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A method of starting a fuel cell apparatus having a plurality of fuel cells under freeze start conditions, comprising the steps of: - of determining the existence of freeze-start conditions for the fuel cell apparatus, - supplying on the anode side a hydrogen-containing reactant and on the cathode side an oxygen-containing reactant in a sub stoichiometric ratio with an oxygen deficit, - maintaining the supply of the reactants in a sub stoichiometric ratio for a predeterminable time interval, - after expiration of the time interval, effecting complete discharge of the fuel cells in a discharge phase , - and subsequently transferring the fuel cell device to a normal mode with the supply of the reactants in accordance with the requirements for the given operating state and the power requirement, characterized in that the complete discharge of the fuel cells is effected by stopping the supply of the oxygen-containing reactant from the reactant source and consuming all the oxygen in the fuel cell . - of determining the existence of freeze-start conditions for the fuel cell apparatus, - supplying on the anode side a hydrogen-containing reactant and on the cathode side an oxygen-containing reactant in a sub stoichiometric ratio with an oxygen deficit, - maintaining the supply of the reactants in a sub stoichiometric ratio for a predeterminable time interval, - after expiration of the time interval, effecting complete discharge of the fuel cells in a discharge phase , - and subsequently transferring the fuel cell device to a normal mode with the supply of the reactants in accordance with the requirements for the given operating state and the power requirement, characterized in that the complete discharge of the fuel cells is effected by stopping the supply of the oxygen-containing reactant from the reactant source and consuming all the oxygen in the fuel cell .
A dental model comprising: a gum portion in which an insertion hole with an opening into which a model tooth is to be inserted is provided; and a lid portion provided on an oral side or an extra-oral side of the insertion hole in the gum portion , wherein the lid portion constitutes a part of the gum portion in a closed state, and exposes at least a part of a root portion of the model tooth in an opened state, and wherein the lid portion is configured to be opened and closed relative to the gum portion , characterized in that when the lid portion is closed, the rim of the opening of the insertion hole is formed by rims present on the gum portion and the lid portion , and both ends of the gum portion and the lid portion rims meet to form a recess into which the model tooth is placed, and the lid portion is held with respect to the gum portion in a swingable manner between in the closed state and in the opened state. a gum portion in which an insertion hole with an opening into which a model tooth is to be inserted is provided; and a lid portion provided on an oral side or an extra-oral side of the insertion hole in the gum portion , wherein the lid portion constitutes a part of the gum portion in a closed state, and exposes at least a part of a root portion of the model tooth in an opened state, and wherein the lid portion is configured to be opened and closed relative to the gum portion , characterized in that when the lid portion is closed, the rim of the opening of the insertion hole is formed by rims present on the gum portion and the lid portion , and both ends of the gum portion and the lid portion rims meet to form a recess into which the model tooth is placed, and the lid portion is held with respect to the gum portion in a swingable manner between in the closed state and in the opened state.
A method of producing an aerosol-generating article for generating an aerosol upon heating, the method comprising the steps of: forming a rod by: providing a first continuous sheet comprising an aerosol-forming material , providing a second continuous sheet comprising a thermally-conductive material , simultaneously gathering the first and second continuous sheets transversely relative to the longitudinal axes thereof; circumscribing the gathered sheets with a wrapper to form a continuous rod, and severing the continuous rod into a plurality of discrete rods; combining one of the plurality of discrete rods with a hollow cellulose acetate tube, a spacer element, and a mouthpiece filter, arranged sequentially and in coaxial alignment circumscribing the rod, hollow cellulose acetate tube, spacer element, and mouthpiece filter with a cigarette paper. forming a rod by: providing a first continuous sheet comprising an aerosol-forming material , providing a second continuous sheet comprising a thermally-conductive material , simultaneously gathering the first and second continuous sheets transversely relative to the longitudinal axes thereof; circumscribing the gathered sheets with a wrapper to form a continuous rod, and severing the continuous rod into a plurality of discrete rods; providing a first continuous sheet comprising an aerosol-forming material , providing a second continuous sheet comprising a thermally-conductive material , simultaneously gathering the first and second continuous sheets transversely relative to the longitudinal axes thereof; circumscribing the gathered sheets with a wrapper to form a continuous rod, and severing the continuous rod into a plurality of discrete rods; combining one of the plurality of discrete rods with a hollow cellulose acetate tube, a spacer element, and a mouthpiece filter, arranged sequentially and in coaxial alignment circumscribing the rod, hollow cellulose acetate tube, spacer element, and mouthpiece filter with a cigarette paper.
A control method for processing water circulation in a washing machine comprising, subjecting the washing water of the washing machine drained from the water containing drum to a flocculation treatment and after the flocculation treatment is completed, circulating the treated water for re-use into the water containing drum , characterized in that , according to an amount of detergent in the washing water, an amount of water intake for washing the clothing, and an amount of water detected in each flocculation treatment, a dose of flocculant is calculated for the water in the flocculation treatment wherein, after washing ends, water is drained to a flocculation container for the flocculation treatment, the amount of water in the flocculation treatment is detected and denoted as L1,the amount of detergent is denoted as M, the amount of water intake for washing is denoted as L, the dose of flocculant for the water in the flocculation treatment is N1 =aML1/L, among them, a is a constant, which is related to the type of detergent and flocculant, after the flocculation treatment is completed, treated water is re-drained into a water containing drum for rinsing.
Air spring assembly , with a bellow , which is produced from an elastomeric material and reinforcing elements arranged therein and has a torus-like middle portion and, adjoining thereto, an upper bellow end and a lower bellow end , and in the case of which an annular clamping bead is formed at the upper bellow end and an annular supporting bead is formed at the lower bellow end , wherein at least one signalling conductor that runs uninterruptedly from the clamping bead to the supporting bead is arranged in the elastomeric material of the bellow , wherein the two ends of the signalling conductor are connected in a signalling manner to a diagnostic device , and wherein the diagnostic device is designed for generating a warning message when it establishes on the basis of a reduction or interruption of the signal conductivity of the signalling conductor that its destruction is imminent or has already occurred, wherein at least one of the filamentary reinforcing elements in the bellow is used as the signalling conductor connected to the diagnostic device , characterized in that the reinforcing element serving as a signalling conductor is connected at its end remote from the diagnostic device in a signalling manner to a separate sensor .
A radio-frequency identification, RFID, tag comprising: an ultra-high frequency, UHF, core chip component comprising a UHF antenna ; a high frequency, HF, core chip component comprising a HF coil antenna ; characterized in that the tag further comprises: a near-field communications, NFC, booster which utilizes an NFC function and UHF tag communications system such that the tag is capable of communicating with an NFC device and a UHF reader system , wherein the NFC device supplies energy to the NFC booster to operate the UHF core chip component of the RFID tag in an extended range mode; and a shared memory block component , wherein the NFC function can also interact with the UHF communications system via the shared memory block component. an ultra-high frequency, UHF, core chip component comprising a UHF antenna ; a high frequency, HF, core chip component comprising a HF coil antenna ; characterized in that the tag further comprises: a near-field communications, NFC, booster which utilizes an NFC function and UHF tag communications system such that the tag is capable of communicating with an NFC device and a UHF reader system , wherein the NFC device supplies energy to the NFC booster to operate the UHF core chip component of the RFID tag in an extended range mode; and a shared memory block component , wherein the NFC function can also interact with the UHF communications system via the shared memory block component. a near-field communications, NFC, booster which utilizes an NFC function and UHF tag communications system such that the tag is capable of communicating with an NFC device and a UHF reader system , wherein the NFC device supplies energy to the NFC booster to operate the UHF core chip component of the RFID tag in an extended range mode; and a shared memory block component , wherein the NFC function can also interact with the UHF communications system via the shared memory block component.
A video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated encoding, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition module configured to acquire available blocks having motion vectors and number of the available blocks from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block; a selection module configured to select one block from the available blocks; a selection information encoding module configured to select one code table from a plurality of code tables depending on the number of the available blocks, wherein when there are two available blocks, a code table including two indexes 0 and 1 is selected, and when there are three available blocks, a code table including indexes 0, 1 and 2 is selected, and encode selection information specifying the selected block using the selected code table having the same number of entries as the number of the available blocks; and an image encoding module configured to subject the to-be-encoded block to a motion compensated prediction encoding using a motion vector of the selected block. an acquisition module configured to acquire available blocks having motion vectors and number of the available blocks from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block; a selection module configured to select one block from the available blocks; a selection information encoding module configured to select one code table from a plurality of code tables depending on the number of the available blocks, wherein when there are two available blocks, a code table including two indexes 0 and 1 is selected, and when there are three available blocks, a code table including indexes 0, 1 and 2 is selected, and encode selection information specifying the selected block using the selected code table having the same number of entries as the number of the available blocks; and an image encoding module configured to subject the to-be-encoded block to a motion compensated prediction encoding using a motion vector of the selected block.
A method of compacting an uncured composite member against a mandrel surface having a contour, comprising: adhering the uncured composite member to a compactor ; using the compactor to align the uncured composite member with the contour of the mandrel surface; using the compactor to bring the uncured composite member initially into contact with the mandrel surface at an apex of the contour; forming the uncured composite member over the contour of the mandrel surface outwardly from the apex; and using the compactor to compact the uncured composite member against the mandrel surface, wherein forming the uncured composite member is performed by drape forming the uncured composite member onto the mandrel surface; and the drape forming includes maintaining a substantially constant relationship between ends of the uncured composite member and the mandrel surface as the uncured composite member is being formed onto the mandrel surface. adhering the uncured composite member to a compactor ; using the compactor to align the uncured composite member with the contour of the mandrel surface; using the compactor to bring the uncured composite member initially into contact with the mandrel surface at an apex of the contour; forming the uncured composite member over the contour of the mandrel surface outwardly from the apex; and using the compactor to compact the uncured composite member against the mandrel surface, wherein forming the uncured composite member is performed by drape forming the uncured composite member onto the mandrel surface; and the drape forming includes maintaining a substantially constant relationship between ends of the uncured composite member and the mandrel surface as the uncured composite member is being formed onto the mandrel surface.
An article of clothing comprising: a substrate material including an inner surface and an outer surface disposed on an opposite side of the substrate material than the inner surface, the substrate material forming a body-receiving portion and a limb-receiving portion extending from the body-receiving portion, the limb-receiving portion including a joint portion operable to oppose a joint of a wearer; and a flocking material arranged upon the inner surface of the substrate material away from at least one opening of a plurality of openings such that the flocking material is sized for arrangement upon the inner surface of the base layer about at least one joint of the wearer, characterized by the flocking material being arranged in the form of a pattern of a plurality of line segments that are connected in an intersecting relationship, the line segments defining a gap that is sized for circumscribing the joint portion of the wearer, the gap being operable to receive the joint of the wearer during use, and the flocking material being operable to surround the joint at the gap . a substrate material including an inner surface and an outer surface disposed on an opposite side of the substrate material than the inner surface, the substrate material forming a body-receiving portion and a limb-receiving portion extending from the body-receiving portion, the limb-receiving portion including a joint portion operable to oppose a joint of a wearer; and a flocking material arranged upon the inner surface of the substrate material away from at least one opening of a plurality of openings such that the flocking material is sized for arrangement upon the inner surface of the base layer about at least one joint of the wearer, characterized by the flocking material being arranged in the form of a pattern of a plurality of line segments that are connected in an intersecting relationship, the line segments defining a gap that is sized for circumscribing the joint portion of the wearer, the gap being operable to receive the joint of the wearer during use, and the flocking material being operable to surround the joint at the gap .
A phacoemulsification system, comprising: a cassette comprising positioning surfaces; and a console comprising: a cassette receiver configured to couple with the positioning surfaces of the cassette ; and characterised by : two potentiometers mounted within an area defined by the cassette receiver , wherein the potentiometers are each suitable for depression by a respective one of the positioning surfaces, and wherein an extent of the depressions is indicative of at least one of an alignment and an attitude of said cassette with respect to the cassette receiver ; and a comparator configured to compare, based on an electrical resistance reading from each of the potentiometers , an extent of the depression of one of the potentiometers with that of another of the potentiometers to assess the at least one of the alignment and the attitude of the cassette with respect to the cassette receiver . a cassette comprising positioning surfaces; and a console comprising: a cassette receiver configured to couple with the positioning surfaces of the cassette ; and characterised by : two potentiometers mounted within an area defined by the cassette receiver , wherein the potentiometers are each suitable for depression by a respective one of the positioning surfaces, and wherein an extent of the depressions is indicative of at least one of an alignment and an attitude of said cassette with respect to the cassette receiver ; and a comparator configured to compare, based on an electrical resistance reading from each of the potentiometers , an extent of the depression of one of the potentiometers with that of another of the potentiometers to assess the at least one of the alignment and the attitude of the cassette with respect to the cassette receiver . two potentiometers mounted within an area defined by the cassette receiver , wherein the potentiometers are each suitable for depression by a respective one of the positioning surfaces, and wherein an extent of the depressions is indicative of at least one of an alignment and an attitude of said cassette with respect to the cassette receiver ; and a comparator configured to compare, based on an electrical resistance reading from each of the potentiometers , an extent of the depression of one of the potentiometers with that of another of the potentiometers to assess the at least one of the alignment and the attitude of the cassette with respect to the cassette receiver .
Real-time measurement method of the speed of the sphygmic wave (PWV) acquired as the time lag between the feet of the same sphygmic wave acquired in two different sites of a human body in the form of corresponding electrical signals generated by as many sensors (TS1, TS2) suitable for detecting a pressure impulse at an artery of the human body, the method comprising a process of acquisition (Step i) of the two electrical signals and a simultaneous analysis process (AN) of the two electrical signals in real time, in which the analysis process includes the search (Step vb), for each electrical signal, of the foot (P) of the sphygmic wave in a portion (W) of the unfiltered or high-pass filtered signal (step iv) corresponding to a neighborhood (W) of a relative minimum of the same portion of the band-pass filtered signal and in which said search is performed in two contiguous segments (CS) of the electrical signal by means of an sliding observation window (T), contained in said two contiguous segments, such as to always include an entire sphygmic wave.
Method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network, the user equipment being configured with a feedback configuration of transmission of feedback signaling by the user equipment , the feedback signaling pertaining to downlink signaling; wherein the feedback configuration indicates transmission of feedback signaling on a first carrier with a first numerology and according to a configured transmission timing; wherein the method comprises transmitting the feedback signaling at an updated transmission timing which is later in time than the configured transmission timing if the configured transmission timing is within a signaling time interval of transmission, by the user equipment , of second signaling on the first carrier, wherein the feedback signaling comprises acknowledgement information and/or measurement information, and wherein the downlink signaling is transmitted on a downlink carrier with a downlink numerology, wherein the downlink carrier is different from the first carrier and the downlink numerology is different from the first numerology. wherein the feedback configuration indicates transmission of feedback signaling on a first carrier with a first numerology and according to a configured transmission timing; wherein the method comprises transmitting the feedback signaling at an updated transmission timing which is later in time than the configured transmission timing if the configured transmission timing is within a signaling time interval of transmission, by the user equipment , of second signaling on the first carrier, wherein the feedback signaling comprises acknowledgement information and/or measurement information, and wherein the downlink signaling is transmitted on a downlink carrier with a downlink numerology, wherein the downlink carrier is different from the first carrier and the downlink numerology is different from the first numerology.
Method for displaying a vehicle-specific parameter for a vehicle , wherein the parameter is the vehicle velocity (V F ), in which method a plurality of graphical elements are displayed at a distance from one another in a region (35.1) on a display surface , and a value of the vehicle velocity (V F ) is detected, wherein the graphical elements are moved in one direction on the display surface , depending on the value of the vehicle velocity (V F ), in such a way that a graphical element disappears from the region (35.1) when it has reached a first boundary of the region (35.1), and a new graphical element is displayed at a second boundary of the region (35.1) opposite the first boundary , characterized in that the distance (d) between two respective adjacent graphical elements increases in the movement direction up to the first boundary . a plurality of graphical elements are displayed at a distance from one another in a region (35.1) on a display surface , and a value of the vehicle velocity (V F ) is detected, wherein the graphical elements are moved in one direction on the display surface , depending on the value of the vehicle velocity (V F ), in such a way that a graphical element disappears from the region (35.1) when it has reached a first boundary of the region (35.1), and a new graphical element is displayed at a second boundary of the region (35.1) opposite the first boundary , characterized in that the distance (d) between two respective adjacent graphical elements increases in the movement direction up to the first boundary .