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A method for predicting remaining life of a hose having a metal wire layer and an inner tube rubber layer disposed on an inner peripheral side of the metal wire layer, the method comprising: a testing step of performing a hose bending test on a hose subject to prediction for remaining life; and a predicting step of predicting remaining life of the hose subject to prediction based on comparison between a test result obtained by performing the hose bending test on the hose subject to prediction and a test result obtained by performing the hose bending test beforehand on a hose of the same diameter and internal structure as the hose subject to prediction, and which is in a use limit state, wherein during the hose bending test, while an external force (F) is exerted on a predetermined hose portion of a hose subject to testing to cause bending deformation in the hose portion, either a value of the external force required to displace the hose portion in a direction of the external force by a predetermined displacement amount, or a value of a displacement amount in a direction of the external force of the hose portion of when the external force of a predetermined magnitude is exerted on the hose portion is measured, and the measured value is obtained as the test result, wherein the inner tube rubber layer is gradually hardened by thermal aging via use of the hose as the total usage time increases, and wherein the remaining life refers to the remaining use time until the hose reaches the use limit state. a testing step of performing a hose bending test on a hose subject to prediction for remaining life; and a predicting step of predicting remaining life of the hose subject to prediction based on comparison between a test result obtained by performing the hose bending test on the hose subject to prediction and a test result obtained by performing the hose bending test beforehand on a hose of the same diameter and internal structure as the hose subject to prediction, and which is in a use limit state, wherein during the hose bending test, while an external force (F) is exerted on a predetermined hose portion of a hose subject to testing to cause bending deformation in the hose portion, either a value of the external force required to displace the hose portion in a direction of the external force by a predetermined displacement amount, or a value of a displacement amount in a direction of the external force of the hose portion of when the external force of a predetermined magnitude is exerted on the hose portion is measured, and the measured value is obtained as the test result, wherein the inner tube rubber layer is gradually hardened by thermal aging via use of the hose as the total usage time increases, and wherein the remaining life refers to the remaining use time until the hose reaches the use limit state.
Pilot cone for use in a burner arrangement , having a covering which widens downstream along a burner axis and which is passed through by a plurality of cooling air passages , and having an internal wall which extends upstream from the upstream end of the covering , having an annular gap which extends at the radially external side along the internal wall , and having a plurality of cooling air openings which produce a connection from the annular gap to the cooling air passages , and having an external wall which extends upstream with spacing from the internal wall from the covering and which delimits the annular gap at the radially external side, wherein the internal wall has a plurality of apertures ; wherein the total of the cross sectional surface-areas of all the apertures is greater than the total of the cross sectional surface-areas of all the cooling air openings . having a covering which widens downstream along a burner axis and which is passed through by a plurality of cooling air passages , and having an internal wall which extends upstream from the upstream end of the covering , having an annular gap which extends at the radially external side along the internal wall , and having a plurality of cooling air openings which produce a connection from the annular gap to the cooling air passages , and having an external wall which extends upstream with spacing from the internal wall from the covering and which delimits the annular gap at the radially external side, wherein the internal wall has a plurality of apertures ; wherein the total of the cross sectional surface-areas of all the apertures is greater than the total of the cross sectional surface-areas of all the cooling air openings .
Material Measure with an area position code pattern for an area to be encoded in absolute terms, comprising an arrangement of code marks in a basic grid, at least one portion of said area position code pattern being readable by a matrix sensor for determining positions in at least two degrees of freedom, characterized in that a first absolute code sequence in a stringing-together of the code marks in a first line direction of the basic grid is embodied as first line on the area to be encoded, and the code marks are encoded in the first line direction with a second absolute code sequence along a second line which follows the first line, which second absolute code sequence is codeword-distinct with respect to the first absolute code sequence, wherein the first line and the second line form a line pair, and the two absolute code sequences are each arranged with an offset in the first line-direction in the basic grid in a subsequent line pair.
A preform for an antiresonant hollow core optical fibre comprising; an outer jacket tube having an inner surface and a central longitudinal axis ; a plurality of antiresonant cladding tubes spaced apart at predefined peripheral locations in a ring around the inner surface of the outer jacket tube with a void within the ring, the void having a boundary with a shape defined by inwardly-facing portions of outer surfaces of the antiresonant cladding tubes, each antiresonant cladding tube in contact with the inner surface such that a central longitudinal axis of each antiresonant cladding tube is at a first radial distance (r1) from the central longitudinal axis of the outer jacket tube; and a plurality of spacing elements disposed alternately with the antiresonant cladding tubes and each in contact with an outer surface of each of two adjacent antiresonant cladding tubes at one or more contact points , the contact points at a second radial distance (r2) from the central longitudinal axis of the outer jacket tube, the second radial distance being greater than the first radial distance. an outer jacket tube having an inner surface and a central longitudinal axis ; a plurality of antiresonant cladding tubes spaced apart at predefined peripheral locations in a ring around the inner surface of the outer jacket tube with a void within the ring, the void having a boundary with a shape defined by inwardly-facing portions of outer surfaces of the antiresonant cladding tubes, each antiresonant cladding tube in contact with the inner surface such that a central longitudinal axis of each antiresonant cladding tube is at a first radial distance (r1) from the central longitudinal axis of the outer jacket tube; and a plurality of spacing elements disposed alternately with the antiresonant cladding tubes and each in contact with an outer surface of each of two adjacent antiresonant cladding tubes at one or more contact points , the contact points at a second radial distance (r2) from the central longitudinal axis of the outer jacket tube, the second radial distance being greater than the first radial distance.
An epoxy resin, comprising a first epoxy compound having a mesogenic structure and a second epoxy compound having two or more mesogenic structures that are the same as the mesogenic structure of the first epoxy compound, a proportion, determined by liquid chromatography as indicated in the description, of the first epoxy compound being from 40% to 50% with respect to a total amount of the epoxy resin, and an epoxy equivalent amount of the epoxy resin being 245 g/eq to 500 g/eq, determined by perchloric acid titration as indicated in the description. a proportion, determined by liquid chromatography as indicated in the description, of the first epoxy compound being from 40% to 50% with respect to a total amount of the epoxy resin, and an epoxy equivalent amount of the epoxy resin being 245 g/eq to 500 g/eq, determined by perchloric acid titration as indicated in the description.
Food packaging unit from a moulded or fluff pulp material, the packaging unit comprising a food receiving and/or carrying compartment that comprises a biodegradable laminated multi-layer , with the multi-layer comprising: - an inner cover layer comprising an amount of a biodegradable aliphatic polyester; - a first intermediate layer of a biodegradable material for connecting and/or sealing adjacent layers; - a functional layer comprising a vinyl alcohol polymer; - a second intermediate layer of a biodegradable material for connecting and/or sealing adjacent layers; and - an outer cover layer comprising an amount of a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, and wherein the food packaging unit is a compostable food packaging unit. - an inner cover layer comprising an amount of a biodegradable aliphatic polyester; - a first intermediate layer of a biodegradable material for connecting and/or sealing adjacent layers; - a functional layer comprising a vinyl alcohol polymer; - a second intermediate layer of a biodegradable material for connecting and/or sealing adjacent layers; and - an outer cover layer comprising an amount of a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, and
Arrangement for tracking motion of a person's jaw, the arrangement comprising: - at least one camera configured to photograph movement of tracking items , the tracking items comprising reference objects and being attached to a person's lover jaw and to a person's upper jaw or to a part of the person's anatomy which is in a stationary connection with the upper jaw; - a control system including a first subsystem for controlling operations of said at least one camera to photograph said movement of the tracking items , and - a second subsystem including image information processing means to detect projections and resolve poses of the tracking item in the images captured by said at least one camera and to apply this information to a digital model depicting hard tissue of at least the lower jaw and to generate a moving digital model to be shown on a display which visualizes movement of the hard tissue of the lower jaw according to said photographed movement of the reference objects ; wherein the arrangement further comprises - a medical x-ray imaging apparatus including an x-ray source and an x-ray image detector and - the control system further comprises a third subsystem, the third subsystem including control functions relating to controlling operations of said medical x-ray imaging apparatus to acquire cranial x-ray image information and for generating a CT reconstruction of a cranial anatomy, characterized in that - said at least one camera arranged to photograph said movement of the tracking items is a physical part of said medical x-ray imaging apparatus . - at least one camera configured to photograph movement of tracking items , the tracking items comprising reference objects and being attached to a person's lover jaw and to a person's upper jaw or to a part of the person's anatomy which is in a stationary connection with the upper jaw; - a control system including a first subsystem for controlling operations of said at least one camera to photograph said movement of the tracking items , and - a second subsystem including image information processing means to detect projections and resolve poses of the tracking item in the images captured by said at least one camera and to apply this information to a digital model depicting hard tissue of at least the lower jaw and to generate a moving digital model to be shown on a display which visualizes movement of the hard tissue of the lower jaw according to said photographed movement of the reference objects ; - a medical x-ray imaging apparatus including an x-ray source and an x-ray image detector and - the control system further comprises a third subsystem, the third subsystem including control functions relating to controlling operations of said medical x-ray imaging apparatus to acquire cranial x-ray image information and for generating a CT reconstruction of a cranial anatomy, characterized in that - said at least one camera arranged to photograph said movement of the tracking items is a physical part of said medical x-ray imaging apparatus .
An electroacoustic transducer array comprising: a first electroacoustic transducer comprising: a first active element and, a second electroacoustic transducer comprising: a second active element , wherein the electroacoustic transducer array comprises: an acoustic coupling layer arranged to acoustically couple, in use, the first active element and the second active element to a fluid transmission medium (W); a first cavity adjacent the first active element and further arranged between the first active element and the acoustic coupling layer to receive a first fluid; and a second cavity adjacent the second active element and further arranged between the second active element and the acoustic coupling layer to receive a second fluid; where in use, the first fluid and the second fluid comprises the fluid transmission medium, said fluid in said first and second cavity in fluid communication with said fluid transmission medium, wherein the acoustic coupling layer comprises an acoustic meta-material , having a periodic structure and an anti-reflective effect, whereby acoustic coupling of the electroacoustic transducer array and the transmission medium is improved. a first electroacoustic transducer comprising: a first active element and, a second electroacoustic transducer comprising: a second active element , wherein the electroacoustic transducer array comprises: an acoustic coupling layer arranged to acoustically couple, in use, the first active element and the second active element to a fluid transmission medium (W); a first cavity adjacent the first active element and further arranged between the first active element and the acoustic coupling layer to receive a first fluid; and a second cavity adjacent the second active element and further arranged between the second active element and the acoustic coupling layer to receive a second fluid; an acoustic coupling layer arranged to acoustically couple, in use, the first active element and the second active element to a fluid transmission medium (W); a first cavity adjacent the first active element and further arranged between the first active element and the acoustic coupling layer to receive a first fluid; and a second cavity adjacent the second active element and further arranged between the second active element and the acoustic coupling layer to receive a second fluid; where in use, the first fluid and the second fluid comprises the fluid transmission medium, said fluid in said first and second cavity in fluid communication with said fluid transmission medium, wherein the acoustic coupling layer comprises an acoustic meta-material , having a periodic structure and an anti-reflective effect, whereby acoustic coupling of the electroacoustic transducer array and the transmission medium is improved.
A method of distributing watermarked content in plural fragments, each fragment being no longer than a given maximum fragment length, the method comprising watermarking segments of content, each segment being part of a watermarking period, in which watermarking the segments of the content comprises: watermarking a given payload symbol from a given alphabet in a first segment of the content in a first watermarking period, watermarking a given payload symbol from the given alphabet in a second segment of the content in a second watermarking period following the first watermarking period, wherein the first segment and the second segment are spaced apart by an intermediary third segment, and fragmenting watermarked content in a plurality of fragments, characterized in that the length of the intermediary third segment is substantially equal to or greater than the maximum fragment length, wherein each fragment is distributed individually, and may take different routes to arrive at a recipient, wherein a reference watermark is embedded into the intermediary third segment, the reference watermark having a value being different from any of the payload symbols in the given alphabet. watermarking a given payload symbol from a given alphabet in a first segment of the content in a first watermarking period, watermarking a given payload symbol from the given alphabet in a second segment of the content in a second watermarking period following the first watermarking period, wherein the first segment and the second segment are spaced apart by an intermediary third segment, and fragmenting watermarked content in a plurality of fragments, characterized in that the length of the intermediary third segment is substantially equal to or greater than the maximum fragment length, wherein each fragment is distributed individually, and may take different routes to arrive at a recipient, wherein a reference watermark is embedded into the intermediary third segment, the reference watermark having a value being different from any of the payload symbols in the given alphabet.
A method of wireless communication at a user equipment, UE (104, 404, 504, 702/702', 1050), comprising: determining to send a transmission to a first base station (102/180, 402, 502, 750, 1002/1002') on a first unlicensed frequency channel of an unlicensed frequency spectrum; determining , for one or more attempts of a listen before talk, LBT, protocol, whether each attempt is a failed attempt or a successful attempt; determining that the first unlicensed frequency channel is one of: unavailable based on the LBT protocol failing due to at least one of a number of failed attempts exceeding a first threshold number of failed attempts or a duration of failed attempts exceeding a first threshold duration, or available based on at least one attempt of the LBT protocol being successful for the transmission; and sending a report to the first base station (102/180, 402, 502, 750, 1002/1002') indicating whether the first unlicensed frequency channel is unavailable or available through a unicast radio resource control, RRC, message or a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, wherein the report includes at least one of an identification of a cell providing the first unlicensed frequency channel, a type of the transmission, an LBT type, the number of failed attempts, or the duration of failed attempts. determining to send a transmission to a first base station (102/180, 402, 502, 750, 1002/1002') on a first unlicensed frequency channel of an unlicensed frequency spectrum; determining , for one or more attempts of a listen before talk, LBT, protocol, whether each attempt is a failed attempt or a successful attempt; determining that the first unlicensed frequency channel is one of: unavailable based on the LBT protocol failing due to at least one of a number of failed attempts exceeding a first threshold number of failed attempts or a duration of failed attempts exceeding a first threshold duration, or available based on at least one attempt of the LBT protocol being successful for the transmission; and unavailable based on the LBT protocol failing due to at least one of a number of failed attempts exceeding a first threshold number of failed attempts or a duration of failed attempts exceeding a first threshold duration, or available based on at least one attempt of the LBT protocol being successful for the transmission; and sending a report to the first base station (102/180, 402, 502, 750, 1002/1002') indicating whether the first unlicensed frequency channel is unavailable or available through a unicast radio resource control, RRC, message or a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, wherein the report includes at least one of an identification of a cell providing the first unlicensed frequency channel, a type of the transmission, an LBT type, the number of failed attempts, or the duration of failed attempts.
An information transmission method, comprising: determining , by a network device, measurement configuration information used for synchronization signal block measurement, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a group of measurement configuration parameters and a plurality of physical cell identifiers of a plurality of cells for which the group of measurement configuration parameters is used; and sending , by the network device, the measurement configuration information to a terminal device; wherein the group of measurement configuration parameters comprises a measurement period; and wherein the measurement period is a common multiple of a synchronization signal burst set period of a cell in the plurality of cells, or a maximum value in a synchronization signal burst set period of a cell in the plurality of cells. determining , by a network device, measurement configuration information used for synchronization signal block measurement, wherein the measurement configuration information comprises a group of measurement configuration parameters and a plurality of physical cell identifiers of a plurality of cells for which the group of measurement configuration parameters is used; and sending , by the network device, the measurement configuration information to a terminal device; wherein the group of measurement configuration parameters comprises a measurement period; and wherein the measurement period is a common multiple of a synchronization signal burst set period of a cell in the plurality of cells, or a maximum value in a synchronization signal burst set period of a cell in the plurality of cells.
An integrated circuit, IC, comprising: a substrate having an active layer thereon, the active layer having a first region having a first characteristic impacting or impacted by a local thermal condition and a second region having a second characteristic, different to the first characteristic; a plurality of metal layers positioned above the active layer; and a power distribution network, PDN, comprising: a plurality of pillars extending through at least four metal layers positioned closest to the active layer; and a grid formed from metal traces within the at least four metal layers positioned closest to the active layer, the grid interconnecting at least a subset of the plurality of pillars, wherein the grid extends from the first region into the second region. a substrate having an active layer thereon, the active layer having a first region having a first characteristic impacting or impacted by a local thermal condition and a second region having a second characteristic, different to the first characteristic; a plurality of metal layers positioned above the active layer; and a power distribution network, PDN, comprising: a plurality of pillars extending through at least four metal layers positioned closest to the active layer; and a grid formed from metal traces within the at least four metal layers positioned closest to the active layer, the grid interconnecting at least a subset of the plurality of pillars, wherein the grid extends from the first region into the second region. a plurality of pillars extending through at least four metal layers positioned closest to the active layer; and a grid formed from metal traces within the at least four metal layers positioned closest to the active layer, the grid interconnecting at least a subset of the plurality of pillars, wherein the grid extends from the first region into the second region.