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An apparatus comprising: a multi-pin connector including at least first and second signal-carrying electrodes (DIG_DP, USB0_DP) configured and arranged to communicate with a device external to the apparatus; a first field-effect semiconductor switch having a gate electrode adjacent a channel region configured and arranged to connect first and second electrodes in response to a threshold switching voltage applied to the gate, the first and second electrodes being connected between the first signal-carrying electrode (DIG_DP) and a first channel; a second field-effect semiconductor switch connected between the second signal-carrying electrode (USB0_DP) and the first channel; an electrostatic discharge, ESD, circuit having a diode that connects the first channel and a reference voltage, the ESD circuit being configured and arranged to switch to a conducting state in response to a threshold discharge voltage on the first channel that causes the diode to shunt current; and a bias circuit configured and arranged to mitigate cross-talk between the first and second signal-carrying electrodes (DIG_DP, USB0_DP) when the first field-effect semiconductor switch is in an off state by biasing the channel region and boosting the threshold switching voltage to a level that is greater than the ESD threshold discharge voltage, wherein the biasing mitigates passage of signals between the signal-carrying electrodes (DIG_DP, USB0_DP), via the first field-effect semiconductor switch. a multi-pin connector including at least first and second signal-carrying electrodes (DIG_DP, USB0_DP) configured and arranged to communicate with a device external to the apparatus; a first field-effect semiconductor switch having a gate electrode adjacent a channel region configured and arranged to connect first and second electrodes in response to a threshold switching voltage applied to the gate, the first and second electrodes being connected between the first signal-carrying electrode (DIG_DP) and a first channel; a second field-effect semiconductor switch connected between the second signal-carrying electrode (USB0_DP) and the first channel; an electrostatic discharge, ESD, circuit having a diode that connects the first channel and a reference voltage, the ESD circuit being configured and arranged to switch to a conducting state in response to a threshold discharge voltage on the first channel that causes the diode to shunt current; and a bias circuit configured and arranged to mitigate cross-talk between the first and second signal-carrying electrodes (DIG_DP, USB0_DP) when the first field-effect semiconductor switch is in an off state by biasing the channel region and boosting the threshold switching voltage to a level that is greater than the ESD threshold discharge voltage, wherein the biasing mitigates passage of signals between the signal-carrying electrodes (DIG_DP, USB0_DP), via the first field-effect semiconductor switch.
An apparatus for determining a shape of a medical tool in a region of interest in a patient's body, comprising: a localization system configured to produce location readings with respect to points within said region of interest in accordance with an output of a first location sensor (24 1) connected to said tool moving within said region of interest, each location reading being associated with a three-dimensional reference coordinate system; and a control unit coupled to said localization system configured to determine a reconstruction representing the shape of said tool as a function of inputs from a shape constraint input block (30 1) for inputting a relaxation shape of the tool, and inputs from a positional constraint input block (30 2) for inputting a first location corresponding to a point along the tool path where the patient's body anatomically constrains the free movement of the tool in at least one degree of freedom, wherein the first location corresponds to a first location reading produced by the localization system, and wherein said control unit is configured through a user interface to receive an input from a user to record said first location reading produced by said localization system. a localization system configured to produce location readings with respect to points within said region of interest in accordance with an output of a first location sensor (24 1) connected to said tool moving within said region of interest, each location reading being associated with a three-dimensional reference coordinate system; and a control unit coupled to said localization system configured to determine a reconstruction representing the shape of said tool as a function of inputs from a shape constraint input block (30 1) for inputting a relaxation shape of the tool, and inputs from a positional constraint input block (30 2) for inputting a first location corresponding to a point along the tool path where the patient's body anatomically constrains the free movement of the tool in at least one degree of freedom, wherein the first location corresponds to a first location reading produced by the localization system, and wherein said control unit is configured through a user interface to receive an input from a user to record said first location reading produced by said localization system.
An electro-optic lens comprising: a first substantially transparent substrate; a plurality of electrodes (305a-305e) disposed on a surface of the first substantially transparent substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the plurality of electrodes; and a resistive bridge disposed on the insulating layer, the resistive bridge connecting a first electrode in the plurality of electrodes with a second electrode in the plurality of electrodes via holes (330, 340) patterned into the insulating layer. a first substantially transparent substrate; a plurality of electrodes (305a-305e) disposed on a surface of the first substantially transparent substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the plurality of electrodes; and a resistive bridge disposed on the insulating layer, the resistive bridge connecting a first electrode in the plurality of electrodes with a second electrode in the plurality of electrodes via holes (330, 340) patterned into the insulating layer.
A kinematic support structure, comprising: a first support member, a second support member, a first ball, a second ball and a third ball; wherein: the first support member comprises a first groove portion, a second groove portion and a third groove portion; the second support member comprises a fourth groove portion, a fifth groove portion and a sixth groove portion; the first ball, the second ball and the third ball are all movable with respect to the first support member and the second support member; the first groove portion and the fourth groove portion face each other across the first ball; the second groove portion and the fifth groove portion face each other across the second ball; and the third groove portion and the sixth groove portion face each other across the third ball, characterised in that the kinematic support structure comprises a ball holding structure (180, 183) switchable between a fixed ball state and a travelable ball state. a first support member, a second support member, a first ball, a second ball and a third ball; wherein: the first support member comprises a first groove portion, a second groove portion and a third groove portion; the second support member comprises a fourth groove portion, a fifth groove portion and a sixth groove portion; the first ball, the second ball and the third ball are all movable with respect to the first support member and the second support member; the first groove portion and the fourth groove portion face each other across the first ball; the second groove portion and the fifth groove portion face each other across the second ball; and the third groove portion and the sixth groove portion face each other across the third ball, characterised in that the kinematic support structure comprises a ball holding structure (180, 183) switchable between a fixed ball state and a travelable ball state. the first support member comprises a first groove portion, a second groove portion and a third groove portion; the second support member comprises a fourth groove portion, a fifth groove portion and a sixth groove portion; the first ball, the second ball and the third ball are all movable with respect to the first support member and the second support member; the first groove portion and the fourth groove portion face each other across the first ball; the second groove portion and the fifth groove portion face each other across the second ball; and the third groove portion and the sixth groove portion face each other across the third ball, characterised in that the kinematic support structure comprises a ball holding structure (180, 183) switchable between a fixed ball state and a travelable ball state.
A process for working up an exhaust gas A from a system for producing hydroxylamine or hydroxylammonium salts by catalytic reduction of nitrogen monoxide with hydrogen, wherein the exhaust gas A comprises nitrogen monoxide, hydrogen, dinitrogen monoxide, nitrogen and ammonia, and at least some of the hydrogen present in the exhaust gas A is separated off from the exhaust gas A by means of a gas-tight membrane-electrode assembly which comprises at least one selectively proton-conducting membrane, a retentate side, a permeate side, and, on each side of the membrane, at least one electrode catalyst, wherein, on the retentate side of the membrane, at least some of the hydrogen is oxidized to protons at the anode catalyst and the protons, after crossing the membrane, are, on the permeate side, at the cathode catalyst according to I reduced to hydrogen and/or II reacted with oxygen to form water, wherein the oxygen originates from an oxygen-comprising stream 0 which is contacted with the permeate side. I reduced to hydrogen and/or II reacted with oxygen to form water, wherein the oxygen originates from an oxygen-comprising stream 0 which is contacted with the permeate side.
Method for spinning neutral or anionically modified cellulose comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a neutral or anionic cellulose suspension of the neutral or anionically modified cellulose in a continuous phase; (b) subjecting the neutral or anionic cellulose suspension to a shear rate of more than 1000 sec -1; (c) performing spinning by extruding the neutral or anionic cellulose suspension into an airgap region comprising at least one heated zone to obtain spun fibres, (d) subjecting the spun fibres to at least one washing stages and (e) isolating the spun fibres from the at least one washing stages.
A supporting assembly intended for use in an ultrasonic welding machine comprising a sonotrode designed to press a first element and a second element to be welded together against said supporting assembly, said assembly comprising: - a receiving member for housing said first and second elements, which has a contrast surface on which said elements set themselves to be pressed between said contrast surface and said sonotrode; - a stationary base; and - positioning means set between said receiving member and said base, for orienting said contrast surface in space, said assembly being characterized in that said positioning means comprise: - a supporting member having a cylindrical chamber (C'), which is delimited by a wall mobile in a direction parallel to, or coinciding with, the axial direction of said chamber and can be connected to pneumatic means so that the force of pressure exerted by the air on said mobile wall can counter the action of thrust of the sonotrode against said contrast surface; and - a connection member having surfaces with spherical geometry, for orienting said direction of movement of said mobile wall with respect to said base or to said contrast surface. - a receiving member for housing said first and second elements, which has a contrast surface on which said elements set themselves to be pressed between said contrast surface and said sonotrode; - a stationary base; and - positioning means set between said receiving member and said base, for orienting said contrast surface in space, - a supporting member having a cylindrical chamber (C'), which is delimited by a wall mobile in a direction parallel to, or coinciding with, the axial direction of said chamber and can be connected to pneumatic means so that the force of pressure exerted by the air on said mobile wall can counter the action of thrust of the sonotrode against said contrast surface; and - a connection member having surfaces with spherical geometry, for orienting said direction of movement of said mobile wall with respect to said base or to said contrast surface.
A power contact (150, 250), comprising: - a main section (252, 352) including a current-receiving interface and being made from electrically conductive material; - a plurality of terminals (171-177; 271-279) extending from the main section for engaging a printed circuit structure, the plurality of terminals including a first terminal that is closest to the current- receiving interface and a second terminal that is farthest from the current-receiving interface; and - a slot (182; 280-281) extending from the current-receiving interface into the main section to a position that is between the first terminal and the second terminal and that is spaced from a periphery of the main section, characterized in that the slot has an angled distal portion at said position. - a main section (252, 352) including a current-receiving interface and being made from electrically conductive material; - a plurality of terminals (171-177; 271-279) extending from the main section for engaging a printed circuit structure, the plurality of terminals including a first terminal that is closest to the current- receiving interface and a second terminal that is farthest from the current-receiving interface; and - a slot (182; 280-281) extending from the current-receiving interface into the main section to a position that is between the first terminal and the second terminal and that is spaced from a periphery of the main section, characterized in that the slot has an angled distal portion at said position.
An image forming apparatus including hardware resources to use for an image forming process, at least one program for conducting a process concerning an image formation, and a hard disk for recording information including an image, said image forming apparatus characterized by: an erase cluster map maintaining each of all clusters into which the hard disk is divided, wherein the erase cluster map indicates all clusters to erase; an erase cluster count table in which a fixed number of clusters in the erase cluster map is grouped and a count value showing the number of clusters in the group to be erased is stored; an erase determining part determining based on the information stored in the erase cluster count table whether or not there is a cluster to erase in the group of clusters; and an erasing part erasing the cluster based on the information stored in the erase cluster map. an erase cluster map maintaining each of all clusters into which the hard disk is divided, wherein the erase cluster map indicates all clusters to erase; an erase cluster count table in which a fixed number of clusters in the erase cluster map is grouped and a count value showing the number of clusters in the group to be erased is stored; an erase determining part determining based on the information stored in the erase cluster count table whether or not there is a cluster to erase in the group of clusters; and an erasing part erasing the cluster based on the information stored in the erase cluster map.
Compound of the formula II or a physiologically compatible salt of the compound of the formula II, where R1 is a hydrogen atom or ethyl, D is chlorine, P is a hydrogen atom, -O-tosylate or benzyl. R1 is a hydrogen atom or ethyl, D is chlorine, P is a hydrogen atom, -O-tosylate or benzyl.
A method comprising: executing, by data processing hardware of a client device, an instruction to execute a query (q) for a data block stored on a server, wherein the server stores a plurality of publically available data blocks that are un-encrypted; sending a first download request from the data processing hardware for K blocks stored on the server, the K blocks excluding the queried data block, wherein each of the K blocks is selected uniformly at random; sending a second download request from the data processing hardware for the queried data block and K-1 other blocks, wherein each of the K-1 other blocks is selected uniformly at random; receiving, a first download sequence for the K blocks of the first download request from the server; receiving a second download sequence for the queried data block and the K-1 other blocks of the second download request from the server; discarding, by the data processing hardware, the K blocks of the first download sequence received from the server; and discarding, by the data processing hardware, the K-1 other blocks of the second download sequence received from the server. executing, by data processing hardware of a client device, an instruction to execute a query (q) for a data block stored on a server, wherein the server stores a plurality of publically available data blocks that are un-encrypted; sending a first download request from the data processing hardware for K blocks stored on the server, the K blocks excluding the queried data block, wherein each of the K blocks is selected uniformly at random; sending a second download request from the data processing hardware for the queried data block and K-1 other blocks, wherein each of the K-1 other blocks is selected uniformly at random; receiving, a first download sequence for the K blocks of the first download request from the server; receiving a second download sequence for the queried data block and the K-1 other blocks of the second download request from the server; discarding, by the data processing hardware, the K blocks of the first download sequence received from the server; and discarding, by the data processing hardware, the K-1 other blocks of the second download sequence received from the server.
A method for the detection of at least one human platelet alloantigen on human platelets contained in a sample, which is anti-coagulated whole blood in a concentration of more than 25%, comprising the steps: (a) providing at least one surface having at least an antibody bound thereto, wherein said antibody is directed against the glycoprotein carrying the at least one HPA to be detected; (b) lysing the platelets contained in the sample and solubilizing the membrane proteins of said platelets; (c) contacting said surface with the lysed and solubilized sample of step (b), wherein respective glycoproteins contained in said sample are immobilized on said surface by specifically binding to the antibody of step (a); (d) contacting said surface with a fluorescently labeled antibody, wherein said antibody is directed against the at least one HPA to be detected, and wherein said antibody, respective glycoproteins contained in said sample, and the antibody of step (a) form a surface-bound complex; (e) exciting said surface-bound complex with an evanescence field of a light source; (f) measuring the fluorescence emitted from said surface-bound complex; and (g) detecting the at least one HPA based on the emitted fluorescence measured in step (f). (a) providing at least one surface having at least an antibody bound thereto, wherein said antibody is directed against the glycoprotein carrying the at least one HPA to be detected; (b) lysing the platelets contained in the sample and solubilizing the membrane proteins of said platelets; (c) contacting said surface with the lysed and solubilized sample of step (b), wherein respective glycoproteins contained in said sample are immobilized on said surface by specifically binding to the antibody of step (a); (d) contacting said surface with a fluorescently labeled antibody, wherein said antibody is directed against the at least one HPA to be detected, and wherein said antibody, respective glycoproteins contained in said sample, and the antibody of step (a) form a surface-bound complex; (e) exciting said surface-bound complex with an evanescence field of a light source; (f) measuring the fluorescence emitted from said surface-bound complex; and (g) detecting the at least one HPA based on the emitted fluorescence measured in step (f).
A communication resilient network, comprising: a core network element, wherein the core network element comprises ports; an edge network element, wherein the edge network element comprises ports; a maintenance domain comprising a mechanism to detect edge to edge faults on the communication resilient network; wherein a first port of the edge network element connects to the core network element; wherein a first maintenance domain entity is provisioned at the first port of the edge network element; wherein a second maintenance domain entity is provisioned on an unused port of the core network element and wherein the second maintenance domain entity is a proxy for a future edge network element, wherein the future edge network element has yet to be added to the communication resilient network. a core network element, wherein the core network element comprises ports; an edge network element, wherein the edge network element comprises ports; a maintenance domain comprising a mechanism to detect edge to edge faults on the communication resilient network; wherein a first port of the edge network element connects to the core network element; wherein a first maintenance domain entity is provisioned at the first port of the edge network element; wherein a second maintenance domain entity is provisioned on an unused port of the core network element and wherein the second maintenance domain entity is a proxy for a future edge network element, wherein the future edge network element has yet to be added to the communication resilient network.