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A substance dispenser for dishwashers, comprising a dispenser body configured to be fixed within a treatment chamber of a dishwasher, the dispenser comprising at least one first arrangement to contain and dispense at least one first treatment substance, such as a detergent, and preferably at least one second arrangement to contain and dispense a second treatment substance, such as a rinse aid, the dispenser further comprising at least one third arrangement configured for housing in a removable manner a cartridge for the release of a perfuming substance, said third arrangement including a housing defined in the dispenser body , a corresponding cover being associated to said housing , said cover being manually openable and closable by a user, the dispenser being characterized in that the third arrangement has a guide for insertion and/or retention of the cartridge , wherein the guide for insertion and/or retention is defined in the cover . the dispenser comprising at least one first arrangement to contain and dispense at least one first treatment substance, such as a detergent, and preferably at least one second arrangement to contain and dispense a second treatment substance, such as a rinse aid, the dispenser further comprising at least one third arrangement configured for housing in a removable manner a cartridge for the release of a perfuming substance, said third arrangement including a housing defined in the dispenser body , a corresponding cover being associated to said housing , said cover being manually openable and closable by a user, the dispenser being characterized in that the third arrangement has a guide for insertion and/or retention of the cartridge , wherein the guide for insertion and/or retention is defined in the cover .
A method for providing notice to a user of a hearing device , the method being performed by a hearing system comprising the hearing device and the method comprising: extracting an own voice signal of the user from an audio signal acquired with a microphone of the hearing device ; determining a sound level of the own voice signal ; determining an acoustic situation of the user; determining at least one of a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold for the sound level of the own voice signal from the acoustic situation of the user; notifying the user, when the sound level is at least one of lower than the minimum threshold and higher than the maximum threshold respectively. extracting an own voice signal of the user from an audio signal acquired with a microphone of the hearing device ; determining a sound level of the own voice signal ; determining an acoustic situation of the user; determining at least one of a minimum threshold and a maximum threshold for the sound level of the own voice signal from the acoustic situation of the user; notifying the user, when the sound level is at least one of lower than the minimum threshold and higher than the maximum threshold respectively.
Tool for cleaning the rollers of container- or can-closing machines; including a head that can be coupled to a motor and on which the following are mounted: - tractor discs which rotate the rollers to be cleaned, and which comprise at least one element in contact with these rollers to transmit traction to them, - at least one actuating disc which rotates in a different direction and/or at a different speed from the tractor discs , and has at least one element for cleaning the rollers , and - a transmission arranged between the motor and the tractor discs and the at least one actuating disc . - tractor discs which rotate the rollers to be cleaned, and which comprise at least one element in contact with these rollers to transmit traction to them, - at least one actuating disc which rotates in a different direction and/or at a different speed from the tractor discs , and has at least one element for cleaning the rollers , and - a transmission arranged between the motor and the tractor discs and the at least one actuating disc .
A longitudinally compressible energy absorbing member for a vehicle comprising an elongate thin-walled tube having external, longitudinally-extending vertices and having at least two adjacent, substantially parallel, longitudinally-extending passageways defined by tube walls and separated where they are adjacent by a wall section, the member being formed by fabricating a longitudinal box section and a longitudinal, generally C-shaped section and joining the edges of the C-shaped section to the box section so that the member has no overlapping edges, wherein the wall section includes one or more apertures of predetermined shape(s) and/or size(s), and wherein the thicknesses of the tube walls and of the wall section are constant and the same, and wherein the member comprises a plurality of notches, dents and/or creases located along the external vertices of the tube.
A vehicle control method, comprising: when a vehicle is moving, in a case that an occluding object is detected, determining a hard brake speed limit point and a potential collision point according to a planned path of the vehicle and position information of the occluding object, wherein a movement speed of the occluding object is less than or equal to a first threshold, and the hard brake speed limit point is a closest position where an area occluded by the occluding object is detectable; wherein the first threshold is less than a current speed of the vehicle; calculating a speed limit value of the hard brake speed limit point based on a distance between the hard brake speed limit point and the potential collision point; in a case that a planned speed of the vehicle at the hard brake speed limit point is less than or equal to the speed limit value, controlling the vehicle to move at the planned speed; wherein the method is characterized in that , before determining a hard brake speed limit point and a potential collision point according to a planned path of the vehicle and position information of the occluding object, the method further comprises: filtering out each occluding object whose transverse distance from the planned path of the vehicle is greater than a second threshold, and filtering out each occluding object incapable of occluding a pedestrian, wherein each occluding object incapable of occluding the pedestrian is less than 0.5 meters in length, less than 0.3 meters in width, and less than 1.0 meter in height. when a vehicle is moving, in a case that an occluding object is detected, determining a hard brake speed limit point and a potential collision point according to a planned path of the vehicle and position information of the occluding object, wherein a movement speed of the occluding object is less than or equal to a first threshold, and the hard brake speed limit point is a closest position where an area occluded by the occluding object is detectable; wherein the first threshold is less than a current speed of the vehicle; calculating a speed limit value of the hard brake speed limit point based on a distance between the hard brake speed limit point and the potential collision point; in a case that a planned speed of the vehicle at the hard brake speed limit point is less than or equal to the speed limit value, controlling the vehicle to move at the planned speed; wherein the method is characterized in that , before determining a hard brake speed limit point and a potential collision point according to a planned path of the vehicle and position information of the occluding object, the method further comprises: filtering out each occluding object whose transverse distance from the planned path of the vehicle is greater than a second threshold, and filtering out each occluding object incapable of occluding a pedestrian, wherein each occluding object incapable of occluding the pedestrian is less than 0.5 meters in length, less than 0.3 meters in width, and less than 1.0 meter in height.
A method for reporting power headroom in a user equipment, UE, of a multi-carrier system, the method comprising: transmitting (S820), from the user equipment to a base station, a first physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, in a predetermined subframe for a first component carrier, CC; transmitting (S820), from the user equipment to the base station, a second PUSCH without a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, in the predetermined subframe for a second CC even though the UE is configured to transmit the second PUSCH and the PUCCH simultaneously for the second CC; calculating (S830) a first power headroom value for the predetermined subframe of the first CC and a second power headroom value for the predetermined subframe of the second CC; and reporting (S840) the first and the second power headroom values to the base station, wherein the first power headroom value is calculated by considering a transmission power of the first PUSCH, and wherein the second power headroom value is calculated by using: PH SUM i = P CMAXc − 10 log 10 10 P PUSCHc _ scheduled i / 10 + 10 P O _ PUCCH j + PL + g i / 10 where P CMAXc represents the maximum transmission power of the UE, P PUSCH_scheduled (i) represents a transmission power of the second PUSCH, P O_PUCCH(j) is open-loop parameter of the PUCCH, PL is a path loss compensation value, and g(i) is a closed-loop parameter value dynamically accumulated to reach the predetermined subframe, 'i' is an index of the predetermined subframe, and 'c' is an index of the second CC. transmitting (S820), from the user equipment to a base station, a first physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, in a predetermined subframe for a first component carrier, CC; transmitting (S820), from the user equipment to the base station, a second PUSCH without a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, in the predetermined subframe for a second CC even though the UE is configured to transmit the second PUSCH and the PUCCH simultaneously for the second CC; calculating (S830) a first power headroom value for the predetermined subframe of the first CC and a second power headroom value for the predetermined subframe of the second CC; and reporting (S840) the first and the second power headroom values to the base station, wherein the first power headroom value is calculated by considering a transmission power of the first PUSCH, and wherein the second power headroom value is calculated by using: PH SUM i = P CMAXc − 10 log 10 10 P PUSCHc _ scheduled i / 10 + 10 P O _ PUCCH j + PL + g i / 10 where P CMAXc represents the maximum transmission power of the UE, P PUSCH_scheduled (i) represents a transmission power of the second PUSCH, P O_PUCCH(j) is open-loop parameter of the PUCCH, PL is a path loss compensation value, and g(i) is a closed-loop parameter value dynamically accumulated to reach the predetermined subframe, 'i' is an index of the predetermined subframe, and 'c' is an index of the second CC.
Method for reprocessing waste substantially containing polyalkylene terephthalate, in particular polyethylene terephthalate and/or polybutylene terephthalate, in a continuous process by means of depolymerisation, a preferably solid alkali hydroxide and/or alkaline earth hydroxide, in particular sodium hydroxide, being added to the waste to produce a reaction mixture, characterised in that an alkylene glycol is additionally added to the reaction mixture as a starting material, the alkylene glycol being an alkylene glycol that can be produced as a product of the desired depolymerisation, in particular monoethylene glycol, and no further reactive constituents being added to the reaction mixture, a twin-screw extruder being used for conveying, the screws preferably being rotated in the same direction.
A method for capturing images, the method comprising: capturing a plurality of images with an image capture device, the plurality of images comprising a first image; determining a distance between a lens and an image sensor of the image capture device for capturing the first image; determining a portion of the image sensor to use for the first image based on the determined distance in order to maintain a constant field of view for the plurality of images captured by the image capture device; and adjusting the portion of the image sensor used for the first image to generate an adjusted first image and to maintain the constant field of view for the plurality of images, wherein the adjusting is based on the determined portion of the image sensor. capturing a plurality of images with an image capture device, the plurality of images comprising a first image; determining a distance between a lens and an image sensor of the image capture device for capturing the first image; determining a portion of the image sensor to use for the first image based on the determined distance in order to maintain a constant field of view for the plurality of images captured by the image capture device; and adjusting the portion of the image sensor used for the first image to generate an adjusted first image and to maintain the constant field of view for the plurality of images, wherein the adjusting is based on the determined portion of the image sensor.
An optical system, comprising: a display light source , a collimating module , a light-transmitting substrate having at least two parallel major surfaces and edges; an optical prism having at least a first , a second and a third surface , for coupling light waves emerging from the display light source into the substrate so that the light waves are trapped inside the substrate by total internal reflection, said light waves having a given field-of-view; at least one partially reflecting surface located in the substrate, the partially reflecting surface being orientated non-parallelly with respect to the major surfaces of said substrate, for coupling said light waves out of the substrate; characterised in that at least one of the edges of the substrate is slanted at an oblique angle (α sur3 ) with respect to the major surfaces; in that the second surface of the prism is located adjacent to the slanted edge of the substrate, in that a part of the substrate located next to the slanted edge is substantially transparent, in that a refractive index of said optical prism is different from a refractive index of said substrate, and in that light waves emerging from the display light source are collimated by the collimating module and coupled into the substrate through the prism, wherein the light waves enter the prism through the first surface of the prism, traverse the prism directly without any reflections and enter the substrate through the slanted edge. a display light source , a collimating module , a light-transmitting substrate having at least two parallel major surfaces and edges; an optical prism having at least a first , a second and a third surface , for coupling light waves emerging from the display light source into the substrate so that the light waves are trapped inside the substrate by total internal reflection, said light waves having a given field-of-view; at least one partially reflecting surface located in the substrate, the partially reflecting surface being orientated non-parallelly with respect to the major surfaces of said substrate, for coupling said light waves out of the substrate; characterised in that at least one of the edges of the substrate is slanted at an oblique angle (α sur3 ) with respect to the major surfaces; in that the second surface of the prism is located adjacent to the slanted edge of the substrate, in that a part of the substrate located next to the slanted edge is substantially transparent, in that a refractive index of said optical prism is different from a refractive index of said substrate, and in that light waves emerging from the display light source are collimated by the collimating module and coupled into the substrate through the prism, wherein the light waves enter the prism through the first surface of the prism, traverse the prism directly without any reflections and enter the substrate through the slanted edge.
A multi-well assay plate comprising a plate body with a plurality of wells defined therein having well floors and well walls that extend from said floors to a height h w above said floors, wherein said walls are shaped so as to provide shelf elements at a height h s , wherein 0 < h s < h w , wherein the shelf elements hold dry reagents and wherein the shelf elements include ledges and the ledges each contain a lip to help contain reagents.
A cooling system comprising a first cooling circuit configured to cool a first object , a first coolant pump configured to circulate coolant in the first cooling circuit , a first radiator , a second cooling circuit configured to cool a second object , a second coolant pump configured to circulate coolant in the second cooling circuit , a second radiator , an expansion tank , a first deaeration line configured to direct coolant and air from the first cooling circuit to the expansion tank , and a second deaeration line configured to direct coolant and air from the second cooling circuit to the expansion tank , wherein the first cooling circuit is configured to cool a first object having a higher thermal mass than the second object , characterized in that the cooling system comprises a deaeration valve configured to control the flow through the first deaeration line , a single expansion tank outlet line configured to direct all coolant in the expansion tank to the second cooling circuit and a connection line configured to direct coolant from the second cooling circuit to the first cooling circuit .
A composition, wherein the active ingredients in the composition consist essentially of: (A) an agent that is selected from the group consisting of L-Arginine, N-Acetyl-Cysteine, L-Cysteine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (B) a pteridine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (C) ascorbic acid, lipoic acid, glutathione, carotene, α-tocopherol, ubiquinol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein the balanced weight ratio of (A) to (B) is 2.5-50:1, and the balanced weight ratio of (B) to (C) is 1 :5-100. (A) an agent that is selected from the group consisting of L-Arginine, N-Acetyl-Cysteine, L-Cysteine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (B) a pteridine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (C) ascorbic acid, lipoic acid, glutathione, carotene, α-tocopherol, ubiquinol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein the balanced weight ratio of (A) to (B) is 2.5-50:1, and the balanced weight ratio of (B) to (C) is 1 :5-100.
A method for selecting transmission channels in a multi-channel communication system for use for data transmission wherein data s(k) are sent at a time k, the data s(k) are received, wherein r(k) denotes data which are received at the time k, and wherein a comparison between sent data and received data occurs according to the formula: r k = ∑ l = 0 L − 1 h l s k − l + n k wherein h ... h(L-1) denotes a channel impulse response with length L and n(k) denotes noise signals at the receiver, characterized in, that a blind channel estimator is modified for receiving feedback from a decoder with a residual error for an estimated tap due to a usage of a time average instead of a true expectation, wherein an a-posteriori output of the decoder, L D (c), with c being a vector of coded bits, and channel taps estimated in a previous iteration of a turbo equalizer, u h are used for cancelling the residual error, wherein a linear code is characterized by its generator matrix, G, and parity check matrix, H of size M × N, with M and N being natural numbers: c = Gb , Hc = 0 , with b being a vector of information bits and a set A = {[λm,1, ... , λm,p, ... , λm,P]} with P being a natural number, the set A being a set of M vectors with the p-th column indices of the nonzero elements of the m-th row of the parity check matrix in such a way that: and such that an l-th tap of a channel can be estimated by using a P q th-order moment according to ξ l q = E r π m , q + l ∏ i = 1 i ≠ q P ̃ + 1 r π m , i + v ∏ i = P ̃ + 1 i ≠ q P r ∗ π m , i + v , wherein P∼ = (P+1)/2 ; q = {1, ... , p, ..., P}, with q and I natural numbers, and v are the estimated value and the estimated position of a strongest tap of the channel wherein by setting I = v a main tap of the channel is estimated and afterwards other taps are calculated as a function of an absolute value of the main tap for l ≠ v, such that the estimated value of the main tap is given by h ^ l = 1 P ∑ q = 1 P ξ l q .
A vibrational apparatus, whether uphole or downhole, to be operable as part of a drill string, which apparatus comprises or includes an elongate casing ; an outer elongate assembly substantially coaxially disposed within the casing and constrained against rotation, but not reciprocal longitudinal rectilinear movement, with respect to the casing, the outer elongate assembly having an array of magnets coaxially of and longitudinally of the outer elongate assembly, each magnet of the array having a single pole, whether of mixed or unmixed poles in the array, facing inwardly, an inner elongate assembly at least substantially coaxially disposed within the outer elongate assembly, the inner elongate assembly being adapted to duct a fluid longitudinally of at least part of the vibrational apparatus and providing an array of magnets coaxially of, and longitudinally of, the inner elongate assembly, and at least substantially within, but spaced from, yet coaxially, of the array of the outer elongate assembly, the magnets of the inner elongate assembly each having a single pole, whether of mixed or unmixed poles in the array, facing outwardly; wherein the inner or outer elongate assembly is rotatable under the action of a drive to rotate relative to the other elongate assembly thereby to cause a relative reciprocal rectilinear movement between the inner and outer elongate assemblies as a result of multiple magnetic interactions across the elongate and longitudinally extending annular spacing between the magnetic arrays; and wherein relative rotation of the inner and outer elongate assemblies and the consequential reciprocal rectilinear movement provides a vibrational output from the vibrational apparatus; and wherein the drive derives an input from said fluid to directly or indirectly cause the relative rotation of the inner and outer elongate assemblies yet that fluid is excluded from the said elongate annular spacing, notwithstanding such spacing may contain another fluid.
A method for wireless communications by a user equipment, UE, comprising: determining resources allocated for providing one or more acknowledgement, ACK, bits, wherein the determining comprises determining a first resource pool based on a mapping that maps different numbers of ACK bits to different resource pools, wherein the mapping maps a number of the one or more ACK bits to the first resource pool, and wherein the allocated resources comprise one or more resources of the first resource pool; and sending , to a base station, a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, with the one or more ACK bits using the allocated resources. determining resources allocated for providing one or more acknowledgement, ACK, bits, wherein the determining comprises determining a first resource pool based on a mapping that maps different numbers of ACK bits to different resource pools, wherein the mapping maps a number of the one or more ACK bits to the first resource pool, and wherein the allocated resources comprise one or more resources of the first resource pool; and sending , to a base station, a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, with the one or more ACK bits using the allocated resources.