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A method of determining the haemolysis of a blood sample in which a measure for haemolysis progression is determined, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - shining of measuring light which is emitted by a measuring light source onto the blood sample during haemolysing, - recording, with a detector device, at several measuring times of measuring light values for the measuring light reflected by the blood sample, and - comparing several of the measuring light values for different measuring times and determining a measure for haemolysis progression, in that from the recorded measuring light values a time-dependent course for the measuring light values is formed and for the time time-dependent course at least in parts an increase in the measuring curve is determined as a comparative measure for comparing the measuring light values at the various measuring times, characterised by - carrying out the comparison of the measuring light values and the determination of a measure for haemolysis progression by means of an evaluation device and - determining the conclusion of haemolysis when the increase as part of a selectable measuring accuracy after a measuring period in which the increase from zero is different, falls from a minimum to zero. - shining of measuring light which is emitted by a measuring light source onto the blood sample during haemolysing, - recording, with a detector device, at several measuring times of measuring light values for the measuring light reflected by the blood sample, and - comparing several of the measuring light values for different measuring times and determining a measure for haemolysis progression, in that from the recorded measuring light values a time-dependent course for the measuring light values is formed and for the time time-dependent course at least in parts an increase in the measuring curve is determined as a comparative measure for comparing the measuring light values at the various measuring times, characterised by - carrying out the comparison of the measuring light values and the determination of a measure for haemolysis progression by means of an evaluation device and - determining the conclusion of haemolysis when the increase as part of a selectable measuring accuracy after a measuring period in which the increase from zero is different, falls from a minimum to zero.
A robotic lawnmower system comprising a robotic lawnmower, said robotic lawnmower comprising a position determining device for determining a current position, the robotic lawnmower being configured to: determine that reliable navigation through said position determining device is no longer possible, such as when satellite signal reception is not possible, at a time point and position and in response thereto generate an obstacle map; determine when an area will be shadowed with regards to satellite reception based on said obstacle map; and to schedule operation of the robotic lawnmower accordingly. determine that reliable navigation through said position determining device is no longer possible, such as when satellite signal reception is not possible, at a time point and position and in response thereto generate an obstacle map; determine when an area will be shadowed with regards to satellite reception based on said obstacle map; and to schedule operation of the robotic lawnmower accordingly.
Detection device for a motor vehicle for detecting a distance of an object in a surrounding area of the motor vehicle from the motor vehicle, having a transmitting unit, which is designed to transmit a light beam and to scan the surrounding area by orienting the light beam along predetermined transmission angles, and having a receiving unit comprising at least two receiving elements, which are designed to receive a portion of the light beam that is reflected from the object, to detect the distance on the basis of a period of time between transmission of the light beam and reception of the reflected portion of the light beam, and to detect a reception angle at which the reflected portion of the light beam from the surrounding area hits the receiving unit, characterized in that the detection device is designed such that the transmission angle and the reception angle are approximately identical if the light beam is reflected directly from the object, and the receiving unit is designed to detect a variance between the transmission angle of the light beam and the reception angle of the reflected portion of the light beam that corresponds to the transmission angle, the reception angle that corresponds to the transmission angle being the reception angle at which the reflected portion of the light beam from the surrounding area has been received.
Waste heat recovery installation for a waste heat source, consisting of an ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) arranged downstream thereof, the waste heat source being in connection with the heating device of the ORC, and with an expansion machine coupled to a generator for the steam expansion in the ORC, said expansion machine comprising a magnetic bearing with an assigned control device and a power supply unit via a DC link of a generator frequency converter, wherein a unit comprising the expansion machine, the generator and the frequency converter is cooled by the refrigerant from the OCR circuit, wherein cool, liquid refrigerant is removed downstream of the feed pump and supplied for cooling the unit comprising the expansion machine, the generator and the frequency converter, characterized in that cool, liquid refrigerant is removed downstream of the feed pump and supplied to the expansion machine for cooling the bearing, and wherein heated refrigerant leaving the unit comprising the expansion machine, the generator and the frequency converter and/or the bearing region of the expansion machine is supplied to the inlet side of the liquefier, and wherein a temperature monitoring device which is connected up to a higher-level control device and has temperature measuring points is provided in the components and/or subassemblies to be cooled and compares and evaluates current measured temperature values with predeterminable setpoint values and/or controls the throughput of refrigerant.
A method performed in a wireless network node (11; 12) of establishing a key related to at least two network slices (15a, 15b), the network slices (15a, 15b) used in serving a wireless communication device, the method comprising: - obtaining a first key (K eNB1; K ASME1) relating to at least a first network slice, - obtaining a second key (K eNB2; K ASME2) relating to an additional network slice, - determining, based on the first key (K eNB1; K ASME1) and the second key (K eNB2; K ASME2), a joint key (K eNB_joint; K ASME_joint) for use in protecting communication with the wireless communication device on the at least first network slice and on the additional network slice. - obtaining a first key (K eNB1; K ASME1) relating to at least a first network slice, - obtaining a second key (K eNB2; K ASME2) relating to an additional network slice, - determining, based on the first key (K eNB1; K ASME1) and the second key (K eNB2; K ASME2), a joint key (K eNB_joint; K ASME_joint) for use in protecting communication with the wireless communication device on the at least first network slice and on the additional network slice.
Method for locating a specific object by means of a detected locating signal, characterized in that, in the method, locating of precisely this object is checked in such a way that the object used is one having at least one temporally variable reflection property, and an influence (B1, B2) of this reflection property on the detected locating signal is checked in such a way that the object is identified by means of the temporally variable reflection property and, thereby identified, is recognized unambiguously in the locating.
A laminate comprising: a first layer comprising a plurality of lower opacity zones positioned within a higher opacity zone, wherein the plurality of lower opacity zones form a first pattern; wherein the plurality of low opacity zones comprise a plurality of apertures, wherein the first layer comprises a nonwoven, a cellulosic material, a coform material, a woven, a film or combinations thereof, and a second layer comprising a second pattern, wherein the second pattern comprises a printed pattern, an embossed pattern, or a patterned adhesive; wherein the first pattern is different than the second pattern, and wherein the second layer comprises a nonwoven, a cellulosic material, a coform material, a woven, a film or combinations thereof, wherein the first layer is intermittently joined to the second layer to form the laminate, wherein the laminate comprises a non-joined span of the first and second layers having a dimension of at least 20 mm, wherein a first portion of the second pattern is visible through at least some of the plurality of lower opacity zones when the first layer, within the non-joined span, is in a first position relative to the second layer, within the non-joined span, and wherein a second portion of the second pattern is visible through at least some of the plurality of lower opacity zones when the first layer, within the non-joined span, is in a second position relative to the second layer, within the non-joined span. a first layer comprising a plurality of lower opacity zones positioned within a higher opacity zone, wherein the plurality of lower opacity zones form a first pattern; wherein the plurality of low opacity zones comprise a plurality of apertures, wherein the first layer comprises a nonwoven, a cellulosic material, a coform material, a woven, a film or combinations thereof, and a second layer comprising a second pattern, wherein the second pattern comprises a printed pattern, an embossed pattern, or a patterned adhesive; wherein the first pattern is different than the second pattern, and wherein the second layer comprises a nonwoven, a cellulosic material, a coform material, a woven, a film or combinations thereof, wherein the first layer is intermittently joined to the second layer to form the laminate, wherein the laminate comprises a non-joined span of the first and second layers having a dimension of at least 20 mm, wherein a first portion of the second pattern is visible through at least some of the plurality of lower opacity zones when the first layer, within the non-joined span, is in a first position relative to the second layer, within the non-joined span, and wherein a second portion of the second pattern is visible through at least some of the plurality of lower opacity zones when the first layer, within the non-joined span, is in a second position relative to the second layer, within the non-joined span.
A rotor for an electric machine comprising surface mount permanent magnets and a rotor sleeve slid over an outer diameter of the permanent magnets comprising filaments in a matrix material, characterised in that the rotor sleeve comprising: an inner layer comprising one or more of glass fibre, aramid, Polybenzoxazole, nylon and Dynema TM fibre wound filaments oriented at between ±30 and ±60° to the rotor axis, the filaments of the inner layer having a first tensile modulus of elasticity; and an outer layer of wound carbon fibre filaments wound at approximately 90° to the rotor axis around the inner layer, the filaments of the outer layer having a second tensile modulus of elasticity higher than the first modulus in the radial direction. an inner layer comprising one or more of glass fibre, aramid, Polybenzoxazole, nylon and Dynema TM fibre wound filaments oriented at between ±30 and ±60° to the rotor axis, the filaments of the inner layer having a first tensile modulus of elasticity; and an outer layer of wound carbon fibre filaments wound at approximately 90° to the rotor axis around the inner layer, the filaments of the outer layer having a second tensile modulus of elasticity higher than the first modulus in the radial direction.
A system comprising: wiring harness having a wire cable and an electrical connector; and a staging device having a cavity defining a flexible member in compressive contact with the electrical connector, said flexible member configured to removably retain the electrical connector within the cavity, wherein the cavity locates the electrical connector in a predetermined position within the staging device, such that the electrical connector is presented to an assembler in the predetermined position, characterized in that the flexible member is a quarter round ribbed spacer having a plurality of quarter-round ribs perpendicularly or angularly extending from a central shank. wiring harness having a wire cable and an electrical connector; and a staging device having a cavity defining a flexible member in compressive contact with the electrical connector, said flexible member configured to removably retain the electrical connector within the cavity, wherein the cavity locates the electrical connector in a predetermined position within the staging device, such that the electrical connector is presented to an assembler in the predetermined position, characterized in that the flexible member is a quarter round ribbed spacer having a plurality of quarter-round ribs perpendicularly or angularly extending from a central shank.
An in vitro method for evaluating the risk of an adverse clinical outcome in a human subject having heart failure and an elevated circulating concentration of galectin-3, the method comprising: (a) determining a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample comprising blood, serum, or plasma from a selected subject having heart failure and an elevated circulating concentration of galectin-3; and (b) comparing the level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample of (a) to a threshold level of soluble ST2, wherein a selected subject having an elevated level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample of (a) as compared to the threshold level of soluble ST2 is identified as having an increased risk of an ACO as compared to a subject having heart failure and an elevated level of galectin-3, who has a non-elevated level of soluble ST2, or a selected subject having a non-elevated level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample of (a) as compared to the threshold level of soluble ST2 is identified as having a decreased risk of an ACO as compared to a subject having heart failure and an elevated level of galectin-3, who has an elevated level of soluble ST2; the ACO is all cause mortality risk within 1 year or within 30 days; and the threshold level of soluble ST2 falls within the range of 1.0 to 25 ng/mL. (a) determining a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample comprising blood, serum, or plasma from a selected subject having heart failure and an elevated circulating concentration of galectin-3; and (b) comparing the level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample of (a) to a threshold level of soluble ST2,
A top cover assembly of a secondary battery, comprising: a top cover plate; and a gas exhaust valve mounted in the top cover plate, wherein the gas exhaust valve comprises a valve body, a valve sleeve and a valve cover; the valve body comprises a valve part, and the valve part is provided with a gas exhaust hole that communicates with an interior of the secondary battery; wherein the valve cover seals and is connected to the valve body to form an accommodation space, the valve sleeve is located in the accommodation space, and the valve sleeve covers the valve part; a gas exhaust passage is disposed between the valve sleeve and the valve part, the valve cover is provided with a venting hole that communicates with outside, and the gas exhaust passage communicates with the gas exhaust hole and the venting hole, characterized in that the valve sleeve comprises an anti-adhesion layer disposed on an inner wall of the valve sleeve forming the gas exhaust passage. a top cover plate; and a gas exhaust valve mounted in the top cover plate, wherein the gas exhaust valve comprises a valve body, a valve sleeve and a valve cover; the valve body comprises a valve part, and the valve part is provided with a gas exhaust hole that communicates with an interior of the secondary battery; wherein the valve cover seals and is connected to the valve body to form an accommodation space, the valve sleeve is located in the accommodation space, and the valve sleeve covers the valve part; a gas exhaust passage is disposed between the valve sleeve and the valve part, the valve cover is provided with a venting hole that communicates with outside, and the gas exhaust passage communicates with the gas exhaust hole and the venting hole, characterized in that the valve sleeve comprises an anti-adhesion layer disposed on an inner wall of the valve sleeve forming the gas exhaust passage.
A method for a communication network comprising: determining, by a first communication device (14, 16), whether one or more other communication devices are communicating wireless signals in a particular channel of an unlicensed band of the communication network (30, 32, 34, 40); scheduling one or more Long Term Evolution Unlicensed, LTE-U, sub-frames within a frame schedule for a user equipment, UE, based, at least in part, on determining that the one or more other communication devices are communicating the wireless signals in the particular channel, wherein the frame schedule comprises a plurality of zero-power sub-frames; and communicating the one or more LTE-U sub-frames to the UE according to the frame schedule, wherein the one or more LTE-U sub-frames are LTE-U supplemental downlink, SDL, frames. determining, by a first communication device (14, 16), whether one or more other communication devices are communicating wireless signals in a particular channel of an unlicensed band of the communication network (30, 32, 34, 40); scheduling one or more Long Term Evolution Unlicensed, LTE-U, sub-frames within a frame schedule for a user equipment, UE, based, at least in part, on determining that the one or more other communication devices are communicating the wireless signals in the particular channel, wherein the frame schedule comprises a plurality of zero-power sub-frames; and communicating the one or more LTE-U sub-frames to the UE according to the frame schedule, wherein the one or more LTE-U sub-frames are LTE-U supplemental downlink, SDL, frames.
An auto focusing apparatus for carrying out at least one of a first and a second focusing operations mutually different in focusing speed and focusing accuracy, wherein a first auto focusing means for carrying out said first auto focusing operation in which focusing speed is relatively fast between mutually different two auto focusing operations; and wherein a second auto focusing means is for carrying out said second auto focusing operation in which focusing accuracy is relatively higher between said two auto focusing operations is provided, further comprising inputting means for an auto focusing starting signal in which a command for selecting said first auto focusing operation is input; inputting means for photographic starting signal in which a command for photographic starting is input, characterized by control means for switching the operations of said first and second auto focusing means to carry out said first auto focusing operation when a command for photographic starting is input into said inputting means for a photographic starting signal within a predetermined time after a command for starting an auto focusing operation is input into the inputting means for an auto focusing starting signal, and to carry out the second auto focusing operation when said command for photographic starting is not input into the inputting means for a photographic starting signal within said predetermined time after the command for starting the auto focusing operation is input into the inputting means for an auto focusing starting signal.
Method for operating a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising at least one cooking chamber and being controlled by at least one control device, the cooking chamber being thermally heated by at least one heat source and being closed by means of at least one door, the cooking appliance comprising at least one catalyst device and at least one temperature sensor for detecting at least one characteristic temperature of the catalyst device, the values measured by the temperature sensor being evaluated by the control device, characterised in that a heating member is assigned to the catalyst device and heats the catalyst device to a certain working temperature, the control device actuating the heating member according to the values measured by the temperature sensor and operating said heating member at a certain heating phasing or at a certain heating power in order to keep the catalyst device at the working temperature, and in that the heating member is not actuated when the catalyst device reaches the working temperature because of the thermal energy which develops during a catalyst reaction, and in that the presence of a catalyst reaction is determined by the control device by means of the actuating data and from the values determined therefrom and the end point of a cooking process is deduced.
An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: acquire job information registered in another information processing apparatus different from the information processing apparatus and identification information for identifying color conversion information associated with the job information; and characterized by said processor being configured to: output the job information by applying the color conversion information registered in a predetermined apparatus in a case where the color conversion information related to the identification information is registered in both the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus. acquire job information registered in another information processing apparatus different from the information processing apparatus and identification information for identifying color conversion information associated with the job information; and characterized by said processor being configured to: output the job information by applying the color conversion information registered in a predetermined apparatus in a case where the color conversion information related to the identification information is registered in both the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus.
A biosensor for lactate, comprising a lactate-binding protein and a reporter group that transduces a detectable signal, wherein the reporter group is attached to the lactate-binding protein so that a signal transduced by the reporter group when the lactate-binding protein is bound to lactate differs from a signal transduced by the reporter group when the lactate-binding protein is not bound to lactate, wherein the lactate-binding protein does not comprise an enzyme, wherein the lactate-binding protein comprises a mutant of a Marinobacter sp. lactate-binding protein (msLacBP6), wherein the lactate-binding protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 95% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 120 and a Y187C mutation compared to SEQ ID NO: 120, wherein the lactate-binding protein retains the ability to bind lactate, wherein the reporter group is attached to the cysteine at position 187; wherein the lactate-binding protein comprises no insertions compared to the naturally occurring Marinobacter sp. lactate-binding protein; and wherein the lactate-binding protein comprises (i) less than 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 deleted amino acids at the C-terminus, and/or (ii) less than 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 deleted amino acids at the N-terminus compared to the naturally occurring Marinobacter sp. lactate-binding protein.