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A method for optically scanning a field, comprising: producing electromagnetic radiation; and using an optical scanning system to visit points in a field along a scanning path, using at least one scanning element, the field being illuminated by the electromagnetic radiation, the field having an area having a first span with respect to a first axis, and a second span with respect to a second axis, the scanning path including consecutive passes (118, 120), the passes (118, 120) corresponding to time-shifted instances of a same scan pattern, the scan pattern associated with an individual pass including repeated sweeps back and forth across the first span at a first rate, and movement across the second span at a second rate, the first rate being greater than the second rate, and the plural passes (118, 120) visiting different sets of points within the field, to provide different respective sparse traversals of the field captured at different times, characterised by the method further comprising: determining presence of motion affecting the optical scanning system; and in response to said determining, dynamically adjusting at least one operational parameter of the optical scanning system such that the plural passes, taken together, evenly distribute motion artifacts over the field upon occurrence of motion. producing electromagnetic radiation; and using an optical scanning system to visit points in a field along a scanning path, using at least one scanning element, the field being illuminated by the electromagnetic radiation, the field having an area having a first span with respect to a first axis, and a second span with respect to a second axis, the scanning path including consecutive passes (118, 120), the passes (118, 120) corresponding to time-shifted instances of a same scan pattern, the scan pattern associated with an individual pass including repeated sweeps back and forth across the first span at a first rate, and movement across the second span at a second rate, the first rate being greater than the second rate, and the plural passes (118, 120) visiting different sets of points within the field, to provide different respective sparse traversals of the field captured at different times, characterised by the method further comprising: determining presence of motion affecting the optical scanning system; and in response to said determining, dynamically adjusting at least one operational parameter of the optical scanning system such that the plural passes, taken together, evenly distribute motion artifacts over the field upon occurrence of motion. determining presence of motion affecting the optical scanning system; and in response to said determining, dynamically adjusting at least one operational parameter of the optical scanning system such that the plural passes, taken together, evenly distribute motion artifacts over the field upon occurrence of motion.
A catheter assembly, comprising: a catheter adapter having an inner lumen, the inner lumen including a translating groove; a septum disposed within a portion of the inner lumen; an introducer needle extending through the inner lumen of the catheter adapter; and a septum activator disposed within the inner lumen of the catheter adapter, the septum activator including one or more flushing fins, wherein the flushing fins are retained within the translating groove being provided within a rearward chamber of the catheter adapter, and wherein the translating groove is suitable for maintaining_a distal portion of the septum activator in contact with the septum, characterized in that the septum activator further comprises a sleeve portion, the sleeve portion comprising an internal cavity having an internal diameter approximately equal to an outer diameter of the introducer needle along the length of the sleeve portion, the introducer needle having a notch disposed on a distal end of the introducer needle, the notch being positioned at a notch distance from a distal tip of the introducer needle, the sleeve portion having a length greater than the notch distance so that, when the introducer needle is withdrawn proximally, the notch remains contained within the sleeve portion until after the distal tip of the introducer needle is drawn through the septum and into the sleeve portion. a catheter adapter having an inner lumen, the inner lumen including a translating groove; a septum disposed within a portion of the inner lumen; an introducer needle extending through the inner lumen of the catheter adapter; and a septum activator disposed within the inner lumen of the catheter adapter, the septum activator including one or more flushing fins, wherein the flushing fins are retained within the translating groove being provided within a rearward chamber of the catheter adapter, and wherein the translating groove is suitable for maintaining_a distal portion of the septum activator in contact with the septum, characterized in that the septum activator further comprises a sleeve portion, the sleeve portion comprising an internal cavity having an internal diameter approximately equal to an outer diameter of the introducer needle along the length of the sleeve portion, the introducer needle having a notch disposed on a distal end of the introducer needle, the notch being positioned at a notch distance from a distal tip of the introducer needle, the sleeve portion having a length greater than the notch distance so that, when the introducer needle is withdrawn proximally, the notch remains contained within the sleeve portion until after the distal tip of the introducer needle is drawn through the septum and into the sleeve portion.
A system comprising: a linear array of lighting nodes connected at different respective positions along a flexible, rigid or malleable continuous supporting line, each of the lighting nodes comprising one or more lighting elements for emitting illumination; the system being characterised in that it further comprises: one or more attachable dividers attached onto said line without severing the line, or at least without completely severing the line, each between a respective pair of the lighting nodes, by means of a mechanical attachment; and a controller arranged to control the illumination emitted by each of the lighting nodes; wherein each of the attachable dividers is configured so as, when attached onto the line, to enable detection of a position at which the divider is attached along the line relative to the lighting nodes, and configured to provide information related to said position to the controller, and thereby divide the lighting nodes into different segments along the line; and wherein the controller is configured to apply a different lighting effect to the illumination emitted by the lighting nodes in each of some or all of the different segments. a linear array of lighting nodes connected at different respective positions along a flexible, rigid or malleable continuous supporting line, each of the lighting nodes comprising one or more lighting elements for emitting illumination; the system being characterised in that it further comprises: one or more attachable dividers attached onto said line without severing the line, or at least without completely severing the line, each between a respective pair of the lighting nodes, by means of a mechanical attachment; and a controller arranged to control the illumination emitted by each of the lighting nodes; wherein each of the attachable dividers is configured so as, when attached onto the line, to enable detection of a position at which the divider is attached along the line relative to the lighting nodes, and configured to provide information related to said position to the controller, and thereby divide the lighting nodes into different segments along the line; and wherein the controller is configured to apply a different lighting effect to the illumination emitted by the lighting nodes in each of some or all of the different segments.
A gravity separator unit (1; 600) comprising a container for holding at least 1m 3 of water to be treated, the container having sidewalls (11,12,13,14) and a floor (20; 620), wherein the floor comprises one or more corrugated pile sheets (21,22,23) which define a plurality of alternating tops (32,34,36) and parallel gutters (31,33,35,37) facing the interior of the container, wherein the tops and lower portions of the gutters are vertically spaced apart by a distance (h) of between 3 and 30 cm from each other, wherein the gravity separator unit further comprises a scraping device that is at least partially arranged within the container at or near the floor, wherein the scraping device comprises at least two scraping elements, each scraping element comprising one or more scraping blades, wherein the scraping device is adapted for moving each of the scraping elements along the gutters towards an end of the gutters with each of the one or more scraping blades thereof extending at least partially in a corresponding gutter.
Secure data processing system comprising a first device comprising secure control and communication means, and at least one second device comprising control and communication means with the first device, characterized in that - the control and communication means of said second device comprise monitoring means suitable for transmitting to the first device a test data value modified upon the execution of one or more portions of a trust code of the monitoring means of said second device intermingled in a main driving code of the second device, upon the execution of said main driving code of the second device, - the secure control and communication means of the first device comprise: - means for storing a behaviour model of said second device, and - means for comparing a value expected according to the behavioural model of said second device with the modified test data value so as to determine if the operation of this second device conforms or not to the stored behaviour model, and - validation means suitable for preventing the launching of a sensitive operation on this second device or for ordering a change of state of the second device if the comparison means have determined that this second device is not manifesting conformal operation. - the secure control and communication means of the first device comprise: - means for storing a behaviour model of said second device, and - means for comparing a value expected according to the behavioural model of said second device with the modified test data value so as to determine if the operation of this second device conforms or not to the stored behaviour model, and - validation means suitable for preventing the launching of a sensitive operation on this second device or for ordering a change of state of the second device if the comparison means have determined that this second device is not manifesting conformal operation.
A method for determining the risk of a subject for developing mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), comprising: obtaining a urine sample obtained from a subject; measuring the urine sample for an amount of SLC25A13 (Citrin, Mitochondrial aspartate glutamate carrier 2); and comparing the amount of SLC25A13 with the amount of SLC25A13 in a control urine sample, wherein a change in the amount of SLC25A13 from the subject compared with the control is indicative of the subject having an increased risk for mTBI, wherein the amount of SLC25A13 is the amount of SLC25A13's extracellular RNA expression in the urine sample. obtaining a urine sample obtained from a subject; measuring the urine sample for an amount of SLC25A13 (Citrin, Mitochondrial aspartate glutamate carrier 2); and comparing the amount of SLC25A13 with the amount of SLC25A13 in a control urine sample, wherein a change in the amount of SLC25A13 from the subject compared with the control is indicative of the subject having an increased risk for mTBI, wherein the amount of SLC25A13 is the amount of SLC25A13's extracellular RNA expression in the urine sample.
A carbon film formed from a carbon nanotube assembly, a pore distribution curve of the carbon film indicating a relationship between a pore size and a Log differential pore capacity obtained from an adsorption isotherm at 77 K of liquid nitrogen based on the Barrett-Joyner-Halenda method having a peak in which the Log differential pore capacity is maximized within a pore size range of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and a value of the Log differential pore capacity at the peak being 1.2 cm 3 /g or more. a pore distribution curve of the carbon film indicating a relationship between a pore size and a Log differential pore capacity obtained from an adsorption isotherm at 77 K of liquid nitrogen based on the Barrett-Joyner-Halenda method having a peak in which the Log differential pore capacity is maximized within a pore size range of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and a value of the Log differential pore capacity at the peak being 1.2 cm 3 /g or more.
An automobile vehicle comprising at least one side glazing unit capable of operating as a direction indicator light of the vehicle, said glazing unit comprising - a first transparent sheet, made of mineral or organic glass, with a first main face directed towards the outside of the vehicle, a second main face directed towards the inside of the vehicle, and an edge face, - one or more light sources, preferably light-emitting diodes, each having a light-emission face opposite the edge face, the light emitted by the light sources thus being guided into the first sheet between the first and the second main face of the latter, the light sources being connected in such a manner as to allow the emission of a flashing light, synchronized with the flashing of the other direction indicator lights of the vehicle, - a means for extraction of the light in at least one region of the first main face or of the second main face of the first sheet or situated within the thickness of the first sheet, said extraction means emitting, when it is illuminated by the light sources, an amber light, and - a means for rendering opaque situated toward the inside of the vehicle with respect to the means for extraction of the light and totally masking the means for extraction of the light in such a manner as to render it invisible from the inside of the vehicle. - a first transparent sheet, made of mineral or organic glass, with a first main face directed towards the outside of the vehicle, a second main face directed towards the inside of the vehicle, and an edge face, - one or more light sources, preferably light-emitting diodes, each having a light-emission face opposite the edge face, the light emitted by the light sources thus being guided into the first sheet between the first and the second main face of the latter, the light sources being connected in such a manner as to allow the emission of a flashing light, synchronized with the flashing of the other direction indicator lights of the vehicle, - a means for extraction of the light in at least one region of the first main face or of the second main face of the first sheet or situated within the thickness of the first sheet, said extraction means emitting, when it is illuminated by the light sources, an amber light, and - a means for rendering opaque situated toward the inside of the vehicle with respect to the means for extraction of the light and totally masking the means for extraction of the light in such a manner as to render it invisible from the inside of the vehicle.
A method for evaluating an operating state of a wind turbine facility including at least one wind turbine, comprising: a step of acquiring at least one of an output power of the wind turbine, an ambient temperature, a temperature in a specific location, and operating information as an operating condition of the wind turbine facility or the at least one wind turbine; a step of calculating an estimated value of a temperature of a bearing rotatably supporting a rotor of the at least one wind turbine as a physical quantity measurable on the at least one wind turbine and corresponding to the operating condition; a step of acquiring an actual value corresponding to the physical quantity; and a step of determining whether an abnormality is present in the at least one wind turbine by comparing the estimated value and the actual value, and in the step of calculating the estimated value, the operating condition as an input parameter is input to a physical model simulating the wind turbine facility or the at least one wind turbine as an estimation target based on its physical characteristics or a machine learning model calculating the estimated value corresponding to the operating condition by repeatedly learning a relationship between the operating condition and the estimated value using a predetermined algorithm to obtain the estimated value as an output parameter of the physical model or the machine learning model. a step of acquiring at least one of an output power of the wind turbine, an ambient temperature, a temperature in a specific location, and operating information as an operating condition of the wind turbine facility or the at least one wind turbine; a step of calculating an estimated value of a temperature of a bearing rotatably supporting a rotor of the at least one wind turbine as a physical quantity measurable on the at least one wind turbine and corresponding to the operating condition; a step of acquiring an actual value corresponding to the physical quantity; and a step of determining whether an abnormality is present in the at least one wind turbine by comparing the estimated value and the actual value, and in the step of calculating the estimated value, the operating condition as an input parameter is input to a physical model simulating the wind turbine facility or the at least one wind turbine as an estimation target based on its physical characteristics or a machine learning model calculating the estimated value corresponding to the operating condition by repeatedly learning a relationship between the operating condition and the estimated value using a predetermined algorithm to obtain the estimated value as an output parameter of the physical model or the machine learning model.
Composition comprising D-mannitol crystals, of which more than 97%, preferentially more than 98% and very preferentially more than 99% of the dry matter thereof consists of D-mannitol and characterized in that the crystals of D-mannitol contain more than 98% by dry weight of delta (δ) polymorph, said delta polymorph, determined by X-ray diffraction, having not completely changed to the β form after 341 days, the composition being stored in a climatized chamber (20°C) and at a controlled degree of relative humidity (75%), and in that said crystals having a volume mean diameter D4,3 greater than 20 μm.
A morcellation system for removing a tissue specimen from inside the patient through a body opening to outside the patient, the body opening defining a tissue margin, the morcellation system comprising: a morcellator having a proximal end and a distal end and a longitudinal axis; the morcellator including a housing at the proximal end and an outer shaft extending distally from the housing along the longitudinal axis; the outer shaft having a length from a distal end of the housing to the distal end of the morcellator; the morcellator having a hollow cylinder coaxial with the outer shaft; the hollow cylinder having a blade at the distal end; the morcellator includes a working channel extending through the housing and hollow cylinder between a proximal opening at the proximal end and a distal opening at the distal end; and a tissue guard made of cut-resistant material comprising a proximal end and a distal end interconnected by a sidewall; the tissue guard having an inner surface and an outer surface and an elongate tubular-shaped central lumen extending from the tissue guard proximal end to the tissue guard distal end along a longitudinal axis; the tissue guard being configured to anchor to the tissue margin; wherein the outer shaft of the morcellator is removably insertable into the central lumen of the tissue guard and the tissue guard is configured to protect the tissue margin from the blade during morcellation characterized in that a distal end of the outer shaft includes an extension extending slightly beyond a distal end of the blade; the extension being configured to prevent coring of the tissue specimen when morcellated. a morcellator having a proximal end and a distal end and a longitudinal axis; the morcellator including a housing at the proximal end and an outer shaft extending distally from the housing along the longitudinal axis; the outer shaft having a length from a distal end of the housing to the distal end of the morcellator; the morcellator having a hollow cylinder coaxial with the outer shaft; the hollow cylinder having a blade at the distal end; the morcellator includes a working channel extending through the housing and hollow cylinder between a proximal opening at the proximal end and a distal opening at the distal end; and a tissue guard made of cut-resistant material comprising a proximal end and a distal end interconnected by a sidewall; the tissue guard having an inner surface and an outer surface and an elongate tubular-shaped central lumen extending from the tissue guard proximal end to the tissue guard distal end along a longitudinal axis; the tissue guard being configured to anchor to the tissue margin; wherein the outer shaft of the morcellator is removably insertable into the central lumen of the tissue guard and the tissue guard is configured to protect the tissue margin from the blade during morcellation characterized in that a distal end of the outer shaft includes an extension extending slightly beyond a distal end of the blade; the extension being configured to prevent coring of the tissue specimen when morcellated.
A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a block copolymer comprising a first block having a glass transition temperature of 50°C or higher and containing a cross-linkable functional group; and a second block having a glass transition temperature of -10°C or lower and containing a cross-linkable functional group and an aromatic group, wherein said first block comprises a polymerized unit derived from 80 to 99 parts by weight of (meth)acrylic acid ester and a polymerized unit derived from 1 to 20 parts by weight of a compound capable of providing a cross-linkable functional group, and wherein each of said first block and said second block has a polymerized unit derived from a compound of Formula 1 below capable of providing said cross-linkable functional group: wherein, Q is hydrogen or an alkyl group, A and B are each independently an alkylene group or an alkylidene group, and n is an integer in a range of 0 to 10.