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Method for controlling a distance of a vehicle to a closest preceding vehicle , whereby the vehicle has a trailer connected thereto, comprising the steps of determining a velocity of the vehicle , detecting a closest preceding vehicle , determining a distance to the closest preceding vehicle , and determining a safe distance based on the velocity of the vehicle and the distance to the closest preceding vehicle , determining an extra safe distance based on at least one characteristic of the trailer , and performing a control of the distance to the closest preceding vehicle to stay above the safe distance plus the extra safe distance while the step of performing a control of the distance to the closest preceding vehicle to stay above the safe distance plus the extra safe distance comprises determining a distance to the closest preceding vehicle , comparing the distance to the closest preceding vehicle to the safe distance plus the extra safe distance, and controlling the vehicle to reduce the distance to the closest preceding vehicle , if the distance to the closest preceding vehicle is bigger than the safe distance plus the extra safe distance, and controlling the vehicle to increase the distance to the closest preceding vehicle , if the distance to the closest preceding vehicle is smaller than the safe distance plus the extra safe distance, characterized in that the step of determining a distance to the closest preceding vehicle comprises determining a road feature when appearing for a first time at a back of the closest preceding vehicle , determining a distance to the road feature with a pre-set period (T), until the road feature is not visible, determining a change in distance of the road feature for each period (T), and summing up the changes in the distance for all periods (T).
A segmented blade, comprising: a first blade segment having a first main spar , wherein the first blade segment is close to a blade root, the first main spar comprises a first body portion arranged in the first blade segment and a first clamping portion extending from an end of the first body portion toward a direction (D1) away from a blade root, and a height of the first clamping portion is gradually decreased in the direction (D1) away from the blade root; a second blade segment having a second main spar , wherein the second blade segment is close to a blade tip, the second main spar comprises a second body portion arranged in the second blade segment and a second clamping portion extending from an end of the second body portion toward a direction (D3) getting close to the blade root, a height of the second clamping portion is gradually increased in the direction (D3) getting close to the blade root, and the second clamping portion is clamp-fitted into the first clamping portion ; and an outer shell configured to encase a clearance (G) between the first blade segment and the second blade segment , characterized in that , the first clamping portion is formed by extending any three of two main spar caps and two shear webs of the first main spar in the direction (D1) away from the blade root and the second blade segment is inserted chordwise into the first blade segment . a first blade segment having a first main spar , wherein the first blade segment is close to a blade root, the first main spar comprises a first body portion arranged in the first blade segment and a first clamping portion extending from an end of the first body portion toward a direction (D1) away from a blade root, and a height of the first clamping portion is gradually decreased in the direction (D1) away from the blade root; a second blade segment having a second main spar , wherein the second blade segment is close to a blade tip, the second main spar comprises a second body portion arranged in the second blade segment and a second clamping portion extending from an end of the second body portion toward a direction (D3) getting close to the blade root, a height of the second clamping portion is gradually increased in the direction (D3) getting close to the blade root, and the second clamping portion is clamp-fitted into the first clamping portion ; and an outer shell configured to encase a clearance (G) between the first blade segment and the second blade segment , characterized in that , the first clamping portion is formed by extending any three of two main spar caps and two shear webs of the first main spar in the direction (D1) away from the blade root and the second blade segment is inserted chordwise into the first blade segment .
A hot-fill/retort sealant film comprising: a sealant layer composition comprising: i) a first propylene-ethylene copolymer ii) a second propylene-ethylene copolymer, and iii) a polyethylene, wherein the first propylene-ethylene copolymer has a flexural modulus at 0.127 cm/min (0.05 in/min), 1% secant within a range from 13.8 N/mm 2 to 689.5 N/mm 2 (2,000 to 100,000 psi), and the second propylene-ethylene copolymer has a flexural modulus at 0.127 cm/min (0.05 in/min), 1% secant within a range from 696.4 N/mm 2 to 2,068.4 N/mm 2 (101,000 to 300,000 psi) as measured in accordance with ASTM D-790 test method, and wherein the first propylene-ethylene copolymer is present in an amount within a range from 10% to 90% by weight relative to the total weight of the sealant layer, the second propylene-ethylene copolymer is present in an amount within a range from 5% to 75% by weight relative to the total weight of the sealant layer, and the polyethylene polymer is present in an amount within a range from 1% to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the sealant layer. a sealant layer composition comprising: i) a first propylene-ethylene copolymer ii) a second propylene-ethylene copolymer, and iii) a polyethylene, i) a first propylene-ethylene copolymer ii) a second propylene-ethylene copolymer, and iii) a polyethylene, wherein the first propylene-ethylene copolymer has a flexural modulus at 0.127 cm/min (0.05 in/min), 1% secant within a range from 13.8 N/mm 2 to 689.5 N/mm 2 (2,000 to 100,000 psi), and the second propylene-ethylene copolymer has a flexural modulus at 0.127 cm/min (0.05 in/min), 1% secant within a range from 696.4 N/mm 2 to 2,068.4 N/mm 2 (101,000 to 300,000 psi) as measured in accordance with ASTM D-790 test method, and wherein the first propylene-ethylene copolymer is present in an amount within a range from 10% to 90% by weight relative to the total weight of the sealant layer, the second propylene-ethylene copolymer is present in an amount within a range from 5% to 75% by weight relative to the total weight of the sealant layer, and the polyethylene polymer is present in an amount within a range from 1% to 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the sealant layer.
A gas turbine engine comprising: a core engine including, a compressor section , a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section , and a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor ; and a thermal management system operable to receive a cooling stream, the thermal management system configured to receive cooling air from the compressor section, the thermal management system including a metering device that is configured to divide the cooling stream between a first passage and a second passage that is concentric with the first passage , characterised in that : the metering device includes a t-shaped tube having a tube portion attached at one end to an orifice plate . a compressor section , a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section , and a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor ; and a thermal management system operable to receive a cooling stream, the thermal management system configured to receive cooling air from the compressor section, the thermal management system including a metering device that is configured to divide the cooling stream between a first passage and a second passage that is concentric with the first passage ,
A method for characterizing a biological sample comprising: measuring a methylation level of a CpG site for the gene HOXA1 and one or more genes selected from either EMX1, DAB2IP, TSPYL5, ACP1, BDH1, Chr12.133, CLEC11A, DBNL, EFNB2, LRRC4, SPINT2, CCNJ_3707, CCNJ_3124, PFKP, SCRN1, and ECE1 in a biological sample of a human individual through treating genomic DNA in the biological sample with bisulfite; amplifying the bisulfite-treated genomic DNA using a set of primers for the genes; and determining the methylation level of the CpG site by methylation-specific PCR, quantitative methylation-specific PCR, methylation-sensitive DNA restriction enzyme analysis, quantitative bisulfite pyrosequencing, or bisulfite genomic sequencing PCR, and comparing the methylation level to a methylation level of a corresponding set of genes in control samples without HCC; and determining that the individual has HCC when the methylation level measured in the genes is higher than the methylation level measured in the respective control samples. measuring a methylation level of a CpG site for the gene HOXA1 and one or more genes selected from either EMX1, DAB2IP, TSPYL5, ACP1, BDH1, Chr12.133, CLEC11A, DBNL, EFNB2, LRRC4, SPINT2, CCNJ_3707, CCNJ_3124, PFKP, SCRN1, and ECE1 in a biological sample of a human individual through treating genomic DNA in the biological sample with bisulfite; amplifying the bisulfite-treated genomic DNA using a set of primers for the genes; and determining the methylation level of the CpG site by methylation-specific PCR, quantitative methylation-specific PCR, methylation-sensitive DNA restriction enzyme analysis, quantitative bisulfite pyrosequencing, or bisulfite genomic sequencing PCR, and comparing the methylation level to a methylation level of a corresponding set of genes in control samples without HCC; and determining that the individual has HCC when the methylation level measured in the genes is higher than the methylation level measured in the respective control samples.
A coating system disposed on a surface of a substrate , the coating system comprising: a bond coating on the surface of the substrate; a protective coating on the bond coating for protecting the bond coating, wherein the protective coating comprises a ceramic material; a thermal barrier coating on the protective coating, wherein the thermal barrier coating defines a plurality of elongated surface-connected voids ; and a protective agent disposed within at least some of the elongated surface-connected voids of the thermal barrier coating, wherein the protective agent is capable of reacting with a liquid CMAS material to form a solid reaction product which acts as a barrier against liquid CMAS material ingress into the elongated surface-connected voids in which the protective agent is disposed, wherein the protective agent comprises a substance capable of chemically reacting with liquid nominal CMAS to form a solid crystalline product outside the crystallization field of said liquid nominal CMAS, wherein "liquid nominal CMAS" refers to the following liquid nominal CMAS composition, with all percentages in mole percent: 41.6% silica (SiO 2 ), 29.3% calcia (CaO), 12.5% alumina (AlO 1.5 ), 9.1% magnesia (MgO), 6.0% iron oxide (FeO 1.5 ), and 1.5% nickel oxide (NiO), wherein a material is outside the crystallization field of the liquid nominal CMAS composition if it is not included in the set of crystalline phases that can be formed from combinations of the component oxides of the liquid nominal CMAS composition. a bond coating on the surface of the substrate; a protective coating on the bond coating for protecting the bond coating, wherein the protective coating comprises a ceramic material; a thermal barrier coating on the protective coating, wherein the thermal barrier coating defines a plurality of elongated surface-connected voids ; and a protective agent disposed within at least some of the elongated surface-connected voids of the thermal barrier coating, wherein the protective agent is capable of reacting with a liquid CMAS material to form a solid reaction product which acts as a barrier against liquid CMAS material ingress into the elongated surface-connected voids in which the protective agent is disposed, wherein the protective agent comprises a substance capable of chemically reacting with liquid nominal CMAS to form a solid crystalline product outside the crystallization field of said liquid nominal CMAS, wherein "liquid nominal CMAS" refers to the following liquid nominal CMAS composition, with all percentages in mole percent: 41.6% silica (SiO 2 ), 29.3% calcia (CaO), 12.5% alumina (AlO 1.5 ), 9.1% magnesia (MgO), 6.0% iron oxide (FeO 1.5 ), and 1.5% nickel oxide (NiO), wherein a material is outside the crystallization field of the liquid nominal CMAS composition if it is not included in the set of crystalline phases that can be formed from combinations of the component oxides of the liquid nominal CMAS composition.
A method of compressing a digitized audio signal representing a sound, said signal having an audio bandwidth, in an audio compression system representing sound samples or spectral values using a scale-factor plus data format, wherein a sample is represented as a product of a scale factor and an associated quantity, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a digital signal representing a sound; organizing samples into at least one audio frame, said frame comprising a plurality of temporally sequential samples representing a time interval; for each frame, processing said plurality of temporally sequential samples into a plurality of subband signals, each subband signal representative of a respective subband frequency range and comprising a time sequence of audio samples within said subband frequency range; converting said subband signals into a format expressing each audio sample as a product of a) a scale factor, represented in a scale factor field and b) a quantity field, represented in a quantity field; organizing the scale factor fields of said subband signals into a two-dimensional matrix of scale factors organized by time as a first dimension, and a subband frequency range as a second dimension; partitioning the two-dimensional matrix into a plurality of tiles, each of the plurality of tiles being a submatrix of the two-dimensional matrix; processing each of the plurality of tiles with a two dimensional orthogonal transform to produce for each of the plurality of tiles a respective scale factor coefficient matrix, SCM; compressing each said SCM to produce a compressed coefficient matrix representing the scale factors in a tile in a compressed format; packing said compressed coefficient matrix in a data format for transmission. receiving a digital signal representing a sound; organizing samples into at least one audio frame, said frame comprising a plurality of temporally sequential samples representing a time interval; for each frame, processing said plurality of temporally sequential samples into a plurality of subband signals, each subband signal representative of a respective subband frequency range and comprising a time sequence of audio samples within said subband frequency range; converting said subband signals into a format expressing each audio sample as a product of a) a scale factor, represented in a scale factor field and b) a quantity field, represented in a quantity field; organizing the scale factor fields of said subband signals into a two-dimensional matrix of scale factors organized by time as a first dimension, and a subband frequency range as a second dimension; partitioning the two-dimensional matrix into a plurality of tiles, each of the plurality of tiles being a submatrix of the two-dimensional matrix; processing each of the plurality of tiles with a two dimensional orthogonal transform to produce for each of the plurality of tiles a respective scale factor coefficient matrix, SCM; compressing each said SCM to produce a compressed coefficient matrix representing the scale factors in a tile in a compressed format; packing said compressed coefficient matrix in a data format for transmission.
A stable waterborne composition comprising: (a) at least one anionically stabilized acrylic polymer dispersion, wherein the acrylic polymer contains at least a portion of polymerized acid monomer units; and (b) at least one polyaminosiloxane copolymer-containing steric stabilizing groups, wherein (i) at least a portion of the silicon atoms in the polyaminosiloxane copolymer contain a pendant group with a secondary or a primary amine functionality; and (ii) at least a portion of the silicon atoms in the polyaminosiloxane copolymer-containing steric stabilizing groups have a pendant alkyl-poly(alkylene oxide) chain. (a) at least one anionically stabilized acrylic polymer dispersion, wherein the acrylic polymer contains at least a portion of polymerized acid monomer units; and (b) at least one polyaminosiloxane copolymer-containing steric stabilizing groups, wherein (i) at least a portion of the silicon atoms in the polyaminosiloxane copolymer contain a pendant group with a secondary or a primary amine functionality; and (ii) at least a portion of the silicon atoms in the polyaminosiloxane copolymer-containing steric stabilizing groups have a pendant alkyl-poly(alkylene oxide) chain.
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an image; identifying content to display over the image for a user; identifying a location within the image to display the content; identifying a point of interest of the content; triggering display of the content overlaid on the image by: identifying a portion of the content based on the point of interest, rendering the portion of the content using first shading parameters, and rendering the content other than the portion using second shading parameters; generating a pointing entity directed at the point of interest the pointing entity having a pointing origin identified based on a position of the user in a physical space and the point of interest and indicating a position and/or direction for the user from which to view the point of interest; and triggering display of the pointing entity overlaid on the image. receiving an image; identifying content to display over the image for a user; identifying a location within the image to display the content; identifying a point of interest of the content; triggering display of the content overlaid on the image by: identifying a portion of the content based on the point of interest, rendering the portion of the content using first shading parameters, and rendering the content other than the portion using second shading parameters; identifying a portion of the content based on the point of interest, rendering the portion of the content using first shading parameters, and rendering the content other than the portion using second shading parameters; generating a pointing entity directed at the point of interest the pointing entity having a pointing origin identified based on a position of the user in a physical space and the point of interest and indicating a position and/or direction for the user from which to view the point of interest; and triggering display of the pointing entity overlaid on the image.
A method for controlling data duplication transmission function for Dual Connection DC, comprising: receiving, by a terminal device, indication information sent by a control device, wherein the indication information indicates: a message in which at least one piece of first information is included and a bit position of the first information in the message, wherein the at least one piece of first information is used to activate or deactivate a data duplication transmission function of at least one bearer of the terminal device respectively , wherein the message in which the at least one piece of first information is included is a Media Access Control, MAC, Control Element, CE; and determining, by the terminal device, a bearer of which the data duplication transmission function is needed to be activated or deactivated according to the indication information and according to a received message used to activate or deactivate the data duplication transmission function of the bearer . receiving, by a terminal device, indication information sent by a control device, wherein the indication information indicates: a message in which at least one piece of first information is included and a bit position of the first information in the message, wherein the at least one piece of first information is used to activate or deactivate a data duplication transmission function of at least one bearer of the terminal device respectively , wherein the message in which the at least one piece of first information is included is a Media Access Control, MAC, Control Element, CE; and determining, by the terminal device, a bearer of which the data duplication transmission function is needed to be activated or deactivated according to the indication information and according to a received message used to activate or deactivate the data duplication transmission function of the bearer .
A method for processing the plastic material of a plastic material object, in which the plastic material is processed with a laser and at least partially modified, during processing of the plastic material with the laser, plastic material is ablated in a processing region, at the same time or subsequently the processing region is polished with the laser or with another laser, characterized in that the plastic material is de-crosslinked and then irradiated in order to at least partially regain a crosslinking of the plastic material and the plastic material is irradiated in this polished processing region.
A system of load-bearing elements of frameworks and fixed and moveable frames of indoor and outdoor all-glass doors, windows, fixed or movable glass panels or curtain walls in civil and/or industrial and/or commercial and/or religious contexts, said system being characterized in that it comprises a transparent structure with sides formed by a profile or composition of profiles defining an open conformation, said profiles consisting of glass or another transparent material, as single material in monolithic form, in non-monolithic form or multiple materials, the profile or composition of profiles extending longitudinally and forming said load-bearing elements in form of upright and transverse beams of said transparent frames structure of said fixed and moveable frames for doors and windows or curtain walls, wherein the profiles have an L-shaped cross-section to define a substantially U-shaped profile when joined together, or have a U-shaped section, said profiles having the same or different cross-sectional perimeter dimensions so as to give rise to different geometric and/or dimensional configurations of jambs-stiles/heads-rails said profiles being assembled to define an inner volume and suitable for containing-actuation means for opening/closing doors or windows or glass partitions and/or for integrating and/or containing electric/electronic devices for comfort and security, interactivity with the user and aesthetic character, such as video cameras, displays, sensors, probes, presence detecting devices suitable for activating security systems, lighting sources, photovoltaic devices, touch-screen devices, circuits or heating/cooling devices, said transparent structure formed of said profile or composition of profiles being apt to eliminate visible parts in metal or opaque material so as to define a monobloc with the glazing of the door or window or façade when connected to said glazing.