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A block for controlling flow from a refractory vessel, comprising: (a) a base disposed around a casting channel having a primary axis, the base having a base upper surface and a base lower surface , the base upper surface having a base upper surface circumference; (b) a wall extending from the circumference of the upper surface of the base, the wall having a wall upper surface ; • wherein the wall comprises a circumferential external surface having a top and a bottom, • wherein the wall comprises a circumferential internal surface comprising a plurality of steps , • wherein the plurality of steps is located at a level above the level of the upper surface of the base, • wherein the wall circumferential internal surface has a radius with respect to the casting channel primary axis that decreases towards the bottom of the wall circumferential internal surface; and • wherein the block further comprises a wall circumferential lip extending radially outwardly from the circumferential external surface of the wall. (c) a main orifice adapted for matching engagement with at least a portion of the outer surface of a nozzle, the base surrounding the main orifice and the wall surrounding, and extending from, the surface. (a) a base disposed around a casting channel having a primary axis, the base having a base upper surface and a base lower surface , the base upper surface having a base upper surface circumference; (b) a wall extending from the circumference of the upper surface of the base, the wall having a wall upper surface ; • wherein the wall comprises a circumferential external surface having a top and a bottom, • wherein the wall comprises a circumferential internal surface comprising a plurality of steps , • wherein the plurality of steps is located at a level above the level of the upper surface of the base, • wherein the wall circumferential internal surface has a radius with respect to the casting channel primary axis that decreases towards the bottom of the wall circumferential internal surface; and • wherein the block further comprises a wall circumferential lip extending radially outwardly from the circumferential external surface of the wall. • wherein the wall comprises a circumferential external surface having a top and a bottom, • wherein the wall comprises a circumferential internal surface comprising a plurality of steps , • wherein the plurality of steps is located at a level above the level of the upper surface of the base, • wherein the wall circumferential internal surface has a radius with respect to the casting channel primary axis that decreases towards the bottom of the wall circumferential internal surface; and • wherein the block further comprises a wall circumferential lip extending radially outwardly from the circumferential external surface of the wall. (c) a main orifice adapted for matching engagement with at least a portion of the outer surface of a nozzle, the base surrounding the main orifice and the wall surrounding, and extending from, the surface.
A D-lactic acid-producing strain, wherein the D-lactic acid-producing strain is derived from a Lactobacillus sp. strain that produces more L-lactic acid than D-lactic acid, wherein said Lactobacillus sp. strain has been modified by attenuating or inactivating L-lactate dehydrogenase (L-LDH) activity and by enhancing D-lactate dehydrogenase (D-LDH) activity compared to the wild-type Lactobacillus sp. Strain, wherein the Lactobacillus sp. strain is selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus rhamnosus, wherein (a) attenuating or inactivating L-LDH activity is by substituting, deleting, inserting or adding one or several nucleotides at one or more positions of the L-LDH-encoding polynucleotide; and (b) enhancing D-LDH activity is by (i) introducing an additional D-LDH-encoding polynucleotide into the chromosome of the strain; or (ii) introducing a strong promoter upstream of the D-LDH-encoding polynucleotide in the chromosome of the strain; or (iii) introducing an expression vector including a D-LDH-encoding polynucleotide into the strain; or (c) attenuating or inactivating L-lactate dehydrogenase (L-LDH) activity is by inactivating an L-LDH-encoding gene and enhancing D-lactate dehydrogenase (D-LDH) activity is by introducing a heterogenous D-LDH-encoding gene to the strain. (a) attenuating or inactivating L-LDH activity is by substituting, deleting, inserting or adding one or several nucleotides at one or more positions of the L-LDH-encoding polynucleotide; and (b) enhancing D-LDH activity is by (i) introducing an additional D-LDH-encoding polynucleotide into the chromosome of the strain; or (ii) introducing a strong promoter upstream of the D-LDH-encoding polynucleotide in the chromosome of the strain; or (iii) introducing an expression vector including a D-LDH-encoding polynucleotide into the strain; or (i) introducing an additional D-LDH-encoding polynucleotide into the chromosome of the strain; or (ii) introducing a strong promoter upstream of the D-LDH-encoding polynucleotide in the chromosome of the strain; or (iii) introducing an expression vector including a D-LDH-encoding polynucleotide into the strain; or (c) attenuating or inactivating L-lactate dehydrogenase (L-LDH) activity is by inactivating an L-LDH-encoding gene and enhancing D-lactate dehydrogenase (D-LDH) activity is by introducing a heterogenous D-LDH-encoding gene to the strain.
A method for resolution-adaptive tile merging for viewport-adaptive streaming of omnidirectional video coding comprising: obtaining an input picture sequence, comprising pictures in an equirectangular projection format; encoding the input picture sequence at a first spatial size comprising a first number of pixels into a first set of motion-constrained coded sub-picture sequences using a first sub-picture partitioning grid with a first sub-picture width in pixels; encoding the input picture sequence at a second spatial size comprising a second number of pixels into a second set of motion-constrained coded sub-picture sequences using a second sub-picture partitioning grid with the first sub-picture width in pixels, wherein the second number of pixels is an integer fraction of the first number of pixels; shifting the pictures of the input picture sequence horizontally in a wraparound manner; and encoding the horizontally shifted input picture sequence at the second spatial size into a third set of motion-constrained coded sub-picture sequences using the second sub-picture partitioning grid; and encapsulating the first, second, and third set of motion-constrained coded sub-picture sequences in sub-picture tracks of a container file format. obtaining an input picture sequence, comprising pictures in an equirectangular projection format; encoding the input picture sequence at a first spatial size comprising a first number of pixels into a first set of motion-constrained coded sub-picture sequences using a first sub-picture partitioning grid with a first sub-picture width in pixels; encoding the input picture sequence at a second spatial size comprising a second number of pixels into a second set of motion-constrained coded sub-picture sequences using a second sub-picture partitioning grid with the first sub-picture width in pixels, wherein the second number of pixels is an integer fraction of the first number of pixels; shifting the pictures of the input picture sequence horizontally in a wraparound manner; and encoding the horizontally shifted input picture sequence at the second spatial size into a third set of motion-constrained coded sub-picture sequences using the second sub-picture partitioning grid; and encapsulating the first, second, and third set of motion-constrained coded sub-picture sequences in sub-picture tracks of a container file format.
Constriction device for body parts, in particular a tourniquet, comprising a flexible constriction band which can be placed around a body part and has a closure device, by means of which the constriction band can be locked in the state thereof in which it is placed around the body part as a closed loop, wherein - a tightening unit is provided which is separate from the closure device, through which tightening unit a portion of the constriction band located within the loop can be guided, and by means of which the loop which is placed around the body part and locked by means of the closure device can be tightened and can be locked in a desired tightened state by means of a locking mechanism, - the tightening unit has a lower part a non-slip lower face of which can be placed on a portion of the constriction band in the region of the loop, - the tightening unit has a tightening part which is rotatably mounted on the lower part and is provided with a slot for passing the constriction band through, and the constriction band can be tightened relative to the lower part by rotating the tightening part , wherein the tightening part is blocked against rotating counter to the tightening direction by means of a locking mechanism, - the locking mechanism has a locking portion which arranged on the tightening part , and a locking counter-portion which is arranged on the lower part and faces and interacts with said locking portion, and the tightening part is mounted on the lower part in a pivot bearing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation which is upright at a tangent with respect to a tangential plane of the body part. - a tightening unit is provided which is separate from the closure device, through which tightening unit a portion of the constriction band located within the loop can be guided, and by means of which the loop which is placed around the body part and locked by means of the closure device can be tightened and can be locked in a desired tightened state by means of a locking mechanism, - the tightening unit has a lower part a non-slip lower face of which can be placed on a portion of the constriction band in the region of the loop, - the tightening unit has a tightening part which is rotatably mounted on the lower part and is provided with a slot for passing the constriction band through, and the constriction band can be tightened relative to the lower part by rotating the tightening part , wherein the tightening part is blocked against rotating counter to the tightening direction by means of a locking mechanism, - the locking mechanism has a locking portion which arranged on the tightening part , and a locking counter-portion which is arranged on the lower part and faces and interacts with said locking portion, and the tightening part is mounted on the lower part in a pivot bearing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation which is upright at a tangent with respect to a tangential plane of the body part.
A gearbox for a gas turbine engine , comprising: a housing including first and second housing portions interconnected by an intermediate housing portion to provide a generally U-shaped structure, each of the first and second housing portions including opposing first and second faces , the second faces of first and second housing portions adjacent to one another; first and second gear sets respectively arranged in the first and second housing portions; and accessory drive component mounts provided on at least three of the first and second faces of the first and second housing portions, the mounts each configured to support an accessory drive component (82...96) coupled to one of the first and second gear sets, characterized by a third gear set arranged in the intermediate portion and coupled to the first and second gear sets. a housing including first and second housing portions interconnected by an intermediate housing portion to provide a generally U-shaped structure, each of the first and second housing portions including opposing first and second faces , the second faces of first and second housing portions adjacent to one another; first and second gear sets respectively arranged in the first and second housing portions; and accessory drive component mounts provided on at least three of the first and second faces of the first and second housing portions, the mounts each configured to support an accessory drive component (82...96) coupled to one of the first and second gear sets, characterized by a third gear set arranged in the intermediate portion and coupled to the first and second gear sets.
Automatic device for the sorting, parking, rearranging and distribution of elements made up of sheets of glass (102, 102', 102", etc.) or panes of insulating glass , made up of assemblies of rails , shuttles , storing modules having longitudinal orientations (L) along which the elements are translated or parked, and made up of assemblies of conveyors equipped with movements (T) transverse with respect to the longitudinal orientations (L) for the transfer, actuated through support and motion acting along the bottom edge of the elements, between work stations disposed both upstream and also downstream and shuttles and storing modules, whereby sensors located in the upstream work stations and sensors located in the downstream work stations are distributed all along the corresponding work process and communicate with a management computer of a device logic of the automatic device, so as to enable the management computer of the automatic device to forecast the time required before the element will become available in the case of a upstream work station and to forecast the moment the new element would be required in the case of a downstream work station and characterized in that the management computer adjusts parameters relating to selection of accelerations and of speed of the kinematics of the automatic device based on said forecasts in order to minimize the wear of mechanic components of the kinematics and to minimize energy consumption, wherein the management computer is configured to monitor continuously idle waiting times of the work stations and idle waiting times of the shuttles in the direction of the longitudinal orientation (L) according to an axis of rotation (ω) and idle waiting times of the conveyors in the direction of the longitudinal orientation (L) and of the conveyors in the transverse direction (T) with respect to the longitudinal orientation (L) and to compute and sum them periodically, for each single process or globally, with negative assignment when it is the work stations that are waiting and with positive assignment when it is the shuttles or the conveyors that are waiting, and, based on the results of the summation, is configured to adjust the parameters relating to the selection of the accelerations and the speed of the kinematics to minimize the wear of the mechanic components of the kinematics and to minimize the energy consumption, since excessively fast movements are re-parametrized, if these are then followed by an idle waiting time.
An air purification unit , comprising a support frame of at least four boundary walls , at least one of which is removable, the frame and walls defining a box-like structure defining a suction and a delivery of the unit respectively placed in opposite positions of the box-like structure, the suction comprising a first separating filter of coarse and fine dust, the first filter being followed, in a flow direction of the air within the unit, by at least one UV-C lamp followed by a second filter having macroscopic openings, wherein downstream of the second filter being provided at least one fan whose outlet flows in the delivery of the unit , and an intake of which is fluidly associated to the inside the duct, downstream of the second filter , characterised in that - at least the boundary walls facing the inside of the duct, being coated with a paint (V) comprising titanium dioxide; - the at least one UV-C lamp being positioned so as to illuminate, an area placed upstream of said second filter and also an area placed downstream of said second filter , through the macroscopic openings of the second filter . - at least the boundary walls facing the inside of the duct, being coated with a paint (V) comprising titanium dioxide; - the at least one UV-C lamp being positioned so as to illuminate, an area placed upstream of said second filter and also an area placed downstream of said second filter , through the macroscopic openings of the second filter .
A method for manufacturing a single-layer circuit board , comprising the following steps: S1: drilling a hole in a substrate , the hole comprising a blind hole and/or a through hole ; S2: on a surface of said substrate , forming a photoresist layer having a circuit negative image; S3: forming a conductive seed layer on the surface of said substrate and a hole wall of said hole; and S4: removing said photoresist layer, to form a circuit pattern on the surface of said substrate , preferably using stripping liquid to dissolve said photoresist layer, characterized in that step S3 comprises, implanting a conductive material below the surface of said substrate and below the hole wall of said hole via ion implantation, to form an ion implantation layer as at least part of said conductive seed layer , wherein during said ion implantation, the ions of said conductive material gain energy of 1-1000keV, are implanted below the surface of said substrate and below the hole wall of said hole for a depth of 1-500nm, and form a steady doping structure with said substrate . S1: drilling a hole in a substrate , the hole comprising a blind hole and/or a through hole ; S2: on a surface of said substrate , forming a photoresist layer having a circuit negative image; S3: forming a conductive seed layer on the surface of said substrate and a hole wall of said hole; and S4: removing said photoresist layer, to form a circuit pattern on the surface of said substrate , preferably using stripping liquid to dissolve said photoresist layer,
Use of a formulation for improving the abrasion resistance of textile materials, wherein said formulation includes the following components: a) 10 to 90 % by weight of a wax-containing aqueous dispersion, b) 90 to 10% by weight of an aqueous polymer dispersion wherein the water content of the dispersions is respectively from 20 to 95%, and the waxes of said wax-containing aqueous dispersions have melting points of 20-120 °C, especially of 20-100 °C, and even more preferably of 20-80 °C, characterized in that said aqueous polymer dispersion is selected from a polyurethane or polyacrylate dispersion. a) 10 to 90 % by weight of a wax-containing aqueous dispersion, b) 90 to 10% by weight of an aqueous polymer dispersion
An integrated circuit , comprising a low power island core logic power rail configured to supply a low power island core logic power supply voltage; a first power rail configured to supply an active-mode power supply voltage; a second power rail configured to supply a sleep-mode power supply voltage, wherein the active-mode power supply voltage is greater than the sleep-mode power supply voltage; a plurality of subsystems , each subsystem having an embedded memory including a power supply node, a power multiplexer coupled between the power supply node and the first power rail and the second power rail , and a subsystem core logic power domain coupled to the low power island core logic power rail , wherein each subsystem's power multiplexer is configured to select for the first power rail during an active mode of operation for the subsystem's embedded memory , and wherein the subsystem's power multiplexer is further configured to select for the second power rail during a sleep mode of operation for the subsystem's embedded memory ; and a processor including a processor core logic domain powered independently from the power island core logic power rail, the processor including an embedded memory power domain configured to be powered by the second power rail during a sleep mode for the processor.
Method for controlling a circulation pump having variable rotational speed in a hydraulic system, in particular in a heating system, wherein the method comprises: i. control of the rotational speed of the circulation pump according to a stored static control characteristic curve, ii. detection of whether a steady-state operating point of the hydraulic system exists, iii. if a steady-state operating point exists, switching of the pump operation to a dynamic control characteristic curve. i. control of the rotational speed of the circulation pump according to a stored static control characteristic curve, ii. detection of whether a steady-state operating point of the hydraulic system exists, iii. if a steady-state operating point exists, switching of the pump operation to a dynamic control characteristic curve.
A nonaqueous electrolytic solution for use in a nonaqueous electrolytic solution battery that comprises a negative electrode and a positive electrode capable of occluding and releasing lithium ion, wherein: the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains lithium fluorosulfonate, a lithium salt except lithium fluorosulfonate, and a nonaqueous solvent, the molar content of the lithium fluorosulfonate in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is from 0.0005 mol/L to 0.5 mol/L, and the molar content of sulfate ion in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is from 1.0 × 10 -7 mol/L to 1.0 × 10 -2 mol/L. the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains lithium fluorosulfonate, a lithium salt except lithium fluorosulfonate, and a nonaqueous solvent, the molar content of the lithium fluorosulfonate in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is from 0.0005 mol/L to 0.5 mol/L, and the molar content of sulfate ion in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is from 1.0 × 10 -7 mol/L to 1.0 × 10 -2 mol/L.
A method of authenticating a request from an IoT device comprising the steps of: receiving a request from an IoT device for restricted access information including a status of a security system , wherein the request for the restricted access information originates from an audible request to the IoT device ; identifying a location of an authorized user of the restricted access information based on information gathered from a mobile device of the authorized user , wherein location criteria includes GPS coordinates of the mobile device of the authorized user being within a predetermined range of the security system , and/or the mobile device of the authorized user sharing a common network connection with the IoT device; and granting access of the restricted access information to the IoT device when the authorized user satisfies the location criteria and denying access to the IoT device of the restricted access information when the authorized user fails the location criteria. receiving a request from an IoT device for restricted access information including a status of a security system , wherein the request for the restricted access information originates from an audible request to the IoT device ; identifying a location of an authorized user of the restricted access information based on information gathered from a mobile device of the authorized user , wherein location criteria includes GPS coordinates of the mobile device of the authorized user being within a predetermined range of the security system , and/or the mobile device of the authorized user sharing a common network connection with the IoT device; and granting access of the restricted access information to the IoT device when the authorized user satisfies the location criteria and denying access to the IoT device of the restricted access information when the authorized user fails the location criteria.