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An x-ray detector having a number of x-ray detector sub-modules (21-1, 21-2, ...), wherein each detector sub-module is an edge-on detector sub-module having an array of detector elements extending in at least two directions, wherein one of the directions has a component in the direction of incoming x-rays, and wherein each edge-on detector sub-module is a depth-segmented x-ray detector, having two or more depth segments of detector elements in the direction of the incoming x-rays, wherein the detector sub-modules are arranged side-by-side in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of incoming x-rays, and physically aligned such that the length extension of the detector elements will be directed towards the focal point of an x-ray source , and wherein, for at least part of the detector sub-modules , the detector sub-modules are arranged for providing a gap between adjacent detector sub-modules, where at least part of the gap is not directed linearly towards the x-ray focal point of the x-ray source and said adjacent detector sub-modules have detection areas that are at least partially overlapping in the direction of incoming x-rays. wherein the detector sub-modules are arranged side-by-side in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of incoming x-rays, and physically aligned such that the length extension of the detector elements will be directed towards the focal point of an x-ray source , and wherein, for at least part of the detector sub-modules , the detector sub-modules are arranged for providing a gap between adjacent detector sub-modules, where at least part of the gap is not directed linearly towards the x-ray focal point of the x-ray source and said adjacent detector sub-modules have detection areas that are at least partially overlapping in the direction of incoming x-rays.
A method of blind source separation of mixed audio from a plurality of audio sources comprising: receiving time instants of audio signals associated with the mixed audio, the time instants of audio signals comprising observation vectors of audio signals at different time instants generated by a set of microphones at a location; determining a distortion measure between frequency components of at least some of the received time instants of audio signals; determining a plurality of similarity measures for the frequency components using the determined distortion measure, the plurality of similarity measures measuring a similarity of the audio signals at different time instants for a frequency bin of a plurality of frequency bins; generating a similarity matrix for a frequency band based on the plurality of similarity measures, wherein an entry of the similarity matrix is generated by aggregating the plurality of similarity measures over the frequency band, the frequency band comprising the plurality of frequency bins, wherein each row and column in the similarity matrix corresponds to a time instant of the received time instants; and performing blind source separation of the mixed audio by processing the audio signals based on the similarity matrix comprising: performing clustering using the generated similarity matrix, the clustering indicating for which time segments a particular cluster is active, the cluster corresponding to a source of sound at the location. receiving time instants of audio signals associated with the mixed audio, the time instants of audio signals comprising observation vectors of audio signals at different time instants generated by a set of microphones at a location; determining a distortion measure between frequency components of at least some of the received time instants of audio signals; determining a plurality of similarity measures for the frequency components using the determined distortion measure, the plurality of similarity measures measuring a similarity of the audio signals at different time instants for a frequency bin of a plurality of frequency bins; generating a similarity matrix for a frequency band based on the plurality of similarity measures, wherein an entry of the similarity matrix is generated by aggregating the plurality of similarity measures over the frequency band, the frequency band comprising the plurality of frequency bins, wherein each row and column in the similarity matrix corresponds to a time instant of the received time instants; and performing blind source separation of the mixed audio by processing the audio signals based on the similarity matrix comprising: performing clustering using the generated similarity matrix, the clustering indicating for which time segments a particular cluster is active, the cluster corresponding to a source of sound at the location. performing clustering using the generated similarity matrix, the clustering indicating for which time segments a particular cluster is active, the cluster corresponding to a source of sound at the location.
An encoder apparatus comprising a reflective scale and a readhead , the readhead comprising at least one light emitting element , at least one sensor and at least one optical device comprising a lens , which together with the scale form an optical system in which the lens forms an image of an illuminated region of the reflective scale onto the sensor, in which the light emitting element is located in the space between the sensor and the lens and is positioned such that it is offset from the lens' optical axis, and in which the system's optical path, from the light emitting element to the sensor, passes through the lens on its way toward and after reflection from the scale, and comprises an unreflected optical path between the light emitting element and the lens and an unreflected optical path between the lens and the sensor, characterised in that the sensor is tilted such that its sensing plane is not perpendicular to the lens' optical axis.
Cooking appliance comprising at least one heatable cooking chamber which has at least one feed opening , at least one cooking chamber door for closing the feed opening , at least one venting device for removing vapours by means of at least one vent opening and at least one shutter device , it being possible to shift the shutter device between at least one rest position and at least one operating position , the shutter device being designed as a front panel , at least one operating device being provided above and/or below the cooking chamber , characterised in that the shutter device, when the cooking chamber door is closed, substantially covers the vent opening in the rest position , and the shutter device , when the cooking chamber door is closed, uncovers the vent opening at least in portions in the operating position , and the shutter device covers substantially the entirety of the cooking appliance front at least in the rest position , the at least one operating device being covered at least in portions by the shutter device at least in the rest position .
An absorbent article having a front side , a back side , a longitudinal axis notionally extending in a longitudinal direction from the middle of the front side to the middle of the back side, wherein the absorbent article has a length (L) measured along the longitudinal axis, the article notionally having a front region having a length of one third of the length of the article, a back region having a length of one third of the length of the article, and a crotch region between the front region and back region having a length of the remaining third of the article's length; the absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a liquid impermeable backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises: - a core wrap comprising a top side and a bottom side ; - an absorbent material between the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap and having a deposition area; and - at least two channels substantially free of absorbent material within the deposition area wherein the basis weight of any absorbent material inside the channels represents no more than 25% by weight relative to the average basis weight of the absorbent material in the deposition area; wherein the channels comprise: i) at least one of a first type of channels , wherein the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to each other in the first type of channels by first bonding means; and ii) at least one of a second type of channels , wherein the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are not bonded in the second type of channels, characterized in that the first type of channels and the second type of channels are separated by a separating zone comprising absorbent material, and the first type of channels and the second type of channels do not extend to any of the edges of the deposition area formed by the deposition material. - a core wrap comprising a top side and a bottom side ; - an absorbent material between the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap and having a deposition area; and - at least two channels substantially free of absorbent material within the deposition area wherein the basis weight of any absorbent material inside the channels represents no more than 25% by weight relative to the average basis weight of the absorbent material in the deposition area; wherein the channels comprise: i) at least one of a first type of channels , wherein the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to each other in the first type of channels by first bonding means; and ii) at least one of a second type of channels , wherein the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are not bonded in the second type of channels, i) at least one of a first type of channels , wherein the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are bonded to each other in the first type of channels by first bonding means; and ii) at least one of a second type of channels , wherein the top side and the bottom side of the core wrap are not bonded in the second type of channels,
A downhole tool comprising a degradable rubber member, the degradable rubber member formed from a composition comprising: a degradable rubber; and a degradation accelerator, wherein the composition comprises from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of at least one type of compound represented by a general formula (I) as the decomposition accelerator per 100 parts by mass of the degradable rubber; where R 1 and R 2 are each individually alkyl groups having from 1 to 5 carbons or phenyl groups, and the degradable rubber includes polyester-type urethane rubber. a degradable rubber; and a degradation accelerator, wherein the composition comprises from 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of at least one type of compound represented by a general formula (I) as the decomposition accelerator per 100 parts by mass of the degradable rubber; where R 1 and R 2 are each individually alkyl groups having from 1 to 5 carbons or phenyl groups, and the degradable rubber includes polyester-type urethane rubber.
Two-track vehicle having a wheel suspension for a vehicle access (HA) of the two-track vehicle, having a wheel carrier carrying a vehicle wheel , which is articulated via a multi-link assembly on a vehicle body, which multi-link assembly has a trapezoidal link (L1) in the form of a four-point link having two body-side connecting points and two wheel-side connecting points , wherein the multi-link assembly in addition to the trapezoidal link (L1) has precisely three further wheel links (L2, L3, L4) which are designed as two-point links with respectively one body-side connecting point and one wheel carrier-side connecting point , and wherein the trapezoidal link (L1) is arranged together with an under-vehicle wheel link (L3) in a lower link plane, in which the under-vehicle wheel link (L3) is positioned offset by a certain height offset (z 3 ) below the trapezoidal link (L1), wherein in an upper link plane are arranged a front, upper wheel link (L2) and a rear, upper wheel link (L4), wherein the wheel carrier-side connecting point of the front upper wheel link (L2) and the front trapezoidal link connecting points are arranged in direction of drive (FR) in front of a vehicle wheel rotational axis (D), and wherein the wheel carrier-side connecting points of the lower wheel link (L3) and of the rear upper wheel link (L4) and the rear-vehicle trapezoidal link connecting point are arranged behind the vehicle wheel rotational axis (D), characterised in that the two wheel carrier-side trapezoidal link connecting points are realised as rubber-metal sleeve bearings, that the rubber-metal sleeve bearings are designed with a greater elastic longitudinal yield, i.e. are softer, than the body-side trapezoidal link connecting points , that in the case of a longitudinal force acting on the vehicle wheel the wheel carrier is displaced in relation to the trapezoidal link (L1) by a longitudinal path (Δx) in vehicle longitudinal direction (x), and that for limiting the longitudinal path (Δx) of the wheel carrier, axially acting longitudinal abutments are provided in the rubber-metal sleeve bearings.
Method for producing a high-resolution three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography image of an examination object, comprising the following steps: • Provision or recording of a data set of a three-dimensional rotational run of an imaging system around the examination object without administration of contrast agent (mask run), • Motion compensation of the data set of the mask run by means of a method based on the epipolar consistency conditions, • Provision or recording of a data set of a three-dimensional rotational run of the imaging system around the examination object with administration of contrast agent (fill run), • Motion compensation of the data set of the fill run by means of a method based on the epipolar consistency conditions, • Reconstruction of a first volume from the compensated data set of the mask run (mask volume) and a second volume from the compensated data set of the fill run (fill volume), • Rigid 3D-3D registration of the first volume and second volume relative to one another, and • Calculation of a high-resolution three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography image by subtracting the mask volume from the fill volume, wherein redundancies between the data sets for different rotational runs are additionally used to perform motion compensation between and/or during the rotational runs. • Provision or recording of a data set of a three-dimensional rotational run of an imaging system around the examination object without administration of contrast agent (mask run), • Motion compensation of the data set of the mask run by means of a method based on the epipolar consistency conditions, • Provision or recording of a data set of a three-dimensional rotational run of the imaging system around the examination object with administration of contrast agent (fill run), • Motion compensation of the data set of the fill run by means of a method based on the epipolar consistency conditions, • Reconstruction of a first volume from the compensated data set of the mask run (mask volume) and a second volume from the compensated data set of the fill run (fill volume), • Rigid 3D-3D registration of the first volume and second volume relative to one another, and • Calculation of a high-resolution three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography image by subtracting the mask volume from the fill volume,
A relay timing control method for a downhole low rate linear repeater network for a drilling rig comprising a drillstring extending subsurface downwardly from a surface wellhead, a node (STO) located near a drillstring end and including a sensor adapted for providing a signal data set output corresponding to downhole conditions, and multiple nodes (ST) located downhole between said node (STO) and said wellhead and associated with said drillstring, said nodes (ST) configured to receive and re-transmit said signals, the method comprising the steps of: controlling and specifying network timing constants including: packet transmission times as a function of internode data rate and packet bit length; guard times allocated between receipt and transmission to allow for processing time, acquisition of sensor data and subsiding of channel delay spread; signal propagation times between nodes as a function of node separation; and intra-node sensor acquisition times; determining node timing offsets relative to network nodes (ST, STO) based on a receipt time of a telemetry data packet originating from another node (ST, STO), type of packet received, and the network timing constants; and using said node timing offsets to set node (ST, STO) timing. controlling and specifying network timing constants including: packet transmission times as a function of internode data rate and packet bit length; guard times allocated between receipt and transmission to allow for processing time, acquisition of sensor data and subsiding of channel delay spread; signal propagation times between nodes as a function of node separation; and intra-node sensor acquisition times; packet transmission times as a function of internode data rate and packet bit length; guard times allocated between receipt and transmission to allow for processing time, acquisition of sensor data and subsiding of channel delay spread; signal propagation times between nodes as a function of node separation; and intra-node sensor acquisition times; determining node timing offsets relative to network nodes (ST, STO) based on a receipt time of a telemetry data packet originating from another node (ST, STO), type of packet received, and the network timing constants; and using said node timing offsets to set node (ST, STO) timing.
Adjusting device for furniture, having an adjusting element and a threaded part which is held in a sleeve on the adjusting element , and having a holder which bears against the threaded part , the adjusting element being adjustable in the axial direction relative to the holder by rotation of the threaded part , wherein the sleeve and/or the threaded part are/is resiliently elastic in the radial direction and the thread of the threaded part slips through on the sleeve when an axial end position is reached and when the threaded part slips through, an engagement element on the sleeve is elastically displaced from the thread in the radial direction.
A composition capable of enhancing an IgA immune response and/or an IgG immune response for use in a method of enhancing and/or eliciting an immune response in a subject comprising administering said composition comprising an agent capable of reducing the level of binding of ATP to a P2X7 receptor to a subject, wherein the composition is administered to the subject orally and wherein the agent comprises an ATP-hydrolysing enzyme.
An ophthalmic device, comprising an elastomeric matrix, said elastomeric matrix comprises: poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH), at least one plasticizer which is not water, and water, wherein: a mass ratio of said plasticizer to said PVOH is at least 2:1; and a combined mass content of said PVOH and said plasticizer is at least 70 %wt of the total weight of the matrix excluding said water. poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH), at least one plasticizer which is not water, and water, wherein: a mass ratio of said plasticizer to said PVOH is at least 2:1; and a combined mass content of said PVOH and said plasticizer is at least 70 %wt of the total weight of the matrix excluding said water. a mass ratio of said plasticizer to said PVOH is at least 2:1; and a combined mass content of said PVOH and said plasticizer is at least 70 %wt of the total weight of the matrix excluding said water.
A mechanical seal arrangement comprising: - a mechanical seal with a rotating slide ring and a stationary slide ring having a sealing gap defined therebetween, - a pretensioning device which pretensions the stationary slide ring in the axial direction (X-X) of the mechanical seal assembly, - a support ring which is arranged on the stationary slide ring , the support ring being axially movable in relation to the stationary slide ring , and - a secondary seal , which is arranged to seal between the support ring and the stationary component, - a fixing device which is arranged for axially movable fixing the support ring to a stationary component, wherein - the pretensioning device is arranged between the support ring and the stationary slide ring, characterized by - a stop being provided at the fixing device which limits a first travel distance (W1) by which the axially movable support ring can be moved, - wherein the first travel distance (W1) between the support ring and the stop is smaller than a second travel distance (W2) between the support ring and the stationary component when pressure reversal of the pressure conditions occurs. - a mechanical seal with a rotating slide ring and a stationary slide ring having a sealing gap defined therebetween, - a pretensioning device which pretensions the stationary slide ring in the axial direction (X-X) of the mechanical seal assembly, - a support ring which is arranged on the stationary slide ring , the support ring being axially movable in relation to the stationary slide ring , and - a secondary seal , which is arranged to seal between the support ring and the stationary component, - a fixing device which is arranged for axially movable fixing the support ring to a stationary component, - the pretensioning device is arranged between the support ring and the stationary slide ring, - a stop being provided at the fixing device which limits a first travel distance (W1) by which the axially movable support ring can be moved, - wherein the first travel distance (W1) between the support ring and the stop is smaller than a second travel distance (W2) between the support ring and the stationary component when pressure reversal of the pressure conditions occurs.
Continuous sol-gel method for producing quartz glass, comprising the following steps: (a) continuously metering a silicon alkoxide into a first reactor (RI) and carrying out at least partial hydrolysis by adding an aqueous mineral acid to obtain a first product flow (A); (b) continuously producing an aqueous silicic acid dispersion by continuously mixing water and silicic acid in a second reactor to obtain a second product flow (B); (c) continuously mixing the product flows (A) and (B) from steps (a) and (b) in a third reactor (R3) in order to produce a presol to obtain a third product flow (C); (d) continuously adding an aqueous base to the product flow (C) from step (c) to obtain a sol; (e) continuously filling the exiting sol from step (d) into moulds to obtain an aquagel; (f) drying the aquagels from step (e) to obtain xerogels; (g) sintering the xerogels from step (f) to obtain quartz glass, wherein step (c) additionally includes degassing the presol. (a) continuously metering a silicon alkoxide into a first reactor (RI) and carrying out at least partial hydrolysis by adding an aqueous mineral acid to obtain a first product flow (A); (b) continuously producing an aqueous silicic acid dispersion by continuously mixing water and silicic acid in a second reactor to obtain a second product flow (B); (c) continuously mixing the product flows (A) and (B) from steps (a) and (b) in a third reactor (R3) in order to produce a presol to obtain a third product flow (C); (d) continuously adding an aqueous base to the product flow (C) from step (c) to obtain a sol; (e) continuously filling the exiting sol from step (d) into moulds to obtain an aquagel; (f) drying the aquagels from step (e) to obtain xerogels; (g) sintering the xerogels from step (f) to obtain quartz glass, wherein step (c) additionally includes degassing the presol.