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A method of adding a node to a collection of computing nodes connected together by a computer network, the method comprising: joining a new node to the collection of computing nodes said node being known as a leech node; receiving, at the leech node, information from other active nodes in the collection of computing nodes; synchronizing the leech node based on the received information; and thereafter, promoting the leech node to an active node in the collection of computing nodes, characterized in that the joining the new node as a leech node comprises the leech node obtaining a key space of the other active nodes in the collection of computing nodes, and wherein a consistent hashing function is used to hash node values and hash key values so that each key is assigned to a closest node, including the leech node, based on the consistent hashing function, and wherein the receiving information comprises receiving copies of key values from the other active nodes, the key values being key values the leech node will own once the leech node becomes an active node. joining a new node to the collection of computing nodes said node being known as a leech node; receiving, at the leech node, information from other active nodes in the collection of computing nodes; synchronizing the leech node based on the received information; and thereafter, promoting the leech node to an active node in the collection of computing nodes, characterized in that the joining the new node as a leech node comprises the leech node obtaining a key space of the other active nodes in the collection of computing nodes, and wherein a consistent hashing function is used to hash node values and hash key values so that each key is assigned to a closest node, including the leech node, based on the consistent hashing function, and wherein the receiving information comprises receiving copies of key values from the other active nodes, the key values being key values the leech node will own once the leech node becomes an active node.
A method for detecting a stenosis located at a first position in a blood line of a circuit for extracorporeal blood treatment, the first position being between a blood pump and a treatment device, the method comprising steps of: • acquiring at least one first pressure value from a first sensor mounted at a first point of the circuit for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising the blood line in which the blood is subjected to a pulsating thrust; • acquiring at least one second pressure value from a second sensor mounted at a second point, distinct from the first point of the blood line of the circuit for extracorporeal blood treatment, and • relating at least one first value, related to corresponding pulsating signal amplitudes of the first pressure value, and at least one second value, related to corresponding pulsating signal amplitudes of the second pressure value, with at least a threshold value, in order to obtain a datum representing a state of the blood line, the pulsating signal amplitudes being calculated by detecting the pressure values from the first and second sensor at corresponding predetermined time intervals, wherein relating comprises performing at least a ratio between the first value and the second value, and comparing a result of the ratio with a threshold value in order to obtain the datum representing a state of the blood line. • acquiring at least one first pressure value from a first sensor mounted at a first point of the circuit for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising the blood line in which the blood is subjected to a pulsating thrust; • acquiring at least one second pressure value from a second sensor mounted at a second point, distinct from the first point of the blood line of the circuit for extracorporeal blood treatment, and • relating at least one first value, related to corresponding pulsating signal amplitudes of the first pressure value, and at least one second value, related to corresponding pulsating signal amplitudes of the second pressure value, with at least a threshold value, in order to obtain a datum representing a state of the blood line, the pulsating signal amplitudes being calculated by detecting the pressure values from the first and second sensor at corresponding predetermined time intervals, wherein relating comprises performing at least a ratio between the first value and the second value, and comparing a result of the ratio with a threshold value in order to obtain the datum representing a state of the blood line.
A divider for a carabiner in a fall arrest system, the carabiner having: a frame; and an openable gate attached to the frame and configured to be moved between an open position, wherein at least one component of a harness arrangement and at least one fall arrest device can be attached to or detached from the frame, and a closed position, wherein the at least one component of the harness arrangement and the at least one fall arrest device can be secured to the frame, the divider comprising a body having: (i) a central body portion; and (ii) a plurality of connection portions extending from the central body portion and configured to attach the divider to at least a portion of the frame, wherein the plurality of connection portions are spaced and divide the carabiner into a plurality of areas for connection of the at least one component of the harness arrangement and the at least one fall arrest device, wherein at least one connection portion of the plurality of connection portions comprises a collar configured to extend around the frame, wherein the collar is positioned substantially adjacent to and spaced from one end of the gate. (i) a central body portion; and (ii) a plurality of connection portions extending from the central body portion and configured to attach the divider to at least a portion of the frame, wherein the plurality of connection portions are spaced and divide the carabiner into a plurality of areas for connection of the at least one component of the harness arrangement and the at least one fall arrest device,
A method for controlling a nonvolatile memory arrangement having a micromechanical cantilever, a contact electrode, and a switching electrode, comprising: applying a first biasing voltage to the switching electrode to induce electrostatic forces between the micromechanical cantilever and the switching electrode; thereby deflecting the micromechanical cantilever to move a free end of the micromechanical cantilever from a first, de-programmed state spaced from the contact electrode to a second state in contact with the contact electrode such that stiction at the interface between the micromechanical cantilever and the contact electrode is generated rendering the micromechanical cantilever in a programmed state, so that it remains in contact with the contact electrode when the biasing voltage is removed; increasing the elastic strain energy of the micromechanical cantilever by applying a biasing voltage between the switching electrode and the micromechanical cantilever thereby pulling the micromechanical cantilever further towards the switching electrode while the micromechanical cantilever is still in contact with the contact electrode; and dropping the voltage at the switching electrode quickly thereby rapidly deflecting the micromechanical cantilever away from the switching electrode and thus moving the micromechanical cantilever to the first, de-programmed state. applying a first biasing voltage to the switching electrode to induce electrostatic forces between the micromechanical cantilever and the switching electrode; thereby deflecting the micromechanical cantilever to move a free end of the micromechanical cantilever from a first, de-programmed state spaced from the contact electrode to a second state in contact with the contact electrode such that stiction at the interface between the micromechanical cantilever and the contact electrode is generated rendering the micromechanical cantilever in a programmed state, so that it remains in contact with the contact electrode when the biasing voltage is removed; increasing the elastic strain energy of the micromechanical cantilever by applying a biasing voltage between the switching electrode and the micromechanical cantilever thereby pulling the micromechanical cantilever further towards the switching electrode while the micromechanical cantilever is still in contact with the contact electrode; and dropping the voltage at the switching electrode quickly thereby rapidly deflecting the micromechanical cantilever away from the switching electrode and thus moving the micromechanical cantilever to the first, de-programmed state.
Target-launching machine comprising a chassis on which there is mounted a support relative to which a barrel is mounted rotatably on a rotation axis of the barrel and in one rotation direction, said barrel comprising a plurality of target-storage columns storing targets by stacking, the storage columns being immobile with respect to one another and disposed in a ring defining an internal volume of the barrel, characterised in that the internal volume of the barrel comprises at least one additional target-storage element that comprises a plurality of additional target-storage columns.
A sensor for assessing the ionic composition of a solution comprising: (i) a non-conductive block that forms the housing for the sensor, said block forming a cavity through which an electrolyte solution flows, a first hole connected to the cavity through which the electrolyte solution enters the cavity, and a second hole connected to the cavity through which the electrolyte solution exits the cavity; (ii) a continuous ion-exchange material comprising two or more ion-exchange fibers forming a fiber bundle positioned in the cavity, wherein one end of the fiber bundle is in electrical contact with a first electrode and the other end is in electrical contact with a second electrode, the first and second electrode being separated by a predetermined distance; and (iii) the first and second electrodes connected to a device for measuring the electrical conductivity across the ion-exchange fibers. (i) a non-conductive block that forms the housing for the sensor, said block forming a cavity through which an electrolyte solution flows, a first hole connected to the cavity through which the electrolyte solution enters the cavity, and a second hole connected to the cavity through which the electrolyte solution exits the cavity; (ii) a continuous ion-exchange material comprising two or more ion-exchange fibers forming a fiber bundle positioned in the cavity, wherein one end of the fiber bundle is in electrical contact with a first electrode and the other end is in electrical contact with a second electrode, the first and second electrode being separated by a predetermined distance; and (iii) the first and second electrodes connected to a device for measuring the electrical conductivity across the ion-exchange fibers.
An adaptive speed regulator for regulating the speed of a first motor vehicle, this adaptive speed regulator being capable of determining the speed of a second motor vehicle traveling in front of the first motor vehicle on the same road and in the same direction of travel, the adaptive speed regulator being characterized in that it comprises a computer configured to - calculate the gradient of the difference between the speed of the second motor vehicle and the speed of the first motor vehicle; - smoothing the determined speed of the second motor vehicle with a smoothing coefficient associated with the calculated gradient, the adaptive speed regulator being configured to regulate the speed of the first motor vehicle by report with the smoothed speed. - calculate the gradient of the difference between the speed of the second motor vehicle and the speed of the first motor vehicle; - smoothing the determined speed of the second motor vehicle with a smoothing coefficient associated with the calculated gradient, the adaptive speed regulator being configured to regulate the speed of the first motor vehicle by report with the smoothed speed.
A handle assembly for a cylinder comprising: a shroud configured to attach to a collar of the cylinder to partially surround a valve port of the cylinder, the shroud having a body with first and second ends circumferentially spaced from one another to define a gap through which a valve is configured to extend, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced locking protrusions projecting from the body; and a handle configured to attach to the shroud, the handle having a body defining a channel for receiving the shroud, and first and second ends circumferentially spaced from one another to define a gap through which the valve is configured to extend, characterized in that the channel includes a plurality of openings in a wall thereof through which the locking protrusions extend when the handle is attached to the shroud to secure the handle to the shroud. a shroud configured to attach to a collar of the cylinder to partially surround a valve port of the cylinder, the shroud having a body with first and second ends circumferentially spaced from one another to define a gap through which a valve is configured to extend, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced locking protrusions projecting from the body; and a handle configured to attach to the shroud, the handle having a body defining a channel for receiving the shroud, and first and second ends circumferentially spaced from one another to define a gap through which the valve is configured to extend, characterized in that the channel includes a plurality of openings in a wall thereof through which the locking protrusions extend when the handle is attached to the shroud to secure the handle to the shroud.
A computer-implemented method for detecting a movable object in a location, when scanning a rigid object in the location by means of a handheld 3D scanner for generating a virtual 3D model of the rigid object based on scanned surfaces of the rigid object, wherein the method comprises: - providing a first surface by scanning the rigid object; - determining a first scan volume related to the first surface; - providing a second surface by scanning the rigid object; - determining a second scan volume related to the second surface; where the first scan volume and the second scan volume are overlapping in an overlapping, common scan volume; - determining if at least a portion of the first surface and a portion of the second surface are not coincident in the overlapping, common scan volume, and if they are not coincident then disregarding in the generation of said virtual 3D model the portion of either the first surface or the second surface in the overlapping, common scan volume which is closest to the focusing optics of the 3D scanner, as this portion of the first surface or second surface has been determined to represent a movable object which is not part of the rigid object. - providing a first surface by scanning the rigid object; - determining a first scan volume related to the first surface; - providing a second surface by scanning the rigid object; - determining a second scan volume related to the second surface; - determining if at least a portion of the first surface and a portion of the second surface are not coincident in the overlapping, common scan volume, and if they are not coincident then disregarding in the generation of said virtual 3D model the portion of either the first surface or the second surface in the overlapping, common scan volume which is closest to the focusing optics of the 3D scanner, as this portion of the first surface or second surface has been determined to represent a movable object which is not part of the rigid object.
Method in a waste handling system, in which waste or recyclable material is transported in carrier bags, bags or sacks to a disposal point, such as to at least one waste bin of a waste room (WR1, WR2, WR3), the carrier bags, bags and sacks used in waste transport are placed into at least one waste bin (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6) in the disposal point, such as in a waste room (WR1, WR2, WR3), and from there onwards by a transport vehicle for further processing, wherein a closing means that is provided with an RFID identifier according to the type of waste, wherein the corresponding information is coded into the memory of the RFID identifier, is used in closing the carrier bag, bag or sack, and wherein said disposal point comprises a sensor arranged in connection with it, in which method said sensor (S1, S2, S3) reads the information from the RFID identifier, the information read from the RFID identifier by the sensor being transmitted to a control system, which is fitted to control a waste transport system, or a part of it, on the basis of the information given by the RFID identifier, and that in the method control data is transmitted from the control system to a terminal of one or more waste transport vehicles, such as of a garbage truck, or of the driver of a transport vehicle and that from the disposal point information is transmitted, on the basis of which the filling degree of the at least one waste bin (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6) of the disposal point, such as of a waste room (WR1, WR2, WR3), or the amount of a certain type of waste in the disposal point, such as in a waste room, can be determined. a closing means that is provided with an RFID identifier according to the type of waste, wherein the corresponding information is coded into the memory of the RFID identifier, is used in closing the carrier bag, bag or sack, and wherein said disposal point comprises a sensor arranged in connection with it, in which method said sensor (S1, S2, S3) reads the information from the RFID identifier, the information read from the RFID identifier by the sensor being transmitted to a control system, which is fitted to control a waste transport system, or a part of it, on the basis of the information given by the RFID identifier, and that in the method control data is transmitted from the control system to a terminal of one or more waste transport vehicles, such as of a garbage truck, or of the driver of a transport vehicle and that from the disposal point information is transmitted, on the basis of which the filling degree of the at least one waste bin (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6) of the disposal point, such as of a waste room (WR1, WR2, WR3), or the amount of a certain type of waste in the disposal point, such as in a waste room, can be determined.
A system for re-use of a part of a used oil storage tank and its foundation, wherein the system comprises at a location: a used oil storage tank wall; and a used foundation, the foundation comprising soil (6', 8) and a used foil embedded in the soil for ensuring that oil does not leak through to the soil underneath the foil, the system being made free from at least a part of a used oil storage tank bottom plate as a result of producing cut surfaces as part of the system, the cut surfaces having been used, or being useable, for welding of at least a part of a new oil storage tank bottom plate into the system, the foil still being useable for ensuring that oil will not leak through to the soil underneath the foil, wherein the system comprises at least one oil detection system, and wherein one of the at least one oil detection system is positioned in the soil underneath the foil. a used oil storage tank wall; and a used foundation, the foundation comprising soil (6', 8) and a used foil embedded in the soil for ensuring that oil does not leak through to the soil underneath the foil, the system being made free from at least a part of a used oil storage tank bottom plate as a result of producing cut surfaces as part of the system, the cut surfaces having been used, or being useable, for welding of at least a part of a new oil storage tank bottom plate into the system, the foil still being useable for ensuring that oil will not leak through to the soil underneath the foil, wherein the system comprises at least one oil detection system, and wherein one of the at least one oil detection system is positioned in the soil underneath the foil.
A trilayered tablet for oral administration comprising a central rapidly disintegrating layer (layer B) placed between a swelling floating layer having a sustained release hydrophilic matrix (layer A) and a layer having a gastro-resistant or delayed release or gastro-resistant controlled release hydrophilic matrix (layer C).
A robotic surgical instrument comprising: a shaft; an end effector; an articulation connecting the end effector to a distal end of the shaft, the articulation comprising joints (506, 507, 513) permitting the end effector to adopt a range of orientations relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft; an instrument interface connected to a proximal end of the shaft; and pairs of driving elements (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) configured to drive the joints (506, 507, 513), the driving elements (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) extending from the instrument interface to the joints (506, 507, 513), each driving element (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) comprising a spoke (Als, A2s, B1s, C1s) which terminates at a distal end in a distal flexible portion that engages the articulation and at a proximal end in a proximal flexible portion that engages the instrument interface wherein for each driving element, the spoke is stiffer than the distal flexible portion and the proximal flexible portion; and characterised in that, in a straight configuration of the robotic surgical instrument in which the end effector is aligned with the shaft, the distal ends of the spokes (Als, A2s, B1s, C1s) of adjacent driving elements (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) are offset along a longitudinal direction of the shaft such that adjacent driving elements would not collide were the instrument to be articulated; and wherein the pairs of driving elements (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) do not all extend parallel to each other in the shaft. a shaft; an end effector; an articulation connecting the end effector to a distal end of the shaft, the articulation comprising joints (506, 507, 513) permitting the end effector to adopt a range of orientations relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft; an instrument interface connected to a proximal end of the shaft; and pairs of driving elements (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) configured to drive the joints (506, 507, 513), the driving elements (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) extending from the instrument interface to the joints (506, 507, 513), each driving element (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) comprising a spoke (Als, A2s, B1s, C1s) which terminates at a distal end in a distal flexible portion that engages the articulation and at a proximal end in a proximal flexible portion that engages the instrument interface wherein for each driving element, the spoke is stiffer than the distal flexible portion and the proximal flexible portion; and characterised in that, in a straight configuration of the robotic surgical instrument in which the end effector is aligned with the shaft, the distal ends of the spokes (Als, A2s, B1s, C1s) of adjacent driving elements (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) are offset along a longitudinal direction of the shaft such that adjacent driving elements would not collide were the instrument to be articulated; and wherein the pairs of driving elements (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2) do not all extend parallel to each other in the shaft.
A process for preparing a binder for mineral fibers, comprising the steps of: mixing together under reactive conditions an amine and an anhydride, characterised in that water is added once substantially all the anhydride has reacted with the amine; adding a base to the reaction mixture, following the water addition; and adding a mono-, di- or polysaccharide. mixing together under reactive conditions an amine and an anhydride, characterised in that water is added once substantially all the anhydride has reacted with the amine; adding a base to the reaction mixture, following the water addition; and adding a mono-, di- or polysaccharide.