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A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end, the prosthetic heart valve having a first unexpanded configuration and a second expanded configuration, the prosthetic heart valve comprising: an inner support structure defined around a valve orifice, the support structure having a first inner diameter when the prosthetic heart valve is in the first unexpanded configuration and a second inner diameter when the prosthetic heart valve is in the second expanded configuration, the support structure configured when in the first unexpanded configuration to resist inward compression of the support structure and to permit radial expansion of the support structure to the second inner diameter when subjected to a dilation force, wherein the support structure prevents radial expansion of the support structure to a diameter larger than the second inner diameter when subjected to the dilation force, the support structure comprising a support ring including at least one expansion segment that will plastically expand when subjected to the dilation force; and a valve portion supported by the support structure that allows for one-way blood flow through the valve when the valve is in the first unexpanded configuration, characterized in that the support ring is formed of a plurality of segments connected via hinge-like folds which comprise expansion segments, wherein the ends of adjacent segments initially overlap at the folds such that the support ring has a minimum diameter, and when the support ring expands, the ends of adjacent segments are pulled apart as the folds at least partially unfold, so that the support ring has a maximum inner diameter. an inner support structure defined around a valve orifice, the support structure having a first inner diameter when the prosthetic heart valve is in the first unexpanded configuration and a second inner diameter when the prosthetic heart valve is in the second expanded configuration, the support structure configured when in the first unexpanded configuration to resist inward compression of the support structure and to permit radial expansion of the support structure to the second inner diameter when subjected to a dilation force, wherein the support structure prevents radial expansion of the support structure to a diameter larger than the second inner diameter when subjected to the dilation force, the support structure comprising a support ring including at least one expansion segment that will plastically expand when subjected to the dilation force; and a valve portion supported by the support structure that allows for one-way blood flow through the valve when the valve is in the first unexpanded configuration, characterized in that the support ring is formed of a plurality of segments connected via hinge-like folds which comprise expansion segments, wherein the ends of adjacent segments initially overlap at the folds such that the support ring has a minimum diameter, and when the support ring expands, the ends of adjacent segments are pulled apart as the folds at least partially unfold, so that the support ring has a maximum inner diameter.
Method for monitoring correct belt utilisation of at least one safety belt in a motor vehicle, in which the non-fastened or fastened status of the belt buckle of a seat occupied by a person is monitored, a warning signal is given and/or influence exerted over the vehicle safety system if a buckle is detected as being unfastened, and simulated utilisation of the belt is detected by evaluation of the belt buckle operations in relation to other events and/or statuses determined in the vehicle, characterised in that the chronological sequence of belt buckle operations in conjunction with door operations is evaluated in order to detect simulated belt utilisation, and simulated use of the belt at the driver's seat is established: a) if the driver's door is unlocked from outside and the driver's seat belt buckle is already fastened before the unlocked driver's door is opened; and/or b) if opening of the driver's doors is detected and the vehicle is then driven without the belt buckle being operated; and/or c) if no change in status occurs at the driver's belt buckle over several driving cycles with door operation; and/or d) if the door is locked from outside and the associated belt buckle continues to report its status as fastened until the entire safety system is shut down. a) if the driver's door is unlocked from outside and the driver's seat belt buckle is already fastened before the unlocked driver's door is opened; and/or b) if opening of the driver's doors is detected and the vehicle is then driven without the belt buckle being operated; and/or c) if no change in status occurs at the driver's belt buckle over several driving cycles with door operation; and/or d) if the door is locked from outside and the associated belt buckle continues to report its status as fastened until the entire safety system is shut down.
Method for deciding to relay by broadcasting a copy of a route discovery request so as to discover at least one route from a source node device to a destination node device in a communication network comprising other node devices (130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139) able to act as relay between the source node device and the destination node device, the method being implemented by at least one node device from among the said other node devices, in which, on receipt of the copy of the route discovery request, the said node device decides to relay by broadcasting the said copy if the difference between a route cost associated with any other copy of the said route discovery request previously received by the said node device and a route cost associated with the said copy is greater than a route cost improvement threshold value, characterized in that the node device determines, on detection of a change of topology, the network neighbourhood of the said node device which results from the detected change of topology, in which the said node device defines dynamically the value of the said route cost improvement threshold as a function of the quantity of node devices present in the network neighbourhood which results from the detected change of topology, the value of the said route cost improvement threshold thus being dynamically defined as a function of the evolution of the said network neighbourhood in such a way that, by considering a quantity X of node devices which would be present in the network neighbourhood of the said node device which is greater than a quantity Y of node devices which would in other circumstances be present in the network neighbourhood of the said node device, the value of the said threshold for the said quantity X is at least as high as the value of the said threshold for the said quantity Y.
Device for measuring the separation between two bodies carrying pulleys of pulley-block type tensioning apparatus of a catenary, the pulley-block type tensioning apparatus comprising: - two bodies including: -- a first body carrying pulleys, intended to be coupled to a catenary; -- a second body carrying pulleys, intended to be coupled to a catenary support; - a ballasted cable coupled to a pulley so as to tension the catenary, the measuring device comprising: - a rule secured to one of the bodies; - a guidance and measuring member, complementary to the rule, secured to the other one of the bodies, comprising a rigid structure that has an opening through which the rule slides, the guidance and measuring member being intended to point on the rule to a measurement of separation between the two bodies; characterised in that the guidance and measuring member comprises flexible means for guiding the rule, extending from the rigid structure and forming an interface between the rule and the opening. - two bodies including: -- a first body carrying pulleys, intended to be coupled to a catenary; -- a second body carrying pulleys, intended to be coupled to a catenary support; -- a first body carrying pulleys, intended to be coupled to a catenary; -- a second body carrying pulleys, intended to be coupled to a catenary support; - a ballasted cable coupled to a pulley so as to tension the catenary, - a rule secured to one of the bodies; - a guidance and measuring member, complementary to the rule, secured to the other one of the bodies, comprising a rigid structure that has an opening through which the rule slides, the guidance and measuring member being intended to point on the rule to a measurement of separation between the two bodies; characterised in that the guidance and measuring member comprises flexible means for guiding the rule, extending from the rigid structure and forming an interface between the rule and the opening.
A rotation angle detection device comprising: a support body; a rotating body that has a rotation axis and can rotate with respect to the support body and move in a rotation axis direction that is an extension direction of the rotation axis; a rotation angle detection unit that has a magnet attached to either of the support body and the rotating body, and a magnetic sensor attached to the other of the support body and the rotating body and facing the magnet in the rotation axis direction, and that detects a rotation angle of the rotating body with respect to the support body on the basis of an output signal of the magnetic sensor; and a position detection unit that detects whether the rotating body is positioned at a detection position in which a distance between the magnet and the magnetic sensor in the rotation axis direction becomes a predetermined detection distance, wherein the rotation angle detection unit reads the output signal of the magnetic sensor and determines the rotation angle of the rotating body with respect to the support body from the output signal when the position detection unit detects that the rotating body is positioned at the detection position. a support body; a rotating body that has a rotation axis and can rotate with respect to the support body and move in a rotation axis direction that is an extension direction of the rotation axis; a rotation angle detection unit that has a magnet attached to either of the support body and the rotating body, and a magnetic sensor attached to the other of the support body and the rotating body and facing the magnet in the rotation axis direction, and that detects a rotation angle of the rotating body with respect to the support body on the basis of an output signal of the magnetic sensor; and a position detection unit that detects whether the rotating body is positioned at a detection position in which a distance between the magnet and the magnetic sensor in the rotation axis direction becomes a predetermined detection distance, wherein the rotation angle detection unit reads the output signal of the magnetic sensor and determines the rotation angle of the rotating body with respect to the support body from the output signal when the position detection unit detects that the rotating body is positioned at the detection position.
A laminate comprising: a first half wave plate; a second half wave plate; and a positive C plate provided between the first half wave plate and the second half wave plate, characterized in that independently in each of the first half wave plate and the second half wave plate, an R o value is larger than an R o value, the R o means a front retardation value for light with a wavelength of 450 nm and the R o means the front retardation value for light with a wavelength of 550 nm, and the front retardation value R o is expressed by Equation 5 below: R o = n x − n y × d In Equation 5 above, n x represents a refractive index in a direction in which the in-plane refractive index of the first half wave plate or the second half wave plate becomes maximal, n y represents an in-plane refractive index in direction perpendicular to the n x -direction of the first half wave plate or the second half wave plate, and d represents a thickness of the first half wave plate or the second half wave plate. a first half wave plate; a second half wave plate; and a positive C plate provided between the first half wave plate and the second half wave plate, the R o means a front retardation value for light with a wavelength of 450 nm and the R o means the front retardation value for light with a wavelength of 550 nm, and the front retardation value R o is expressed by Equation 5 below: R o = n x − n y × d In Equation 5 above, n x represents a refractive index in a direction in which the in-plane refractive index of the first half wave plate or the second half wave plate becomes maximal, n y represents an in-plane refractive index in direction perpendicular to the n x -direction of the first half wave plate or the second half wave plate, and d represents a thickness of the first half wave plate or the second half wave plate. n x represents a refractive index in a direction in which the in-plane refractive index of the first half wave plate or the second half wave plate becomes maximal, n y represents an in-plane refractive index in direction perpendicular to the n x -direction of the first half wave plate or the second half wave plate, and d represents a thickness of the first half wave plate or the second half wave plate.
A semiconductor optical apparatus, comprising: a first waveguide region defining a first mode size, wherein the first waveguide region is an active waveguide region comprising a further multiple quantum well layer; and a second active waveguide region (103, 105) defining a second mode size being smaller than the first mode size, wherein the second active waveguide region (103, 105) is optically coupled to the first waveguide region and wherein the second active waveguide region (103, 105) comprises a lower multiple quantum well layer and an upper multiple quantum well layer located above the lower multiple quantum well layer, wherein the lower multiple quantum well layer is physically separated from the upper multiple quantum well layer by a spacer layer, and wherein the upper multiple quantum well layer comprises a mode transformation region configured to reduce the size of an optical mode from the first mode size to the second mode size wherein a modal index defined by the further multiple quantum well layer is substantially equal to a modal index defined by the lower multiple quantum well layer; wherein the first waveguide region is butt-coupled to the lower multiple quantum well layer of the second active waveguide region (103, 105). a first waveguide region defining a first mode size, wherein the first waveguide region is an active waveguide region comprising a further multiple quantum well layer; and a second active waveguide region (103, 105) defining a second mode size being smaller than the first mode size, wherein the second active waveguide region (103, 105) is optically coupled to the first waveguide region and wherein the second active waveguide region (103, 105) comprises a lower multiple quantum well layer and an upper multiple quantum well layer located above the lower multiple quantum well layer, wherein the lower multiple quantum well layer is physically separated from the upper multiple quantum well layer by a spacer layer, and wherein the upper multiple quantum well layer comprises a mode transformation region configured to reduce the size of an optical mode from the first mode size to the second mode size wherein a modal index defined by the further multiple quantum well layer is substantially equal to a modal index defined by the lower multiple quantum well layer; wherein the first waveguide region is butt-coupled to the lower multiple quantum well layer of the second active waveguide region (103, 105).
A process for combined desizing and scouring of a undyed sized fabric containing starch or starch derivatives during manufacture of a fabric, which process comprises incubating said undyed sized fabric in an aqueous treating solution having a pH in the range between 1 and 4 which aqueous treating solution comprises an acid amylase and an acid pectinase.
A plastic mirror consisting of a plastic substrate having a front surface, a hardcoating on the front surface, a reflective layer, a cap layer on the reflective layer, and an intermediate zone between the hardcoating and the reflective layer, wherein the reflective layer is formed from chromium, the intermediate zone including at least one layer formed from a material selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 and Al 2 O 3, wherein the hardcoating is formed from one or more abrasion resistant layers, the abrasion resistant layers being formed from a material selected from the group consisting of an organo-silicon, an acrylic, a urethane, melamine and a SiO x C y H z, characterised in that the reflective layer has a stress range between 350MPa and 450MPa and wherein the intermediate zone has a stress range between -380MPa and -480MPa.
A method performed by a central unit, CU, node, the method comprising: receiving, from a distributed unit, DU, node, an initial uplink, UL, radio resource control, RRC, message including information on a cell-radio network temporary identifier, C-RNTI, associated with a user equipment, UE; characterised by: in case that the initial UL RRC message does not include information related to resource allocation of the DU node, identifying that the DU node is not able to serve the UE and rejecting the UE, wherein the CU node is associated with a RRC, packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, and a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, and wherein the DU node is associated with a radio link control, RLC, layer, a medium access control, MAC, layer, and a physical, PHY, layer. in case that the initial UL RRC message does not include information related to resource allocation of the DU node, identifying that the DU node is not able to serve the UE and rejecting the UE, wherein the CU node is associated with a RRC, packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, and a service data adaptation protocol, SDAP, and wherein the DU node is associated with a radio link control, RLC, layer, a medium access control, MAC, layer, and a physical, PHY, layer.
Computer-implemented method for automatically embedding video advertising items in browser applications within a network, wherein, between a content server and an ad server, a first key, a format for advertisement ID values and a method for generating a second key from the first key and an advertisement ID are defined; comprising the steps of a. offer for playing back a video advertisement and for a reward within a browser-based information content to a client by the content server, wherein the offer information includes an advertisement ID previously set by the content server and refers said ID to the ad server; b. transmission of a request for the video advertisement and the ID to the ad server by the client; c. transmission of a browser-based video player and a piece of address information for a video advertising item and the advertisement ID to the client by the ad server; d. retrieval and playback of the video advertising item based on the address information by the client; e. sending of a notification of the video advertisement being played back and provision of the advertisement ID to the ad server by the client; f. generating a second key based on the advertisement ID and the first key by the ad server and transmission to the client; g. transmission of the advertisement ID and the second key to the content server by the client; h. verification of the second key by the content server and releasing of the reward by the content server for the client in the case of positive verification. a. offer for playing back a video advertisement and for a reward within a browser-based information content to a client by the content server, wherein the offer information includes an advertisement ID previously set by the content server and refers said ID to the ad server; b. transmission of a request for the video advertisement and the ID to the ad server by the client; c. transmission of a browser-based video player and a piece of address information for a video advertising item and the advertisement ID to the client by the ad server; d. retrieval and playback of the video advertising item based on the address information by the client; e. sending of a notification of the video advertisement being played back and provision of the advertisement ID to the ad server by the client; f. generating a second key based on the advertisement ID and the first key by the ad server and transmission to the client; g. transmission of the advertisement ID and the second key to the content server by the client; h. verification of the second key by the content server and releasing of the reward by the content server for the client in the case of positive verification.
An apparatus comprising: a turbine rotor shaft; a plurality of turbine wheels affixed to the turbine rotor shaft at a higher pressure portion of the apparatus; an independent turbine wheel engagably attached to the turbine rotor shaft at a lower pressure portion of the apparatus; and a clutch operably connected to the turbine rotor shaft, the clutch configured to couple and decouple the independent turbine wheel from the turbine rotor shaft, characterized in that the clutch is housed within the independent turbine wheel. a turbine rotor shaft; a plurality of turbine wheels affixed to the turbine rotor shaft at a higher pressure portion of the apparatus; an independent turbine wheel engagably attached to the turbine rotor shaft at a lower pressure portion of the apparatus; and a clutch operably connected to the turbine rotor shaft, the clutch configured to couple and decouple the independent turbine wheel from the turbine rotor shaft, characterized in that the clutch is housed within the independent turbine wheel.
A mounting means for selective mounting of an object for illumination or for transmission of light from a light source arranged behind the object, comprising two or more arms which are arranged in one end to be mounted so as to depend from a ceiling or to project from a wall, and in another and free end are arranged to detachably engage, by a biasing force, in one of at least two alternative arresting seats (10, 16, 17) arranged to this purpose on an inner side of a frame carrying said object, wherein a first of said arresting seats is arranged to hold the frame into contact with the ceiling or the wall, and a second arresting seat (16; 17) is arranged to hold the frame while forming a gap between the frame and the ceiling or wall.