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A method for monitoring healthcare garments to prevent spread of hospital acquired infections, comprising the steps of: - providing a temperature sensor on or in a healthcare garment, - sensing the temperature of the healthcare garment by means of the temperature sensor, - transferring temperature data relating to the sensed temperature over at least one network and a wireless interface from the temperature sensor to a base station, and - in the base station, based on the temperature data, determining information relating to a usage cycle of said healthcare garment, wherein the step of determining information relating to the usage cycle of the healthcare garment includes comparing the temperature data to a predefined washing temperature value and at least one predefined temperature range associated with a specified usage category including at least one of a predefined wearing temperature range, and a predefined storage temperature range; and the step of determining information relating to the usage cycle of the healthcare garment includes determining the amount of time spent in said wearing temperature range and/or in said storage temperature range without exceeding said washing temperature value, said method further comprising the steps of: - comparing said information relating to a usage cycle of said healthcare garment to at least one predefined warning condition, and - given that said predefined warning condition is fulfilled, generating an error code indicating a risk of spread of hospital acquired infections. - providing a temperature sensor on or in a healthcare garment, - sensing the temperature of the healthcare garment by means of the temperature sensor, - transferring temperature data relating to the sensed temperature over at least one network and a wireless interface from the temperature sensor to a base station, and - in the base station, based on the temperature data, determining information relating to a usage cycle of said healthcare garment, - comparing said information relating to a usage cycle of said healthcare garment to at least one predefined warning condition, and - given that said predefined warning condition is fulfilled, generating an error code indicating a risk of spread of hospital acquired infections.
A method for sidelink, SL, measuring by a first apparatus, the method comprising: establishing, by the first apparatus, a PC5-RRC connection with a second apparatus; receiving, by the first apparatus, information on a SL resource from the second apparatus, through a PC5-RRC message based on the PC5-RRC connection, wherein the information on the SL resource includes information on a SL measurement, wherein the information on the SL measurement includes information on a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, for the SL measurement, wherein the information on the CSI-RS includes information on a location of a resource for the CSI-RS, and wherein the information on the CSI-RS is received from the second apparatus periodically or aperiodically; determining, by the first apparatus, whether or not the first apparatus performs the SL measurement or not, based on latency requirement of a data communication with the second apparatus; configuring, by the first apparatus, a portion of the SL measurement period in which the first apparatus does not perform the SL measurement, based on determining that the first apparatus performs the SL measurement; and performing, by the first apparatus, the SL measurement based on the configured portion of the SL measurement period in which the first apparatus does not perform the SL measurement. establishing, by the first apparatus, a PC5-RRC connection with a second apparatus; receiving, by the first apparatus, information on a SL resource from the second apparatus, through a PC5-RRC message based on the PC5-RRC connection, wherein the information on the SL resource includes information on a SL measurement, wherein the information on the SL measurement includes information on a channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, for the SL measurement, wherein the information on the CSI-RS includes information on a location of a resource for the CSI-RS, and wherein the information on the CSI-RS is received from the second apparatus periodically or aperiodically; determining, by the first apparatus, whether or not the first apparatus performs the SL measurement or not, based on latency requirement of a data communication with the second apparatus; configuring, by the first apparatus, a portion of the SL measurement period in which the first apparatus does not perform the SL measurement, based on determining that the first apparatus performs the SL measurement; and performing, by the first apparatus, the SL measurement based on the configured portion of the SL measurement period in which the first apparatus does not perform the SL measurement.
A flutter damper, comprising: an acoustic liner for a bypass duct of a fan section of a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine having a central longitudinal axis, wherein a circumferential direction and a radial direction are relative to the central longitudinal axis, the acoustic liner in fluid communication with a fluid flow, and the acoustic liner being configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is greater than a frequency range associated with fan flutter; and a plurality of modular chambers, each of the plurality of modular chambers being configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is associated with one or more fan flutter modes; and the plurality of modular chambers being disposed radially outside of the acoustic liner, and the plurality of modular chambers including a circumferential gap (212; 232; 250) between proximate circumferential ends (214; 216) of at least one adjacent pair of modular chambers; wherein, the plurality of modular chambers each include a plurality of circumferentially aligned and connected chamber segments, characterised in that: at least two of the plurality of modular chambers are configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is associated with mutually distinct fan flutter modes. an acoustic liner for a bypass duct of a fan section of a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine having a central longitudinal axis, wherein a circumferential direction and a radial direction are relative to the central longitudinal axis, the acoustic liner in fluid communication with a fluid flow, and the acoustic liner being configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is greater than a frequency range associated with fan flutter; and a plurality of modular chambers, each of the plurality of modular chambers being configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is associated with one or more fan flutter modes; and the plurality of modular chambers being disposed radially outside of the acoustic liner, and the plurality of modular chambers including a circumferential gap (212; 232; 250) between proximate circumferential ends (214; 216) of at least one adjacent pair of modular chambers; wherein, the plurality of modular chambers each include a plurality of circumferentially aligned and connected chamber segments, characterised in that: at least two of the plurality of modular chambers are configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is associated with mutually distinct fan flutter modes.
An analytical method using surface waves on a liquid system for determining a property of a test substance, the analytical method comprising: obtaining a reference indication, wherein the reference indication is indicative of a reference surface wave generated at a surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface of a liquid system with the reference substance; obtaining a test indication, wherein the test indication is indicative of a test surface wave generated at the surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface with the test substance; determining a property of the test substance based on: the reference indication; and, the test indication. obtaining a reference indication, wherein the reference indication is indicative of a reference surface wave generated at a surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface of a liquid system with the reference substance; obtaining a test indication, wherein the test indication is indicative of a test surface wave generated at the surface of the liquid system by contacting the surface with the test substance; determining a property of the test substance based on: the reference indication; and, the test indication. the reference indication; and, the test indication.
A method of transmitting, by a base station, a channel state information, CSI, -reference signal, RS, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring control information for a plurality of CSI-RS resources, with the control information indicating that an antenna port for the plurality of CSI-RS resources configured for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency is the same; transmitting, to a user equipment, UE, the control information; and transmitting, to the UE, the CSI-RS through same antenna port on the plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the control information, wherein based on the plurality of CSI-RS resources being configured in a single slot with the same periodicity and the same slot offset, each of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is located at a different single symbol in the single slot, and wherein symbol locations of the plurality of CSI-RS resources in the single slot are not contiguous, wherein the plurality of CSI-RS resources are not configured both for the tracking and for reporting layer 1, L1, -reference signal received power, RSRP. configuring control information for a plurality of CSI-RS resources, with the control information indicating that an antenna port for the plurality of CSI-RS resources configured for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency is the same; transmitting, to a user equipment, UE, the control information; and transmitting, to the UE, the CSI-RS through same antenna port on the plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the control information, wherein based on the plurality of CSI-RS resources being configured in a single slot with the same periodicity and the same slot offset, each of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is located at a different single symbol in the single slot, and wherein symbol locations of the plurality of CSI-RS resources in the single slot are not contiguous, wherein the plurality of CSI-RS resources are not configured both for the tracking and for reporting layer 1, L1, -reference signal received power, RSRP.
A device for preparing a beverage extracted from a capsule, comprising a capsule holder and a capsule cage inside which are positioned at least one water intake and means for piercing the capsule, characterized in that the piercing means are suitable for piercing only capsules whose resistance coefficient to piercing is below a value R p, this coefficient being chosen so as to allow the piercing of capsules made from a biodegradable material.
A wet spinning apparatus for spinning by coagulation of a spinning raw liquid to form coagulated filaments, the apparatus comprising: a spinning bath, storing a coagulation liquid, having a coagulation bath portion for coagulating the spinning raw liquid and a filament running portion for allowing the coagulated filaments to run therein, the coagulation bath portion having a cross sectional area thereof gradually being reduced from one end which is upstream part of the wet spinning apparatus to the other end, the filament running portion having a cross sectional area thereof gradually being enlarged from one end which is upstream part of the wet spinning apparatus to the other end, wherein at the upstream end of the spinning bath there are provided a nozzle for discharging the spinning raw liquid toward the downstream end and two coagulation liquid discharge ports (4a, 4b) for discharging the coagulation liquid, characterized in that the coagulation liquid discharge ports (4a, 4b) are disposed on the upstream side of the nozzle in such a way that the direction of the coagulation liquid to be discharged from each port is roughly parallel to the running direction of the coagulated filaments. a spinning bath, storing a coagulation liquid, having a coagulation bath portion for coagulating the spinning raw liquid and a filament running portion for allowing the coagulated filaments to run therein, the coagulation bath portion having a cross sectional area thereof gradually being reduced from one end which is upstream part of the wet spinning apparatus to the other end, the filament running portion having a cross sectional area thereof gradually being enlarged from one end which is upstream part of the wet spinning apparatus to the other end, wherein a coagulation bath portion for coagulating the spinning raw liquid and a filament running portion for allowing the coagulated filaments to run therein, the coagulation bath portion having a cross sectional area thereof gradually being reduced from one end which is upstream part of the wet spinning apparatus to the other end, the filament running portion having a cross sectional area thereof gradually being enlarged from one end which is upstream part of the wet spinning apparatus to the other end, wherein at the upstream end of the spinning bath there are provided a nozzle for discharging the spinning raw liquid toward the downstream end and two coagulation liquid discharge ports (4a, 4b) for discharging the coagulation liquid, characterized in that the coagulation liquid discharge ports (4a, 4b) are disposed on the upstream side of the nozzle in such a way that the direction of the coagulation liquid to be discharged from each port is roughly parallel to the running direction of the coagulated filaments.
A method of controlling duct firing of a combined cycle unit, the method comprising: receiving waste heat from a gas turbine; adding heat via duct firing; using the received waste heat and added heat via duct firing to create steam; driving a steam turbine with the created steam; powering an electrical generator via the steam turbine; and receiving sensed information corresponding to the waste heat from the gas turbine and the resulting created steam; determining an efficiency for a heat recovery steam generator without duct firing at a selected waste heat input level; and decoupling effects from the waste heat with heat from duct firing to determine an efficiency model for duct firing by magnifying a difference between the efficiency without duct firing and efficiency with duct firing at the selected waste heat input level. receiving waste heat from a gas turbine; adding heat via duct firing; using the received waste heat and added heat via duct firing to create steam; driving a steam turbine with the created steam; powering an electrical generator via the steam turbine; and receiving sensed information corresponding to the waste heat from the gas turbine and the resulting created steam; determining an efficiency for a heat recovery steam generator without duct firing at a selected waste heat input level; and decoupling effects from the waste heat with heat from duct firing to determine an efficiency model for duct firing by magnifying a difference between the efficiency without duct firing and efficiency with duct firing at the selected waste heat input level.
A method of categorizing variants of genes in the DNA double strand break repair pathway in a subject, comprising: treating white blood cells obtained from the subject with a DNA damaging agent; measuring in the treated cells at least one functional activity of BRCA1 selected from the group consisting of BRCA1 nuclear localization, BRCA1 binding to a partner, and phosphorylation ofp53; and comparing the functional activity measured with at least one control value, wherein said comparing categorizes the variants as functional, partially functional, loss of function and gain of function, thereby categorizing the variants of genes in the DNA DSB repair pathway in the subject, wherein the categorization is further correlated with germ line risk of cancer, wherein the category of functional is correlated with a lower risk of cancer, and the category of loss of function is correlated with a higher risk of cancer. treating white blood cells obtained from the subject with a DNA damaging agent; measuring in the treated cells at least one functional activity of BRCA1 selected from the group consisting of BRCA1 nuclear localization, BRCA1 binding to a partner, and phosphorylation ofp53; and comparing the functional activity measured with at least one control value,
Refrigeration and/or freezer device comprising a thermally insulated device body which encloses an interior space, comprising a device door which reversibly closes a removal opening, and comprising a heat pump for cooling the interior space, wherein at least one lighting module is arranged in the interior space, which lighting module has a light-emitting surface which extends over at least part of a wall of the interior space, wherein the lighting module comprises segmented lighting (140, 141, 145) configured to selectively emit light into the interior space over the entire surface or punctually at one or more partial segments of the light-emitting surface, characterised in that the lighting module comprises a primary light guide plate with primary light sources, which preferably extends over the entire light-emitting surface, is operable independently of the segmented lighting (140, 141, 145) and is configured to emit light into the interior space over the entire surface in an active state. wherein the lighting module comprises segmented lighting (140, 141, 145) configured to selectively emit light into the interior space over the entire surface or punctually at one or more partial segments of the light-emitting surface, characterised in that the lighting module comprises a primary light guide plate with primary light sources, which preferably extends over the entire light-emitting surface, is operable independently of the segmented lighting (140, 141, 145) and is configured to emit light into the interior space over the entire surface in an active state.
A non-invasive physiological monitoring system for monitoring a physiological sign of a patient, comprising: a garment comprising a shirt fitting over the torso of a patient to be monitored; a plurality of non-invasive sensors embedded within said garment for generating signals in response to the physiological sign of the patient when the garment is placed about the torso of the patient, the non-invasive sensors comprising one or more inductive plethysmographic sensors and one or more electrocardiogram electrodes, wherein the ECG electrodes for the non-invasive sensors comprise patches of graphite fiber conductive material that are sewn to the garment or otherwise fixed within the garment with an adhesive material, or, wherein the ECG electrodes comprise a mixture of electrically conductive graphite and silicone gel that is painted onto the inside wall of the garment; a first wireless transmitter carried on said garment and operatively connected to said plurality of non-invasive sensors for receiving said signals and for transmitting the generated signals from the garment; and a processor unit remote from the garment and comprising a wireless receiver for receiving the transmitted signals and an output device for generating messages to the patient in response to and related to the generated signals. a garment comprising a shirt fitting over the torso of a patient to be monitored; a plurality of non-invasive sensors embedded within said garment for generating signals in response to the physiological sign of the patient when the garment is placed about the torso of the patient, the non-invasive sensors comprising one or more inductive plethysmographic sensors and one or more electrocardiogram electrodes, wherein the ECG electrodes for the non-invasive sensors comprise patches of graphite fiber conductive material that are sewn to the garment or otherwise fixed within the garment with an adhesive material, or, wherein the ECG electrodes comprise a mixture of electrically conductive graphite and silicone gel that is painted onto the inside wall of the garment; a first wireless transmitter carried on said garment and operatively connected to said plurality of non-invasive sensors for receiving said signals and for transmitting the generated signals from the garment; and a processor unit remote from the garment and comprising a wireless receiver for receiving the transmitted signals and an output device for generating messages to the patient in response to and related to the generated signals.
A plastic film punching apparatus comprising: a female blade having opposite surfaces which are first and second surfaces (4, 5); a male blade opposed to the female blade at the first surface; a through hole formed in the female blade for insertion of the male blade; a tubular cover formed on the female blade at the second surface and about the through hole, the tubular cover being larger than the through hole; a vacuum source connected to the tubular cover to make the tubular cover evacuated; an opening formed in the tubular cover for suction of air at a position predetermined peripherally of the tubular cover; and a drive by which the male blade is moved toward the female blade to be inserted into the through hole so that a plastic film is sandwiched between and punched by the male and female blades (2, 3), the plastic film generating a waste which is inserted into the through hole, the waste being pushed by the male blade to protrude from the second surface, the vacuum source and the opening cooperating with each other to suck air through the opening and generate airflow within the tubular cover, the waste being removed by the airflow, wherein the male blade is pronged to have two edges, the edges being spaced from each other in a direction of width of the male blade, the vacuum source and the opening generating the airflow in a direction of thickness of the male blade so that the air flows between the edges and between the male blade and the waste, resulting in the waste being peeled off the male blade reliably. a female blade having opposite surfaces which are first and second surfaces (4, 5); a male blade opposed to the female blade at the first surface; a through hole formed in the female blade for insertion of the male blade; a tubular cover formed on the female blade at the second surface and about the through hole, the tubular cover being larger than the through hole; a vacuum source connected to the tubular cover to make the tubular cover evacuated; an opening formed in the tubular cover for suction of air at a position predetermined peripherally of the tubular cover; and a drive by which the male blade is moved toward the female blade to be inserted into the through hole so that a plastic film is sandwiched between and punched by the male and female blades (2, 3), the plastic film generating a waste which is inserted into the through hole, the waste being pushed by the male blade to protrude from the second surface, the vacuum source and the opening cooperating with each other to suck air through the opening and generate airflow within the tubular cover, the waste being removed by the airflow, wherein the male blade is pronged to have two edges, the edges being spaced from each other in a direction of width of the male blade, the vacuum source and the opening generating the airflow in a direction of thickness of the male blade so that the air flows between the edges and between the male blade and the waste, resulting in the waste being peeled off the male blade reliably.