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A method for forming an optical waveguide comprising forming a first conformal layer of a first material (330, 906) adapted to support optical signal propagation in a first recess within a first layer (220, 904), wherein: said first conformal layer substantially fills said first recess; characterized in that; said first material is characterized by a first critical thickness (T c), wherein said first critical thickness is defined as the thickness at which a residual stress-induced strain exceeds the fracture strain of said first material; a width (W r) of said first recess is no greater than twice said first critical thickness; and a depth(D r) of said first recess is at least the first critical thickness. said first conformal layer substantially fills said first recess; characterized in that; said first material is characterized by a first critical thickness (T c), wherein said first critical thickness is defined as the thickness at which a residual stress-induced strain exceeds the fracture strain of said first material; a width (W r) of said first recess is no greater than twice said first critical thickness; and a depth(D r) of said first recess is at least the first critical thickness.
A piston arrangement for a clean combustion engine, such as a hydrogen engine, comprising: - a piston configured for reciprocal movement inside a cylinder having a cylinder wall, the piston having a piston head configured to face a first compartment with pressurized gas, - a sealing arrangement comprising at least one sealing ring configured to be arranged to seal the piston to the cylinder wall and separating the first compartment from a second compartment, characterised in - a water channel extending from an interior of the piston to the sealing ring to provide water for lubricating the sealing ring, wherein the piston head comprises a pumping element configured to be arranged to pressurize the water in the water channel by pressurised gas in the first compartment. - a piston configured for reciprocal movement inside a cylinder having a cylinder wall, the piston having a piston head configured to face a first compartment with pressurized gas, - a sealing arrangement comprising at least one sealing ring configured to be arranged to seal the piston to the cylinder wall and separating the first compartment from a second compartment, characterised in - a water channel extending from an interior of the piston to the sealing ring to provide water for lubricating the sealing ring,
A vehicle seat comprising a seat cushion having seat pad and left and right side frames holding the left and right parts of the seat pad, a band extends below the seat pad and between the left and right side frame, is fastened at one end to one of the side frames and is connected at the other end to a traction device after passing a direction changing member secured to the other side frame so as to change the end of the band in direction, and the traction device pulls and stretches the band at an emergency, pushing up the seat pad; characterized in a seat lifter configured to lift and lower the seat cushion with respect to a support member provided on a car floor, and in that the seat lifter includes a first axle(20R-1,20F-1) secured to the side frames, a second axle(20R-2,20F-2) secured to the support member, and a link(20F,20R) coupling the first and second axles(20R-1,20F-1,20R-2,20F-2) and configured to swing, thereby to lift and lower the seat cushion with respect to the support member; and the other end of the band, extending from the direction changing member, is turned back around the first and second axles(20R-1,20F-1,20R-2,20F-2) used as first and second relay points, respectively, and is then connected to the traction device.
A method for selectively sorting different types of ground materials containing plastic materials as well as impurities consisting of elastomers or thermosetting rubbers, said method including at least one step of separation by density, characterized in that it comprises a step of treating all of said materials in a bath containing a chemical agent capable of selectively modifying the bulk density of elastomers and rubbers by partial degradation of one of the components of the elastomer or rubber or by selective surface interaction with the granules of elastomers or thermosetting rubbers, then applying a step of rinsing to said materials and applying a step of separation by density in a bath with a density of 1.
A system for providing data mobility comprising: at least one processor to: receive a request from a customer to distribute data on a network, said request defining a data mobility policy indicating the data to be distributed and how the data should be strategically redistributed when the data is subsequently accessed; configure one or more resources for accessing a data subset of the data, the data stored in a first database located within the network, the one or more resources comprising a second database for storing the data subset; receive from a user (230, 232, 234) a request to access the data stored within the network, the request comprising a query resulting in the data subset; in response to the user request to access the data, determine a location within the network to position the data subset and the one or more resources based on one or more metrics of the data mobility policy; and provide to the user (230, 232, 234) the requested access to the data subset by: storing the data subset within the second database; and positioning the second database at the location, wherein the network is a cloud and the determining a location comprises identifying the location by processing the data mobility policy including the one or more metrics, wherein the one or more metrics comprises temporal considerations comprising time zones. receive a request from a customer to distribute data on a network, said request defining a data mobility policy indicating the data to be distributed and how the data should be strategically redistributed when the data is subsequently accessed; configure one or more resources for accessing a data subset of the data, the data stored in a first database located within the network, the one or more resources comprising a second database for storing the data subset; receive from a user (230, 232, 234) a request to access the data stored within the network, the request comprising a query resulting in the data subset; in response to the user request to access the data, determine a location within the network to position the data subset and the one or more resources based on one or more metrics of the data mobility policy; and provide to the user (230, 232, 234) the requested access to the data subset by: storing the data subset within the second database; and positioning the second database at the location, storing the data subset within the second database; and positioning the second database at the location,
A method of improved positioning of a user equipment performed by a positioning node of a cellular communication network, comprising receiving a positioning measurement from a user equipment in said cellular communication network, wherein the positioning measurement comprises a latency between reception of a beginning of a downlink frame in the user equipment and transmission of a beginning of a corresponding uplink frame; retrieving bandwidth reduction information, wherein the bandwidth reduction information is retrieved from information configured in the positioning node or received by signaling from another node in the cellular communication network, and wherein the bandwidth reduction information comprises at least an indication of a bandwidth reduction in the downlink for a particular cell and a value of reduction in the bandwidth; detecting a deviation in said received position measurement based on said retrieved bandwidth reduction information; managing (400, 500) said received position measurement based on said detected deviation; and determining a position of said user equipment based at least on said managed received position measurement, to provide improved positioning for said user equipment.
A self-propelled agricultural working machine comprising at the front of the machine a feeder configured to be moved up or down, and a header that is detachably coupled to the front of the feeder, wherein the header comprises a back wall and at least one support and transport wheel assembly (11,12), the assembly comprising an axle and two wheels (14a,14b) attached at the two ends of the axle, the assembly being movable between a field position wherein the axle is essentially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the header and a transport position wherein the axle is transversal to said longitudinal direction, wherein the header comprises an actuating system configured to move the wheel assembly from the field position to the transport position and vice versa, characterised in that the actuating system comprises: - A first frame element and a first actuator mechanism (22,23,30) coupled between the first frame element and the back wall of the header, wherein the first actuator mechanism is configured to actuate a forward movement of the first frame element from a position behind the back wall of the header to a forward position and vice versa, when the header is lifted up to a given height by the feeder, - A second frame element and a second actuator mechanism (40,41) coupled between the first and the second frame element, wherein the axle of the wheel assembly is coupled to the second frame element, and wherein the second actuator mechanism is configured to actuate a swivel movement of the second frame element and thereby of the axle and the wheels (14a,14b), relative to the first frame element, when the first frame element is in the forward position, the swivel movement being configured to bring the wheel assembly to or from a position wherein the axle is transversal to the longitudinal direction of the header. - A first frame element and a first actuator mechanism (22,23,30) coupled between the first frame element and the back wall of the header, wherein the first actuator mechanism is configured to actuate a forward movement of the first frame element from a position behind the back wall of the header to a forward position and vice versa, when the header is lifted up to a given height by the feeder, - A second frame element and a second actuator mechanism (40,41) coupled between the first and the second frame element, wherein the axle of the wheel assembly is coupled to the second frame element, and wherein the second actuator mechanism is configured to actuate a swivel movement of the second frame element and thereby of the axle and the wheels (14a,14b), relative to the first frame element, when the first frame element is in the forward position, the swivel movement being configured to bring the wheel assembly to or from a position wherein the axle is transversal to the longitudinal direction of the header.
A system for the automatic optimization of traffic in a mobile general packet radio service GPRS telecommunications network in which a plurality of mobile stations communicate through a radio access network RAN through a network having at least one Serving GPRS Support Node SGSN and at least one Gateway GPRS Support Node GGSN through the Internet to a plurality of servers, the system comprising: one or more Gb probes for extracting information from an interface between the RAN and the SGSN including the identity of each user associated with a specific data flow; a network management system NMS for providing congestion and traffic information from the RAN; one or more IP probes for providing information regarding quantity and types of traffic and round-trip delay in the internet, a customer database for providing information regarding the type and quality of service for each user of a mobile station; a policy decision point adapted to utilize a finite state machine that uses an n-dimensional traffic model and information from the Gb probes, the NMS and the customer database to determine policy actions to be taken to optimize traffic for each data flow on a cell-by-cell basis, wherein the n-dimensional traffic model comprises n axes where the number n is determined by the number of traffic types and each axis represents a traffic type and a traffic descriptor, wherein the n axes comprise at least one of: bandwidth of premium traffic, bandwidth of best-effort traffic, number of premium class sessions, and number of best-effort class sessions; and a traffic optimizer for implementing the policy actions determined by the policy decision point. one or more Gb probes for extracting information from an interface between the RAN and the SGSN including the identity of each user associated with a specific data flow; a network management system NMS for providing congestion and traffic information from the RAN; one or more IP probes for providing information regarding quantity and types of traffic and round-trip delay in the internet, a customer database for providing information regarding the type and quality of service for each user of a mobile station; a policy decision point adapted to utilize a finite state machine that uses an n-dimensional traffic model and information from the Gb probes, the NMS and the customer database to determine policy actions to be taken to optimize traffic for each data flow on a cell-by-cell basis, wherein the n-dimensional traffic model comprises n axes where the number n is determined by the number of traffic types and each axis represents a traffic type and a traffic descriptor, wherein the n axes comprise at least one of: bandwidth of premium traffic, bandwidth of best-effort traffic, number of premium class sessions, and number of best-effort class sessions; and a traffic optimizer for implementing the policy actions determined by the policy decision point.
An agent for use in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition or for use to cause weight loss of a subject comprising a first agent for use to treat or prevent a first disease or first condition, wherein said first disease or first condition is obesity, and wherein said first agent is selected from: a) a halomethyl choline, b) a halomethyl betaine, c) a halomethyl betaine salt, d) a halomethyl betaine amide, and e) a halomethyl dimethyl amine alcohol, f) a morpholino compound, having the chemical structures and groups as shown below: Halomethyl cholines: ( Fluorocholine, Chlorocholine, Bromocholine, Iodocholine) x = F, Cl, Br, I Y represents counter ions: Y = I, Br, Cl Halomethyl betaines: ( Fluorodimethylglycine, Chlorodimethylglycine, Bromomethylglycine, Iododimethylglycine) x= F, Cl, Br, I Halomethyl betaine salts: X= F, Cl, Br, I Y represents counter ions: Y = I, Br, Cl Halomethyl betaine amides: X = F, Cl, Br, I Y represents counter ions: Y = I, Br, Cl Halomethyl betaine amides: X= F, Cl, Br, I Y = I, Br, Cl R = methyl, ethyl, propyl, amino acids, peptides Halomethyl dimethyl amino alcohols: X = F, C I, Br, I Y = I, Br, Cl R = methyl, ethyl, propyl (e.g. N- Iodomethyl N,N-dimethylamine-2-hydroxy-propanol, when X = I, R = methyl) Morpholines: X= H, F, Cl, Br, I Y = Cl, Br, I (e.g. N-methyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) morpholine, wh e n X = H) Morpholines: X= H, F, Cl, Br, I Y = Cl, Br, I a) a halomethyl choline, b) a halomethyl betaine, c) a halomethyl betaine salt, d) a halomethyl betaine amide, and e) a halomethyl dimethyl amine alcohol, f) a morpholino compound,
A method for fabricating a component, in particular a micromechanical, microelectromechanical or microoptoelectromechanical component, comprising the following steps: - producing a first layer composite having a first substrate and a first insulation layer, which covers at least one part of the surface of the first substrate, - producing a second layer composite having a second substrate and a second insulation layer, which covers at least one part of the surface of the second substrate, - applying an at least partly conductive structure layer to the first insulation layer, - applying the second composite to the structure layer in such a way that the second insulation layer adjoins the structure layer, - wherein the first and second layer composites and also the structure layer are configured in such a way that at least one part of the structure layer which comprises the active area of the component is hermetically tightly sealed by the first and second layer composites, - after applying the second composite to the structure layer, forming contact holes in the first substrate for making contact with conductive regions of the structure layer, wherein first depressions are produced in that side of the first substrate which faces the structure layer before the structure layer is applied to the first layer composite, the lateral positions of said first depressions at least partly corresponding to the lateral positions of the contact holes which are formed later in the first substrate. - producing a first layer composite having a first substrate and a first insulation layer, which covers at least one part of the surface of the first substrate, - producing a second layer composite having a second substrate and a second insulation layer, which covers at least one part of the surface of the second substrate, - applying an at least partly conductive structure layer to the first insulation layer, - applying the second composite to the structure layer in such a way that the second insulation layer adjoins the structure layer, - wherein the first and second layer composites and also the structure layer are configured in such a way that at least one part of the structure layer which comprises the active area of the component is hermetically tightly sealed by the first and second layer composites, - after applying the second composite to the structure layer, forming contact holes in the first substrate for making contact with conductive regions of the structure layer, wherein
Device for simulating an endoscopic operation via natural orifice, comprising a physical model of a biological organ comprising a main module and an inlet module detachable from each other, wherein the main module defines a main body of the organ with a cavity and the inlet module defines an inlet opening to the cavity of the main module corresponding to the inlet of the biological organ; wherein the inlet module or the main module is replaceable by another different inlet module or main module so as to simulate another different biological organ or with different morphology and/or pathology; wherein the cavity of the main module is accessible through the inlet module by an endoscopic tool to actuate in the cavity of the main module; and wherein the main module is configured in such a way that, in use, one or more simulation modules (106, 110, 112) are attachable with the main module to simulate one or more events representative of the actuation of the endoscopic tool in the cavity of the main module. a physical model of a biological organ comprising a main module and an inlet module detachable from each other, wherein the main module defines a main body of the organ with a cavity and the inlet module defines an inlet opening to the cavity of the main module corresponding to the inlet of the biological organ; wherein the inlet module or the main module is replaceable by another different inlet module or main module so as to simulate another different biological organ or with different morphology and/or pathology; wherein the cavity of the main module is accessible through the inlet module by an endoscopic tool to actuate in the cavity of the main module; and wherein the main module is configured in such a way that, in use, one or more simulation modules (106, 110, 112) are attachable with the main module to simulate one or more events representative of the actuation of the endoscopic tool in the cavity of the main module.
A scanner, comprising: a first light source that produces light of a first color; a second light source that produces light of a second color, different than the first color; a third light source that produces light of a third color, different than the first and second colors; a fourth light source that produces light of a fourth color, different than the first, second and third color; a fifth light source that produces light of a fifth color, different than the first, second, third and fourth color; a sixth light source that produces light of a sixth color, different than the first, second, third, fourth and fifth color; the six light sources positioned to direct light onto a scanning area; a broadband sensor to receive light from the scanning area; a controller coupled to the six light sources and the broadband sensor to control the capturing of a sequence of exposures; the controller to use the first and second light sources for a first exposure; the controller to use the first and third light sources for a second exposure; the controller to use the second and third light sources for a third exposure; the controller to use the fourth and fifth light sources for a fourth exposure; the controller to use the fourth and sixth light sources for a fifth exposure; the controller to use the fifth and sixth light sources for a sixth exposure, where a color scan line comprises data from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth exposures. a first light source that produces light of a first color; a second light source that produces light of a second color, different than the first color; a third light source that produces light of a third color, different than the first and second colors; a fourth light source that produces light of a fourth color, different than the first, second and third color; a fifth light source that produces light of a fifth color, different than the first, second, third and fourth color; a sixth light source that produces light of a sixth color, different than the first, second, third, fourth and fifth color; the six light sources positioned to direct light onto a scanning area; a broadband sensor to receive light from the scanning area; a controller coupled to the six light sources and the broadband sensor to control the capturing of a sequence of exposures; the controller to use the first and second light sources for a first exposure; the controller to use the first and third light sources for a second exposure; the controller to use the second and third light sources for a third exposure; the controller to use the fourth and fifth light sources for a fourth exposure; the controller to use the fourth and sixth light sources for a fifth exposure; the controller to use the fifth and sixth light sources for a sixth exposure, where a color scan line comprises data from the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth exposures.