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An atomizing assembly , comprising: a liquid absorption element made of porous ceramic, and the liquid absorption element having a liquid absorption surface configured to absorb the liquid, and an atomizing surface ; and a heating element embedded in an interior of the liquid absorption element , wherein the heating element is configured to atomize the liquid absorbed by the liquid absorption element into atomized gas; characterized in that an edge of the heating element is internally tangent to the atomizing surface . a liquid absorption element made of porous ceramic, and the liquid absorption element having a liquid absorption surface configured to absorb the liquid, and an atomizing surface ; and a heating element embedded in an interior of the liquid absorption element , wherein the heating element is configured to atomize the liquid absorbed by the liquid absorption element into atomized gas;
A trailer coupling for connecting a trailer to a towing vehicle on which the trailer coupling is mounted, the trailer coupling being adapted to receive a connection portion of a drawbar mounted to the trailer to be towed, the trailer coupling comprising: a guiding funnel for guiding the connection portion into a towing position, the guiding funnel comprising a seat ; a wearable support member removably arranged inside the seat so as to abut against the connection portion when the connection portion is received by the trailer coupling and positioned in the towing position, the support member abutting from below and reducing contact wear between the guiding funnel and the connection portion ; and a movable coupling member having a first position, in which the coupling member allows for the connection portion to be moved into and out of the towing position, and a second position, in which the coupling member secures the connection portion when the connection portion is in the towing position, the first position being such that the connection portion , when entering and leaving the towing position, pushes the coupling member to perform a movement; the trailer coupling further comprising a magnitude sensor configured to provide a measure indicative of a magnitude of said movement, characterized in that the magnitude sensor thereby being capable of detecting that an amount of wear of the support member exceeds a predetermined threshold, the amount of wear being caused by friction against the connection portion when the connection portion is in the towing position. a guiding funnel for guiding the connection portion into a towing position, the guiding funnel comprising a seat ; a wearable support member removably arranged inside the seat so as to abut against the connection portion when the connection portion is received by the trailer coupling and positioned in the towing position, the support member abutting from below and reducing contact wear between the guiding funnel and the connection portion ; and a movable coupling member having a first position, in which the coupling member allows for the connection portion to be moved into and out of the towing position, and a second position, in which the coupling member secures the connection portion when the connection portion is in the towing position, the first position being such that the connection portion , when entering and leaving the towing position, pushes the coupling member to perform a movement; the trailer coupling further comprising a magnitude sensor configured to provide a measure indicative of a magnitude of said movement, characterized in that the magnitude sensor thereby being capable of detecting that an amount of wear of the support member exceeds a predetermined threshold, the amount of wear being caused by friction against the connection portion when the connection portion is in the towing position.
An uplink data transmission control method, performed by a terminal, the terminal comprises a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, layer entity, and the method comprises: receiving , by the SDAP layer entity, an SDAP service data unit, SDU, from an application layer; obtaining , by the SDAP layer entity, an SDAP protocol data unit, PDU, by processing the SDAP SDU according to a preset format, wherein the preset format is an SDAP header and an SDAP payload; and sending , by the SDAP layer entity, the SDAP PDU to a low-layer entity, wherein a PDU session from the application layer has one or more quality of service, QoS flows, different QoS flows are identified by different quality of service flow identifiers, QFIs, and a QFI is used to identify a mapping relationship between a QoS flow and a data radio bearer, DRB, wherein the SDAP PDU comprises the SDAP header and the SDAP payload; a bit length of the SDAP header is 8; wherein the SDAP header comprises reserved R information and the quality of service flow identifier, QFI; characterised in that the QFI takes last 6 bits of the SDAP header, and the R information only takes a secondary most significant bit of the SDAP header. receiving , by the SDAP layer entity, an SDAP service data unit, SDU, from an application layer; obtaining , by the SDAP layer entity, an SDAP protocol data unit, PDU, by processing the SDAP SDU according to a preset format, wherein the preset format is an SDAP header and an SDAP payload; and sending , by the SDAP layer entity, the SDAP PDU to a low-layer entity, wherein a PDU session from the application layer has one or more quality of service, QoS flows, different QoS flows are identified by different quality of service flow identifiers, QFIs, and a QFI is used to identify a mapping relationship between a QoS flow and a data radio bearer, DRB, wherein the SDAP PDU comprises the SDAP header and the SDAP payload; a bit length of the SDAP header is 8; wherein the SDAP header comprises reserved R information and the quality of service flow identifier, QFI; characterised in that the QFI takes last 6 bits of the SDAP header, and the R information only takes a secondary most significant bit of the SDAP header.
A communication method, for a communications network including network slices, the method comprising: accessing , by a terminal device, a target RAN sub-network among at least one RAN sub-network based on a service requirement of the terminal device; communicating , by the terminal device, with a network side device by using the target RAN sub-network; characterized in that : wherein the target RAN sub-network includes a plurality of RAN sub-networks, the plurality of RAN sub-network belongs to a plurality of network slices respectively, and wherein the plurality of network slices use a uniform mobility management manner for the terminal device. accessing , by a terminal device, a target RAN sub-network among at least one RAN sub-network based on a service requirement of the terminal device; communicating , by the terminal device, with a network side device by using the target RAN sub-network; characterized in that : wherein the target RAN sub-network includes a plurality of RAN sub-networks, the plurality of RAN sub-network belongs to a plurality of network slices respectively, and wherein the plurality of network slices use a uniform mobility management manner for the terminal device.
A method of reducing the off-taste of a food or beverage containing a sweetener selected from the group consisting of common saccharide sweeteners, namely sucrose, fructose, glucose; sweetener compositions comprising natural sugars, namely corn syrup or other syrups or sweetener concentrates derived from natural fruit and vegetable sources; semisynthetic "sugar alcohol" sweeteners, namely erythritol, isomalt, lactitol, mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, maltodextrin, glycerol, threitol, arabitol, ribitol, and dulcitol; artificial sweeteners, namely miraculin, aspartame, superaspartame, saccharin, saccharin-sodium salt, acesulfame-K, cyclamate, sodium cyclamate, and alitame; other sweeteners, namely trehalose, melizitose, melibiose, raffinose, palatinose, lactulose, cyclamic acid, mogroside, tagatose, maltose, galactose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbose, maunose, lactose, L-arabinose, D-ribose, D-glyceraldehyde, curculin, brazzein, mogroside, Neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, neotame and other aspartame derivatives, D-tryptophan, D-Ieucine, D-threonine, glycine, D-asparagine, D-phenylalanine, L-proline, maltitol, hydrogenated glucose syrup, magap, sucralose, lugduname, sucrononate, sucrooctate, monatin, phyllodulcin, hydrogenated starch hydrolyzate, stevioside, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside D, rebadioside M, and other sweet Stevia based glycosides, lo han guo, thaumatin, monellin, carrelame and other guanidine-based sweeteners, wherein the off-taste is selected from the group consisting of licorice, astringency, bitterness and sweet lingering comprising adding 10 to 35 ppm, by weight, of the total weight of the food or beverage, phloretin to the food or beverage wherein the phloretin is provided in the absence of a bitterness-masking aroma substance selected from the groups consisting of homoeriodictylol, homoeriodictyol sodium salt, homoeriodictylol potassium salt or mixtures thereof and wherein the phloretin does not enhance the sweetness of the food or beverage.
Microwave heating unit for heating an aerosol-forming sample due to microwave absorption by a material of the sample and for thereby releasing by or from said sample upon heating said sample at least one aerosol, for use in a or as an inhalation, vaporizer and/or smoking product or device and/or for pulmonary drug delivery, wherein the microwave heating unit comprises: (i) a sample holding and exposing unit configured to receive and hold a sample in a holding and exposing space and to expose the sample to a microwave radiation field within said holding and exposing space , (ii) a microwave radiation unit configured to supply said microwave radiation field and/or an underlying microwave radiation signal to said holding and exposing space , and (iii) an impedance matching unit which is configured to achieve impedance matching between the holding and exposing space and the signal and/or the microwave radiation field wherein the impedance matching unit and in particular an impedance matching network thereof comprises electrodes for generating the microwave radiation field upon receipt of the underlying microwave radiation signal , wherein said sample holding and exposing unit comprises a sample holder defining and forming said holding and exposing space within an interior, in particular as a cavity , by means of first and second holding portions and/or first and second holding portions separated by a slit structure , and wherein the first and second holding portions simultaneously serve as first and second electrodes , respectively. (i) a sample holding and exposing unit configured to receive and hold a sample in a holding and exposing space and to expose the sample to a microwave radiation field within said holding and exposing space , (ii) a microwave radiation unit configured to supply said microwave radiation field and/or an underlying microwave radiation signal to said holding and exposing space , and (iii) an impedance matching unit which is configured to achieve impedance matching between the holding and exposing space and the signal and/or the microwave radiation field wherein the impedance matching unit and in particular an impedance matching network thereof comprises electrodes for generating the microwave radiation field upon receipt of the underlying microwave radiation signal ,
A surface treatment composition for a vibration damping steel sheet comprising: a polymer resin and inorganic nanoparticles having a mean aspect ratio (LID) of 100 or more, wherein the polymer resin is one or more selected from the group consisting of an ethylene vinyl acetate resin, a polyethylene resin, a polypropylene resin, a polyvinyl butyral resin, a polyester resin, a polyvinyl chloride resin, and an epoxy resin, and wherein the inorganic nanoparticles are one or more selected from the group consisting of a graphite nanofiber and carbon nanotubes. wherein the polymer resin is one or more selected from the group consisting of an ethylene vinyl acetate resin, a polyethylene resin, a polypropylene resin, a polyvinyl butyral resin, a polyester resin, a polyvinyl chloride resin, and an epoxy resin, and wherein the inorganic nanoparticles are one or more selected from the group consisting of a graphite nanofiber and carbon nanotubes.
A user identity verification method, executed by a server, the method comprising: sending a first facial quality score threshold and a first number of eye-print collection steps corresponding to an identity verification mode to a client to obtain facial images based on the first facial quality score threshold and obtain a plurality of eye-print pair images corresponding to the first number of eye-print collection steps; receiving a facial image and eye-print pair images corresponding to an identity verification object from the client, wherein the facial image meets the first facial quality score threshold and the eye-print pair images correspond in number to the number of eye-print collection steps; comparing the facial image to a preset facial image, and comparing the eye-print pair images to preset eye-print templates corresponding to the identity verification object; and sending successful identity verification information to the client if comparison results for the facial image and the eye-print pair images meet preset conditions. sending a first facial quality score threshold and a first number of eye-print collection steps corresponding to an identity verification mode to a client to obtain facial images based on the first facial quality score threshold and obtain a plurality of eye-print pair images corresponding to the first number of eye-print collection steps; receiving a facial image and eye-print pair images corresponding to an identity verification object from the client, wherein the facial image meets the first facial quality score threshold and the eye-print pair images correspond in number to the number of eye-print collection steps; comparing the facial image to a preset facial image, and comparing the eye-print pair images to preset eye-print templates corresponding to the identity verification object; and sending successful identity verification information to the client if comparison results for the facial image and the eye-print pair images meet preset conditions.
An atomizer, comprising an outer housing , wherein an airflow channel, an e-liquid storage chamber configured for storing an e-liquid and an atomization assembly configured for atomizing the e-liquid are arranged inside the outer housing ; the atomization assembly comprises a porous element configured for absorbing the e-liquid from the e-liquid storage chamber, and a heating element configured for heating and atomizing the e-liquid absorbed by the porous element to generate an aerosol; the porous element comprises an e-liquid absorbing surface configured for absorbing the e-liquid from the e-liquid storage chamber, and an air inlet surface different from the e-liquid absorbing surface, wherein the air inlet surface is incorporated inside the airflow channel and is configured for allowing air to enter the porous element such that bubbles escape from the liquid absorbing surface to the liquid storage chamber ; wherein a bubble guiding element opposite to the e-liquid absorbing surface is further arranged inside the outer housing and comprises a bubble guiding surface opposite to the e-liquid absorbing surface, at least a portion of the bubble guiding surface is obliquely arranged in a direction away from the e-liquid absorbing surface, such that the bubbles escaping from the e-liquid absorbing surface are guided towards the direction away from the e-liquid absorbing surface.
A processor-implemented method comprising: obtaining an estimated readiness time for an energy storage element : obtaining a target state of charge for the energy storage element : calculating an estimated charging time based at least in part on a difference between the target state of charge and a current state of charge of the energy storage element ; responsive to determining that a time difference between the estimated readiness time and a first point in time is greater than the estimated charging time, using a first charging rate to charge the energy storage element to an intermediate state of charge, maintaining the energy storage element at the intermediate state of charge; and responsive to determining that a time difference between the estimated readiness time and a second point in time is less than the estimated charging time, using a second charging rate to charge the energy storage element to the target state of charge, wherein the second point in time is after the first point in time, and wherein the second charging rate is greater than the first charging rate. obtaining an estimated readiness time for an energy storage element : obtaining a target state of charge for the energy storage element : calculating an estimated charging time based at least in part on a difference between the target state of charge and a current state of charge of the energy storage element ; responsive to determining that a time difference between the estimated readiness time and a first point in time is greater than the estimated charging time, using a first charging rate to charge the energy storage element to an intermediate state of charge, maintaining the energy storage element at the intermediate state of charge; and responsive to determining that a time difference between the estimated readiness time and a second point in time is less than the estimated charging time, using a second charging rate to charge the energy storage element to the target state of charge, wherein the second point in time is after the first point in time, and wherein the second charging rate is greater than the first charging rate.
The use of a composition, comprising two or more species of probiotic bacteria, for inhibiting the enzymatic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) in a process of deinking recycled fiber pulp, wherein said process uses hydrogen peroxide, wherein said two or more species of probiotic bacteria are selected from the group consisting of Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens.
A noise source detector configured to detect a noise signal producing noise in one or more return signals received at a Lidar system mounted on an autonomous vehicle (AV) system, the noise source detector comprising: a light sensor configured to receive a noise signal, the light sensor being configured to continuously rotate around a central axis of the Lidar system, wherein a complete rotation of the light sensor around the central axis corresponds to a spin cycle; and a timing circuit coupled to the light sensor, the timing circuit being configured to provide an indication of a direction of a noise source corresponding to the noise signal relative to the autonomous vehicle (AV) system; and wherein the indication of the direction of the noise source comprises an indication of a position of the light sensor within a spin cycle associated with a timestamp that correlates to the position of the light sensor based on a duration of the spin cycle. a light sensor configured to receive a noise signal, the light sensor being configured to continuously rotate around a central axis of the Lidar system, wherein a complete rotation of the light sensor around the central axis corresponds to a spin cycle; and a timing circuit coupled to the light sensor, the timing circuit being configured to provide an indication of a direction of a noise source corresponding to the noise signal relative to the autonomous vehicle (AV) system; and wherein the indication of the direction of the noise source comprises an indication of a position of the light sensor within a spin cycle associated with a timestamp that correlates to the position of the light sensor based on a duration of the spin cycle.
A control device for operating an air treatment apparatus , comprising - an input arranged to receive measured data that is indicative of particle concentration from a sensing unit , - a baseline processing module arranged to derive particle concentration indicative information from the received measured data, - an obtaining module arranged to obtain augmenting information that is indicative of air quality and is indicative of short term or medium term events thereby configured to detect micro events that include a sudden increase in particles in the air, - an air quality index augmenting module arranged to determine an augmented air quality index based on the particle concentration indicative information and the augmenting information, wherein the augmented air quality index is indicative of an estimated risk of airborn allergens; and - an operation control module arranged to operate the air treatment apparatus based on the augmented air quality index. - an input arranged to receive measured data that is indicative of particle concentration from a sensing unit , - a baseline processing module arranged to derive particle concentration indicative information from the received measured data, - an obtaining module arranged to obtain augmenting information that is indicative of air quality and is indicative of short term or medium term events thereby configured to detect micro events that include a sudden increase in particles in the air, - an air quality index augmenting module arranged to determine an augmented air quality index based on the particle concentration indicative information and the augmenting information, wherein the augmented air quality index is indicative of an estimated risk of airborn allergens; and - an operation control module arranged to operate the air treatment apparatus based on the augmented air quality index.
A device for sensing multiple dental regions, comprising: a support structure configured to fit against a plurality of teeth of a patient, wherein: the support structure comprises a plurality of sensor elements ; each sensor element is configured to be positioned against a respective different dental region when the support structure is positioned in use against the plurality of teeth; and each sensor element is configured to allow a heating pulse to be applied to the dental region against which the sensor element is positioned and to allow measurement of a response of the sensor element during the heating pulse to determine chemical or structure information about the dental region, the response being dependent on heat transfer characteristics of the dental region. the support structure comprises a plurality of sensor elements ; each sensor element is configured to be positioned against a respective different dental region when the support structure is positioned in use against the plurality of teeth; and each sensor element is configured to allow a heating pulse to be applied to the dental region against which the sensor element is positioned and to allow measurement of a response of the sensor element during the heating pulse to determine chemical or structure information about the dental region, the response being dependent on heat transfer characteristics of the dental region.