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A method for reducing collisions in a wireless communications network, the method comprising: decrementing a value of a counter if a channel of a wireless communications network is idle for at least an extended slot time, wherein the extended slot time is the sum of the time it takes to transmit a polling request, a short inter-frame space, SIFS, time, and a clear channel assessment, CCA, time, and wherein a starting value of the counter is based on a position of an index corresponding to a wireless communications device in an information element, wherein the starting value of the counter is based on a number of bits corresponding to other wireless communications devices that appear before a bit corresponding to the wireless communication device, and wherein the starting value of the counter is determined based on data in a traffic indication map, TIM; generating a polling request; and transmitting the polling request to an access point over the wireless communications network when the value of the counter reaches a threshold value. decrementing a value of a counter if a channel of a wireless communications network is idle for at least an extended slot time, wherein the extended slot time is the sum of the time it takes to transmit a polling request, a short inter-frame space, SIFS, time, and a clear channel assessment, CCA, time, and wherein a starting value of the counter is based on a position of an index corresponding to a wireless communications device in an information element, wherein the starting value of the counter is based on a number of bits corresponding to other wireless communications devices that appear before a bit corresponding to the wireless communication device, and wherein the starting value of the counter is determined based on data in a traffic indication map, TIM; generating a polling request; and transmitting the polling request to an access point over the wireless communications network when the value of the counter reaches a threshold value.
A wind turbine tower lifting system, comprising: a primary lifting system, comprising: a lift cap configured to support a tower section to be lifted, the lift cap having a first plurality of hoists; and a lift pole coupled to the lift cap, the lift pole having a lifting mechanism configured to lift the lift pole, and the tower section to be lifted; and a secondary lifting system comprising a second plurality of hoists configured to raise the tower section to be lifted to the lift cap from a tower foundations, characterized in that the lifting mechanism is configured to lift the lift cap and that the tower section to be lifted is lifted from within a previously lifted tower section. a primary lifting system, comprising: a lift cap configured to support a tower section to be lifted, the lift cap having a first plurality of hoists; and a lift pole coupled to the lift cap, the lift pole having a lifting mechanism configured to lift the lift pole, and the tower section to be lifted; and a secondary lifting system comprising a second plurality of hoists configured to raise the tower section to be lifted to the lift cap from a tower foundations, characterized in that the lifting mechanism is configured to lift the lift cap and that the tower section to be lifted is lifted from within a previously lifted tower section. a lift cap configured to support a tower section to be lifted, the lift cap having a first plurality of hoists; and a lift pole coupled to the lift cap, the lift pole having a lifting mechanism configured to lift the lift pole, and the tower section to be lifted; and a secondary lifting system comprising a second plurality of hoists configured to raise the tower section to be lifted to the lift cap from a tower foundations, characterized in that the lifting mechanism is configured to lift the lift cap and that the tower section to be lifted is lifted from within a previously lifted tower section.
An antimicrobial preservative composition for preservation of topical personal care formulations comprising one or more undecylenic acid derivatives depicted by Formula, wherein, M = NH-CH 2 -OH, NH-CH 2 CH 2 -OH, N-(CH2CH2-OH)2, NHCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 N(CH 3) 2, NHCH 2 CH 2 CH2N 2 →O, NHCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 N + (CH 3) 3 (CH 3 SO 4 -), NHCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 N ÷ 2 CH 2 CH2N + 2 CH 2 COO - NHCH 2 CH 2 CH2N + (CH 3) 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 SO 2 O -, OCOR' wherein R' = alkyl group with C1 to C18, O-CH 2 CH 2 -OH, O-CH CH 2 -OH, O-polyol, O-CH 2 CH 2 -OR' wherein R' = undecylenoyl, O-C(CH 3) 2 -OH, protein (animal or vegetable derived) hydrolyzate (through nitrogen end), NH-CH 2 CH 2 -O-(-O-CH 2 CH 2 -) n -CO -COONa)-CH 2 -(SO 3 Na) wherein n= 0 to 3 one or more octanoic acid derivatives depicted by Formula, wherein M = NH-CH 2 -OH, NH-CH 2 CH 2 -OH, N(CH 2 CH 2 -OH) 2, or NH-CH 2 COOH; and 2-phenoxy ethanol or 2-ethyl hexyl glyceryl ether or mixture of these two liquid alcohol ethers; wherein, each of the two components and is present in the range of 5 to 20 % by weight and together and constitute 10 to 30 % by weight and the liquid alcohol ether component is present 70 to 90 % by weight of the total preservative composition, characterised in that the antimicrobial preservative composition comprises one or more undecylenic acid derivatives depicted by Formula, wherein, M = NH-CH 2 CH 2 -OH, and 2-phenoxy ethanol. one or more undecylenic acid derivatives depicted by Formula, wherein, M = NH-CH 2 -OH, NH-CH 2 CH 2 -OH, N-(CH2CH2-OH)2, NHCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 N(CH 3) 2, NHCH 2 CH 2 CH2N 2 →O, NHCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 N + (CH 3) 3 (CH 3 SO 4 -), NHCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 N ÷ 2 CH 2 CH2N + 2 CH 2 COO - NHCH 2 CH 2 CH2N + (CH 3) 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 SO 2 O -, OCOR' wherein R' = alkyl group with C1 to C18, O-CH 2 CH 2 -OH, O-CH CH 2 -OH, O-polyol, O-CH 2 CH 2 -OR' wherein R' = undecylenoyl, O-C(CH 3) 2 -OH, protein (animal or vegetable derived) hydrolyzate (through nitrogen end), NH-CH 2 CH 2 -O-(-O-CH 2 CH 2 -) n -CO -COONa)-CH 2 -(SO 3 Na) wherein n= 0 to 3 one or more octanoic acid derivatives depicted by Formula, wherein M = NH-CH 2 -OH, NH-CH 2 CH 2 -OH, N(CH 2 CH 2 -OH) 2, or NH-CH 2 COOH; and 2-phenoxy ethanol or 2-ethyl hexyl glyceryl ether or mixture of these two liquid alcohol ethers; wherein, each of the two components and is present in the range of 5 to 20 % by weight and together and constitute 10 to 30 % by weight and the liquid alcohol ether component is present 70 to 90 % by weight of the total preservative composition, characterised in that the antimicrobial preservative composition comprises one or more undecylenic acid derivatives depicted by Formula, wherein, M = NH-CH 2 CH 2 -OH, and 2-phenoxy ethanol.
Method for the manipulation for an identification purpose of a microcarrier comprising the steps of: (a) a detection step for the detection of an encoded microcarrier wherein the encoded microcarrier comprises a code written on the microcarrier; and (b) a positioning and orientation step prior to or during the detection step wherein said positioning and orientation step comprises: (b. 1) the distribution of a population of microcarriers in a one-layer system which results in a plane configuration having two dimensions (X, Y); characterised in that the method further comprises the steps of: (b. 2) restricting the rotational movement of the microcarriers; wherein the microcarrier has a non-spherical, ellipsoidal or cylindrical configuration and wherein the positioning and orientation step results from the ellipsoidal or cylindrical configuration of the microcarrier. (a) a detection step for the detection of an encoded microcarrier wherein the encoded microcarrier comprises a code written on the microcarrier; and (b) a positioning and orientation step prior to or during the detection step wherein said positioning and orientation step comprises: (b. 1) the distribution of a population of microcarriers in a one-layer system which results in a plane configuration having two dimensions (X, Y); characterised in that the method further comprises the steps of: (b. 2) restricting the rotational movement of the microcarriers; wherein the microcarrier has a non-spherical, ellipsoidal or cylindrical configuration and wherein the positioning and orientation step results from the ellipsoidal or cylindrical configuration of the microcarrier. (b. 1) the distribution of a population of microcarriers in a one-layer system which results in a plane configuration having two dimensions (X, Y); characterised in that the method further comprises the steps of: (b. 2) restricting the rotational movement of the microcarriers;
Device for measuring the pressure of a cycle tyre, in particular a bicycle tyre, of a wheel of a cycle, comprising - an adapter component comprising connecting means for connecting the device to a valve of the cycle tyre and means for opening the valve such that, when said device is connected to the valve, pressurised air flows from the cycle tyre through the valve into the device until the pressure in the device corresponds to the pressure in the cycle tyre, - a sensor component which is connectable to the adapter component and which comprises pressure measurement means for measuring the pressure in the device, and - at least one securing means (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) designed so as to be attachable to the sensor component and at least one spoke of the wheel and to secure the sensor component against twisting relative to the valve, characterised in that the sensor component comprises transmission means for wireless transmission of the information corresponding to the measured pressure, and in that the securing means (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) has an assembly opening through which that part of the adapter component which extends out of the sensor component is guided. - an adapter component comprising connecting means for connecting the device to a valve of the cycle tyre and means for opening the valve such that, when said device is connected to the valve, pressurised air flows from the cycle tyre through the valve into the device until the pressure in the device corresponds to the pressure in the cycle tyre, - a sensor component which is connectable to the adapter component and which comprises pressure measurement means for measuring the pressure in the device, and - at least one securing means (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) designed so as to be attachable to the sensor component and at least one spoke of the wheel and to secure the sensor component against twisting relative to the valve,
A method for determining the treatment for a breast cancer patient comprising: obtaining a tumor cell and a non-tumorgenic cell from the patient; determining a quantitative measure of PTEN protein expression in the tumor cell and the non-tumorgenic cell; calculating a normalized PTEN protein expression score by comparing the quantitative measure of PTEN protein expression in the tumor cell with the quantitative measure of PTEN protein expression in the non-tumorgenic cell; and determining to treat the patient with a pan-ErbB tyrosine kinase inhibitor if the normalized PTEN protein expression score is less than 0.15. obtaining a tumor cell and a non-tumorgenic cell from the patient; determining a quantitative measure of PTEN protein expression in the tumor cell and the non-tumorgenic cell; calculating a normalized PTEN protein expression score by comparing the quantitative measure of PTEN protein expression in the tumor cell with the quantitative measure of PTEN protein expression in the non-tumorgenic cell; and determining to treat the patient with a pan-ErbB tyrosine kinase inhibitor if the normalized PTEN protein expression score is less than 0.15.
Evaporator system of the mechanical vapor recompression type, comprising a housing and a plurality of evaporator tubes positioned parallel to each other, a product inlet in fluid communication with a distribution element connected to the plurality of evaporator tubes, a secondary channel being formed between the inside surface of the housing and the external surfaces of the plurality of evaporator tubes, a vapor liquid separator positioned at a bottom side of the plurality of evaporator tubes and the secondary channel, a compressor in fluid communication with a vapor outlet of the vapor liquid separator, and a second transport tube connected to the compressor and an inlet of the secondary channel, wherein the housing comprises an air release pipe in a top part and/or a bottom part of the housing, wherein each evaporator tube of the plurality of evaporator tubes has an inner diameter (de) of at least 50 mm, wherein a plurality of horizontally oriented baffles are provided in the housing, and the baffles are provided at a decreasing distance from each other at an increasing distance from the inlet.
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor component; a diamond heat spreader; and a metal bond, wherein the semiconductor component is bonded to the diamond heat spreader via the metal bond, wherein the metal bond comprises a layer of chromium bonded to the diamond heat spreader and a further metal layer disposed between the layer of chromium and the semiconductor component, and characterised in that the semiconductor component is configured to operate at an areal power density of at least 1 kW/cm 2 and/or a linear power density of at least 1 W/mm. a semiconductor component; a diamond heat spreader; and a metal bond, wherein the semiconductor component is bonded to the diamond heat spreader via the metal bond, wherein the metal bond comprises a layer of chromium bonded to the diamond heat spreader and a further metal layer disposed between the layer of chromium and the semiconductor component, and characterised in that the semiconductor component is configured to operate at an areal power density of at least 1 kW/cm 2 and/or a linear power density of at least 1 W/mm.
An apparatus, comprising: (a) a body; (b) a shaft assembly configured to couple with the body such that the shaft assembly extends distally relative to the body, wherein the shaft assembly comprises: (i) a tubular member, wherein the tubular member defines a longitudinal axis, (ii) an acoustic waveguide, wherein the acoustic waveguide is sized for insertion into the tubular member along the longitudinal axis, and (iii) a guiding member, wherein the guiding member is configured to rotate the acoustic waveguide and thereby orient the acoustic waveguide in relation to the tubular member in response to insertion of the acoustic waveguide into the tubular member along the longitudinal axis. (a) a body; (b) a shaft assembly configured to couple with the body such that the shaft assembly extends distally relative to the body, wherein the shaft assembly comprises: (i) a tubular member, wherein the tubular member defines a longitudinal axis, (ii) an acoustic waveguide, wherein the acoustic waveguide is sized for insertion into the tubular member along the longitudinal axis, and (iii) a guiding member, wherein the guiding member is configured to rotate the acoustic waveguide and thereby orient the acoustic waveguide in relation to the tubular member in response to insertion of the acoustic waveguide into the tubular member along the longitudinal axis. (i) a tubular member, wherein the tubular member defines a longitudinal axis, (ii) an acoustic waveguide, wherein the acoustic waveguide is sized for insertion into the tubular member along the longitudinal axis, and (iii) a guiding member, wherein the guiding member is configured to rotate the acoustic waveguide and thereby orient the acoustic waveguide in relation to the tubular member in response to insertion of the acoustic waveguide into the tubular member along the longitudinal axis.
Electronic smoking device comprising an air inhalation port and an outer housing, in which an atomizer, a liquid reservoir for liquid to be atomized by the atomizer, and a duct that interconnects the atomizer and the air inhalation port, are arranged, wherein the electronic smoking device comprises at least one additive inlet conduit that interconnects the duct and the surroundings of the electronic smoking device, the at least one additive inlet conduit extending through an outer lateral surface of the outer housing, wherein the electronic smoking device further comprising an additive reservoir for an additive to be added to atomized liquid, characterized in that the additive reservoir is provided with a receiving channel for receiving at least a part of the outer housing and an additive outlet opening opening into the receiving channel, wherein the additive reservoir is detachably fixed at the outer housing and the at least one additive inlet conduit is in communication with the additive outlet opening.
Coupler of a plug connection, comprising a coupler housing in which at least one contact chamber for receiving a contact partner is arranged, the coupler housing being provided at at least one corner with a chamfer, characterized in that the coupler housing has a protruding spring shackle, which has a shoulder in a region of its free end, the coupler housing and the spring shackle forming a one-piece component, and in that the spring shackle is formed in a T-shaped manner in cross section when viewed in the axial direction.
Handheld device adapted to be moved along a treatment surface while being held at an angular position (α) relative to the treatment surface, the device comprising: - a housing, and - an operating member arranged at least partially within the housing, the operating member being adapted to perform a treatment action on or close to the treatment surface when the device is in operation, wherein a result of the treatment action is dependent on the angular position (α) relative to the treatment surface, and wherein the device further comprises two or more light sources, characterized in that the two or more light sources are arranged and adapted to each provide, during operation of the device, a delimited light spot on the treatment surface or on an outer surface of the device, said outer surface having a predefined angular position relative to the treatment surface when the device is in operation, and wherein the two or more light sources are arranged so that the light spots provided by the two or more light sources are: - at least partially coincident when the device is held at an angular position relative to the treatment surface which is within a predetermined optimal range of angular positions for which the treatment action of the operating member is optimal, and - non-coincident when the device is held at an angular position relative to the treatment surface which is outside said predetermined optimal range of angular positions. - a housing, and - an operating member arranged at least partially within the housing, the operating member being adapted to perform a treatment action on or close to the treatment surface when the device is in operation, - at least partially coincident when the device is held at an angular position relative to the treatment surface which is within a predetermined optimal range of angular positions for which the treatment action of the operating member is optimal, and - non-coincident when the device is held at an angular position relative to the treatment surface which is outside said predetermined optimal range of angular positions.
A method for the sequential recording of interferometric sectional images at different depths, wherein by means of an interferometer, which contains an optical reference path and an optical sample path, a sample beam scans a measuring region of a sample to produce a depth sectional image, wherein the path length of the sample beam and/or of the reference beam is varied by means of a path length switching unit and depth sectional images are produced at at least two different depths of the sample, wherein, by means of at least one mirror (21, 22) which is rotatably arranged in the path length switching unit and which is set in at least two different angular positions by means of a motor, the path length is changed in the path length switching unit by deflecting the beam paths for the different angular positions onto different geometric paths by means of different optical elements (23, 24, 25), characterised in that by means of the at least one mirror (21, 22) of the path length switching unit, the sample beam and/or the reference beam can be adjusted in such a way that, irrespective of the mirror position, the sample beam and/or the reference beam enters at the same position of the path length switching unit and exits at the same position of the path length switching unit.
An apparatus (10, 20) adapted for use in a street light installation for illuminating a surface with an illumination pattern comprising: an LED light source; and a lens having a first surface, being an azimuthally symmetric surface defined through an azimuthal angle of about 185 degrees, the first surface blending via a contour into a second surface, wherein the basal portions of the second surface have an undercut which smoothly transitions into a third surface, which second surface and third surface are utilized to direct the energy from the LED's peripheral beam, which third surface is divided into two subsurfaces by an intersection, which subsurfaces spread the light outward from the intersection in larger angles, so that when the intersection is perpendicularly oriented to the curb in a street light installation, the subsurfaces spread the beam through the third surface in directions more parallel to the curb and away from the intersection, wherein the lens is shaped to reflect light emitted by the LED light source from a curb side of the lens to a street side of the lens using a prismatic element (51, 70) defined as part of the lens surface, wherein the prismatic element comprises a total internal reflection surface arranged to reflect beam energy from the LED light source from the curb side to the street side such that more light is directed to the street side than to the curb side to render the energy distribution pattern asymmetric with respect to the curb side and street side. an LED light source; and a lens having a first surface, being an azimuthally symmetric surface defined through an azimuthal angle of about 185 degrees, the first surface blending via a contour into a second surface, wherein the basal portions of the second surface have an undercut which smoothly transitions into a third surface, which second surface and third surface are utilized to direct the energy from the LED's peripheral beam, which third surface is divided into two subsurfaces by an intersection, which subsurfaces spread the light outward from the intersection in larger angles, so that when the intersection is perpendicularly oriented to the curb in a street light installation, the subsurfaces spread the beam through the third surface in directions more parallel to the curb and away from the intersection, wherein the lens is shaped to reflect light emitted by the LED light source from a curb side of the lens to a street side of the lens using a prismatic element (51, 70) defined as part of the lens surface, wherein the prismatic element comprises a total internal reflection surface arranged to reflect beam energy from the LED light source from the curb side to the street side such that more light is directed to the street side than to the curb side to render the energy distribution pattern asymmetric with respect to the curb side and street side.