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A vehicle control method comprising: detecting a position of a stationary object on a road on which a host vehicle is traveling; detecting a velocity of the host vehicle; detecting a position and a velocity of an oncoming vehicle traveling in a direction opposite to a traveling direction of the host vehicle in an oncoming lane adjacent to a traveling lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; setting a region including the stationary object on the road defined within a predetermined distance from the stationary object along an extending direction of the road; calculating a passing position at which the host vehicle and the oncoming vehicle pass each other in accordance with the velocity of the host vehicle and the position and the velocity of the oncoming vehicle; calculating a first score (s 1) that is a larger value as the velocity of the oncoming vehicle is greater; calculating a second score (s 2) that is a larger value as an acceleration rate of the oncoming vehicle is greater; integrating the first score (s 1) with the second score (s 2) so as to calculate an integration score (s); and causing the host vehicle to decelerate when the integration score (s) is greater than or equal to a predetermined value or causing the host vehicle to keep the velocity or accelerate when the integration score (s) is smaller than the predetermined value in a case in which the passing position is present within the region. detecting a position of a stationary object on a road on which a host vehicle is traveling; detecting a velocity of the host vehicle; detecting a position and a velocity of an oncoming vehicle traveling in a direction opposite to a traveling direction of the host vehicle in an oncoming lane adjacent to a traveling lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; setting a region including the stationary object on the road defined within a predetermined distance from the stationary object along an extending direction of the road; calculating a passing position at which the host vehicle and the oncoming vehicle pass each other in accordance with the velocity of the host vehicle and the position and the velocity of the oncoming vehicle; calculating a first score (s 1) that is a larger value as the velocity of the oncoming vehicle is greater; calculating a second score (s 2) that is a larger value as an acceleration rate of the oncoming vehicle is greater; integrating the first score (s 1) with the second score (s 2) so as to calculate an integration score (s); and causing the host vehicle to decelerate when the integration score (s) is greater than or equal to a predetermined value or causing the host vehicle to keep the velocity or accelerate when the integration score (s) is smaller than the predetermined value in a case in which the passing position is present within the region.
A method of preparing a porous scaffold comprising a biodegradable polymer and a ceramic material, the porous scaffold having a desired shape and comprising interconnected pores and an average porosity of 50% to 90%, the method comprising the steps of: heating a mixture comprising the biodegradable polymer, the ceramic material, and a porogen; compressing the heated mixture at a pressure of 35 MPa to 110 MPa; cooling the compression to form a bulk substrate; selectively removing a material from the bulk substrate to afford a shaped substrate; and removing the porogen from the shaped substrate to afford the porous scaffold having a desired shape. heating a mixture comprising the biodegradable polymer, the ceramic material, and a porogen; compressing the heated mixture at a pressure of 35 MPa to 110 MPa; cooling the compression to form a bulk substrate; selectively removing a material from the bulk substrate to afford a shaped substrate; and removing the porogen from the shaped substrate to afford the porous scaffold having a desired shape.
A method for treating exhaust gases containing nitrogen oxides from technical processes, such as flue gases, for the purpose of removing and/or separating nitrogen oxides and/or for the purpose of reducing nitrogen oxide content, in particular a method for denitrifying exhaust gases from large-scale plants, wherein (a) in a first method step the exhaust gases is selectively cooled, wherein at least one coolant is introduced into the flow of exhaust gases and/or is brought into contact therewith, wherein the coolant is a cooling liquid, wherein the coolant is introduced by means of injection devices into the exhaust gas flow, wherein the exhaust gas flow is cooled as a whole or in sections by the introduction of the coolant into the exhaust gas flow, and wherein the exhaust gases are cooled to temperatures in the range of from 750 to 1200°C; and (b) nitrogen oxides are removed and/or separated from the exhaust gases simultaneously and/or subsequently in a second method step, wherein the nitrogen oxides are separated and/or removed from the exhaust gases by means of the chemical reduction of the nitrogen oxides, and wherein at least one nitrogen-containing reducing agent is brought into contact with the exhaust gases containing nitrogen oxides and/or is introduced into the flow of exhaust gases containing nitrogen oxides, wherein at least one temperature profile of the exhaust gases is created, wherein the exhaust gas flow is subdivided into sections on the basis of the determined temperature profile of the exhaust gases, wherein defined individual injection devices for introducing the coolant into the exhaust gas flow and/or defined groups of injection devices for introducing the coolant into the exhaust gas flow are associated with the sections, wherein the injection devices for introducing the coolant into the exhaust gas flow are controlled individually or in groups on the basis of the determined temperature profile of the exhaust gases and/or of the load signal, characterised in that the coolant is introduced into the exhaust gas flow such that a desired temperature profile of the exhaust gas flow is configured. (a) in a first method step the exhaust gases is selectively cooled, wherein at least one coolant is introduced into the flow of exhaust gases and/or is brought into contact therewith, wherein the coolant is a cooling liquid, wherein the coolant is introduced by means of injection devices into the exhaust gas flow, wherein the exhaust gas flow is cooled as a whole or in sections by the introduction of the coolant into the exhaust gas flow, and wherein the exhaust gases are cooled to temperatures in the range of from 750 to 1200°C; and (b) nitrogen oxides are removed and/or separated from the exhaust gases simultaneously and/or subsequently in a second method step, wherein the nitrogen oxides are separated and/or removed from the exhaust gases by means of the chemical reduction of the nitrogen oxides, and wherein at least one nitrogen-containing reducing agent is brought into contact with the exhaust gases containing nitrogen oxides and/or is introduced into the flow of exhaust gases containing nitrogen oxides,
A system for determining a total particle emission of a flow cytometer particle, the system comprising: a. an apparatus adapted to pass a laser excitation energy into a generally perpendicular flow cytometer channel element through which a particle passes, said particle being adapted to be irradiated by said apparatus and to emit at least one fluorescent emission responsive to said laser excitation energy, wherein said at least one fluorescent emission results from a geometrical convolution of a geometrical form of both: i. said laser excitation energy; and ii. a geometric characteristic of at least one fluorescent emission of said particle; b. an analog emission detector adapted to detect at least some of said at least one fluorescent emission and to output an analog electrical emission; c. a digital sampler adapted to provide multiple time samples of said analog electrical emission; and d. a processor, adapted to process said multiple time samples and to calculate a total fluorescent emission of said particle; characterized in that: processing said multiple time samples by said processor includes determining the extent of said geometric convolution (216, 916) and fitting said time samples to a best-fit function (222, 922) of a same extent. a. an apparatus adapted to pass a laser excitation energy into a generally perpendicular flow cytometer channel element through which a particle passes, said particle being adapted to be irradiated by said apparatus and to emit at least one fluorescent emission responsive to said laser excitation energy, wherein said at least one fluorescent emission results from a geometrical convolution of a geometrical form of both: i. said laser excitation energy; and ii. a geometric characteristic of at least one fluorescent emission of said particle; i. said laser excitation energy; and ii. a geometric characteristic of at least one fluorescent emission of said particle; b. an analog emission detector adapted to detect at least some of said at least one fluorescent emission and to output an analog electrical emission; c. a digital sampler adapted to provide multiple time samples of said analog electrical emission; and d. a processor, adapted to process said multiple time samples and to calculate a total fluorescent emission of said particle;
A device for treatment of skin, in particular for non-invasive treatment of skin tissue, the device comprising: - a laser source for generating a laser beam during a predetermined pulse time, - a skin contact surface with which the device, in use, is applied to the skin to be treated, and - an optical system (46, 48, 50) for focusing the laser beam into a focal spot, said optical system comprising a laser beam manipulator (46, 48) arranged to position the focal spot in a dermis layer of the skin at a treatment depth between 0,2 and 2 mm below the skin contact surface, - wherein a dimension of the focal spot and a power of the generated laser beam are such that, in the focal spot, the laser beam has a power density which is above a characteristic threshold value for skin tissue in the dermis layer of the skin, above which value, for the predetermined pulse time, a laser induced optical breakdown phenomenon occurs in the skin tissue (22, 24), - wherein a deliverable energy level in the laser beam pulse is between 0.5 and 5 mJ measured at the skin contact surface, and wherein the optical system has a numerical aperture of at least 0.4, characterized in that the optical system comprises a control unit configured to control the laser beam manipulator on the basis of position information of a line of a locally deepest depression of the skin, and in that the laser beam manipulator is arranged to position the focal spot with respect to said line. - a laser source for generating a laser beam during a predetermined pulse time, - a skin contact surface with which the device, in use, is applied to the skin to be treated, and - an optical system (46, 48, 50) for focusing the laser beam into a focal spot, said optical system comprising a laser beam manipulator (46, 48) arranged to position the focal spot in a dermis layer of the skin at a treatment depth between 0,2 and 2 mm below the skin contact surface, - wherein a dimension of the focal spot and a power of the generated laser beam are such that, in the focal spot, the laser beam has a power density which is above a characteristic threshold value for skin tissue in the dermis layer of the skin, above which value, for the predetermined pulse time, a laser induced optical breakdown phenomenon occurs in the skin tissue (22, 24), - wherein a deliverable energy level in the laser beam pulse is between 0.5 and 5 mJ measured at the skin contact surface, and wherein the optical system has a numerical aperture of at least 0.4,
Drive belt having a body which is made of a flexible material and a tensile reinforcement which extends in a belt axial direction and is surrounded by said belt body in sections at least to improve the tensile strength of the body in belt longitudinal direction wherein the tensile reinforcement is a carbon cord consisting of a plurality of twisted carbon fibers with a plurality of cavities between said fibers which are filled with a rupture risk reducing filler in part at least, characterized in that a rupture risk reducing filler different from the flexible material for the belt body is filled into a first portion of the cavities of said carbon fibers and the flexible material for the belt body is introduced into a second portion (9") of said cavities wherein a carbon cord contains less than 0.2 mg, preferably 0,18 mg or less, flexible material for the belt body per one millimeter 3 cord volume.
A computer-implemented method comprising: monitoring, by an endpoint computer system, data relating to a plurality of events occurring within an operating environment of the endpoint computer system, the monitoring comprising receiving and/or inferring the data using one or more sensors executing on the endpoint computer system; storing, for the endpoint computer system, artifacts used in connection with the plurality of events in a vault maintained on such endpoint computer system, wherein the vault is maintained as a series or chain of linked data containers, each of which is encrypted and further secured by a cryptographic fingerprint; identifying and retrieving, by the endpoint computer system in response to a trigger, metadata characterizing artifacts associated with the trigger from the vault; and providing, by the endpoint computer system, the identified and retrieved metadata to a remote server. monitoring, by an endpoint computer system, data relating to a plurality of events occurring within an operating environment of the endpoint computer system, the monitoring comprising receiving and/or inferring the data using one or more sensors executing on the endpoint computer system; storing, for the endpoint computer system, artifacts used in connection with the plurality of events in a vault maintained on such endpoint computer system, wherein the vault is maintained as a series or chain of linked data containers, each of which is encrypted and further secured by a cryptographic fingerprint; identifying and retrieving, by the endpoint computer system in response to a trigger, metadata characterizing artifacts associated with the trigger from the vault; and providing, by the endpoint computer system, the identified and retrieved metadata to a remote server.
A particle therapy system comprising: a particle accelerator to output a particle beam; and a scanning system for the particle accelerator to scan the particle beam across at least part of an irradiation target in a patient, the scanning system being configured to scan the particle beam in at least two dimensions across at least part of the irradiation target; and a structure defining an edge, the structure being controllable to move in the two dimensions relative to the irradiation target to track motion of the particle beam relative to the irradiation target, the structure comprising multiple elements that are adjustable to vary a shape of the edge, wherein the multiple elements comprise fingers that are configured to individually move up or down, or extend and retract, or a combination of such movements to define an edge shape such that at least part of the structure can be moved between at least part of the particle beam and the patient to intercept the particle beam at an edge of the irradiation target, the structure comprising a material that inhibits transmission of the particle beam, wherein the structure is configured to move along the edge of the irradiation target and/or to move into the interior of the irradiation target during scanning operations. a particle accelerator to output a particle beam; and a scanning system for the particle accelerator to scan the particle beam across at least part of an irradiation target in a patient, the scanning system being configured to scan the particle beam in at least two dimensions across at least part of the irradiation target; and a structure defining an edge, the structure being controllable to move in the two dimensions relative to the irradiation target to track motion of the particle beam relative to the irradiation target, the structure comprising multiple elements that are adjustable to vary a shape of the edge, wherein the multiple elements comprise fingers that are configured to individually move up or down, or extend and retract, or a combination of such movements to define an edge shape such that at least part of the structure can be moved between at least part of the particle beam and the patient to intercept the particle beam at an edge of the irradiation target, the structure comprising a material that inhibits transmission of the particle beam, wherein the structure is configured to move along the edge of the irradiation target and/or to move into the interior of the irradiation target during scanning operations.
An absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent structure positioned in between said topsheet and said backsheet, wherein the absorbent structure comprises an absorbent core positioned in between the topsheet and the backsheet, a release structure being positioned in contact with the absorbent core allowing for fluid communication between the release structure and the absorbent core, said absorbent core comprising little to no cellulose fibers and/or fluff pulp and said absorbent core comprising an absorbent polymer material for absorbing and permanently holding fluids received from the topsheet and the release structure, wherein said release structure comprises at least one fibrous substrate structure having the capacity to receive and temporarily hold the fluids in proximity to the absorbent core so that the fluids can subsequently be transferred and released to and absorbed by the absorbent core, wherein the release structure consists of natural and/or synthetic fibers, the weight of the release structure is between 10 and 300 gsm and the release structure exhibits a static instantaneous water holding capability percentage, IWHC%, of at least 30%, wherein the IWHC% is determined by: - positioning a test sample with predefined dimensions, e.g. a length of 360 mm and a width of 100 mm, on a run-off table with a slope angle α of 30 ± 1°; - starting delivery of 30 ml of test liquid to the test sample with a rate of 2 ml/s and start timer; - measuring leakage mass (in g), which is the mass of test liquid which has dripped out of the test sample and into a recipient; - recording the leakage mass at predefined time intervals, e.g. intervals of 10s between 0s and 180s; - calculating a mean leakage mass (Ls) using the formula: Ls = (0.6 x leakage mass at 30s) + (0.3 x leakage mass at 60s) + (0.1 x leakage mass at 120s); - calculating static IWHC (IWHCs) using the formula: IWHCs = 30 - Ls; and - calculating static IWHC percentage (IWHC%) using the formula: IWHCs/30. - positioning a test sample with predefined dimensions, e.g. a length of 360 mm and a width of 100 mm, on a run-off table with a slope angle α of 30 ± 1°; - starting delivery of 30 ml of test liquid to the test sample with a rate of 2 ml/s and start timer; - measuring leakage mass (in g), which is the mass of test liquid which has dripped out of the test sample and into a recipient; - recording the leakage mass at predefined time intervals, e.g. intervals of 10s between 0s and 180s; - calculating a mean leakage mass (Ls) using the formula: Ls = (0.6 x leakage mass at 30s) + (0.3 x leakage mass at 60s) + (0.1 x leakage mass at 120s); - calculating static IWHC (IWHCs) using the formula: IWHCs = 30 - Ls; and - calculating static IWHC percentage (IWHC%) using the formula: IWHCs/30.
A method for controlling a service transmission rate, comprising: acquiring service transmission rate information reported by service gateways in a service gateway group in a distributed environment, wherein the service gateways are gateways that transmit service data to an identical destination address in parallel and limit service transmission rates of the service data based on respective flow limiting thresholds, and the service transmission rate information is used for indicating a service transmission rate on each service gateway for the destination address; determining whether the service transmission rates of the service gateways in the service gateway group indicated by the service transmission rate information are greater than the respective flow limiting thresholds corresponding to the service gateways; adjusting the flow limiting thresholds allocated to the service gateways to specified values to obtain specified thresholds when at least one determination result is affirmative, wherein the specified values satisfy the following condition: a sum of the specified values on the service gateways is not greater than a bandwidth allocated to the destination address by an operator; and sending the specified thresholds to the service gateways. acquiring service transmission rate information reported by service gateways in a service gateway group in a distributed environment, wherein the service gateways are gateways that transmit service data to an identical destination address in parallel and limit service transmission rates of the service data based on respective flow limiting thresholds, and the service transmission rate information is used for indicating a service transmission rate on each service gateway for the destination address; determining whether the service transmission rates of the service gateways in the service gateway group indicated by the service transmission rate information are greater than the respective flow limiting thresholds corresponding to the service gateways; adjusting the flow limiting thresholds allocated to the service gateways to specified values to obtain specified thresholds when at least one determination result is affirmative, wherein the specified values satisfy the following condition: a sum of the specified values on the service gateways is not greater than a bandwidth allocated to the destination address by an operator; and sending the specified thresholds to the service gateways.