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Apparatus for use with electrophysiological signal detecting electrodes, and a transcranial magnetic stimulation device, the apparatus comprising: an output device; and a computer processor configured to: drive the transcranial stimulation device to apply a plurality of pulses of transcranial magnetic stimulation to a subject by driving the transcranial stimulation device to apply a plurality of trains of transcranial magnetic stimulation to the subject; detect an electrophysiological signal of the subject, using the electrophysiological signal detecting electrodes; in response to a portion of the electrophysiological signal detected within a given time period of applying one of the one or more pulses of transcranial magnetic stimulation to the subject, within a given train, in between successive pulses of transcranial magnetic stimulation, predict an outcome of treating the subject for a neuropsychiatric condition, using a given therapy; and generate an output on the output device in response to the predicted outcome. drive the transcranial stimulation device to apply a plurality of pulses of transcranial magnetic stimulation to a subject by driving the transcranial stimulation device to apply a plurality of trains of transcranial magnetic stimulation to the subject; detect an electrophysiological signal of the subject, using the electrophysiological signal detecting electrodes; in response to a portion of the electrophysiological signal detected within a given time period of applying one of the one or more pulses of transcranial magnetic stimulation to the subject, within a given train, in between successive pulses of transcranial magnetic stimulation, predict an outcome of treating the subject for a neuropsychiatric condition, using a given therapy; and generate an output on the output device in response to the predicted outcome.
A power plant with a water-steam-cycle comprising: ▪ a steam generator with a plurality of heating surfaces configured to carry a fluid and to transfer heat to said fluid, the plurality of heating surfaces comprising an economizer for preheating said fluid and an evaporator for producing steam, the evaporator being fluidly connected to the economizer, ▪ a steam turbine that is configured to receive the steam produced in the steam generator to generate power output; ▪ a condenser configured to condense steam from the steam turbine, the condenser comprising a hotwell as collection container for condensed steam or water, ▪ a polishing plant that is arranged fluidly between the hotwell of the condenser and the economizer, wherein a drain line interconnects an outlet of the economizer and the hotwell of the condenser and wherein a fluid line interconnects the outlet of the economizer and the evaporator, wherein the fluid line comprises means to hold back water in the economizer, characterized in that the means to hold back water is a syphon. ▪ a steam generator with a plurality of heating surfaces configured to carry a fluid and to transfer heat to said fluid, the plurality of heating surfaces comprising an economizer for preheating said fluid and an evaporator for producing steam, the evaporator being fluidly connected to the economizer, ▪ a steam turbine that is configured to receive the steam produced in the steam generator to generate power output; ▪ a condenser configured to condense steam from the steam turbine, the condenser comprising a hotwell as collection container for condensed steam or water, ▪ a polishing plant that is arranged fluidly between the hotwell of the condenser and the economizer, wherein a drain line interconnects an outlet of the economizer and the hotwell of the condenser and wherein a fluid line interconnects the outlet of the economizer and the evaporator, wherein the fluid line comprises means to hold back water in the economizer, characterized in that the means to hold back water is a syphon. wherein a drain line interconnects an outlet of the economizer and the hotwell of the condenser and wherein a fluid line interconnects the outlet of the economizer and the evaporator, wherein the fluid line comprises means to hold back water in the economizer, characterized in that the means to hold back water is a syphon.
A charged particle beam device comprising beam generating means for generating a focussed charged particle beam; a specimen chamber for containing a specimen to interact with the beam in a gaseous environment; a pressure limiting aperture for providing partial gaseous isolation of the specimen chamber from the beam generating means, a lens for focussing the beam which lens includes an intermediate chamber, the intermediate chamber being interposed between the pressure limiting aperture and a beam outlet opening through which the beam exits the lens, characterised in that the device further includes gas inlet means (62,64;68,72) for enabling gas to be supplied to the intermediate chamber to set up a flow of gas from the lens towards the specimen, thereby to prevent material released from the specimen from impinging on the pressure limiting aperture, and in that the device further comprises a valve (64;72) for allowing said gas to enter the specimen chamber and a system control for adjusting said valve, the system control being configured to adjust the valve to maintain in the specimen chamber a gas pressure in the range 1Pa to 400Pa.
A permeable multi-axial grid netting comprising a plurality of first and second threads (4, 5) which are interlaced and superposed to form a grid whose meshes present an irregular closed broken line; the grid netting comprising a plurality of third threads interlaced with the first and second threads (4, 5) and arranged above, below and in between the first and second threads (4, 5); the grid netting comprising at least one fourth thread superposed over the other threads (4, 5); the fourth thread being a reinforcing thread for the grid; the first, second, third and fourth threads (4,5,9,10) may be mutually arranged in such a way as to define high-strength zones on the grid netting; the multi-axial grid netting being characterised in that it is a permeable netting because the meshes are open from one side to the other; the grid netting being made by superposing straight and curved threads (4; 5) accordingly; each first and second thread (4, 5) comprising a plurality of strands defined by thin, elongate elements placed side by side and joined to each other by impregnation with an adhesive resin.
Seating and support furniture, comprising a height-adjustable column, a seating and support corpus which is pivotably mounted about at least one horizontal axis between a first end position and a second end position on a first end of the height-adjustable column, a stopping mechanism situated at a second end of the height-adjustable column, and a locking mechanism for releasably locking the stopping mechanism, wherein a transfer device is used to release the locking of the stopping mechanism by the locking mechanism via the pivoting of the seating and support corpus between the first end position and the second end position, wherein the transfer device comprises a first transfer element, which is displaceable by the pivoting of the seating and support corpus between the first end position and the second end position, characterized in that the transfer device comprises a second transfer element, that the first transfer element is coupled to the second transfer element, and that the second transfer element is configured as a plate bearing having an upper bearing ring and a lower bearing ring. a height-adjustable column, a seating and support corpus which is pivotably mounted about at least one horizontal axis between a first end position and a second end position on a first end of the height-adjustable column, a stopping mechanism situated at a second end of the height-adjustable column, and a locking mechanism for releasably locking the stopping mechanism, wherein a transfer device is used to release the locking of the stopping mechanism by the locking mechanism via the pivoting of the seating and support corpus between the first end position and the second end position, wherein the transfer device comprises a first transfer element, which is displaceable by the pivoting of the seating and support corpus between the first end position and the second end position, characterized in that the transfer device comprises a second transfer element, that the first transfer element is coupled to the second transfer element, and that the second transfer element is configured as a plate bearing having an upper bearing ring and a lower bearing ring.
A method of multiplexing a plurality of channels (C 1, C 2, C N), wherein the channels can have different bandwidths, to generate an analog transport signal (S T), for communicating from a distributed unit to a remote radio unit of a fronthaul for a radio access network, the method comprising: dividing the plurality of channels into channel sets (SG 1, SG 2, SG 3); defining a plurality of frequency bands (b 1, b 2, b 3, b n) within the analog transport signal, each frequency band being of the same predetermined width and immediately abutting another of the plurality of frequency bands; assigning a respective frequency band to each channel set; constructing a frequency domain representation of the analog transport signal by, for each channel set, arranging each channel within the frequency band assigned to the channel set so that, if the analog transport signal is sampled at a frequency equal to twice the predetermined width, each channel of each channel set has the same center frequency as a corresponding channel of at least one other channel set; and generating the analog transport signal by converting the frequency domain representation of the analog transport signal to the time domain. dividing the plurality of channels into channel sets (SG 1, SG 2, SG 3); defining a plurality of frequency bands (b 1, b 2, b 3, b n) within the analog transport signal, each frequency band being of the same predetermined width and immediately abutting another of the plurality of frequency bands; assigning a respective frequency band to each channel set; constructing a frequency domain representation of the analog transport signal by, for each channel set, arranging each channel within the frequency band assigned to the channel set so that, if the analog transport signal is sampled at a frequency equal to twice the predetermined width, each channel of each channel set has the same center frequency as a corresponding channel of at least one other channel set; and generating the analog transport signal by converting the frequency domain representation of the analog transport signal to the time domain.
An absorbent article comprising: a vapor and fluid pervious combination sheet having a shape defining a longitudinal axis, a minimum lateral dimension and a maximum lateral dimension; and a containment assembly having a shape defining a maximum lateral dimension which is less than the maximum lateral dimension of the combination sheet, the containment assembly comprising; a fluid impermeable backing film disposed beneath a central portion of the combination sheet; and an absorbent core sandwiched between the central portion of the combination sheet and the backing film; wherein the containment assembly is integrally attached to the combination sheet along the longitudinal axis, the combination sheet forming a single-layer comprising fluid and vapor pervious and hydrophobic regions (30L, 30R) laterally disposed beyond the containment assembly and a hydrophilic region disposed between the hydrophobic regions (30L, 30R) at the central portion of the combination sheet, wherein the laterally disposed regions (30L, 30R) are provided with fasteners (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) for securing the absorbent article about the body of a wearer and the backing film forms at least a portion of a stay away zone that resists engagement by said fasteners (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d). a vapor and fluid pervious combination sheet having a shape defining a longitudinal axis, a minimum lateral dimension and a maximum lateral dimension; and a containment assembly having a shape defining a maximum lateral dimension which is less than the maximum lateral dimension of the combination sheet, the containment assembly comprising; a fluid impermeable backing film disposed beneath a central portion of the combination sheet; and an absorbent core sandwiched between the central portion of the combination sheet and the backing film; a fluid impermeable backing film disposed beneath a central portion of the combination sheet; and an absorbent core sandwiched between the central portion of the combination sheet and the backing film; wherein the containment assembly is integrally attached to the combination sheet along the longitudinal axis, the combination sheet forming a single-layer comprising fluid and vapor pervious and hydrophobic regions (30L, 30R) laterally disposed beyond the containment assembly and a hydrophilic region disposed between the hydrophobic regions (30L, 30R) at the central portion of the combination sheet, wherein the laterally disposed regions (30L, 30R) are provided with fasteners (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) for securing the absorbent article about the body of a wearer and the backing film forms at least a portion of a stay away zone that resists engagement by said fasteners (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d).
A continuous-flow heater, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a housing having a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, an interior through which liquid to be heated can flow, and a housing bottom holding heat dissipation protrusions protruding into the flow-through interior, a PTC heater containing at least one PTC heating resistor and a contact element, a spring element generating a spring force which pushes the PTC heater against the housing bottom, wherein the housing has a hood which sits on the housing bottom and forms the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet, characterized in that the housing bottom is made of metal, the spring element is made of metal and is snapped or fixed into place on the housing bottom, and the spring element is designed as a bracket on the housing bottom and has contact surfaces on both sides.
A method for electropolishing a hollow body of a metal or metal alloy, the method comprising: positioning an electrode within a hollow body comprising a metal or metal alloy, wherein the hollow body has at least one portion of larger internal diameter than other portions; orienting the hollow body vertically, with the electrode oriented vertically and retained therein; filling the hollow body with an acidic, aqueous electrolyte solution devoid of hydrofluoric acid and having a viscosity less than 0.015 Pa.s (15 cP); and passing an electric current between the hollow body and the electrode, wherein the electric current is comprised of a plurality of anodic pulses and a plurality of cathodic pulses, and wherein the cathodic pulses are interposed between at least some of the anodic pulses. positioning an electrode within a hollow body comprising a metal or metal alloy, wherein the hollow body has at least one portion of larger internal diameter than other portions; orienting the hollow body vertically, with the electrode oriented vertically and retained therein; filling the hollow body with an acidic, aqueous electrolyte solution devoid of hydrofluoric acid and having a viscosity less than 0.015 Pa.s (15 cP); and passing an electric current between the hollow body and the electrode, wherein the electric current is comprised of a plurality of anodic pulses and a plurality of cathodic pulses, and wherein the cathodic pulses are interposed between at least some of the anodic pulses.
An intumescent, halogen-free, silicon-phosphorus-nitrogen (IHFSPN) polymer of Formula or of Formula wherein "n" is 2 to 100 and R 1 through R 6, may be the same or different from each other, and selected from: hydrogen, C 1 -C 5 alkyl, C 3 -C 5 hydroxyalkyl, C 3 -C 4 alkenyl, C 6 -C 10 aryl, C 7 -C 8 arylalkyl, or a cycloalkyl structure.
A shoe, for example a shoe with a high upper such as a mountaineering shoe, a hiking shoe or the like, comprising: - an upper with an inlet starting from an upper edge of the upper and extending in the direction of the toe of the shoe, - a tongue extending substantially along the inlet, and - a tongue retaining unit associated with the tongue, which, when the shoe is done up, at least hinders the tongue from slipping sideways, a retaining element (18a1, 18b1) being associated with each of the two mutually opposing edges (14b, 14c) of the inlet, which retaining element (18a1, 18b1) may be brought into form-fitting retaining engagement with the tongue retaining unit and exerts a pulling force on the tongue retaining unit at least when the latter shifts from a desired position in a direction away from the associated edge (14b, 14c) when the shoe is done up, wherein the tongue retaining unit is separate from the tongue, and wherein the tongue retaining unit comprises a spacer element, which may preferably be placed onto the tongue by means of a bearing plate, and a hook plate, which is arranged at the end of the spacer element remote from the tongue and projects radially beyond the spacer element at least in two peripheral regions (30a, 30b) facing the two mutually opposing edges (14b, 14c) of the inlet, characterized in that the radial extent of the hook plate projecting beyond the spacer element is at its greatest in at least one peripheral portion which forms an angle (α) of between approximately 30° and approximately 60°, preferably approximately 45°, with the longitudinal axis of the tongue. - an upper with an inlet starting from an upper edge of the upper and extending in the direction of the toe of the shoe, - a tongue extending substantially along the inlet, and - a tongue retaining unit associated with the tongue, which, when the shoe is done up, at least hinders the tongue from slipping sideways, a retaining element (18a1, 18b1) being associated with each of the two mutually opposing edges (14b, 14c) of the inlet, which retaining element (18a1, 18b1) may be brought into form-fitting retaining engagement with the tongue retaining unit and exerts a pulling force on the tongue retaining unit at least when the latter shifts from a desired position in a direction away from the associated edge (14b, 14c) when the shoe is done up, wherein the tongue retaining unit is separate from the tongue, and wherein the tongue retaining unit comprises a spacer element, which may preferably be placed onto the tongue by means of a bearing plate, and a hook plate, which is arranged at the end of the spacer element remote from the tongue and projects radially beyond the spacer element at least in two peripheral regions (30a, 30b) facing the two mutually opposing edges (14b, 14c) of the inlet,
An image processing apparatus comprising a normalisation module operatively connected across a bus to a memory storing an image in which a region of interest, ROI, has been identified within the image, the ROI being bound by a rectangle having a non-orthogonal orientation with respect to rows or columns of the image, the normalisation module being arranged to: divide said ROI into one or more slices along the non-orthogonal orientation of the ROI with respect to rows or columns of the image, each slice comprising a plurality of adjacent rectangular tiles; for each slice, successively read ROI information for each tile from said memory including: reading a portion of said image extending across at least the width of said slice line-by-line along an extent of a slice; for each tile, downsample said ROI information using either an integer downsampling factor or nearest neighbour downsampling to a buffer with a scale less than twice of a required scale for a normalised version of said ROI; and fractionally downsample and rotate downsampled information for a tile within said buffer to produce a respective normalised portion of the ROI at the required scale for the normalised ROI and having an orthogonal orientation with respect to rows or columns of the image; and accumulate downsampled and rotated information for each tile within a normalised ROI buffer comprising a rectangular portion of memory for subsequent processing by said image processing apparatus. divide said ROI into one or more slices along the non-orthogonal orientation of the ROI with respect to rows or columns of the image, each slice comprising a plurality of adjacent rectangular tiles; for each slice, successively read ROI information for each tile from said memory including: reading a portion of said image extending across at least the width of said slice line-by-line along an extent of a slice; for each tile, downsample said ROI information using either an integer downsampling factor or nearest neighbour downsampling to a buffer with a scale less than twice of a required scale for a normalised version of said ROI; and fractionally downsample and rotate downsampled information for a tile within said buffer to produce a respective normalised portion of the ROI at the required scale for the normalised ROI and having an orthogonal orientation with respect to rows or columns of the image; and accumulate downsampled and rotated information for each tile within a normalised ROI buffer comprising a rectangular portion of memory for subsequent processing by said image processing apparatus.
A simulated tissue structure for surgical training, comprising: a first layer of silicone polymer with an upper surface and a lower surface defining a thickness therebetween; a second layer of silicone polymer with an upper surface and lower surface defining a thickness therebetween; the second layer being spaced apart from the first layer defining a gap therebetween such that the upper surface of the first layer faces the lower surface of the second layer; and an inclusion located between the first layer and the second layer, characterized in the tissue structure further comprising a third layer made of a plurality of entangled fiber located between the first layer and the second layer; the plurality of entangled fiber residing within the gap in a randomly arranged fashion such that part of the plurality of entangled fiber is embedded in both the first layer and second layer to create a mechanical linkage of fiber connecting the first layer and the second layer, thereby providing a dissection plane for practicing surgical excision of the inclusion. a first layer of silicone polymer with an upper surface and a lower surface defining a thickness therebetween; a second layer of silicone polymer with an upper surface and lower surface defining a thickness therebetween; the second layer being spaced apart from the first layer defining a gap therebetween such that the upper surface of the first layer faces the lower surface of the second layer; and an inclusion located between the first layer and the second layer, characterized in the tissue structure further comprising a third layer made of a plurality of entangled fiber located between the first layer and the second layer; the plurality of entangled fiber residing within the gap in a randomly arranged fashion such that part of the plurality of entangled fiber is embedded in both the first layer and second layer to create a mechanical linkage of fiber connecting the first layer and the second layer, thereby providing a dissection plane for practicing surgical excision of the inclusion.