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An apparatus, for example a gas turbine engine , comprising: a first member ; a shaft rotatable relative to the first member about an axis (A); and a seal system comprising: a seal carried by the first member and having a seal face ; and a seat carried by the shaft and having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face ; wherein: the seal system is a dry face seal system; the seat further comprises a seat section having: an outer diameter surface having a main axial portion encircled by the seal ; and a rim ; a radial gap is present between the seal and the outer diameter surface of the seat section , the gap having constant minimum radial span (R S1 ) along the main axial portion of the outer diameter surface , characterised in that a bellows spring axially biases the seal into engagement with the seat , wherein in use an inner diameter surface of the seal is configured to contact the seat section outer diameter surface ; and the radial span (R S1 ) of the radial gap is sized to limit relative radial dynamic displacement of the seat and the seal . a first member ; a shaft rotatable relative to the first member about an axis (A); and a seal system comprising: a seal carried by the first member and having a seal face ; and a seat carried by the shaft and having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face ; a seal carried by the first member and having a seal face ; and a seat carried by the shaft and having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face ; the seal system is a dry face seal system; the seat further comprises a seat section having: an outer diameter surface having a main axial portion encircled by the seal ; and a rim ; an outer diameter surface having a main axial portion encircled by the seal ; and a rim ; a radial gap is present between the seal and the outer diameter surface of the seat section , the gap having constant minimum radial span (R S1 ) along the main axial portion of the outer diameter surface , characterised in that a bellows spring axially biases the seal into engagement with the seat , wherein in use an inner diameter surface of the seal is configured to contact the seat section outer diameter surface ; and the radial span (R S1 ) of the radial gap is sized to limit relative radial dynamic displacement of the seat and the seal . of the seat section , the gap having constant minimum radial span (R S1 ) along the main axial portion of the outer diameter surface , characterised in that a bellows spring axially biases the seal into engagement with the seat , wherein in use an inner diameter surface of the seal is configured to contact the seat section outer diameter surface ; and the radial span (R S1 ) of the radial gap is sized to limit relative radial dynamic displacement of the seat and the seal .
A method of performing a State of Health, SoH, estimation for a rechargeable battery energy storage system during operation of the rechargeable battery energy storage system , wherein the rechargeable battery energy storage system comprises a plurality of parallel strings (21-23) that are individually controllable, the method comprising: selecting at least one string from the plurality of parallel strings (21-23), and placing the selected at least one string into a SoH calibration mode for performing a SoH calibration while concurrently maintaining at least one other string of the plurality of parallel strings (21-23) in operative mode, characterized in that the method further comprises causing the selected at least one string to return to operative mode after the SoH calibration has been completed for the selected at least one string, and that strings or pairs of strings are successively placed into the SoH calibration mode in an order determined based on performance characteristics that includes a degradation indicator for each of the plurality of parallel strings. selecting at least one string from the plurality of parallel strings (21-23), and placing the selected at least one string into a SoH calibration mode for performing a SoH calibration while concurrently maintaining at least one other string of the plurality of parallel strings (21-23) in operative mode, characterized in that the method further comprises causing the selected at least one string to return to operative mode after the SoH calibration has been completed for the selected at least one string, and that strings or pairs of strings are successively placed into the SoH calibration mode in an order determined based on performance characteristics that includes a degradation indicator for each of the plurality of parallel strings.
A method for controlling use of a private key in the context of a public key infrastructure scheme, comprising: storing a plurality of private keys respectively assigned to virtual smart cards in a secure data store which is accessible only to a virtual smart card server, VSS; using a system level agent at a client computer machine remote from the VSS to initiate a machine authentication protocol of the client computer machine at the VSS to establish the client computer machine to the VSS as a trusted computer system; in response to receiving a request for a private key operation at a user level agent of the client computer machine, obtaining a user authentication information from the user; causing the user level agent to negotiate with a system level agent at the client computer machine to obtain a cookie authorizing the private key operation from the VSS, prior to when the user is authenticated based on the user authentication information; initiating a request from the user level agent to the VSS for a private key operation; communicating the user authentication information and the cookie from the user level agent to the VSS as part of the request; in response to the request, selectively performing at the VSS a private key operation requested by the user level agent using a private key assigned to one of the virtual smart cards issued to at least the user, if a security policy applicable to the requested virtual smart card operation is satisfied. storing a plurality of private keys respectively assigned to virtual smart cards in a secure data store which is accessible only to a virtual smart card server, VSS; using a system level agent at a client computer machine remote from the VSS to initiate a machine authentication protocol of the client computer machine at the VSS to establish the client computer machine to the VSS as a trusted computer system; in response to receiving a request for a private key operation at a user level agent of the client computer machine, obtaining a user authentication information from the user; causing the user level agent to negotiate with a system level agent at the client computer machine to obtain a cookie authorizing the private key operation from the VSS, prior to when the user is authenticated based on the user authentication information; initiating a request from the user level agent to the VSS for a private key operation; communicating the user authentication information and the cookie from the user level agent to the VSS as part of the request; in response to the request, selectively performing at the VSS a private key operation requested by the user level agent using a private key assigned to one of the virtual smart cards issued to at least the user, if a security policy applicable to the requested virtual smart card operation is satisfied.
A method for applying a protective layer on at least part of an exposed surface of a substrate , the method comprising the steps of: (i) activating a gas in a plasma discharge chamber by means of an atmospheric pressure plasma discharge to obtain an activated gas, wherein the gas comprises nitrogen (N 2 ), and (ii) contacting the exposed surface with an afterglow of the activated gas egressing from the plasma discharge chamber to form the protective layer on at least part of the exposed surface, wherein the surface comprises a metallic element and/or an alloy of the metallic element, wherein the metallic element is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, and wherein the protective layer comprises a nitride of the metallic element, characterised in that the surface and the plasma discharge chamber are moving relative to one another during contacting the exposed surface with the afterglow of the activated gas. (i) activating a gas in a plasma discharge chamber by means of an atmospheric pressure plasma discharge to obtain an activated gas, wherein the gas comprises nitrogen (N 2 ), and (ii) contacting the exposed surface with an afterglow of the activated gas egressing from the plasma discharge chamber to form the protective layer on at least part of the exposed surface, wherein the surface comprises a metallic element and/or an alloy of the metallic element, wherein the metallic element is an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, and wherein the protective layer comprises a nitride of the metallic element, characterised in that the surface and the plasma discharge chamber are moving relative to one another during contacting the exposed surface with the afterglow of the activated gas.
An adhesive composition characterized in that it comprises at least one bio-based adhesive, flour, a surfactant mixture comprising an anionic surfactant and a non-ionic surfactant and water, wherein the bio-based adhesive is a polyflavonoid polymer, and the surfactant mixture comprises from 1 wt.% to 10 wt.% of an anionic surfactant, and from 1 wt.% to 40 wt.% of a non-ionic surfactant, amounts expressed by weight with respect to the total weight of the surfactant mixture.
A method of a receiving terminal for sharing media using a social network, comprising: transmitting to a media server , identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal belonging to a social network for the receiving terminal and sharing media; transmitting location information of the receiving terminal to the media server ; and receiving from the media server , at least one media corresponding to the location information among a plurality of media transmitted by the at least one counterpart terminal , wherein each of the plurality of media transmitted by the at least one counterpart terminal comprises a plurality of segments and comprises location information and sensor information when the media is generated, and wherein the location information and the sensor information are added for each of the plurality of segments. transmitting to a media server , identification information relating to at least one counterpart terminal belonging to a social network for the receiving terminal and sharing media; transmitting location information of the receiving terminal to the media server ; and receiving from the media server , at least one media corresponding to the location information among a plurality of media transmitted by the at least one counterpart terminal , wherein each of the plurality of media transmitted by the at least one counterpart terminal comprises a plurality of segments and comprises location information and sensor information when the media is generated, and wherein the location information and the sensor information are added for each of the plurality of segments.
A method for measuring the line width roughness of an array of p lines of a sample , p being greater than or equal to 2, the lines of the array extending according to a general direction Y, the directions X, Y, Z being the directions of the real space, said lines having a length I, comprising: a) acquiring at least one diffraction photo by transmission diffraction of X-rays at small angles by means of an X-ray beam covering n lines of said array, n being greater than or equal to 2, b) measuring, on the diffraction photo, the intensities along the direction qy, in a sectional plane passing through qx=0 or through a value of qx corresponding to an extinction point, the directions qx, qy, qz being the directions of the reciprocal space, c) dividing said intensities by n and by I, d) plotting the power spectral density (D1) from the values obtained at step c), e) determining from the power spectral density of characteristic parameters of the line width roughness, forming the measurement of the line width roughness, said characteristic parameters being: - the correlation length ξ, - the standard deviation σ, - the roughness exponent α. a) acquiring at least one diffraction photo by transmission diffraction of X-rays at small angles by means of an X-ray beam covering n lines of said array, n being greater than or equal to 2, b) measuring, on the diffraction photo, the intensities along the direction qy, in a sectional plane passing through qx=0 or through a value of qx corresponding to an extinction point, the directions qx, qy, qz being the directions of the reciprocal space, c) dividing said intensities by n and by I, d) plotting the power spectral density (D1) from the values obtained at step c), e) determining from the power spectral density of characteristic parameters of the line width roughness, forming the measurement of the line width roughness, said characteristic parameters being: - the correlation length ξ, - the standard deviation σ, - the roughness exponent α. - the correlation length ξ, - the standard deviation σ, - the roughness exponent α.
A mixture comprising 100,000 to 10 million uniquely barcoded RNA capture microbeads to barcode 10,000-100,000 cells, wherein each bead comprises: (i) bead-specific oligonucleotide barcodes; (ii) additional oligonucleotide barcode sequences which vary among the oligonucleotides on an individual bead and can therefore be used to differentiate those individual oligonucleotide molecules; (iii) an oligo-dT sequence, wherein the bead-specific oligonucleotide barcodes of the microbeads are obtainable by a method comprising: (a) forming a mixture comprising a plurality of microbeads; (b) separating the microbeads into subsets; (c) extending the nucleotide or oligonucleotide sequence on the surface of the beads by adding an individual nucleotide via chemical synthesis ; (d) pooling the subsets of microbeads in (c) into a single common pool; (e) repeating steps (b), (c) and (d) multiple times to produce combinatorically at least a thousand oligonucleotide sequences ; and (f) collecting the oligonucleotide barcoded microbeads. (i) bead-specific oligonucleotide barcodes; (ii) additional oligonucleotide barcode sequences which vary among the oligonucleotides on an individual bead and can therefore be used to differentiate those individual oligonucleotide molecules; (iii) an oligo-dT sequence, (a) forming a mixture comprising a plurality of microbeads; (b) separating the microbeads into subsets; (c) extending the nucleotide or oligonucleotide sequence on the surface of the beads by adding an individual nucleotide via chemical synthesis ; (d) pooling the subsets of microbeads in (c) into a single common pool; (e) repeating steps (b), (c) and (d) multiple times to produce combinatorically at least a thousand oligonucleotide sequences ; and (f) collecting the oligonucleotide barcoded microbeads.
Use of a bolus for oral administration to a ruminant animal , the bolus comprising: a first sensor capable of generating a sensor signal which varies based on a corresponding change in one or more physiological parameters of a ruminant animal ; a memory element ; a processor in communication with said memory element ; and a computer code contained in said memory element , said computer code containing a power management module executable by said processor characterized in that the first sensor is an accelerometer, and here said power management module further includes a bolus activation element executable to: monitor said sensor signal from said accelerometer ; compare said sensor signal from said accelerometer to a first pre-selected activation code ; wherein said bolus is activated upon generation of said sensor signal from said accelerometer which by comparison to said first pre-selected activation code exceeds a first pre-selected activation match threshold . a first sensor capable of generating a sensor signal which varies based on a corresponding change in one or more physiological parameters of a ruminant animal ; a memory element ; a processor in communication with said memory element ; and a computer code contained in said memory element , said computer code containing a power management module executable by said processor characterized in that the first sensor is an accelerometer, and here said power management module further includes a bolus activation element executable to: monitor said sensor signal from said accelerometer ; compare said sensor signal from said accelerometer to a first pre-selected activation code ; wherein said bolus is activated upon generation of said sensor signal from said accelerometer which by comparison to said first pre-selected activation code exceeds a first pre-selected activation match threshold . monitor said sensor signal from said accelerometer ; compare said sensor signal from said accelerometer to a first pre-selected activation code ; wherein said bolus is activated upon generation of said sensor signal from said accelerometer which by comparison to said first pre-selected activation code exceeds a first pre-selected activation match threshold .
Automotive computer housing intended to receive several electronic computer boards and comprising: • a first compartment designed to receive several electronic computer boards mounted in parallel removably on rails , • a second compartment designed to receive connection cables and comprising through-orifices leading to outside the housing so as to allow the cables to be led out of the housing, the first compartment and the second compartment having a first wall in common, said first wall comprising at least one through-orifice designed to receive at least one connector for electrically connecting an electronic computer board to a cable , the electronic computer board being arranged in such a way that its lateral edges slide in the rails and that it is connected to connectors situated facing its rear edge. • a first compartment designed to receive several electronic computer boards mounted in parallel removably on rails , • a second compartment designed to receive connection cables and comprising through-orifices leading to outside the housing so as to allow the cables to be led out of the housing,
An atomic force microscope comprising: - a probe comprising a probe tip configured to sense a sample disposed proximate to the probe tip ; a detector to detect a deflection of the probe tip ; - an actuator coupled to the probe and configured to move the probe in a sense state with the sample at a first predetermined force set point; and - an acoustic vibrator in communication with the sample to provide a vibration to the sample , the vibration comprising a modulation frequency, - wherein the acoustic vibrator is configured to provide the vibration in a modulation period, the modulation period following an initial sense period for carrying out a measurement without modulation; and - wherein the atomic force microscope is configured to move the probe during or after said modulation period to a successive sample position over said sample while the probe is moved in a non-contact state. - a probe comprising a probe tip configured to sense a sample disposed proximate to the probe tip ; a detector to detect a deflection of the probe tip ; - an actuator coupled to the probe and configured to move the probe in a sense state with the sample at a first predetermined force set point; and - an acoustic vibrator in communication with the sample to provide a vibration to the sample , the vibration comprising a modulation frequency, - wherein the acoustic vibrator is configured to provide the vibration in a modulation period, the modulation period following an initial sense period for carrying out a measurement without modulation; and - wherein the atomic force microscope is configured to move the probe during or after said modulation period to a successive sample position over said sample while the probe is moved in a non-contact state.
A subassembly with a housing which is a cable duct housing which can be fixed in a vehicle and which is intended for receiving part of a cable harness, and with a cable terminal which is provided for connection to an earthing cable, with a holding opening , wherein the housing has a fastening opening , with which the housing can be attached to a fastening bolt for fixing in the vehicle, and a receptacle for the cable terminal , wherein the receptacle has a positioning device for the cable terminal and wherein the cable terminal is arranged in the receptacle such that the holding opening overlaps with the fastening opening , wherein for fixing the housing the fastening bolt can extend through the fastening opening and the holding opening .
Tyre for a vehicle of heavy duty type, having a radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers each comprising metal reinforcing elements inserted between two calendering layers of elastomer compound comprising a reinforcing filler consisting of at least carbon black, the crown reinforcement being capped radially by a tread, said tread being connected to two beads via two sidewalls, the crown reinforcement comprising at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements, characterized in that the reinforcing elements of the working crown layers are metal cords having a diameter of less than 1.3 mm, in that at least one thread of each metal cord of at least one working crown layer is of at least UHT grade, in that the tensile elastic modulus at 10% elongation of at least the radially outermost calendering layer of at least the radially outermost working crown layer is less than 8.5 MPa, and in that at least said radially outermost calendering layer of at least the radially outermost working crown layer has an electrical resistivity per unit volume p, expressed in ohm.cm, such that log(p) is greater than 8.
A clot removal device , comprising: a proximal pinch section configured for engagement with clot, the proximal pinch section comprising a plurality of proximally facing struts and a plurality of distally facing struts , and wherein at least some of the proximally facing struts have a length that is greater than a length of at least some of the distally facing struts; a distal section having a cylindrical or barrel shape and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the proximal pinch section, the distal section including first distal radiopaque markers; second radiopaque markers located at a transition between the proximal pinch section and the distal section; and a proximal joint between the proximal end of the pinch section and an elongate shaft, and wherein the second radiopaque markers are offset longitudinally with respect to each other. a proximal pinch section configured for engagement with clot, the proximal pinch section comprising a plurality of proximally facing struts and a plurality of distally facing struts , and wherein at least some of the proximally facing struts have a length that is greater than a length of at least some of the distally facing struts; a distal section having a cylindrical or barrel shape and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the proximal pinch section, the distal section including first distal radiopaque markers; second radiopaque markers located at a transition between the proximal pinch section and the distal section; and a proximal joint between the proximal end of the pinch section and an elongate shaft, and wherein the second radiopaque markers are offset longitudinally with respect to each other.