z) of the awning cloth , wherein the clamping zone (Z) is introduced into the clamping receptacle in a manner in surface contact with a separate clamping plate and is fixed between the clamping plate and one of the clamping jaws by means of a screw fitting (V) engaging in the clamping plate . - an awning cloth having a side edge extending in the deployment direction (A) of the awning, and a deployment edge extending transversely thereto, - a deployment profile of the awning, in which the deployment edge of the awning cloth is anchored, - a guide rail , extending in the deployment direction (A), for the deployment profile , - a guide web on the side edge of the awning cloth , which is guided displaceably in the deployment direction (A) in an undercut slot in the guide rail , - a clamping zone (Z) on the awning cloth , in the corner region thereof between the side edge and deployment edge , said clamping zone (Z) being at least indirectly connected to the deployment profile via a clamping device (K), characterized in that - the clamping device (K) has two clamping jaws that form between one another a slot-like clamping receptacle for the clamping zone (Z) of the awning cloth , wherein the clamping zone (Z) is introduced into the clamping receptacle in a manner in surface contact with a separate clamping plate and is fixed between the clamping plate and one of the clamping jaws by means of a screw fitting (V) engaging in the clamping plate .
A method of decoding implemented by a decoding device, comprising: determining a partitioning type of a current coding unit, CU, wherein the partitioning type is either single partitioning type, in which a current coding unit is partitioned into a single CU including one luma coding block, CB, and two chroma CBs, or separate partitioning type, in which a current coding unit is partitioned into a separate luma CU including a luma CB only and a chroma CU including two chroma CBs only; and decoding, based on the partitioning type of the current CU, the current CU and an associated palette coding information from a bitstream; wherein the associated palette coding information comprises palette coding info syntax elements, the palette coding info syntax elements include any of or any combination of palette predictor vector, palette sizes, escape flag, index maps, and the palette coding info syntax elements are signaled in the bitstream based on the partitioning type of the current CU. determining a partitioning type of a current coding unit, CU, wherein the partitioning type is either single partitioning type, in which a current coding unit is partitioned into a single CU including one luma coding block, CB, and two chroma CBs, or separate partitioning type, in which a current coding unit is partitioned into a separate luma CU including a luma CB only and a chroma CU including two chroma CBs only; and single partitioning type, in which a current coding unit is partitioned into a single CU including one luma coding block, CB, and two chroma CBs, or separate partitioning type, in which a current coding unit is partitioned into a separate luma CU including a luma CB only and a chroma CU including two chroma CBs only; and decoding, based on the partitioning type of the current CU, the current CU and an associated palette coding information from a bitstream; wherein the associated palette coding information comprises palette coding info syntax elements, the palette coding info syntax elements include any of or any combination of palette predictor vector, palette sizes, escape flag, index maps, and the palette coding info syntax elements are signaled in the bitstream based on the partitioning type of the current CU.
A lost motion mechanism for an engine , the lost motion mechanism comprising: a lost motion spring ; a regulator extending in an axial direction of the lost motion spring to limit bending of the lost motion spring ; a support extending radially of the lost motion spring from the regulator to make contact with an end portion of the lost motion spring ; and an attaching portion including at least a protrusion or a recess provided on the support to attach the support to the engine ; wherein the attaching portion does not project out of the support when viewed from the axial direction, characterized in that the lost motion mechanism further comprising a through-hole that extends through the regulator, the support, and the attaching portion. a lost motion spring ; a regulator extending in an axial direction of the lost motion spring to limit bending of the lost motion spring ; a support extending radially of the lost motion spring from the regulator to make contact with an end portion of the lost motion spring ; and an attaching portion including at least a protrusion or a recess provided on the support to attach the support to the engine ; wherein the attaching portion does not project out of the support when viewed from the axial direction, characterized in that the lost motion mechanism further comprising a through-hole that extends through the regulator, the support, and the attaching portion.