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A method for control of a moving utility land vehicle having one or more GPS receivers for receiving data, one or more sensors, and an automated navigation system comprising a speed control and a steering control, the method comprising: detecting an alarm condition, said step of detecting an alarm condition comprising detecting that said vehicle is malfunctioning, that said vehicle has become unstable, that the one or more sensors or the automated navigation system is acting outside of prescribed parameters, or that data provided by the one or more sensors deviates from expected norms; determining, by a controller, a radius of a curved path that said vehicle is following at a time when said alarm condition is detected, wherein the determining is based on the curved path that said vehicle is following, a wheel angle of said vehicle, or the data received via the one or more GPS receivers; and in response to said alarm condition, maintaining forward motion of said vehicle along the radius of the curved path, wherein maintaining the forward motion of said vehicle is based at least in part on the data received via the one or more GPS receivers. detecting an alarm condition, said step of detecting an alarm condition comprising detecting that said vehicle is malfunctioning, that said vehicle has become unstable, that the one or more sensors or the automated navigation system is acting outside of prescribed parameters, or that data provided by the one or more sensors deviates from expected norms; determining, by a controller, a radius of a curved path that said vehicle is following at a time when said alarm condition is detected, wherein the determining is based on the curved path that said vehicle is following, a wheel angle of said vehicle, or the data received via the one or more GPS receivers; and in response to said alarm condition, maintaining forward motion of said vehicle along the radius of the curved path, wherein maintaining the forward motion of said vehicle is based at least in part on the data received via the one or more GPS receivers.
An in vitro method of determining a difference in alpha-4 integrin activity in an individual with an autoimmune disease, comprising: a) measuring a soluble molecule in a first biological sample of bodily fluid selected from the group consisting of blood, serum, and plasma and obtained from the individual immediately before administration of an alpha-4 integrin inhibitor; b) measuring the soluble molecule in a second biological sample, wherein the second biological sample of bodily fluid selected from the group consisting of blood, serum, and plasma and has been obtained from the individual within thirty-one days after administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor; and c) determining whether there is a decrease in the levels of the soluble molecule between the first and second biological samples, wherein the decrease correlates with a decrease in alpha-4 integrin activity in the individual, and thereby determining whether there is a difference in alpha-4 integrin activity in the individual after administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor compared with before administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor, wherein the soluble molecule is sVCAM and/or sMAdCAM, and wherein the autoimmune disease is selected from the group consisting of multiple sclerosis, meningitis, encephalitis, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, atherosclerosis, nephritis, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, lupus erythematosus and epilepsy. a) measuring a soluble molecule in a first biological sample of bodily fluid selected from the group consisting of blood, serum, and plasma and obtained from the individual immediately before administration of an alpha-4 integrin inhibitor; b) measuring the soluble molecule in a second biological sample, wherein the second biological sample of bodily fluid selected from the group consisting of blood, serum, and plasma and has been obtained from the individual within thirty-one days after administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor; and c) determining whether there is a decrease in the levels of the soluble molecule between the first and second biological samples, wherein the decrease correlates with a decrease in alpha-4 integrin activity in the individual, and thereby determining whether there is a difference in alpha-4 integrin activity in the individual after administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor compared with before administration of the alpha-4 integrin inhibitor,
A bone-harvesting device, comprising a cannula and a bone receptacle, wherein;; the cannula includes: a proximal end; a proximal portion, adjacent to the proximal end, that defines an axis; a curved distal portion; and a distal end, adjacent to the distal portion, at least part of the distal end being sharpened to form a cutting edge (15, 20, 22, 24, 43); the bone receptacle includes a suction port and an entry port; the entry port being attached to the proximal end of the cannula such that, when suction is applied to the suction port, the suction draws from the distal end of the cannula, through the cannula, and into the bone receptacle; characterized in that the distal portion is curved through an arc of more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees relative to the axis. a proximal end; a proximal portion, adjacent to the proximal end, that defines an axis; a curved distal portion; and a distal end, adjacent to the distal portion, at least part of the distal end being sharpened to form a cutting edge (15, 20, 22, 24, 43); the bone receptacle includes a suction port and an entry port; the entry port being attached to the proximal end of the cannula such that, when suction is applied to the suction port, the suction draws from the distal end of the cannula, through the cannula, and into the bone receptacle; characterized in that the distal portion is curved through an arc of more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees relative to the axis.
An image processing device comprising: imaging means (31, 32) configured to generate an image from a subject; subject tracking means configured to detect a subject region (Ha, Hb, Hc) in said image; face detecting means configured to detect, in said image, a face from a person serving as the subject region (Ha, Hb, Hc) detected by the subject tracking means; calculating means configured to calculate a ratio between the size of the subject region (Ha, Hb, Hc) and the size of a face region (Fa, Fb, Fc) that is the region of the face included in said subject region (Ha, Hb, Hc); and control means configured to control a zoom of said imaged image according to a zoom operation by a user; wherein said calculating means is configured to calculate said ratio during the zoom operation and said control means is configured to stop the zoom when said ratio calculated by said calculating means, and a predetermined value match. imaging means (31, 32) configured to generate an image from a subject; subject tracking means configured to detect a subject region (Ha, Hb, Hc) in said image; face detecting means configured to detect, in said image, a face from a person serving as the subject region (Ha, Hb, Hc) detected by the subject tracking means; calculating means configured to calculate a ratio between the size of the subject region (Ha, Hb, Hc) and the size of a face region (Fa, Fb, Fc) that is the region of the face included in said subject region (Ha, Hb, Hc); and control means configured to control a zoom of said imaged image according to a zoom operation by a user; wherein said calculating means is configured to calculate said ratio during the zoom operation and said control means is configured to stop the zoom when said ratio calculated by said calculating means, and a predetermined value match.
Track-module bogie-suspension apparatus for attachment to a track module having a frame, a drive wheel and an endless track, comprising: • a bogie assembly having a bogie mount, at least one leading bogie ground-engaging wheel and at least one trailing bogie ground-engaging wheel thereon, and forward and rearward bogie-mount connections (94, 92), and • first and second load- and ground-responsive suspension joints (82p, 86p) spaced from one another in a forward/rearward direction; characterized in that • the bogie mount includes: • a bogie-mount forward portion having the at least one leading bogie wheel rotatably attached thereto at a leading bogie axis, the bogie-mount forward portion including the forward bogie-mount connection; and • a bogie-mount rearward portion having the at least one trailing bogie wheel rotatably attached thereto at a trailing bogie axis, the bogie-mount rearward portion including the rearward bogie-mount connection; • and that the bogie-suspension apparatus further includes leading and trailing suspension elements (68, 70) each have an upper end (68U, 70U) and a lower end (68L, 70L), the upper ends of the leading and trailing suspension elements rotatably attached to the first and second suspension joints (82p, 86p), respectively, and the lower ends thereof rotatably attached to the rearward and forward bogie-mount connections (92, 94), respectively. • a bogie assembly having a bogie mount, at least one leading bogie ground-engaging wheel and at least one trailing bogie ground-engaging wheel thereon, and forward and rearward bogie-mount connections (94, 92), and • first and second load- and ground-responsive suspension joints (82p, 86p) spaced from one another in a forward/rearward direction; • the bogie mount includes: • a bogie-mount forward portion having the at least one leading bogie wheel rotatably attached thereto at a leading bogie axis, the bogie-mount forward portion including the forward bogie-mount connection; and • a bogie-mount rearward portion having the at least one trailing bogie wheel rotatably attached thereto at a trailing bogie axis, the bogie-mount rearward portion including the rearward bogie-mount connection; • a bogie-mount forward portion having the at least one leading bogie wheel rotatably attached thereto at a leading bogie axis, the bogie-mount forward portion including the forward bogie-mount connection; and • a bogie-mount rearward portion having the at least one trailing bogie wheel rotatably attached thereto at a trailing bogie axis, the bogie-mount rearward portion including the rearward bogie-mount connection; • and that the bogie-suspension apparatus further includes leading and trailing suspension elements (68, 70) each have an upper end (68U, 70U) and a lower end (68L, 70L), the upper ends of the leading and trailing suspension elements rotatably attached to the first and second suspension joints (82p, 86p), respectively, and the lower ends thereof rotatably attached to the rearward and forward bogie-mount connections (92, 94), respectively.
A method of reacting a gas reactant and liquid reactant comprising: (i) introducing the gas reactant and liquid reactant into a hybrid vertical bubble plug flow reactor, having a bottom inlet and a top outlet connected by a tubular member, separately at the bottom inlet, wherein the gas reactant and liquid reactant are mixed and introduced at a rate resulting in a molar ratio of gas reactant/liquid reactant that is in excess of a stoichiometric amount and the gas reactant forms bubbles within the liquid reactant, optionally: wherein the liquid reactant is a gas at ambient conditions and the reactor is maintained at a pressure and temperature for the liquid reactant to be maintained as a liquid, wherein the bubbles traverse the reactor at a speed, and wherein the liquid reactant traverse the reactor at a speed and the speed of the bubbles is the same or greater than the speed of the liquid reactant, (ii) allowing the gas and liquid reactants to react and form a reaction product as they flow upwards through the hybrid vertical bubble plug flow reactor in the presence of a catalyst, and (iii) removing the reaction product at the top outlet. (i) introducing the gas reactant and liquid reactant into a hybrid vertical bubble plug flow reactor, having a bottom inlet and a top outlet connected by a tubular member, separately at the bottom inlet, wherein the gas reactant and liquid reactant are mixed and introduced at a rate resulting in a molar ratio of gas reactant/liquid reactant that is in excess of a stoichiometric amount and the gas reactant forms bubbles within the liquid reactant, optionally: wherein the liquid reactant is a gas at ambient conditions and the reactor is maintained at a pressure and temperature for the liquid reactant to be maintained as a liquid, wherein the bubbles traverse the reactor at a speed, and wherein the liquid reactant traverse the reactor at a speed and the speed of the bubbles is the same or greater than the speed of the liquid reactant, (ii) allowing the gas and liquid reactants to react and form a reaction product as they flow upwards through the hybrid vertical bubble plug flow reactor in the presence of a catalyst, and (iii) removing the reaction product at the top outlet.
Use of an adhesive for bonding to woodchip wallpaper, more particularly coated woodchip wallpaper, textured wallpapers, wood, panels, wall boards, wainscoting, veneered woods, or to plaster, more particularly coated plaster, the adhesive consisting of (a) at least one elastomer component of the type of a polybutadiene-polyvinylaromatic block copolymer having a fraction in relation to the total adhesive of 42 wt% to 50 wt% and a diblock fraction in relation to the total block copolymer content of 32 wt% to 55 wt%, preferably to 50 wt%, where the block copolymers have a weight-average molar mass by Test 1 as defined in the description of between 50 000 g/mol and 500 000 g/mol, (b) at least one tackifier resin which is a hydrocarbon resin having a DACP of at least +5°C and at most +50°C and an MMAP of at least +50°C and at most +85°C, and which has a resin softening temperature by ring & ball according to ASTM E28 of at least +90°C, (c) at least one plasticizing resin having a fraction of 0 wt% to 15 wt%, based on the total adhesive, (d) optionally further additives. (a) at least one elastomer component of the type of a polybutadiene-polyvinylaromatic block copolymer having a fraction in relation to the total adhesive of 42 wt% to 50 wt% and a diblock fraction in relation to the total block copolymer content of 32 wt% to 55 wt%, preferably to 50 wt%, where the block copolymers have a weight-average molar mass by Test 1 as defined in the description of between 50 000 g/mol and 500 000 g/mol, (b) at least one tackifier resin which is a hydrocarbon resin having a DACP of at least +5°C and at most +50°C and an MMAP of at least +50°C and at most +85°C, and which has a resin softening temperature by ring & ball according to ASTM E28 of at least +90°C, (c) at least one plasticizing resin having a fraction of 0 wt% to 15 wt%, based on the total adhesive, (d) optionally further additives.
A method for controlling live migration of a virtual machine from a first host to a second host, comprising: determining, by a virtual machine manager, that the virtual machine will be migrated from the first host to the second host; sending, by the virtual machine manager to at least a third host in a virtual network including the virtual machine, a shadow mapping policy that maps a customer address AA of the virtual machine to a provider address LA of the migrated virtual machine on the second host and is stored but not utilized until activated; receiving, by the third host, the shadow mapping policy; using, by the third host, a current mapping policy for communicating with the virtual machine until the shadow mapping policy is activated; and using, by the third host, the shadow mapping policy for communicating with the virtual machine after the shadow mapping policy is activated; further comprising receiving, by the third host, a packet including a pair of customer address AA of the migrated virtual machine and a new provider address LA, said pair matching the shadow mapping policy, and, in response to receiving the packet, activating the shadow mapping policy. determining, by a virtual machine manager, that the virtual machine will be migrated from the first host to the second host; sending, by the virtual machine manager to at least a third host in a virtual network including the virtual machine, a shadow mapping policy that maps a customer address AA of the virtual machine to a provider address LA of the migrated virtual machine on the second host and is stored but not utilized until activated; receiving, by the third host, the shadow mapping policy; using, by the third host, a current mapping policy for communicating with the virtual machine until the shadow mapping policy is activated; and using, by the third host, the shadow mapping policy for communicating with the virtual machine after the shadow mapping policy is activated; further comprising receiving, by the third host, a packet including a pair of customer address AA of the migrated virtual machine and a new provider address LA, said pair matching the shadow mapping policy, and, in response to receiving the packet, activating the shadow mapping policy.
A pixel array, comprising a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit having a first sub-pixel with first color, a second sub-pixel with second color and a third sub-pixel with third color, wherein the first sub-pixel with first color, the second sub-pixel with second color and the third sub-pixel with third color are arranged in a three-by-three pattern with three sub-pixels in each row and three sub-pixels in each column, the first sub-pixels with first color are arranged at a center and four vertexes of each pixel unit, the second sub-pixels with second color and the third sub-pixels with third color are alternately arranged at middle of boundaries of each pixel unit, adjacent pixel units are arranged to share a common boundary, characterized in that, for the pixel units located at the edges of the pixel array, the first sub-pixel with first color is absent only at the vertex or vertexes located at said edges and corresponding to said pixel units, such that the second sub-pixels with second color and the third sub-pixels with third color are alternately arranged on edges of the pixel array.
A portable fire extinguisher, comprising a housing and a cartridge arranged within the housing, wherein a bottom of the cartridge is fixedly connected to the housing via a fastening device; the fastening device includes a screw provided at the bottom of the cartridge, a nut matched with the screw, and a rotation-stopping body provided at the bottom of the housing and capable of preventing the screw from rotating, characterized in that a base of the housing comprises a base body, a bump is arranged on the rotation-stopping body, and is directly arranged on the base body and locked with a through groove on the screw when integrated with the base body; a threaded hole corresponding with the screw is provided on the base of the housing; the bump is provided on the threaded hole and matched with the structure of the screw so that the bump is embedded into the through groove of the screw, while the screw runs through the rotation-stopping body and extends outside the threaded hole.
An external component housing of a cochlear implant system comprising: a signal processing stage within the housing for generating an electrical signal for an implanted portion of the system; an external coil within the housing for transmitting the electrical signal transcutaneously through the skin of a patient to the implanted portion; and an impact absorber for shielding system components from a mechanical impact to the housing which produces an associated impact energy; characterised in that the signal processing stage and the external coil are within the same housing, and in that the impact absorber distributes the impact energy to the external coil so as to increase the coil diameter and transfer the impact energy away from an implanted portion of the system. a signal processing stage within the housing for generating an electrical signal for an implanted portion of the system; an external coil within the housing for transmitting the electrical signal transcutaneously through the skin of a patient to the implanted portion; and an impact absorber for shielding system components from a mechanical impact to the housing which produces an associated impact energy; characterised in that the signal processing stage and the external coil are within the same housing, and in that the impact absorber distributes the impact energy to the external coil so as to increase the coil diameter and transfer the impact energy away from an implanted portion of the system.
A turner gear assembly for turning an unbalanced rotor of a wind turbine having a drivetrain, comprising: a turner gear configured to couple to a said drivetrain and having at least two motors (58a, 58b); and a valve block operatively connectable to the turner gear and including a first flow control valve configured to be in fluid communication with a pump and with the at least two motors (58a, 58b) of the turner gear, characterized in that the first flow control valve is selectively moveable between a first fluid control position and a second fluid control position, and when the first flow control valve is in the first fluid control position, the at least two motors (58a, 58b) operate in parallel, and when the first flow control valve is in the second fluid control position, the at least two motors (58a, 58b) operate in series. a turner gear configured to couple to a said drivetrain and having at least two motors (58a, 58b); and a valve block operatively connectable to the turner gear and including a first flow control valve configured to be in fluid communication with a pump and with the at least two motors (58a, 58b) of the turner gear, characterized in that the first flow control valve is selectively moveable between a first fluid control position and a second fluid control position, and when the first flow control valve is in the first fluid control position, the at least two motors (58a, 58b) operate in parallel, and when the first flow control valve is in the second fluid control position, the at least two motors (58a, 58b) operate in series.
A commercial vehicle body having a side curtain and having a vertical tube, wherein the side curtain has at least one cavity along a foldover portion, wherein a reinforcing element is arranged or can be arranged in the cavity, characterized in that the side curtain has a welt which is arranged or can be arranged in the foldover portion of the side curtain, the reinforcing element is arranged or can be arranged at least in sections horizontally on the side curtain aligning with at least one cavity in the foldover portion of the side curtain.
A compound of general formula (Ia) for use in the treatment and/or prevention of tuberculosis and diseases caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex (MTbC), nontuberculous mycobacteria and/or caused by Mycobacterium leprae, wherein R 1, R 2 and R 3 are each independently of one another, hydrogen, (C 1 -C 4)alkyl, hydroxyl, halogen, methoxy or methoxyacetic acid; and R 4 and R 5 are each independently of one another, hydrogen or (C 1 -C 4)alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or solvate thereof.