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An organ preservation apparatus comprising: an organ storage compartment; and a cover assembly configured to engage the organ storage compartment, the cover assembly comprising: an upper lid; an organ support plate; an oxygen-permeable membrane disposed between the upper lid and the organ support plate; a pumping compartment between the oxygen-permeable membrane and the upper lid; a perfuse compartment between the oxygen-permeable membrane and the organ support plate; characterized in that the organ support plate is a convex organ support plate, and the cover assembly further comprises: a first port in the convex organ support plate configured to allow flow from the perfuse compartment to the organ storage compartment, wherein the first port is located proximal to the center of the organ support plate; an interface coupler, couplable to the first port and an organ, wherein the interface coupler forms a connection between the first port and the organ; and a second port in the convex organ support plate configured to allow flow from the organ storage compartment to the perfuse compartment. an organ storage compartment; and a cover assembly configured to engage the organ storage compartment, the cover assembly comprising: an upper lid; an organ support plate; an oxygen-permeable membrane disposed between the upper lid and the organ support plate; a pumping compartment between the oxygen-permeable membrane and the upper lid; a perfuse compartment between the oxygen-permeable membrane and the organ support plate; an upper lid; an organ support plate; an oxygen-permeable membrane disposed between the upper lid and the organ support plate; a pumping compartment between the oxygen-permeable membrane and the upper lid; a perfuse compartment between the oxygen-permeable membrane and the organ support plate; characterized in that the organ support plate is a convex organ support plate, and the cover assembly further comprises: a first port in the convex organ support plate configured to allow flow from the perfuse compartment to the organ storage compartment, wherein the first port is located proximal to the center of the organ support plate; an interface coupler, couplable to the first port and an organ, wherein the interface coupler forms a connection between the first port and the organ; and a second port in the convex organ support plate configured to allow flow from the organ storage compartment to the perfuse compartment. a first port in the convex organ support plate configured to allow flow from the perfuse compartment to the organ storage compartment, wherein the first port is located proximal to the center of the organ support plate; an interface coupler, couplable to the first port and an organ, wherein the interface coupler forms a connection between the first port and the organ; and a second port in the convex organ support plate configured to allow flow from the organ storage compartment to the perfuse compartment.
Method of video evaluation of one or more of the heart rate and respiratory rate of a baby in dim or nocturnal conditions, using a device comprising a video camera and a source of infrared light, the method comprising the steps of: A1- illuminating the baby with the infrared source, A2- capturing video images of the baby, B1- determining the position of the baby's head by detecting, in one or more successive video images, edge segments forming portions of an ellipse substantially coinciding with the outline of the head, B2- identifying an area of interest within the ellipse, C- evaluating, by photoplethysmographic analysis of the area of interest, one or more of the heart rate and respiratory rate of the baby, D- identifying, by one or more of an analysis of the position of the edge segments and their evolution over successive video images and an analysis of audio signals received by a microphone, whether there is a macroscopic movement of the baby, and in case a macroscopic movement is identified, suspending step C- of photoplethysmographic analysis, and D2 -identifying by one or more of an analysis of the position of the edge segments and their evolution over successive video images and an analysis of audio signals received by a microphone, whether there is a return to a stable state where there is no macroscopic movement of the baby, and in case a return to a stable is identified, executing steps B1-B2 once again, and resuming step C- of photoplethysmographic analysis, with a new area of interest determined in step B2. A1- illuminating the baby with the infrared source, A2- capturing video images of the baby, B1- determining the position of the baby's head by detecting, in one or more successive video images, edge segments forming portions of an ellipse substantially coinciding with the outline of the head, B2- identifying an area of interest within the ellipse, C- evaluating, by photoplethysmographic analysis of the area of interest, one or more of the heart rate and respiratory rate of the baby, D- identifying, by one or more of an analysis of the position of the edge segments and their evolution over successive video images and an analysis of audio signals received by a microphone, whether there is a macroscopic movement of the baby, and in case a macroscopic movement is identified, suspending step C- of photoplethysmographic analysis, and D2 -identifying by one or more of an analysis of the position of the edge segments and their evolution over successive video images and an analysis of audio signals received by a microphone, whether there is a return to a stable state where there is no macroscopic movement of the baby, and in case a return to a stable is identified, executing steps B1-B2 once again, and resuming step C- of photoplethysmographic analysis, with a new area of interest determined in step B2.
Method for estimating a differential inductance and/or flux linkage of an electrical machine, wherein the differential inductance is defined as a ratio between small-signal values of flux linkage and current, the electrical machine is supplied with drive currents via a first current regulator and a second current regulator, and actual values of drive currents are measured and fed back to the two current regulators such that closed-loop control is provided, which method is characterized by comprising the steps of: providing the first current regulator with an AC value either for a direct axis current reference i* d or for a quadrature axis current reference i* q of a machine current vector, while providing the second current regulator with a predetermined DC value for the remaining one of the two current references i* d and i* q, the AC value being such that the electrical machine operates in standstill or quasi-standstill condition; superimposing, after a predetermined time period has expired, a varying signal in a control path where the AC value is provided, the varying signal having a higher frequency than the AC value; and determining a contribution signal which corresponds to the contribution of the superimposed varying signal to the drive currents, estimating the differential inductance and/or the flux linkage on the basis of the contribution signal. providing the first current regulator with an AC value either for a direct axis current reference i* d or for a quadrature axis current reference i* q of a machine current vector, while providing the second current regulator with a predetermined DC value for the remaining one of the two current references i* d and i* q, the AC value being such that the electrical machine operates in standstill or quasi-standstill condition; superimposing, after a predetermined time period has expired, a varying signal in a control path where the AC value is provided, the varying signal having a higher frequency than the AC value; and determining a contribution signal which corresponds to the contribution of the superimposed varying signal to the drive currents, estimating the differential inductance and/or the flux linkage on the basis of the contribution signal.
Material measure for a position measuring device, comprising at least one measuring track with incremental markings and at least one measuring track with absolute markings, characterized in that the incremental markings are formed by magnetically active elements and the absolute markings are formed by magnetically passive elements.
A circuit protection and control device, including: a primary actuator comprising a first solenoid having a primary winding and a primary plunger (8,18), configured such that a magnetic field generated by a current in the primary winding causes movement of the primary plunger (8,18), characterised in that the primary plunger (8,18) comprises: a magnetic external housing; a non-magnetic region; and a secondary actuator comprising a second solenoid having magnetic components including a secondary winding (9, 21) and a secondary plunger having a magnetic portion (1, 20), configured such that the secondary plunger is moveable under the influence of a magnetic field generated by a current in the secondary winding (9, 21); wherein the non-magnetic region of the primary actuator or the magnetic external housing isolates the magnetic components of the secondary actuator from the effects of the magnetic field generated by the primary winding when the secondary plunger is in a non-actuating position. a primary actuator comprising a first solenoid having a primary winding and a primary plunger (8,18), configured such that a magnetic field generated by a current in the primary winding causes movement of the primary plunger (8,18), characterised in that the primary plunger (8,18) comprises: a magnetic external housing; a non-magnetic region; and a secondary actuator comprising a second solenoid having magnetic components including a secondary winding (9, 21) and a secondary plunger having a magnetic portion (1, 20), configured such that the secondary plunger is moveable under the influence of a magnetic field generated by a current in the secondary winding (9, 21); a magnetic external housing; a non-magnetic region; and a secondary actuator comprising a second solenoid having magnetic components including a secondary winding (9, 21) and a secondary plunger having a magnetic portion (1, 20), configured such that the secondary plunger is moveable under the influence of a magnetic field generated by a current in the secondary winding (9, 21); wherein the non-magnetic region of the primary actuator or the magnetic external housing isolates the magnetic components of the secondary actuator from the effects of the magnetic field generated by the primary winding when the secondary plunger is in a non-actuating position.
Projectile, in particular of a deformation bullet or a partial fragmentation bullet, comprising a cylindrical solid base end section and a press end section with a central press recess introduced by pressing, in particular deep drawing, and a wall delimiting the press recess, which is formed into an ogive-shaped tip, wherein the wall is formed with at least two through-slits which delimit at least two wall sections that are structurally separated in the circumferential direction, characterized in that adjacent side edges of the wall sections at least partially contact each other in the circumferential direction, in particular wherein, in the contact region of the wall sections, a cavity formed by the press recess is enclosed in the circumferential direction.
A method for the separation of minerals from a wastewater stream comprising a natural brine and at least about 30 g/l dissolved salts including at least 75 ppm lithium, comprising the steps of: passing the wastewater stream at substantially ambient pressure and at a temperature of at least about 60°C through a membrane assembly comprising a pervaporation membrane having a pore size of at least about 1.5 nanometers and not greater than about 10 nanometers, the pervaporation membrane separating a retentate volume from a permeate volume; reducing the pressure in the permeate volume of the membrane assembly to not greater than 0.4 bar, wherein water from the wastewater stream diffuses through the pervaporation membrane to form a water vapor in the permeate volume; pumping backwash liquid from a tank to the permeate volume of the membrane modules of the membrane assembly; and collecting the solid phase on the membrane modules and pumping backwash liquid through the modules to collect the solid phase minerals, thereby forming a mineral-rich backwash stream. passing the wastewater stream at substantially ambient pressure and at a temperature of at least about 60°C through a membrane assembly comprising a pervaporation membrane having a pore size of at least about 1.5 nanometers and not greater than about 10 nanometers, the pervaporation membrane separating a retentate volume from a permeate volume; reducing the pressure in the permeate volume of the membrane assembly to not greater than 0.4 bar, wherein water from the wastewater stream diffuses through the pervaporation membrane to form a water vapor in the permeate volume; pumping backwash liquid from a tank to the permeate volume of the membrane modules of the membrane assembly; and collecting the solid phase on the membrane modules and pumping backwash liquid through the modules to collect the solid phase minerals, thereby forming a mineral-rich backwash stream.
A method for wireless communication, performed by a user equipment, UE (115, 218, 615, 715), the method comprising: receiving (620, 720, 2105, 2205), from a base station (105, 206, 605, 705) operating over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, an indication of a set of one or more uplink interlaces (405, 410, 415) of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band allocated for a sounding reference signal, wherein each interlace includes a plurality of resource blocks (420, 425, 430, 505), and each resource block includes plurality of subcarriers; receiving from the base station an indication that the set of one or more uplink interlaces is designated for sounding reference signal transmissions by UEs that are not scheduled to transmit the sounding reference signal during a frame; determining that the UE is not scheduled to transmit the sounding reference signal to the base station during the frame, and determining that the UE has an allocated physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, during the frame; and transmitting (635, 740, 2110, 2230) the sounding reference signal to the base station over the indicated set of one or more uplink interlaces of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band during said frame in response to the determinations. receiving (620, 720, 2105, 2205), from a base station (105, 206, 605, 705) operating over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, an indication of a set of one or more uplink interlaces (405, 410, 415) of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band allocated for a sounding reference signal, wherein each interlace includes a plurality of resource blocks (420, 425, 430, 505), and each resource block includes plurality of subcarriers; receiving from the base station an indication that the set of one or more uplink interlaces is designated for sounding reference signal transmissions by UEs that are not scheduled to transmit the sounding reference signal during a frame; determining that the UE is not scheduled to transmit the sounding reference signal to the base station during the frame, and determining that the UE has an allocated physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, during the frame; and transmitting (635, 740, 2110, 2230) the sounding reference signal to the base station over the indicated set of one or more uplink interlaces of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band during said frame in response to the determinations.
An apparatus comprising: processing circuitry to process instructions from a plurality of software workloads; a branch prediction cache (40, 41, 42) to cache branch prediction state data selected from a plurality of sets of branch prediction state data stored in a memory system (30, 32, 34), each set of branch prediction state data corresponding to one of said plurality of software workloads; and branch prediction circuitry to predict an outcome of a branch instruction of a given software workload based on branch prediction state data cached in the branch prediction cache from the set of branch prediction state data corresponding to said given software workload; wherein in response to the processing circuitry switching from processing a first software workload to processing a second software workload, the branch prediction cache is configured to invalidate entries associated with the first software workload; and wherein the branch prediction cache is responsive to a miss in the branch prediction cache for a target instruction address of an instruction of a given software workload for which a branch prediction is required, to trigger at least one state fetch request to the memory system to request that a corresponding portion of the set of branch prediction state data corresponding to the given software workload is fetched into the branch prediction cache. processing circuitry to process instructions from a plurality of software workloads; a branch prediction cache (40, 41, 42) to cache branch prediction state data selected from a plurality of sets of branch prediction state data stored in a memory system (30, 32, 34), each set of branch prediction state data corresponding to one of said plurality of software workloads; and branch prediction circuitry to predict an outcome of a branch instruction of a given software workload based on branch prediction state data cached in the branch prediction cache from the set of branch prediction state data corresponding to said given software workload; wherein in response to the processing circuitry switching from processing a first software workload to processing a second software workload, the branch prediction cache is configured to invalidate entries associated with the first software workload; and wherein the branch prediction cache is responsive to a miss in the branch prediction cache for a target instruction address of an instruction of a given software workload for which a branch prediction is required, to trigger at least one state fetch request to the memory system to request that a corresponding portion of the set of branch prediction state data corresponding to the given software workload is fetched into the branch prediction cache.
A coupling arrangement comprising first and second wellbore tools and a coupling for wellbore applications between the first tool and the second tool, wherein the first tool comprises a first drive shaft rotatably mounted in a first outer sleeve, and the second tool comprises a second drive shaft rotatably mounted in a second outer sleeve, characterized in that: - the outer diameters of the first outer sleeve are less than or equal to corresponding inner diameters of the second outer sleeve and wherein one of the outer sleeves comprises at least one first latching dog fitting into at least one first groove in the other outer sleeve, - the outer diameters of the first drive shaft are less than or equal to corresponding inner diameters of the second drive shaft and wherein one of the drive shafts comprises at least one second latching dog fitting into at least one second groove in the other drive shaft, wherein the first outer sleeve is adapted to be inserted into and withdrawn from the second outer sleeve, and the first drive shaft is adapted to be inserted into and withdrawn from the second drive shaft, and wherein the first latching dog is adapted to prevent relative rotation between the outer sleeves (110, 210), and the second latching dog is adapted to prevent rotation between the drive shafts (160, 260), and - and in that at least one of the tools comprises means (161, 162, 271) for removing debris from the coupling during insertion or withdrawal of the first drive shaft with respect to the second drive shaft. - the outer diameters of the first outer sleeve are less than or equal to corresponding inner diameters of the second outer sleeve and wherein one of the outer sleeves comprises at least one first latching dog fitting into at least one first groove in the other outer sleeve, - the outer diameters of the first drive shaft are less than or equal to corresponding inner diameters of the second drive shaft and wherein one of the drive shafts comprises at least one second latching dog fitting into at least one second groove in the other drive shaft, wherein the first outer sleeve is adapted to be inserted into and withdrawn from the second outer sleeve, and the first drive shaft is adapted to be inserted into and withdrawn from the second drive shaft, and wherein the first latching dog is adapted to prevent relative rotation between the outer sleeves (110, 210), and the second latching dog is adapted to prevent rotation between the drive shafts (160, 260), and - and in that at least one of the tools comprises means (161, 162, 271) for removing debris from the coupling during insertion or withdrawal of the first drive shaft with respect to the second drive shaft.
Process to prepare a char product and a syngas mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a solid biomass feed comprising the following steps: (i) subjecting the solid biomass feed to a pyrolysis reaction thereby obtaining a gaseous fraction comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a mixture of gaseous organic compounds and a solid fraction comprising of char particles having a reduced atomic hydrogen over carbon ratio and a reduced oxygen over carbon ratio relative to the solid biomass feed and wherein the solid biomass feed are pellets of a solid torrefied biomass feed, wherein the pyrolysis process in step (i) is performed at a temperature of between 500 and 800 °C and at a solid residence time of between 10 and 60 minutes and wherein an amount of oxygen is fed to the pyrolysis process in step (i) of between 0.1 and 0.3 mass oxygen per mass biomass as fed to step (i), (ii) separating the char particles as the char product from the gaseous fraction, and (iii) subjecting the gaseous fraction obtained in step (ii) to a continuously operated partial oxidation to obtain a syngas mixture further comprising water and having an elevated temperature. (i) subjecting the solid biomass feed to a pyrolysis reaction thereby obtaining a gaseous fraction comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a mixture of gaseous organic compounds and a solid fraction comprising of char particles having a reduced atomic hydrogen over carbon ratio and a reduced oxygen over carbon ratio relative to the solid biomass feed and wherein the solid biomass feed are pellets of a solid torrefied biomass feed, wherein the pyrolysis process in step (i) is performed at a temperature of between 500 and 800 °C and at a solid residence time of between 10 and 60 minutes and wherein an amount of oxygen is fed to the pyrolysis process in step (i) of between 0.1 and 0.3 mass oxygen per mass biomass as fed to step (i), wherein the pyrolysis process in step (i) is performed at a temperature of between 500 and 800 °C and at a solid residence time of between 10 and 60 minutes and wherein an amount of oxygen is fed to the pyrolysis process in step (i) of between 0.1 and 0.3 mass oxygen per mass biomass as fed to step (i), (ii) separating the char particles as the char product from the gaseous fraction, and (iii) subjecting the gaseous fraction obtained in step (ii) to a continuously operated partial oxidation to obtain a syngas mixture further comprising water and having an elevated temperature.