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Method for modelling a glenoid surface of a scapula, characterised in that it comprises successive steps consisting of: • having available mapping data representing points belonging to the glenoid surface to be modelled, • selecting from the mapping data a first group of mapping data corresponding to a first part (G 1) only of the glenoid surface, wherein this first surface part is located at the lowest point in the vertical direction in relation to the scapula, • determining by calculation exclusively from the first group of mapping data a first imaginary ellipsoid portion (G' 1) that coincides substantially with the first surface part (G 1), and • obtaining a theoretical glenoid surface (G') from the first ellipsoid portion (G' 1). • having available mapping data representing points belonging to the glenoid surface to be modelled, • selecting from the mapping data a first group of mapping data corresponding to a first part (G 1) only of the glenoid surface, wherein this first surface part is located at the lowest point in the vertical direction in relation to the scapula, • determining by calculation exclusively from the first group of mapping data a first imaginary ellipsoid portion (G' 1) that coincides substantially with the first surface part (G 1), and • obtaining a theoretical glenoid surface (G') from the first ellipsoid portion (G' 1).
An estimation method estimating a psychosomatic state of a subject from sound data uttered by the subject, the estimation method comprising: calculating parameters comprising at least one of a pitch frequency, an intensity or a number of zero point crossings for each time window using the sound data; calculating a plurality of feature amounts based on time changes in the calculated parameters; calculating a degree (α) of the psychosomatic state of the subject based on the feature amounts being calculated by generating a correlation table comprising a correlation coefficient for each of the plurality of feature amounts, indicating a correlation between the feature amounts; selecting feature amounts that have a correlation coefficient that is lower than a predetermined value and have an area under the curve of 0.7 or more in a receiver operating characteristic curve; weight adding the selected feature amounts to derive the degree of the psychosomatic state of the subject; and estimating the psychosomatic state of the subject by comparing and determining whether the calculated degree (α) is equal to or greater than a threshold value or not. calculating parameters comprising at least one of a pitch frequency, an intensity or a number of zero point crossings for each time window using the sound data; calculating a plurality of feature amounts based on time changes in the calculated parameters; calculating a degree (α) of the psychosomatic state of the subject based on the feature amounts being calculated by generating a correlation table comprising a correlation coefficient for each of the plurality of feature amounts, indicating a correlation between the feature amounts; selecting feature amounts that have a correlation coefficient that is lower than a predetermined value and have an area under the curve of 0.7 or more in a receiver operating characteristic curve; weight adding the selected feature amounts to derive the degree of the psychosomatic state of the subject; and estimating the psychosomatic state of the subject by comparing and determining whether the calculated degree (α) is equal to or greater than a threshold value or not.
A laser cleaning system for laser treating a pipe surface, comprising: a frame extendable about an outer circumference of a cylindrical pipe, the frame comprising a first annular support and a second annular support axially offset from the first annular support; a plurality of circumferential guide supports mounted to the frame and engageable with the outer circumference of the pipe, each of the first and second annular supports (202a,b) having one or more circumferential guide supports rotatably coupled thereto; a laser mounted to the frame to generate a laser beam directed toward an exterior surface of the pipe; a first motor operable to drive rotation of the one or more of the circumferential guide supports coupled to the first annular support; a second motor operable to drive rotation of the one or more of the circumferential guide supports coupled to the second annular support; and a control module operable to cause the frame to move about the outer circumference of the pipe on the plurality of circumferential guide supports to simultaneously scan the laser beam circumferentially and axially across the exterior surface, the first and second motors (124, 208) operate in tandem, or alternatively work independently to move the system circumferentially and/or axially. a frame extendable about an outer circumference of a cylindrical pipe, the frame comprising a first annular support and a second annular support axially offset from the first annular support; a plurality of circumferential guide supports mounted to the frame and engageable with the outer circumference of the pipe, each of the first and second annular supports (202a,b) having one or more circumferential guide supports rotatably coupled thereto; a laser mounted to the frame to generate a laser beam directed toward an exterior surface of the pipe; a first motor operable to drive rotation of the one or more of the circumferential guide supports coupled to the first annular support; a second motor operable to drive rotation of the one or more of the circumferential guide supports coupled to the second annular support; and a control module operable to cause the frame to move about the outer circumference of the pipe on the plurality of circumferential guide supports to simultaneously scan the laser beam circumferentially and axially across the exterior surface, the first and second motors (124, 208) operate in tandem, or alternatively work independently to move the system circumferentially and/or axially.
A fault-detection mechanism for a cryotreatment system comprising: a driver having an active mode and an inactive mode, the driver generating an output signal when the driver is in active mode; a detector, the detector capable of receiving the driver output signal, receipt of the drive output signal indicating a possible fault condition; and a detector verification controller in communication with the driver and the detector, the detector verification controller is programmed to: change the driver from the active mode to the inactive mode when the detector receives the driver output signal; determine a value of correlation between the driver output signal and the signal received by the detector; and determine that the possible fault condition is a true fault condition when the correlation value is above a predetermined threshold. a driver having an active mode and an inactive mode, the driver generating an output signal when the driver is in active mode; a detector, the detector capable of receiving the driver output signal, receipt of the drive output signal indicating a possible fault condition; and a detector verification controller in communication with the driver and the detector, the detector verification controller is programmed to: change the driver from the active mode to the inactive mode when the detector receives the driver output signal; determine a value of correlation between the driver output signal and the signal received by the detector; and determine that the possible fault condition is a true fault condition when the correlation value is above a predetermined threshold. change the driver from the active mode to the inactive mode when the detector receives the driver output signal; determine a value of correlation between the driver output signal and the signal received by the detector; and determine that the possible fault condition is a true fault condition when the correlation value is above a predetermined threshold.
A battery device with damping function comprising at least two similar cell stacks connected either in series or in parallel; characterized in that the battery device is a resonating lithium battery device, wherein each of the cell stacks includes a lithium-ion battery and a lithium-ion polymer battery; the lithium-ion battery being an electrically current-type battery contributive to discharging, and the lithium-ion polymer battery being an electrically voltage-type battery contributive to charging; the lithium-ion battery and the lithium-ion polymer battery being electrically connected in parallel; the lithium-ion battery having a capacity that is about 90 to 110% of a capacity of the lithium-ion polymer battery; and an automatic voltage balancing occurring between the lithium-ion battery and the lithium-ion polymer battery to provide a damping effect as a result of current/voltage resonance transition.
An integrated computational element module for being housed within a downhole tool, the ICE module to determine at least one characteristic of a substance in a downhole environment, the ICE module comprising: an integrated computational element that optically processes electromagnetic radiation, wherein the electromagnetic radiation has previously interacted with the substance; an electromagnetic radiation to voltage converter (402, 404, 406, 408, 500) that detects the processed electromagnetic radiation using at least one channel of the electromagnetic radiation to voltage converter and further converts the detected electromagnetic radiation into at least one voltage; a voltage to analog frequency converter that converts at least one voltage into at least one analog frequency; an analog to digital frequency converter that converts at least one analog frequency into at least one digital frequency; and a processor operable to: determine at least one intensity profile from at least one digital frequency, and determine at least one component of the substance in response to the determined at least one intensity profile. an integrated computational element that optically processes electromagnetic radiation, wherein the electromagnetic radiation has previously interacted with the substance; an electromagnetic radiation to voltage converter (402, 404, 406, 408, 500) that detects the processed electromagnetic radiation using at least one channel of the electromagnetic radiation to voltage converter and further converts the detected electromagnetic radiation into at least one voltage; a voltage to analog frequency converter that converts at least one voltage into at least one analog frequency; an analog to digital frequency converter that converts at least one analog frequency into at least one digital frequency; and a processor operable to: determine at least one intensity profile from at least one digital frequency, and determine at least one component of the substance in response to the determined at least one intensity profile. determine at least one intensity profile from at least one digital frequency, and determine at least one component of the substance in response to the determined at least one intensity profile.
A method for loosening animal feed, wherein the method comprises having at least one grab bucket carry out a loosening action under the control of a control unit, wherein the loosening action comprises the following steps: a) gripping (step 110) the animal feed at a first location using the grab bucket; b) raising (step 120) the grab bucket to a predetermined minimum height, as a result of which at least some of the animal feed is carried along; and c) releasing (step 130) the animal feed which was carried along, irrespective of the amount of animal feed which was carried along, wherein the releasing takes place at the first location. a) gripping (step 110) the animal feed at a first location using the grab bucket; b) raising (step 120) the grab bucket to a predetermined minimum height, as a result of which at least some of the animal feed is carried along; and c) releasing (step 130) the animal feed which was carried along, irrespective of the amount of animal feed which was carried along, wherein the releasing takes place at the first location.
Heat exchanger for indirect heat transfer between a first and a second medium (S, S'), having - a shell space for receiving the first medium, - a tube bundle arranged in the shell space and having a plurality of tubes for receiving the second medium (S'), wherein each tube is helically wound onto a core tube so that the tube bundle has a plurality of tube layers (201, 202, 203) arranged on top of one another, and - at least one spacer via which a first tube layer of the tube bundle located further outside in the radial direction of the tube bundle is supported on an adjacent second tube layer located further inside in the radial direction of the tube bundle, and wherein the at least one spacer has a flow-directing means, characterized in that the means has an end face of the spacer which connects a front side of the spacer facing away from the core tube to a rear side of the spacer facing toward the core tube, wherein the end face has an inclination toward the second tube layer so that a portion of the first medium flowing along the tube of the first tube layer and against the end face is deflected by the end face in the direction of the second tube layer, or that the means has at least one guide element which is secured to a base of the spacer extending along the longitudinal axis and via which the first tube layer is supported on the second tube layer, wherein the at least one guide element forms a deflector surface which has an inclination toward the second tube layer. - a shell space for receiving the first medium, - a tube bundle arranged in the shell space and having a plurality of tubes for receiving the second medium (S'), wherein each tube is helically wound onto a core tube so that the tube bundle has a plurality of tube layers (201, 202, 203) arranged on top of one another, and - at least one spacer via which a first tube layer of the tube bundle located further outside in the radial direction of the tube bundle is supported on an adjacent second tube layer located further inside in the radial direction of the tube bundle, and wherein the at least one spacer has a flow-directing means,
Sample holder (10; 10') for use in the MALDI technique, comprising: - a support, selected from: a) a support made from a non-elastomeric polymer loaded with graphitic carbon (carbon-black filled), having a volume resistivity lower than 10 12 Ω×cm and a contact angle in a water wettability measurement at least equal to 90°; or b) a support having at least one face covered with a layer of a non-elastomeric polymer loaded with graphitic carbon (carbon-black filled), having a surface resistivity lower than 10 kΩ×square and a contact angle in a water wettability measurement at least equal to 90°; - on a face of the support in case a) or on said covered face in case b), one or more deposits of an oxide of a metal of Group 4 of the periodic table of the elements, having a thickness between 100 and 400 nm and consisting of nanoparticles of said oxide having size between 2 and 50 nm, said one or more deposits entirely surrounded by the polymer of the support in case a) or by the polymer of said layer in case b); wherein said one or more oxide deposits are obtained by ballistic growth from said nanoparticles and have a self-affine structure, which has a porosity hierarchy from one nanometer to one hundred of nanometers; and wherein the surface of the sample holder on which there are said one or more oxide deposits is treated with UV radiation in such a way that the deposits show a contact angle smaller than 5° to a water wettability measurement while the same treatment with UV radiation does not alter the hydrophobicity of the support in case a) or of the polymer of said layer in case b). - a support, selected from: a) a support made from a non-elastomeric polymer loaded with graphitic carbon (carbon-black filled), having a volume resistivity lower than 10 12 Ω×cm and a contact angle in a water wettability measurement at least equal to 90°; or b) a support having at least one face covered with a layer of a non-elastomeric polymer loaded with graphitic carbon (carbon-black filled), having a surface resistivity lower than 10 kΩ×square and a contact angle in a water wettability measurement at least equal to 90°; a) a support made from a non-elastomeric polymer loaded with graphitic carbon (carbon-black filled), having a volume resistivity lower than 10 12 Ω×cm and a contact angle in a water wettability measurement at least equal to 90°; or b) a support having at least one face covered with a layer of a non-elastomeric polymer loaded with graphitic carbon (carbon-black filled), having a surface resistivity lower than 10 kΩ×square and a contact angle in a water wettability measurement at least equal to 90°; - on a face of the support in case a) or on said covered face in case b), one or more deposits of an oxide of a metal of Group 4 of the periodic table of the elements, having a thickness between 100 and 400 nm and consisting of nanoparticles of said oxide having size between 2 and 50 nm, said one or more deposits entirely surrounded by the polymer of the support in case a) or by the polymer of said layer in case b);
Cooking appliance with at least one heating unit, by way of which a cooking compartment can be heated, and with at least one extractor fan, by which at least one characteristic (t) can be controlled to different characteristic values ( t 1, t 2, t 3) by way of a control unit as a function of a selected cooking operation mode, wherein at least one characteristic value ( t 1, t 2, t 3) is stored in an electronic storage unit, characterised in that the characteristic values ( t 1, t 2, t 3) include different switch-on time values ( t 1, t 2, t 3).
A metal organic framework comprising a metal ion and a biphenyl-3, 3',5,5' tetracarboxylate organic ligand, wherein more than one hydroxy ligand are present about the metal ion, and wherein hydroxyl ligands point into the channels of the framework.
A microfluidic device for conducting a biological fluid assay having a flow channel in which is inserted at least one discrete reaction vessel element in the form of a short tubular hollow element having a length of less than 700 microns that is provided with capture agent, the reaction vessel element being positioned for exposure to fluid flows within the device for conducting an assay and wherein the reaction vessel element is fixed in the flow channel, the device formed by preparation of first and second subassemblies followed by bonding the subassemblies face-to-face; the first subassembly defining a pneumatic fluidic layer (a) and comprising a backing of glass and a polymer layer with pneumatic channels formed as open channels or trenches, or a backing constructed as injection molded plastic or embossed plastic with pneumatic channels formed as open channels or trenches on one side thereof, the first subassembly further comprising a channel closure layer (b; 38) provided in the form of a flexible sheet and closing off the top of the pneumatic channels; wherein portions of the flexible sheet (b; 38) form a flexible diaphragm for a pneumatic actuated valve; and the second subassembly defining a fluidic reaction layer (c) comprising a backing of glass (c6; 42) and a polymeric layer (c7; 43); wherein the flow channel is formed as a cut-out in the polymeric layer (c7; 43) of the second subassembly. a backing of glass and a polymer layer with pneumatic channels formed as open channels or trenches, or a backing constructed as injection molded plastic or embossed plastic with pneumatic channels formed as open channels or trenches on one side thereof,
Method for securing documents, characterized in that it comprises: - a step of marking the document with a pre-printed marking area and an anti-copy mark that is identical for a plurality of documents, the anti-copy mark comprising information; - a step of reading an anti-copy mark for obtaining a value representative of at least one portion of the information of the anti-copy mark; - a step of generating an identification mark that can vary from one document to another and according to said value obtained from reading the anti-copy mark, the generation step being carried out through concatenation, encryption and modulation of at least the value obtained; - a step of calculating a position in the pre-printed marking area; and - a step of marking said document, at the calculated position, to form said identification mark on said document. - a step of marking the document with a pre-printed marking area and an anti-copy mark that is identical for a plurality of documents, the anti-copy mark comprising information; - a step of reading an anti-copy mark for obtaining a value representative of at least one portion of the information of the anti-copy mark; - a step of generating an identification mark that can vary from one document to another and according to said value obtained from reading the anti-copy mark, the generation step being carried out through concatenation, encryption and modulation of at least the value obtained; - a step of calculating a position in the pre-printed marking area; and - a step of marking said document, at the calculated position, to form said identification mark on said document.
A color prediction method for predicting spectral characteristics of each of a plurality of color prediction target patches corresponding to ink densities of a plurality of levels when a color chart including the plurality of color prediction target patches is assumed to be made by applying an ink of a prediction target color on a base material with ink densities of the plurality of levels, the color prediction method comprising: a similar color selection step of selecting, as a similar color, a color close to the prediction target color from among a plurality of sample colors for each of which a color chart including a corresponding plurality of patches corresponding to the ink densities of the plurality of levels has been made and spectral characteristics of the corresponding plurality of patches have been obtained; a relational equation calculation step of obtaining, for each patch other than a reference patch of the color chart of the sample color selected as the similar color, a relational equation representing a relationship between spectral characteristics of the reference patch and spectral characteristics of the patch other than the reference patch, the reference patch being a patch having a maximum ink density (100%) from among the plurality of patches; and a spectral characteristic prediction step of obtaining predicted values of spectral characteristics of each of the color prediction target patches for the prediction target color by applying obtained spectral characteristics of a reference patch for the prediction target color having the maximum ink density to each of the relational equations. a similar color selection step of selecting, as a similar color, a color close to the prediction target color from among a plurality of sample colors for each of which a color chart including a corresponding plurality of patches corresponding to the ink densities of the plurality of levels has been made and spectral characteristics of the corresponding plurality of patches have been obtained; a relational equation calculation step of obtaining, for each patch other than a reference patch of the color chart of the sample color selected as the similar color, a relational equation representing a relationship between spectral characteristics of the reference patch and spectral characteristics of the patch other than the reference patch, the reference patch being a patch having a maximum ink density (100%) from among the plurality of patches; and a spectral characteristic prediction step of obtaining predicted values of spectral characteristics of each of the color prediction target patches for the prediction target color by applying obtained spectral characteristics of a reference patch for the prediction target color having the maximum ink density to each of the relational equations.