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A detection system for detecting at least one edge portion of an object in front of a dark background , the system comprising: - an imaging device for generating at least one image of the object , the imaging device being a camera and having a field of view ; - at least one auxiliary light reflective surface that is - structured and arranged for passively illuminating the at least one edge portion of the object and that is disposed adjacent to the dark background ; and - at least one illumination device for actively illuminating the object and the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface , whereby light reflected from the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface results in the passive illumination of the at least one edge portion of the object , characterized in that the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface - includes auxiliary light reflective surface areas which are, - respectively, disposed at opposing ends of the dark background , and - are arranged so that the areas are not within the field of view of the camera . - an imaging device for generating at least one image of the object , the imaging device being a camera and having a field of view ; - at least one auxiliary light reflective surface that is - structured and arranged for passively illuminating the at least one edge portion of the object and that is disposed adjacent to the dark background ; and - structured and arranged for passively illuminating the at least one edge portion of the object and that is disposed adjacent to the dark background ; and - at least one illumination device for actively illuminating the object and the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface , whereby light reflected from the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface results in the passive illumination of the at least one edge portion of the object , characterized in that the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface - includes auxiliary light reflective surface areas which are, - respectively, disposed at opposing ends of the dark background , and - respectively, disposed at opposing ends of the dark background , and - are arranged so that the areas are not within the field of view of the camera .
Method for starting up a gas heater with a pneumatic gas/air assembly, wherein the heater is operated with a start profile during start-up and the start profile is adapted to the dynamic behaviour of the mixture composition and to the formation of a gas peak during an ignition procedure, and comprises at least one output curve of a conveying apparatus of the heater and an opening time of a gas valve, wherein the output curve of a conveying device of a start profile comprises at least the following processes: a) increasing the output of the conveying apparatus up to an output L1 with an increase A1 b) opening the gas valve after reaching the output L1 and initiating an ignition procedure, c) keeping the output L1 constant for a period D1 , d) controlling an output L2 of the conveying apparatus with an increase A2 . a) increasing the output of the conveying apparatus up to an output L1 with an increase A1 b) opening the gas valve after reaching the output L1 and initiating an ignition procedure, c) keeping the output L1 constant for a period D1 , d) controlling an output L2 of the conveying apparatus with an increase A2 .
Process for hydrotreating a biomass oil diluted in a refinery stream of petroleum hydrocarbons in a catalytic bed reactor, wherein the catalytic bed reactor comprises sulphided catalytic beds consisting of (i) a first monometallic catalytic bed containing a group VIB metal oxide and (ii) one or more second bimetallic catalytic beds for hydrotreating the refinery stream, preferably configuring a first reaction zone for hydroconversion of triglycerides and/or fatty acids into corresponding n-paraffins, wherein the process comprises the steps of: a) diluting a volume of a biomass oil comprising more than 70% wt of one or more triglycerides and/or one or more fatty acids in a refinery stream of petroleum hydrocarbons with a distillation range between 140 and 500°C to obtain a feedstock containing between 1 and 75% wt of the biomass oil, preferably wherein said one or more triglycerides have ester groups derived from fatty acids having a C12-C18 carbon chain and/or said one or more fatty acids have a C12-C18 carbon chain; b) mixing a hydrogen stream with the feedstock to obtain a first reaction mixture, which is heated and injected in the first catalytic bed at a temperature of between 220 and 370°C causing it to react under a pressure of between 3 and 15 MPa; c) injecting upstream of a second catalytic bed a dilution stream comprising hydrogen to obtain a second reaction mixture, which is hydrotreated under conditions for hydrotreating petroleum hydrocarbons, such that gaseous products and a stream of liquid hydrocarbons are obtained; d) separating the gaseous products, recovering a stream of liquid hydrocarbons containing dissolved gases, purifying the stream to remove dissolved gases to obtain a hydrotreated liquid product. a) diluting a volume of a biomass oil comprising more than 70% wt of one or more triglycerides and/or one or more fatty acids in a refinery stream of petroleum hydrocarbons with a distillation range between 140 and 500°C to obtain a feedstock containing between 1 and 75% wt of the biomass oil, preferably wherein said one or more triglycerides have ester groups derived from fatty acids having a C12-C18 carbon chain and/or said one or more fatty acids have a C12-C18 carbon chain; b) mixing a hydrogen stream with the feedstock to obtain a first reaction mixture, which is heated and injected in the first catalytic bed at a temperature of between 220 and 370°C causing it to react under a pressure of between 3 and 15 MPa; c) injecting upstream of a second catalytic bed a dilution stream comprising hydrogen to obtain a second reaction mixture, which is hydrotreated under conditions for hydrotreating petroleum hydrocarbons, such that gaseous products and a stream of liquid hydrocarbons are obtained; d) separating the gaseous products, recovering a stream of liquid hydrocarbons containing dissolved gases, purifying the stream to remove dissolved gases to obtain a hydrotreated liquid product.
A non-therapeutic, cosmetic use by external topical route of a steviol glycoside derivative or of one of its stereoisomer, in an effective amount, to prevent and/or treat signs of aging of the skin or semimucus membranes, wherein the steviol glycoside derivative is rebaudioside A.
An electronic cigarette , comprising a sensor and an atomizing assembly both of which are disposed in a housing, wherein the atomizing assembly is provided with a first airflow passage , a second airflow passage is provided in the housing, and the sensor is disposed in the second airflow passage , the housing is defined with a first air inlet and a second air inlet , the first air inlet is in fluid communication with the first airflow passage , the second air inlet is in fluid communication with the second airflow passage , the first airflow passage and the second airflow passage are isolated from each other by a partition member , the electronic cigarette further comprises a liquid storage unit in fluid communication with the atomizing assembly and an energy device configured for providing power energy for the atomizing assembly, the sensor is triggered to generate a signal to a control board of the energy device when a portion of the external air flows through the sensor ; characterized in that the atomizing assembly comprises an atomizer head and a venting unit , the atomizer head is disposed at a bottom end of the venting unit , the venting unit comprises an inner air pipe and an outer air pipe , the inner air pipe is disposed inside the outer air pipe , a gap between the inner air pipe and the outer air pipe forms an air inlet passage , two ends of the air inlet passage are respectively in fluid communication with the first air inlet and the atomizer head , an air outlet passage is defined inside the inner air pipe , two ends of the air outlet passage are respectively in fluid communication with the first airflow passage and the atomizer head , whereby the external air enters from the first air inlet , flows downward along the air inlet passage toward the atomizer head , mixes with the smoke generated at the atomizer head , then flows upward along the air outlet passage toward the first airflow passage , and finally exits from the first airflow passage for being inhaled; the liquid storage unit comprises a liquid storage sleeve , the liquid storage sleeve is disposed outside the outer air pipe , a gap between the inner wall of the liquid storage sleeve and the outer wall of the outer air pipe forms a liquid storage chamber for storing cigarette liquid, the liquid storage chamber is in fluid communication with the atomizer head .
A stirrer for manufacturing glass, comprising a stirrer shaft and a multi-staged rod-shaped stirrer blade penetrating through and fixed to the stirrer shaft by welding, wherein the rod-shaped stirrer blade is a hollow cylindrical body comprising: a cylinder obtained by seam welding of two opposing sides of a flat plate made of strengthened platinum or a strengthened platinum alloy containing platinum or a platinum alloy as a matrix and metallic oxide dispersed in the plate; and a disk welded to an entire circumference of both ends of the cylinder and made from an identical material, the rod-shaped stirrer blade penetrates through the stirrer shaft so that a weld line due to the seam welding crosses a center axis of the stirrer shaft, and is fixed so that a locus of an end portion of the blade forms a spiral shape, the number of steps of the rod-shaped stirrer blade is 4 to 10, the rod-shaped stirrer blade is fixed with interval angles between respective blades being set in a range of 20o to 70o and at intervals of 10 to 20 mm from a previous step of the stirrer blade, and the rod-shaped stirrer blade has a core layer showing a dispersed structure that exists in a cross-sectional structure at a fixing portion with the stirrer shaft and is not thermally affected due to fixing. a cylinder obtained by seam welding of two opposing sides of a flat plate made of strengthened platinum or a strengthened platinum alloy containing platinum or a platinum alloy as a matrix and metallic oxide dispersed in the plate; and a disk welded to an entire circumference of both ends of the cylinder and made from an identical material, the rod-shaped stirrer blade penetrates through the stirrer shaft so that a weld line due to the seam welding crosses a center axis of the stirrer shaft, and is fixed so that a locus of an end portion of the blade forms a spiral shape, the number of steps of the rod-shaped stirrer blade is 4 to 10, the rod-shaped stirrer blade is fixed with interval angles between respective blades being set in a range of 20o to 70o and at intervals of 10 to 20 mm from a previous step of the stirrer blade, and the rod-shaped stirrer blade has a core layer showing a dispersed structure that exists in a cross-sectional structure at a fixing portion with the stirrer shaft and is not thermally affected due to fixing.
A beam shaping assembly for neutron capture therapy comprising: a beam inlet ; a target , configured such that the target has a nuclear reaction with an incident proton beam from the beam inlet to produce neutrons, and wherein the neutrons form a neutron beam defining a main axis (X, X1, X2, X3); a moderator adjoining to the target, configured such that the neutrons are moderated by the moderator to epithermal neutron energies, the material of the moderator has been prepared from a material containing at least one of LiF, Li 2 CO 3 , Al 2 O 3 , AlF 3 , CaF 2 and MgF 2 ; a reflector surrounding the moderator, configured such that the reflector leads the neutrons deviated from the main axis back to enhance epithermal neutron beam intensity; a thermal neutron absorber adjoining to the moderator, wherein the thermal neutron absorber, when in use, is used for absorbing thermal neutrons so as to avoid overdosing in superficial normal tissue during therapy; a radiation shield arranged inside the beam shaping assembly, wherein the radiation shield is configured for shielding leaking neutrons and photons so as to reduce dose of the normal tissue not exposed to irradiation; and a beam outlet , characterized in that the material of the moderator has been subjected to a powder sintering device so as to change powders or powder compacts into blocks; and the material of the moderator has been prepared by mixing a mixture containing one or more of PbF 4 , Al 2 O 3 , AlF 3 , CaF 2 and MgF 2 and a 6 Li element-containing material accounting for 0.1 to 5% in percentage by weight of the mixture. a beam inlet ; a target , configured such that the target has a nuclear reaction with an incident proton beam from the beam inlet to produce neutrons, and wherein the neutrons form a neutron beam defining a main axis (X, X1, X2, X3); a moderator adjoining to the target, configured such that the neutrons are moderated by the moderator to epithermal neutron energies, the material of the moderator has been prepared from a material containing at least one of LiF, Li 2 CO 3 , Al 2 O 3 , AlF 3 , CaF 2 and MgF 2 ; a reflector surrounding the moderator, configured such that the reflector leads the neutrons deviated from the main axis back to enhance epithermal neutron beam intensity; a thermal neutron absorber adjoining to the moderator, wherein the thermal neutron absorber, when in use, is used for absorbing thermal neutrons so as to avoid overdosing in superficial normal tissue during therapy; a radiation shield arranged inside the beam shaping assembly, wherein the radiation shield is configured for shielding leaking neutrons and photons so as to reduce dose of the normal tissue not exposed to irradiation; and a beam outlet , characterized in that the material of the moderator has been subjected to a powder sintering device so as to change powders or powder compacts into blocks; and the material of the moderator has been prepared by mixing a mixture containing one or more of PbF 4 , Al 2 O 3 , AlF 3 , CaF 2 and MgF 2 and a 6 Li element-containing material accounting for 0.1 to 5% in percentage by weight of the mixture.
A method comprising: (i) melting glass-forming materials to produce a turbulent molten mass of foamed glass in a submerged combustion melter to produce a molten mass of glass having bubbles therein, (ii) routing a molten mass of glass having bubbles therein to an inlet transition region of a fining chamber, the fining chamber having a longitudinal axis and defined at least by a refractory floor and a sidewall structure, the inlet transition region having a width, depth, and length, the length measured along a line parallel to the longitudinal axis, the inlet transition region width increasing from an initial width to a final width, and the inlet transition region depth decreasing from an initial depth to a final depth, thus forming a partially refined molten glass; (iii) routing the partially refined molten glass over a raised curb in the fining chamber, preferably the raised curb being placed substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the raised curb having a curb width equal to the final width of the inlet transition region, a curb length less than the length of the inlet transition region, and a curb height forming a shallowest depth portion of the fining chamber and separating the fining chamber into the inlet transition region and a primary fining region, thus forming a second partially refined molten glass; and (iv) routing the second partially refined molten glass through the primary fining region, the primary fining region having a constant depth greater than the shallowest depth but less than the depth of the inlet transition region. (i) melting glass-forming materials to produce a turbulent molten mass of foamed glass in a submerged combustion melter to produce a molten mass of glass having bubbles therein, (ii) routing a molten mass of glass having bubbles therein to an inlet transition region of a fining chamber, the fining chamber having a longitudinal axis and defined at least by a refractory floor and a sidewall structure, the inlet transition region having a width, depth, and length, the length measured along a line parallel to the longitudinal axis, the inlet transition region width increasing from an initial width to a final width, and the inlet transition region depth decreasing from an initial depth to a final depth, thus forming a partially refined molten glass; (iii) routing the partially refined molten glass over a raised curb in the fining chamber, preferably the raised curb being placed substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the raised curb having a curb width equal to the final width of the inlet transition region, a curb length less than the length of the inlet transition region, and a curb height forming a shallowest depth portion of the fining chamber and separating the fining chamber into the inlet transition region and a primary fining region, thus forming a second partially refined molten glass; and (iv) routing the second partially refined molten glass through the primary fining region, the primary fining region having a constant depth greater than the shallowest depth but less than the depth of the inlet transition region.
A system comprising: a transducer array including a plurality of transducer elements , wherein the transducer elements are configured to receive ultrasound echoes and convert the ultrasound echoes into electrical signals, wherein the plurality of transducer elements are grouped into a plurality of patches; a microbeamformer coupled to the plurality of transducer elements, the microbeamformer including, for each transducer element, a delay line that comprises a plurality of memory cells , wherein the microbeamformer is configured to: for each patch of the plurality of transducer elements: select, from the plurality of memory cells of the delay lines, time samples from a group of consecutive time samples according to a set of pseudo-random sample patterns or jitter sampling schemes such that each selected memory cell is read only once; sum, for each set of the pseudo-random sample patterns or jitter sampling schemes, the selected time samples to generate a jitter signal; and a decoder configured to receive the jitter signals and generate a reconstructed signal representative of the electrical signals. a transducer array including a plurality of transducer elements , wherein the transducer elements are configured to receive ultrasound echoes and convert the ultrasound echoes into electrical signals, wherein the plurality of transducer elements are grouped into a plurality of patches; a microbeamformer coupled to the plurality of transducer elements, the microbeamformer including, for each transducer element, a delay line that comprises a plurality of memory cells , wherein the microbeamformer is configured to: for each patch of the plurality of transducer elements: select, from the plurality of memory cells of the delay lines, time samples from a group of consecutive time samples according to a set of pseudo-random sample patterns or jitter sampling schemes such that each selected memory cell is read only once; sum, for each set of the pseudo-random sample patterns or jitter sampling schemes, the selected time samples to generate a jitter signal; and select, from the plurality of memory cells of the delay lines, time samples from a group of consecutive time samples according to a set of pseudo-random sample patterns or jitter sampling schemes such that each selected memory cell is read only once; sum, for each set of the pseudo-random sample patterns or jitter sampling schemes, the selected time samples to generate a jitter signal; and a decoder configured to receive the jitter signals and generate a reconstructed signal representative of the electrical signals.
A thermoplastic composition comprising: a) from 50 wt% to 70 wt% of a polycarbonate component, wherein the polycarbonate component comprises a polycarbonate mixture of at least a first polycarbonate having a weight average molecular weight equal to or greater than 45000 by polystyrene standard and a second polycarbonate having a weight average molecular weight less than 45000 by polystyrene standard, wherein weight average molecular weight is measured according to the relevant method detailed in the description, wherein the loading of the first polycarbonate is greater than at least 50% of the total weight of the polycarbonate mixture; b) from 5 wt% to 20 wt% of a high-rubber graft acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer component or a methyl (meth) acrylate-butadiene-styrene component; c) from 5 wt% to 20 wt% of a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer; d) from 5 wt% to 20 wt% of flame retardant component; e) from 0.5 wt% to 5 wt% of a mineral filler; wherein all weight percent values are based on the total weight of the composition; and further comprising a colorant in an amount from 0.001 wt% to 10 wt% of the total weight of a) to e). a) from 50 wt% to 70 wt% of a polycarbonate component, wherein the polycarbonate component comprises a polycarbonate mixture of at least a first polycarbonate having a weight average molecular weight equal to or greater than 45000 by polystyrene standard and a second polycarbonate having a weight average molecular weight less than 45000 by polystyrene standard, wherein weight average molecular weight is measured according to the relevant method detailed in the description, wherein the loading of the first polycarbonate is greater than at least 50% of the total weight of the polycarbonate mixture; b) from 5 wt% to 20 wt% of a high-rubber graft acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer component or a methyl (meth) acrylate-butadiene-styrene component; c) from 5 wt% to 20 wt% of a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer; d) from 5 wt% to 20 wt% of flame retardant component; e) from 0.5 wt% to 5 wt% of a mineral filler;
An orthodontic apparatus for repositioning a patient's teeth and tracking tooth movement, the apparatus comprising: an aligner body comprising a plurality of teeth receiving cavities shaped to reposition the patient's teeth from an initial arrangement towards a target arrangement, the aligner body having a plurality of engagement sites on one or more of a buccal or lingual side of the aligner body, each configured to engage an attachment coupled to the patient's teeth; a plurality of sensors , wherein each sensor extends at least partially within each of the plurality of engagement sites, wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate sensor data related to the force and/or pressure applied between the apparatus and an attachment coupled to the patient's teeth; and a processor coupled to the aligner body and configured to receive and store the sensor data for evaluating a performance of the apparatus. an aligner body comprising a plurality of teeth receiving cavities shaped to reposition the patient's teeth from an initial arrangement towards a target arrangement, the aligner body having a plurality of engagement sites on one or more of a buccal or lingual side of the aligner body, each configured to engage an attachment coupled to the patient's teeth; a plurality of sensors , wherein each sensor extends at least partially within each of the plurality of engagement sites, wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate sensor data related to the force and/or pressure applied between the apparatus and an attachment coupled to the patient's teeth; and a processor coupled to the aligner body and configured to receive and store the sensor data for evaluating a performance of the apparatus.