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A method for wireless communication with a mobile router in a moving train and an external wireless network (4a-4c) comprising a plurality of trackside base stations (11, 12), such as access points for communication in compliance with a Wireless Local Area Network(WLAN), said base stations distributed along a train route, the method characterized in that it comprises: determining the presence of a mobile router within the access area of any of said plurality of trackside base stations (11, 12), and when the presence of a mobile router has been determined: setting the power of said trackside base station (11, 12) for which the mobile router has been detected to a high power mode; determining a direction of travel of said train; setting the power of at least one trackside base station (11, 12) arranged in the forward direction of the base station for which the mobile router has been detected, as seen in the determined direction of travel, to a high power mode; setting the power of at least one trackside base station (11, 12) arranged in the backward direction of the base station for which the mobile router has been detected, as seen in the determined direction of travel, to a low power mode; and repeating the steps above continuously or regularly. determining the presence of a mobile router within the access area of any of said plurality of trackside base stations (11, 12), and when the presence of a mobile router has been determined: setting the power of said trackside base station (11, 12) for which the mobile router has been detected to a high power mode; determining a direction of travel of said train; setting the power of at least one trackside base station (11, 12) arranged in the forward direction of the base station for which the mobile router has been detected, as seen in the determined direction of travel, to a high power mode; setting the power of at least one trackside base station (11, 12) arranged in the backward direction of the base station for which the mobile router has been detected, as seen in the determined direction of travel, to a low power mode; and setting the power of said trackside base station (11, 12) for which the mobile router has been detected to a high power mode; determining a direction of travel of said train; setting the power of at least one trackside base station (11, 12) arranged in the forward direction of the base station for which the mobile router has been detected, as seen in the determined direction of travel, to a high power mode; setting the power of at least one trackside base station (11, 12) arranged in the backward direction of the base station for which the mobile router has been detected, as seen in the determined direction of travel, to a low power mode; and repeating the steps above continuously or regularly.
An acoustical transmission means for transmission of acoustical energy to the cochlea including: - Liquid conduction assembly comprising a tube defining a bore therethrough and a liquid or semi-liquid medium filling said bore, for conducting acoustical energy there along; and - said liquid conduction assembly terminated at and adapted to be disposed in direct operative association with the cochlear, for introducing said acoustical energy to the cochlea, - Acoustic input means at said liquid conduction assembly, characterized in that - said acoustic input means are adapted to be disposed subcutaneously between the skull bone surface and an external skin surface and comprise a transition area which at a first side thereof abuts an underside of the skin and at a second side thereof abuts the liquid or semi-liquid medium - the acoustic transmission means is adapted to receive vibrations from a vibration generating transducer which abuts a transmission area on an outer surface of the skin over the transition area and whereby the transducer is magnetically attachable at a fastening area, said area being adjacent to the transmission area and - magnetic means are provided under the skin in the fastening area around the transition area in order to provide the magnetic attachment of the transducer. - Liquid conduction assembly comprising a tube defining a bore therethrough and a liquid or semi-liquid medium filling said bore, for conducting acoustical energy there along; and - said liquid conduction assembly terminated at and adapted to be disposed in direct operative association with the cochlear, for introducing said acoustical energy to the cochlea, - Acoustic input means at said liquid conduction assembly, - said acoustic input means are adapted to be disposed subcutaneously between the skull bone surface and an external skin surface and comprise a transition area which at a first side thereof abuts an underside of the skin and at a second side thereof abuts the liquid or semi-liquid medium - the acoustic transmission means is adapted to receive vibrations from a vibration generating transducer which abuts a transmission area on an outer surface of the skin over the transition area and whereby the transducer is magnetically attachable at a fastening area, said area being adjacent to the transmission area and - magnetic means are provided under the skin in the fastening area around the transition area in order to provide the magnetic attachment of the transducer.
After-surgery garment for animals comprising at least one protection element for protecting wounds that can be fitted on the torso of an animal and having at least four openings (3a, 3b) for the insertion of its limbs, of which two front openings and two rear openings, and characterized by the fact that it comprises one or more stitches arranged longitudinally on said protection element and which extend between at least one of said front openings and the corresponding rear opening to prevent the rotation of the protection element itself with respect to the animal and by the fact that said protection element is made of a material comprising at least cotton and an elastomer.
A silk fibroin biocompatible polyurethane membrane matrix, for use as a tympanic membrane or as a scaffold for the regeneration of a tympanic membrane, wherein the membrane matrix: (a) includes silk fibroin in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to about 95% of the total volume of the membrane (w/w); (b) includes at least 1% (w/w) biocompatible polyurethane; (c) is capable of transmitting sound waves between 20 Hz and 20 KHz to the middle ear, when implanted in vivo; (d) has a tensile strength between 5 MPa to 100 MPa; and (e) is fabricated from biocompatible polyurethane and silk protein solubilized in a solvent compatible with both the biocompatible polyurethane and the silk fibroin. (a) includes silk fibroin in an amount ranging from about 0.1% to about 95% of the total volume of the membrane (w/w); (b) includes at least 1% (w/w) biocompatible polyurethane; (c) is capable of transmitting sound waves between 20 Hz and 20 KHz to the middle ear, when implanted in vivo; (d) has a tensile strength between 5 MPa to 100 MPa; and (e) is fabricated from biocompatible polyurethane and silk protein solubilized in a solvent compatible with both the biocompatible polyurethane and the silk fibroin.
An antisense oligonucleotide capable of forming a double stranded complex with a target RNA sequence in a cell, preferably a human cell, for the deamination of a target adenosine in the target RNA sequence by an ADAR enzyme present in the cell, said AON comprising a Central Triplet of 3 sequential nucleotides, wherein the nucleotide directly opposite the target adenosine is the middle nucleotide of the Central Triplet, wherein 1, 2 or 3 nucleotides in said Central Triplet comprise a sugar modification and/or a base modification to render the AON more stable and/or more effective in inducing deamination of the target adenosine; with the proviso that the middle nucleotide does not have a 2'- O -methyl modification.
A communication access method, comprising: Sending, by first user equipment, a first channel access request message before determining to send first information, wherein the first channel access request message comprises a first scheduling priority and an indication that the first user equipment is ready for sending the first information; Detecting, by the first user equipment in a reserved resource, for a second channel access request message sent by another user equipment; and Sending, by the first user equipment, the first information when it is determined that the second channel access request message sent by the another user equipment is not detected in the reserved resource or a second scheduling priority carried in the second channel access request message detected in the reserved resource is lower than the first scheduling priority. Sending, by first user equipment, a first channel access request message before determining to send first information, wherein the first channel access request message comprises a first scheduling priority and an indication that the first user equipment is ready for sending the first information; Detecting, by the first user equipment in a reserved resource, for a second channel access request message sent by another user equipment; and Sending, by the first user equipment, the first information when it is determined that the second channel access request message sent by the another user equipment is not detected in the reserved resource or a second scheduling priority carried in the second channel access request message detected in the reserved resource is lower than the first scheduling priority.
A stone slab paving with underpadding, consisting of rectangular stone slabs and rectangular underpadding plates made of plastic material, wherein the stone slabs and the underpadding plates are matched to each other in terms of size and dimensions, and wherein each underpadding plate has a supporting surface for supporting a stone slab as well as side walls (2, 3) on which coupling elements (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) are arranged for mutual coupling of adjacent underpadding plates laid in a compound manner, and wherein flange webs arranged on the plate edges of the underpadding plate and protruding above the supporting surface are provided which serve for the lateral fixation of the supported stone slab, characterised in that the underpadding plates are each configured as a honeycomb grid plate consisting of a honeycomb grid body and sidewalls (2, 3) arranged on the sides thereof, wherein the honeycomb grid body forms a plurality of grid cells and the flat upper side of the honeycomb grid body forms the supporting surface, and wherein the flange webs on opposite side edges of each underpadding plate are arranged offset with respect to one another, and gaps are present therebetween, in such a manner that in adjacent plates the flange webs of the one plate come to rest in the gaps between the flange webs of the adjacent plate and the flange webs of both plates extend aligned to one another along one line.
An azimuth thruster for propelling a vessel, having a thruster housing around which water flows, and comprising: - a standardized core unit having a core unit housing forming part of the thruster housing, - a transmission line arranged within in the core unit housing, comprising a propeller shaft extending in a longitudinal direction of the thruster housing, and - a propeller arranged outside the thruster housing and being operationally connected to the propeller shaft, wherein, the azimuth thruster is configurable as both a pulling azimuth thruster and a pushing azimuth thruster by comprising first and second hydrodynamic elements (4,5) mounted on matching first and second core unit interfaces defined by exterior surface areas of the core unit housing, the hydrodynamic elements forming part of the thruster housing to control the flow of water around the thruster housing, and the core unit interfaces being adapted for receiving different hydrodynamic elements having different hydrodynamic properties, characterized in that the thruster housing comprises a stub part, one end of which is adapted for being rotatably mounting on a vessel, and a torpedo part arranged at an opposite end of the stub part, and wherein the hydrodynamic elements constitute a part of both the stub part and of the torpedo part. - a standardized core unit having a core unit housing forming part of the thruster housing, - a transmission line arranged within in the core unit housing, comprising a propeller shaft extending in a longitudinal direction of the thruster housing, and - a propeller arranged outside the thruster housing and being operationally connected to the propeller shaft,
A recovery method of precious metals, comprising: putting one or more adsorption materials of a surface-modified bacterial biomass into a precious metal-containing solution to adsorb the precious metal, wherein the bacterial biomass is a surface-modified bacterial biomass comprising polyethyleneimine which is crosslinked on the surface of the bacterial biomass by an amine group or a hydroxyl group; incinerating an adsorption material on which the precious metals are adsorbed; and heating the precious metals and ash produced in the incinerating to temperatures of melting points of the precious metal or more to separate the precious metals from the ash. putting one or more adsorption materials of a surface-modified bacterial biomass into a precious metal-containing solution to adsorb the precious metal, wherein the bacterial biomass is a surface-modified bacterial biomass comprising polyethyleneimine which is crosslinked on the surface of the bacterial biomass by an amine group or a hydroxyl group; incinerating an adsorption material on which the precious metals are adsorbed; and heating the precious metals and ash produced in the incinerating to temperatures of melting points of the precious metal or more to separate the precious metals from the ash.
An electrochemical cell comprising at least one electrode, wherein the electrode comprises: an electrode binder composition comprising a poly(dialkylene ester) thermoplastic polyurethane composition and optionally further comprising a conducting agent, and an electrode active material.
A method of applying a protective sheet to at least a portion of an exterior surface of an article, the method comprising: - providing the protective sheet; - forming the exterior surface of the article; and - applying the protective sheet in its formed form to the exterior surface of the article and co-molding the protective sheet to the exterior surface of the article such that the exterior surface of the article becomes adhered to the protective sheet with or without one or more additional layers therebetween, wherein an underlying surface on the portion of the exterior surface of the article to which the protective sheet is bonded can still be viewed despite presence of the protective sheet, and wherein the protective sheet is extensible and comprises a carrier and a topcoat, both carrier and topcoat being polyurethane-based, characterized in that the protective sheet comprises an uncrosslinked topcoat. - providing the protective sheet; - forming the exterior surface of the article; and - applying the protective sheet in its formed form to the exterior surface of the article and co-molding the protective sheet to the exterior surface of the article such that the exterior surface of the article becomes adhered to the protective sheet with or without one or more additional layers therebetween,
A power conversion device comprising: a power converter including an arm configured with a plurality of unit converters connected in series; and a control device configured to control the power converter, each unit converter including a main circuit including a switching element (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) and a direct-current capacitor and configured to output a voltage pulse at its output terminals (33, 34) according to the voltage of the direct-current capacitor by turning on/off of the switching element (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), a control circuit configured to transmit a voltage detected value of the direct-current capacitor to the control device and to control on/off of the switching element (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) in accordance with a control signal received from the control device, and a switch configured to turn on in response to an on command from the control circuit to short-circuit the output terminals (33, 34) of the main circuit, the control device being configured to compare a plurality of the voltage detected values received from the unit converters with a first threshold voltage and, when at least one of the plurality of voltage detected values exceeds the first threshold voltage, transmit the control signal for fixing the switching element (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) to an off state to the control circuit of each of the unit converters, characterized in that: in each of the unit converters, the control circuit being configured to compare its own voltage detected value with a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage and, when the voltage detected value exceeds the second threshold voltage, the control circuit autonomously being configured to fix the switching element (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) in its own main circuit to an off state and to turn on the switch, irrespective of the control signal. a power converter including an arm configured with a plurality of unit converters connected in series; and a control device configured to control the power converter, each unit converter including a main circuit including a switching element (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) and a direct-current capacitor and configured to output a voltage pulse at its output terminals (33, 34) according to the voltage of the direct-current capacitor by turning on/off of the switching element (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), a control circuit configured to transmit a voltage detected value of the direct-current capacitor to the control device and to control on/off of the switching element (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) in accordance with a control signal received from the control device, and a switch configured to turn on in response to an on command from the control circuit to short-circuit the output terminals (33, 34) of the main circuit, the control device being configured to compare a plurality of the voltage detected values received from the unit converters with a first threshold voltage and, when at least one of the plurality of voltage detected values exceeds the first threshold voltage, transmit the control signal for fixing the switching element (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) to an off state to the control circuit of each of the unit converters,
An accessory tool (40, 140, 240, 340, 440, 540, 640, 740, 840, 1040), comprising: a main housing assembly (42, 142, 242, 342, 442, 542, 642, 742, 842, 1042) defining an underside having an outer periphery; a suction nozzle (48, 148, 248, 348, 448, 548, 648, 748, 848, 1048) provided on an interior portion of the underside; a conduit (51, 151, 251, 351, 451, 551, 651, 751, 851, 1051) provided with the main housing assembly and adapted to be connected to a suction source remote from the main housing assembly, the suction source adapted for generating a working air flow from the suction nozzle ( through the main housing assembly to the conduit; and a set of hair collecting elements (84, 184, 188, 284, 384, 484, 584, 692a, 692b, 784, 788, 884, 1084) provided on the underside between the suction nozzle and the outer periphery, the set of hair collecting elements configured to create a balling or aggregating effect of removed hair from a surface to be cleaned during use to agglomerate the removed hair into a ball-shaped cluster and move the removed hair towards the suction nozzle, characterized in that the main housing assembly further comprises an upper housing (44, 144, 244, 544, 744, 844, 1044) and a lower housing (46, 146, 246, 546, 746, 846, 1046) that is at least one of freely rotatably coupled to the upper housing or indexably rotatably coupled to the upper housing. a main housing assembly (42, 142, 242, 342, 442, 542, 642, 742, 842, 1042) defining an underside having an outer periphery; a suction nozzle (48, 148, 248, 348, 448, 548, 648, 748, 848, 1048) provided on an interior portion of the underside; a conduit (51, 151, 251, 351, 451, 551, 651, 751, 851, 1051) provided with the main housing assembly and adapted to be connected to a suction source remote from the main housing assembly, the suction source adapted for generating a working air flow from the suction nozzle ( through the main housing assembly to the conduit; and a set of hair collecting elements (84, 184, 188, 284, 384, 484, 584, 692a, 692b, 784, 788, 884, 1084) provided on the underside between the suction nozzle and the outer periphery, the set of hair collecting elements configured to create a balling or aggregating effect of removed hair from a surface to be cleaned during use to agglomerate the removed hair into a ball-shaped cluster and move the removed hair towards the suction nozzle, characterized in that the main housing assembly further comprises an upper housing (44, 144, 244, 544, 744, 844, 1044) and a lower housing (46, 146, 246, 546, 746, 846, 1046) that is at least one of freely rotatably coupled to the upper housing or indexably rotatably coupled to the upper housing.
A pipe joint arrangement, comprising: a first pipe comprising a main body having a first diameter, an end portion and a first pipe wall thickness (t); a second pipe comprising an end portion; the end portion of the first pipe being welded to the end portion of the second pipe to form a pipe joint and to seal the pipe joint between the first pipe and the second pipe; the first pipe comprising an outwardly-extending, buckle-inducing deformation that is spaced apart from the pipe joint in an upstream direction; wherein a crest height of the buckle-inducing deformation is 50% to 500% of the first pipe wall thickness (t); wherein a contour of the buckle-inducing deformation is symmetric about a longitudinal axis of the first pipe, convex or sine-shaped, and curved from a crest of the buckle-inducing deformation to a regular exterior surface of the main body of the first pipe having the first diameter; and wherein the buckle-inducing deformation is configured to ensure that buckling occur at the preselected location of the buckle-inducing deformation of the first pipe when the pipe joint arrangement is subjected to a geohazard event. a first pipe comprising a main body having a first diameter, an end portion and a first pipe wall thickness (t); a second pipe comprising an end portion; the end portion of the first pipe being welded to the end portion of the second pipe to form a pipe joint and to seal the pipe joint between the first pipe and the second pipe; the first pipe comprising an outwardly-extending, buckle-inducing deformation that is spaced apart from the pipe joint in an upstream direction; wherein a crest height of the buckle-inducing deformation is 50% to 500% of the first pipe wall thickness (t); wherein a contour of the buckle-inducing deformation is symmetric about a longitudinal axis of the first pipe, convex or sine-shaped, and curved from a crest of the buckle-inducing deformation to a regular exterior surface of the main body of the first pipe having the first diameter; and wherein the buckle-inducing deformation is configured to ensure that buckling occur at the preselected location of the buckle-inducing deformation of the first pipe when the pipe joint arrangement is subjected to a geohazard event.