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A cassette for dispensing bags from an elongated tubing and for use with an apparatus comprising: a bin having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion defining an opening for receiving disposable objects therethrough; a holder for holding the cassette , the holder being located within the top portion proximate the opening ; and a closing mechanism located below the holder and comprising a fixed portion including an upper end extending upwardly in the opening of the bin ; the cassette comprising: an annular receptacle accommodating a length of the elongated tubing in an accumulated condition, an annular opening at an upper end of the annular receptacle for dispensing the elongated tubing , the annular receptacle defining a central opening through which a knotted end of the elongated tubing passes to form a bag supported by the annular receptacle with the disposable objects passing through the central opening to be received in the bag, and the cassette being characterized by a chamfer clearance at the bottom of the central opening , the chamfer clearance arranged to allow the upper end of the closing mechanism to extend upwardly in the opening of the bin and into the central opening of the cassette when the cassette is positioned in the holder so as to ensure that the cassette is properly oriented when installed in the holder when the apparatus is in use. a bin having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion defining an opening for receiving disposable objects therethrough; a holder for holding the cassette , the holder being located within the top portion proximate the opening ; and a closing mechanism located below the holder and comprising a fixed portion including an upper end extending upwardly in the opening of the bin ; an annular receptacle accommodating a length of the elongated tubing in an accumulated condition, an annular opening at an upper end of the annular receptacle for dispensing the elongated tubing , the annular receptacle defining a central opening through which a knotted end of the elongated tubing passes to form a bag supported by the annular receptacle with the disposable objects passing through the central opening to be received in the bag, and the cassette being characterized by a chamfer clearance at the bottom of the central opening , the chamfer clearance arranged to allow the upper end of the closing mechanism to extend upwardly in the opening of the bin and into the central opening of the cassette when the cassette is positioned in the holder so as to ensure that the cassette is properly oriented when installed in the holder when the apparatus is in use.
Method for the preparation of a flavouring, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a reaction mixture comprising: a. yeast extract comprising at least 0.5 wt.%, by weight of dry matter of yeast extract, glycosylamine and/or derivatives thereof and at least 1.0 wt.%, by weight of dry yeast extract, thiol containing compounds, b. at least 2 wt.%, by weight of the reaction mixture, mineral acid or organic acid, c. at least 10 wt.%, by weight of the reaction mixture, water, (ii) heating the reaction mixture at a temperature in the range of 90-160 °C, wherein the heated reaction mixture has an acidity such that a 1 wt.% dilution in demineralised water has a pH in the range of 3.5 and 6 at 20 °C, (iii) optionally drying the product, wherein the reaction mixture is heated for a time (t) hours according to the formula: t= 4096e -bT where: 90°C≤T≤160°C, and 0.06 ≤ b ≤ 0.07 (formula I). (i) providing a reaction mixture comprising: a. yeast extract comprising at least 0.5 wt.%, by weight of dry matter of yeast extract, glycosylamine and/or derivatives thereof and at least 1.0 wt.%, by weight of dry yeast extract, thiol containing compounds, b. at least 2 wt.%, by weight of the reaction mixture, mineral acid or organic acid, c. at least 10 wt.%, by weight of the reaction mixture, water, a. yeast extract comprising at least 0.5 wt.%, by weight of dry matter of yeast extract, glycosylamine and/or derivatives thereof and at least 1.0 wt.%, by weight of dry yeast extract, thiol containing compounds, b. at least 2 wt.%, by weight of the reaction mixture, mineral acid or organic acid, c. at least 10 wt.%, by weight of the reaction mixture, water, (ii) heating the reaction mixture at a temperature in the range of 90-160 °C, wherein the heated reaction mixture has an acidity such that a 1 wt.% dilution in demineralised water has a pH in the range of 3.5 and 6 at 20 °C, (iii) optionally drying the product, wherein the reaction mixture is heated for a time (t) hours according to the formula: t= 4096e -bT where: 90°C≤T≤160°C, and 0.06 ≤ b ≤ 0.07 (formula I).
A formulation, a pharmaceutical composition or a therapeutic combination comprising one of, all or several of an ApoA-I Binding Protein (APOA1BP, AIBP, or AI-BP) polypeptide compound or composition, or a compound that increases expression or activity of, or encodes, a APOA1BP polypeptide or nucleic acid, or a polypeptide or peptide having an APOA1BP activity, for use in treating, ameliorating, preventing, reversing or decreasing the severity or duration of: neuropathic pain, - inflammation-induced neuropathic pain, - nerve or CNS inflammation, - allodynia, - a post nerve or tissue injury pain or neuropathic pain, - post-surgical pain or neuropathic pain, - chemotherapeutic-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), in particular a cisplatin-induced CIPN or allodynia, - a neurodegenerative disease or condition, in particular a chronic or progressive neurodegenerative disease or condition, optionally Alzheimer's disease or a Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) or a related tauopathy, a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a posttraumatic stress disorder, a traumatic war neurosis, or a post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS), - a primary headache, optionally a migraine or a cluster headache, and/or - hyperalgesia, wherein the compound that increases expression or activity of, or encodes, a APOA1BP polypeptide is a nucleic acid that expresses or encodes a APOA1BP polypeptide or a polypeptide having a APOA1BP polypeptide activity. - inflammation-induced neuropathic pain, - nerve or CNS inflammation, - allodynia, - a post nerve or tissue injury pain or neuropathic pain, - post-surgical pain or neuropathic pain, - chemotherapeutic-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), in particular a cisplatin-induced CIPN or allodynia, - a neurodegenerative disease or condition, in particular a chronic or progressive neurodegenerative disease or condition, optionally Alzheimer's disease or a Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) or a related tauopathy, a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a posttraumatic stress disorder, a traumatic war neurosis, or a post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSS), - a primary headache, optionally a migraine or a cluster headache, and/or - hyperalgesia,
Device for dispensing a determined weight of a cosmetic product (P, Pa, Pb) into a receptacle from a reservoir , the device comprising at least one electromechanical dispensing member chosen between a positive-displacement pump and a syringe, capable of moving an amount of cosmetic product from said reservoir installed in the device to a dispensing zone of said device where said amount of product may be transferred through a nozzle into the interior of the receptacle received in said dispensing zone, the device comprising a controller configured to deliver a control signal to the electromechanical member according to an error with respect to a setpoint corresponding to the determined weight of cosmetic product to be delivered, said error being determined on the basis of a weighing datum obtained by at least one weighing cell for the reservoir installed in the receiving zone, wherein the controller is a reinforcement-learning controller implementing a policy function that defines an action to be performed by the electromechanical member according to a state of the device during an operation of dispensing a cosmetic product, the state of the device comprising the weighing datum representing the weight of cosmetic product dispensed into the receptacle and the error with respect to the setpoint.
Switched-mode power converter configured to control at least one phase of a polyphase electrical receiver with at least three phases, comprising at least one block of two converter arms, wherein a half-arm of each converter arm comprises: - a first set (ENS1) of P≥2 switches (I1, I2) in series; - a second set (ENS2) of P≥2 switches (I3, I4) in series, - said first set (ENS1) and second set (ENS2) being electrically connected between a power supply line (DCBUS+, DCBUS-) of a coplanar electrical power supply (DCBUS) and a power interface ; and - a third set (ENS3) of diodes (D1, D2, D3, D4), spatially arranged between the first set (ENS1) and the second set (ENS2), comprising M≥2 subsets (SE1, SE2, ...,SEM) in series, indexed i ∈ 〚 1 ; M 〛 , respectively comprising N i ≥2 diodes in parallel, said third set (ENS3) being electrically connected between the power interface and the other power supply line (DCBUS-, DCBUS+) of the coplanar electrical power supply (DCBUS), said first, second and third sets being arranged to allow tolerance for the simple short-circuit or open-circuit failure of half-arm components . - a first set (ENS1) of P≥2 switches (I1, I2) in series; - a second set (ENS2) of P≥2 switches (I3, I4) in series, - said first set (ENS1) and second set (ENS2) being electrically connected between a power supply line (DCBUS+, DCBUS-) of a coplanar electrical power supply (DCBUS) and a power interface ; and - a third set (ENS3) of diodes (D1, D2, D3, D4), spatially arranged between the first set (ENS1) and the second set (ENS2), comprising M≥2 subsets (SE1, SE2, ...,SEM) in series, indexed i ∈ 〚 1 ; M 〛 , respectively comprising N i ≥2 diodes in parallel, said third set (ENS3) being electrically connected between the power interface and the other power supply line (DCBUS-, DCBUS+) of the coplanar electrical power supply (DCBUS), said first, second and third sets being arranged to allow tolerance for the simple short-circuit or open-circuit failure of half-arm components .
A method of rendering a high dynamic range digital image, the method comprising: tone mapping , as a first-pass tone mapping, each of plural sample values in a high dynamic range digital image to a respective lower dynamic range value, including identifying the respective low dynamic range value in a global tone mapping lookup table and storing the identified values in a lower dynamic range image buffer; calculating a local contrast value for each of the tone-mapped sample values based on data in a linear domain, including filtering each of the sample values in a high dynamic range data space to obtain the local contrast values, wherein data obtained in the first-pass tone mapping are used to set a threshold for the filtering; deriving a residual signal for each of the tone-mapped sample values, based at least in part on the respective local contrast value, wherein the deriving the residual signal for each of the tone-mapped sample values comprises multiplying each tone-mapped sample value in the lower dynamic range image buffer by the respective local contrast value; and calculating sample values for a lower dynamic range digital image based at least in part on the tone-mapped sample values and the respective residual signals. tone mapping , as a first-pass tone mapping, each of plural sample values in a high dynamic range digital image to a respective lower dynamic range value, including identifying the respective low dynamic range value in a global tone mapping lookup table and storing the identified values in a lower dynamic range image buffer; calculating a local contrast value for each of the tone-mapped sample values based on data in a linear domain, including filtering each of the sample values in a high dynamic range data space to obtain the local contrast values, wherein data obtained in the first-pass tone mapping are used to set a threshold for the filtering; deriving a residual signal for each of the tone-mapped sample values, based at least in part on the respective local contrast value, wherein the deriving the residual signal for each of the tone-mapped sample values comprises multiplying each tone-mapped sample value in the lower dynamic range image buffer by the respective local contrast value; and calculating sample values for a lower dynamic range digital image based at least in part on the tone-mapped sample values and the respective residual signals.
An agent, which is a surface-treating agent comprising at least one perfluoro(poly)ether group containing silane compound (I) of formula : wherein: Rf is C1-10 -alkyl optionally substituted by one or more F; PFPE is -(OC 4 F 8 ) a -(OC 3 F 6 ) b -(OC 2 F 4 ) c -(OCF 2 ) d - wherein, a-d are each independently an integer of 0-90, and ( a + b + c + d ) is ≥ 1, and the occurrence order of the units in parentheses with the subscript a, b, c or d is not limited; Q is O or a divalent organic group; R 1 is H or C 1-22 -alkyl; R 2 each independently is H or an inert monovalent organic group; X is OH or OR 4 , wherein R 4 each independently is optionally substituted C 1-12 -alkyl; Y is H or halogen; Z is F or C 1-5 -fluoroalkyl; e is an integer of 0-3; f is 0 or 1; g is an integer of 1-10; h is an integer of 0-3; and n is an integer of 1-3, wherein the number average molecular weight of the compound (I), measured by means of 19 F-NMR, is 3000-6000, preferably 3000-5000, ≥ 80 mol-%, preferably ≥ 90 mol-%, of the compound (I) contained in the agent is a compound wherein g is ≥ 2, and the polydispersity of g is > 1.0 to < 2.0. Rf is C1-10 -alkyl optionally substituted by one or more F; PFPE is -(OC 4 F 8 ) a -(OC 3 F 6 ) b -(OC 2 F 4 ) c -(OCF 2 ) d - wherein, a-d are each independently an integer of 0-90, and ( a + b + c + d ) is ≥ 1, and the occurrence order of the units in parentheses with the subscript a, b, c or d is not limited; Q is O or a divalent organic group; R 1 is H or C 1-22 -alkyl; R 2 each independently is H or an inert monovalent organic group; X is OH or OR 4 , wherein R 4 each independently is optionally substituted C 1-12 -alkyl; Y is H or halogen; Z is F or C 1-5 -fluoroalkyl; e is an integer of 0-3; f is 0 or 1; g is an integer of 1-10; h is an integer of 0-3; and n is an integer of 1-3, the number average molecular weight of the compound (I), measured by means of 19 F-NMR, is 3000-6000, preferably 3000-5000, ≥ 80 mol-%, preferably ≥ 90 mol-%, of the compound (I) contained in the agent is a compound wherein g is ≥ 2, and the polydispersity of g is > 1.0 to < 2.0.
A tunnel configuration method, wherein the method comprises: sending , by an access point, AP, device, a data tunnel support capability of the AP device to an access point controller, AC, device, wherein the data tunnel support capability is used to indicate a type of at least one data tunnel supported by the AP device, and the type of the at least one data tunnel comprises a virtual extensible local area network, VXLAN; receiving , by the AP device, configuration information that is of a VXLAN tunnel and that is sent by the AC device, wherein a local device of the VXLAN tunnel is the AP device, and the configuration information of the VXLAN tunnel comprises an internet protocol, IP, address of at least one peer device of the VXLAN tunnel and virtual network index, VNI, information of the VXLAN tunnel; and generating , by the AP device, tunnel encapsulation information and routing information based on the IP address of the at least one peer device of the VXLAN tunnel and the VNI information, wherein the tunnel encapsulation information comprises an IP address of the AP device, the IP address of the at least one peer device of the VXLAN tunnel, and a VNI, characterized in that the VNI information comprises a VNI mapping relationship, the VNI mapping relationship is used to obtain the VNI, and the VNI mapping relationship comprises at least one of a mapping relationship between a service set identifier, SSID, and a VNI, a mapping relationship between a virtual local area network, VLAN, and a VNI, and a mapping relationship between a VLAN pool and a VNI. sending , by an access point, AP, device, a data tunnel support capability of the AP device to an access point controller, AC, device, wherein the data tunnel support capability is used to indicate a type of at least one data tunnel supported by the AP device, and the type of the at least one data tunnel comprises a virtual extensible local area network, VXLAN; receiving , by the AP device, configuration information that is of a VXLAN tunnel and that is sent by the AC device, wherein a local device of the VXLAN tunnel is the AP device, and the configuration information of the VXLAN tunnel comprises an internet protocol, IP, address of at least one peer device of the VXLAN tunnel and virtual network index, VNI, information of the VXLAN tunnel; and generating , by the AP device, tunnel encapsulation information and routing information based on the IP address of the at least one peer device of the VXLAN tunnel and the VNI information, wherein the tunnel encapsulation information comprises an IP address of the AP device, the IP address of the at least one peer device of the VXLAN tunnel, and a VNI, characterized in that the VNI information comprises a VNI mapping relationship, the VNI mapping relationship is used to obtain the VNI, and the VNI mapping relationship comprises at least one of a mapping relationship between a service set identifier, SSID, and a VNI, a mapping relationship between a virtual local area network, VLAN, and a VNI, and a mapping relationship between a VLAN pool and a VNI.
A method for activating a secondary cell, SCell , by a terminal performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system using carrier aggregation, the method comprising: receiving , on a primary cell , an activation medium access control, MAC, control element for activating the SCell from a base station ; activating the SCell based on the activation MAC control element; said method being characterized by : determining whether uplink transmission timing associated with a timing advance group, TAG, to which the SCell belongs is aligned; and performing uplink transmission on the SCell based on the uplink transmission timing in a case that the uplink transmission timing is aligned. receiving , on a primary cell , an activation medium access control, MAC, control element for activating the SCell from a base station ; activating the SCell based on the activation MAC control element; said method being characterized by : determining whether uplink transmission timing associated with a timing advance group, TAG, to which the SCell belongs is aligned; and performing uplink transmission on the SCell based on the uplink transmission timing in a case that the uplink transmission timing is aligned. determining whether uplink transmission timing associated with a timing advance group, TAG, to which the SCell belongs is aligned; and performing uplink transmission on the SCell based on the uplink transmission timing in a case that the uplink transmission timing is aligned.
A method of obtaining fetal cells, comprising placing an absorbent medium in an interlabial space of a pregnant female with an intact amniotic sac, collecting vaginal fluid comprising cells in the absorbent medium while the absorbent medium is in the interlabial space; removing the absorbent medium; extracting the vaginal fluid from the absorbent medium; and isolating fetal cells from the vaginal fluid extracted from the absorbent medium, thereby obtaining the fetal cells. placing an absorbent medium in an interlabial space of a pregnant female with an intact amniotic sac, collecting vaginal fluid comprising cells in the absorbent medium while the absorbent medium is in the interlabial space; removing the absorbent medium; extracting the vaginal fluid from the absorbent medium; and isolating fetal cells from the vaginal fluid extracted from the absorbent medium, thereby obtaining the fetal cells.
A process for recovering valuable metals and/or their oxides from red mud bauxite residues, the process comprising: (a) washing a red mud bauxite residue with sea water to provide a partially neutralized red mud residue having a pH of 9 to 10; (b) calcining the partially neutralized red mud residue having a pH of 9 to 10 at 150°C to 500°C to provide a calcinated red mud residue; (c) acid leaching the calcinated red mud residue with hydrochloric acid of 8M to 12M at a temperature between 120°C and 200°C to provide a silica rich solid component and an acid leachate; (d) separating the silica rich solid component and the acid leachate; (e) precipitating an iron rich solid component from the acid leachate; and (f) separating the precipitated iron rich solid component from the acid leachate to provide an aluminium rich liquor. (a) washing a red mud bauxite residue with sea water to provide a partially neutralized red mud residue having a pH of 9 to 10; (b) calcining the partially neutralized red mud residue having a pH of 9 to 10 at 150°C to 500°C to provide a calcinated red mud residue; (c) acid leaching the calcinated red mud residue with hydrochloric acid of 8M to 12M at a temperature between 120°C and 200°C to provide a silica rich solid component and an acid leachate; (d) separating the silica rich solid component and the acid leachate; (e) precipitating an iron rich solid component from the acid leachate; and (f) separating the precipitated iron rich solid component from the acid leachate to provide an aluminium rich liquor.
A food product quality control system comprising: a support structure ; an inspection unit for detecting at least one property of a food product supplied to the inspection unit, the inspection unit being mounted on the support structure; and a conveyor system for conveying a food product through and/or past the inspection unit , the conveyor system being mounted on the support structure ; wherein the conveyor system comprises a conveying apparatus carried on a frame , characterised by the frame being movably mounted to the support structure such that the frame may move relative to the inspection unit between an operation position, at which the frame is laterally aligned with the inspection unit such that food product may be conveyed through and/or past the inspection unit, and a maintenance position, at which the frame is laterally offset from the inspection unit. a support structure ; an inspection unit for detecting at least one property of a food product supplied to the inspection unit, the inspection unit being mounted on the support structure; and a conveyor system for conveying a food product through and/or past the inspection unit , the conveyor system being mounted on the support structure ; wherein the conveyor system comprises a conveying apparatus carried on a frame , characterised by the frame being movably mounted to the support structure such that the frame may move relative to the inspection unit between an operation position, at which the frame is laterally aligned with the inspection unit such that food product may be conveyed through and/or past the inspection unit, and a maintenance position, at which the frame is laterally offset from the inspection unit.