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Method for checking the rail-wheel grip of a rail vehicle (302; 400; 500) comprising at least two driving axles (310, 312; 404, 408; 504), said method comprising: - a step of detecting a degraded rail-wheel grip at least at one driving axle (404; 504 1 , 504 2 ), referred to as degraded, of said rail vehicle (302; 400; 500); - a step (104-110) of redistributing forces, comprising: ▪ reducing a force required from said at least one degraded driving axle (404; 504 1 , 504 2 ); characterized in that the force redistribution step further comprises: ▪ increasing a force required from at least one of the other driving axles (408; 504 4 , 504 5 ). - a step of detecting a degraded rail-wheel grip at least at one driving axle (404; 504 1 , 504 2 ), referred to as degraded, of said rail vehicle (302; 400; 500); - a step (104-110) of redistributing forces, comprising: ▪ reducing a force required from said at least one degraded driving axle (404; 504 1 , 504 2 ); characterized in that the force redistribution step further comprises: ▪ increasing a force required from at least one of the other driving axles (408; 504 4 , 504 5 ). ▪ reducing a force required from said at least one degraded driving axle (404; 504 1 , 504 2 );
A method for preparing a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer comprising: (a) contacting a dihydroxyaromatic compound with a continuous supply of phosgene under interfacial reactions conditions, in aqueous-organic solvent at a pH of 9-12, in the presence of at least one tertiary amine, to form a mixture; (b) combining a monohydroxyaromatic compound with the mixture to produce an oligomeric aromatic polycarbonate mixture, with additional introduction of phosgene, wherein the amount of phosgene added in steps (a) and (b) is not more than 50% by weight of the total phosgene employed in the method; (c) combining a mixture of a polyorganosiloxane bis(aryl)chloroformate in aqueous-organic solvent with the oligomeric aromatic polycarbonate mixture, with additional introduction of phosgene, before 65% of the total weight of phosgene is added, to form a reaction mixture; and (d) adding the remainder of the phosgene to the reaction mixture, while stirring, to afford a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer of a desired molecular weight; wherein a molded plaque prepared from the polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer has a haze value of less than 3%, as measured according to ASTM D1003-07 in accordance with the procedure indicated in the description; wherein the hydroxylaryl terminated polydiorganosiloxane oligomers used to produce the polyorganosiloxane bis(aryl)chloroformate have a polydispersity of less than 3.0 determined using a cross-linked styrene-divinylbenzene column with an ultraviolet-diode array detector set to detect at 254 nm in accordance with the procedure indicated in the description. (a) contacting a dihydroxyaromatic compound with a continuous supply of phosgene under interfacial reactions conditions, in aqueous-organic solvent at a pH of 9-12, in the presence of at least one tertiary amine, to form a mixture; (b) combining a monohydroxyaromatic compound with the mixture to produce an oligomeric aromatic polycarbonate mixture, with additional introduction of phosgene, wherein the amount of phosgene added in steps (a) and (b) is not more than 50% by weight of the total phosgene employed in the method; (c) combining a mixture of a polyorganosiloxane bis(aryl)chloroformate in aqueous-organic solvent with the oligomeric aromatic polycarbonate mixture, with additional introduction of phosgene, before 65% of the total weight of phosgene is added, to form a reaction mixture; and (d) adding the remainder of the phosgene to the reaction mixture, while stirring, to afford a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer of a desired molecular weight;
An analysis device for the detection of fission products by measurement of a radioactivity, comprising - a first line for carrying a liquid sample, - a first detector connected to the first line and designed for measuring the radioactivity of fission products contained in the liquid sample, - a second line for carrying a gas sample and - a second detector connected to the second line and designed for measuring the radioactivity of fission products contained in the gas sample, wherein the first line and the second line are constructed, on their inlet side, for connection to a device designed for expelling fission products from at least one defective fuel rod and for removing liquid- and/or gas samples containing fission products from the environment of the at least one fuel rod, namely a so-called sipping device, characterized by a separation device , separate from the sipping device, for separating gas from the first line carrying the liquid sample, which line has an outlet opening for removed gas opening into the second line in such a manner that the removed gas can be supplied as a gas sample to the second detector for measuring the radioactivity of fission products contained therein. - a first line for carrying a liquid sample, - a first detector connected to the first line and designed for measuring the radioactivity of fission products contained in the liquid sample, - a second line for carrying a gas sample and - a second detector connected to the second line and designed for measuring the radioactivity of fission products contained in the gas sample, wherein the first line and the second line are constructed, on their inlet side, for connection to a device designed for expelling fission products from at least one defective fuel rod and for removing liquid- and/or gas samples containing fission products from the environment of the at least one fuel rod, namely a so-called sipping device, characterized by a separation device , separate from the sipping device, for separating gas from the first line carrying the liquid sample, which line has an outlet opening for removed gas opening into the second line in such a manner that the removed gas can be supplied as a gas sample to the second detector for measuring the radioactivity of fission products contained therein.
A microwave system, comprising: a microwave generator ; a microwave applicator for delivering microwave radiation generated by the microwave generator to a surface, wherein the microwave applicator is moveable relative to the surface; one or more sensors for sensing at least one of a position, an orientation, an acceleration, a speed and/or a velocity of the microwave applicator , and a controller configured to monitor sensor output from the one or more sensors and further configured to control one or more operational parameters of the microwave system based at least on the monitored sensor output, characterized in that the controller is configured to control one or more operational parameters of the microwave generator when the applicator is at a position based on the time elapsed since the applicator was previously at said position. a microwave generator ; a microwave applicator for delivering microwave radiation generated by the microwave generator to a surface, wherein the microwave applicator is moveable relative to the surface; one or more sensors for sensing at least one of a position, an orientation, an acceleration, a speed and/or a velocity of the microwave applicator , and a controller configured to monitor sensor output from the one or more sensors and further configured to control one or more operational parameters of the microwave system based at least on the monitored sensor output, characterized in that the controller is configured to control one or more operational parameters of the microwave generator when the applicator is at a position based on the time elapsed since the applicator was previously at said position.
A communication control device comprising: a first transmission unit that is configured to transmit recommendation information that recommends a second frequency band as a change destination of a first frequency band utilized by a communication device permitted with a permission identifier to utilize the first frequency band; a reception unit that is configured to receive request information that requests a change in a frequency band utilization of which is permitted with the permission identifier from the first frequency band to the second frequency band; and a second transmission unit that is configured to transmit, in a case where the request information includes the permission identifier, permission information that permits a change in the frequency band utilization of which is permitted with the permission identifier from the first frequency band to the second frequency band. a first transmission unit that is configured to transmit recommendation information that recommends a second frequency band as a change destination of a first frequency band utilized by a communication device permitted with a permission identifier to utilize the first frequency band; a reception unit that is configured to receive request information that requests a change in a frequency band utilization of which is permitted with the permission identifier from the first frequency band to the second frequency band; and a second transmission unit that is configured to transmit, in a case where the request information includes the permission identifier, permission information that permits a change in the frequency band utilization of which is permitted with the permission identifier from the first frequency band to the second frequency band.
A distributor comprising an inside downcomer which has a first flow space ; an outside downcomer which is disposed so as to surround at least some area of the inside downcomer and has a second flow space partitioned from the first flow space of the inside downcomer ; an outside cap which has a plurality of first slots and is mounted on said inside downcomer so that a fluid passing through the first slots can flow into the first flow space ; an inside cap which has a plurality of second slots and is mounted on said outside downcomer so that a fluid passing through the second slots can flow into the second flow space , wherein the inside cap is disposed inside the outside cap such that the fluid passing through the first slots passes through the second slots and is moved into the second flow space , and wherein the distributor is provided so that the inside downcomer has a first diameter and a first height, and the outside downcomer has a second diameter larger than the first diameter and a second height lower than the first height, and wherein said first and second slots are formed along the height direction of the outside cap and the inside cap , respectively, said first slots are provided to be opened from the lower end of said outside cap to a height between the inside downcomer and the outside downcomer , and the second slots are provided to be opened from the lower end of said inside cap to a height lower than the height of the outside downcomer .
A method for determining the amount of an insulin-like growth factor-! (IGF-I) protein in a biological sample by mass spectrometry, the method comprising: (a) subjecting purified IGF-I protein in the sample to ionization under conditions suitable to produce ions detectable by mass spectrometry; (b) determining the amounts of said ions by high resolution / high accuracy mass spectrometry with an orbitrap mass spectrometer or a time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometer capable of a resolving power expressed as full width at half maximum (FWHM) of greater than or equal to 10,000 and an accuracy of less than or equal to 50 ppm; anc (c) determining the amount of the IGF-I protein in the sample using the determined amounts of said ions and in comparison to an internal standard. (a) subjecting purified IGF-I protein in the sample to ionization under conditions suitable to produce ions detectable by mass spectrometry; (b) determining the amounts of said ions by high resolution / high accuracy mass spectrometry with an orbitrap mass spectrometer or a time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometer capable of a resolving power expressed as full width at half maximum (FWHM) of greater than or equal to 10,000 and an accuracy of less than or equal to 50 ppm; anc (c) determining the amount of the IGF-I protein in the sample using the determined amounts of said ions and in comparison to an internal standard.
Supporting device for furniture, adapted to be associated with a panel forming a side (F) of a piece of furniture for adjusting the position thereof along an adjusting axis (Y-Y) essentially vertical with respect to a support surface, said device comprising a mounting element adapted to be associated to an internal surface (F1) of said side (F) and defining an internally threaded through seat, extending along said adjusting axis (Y-Y) and adapted to be engaged by threaded rod of an adjusting means adapted to lie with a first end on said support surface and to be axially rotatably operated to adjust, in use, the position of said side (F) with respect to said support surface, said mounting element further comprising at least one coupling portion lying on a first plane (P1), vertical in use, adapted to be arranged against said internal surface (F1) of said side (F) and reference means adapted to allow the pre-mounting of said mounting element to the side (F), wherein said reference means comprise at least one pair of reference teeth adapted to be pressure-fitted into the thickness of said side (F) by introducing them from a lower head edge (F2) thereof, characterised by said reference teeth lying each on a respective plane (P3) inclined with respect to said first plane (P1).
A method for communications, comprising: determining, by a mobile device , information of relative positioning of the mobile device and a target device by means of at least one element of the mobile device for providing an optical link with the target device , and aligning, by a steering module of the mobile device, an optical component of the mobile device with an optical component of the target device based on the information determined by the mobile device . determining, by a mobile device , information of relative positioning of the mobile device and a target device by means of at least one element of the mobile device for providing an optical link with the target device , and aligning, by a steering module of the mobile device, an optical component of the mobile device with an optical component of the target device based on the information determined by the mobile device .
A perineal prostate biopsy apparatus comprising: a cannula for reaching a prostate gland of an adult human male through his perineum; a coaxial needle comprising: a hollow needle shaft having an open piercing tip at its distal end and being arranged to lie within the cannula so that the piercing tip protrudes from a distal end of the cannula, characterized in that the perineal biopsy apparatus further comprises a movable flange that extends radially out from a body of the cannula; wherein the cannula and coaxial needle each comprise a proximal body adapted so that, when the coaxial needle is inserted into the cannula shaft, the proximal body of the cannula and the proximal body of the coaxial needle cooperate to provide a single integrated handle suitable for one-handed manipulation of the apparatus , and wherein the proximal body of the coaxial needle has a shoulder which is arranged to abut the proximal body of the cannula so that driving the coaxial needle distally into the perineum also carries the cannula into the perineum, and wherein the shoulder is sufficiently robust to drive the cannula through the perineum. a cannula for reaching a prostate gland of an adult human male through his perineum; a coaxial needle comprising: a hollow needle shaft having an open piercing tip at its distal end and being arranged to lie within the cannula so that the piercing tip protrudes from a distal end of the cannula, characterized in that the perineal biopsy apparatus further comprises a movable flange that extends radially out from a body of the cannula; a hollow needle shaft having an open piercing tip at its distal end and being arranged to lie within the cannula so that the piercing tip protrudes from a distal end of the cannula, characterized in that the perineal biopsy apparatus further comprises a movable flange that extends radially out from a body of the cannula; wherein the cannula and coaxial needle each comprise a proximal body adapted so that, when the coaxial needle is inserted into the cannula shaft, the proximal body of the cannula and the proximal body of the coaxial needle cooperate to provide a single integrated handle suitable for one-handed manipulation of the apparatus , and wherein the proximal body of the coaxial needle has a shoulder which is arranged to abut the proximal body of the cannula so that driving the coaxial needle distally into the perineum also carries the cannula into the perineum, and wherein the shoulder is sufficiently robust to drive the cannula through the perineum.
An integrated circuit comprising: a plurality of components (16A-16B, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26) included in a plurality of performance domains (14A-14F); and a power management unit ; characterized in that : the power management unit comprises a plurality of configuration registers , wherein the plurality of configuration registers are programmed with data identifying performance states for the plurality of performance domains (14A-14F), wherein at least two performance states are identified for the performance domains (14A-14F), and wherein the power management unit is configured to automatically transition a given performance domain of the plurality of performance domains to a selected performance state of the at least two performance states identified by the data in the plurality of configuration registers responsive to an event that is subsequent to the programming of the plurality of configuration registers . a plurality of components (16A-16B, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26) included in a plurality of performance domains (14A-14F); and a power management unit ; characterized in that : the power management unit comprises a plurality of configuration registers , wherein the plurality of configuration registers are programmed with data identifying performance states for the plurality of performance domains (14A-14F), wherein at least two performance states are identified for the performance domains (14A-14F), and wherein the power management unit is configured to automatically transition a given performance domain of the plurality of performance domains to a selected performance state of the at least two performance states identified by the data in the plurality of configuration registers responsive to an event that is subsequent to the programming of the plurality of configuration registers . the power management unit comprises a plurality of configuration registers , wherein the plurality of configuration registers are programmed with data identifying performance states for the plurality of performance domains (14A-14F), wherein at least two performance states are identified for the performance domains (14A-14F), and wherein the power management unit is configured to automatically transition a given performance domain of the plurality of performance domains to a selected performance state of the at least two performance states identified by the data in the plurality of configuration registers responsive to an event that is subsequent to the programming of the plurality of configuration registers .
Lighting system , comprising a DALI bus , a plurality of operating devices (11-14) which communicate with one another via the DALI bus , a lighting system apparatus which is coupled to the DALI bus and comprises a communication interface (27; 52; 51) for communication with a mobile device , wherein the lighting system apparatus is configured to transmit configuration data for the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system via the communication interface (27; 52; 51), which data represent a current configuration of the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system , and a mobile device for configuring and/or commissioning the lighting system , wherein the mobile device comprises an interface which is designed to receive the configuration data from the lighting system apparatus and to transmit data for configuring and/or commissioning the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system to the lighting system apparatus , wherein the mobile device is configured to provide a user with selection options for the configuration and/or commissioning which depend on the received configuration data, wherein the lighting system apparatus is designed to output signals via the DALI bus to the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system depending on the data received from the mobile device for configuring and/or commissioning the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system. a DALI bus , a plurality of operating devices (11-14) which communicate with one another via the DALI bus , a lighting system apparatus which is coupled to the DALI bus and comprises a communication interface (27; 52; 51) for communication with a mobile device , wherein the lighting system apparatus is configured to transmit configuration data for the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system via the communication interface (27; 52; 51), which data represent a current configuration of the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system , and a mobile device for configuring and/or commissioning the lighting system , wherein the mobile device comprises an interface which is designed to receive the configuration data from the lighting system apparatus and to transmit data for configuring and/or commissioning the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system to the lighting system apparatus , wherein the mobile device is configured to provide a user with selection options for the configuration and/or commissioning which depend on the received configuration data, wherein the lighting system apparatus is designed to output signals via the DALI bus to the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system depending on the data received from the mobile device for configuring and/or commissioning the plurality of operating devices (11-14) of the lighting system.