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A galley cart stowage system for stowing galley carts in a galley of an aircraft , the galley cart stowage system comprising: a lower cart compartment defining a lower galley cart cavity configured to receive a first galley cart of the galley carts ; an upper cart compartment located above the lower cart compartment , the upper cart compartment defining an upper galley cart cavity configured to receive a second galley cart of the galley carts ; a vertical conveyance device extending between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to move the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment ; and a galley workspace having a workspace volume located above the lower cart compartment and located below the upper cart compartment , the galley workspace having a countertop , the countertop movable between a deployed position and a clearance position, the countertop located between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to block movement of the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment in the deployed position, the countertop moved to the clearance position to form an opening between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to allow movement of the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment . a lower cart compartment defining a lower galley cart cavity configured to receive a first galley cart of the galley carts ; an upper cart compartment located above the lower cart compartment , the upper cart compartment defining an upper galley cart cavity configured to receive a second galley cart of the galley carts ; a vertical conveyance device extending between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to move the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment ; and a galley workspace having a workspace volume located above the lower cart compartment and located below the upper cart compartment , the galley workspace having a countertop , the countertop movable between a deployed position and a clearance position, the countertop located between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to block movement of the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment in the deployed position, the countertop moved to the clearance position to form an opening between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to allow movement of the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment .
A method for detecting a leak in a fuel rod in a fuel bundle in a nuclear reactor having a plurality of fuel bundles housed in a plurality of linearly arranged channels for flowing coolant past the fuel bundles , the method comprising: placing a plurality of solid state radiation detectors in each of a plurality of detector tubes positioned adjacent to and generally perpendicular to the plurality of channels , the plurality of radiation detectors spaced from each other along the length of each detector tube and in sufficiently close proximity to a channel to detect the presence of radiation from a selected fission material within said channel ; wherein the radiation detectors comprise a silicon carbide substrate having a first side and a second side, an Ohmic contact on the second side of the substrate , an epitaxial silicon carbide layer on the first side of the substrate , a Schottky contact covering at least a portion of the epitaxial layer , an electron emitter material spaced from the Schottky contact and defining a gap therebetween, each of the gap and the electron emitter material configured to a depth effective for detecting radiation above a base line level consistent with the presence of the selected fission product; and, monitoring the plurality of detectors to detect signals above the base line level and triangulating the normalized intensity of signals from each detector to determine the location of the cladding tube in closest proximity to the detector having the highest signal. placing a plurality of solid state radiation detectors in each of a plurality of detector tubes positioned adjacent to and generally perpendicular to the plurality of channels , the plurality of radiation detectors spaced from each other along the length of each detector tube and in sufficiently close proximity to a channel to detect the presence of radiation from a selected fission material within said channel ; wherein the radiation detectors comprise a silicon carbide substrate having a first side and a second side, an Ohmic contact on the second side of the substrate , an epitaxial silicon carbide layer on the first side of the substrate , a Schottky contact covering at least a portion of the epitaxial layer , an electron emitter material spaced from the Schottky contact and defining a gap therebetween, each of the gap and the electron emitter material configured to a depth effective for detecting radiation above a base line level consistent with the presence of the selected fission product; and, monitoring the plurality of detectors to detect signals above the base line level and triangulating the normalized intensity of signals from each detector to determine the location of the cladding tube in closest proximity to the detector having the highest signal.
A media processing method operative at a network node , the method comprising: separating a video component and an audio component from an incoming source media input ; determining static object grid, SOG, coordinate information for still areas identified in the video component , wherein still areas in the video component are identified based on an amount that tracked bounding box data remains static over a number of frames of the video component ; encoding the video component at different bitrates to generate a plurality of adaptive bitrate, ABR, representations of the video component ; scaling the SOG coordinate information with respect to each of the bitrate representations of the video component ; encoding the audio component to generate an encoded audio stream ; and multiplexing each bitrate representation of the video component with corresponding scaled SOG coordinate information and the encoded audio stream to generate a plurality of multiplexed media outputs (236-1 to 236-N) for distribution to one or more subscriber stations. separating a video component and an audio component from an incoming source media input ; determining static object grid, SOG, coordinate information for still areas identified in the video component , wherein still areas in the video component are identified based on an amount that tracked bounding box data remains static over a number of frames of the video component ; encoding the video component at different bitrates to generate a plurality of adaptive bitrate, ABR, representations of the video component ; scaling the SOG coordinate information with respect to each of the bitrate representations of the video component ; encoding the audio component to generate an encoded audio stream ; and multiplexing each bitrate representation of the video component with corresponding scaled SOG coordinate information and the encoded audio stream to generate a plurality of multiplexed media outputs (236-1 to 236-N) for distribution to one or more subscriber stations.
A vehicle window , comprising a chemically tempered pane , wherein at least one region of the pane is untempered, characterized in that the pane additionally has a thermally stressed region in which a brittleness of the pane material is increased.
A circuit for controlling electrical power to a load , the circuit comprising: a controller including two power supply input nodes and a controller data input node ; two power supply input terminals for supplying electrical power and a digital control signal to the circuit ; a low pass filter (L1) coupling one of the supply input terminals to a first one of the controller power supply input nodes , wherein a second one of the supply input terminals is coupled to a second one of the controller supply input terminals and wherein the low pass filter is arranged to block the digital control signal from being received across the power supply input nodes ; and a digital control signal pre-processing unit coupling one of the power supply input terminals to the controller data input node , the digital control signal pre-processing unit including a capacitor (C1) arranged to block voltage biasing resulting from power supplied to electrical power supply input terminals from being supplied to the controller data input node , wherein the digital control signal pre-processing unit is arranged to generate positive and negative voltage impulses (PI, NI) in response to corresponding rising and falling edges of the digital control signal provided at the power supply input terminals and wherein the digital control signal pre-processing unit is further arranged to generate a revised version of the digital control signal without the voltage biasing. a controller including two power supply input nodes and a controller data input node ; two power supply input terminals for supplying electrical power and a digital control signal to the circuit ; a low pass filter (L1) coupling one of the supply input terminals to a first one of the controller power supply input nodes , wherein a second one of the supply input terminals is coupled to a second one of the controller supply input terminals and wherein the low pass filter is arranged to block the digital control signal from being received across the power supply input nodes ; and a digital control signal pre-processing unit coupling one of the power supply input terminals to the controller data input node , the digital control signal pre-processing unit including a capacitor (C1) arranged to block voltage biasing resulting from power supplied to electrical power supply input terminals from being supplied to the controller data input node , wherein the digital control signal pre-processing unit is arranged to generate positive and negative voltage impulses (PI, NI) in response to corresponding rising and falling edges of the digital control signal provided at the power supply input terminals and wherein the digital control signal pre-processing unit is further arranged to generate a revised version of the digital control signal without the voltage biasing.
A process for producing a medical device comprising a biocompatible composition having a tensile modulus of > 0.34 GPa (> 50.000 psi) the method comprising: injection molding the composition at a melt temperature in the range of 150 to 300°C, wherein the composition comprises: a poly-4-hydroxybutyrate polymer or copolymer thereof, wherein the polymer or copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 1,000,000 Da, up to 70% by weight or 50% by volume of the composition of a resorbable bioceramic having a size distribution between 0.1 and 500 microns; and wherein the composition does not comprise a blend of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate and homopolymers or copolymers of lactic acid. a poly-4-hydroxybutyrate polymer or copolymer thereof, wherein the polymer or copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 1,000,000 Da, up to 70% by weight or 50% by volume of the composition of a resorbable bioceramic having a size distribution between 0.1 and 500 microns; and wherein the composition does not comprise a blend of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate and homopolymers or copolymers of lactic acid.
A system for use with a subterranean well, the system comprising: a tubular string positioned in a riser string , the riser string including an outer housing of a pressure control device and a first annular seal operable to prevent flow through an annulus formed between the tubular string and the riser string , the tubular string including an equalization valve and a running tool operable to convey a releasable assembly of the pressure control device through the riser string , the releasable assembly being releasably securable in the riser string , and the equalization valve selectively permitting fluid communication between the annulus and a flow passage extending longitudinally through the tubular string , in which the equalization valve opens in response to a fluid flow in a downward direction through the flow passage in the tubular string at greater than a predetermined flow rate. a tubular string positioned in a riser string , the riser string including an outer housing of a pressure control device and a first annular seal operable to prevent flow through an annulus formed between the tubular string and the riser string , the tubular string including an equalization valve and a running tool operable to convey a releasable assembly of the pressure control device through the riser string , the releasable assembly being releasably securable in the riser string , and the equalization valve selectively permitting fluid communication between the annulus and a flow passage extending longitudinally through the tubular string , in which the equalization valve opens in response to a fluid flow in a downward direction through the flow passage in the tubular string at greater than a predetermined flow rate.
A conveyor device for the suspended conveyance of conveyable goods realized in particular as tailored blanks by means of negative pressure, the conveyor device comprising at least one belt conveyor device comprising at least one continuous conveyor belt , which is guided along a negative-pressure chamber in such a manner that a rearward side of the conveyor belt facing towards the negative-pressure chamber is arranged opposite a chamber opening of the negative-pressure chamber and that a contact side of the conveyor belt is provided with suction openings formed between the rearward side and the contact side of the conveyor belt in order to form holding forces between the contact side of the conveyor belt and a contact side of the conveyable goods, which are operatively connected to a recess formed on the contact side of the conveyor belt , the recess being limited by longitudinal edges of the conveyor belt and extending in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt in such a manner that a suction duct sealed by the longitudinal edges and arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt with respect to the contact side of the conveyable goods is formed between the contact side of the conveyor belt and the contact side of the conveyable goods, a rearward support extending in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt being arranged in the chamber opening in order to support the rearward side of the conveyor belt , characterized in that the arrangement of the rearward support in the chamber opening can be altered in order to adjust the depth of the recess .
A computer-aided method of analysing mammographic images, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of mammograms ; performing a first analysis on the plurality of mammograms comprising identifying a malignancy classification for each of the mammograms; determining a malignancy output value for each of mammograms dependent upon the first analysis ; determining an average malignancy output value by averaging the malignancy output values for the plurality of mammograms; thresholding the average malignancy output value to generate an output binary malignancy value ; performing a second analysis on the plurality of mammograms to determine a plurality of localisation data parameters for each mammogram; and generating output localisation data for the plurality of mammograms in dependence upon the output binary malignancy value, characterised in that the second analysis is performed using a mask regional convolutional neural network (mask RCNN) and comprises: generating a set of bounding boxes, wherein generating the set of bounding boxes comprises removing any bounding boxes not having a predetermined threshold of intersection over union and interpolating between bounding box coordinates; generating averaged lesion scores, wherein generating the averaged lesion scores comprises averaging the lesion scores for the set of bounding boxes; and generating an averaged segmentation mask, wherein the averaged segmentation mask is generated by averaging a plurality of raw segmentation masks, before thresholding with a predetermined threshold. receiving a plurality of mammograms ; performing a first analysis on the plurality of mammograms comprising identifying a malignancy classification for each of the mammograms; determining a malignancy output value for each of mammograms dependent upon the first analysis ; determining an average malignancy output value by averaging the malignancy output values for the plurality of mammograms; thresholding the average malignancy output value to generate an output binary malignancy value ; performing a second analysis on the plurality of mammograms to determine a plurality of localisation data parameters for each mammogram; and generating output localisation data for the plurality of mammograms in dependence upon the output binary malignancy value, characterised in that the second analysis is performed using a mask regional convolutional neural network (mask RCNN) and comprises: generating a set of bounding boxes, wherein generating the set of bounding boxes comprises removing any bounding boxes not having a predetermined threshold of intersection over union and interpolating between bounding box coordinates; generating averaged lesion scores, wherein generating the averaged lesion scores comprises averaging the lesion scores for the set of bounding boxes; and generating an averaged segmentation mask, wherein the averaged segmentation mask is generated by averaging a plurality of raw segmentation masks, before thresholding with a predetermined threshold.
A vehicle treatment system (W) having a signalling device (SIG) with at least one sensor (SEN) which can continuously detect a position of a vehicle (V) approaching the vehicle treatment system (W) in a predetermined approach region (A) in front of or in the vehicle treatment system (W), and a signal generator (2; 22) which, on the basis of the position detected by the sensor (SEN), can give instructions for the correct driving behaviour to the driver of the vehicle (V), which comprises at least two lights (4; 24; 26) arranged above one another, and which can output a signal which changes continuously or discretely and corresponds to a continuously changing position of the vehicle (V), characterized in that the speed to be driven by the vehicle (V) is displayed to the driver by the frequency of the signals generated.
An occupancy sensing device , comprising: an occupancy sensing component ; characterized in that the occupancy sensing device further comprises a lighting control interface configured to connect the occupancy sensing device to a digital addressable lighting interface, DALI, bus of a building; a building management system, BMS, interface configured to connect the occupancy sensing device to a BMS bus of the building, such that when the BMS bus and the DALI bus are connected to the occupancy sensing device it allows the direct exchange of data between the BMS bus and the DALI bus; and a lighting control application configured to translate data communicated between the BMS bus and the DALI bus when connected to the occupancy sensing device. an occupancy sensing component ; characterized in that the occupancy sensing device further comprises a lighting control interface configured to connect the occupancy sensing device to a digital addressable lighting interface, DALI, bus of a building; a building management system, BMS, interface configured to connect the occupancy sensing device to a BMS bus of the building, such that when the BMS bus and the DALI bus are connected to the occupancy sensing device it allows the direct exchange of data between the BMS bus and the DALI bus; and a lighting control application configured to translate data communicated between the BMS bus and the DALI bus when connected to the occupancy sensing device.
A portable device for inspecting a weld bead of small-diameter metal tubes, comprising: - at least one clamp having two lateral portions each having a jaw, each jaw including a circularly arcuate void defining, once the clamp has been closed, a substantially circular housing suitable for receiving a tube , the weld of which is to be inspected; the two lateral portions being arranged in relation to each other such that the formed substantially circular housings face each other, - at least two ultrasound probes placed between the two lateral portions of the clamp and mounted to the device so as to be movable about the axis (O, O') passing through the centres of the housings formed by the jaws of each of the lateral portions, said probes being configured to deliver as output electrical signals proportional to the echoes received by said probes; the device being characterized in that it comprises - a means configured to drive each ultrasound probe to rotate about the axis (O, O') at an angle of 360°, - an angular sensor configured to deliver as output a signal representative of the angular position of at least one probe on the circumference of the tube, of which the weld is to be inspected, this position being determined relative to an initial position, and in that said probes are arranged at an angle of 180° in relation to each other, each probe being a multielement probe having a plurality of aligned elements (transducers) , configured to perform a linear electrical scan of the width of the weld bead . - at least one clamp having two lateral portions each having a jaw, each jaw including a circularly arcuate void defining, once the clamp has been closed, a substantially circular housing suitable for receiving a tube , the weld of which is to be inspected; the two lateral portions being arranged in relation to each other such that the formed substantially circular housings face each other, - at least two ultrasound probes placed between the two lateral portions of the clamp and mounted to the device so as to be movable about the axis (O, O') passing through the centres of the housings formed by the jaws of each of the lateral portions, said probes being configured to deliver as output electrical signals proportional to the echoes received by said probes; the device being characterized in that it comprises - a means configured to drive each ultrasound probe to rotate about the axis (O, O') at an angle of 360°, - an angular sensor configured to deliver as output a signal representative of the angular position of at least one probe on the circumference of the tube, of which the weld is to be inspected, this position being determined relative to an initial position, and in that said probes are arranged at an angle of 180° in relation to each other, each probe being a multielement probe having a plurality of aligned elements (transducers) , configured to perform a linear electrical scan of the width of the weld bead .
Lens for a lighting device of a motor vehicle, the lens comprising a rear face designed to be oriented toward a light source of the lighting device, and a front face designed to be oriented toward the roadway being illuminated, the lens having a median vertical plane (P) designed to be substantially orthogonal to the roadway, the front face having a first zone of diffusion (Z1) with microstructures adapted to diffuse the light emitted by the light source, the first zone of diffusion (Z1) extending in the median vertical plane (P), the front face furthermore comprising at least two second zones of diffusion (Z2 1 , Z2 2 ) each one having microstructures adapted to diffuse the light emitted by the light source, the two second zones of diffusion being situated on either side of the median vertical plane, the lens being characterized in that the microstructures of the two zones of diffusion (Z2 1 , Z2 2 ) have a depth absolutely greater than the depth of the microstructures of the first zone of diffusion (Z1).