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Variable compression ratio engine comprising a compression ratio adjustment device provided with a screw ball lifting device, said engine comprising a transfer channel connecting an upper chamber and a lower chamber of a double-acting hydraulic control cylinder , and at least one cylinder piston fixed to a control rack , characterized in that the screw ball lifting device comprises: • at least two balls or valves each resting on a seat and respectively closing off one and the other end of the transfer channel connecting the upper chamber and the lower chamber of the control cylinder , said balls acting as a non-return valve when they are held on their seat by a spring in order only allow hydraulic fluid to pass in one direction; • lifting means consisting of a cylindrical pusher housed in the transfer channel and at least one rotary electric motor provided with an angular sensor, said electric motor ensuring, by means of mechanical transmission means , the rotation of at least one screw which makes it possible to maneuver said cylindrical pusher in longitudinal translation so that its end lifts or at least one ball or valve is removed from its seat . • at least two balls or valves each resting on a seat and respectively closing off one and the other end of the transfer channel connecting the upper chamber and the lower chamber of the control cylinder , said balls acting as a non-return valve when they are held on their seat by a spring in order only allow hydraulic fluid to pass in one direction; • lifting means consisting of a cylindrical pusher housed in the transfer channel and at least one rotary electric motor provided with an angular sensor, said electric motor ensuring, by means of mechanical transmission means , the rotation of at least one screw which makes it possible to maneuver said cylindrical pusher in longitudinal translation so that its end lifts or at least one ball or valve is removed from its seat .
An electronic control system for a turbopropeller engine having a gas turbine and a propeller assembly coupled to the gas turbine , the control system implementing a propeller control unit (PEC) configured to control propeller operation based on a pilot input request, via generation of a driving quantity (Ip) for an actuation assembly designed to adjust a pitch angle (β) of propeller blades of the propeller assembly , wherein the control system is configured to engage a mechanical lock determining a minimum flight value for the pitch angle (β) during a flight operating mode, and disengage the mechanical lock and control the pitch angle (β) below the minimum flight value, up to a minimum ground value lower than the minimum flight value, during a ground operating mode, the control system being further configured, during a transition from the ground operating mode to the flight operating mode, to engage the mechanical lock, thereby causing an increase of the pitch angle (β) towards the minimum flight value, characterized in that the propeller control unit (PEC) is configured to anticipate the increase of the pitch angle (β) in a time period (T) before the mechanical lock engagement due to the transition from the ground operating mode to the flight operating mode.
A valve for inflating and deflating an inflatable element wherein the valve comprises: - a valve housing fluid connected to the inflatable element , - an at least one hole extending through the valve housing and accommodated to let a fluid flow in and out the valve housing for inflating and deflating the inflatable element - a flap disposed next to the at least one hole inside the valve housing , such that the flap covers the at least one hole and behaves as a flap when inflating the inflatable element ; characterized in that the flap is inflatable and is fluid connected with a nozzle disposed outside the valve housing ; wherein the inflatable flap , when inflated, uncovers the at least one hole releasing a fluid flow through the at least one hole for deflating the inflatable element . - a valve housing fluid connected to the inflatable element , - an at least one hole extending through the valve housing and accommodated to let a fluid flow in and out the valve housing for inflating and deflating the inflatable element - a flap disposed next to the at least one hole inside the valve housing , such that the flap covers the at least one hole and behaves as a flap when inflating the inflatable element ; characterized in that the flap is inflatable and is fluid connected with a nozzle disposed outside the valve housing ; wherein the inflatable flap , when inflated, uncovers the at least one hole releasing a fluid flow through the at least one hole for deflating the inflatable element .
A terminal device , comprising a charging input circuit , an apparatus for controlling a charging micro short circuit, a battery , and an application processor , wherein the charging input circuit is configured to charge the battery , the apparatus for controlling a charging micro short circuit is configured to: determine whether a micro short circuit occurs on the charging input circuit , and the apparatus for controlling a charging micro short circuit comprises a voltage comparator and a processing unit , wherein the voltage comparator is configured to acquire a voltage of a power cable of the charging input circuit and a voltage of a signal cable of the charging input circuit , and obtain a difference obtained by subtracting the voltage of the signal cable of the charging input circuit from the voltage of the power cable of the charging input circuit; and the processing unit is configured to determine, according to the difference obtained by subtracting the voltage of the signal cable of the charging input circuit from the voltage of the power cable of the charging input circuit, whether a micro short circuit occurs on the charging input circuit , and in a case in which the micro short circuit occurs on the charging input circuit , send, to the application processor of the terminal device , the signal used to indicate that the micro short circuit occurs on the charging input circuit , so that the application processor is configured to control the output device of the terminal device to emit the alert signal to prompt the owner of the terminal device that the micro short circuit occurs on the charging input circuit of the terminal device .
Stroller frame , comprising at least one electric motor , for preferably assistively driving the stroller frame , at least one wheel connecting device , in particular wheel axle, preferably rear wheel axle, and at least one battery module which is connected or can be connected to the wheel connecting device and in the assembled state is arranged at least partly outside the wheel connecting device , wherein the battery module - is arranged at least predominantly below a level of an upper end of the wheel connecting device and/or - is arranged at least partly below the wheel connecting device and/or - has a height and/or a diameter which is/are at most 1.5 times as large as a height or a diameter of the wheel connecting device , characterized in that the battery module extends over at least half of a wheel distance of the wheels connected by the wheel connecting device and/or a length of the wheel connecting device ,wherein the battery module can be removed from the wheel connecting device . at least one electric motor , for preferably assistively driving the stroller frame , at least one wheel connecting device , in particular wheel axle, preferably rear wheel axle, and at least one battery module which is connected or can be connected to the wheel connecting device and in the assembled state is arranged at least partly outside the wheel connecting device , wherein the battery module - is arranged at least predominantly below a level of an upper end of the wheel connecting device and/or - is arranged at least partly below the wheel connecting device and/or - has a height and/or a diameter which is/are at most 1.5 times as large as a height or a diameter of the wheel connecting device , characterized in that the battery module extends over at least half of a wheel distance of the wheels connected by the wheel connecting device and/or a length of the wheel connecting device ,wherein the battery module can be removed from the wheel connecting device . - is arranged at least predominantly below a level of an upper end of the wheel connecting device and/or - is arranged at least partly below the wheel connecting device and/or - has a height and/or a diameter which is/are at most 1.5 times as large as a height or a diameter of the wheel connecting device , characterized in that the battery module extends over at least half of a wheel distance of the wheels connected by the wheel connecting device and/or a length of the wheel connecting device ,wherein the battery module can be removed from the wheel connecting device .
A method for magnetic/impedance burst testing of an AC induction motor , i.e. ACIM, comprising: providing a portable tester that provides a Signal Processor , a single-phase power source VAC , an AC to DC boost converter connected to the power source, at least one energy storage device connected to the AC to DC boost converter , a pulse width modulated drive module connected to the at least one energy storage device , and a series of at least three switches , i.e. IPM, using switch/level boost-type pulse width modulated rectification, the IPM connected to both the 3 legs of the large electric motor and the pulse width modulated drive module , the method comprising: programming the pulse width modulated drive module with a desired duration of output burst with the Signal Processor ; programming the pulse width modulated drive module with an initial magnetic test angle with the Signal Processor ; programming the pulse width modulated drive module with a test frequency for magnetic angle reversals with the Signal Processor ; programming a Programmable Gain Amplifier with the Signal Processor to optimize the signal gain in order to prevent voltage and current signal clipping; and controlling the pulse width modulated drive module with the Signal Processor to control the amplitude, magnetic angle and test frequency for magnetic angle reversals applied to the ACIM. programming the pulse width modulated drive module with a desired duration of output burst with the Signal Processor ; programming the pulse width modulated drive module with an initial magnetic test angle with the Signal Processor ; programming the pulse width modulated drive module with a test frequency for magnetic angle reversals with the Signal Processor ; programming a Programmable Gain Amplifier with the Signal Processor to optimize the signal gain in order to prevent voltage and current signal clipping; and controlling the pulse width modulated drive module with the Signal Processor to control the amplitude, magnetic angle and test frequency for magnetic angle reversals applied to the ACIM.
Monopulse radar apparatus comprising a digital processor and an antenna having four, and only four receive channels (A,B,C,D) through which signals received by the antenna are passed to the processor; each receive channel including an analogue to digital converter ; and the processor being arranged to calculate sum and difference signals from the signals received through each receive channel; wherein the processor is further arranged such that, in the event that a malfunction is detected in one of the receive channels, compensated sum and difference signals are calculated by the processor using the signals from the remaining, functioning receive channels; wherein the processor is arranged to monitor the received signals over a predetermined number of pulses transmitted by a transmitter associated with the monopulse radar apparatus, and wherein the processor is configured such that a malfunction is detected when one of the received signals changes by an amount greater than a predetermined threshold level within the predetermined number of pulses; and wherein the processor is configured such that, in the event that a malfunction is detected in one of the four receive channels, the sum signal is calculated using the signals from the two feed elements associated with functioning receive channels and adjacent the malfunctioning feed element.
A composite filter material for removing contaminants from water, wherein said composite filter material is made up of a base filter material with a surface area; and wherein said surface area of said base filter material is at least partially coated with a thin layer of polydopamine, PDA ; and wherein said base filter material comprises granular activated carbon (GAC) and wherein said thin layer of polydopamine, PDA , is at least partially coated with a thin layer of metal, the thin layer of metal comprising iron ; and wherein said thin layer of metal is at least partially oxidized, thereby comprising at least partially oxidized iron; and wherein said thin layer of partially oxidized metal is at least partially coated with a thin layer of octadecylamine, ODA . wherein said surface area of said base filter material is at least partially coated with a thin layer of polydopamine, PDA ; and wherein said base filter material comprises granular activated carbon (GAC) and wherein said thin layer of polydopamine, PDA , is at least partially coated with a thin layer of metal, the thin layer of metal comprising iron ; and wherein said thin layer of metal is at least partially oxidized, thereby comprising at least partially oxidized iron; and wherein said thin layer of partially oxidized metal is at least partially coated with a thin layer of octadecylamine, ODA .
A foam glass casting compound for a building structure, which is mixed at least from a bituminous binder having at least a proportion of bitumen and foam glass gravel made of porous foam glass pieces, wherein the foam glass casting compound is malleable in the warm state and is cured in the cooled state, characterized in that the foam glass pieces of the foam glass gravel have a grain size of 1-100 mm, and the bituminous binder has at least a proportion of hard bitumen with a penetration between 1 and 25 [0.1 mm], and the bituminous binder completely envelops the foam glass pieces of the foam glass gravel and at least partially fills a void volume of the foam glass pieces.
A sewing machine with adjustable double needle distance, comprising: a sewing head including an upper shaft and a needle bar ; the upper shaft being rotatable to bring the needle bar to move upward and downward, such that two needles located at a lower end of the needle bar move synchronously with the needle bar ; a double needle distance driving mechanism ; and a double needle distance adjusting mechanism including an adjustment stem axially extended through the needle bar and an adjustment unit located between the adjustment stem and the two needles ; the adjustment stem being brought by the double needle distance driving mechanism to rotate, and the adjustment stem in rotating enabling the adjustment unit to cause at least one of the two needles to move sidewardly, so that the two needles are located closer to or farther away from each other; characterized in that the adjustment unit includes a gear connected to the adjustment stem and a first rack connected to a first one of the two needles ; the gear being brought by the adjustment stem to rotate; and the first rack being engaged with the gear , so that the first one of the two needles is moved sidewardly in a first direction (F1) across the needle bar by the first rack . a sewing head including an upper shaft and a needle bar ; the upper shaft being rotatable to bring the needle bar to move upward and downward, such that two needles located at a lower end of the needle bar move synchronously with the needle bar ; a double needle distance driving mechanism ; and a double needle distance adjusting mechanism including an adjustment stem axially extended through the needle bar and an adjustment unit located between the adjustment stem and the two needles ; the adjustment stem being brought by the double needle distance driving mechanism to rotate, and the adjustment stem in rotating enabling the adjustment unit to cause at least one of the two needles to move sidewardly, so that the two needles are located closer to or farther away from each other; characterized in that the adjustment unit includes a gear connected to the adjustment stem and a first rack connected to a first one of the two needles ; the gear being brought by the adjustment stem to rotate; and the first rack being engaged with the gear , so that the first one of the two needles is moved sidewardly in a first direction (F1) across the needle bar by the first rack .
Noise protection device comprising a substantially vertical wall element , at least one arm which extends from the wall element and at least one solar module which is held by the arm , characterized in that the arm laterally supports the wall element , and in that the wall element forms a sound protection surface above an upper edge of the solar module , the sound protection surface being designed as a sound absorption surface.
A method for obtaining information signatures from nuclear material or about the presence, the nature and/or the shielding of a nuclear material , especially in homeland security or nuclear safeguard applications, said nuclear material emitting in a time correlated manner at least a first radiation and a second radiation, said method comprising the steps of detecting said first radiation by means of at least one first radiation detector (D1, D1') and detecting said second radiation by means of at least one second radiation detector (D2), whereby the detection of said second radiation is triggered by said detection of said first radiation in a manner that is adapted to the radiation's time correlation structure, thereby increasing the signal-to-background ratio for the detection of said second radiation, and whereby said at least one first radiation detector (D1, D1') detects single events, and the detection events of said at least one first radiation detector define one or more predetermined time windows, said method being characterized in that the data being acquired by at least one second radiation detector (D2) within said predetermined time windows being analyzed separately from data acquired by said at least one second radiation detector (D2) outside said time window, whereby said at least one first radiation detector (D1, D1') detects low background fission signatures consisting of radiation of comparatively low abundance except in the presence of nuclear material, and said at least one second radiation detector (D2) detects any fission signatures directly or indirectly associated with nuclear material possibly difficult to use otherwise for characterization due to the presence of an intense background.
A method of rendering graphics with a processor, the method comprising: setting up a plurality of objects in a scene in virtual space, each said object being defined by a set of vertices, assigning a unique object identifier to each of the objects; issuing one or more draw calls to draw the objects; manipulating parameter values of the vertices to generate output vertex parameter values; setting up a plurality of primitives from the vertices, each said primitive being defined by a set of one or more of the vertices and each said primitive belonging to one or more of the objects; rasterizing each of the primitives for a plurality of pixels; writing a depth at each said pixel to a Z buffer, the Z buffer having a first resolution; writing one or more of the object identifiers to at least one ID buffer, such that each pixel in the Z buffer is associated with an object identifier in the ID buffer in a one to one correspondence; processing the pixels for each of the rasterized primitives to determine a set of color values in a color buffer, the color buffer having a second resolution that is less than the first resolution; and determining a set of display pixels for an output frame at the resolution of the Z buffer using the color values in the color buffer and the identifiers in the ID buffer. setting up a plurality of objects in a scene in virtual space, each said object being defined by a set of vertices, assigning a unique object identifier to each of the objects; issuing one or more draw calls to draw the objects; manipulating parameter values of the vertices to generate output vertex parameter values; setting up a plurality of primitives from the vertices, each said primitive being defined by a set of one or more of the vertices and each said primitive belonging to one or more of the objects; rasterizing each of the primitives for a plurality of pixels; writing a depth at each said pixel to a Z buffer, the Z buffer having a first resolution; writing one or more of the object identifiers to at least one ID buffer, such that each pixel in the Z buffer is associated with an object identifier in the ID buffer in a one to one correspondence; processing the pixels for each of the rasterized primitives to determine a set of color values in a color buffer, the color buffer having a second resolution that is less than the first resolution; and determining a set of display pixels for an output frame at the resolution of the Z buffer using the color values in the color buffer and the identifiers in the ID buffer.
A method of recommending to initiate or not to initiate an anti-cancer therapy in a subject having glioblastoma, wherein the anti-cancer therapy comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective dose of dacomitinib, the method comprising: determining the expression level of LAMTOR2 and the expression level of at least one reference gene in exosomal RNA extracted from a biological sample from the subject; normalizing the expression level of LAMTOR2 in the biological sample by dividing the expression level of LAMTOR2 by the expression level of the at least one reference gene; comparing the normalized expression level of the at least one gene in the biological sample to a predetermined cutoff value, wherein the predetermined cutoff value is the ratio of the expression of level of LAMTOR2 to the reference gene in a biological sample from a subject having glioblastoma and who has responded to treatment with the anti-cancer therapy; and recommending initiating an anti-cancer therapy when the normalized expression level of the at least one gene is equal to or less than the predetermined cutoff value, or recommending not initiating an anti-cancer therapy when the normalized expression level of the at least one gene is greater than the predetermined cutoff value. determining the expression level of LAMTOR2 and the expression level of at least one reference gene in exosomal RNA extracted from a biological sample from the subject; normalizing the expression level of LAMTOR2 in the biological sample by dividing the expression level of LAMTOR2 by the expression level of the at least one reference gene; comparing the normalized expression level of the at least one gene in the biological sample to a predetermined cutoff value, wherein the predetermined cutoff value is the ratio of the expression of level of LAMTOR2 to the reference gene in a biological sample from a subject having glioblastoma and who has responded to treatment with the anti-cancer therapy; and recommending initiating an anti-cancer therapy when the normalized expression level of the at least one gene is equal to or less than the predetermined cutoff value, or recommending not initiating an anti-cancer therapy when the normalized expression level of the at least one gene is greater than the predetermined cutoff value.