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A method of performing refresh operations on a flash memory, the method comprising: setting one or more refresh registers of the flash memory with values received from a host; and performing refresh operations on the flash memory based on the values set in the one or more refresh registers, and characterized in that setting the one or more refresh registers comprises at least one of: setting a first register to indicate start/stop settings for the refresh operations and clearing the first register to stop an ongoing refresh operation; setting a second register to indicate at least one partition of one or more target memory partitions of the Flash memory for the refresh operations; setting a fourth register to indicate a refresh algorithm for performing the refresh operations; or setting a fifth register to indicate refresh rates for performing the refresh operations. setting one or more refresh registers of the flash memory with values received from a host; and performing refresh operations on the flash memory based on the values set in the one or more refresh registers, and characterized in that setting the one or more refresh registers comprises at least one of: setting a first register to indicate start/stop settings for the refresh operations and clearing the first register to stop an ongoing refresh operation; setting a second register to indicate at least one partition of one or more target memory partitions of the Flash memory for the refresh operations; setting a fourth register to indicate a refresh algorithm for performing the refresh operations; or setting a fifth register to indicate refresh rates for performing the refresh operations. setting a first register to indicate start/stop settings for the refresh operations and clearing the first register to stop an ongoing refresh operation; setting a second register to indicate at least one partition of one or more target memory partitions of the Flash memory for the refresh operations; setting a fourth register to indicate a refresh algorithm for performing the refresh operations; or setting a fifth register to indicate refresh rates for performing the refresh operations.
A system including: an insertion device for inserting an introducer assembly into a body of a patient; and the introducer assembly , wherein the introducer assembly includes a sheath and a dilator coaxially disposed within the sheath , the dilator defining a bore, and wherein the insertion device comprises: a needle removably disposed within the bore of the dilator ; and a retraction assembly capable of producing relative positions of the needle and the introducer assembly , the relative positions including a first position wherein a distal tip of the needle is disposed a predetermined distance distal to a distal end of the introducer assembly , a second position wherein the needle distal tip is disposed distal but proximate to the distal end of the introducer assembly , and a third position wherein the needle distal tip is retracted within the dilator bore, wherein the retraction assembly includes a housing in which a needle hub is disposed, the needle hub attached to a proximal end of the needle , and wherein the needle retraction assembly is configured to releasably lock the needle hub position with respect to the housing at each of the second and third positions. a needle removably disposed within the bore of the dilator ; and a retraction assembly capable of producing relative positions of the needle and the introducer assembly , the relative positions including a first position wherein a distal tip of the needle is disposed a predetermined distance distal to a distal end of the introducer assembly , a second position wherein the needle distal tip is disposed distal but proximate to the distal end of the introducer assembly , and a third position wherein the needle distal tip is retracted within the dilator bore,
A container for consumer goods, comprising: an outer housing comprising a box portion and a lid portion depending from the box portion along a hinge line; a plurality of consumer goods received within the box portion; an inner frame slidably received within the outer housing and positioned between the plurality of consumer goods and the box portion, the inner frame comprising an inner frame front wall underlying a box portion front wall , and a tab portion positioned between a box portion bottom wall and an end of each of a selection of the plurality of the consumer goods, the tab portion depending along a first weakening zone from a bottom edge of the inner frame front wall , wherein the tab portion is arranged such that sliding the inner frame away from the box portion bottom wall engages the tab portion with the selection of consumer goods and lifts the selection of consumer goods away from the box portion bottom wall; and an inner wrapper wrapped around the plurality of consumer goods, the inner wrapper comprising an aperture underlying the selection of consumer goods and overlying the inner frame tab portion so that the inner frame tab portion can contact the selection of consumer goods through the aperture when the inner frame slides away from the box portion bottom wall. an outer housing comprising a box portion and a lid portion depending from the box portion along a hinge line; a plurality of consumer goods received within the box portion; an inner frame slidably received within the outer housing and positioned between the plurality of consumer goods and the box portion, the inner frame comprising an inner frame front wall underlying a box portion front wall , and a tab portion positioned between a box portion bottom wall and an end of each of a selection of the plurality of the consumer goods, the tab portion depending along a first weakening zone from a bottom edge of the inner frame front wall , wherein the tab portion is arranged such that sliding the inner frame away from the box portion bottom wall engages the tab portion with the selection of consumer goods and lifts the selection of consumer goods away from the box portion bottom wall; and an inner wrapper wrapped around the plurality of consumer goods, the inner wrapper comprising an aperture underlying the selection of consumer goods and overlying the inner frame tab portion so that the inner frame tab portion can contact the selection of consumer goods through the aperture when the inner frame slides away from the box portion bottom wall.
A functional filler comprising: (i) an inorganic particulate, wherein the inorganic particulate material has a d 50 of up to 1.0 μm; and (ii) a coating comprising a first compound including a terminating propanoic group or ethylenic group with one or two adjacent carbonyl groups, wherein the first compound is present in the functional filler in an amount of from 0.6 wt. % to 1.2 wt. %, based on the total weight of the functional filler, and wherein the first compound has a formula : A-(X-Y-CO) m (O-B-CO) n OH wherein A is a moiety containing a terminating ethylenic bond with one or two adjacent carbonyl groups: X is O and m is 1 to 4 or X is N and m is 1; Y is C 1-18 -alkylene or C 2-18 -alkenylene; B is C 2-6 -alkylene; n is 0 to 5; provided that when A contains two carbonyl groups adjacent to the ethylenic group, X is N; and wherein the inorganic particulate is selected from an alkaline earth metal carbonate or sulphate, such as calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, dolomite, gypsum, a hydrous kandite clay such as kaolin, halloysite or ball clay, an anhydrous (calcined) kandite clay such as metakaolin or fully calcined kaolin, talc, mica, perlite or diatomaceous earth, or magnesium hydroxide, or combinations thereof. X is O and m is 1 to 4 or X is N and m is 1; Y is C 1-18 -alkylene or C 2-18 -alkenylene; B is C 2-6 -alkylene; n is 0 to 5; provided that when A contains two carbonyl groups adjacent to the ethylenic group, X is N; and wherein the inorganic particulate is selected from an alkaline earth metal carbonate or sulphate, such as calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, dolomite, gypsum, a hydrous kandite clay such as kaolin, halloysite or ball clay, an anhydrous (calcined) kandite clay such as metakaolin or fully calcined kaolin, talc, mica, perlite or diatomaceous earth, or magnesium hydroxide, or combinations thereof.
A method performed by a first communication node , comprising: receiving a request from a communication device to establish a first connection associated with a second connection previously established between the communication device and a second communication node , wherein the request comprises first authentication information generated by the communication device ; sending a message to the second communication node to retrieve context information of the communication device , the message comprising a cell identifier, ID, of a cell corresponding to a first public land mobile network, PLMN, indicated in system information of the first communication node , for determining second authentication information generated by the second communication node ; and establishing the first connection between the communication device and the first communication node based on a determination that the second authentication information matches the first authentication information, wherein the second authentication information is based on a predetermined subset of input parameters, wherein the predetermined subset of input parameters are based on a first PLMN value of a plurality of PLMN values, wherein the first PLMN value corresponds to the first PLMN associated with the cell of the cell ID indicated in the system information of the first communication node . receiving a request from a communication device to establish a first connection associated with a second connection previously established between the communication device and a second communication node , wherein the request comprises first authentication information generated by the communication device ; sending a message to the second communication node to retrieve context information of the communication device , the message comprising a cell identifier, ID, of a cell corresponding to a first public land mobile network, PLMN, indicated in system information of the first communication node , for determining second authentication information generated by the second communication node ; and establishing the first connection between the communication device and the first communication node based on a determination that the second authentication information matches the first authentication information, wherein the second authentication information is based on a predetermined subset of input parameters,
A system for diagnosis of vehicles, comprising a central processor resource configured to communicate wirelessly with at least one vehicle , and a local module located in the respective vehicle and configured to receive diagnosis commands (DC) from the central processor resource , to cause execution of said diagnosis commands (DC) concerning at least one unit connected to a network in the vehicle , leading to at least one command response (R), and to return said at least one command response (R) to the central processor resource , whereby the central processor resource includes a superordinate diagnosis unit adapted to generating diagnosis commands (DC) in the form of control instructions (CI), and the local module is adapted to exclusively executing diagnosis commands (DC) in response to said control instructions (CI) from the central processor resource , whereby the local module is adapted, before executing a diagnosis command (DC), to checking whether it is associated with one or more conditions relating to operation of the vehicle , and to only executing it if all of the operation-related conditions associated with it are fulfilled, said conditions comprising at least one of an indicated vehicle speed range, no activation of manually initiated braking, no activation of the power take-off of the vehicle or a requirement for the steering wheel angle deflection to be within an indicated range, whereby the local module is further configured to monitor, when executing a diagnosis command (DC), any conditions associated with it, and to cease executing the diagnosis command (DC) if one or more of said associated conditions are found not to be fulfilled, and whereby the local module is further configured to resume executing the diagnosis command (DC) if all of the conditions associated with it are again found to be fulfilled.
A method of producing a modified collagen, comprising at least the steps of: - providing a collagen comprising a S-S bond; - introducing a -SH group in said collagen comprising a S-S bond by reduction of the S-S bond to provide a collagen thiol comprising a - SH group; - nitrosating the -SH group of the collagen thiol to provide a modified collagen, said modified collagen comprising S-nitroso groups. - providing a collagen comprising a S-S bond; - introducing a -SH group in said collagen comprising a S-S bond by reduction of the S-S bond to provide a collagen thiol comprising a - SH group; - nitrosating the -SH group of the collagen thiol to provide a modified collagen, said modified collagen comprising S-nitroso groups.
A signal transmission method, comprising: receiving (S91) a first message in an active first bandwidth part, BWP; determining (S92), based on the first message, that a new active BWP of a terminal device is a second BWP, wherein the second BWP is a BWP in one or more to-be-activated BWPs of the terminal device, and the terminal device is in a radio frequency enabled state for the one or more to-be-activated BWPs of the terminal device; and transmitting (S93) a signal in the second BWP; wherein the determining, based on the first message, a new active BWP of a terminal device comprises: determining, based on a BWP indicator field in the first message, that the new active BWP of the terminal device is the second BWP, wherein a length of the BWP indicator field is determined based on a quantity of BWPs comprised in one BWP group of the terminal device and a quantity of BWP groups of the terminal device; and the quantity of BWPs comprised in the BWP group of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a quantity of BWPs comprised in another BWP group of the terminal device. receiving (S91) a first message in an active first bandwidth part, BWP; determining (S92), based on the first message, that a new active BWP of a terminal device is a second BWP, wherein the second BWP is a BWP in one or more to-be-activated BWPs of the terminal device, and the terminal device is in a radio frequency enabled state for the one or more to-be-activated BWPs of the terminal device; and transmitting (S93) a signal in the second BWP; wherein the determining, based on the first message, a new active BWP of a terminal device comprises: determining, based on a BWP indicator field in the first message, that the new active BWP of the terminal device is the second BWP, wherein a length of the BWP indicator field is determined based on a quantity of BWPs comprised in one BWP group of the terminal device and a quantity of BWP groups of the terminal device; and the quantity of BWPs comprised in the BWP group of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a quantity of BWPs comprised in another BWP group of the terminal device. determining, based on a BWP indicator field in the first message, that the new active BWP of the terminal device is the second BWP, wherein a length of the BWP indicator field is determined based on a quantity of BWPs comprised in one BWP group of the terminal device and a quantity of BWP groups of the terminal device; and the quantity of BWPs comprised in the BWP group of the terminal device is greater than or equal to a quantity of BWPs comprised in another BWP group of the terminal device.
A non-spherical microcapsule comprising: a) a core comprising fatty ester having a melting point of at least 30°C and a benefit agent; and, b) a shell comprising nanoparticles having a diameter of 10 to 300 nm. a) a core comprising fatty ester having a melting point of at least 30°C and a benefit agent; and, b) a shell comprising nanoparticles having a diameter of 10 to 300 nm.
A damping track structure system having a multi-layer design and comprising a filling layer , an elastic cushion and a prefabricated track slab , the filling layer , the elastic cushion and the prefabricated track slab being arranged, in use, from the bottom to the top wherein the elastic cushion is laid on the filling layer , the elastic cushion and the prefabricated slab are compounded as a whole, the prefabricated track slab is arranged on the elastic cushion for damping, the prefabricated track slab is provided with two parallel steel rails , each of which being respectively fixed on the track slab by a plurality of fasteners, wherein the middle part of the track slab is provided with 2 holes , wherein the holes are arranged to penetrate the prefabricated track slab and the elastic cushion through the thickness direction of the track slab , wherein a sealing sleeve is installed in the holes , wherein the sealing sleeve is of a cylinder structure made of elastic material. a filling layer , an elastic cushion and a prefabricated track slab , the filling layer , the elastic cushion and the prefabricated track slab being arranged, in use, from the bottom to the top wherein the elastic cushion is laid on the filling layer , the elastic cushion and the prefabricated slab are compounded as a whole, the prefabricated track slab is arranged on the elastic cushion for damping, the prefabricated track slab is provided with two parallel steel rails , each of which being respectively fixed on the track slab by a plurality of fasteners, wherein the middle part of the track slab is provided with 2 holes , wherein the holes are arranged to penetrate the prefabricated track slab and the elastic cushion through the thickness direction of the track slab , wherein a sealing sleeve is installed in the holes , wherein the sealing sleeve is of a cylinder structure made of elastic material.
A screw clamping device comprising: - a first rod extending along an axis (A) and comprising a first threaded portion to be screwed, in use, into a stop member adapted to support a workpiece to be clamped; and - a clamping member coupled with the first rod and arranged around the first rod ; the clamping member having a clamping surface transverse to the first rod and facing the first threaded portion in order to come into contact with the workpiece during the screwing of the first threaded portion into the stop member , such that the workpiece is clamped between the stop member and the clamping surface ; wherein the first rod comprises a second threaded portion , whereby the clamping member is coupled to the first rod in an axially sliding manner between the first and second threaded portions , the device comprising a threaded thrust member that can be screwed into the second threaded portion to axially push the clamping member towards the first threaded portion ; characterized in that the first rod comprises a first hole which extends transversely to said axis (A); the clamping member comprising an insertion element arranged inside the first hole in a mobile manner along said axis (A). - a first rod extending along an axis (A) and comprising a first threaded portion to be screwed, in use, into a stop member adapted to support a workpiece to be clamped; and - a clamping member coupled with the first rod and arranged around the first rod ; the clamping member having a clamping surface transverse to the first rod and facing the first threaded portion in order to come into contact with the workpiece during the screwing of the first threaded portion into the stop member , such that the workpiece is clamped between the stop member and the clamping surface ; wherein the first rod comprises a second threaded portion , whereby the clamping member is coupled to the first rod in an axially sliding manner between the first and second threaded portions , the device comprising a threaded thrust member that can be screwed into the second threaded portion to axially push the clamping member towards the first threaded portion ; characterized in that the first rod comprises a first hole which extends transversely to said axis (A); the clamping member comprising an insertion element arranged inside the first hole in a mobile manner along said axis (A).
A rubber coating layer for coating a developing roll to be used in an image forming apparatus, the coating layer is obtained by coating a coating layer composition around a developing roll having a rubber substrate layer and curing the coating layer composition, the coating layer composition comprises: (A) a liquid binder containing at least a polyol, an isocyanate compound and reactive silicone oil, (B) silicone rubber particles having a hardness according to JIS K6253: 1997 by Durometer A, measured instantaneously, of 20 to 80 degrees, and an average particle diameter of 0.2 to 10 μm, and (C) a diluting solvent, and a ratio of a thickness of the coating layer after curing and the average particle diameter of the silicone rubber particles satisfies: average particle diameter/coating layer thickness <0.3. (A) a liquid binder containing at least a polyol, an isocyanate compound and reactive silicone oil, (B) silicone rubber particles having a hardness according to JIS K6253: 1997 by Durometer A, measured instantaneously, of 20 to 80 degrees, and an average particle diameter of 0.2 to 10 μm, and (C) a diluting solvent, and a ratio of a thickness of the coating layer after curing and the average particle diameter of the silicone rubber particles satisfies: average particle diameter/coating layer thickness <0.3.
A method for predicting an upcoming failure of a NO x sensor arranged in a vehicle , the method comprising: - estimating (S1) a noise level of an output signal of the NO x sensor , wherein the estimation (S1) is performed after at least one sensor start and during at least one start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ) starting with a certain offset from the at least one sensor start, wherein during the start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ) an output signal of the NO x sensor is settling towards a valid value and wherein the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ) is succeeded by an operating time interval ( t 3 ) during which the output signal of the NO x sensor is expected to be valid, and - predicting (S3) an upcoming failure of the NO x sensor based on the estimated noise level exceeding a certain noise level during the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ). - estimating (S1) a noise level of an output signal of the NO x sensor , wherein the estimation (S1) is performed after at least one sensor start and during at least one start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ) starting with a certain offset from the at least one sensor start, wherein during the start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ) an output signal of the NO x sensor is settling towards a valid value and wherein the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ) is succeeded by an operating time interval ( t 3 ) during which the output signal of the NO x sensor is expected to be valid, and wherein the estimation (S1) is performed after at least one sensor start and during at least one start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ) starting with a certain offset from the at least one sensor start, wherein during the start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ) an output signal of the NO x sensor is settling towards a valid value and wherein the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ) is succeeded by an operating time interval ( t 3 ) during which the output signal of the NO x sensor is expected to be valid, and - predicting (S3) an upcoming failure of the NO x sensor based on the estimated noise level exceeding a certain noise level during the at least one start-up time interval ( t 1 , t 2 ).