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A delivery system comprising: an implantable medical device; an actuation line configured to steer the implantable medical device during delivery thereof; a tether coupled to a portion of the implantable medical device arranged through the actuation line and configured to couple the actuation line to the implantable medical device; and a releasable knot including portions of the tether forming a first loop, a second loop, and a third loop with the third loop arranged through the second loop and the second loop arranged through the first loop and configured to couple the actuation line to the implantable medical device. an implantable medical device; an actuation line configured to steer the implantable medical device during delivery thereof; a tether coupled to a portion of the implantable medical device arranged through the actuation line and configured to couple the actuation line to the implantable medical device; and a releasable knot including portions of the tether forming a first loop, a second loop, and a third loop with the third loop arranged through the second loop and the second loop arranged through the first loop and configured to couple the actuation line to the implantable medical device.
A method for protein production from inclusion bodies, comprising: a) providing a protein preparation comprising inclusion body particles, b) preparing an inclusion body dispersion by mechanical shear such that the inclusion body particles have a size of less than 10 μm, and c) exposing the inclusion body dispersion to high pressure in a pressure vessel, thereby disaggregating and refolding the inclusion body protein. a) providing a protein preparation comprising inclusion body particles, b) preparing an inclusion body dispersion by mechanical shear such that the inclusion body particles have a size of less than 10 μm, and c) exposing the inclusion body dispersion to high pressure in a pressure vessel, thereby disaggregating and refolding the inclusion body protein.
A method for controlling a beam in a cell, the method comprising: obtaining traffic distribution data of a plurality of beam areas included in the cell; obtaining a total number of a plurality of beams for a beam area among the plurality of the beam areas, based on the obtained traffic distribution data; obtaining a beam width of one among the plurality of beams for the beam area, based on the obtained total number of the plurality of beams; obtaining, from a candidate beam set, candidate beams for the beam area, based on the obtained total number of the plurality of beams and the obtained beam width of the one among the plurality of beams; and obtaining, from the obtained candidate beams, multiple beams for the beam area, based on a distance between a center of each of the obtained candidate beams and a center of the beam area by selecting the beams according to a minimum distance criterion. obtaining traffic distribution data of a plurality of beam areas included in the cell; obtaining a total number of a plurality of beams for a beam area among the plurality of the beam areas, based on the obtained traffic distribution data; obtaining a beam width of one among the plurality of beams for the beam area, based on the obtained total number of the plurality of beams; obtaining, from a candidate beam set, candidate beams for the beam area, based on the obtained total number of the plurality of beams and the obtained beam width of the one among the plurality of beams; and obtaining, from the obtained candidate beams, multiple beams for the beam area, based on a distance between a center of each of the obtained candidate beams and a center of the beam area by selecting the beams according to a minimum distance criterion.
A spectroscope including: a. a specimen stage; b. a collector objective element receiving light from the specimen stage; c. an aperture array having multiple apertures therein, with the apertures each receiving a portion of the light from the collector objective element; wherein the aperture array bears several apertures, each aperture being identically sized and configured; and wherein the aperture array further includes a supplemental array (316,318) bearing several apertures which are differently sized from the apertures in the aperture array and are mounted to be interchangeably positionable along the same plane; d. a camera element receiving the light from the aperture array; e. a multi-element detector receiving the light from the camera element, with the elements of the detector each receiving an image of a portion of the specimen stage from a respective aperture in the aperture array; and a viewing optical element receiving light from the collector objective element, wherein the light received by the viewing optical element is at least substantially within the visible spectrum. a. a specimen stage; b. a collector objective element receiving light from the specimen stage; c. an aperture array having multiple apertures therein, with the apertures each receiving a portion of the light from the collector objective element; wherein the aperture array bears several apertures, each aperture being identically sized and configured; and wherein the aperture array further includes a supplemental array (316,318) bearing several apertures which are differently sized from the apertures in the aperture array and are mounted to be interchangeably positionable along the same plane; d. a camera element receiving the light from the aperture array; e. a multi-element detector receiving the light from the camera element, with the elements of the detector each receiving an image of a portion of the specimen stage from a respective aperture in the aperture array; and
A compound of general formula 3-[(3S,4R)-3-methyl-6-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1,6-diazaspiro[3,4]octan-1-yl]-3-oxopropanenitrile, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in the treatment of chronic hand eczema, wherein the compound of formula, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is administered as a twice daily application and wherein the treatment is topical treatment.
A light detecting device, comprising: a first pixel block that includes nine pixels (111, 111X) arranged in 3x3 matrix, wherein the first pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a first color filter and two first phase difference detection pixels (111B-1, 111B-2), and the first color filter is configured to transmit light in a first range of wavelengths; a second pixel block that includes nine pixels (111, 111X) arranged in 3x3 matrix, wherein the second pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a second color filter and two second phase difference detection pixels (111B-1, 111B-2), the second color filter is configured to transmit light in a second range of wavelengths, and wherein a first phase difference detection pixel of the two first phase difference detection pixels is adjacent to a second phase difference detection pixel of the two second phase difference detection pixels. a first pixel block that includes nine pixels (111, 111X) arranged in 3x3 matrix, wherein the first pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a first color filter and two first phase difference detection pixels (111B-1, 111B-2), and the first color filter is configured to transmit light in a first range of wavelengths; the first pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a first color filter and two first phase difference detection pixels (111B-1, 111B-2), and the first color filter is configured to transmit light in a first range of wavelengths; a second pixel block that includes nine pixels (111, 111X) arranged in 3x3 matrix, wherein the second pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a second color filter and two second phase difference detection pixels (111B-1, 111B-2), the second color filter is configured to transmit light in a second range of wavelengths, and the second pixel block includes a plurality of normal pixels of a second color filter and two second phase difference detection pixels (111B-1, 111B-2), the second color filter is configured to transmit light in a second range of wavelengths, and wherein a first phase difference detection pixel of the two first phase difference detection pixels is adjacent to a second phase difference detection pixel of the two second phase difference detection pixels.
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge comprising: a housing having a mouth end opening and an air inlet; a storage compartment within the housing and configured to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; the storage compartment having a first compartment and a second compartment connected to one another by a connector so that liquid in the first compartment can pass to the second compartment through a liquid passage in said connector; an air flow passage extending from the air inlet to the mouth end opening, the air flow passage passing between the first compartment and the second compartment; a fluid permeable aerosol-generating element having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface of the fluid permeable aerosol-generating element faces the first compartment and the second surface faces the second compartment, with the second surface in fluid communication with the second compartment, so that liquid aerosol-forming substrate in the first compartment can reach the fluid permeable aerosol-generating element only through the second compartment, wherein the first surface and the connector forms part of the air flow passage; and wherein the liquid aerosol-forming substrate in the first compartment can reach the fluid permeable aerosol-generating element only through the connector and the second compartment. a housing having a mouth end opening and an air inlet; a storage compartment within the housing and configured to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; the storage compartment having a first compartment and a second compartment connected to one another by a connector so that liquid in the first compartment can pass to the second compartment through a liquid passage in said connector; an air flow passage extending from the air inlet to the mouth end opening, the air flow passage passing between the first compartment and the second compartment; a fluid permeable aerosol-generating element having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface of the fluid permeable aerosol-generating element faces the first compartment and the second surface faces the second compartment, with the second surface in fluid communication with the second compartment, so that liquid aerosol-forming substrate in the first compartment can reach the fluid permeable aerosol-generating element only through the second compartment, wherein the first surface and the connector forms part of the air flow passage; and wherein the liquid aerosol-forming substrate in the first compartment can reach the fluid permeable aerosol-generating element only through the connector and the second compartment.
A reel mower cutting unit with a latch mechanism retaining a grass catcher on the reel mower cutting unit, characterized by a latch plate releasably holding a rod end of the grass catcher in a slot on the reel mower cutting unit; the latch plate being pivotable on a horizontal axis; and a clip being fastened to the horizontal axis to lock the latch plate in either a locked position retaining the grass catcher or an unlocked position allowing removal of the grass catcher.
A video encoding method comprising computer executable steps executed by a processor of a video encoder to implement an intra-prediction operation that derives a prediction block of a target block with boundary pixels of the target block interpolated along an intra prediction angle, wherein the boundary pixels comprise an array of horizontal boundary pixels and an array of vertical boundary pixels, the intra-prediction operation comprising: obtaining a value of an inverse angle parameter, corresponding to the intra prediction angle, from a look-up table which lists values of inverse angle parameters in relation, respectively, to a plurality of different intra prediction angles; identifying at least some of the vertical boundary pixels located in the array of vertical boundary pixels at positions which are a function of multiplication between the obtained value of the inverse angle parameter and a value of a horizontal location identifier which is a variable representing positions in an extension of an extended array of horizontal boundary pixels; adding the identified at least some of the vertical boundary pixels as horizontal boundary pixels to the extension of the extended array of horizontal boundary pixels; and using only the horizontal boundary pixels in the extended array of horizontal boundary pixels, without accessing the array of vertical boundary pixels, to derive the prediction block of the target block. obtaining a value of an inverse angle parameter, corresponding to the intra prediction angle, from a look-up table which lists values of inverse angle parameters in relation, respectively, to a plurality of different intra prediction angles; identifying at least some of the vertical boundary pixels located in the array of vertical boundary pixels at positions which are a function of multiplication between the obtained value of the inverse angle parameter and a value of a horizontal location identifier which is a variable representing positions in an extension of an extended array of horizontal boundary pixels; adding the identified at least some of the vertical boundary pixels as horizontal boundary pixels to the extension of the extended array of horizontal boundary pixels; and using only the horizontal boundary pixels in the extended array of horizontal boundary pixels, without accessing the array of vertical boundary pixels, to derive the prediction block of the target block.
An image capturing apparatus comprising: an imaging lens to focus light from an object to form an image; an image pickup device to pick up the image formed by the imaging lens; and a correcting circuit to execute computations for correcting image degradation of the image caused by the imaging lens, characterised in that the imaging lens is a single lens having a surface of positive power facing the image and any one of a surface of zero power and a surface of positive power facing the object, therefore having a finite gain of optical transfer function and exhibiting a minute difference in the gain between different angles of view of the imaging lens, and wherein the correcting circuit is adapted to execute computation for correcting image degradation caused by the minute difference in the gain between different angles of view of the imaging lens based on optical transfer function data or point-spread function data obtained for the imaging lens in advance of the formation of the image of which the image degradation is to be corrected. an imaging lens to focus light from an object to form an image; an image pickup device to pick up the image formed by the imaging lens; and a correcting circuit to execute computations for correcting image degradation of the image caused by the imaging lens, characterised in that the imaging lens is a single lens having a surface of positive power facing the image and any one of a surface of zero power and a surface of positive power facing the object, therefore having a finite gain of optical transfer function and exhibiting a minute difference in the gain between different angles of view of the imaging lens, and wherein the correcting circuit is adapted to execute computation for correcting image degradation caused by the minute difference in the gain between different angles of view of the imaging lens based on optical transfer function data or point-spread function data obtained for the imaging lens in advance of the formation of the image of which the image degradation is to be corrected.
A sound system for acoustically reproducing at least two electrical audio signals (X L (jω), X R (jω)) and establishing at least two sound zones (A, B) that are represented by individual patterns of reception sound signals (Z L (jω), Z R (jω)), the system comprising: a signal processing arrangement that is configured to process the at least two electrical audio signals (X L (jω), X R (jω)) to provide processed electrical audio signals; and at least two loudspeakers (9, 10) that are arranged at positions separate from each other, each configured to convert the processed electrical audio signals into corresponding acoustic audio signals (S L (jω), S R (jω)); wherein each of the acoustic audio signals (S L (jω), S R (jω)) is transferred according to a room transfer matrix (H(jω)) from each of the loudspeakers (9, 10) to each of the sound zones (A, B) where they contribute to the reception sound signals (Z L (jω), Z R (jω)); processing of the at least two electrical audio signals (X L (jω), X R (jω)) comprises inverse filtering according to a filter matrix (C(jω)); and inverse filtering is configured to compensate for the room transfer matrix (H(jω)) so that each one of the reception sound signals (Z L (jω), Z R (jω)) corresponds to one of the electrical audio signals (X L (jω), X R (jω)); characterized in that for obtaining the filter matrix (C(jω)), only the minimum phase part of a determinant of the room transfer matrix (H(jω)) is inverted and combined with regularization. a signal processing arrangement that is configured to process the at least two electrical audio signals (X L (jω), X R (jω)) to provide processed electrical audio signals; and at least two loudspeakers (9, 10) that are arranged at positions separate from each other, each configured to convert the processed electrical audio signals into corresponding acoustic audio signals (S L (jω), S R (jω)); wherein each of the acoustic audio signals (S L (jω), S R (jω)) is transferred according to a room transfer matrix (H(jω)) from each of the loudspeakers (9, 10) to each of the sound zones (A, B) where they contribute to the reception sound signals (Z L (jω), Z R (jω)); processing of the at least two electrical audio signals (X L (jω), X R (jω)) comprises inverse filtering according to a filter matrix (C(jω)); and inverse filtering is configured to compensate for the room transfer matrix (H(jω)) so that each one of the reception sound signals (Z L (jω), Z R (jω)) corresponds to one of the electrical audio signals (X L (jω), X R (jω)); characterized in that for obtaining the filter matrix (C(jω)), only the minimum phase part of a determinant of the room transfer matrix (H(jω)) is inverted and combined with regularization.
An interior trim of a vehicle car, in particular a rail vehicle, intended to at least partially cover a frame of said vehicle car, the frame including a first structural part forming a floor and a second structural part intended to support at least one seat, characterized in that the trim includes a shell molded in one piece, the shell including a first floor trim part and a second seat trim part.
Electrical contact having a housing in which an electrical conductor is embedded, wherein the housing has a recess, the electrical conductor being inserted into the recess, an intermediate space between the conductor and the housing being filled with a sealing material, the conductor extending in the longitudinal direction through the housing, wherein the conductor has four lateral faces (6, 7, 8, 9), characterized by a web (15, 16) being arranged on the four lateral faces (6, 7, 8, 9), respectively, the webs (15, 16) extending on the lateral faces (6, 7, 8, 9) and transversely relative to a longitudinal direction of the conductor, the webs (15, 16) protruding from the respective lateral face (6, 7, 8, 9) of the conductor by a predetermined height beyond the sides (6, 7, 8, 9) of the conductor, wherein the webs (15, 16) abut associated lateral walls of the recess of the housing, the sealing material being arranged at one side of the webs (15, 16).
A method of controlling communications between a user terminal and a small cell base station, the method comprising: sensing (Fig 6:a', Fig 7:a") that the user terminal has entered the radio coverage area of the small cell base station; receiving (b',b") from the user terminal an identifier of the user terminal; and denying requests for connection with user terminals identified in a record; characterised in that upon receiving the identifier, the user terminal is requested (Fig 6:e',f', Fig 7:d",i") to provide an access control code to avoid the identifier being added to the record of identifiers of user terminals to be denied connections, and that identifier is added (g',h") to the record of identifiers of user terminals to be denied connections upon the access code not being received within a given time. sensing (Fig 6:a', Fig 7:a") that the user terminal has entered the radio coverage area of the small cell base station; receiving (b',b") from the user terminal an identifier of the user terminal; and denying requests for connection with user terminals identified in a record; characterised in that upon receiving the identifier, the user terminal is requested (Fig 6:e',f', Fig 7:d",i") to provide an access control code to avoid the identifier being added to the record of identifiers of user terminals to be denied connections, and that identifier is added (g',h") to the record of identifiers of user terminals to be denied connections upon the access code not being received within a given time.
An electrically conductive polymeric coating derived from a coating precursor composition comprising: a conductive polymer component comprising poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and a primary counterion comprising one or more repeat units having a negatively charged functional group; a secondary doping agent; a crosslinking agent; a surfactant component; and a flexibility enhancer comprising poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid), polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene oxide, or a combination thereof. a conductive polymer component comprising poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and a primary counterion comprising one or more repeat units having a negatively charged functional group; a secondary doping agent; a crosslinking agent; a surfactant component; and a flexibility enhancer comprising poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid), polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene oxide, or a combination thereof.