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A bed comprises a support arrangement (1) adapted to provide upper support surfaces for and carry a person lying in the bed through an upper limitation thereof. A suction device is arranged to generate an air flow from the contact surfaces between a person lying in the bed, through the interior of the support arrangement and out thereof for obtaining a ventilation of the bed space under the person and suction of air away from the bed space through the suction device when a person rests in the bed.

An RNA ligase derived from bacteriophage TS2126 which infects Thermus scotoductus, nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences of open reading frame (ORF) and polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acids, are described.

The invention is directed to an adapter plate (1) for interconnecting of a device with an airplane structure. The adapter plate (1) comprises a central beam (2) area extending in a mounted position across at least two longitudinal and / or lateral floor beams (5) of a fuselage of an airplane and at least two stubs (3) arranged at an angle to the central beam area (2) in the general direction of the floor beams. The adapter plate (1) comprises fastening means to interconnect the adapter plate (2) to the floor beams (5) whereby the stubs comprise at least one channel (8) to receive an existing seat track (7) mounted on a floor beam (5).

A toner is provided that exhibits a high long-term image stability even during high-speed printing and that also exhibits an excellent environmental stability. The toner comprises a binder resin, a colorant, and a nonionic surfactant, wherein the nonionic surfactant has an oxyethylene group (EO) and an oxypropylene group (PO) and has a ratio of the number of moles of the oxypropylene group to the number of moles of the oxyethylene group (PO / EO) of at least 0.01 and not more than 5.00; and when A (μg / g) is defined as a nonionic surfactant content on the surface of the toner that can be extracted by methanol from 1 g of the toner and B (m2 / g) is defined as a theoretical specific surface area determined from a toner particle diameter distribution obtained by a precision particle diameter distribution analyzer that operates based on an aperture electrical resistance method, a ratio A / B is at least 100 μg / m2 and not more than 9000 μg / m2.

An RNA ligase derived from bacteriophage TS2126 which infects Thermus scotoductus, nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences of open reading frame (ORF) and polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acids, are described.

The present invention is directed to a moldable biomaterial comprising a particulate solid porous material and a biodegradable paste material. The paste material and the particulate solid porous material form a matrix usable for the replacement or augmentation of bone. In various embodiments the matrix has a high structural integrity, which does not immediately or shortly after implantation collapse into an amorphous non-porous mass, maintains its porosity after implantation, shows biphasic degradation after implantation and / or has a good resistance against being washed out when it is applied to a wet opened implant site. Active agents can be incorporated in the moldable biomaterial of the present invention, such as bone growth factors. Kits, implants, method of manufacturing as well as medicinal uses are also provided.

Many variables in processes such as those using turbocompressors and turbines must be limited or constrained. Limit control loops are provided for the purpose of limiting these variables. By using a combination of closed loop and open loop limit control schemes, excursions into unfavorable operation can be more effectively avoided. Transition between open loop and closed loop may be enhanced by testing the direction and magnitude of the rate at which the limit variable is changing. If the rate of change indicates recovery is imminent, control is passed back to the closed loop limit control function.

The present invention relates to a device, such as an audio communication device, for combining a plurality of microphone signals xn(k) into a single output signal y(k). The device comprises processing means configured to calculate control signals fn(k), and control means configured to select which microphone signal xn(k) or which combination of microphone signals xn(k) to use as output signal y(k) based on said control signals fn(k). To improve the selection, the device comprises linear prediction filters for calculating linear prediction residual signals en(k) from the plurality of microphone signals xn(k), and the processing means is configured to calculate the control signals fn(k) based on said linear prediction residual signals en(k).

There is disclosed a device for purifying oily wastewater, including a vertical tank of an atmospheric pressure, inside which a central coagulation reaction tube, a reverse cone-shaped cyclone flocculation stage, a suspended sludge filtering zone and a purified water commutation stage of inclined plates are included from bottom to top sequentially, oily wastewater is sequentially subjected to a coagulation reaction, suspended sludge filtering and a purified water commutation process and then discharged, a sludge collecting groove collects and guides the suspended sludge to a sludge concentrating zone for further sedimentation and concentration processes and then discharges it to external to the tank, in this way, the purification reaction, flocculation and fine filtration of wastewater and the sludge concentration process are integrated within the same wastewater purifying device. Thus, the device is equivalent to the existing wastewater pretreatment system plus a fine filtration system.

An antenna arrangement for mobile communication, the antenna arrangement comprising a plurality of radiators (202, 203) for at least two different frequency bands, the plurality of radiators being placed on a reflector (204), wherein the plurality of radiators comprises a first group of radiators arranged to operate in a first frequency band of the at least two different frequency bands, wherein the plurality of radiators comprises a second group of radiators arranged to operate in a second frequency band of the at least two different frequency bands, the first group of radiators forming a first antenna, the second group of radiators forming a second antenna, wherein the radiators are cross-polarized, wherein the radiators (203) of the first group are of cross-type, and wherein the radiators (202) of the second group are of four-leaf type.

A fusible interlining includes a textile interlining web coated with a plurality of double-layered adhesive dots on a first side of the textile interlining web. Each of the plurality of double-layered adhesive dots includes a bottom dot facing the interlining web and an upper dot disposed above the bottom dot. Each bottom dot includes a binder paste containing 50 to 95 percent by weight of an acrylate binder dispersion having a glass transition temperature Tg<room temperature and 5 to 50 percent by weight of a substance that is one of an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of 500 to 4000 mVal / kg and a copolymer of acrylates and monomers with at least one glycidyl side group. Each bottom dot may further include 0 to 20 percent by weight of a hardener. Each upper dot includes at least one of a copolyamide, a copolyester, a thermoplastic polyurethane and a polyolefin. A ratio of a mass of the bottom dot to a mass of the upper dot is from 1:0.5 to 1:5.

Provided is a method for constructing an image database for object recognition, which includes a feature extraction step of extracting local descriptors from object images which are to be stored in an image database, a scalar quantization step of quantizing a numeric value indicating each dimension of each of the local descriptors into a predetermined number of bit digits, and a storing step of organizing each of the local descriptors after the quantization to be able to be searched for in the closest vicinity, giving to the local descriptor an identifier of the image from which the local descriptor has been extracted, and storing the local descriptor to which the identifiers are given in the image database. The storing step comprises extracting the local descriptors from the object images when a search query is given, scalar-quantizing each dimension, determining a local descriptor in the closest vicinity of each of the local descriptors from the image database, and storing each local descriptors so as to be able to identify one image by majority vote processing from the images including any determined local descriptor. The scalar quantization step comprises quantizing each dimension of each of the local descriptors into 8 bits or less. Also provided are a processing program for the method and a processing device for performing the processing.

The invention relates to an electromechanical resonator including at least one deformable element, actuating means for this deformable element for applying to it, simultaneously, at least one first actuating force at a first frequency, and a second actuating force at least one second frequency, the first and second frequencies creating at least two simultaneous resonances at a frequency equal to the frequency of one of the actuating forces.

Many variables in processes such as those using turbocompressors and turbines must be limited or constrained. Limit control loops are provided for the purpose of limiting these variables. By using a combination of closed loop and open loop limit control schemes, excursions into unfavorable operation can be more effectively avoided. Transition between open loop and closed loop may be enhanced by testing the direction and magnitude of the rate at which the limit variable is changing. If the rate of change indicates recovery is imminent, control is passed back to the closed loop limit control function.

The invention relates to a housing sealing cover (1, 10, 15, 18) for detachable liquid-tight fixing to an internal combustion engine, comprising an add-on piece (24) which is firmly connected to the housing, extending through the cover when in a mounted position. Said cover consists of a metallic or polymer support element (2) made of a single layer and is provided with an opening (25) for the add-on piece (24), wherein a seal (23) is arranged in said opening. Said seal comprises a sealing lip(3, 11) extending axially on the edge (26) of the opening (25) and a sealing lip (5, 12, 16, 19) extending radially in relation to the seal of the add-on piece (24). The radially extending sealing lip (5, 12, 16, 19) is retained in the opening (25) in an angularly and radially displaceable manner with respect to the support element (2).

A touch display apparatus including a display module, a circuit board, and an insulation elastic element is provided. The display module has a display surface, and the display module includes a metal frame, wherein at least of a portion of the metal frame is opposite to the display surface. The circuit board is disposed at a side of the display module away from the display surface. The circuit board has a plurality of capacitance sensing element disposed corresponding to a plurality of corners of the display module. The insulation elastic element is disposed between the circuit board and the display module. The capacitance sensing elements are separated from the metal frame at a changeable distance and a sensed capacitance formed between the capacitance sensing elements and the metal frame is changed with the changeable distance.

A method for stabilizing the network frequency of an electrical power network is provided. The network includes at least a two-shaft gas turbine which includes power turbine and a gas generator, wherein the power turbine is connected to a first generator by means of a shaft in a torque transferring manner. Also, an assembly for carrying out the method is provided. The first shaft of the power turbine and the first generator turn permanently synchronized with the power network and the first generator drives the rotation as a motor and a second shaft of the gas generator permanently turns at an ignition speed, wherein the gas generator is ignited upon a power demand and the power turbine is driven by the created hot gas of the gas generator, such that the first generator creates power.

A bidirectional IGBT device, including a cellular structure including: two MOS structures, a substrate drift layer, two highly doped buried layers operating for carrier storage or field stop, two metal electrodes, and isolating dielectrics. Each MOS structure includes: a body region, a heavily doped source region, a body contact region, and a gate structure. Each gate structure includes: a gate dielectric and a gate conductive material. The two MOS structures are symmetrically disposed on the top surface and the back surface of the substrate drift layer. The heavily doped source region and the body contact region are disposed in the body region and independent from each other, and both surfaces of the heavily doped source region and the body contact region are connected to each of the two metal electrodes. The gate dielectric separates the gate conductive material from a channel region of each of the MOS structures.

A dispenser unit for countermeasures. A magazine for the countermeasures is removably arranged on the dispenser unit. A dispensing nozzle dispenses the countermeasures out of the magazine. A movable seal is arranged within the magazine. The seal in a first position covers the dispensing nozzle and in a second position opens the dispensing nozzle, such that the countermeasures may be dispensed through the dispensing nozzle when the seal is in the second position.

The present invention relates to a retroreflective, elongated, filamentous product, comprising a core of non-metallic filamentous material; a first polymer matrix layer comprising a polymer resin, located around an outer peripheral surface of, and penetrating into, the core of non / metallic filamentous material; a reflective material located on an outer peripheral surface of said first polymer matrix layer; a second polymer matrix layer comprising a polymer resin, forming a primer layer on top of said reflective material; and a plurality of refractive microparticles distributed in said second polymer matrix primer layer, wherein said plurality of refractive microparticles is partially embedded in said second polymer matrix primer layer. A process for making the product and uses thereof are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting device, which includes: a cover plate, a substrate and an organic light emitting diode. The cover plate has a carbon nanotube layer thereon. The organic light emitting diode and the substrate are packaged on the cover plate by adhesive applied around the carbon nanotube layer. The organic light emitting display device provided by the present disclosure has a good packaging effect, a good tightness and a good heat dissipation performance.

A method for determining the course of the road for a moving motor vehicle having a surroundings sensor system. Sensor data generated by the surroundings sensor system are evaluated to detect lane-relevant features. A lane model having at least one lane model parameter that determines the course of the lane is generated for the road, structures of at least one distance range that are parallel to the road are detected in the sensor data, the tangential direction of at least the one structure that is parallel to the road is determined, and the value of the tangential direction of the structure that is parallel to the road is adopted as the value of the direction of the tangent line at the point of contact with the structure that is parallel to the road to determine at least the one lane model parameter by predictive estimation in the lane model.

A method and apparatus for analyzing one or more elements of targeted moving snack food surfaces uses laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to detect the presence, absence, or amount of an element on a heterogeneous surface, including seasoned and ready-to-eat snack foods. A laser is used to quantify the element concentration without destroying the targeted sample. An automated on-line system may be integrated into the method to create a closed-loop feedback control system, adjusting the concentration as desired.

An arrangement for detecting the angular position of a rotatable component includes: a magnet, configured to generate a magnetic field, and a sensor assembly, configured to detect the magnetic field, and to supply therefrom an angle signal corresponding to the angular position of the component. The sensor assembly has a first sensor group, including a first magnetically sensitive element, a second magnetically sensitive element, and a third magnetically sensitive element, a second sensor group, having a fourth magnetically sensitive element, a fifth magnetically sensitive element, and a sixth magnetically sensitive element, and an evaluation unit, which is connected to each of the magnetically sensitive elements of the first sensor group and the magnetically sensitive elements of the second sensor group and supplies the angle signal corresponding to the angular position of the component.

A method and apparatus for analyzing one or more elements of targeted moving snack food surfaces uses laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to detect the presence, absence, or amount of an element on a heterogeneous surface, including seasoned and ready-to-eat snack foods. A laser is used to quantify the element concentration without destroying the targeted sample. An automated on-line system may be integrated into the method to create a closed-loop feedback control system, adjusting the concentration as desired.

Disclosed are methods for compensating the varying weight of a glass ribbon the glass ribbon is drawn from a molten glass forming material, and an apparatus therefore. The weight compensating apparatus is configured to apply a force to the glass ribbon that is inversely proportional to the weight of the glass ribbon such that as the glass ribbon weight increases, the force applied to the glass ribbon by the weight compensating device decreases.

A home use sound reproduction system for Hi-fi, with digital signal transfer from a playback unit via a control unit to one or more active loudspeakers, each including or arranged beside an amplifier unit. The control unit is arranged to control sound parameters and send both a digital sound information signal and a power signal for powering the amplifier units, and to superimpose the single ended or differential digital signal together with the power signal on at least one common lead in a cable.