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An apparatus for collecting seabed resources comprising a main module and a plurality of seabed resources collecting devices releasably attached to the main module, wherein the main module and the plurality of collecting devices are configured to be launched from a surface vessel towards a seabed; wherein the main module includes a control module which is configured to determine a mining path for each of the collecting devices based on characteristics of the seabed, control each of the collecting devices to collect seabed resources along the determined mining path and control transfer of the seabed resources collected by the collecting devices, wherein each collecting device is configured to be released from the main module after the apparatus is launched, and configured to collect seabed resources along the mining path determined by the main module after being released. wherein the main module and the plurality of collecting devices are configured to be launched from a surface vessel towards a seabed; wherein the main module includes a control module which is configured to determine a mining path for each of the collecting devices based on characteristics of the seabed, control each of the collecting devices to collect seabed resources along the determined mining path and control transfer of the seabed resources collected by the collecting devices, wherein each collecting device is configured to be released from the main module after the apparatus is launched, and configured to collect seabed resources along the mining path determined by the main module after being released.
A surgical instrument comprising: a movable drive member movable between a first position and a second position; a sensor configured to detect a position of the movable drive member and provide a signal indicative thereof; a counter circuit configured to measure an elapsed time; and a controller coupled to the sensor, the controller configured to: determine a velocity of the movable drive member via a combination of an output from the position sensor and the counter circuit, characterized in that the controller is configured to upon the velocity being equal to zero: determine an operational state of the surgical instrument; determine a relative position of the movable drive member according to the position of the movable drive member compared to at least one of the first position or the second position; and provide an alert according to the operational state of the surgical instrument and the relative position of the movable drive member. a movable drive member movable between a first position and a second position; a sensor configured to detect a position of the movable drive member and provide a signal indicative thereof; a counter circuit configured to measure an elapsed time; and a controller coupled to the sensor, the controller configured to: determine a velocity of the movable drive member via a combination of an output from the position sensor and the counter circuit, characterized in that the controller is configured to upon the velocity being equal to zero: determine an operational state of the surgical instrument; determine a relative position of the movable drive member according to the position of the movable drive member compared to at least one of the first position or the second position; and provide an alert according to the operational state of the surgical instrument and the relative position of the movable drive member. determine a velocity of the movable drive member via a combination of an output from the position sensor and the counter circuit, characterized in that the controller is configured to upon the velocity being equal to zero: determine an operational state of the surgical instrument; determine a relative position of the movable drive member according to the position of the movable drive member compared to at least one of the first position or the second position; and provide an alert according to the operational state of the surgical instrument and the relative position of the movable drive member. determine an operational state of the surgical instrument; determine a relative position of the movable drive member according to the position of the movable drive member compared to at least one of the first position or the second position; and provide an alert according to the operational state of the surgical instrument and the relative position of the movable drive member.
An oral irrigator comprising a container, the container comprising an inner cavity, a check valve and a body, the body having an air port and at least one liquid inlet/outlet, wherein a snap ring is arranged in the air port, characterised in that the check valve is made of an elastic material and comprises a valve body part with a hollow structure, wherein an opening communicated with the hollow structure is formed in a top of the valve body part, the valve body part comprises two opposite connection walls and two opposite membranes, two opposite sides of each said connection wall are respectively connected to the two membranes, tops of the two membranes are away from each other and bottoms of the two membranes abut against each other; wherein the check valve further comprises a fixing part which is connected to the top of the valve body part and which comprises a column part formed with a through hole, and the through hole is communicated with the hollow structure via the opening; wherein a limit part is arranged on an outer wall of the column part and comprises two limit rings which are spaced from each other, a limit groove being formed between the two limit rings, the limit ring away from the valve body part being located at an end of the fixing part; wherein the check valve is clamped on the container through the cooperation of the snap ring and the limit groove; wherein the air port is formed in the top of the container and a ventilation groove communicated with the air port is formed in the top surface of the container and extends to the outer wall of the container. wherein an opening communicated with the hollow structure is formed in a top of the valve body part, the valve body part comprises two opposite connection walls and two opposite membranes, two opposite sides of each said connection wall are respectively connected to the two membranes, tops of the two membranes are away from each other and bottoms of the two membranes abut against each other; wherein the check valve further comprises a fixing part which is connected to the top of the valve body part and which comprises a column part formed with a through hole, and the through hole is communicated with the hollow structure via the opening; wherein a limit part is arranged on an outer wall of the column part and comprises two limit rings which are spaced from each other, a limit groove being formed between the two limit rings, the limit ring away from the valve body part being located at an end of the fixing part; wherein the check valve is clamped on the container through the cooperation of the snap ring and the limit groove; wherein the air port is formed in the top of the container and a ventilation groove communicated with the air port is formed in the top surface of the container and extends to the outer wall of the container.
A method for measuring cell-free RNA virus particles from dried blood spots, comprising: rehydrating a dried blood sample by applying a buffer solution to the dried blood sample to produce a rehydrated dried blood sample; optionally fixing cells present in the rehydrated dried blood sample with a fixing reagent to contain cell-associated RNA and/or DNA with the cells; eluting said cell-free virus particles from the rehydrated dried blood sample with an eluting reagent comprising phosphate buffered saline that preferentially elutes said cell-free virus particles without disrupting the cell-associated RNA and/or DNA; separating the cell-free RNA viruses from any cell debris that may be present in the rehydrated dried blood sample by way of a filter; and measuring cell-free RNA virus particles by a viral particle quantification technique, wherein the RNA virus is selected from the group consisting of HIV and HTLV. rehydrating a dried blood sample by applying a buffer solution to the dried blood sample to produce a rehydrated dried blood sample; optionally fixing cells present in the rehydrated dried blood sample with a fixing reagent to contain cell-associated RNA and/or DNA with the cells; eluting said cell-free virus particles from the rehydrated dried blood sample with an eluting reagent comprising phosphate buffered saline that preferentially elutes said cell-free virus particles without disrupting the cell-associated RNA and/or DNA; separating the cell-free RNA viruses from any cell debris that may be present in the rehydrated dried blood sample by way of a filter; and measuring cell-free RNA virus particles by a viral particle quantification technique, wherein the RNA virus is selected from the group consisting of HIV and HTLV.
Vehicle, in particular rail vehicle, having a mounting rail (100, 101, 102), wherein the mounting rail - termed first mounting rail below - has a second mounting rail adjoining in the rail longitudinal direction connected thereto, in particular by screwing and/or pinning, characterized in that - each of the two mounting rails (100, 101, 102) has a respective interface portion with at least one hole through which a screw is guided perpendicularly to the rail longitudinal direction, - wherein the screw screws the respective interface portion to a connecting plate which is situated in certain portions below the respective mounting rail (100, 101, 102) and in certain portions below the interface portion of the adjacent mounting rail (100, 101, 102). - each of the two mounting rails (100, 101, 102) has a respective interface portion with at least one hole through which a screw is guided perpendicularly to the rail longitudinal direction, - wherein the screw screws the respective interface portion to a connecting plate which is situated in certain portions below the respective mounting rail (100, 101, 102) and in certain portions below the interface portion of the adjacent mounting rail (100, 101, 102).
A conductive heat-generating body comprising: a plurality of curved heat-generating bodies arranged separated from each other in a first direction (x) and extending in a second direction (y) intersecting with the first direction (x), wherein the ratio obtained by dividing the total length of each of the plurality of curved heat-generating bodies in the second direction (y) by the shortest distance between both ends of each of the plurality of curved heat-generating bodies is larger than 1.0 and equal to or less than 1.5, characterised in that each of the plurality of curved heat-generating bodies is formed by connecting a plurality of periodic curved lines having irregular periods and amplitudes for each period along the second direction (y). a plurality of curved heat-generating bodies arranged separated from each other in a first direction (x) and extending in a second direction (y) intersecting with the first direction (x), wherein the ratio obtained by dividing the total length of each of the plurality of curved heat-generating bodies in the second direction (y) by the shortest distance between both ends of each of the plurality of curved heat-generating bodies is larger than 1.0 and equal to or less than 1.5, characterised in that each of the plurality of curved heat-generating bodies is formed by connecting a plurality of periodic curved lines having irregular periods and amplitudes for each period along the second direction (y).
Axle suspension arrangement for a vehicle, having a ball joint, which comprises a joint housing fastened to an axle body of a vehicle axle and a joint ball mounted in articulated fashion in said joint housing, and having an axle link, which comprises two frame-side bearing regions (3, 4) and one axle-side bearing region, which axle link is mounted in or by means of its frame-side bearing regions (3, 4) on a vehicle frame and is articulated in or by means of its axle-side bearing region on the axle body by means of the ball joint, characterized in that the ball joint comprises a ball pin, which ball pin has the joint ball and extends out of the joint housing and has a pin which is connected rigidly to the joint ball and which, outside the joint housing, is detachably fastened in the axle-side bearing region to the axle link.
Connecting system of a stator assembly defined by a stator in a receptacle for attachment to a stator housing, and a plug housing that can be inserted into an opening in the stator housing, wherein a plug housing receptacle is provided on the stator assembly, to which the plug housing is attached such that it is movable relative to the stator assembly in at least two perpendicular directions when mounted, wherein the plug housing receptacle is attached elastically to the stator assembly in at least the axial direction by at least one spring and wherein the at least one spring creates a preload force in axial direction onto the plug housing receptacle and the plug housing attached to the same when mounted, wherein the axial direction is perpendicular to the two mutually perpendicular directions and determines the direction in which the stator housing and the stator assembly rest on one another and in which the plug housing is inserted into the opening of the stator housing, characterized in that fastening means are arranged on the plug housing, which engage with recesses in the plug housing receptacle when mounted, and wherein the fastening means are designed as double hooks with flexible hook shanks that are spaced apart in a radial direction, which can be passed through the recesses and which engage with the edges on the other side of the recesses when mounted, wherein the hook shanks have heads which enable a locking snap-in.
An RFID-based inventory management system for counting pieces of merchandise in an area, comprising: an RFID product tag (10; 24) associated with a piece of merchandise; a plurality of RFID infrastructure tags associated with different fixed locations and storing information, which provides the RFID infrastructure tags with unique identities; and a RFID reader (20; 22) capable of sending signals to and receiving signals from the product tag (10; 24); and a system controller associated with the RFID reader (20; 22), wherein the RFID reader (20; 22) is further capable of sending signals to and receiving signals from the infrastructure tags, and the infrastructure tags are capable of sending signals to and receiving signals from the RFID reader (20; 22); characterized in that the system controller or the infrastructure tags include(s) sequencing information which ensures that two or more of the infrastructure tags are read by the RFID reader (20; 22) in a particular sequence, and wherein the infrastructure tags have different sensitivities and/or radiation patterns. an RFID product tag (10; 24) associated with a piece of merchandise; a plurality of RFID infrastructure tags associated with different fixed locations and storing information, which provides the RFID infrastructure tags with unique identities; and a RFID reader (20; 22) capable of sending signals to and receiving signals from the product tag (10; 24); and a system controller associated with the RFID reader (20; 22), wherein the RFID reader (20; 22) is further capable of sending signals to and receiving signals from the infrastructure tags, and the infrastructure tags are capable of sending signals to and receiving signals from the RFID reader (20; 22); characterized in that the system controller or the infrastructure tags include(s) sequencing information which ensures that two or more of the infrastructure tags are read by the RFID reader (20; 22) in a particular sequence, and wherein the infrastructure tags have different sensitivities and/or radiation patterns.
An actuator comprising: first and second ends defining an axis there between; and at least four inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4); wherein each inflatable chamber (C1, C2, C3, C4) is resiliently deformable, elongate, and extends axially between the first and second ends and circumferentially about a central core defined between the ends (4, 6) and by the inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4); wherein a first pair (C1, C3) of the four inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4) is contra rotatory about the core to a second pair (C2, C4) of the four inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4); whereby a pressure change in one or more of the inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4) causes motion of the first end relative to the second end. first and second ends defining an axis there between; and at least four inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4); wherein each inflatable chamber (C1, C2, C3, C4) is resiliently deformable, elongate, and extends axially between the first and second ends and circumferentially about a central core defined between the ends (4, 6) and by the inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4); wherein a first pair (C1, C3) of the four inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4) is contra rotatory about the core to a second pair (C2, C4) of the four inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4); whereby a pressure change in one or more of the inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4) causes motion of the first end relative to the second end. wherein each inflatable chamber (C1, C2, C3, C4) is resiliently deformable, elongate, and extends axially between the first and second ends and circumferentially about a central core defined between the ends (4, 6) and by the inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4); wherein a first pair (C1, C3) of the four inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4) is contra rotatory about the core to a second pair (C2, C4) of the four inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4); whereby a pressure change in one or more of the inflatable chambers (C1, C2, C3, C4) causes motion of the first end relative to the second end.
A method for depth image generation, comprising: receiving an input image comprising a color image or an infrared image; generating a first low-resolution image (440, 625) having a resolution lower than a resolution of the input image; acquiring a first depth residual image, corresponding to the input image, the depth residual image including depth information of a high-frequency component of the input image, by using a first generation model based on a first neural network that uses the input image as an input; generating a first low-resolution depth image (460, 670) corresponding to the first low-resolution image by using a second generation model (450, 630) based on a second neural network that uses the first low-resolution image as an input; and generating a target depth image corresponding to the input image, based on the first depth residual image and the first low-resolution depth image. receiving an input image comprising a color image or an infrared image; generating a first low-resolution image (440, 625) having a resolution lower than a resolution of the input image; acquiring a first depth residual image, corresponding to the input image, the depth residual image including depth information of a high-frequency component of the input image, by using a first generation model based on a first neural network that uses the input image as an input; generating a first low-resolution depth image (460, 670) corresponding to the first low-resolution image by using a second generation model (450, 630) based on a second neural network that uses the first low-resolution image as an input; and generating a target depth image corresponding to the input image, based on the first depth residual image and the first low-resolution depth image.
A method for testing comprising the steps of: (a) configuring a coordination device on a production network, said coordination device emulating at least one network service and said production network protected by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation module; (b) receiving, by said coordination device, pre-attack notification information, said pre-attack notification information including: one or more types of attacks to be launched; and (c) collecting, by said coordination device, operation data regarding the operation of said coordination device, said collecting based on said pre-attack notification information, and said collecting during an attack based on said pre-attack notification information. (a) configuring a coordination device on a production network, said coordination device emulating at least one network service and said production network protected by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation module; (b) receiving, by said coordination device, pre-attack notification information, said pre-attack notification information including: one or more types of attacks to be launched; and (c) collecting, by said coordination device, operation data regarding the operation of said coordination device, said collecting based on said pre-attack notification information, and said collecting during an attack based on said pre-attack notification information.
A composition comprising nanostructured lipid carrier particles for delivery of a bioactive agent to a cell, wherein the NLC particles comprise: (a) an oil core comprising a mixture of a liquid phase lipid and a solid phase lipid, wherein the liquid phase lipid is squalene and the solid phase lipid is trimyristin (b) a cationic lipid, (c) a hydrophobic surfactant that is a sorbitan ester, and (d) a hydrophilic surfactant that is a polysorbate, having a hydrophilic surfactant to cationic component molar ratio of 0.2 to 1.0, wherein the bioactive agent is RNA, mRNA, oncolytic viral RNA, non-coding RNA, or DNA, and wherein the bioactive agent is associated with the NLC particles. (a) an oil core comprising a mixture of a liquid phase lipid and a solid phase lipid, wherein the liquid phase lipid is squalene and the solid phase lipid is trimyristin (b) a cationic lipid, (c) a hydrophobic surfactant that is a sorbitan ester, and (d) a hydrophilic surfactant that is a polysorbate, having a hydrophilic surfactant to cationic component molar ratio of 0.2 to 1.0,
A raindrop sensor in which a light guide member is mounted to a windshield glass through an optically transparent elastic member, wherein the light guide member guides light emitted from a light-emitting element to the windshield glass and guides light reflected at the windshield glass to a light-receiving element, the raindrop sensor comprising: a bracket configured to be fixed to the windshield glass; a cover configured to be attachable to and detachable from the bracket; and a support member configured to support the light guide member in the cover to be capable of advancing and retracting in a mounting direction to the windshield glass, when the cover is mounted to the bracket, the support member and the elastic member are compressed in the mounting direction, and the light guide member is brought into pressure contact with the windshield glass via the elastic member, characterized in that the elastic member is configured by a gas-permeable silicon sheet containing silicon oil, and a compression spring constant of the support member is set at a value smaller than a compression spring constant of the elastic member, so that a compression amount in the mounting direction of the elastic member at the time of mounting the cover to the bracket becomes smaller than a compression amount in the mounting direction of the support member. a bracket configured to be fixed to the windshield glass; a cover configured to be attachable to and detachable from the bracket; and a support member configured to support the light guide member in the cover to be capable of advancing and retracting in a mounting direction to the windshield glass, when the cover is mounted to the bracket, the support member and the elastic member are compressed in the mounting direction, and the light guide member is brought into pressure contact with the windshield glass via the elastic member,