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An apparatus for hip surgery comprising a distractor assembly adapted to couple to a leg and capable of providing a distraction load on the leg in both supine and lateral positions of the leg, wherein the distractor assembly comprises: a lockable joint (104, 104a) configured to couple the distractor assembly to a surgical table; a knob for positioning, locking and unlocking the joint; a foot holder mountable to the distractor assembly and including a support bar; a support configured to be fastened to a surgical table; and rail clamps configured to attach to side rails of a surgical table, wherein the joint couples the assembly to the support, and wherein the support includes at least one mount for coupling to the joint. a lockable joint (104, 104a) configured to couple the distractor assembly to a surgical table; a knob for positioning, locking and unlocking the joint; a foot holder mountable to the distractor assembly and including a support bar; a support configured to be fastened to a surgical table; and rail clamps configured to attach to side rails of a surgical table, wherein the joint couples the assembly to the support, and wherein the support includes at least one mount for coupling to the joint.
A container for selective transport of samples of biological material or of biological origin comprising a body having at least a compartment suitable for containing at least a liquid, or for containing at least a liquid and at least a portion of a collecting device for biological samples, said body comprising at least an access opening to the compartment and at least a containing wall provided with at least a selective passage portion configured such as to prevent exit of a liquid from the container, through the passage portion, at least in at least an operating sealed condition characterised at least by a rest state of the container or by a first value of mechanical shaking of the container and/or by a first value of relative centrifugal force to which the container is subjected for a first interval of a predetermined time, and configured such as selectively to enable exit of the liquid from the container, across the passage portion, at least in an operating passage condition, characterised at least by a corresponding second state of mechanical shaking of the container and/or wherein the container is subjected to a corresponding second relative centrifugal force, for a second predetermined time interval characterized in that the selective passage portion is provided with at least a weakened portion or a plurality of weakened portions, each weakened portion being closed at least in one of the sealed operating conditions and/or before the container is brought into one of the operating passage conditions for the second predetermined time interval, and being suitable for opening in at least one of said operating passage conditions by realising a passage opening suitable for enabling passage of the liquid through the selective passage portion.
A method of CT angiography with respiratory motion compensation comprising: generating data sets corresponding to a plurality of sub-volumes of an object over a plurality of cardiac cycles; selecting sub-volume data sets which are in a common cardiac phase; generating a plurality of sub-volume images in the common cardiac phase from the selected sub-volume data sets, wherein the sub-volumes for which the sub-volume images in the common cardiac phase are generated are not uniformly spaced axially along the angiographic image and have different degrees of overlap; identifying characteristic points in the sub-volume images in the common cardiac phase; calculating a respiratory motion vector for at least some of the sub-volumes for which the sub-volume images in the common cardiac phase are generated based on the identified characteristic points; and reconstructing the selected sub-volume data sets into a volume image representation in accordance with the calculated respiratory motion vector. generating data sets corresponding to a plurality of sub-volumes of an object over a plurality of cardiac cycles; selecting sub-volume data sets which are in a common cardiac phase; generating a plurality of sub-volume images in the common cardiac phase from the selected sub-volume data sets, wherein the sub-volumes for which the sub-volume images in the common cardiac phase are generated are not uniformly spaced axially along the angiographic image and have different degrees of overlap; identifying characteristic points in the sub-volume images in the common cardiac phase; calculating a respiratory motion vector for at least some of the sub-volumes for which the sub-volume images in the common cardiac phase are generated based on the identified characteristic points; and reconstructing the selected sub-volume data sets into a volume image representation in accordance with the calculated respiratory motion vector.
A method for producing a ridge optical waveguide having low coupling losses between the ridge optical waveguide and an optical fiber, the method comprising the following steps: - formation of an optical waveguide on the surface of a dielectric substrate, the optical waveguide having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end; - dicing of two parallel recesses (R1, R2) separated by a distance w r on the surface of the dielectric substrate so as to form a ridge optical waveguide with a width (w r) raised up between the two recesses (R1, R2), characterized in that the dicing is such that the depth of each recess (R1, R2) varies continuously and progressively between a depth of zero at the location of the first end of the optical waveguide designed to receive the optical fiber, and a maximum depth (H m) at a predetermined distance (l p) from the first end of the optical waveguide, the depth variation of each recess (R1, R2) forming a vertical optical mode transition region of length (l p) between the ridge optical waveguide and the optical fiber. - formation of an optical waveguide on the surface of a dielectric substrate, the optical waveguide having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end; - dicing of two parallel recesses (R1, R2) separated by a distance w r on the surface of the dielectric substrate so as to form a ridge optical waveguide with a width (w r) raised up between the two recesses (R1, R2),
A clock-less asynchronous processing system, comprising: a processing pipeline having a plurality of successive processing stages, each processing stage comprising, asynchronous logic circuitry configured to process input data and output processed data, a data storage element coupled to the asynchronous logic circuitry and configured to receive and store the processed output data in response to a current stage active complete signal, a self-clocked generator configured to receive a previous stage active complete signal, generate the current stage active complete signal in response thereto, and output the current stage active complete signal to the data storage element and to a next processing stage, wherein the self-clocked generator is programmable and configured to delay generation of the current stage active complete signal by a programmable first predetermined delay after receipt of the previous stage active complete signal, the programmable delay being at least equal to or greater than a maximum latency of the asynchronous logic circuitry and being dependent on an operation associated with the processing of the input data by the asynchronous logic circuity; and a controller configured to determine which processing function the logic circuitry will perform and to program the self-clocked generator to generate the current stage active complete signal. asynchronous logic circuitry configured to process input data and output processed data, a data storage element coupled to the asynchronous logic circuitry and configured to receive and store the processed output data in response to a current stage active complete signal, a self-clocked generator configured to receive a previous stage active complete signal, generate the current stage active complete signal in response thereto, and output the current stage active complete signal to the data storage element and to a next processing stage, wherein the self-clocked generator is programmable and configured to delay generation of the current stage active complete signal by a programmable first predetermined delay after receipt of the previous stage active complete signal, the programmable delay being at least equal to or greater than a maximum latency of the asynchronous logic circuitry and being dependent on an operation associated with the processing of the input data by the asynchronous logic circuity; and a controller configured to determine which processing function the logic circuitry will perform and to program the self-clocked generator to generate the current stage active complete signal.
A slide rail assembly, comprising: a first rail; a second rail movable relative to the first rail; a third rail movable relative to the second rail, the third rail being arranged with a driving structure and a front contact feature; and a switch member linearly movable relative to the second rail along a linear direction to be in one of a first state and a second state; wherein when the second rail is located at a first extended position relative to the first rail, the switch member is operable to switch from the first state to the second state; wherein when the third rail is moved along a retracting direction, the driving structure of the third rail is configured to contact the switch member in the second state to allow the third rail to drive the second rail to move to a predetermined position along the retracting direction; wherein when the third rail is moved a predetermined extended distance relative to the second rail at the predetermined position along an extending direction, the third rail is configured to drive the switch member to switch from the second state to the first state through the front contact feature; characterized in that the third rail is further arranged with a rear contact feature; wherein when the third rail is detached from a passage of the second rail along the extending direction and when the switch member is switched from the first state to the second state, the third rail is configured to drive the switch member to switch from the second state to the first state through the rear contact feature during a process of the third rail being remounted to the passage of the second rail along the retracting direction. a first rail; a second rail movable relative to the first rail; a third rail movable relative to the second rail, the third rail being arranged with a driving structure and a front contact feature; and a switch member linearly movable relative to the second rail along a linear direction to be in one of a first state and a second state; wherein when the second rail is located at a first extended position relative to the first rail, the switch member is operable to switch from the first state to the second state; wherein when the third rail is moved along a retracting direction, the driving structure of the third rail is configured to contact the switch member in the second state to allow the third rail to drive the second rail to move to a predetermined position along the retracting direction; wherein when the third rail is moved a predetermined extended distance relative to the second rail at the predetermined position along an extending direction, the third rail is configured to drive the switch member to switch from the second state to the first state through the front contact feature;
A method performed by a network node for activation or deactivation of a carrier in a communication network supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising: sending a control signal to schedule a transmission of a carrier activation or deactivation message; wherein the control signal comprises an indication of a first resource for a User Equipment, UE, to transmit a feedback message to the network node; sending the carrier activation or deactivation message; wherein the carrier activation or deactivation message comprises an indication of a second resource for the UE to transmit the feedback message to the network node; in response to the sending of the activation and deactivation message, receiving the feedback message at the first and second resources; and decoding the feedback message based on power detection at the first and second resources. sending a control signal to schedule a transmission of a carrier activation or deactivation message; wherein the control signal comprises an indication of a first resource for a User Equipment, UE, to transmit a feedback message to the network node; sending the carrier activation or deactivation message; wherein the carrier activation or deactivation message comprises an indication of a second resource for the UE to transmit the feedback message to the network node; in response to the sending of the activation and deactivation message, receiving the feedback message at the first and second resources; and decoding the feedback message based on power detection at the first and second resources.
A method for making a cooling device, the cooling device comprising a freezer compartment wherein foods to be frozen are placed, a fresh food compartment, kept at a higher temperature than the freezer compartment, wherein foodstuffs to be cooled are emplaced, at least one evaporator for cooling the air circulated in the compartments (2, 3), one or more fans for activating the air cooled by the evaporator, an air channel for delivering the air activated by the fan into the fresh food compartment, one or more thermostats disposed inside the air channel for regulating the temperatures of the compartments (2, 3), a shutter that controls the air flow by changing the cross section of the air channel, a cover that safeguards the shutter and the thermostat, wherein the cover is fitted over the air channel in the fresh food compartment, such that one side of the cover faces the air channel and the other side of the cover faces the fresh food compartment, wherein the cover has a surface facing the air channel and in contact with the cold air passing through the air channel and clad by polyurethane material, wherein the polyurethane material takes the shape of the said surface without leaving a gap between the polyurethane material and the said surface and a knob mounted on the cover so that the user can adjust the shutter and the thermostat, the method comprising the steps of - placing the surface of the cover that will face inside the fresh food compartment on a mould, - pouring the polyurethane material on the inner wall of this surface, - closing the mould such that the polyurethane material takes the shape of the mould and hence the shape of the cover surface by expanding and solidifying inside the mould. - placing the surface of the cover that will face inside the fresh food compartment on a mould, - pouring the polyurethane material on the inner wall of this surface, - closing the mould such that the polyurethane material takes the shape of the mould and hence the shape of the cover surface by expanding and solidifying inside the mould.
Fuel cell comprising an anode chamber having a hydrogen inlet emerging into it, characterized in that the fuel cell comprises a plurality of elementary cells delimited by pairs of electrodes, respectively forming an anode and a cathode, each pair being separated by an electrolyte membrane, the anodes being all arranged in the anode chamber in that a wall separating the inside of the anode chamber from the outside thereof comprises: - a main region having a first thermal conduction resistance between the outside and the inside of the anode chamber, - a region for promoting the condensation of water having a second thermal conduction resistance between the outside and the inside of the anode chamber strictly smaller than the first thermal conduction resistance so as to delimit a water condensation area within the anode chamber, in that a drain off channel for removing the condensed water connects the condensation area to the outside of the anode chamber, in that it comprises a liquid water storage and evaporation element arranged outside of the anode chamber and fitted with the drain-off channel so as to absorb the water extracted from said anode chamber, and in that the storage and evaporation element is in contact with the condensation region. - a main region having a first thermal conduction resistance between the outside and the inside of the anode chamber, - a region for promoting the condensation of water having a second thermal conduction resistance between the outside and the inside of the anode chamber strictly smaller than the first thermal conduction resistance so as to delimit a water condensation area within the anode chamber,
A cervical spine fixation apparatus comprising: a body; a spacer; and a frame which is located on a lateral side of the spacer and coupled to the spacer, and comprises two or more coupling portions to be coupled to the body, wherein the body comprises a hole into which the coupling portion of the frame is inserted; wherein the frame moves about the body; and wherein the frame moves while tilting in an upward or downward direction of the body. a body; a spacer; and a frame which is located on a lateral side of the spacer and coupled to the spacer, and comprises two or more coupling portions to be coupled to the body, wherein the body comprises a hole into which the coupling portion of the frame is inserted; wherein the frame moves about the body; and wherein the frame moves while tilting in an upward or downward direction of the body.
Coil system for generating a magnetic field having a field-free point at a predeterminable position on a predetermined line and having a predeterminable magnetic field gradient at the field-free point, comprising N ≥ 2 coplanar coils disposed at the first end of the line and M ≥ 2 coplanar coils at the second end of the line, wherein all coils are coaxially oriented, and a control device, characterized in that the control device is configured to control the currents in the N + M coils in such a manner that for each predetermination of at least the position of the field-free point on the line and of the magnetic field gradient at the field-free point those coil currents which result in minimal ohmic losses are determined from the solution of a linear system of equations and are set, such that at the predetermined position the field-free point is generated and the predetermined magnetic field gradient is generated.
Method for producing a honeycomb structure from a semifinished fibre product, preferably carbon fibres, wherein multiple blocks (6, 8) consisting of a honeycomb structure are connected to form the honeycomb structure, characterized in that a first block is placed into a lower mould part and cores are arranged on the surface of the first block that is opposite from the lower mould part, subsequently a layer of semifinished fibre product is placed onto the surface and the cores flush with the contour, after that further cores are arranged on the layer, then a further block is placed onto the layer and the cores last arranged, an upper mould part is arranged on the further block and, finally, the layer is consolidated by supplying heat and pressure and the individual blocks (6, 8) are connected to the layer of the semifinished fibre product, the semifinished fibre product of the blocks (6, 8) and of the layer being finished with a thermosetting material as a matrix before or after placement.
An electric vehicle charging station comprising an interface, by way of which the charging station receives energy from an electrical energy supply grid, an energy intermediate storage device for intermediate storage of energy transmitted or received from the electrical energy supply grid by way of the interface, a plurality of output connections for charging electric vehicles, and a control unit for controlling energy intermediate storage in the energy intermediate storage device and for controlling the delivery of energy by way of the output connections, wherein the control unit in a first operating mode is adapted to charge electric vehicles, which are coupled to the plurality output connections with energy received via the interface, wherein the control unit in a second operating mode is adapted to additionally pass energy from the energy intermediate storage device to the output connections (101 -106) if the energy required at the output connections cannot be provided completely from the electrical energy supply grid via the interface, wherein the control unit in a third operating mode is adapted in dependence on a first fault in the energy supply grid, namely when too much energy is present in the electrical energy supply grid, to initiate energy intake from the energy supply grid by the intermediate storage device, wherein the control unit in a fourth operating mode is adapted in dependence on a second fault in the energy supply grid, namely when not sufficient energy is present in the electrical energy supply grid, to initiate an energy delivery from the intermediate energy storage device into the energy supply grid.
A method for supporting generation of comfort noise for at least two audio channels at a receiving node, the method being performed by a transmitting node, the method comprising: determining a spatial coherence between audio signals on the respective audio channels, wherein at least one spatial coherence value C b,m per frame m and frequency band b is determined to form a vector of spatial coherence values, wherein a vector of predicted spatial coherence values C ^ pred, b, m q is formed by a weighted combination of a first coherence prediction C ^ 1, b, m q and a second coherence prediction Ĉ 2,b,m, wherein the first coherence prediction C ^ 1, b, m q and the second coherence prediction Ĉ 2,b,m are combined using a weight factor α; determining the weight factor α based on a bit-budget B m available for encoding the vector of spatial coherence values in each frame m; and signaling information about the weight factor α to the receiving node, for enabling the generation of the comfort noise for the at least two audio channels at the receiving node. determining a spatial coherence between audio signals on the respective audio channels, wherein at least one spatial coherence value C b,m per frame m and frequency band b is determined to form a vector of spatial coherence values, wherein a vector of predicted spatial coherence values C ^ pred, b, m q is formed by a weighted combination of a first coherence prediction C ^ 1, b, m q and a second coherence prediction Ĉ 2,b,m, wherein the first coherence prediction C ^ 1, b, m q and the second coherence prediction Ĉ 2,b,m are combined using a weight factor α; determining the weight factor α based on a bit-budget B m available for encoding the vector of spatial coherence values in each frame m; and signaling information about the weight factor α to the receiving node, for enabling the generation of the comfort noise for the at least two audio channels at the receiving node.
A plurality of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) deficient in apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD (ASC-deficient MDSCs) for use in a method of treating a subject having or at risk of having graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), the method comprising: administering to the subject a plurality of ASC-deficient MDSCs.