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An acoustic testing system comprising: at least four control microphones (C1-C4); at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24); an acoustic enclosure with pre-determined reverberant characteristic; and a control system configured to produce a predetermined acoustic field as measured by said at least four control microphones (C1-C4), wherein the at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24) are operatively coupled to the control system such that the output of each transducer is separately controllable by the control system such that a separate output signal is received by each transducer from the control system ; wherein said at least four control microphones (C1-C4) and said at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24) are contained in the acoustic enclosure , the acoustic enclosure being portable ; characterized in that the acoustic enclosure includes an acoustic treatment on walls of the acoustic enclosure to control reverberant characteristics of the portable acoustic enclosure , wherein the portable acoustic enclosure with the acoustic treatment results in an increased proportion of reflected sounds in the area proximate a unit under test from the at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24), wherein the at least four control microphones (C1-C4) and the at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24) are pre-installed in the portable acoustic enclosure . at least four control microphones (C1-C4); at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24); an acoustic enclosure with pre-determined reverberant characteristic; and a control system configured to produce a predetermined acoustic field as measured by said at least four control microphones (C1-C4), wherein the at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24) are operatively coupled to the control system such that the output of each transducer is separately controllable by the control system such that a separate output signal is received by each transducer from the control system ; wherein said at least four control microphones (C1-C4) and said at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24) are contained in the acoustic enclosure , the acoustic enclosure being portable ; characterized in that the acoustic enclosure includes an acoustic treatment on walls of the acoustic enclosure to control reverberant characteristics of the portable acoustic enclosure , wherein the portable acoustic enclosure with the acoustic treatment results in an increased proportion of reflected sounds in the area proximate a unit under test from the at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24), wherein the at least four control microphones (C1-C4) and the at least four acoustic transducers or groups of transducers (T21-T24) are pre-installed in the portable acoustic enclosure .
A thermoplastic elastomer pellet that is a pellet of a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising 100 parts by mass of (a) a hydrogenated block copolymer and 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of (b) at least one additive selected from a phenol-based antioxidant, a phosphorus-based antioxidant, a sulfur-based antioxidant, an amine-based antioxidant, a salicylic acid derivative light stabilizer, a benzophenone-based light stabilizer, a benzotriazole-based light stabilizer and a hindered amine-based light stabilizer, wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer (a) is a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer having a polymer block A composed of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block B composed of a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound; 5 grams of the additive (b) is soluble in 45 grams of toluene so that a solid of the additive (b) is not confirmed through visual inspection, neither darkness nor cloudiness is observed in a mixture of the additive (b) and the toluene stirred at room temperature; the additive (b) exists in the inside and on the surface of the pellet; in the additive (b), a mass ratio ((b-1)/(b-2)) of an additive (b-1) existing on the surface of the pellet and an additive (b-2) existing in the inside of the pellet is 0.05 to 50, determined using the method described in the specification; a deposition amount of the additive (b-1) existing on the surface of the pellet is in the range from 400 to 20,000 ppm relative to the whole mass of the pellet, determined using the method described in the specification; an average value of a circle equivalent diameter of the additive (b-1) existing on the pellet is in the range from 0.05 to 50 μm, determined using the method described in the specification; a median diameter (d50) of the additive (b-1) is 100 μm or less, determined using the method described in the specification; the hydrogenated block copolymer (a) is at least one selected from a hydrogenated block copolymer (a1) represented by (A-B) n and a hydrogenated block copolymer (a2) represented by A-B-A or (A-B) m -X (in the formulae, As, which are the same as or different from every other, each represent a polymer block A composed of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound; Bs, which are the same as or different from every other, each represent a polymer block B composed of a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound; n represents an integer of 1 to 3; m represents an integer of 1 or more; and X represents a coupling agent residue); and wherein a part of the additive (b) is externally added and deposited on the surface of the pellet.
A communication device comprising: a first wired connection interface for communicating backhaul signals with more central equipment over a wired connection ; a mobile termination device configured to transmit and receive the backhaul signals, wherein the backhaul signals conform to a Radio Access Technology, RAT, of a cellular mobile communication standard and wherein the backhaul signals are placed on an actual radio frequency (RF) in accordance with the RAT or mixed to an intermediate frequency (IF); a radio base station , connected to the mobile termination device , wherein the radio base station is configured to transmit and receive access signals, conforming to a cellular mobile communication standard, to and from at least one local device , the access signals containing same payload data as corresponding backhaul signals; and at least one antenna port for communicating the access signals over the air with the at least one local device . a first wired connection interface for communicating backhaul signals with more central equipment over a wired connection ; a mobile termination device configured to transmit and receive the backhaul signals, wherein the backhaul signals conform to a Radio Access Technology, RAT, of a cellular mobile communication standard and wherein the backhaul signals are placed on an actual radio frequency (RF) in accordance with the RAT or mixed to an intermediate frequency (IF); a radio base station , connected to the mobile termination device , wherein the radio base station is configured to transmit and receive access signals, conforming to a cellular mobile communication standard, to and from at least one local device , the access signals containing same payload data as corresponding backhaul signals; and at least one antenna port for communicating the access signals over the air with the at least one local device .
An image processing method for removing an unwanted portion of a digital image, which method comprises: sampling the image to generate a set of image patches representing the entire image, which image contains a portion of interest; extracting feature vectors from the image patches; partitioning the extracted feature vectors into a plurality of clusters, where feature vectors in the same cluster share a common characteristic; segmenting the portion of interest in the image into a set of segments; carrying out an aggregate bounding region creation process comprising: finding the largest segment in the set of segments and creating a bounding box around that segment; determining which image cluster contains the most image patches within the bounding box of the segment; and adding the image patches of the determined image cluster to an aggregate bounding region for the portion of interest; repeating the aggregate bounding region creation process for each other segment in the set of segments in order of size, the resulting aggregate bounding region containing all the image patches associated with the portion of interest; and removing from the image the image patches which fall outside the resulting aggregate bounding region. sampling the image to generate a set of image patches representing the entire image, which image contains a portion of interest; extracting feature vectors from the image patches; partitioning the extracted feature vectors into a plurality of clusters, where feature vectors in the same cluster share a common characteristic; segmenting the portion of interest in the image into a set of segments; carrying out an aggregate bounding region creation process comprising: finding the largest segment in the set of segments and creating a bounding box around that segment; determining which image cluster contains the most image patches within the bounding box of the segment; and adding the image patches of the determined image cluster to an aggregate bounding region for the portion of interest; finding the largest segment in the set of segments and creating a bounding box around that segment; determining which image cluster contains the most image patches within the bounding box of the segment; and adding the image patches of the determined image cluster to an aggregate bounding region for the portion of interest; repeating the aggregate bounding region creation process for each other segment in the set of segments in order of size, the resulting aggregate bounding region containing all the image patches associated with the portion of interest; and removing from the image the image patches which fall outside the resulting aggregate bounding region.
A portable foldable solar tracker, the solar tracker being a single-axis solar tracker of the type including a series of photovoltaic solar panels arranged on a support, said supports being swivelled to maximize the capture of solar energy at any time and in any location, wherein it comprises three modules formed by frames having a triangular prismatic structure with corresponding supports intended to contain solar panels arranged on the upper lateral ridge of each of the frames forming a grid and attached to the upper ridge of each of the modules in a hinged way for their folding/unfolding, each frame including folding/unfolding actuators associated to each semi-grid, wherein the frames can be stacked one on top of the other and extended and unfolded relative to one another in a partially superimposed manner by means of corresponding telescopic lifters contained in the frame.
A method of assessing stability of a therapeutic protein comprising the steps of measuring thermal stability of the therapeutic protein and comparing the thermal unfolding temperature T m of the therapeutic protein with the T m of a control protein, wherein an increase in T m of the therapeutic protein compared to the T m of the control protein indicates an increase in stability of the therapeutic protein, and wherein the T m of the therapeutic protein correlates with statistical significance with the main peak percent change determined by size exclusion chromatography (SEC).
A method for data deduplication, which is performed by a proxy node in a distributed database, comprising, acquiring deduplication operation request information (S100); sending request operation information carrying distributed deduplication operation information to each of at least one serving node in the distributed database according to the deduplication operation request information, such that the respective serving node preprocesses each record information meeting a deduplication condition in the respective serving node according to the distributed deduplication operation information in the request operation information, to obtain preprocessed record information for each record information (S200), wherein the preprocessed record information comprises the record information and a first Hash value generated from a Hash calculation on the record information; receiving the preprocessed record information sent by each of the at least one serving node, and summarizing the preprocessed record information into a preset processing storage area (S300); and traversing the preprocessed record information in the processing storage area, and for each preprocessed record information, performing deduplication processing on the record information in the preprocessed record information according to the first Hash value in the preprocessed record information (S400). acquiring deduplication operation request information (S100); sending request operation information carrying distributed deduplication operation information to each of at least one serving node in the distributed database according to the deduplication operation request information, such that the respective serving node preprocesses each record information meeting a deduplication condition in the respective serving node according to the distributed deduplication operation information in the request operation information, to obtain preprocessed record information for each record information (S200), wherein the preprocessed record information comprises the record information and a first Hash value generated from a Hash calculation on the record information; receiving the preprocessed record information sent by each of the at least one serving node, and summarizing the preprocessed record information into a preset processing storage area (S300); and traversing the preprocessed record information in the processing storage area, and for each preprocessed record information, performing deduplication processing on the record information in the preprocessed record information according to the first Hash value in the preprocessed record information (S400).
A method of producing heat and an oxidant for an endothermic chemical production process, the method comprising: combusting a mixture of a fuel and a first stream in a gas turbine unit to produce a turbine exhaust gas stream , which gas turbine unit is configured to drive a process air compressor , wherein the process air compressor is configured to compress an inlet gas stream to form a high pressure gas stream and wherein the process air compressor is in fluid communication with an inlet of an air heater , wherein the air heater is configured to combust a fuel and the high pressure gas stream to produce regeneration stream ; regenerating, using the regeneration stream , a catalyst of a hydrocarbon dehydrogenation unit to produce a regeneration exhaust stream ; and processing the regeneration exhaust stream to produce at least a portion of a combustion gas comprising the oxidant for the endothermic chemical production process. combusting a mixture of a fuel and a first stream in a gas turbine unit to produce a turbine exhaust gas stream , which gas turbine unit is configured to drive a process air compressor , wherein the process air compressor is configured to compress an inlet gas stream to form a high pressure gas stream and wherein the process air compressor is in fluid communication with an inlet of an air heater , wherein the air heater is configured to combust a fuel and the high pressure gas stream to produce regeneration stream ; regenerating, using the regeneration stream , a catalyst of a hydrocarbon dehydrogenation unit to produce a regeneration exhaust stream ; and processing the regeneration exhaust stream to produce at least a portion of a combustion gas comprising the oxidant for the endothermic chemical production process.
A device for measuring hair compression and softness having a longitudinal axis (X), characterized in that it comprises: a body and a piston that is movable relative to the body and that co-operates therewith to define at least partially a storage chamber of variable volume for containing a swatch of hair, characterized by : a thread member arranged to thread the swatch into the body, the body configured to encase a swatch of hair, the body comprising a channel for the passage of a wire connected to the swatch of hair, and the device comprises a system for driving in translation the piston into the body at a controlled speed and over a controlled distance of the piston , from a first position in which the swatch of hair is in a rest state to a second position in which the swatch of hair is in a crushing state, a system for recording the piston force needed to crush the swatch up to the crushing state. a thread member arranged to thread the swatch into the body, the body configured to encase a swatch of hair, the body comprising a channel for the passage of a wire connected to the swatch of hair, and the device comprises a system for driving in translation the piston into the body at a controlled speed and over a controlled distance of the piston , from a first position in which the swatch of hair is in a rest state to a second position in which the swatch of hair is in a crushing state, a system for recording the piston force needed to crush the swatch up to the crushing state.
Apparatus for dropletizing a flowable product, having an outer tube which is arranged in a rotatable manner on a core and which is provided with multiple passage openings, wherein, in the core , a feed device for the product to be dropletized and a distribution apparatus bearing against the inner circumference of the outer tube are provided, characterized in that a device for cleaning an outer circumference of the outer tube is provided, wherein the device has a cleaning spatula , a guide rail for the cleaning spatula , which guide rail extends parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the outer tube , and first drive means for moving the cleaning spatula along the guide rail .
A pneumatic tire having a tread portion comprising a shoulder portion and a center portion , wherein the center portion is formed by a rubber composition A which contains a rubber component A, a reinforcing filler A, and solid fine particles A having an average particle size of 1 μm or more, and the shoulder portion is formed by a rubber composition B which contains a rubber component B and a reinforcing filler B, and contains solid fine particles B having an average particle size of 1 μm or more, which is characterized by satisfying the following formula, PB × RB × 2 < PA × RA wherein PA is the average particle size of the solid fine particles A, RA is the volume fraction of the blending amount of the solid fine particles A to the blending amount of the rubber component A, PB is the average particle size of the solid fine particles B, and RB is the volume fraction of the blending amount of the solid fine particles B to the blending amount of the rubber component B; the solid fine particles A and the solid fine particles B are one or more selected from the group consisting of eggshells, non-metal fibers, glass fiber, zinc oxide whiskers, rice husks, Shirasu and water-soluble metal salt fine particles, and the average particle size of the solid fine particles B is less than 80 μm. which is characterized by satisfying the following formula, PB × RB × 2 < PA × RA wherein PA is the average particle size of the solid fine particles A, RA is the volume fraction of the blending amount of the solid fine particles A to the blending amount of the rubber component A, PB is the average particle size of the solid fine particles B, and RB is the volume fraction of the blending amount of the solid fine particles B to the blending amount of the rubber component B; the solid fine particles A and the solid fine particles B are one or more selected from the group consisting of eggshells, non-metal fibers, glass fiber, zinc oxide whiskers, rice husks, Shirasu and water-soluble metal salt fine particles, and the average particle size of the solid fine particles B is less than 80 μm.
A method to control a refrigeration unit in response to a cargo load in a refrigerated container via a processor , the method comprising: providing a plurality of sensors disposed within the refrigerated container ; identifying the cargo load via a cargo identification interface ; analyzing at least one of a cargo thermal sensitivity, a cargo specific heat, and a cargo thermal mass corresponding to the cargo load via the processor ; providing a cargo load temperature range and a cargo load excursion time limit corresponding to at least one of the cargo thermal sensitivity, the cargo specific heat, and the cargo thermal mass of the cargo load ; receiving a plurality of temperature readings corresponding to the cargo load via the plurality of sensors ; determining a temperature distribution within the refrigerated container; operating the refrigeration unit in a power saving mode in response to the plurality of temperature readings within the cargo load temperature range; and operating the refrigeration unit in a standard mode in response to the plurality of temperature readings outside the cargo load temperature range for longer than the cargo load excursion time limit. providing a plurality of sensors disposed within the refrigerated container ; identifying the cargo load via a cargo identification interface ; analyzing at least one of a cargo thermal sensitivity, a cargo specific heat, and a cargo thermal mass corresponding to the cargo load via the processor ; providing a cargo load temperature range and a cargo load excursion time limit corresponding to at least one of the cargo thermal sensitivity, the cargo specific heat, and the cargo thermal mass of the cargo load ; receiving a plurality of temperature readings corresponding to the cargo load via the plurality of sensors ; determining a temperature distribution within the refrigerated container; operating the refrigeration unit in a power saving mode in response to the plurality of temperature readings within the cargo load temperature range; and operating the refrigeration unit in a standard mode in response to the plurality of temperature readings outside the cargo load temperature range for longer than the cargo load excursion time limit.
A device for deploying a stent within the vasculature of a patient, comprising: a sheath having a distal end region , a proximal end region , and a sidewall extending between said distal and proximal end regions; said sidewall defining a lumen extending along a length of said sheath and a side aperture extending through said sidewall and communicating with said lumen ; said side aperture having a portion positioned proximally of said distal end region of said sheath ; wherein said sheath is arranged to retain a stent for delivery within the vasculature of the patient; wherein said side aperture is arranged to slidably receive an aligning member ; and wherein said side aperture comprises a slot extending along a length of said sheath ; characterized in that said slot comprises a distal slot end and a proximal slot end and tapers along a length of said slot from said distal slot end to said proximal slot end . a sheath having a distal end region , a proximal end region , and a sidewall extending between said distal and proximal end regions; said sidewall defining a lumen extending along a length of said sheath and a side aperture extending through said sidewall and communicating with said lumen ; said side aperture having a portion positioned proximally of said distal end region of said sheath ; wherein said sheath is arranged to retain a stent for delivery within the vasculature of the patient; wherein said side aperture is arranged to slidably receive an aligning member ; and wherein said side aperture comprises a slot extending along a length of said sheath ; characterized in that said slot comprises a distal slot end and a proximal slot end and tapers along a length of said slot from said distal slot end to said proximal slot end .