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A method for setting a frequency-dependent gain for a hearing aid comprising a microphone which can be arranged on the outside and/or inside of a body of a hearing-impaired user for capturing ambient noise , a loudspeaker for outputting the ambient noise amplified on a frequency-basis, a signal-processing processor , a data memory and an energy storage , wherein the signal processing processor is configured to amplify the captured ambient noises so that they are audible to the hearing-impaired user of the hearing aid and to automatically re-adjust the gain in a frequency-dependent manner, the method comprising the following steps: - selecting a tone with a specific frequency (f1, ..., fn); - supplying the tone via the loudspeaker ; - capturing with the microphone an analysis noise, which comprises the ambient noise , if existent, and a reflection of an output noise being output via the loudspeaker ; - extracting a reflection of the supplied tone from the captured analysis noise; - determining a reflection component (S1, ..., Sn) for the specific frequency (f1, ..., fn) of the tone; and - adjusting the gain in a frequency-specific manner on the basis of the so-determined reflection component; wherein in a first, non-recurrent step an initial reflection component curve (r initial ) is determined for the audible spectrum in order to determine discrete points in the frequency spectrum which have associated tones which are recurrently supplied for the purpose of updating an instantaneous reflection component curve. - selecting a tone with a specific frequency (f1, ..., fn); - supplying the tone via the loudspeaker ; - capturing with the microphone an analysis noise, which comprises the ambient noise , if existent, and a reflection of an output noise being output via the loudspeaker ; - extracting a reflection of the supplied tone from the captured analysis noise; - determining a reflection component (S1, ..., Sn) for the specific frequency (f1, ..., fn) of the tone; and - adjusting the gain in a frequency-specific manner on the basis of the so-determined reflection component;
An injector for delivering a liquid medicament, comprising: a housing having an opening at a first end and a cartridge contained within the housing , wherein the cartridge comprises a first fitting mechanism which is directed outwards from the opening of the housing; a removable cap ; comprising a distal end and a proximal end ; and a needle assembly supported on the removable cap , wherein the needle assembly has a second fitting mechanism which is directed outwards from a distal end of the removable cap , the removable cap being further configured such that each of the distal end and the proximal end of the removable cap are engageable with the opening of the housing , wherein the first fitting mechanism is complementary with the second fitting mechanism such that the needle assembly is connectable to the cartridge by joining the first and second fitting mechanisms . a housing having an opening at a first end and a cartridge contained within the housing , wherein the cartridge comprises a first fitting mechanism which is directed outwards from the opening of the housing; a removable cap ; comprising a distal end and a proximal end ; and a needle assembly supported on the removable cap , wherein the needle assembly has a second fitting mechanism which is directed outwards from a distal end of the removable cap , the removable cap being further configured such that each of the distal end and the proximal end of the removable cap are engageable with the opening of the housing , wherein the first fitting mechanism is complementary with the second fitting mechanism such that the needle assembly is connectable to the cartridge by joining the first and second fitting mechanisms .
An in vitro method for detecting the presence of one or both of a first and second target nucleic acid molecule in a sample comprising: (a) contacting the sample with at least a first and second set of primers, each set of primers comprising a first primer comprising, from 5' to 3', (i) a reporter, (ii) a hairpin with a known melt point, (iii) a polymerase extension-blocking modification, (iv) at least one non-natural nucleotide, and (v) a target-specific sequence, complementary to a first region on the first strand of a target nucleic acid; and a second primer comprising a sequence complementary to a region on a second strand of the target nucleic acid, wherein the reporters from the first and second set of primer are the same and wherein the first and second set of primers comprise hairpins with distinguishable melt points; (b) amplifying the target nucleic acids with the first and second set of primers, wherein said amplifying is performed in the presence of a quencher-labeled non-natural nucleotide that base-pairs with the non-natural nucleotide of the first primer of the first and second primer sets; (c) detecting the presence of a target nucleic acid molecule by detecting a quenching of signal from the reporter; and (d) determining whether the quenching of signal from the reporter resulted from the presence of the first target nucleic acid molecule, the second target nucleic acid molecule, or both by changing the temperature of the sample and determining the melt point or melt peaks corresponding to unquenching of the reporter, thereby detecting the presence of one or both of the first and second target nucleic acid molecules. (a) contacting the sample with at least a first and second set of primers, each set of primers comprising a first primer comprising, from 5' to 3', (i) a reporter, (ii) a hairpin with a known melt point, (iii) a polymerase extension-blocking modification, (iv) at least one non-natural nucleotide, and (v) a target-specific sequence, complementary to a first region on the first strand of a target nucleic acid; and a second primer comprising a sequence complementary to a region on a second strand of the target nucleic acid, wherein the reporters from the first and second set of primer are the same and wherein the first and second set of primers comprise hairpins with distinguishable melt points; (b) amplifying the target nucleic acids with the first and second set of primers, wherein said amplifying is performed in the presence of a quencher-labeled non-natural nucleotide that base-pairs with the non-natural nucleotide of the first primer of the first and second primer sets; (c) detecting the presence of a target nucleic acid molecule by detecting a quenching of signal from the reporter; and (d) determining whether the quenching of signal from the reporter resulted from the presence of the first target nucleic acid molecule, the second target nucleic acid molecule, or both by changing the temperature of the sample and determining the melt point or melt peaks corresponding to unquenching of the reporter, thereby detecting the presence of one or both of the first and second target nucleic acid molecules.
A method for operation of at least one node of plurality of nodes in a communication network, wherein a first node and a second node of the plurality of nodes transmit bits simultaneously to perform a cryptographic key exchange process, comprising: generating, with a controller in the first node , a first jitter time offset randomly generated from within a predetermined time range; and transmitting, with a transceiver in the first node , a first data bit through an output of the transceiver that is connected to a shared communication medium, the first data bit being transmitted to the second node connected to the shared communication medium at a first time corresponding to the first jitter time offset added to a first predetermined transmission time, and receiving, with the transceiver in the first node , a further data bit being simultaneously transmitted by the second node, wherein the further data bit is transmitted according to a jitter time offset randomly generated by the second node . generating, with a controller in the first node , a first jitter time offset randomly generated from within a predetermined time range; and transmitting, with a transceiver in the first node , a first data bit through an output of the transceiver that is connected to a shared communication medium, the first data bit being transmitted to the second node connected to the shared communication medium at a first time corresponding to the first jitter time offset added to a first predetermined transmission time, and receiving, with the transceiver in the first node , a further data bit being simultaneously transmitted by the second node, wherein the further data bit is transmitted according to a jitter time offset randomly generated by the second node .
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet having a storage compartment provided therein; a main door pivotably mounted at the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment; an auxiliary storage compartment provided at a rear of the main door ; an auxiliary door pivotably mounted over a front of the main door for opening and closing the auxiliary storage compartment ; a first upper hinge bracket fixed to an upper end of the cabinet , the first upper hinge bracket including a rotation shaft that is coupled to an upper portion of the main door ; and a second upper hinge bracket fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary door , the second upper hinge bracket including a fastening part bent in a direction parallel to a rear side of the auxiliary door and fastened to the rear side of the auxiliary door , an extension part extending backward from the fastening part and a rotation shaft that is coupled to the upper portion of the main door ; wherein the rotation shaft of the second upper hinge bracket is positioned more forward toward the auxiliary door than the rotation shaft of the first upper hinge bracket , wherein the rotation shaft of the first upper hinge bracket and the rotation shaft of the second upper hinge bracket are mounted at a recess formed at an upper corner region of the main door , the recess having a concave shape. a cabinet having a storage compartment provided therein; a main door pivotably mounted at the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment; an auxiliary storage compartment provided at a rear of the main door ; an auxiliary door pivotably mounted over a front of the main door for opening and closing the auxiliary storage compartment ; a first upper hinge bracket fixed to an upper end of the cabinet , the first upper hinge bracket including a rotation shaft that is coupled to an upper portion of the main door ; and a second upper hinge bracket fixed to an upper portion of the auxiliary door , the second upper hinge bracket including a fastening part bent in a direction parallel to a rear side of the auxiliary door and fastened to the rear side of the auxiliary door , an extension part extending backward from the fastening part and a rotation shaft that is coupled to the upper portion of the main door ; wherein the rotation shaft of the second upper hinge bracket is positioned more forward toward the auxiliary door than the rotation shaft of the first upper hinge bracket , wherein the rotation shaft of the first upper hinge bracket and the rotation shaft of the second upper hinge bracket are mounted at a recess formed at an upper corner region of the main door , the recess having a concave shape.
A method comprising: - circulating a downhole fluid within a subterranean reservoir wellbore; wherein the downhole fluid is selected from the group consisting of a well intervention fluid, a drilling fluid, a completion fluid, a fracturing fluid, and combinations thereof; and - adding a lubricant to the downhole fluid for lubricating a first surface; and wherein the lubricant comprises choline chloride and a sulfonated vegetable oil. - circulating a downhole fluid within a subterranean reservoir wellbore; wherein the downhole fluid is selected from the group consisting of a well intervention fluid, a drilling fluid, a completion fluid, a fracturing fluid, and combinations thereof; and - adding a lubricant to the downhole fluid for lubricating a first surface; and wherein the lubricant comprises choline chloride and a sulfonated vegetable oil.
Coating method for energetic material , which is in the form of grains, pellets and/or a powder, with a coating material , characterized in that the coating material a) is hydrophobic or hydrophilic and/or b) is electrically conductive, wherein the coating is carried out by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, wherein the energetic material is coated in a vacuum chamber which is rotated about an axis of rotation running in the horizontal direction during vapor deposition. a) is hydrophobic or hydrophilic and/or b) is electrically conductive,
A method of fabricating a heat source for a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), comprising: reducing a particle size in a radioisotope compound that produces high-energy beta radiation by powdering and sieving the radioisotope compound and/or dissolving the radioisotope compound into an aqueous solution; mixing the radioisotope compound with graphite to obtain a radioisotope-graphite mixture; performing a press to the radioisotope-graphite mixture; and encapsulating the pressed radioisotope-graphite mixture into an x-ray shielding to obtain the heat source. reducing a particle size in a radioisotope compound that produces high-energy beta radiation by powdering and sieving the radioisotope compound and/or dissolving the radioisotope compound into an aqueous solution; mixing the radioisotope compound with graphite to obtain a radioisotope-graphite mixture; performing a press to the radioisotope-graphite mixture; and encapsulating the pressed radioisotope-graphite mixture into an x-ray shielding to obtain the heat source.
A power supply system based on a multi-core architecture, comprising a voltage source and N cores , and further comprising M low dropout regulators , LDOs, and N load monitors, LMs, wherein each of the N LMs is configured to monitor a load status of a core of the N cores , and control, according to the load status of the core , a low dropout regulator , LDO, of the M LDOs to output a voltage to the core , and each of the LMs comprises a control module and at least one monitoring module, wherein a monitoring end of the monitoring module is connected to a signal output end of the core , an output end of the monitoring module is connected to an input end of the control module, a control end of the control module is connected to an input end of the monitoring module, an output end of the control module is connected to a control end of the LDO , an output end of the LDO is connected to a voltage input end of the core , and the control module is configured to control the monitoring module to operate or power off; and when the monitoring module operates, the monitoring module is adapted to monitor the load status of the core and to send the load status of the core to the control module, the control module is adapted to generate, according to the load status of the core , a voltage control signal and to send the voltage control signal to the LDO , the voltage control signal being suitable for controlling the LDO to output a corresponding voltage to the core , and the LDO is configured to output, according to different voltage control signals, different voltages to supply power to the core ; and wherein an output end of the voltage source is connected to input ends of the M LDOs , an output end of a k th LDO is connected to voltage input ends of X cores , a signal output end of an i th core is connected to a monitoring end of a j th LM , and an output end of the j th LM is connected to a control end of the k th LDO , wherein each LDO is connected to a different core , or to a different plurality of X cores, one core is connected to one LM , each core is connected to a different LM , M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, N is a positive integer greater than M, X is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than N, the k th LDO is any one of the M LDOs , the i th core is any one of the X cores , the j th LM is any one of the N LMs , and both i and j are positive integers; and the voltage source is configured to provide a supply voltage for the M LDOs , the j th is adapted to monitor a load status of the i th core , to generate a voltage control signal according to the load status, and to send the voltage control signal to the k th LDO , the k th LDO is adapted to receive X voltage control signals sent by X LMs , to determine a highest voltage control signal from the X voltage control signals, and to output, according to a correspondence between a voltage control signal and an output voltage, a target output voltage corresponding to the highest voltage control signal to the X cores ; and the target output voltage is less than or equal to the supply voltage.
Automatic beverage preparation machine configured to automatically prepare beverages in a brewing chamber , - having a user interface for outputting a piece of user information and - having a control device which is configured to control the execution of a brewing operation for automatically preparing a beverage according to brewing parameters which are set for the brewing operation, characterised - in that the control device is configured to calculate a value for the remaining time (RZ) of the brewing operation as a function of at least one of the brewing parameters set for the brewing operation and to cause outputting a piece of user information , which piece of user information is a function of the calculated value for the remaining time (RZ), via the user interface , and - in that the control device is configured to calculate the value for the remaining time (RZ) of the brewing operation as a function of a value for a power parameter of a component of the automatic beverage preparation machine , which component is to be controlled for the brewing operation, and/or as a function of a value for a state parameter of a component of the automatic beverage preparation machine , which component is to be controlled for the brewing operation. - having a user interface for outputting a piece of user information and - having a control device which is configured to control the execution of a brewing operation for automatically preparing a beverage according to brewing parameters which are set for the brewing operation, characterised - in that the control device is configured to calculate a value for the remaining time (RZ) of the brewing operation as a function of at least one of the brewing parameters set for the brewing operation and to cause outputting a piece of user information , which piece of user information is a function of the calculated value for the remaining time (RZ), via the user interface , and - in that the control device is configured to calculate the value for the remaining time (RZ) of the brewing operation as a function of a value for a power parameter of a component of the automatic beverage preparation machine , which component is to be controlled for the brewing operation, and/or as a function of a value for a state parameter of a component of the automatic beverage preparation machine , which component is to be controlled for the brewing operation.
A device (10A-10E) for treating container blanks for a container treatment installation, having: a furnace for heating the container blanks ; and a planar drive system having a base element and a plurality of movement devices for transporting the container blanks , wherein the plurality of movement devices are movable independently of one another relative to the base element , preferably by means of magnetic interaction between the base element and the plurality of movement devices , and wherein the container blanks can be moved through the furnace by means of the plurality of movement devices . a furnace for heating the container blanks ; and a planar drive system having a base element and a plurality of movement devices for transporting the container blanks , wherein the plurality of movement devices are movable independently of one another relative to the base element , preferably by means of magnetic interaction between the base element and the plurality of movement devices , and wherein the container blanks can be moved through the furnace by means of the plurality of movement devices .
An insulating structure for an appliance comprising: first and second members that are attached to one another to define an insulating cavity therebetween; an insulating material disposed within the insulating cavity ; first structural reinforcements that are disposed proximate or within the first member ; and second structural reinforcements that are disposed proximate or within the second member , wherein the first and second structural reinforcements are free of engagement with one another such that the insulating material extends continuously throughout the insulating cavity , wherein the first and second members are an outer wrapper and an inner liner , respectively, that are connected to define a structural cabinet with the insulating cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner , wherein the first and second structural reinforcements are defined by integral undulations characterized in that the integral undulations are oriented to define a plurality of distinct reinforcing sections within each of the first and second members . first and second members that are attached to one another to define an insulating cavity therebetween; an insulating material disposed within the insulating cavity ; first structural reinforcements that are disposed proximate or within the first member ; and second structural reinforcements that are disposed proximate or within the second member , wherein the first and second structural reinforcements are free of engagement with one another such that the insulating material extends continuously throughout the insulating cavity , wherein the first and second members are an outer wrapper and an inner liner , respectively, that are connected to define a structural cabinet with the insulating cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner , wherein the first and second structural reinforcements are defined by integral undulations characterized in that the integral undulations are oriented to define a plurality of distinct reinforcing sections within each of the first and second members .