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A spirometer for measuring throughput air flow comprising; a spirometer body having a cylindrical wall defining a cavity and having one or more windows arranged to admit ambient light to the cavity; one or more deflectors configured to cause an airflow input to the cavity defined by the spirometer body to rotate; a rotor arranged inside the cavity defined by the spirometer body to be caused to rotate responsive to the rotating air flow; and one or more photodetectors, arranged at the wall of the spirometer body facing into the cavity to detect an amount of light incident thereon inside the cavity; wherein the spirometer is configured such that, as the angle of the rotor changes as it rotates, the amount of the ambient light admitted to the cavity by the one or more windows and conveyed to the or each photodetector is varied due to obstruction by the rotor; and wherein the one or more photodetectors form part of an electrical network configured to, in use, provide an electrical signal useable to detect the rotation rate of the rotor.
An amplifier, comprising: a predistorter receiving an input signal to be transmitted by the system; a first converter receiving an output of the predistorter to generate a preamplified signal; a power amplifier receiving the preamplified signal to generate an output signal based on the preamplified signal; and a second converter sampling the output signal to generate a feedback signal; wherein the predistorter, based upon an in-phase component of the input signal and the feedback signal, introduces a first component of the predistortion signal corresponding to the in-phase component of the input signal, and the predistorter, based upon a quadrature component of the input signal and the feedback signal, introduces a second component of the predistortion signal corresponding to the quadrature component of the input signal, characterised in that: the predistorter comprises a first filter (110.2) for applying a first set of coefficients to the in-phase component of the input signal, and a second filter (110.3) for applying a second set of coefficients to the quadrature-phase component of the input signal independently and separately from the first filter, the first and second sets of coefficients being different from each other. a predistorter receiving an input signal to be transmitted by the system; a first converter receiving an output of the predistorter to generate a preamplified signal; a power amplifier receiving the preamplified signal to generate an output signal based on the preamplified signal; and a second converter sampling the output signal to generate a feedback signal; wherein the predistorter, based upon an in-phase component of the input signal and the feedback signal, introduces a first component of the predistortion signal corresponding to the in-phase component of the input signal, and the predistorter, based upon a quadrature component of the input signal and the feedback signal, introduces a second component of the predistortion signal corresponding to the quadrature component of the input signal, characterised in that: the predistorter comprises a first filter (110.2) for applying a first set of coefficients to the in-phase component of the input signal, and a second filter (110.3) for applying a second set of coefficients to the quadrature-phase component of the input signal independently and separately from the first filter, the first and second sets of coefficients being different from each other. the predistorter comprises a first filter (110.2) for applying a first set of coefficients to the in-phase component of the input signal, and a second filter (110.3) for applying a second set of coefficients to the quadrature-phase component of the input signal independently and separately from the first filter, the first and second sets of coefficients being different from each other.
An ion exchange system comprising: an ion exchange column for use in separating radionuclides from a liquid waste stream, the ion exchange column including a housing and ion exchange media for capturing radionuclides, the ion exchange media being positioned inside the housing; and a hydrogen scavenging material and/or a hydrogen catalytic material positioned inside the housing, the hydrogen scavenging material being capable of removing hydrogen gas from the inside of the housing by: absorbing and/or adsorbing hydrogen gas inside the housing; and/or chemically and/or physically bonding with hydrogen gas inside the housing, and the hydrogen catalytic material being capable of catalyzing the reaction of hydrogen gas and oxygen gas to form water and reducing the amount of hydrogen gas inside the housing, characterized in that: the ion exchange media is positioned in a first chamber and the hydrogen scavenging material and/or the hydrogen catalytic material is positioned in a second chamber that is separate from the first chamber; and the ion exchange system further comprises a sealing device that moves between a closed position where the first chamber is not in fluid communication with the second chamber and an open position where the first chamber is in fluid communication with the second chamber. an ion exchange column for use in separating radionuclides from a liquid waste stream, the ion exchange column including a housing and ion exchange media for capturing radionuclides, the ion exchange media being positioned inside the housing; and a hydrogen scavenging material and/or a hydrogen catalytic material positioned inside the housing, the hydrogen scavenging material being capable of removing hydrogen gas from the inside of the housing by: absorbing and/or adsorbing hydrogen gas inside the housing; and/or chemically and/or physically bonding with hydrogen gas inside the housing, and the hydrogen catalytic material being capable of catalyzing the reaction of hydrogen gas and oxygen gas to form water and reducing the amount of hydrogen gas inside the housing, characterized in that: the ion exchange media is positioned in a first chamber and the hydrogen scavenging material and/or the hydrogen catalytic material is positioned in a second chamber that is separate from the first chamber; and the ion exchange system further comprises a sealing device that moves between a closed position where the first chamber is not in fluid communication with the second chamber and an open position where the first chamber is in fluid communication with the second chamber. the ion exchange media is positioned in a first chamber and the hydrogen scavenging material and/or the hydrogen catalytic material is positioned in a second chamber that is separate from the first chamber; and the ion exchange system further comprises a sealing device that moves between a closed position where the first chamber is not in fluid communication with the second chamber and an open position where the first chamber is in fluid communication with the second chamber.
A method for producing an automatically pH-adjusting dry powdered culture medium, wherein said dry powder medium contains sodium bicarbonate but does not liberate CO 2 upon storage which, upon rehydation, supports the growth of animal cells, the method comprising: a. determining the ratio of members of a conjugate acid-base pair of buffer salts required to be added to a dry powdered culture medium to automatically provide a desired final pH upon reconstitution of said dry powdered culture medium solvent; and b. adding amounts of members of a conjugate acid-base pair of buffers salts to said dry powdered culture medium in the ratio determined in step (a); wherein said members of the conjugate acid-base pair are monobasic and dibasic phosphate buffering salts, excluding monobasic sodium phosphate and wherein said monobasic phosphate salt is a potassium phosphate salt, and c. drying it into a powder. a. determining the ratio of members of a conjugate acid-base pair of buffer salts required to be added to a dry powdered culture medium to automatically provide a desired final pH upon reconstitution of said dry powdered culture medium solvent; and b. adding amounts of members of a conjugate acid-base pair of buffers salts to said dry powdered culture medium in the ratio determined in step (a); wherein said members of the conjugate acid-base pair are monobasic and dibasic phosphate buffering salts, excluding monobasic sodium phosphate and wherein said monobasic phosphate salt is a potassium phosphate salt, and c. drying it into a powder.
Spring clip for an injection device for administering a dose of a liquid medicament, wherein the spring clip is adapted to be arranged in a housing of the injection device near a proximal end, the spring clip having two spring legs (13.1), the legs (13.1) being inwardly biased in a manner to rest on a protective needle sheath attached to a needle of a syringe arranged in the housing or to have their proximal ends contact each other when the protective needle sheath is removed leaving but a small aperture (13.2) between their proximal ends for allowing the needle to pass through, characterized in that the spring clip has a ring shaped portion adapted to an internal diameter of the housing, wherein the spring legs (13.1) originate from the ring shaped portion towards the proximal end, and wherein the spring legs (13.1) are adapted to rest with their proximal ends on the protective needle sheath.
A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member comprising a metal member, an adhesion layer, and a covering resin layer in this order, characterized in that: the adhesion layer comprises a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and a ratio [HS/(HS + SS)] of hard segments with respect to the total of hard segments and soft segments, in the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, is from 83% by mol to 98% by mol. the adhesion layer comprises a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and a ratio [HS/(HS + SS)] of hard segments with respect to the total of hard segments and soft segments, in the polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, is from 83% by mol to 98% by mol.
A method performed by a network node in a wireless communication network for performing Coordinated Multi Point, CoMP, reception of a transmission from a wireless device being served by a serving Radio Base Station, RBS, the method comprising, - determining an available backhaul capacity of a reception point of the serving RBS and of at least one potential reception point of respective further RBS(s), characterized by further comprising: - determining a received signal quality of a received signal, transmitted from the wireless device, received by the reception point of the serving RBS and received by the at least one potential reception point of the respective further RBS(s), - determining cooperating reception point(s), from amongst the at least one potential reception point of the respective further RBS(s), to be included in the CoMP reception of the transmission from the wireless device and determining a Transport Block Size, TBS, for the transmission from the wireless device based on the determined available backhaul capacity and received signal quality, and - notifying the respective RBS(s) of the determined cooperation reception point(s) about their participation in the CoMP reception. - determining an available backhaul capacity of a reception point of the serving RBS and of at least one potential reception point of respective further RBS(s), characterized by further comprising: - determining a received signal quality of a received signal, transmitted from the wireless device, received by the reception point of the serving RBS and received by the at least one potential reception point of the respective further RBS(s), - determining cooperating reception point(s), from amongst the at least one potential reception point of the respective further RBS(s), to be included in the CoMP reception of the transmission from the wireless device and determining a Transport Block Size, TBS, for the transmission from the wireless device based on the determined available backhaul capacity and received signal quality, and - notifying the respective RBS(s) of the determined cooperation reception point(s) about their participation in the CoMP reception.
Metering device, in particular electricity meter for metering electrical energy in an Advanced Metering Infrastructure AMI System, comprising a communication unit enabling node mesh communication between the metering device and at least one further metering device, characterised in that the metering device comprises a module interface configured to connect a communication module to the metering device for enabling the metering device to establish an uplink and/or downlink connection within the AMI system, and passing on metering data acquired by itself or as received from the at least one further metering device towards a Head End System HES of the AMI System so that by adding the communication module to the metering device, the metering device is transformed from being merely a communication mesh node configured for communication with the at least one further metering device acting as a mesh node, into a gateway configured to establish the uplink and/or downlink connection within the AMI system for at least one cluster (111, 112) constituted by the metering device and the at least one further metering device configured for mesh node communication with each other.
- A pyrotechnic gas generator component comprising at least one gas generator composition, the component comprising an inlet stage formed by a pyrotechnic detonator composition, and an intermediate stage disposed between the inlet stage and the outlet stage formed by the gas generator composition (s), the intermediate stage being formed by at least one layer of compressed black powder, characterized in that the different stages (4, 8, 6) are arranged in a cup comprising a truncated-cone shape portion receiving all or part of the intermediate stage, the small diameter of the truncated-cone shape portion being in communication with a first housing receiving the detonator composition.
A ventilatory valve that is devised to control at least one of a expiratory flow or an expiratory pressure level in an expiratory branch (36, 504, 604) of a patient breathing circuit of an anesthetic breathing apparatus, wherein said ventilatory valve comprises a valve unit having a controllable restriction (503, 603) to control said expiratory flow and/or expiratory pressure in said breathing circuit, an electrical operating unit (202, 500, 600) for said valve unit, configured to electrically control said restriction during electrical operation of said anesthetic breathing apparatus, and characterized in that said ventilator valve further comprises a non-electrical operating unit for said valve unit, configured to pneumatically control said restriction upon electrical defective or powerless operation of said anesthetic breathing apparatus.
A positioning mechanism for holding a lid element of a vehicle in an intermediate position between a fully open position and a fully closed position, the positioning mechanism comprising a base component, a first friction block carrying a first friction surface, a counter surface and an engagement element, the first friction block being supported on the base component via two pivotable first lever arms (54a, 54b), wherein the first lever arms (54a, 54b) are arranged in parallel and have the same length such that the first friction block, the two first lever arms (54a, 54b) and a portion of the base component form a first parallelogram, the counter surface facing the first friction surface and being arranged in parallel to the first friction surface such that the first friction surface and the counter surface define a movement channel extending along a movement channel direction, the engagement element being receivable in the movement channel such that it contacts the first friction surface and the counter surface, and the first lever arms (54a, 54b) being inclined with respect to the movement channel direction. a base component, a first friction block carrying a first friction surface, a counter surface and an engagement element, the first friction block being supported on the base component via two pivotable first lever arms (54a, 54b), wherein the first lever arms (54a, 54b) are arranged in parallel and have the same length such that the first friction block, the two first lever arms (54a, 54b) and a portion of the base component form a first parallelogram, the counter surface facing the first friction surface and being arranged in parallel to the first friction surface such that the first friction surface and the counter surface define a movement channel extending along a movement channel direction, the engagement element being receivable in the movement channel such that it contacts the first friction surface and the counter surface, and the first lever arms (54a, 54b) being inclined with respect to the movement channel direction.
A method for increasing security of a secure connection between a client and a server having a server certificate, said method comprising: establishing a secure connection, wherein while the secure connection is established said server certificate is transmitted from said server to said client and a server public key certified by said server certificate is used to establish a symmetric encryption key to encrypt communication for the duration of the connection; generating a server authentication key by the server and a client authentication key by the client, the server authentication key and the client authentication key identical to each other and generated using a shared secret known to both the client and the server; sending server information to the client to authenticate the server, the server information including the server public key, the server information encrypted by the server using the server authentication key; and decrypting said server information by the client using the client authentication key; verifying the correctness of the server information by the client by verifying that the server public key included in the server information is the same as the server public key certified by the server certificate. establishing a secure connection, wherein while the secure connection is established said server certificate is transmitted from said server to said client and a server public key certified by said server certificate is used to establish a symmetric encryption key to encrypt communication for the duration of the connection; generating a server authentication key by the server and a client authentication key by the client, the server authentication key and the client authentication key identical to each other and generated using a shared secret known to both the client and the server; sending server information to the client to authenticate the server, the server information including the server public key, the server information encrypted by the server using the server authentication key; and decrypting said server information by the client using the client authentication key; verifying the correctness of the server information by the client by verifying that the server public key included in the server information is the same as the server public key certified by the server certificate.
A pattern wafer for a light emitting diode, comprising: an uneven structure A having an arrangement with n-fold rotational symmetry substantially on at least a part of a main surface in which n is a positive integer of 2 or more, wherein in at least a part of the uneven structure A, a rotation shift angle Θ satisfies 0°<Θ≤(180/n)° in which Θ is a minimum rotation angle of an arrangement axis A of the uneven structure A relative to a crystal axis direction of the pattern wafer for an LED in the main surface, wherein the radius of curvature of the top of the convex-portion of the uneven structure A exceeds "0", wherein the convex-portions have a table top structure in which flat portions exist in the top of the convex-portions, characterized in that the size of each flat portion is 100 nm or less, and in that the side face of the convex-portion of the uneven structure A has tilt angles of two or more stages and the radius of curvature at the point in which the tilt angles change exceeds "0" forms a curved surface. an uneven structure A having an arrangement with n-fold rotational symmetry substantially on at least a part of a main surface in which n is a positive integer of 2 or more, wherein in at least a part of the uneven structure A, a rotation shift angle Θ satisfies 0°<Θ≤(180/n)° in which Θ is a minimum rotation angle of an arrangement axis A of the uneven structure A relative to a crystal axis direction of the pattern wafer for an LED in the main surface, wherein the radius of curvature of the top of the convex-portion of the uneven structure A exceeds "0", wherein the convex-portions have a table top structure in which flat portions exist in the top of the convex-portions, characterized in that the size of each flat portion is 100 nm or less, and in that the side face of the convex-portion of the uneven structure A has tilt angles of two or more stages and the radius of curvature at the point in which the tilt angles change exceeds "0" forms a curved surface.
A method for producing oxidized lignins comprising bringing into contact - a component (i) comprising one or more lignins; - a component (ii) comprising ammonia; - a component (iii) comprising one or more oxidation agents in form of hydrogen peroxide; - a component (iv) in form of one or more plasticizers, wherein component (iv) comprises polyethylene glycol; wherein the mass ratios of lignin, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide and polyethylene glycol are such that the amount of ammonia is 0.01 to 0.5 weight parts, such as 0.1 to 0.3, such as 0.15 to 0.25 weight parts ammonia (25 weight% solution in water), based on the dry weight of lignin, and wherein the amount of hydrogen peroxide (30 weight% solution in water) is 0.025 to 1.0 weight parts, such as 0.07 to 0.50 weight parts, such as 0.15 to 0.30 weight parts hydrogen peroxide, based on the dry weight of lignin, and wherein the amount of polyethylene glycol is 0.03 to 0.60 weight parts, such as 0.07 to 0.50 weight parts, such as 0.10 to 0.40 weight parts polyethylene glycol, based on the dry weight of lignin. - a component (i) comprising one or more lignins; - a component (ii) comprising ammonia; - a component (iii) comprising one or more oxidation agents in form of hydrogen peroxide; - a component (iv) in form of one or more plasticizers, wherein component (iv) comprises polyethylene glycol;