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A method of assembling absorbent articles, the method comprising steps of: advancing a carrier substrate at a first speed in a machine direction, the carrier substrate comprising a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge separated from the first longitudinal edge in a cross direction; advancing a continuous elastic substrate at a second speed in the machine direction, the continuous elastic substrate comprising a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge separated from the first longitudinal edge in the cross direction, wherein the continuous elastic substrate is stretchable in the cross direction; cutting an elastic part from the continuous elastic substrate , the elastic part comprising a first end region and a second end region separated from the first end region in the cross direction by a central region ; changing a speed of the elastic part from the second speed to the first speed; stretching the central region of the discrete elastic part in the cross direction; positioning the elastic part on the carrier substrate such that the stretched central region extends in the cross direction between the first and second longitudinal edges of the carrier substrate ; and dividing the elastic part into a first waistband and a second waistband by cutting the carrier substrate along the cross direction through the elastic part , wherein the first waistband defines a first length in the machine direction and the second waistband defines a second length in the machine direction, wherein the first length is different than the second length. advancing a carrier substrate at a first speed in a machine direction, the carrier substrate comprising a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge separated from the first longitudinal edge in a cross direction; advancing a continuous elastic substrate at a second speed in the machine direction, the continuous elastic substrate comprising a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge separated from the first longitudinal edge in the cross direction, wherein the continuous elastic substrate is stretchable in the cross direction; cutting an elastic part from the continuous elastic substrate , the elastic part comprising a first end region and a second end region separated from the first end region in the cross direction by a central region ; changing a speed of the elastic part from the second speed to the first speed; stretching the central region of the discrete elastic part in the cross direction; positioning the elastic part on the carrier substrate such that the stretched central region extends in the cross direction between the first and second longitudinal edges of the carrier substrate ; and dividing the elastic part into a first waistband and a second waistband by cutting the carrier substrate along the cross direction through the elastic part , wherein the first waistband defines a first length in the machine direction and the second waistband defines a second length in the machine direction, wherein the first length is different than the second length.
A cart comprising a bottom frame , the bottom frame having a first transverse frame member and a longitudinal frame member , a first and a second back wheel , the first and second back wheel being connected to opposite ends of the first transverse frame member , a first front wheel mounted to the bottom frame , a carrier frame mounted to the bottom frame , a collapsing mechanism for bringing the carrier frame from a carrying position into a collapsed position, and a folding mechanism for folding the first and second back wheel and the first front wheel from a drive position into a stow position, the folding mechanism having a first and a second back wheel holder pivotably connecting the first and the second back wheel about essentially horizontal axes extending in the longitudinal direction of the cart to the opposite ends of the first transverse frame member , respectively, the folding mechanism further having a first slide block for sliding along the longitudinal frame member , a first guide unit connecting the first slide block to the first back wheel holder and a second guide unit connecting the first slide block to the second back wheel holder, the folding mechanism further having a connecting member connecting the carrier frame to the first slide block , the folding mechanism further having a first front wheel holder , the first front wheel holder pivotably connecting the first front wheel about an essentially horizontal axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the cart to the bottom frame , the folding mechanism further having a third guide unit for guiding the first front wheel holder , characterized in that the folding mechanism further comprises a longitudinal connecting arm connecting the first slide block to the third guide unit for the first front wheel holder .
A powder suitable for use in a negative electrode of a battery, wherein the powder comprises particles, wherein the particles comprise a matrix material and silicon-based sub-particles embedded in the matrix material, wherein the matrix material comprises a carbonaceous material, wherein the powder further comprises sulfur, the sulfur content by weight in said powder being at least 0.1% of the content of carbonaceous material by weight and at most 1% of the content of carbonaceous material by weight.
A composition comprising a population of human hepatocytes, a population of 3T3-J2 murine embryonic fibroblasts, and a population of human endothelial cells selected from primary liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in co-culture in vitro, wherein the hepatocytes are disposed in a micropattern on a culture substrate, wherein the micropattern comprises a predetermined two-dimensional pattern of multiple microdots, the micropattern defined by a microdot diameter and an edge-to-edge spacing between each of any two neighboring microdots.
A method for the production of lactose or an oligosaccharide of interest which comprises a galactose-β1,4-glucose moiety at its reducing end, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a genetically engineered microbial cell, wherein said microbial cell possesses: - at least one glucose transporter for translocating glucose from the culture medium into the microbial cell's cytoplasm such that free glucose becomes available for intracellular biosynthesis of lactose, wherein the at least one glucose transporter is selected from the group consisting of glucose facilitated diffusion proteins and glucose translocating permeases; - an UDP-galactose biosynthesis pathway; and - at least one β-1,4-galactosyltransferase being able to galactosylate free glucose to intracellularly produce lactose; b) cultivating the microbial cell in a culture medium and under conditions that are permissive for the production of said lactose or oligosaccharide of interest, wherein the culture medium contains a mixture of glucose and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of fructose, galactose, mannose, xylose, rhamnose, glycerol, succinate, pyruvate and malate as main carbon source; and c) recovering the lactose or oligosaccharide of interest from the culture medium and/or the microbial cell. a) providing a genetically engineered microbial cell, wherein said microbial cell possesses: - at least one glucose transporter for translocating glucose from the culture medium into the microbial cell's cytoplasm such that free glucose becomes available for intracellular biosynthesis of lactose, wherein the at least one glucose transporter is selected from the group consisting of glucose facilitated diffusion proteins and glucose translocating permeases; - an UDP-galactose biosynthesis pathway; and - at least one β-1,4-galactosyltransferase being able to galactosylate free glucose to intracellularly produce lactose; - at least one glucose transporter for translocating glucose from the culture medium into the microbial cell's cytoplasm such that free glucose becomes available for intracellular biosynthesis of lactose, wherein the at least one glucose transporter is selected from the group consisting of glucose facilitated diffusion proteins and glucose translocating permeases; - an UDP-galactose biosynthesis pathway; and - at least one β-1,4-galactosyltransferase being able to galactosylate free glucose to intracellularly produce lactose; b) cultivating the microbial cell in a culture medium and under conditions that are permissive for the production of said lactose or oligosaccharide of interest, wherein the culture medium contains a mixture of glucose and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of fructose, galactose, mannose, xylose, rhamnose, glycerol, succinate, pyruvate and malate as main carbon source; and c) recovering the lactose or oligosaccharide of interest from the culture medium and/or the microbial cell.
An enhanced Carrier Aggregation, CA, Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, method in a User Equipment, UE, comprising: Step A: receiving a first high layer signaling (S21), wherein the first high layer signaling indicates a reserved Scheduling Request, SR, resource on a first serving cell; Step B: determining, by the UE and among a plurality of candidate serving cells, a target serving cell for transmitting SR indication information on a first sub frame (S22); Step C: transmitting the SR indication information on the first sub frame of the determined target serving cell (S23); said method being characterized in that the UE is configured with PUCCH of a target format on other serving cells except for the first serving cell in said plurality of candidate serving cells; wherein said target format simultaneously transmits SR indication information and PUCCH format of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, Acknowledgement, ACK, the first serving cell is one of the plurality of candidate serving cells, the reserved SR resource is PUCCH resource, and the SR indication information indicates a positive SR or a negative SR. Step A: receiving a first high layer signaling (S21), wherein the first high layer signaling indicates a reserved Scheduling Request, SR, resource on a first serving cell; Step B: determining, by the UE and among a plurality of candidate serving cells, a target serving cell for transmitting SR indication information on a first sub frame (S22); Step C: transmitting the SR indication information on the first sub frame of the determined target serving cell (S23); said method being characterized in that the UE is configured with PUCCH of a target format on other serving cells except for the first serving cell in said plurality of candidate serving cells; wherein said target format simultaneously transmits SR indication information and PUCCH format of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, Acknowledgement, ACK, the first serving cell is one of the plurality of candidate serving cells, the reserved SR resource is PUCCH resource, and the SR indication information indicates a positive SR or a negative SR.
A secure radio frequency communication alarm system, said system including a radio transmitter device (Tx) configured to transmit, in a channel in the ISM band randomly and periodically defined, an alert signal upon detecting jamming or in response to a manual command to transmit said alert signal, and a radio receiver device (Rx) configured to receive said alert signal and trigger a pre-configured security action, said alarm system being characterised in that the alert signal: - includes a series of alert frames, each frame comprising at least two subparts including different modulations, while having a same power and occupying a same spectral band; and - each alert frame includes a preamble in a first subpart and a payload in a second subpart; and in that the modulation of the payload is performed by means of a spread spectrum technique; and - the preamble includes frequency shift modulation for controlling a bandwidth of said preamble, such as (G)FSK modulation. - includes a series of alert frames, each frame comprising at least two subparts including different modulations, while having a same power and occupying a same spectral band; and - each alert frame includes a preamble in a first subpart and a payload in a second subpart; and in that the modulation of the payload is performed by means of a spread spectrum technique; and - the preamble includes frequency shift modulation for controlling a bandwidth of said preamble, such as (G)FSK modulation.
An apparatus for separating and recovering the components of an alloy, particularly a noble alloy, comprising a high vacuum chamber housing at least one crucible for the alloy to be separated; at least one heating element arranged, during use, around said crucible ; at least one condensation device , which faces, during use, an upper mouth of said crucible ; said condensation device comprising at least one cold element and at least one deflector that diverts the flow of the aeriform substances derived from the melting and evaporation of said alloy toward said cold element ; said cold element comprises at least one exchange surface that is cooled by a cooling fluid supplied by a cooling means; said apparatus being characterized in that : - said cold element comprises a hollow body that is delimited by a first cylindrical lateral wall closed by a disk-shaped upper wall (16; 17); at least one portion of said at least one lateral wall forming said exchange surface; - said deflector comprises a conical body, made of graphite or other material with equivalent characteristics, which is arranged at the axis of symmetry of said cold element and having a vertex directed toward said crucible . - said cold element comprises a hollow body that is delimited by a first cylindrical lateral wall closed by a disk-shaped upper wall (16; 17); at least one portion of said at least one lateral wall forming said exchange surface; - said deflector comprises a conical body, made of graphite or other material with equivalent characteristics, which is arranged at the axis of symmetry of said cold element and having a vertex directed toward said crucible .
A method for manufacturing a spring , comprising the steps of: applying a load to the spring ; measuring a stress of the spring under the load; and releasing the load applied to the spring , wherein the step of measuring a stress of the spring comprises measuring the stress on a surface of an active part of the spring using X-ray diffraction with cos α method. applying a load to the spring ; measuring a stress of the spring under the load; and releasing the load applied to the spring , wherein the step of measuring a stress of the spring comprises measuring the stress on a surface of an active part of the spring using X-ray diffraction with cos α method.
A system for providing automated launch torque, the system comprising: at least one processor ; a memory storage device , operatively connected to the at least one processor and including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to cause the system to: receive an indication to generate a launch torque request indicating a virtual operator launch torque demand to move a vehicle operating in adaptive cruise control mode to a minimum threshold speed; receive a first signal indicating the vehicle's weight and a second signal indicating the vehicle's grade; determine a pedal saturation value based on the vehicle's weight and the vehicle's grade; receive a third signal indicating an engine speed; determine a pedal ramp rate for a dynamic application of the pedal saturation value based at least in part on the engine speed; determine launch torque demand based on the pedal saturation value and the pedal ramp rate; and transmit to one or more powertrain components one or more communications regarding the launch torque demand according to the pedal ramp rate to cause the vehicle to be launched to the minimum threshold speed. at least one processor ; a memory storage device , operatively connected to the at least one processor and including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to cause the system to: receive an indication to generate a launch torque request indicating a virtual operator launch torque demand to move a vehicle operating in adaptive cruise control mode to a minimum threshold speed; receive a first signal indicating the vehicle's weight and a second signal indicating the vehicle's grade; determine a pedal saturation value based on the vehicle's weight and the vehicle's grade; receive a third signal indicating an engine speed; determine a pedal ramp rate for a dynamic application of the pedal saturation value based at least in part on the engine speed; determine launch torque demand based on the pedal saturation value and the pedal ramp rate; and transmit to one or more powertrain components one or more communications regarding the launch torque demand according to the pedal ramp rate to cause the vehicle to be launched to the minimum threshold speed. receive an indication to generate a launch torque request indicating a virtual operator launch torque demand to move a vehicle operating in adaptive cruise control mode to a minimum threshold speed; receive a first signal indicating the vehicle's weight and a second signal indicating the vehicle's grade; determine a pedal saturation value based on the vehicle's weight and the vehicle's grade; receive a third signal indicating an engine speed; determine a pedal ramp rate for a dynamic application of the pedal saturation value based at least in part on the engine speed; determine launch torque demand based on the pedal saturation value and the pedal ramp rate; and transmit to one or more powertrain components one or more communications regarding the launch torque demand according to the pedal ramp rate to cause the vehicle to be launched to the minimum threshold speed.
Liquid-crystalline medium characterized in that it comprises one or more compounds of formula T in which denotes independently of each other, denote wherein the respective rings, and preferably the phenylene rings, optionally may each be substituted by one or two alkyl groups, preferably by methyl and/or ethyl groups, preferably by one methyl group, n denotes 1 or 2, R S denotes alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy preferably having 1 to 7 C atoms, wherein one -CH 2 - group may be replaced by cyclopropylene, 1,3-cyclobutylene, 1,3-cyclopentylene, 1,3-cyclo-pentenylene, preferably by cyclopropylene or 1,3-cyclopentylene, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms, wherein one -CH 2 - group may be replaced by cyclopropylene, 1,3-cyclobutylene, 1,3-cyclopentylene, 1,3-cyclo-pentenylene, preferably by cyclopropylene or 1,3-cyclopentylene, and X S denotes a fluorinated alkyl or a fluorinated alkoxy, preferably those having 1 to 4 C atoms, more preferably CF 3 or OCF 3 . n denotes 1 or 2, R S denotes alkyl, alkoxy, fluorinated alkyl or fluorinated alkoxy preferably having 1 to 7 C atoms, wherein one -CH 2 - group may be replaced by cyclopropylene, 1,3-cyclobutylene, 1,3-cyclopentylene, 1,3-cyclo-pentenylene, preferably by cyclopropylene or 1,3-cyclopentylene, alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkoxyalkyl or fluorinated alkenyl having 2 to 7 C atoms, wherein one -CH 2 - group may be replaced by cyclopropylene, 1,3-cyclobutylene, 1,3-cyclopentylene, 1,3-cyclo-pentenylene, preferably by cyclopropylene or 1,3-cyclopentylene, and X S denotes a fluorinated alkyl or a fluorinated alkoxy, preferably those having 1 to 4 C atoms, more preferably CF 3 or OCF 3 .
A work vehicle configured to travel in a field where a plurality of crop rows are planted, the work vehicle comprising: a distance sensor configured to acquire information on a distance from the work vehicle to each of a plurality of objects present in the field; characterised by a rectangle identification unit configured to estimate the plurality of crop rows on a basis of the distance information and identify a rectangle whose opposite sides are adjacent crop rows of the estimated crop rows; a target setting unit configured to set a target travel route of the work vehicle between the adjacent crop rows on a basis of the rectangle; and a position deviation calculation unit configured to estimate a current position of the work vehicle between the adjacent crop rows on a basis of the rectangle and calculate a deviation amount of the current position from the target travel route. a distance sensor configured to acquire information on a distance from the work vehicle to each of a plurality of objects present in the field; characterised by a rectangle identification unit configured to estimate the plurality of crop rows on a basis of the distance information and identify a rectangle whose opposite sides are adjacent crop rows of the estimated crop rows; a target setting unit configured to set a target travel route of the work vehicle between the adjacent crop rows on a basis of the rectangle; and a position deviation calculation unit configured to estimate a current position of the work vehicle between the adjacent crop rows on a basis of the rectangle and calculate a deviation amount of the current position from the target travel route.
A method of calibrating a playback device using a computing or controller device comprising a processor, the method comprising: causing the playback device located in a playback zone to play a first audio signal, f(t), by a speaker of the playback device; receiving from the playback device , by the computing or controller device , data indicating a second audio signal, s(t), which is detected by a built-in microphone of the playback device ; determining an acoustic response of the playback device located in the playback zone, h r (t), using the relation: s t = f t ⊗ h r t determining an acoustic characteristic of the playback zone, h room (t), that is independent of the playback device by removing a predetermined acoustic characteristic of the playback device, h p (t), from the acoustic response of the playback device located in the playback zone, h r (t), by using the relation: h room t = h r t − h p t ; determining an audio processing algorithm based on the acoustic characteristic of the playback zone, h room (t), and a predetermined audio signal representing a predetermined audio characteristic; transmitting , by the computing or controller device , data indicating the determined audio processing algorithm to the playback device ; and causing the playback device to apply the determined audio processing algorithm to audio data corresponding to a media item when playing the media item by the playback device in the playback zone. causing the playback device located in a playback zone to play a first audio signal, f(t), by a speaker of the playback device; receiving from the playback device , by the computing or controller device , data indicating a second audio signal, s(t), which is detected by a built-in microphone of the playback device ; determining an acoustic response of the playback device located in the playback zone, h r (t), using the relation: s t = f t ⊗ h r t determining an acoustic characteristic of the playback zone, h room (t), that is independent of the playback device by removing a predetermined acoustic characteristic of the playback device, h p (t), from the acoustic response of the playback device located in the playback zone, h r (t), by using the relation: h room t = h r t − h p t ; determining an audio processing algorithm based on the acoustic characteristic of the playback zone, h room (t), and a predetermined audio signal representing a predetermined audio characteristic; transmitting , by the computing or controller device , data indicating the determined audio processing algorithm to the playback device ; and causing the playback device to apply the determined audio processing algorithm to audio data corresponding to a media item when playing the media item by the playback device in the playback zone.