The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons wherein a feed is hydrotreated in a hydrotreating step and isomerised in an isomerisation step, and a feed comprising fresh feed containing more than 5 wt% of free fatty acids and at least one diluting agent is hydrotreated at a reaction temperature of 200-400°C, in a hydrotreating reactor in the presence of cataly...

A channel quality signaling method and a telecommunication system are provided. The system comprises a base station and one or more user equipment, the base station and the user equipment being configured to communicate with each other using a set of given resources. The system comprises a network element for determining connection information comprising the resources to which the channel quality ...

A radio frequency identification (RFID) device (10) comprises a transponder chip (24) and an antenna (42) coupled to the chip (24). Coupling between the chip (24) and at least part of the antenna (42) is alterable upon occurrence of a predetermined event. The device (10) has different electrical characteristics depending on whether the coupling between the chip (24) and the at least part of the an...

A multicast status availability indication from an anchor ( 24 ) is provided to a plurality of base nodes ( 22 ) that are part of a multicast group serviced by the anchor ( 24 ). The availability status indication in one example is sent autonomously by the anchor ( 24 ) independent of any inquiry or attempted setup of a new session with that anchor by a base mode ( 22 ). The base modes ( 22 ) main...

A clamp device (10) having a detection mechanism (24) provided such that the mechanism can detect whether the clamp device (10) is in a clamped state or an unclamped state. The detection mechanism (24) has a tilt plate (116) tiltably placed inside a switch holder (114) installed on a body (16) and also has a sliding rod (126) displaced together with a piston rod (54) and displaced in the direction...

High-molecular-weight siloxane polymers are prepared in a multi-step process wherein an Si—H functional linear siloxane containing silanol groups is reacted with a hydrosilylatable organic compound, and the product is then condensed.

A quantizer quantizes a "prediction error" as a difference value between a pixel X to be compressed and a prediction value X'. A variable-length encoder inputs a quantization number obtained from a quantization table of the quantizer, and outputs a variable-length code (compressed code). A prediction value candidate calculation module calculates candidates 1 through k for a prediction value on th...

An inspection device includes a light source emitting ultraviolet light onto a banknote conveyed on a conveyance path, a light source emitting infrared light onto the banknote, a photosensor for detecting light from the banknote, a light source control processing portion for controlling the light sources while individually switching the light sources at high speed, and a discrimination processing ...

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of diesel range hydro- carbons wherein a feed comprising fresh feed is hydrotreated in a hy- drotreating step and isomerised in an isomerisation step and the fresh feed contains at least 20 % by weight triglyceride C₁₂-C₁₆ fatty acids or C₁₂-C₁₆fatty acid esters or C₁₂-C₁₆ fatty...

A method is provided for producing particles, such as nanoparticles. The method includes introducing an ionic liquid into a deposition chamber, and directing one or more material toward or depositing one or more materials onto the ionic liquid by physical vapor deposition to form nanoparticles in the ionic liquid.

Trichlorosilane production is increased while simultaneously lowering environmental burden due to destruction and disposition of high boilers by feeding high boilers from trichlorosilane production or from polycrystalline silicon production into a fluidized bed for production of trichlorosilane from metallic silicon and hydrogen chloride.

A wireless LAN (WLAN) system for communications among a plurality of users within a basic service system or cell comprising a switching access point (SAP) for transmitting and receiving point-to-multipoint communications to and from the users and a plurality of user terminals, each of which is assigned to a part available in the switching access point and defining a unique combination of a carrier...

A novel mono(benzo[k]fluoranthene) compound having a molecular structure containing at least one condensed ring aromatic group which is tricyclic or more at any of 7- to 9-positions of benzo[k]fluoranthene. Also an organic light emitting device including at least a pair of electrodes formed of an anode and a cathode, and a layer formed of an organic compound, the layer being interposed between the...

An object of the invention is to provide a receiving apparatus in which multipath noise can be reduced. In a diversity receiving apparatus (20), a delay amount of phase shifters (24a, 24b) is changed to reduce a multipath level (Mdc) detected by a multipath detecting unit (33). The multipath detecting unit (33), signal processing parts (23a, 23b), and a combiner (25) are provided to obtain a recei...

A method and a device for manufacturing a synthetic resin coated metal can body capable of drawing and ironing the synthetic resin coated metal can body with a large processing quantity without causing can body breakage. First and second ironings are conducted to the side wall of a redrawn can (20) formed by drawing a thermoplastic resin-coated aluminum sheet (1) on both surfaces by a first ironin...

An architecture for providing an alert message based on content that may be received as an event based feed or a time based feed in one or more formats. The architecture includes a data collection processing module for normalizing the content into a predefined data structure, and indexing the content for processing large amounts of content according to selected characteristics. A matching engine e...

Disclosed herein are barrier articles of polyurethane blends or alloys that limit the permeability of gases there through, particularly as used in inflatable sports articles and more particularly as used in soccer balls.

An apparatus and process for measuring light intensities includes the use of a probe. The probe is configured for monitoring a wavelength range from about 180 nanometers to about 270 nanometers (nm). The probe comprises a reflective and diffusive layer adapted for collecting light; a waveguide having one end in optical communication with the reflective and diffusive layer, wherein the waveguide ha...

Various techniques and tools for coding and decoding interlaced video are described, including (1) hybrid motion vector prediction for interlaced forward-predicted fields, (2) using motion vector block patterns, (3) selecting between dominant and non-dominant polarities for motion vector predictors, (4) joint coding and decoding of reference field selection information and differential motion vect...

In a Cr-Cu alloy that is formed by powder metallurgy and contains a Cu matrix and flattened Cr phases, the Cr content in the Cr-Cu alloy is more than 30% to 80% or less by mass, and the average aspect ratio of the flattened Cr phases is more than 1.0 and less than 100. The Cr-Cu alloy has a small thermal expansion coefficient in in-plane directions, a high thermal conductivity, and excellent proce...