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An aspirating system for detecting the presence of a product representative of a hazard, the system comprising: piping (1a,1b) that includes a plurality of apertures (2a,2b) spaced apart along the length of the piping; an aspirator for drawing air from outside the piping into the piping through at least one aperture, a detector coupled to the piping for detecting the presence of a product representative of a hazard, characterised in that the system further comprises an electrically-powered generator of test stimulus for generating the product representative of a hazard and for testing the functionality of the hazard detector, the generator comprising a test medium which is used to generate the product representative of the hazard; control means for controlling the activation of the test stimulus from the test stimulus generator; means for measuring the time taken for the test stimulus to reach the detector following activation by the control means, wherein the test stimulus generator is fixed in, near, or on the piping such that in use the control means is adapted to activate the generator to provide a test stimulus adjacent to no more than one aperture of the plurality of apertures of the piping at a time to carry out a functional test on the aspirating system. piping (1a,1b) that includes a plurality of apertures (2a,2b) spaced apart along the length of the piping; an aspirator for drawing air from outside the piping into the piping through at least one aperture, a detector coupled to the piping for detecting the presence of a product representative of a hazard, characterised in that the system further comprises an electrically-powered generator of test stimulus for generating the product representative of a hazard and for testing the functionality of the hazard detector, the generator comprising a test medium which is used to generate the product representative of the hazard; control means for controlling the activation of the test stimulus from the test stimulus generator; means for measuring the time taken for the test stimulus to reach the detector following activation by the control means, wherein the test stimulus generator is fixed in, near, or on the piping such that in use the control means is adapted to activate the generator to provide a test stimulus adjacent to no more than one aperture of the plurality of apertures of the piping at a time to carry out a functional test on the aspirating system.
An endoscope control unit (199; 216) configured to attach to, and be in data communication with, an endoscope, the endoscope control unit (199; 216) comprising: a receptacle (302; 500) positioned on an exterior surface of the control unit (199; 216) and configured to receive a main connector (202; 410; 600) of the endoscope; a first region (111; 224; 502) positioned within an exterior face of the receptacle (302; 500), wherein the first region (111; 224; 502) comprises a first probe, wherein the first probe comprises a spring loaded pin configured to receive a first set of video data signals having a first bandwidth from the endoscope; and a second region (177; 226; 510) positioned within the exterior face of the receptacle (302; 500) and separated from the first region (111; 224; 502), wherein the second region (117; 226; 510) comprises an interface configured to receive a second set of video data signals having a second bandwidth from the endoscope. a receptacle (302; 500) positioned on an exterior surface of the control unit (199; 216) and configured to receive a main connector (202; 410; 600) of the endoscope; a first region (111; 224; 502) positioned within an exterior face of the receptacle (302; 500), wherein the first region (111; 224; 502) comprises a first probe, wherein the first probe comprises a spring loaded pin configured to receive a first set of video data signals having a first bandwidth from the endoscope; and a second region (177; 226; 510) positioned within the exterior face of the receptacle (302; 500) and separated from the first region (111; 224; 502), wherein the second region (117; 226; 510) comprises an interface configured to receive a second set of video data signals having a second bandwidth from the endoscope.
A headband comprising: a horizontal section encircling the head; a nape-belt section depending from the horizontal section configured and arranged to cup the occipital area of the head and having a pivotal movement relative to the horizontal section; characterised in that the headband further comprises: a flexible section connected between the horizontal section and the nape-belt section, said flexible section spring-biasing the pivotal movement of the nape-belt section relative to the horizontal section. a horizontal section encircling the head; a nape-belt section depending from the horizontal section configured and arranged to cup the occipital area of the head and having a pivotal movement relative to the horizontal section;
A method for locating a target operation object, comprising: obtaining (1001, 1201) a management command sent by a device management server; and operating the target operation object according to the management command, characterised in that: the management command comprises Management Object location information, MO instance feature node information, and target operation object information; the MO location information is used to uniquely identify an MO, the MO instance feature node information is used to uniquely identify an instance corresponding to the MO, and the target operation object information is used to indicate a target operation node or a Tree aNd Description Serialization (TNDS) object, the operating the target operation object according to the management command comprises: determining a second Uniform Resource Identifier according to the MO location information and the MO instance feature node information; and connecting the second URI to a relative URI of the target operation node, obtaining a URI of the target operation node, and operating the target operation node, or replacing an MO instance corresponding to the second URI with the TNDS object; wherein the determining the second URI according to the MO location information and the MO instance feature node information comprises: obtaining (1101,1202) a first URI of an MO instance root node matching the MO location information; and matching (1102, 1203) the MO instance feature node information with feature node information of an MO instance corresponding to the first URI, and obtaining the second URI of an MO instance root node corresponding to a successfully matched feature node. determining a second Uniform Resource Identifier according to the MO location information and the MO instance feature node information; and connecting the second URI to a relative URI of the target operation node, obtaining a URI of the target operation node, and operating the target operation node, or replacing an MO instance corresponding to the second URI with the TNDS object; obtaining (1101,1202) a first URI of an MO instance root node matching the MO location information; and matching (1102, 1203) the MO instance feature node information with feature node information of an MO instance corresponding to the first URI, and obtaining the second URI of an MO instance root node corresponding to a successfully matched feature node.
A power supply system based on a multi-core architecture, comprising a voltage source and N cores, and further comprising M low dropout regulators, LDOs, and N load monitors, LMs, wherein each of the N LMs is configured to monitor a load status of a core of the N cores, and control, according to the load status of the core, a low dropout regulator, LDO, of the M LDOs to output a voltage to the core, and each of the LMs comprises a control module and at least one monitoring module, wherein a monitoring end of the monitoring module is connected to a signal output end of the core, an output end of the monitoring module is connected to an input end of the control module, a control end of the control module is connected to an input end of the monitoring module, an output end of the control module is connected to a control end of the LDO, an output end of the LDO is connected to a voltage input end of the core, and the control module is configured to control the monitoring module to operate or power off; and when the monitoring module operates, the monitoring module is adapted to monitor the load status of the core and to send the load status of the core to the control module, the control module is adapted to generate, according to the load status of the core, a voltage control signal and to send the voltage control signal to the LDO, the voltage control signal being suitable for controlling the LDO to output a corresponding voltage to the core, and the LDO is configured to output, according to different voltage control signals, different voltages to supply power to the core; and wherein an output end of the voltage source is connected to input ends of the M LDOs, an output end of a k th LDO is connected to voltage input ends of X cores, a signal output end of an i th core is connected to a monitoring end of a j th LM, and an output end of the j th LM is connected to a control end of the k th LDO, wherein each LDO is connected to a different core, or to a different plurality of X cores, one core is connected to one LM, each core is connected to a different LM, M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, N is a positive integer greater than M, X is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than N, the k th LDO is any one of the M LDOs, the i th core is any one of the X cores, the j th LM is any one of the N LMs, and both i and j are positive integers; and the voltage source is configured to provide a supply voltage for the M LDOs, the j th is adapted to monitor a load status of the i th core, to generate a voltage control signal according to the load status, and to send the voltage control signal to the k th LDO, the k th LDO is adapted to receive X voltage control signals sent by X LMs, to determine a highest voltage control signal from the X voltage control signals, and to output, according to a correspondence between a voltage control signal and an output voltage, a target output voltage corresponding to the highest voltage control signal to the X cores; and the target output voltage is less than or equal to the supply voltage.
An implantable prosthetic valve (10, 410) comprising: an annular frame (12, 212) comprising an inflow end (214A, 214B) and an outflow end (214A, 214B) and being radially collapsible and expandable between a radially collapsed configuration and a radially expanded configuration, the frame (12, 212) defining an axial direction extending from the inflow end (214A, 214B) to the outflow end (214A, 214B); a leaflet structure positioned within the frame (12, 212) and secured thereto; and an annular outer skirt (18, 200) positioned around an outer surface of the frame (12, 212), wherein the outer skirt (18, 200) comprises: an inflow edge portion (212A, 212B, 212C, 212D, 90) secured to the frame (12, 212) at a first location; an outflow edge portion (212A, 212B, 212C, 212D, 90) secured to the frame (12, 212) at a second location; an intermediate portion (17, 206) between the inflow edge portion (212A, 212B, 212C, 212D, 90) and the outflow edge portion (212A, 212B, 212C, 212D, 90), wherein the intermediate portion (17, 206) comprises a plurality of circumferentially spaced, axially extending slits (208, 98) that define a plurality of skirt (16, 18, 200) segments between each pair of slits (208, 98), wherein each skirt (16, 18, 200) segment comprises first and second opposing edge portions; and a plurality of tethers (214, 2184, 218), wherein each tether (214, 218, 220) is secured to the first edge portion of a skirt (16, 18, 200) segment at a first end (214A, 216A, 218A, 220A) of the tether (214, 218, 220), extends across the second edge portion of the same skirt (16, 18, 200) segment, and is secured to the frame (12, 212) or an adjacent skirt (16, 18, 200) segment at a second end (214B, 216B, 218B, 220B) of the tether (214, 218, 220) such that when the frame (12, 212) is expanded to the radially expanded configuration, the first edge portion is pulled in a circumferential direction toward the second edge portion by the tether (214, 218, 220).
A physiologically-tolerable oligoguluronate having a molecular weight in the range 350 Da to 6000 Da for use in a method of treatment of a human subject suffering from cystic fibrosis, wherein said treatment is to reduce mucosal hyperviscosity in the digestive tract, and said method comprises application of said oligoguluronate to a mucosal surface in the digestive tract of said subject.
A method of establishing a boundary for a material improvement process on an airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge downstream of the leading edge, a tip, and a base, the method comprising: identifying a maximum allowable damage depth on the airfoil, the maximum allowable damage depth being a maximum allowable damage depth from the leading edge of the airfoil; identifying a maximum constant thickness line on the airfoil at an extent of the maximum allowable damage depth, wherein the maximum constant thickness line extends from the base of the airfoil to the tip of the airfoil; identifying a peak vibratory stress gradient on the airfoil; identifying a peak combined engine stress on the airfoil, the peak combined engine stress being an area along the maximum constant thickness line that has the highest combined engine stress; and specifying the boundary for the material improvement process on the airfoil such that the material improvement process is applied up to a boundary which is downstream of the maximum constant thickness line and the peak combined engine stress, and circumventing the peak vibratory stress gradient. identifying a maximum allowable damage depth on the airfoil, the maximum allowable damage depth being a maximum allowable damage depth from the leading edge of the airfoil; identifying a maximum constant thickness line on the airfoil at an extent of the maximum allowable damage depth, wherein the maximum constant thickness line extends from the base of the airfoil to the tip of the airfoil; identifying a peak vibratory stress gradient on the airfoil; identifying a peak combined engine stress on the airfoil, the peak combined engine stress being an area along the maximum constant thickness line that has the highest combined engine stress; and specifying the boundary for the material improvement process on the airfoil such that the material improvement process is applied up to a boundary which is downstream of the maximum constant thickness line and the peak combined engine stress, and circumventing the peak vibratory stress gradient.
An electric traction module for a vehicle, comprising at least an electric motor, a first and a second output shaft (4, 5) and a transmission configured to connect said at least one electric motor to at least one of said first and second output shafts (4, 5), said electric traction module further comprising a framework configured to define an internal volume inside of which said electric motor, said transmission and at least part of said first and second output shafts (4, 5) are housed, wherein said module comprises two motors (2a, 2b) both incident to a common shaft, said mechanical transmission comprises a differential interposed between said output shafts (4, 5) and said two motors (2a, 2b), wherein said common shaft is connected to a gear train-holder of said differential by means of a cogged wheel gear, and wherein said module comprises velocity/torque selector means configured to vary the velocity provided by said common shaft to said differential according to at least two velocity/torque ratios, wherein said velocity/torque selector means comprise a selector carried by said common shaft and at least a pair of cogged wheels (11a, 11b), carried in a rotatably free manner relative to said common shaft and cooperating with respective at least one cogged wheel (16a, 16b) carried by said gear train-holder, said selector being configured to make one of said cogged wheels (11a, 11b) selectively integral with the rotation to said common shaft. said module comprises two motors (2a, 2b) both incident to a common shaft, said mechanical transmission comprises a differential interposed between said output shafts (4, 5) and said two motors (2a, 2b), wherein said common shaft is connected to a gear train-holder of said differential by means of a cogged wheel gear, and wherein said module comprises velocity/torque selector means configured to vary the velocity provided by said common shaft to said differential according to at least two velocity/torque ratios, wherein said velocity/torque selector means comprise a selector carried by said common shaft and at least a pair of cogged wheels (11a, 11b), carried in a rotatably free manner relative to said common shaft and cooperating with respective at least one cogged wheel (16a, 16b) carried by said gear train-holder, said selector being configured to make one of said cogged wheels (11a, 11b) selectively integral with the rotation to said common shaft.
A method for wireless communication comprising an original transmission of bits of an encoded bit stream and a retransmission of bits of the encoded bit stream, the method comprising: encoding (805; 1505) a set of information bits using a lifted quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check, LDPC, code obtained from a base graph using a lifting size value Z, the lifted LDPC code having a plurality of variable nodes corresponding to one or more information bits and parity bits and a plurality of check nodes, to generate the encoded bit stream; storing the encoded bit stream in a first circular buffer; re-ordering (815; 1510) bits in the encoded bit stream to create a re-ordered set of bits; storing the re-ordered set of bits in a second circular buffer, wherein information bits are evenly distributed across the second circular buffer; and transmitting (820; 1520) a redundancy version, RV, corresponding to the set of information bits, the RV either comprising a contiguous set of bits from the first circular buffer for the original transmission or a contiguous set of bits from the second circular buffer for the retransmission, wherein the RV for the retransmission comprises sufficient information bits that the RV can be decoded without the original transmission. encoding (805; 1505) a set of information bits using a lifted quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check, LDPC, code obtained from a base graph using a lifting size value Z, the lifted LDPC code having a plurality of variable nodes corresponding to one or more information bits and parity bits and a plurality of check nodes, to generate the encoded bit stream; storing the encoded bit stream in a first circular buffer; re-ordering (815; 1510) bits in the encoded bit stream to create a re-ordered set of bits; storing the re-ordered set of bits in a second circular buffer, wherein information bits are evenly distributed across the second circular buffer; and transmitting (820; 1520) a redundancy version, RV, corresponding to the set of information bits, the RV either comprising a contiguous set of bits from the first circular buffer for the original transmission or a contiguous set of bits from the second circular buffer for the retransmission, wherein the RV for the retransmission comprises sufficient information bits that the RV can be decoded without the original transmission.
A display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises a transmission region and a reflection region, and a first polarizer, a first base substrate, a first alignment layer, a liquid crystal layer, a second alignment layer, a second base substrate, and a second polarizer that are disposed in turn; wherein, a reflection layer is provided between the second alignment layer and the second polarizer in the reflection regions; the liquid crystal layer in the reflection region comprises nematic liquid crystal and a polymer network; the liquid crystal layer in the transmission region comprises a liquid crystal mixture comprising the nematic liquid crystal and polymerizable monomers; the polymer network in the reflection region has been formed by polymerizing the polymerizable monomers in the liquid crystal mixture; and in case of no electric field, an alignment direction of the nematic liquid crystal in the reflection region is different from that of the first alignment layer, and an alignment direction of the nematic liquid crystal in the transmission region is same as that of the first alignment layer;polarization transmission directions of the first polarizer and the second polarizer are perpendicular to each other; orientations of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer are parallel or anti-parallel to each other; the orientation of the first alignment layer is perpendicular to the polarization transmission direction of the first polarizer; and the display panel further comprises a first electrode and a second electrode that are both disposed on the first base substrate or disposed on the second base substrate, wherein one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a pixel electrode, and the other is a common electrode.
An overhead transport vehicle comprising: a body unit configured to travel along a track; a plurality of suspending members, and a lifting unit including a gripping unit configured to grip an article, the lifting unit being configured to be raised and lowered with respect to the body unit by the plurality of suspending members, wherein the lifting unit includes: a base portion to which the gripping unit is provided; and a plurality of shock-absorbing mechanisms (40, 50), each including a support portion (46, 54) and a vibration-isolating portion (48, 58), wherein the support portion (46, 54) is configured to support the base portion, so as to be vertically movable from below in a vertical direction via the vibration-isolating portion (48, 58), and to each of which at least one suspending member is attached, a link mechanism, wherein the shock-absorbing mechanisms (40, 50) are connected by the link mechanism, and the linkmechanism is configured such as to ensure similarity of respective distances between the base portion and the support portions (46, 54) in the shock-absorbing mechanisms (40, 50) connected to each other. a body unit configured to travel along a track; a plurality of suspending members, and a lifting unit including a gripping unit configured to grip an article, the lifting unit being configured to be raised and lowered with respect to the body unit by the plurality of suspending members, wherein the lifting unit includes: a base portion to which the gripping unit is provided; and a plurality of shock-absorbing mechanisms (40, 50), each including a support portion (46, 54) and a vibration-isolating portion (48, 58), wherein the support portion (46, 54) is configured to support the base portion, so as to be vertically movable from below in a vertical direction via the vibration-isolating portion (48, 58), and to each of which at least one suspending member is attached, a base portion to which the gripping unit is provided; and a plurality of shock-absorbing mechanisms (40, 50), each including a support portion (46, 54) and a vibration-isolating portion (48, 58), wherein the support portion (46, 54) is configured to support the base portion, so as to be vertically movable from below in a vertical direction via the vibration-isolating portion (48, 58), and to each of which at least one suspending member is attached, a link mechanism, wherein the shock-absorbing mechanisms (40, 50) are connected by the link mechanism, and the linkmechanism is configured such as to ensure similarity of respective distances between the base portion and the support portions (46, 54) in the shock-absorbing mechanisms (40, 50) connected to each other.