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A well installation for detecting the level of water (W) in a formation (F) associated with the well; the installation comprising: a tubing and an extension portion, the tubing comprising a perforated section , wherein the extension portion (E) is a solid walled portion that extends below the perforated section of the tubing , the extension portion (E) extending to a depth beyond that required for extraction of product; and a receiver configured to receive electrical signals from the tubing so as to detect the level of water (W) in the formation (F) in dependence on the strength of the received electrical signals, the received electrical signals having been influenced by electrical signals in the extension portion (E). a tubing and an extension portion, the tubing comprising a perforated section , wherein the extension portion (E) is a solid walled portion that extends below the perforated section of the tubing , the extension portion (E) extending to a depth beyond that required for extraction of product; and a receiver configured to receive electrical signals from the tubing so as to detect the level of water (W) in the formation (F) in dependence on the strength of the received electrical signals, the received electrical signals having been influenced by electrical signals in the extension portion (E).
A system for assigning users from a set of candidate users to one of a plurality of sub-bands (s) in a current time slot (t) in a non-orthogonal multiple access communications system, comprising: an assignment processor adapted to select a plurality of candidate pairs of the users, each candidate pair comprising a respective first user ( k 1 ) and a respective candidate second user ( k 2 ), for consideration with respect to the selected sub-band, a power calculator adapted to perform a provisional power allocation to each sub-band with regard to each candidate pair, a throughput calculator adapted to determine a respective candidate pair user throughput deviation value reflecting the aggregate of the respective difference between the average throughput across the set of candidate users and the known throughput of each of the first user ( k 1 ), the candidate second user ( k 2 ), and each user attributed to a sub-band other than the selected sub-band, the assignment processor being further adapted to assign to the sub-band whichever candidate pair of users corresponds to the smallest respective candidate pair user throughput deviation value. an assignment processor adapted to select a plurality of candidate pairs of the users, each candidate pair comprising a respective first user ( k 1 ) and a respective candidate second user ( k 2 ), for consideration with respect to the selected sub-band, a power calculator adapted to perform a provisional power allocation to each sub-band with regard to each candidate pair, a throughput calculator adapted to determine a respective candidate pair user throughput deviation value reflecting the aggregate of the respective difference between the average throughput across the set of candidate users and the known throughput of each of the first user ( k 1 ), the candidate second user ( k 2 ), and each user attributed to a sub-band other than the selected sub-band, the assignment processor being further adapted to assign to the sub-band whichever candidate pair of users corresponds to the smallest respective candidate pair user throughput deviation value.
A shelf assembly for a refrigerator or freezer , comprising: a receiving plate for receiving objects; a holding arrangement, which is joined to the receiving plate to form a structural unit, and by means of which the shelf assembly can be mounted in a cooling or freezing space of the refrigerator or freezer on delimiting walls of the cooling or freezing space, wherein the holding arrangement includes at least one holding element , which is arranged in the region of a side edge of the receiving plate, extends along the side edge and is made at least in part of an electrically conducting metal material, wherein the holding element has a metal core, which has a coating or casing of an electrically insulating material, an electrical consumer , wherein the shelf assembly forms a power supply path extending via the metal material of the holding element for supplying power to the electrical consumer, and an electrically conducting element is located in the power supply path, which electrically conducting element projects into a cutout (44c; 44e) created in the holding element and is in electrically conducting contact with the metal core of the holding element there, characterized in that the electrically conducting element is a bolt member , which is inserted into the cutout and has a bolt head protruding out of the cutout, wherein another electrically conducting element located in the power supply path rests on the bolt head or is clamped between the holding element and the bolt head, or the electrically conducting element is held in the cutout by squeeze engagement. a receiving plate for receiving objects; a holding arrangement, which is joined to the receiving plate to form a structural unit, and by means of which the shelf assembly can be mounted in a cooling or freezing space of the refrigerator or freezer on delimiting walls of the cooling or freezing space, wherein the holding arrangement includes at least one holding element , which is arranged in the region of a side edge of the receiving plate, extends along the side edge and is made at least in part of an electrically conducting metal material, wherein the holding element has a metal core, which has a coating or casing of an electrically insulating material, an electrical consumer , wherein the shelf assembly forms a power supply path extending via the metal material of the holding element for supplying power to the electrical consumer, and an electrically conducting element is located in the power supply path, which electrically conducting element projects into a cutout (44c; 44e) created in the holding element and is in electrically conducting contact with the metal core of the holding element there, characterized in that the electrically conducting element is a bolt member , which is inserted into the cutout and has a bolt head protruding out of the cutout, wherein another electrically conducting element located in the power supply path rests on the bolt head or is clamped between the holding element and the bolt head, or the electrically conducting element is held in the cutout by squeeze engagement.
A temperature detection assembly for a cooking pot , wherein said temperature detection assembly comprises: - a straight and elongated bar , - at least one SAW (surface acoustic wave) temperature sensor arranged inside a lower end portion of the bar , - a sensor antenna connected to an upper end of the bar , and - at least one handle connected to the upper end of the bar , wherein - the SAW temperature sensor or a heat conducting element connected to said SAW temperature sensor is spaced from a lower end of the bar by a predetermined distance, and wherein - a non-heat-conducting material is arranged between the SAW temperature sensor or the heat conducting element, respectively, and the lower end of the bar , and wherein - a bowed section allows the supporting of the temperature detection assembly by an upper edge of a sidewall of the cooking pot , characterized in, that the sensor antenna and the handle are connected to the upper end of the bar via the bowed section , wherein said bowed section is interconnected between the sensor antenna and the handle on the one hand and the upper end of the bar on the other hand. - a straight and elongated bar , - at least one SAW (surface acoustic wave) temperature sensor arranged inside a lower end portion of the bar , - a sensor antenna connected to an upper end of the bar , and - at least one handle connected to the upper end of the bar , wherein - the SAW temperature sensor or a heat conducting element connected to said SAW temperature sensor is spaced from a lower end of the bar by a predetermined distance, and wherein - a non-heat-conducting material is arranged between the SAW temperature sensor or the heat conducting element, respectively, and the lower end of the bar , and wherein - a bowed section allows the supporting of the temperature detection assembly by an upper edge of a sidewall of the cooking pot ,
Method of determining the position of objects advancing in line on a supporting plane belonging to a transport line , wherein the position of the objects on the supporting plane, in particular in transverse direction (y) to the advance direction (F) of the same objects, is determined by detecting their passage through a first and a second light beam crossing each other, wherein said light beams are collimated beams with substantially point-like cross-sectional size, which propagate along paths defining a plane parallel to the supporting plane and forming acute angles with the advance direction (F), and wherein a possible offset of the position of an object from a reference position is detected by comparing the instants at which the object passes through each beam , characterised in that both the instants at which the object enters the first and the second beam and the instants at which the object leaves the first and the second beam are detected, and the extent of the offset, if any, is obtained from a combination of the time difference between the instants of entry into each beam and the time difference between the instants of exit from each beam .
Floating structure for storage and transport of cryogenic product, comprising a system for transferring cryogenic product from the floating structure, called first floating structure , to a second fixed or floating structure for storing cryogenic product, the system comprising a transfer pipe suitable for transporting the cryogenic product, the transfer pipe being self-supporting and comprising at least three rigid sections of pipe (12-17), fluidically connected each to the next by connection means (21-27) suitable for transporting the cryogenic product, each of the two end sections of the transfer pipe having a free end configured as a tip for connection to a connection device of the first floating structure and respectively of the second floating structure ; wherein the system comprises (i) the connection device, which is intended to be disposed on the first structure , and comprises an extension pipe configured to be connected to a collecting device of the associated first structure and to one of the tips of the transfer pipe; and (ii) a support mounting for the free end of the extension pipe, wherein the free end of the extension pipe is the end of the extension pipe to be connected to the transfer pipe, characterized by the support mounting being disposed on the first floating structure and an interstice being provided between the extension pipe of the first structure and its support mounting or between the support mounting and the first structure intended to carry it so as to enable predetermined bending of the extension pipe after connection of the tip of the transfer pipe to that extension pipe, the interstice closing once the transfer pipe is connected.
A radar apparatus for calculating position data of a target, the radar apparatus comprising a sensor signal processor including a range and Doppler processor configured to calculate range-Doppler data from signals input through a plurality of receiving antennas according to virtual antennas while sequentially driving a plurality of transmitting antennas, characterized in that the radar apparatus further comprises: a memory configured to store antenna configuration related information of an antenna arrangement including the plurality of transmitting antennas and the plurality of receiving antennas, at least one kind of which are non-uniformly and linearly deployed, that is, multiple antennas are deployed along a straight line or a curved line and intervals between antennas are not regular; and a target position calculator configured to calculate position data of the target from arrangement mapped data obtained by rearranging a virtual antenna-specific range-Doppler data calculated by the sensor signal processor according to a two-dimensional arrangement of the virtual antennas with reference to the antenna configuration related information and filling with zeros the positions where no virtual antennas are positioned. a memory configured to store antenna configuration related information of an antenna arrangement including the plurality of transmitting antennas and the plurality of receiving antennas, at least one kind of which are non-uniformly and linearly deployed, that is, multiple antennas are deployed along a straight line or a curved line and intervals between antennas are not regular; and a target position calculator configured to calculate position data of the target from arrangement mapped data obtained by rearranging a virtual antenna-specific range-Doppler data calculated by the sensor signal processor according to a two-dimensional arrangement of the virtual antennas with reference to the antenna configuration related information and filling with zeros the positions where no virtual antennas are positioned.
A toner comprising a toner particle containing a binder resin, wherein the storage elastic modulus Gt' of the toner as determined according to the description at 150°C is at least 1.0 × 10 4 Pa, the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first monomer unit derived from a first polymerizable monomer and a second monomer unit derived from a second polymerizable monomer different from the first polymerizable monomer, the first polymerizable monomer is at least one selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid esters having a C 18-36 alkyl group, the content of the first monomer unit in the polymer A is 5.0 mol% to 60.0 mol% of the total moles of all monomer units in the polymer A, the content of the second monomer unit in the polymer A is 20.0 mol% to 95.0 mol% of the total moles of all monomer units in the polymer A, and when the SP value of the first monomer unit as calculated by the Fedors method as indicated in the description is SP 11 (J/cm 3 ) 0.5 , and the SP value of the second monomer unit as calculated by the Fedors method as indicated in the description is SP 21 (J/cm 3 ) 0.5 , the following formula is satisfied: 3.00 ≤ SP 21 − SP 11 ≤ 25.00 the storage elastic modulus Gt' of the toner as determined according to the description at 150°C is at least 1.0 × 10 4 Pa, the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first monomer unit derived from a first polymerizable monomer and a second monomer unit derived from a second polymerizable monomer different from the first polymerizable monomer, the first polymerizable monomer is at least one selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid esters having a C 18-36 alkyl group, the content of the first monomer unit in the polymer A is 5.0 mol% to 60.0 mol% of the total moles of all monomer units in the polymer A, the content of the second monomer unit in the polymer A is 20.0 mol% to 95.0 mol% of the total moles of all monomer units in the polymer A, and when the SP value of the first monomer unit as calculated by the Fedors method as indicated in the description is SP 11 (J/cm 3 ) 0.5 , and the SP value of the second monomer unit as calculated by the Fedors method as indicated in the description is SP 21 (J/cm 3 ) 0.5 , the following formula is satisfied: 3.00 ≤ SP 21 − SP 11 ≤ 25.00
A method for binding carbon dioxide to an old building material, the old building material being old concrete or a product of old concrete, the method comprising the following successive steps: a) Provision of the old building material, b) Moisturising the old building material to a moisture content of 5 to 25% by weight, whereby the moisture only comprises volatile water, i.e. no water of crystallisation or water otherwise incorporated in the crystal structure, c) Introduction of the used building material into a carbon dioxide-containing gas stream and transport of the used building material in the gas stream for at least 1 s in an entrained-flow reactor, d) Separation of the old building material from the gas flow. a) Provision of the old building material, b) Moisturising the old building material to a moisture content of 5 to 25% by weight, whereby the moisture only comprises volatile water, i.e. no water of crystallisation or water otherwise incorporated in the crystal structure, c) Introduction of the used building material into a carbon dioxide-containing gas stream and transport of the used building material in the gas stream for at least 1 s in an entrained-flow reactor, d) Separation of the old building material from the gas flow.
A method of recycling a used absorbent article containing human waste, the absorbent article comprising constituent materials including pulp fibers and superabsorbent polymer, the method including: a first step of separating the pulp fiber from the used absorbent article containing human waste, to obtain regenerated pulp fiber, the first step generating waste water containing organic material, a second step of conversion to solid fuel from the constituent materials of the absorbent article remaining after separation of the pulp fiber, to obtain solid fuel, and a third step of supplying the waste water containing organic material generated from the first step to a microbial fuel cell to obtain electric power while purifying the waste water, wherein a processing rate for the used absorbent article containing human waste is 90 mass% or greater, the processing rate being ((loaded amount of the used absorbent article containing human waste) - (final amount of solid waste treated)) / (loaded amount of the used absorbent article containing human waste) × 100; characterized in that the method further includes a step of recovering the superabsorbent polymer. a first step of separating the pulp fiber from the used absorbent article containing human waste, to obtain regenerated pulp fiber, the first step generating waste water containing organic material, a second step of conversion to solid fuel from the constituent materials of the absorbent article remaining after separation of the pulp fiber, to obtain solid fuel, and a third step of supplying the waste water containing organic material generated from the first step to a microbial fuel cell to obtain electric power while purifying the waste water, wherein a processing rate for the used absorbent article containing human waste is 90 mass% or greater, the processing rate being ((loaded amount of the used absorbent article containing human waste) - (final amount of solid waste treated)) / (loaded amount of the used absorbent article containing human waste) × 100; characterized in that the method further includes a step of recovering the superabsorbent polymer.
A computer-implemented method of adapting a background image, the method comprising: generating crosstalk data to reduce crosstalk between a first view of a subject image and a second view of the subject image, the subject image comprising a multiview image to be overlaid on the background image , wherein a portion of the crosstalk data comprises a crosstalk violation; identifying the crosstalk violation based on a pixel value of the subject image falling below a threshold pixel value, wherein the crosstalk violation is removed from the subject image by setting pixel values corresponding to the crosstalk violation to a minimum value; modifying a visual parameter of the background image based on at least one of a location or degree of the crosstalk violation to compensate for removing the crosstalk violation in the subject image, wherein modifying the visual parameter comprises modifying at least one of a color value or a brightness value of the background image based on the location of the crosstalk violation; and overlaying the subject image on the modified background image, the subject image and modified background image being rendered on a multiview display. generating crosstalk data to reduce crosstalk between a first view of a subject image and a second view of the subject image, the subject image comprising a multiview image to be overlaid on the background image , wherein a portion of the crosstalk data comprises a crosstalk violation; identifying the crosstalk violation based on a pixel value of the subject image falling below a threshold pixel value, wherein the crosstalk violation is removed from the subject image by setting pixel values corresponding to the crosstalk violation to a minimum value; modifying a visual parameter of the background image based on at least one of a location or degree of the crosstalk violation to compensate for removing the crosstalk violation in the subject image, wherein modifying the visual parameter comprises modifying at least one of a color value or a brightness value of the background image based on the location of the crosstalk violation; and overlaying the subject image on the modified background image, the subject image and modified background image being rendered on a multiview display.
A method in an Internet Protocol, IP, Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, infrastructure for enabling associating a media transfer session with an operator sourcing the media transfer session, wherein the infrastructure comprises, a calling party User Equipment, UE, a called party UE , a first path arranged to transport the media transfer session between the calling party UE and the called party UE via a gateway function , wherein during the media transfer session setup an IMS entity retrieves subscriber information, the information associated with a call of the calling party UE , and wherein the infrastructure performs the steps of: - the IMS entity providing the gateway function with an identifier, associated with a call session of the calling party UE , the identifier identifying insertion of a session signature in the media transfer session; - the gateway function using the identifier for composing a session signature, and - the gateway function inserting the composed session signature in the media transfer session in the first path . - the IMS entity providing the gateway function with an identifier, associated with a call session of the calling party UE , the identifier identifying insertion of a session signature in the media transfer session; - the gateway function using the identifier for composing a session signature, and - the gateway function inserting the composed session signature in the media transfer session in the first path .
An apparatus for reinforcing a damaged annulus fibrosus, comprising: an inflatable balloon having a first end , a second end , wherein a posterior portion of the inflatable balloon is adapted to seal against an annulus fibrosus, characterized by ; a first anchor coupled to the first end of the inflatable balloon , the first anchor being adapted to anchor the first end of the inflatable balloon to a first location of the annulus fibrosus at a first lateral side of the annulus fibrosus; and a second anchor coupled to the second end of the inflatable balloon , the second anchor being adapted to anchor the second end of the inflatable balloon to a second lateral side of the annulus fibrosus; wherein, an anterior portion of the inflatable balloon is more compliant than the posterior portion of the inflatable balloon . an inflatable balloon having a first end , a second end , wherein a posterior portion of the inflatable balloon is adapted to seal against an annulus fibrosus, characterized by ; a first anchor coupled to the first end of the inflatable balloon , the first anchor being adapted to anchor the first end of the inflatable balloon to a first location of the annulus fibrosus at a first lateral side of the annulus fibrosus; and a second anchor coupled to the second end of the inflatable balloon , the second anchor being adapted to anchor the second end of the inflatable balloon to a second lateral side of the annulus fibrosus; wherein, an anterior portion of the inflatable balloon is more compliant than the posterior portion of the inflatable balloon .