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A method of repairing a wall of a tank for transporting and/or storing liquefied natural gas, the tank wall comprising at least one membrane and a plurality of reinforcements , the membrane comprising a plurality of corrugations in at least one of which at least one reinforcement is arranged, the reinforcement extending along a main direction of elongation and comprising at least one outer wall which delimits a cavity of the reinforcement , the repair method being characterized in that , in at least one step, the reinforcement is cut along a direction secant to the main direction of elongation thereof so as to form at least one first reinforcement portion and a second reinforcement portion , which are separable from the tank wall , in another step, the first reinforcement portion and the second reinforcement portion are substituted by at least two replacement portions and in another step, a sleeve is inserted to a cavity of the at least two replacement portions .
An anchoring system comprising a sheathing retention capsule ; and a post-tensioning tendon that includes a fixed end anchor , a tension member , a stressing end anchor , a strand , and a sheath , wherein the strand is a metal cable and the sheath is tubular or generally tubular and positioned about the strand , wherein the strand is inserted through the fixed end anchor until the sheath engages the sheathing retention capsule , and the strand is coupled to the fixed end anchor by wedges, the sheathing retention capsule comprising: an outer body , the outer body having a tapered inner surface defining a forcing surface and an outer surface; a seal , the seal positioned to seal between the sheath and the fixed end anchor , wherein the seal is annular or generally annular and fits into a recess in the fixed end anchor and one or more holding wedges , at least one of the one or more holding wedges having a tapered outer surface abutting the tapered inner surface of the outer body , at least one of the one or more holding wedges having an inner wall, the anchoring system being characterized in that , the seal is positioned about an outer surface of the outer body , and in that an application of tension to the sheath forces the holding wedges against the tapered inner surface and into tighter engagement with the sheath , thereby forming a press or friction fit, and in that the holding wedges comprise a partial slit or an expansion bridge . an outer body , the outer body having a tapered inner surface defining a forcing surface and an outer surface; a seal , the seal positioned to seal between the sheath and the fixed end anchor , wherein the seal is annular or generally annular and fits into a recess in the fixed end anchor and one or more holding wedges , at least one of the one or more holding wedges having a tapered outer surface abutting the tapered inner surface of the outer body , at least one of the one or more holding wedges having an inner wall, the anchoring system being characterized in that , the seal is positioned about an outer surface of the outer body , and in that an application of tension to the sheath forces the holding wedges against the tapered inner surface and into tighter engagement with the sheath , thereby forming a press or friction fit, and in that the holding wedges comprise a partial slit or an expansion bridge .
Apparatus for dispensing fluid at a desired location, comprising; a delivery device comprising: a first fluid communication pathway and a further fluid communication pathway ; at least one first fluid outlet port and at least one further fluid outlet port at least partly surrounding the first fluid outlet port wherein the first fluid communication pathway is for connecting each first fluid outlet port to a first fluid source and the further fluid communication pathway is for connecting each further fluid outlet port to a further fluid source; a first control member for selectively connecting the first fluid source to said first fluid outlet port; and a further control member for selectively connecting the further fluid source to said further fluid outlet port; wherein the first fluid outlet port is configured to dispense fluid in a first dispensing mode and wherein the further fluid outlet port is configured to dispense fluid in a further dispensing mode; characterised in that the delivery device can selectively provide a spray or jet pattern alone or a mist pattern alone, or both a spray or a jet pattern and a mist pattern simultaneously in which a mist pattern is entrained via a surrounding spray or jet pattern to enhance the throw of the mist. a first fluid communication pathway and a further fluid communication pathway ; at least one first fluid outlet port and at least one further fluid outlet port at least partly surrounding the first fluid outlet port wherein the first fluid communication pathway is for connecting each first fluid outlet port to a first fluid source and the further fluid communication pathway is for connecting each further fluid outlet port to a further fluid source; a first control member for selectively connecting the first fluid source to said first fluid outlet port; and a further control member for selectively connecting the further fluid source to said further fluid outlet port; wherein the first fluid outlet port is configured to dispense fluid in a first dispensing mode and wherein the further fluid outlet port is configured to dispense fluid in a further dispensing mode; characterised in that the delivery device can selectively provide a spray or jet pattern alone or a mist pattern alone, or both a spray or a jet pattern and a mist pattern simultaneously in which a mist pattern is entrained via a surrounding spray or jet pattern to enhance the throw of the mist.
A method for online delivery of content over an electronic communications network , the method comprising: establishing an audio and/or video stream from one or more control/management computing devices to a plurality of participant computing platforms (221-235) utilizing an electronic communications network ; subdividing, by the one or more control/management computing devices and based at least in part on electronic parameters of the plurality of participants, the plurality of participant computing platforms (221-235) into one or more virtual groups, a first virtual group of the one or more virtual groups acquiring the audio and/or video stream and exclusively sharing additional audio and/or video generated by one or more participants of the first virtual group between or among one or more other participants of the first virtual group (221 - 225); and communicating to an instructor computing platform via the one or more control/management computing devices the additional audio and/or video generated by the one or more participants of the first virtual group (221 - 225) without notifying a participant of the first virtual group (221- 225). establishing an audio and/or video stream from one or more control/management computing devices to a plurality of participant computing platforms (221-235) utilizing an electronic communications network ; subdividing, by the one or more control/management computing devices and based at least in part on electronic parameters of the plurality of participants, the plurality of participant computing platforms (221-235) into one or more virtual groups, a first virtual group of the one or more virtual groups acquiring the audio and/or video stream and exclusively sharing additional audio and/or video generated by one or more participants of the first virtual group between or among one or more other participants of the first virtual group (221 - 225); and communicating to an instructor computing platform via the one or more control/management computing devices the additional audio and/or video generated by the one or more participants of the first virtual group (221 - 225) without notifying a participant of the first virtual group (221- 225).
Method for calibrating a position sensor that can be used to detect the position of an equipment component of a mobile working machine, the position sensor detecting the position of the equipment component relative to another equipment component or relative to the working machine, having the following method steps: - selecting at least two positions of the equipment component and preliminarily determining the distance of the at least two positions of the equipment component from one another; - the position sensor independently identifying the at least two positions of the equipment component ; - ascertaining calibration parameters for the position sensor from the signals delivered by the position sensor in the at least two positions of the equipment component and the preliminarily determined distance between the at least two positions. - selecting at least two positions of the equipment component and preliminarily determining the distance of the at least two positions of the equipment component from one another; - the position sensor independently identifying the at least two positions of the equipment component ; - ascertaining calibration parameters for the position sensor from the signals delivered by the position sensor in the at least two positions of the equipment component and the preliminarily determined distance between the at least two positions.
A heating device for infrared saunas and saunas, said heating device including a stove housing which can be disposed within a cabin , a burner which can be disposed outside of the cabin and which is realised for burning a fossil combustible material, and a heating tube which is attached to the burner and which connects the burner to the stove housing and through which combustion gases of the burner can be conveyed, said heating tube realising a tube coil which is disposed within the stove housing, said heating tube being surrounded by an insulating sheath of the heating device in a supply section of the heating tube between the burner and the stove housing, said insulating sheath being spaced apart from the heating tube in such a manner that a gap channel is realised in the supply section between the insulating sheath and the heating tube, said gap channel leading into the stove housing, said heating device including a ventilator unit by means of which fresh air can be conveyed through the gap channel into the stove housing, characterised in that a branch unit is realised at the supply section, fresh air being able to be discharged from the gap channel into the surroundings of the supply section via said branch unit, said branch unit being realised from at least one branch channel of the gap channel, said branch channel penetrating the insulating sheath, and a plurality of branch channels being evenly distributed in the insulating sheath over a circumference of the insulating sheath, and said supply section running in a cover channel of the sauna cabin within the cabin , a clearance being realised between the cover channel and the supply section and leading into the stove housing .
A method for controlling a power mode of an electronic device having a display and a camera, the method comprising: operating the electronic device with the camera turned off; performing a particular function; turning on the camera based on a determination that no input event is received within a specified time period during the performing of the particular function; obtaining a current image from the camera; turning off the camera after obtaining the current image; determining whether the obtained image contains a specific pattern indicative of a human facial feature; and changing the power mode of the electronic device according to the determination outcome. operating the electronic device with the camera turned off; performing a particular function; turning on the camera based on a determination that no input event is received within a specified time period during the performing of the particular function; obtaining a current image from the camera; turning off the camera after obtaining the current image; determining whether the obtained image contains a specific pattern indicative of a human facial feature; and changing the power mode of the electronic device according to the determination outcome.
An apparatus for producing two beams of x-ray radiation comprising first and second tubes for generating x-rays , the first and second tubes being placed in an abutting position with the target of the first tube facing away from the second tube , and the target of the second tube facing away from the first tube , the rotational axes of the rotating systems of the first and second tubes being collinear; each tube comprising: a cathode adapted to emit electrons; a target comprising a target material , wherein the target is positioned to receive the electrons from the cathode on a surface thereof at a focal point ; an anode adapted with an aperture and positioned between the cathode and the target and configured to accelerate the electrons toward the target ; and a rotating system adapted to rotate the target about an axis , the rotating system attached to the target and located in a position facing said surface of the target that is positioned to receive the electrons from the cathode ; wherein a longitudinal axis of the cathode is parallel to the axis of rotation of the target ; and the cathode and the rotating system face the surface of the target ; such that the distance between the focal points is in a range of 60-120mm. a cathode adapted to emit electrons; a target comprising a target material , wherein the target is positioned to receive the electrons from the cathode on a surface thereof at a focal point ; an anode adapted with an aperture and positioned between the cathode and the target and configured to accelerate the electrons toward the target ; and a rotating system adapted to rotate the target about an axis , the rotating system attached to the target and located in a position facing said surface of the target that is positioned to receive the electrons from the cathode ; wherein a longitudinal axis of the cathode is parallel to the axis of rotation of the target ; and the cathode and the rotating system face the surface of the target ; such that the distance between the focal points is in a range of 60-120mm.
Drying device for drying a body for a motor vehicle, following a dip-coating of the body , wherein the drying device has a holding zone , configured to maintain a heated state of the body , and a cooling zone , wherein the cooling zone is mounted downstream of the holding zone in the conveying direction of the body through the drying device , and wherein the holding zone and the cooling zone are delimited from the surroundings of the drying device by an enclosure of the drying device , characterized in that the drying device has a processing zone arranged between the holding zone and the cooling zone , in which processing zone at least one robot is arranged, wherein the at least one robot is configured to dispose at least one sealing material on the body .
System for motorizing a wheel associated with a suspension of an aircraft so as to move the latter along the ground, comprising a motor unit borne by an unsuspended part of a suspension strut , a drive member secured to the wheel , and a clutch device connecting the output shaft of the motor unit to the drive member , in which the clutch device comprises a movement system allowing the motor unit to be moved from one or other of its two, engaged and disengaged, positions so that this unit is connected to the drive member in the engaged position and is separated therefrom in the disengaged position, and in which the movement system comprises a driving element formed of an actuator , in that one end of the actuator is mounted in rotation on a connecting piece secured to the crossmember , characterized in that the motor unit comprises an electric motor and in that the transmission between the output shaft and the drive member is a positive transmission, and in that the other end of the actuator is mounted in rotation to two connecting rods , one of these connecting rods being mounted in rotation on the connecting piece , the other connecting rod being mounted in rotation on the motor unit .
A method for detecting a low-virulence infection with Propionibacterium acnes in a patient, comprising: testing for the presence or level of Propionibacterium acnes in a patient's intervertebral disc sample by one or more of PCR, culture, immunohistochemistry, spectroscopy, in situ hybridization, or metagenomics analysis, Propionibacterium acnes being causative of low-virulence infections, determining a host cell diagnostic microRNA score (DMS) from said sample; evaluating the microRNA profile for a microRNA signature indicative of a low-virulence infection to discriminate false positives and/or false negatives from true low-virulence infections; wherein the microRNA signature is trained with microRNA signatures from infected clinical samples or samples that test positive for the presence or abundance of Propionibacterium acnes, and uninfected clinical samples or samples that test negative for the presence or abundance of Propionibacterium acnes. testing for the presence or level of Propionibacterium acnes in a patient's intervertebral disc sample by one or more of PCR, culture, immunohistochemistry, spectroscopy, in situ hybridization, or metagenomics analysis, Propionibacterium acnes being causative of low-virulence infections, determining a host cell diagnostic microRNA score (DMS) from said sample; evaluating the microRNA profile for a microRNA signature indicative of a low-virulence infection to discriminate false positives and/or false negatives from true low-virulence infections; wherein the microRNA signature is trained with microRNA signatures from infected clinical samples or samples that test positive for the presence or abundance of Propionibacterium acnes, and uninfected clinical samples or samples that test negative for the presence or abundance of Propionibacterium acnes.
Method for operating a hearing device depending on a speech signal , - wherein an acousto-electric input transducer of the hearing device records a sound containing the speech signal from the surroundings of the hearing device and converts the sound into an input audio signal , - wherein a signal processing operation generates an output audio signal based on the input audio signal , - wherein at least one articulatory property of the speech signal is quantitatively acquired through analysis of the input audio signal by means of the signal processing operation, and a quantitative measure (m) of a speech quality of the voice signal is derived on the basis of said property, and - wherein at least one parameter (G) of the signal processing operation for generating the output audio signal based on the input audio signal is set on the basis of the quantitative measure (m) of the speech quality of the speech signal , characterized in that for the quantitative measure (m) of the speech quality, as the articulatory property of the speech signal - a characteristic variable correlated with the precision of predefined formants of vowels in the speech signal , and/or - a characteristic variable correlated with the dominance of consonants, in particular fricatives, in the speech signal and/or - a characteristic variable correlated with the precision of transitions between voiced and unvoiced sounds is acquired. - wherein an acousto-electric input transducer of the hearing device records a sound containing the speech signal from the surroundings of the hearing device and converts the sound into an input audio signal , - wherein a signal processing operation generates an output audio signal based on the input audio signal , - wherein at least one articulatory property of the speech signal is quantitatively acquired through analysis of the input audio signal by means of the signal processing operation, and a quantitative measure (m) of a speech quality of the voice signal is derived on the basis of said property, and - wherein at least one parameter (G) of the signal processing operation for generating the output audio signal based on the input audio signal is set on the basis of the quantitative measure (m) of the speech quality of the speech signal , - a characteristic variable correlated with the precision of predefined formants of vowels in the speech signal , and/or - a characteristic variable correlated with the dominance of consonants, in particular fricatives, in the speech signal and/or - a characteristic variable correlated with the precision of transitions between voiced and unvoiced sounds is acquired.
An exhaust system comprising: a. a NOx storage catalyst; b. an electric heating element; and c. a NOx reduction catalyst comprising an SCR/SCRF catalyst; wherein the heating element is located downstream of the NOx storage catalyst; characterized in that the electrical heating element forms a single unit with the SCR/SCRF catalyst; wherein the SCR/SCRF catalyst is coated on the downstream end of the single unit, with the electrical heating element on the upstream end of the unit; and wherein the NOx storage catalyst comprises a passive NOx adsorber. a. a NOx storage catalyst; b. an electric heating element; and c. a NOx reduction catalyst comprising an SCR/SCRF catalyst; wherein the heating element is located downstream of the NOx storage catalyst; characterized in that the electrical heating element forms a single unit with the SCR/SCRF catalyst; wherein the SCR/SCRF catalyst is coated on the downstream end of the single unit, with the electrical heating element on the upstream end of the unit; and wherein the NOx storage catalyst comprises a passive NOx adsorber. wherein the heating element is located downstream of the NOx storage catalyst; characterized in that the electrical heating element forms a single unit with the SCR/SCRF catalyst; wherein the SCR/SCRF catalyst is coated on the downstream end of the single unit, with the electrical heating element on the upstream end of the unit; and wherein the NOx storage catalyst comprises a passive NOx adsorber.
An apparatus comprising: memory configured to store a credential comprising a cryptographic key which enables decryption of content, and at least one processing core configured to cause the credential to be employed to decrypt a first encrypted media stream to produce a first decrypted media stream, and to cause the first decrypted media stream be provided to a first rendering device over a first connection, the first encrypted media stream being associated with the credential, characterized in that the apparatus comprises a secure integrated component, configured to store at least two credentials, each credential comprising a cryptographic key which enables decryption of content, each credential being associated with a different content provider and/or authorized by a different content provider, the at least one processing core is configured to cause a first one of the at least two credentials to be employed to decrypt a second encrypted media stream to produce a second decrypted media stream and to cause the second decrypted media stream to be provided to a rendering device over a secured tunnel connection. memory configured to store a credential comprising a cryptographic key which enables decryption of content, and at least one processing core configured to cause the credential to be employed to decrypt a first encrypted media stream to produce a first decrypted media stream, and to cause the first decrypted media stream be provided to a first rendering device over a first connection, the first encrypted media stream being associated with the credential, characterized in that