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A beverage preparation machine comprising: a beverage dispenser ; a cup holding region located below the beverage dispenser , a cup stand ; a lifting mechanism ; a light source configured to transmit light across a portion of the cup holding region ; a receiver configured to receive at least a portion the light transmitted by the light source ; and a processor operably coupled to the receiver and the beverage dispenser , the processor configured to determine both whether a transparent cup has been sufficiently inserted into the cup holding region on the cup stand as positioned by the lifting mechanism and whether the transparent cup is at a desired height by a detection of: a trough in a light level of the portion of the light received at the receiver ; or an inverted trough in a light level of the light transmitted by the light source ; wherein the processor is further configured to, upon making the determination that the transparent cup is not sufficiently inserted and at the desired height : prevent the beverage dispenser from dispensing a beverage; and detect whether the transparent cup has subsequently been lifted to the desired height. a beverage dispenser ; a cup holding region located below the beverage dispenser , a cup stand ; a lifting mechanism ; a light source configured to transmit light across a portion of the cup holding region ; a receiver configured to receive at least a portion the light transmitted by the light source ; and a processor operably coupled to the receiver and the beverage dispenser , the processor configured to determine both whether a transparent cup has been sufficiently inserted into the cup holding region on the cup stand as positioned by the lifting mechanism and whether the transparent cup is at a desired height by a detection of: a trough in a light level of the portion of the light received at the receiver ; or an inverted trough in a light level of the light transmitted by the light source ; a trough in a light level of the portion of the light received at the receiver ; or an inverted trough in a light level of the light transmitted by the light source ; wherein the processor is further configured to, upon making the determination that the transparent cup is not sufficiently inserted and at the desired height : prevent the beverage dispenser from dispensing a beverage; and detect whether the transparent cup has subsequently been lifted to the desired height. prevent the beverage dispenser from dispensing a beverage; and detect whether the transparent cup has subsequently been lifted to the desired height.
A method, comprising: by a protocol converter, PC : receiving , via one or more communication interfaces, Extensible Markup Language, XML, data transmitted by an Application Function, AF, wherein the one or more communication interfaces are configured to provide a Diameter Protocol, DP, message for transmission to a Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF , , the PCRF included in a Diameter realm; and converting , via conversion logic , the XML data into the DP message, wherein the PC is configured to operate separately from the PCRF but within the Diameter realm in which the PCRF is disposed and characterized in that the method further comprises: providing , via an interface of the one or more communication interfaces , the DP message for transmission to the PCRF through a diameter routing agent, DRA, that is communicatively coupled with a plurality of PCRFs including the PCRF, and in that the PC is configured to convert XML elements and groups including groups for supported features, subscription, sponsored connectivity, media components, and granted service, wherein the granted service XML group is nested in the sponsored connectivity XML group according to an XML schema. by a protocol converter, PC : receiving , via one or more communication interfaces, Extensible Markup Language, XML, data transmitted by an Application Function, AF, wherein the one or more communication interfaces are configured to provide a Diameter Protocol, DP, message for transmission to a Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF , , the PCRF included in a Diameter realm; and converting , via conversion logic , the XML data into the DP message, receiving , via one or more communication interfaces, Extensible Markup Language, XML, data transmitted by an Application Function, AF, wherein the one or more communication interfaces are configured to provide a Diameter Protocol, DP, message for transmission to a Policy and Charging Rules Function, PCRF , , the PCRF included in a Diameter realm; and converting , via conversion logic , the XML data into the DP message, wherein the PC is configured to operate separately from the PCRF but within the Diameter realm in which the PCRF is disposed and characterized in that the method further comprises: providing , via an interface of the one or more communication interfaces , the DP message for transmission to the PCRF through a diameter routing agent, DRA, that is communicatively coupled with a plurality of PCRFs including the PCRF, and in that the PC is configured to convert XML elements and groups including groups for supported features, subscription, sponsored connectivity, media components, and granted service, wherein the granted service XML group is nested in the sponsored connectivity XML group according to an XML schema.
Moisture-curing polyurethane composition comprising (i) at least one linear polymer P1 containing isocyanate groups and having an NCO content in the range from 0.3% to 3.3% by weight, obtained from the reaction of at least one monomeric aromatic diisocyanate and a polyether diol having an OH number in the range from 5 to 37 mg KOH/g, (ii) at least one branched polymer P2 containing isocyanate groups and having an NCO content in the range from 1% to 10% by weight, obtained from the reaction of at least one monomeric aromatic diisocyanate and at least one polyether triol having an average OH functionality in the region of at least 2.2 and an OH number in the range from 16 to 380 mg KOH/g, (iii) and a content of plasticizers of not more than 15% by weight, based on the overall composition, characterized in that polymer P1 and polymer P2 are present in a weight ratio in the range from 80/20 to 95/5. (i) at least one linear polymer P1 containing isocyanate groups and having an NCO content in the range from 0.3% to 3.3% by weight, obtained from the reaction of at least one monomeric aromatic diisocyanate and a polyether diol having an OH number in the range from 5 to 37 mg KOH/g, (ii) at least one branched polymer P2 containing isocyanate groups and having an NCO content in the range from 1% to 10% by weight, obtained from the reaction of at least one monomeric aromatic diisocyanate and at least one polyether triol having an average OH functionality in the region of at least 2.2 and an OH number in the range from 16 to 380 mg KOH/g, (iii) and a content of plasticizers of not more than 15% by weight, based on the overall composition, characterized in that polymer P1 and polymer P2 are present in a weight ratio in the range from 80/20 to 95/5.
An effervescent beverage which provides foam with improved quality, comprising a hop oxidation-reaction product, wherein the hop oxidation reaction product is an extract of a hop oxidation reaction product wherein said extract is obtainable by subjecting oxidized hops to extraction with water, water-containing organic solvents or polar organic media such as ethanol, and wherein the amount of said extract is such that the total content of oxidation products of α-acids, oxidation products of iso-o-acids and oxidation products of β-acids in the beverage is 10-400 ppm and/or wherein the concentration of the hop oxidation-reaction product in the beverage is in the range of 10-500 ppm.
A combination of an opioid receptor agonist and at least one anticancer agent for use in the treatment of cancer, wherein (a) said opioid receptor agonist is administered to a patient in one or more doses to establish a therapeutically effective plasma level for a period of at least four weeks, and (b) at least one anticancer agent selected from the group consisting of chemotherapeutical agents, cytotoxic agents, cytostatic agents and/or immunotoxic agents is administered to establish a period with a therapeutically effective plasma level, and (c) said periods of a) and b) overlap. (a) said opioid receptor agonist is administered to a patient in one or more doses to establish a therapeutically effective plasma level for a period of at least four weeks, and (b) at least one anticancer agent selected from the group consisting of chemotherapeutical agents, cytotoxic agents, cytostatic agents and/or immunotoxic agents is administered to establish a period with a therapeutically effective plasma level, and (c) said periods of a) and b) overlap.
An aircraft comprising a modular faucet system , the modular faucet system comprising: a faucet outlet installed on the aircraft ; a flow valve installed on the aircraft separately from the faucet outlet , and configured to be connected by a first water line to a water supply , wherein the water supply comprises a water tank on the aircraft , and to be connected by a second water line to the faucet outlet ; and an actuator installed on the aircraft separately from the faucet outlet and the flow valve , comprising a touchless sensor configured to detect a user of the modular faucet system , and configured to generate a control signal to open the flow valve to provide water from the water supply to the faucet outlet in response to detection of the user by the touchless sensor ; wherein the faucet outlet comprises: a decorative outlet that is visible to the user when the faucet outlet is installed on the aircraft ; a mounting structure configured to attach the decorative outlet to a support structure on the aircraft ; and an adapter fitting configured to connect the decorative outlet in fluid communication with the second water line ; and wherein the actuator is attached to a different support structure on the aircraft from the flow valve and faucet outlet . a faucet outlet installed on the aircraft ; a flow valve installed on the aircraft separately from the faucet outlet , and configured to be connected by a first water line to a water supply , wherein the water supply comprises a water tank on the aircraft , and to be connected by a second water line to the faucet outlet ; and an actuator installed on the aircraft separately from the faucet outlet and the flow valve , comprising a touchless sensor configured to detect a user of the modular faucet system , and configured to generate a control signal to open the flow valve to provide water from the water supply to the faucet outlet in response to detection of the user by the touchless sensor ; wherein the faucet outlet comprises: a decorative outlet that is visible to the user when the faucet outlet is installed on the aircraft ; a mounting structure configured to attach the decorative outlet to a support structure on the aircraft ; and an adapter fitting configured to connect the decorative outlet in fluid communication with the second water line ; and wherein the actuator is attached to a different support structure on the aircraft from the flow valve and faucet outlet . a decorative outlet that is visible to the user when the faucet outlet is installed on the aircraft ; a mounting structure configured to attach the decorative outlet to a support structure on the aircraft ; and an adapter fitting configured to connect the decorative outlet in fluid communication with the second water line ; and
A method for controlling a non-contact electric power supply system in which an electric power receiving coil mounted on a host vehicle is opposed to an electric power transmitting coil set on a ground, the non-contact electric power supply system supplying electric power from the electric power transmitting coil to the electric power receiving coil in a non-contact manner and, when a moving object (P1, P2, P11, P12) is detected in a detection region (R1-R4, R11, R31-34) around the electric power receiving coil or the electric power transmitting coil during the electric power supply, stopping or reducing the electric power supply, characterized by : determining whether another vehicle is parked at a distance D(t) smaller than a preset threshold distance Dth from the host vehicle ; and expanding, when determining that the other vehicle is parked, the detection region (R1-R4, R11, R31-R34) as compared to when not determining that the other vehicle is parked. determining whether another vehicle is parked at a distance D(t) smaller than a preset threshold distance Dth from the host vehicle ; and expanding, when determining that the other vehicle is parked, the detection region (R1-R4, R11, R31-R34) as compared to when not determining that the other vehicle is parked.
Method of electronically tracking of spray coating of a coating fluid on a physical surface by a spray gun arranged to spray the coating fluid in a spray direction, the method comprising, in an electronic computing system: receiving, from a distance sensor module comprising at least one distance sensor, the distance sensor module being connected to the spray gun, distance data indicating a physical distance between the spray gun and the surface; obtaining, from an electronic memory, three-dimensional coating model data of a spray cone associated with the spray gun; receiving, from a positional sensing system connected to the spray gun, position data providing an indication of the spray gun relative to a first position on the physical surface; calculating, based on the distance data, the position data and the three-dimensional coating model, coating deposition area data of positional spray coating deposition on an area of the physical surface per unit of time. receiving, from a distance sensor module comprising at least one distance sensor, the distance sensor module being connected to the spray gun, distance data indicating a physical distance between the spray gun and the surface; obtaining, from an electronic memory, three-dimensional coating model data of a spray cone associated with the spray gun; receiving, from a positional sensing system connected to the spray gun, position data providing an indication of the spray gun relative to a first position on the physical surface; calculating, based on the distance data, the position data and the three-dimensional coating model, coating deposition area data of positional spray coating deposition on an area of the physical surface per unit of time.
A method of profiling the performance of a graphics unit when rendering a scene according to a graphics pipeline comprising a geometry processing stage and a fragment processing stage, the method comprising: executing stages of the graphics pipeline using one or more units of rendering circuitry to perform at least one rendering task that defines a portion of the work required to render the scene, the at least one rendering task associated with a set flag; propagating an indication of the set flag through stages of the graphics pipeline as the scene is rendered including from the geometry processing stage to the fragment processing stage so that work done as part of the at least one rendering task is associated with the set flag in the geometry processing stage and the fragment processing stage; enabling a counter in response to a unit of rendering circuitry performing an item of work associated with the set flag, changing the value of the counter associated with the unit of rendering circuitry in response to an occurrence of the event whilst that unit performs an item of work associated with the set flag, and disabling the counter when the associated unit performs an item of work not associated with the set flag; and reading the value of the counter to thereby measure the occurrences of the event caused by completing the at least one rendering task. executing stages of the graphics pipeline using one or more units of rendering circuitry to perform at least one rendering task that defines a portion of the work required to render the scene, the at least one rendering task associated with a set flag; propagating an indication of the set flag through stages of the graphics pipeline as the scene is rendered including from the geometry processing stage to the fragment processing stage so that work done as part of the at least one rendering task is associated with the set flag in the geometry processing stage and the fragment processing stage; enabling a counter in response to a unit of rendering circuitry performing an item of work associated with the set flag, changing the value of the counter associated with the unit of rendering circuitry in response to an occurrence of the event whilst that unit performs an item of work associated with the set flag, and disabling the counter when the associated unit performs an item of work not associated with the set flag; and reading the value of the counter to thereby measure the occurrences of the event caused by completing the at least one rendering task.
An apparatus for dispensing false eyelashes comprising a casing , the casing comprising an opening for dispensing false eyelashes, a supply wheel , a dispensing pivot , a take-up wheel for spent tape positioned, the supply wheel carrying a supply roll of carrier tape ; wherein the take-up receives spent tape after each false eyelash is dispensed at the dispensing pivot ; wherein the carrier tape extends from a first side of the supply roll, through a first run to the dispensing pivot , around the dispensing pivot such that the eyelash is exposed for application, through a second run to said take-up wheel ; said apparatus characterised in that : the carrier tape comprises a plurality of pockets , each of said pockets comprising at least one false eyelash to be dispensed, and said eyelashes being configured in said pockets such that the distal ends of each false eyelash is directed towards the dispensing pivot with the distal end of said false eyelash being exposed from said pocket; wherein a distal end of the eyelash is exposed for application; and wherein a dispensing actuator wheel is provided to drive rotation of the supply wheel , the actuator protruding from an opening in an upper portion of said casing. the carrier tape comprises a plurality of pockets , each of said pockets comprising at least one false eyelash to be dispensed, and said eyelashes being configured in said pockets such that the distal ends of each false eyelash is directed towards the dispensing pivot with the distal end of said false eyelash being exposed from said pocket; wherein a distal end of the eyelash is exposed for application; and wherein a dispensing actuator wheel is provided to drive rotation of the supply wheel , the actuator protruding from an opening in an upper portion of said casing.
Particles comprising a crystalline core of titanium dioxide having an average diameter, measured by the XRD/Scherrer method, of ≤ 30 nm, a shell of a metal oxide having no photocatalytic properties, and an outer skin carrying organic radicals, wherein the organic radicals of the outer skin are selected from straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl, arylalkenyl, alkenylaryl, arylalkynyl, which is attached via a carbon atom and which is substituted by one or more reactive radicals, in particular selected from those which are themselves or carry unsubstituted or substituted amino, amide, aldehyde, keto, alkylcarbonyl, carboxy, mercapto, cyano, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, sulfonic acid, phosphoric acid, phosphoric acid, amino, amide, aldehyde, keto, alkylcarbonyl, carboxy, mercapto-, cyano, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, sulfonic acid, phosphoric acid, acryloxy, methacryloxy, epoxy or urethane groups, or carry mixtures of such groups and whose carbon chain is continuous or can be interrupted by oxygen or sulphur atoms or by the group -NR", wherein R" is hydrogen or alkyl, characterised in that the metal oxide shell without photocatalytic properties completely envelops the core, preferably with a thickness of up to 10 nm, more preferably with a thickness of up to 5 nm, or only partially surrounds the core.
A method of collecting image data of an eye of a patient having a pupil using an ophthalmic imaging system , wherein the ophthalmic imaging system is an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system, said imaging system including a scanner for directing an OCT beam of radiation through the pupil, said method comprising: selecting a preferred location on the pupil for the entry of the beam of radiation; monitoring the motion of the eye , wherein the step of monitoring the motion of the eye includes imaging the pupil with an imaging system and determining the location of the pupil from within the image; and adjusting the positioning of the beam of radiation in response to the monitored motion to maintain the preferred pupil entry location while capturing OCT image data of structures within the eye . selecting a preferred location on the pupil for the entry of the beam of radiation; monitoring the motion of the eye , wherein the step of monitoring the motion of the eye includes imaging the pupil with an imaging system and determining the location of the pupil from within the image; and adjusting the positioning of the beam of radiation in response to the monitored motion to maintain the preferred pupil entry location while capturing OCT image data of structures within the eye .
A method of expanding cells ex vivo, the method comprising: a) seeding the cells on a hollow fiber substrate so that the cells adhere to the substrate; b) expanding the adhered cells on the substrate; and c) removing the expanded cells from the substrate; wherein the cells are non-embryonic stem, non-germ cells; express telomerase, are not transformed, have a normal karyotype, and can differentiate into at least one cell type of at least two of the endodermal, ectodermal, and mesodermal embryonic lineages. a) seeding the cells on a hollow fiber substrate so that the cells adhere to the substrate; b) expanding the adhered cells on the substrate; and c) removing the expanded cells from the substrate;