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Method for converting a continuous casting plant for the continuous casting of a strand with a billet or bloom cross section, wherein the continuous casting plant before the conversion comprises: - a mould for casting liquid steel into a strand with a billet or bloom cross section and an oscillating unit for oscillating the mould ; - an arcuate strand guide for supporting, guiding and cooling the strand with a plurality of strand guiding rollers arranged on either side of the strand, wherein the strand in the strand guide is cooled by cooling nozzles; - at least one extraction unit with in each case one driven strand guiding roller, which can be adjusted on the strand, for extracting the strand from the mould ; - a flame cutting machine for severing the strand into strand portions; and - a run-out region for laying down the strand portions; having the following method steps: i) offsetting the flame cutting machine in the casting direction, with the result that between the last extraction unit and the offset flame cutting machine a free space (F) is produced; ii) installing at least one soft reduction unit (8, 8a, ..., 8e) in the free space (F), wherein each soft reduction unit has an adjusting device and a strand guiding roller , which can be adjusted by the adjusting device, for reducing the thickness of the strand. - a mould for casting liquid steel into a strand with a billet or bloom cross section and an oscillating unit for oscillating the mould ; - an arcuate strand guide for supporting, guiding and cooling the strand with a plurality of strand guiding rollers arranged on either side of the strand, wherein the strand in the strand guide is cooled by cooling nozzles; - at least one extraction unit with in each case one driven strand guiding roller, which can be adjusted on the strand, for extracting the strand from the mould ; - a flame cutting machine for severing the strand into strand portions; and - a run-out region for laying down the strand portions; having the following method steps: i) offsetting the flame cutting machine in the casting direction, with the result that between the last extraction unit and the offset flame cutting machine a free space (F) is produced; ii) installing at least one soft reduction unit (8, 8a, ..., 8e) in the free space (F), wherein each soft reduction unit has an adjusting device and a strand guiding roller , which can be adjusted by the adjusting device, for reducing the thickness of the strand. i) offsetting the flame cutting machine in the casting direction, with the result that between the last extraction unit and the offset flame cutting machine a free space (F) is produced; ii) installing at least one soft reduction unit (8, 8a, ..., 8e) in the free space (F), wherein each soft reduction unit has an adjusting device and a strand guiding roller , which can be adjusted by the adjusting device, for reducing the thickness of the strand.
A communication method, comprising: receiving , by a security node network element, an uplink data packet from a terminal; determining, by the security node network element, that the uplink data packet is transmitted via a first security connection or a second security connection; wherein the first security connection is used to transmit a data packet carrying a user plane data, and the second security connection is used to transmit a data packet carrying a control signaling; and sending , by the security node network element, a first control signaling carried in the uplink data packet to a control plane function entity if the uplink data packet is transmitted via the second security connection; and sending , by the security node network element, a first user plane data carried in the uplink data packet to a user plane function entity if the uplink data packet is transmitted via the first security connection. receiving , by a security node network element, an uplink data packet from a terminal; determining, by the security node network element, that the uplink data packet is transmitted via a first security connection or a second security connection; wherein the first security connection is used to transmit a data packet carrying a user plane data, and the second security connection is used to transmit a data packet carrying a control signaling; and sending , by the security node network element, a first control signaling carried in the uplink data packet to a control plane function entity if the uplink data packet is transmitted via the second security connection; and sending , by the security node network element, a first user plane data carried in the uplink data packet to a user plane function entity if the uplink data packet is transmitted via the first security connection.
A computer implemented method of compressing data, the computer implemented method comprising: obtaining floating-point data comprising a plurality of floating-point numbers, each of the plurality of floating-point numbers comprising one or more sign bits , a plurality of exponent bits , and a plurality of mantissa bits ; wherein a first portion of each floating-point number comprises the one or more sign bits , the plurality of exponent bits , and one or more most significant mantissa bits of the plurality of mantissa bits ; and a second portion of each floating point number comprises one or more least significant mantissa bits of the plurality of mantissa bits ; performing a first lossless compression technique to compress the first portion of each floating-point number of the floating point data and obtain first lossless compressed data; transforming the second portion of each floating point number of the floating point data to obtain transformed data, wherein said transforming further comprises performing a Kashin Decomposition on the second portion of each floating point number of the floating point data; quantizing the transformed data to obtain quantized data; and storing the first lossless compressed data and the quantized data; and/or transmitting the first compressed data and the quantized data to another computing device, wherein the other computing device is configured to decompress the compressed data and de-quantize the quantized data to obtain the first portion and a reconstruction of the second portion . obtaining floating-point data comprising a plurality of floating-point numbers, each of the plurality of floating-point numbers comprising one or more sign bits , a plurality of exponent bits , and a plurality of mantissa bits ; wherein a first portion of each floating-point number comprises the one or more sign bits , the plurality of exponent bits , and one or more most significant mantissa bits of the plurality of mantissa bits ; and a second portion of each floating point number comprises one or more least significant mantissa bits of the plurality of mantissa bits ; performing a first lossless compression technique to compress the first portion of each floating-point number of the floating point data and obtain first lossless compressed data; transforming the second portion of each floating point number of the floating point data to obtain transformed data, wherein said transforming further comprises performing a Kashin Decomposition on the second portion of each floating point number of the floating point data; quantizing the transformed data to obtain quantized data; and storing the first lossless compressed data and the quantized data; and/or transmitting the first compressed data and the quantized data to another computing device, wherein the other computing device is configured to decompress the compressed data and de-quantize the quantized data to obtain the first portion and a reconstruction of the second portion .
A method of processing a positioning reference signal, the method comprising: receiving, by a narrow-band, NB, user equipment, UE, (11, 12; 100) NB positioning reference signal, PRS, configuration information configured for the NB UE, the NB PRS configuration information comprising: an NB PRS bitmap indicating a pattern for selecting NB PRS subframes, wherein each NB PRS subframe comprises an NB PRS for positioning the NB UE (11, 12; 100), and wherein the NB PRS bitmap is configured to indicate a plurality of nonconsecutive NB PRS subframes in each radio frame of one or more radio frames corresponding to one repetition of the NB PRS bitmap; determining, by the NB UE (11, 12; 100) and based on a plurality of repetitions of the NB PRS bitmap, a first NB PRS mapped in NB PRS subframes of an NB PRS reference cell; determining, by the NB UE (11, 12; 100) and based on a plurality of repetitions of the NB PRS bitmap, a second NB PRS mapped in NB PRS subframes of an NB PRS neighbor cell; generating, based on the first NB PRS and the second NB PRS, a reference signal time difference, RSTD, measurement; and transmitting, by the NB UE (11, 12; 100), the RSTD measurement. an NB PRS bitmap indicating a pattern for selecting NB PRS subframes, wherein each NB PRS subframe comprises an NB PRS for positioning the NB UE (11, 12; 100), and wherein the NB PRS bitmap is configured to indicate a plurality of nonconsecutive NB PRS subframes in each radio frame of one or more radio frames corresponding to one repetition of the NB PRS bitmap; wherein each NB PRS subframe comprises an NB PRS for positioning the NB UE (11, 12; 100), and wherein the NB PRS bitmap is configured to indicate a plurality of nonconsecutive NB PRS subframes in each radio frame of one or more radio frames corresponding to one repetition of the NB PRS bitmap; determining, by the NB UE (11, 12; 100) and based on a plurality of repetitions of the NB PRS bitmap, a first NB PRS mapped in NB PRS subframes of an NB PRS reference cell; determining, by the NB UE (11, 12; 100) and based on a plurality of repetitions of the NB PRS bitmap, a second NB PRS mapped in NB PRS subframes of an NB PRS neighbor cell; generating, based on the first NB PRS and the second NB PRS, a reference signal time difference, RSTD, measurement; and transmitting, by the NB UE (11, 12; 100), the RSTD measurement.
Metal core for hot-forming a titanium-based alloy metal component (10; 10'), the metal core comprising a nickel- or cobalt-based alloy core characterized in that the metal core comprises a steel coating having an outer surface intended to come into contact with the metal component (10; 10'), the steel coating having a layer of metal carbonitride-enriched material .
Continuously performed process for producing a fibre-reinforced semifinished panel comprising the following operations: unrolling two, three, four, five, six or more unidirectionally fibre-reinforced semifinished products from rolls; joining the two, three, four, five, six or more unidirectionally fibre-reinforced semifinished products to afford a fibre-reinforced semifinished panel sheeting by ultrasonic welding; cutting the fibre-reinforced semifinished panel from the fibre-reinforced semifinished panel sheeting, wherein two, three, four, five, six or more face to face superposed unidirectionally fibre-reinforced semifinished products are inseparably conjoined by ultrasonic welding, wherein the fibre-reinforced semifinished products have a width of 500 to 1000 mm, wherein one sonotrode is employed per 20 to 100 mm in width of the fibre-reinforced semifinished products, and wherein no release means is required. unrolling two, three, four, five, six or more unidirectionally fibre-reinforced semifinished products from rolls; joining the two, three, four, five, six or more unidirectionally fibre-reinforced semifinished products to afford a fibre-reinforced semifinished panel sheeting by ultrasonic welding; cutting the fibre-reinforced semifinished panel from the fibre-reinforced semifinished panel sheeting,
Device for the detection of a keyword activation of a virtual personal assistant embedded in a motor vehicle and activated by the voice of a user, including: - a m number of microphones (1 1 -1 m ), where m is a higher integer or equal to the unit, arranged in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle and adapted to capture my respective audio signals; - m modules (101-10m) for the detection of the activation keyword, each of which includes an automatic gain control device (1301-130m), and adapted to run in parallel each engine (150 1 -150 m ) for keyword detection activation of the virtual personal assistant , the said detection engines being applied to each, respectively, audio signals received by the m microphones, respectively;- a user identification module adapted to identify a user present in the vehicle; and, - a calibration module adapted to calibrate the automatic gain control devices of the activation keyword detection modules with respective values of a number p of the operating parameters of the said devices, where p is an integer greater than or equal to the unit, the said values being the function of the user identified by the identification module. - a m number of microphones (1 1 -1 m ), where m is a higher integer or equal to the unit, arranged in the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle and adapted to capture my respective audio signals; - m modules (101-10m) for the detection of the activation keyword, each of which includes an automatic gain control device (1301-130m), and adapted to run in parallel each engine (150 1 -150 m ) for keyword detection activation of the virtual personal assistant , the said detection engines being applied to each, respectively, audio signals received by the m microphones, respectively;- a user identification module adapted to identify a user present in the vehicle; and, - a calibration module adapted to calibrate the automatic gain control devices of the activation keyword detection modules with respective values of a number p of the operating parameters of the said devices, where p is an integer greater than or equal to the unit, the said values being the function of the user identified by the identification module.
An introducer sheath assembly having an elongated sheath tube of a first material having a distal end , a proximal end and a proximal end portion , and a hub affixed at the proximal end portion of the sheath tube , characterized in that : the hub is insert-molded of a second material different from the first material, about the proximal end portion of the sheath tube and includes an interior lining portion extending along an inside surface of the sheath tube proximal end, the interior lining portion being of a material identical to or at least sufficiently compatible with the second material to form an integral joint therewith, whereafter joints of the second material integrally join the hub to the interior lining portion through respective holes through the sheath tube adjacent the sheath tube proximal end thereby joining the hub to the elongated sheath tube, wherein the sheath tube proximal end has at least one pair of opposed holes therethrough, resulting in at least one pair of opposed joints extending therethrough, and wherein the hub and the interior lining portion are adapted to be manually split apart into associated halves after insertion of a catheter through the introducer sheath, and the elongated sheath tube is adapted to be split upon splitting of the hub and interior lining portion , and respective ones of the at least one pair of opposed joints are joined to respective ones of the hub/lining portion halves. the hub is insert-molded of a second material different from the first material, about the proximal end portion of the sheath tube and includes an interior lining portion extending along an inside surface of the sheath tube proximal end, the interior lining portion being of a material identical to or at least sufficiently compatible with the second material to form an integral joint therewith, whereafter joints of the second material integrally join the hub to the interior lining portion through respective holes through the sheath tube adjacent the sheath tube proximal end thereby joining the hub to the elongated sheath tube, wherein the sheath tube proximal end has at least one pair of opposed holes therethrough, resulting in at least one pair of opposed joints extending therethrough, and wherein the hub and the interior lining portion are adapted to be manually split apart into associated halves after insertion of a catheter through the introducer sheath, and the elongated sheath tube is adapted to be split upon splitting of the hub and interior lining portion , and respective ones of the at least one pair of opposed joints are joined to respective ones of the hub/lining portion halves.
Discharging device for a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical liquids, said discharging device including - a housing having a coupling geometry for mounting on a liquid storage unit , - an applicator tip having a discharge opening arranged on a distal end and - a protective cap , wherein - the discharging device includes an actuation unit which is displaceable in an axial direction (A) in relation to the housing and has a finger support surface , wherein the applicator tip is connected fixed in position to the actuation unit , and, wherein liquid originating from the liquid storage unit can be output through the discharge opening into a surrounding atmosphere by means of the actuation unit , characterized in that the applicator tip comprises an external thread and the protective cap comprises an internal thread which interacts with the external thread of the applicator tip , at least one locking tooth is provided on the protective cap and at least one counter tooth is provided on the applicator tip , wherein when the protective cap is rotated relative to the applicator tip in a first direction for screwing on the protective cap , the at least one locking tooth overruns the at least one counter tooth and, after overrunning, the at least one locking tooth and the at least one counter tooth prevent a rotation in the direction opposite to the first direction for unscrewing the protective cap , the protective cap and the applicator tip are matched to one another in such a manner that, after overrunning the at least one counter tooth , the discharge opening is in contact with a cover region of the protective cap and the discharge opening is closable in a sealed manner by the protective cap , and the protective cap is resiliently deformable at least in portions in order to disengage the at least one locking tooth and the at least one counter tooth as a result of resiliently deforming the protective cap . - a housing having a coupling geometry for mounting on a liquid storage unit , - an applicator tip having a discharge opening arranged on a distal end and - a protective cap , wherein - the discharging device includes an actuation unit which is displaceable in an axial direction (A) in relation to the housing and has a finger support surface , wherein the applicator tip is connected fixed in position to the actuation unit , and, wherein liquid originating from the liquid storage unit can be output through the discharge opening into a surrounding atmosphere by means of the actuation unit ,
Protective device for animal breeding, such as the breeding of fish, bivalves or molluscs, with a plurality of inner cages which can be positioned in a body of water and are formed of a net while being dimensioned with such a mesh width that the animals that are to be bred are retained inside them, wherein said inner cages are surrounded by at least one spaced-apart outer cage that is made of a net of thin wires , its mesh width being larger than that of the inner cages , and wherein it is ensured by said outer cage that predatory animals cannot damage the net of the inner cages from the outside, characterised in that the net of the outer cage is formed of a wire netting formed from helically bent single wires and the wire netting forms a quadrangular diagonal netting with rhomboid-shaped meshes and with a three-dimensional mattress-like structure, wherein the outer cage is held all over by an upper floating frame in a circulating manner and wherein the inner cages are realised as modules and the frame is divided into a plurality of sections , in each of which respectively one inner cage is insertable as a module. with a plurality of inner cages which can be positioned in a body of water and are formed of a net while being dimensioned with such a mesh width that the animals that are to be bred are retained inside them, wherein said inner cages are surrounded by at least one spaced-apart outer cage that is made of a net of thin wires , its mesh width being larger than that of the inner cages , and wherein it is ensured by said outer cage that predatory animals cannot damage the net of the inner cages from the outside, characterised in that the net of the outer cage is formed of a wire netting formed from helically bent single wires and the wire netting forms a quadrangular diagonal netting with rhomboid-shaped meshes and with a three-dimensional mattress-like structure, wherein the outer cage is held all over by an upper floating frame in a circulating manner and wherein the inner cages are realised as modules and the frame is divided into a plurality of sections , in each of which respectively one inner cage is insertable as a module. characterised in that the net of the outer cage is formed of a wire netting formed from helically bent single wires and the wire netting forms a quadrangular diagonal netting with rhomboid-shaped meshes and with a three-dimensional mattress-like structure, wherein the outer cage is held all over by an upper floating frame in a circulating manner and wherein the inner cages are realised as modules and the frame is divided into a plurality of sections , in each of which respectively one inner cage is insertable as a module.
An in vitro method for obtaining an ex vivo model of inflamed skin comprising the following steps: a) injecting, into the dermis of a healthy skin biopsy previously taken from a mammal, a composition comprising an effective amount for activating dermal resident T cells of an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody, b) incubating the injected skin biopsy obtained in step a) in the presence of a composition comprising an effective amount of at least one mixture of IL-1β, IL-23, and TGF-β for obtaining the polarization of the T cells activated in step a) into LTh1 and/or LTh17 and the synthesis of inflammation markers. a) injecting, into the dermis of a healthy skin biopsy previously taken from a mammal, a composition comprising an effective amount for activating dermal resident T cells of an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody, b) incubating the injected skin biopsy obtained in step a) in the presence of a composition comprising an effective amount of at least one mixture of IL-1β, IL-23, and TGF-β for obtaining the polarization of the T cells activated in step a) into LTh1 and/or LTh17 and the synthesis of inflammation markers.