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An apparatus for roasting partially pre-roasted coffee beans comprising : - a vessel to contain coffee beans, - an electrical heater to heat coffee beans contained in the vessel, - at least one temperature sensor to measure temperature in the vessel, - at least one sensor to measure the concentration of at least one volatile organic component (VOC) in the smoke produced in the vessel, - a control system operable to control the heater, wherein the control system is configured to : - apply a roasting recipe dedicated to the roasting of partially pre-roasted beans comprising at least a temperature versus time profile, - measure the concentration of at least one volatile organic component (VOC) in the smoke produced in the vessel during the time the roasting recipe is applied, - detect an increase of the measured concentration in function of time, characterised in that the control system is further configured to: - stop heating if no increase of the measured concentration happens after a set reference time t 1 . - a vessel to contain coffee beans, - an electrical heater to heat coffee beans contained in the vessel, - at least one temperature sensor to measure temperature in the vessel, - at least one sensor to measure the concentration of at least one volatile organic component (VOC) in the smoke produced in the vessel, - a control system operable to control the heater, wherein the control system is configured to : - apply a roasting recipe dedicated to the roasting of partially pre-roasted beans comprising at least a temperature versus time profile, - measure the concentration of at least one volatile organic component (VOC) in the smoke produced in the vessel during the time the roasting recipe is applied, - detect an increase of the measured concentration in function of time, - apply a roasting recipe dedicated to the roasting of partially pre-roasted beans comprising at least a temperature versus time profile, - measure the concentration of at least one volatile organic component (VOC) in the smoke produced in the vessel during the time the roasting recipe is applied, - detect an increase of the measured concentration in function of time, characterised in that the control system is further configured to: - stop heating if no increase of the measured concentration happens after a set reference time t 1 . - stop heating if no increase of the measured concentration happens after a set reference time t 1 .
A network node , comprising: a processing unit configured to: group a plurality of UEs (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4) into at least a first UE group and a second UE group ; assign a mutually orthogonal pilot sequence to each UE (220-1, 220-2) comprised in the first UE group ; assign a mutually orthogonal pilot sequence to each UE (220-3, 220-4) comprised in the second UE group ; and assign a resource-offset to each of the UEs (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4) comprised in each UE group , by which each UE (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4) is allowed to start its transmission sub-frame in its Transmission Time Interval, TTI, wherein the resource offset comprises a time offset or a frequency offset; and a transmitter configured to transmit a pilot sequence index and the resource-offset to each UE (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4); wherein the processing unit is further configured to assign and transmit a partial blanking pattern sequence to the UEs (220-1, 220-2) comprised in at least one of the UE groups . a processing unit configured to: group a plurality of UEs (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4) into at least a first UE group and a second UE group ; assign a mutually orthogonal pilot sequence to each UE (220-1, 220-2) comprised in the first UE group ; assign a mutually orthogonal pilot sequence to each UE (220-3, 220-4) comprised in the second UE group ; and assign a resource-offset to each of the UEs (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4) comprised in each UE group , by which each UE (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4) is allowed to start its transmission sub-frame in its Transmission Time Interval, TTI, wherein the resource offset comprises a time offset or group a plurality of UEs (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4) into at least a first UE group and a second UE group ; assign a mutually orthogonal pilot sequence to each UE (220-1, 220-2) comprised in the first UE group ; assign a mutually orthogonal pilot sequence to each UE (220-3, 220-4) comprised in the second UE group ; and assign a resource-offset to each of the UEs (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4) comprised in each UE group , by which each UE (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4) is allowed to start its transmission sub-frame in its Transmission Time Interval, TTI, wherein the resource offset comprises a time offset or a frequency offset; and a transmitter configured to transmit a pilot sequence index and the resource-offset to each UE (220-1, 220-2, 220-3, 220-4); wherein the processing unit is further configured to assign and transmit a partial blanking pattern sequence to the UEs (220-1, 220-2) comprised in at least one of the UE groups .
An induction heat cooking apparatus comprising: a power supply configured to supply an alternating current, AC, voltage; a rectifier configured to rectify the supplied AC voltage into a direct current, DC, voltage; first and second switching units configured to control switching such that the DC voltage from the rectifier is alternately applied to a working coil ; a controller , characterized in that the induction heat cooking apparatus further comprises a comparison unit configured to sense current flowing in the working coil and to compare the sensed current with a predetermined reference value to output pulses; and the controller configured to count the output pulses and to determine whether a cooking vessel is present on the working coil based on the number of counted pulses. a power supply configured to supply an alternating current, AC, voltage; a rectifier configured to rectify the supplied AC voltage into a direct current, DC, voltage; first and second switching units configured to control switching such that the DC voltage from the rectifier is alternately applied to a working coil ; a controller , characterized in that the induction heat cooking apparatus further comprises a comparison unit configured to sense current flowing in the working coil and to compare the sensed current with a predetermined reference value to output pulses; and the controller configured to count the output pulses and to determine whether a cooking vessel is present on the working coil based on the number of counted pulses.
A system for cutting leaflet tissue at a cardiac valve , comprising, a guide catheter having a proximal end and a distal end , wherein the distal end of the guide catheter is steerable to a position above a cardiac valve; a hook catheter having a proximal end and a distal end , wherein the hook catheter is routable through the guide catheter and configured to extend beyond the distal end of the guide catheter through a first orifice of the cardiac valve and retract into the guide catheter, wherein the hook catheter has a pre-defined shape-memory hook shape and the hook catheter is configured to return to the pre-defined shape-memory hook shape when extended beyond the distal end of the guide catheter; a stabilizing catheter configured to extend from the distal end of the hook catheter, thereby stabilizing the distal end of the hook catheter relative to the cardiac valve; and a cutting mechanism routable through the guide catheter and the hook catheter and configured to cut a portion of leaflet tissue of the cardiac valve. a guide catheter having a proximal end and a distal end , wherein the distal end of the guide catheter is steerable to a position above a cardiac valve; a hook catheter having a proximal end and a distal end , wherein the hook catheter is routable through the guide catheter and configured to extend beyond the distal end of the guide catheter through a first orifice of the cardiac valve and retract into the guide catheter, wherein the hook catheter has a pre-defined shape-memory hook shape and the hook catheter is configured to return to the pre-defined shape-memory hook shape when extended beyond the distal end of the guide catheter; a stabilizing catheter configured to extend from the distal end of the hook catheter, thereby stabilizing the distal end of the hook catheter relative to the cardiac valve; and a cutting mechanism routable through the guide catheter and the hook catheter and configured to cut a portion of leaflet tissue of the cardiac valve.
An information transmission method, comprising: transmitting , by a first device, a transport block TB to a second device, wherein the TB comprises at least one code block CB, that was punctured by another transmission, the at least one CB comprises a first CB and/or a second CB, the first CB is a CB that meets a condition for systematic bits being occupied, and the second CB is a CB that does not meet the condition for the systematic bits being occupied, wherein the condition for the systematic bits being occupied is that a quantity of occupied bits in the systematic bits that were punctured by the another transmission is greater than or equal to an occupancy threshold; and wherein, when the at least one CB comprises the first CB, transmitting , by the first device before a feedback time corresponding to the TB, the first CB to the second device. transmitting , by a first device, a transport block TB to a second device, wherein the TB comprises at least one code block CB, that was punctured by another transmission, the at least one CB comprises a first CB and/or a second CB, the first CB is a CB that meets a condition for systematic bits being occupied, and the second CB is a CB that does not meet the condition for the systematic bits being occupied, wherein the condition for the systematic bits being occupied is that a quantity of occupied bits in the systematic bits that were punctured by the another transmission is greater than or equal to an occupancy threshold; and wherein, when the at least one CB comprises the first CB, transmitting , by the first device before a feedback time corresponding to the TB, the first CB to the second device.
An aircraft structure such as a tail fin, a vertical stabilizer, a horizontal stabilizer, a wing, a winglet, a canard, a rotor blade or a propeller blade, the aircraft structure having a leading edge and having an assembly for absorbing kinetic energy from a collision with a foreign object, the assembly comprising: a first support proximate to a root of the aircraft structure ; one or more first sheets comprising a first material and attached to the first support to form a first portion of the leading edge of the aircraft structure ; a second support proximate to an outer end of the aircraft structure ; one or more second sheets comprising a second material and attached to the second support to form a second portion of the leading edge; and a hinged door comprising: one or more ribs (535a-535f) disposed between the first support and the second support and configured to give shape to a third portion of a leading edge of the aircraft structure ; and one or more third sheets (540a-540f) comprising a third material, attached to the one or more ribs (535a-535f) to form the third portion of the leading edge; wherein the first support , the one or more first sheets , the second support , the one or more second sheets , the one or more ribs (535a-535f), and the one or more third sheets (540a-540f) are disposed to mitigate damage to the aircraft structure by absorbing kinetic energy from a collision with a foreign object. a first support proximate to a root of the aircraft structure ; one or more first sheets comprising a first material and attached to the first support to form a first portion of the leading edge of the aircraft structure ; a second support proximate to an outer end of the aircraft structure ; one or more second sheets comprising a second material and attached to the second support to form a second portion of the leading edge; and a hinged door comprising: one or more ribs (535a-535f) disposed between the first support and the second support and configured to give shape to a third portion of a leading edge of the aircraft structure ; and one or more third sheets (540a-540f) comprising a third material, attached to the one or more ribs (535a-535f) to form the third portion of the leading edge; one or more ribs (535a-535f) disposed between the first support and the second support and configured to give shape to a third portion of a leading edge of the aircraft structure ; and one or more third sheets (540a-540f) comprising a third material, attached to the one or more ribs (535a-535f) to form the third portion of the leading edge; wherein the first support , the one or more first sheets , the second support , the one or more second sheets , the one or more ribs (535a-535f), and the one or more third sheets (540a-540f) are disposed to mitigate damage to the aircraft structure by absorbing kinetic energy from a collision with a foreign object.
A solid laundry detergent composition containing 0.1 to 20 wt.% of an amphoteric polymer having molecular weight of at least 5,000 Da, said amphoteric polymer further being characterized in that least 30%, preferably at least 50% of the monomeric units of the amphoteric polymer, are betaine units represented by the following formula (I): H 2 C=C(R 1 )-C(O)O-(CH 2 ) n -N + (R 2 )(R 3 )-(CH 2 )p-X. (I) wherein: • R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched C 1 to C 6 alkyl group; • R 2 and R 3 , independently of each other, represent an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or aminoalkyl group in which the alkyl group is a linear or branched C 1 to C 6 alkyl; • n is an integer in the range of 1 to 4; • p is an integer in the range of 2 to 8; • X represents COO - . • R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched C 1 to C 6 alkyl group; • R 2 and R 3 , independently of each other, represent an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or aminoalkyl group in which the alkyl group is a linear or branched C 1 to C 6 alkyl; • n is an integer in the range of 1 to 4; • p is an integer in the range of 2 to 8; • X represents COO - .
A transgenic chicken that uses gene conversion for antibody diversification, comprising a genome comprising an endogenous immunoglobulin light chain locus comprising: (a) a functional immunoglobulin light chain gene comprising a nucleic acid encoding a light chain variable region; and (b) a plurality of pseudogenes that are operably linked to said functional immunoglobulin light chain gene and that donate, by gene conversion, nucleotide sequence to the nucleic acid encoding a light chain variable region, wherein the pseudogenes are upstream of said functional immunoglobulin light chain gene and can repair mutations in said functional immunoglobulin light chain gene and wherein each of the pseudogenes encodes the same amino acid sequence as the light chain variable region of the functional immunoglobulin light chain gene of (a). (a) a functional immunoglobulin light chain gene comprising a nucleic acid encoding a light chain variable region; and (b) a plurality of pseudogenes that are operably linked to said functional immunoglobulin light chain gene and that donate, by gene conversion, nucleotide sequence to the nucleic acid encoding a light chain variable region, wherein the pseudogenes are upstream of said functional immunoglobulin light chain gene and can repair mutations in said functional immunoglobulin light chain gene and wherein each of the pseudogenes encodes the same amino acid sequence as the light chain variable region of the functional immunoglobulin light chain gene of (a).
A backlight assembly , comprising: a light source ; at least one light-absorbing substance; and one of a light guide plate and a diffusive plate , wherein: the light source is configured to emit a white light, the white light comprising at least two primary color lights; and the at least one light-absorbing substance is disposed at a light-out side of the light source and configured to absorb light in at least one overlapping portion between the spectra of two of the at least two primary color lights in the white light; characterized in that : the at least one light-absorbing substance is present as dopant in the light guide plate when the backlight assembly comprises the light guide plate , or in the diffusive plate when the backlight assembly comprises the diffusive plate . a light source ; at least one light-absorbing substance; and one of a light guide plate and a diffusive plate , the light source is configured to emit a white light, the white light comprising at least two primary color lights; and the at least one light-absorbing substance is disposed at a light-out side of the light source and configured to absorb light in at least one overlapping portion between the spectra of two of the at least two primary color lights in the white light; characterized in that : the at least one light-absorbing substance is present as dopant in the light guide plate when the backlight assembly comprises the light guide plate , or in the diffusive plate when the backlight assembly comprises the diffusive plate .
A carbamate compound represented by formula (I): wherein, R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C3 alkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, a C3-C4 cycloalkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, or a C1-C3 alkoxy group optionally having one or more halogen atoms; Z 1 represents a halogen atom; Z 2 represents a halogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; and m represents any one of integers from 0 to 2. R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C3 alkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, a C3-C4 cycloalkyl group optionally having one or more halogen atoms, or a C1-C3 alkoxy group optionally having one or more halogen atoms; Z 1 represents a halogen atom; Z 2 represents a halogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; and m represents any one of integers from 0 to 2.
A molten metal conveyor comprising: a receptor plate in contact with molten metal during transport of the molten metal; said receptor plate extending from an entrance where molten metal enters onto the receptor plate to an exit where molten metal exits the receptor plate; and at least one vibrational energy source adapted to supply vibrational energy directly to the receptor plate in contact with molten metal; wherein: the at least one vibrational energy source comprises a plurality of transducers arranged in an ordered pattern on the receptor plate ; the at least one vibrational energy source comprises a piezoelectric transducer element or a magnetostrictive transducer element attached to the receptor plate . a receptor plate in contact with molten metal during transport of the molten metal; said receptor plate extending from an entrance where molten metal enters onto the receptor plate to an exit where molten metal exits the receptor plate; and at least one vibrational energy source adapted to supply vibrational energy directly to the receptor plate in contact with molten metal; wherein: the at least one vibrational energy source comprises a plurality of transducers arranged in an ordered pattern on the receptor plate ; the at least one vibrational energy source comprises a piezoelectric transducer element or a magnetostrictive transducer element attached to the receptor plate . the at least one vibrational energy source comprises a plurality of transducers arranged in an ordered pattern on the receptor plate ; the at least one vibrational energy source comprises a piezoelectric transducer element or a magnetostrictive transducer element attached to the receptor plate .
A pressure sensor for operation at high temperatures of higher than 300°C or up to 1000°C, comprising a preloading sleeve ; and comprising a piezoelectric pressure sensor arranged in the preloading sleeve ; and wherein the preloading sleeve mechanically preloads the piezoelectric pressure sensor ; wherein the preloading sleeve is fabricated from a material with high creep rupture strength; said preloading sleeve comprising at least one stiffness-weakening element , characterized in that a wall thickness of the preloading sleeve is three to twenty times a mean particle diameter of the material of the preloading sleeve according to ASTM standard E112 - 10 and in that the material of the preloading sleeve consists of an alloy containing nickel as the main component.
A cell stack of a flow battery, comprising:a first end plate ; a second end plate ; and at least one cell module arranged between the first end plate and the second end plate , wherein each cell module comprises a first flow channel end plate , a second flow channel end plate arranged opposite to the first flow channel end plate , and single-cell assemblies arranged between the first flow channel end plate and the second flow channel end plate , wherein the single-cell assemblies comprise at least three hermetically-assembled cell assemblies, the first flow channel end plate is provided with a first arch-like flow channel and a second arch-like flow channel ;the second flow channel end plate is provided with a third arch-like flow channel and a fourth arch-like flow channel ; each of the first arch-like flow channel , the second arch-like flow channel , the third arch-like flow channel and the fourth arch-like flow channel is provided with a flow channel aperture ; characterized in that each flow channel aperture is in communication with the at least three hermetically-assembled cell assemblies;an electrolyte in the first arch-like flow channel flows through the at least three hermetically-assembled cell assemblies via the flow channel aperture in the first arch-like flow channel to the second arch-like flow channel ; and an electrolyte in the third arch-like flow channel flows through the at least three hermetically-assembled cell assemblies via the flow channel aperture in the third arch-like flow channel to the fourth arch-like flow channel . each of the first arch-like flow channel , the second arch-like flow channel , the third arch-like flow channel and the fourth arch-like flow channel is provided with a flow channel aperture ; characterized in that each flow channel aperture is in communication with the at least three hermetically-assembled cell assemblies;an electrolyte in the first arch-like flow channel flows through the at least three hermetically-assembled cell assemblies via the flow channel aperture in the first arch-like flow channel to the second arch-like flow channel ; and an electrolyte in the third arch-like flow channel flows through the at least three hermetically-assembled cell assemblies via the flow channel aperture in the third arch-like flow channel to the fourth arch-like flow channel .