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A system for measuring a vertical filling level of electrically conductive material in a containment volume of a metallurgical vessel, the metallurgical vessel being defined by an outer metal casing that surrounds the containment volume and extends in a vertical direction, the system comprising: a transmitting conductor for generating an electromagnetic field when connected to an alternating power source, a receiving conductor which is arranged to sense the electromagnetic field for generation of an output signal as a function of the vertical filling level, wherein the transmitting and receiving conductors (5, 6) are arranged inside the metal casing to co-extend with a mutual spacing (d) to define a spacing area that faces the containment volume and extends along the periphery of the containment volume in a closed loop, wherein the receiving conductor is arranged in the near-field of the transmitting conductor so that changes in the output signal is dominated by changes to the electromagnetic field caused by local changes in the amount of the conductive material adjacent to said spacing area, and wherein at least part of the spacing area defines a vertical measurement region in which the spacing area is slanted along the periphery so as to diverge from the horizontal and vertical directions of the vessel. a transmitting conductor for generating an electromagnetic field when connected to an alternating power source, a receiving conductor which is arranged to sense the electromagnetic field for generation of an output signal as a function of the vertical filling level, wherein the transmitting and receiving conductors (5, 6) are arranged inside the metal casing to co-extend with a mutual spacing (d) to define a spacing area that faces the containment volume and extends along the periphery of the containment volume in a closed loop, wherein the receiving conductor is arranged in the near-field of the transmitting conductor so that changes in the output signal is dominated by changes to the electromagnetic field caused by local changes in the amount of the conductive material adjacent to said spacing area, and wherein at least part of the spacing area defines a vertical measurement region in which the spacing area is slanted along the periphery so as to diverge from the horizontal and vertical directions of the vessel.
A luminaire comprising a device for detecting tilting of the luminaire, the device comprising: a sensor for sensing electromagnetic wave stimuli, the sensor mounted to the luminaire and arranged in use to receive an electromagnetic wave stimulus from one or more remotely located stimulus sources (30, 31), the stimulus sources (30, 31) being external to the luminaire and having either a stable position or a stable pattern of positions over time with respect to fixed points on earth; and a controller, adapted to: detect changes in one or more intensity characteristics of the received stimulus compared with a reference stimulus, the reference stimulus being representative of a received stimulus by the sensor when the luminaire to which the sensor is mounted is in a known state of tilt, and the changes being indicative of changes in a positional relationship between the one or more stimulus sources and the sensor, and determine, based on said detected changes in the one or more intensity characteristics and/or the indicated changes in the positional relationship, a change in a state of tilting of the luminaire. a sensor for sensing electromagnetic wave stimuli, the sensor mounted to the luminaire and arranged in use to receive an electromagnetic wave stimulus from one or more remotely located stimulus sources (30, 31), the stimulus sources (30, 31) being external to the luminaire and having either a stable position or a stable pattern of positions over time with respect to fixed points on earth; and a controller, adapted to: detect changes in one or more intensity characteristics of the received stimulus compared with a reference stimulus, the reference stimulus being representative of a received stimulus by the sensor when the luminaire to which the sensor is mounted is in a known state of tilt, and the changes being indicative of changes in a positional relationship between the one or more stimulus sources and the sensor, and determine, based on said detected changes in the one or more intensity characteristics and/or the indicated changes in the positional relationship, a change in a state of tilting of the luminaire. detect changes in one or more intensity characteristics of the received stimulus compared with a reference stimulus, the reference stimulus being representative of a received stimulus by the sensor when the luminaire to which the sensor is mounted is in a known state of tilt, and the changes being indicative of changes in a positional relationship between the one or more stimulus sources and the sensor, and determine, based on said detected changes in the one or more intensity characteristics and/or the indicated changes in the positional relationship, a change in a state of tilting of the luminaire.
A terminal, comprising: a receiving unit (710,1810) configured to receive downlink control information, DCl, by using a narrowband downlink control channel; a determining unit (720,1820) configured to determine activation or deactivation of semi-persistent scheduling, SPS, based on a correspondence relationship between a value of a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, field in the DCI and the activation or deactivation of the SPS, wherein the determining unit further determines the deactivation of the SPS, based on a value of a number-of-repetition-times field and a value of a subcarrier indication field. a receiving unit (710,1810) configured to receive downlink control information, DCl, by using a narrowband downlink control channel; a determining unit (720,1820) configured to determine activation or deactivation of semi-persistent scheduling, SPS, based on a correspondence relationship between a value of a modulation and coding scheme, MCS, field in the DCI and the activation or deactivation of the SPS, wherein the determining unit further determines the deactivation of the SPS, based on a value of a number-of-repetition-times field and a value of a subcarrier indication field.
A negative pressure wound dressing (1, 10) comprising a backing layer (7, 70), an adhesive skin contact layer (2, 20, 200) and an absorbent structure arranged between the backing layer (7, 70) and the adhesive skin contact layer (2, 20, 200), wherein the adhesive skin contact layer (2, 20, 200) is configured to detachably adhere the dressing (1, 10) to a dermal surface, wherein the backing layer (7, 70) comprises a coupling member (8, 80) configured to connect the dressing (1, 10) to a negative pressure source, wherein the absorbent structure comprises a wound contact layer (4, 40) arranged to contact the wound when the adhesive skin contact layer (2, 20, 200) is adhered to the skin adjacent the wound, the wound contact layer (4, 40) having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface of the wound contact layer (4, 40) contacts the wound in use, wherein the first surface comprises warp stitches, and characterised in that the wound contact layer (4, 40) comprises a plurality of gel-forming fibres, the second surface comprises warp and weft stitches, and the first surface does not comprise any weft stitches.
A method, comprising: performing an in-treatment optical scan on a region of a patient, wherein said in-treatment optical scan comprises a near infrared. NIR, energy source; detecting a plurality of detected signals from said optical scan; filtering out skin characteristics from said plurality of detected signals; and determining skeletal anatomy associated with said region from said plurality of signals that is filtered. performing an in-treatment optical scan on a region of a patient, wherein said in-treatment optical scan comprises a near infrared. NIR, energy source; detecting a plurality of detected signals from said optical scan; filtering out skin characteristics from said plurality of detected signals; and determining skeletal anatomy associated with said region from said plurality of signals that is filtered.
A hysteropexy mesh comprising: an anterior vaginal portion, substantially rectangular in shape, having a major dimension of about 10 cm and a minor dimension of about 4.0 cm; a right broad ligament portion, substantially L-shaped, extending from one long edge of the anterior vaginal portion and having a thickness dimension about 1.2 cm and a major dimension of about 3.5 cm; a left broad ligament portion, substantially L-shaped, extending from the other long edge of the anterior vaginal portion and having a thickness dimension about 1.2 cm and a major dimension of about 3.5 cm; a sacral portion, substantially rectangular in shape, having a major dimension of about 8.0 cm and a minor dimension of about 4.0 cm; and a posterior vaginal portion, substantially rectangular in shape, having a major dimension of about 15 cm and a minor dimension of about 4.0 cm; where the left broad ligament portion extends between and connects the anterior vaginal portion and the posterior vaginal portion. an anterior vaginal portion, substantially rectangular in shape, having a major dimension of about 10 cm and a minor dimension of about 4.0 cm; a right broad ligament portion, substantially L-shaped, extending from one long edge of the anterior vaginal portion and having a thickness dimension about 1.2 cm and a major dimension of about 3.5 cm; a left broad ligament portion, substantially L-shaped, extending from the other long edge of the anterior vaginal portion and having a thickness dimension about 1.2 cm and a major dimension of about 3.5 cm; a sacral portion, substantially rectangular in shape, having a major dimension of about 8.0 cm and a minor dimension of about 4.0 cm; and a posterior vaginal portion, substantially rectangular in shape, having a major dimension of about 15 cm and a minor dimension of about 4.0 cm; where the left broad ligament portion extends between and connects the anterior vaginal portion and the posterior vaginal portion.
A method for executing a plurality of computing tasks, the method comprising: receiving as containers, by an orchestration engine, task requests over a network from a plurality of process engines corresponding to respective machinery, each task request indicating at least one real-time task requirement for executing a respective computing task of the plurality of computing tasks, the orchestration engine being included in a computing platform, the computing platform being located remotely as compared to the process engines; selecting a plurality of computing instances from a set of computing instances, the selected computing instances each having available computing resources, the computing instances being included in the computing platform and being in communication with the orchestration engine; collecting performance data associated with the network; generating a predicted runtime for each of the computing tasks based on the performance data associated with the network; based on the predicted runtimes, task requirements, and available computing resources, determining a schedule and allocation scheme, the schedule and allocation scheme defining when each of the plurality of computing tasks is performed, and which of the plurality of selected computing instances performs each of the plurality of computing tasks; and executing, by the plurality of selected computing instances, the plurality of computing tasks according to the schedule and allocation scheme. receiving as containers, by an orchestration engine, task requests over a network from a plurality of process engines corresponding to respective machinery, each task request indicating at least one real-time task requirement for executing a respective computing task of the plurality of computing tasks, the orchestration engine being included in a computing platform, the computing platform being located remotely as compared to the process engines; selecting a plurality of computing instances from a set of computing instances, the selected computing instances each having available computing resources, the computing instances being included in the computing platform and being in communication with the orchestration engine; collecting performance data associated with the network; generating a predicted runtime for each of the computing tasks based on the performance data associated with the network; based on the predicted runtimes, task requirements, and available computing resources, determining a schedule and allocation scheme, the schedule and allocation scheme defining when each of the plurality of computing tasks is performed, and which of the plurality of selected computing instances performs each of the plurality of computing tasks; and executing, by the plurality of selected computing instances, the plurality of computing tasks according to the schedule and allocation scheme.
An electrosurgical instrument for the treatment of tissue, the instrument comprising an instrument shaft having a longitudinal axis, and an electrode assembly at one end of the shaft, the electrode assembly comprising first, second and third electrodes which are electrically insulated one from another by means of one or more insulation members, the first and second electrodes (11, 14) each having an exposed surface for treating tissue, the exposed surface of the first electrode being such as to treat tissue disposed in the longitudinal axis, and the exposed surface of the second electrode being such as to treat tissue disposed laterally of the longitudinal axis, the instrument having a first set of connections (62A, 62B) by which the first electrode can be placed in circuit with the second electrode such that, in use, a current path is established between the first and second electrodes (11, 14), and a second set of connections (62B, 62C) by which the second electrode can be placed in circuit with the third electrode such that, in use, a current path is established between the second and third electrodes (14, 25), the arrangement being such that the second electrode comprises first and second portions (19, 20) in electrical connection one with the other, the first portion of the second electrode being substantially planar and the second portion of the second electrode being in the form of a ring circumnavigating the shaft of the instrument such that the first portion of the second electrode acts as an active electrode when the instrument is operated to treat tissue disposed laterally of the longitudinal axis, and the second portion of the second electrode acts as a return electrode when the instrument is operated to treat tissue disposed in the longitudinal axis.
A wheelchair rear wheel support assembly for supporting the rear wheels of a wheelchair, said support assembly comprising an axle support bracket having attachment means adapted for securing said axle support bracket to a side frame of said wheelchair, said axle support bracket having a straight vertical slot therein defining opposed parallel inner vertical edge walls (21,21') having incremental engageable means, an axle support means for adjustably supporting an axle through said vertical slot, said axle support means having clamping means for clampingly engaging same with said incremental engageable means at a desired location along said vertical slot, characterized in that said incremental engageable means comprises a plurality of engageable grooves formed in opposed outer side end portions (23,23') of each said opposed parallel inner vertical edge walls (21,21'), said engageable grooves lying in equidistantly spaced transverse planes along at least a portion of said straight vertical slot.
A method for executing an application that comprises executable native or interpretable code and calls functions of an operating system, wherein the operating system transmits a result of a respective function call (fl) to the application, wherein the method is executed on a chip card, a USB token or a security module, characterized in that the application checks the result of a respective function call for a falsification, so as to detect an attack, and for checking the result of a respective function call (fl) a further function of the operating system is called by the application, which performs a central, uniform check of respective results of different function calls.
A method for providing contraception in a woman, wherein the woman is orally administered with a progestogen-only contraception composition once-a-month between the 1 st and the 10 th day of the woman menstrual cycle.
A system for controlling gas composition in a surgical cavity during an endoscopic surgical procedure, comprising: a) a sensor for monitoring a plurality of gas species in a gas flow from a surgical cavity of a patient; b) a processor operatively connected to the sensor for determining if the gas species monitored in the gas flow from the surgical cavity are each within a respective desired range and taking corrective action if any gas species are outside the respective desired range; and c) a pump operatively connected to move the gas flow, wherein the sensor includes an array of gas species sensors, wherein the array of gas species sensors is upstream of the pump in the gas flow, wherein the array of gas species sensors is positioned to sample from a stream of gas flow parallel with a main gas flow coming from the surgical cavity. a) a sensor for monitoring a plurality of gas species in a gas flow from a surgical cavity of a patient; b) a processor operatively connected to the sensor for determining if the gas species monitored in the gas flow from the surgical cavity are each within a respective desired range and taking corrective action if any gas species are outside the respective desired range; and c) a pump operatively connected to move the gas flow, wherein the sensor includes an array of gas species sensors, wherein the array of gas species sensors is upstream of the pump in the gas flow, wherein the array of gas species sensors is positioned to sample from a stream of gas flow parallel with a main gas flow coming from the surgical cavity.
A block copolymer composition comprising: 50% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less of a component (a), and 10% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less of a component (b), wherein the component (a) is a block copolymer comprising a polymer block mainly comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and a polymer block mainly comprising a conjugated diene monomer unit, wherein the block copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 or higher and 150,000 or lower; the component (b) is a block copolymer comprising a polymer block mainly comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and a polymer block mainly comprising a conjugated diene monomer unit; the component (b) comprises a component (b-2) at a ratio of weight average molecular weight to the weight average molecular weight of the component (a) of 2.5 or more and less than 3.4, and a component (b-3) at a ratio of weight average molecular weight to the weight average molecular weight of the component (a) of 3.4 or more and less than 4.5; and a content of the vinyl aromatic monomer unit in the component (a) and the component (b) is 10 to 50% by mass based on a total amount of the component (a) and the component (b).
An axial-flux permanent-magnet synchronous electromagnetic motor or generator including at least one rotor and at least one stator (3, 8) with a casing, said at least one rotor comprising magnet structures forming magnet poles, the magnet structures extending all around said at least one rotor rotatably mounted about a median shaft and said at least one stator (3, 8) comprising windings, the motor including two rotors, four stators (3, 8) and a cooling system (7, 7a) comprising three circuits (7, 7a) of a cooling fluid, with two outer circuits housed respectively within a longitudinal outer wall of the casing while being adjacent to an end stator (3, 8) to perform cooling of said associated end stator (3, 8) and an intermediate circuit disposed between the two stators (3, 8) that are the innermost to the motor performing simultaneously cooling of the two innermost stators (3, 8), the median shaft being common for both rotors, the two rotors being linked to the median shaft by mechanical means (5a, 5b, 6), characterised in that each magnet structure is composed by a plurality of unitary magnets, cover disks of the magnet structures being disposed axially on each of two opposite axial faces of each rotor, the cover disks being made of composite, the magnet structures being coated in a composite outer coating layer defining the external contour of each of the rotors, the cover disks being coated in the composite outer coating layer or placed over a respective axial face of the outer coating layer.
Use of a repellent comprising, as an active ingredient, a substance secreted from a cellular slime mold belonging to a genus Dictyostelium for repelling root-knot nematodes.
A method for multiple video surveillance of intersections, in which the status of objects is monitored by means of video surveillance devices, in which the video surveillance devices are placed at the intersections, and the data received from the video surveillance devices are transmitted via a data transmission system to a signal broadcasting studio; in which the received data are processed with the aid of a set of equipment technology, circuits, and methods for processing an analysis of the data received from the central receiving, acquisition and evaluation facility and are then displayed on the screen of the end users; in which a system for forwarding the processed data to an end user is employed, and with the aid of the system the display is accomplished using images in real time; in which the images are recorded, uninterruptedly or in the form of permanent connections, by the video surveillance devices placed at the intersections characterized in that the end user's screen is divided up into a plurality of output windows; that in the plurality of output windows of the end user's screen, the respective images that are recorded by the video surveillance devices in real time are displayed; and that each output window is accompanied by a written title and/or a character on a terrain map, and the written title indicates the location of the video surveillance devices.
A fire-resistant cable feed-through device with a base plate and a back plate, which comprise at least one feed-through opening for feeding through cables or flexible tubes, wherein a fire-resistant plate (3, 3') of a material foaming under heat is arranged parallel to and between the base plate and back plate, characterised by a spring element for pressure impingement of the fire-resistant plate (3, 3') in the case of fire.
An NROM transistor comprising: an ultra-thin silicon-on-insulator layer having two source/drain regions (220, 221) separated by a body region; first and second oxide areas (210, 211), each formed above a different one of the source/drain regions (220, 221); a gate insulator formed over the body region and the first and second oxide areas (210, 211), the gate insulator configured to store a plurality of charges, and a control gate formed on the gate insulator; wherein said body region is normally fully depleted. an ultra-thin silicon-on-insulator layer having two source/drain regions (220, 221) separated by a body region; first and second oxide areas (210, 211), each formed above a different one of the source/drain regions (220, 221); a gate insulator formed over the body region and the first and second oxide areas (210, 211), the gate insulator configured to store a plurality of charges, and a control gate formed on the gate insulator; wherein said body region is normally fully depleted.