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A computer implemented method of configuring an automation system , the method comprising and/or initiating the steps of: determining (S1) a factor graph model representing an operating process of the automation system , the operating process comprising one or more executable functions (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ), wherein determining the factor graph model comprises assigning (S7) one or more variables (X1, X2, X3) of said one or more executable functions (f1, f2, f3) by way of one or more edges to one or more factor graph nodes (n1, n2, n3) of the factor graph model, assigning one or more resources of the automation system to one or more factor graph nodes (n1, n2, n3) of the factor graph model , wherein one or more resources of the automation system comprises at least one of one or more computing nodes (ECU) and the one or more executable functions (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ), assigning (S8) one or more messages (μ 1 , μ 2 , μ 3 ) to one or more edges between factor graph nodes (n1, n2, n3) of the factor graph model of the automation system , and/or assigning (S9) one or more constraints to the one or more variables and/or executable functions (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ), determining (S2) an execution schedule for executing the one or more executable functions (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ) based on the assignment, and operating (S3) the automation system according to the execution schedule determined, wherein the automation system determines one or more variables (x, x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) representing physical properties and/or one or more control parameters and/or one or more product/production properties for carrying out the operating process. determining (S1) a factor graph model representing an operating process of the automation system , the operating process comprising one or more executable functions (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ), wherein determining the factor graph model comprises assigning (S7) one or more variables (X1, X2, X3) of said one or more executable functions (f1, f2, f3) by way of one or more edges to one or more factor graph nodes (n1, n2, n3) of the factor graph model, assigning one or more resources of the automation system to one or more factor graph nodes (n1, n2, n3) of the factor graph model , wherein one or more resources of the automation system comprises at least one of one or more computing nodes (ECU) and the one or more executable functions (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ), assigning (S8) one or more messages (μ 1 , μ 2 , μ 3 ) to one or more edges between factor graph nodes (n1, n2, n3) of the factor graph model of the automation system , and/or assigning (S9) one or more constraints to the one or more variables and/or executable functions (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ), determining (S2) an execution schedule for executing the one or more executable functions (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ) based on the assignment, and operating (S3) the automation system according to the execution schedule determined, wherein the automation system determines one or more variables (x, x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) representing physical properties and/or one or more control parameters and/or one or more product/production properties for carrying out the operating process.
An electric linear motion actuator comprising a housing , an outer ring member mounted in the housing and formed with a helical rib on a radially inner surface of the outer ring member , a rotary shaft mounted coaxially with the outer ring member and configured to be rotated by an electric motor , a carrier supported by the rotary shaft so as to be rotatable about the rotary shaft , a plurality of planetary rollers mounted between a radially outer surface of the rotary shaft and the radially inner surface of the outer ring member and rotatably supported by the carrier , the planetary rollers being in frictional contact with the rotary shaft and each having a plurality of circumferential grooves arranged with the same pitch as the pitch of the helical rib and meshing with the helical rib , the linear motion actuator being configured such that when the rotary shaft rotates, the planetary rollers revolve around the rotary shaft while rotating about axes of the respective planetary rollers due to frictional contact between the planetary rollers and the rotary shaft , and the carrier is moved linearly in an axial direction of the rotary shaft due to meshing engagement between the helical rib and the circumferential grooves , and thrust bearings mounted between an axial surface of the carrier and axial surfaces of the respective planetary rollers that axially face the axial surface of the carrier and configured to receive thrust loads applied from the carrier to the planetary rollers in a push-in direction, wherein the circumferential grooves of the respective planetary rollers are formed such that with the planetary rollers supported by the respective thrust bearings , the axial position of each circumferential groove coincides with the axial position of the portion of the helical rib that is engaged in said each circumferential groove , wherein the planetary rollers have bearing support surfaces on which the respective thrust bearings are supported, and wherein the distance from the bearing support surface of each planetary roller to a predetermined reference position of each circumferential groove of said each planetary roller is different from the corresponding distances for the other planetary rollers , whereby with the planetary rollers supported by the respective thrust bearings , the axial position of each circumferential groove coincides with the axial position of the portion of the helical rib that is engaged in said each circumferential groove .
An electric apparatus of a bio-signal measurement system, wherein the electric apparatus , which is non-disposable, comprises a front part and a back part ; the front part comprises a compartment at a back side of the front part , the compartment being configured to house the back part when inserted therein; the back part comprises electric circuit conductors and an extension plate , which is configured to extend to the front part within the electric apparatus ; the extension plate comprises first electric contacts of the electric circuit conductors , the first electric contacts being configured to reside within the front part when the back part is within the compartment , the first electric contacts acting as counter-electrodes for electrodes of a front flap of a disposable patch electrode structure ; the electric apparatus is configured receive the front flap of the disposable patch electrode structure into a volume of the front part for forming a contact between the first electric contacts and the electrodes of the front flap ; at least one of the back part and the front part comprises resin holes , and the compartment contains resin received through the resin holes , the resin being configured immobilize the front part and the back part with respect to each other and attaching them together. the electric apparatus , which is non-disposable, comprises a front part and a back part ; the front part comprises a compartment at a back side of the front part , the compartment being configured to house the back part when inserted therein; the back part comprises electric circuit conductors and an extension plate , which is configured to extend to the front part within the electric apparatus ; the extension plate comprises first electric contacts of the electric circuit conductors , the first electric contacts being configured to reside within the front part when the back part is within the compartment , the first electric contacts acting as counter-electrodes for electrodes of a front flap of a disposable patch electrode structure ; the electric apparatus is configured receive the front flap of the disposable patch electrode structure into a volume of the front part for forming a contact between the first electric contacts and the electrodes of the front flap ; at least one of the back part and the front part comprises resin holes , and the compartment contains resin received through the resin holes , the resin being configured immobilize the front part and the back part with respect to each other and attaching them together.
A method of diagnosing Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) and/or the hepatic fibrosis status of a subject, wherein the method comprises: (I) measuring, in a sample obtained from a subject, levels of at least three biomarkers being a pro-inflammatory cytokine, a chemokine and a glycosaminoglycan contributing to cell-adhesion and tissue modeling; (II) combining the levels of said at least three biomarkers measured in step (I) in a mathematical model; and (III) determining whether the subject is afflicted with NASH and/or determining its hepatic fibrosis status, said at least three biomarkers comprising IL-8, CXCL10 and Hyaluronic acid (HA). (I) measuring, in a sample obtained from a subject, levels of at least three biomarkers being a pro-inflammatory cytokine, a chemokine and a glycosaminoglycan contributing to cell-adhesion and tissue modeling; (II) combining the levels of said at least three biomarkers measured in step (I) in a mathematical model; and (III) determining whether the subject is afflicted with NASH and/or determining its hepatic fibrosis status,
A computer-implemented method for generating a high dynamic range, HDR, image , the method comprising: obtaining a short exposure color-infrared, color-IR, image captured with an activated infrared, IR, illuminator and a long exposure color-IR image captured with a deactivated IR illuminator , wherein the short exposure color-IR image is captured with a shorter exposure time than the long exposure color-IR image ; determining an IR light impact of the short exposure color-IR image and of the long exposure color-IR image ; mitigating the IR light impact in the short exposure color-IR image to obtain a short exposure IR-suppressed color image ; mitigating the IR light impact in the long exposure color-IR image to obtain a long exposure IR-suppressed color image ; and merging the short exposure IR-suppressed color image with the long exposure IR-suppressed color image to obtain a merged HDR image . obtaining a short exposure color-infrared, color-IR, image captured with an activated infrared, IR, illuminator and a long exposure color-IR image captured with a deactivated IR illuminator , wherein the short exposure color-IR image is captured with a shorter exposure time than the long exposure color-IR image ; determining an IR light impact of the short exposure color-IR image and of the long exposure color-IR image ; mitigating the IR light impact in the short exposure color-IR image to obtain a short exposure IR-suppressed color image ; mitigating the IR light impact in the long exposure color-IR image to obtain a long exposure IR-suppressed color image ; and merging the short exposure IR-suppressed color image with the long exposure IR-suppressed color image to obtain a merged HDR image .
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting semiconductor diode structure ; characterised in that it comprises a wavelength converting layer having a thickness of 5-20 microns attached to the light emitting semiconductor diode structure, the wavelength converting layer comprising: a plurality of phosphor grains 50-500nm in size and encapsulated in cerium free YAG shells and a binder material binding the plurality of phosphor grains. a light emitting semiconductor diode structure ; characterised in that it comprises a wavelength converting layer having a thickness of 5-20 microns attached to the light emitting semiconductor diode structure, the wavelength converting layer comprising: a plurality of phosphor grains 50-500nm in size and encapsulated in cerium free YAG shells and a binder material binding the plurality of phosphor grains. a plurality of phosphor grains 50-500nm in size and encapsulated in cerium free YAG shells and a binder material binding the plurality of phosphor grains.
A coated panel for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a panel having a panel inner surface ; a pocket formed in the panel inner surface , the pocket having a base portion , a pocket edge and a pocket depth ; and a coating applied to the pocket such that a coating edge is disposed within the pocket to enhance coating retention to the panel ; characterized by the pocket depth becoming shallower with increasing distance from the pocket edge , wherein a maximum pocket depth is located at or near the pocket edge . a panel having a panel inner surface ; a pocket formed in the panel inner surface , the pocket having a base portion , a pocket edge and a pocket depth ; and a coating applied to the pocket such that a coating edge is disposed within the pocket to enhance coating retention to the panel ; characterized by the pocket depth becoming shallower with increasing distance from the pocket edge , wherein a maximum pocket depth is located at or near the pocket edge .
A multi-channel system for sorting particles according to one or more characteristics of theparticles, the system being characterised in that it includes: multiple flow cytometry units each of which is operable to sort a desired population of particles in a mixture of particles by interrogating a stream of fluid containing the particles using a beam of electromagnetic radiation, wherein each flow cytometry unit comprises a droplet sorting system, the units sharing an integrated platform including a common fluid delivery system for delivering fluid containing the particles to the flow cytometry units, wherein the common fluid delivery system is capable of supplying one or more of the units at a first flow rate and one or more of the units at a second flow rate.
A process for removing water from a mixture containing water and a compound, said mixture at an initial ratio between said water and said compound, said process comprising the steps of: - prearranging a treatment container in which said mixture is present; - feeding a stream of a treatment gas containing ammonia into said treatment container , and causing said treatment gas to contact said mixture , in such a way that a part of said ammonia reacts with said water of said mixture , forming ammonium hydroxide; - maintaining said mixture at a treatment temperature higher than 27°C, at which said ammonium hydroxide is in a gaseous state, - extracting an exhausted gas stream from said treatment container , said stream comprising said ammonium hydroxide and an unreacted treatment gas , so as to progressively remove water from said mixture while said stream of said treatment gas is supplied, and said exhaust gas stream is extracted in/from said treatment container , and therefore said mixture containing said compound is concentrated: - continuing said feeding , maintaining and extracting steps at least until a final concentrate of said compound is obtained at a predetermined final ratio between said water and said compound. - prearranging a treatment container in which said mixture is present; - feeding a stream of a treatment gas containing ammonia into said treatment container , and causing said treatment gas to contact said mixture , in such a way that a part of said ammonia reacts with said water of said mixture , forming ammonium hydroxide; - maintaining said mixture at a treatment temperature higher than 27°C, at which said ammonium hydroxide is in a gaseous state, - extracting an exhausted gas stream from said treatment container , said stream comprising said ammonium hydroxide and an unreacted treatment gas , - continuing said feeding , maintaining and extracting steps at least until a final concentrate of said compound is obtained at a predetermined final ratio between said water and said compound.
A polymer comprising a polyalkylene backbone with greater than 100 units and one or more highly branched ethylene-based polymeric branches, the polymer having at least 0.15 units of C 5 amyl branches per 1000 carbon atoms based on the number of carbon atoms in the ethylene-based polymeric branches, as determined by 13 C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) wherein the polyalkylene comprises repeating units as illustrated in Formula 2 in which each R 1 and R 2 are independently hydrogen or alkyl with the proviso that R 1 and R 2 cannot simultaneously be hydrogen, and n is an integer greater than 100.
An electro-optic medium for electro-optic displays comprising a continuous phase comprising a binder and a discontinuous phase comprising electro-optic material, the electro-optic medium being characterized in that the binder comprises an elastomer having a Young's modulus less than 25 MPa.
An extractive distillation process comprising: providing a mixture that includes acrylonitrile and acetonitrile to at least one distillation column; contacting the mixture that includes acrylonitrile and acetonitrile with aqueous solvent to provide an acrylonitrile-water azeotrope; and separating the acrylonitrile-water azeotrope from the acetonitrile to provide an overhead stream, a sidestream and a bottoms stream, wherein the overhead stream comprises the acrylonitrile-water azeotrope, 0.05 weight percent or less acetonitrile, and 70 to 90 weight percent acrylonitrile, the bottoms stream comprises 0 to 0.0075 weight percent acetonitrile, and the side stream comprises 5 to 70 weight percent acetonitrile and 1 weight percent or less acrylonitrile, wherein the weight percent acetonitrile in the overhead stream and the weight percent acrylonitrile in the sidestream are controlled based on the flow of the aqueous solvent added to the distillation column and a temperature of the distillation column. providing a mixture that includes acrylonitrile and acetonitrile to at least one distillation column; contacting the mixture that includes acrylonitrile and acetonitrile with aqueous solvent to provide an acrylonitrile-water azeotrope; and separating the acrylonitrile-water azeotrope from the acetonitrile to provide an overhead stream, a sidestream and a bottoms stream, wherein the overhead stream comprises the acrylonitrile-water azeotrope, 0.05 weight percent or less acetonitrile, and 70 to 90 weight percent acrylonitrile, the bottoms stream comprises 0 to 0.0075 weight percent acetonitrile, and the side stream comprises 5 to 70 weight percent acetonitrile and 1 weight percent or less acrylonitrile, wherein the weight percent acetonitrile in the overhead stream and the weight percent acrylonitrile in the sidestream are controlled based on the flow of the aqueous solvent added to the distillation column and a temperature of the distillation column.
An underwater turbine yaw brake to restrict or prevent yawing of a nacelle of the underwater turbine about a substantially vertical axis (A), the brake comprising a plurality of overlapping brake fins and at least one piston , wherein at least one of the brake fins is connected to a fixed portion of the underwater turbine and at least one other of the brake fins is connected to a rotating portion of the underwater turbine, wherein the at least one piston is moveable between a first position in which the overlapping brake fins are urged against one another to restrict or prevent movement of the rotating portion of the underwater turbine, and a second position in which the rotating portion can move relative to the fixed portion , characterised in that the brake fins comprise annular discs.
An On-Load Tap Changer for a fluid-filled power transformer , the On-Load Tap Changer comprising: a barrier , sealingly arranged to separate an electrically insulating tap changer fluid of the On-Load Tap Changer from an electrically insulating transformer fluid in a transformer tank of the power transformer; a diverter switch unit arranged in the tap changer fluid and fixed to an inside surface of a backboard of the barrier; and a tap selector unit arranged in the transformer fluid and fixed to an outside surface of the backboard; wherein the diverter switch unit and the tap selector unit are galvanically connected with each other via phase holes in the backboard; characterized in that the backboard is arched such that the backboard is shaped like a longitudinal envelope section of a circular, elliptical or parabolic cylinder, preferably a circular cylinder. a barrier , sealingly arranged to separate an electrically insulating tap changer fluid of the On-Load Tap Changer from an electrically insulating transformer fluid in a transformer tank of the power transformer; a diverter switch unit arranged in the tap changer fluid and fixed to an inside surface of a backboard of the barrier; and a tap selector unit arranged in the transformer fluid and fixed to an outside surface of the backboard; wherein the diverter switch unit and the tap selector unit are galvanically connected with each other via phase holes in the backboard; characterized in that the backboard is arched such that the backboard is shaped like a longitudinal envelope section of a circular, elliptical or parabolic cylinder, preferably a circular cylinder.
Device for separating a sawn timber package obtained by cutting from a log into main products and side products during longitudinal transport thereof, the device having at least one separating means positioned such that it engages, during a feed motion of the sawn timber package , in a sawing gap between single-cut or multi-cut portions of the main product and the side product and deflects the side product in a direction leading away from the main product , characterised in that the side product is arranged above and/or below the main product during the longitudinal transport of the sawn timber package , and as separating means , two rotatably mounted conical rollers are provided which each have a circumferential separating edge which is formed by two surfaces of revolution enclosing an acute angle, wherein the two conical rollers are arranged on both sides of the sawn timber package and are oriented such that they engage laterally in the horizontally extending sawing gap with the respective separating edges thereof and roll on the main product with said first surface of revolution , while they deflect the side product from the main product with said second surface of revolution . the side product is arranged above and/or below the main product during the longitudinal transport of the sawn timber package , and as separating means , two rotatably mounted conical rollers are provided which each have a circumferential separating edge which is formed by two surfaces of revolution enclosing an acute angle, wherein the two conical rollers are arranged on both sides of the sawn timber package and are oriented such that they engage laterally in the horizontally extending sawing gap with the respective separating edges thereof and roll on the main product with said first surface of revolution , while they deflect the side product from the main product with said second surface of revolution .