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A computer implemented method for evaluating effect of a change in a communications network , the method comprising receiving a first set of performance indicator values comprising performance indicator values measured over a first period of time before the change in the communications network; receiving a second set of performance indicator values comprising performance indicator values measured over a second period of time after the change in the communications network; and comparing the first set and the second set to evaluate the effect of the change, characterized in that determining a performance threshold based on the performance indicator values of the first set, wherein the performance threshold is determined based on performance indicator values of the first set within a chosen comparison period of the first time period; determining a first performance ratio value based on the performance indicator values of the first set and the performance threshold by comparing performance indicator values of the first set outside the comparison period to the performance threshold; determining a second performance ratio value based on the performance indicator values of the second set and the performance threshold by comparing the performance indicator values of the second set to the performance threshold; and providing output based on the first performance ratio value and the second performance ratio value. receiving a first set of performance indicator values comprising performance indicator values measured over a first period of time before the change in the communications network; receiving a second set of performance indicator values comprising performance indicator values measured over a second period of time after the change in the communications network; and comparing the first set and the second set to evaluate the effect of the change, characterized in that determining a performance threshold based on the performance indicator values of the first set, wherein the performance threshold is determined based on performance indicator values of the first set within a chosen comparison period of the first time period; determining a first performance ratio value based on the performance indicator values of the first set and the performance threshold by comparing performance indicator values of the first set outside the comparison period to the performance threshold; determining a second performance ratio value based on the performance indicator values of the second set and the performance threshold by comparing the performance indicator values of the second set to the performance threshold; and providing output based on the first performance ratio value and the second performance ratio value.
A method for identifying fat content in a region of interest, the method comprising: directing an energy signal with an energy signal electric field strength toward the region of interest, wherein the region of interest has an object of interest, a reference, and a boundary between the object of interest and the reference; receiving a thermoacoustic bipolar signal from the boundary, wherein the thermoacoustic bipolar signal is induced by the energy signal; correlating the thermoacoustic bipolar signal to an electric field strength of the reference at the boundary to generate a corrected thermoacoustic bipolar signal at the boundary; and calculating a fat concentration of the object of interest as a function of the corrected thermoacoustic bipolar signal at the boundary.
A continuous process for producing biogenic activated carbon, said process comprising: (a) providing a starting carbon-containing feedstock comprising biomass; (b) optionally drying said feedstock to remove at least a portion of moisture from said feedstock; (c) in one or more indirectly heated reaction zones, mechanically conveying said feedstock and countercurrently contacting said feedstock with a vapor stream comprising an inert gas and an activation agent comprising at least one of water or carbon dioxide, to generate solids, condensable vapors, and non-condensable gases, wherein said condensable vapors and said non-condensable gases enter said vapor stream; (d) removing at least a portion of said vapor stream from said reaction zone, to generate a separated vapor stream; (e) recycling at least a portion of said separated vapor stream, or a thermally treated form thereof, to said feedstock prior to step (c) and/or to a gas inlet of said reaction zone(s); and (f) recovering at least a portion of said solids from said reaction zone(s) as biogenic activated carbon, optionally wherein an additive is introduced before, during, or after one or more of steps (a)-(f), wherein said additive is selected from the group consisting of an acid, a base, a salt, a metal, a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, a metal halide, iodine, an iodine compound, or a combination thereof. (a) providing a starting carbon-containing feedstock comprising biomass; (b) optionally drying said feedstock to remove at least a portion of moisture from said feedstock; (c) in one or more indirectly heated reaction zones, mechanically conveying said feedstock and countercurrently contacting said feedstock with a vapor stream comprising an inert gas and an activation agent comprising at least one of water or carbon dioxide, to generate solids, condensable vapors, and non-condensable gases, wherein said condensable vapors and said non-condensable gases enter said vapor stream; (d) removing at least a portion of said vapor stream from said reaction zone, to generate a separated vapor stream; (e) recycling at least a portion of said separated vapor stream, or a thermally treated form thereof, to said feedstock prior to step (c) and/or to a gas inlet of said reaction zone(s); and (f) recovering at least a portion of said solids from said reaction zone(s) as biogenic activated carbon,
Filling nozzle for dispensing a fluid, comprising an inlet opening for connection to a fluid feed line, an outlet end situated opposite the inlet opening, and a main valve for controlling the fluid flow through the filling nozzle, wherein the filling nozzle furthermore has a sensor line which extends as far as the outlet end and which is operatively connected to an automatic deactivation device, wherein, during the dispensing of fluid, the sensor line is subjected to a vacuum such that a gas stream is able to be sucked in via the end of the sensor line , characterized in that the sensor line has an end region in which a sensor line valve configured to close off the sensor line is arranged, which sensor line valve is movable into an open position by means of the gas stream sucked in through the sensor line .
Apparatus , comprising: a probe configured to be inserted into contact with a myocardium; an electrode attached to the probe; a temperature sensor incorporated in the probe and configured to output a temperature signal; a pump configured to irrigate the myocardium, via the probe, with an irrigation fluid at a controllable rate; a radiofrequency (RF) signal generator configured to apply RF power via the electrode to the myocardium, so as to ablate the myocardium; and processing circuitry configured to measure a temperature of the probe, based on the temperature signal, while the RF power is applied and, when the measured temperature exceeds a preset target temperature, iteratively reduce the RF power applied by the signal generator and concurrently iteratively vary a rate of irrigation of the irrigation fluid provided by the pump, until the measured temperature is reduced to the preset target temperature, wherein the controllable rate comprises an idle irrigation rate and a high irrigation rate greater than the idle irrigation rate, and wherein varying the rate of irrigation comprises a) reducing the rate by pulsing the rate from the high irrigation rate to the idle irrigation rate; and b) increasing the rate by pulsing the rate from the idle irrigation rate to the high irrigation rate. a probe configured to be inserted into contact with a myocardium; an electrode attached to the probe; a temperature sensor incorporated in the probe and configured to output a temperature signal; a pump configured to irrigate the myocardium, via the probe, with an irrigation fluid at a controllable rate; a radiofrequency (RF) signal generator configured to apply RF power via the electrode to the myocardium, so as to ablate the myocardium; and processing circuitry configured to measure a temperature of the probe, based on the temperature signal, while the RF power is applied and, when the measured temperature exceeds a preset target temperature, iteratively reduce the RF power applied by the signal generator and concurrently iteratively vary a rate of irrigation of the irrigation fluid provided by the pump, until the measured temperature is reduced to the preset target temperature, wherein the controllable rate comprises an idle irrigation rate and a high irrigation rate greater than the idle irrigation rate, and wherein varying the rate of irrigation comprises a) reducing the rate by pulsing the rate from the high irrigation rate to the idle irrigation rate; and b) increasing the rate by pulsing the rate from the idle irrigation rate to the high irrigation rate. a) reducing the rate by pulsing the rate from the high irrigation rate to the idle irrigation rate; and b) increasing the rate by pulsing the rate from the idle irrigation rate to the high irrigation rate.
A container , comprising a hinge , further comprising a surface defining an interior cavity and an opening providing access to the cavity, wherein the surface comprises one or more fold lines to facilitate bending along the fold line such that the container comprises a first collapsed configuration in which the surface is bent at one or more of the one or more fold lines and a second expanded configuration; wherein the hinge is positioned across the fold line, the hinge positioned to permit bending about the fold line in a first configuration and limit bending about the fold line in a second configuration, and wherein the hinge comprises a first projection and a second projection in which each projection crosses the axis of rotation , and characterised in that the hinge permits movement with the first projection on a first side of the second projection and limits movement with the first projection on a second side of the second projection , opposite the first side. wherein the hinge is positioned across the fold line, the hinge positioned to permit bending about the fold line in a first configuration and limit bending about the fold line in a second configuration, and wherein the hinge comprises a first projection and a second projection in which each projection crosses the axis of rotation , and characterised in that the hinge permits movement with the first projection on a first side of the second projection and limits movement with the first projection on a second side of the second projection , opposite the first side.
A method of measuring group index inhomogeneities in a strip sample of a boule containing periodic striae oriented in substantial alignment with planes normal to a center axis of the boule , comprising the steps of: preparing the strip sample extracted from the boule , the strip sample having a body with a front face and a back face , the front face and the back face each being oriented at an acute skew angle (β) to the center axis of the boule , mounting the prepared strip sample in a measurement cavity , directing a measurement wavefront in a substantially planar form through the body of the strip sample from the front face to the back face , at an orientation that extends parallel with the front face and the back face and is inclined by the skew angle (β) with respect to the axis of the boule in order to avoid diffusion/diffraction effects of the periodic striae on the measurement wavefront , recording a succession of interference patterns captured at progressively varying frequencies of a measuring beam, and deriving group index variations in the body of the strip sample from the recorded interference patterns. preparing the strip sample extracted from the boule , the strip sample having a body with a front face and a back face , the front face and the back face each being oriented at an acute skew angle (β) to the center axis of the boule , mounting the prepared strip sample in a measurement cavity , directing a measurement wavefront in a substantially planar form through the body of the strip sample from the front face to the back face , at an orientation that extends parallel with the front face and the back face and is inclined by the skew angle (β) with respect to the axis of the boule in order to avoid diffusion/diffraction effects of the periodic striae on the measurement wavefront , recording a succession of interference patterns captured at progressively varying frequencies of a measuring beam, and deriving group index variations in the body of the strip sample from the recorded interference patterns.
Seat device , with a combined rotational and pivoting device for rotating and pivoting an assembly of the seat device , which assembly comprises a seat element , wherein the rotational and pivoting device is arranged at a distance from the seat element of the seat device , close to a standing surface of the seat device , and is designed in such a manner that, irrespective of the rotational position of the assembly , a pivoting movement of the assembly is only ever possible in a single direction with respect to said assembly , with a standing element which can be placed on the standing surface , with a supporting element which is connected to the standing element , and with a seat element which is supported by the supporting element , wherein the rotational and pivoting device connects the standing element to the supporting element , and the supporting element and the seat element are parts of the rotatable and pivotable assembly , wherein the rotational and pivoting device has a base support and a pivoting head which is connected to the supporting element , wherein the base support is mounted on the standing element so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation , and wherein the pivoting head is connected to the base body by means of a pivot axis , about which pivot axis the pivoting head is pivotable in relation to the base body , characterized in that the rotational and pivoting device has at least one spring element for influencing the pivoting resistance of the rotatable and pivotable assembly , which at least one spring element acts on the pivoting head and the base support .
A T-shaped circulator, comprising a two-dimensional photonic crystal composed of a square lattice of dielectric cylinders immersed in air in which an arrangement of waveguides and one resonant cavity are inserted, wherein the arrangement of waveguides consists of three waveguides inserted through the removal of rows of dielectric cylinders and disposed in T-shape, two horizontal waveguides and one vertical waveguide , and the resonant cavity is disposed at the junction of the three waveguides, to perform the transmission of electromagnetic signals in a given direction, clockwise or counterclockwise, with the direction being determined by the sign of an external DC magnetic field applied to the circulator; wherein the resonant cavity is formed by an arrangement of cylinders consisting of a central ferrite cylinder made from a nickel-zinc based ferrite and disposed on the axis of the vertical waveguide , two dielectric cylinders disposed near the central ferrite cylinder, wherein the diameters of the two dielectric cylinders are increased when compared to the diameter of the dielectric cylinders of the square lattice; wherein the central ferrite cylinder is inserted into a position displaced vertically in relation to the axis of the horizontal waveguides ; and wherein the lattice constant of the photonic crystal (a) is equal to 1.065mm and the radius of the dielectric cylinders belonging to the square lattice is equal to 0.2 a, wherein a is the lattice constant of the photonic crystal. wherein the resonant cavity is formed by an arrangement of cylinders consisting of a central ferrite cylinder made from a nickel-zinc based ferrite and disposed on the axis of the vertical waveguide , two dielectric cylinders disposed near the central ferrite cylinder, wherein the diameters of the two dielectric cylinders are increased when compared to the diameter of the dielectric cylinders of the square lattice; wherein the central ferrite cylinder is inserted into a position displaced vertically in relation to the axis of the horizontal waveguides ; and wherein the lattice constant of the photonic crystal (a) is equal to 1.065mm and the radius of the dielectric cylinders belonging to the square lattice is equal to 0.2 a, wherein a is the lattice constant of the photonic crystal.
A fuel injector, comprising: an annular body defining a gas fuel inlet therein; and a structure extending radially outward from the annular body and configured to extend into an air circuit , the structure defining: a gas channel defined within the structure at least partially along a radial length of the structure, wherein the gas channel is in fluid communication with the gas fuel inlet where the structure meets the annular body; and a slot opening defined at least partially along the radial length of the structure configured to fluidically connect the gas channel with the air circuit to allow gas fuel to effuse into the air circuit; wherein the structure includes an airfoil shape such that the structure is a vane of an air swirler that is configured to swirl air in the air circuit, characterized in that the slot opening is defined through a concave high pressure side of the airfoil shape. an annular body defining a gas fuel inlet therein; and a structure extending radially outward from the annular body and configured to extend into an air circuit , the structure defining: a gas channel defined within the structure at least partially along a radial length of the structure, wherein the gas channel is in fluid communication with the gas fuel inlet where the structure meets the annular body; and a gas channel defined within the structure at least partially along a radial length of the structure, wherein the gas channel is in fluid communication with the gas fuel inlet where the structure meets the annular body; and a slot opening defined at least partially along the radial length of the structure configured to fluidically connect the gas channel with the air circuit to allow gas fuel to effuse into the air circuit;
Aqueous cosmetic composition having a water content ranging from 25% to 60% by weight, and comprising: • one or more pyridinedicarboxylic acid derivative(s) chosen from the compounds of general formula (I): in which R 1 and R 2 each represent, independently of one another, a group -OR', R' representing a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C 1 -C 18 alkyl group, and • one or more hydroxystilbene(s) chosen from the compounds of general formula (II): in which n is an integer ranging from 1 to 5, and m is an integer ranging from 0 to 5. • one or more pyridinedicarboxylic acid derivative(s) chosen from the compounds of general formula (I): in which R 1 and R 2 each represent, independently of one another, a group -OR', R' representing a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C 1 -C 18 alkyl group, and in which R 1 and R 2 each represent, independently of one another, a group -OR', R' representing a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated C 1 -C 18 alkyl group, and • one or more hydroxystilbene(s) chosen from the compounds of general formula (II): in which n is an integer ranging from 1 to 5, and m is an integer ranging from 0 to 5.
Furniture element , in particular a support or shelf having at least one storage level, comprising - a carcass having at least one support surface , - a translational-rotational fitting for enabling translational-rotational movement of the carcass relative to a carrier plate of the translational-rotational fitting from a starting position to an open position and back, - wherein the carcass is movable relative to the carrier plate from a starting position to an intermediate position and further to an open position and back, - wherein in an intermediate position the carcass is rotated relative to the carrier plate in a direction of rotation (R 1 , R 2 ) and displaced in a predetermined direction (A), - wherein a guide channel specifying the direction (A) is provided in the carrier plate , in which a guide carriage is displaceably accommodated, characterized by - at least one self-retraction apparatus which is coupled at least in sections to the guide carriage and arranged directly on a side of the carrier plate facing away from the carcass - wherein a coupling element having at least one first activator for activating the self-retraction apparatus is arranged on the guide carriage , - wherein the coupling element is designed as a bracket which is integrally formed on or attached to the guide carriage , and - wherein the at least one first activator protrudes from a web of the coupling element , which web projects laterally beyond the guide carriage . - a carcass having at least one support surface , - a translational-rotational fitting for enabling translational-rotational movement of the carcass relative to a carrier plate of the translational-rotational fitting from a starting position to an open position and back, - wherein the carcass is movable relative to the carrier plate from a starting position to an intermediate position and further to an open position and back, - wherein in an intermediate position the carcass is rotated relative to the carrier plate in a direction of rotation (R 1 , R 2 ) and displaced in a predetermined direction (A), - wherein a guide channel specifying the direction (A) is provided in the carrier plate , in which a guide carriage is displaceably accommodated, characterized by - at least one self-retraction apparatus which is coupled at least in sections to the guide carriage and arranged directly on a side of the carrier plate facing away from the carcass - wherein a coupling element having at least one first activator for activating the self-retraction apparatus is arranged on the guide carriage , - wherein the coupling element is designed as a bracket which is integrally formed on or attached to the guide carriage , and - wherein the at least one first activator protrudes from a web of the coupling element , which web projects laterally beyond the guide carriage .