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A ductor roller for a printing machine comprising: a shaft provided with an air supply pipe; a plurality of individual ductor rollers; and a plurality of electromagnetic valves, wherein the individual ductor rollers and the electromagnetic valves are connected to the shaft, and wherein the individual ductor rollers are advanced pneumatically by said electromagnetic valves, wherein the individual ductor rollers are provided with housings associated with the shaft and configured to move forward and backward; roller members configured to contact an ink fountain roller and an ink distribution roller, both of the printing machine; and bearing members connecting the roller members to the housings, said electromagnetic valves are placed in said housings, and protection members (14, 34, 44) for the electromagnetic valves are placed in a clearance between the individual ductor rollers, and are oil-resistant, are associated with and supported by the shaft, and are provided with cylindrical covers having a circular cross-section covering at least upper portions of side ends of said housings, characterized in that said cylindrical covers have a trough on an external circular face thereof, and that the trough is lower at a central portion of the cylindrical covers and higher at side end portions of the cylindrical covers, both in an axial direction of said shaft. the individual ductor rollers are provided with housings associated with the shaft and configured to move forward and backward; roller members configured to contact an ink fountain roller and an ink distribution roller, both of the printing machine; and bearing members connecting the roller members to the housings, said electromagnetic valves are placed in said housings, and protection members (14, 34, 44) for the electromagnetic valves are placed in a clearance between the individual ductor rollers, and are oil-resistant, are associated with and supported by the shaft, and are provided with cylindrical covers having a circular cross-section covering at least upper portions of side ends of said housings, characterized in that said cylindrical covers have a trough on an external circular face thereof, and that the trough is lower at a central portion of the cylindrical covers and higher at side end portions of the cylindrical covers, both in an axial direction of said shaft.
A receiver circuit, comprising a downconverter circuit configured to obtain an intermediate frequency signal by downconverting a received radio frequency signal to an intermediate frequency, the received radio frequency signal comprising a desired signal and one or more interfering signals, characterized in that the receiver circuit further comprises: a distortion waveform generator configured to receive the received radio frequency signal and to generate an estimated distortion waveform from the one or more interfering signals, the estimated distortion waveform comprising one or more intermodulation products of the interfering signals at or near the intermediate frequency; first and second filters (107, 207) configured to filter the intermediate frequency signal and the estimated distortion waveform, respectively wherein the first and second filters each have the response of a high-pass filter; first and second sampling circuits configured to sample the filtered intermediate frequency signal and the filtered estimated distortion waveform to obtain a sampled signal of interest and a sampled distortion signal, respectively; and an interference subtracting circuit (150, 250, 450) configured to combine the sampled distortion signal with the sampled signal of interest to obtain interference-reduced signal samples. a distortion waveform generator configured to receive the received radio frequency signal and to generate an estimated distortion waveform from the one or more interfering signals, the estimated distortion waveform comprising one or more intermodulation products of the interfering signals at or near the intermediate frequency; first and second filters (107, 207) configured to filter the intermediate frequency signal and the estimated distortion waveform, respectively wherein the first and second filters each have the response of a high-pass filter; first and second sampling circuits configured to sample the filtered intermediate frequency signal and the filtered estimated distortion waveform to obtain a sampled signal of interest and a sampled distortion signal, respectively; and an interference subtracting circuit (150, 250, 450) configured to combine the sampled distortion signal with the sampled signal of interest to obtain interference-reduced signal samples.
A compound of formula: for use in a method of treating breast cancer, lung cancer, and prostate cancer in combination with a chemotherapy agent wherein R 1 is C 3-20 cycloalkyl, each R 2 is H or C1-6 alkyl, L 1 is C3-20 heterocycloalkyl, L 2 is C 3-20 cycloalkyl, and m, n, o, p, and q are each independently 0-6.
A method for measuring the activity of an vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant drug in a patient, which is based on measuring in a test plasma sample from said patient combined activity of both and only coagulation factors II and X, the method comprising: - mixing said test plasma sample with plasma deficient in only factor II and factor X, wherein the ratio of said test plasma sample and said deficient plasma is in the range from 1:1 to 1:20, - adding to said test plasma sample one or more coagulation reagent and calcium, and - determining blood clotting ability by measuring blood clotting time or thrombin generation. - mixing said test plasma sample with plasma deficient in only factor II and factor X, wherein the ratio of said test plasma sample and said deficient plasma is in the range from 1:1 to 1:20, - adding to said test plasma sample one or more coagulation reagent and calcium, and - determining blood clotting ability by measuring blood clotting time or thrombin generation.
- Electronic device (DISP) for reading at least six acquisition channels, the device comprising: - for each acquisition channel, a charge preamplifier (AMPi), installed at the input of the acquisition channel and comprising a first gain stage consisting of an inverter (INVi) and a memory condenser (Ci), the preamplifier (AMPi) comprising an input configured to receive a signal from a sensor; the device (DISP) being characterised by: - a biasing device (REG, INV_REF), said biasing device being common to at least six charge preamplifiers (AMPi) and being configured to deliver a regulated supply voltage on a supply terminal of each of the at least six charge preamplifiers (AMPi), said biasing device comprising: - a voltage regulator, said voltage regulator comprising an amplifier stage; - a reference inverter (INV_REF), identical to the inverters of said at least six charge preamplifiers (AMPi); and - a current source (Ipol); the amplifier stage of the voltage regulator being connected to the reference inverter, the reference inverter being traversed by a current imposed by the current source, said current being configured to apply a reference voltage (Vref) to a reference input of the voltage regulator, the voltage regulator being connected in series with a set comprising said at least six charge preamplifiers (AMPi), the voltage regulator being supplied between a first voltage (Vdd) and the regulated supply voltage (VddINV), said regulated supply voltage (VddINV) being equal to the reference voltage (Vref). - for each acquisition channel, a charge preamplifier (AMPi), installed at the input of the acquisition channel and comprising a first gain stage consisting of an inverter (INVi) and a memory condenser (Ci), the preamplifier (AMPi) comprising an input configured to receive a signal from a sensor; - a biasing device (REG, INV_REF), said biasing device being common to at least six charge preamplifiers (AMPi) and being configured to deliver a regulated supply voltage on a supply terminal of each of the at least six charge preamplifiers (AMPi), said biasing device comprising: - a voltage regulator, said voltage regulator comprising an amplifier stage; - a reference inverter (INV_REF), identical to the inverters of said at least six charge preamplifiers (AMPi); and - a current source (Ipol); - a voltage regulator, said voltage regulator comprising an amplifier stage; - a reference inverter (INV_REF), identical to the inverters of said at least six charge preamplifiers (AMPi); and - a current source (Ipol);
A colour filter surface structure (31, 45), deposited on a substrate as a field of colour filter layer systems, acting in different spectrums, characterized in that the first layer of the colour filter layer systems (31, 45) facing the substrate is an intermediate layer which is an optically substantially neutral layer in all different spectrums, having a thickness of 5-10 mm and consisting of SiO or SiO 2.
A method for measuring at least one characteristic of an aqueous sample, comprising: introducing an aqueous sample with a transition metal into a measurement device comprising an anode and a cathode; oxidizing a transition metal to produce a higher valent metal by applying an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode of the measurement device; oxidizing, using the higher valent metal as a catalyst, a material within the aqueous sample; measuring a characteristic of the aqueous sample based upon the oxidized material, using an electrochemical measurement device and an optical measurement device; optimizing the electrical potential and at least one reagent delivered to the measurement device based on the measurement of the characteristic; and wherein the measurement device comprises a membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, and wherein the position of the membrane can be adjusted between the anode and the cathode. introducing an aqueous sample with a transition metal into a measurement device comprising an anode and a cathode; oxidizing a transition metal to produce a higher valent metal by applying an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode of the measurement device; oxidizing, using the higher valent metal as a catalyst, a material within the aqueous sample; measuring a characteristic of the aqueous sample based upon the oxidized material, using an electrochemical measurement device and an optical measurement device; optimizing the electrical potential and at least one reagent delivered to the measurement device based on the measurement of the characteristic; and wherein the measurement device comprises a membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, and wherein the position of the membrane can be adjusted between the anode and the cathode.
A surgical instrument, comprising: an end effector comprising: a first jaw; a second jaw, wherein the first jaw and the second jaw are operably coupled together; a cutting member configured to translate with respect to the first jaw between a retracted position and a fully advanced position, the cutting member defining a longitudinal axis; and at least one compression element extending from the cutting member, wherein the at least one compression element is configured to contact and move along the first jaw such that the first jaw rotates with respect to the second jaw between an open position and a closed position when the cutting member translates with respect to the first jaw, wherein the first jaw is precurved such that the first jaw curves away from the longitudinal axis when the first jaw is in the open position and no external load is applied to the first jaw, wherein the first and second jaws define a gap therebetween when the first jaw is in the closed position, the gap comprising a minimum distance and a maximum distance, wherein the minimum distance is configured to occur around a distal portion of the compression element. a first jaw; a second jaw, wherein the first jaw and the second jaw are operably coupled together; a cutting member configured to translate with respect to the first jaw between a retracted position and a fully advanced position, the cutting member defining a longitudinal axis; and at least one compression element extending from the cutting member, wherein the at least one compression element is configured to contact and move along the first jaw such that the first jaw rotates with respect to the second jaw between an open position and a closed position when the cutting member translates with respect to the first jaw, wherein the first jaw is precurved such that the first jaw curves away from the longitudinal axis when the first jaw is in the open position and no external load is applied to the first jaw, wherein the first and second jaws define a gap therebetween when the first jaw is in the closed position, the gap comprising a minimum distance and a maximum distance, wherein the minimum distance is configured to occur around a distal portion of the compression element.
A method of generating a voice or click alert and an electronic message from a mobile smartphone comprising a display and various sensors including a GPS sensor, the method comprising the steps consisting of: - downloading a remote assistance application into a smartphone including the implementation of a microphone control service even if the phone is locked; - activating the sensors present in the mobile phone to collect information related to the environment of the mobile phone; - performing a contextual analysis of the information collected by the sensors to determine an emergency situation requiring the triggering of an alert; wherein said microphone control service periodically initializes the microphone so as to ensure, in all circumstances, the control of the audio channel; and in that the application is configured to capture audio messages of a predefined maximum duration or length, and to compare these messages with a library of predefined audio messages. - downloading a remote assistance application into a smartphone including the implementation of a microphone control service even if the phone is locked; - activating the sensors present in the mobile phone to collect information related to the environment of the mobile phone; - performing a contextual analysis of the information collected by the sensors to determine an emergency situation requiring the triggering of an alert;
A processor-implemented method for providing an interaction between a user and an embodied conversational agent, the method comprising: receiving conversation data of a user interacting with the embodied conversational agent, wherein the embodied conversational agent is presented on an interface of an interaction device; determining an emotional state of the user based on one or more behavioral parameters associated with the conversation data of the user; identifying a response state for the embodied conversational agent corresponding to the emotional state of the user; and transitioning behavior of the embodied conversational agent based on the response state, characterised in that identifying the response state for the embodied conversational agent corresponding to the emotional state of the user comprises: determining a plurality of response states corresponding to the emotional state based on a pre-defined response matrix, wherein each response state of the plurality of response states is assigned a pre-defined probability; and identifying the response state from the plurality of response states by performing a Monte Carlo sampling on pre-defined probabilities of the plurality of response states. receiving conversation data of a user interacting with the embodied conversational agent, wherein the embodied conversational agent is presented on an interface of an interaction device; determining an emotional state of the user based on one or more behavioral parameters associated with the conversation data of the user; identifying a response state for the embodied conversational agent corresponding to the emotional state of the user; and transitioning behavior of the embodied conversational agent based on the response state, characterised in that identifying the response state for the embodied conversational agent corresponding to the emotional state of the user comprises: determining a plurality of response states corresponding to the emotional state based on a pre-defined response matrix, wherein each response state of the plurality of response states is assigned a pre-defined probability; and identifying the response state from the plurality of response states by performing a Monte Carlo sampling on pre-defined probabilities of the plurality of response states. determining a plurality of response states corresponding to the emotional state based on a pre-defined response matrix, wherein each response state of the plurality of response states is assigned a pre-defined probability; and identifying the response state from the plurality of response states by performing a Monte Carlo sampling on pre-defined probabilities of the plurality of response states.
An information processing device comprising: an input information acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of a point of designation designated by a user in a display image including graphical user interfaces, GUIs; a display configured to display the display image; a touch panel provided on the display configured to detect input from the user; wherein the input information acquisition unit is further configured to acquire, as the point of designation, the point of contact of the user's finger or thumb on the touch panel provided on the display; a user operation content identification unit configured to locate virtual points of designation at positions determined according to the position of the point of designation on a plane that forms the display image, and to select a single GUI by comparing the GUIs with one another with reference to numbers of points among the point of designation and the virtual points of designation within hit determination areas defined for respective GUIs; and an information processing unit configured to execute a process mapped to the selected GUI, wherein the user operation content identification unit further configured to distribute the virtual points of designation in a shape of a 'V' having an apex at the point of designation. an input information acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of a point of designation designated by a user in a display image including graphical user interfaces, GUIs; a display configured to display the display image; a touch panel provided on the display configured to detect input from the user; wherein the input information acquisition unit is further configured to acquire, as the point of designation, the point of contact of the user's finger or thumb on the touch panel provided on the display; a user operation content identification unit configured to locate virtual points of designation at positions determined according to the position of the point of designation on a plane that forms the display image, and to select a single GUI by comparing the GUIs with one another with reference to numbers of points among the point of designation and the virtual points of designation within hit determination areas defined for respective GUIs; and an information processing unit configured to execute a process mapped to the selected GUI, wherein the user operation content identification unit further configured to distribute the virtual points of designation in a shape of a 'V' having an apex at the point of designation.
A method for frequency offset estimation for a number of received probabilistically shaped symbols, the method comprising: obtaining a first and a second threshold value depending on a probability distribution of the probabilistically shaped symbols, the first threshold value relating to a plurality of first symbols within the received symbols, wherein the first symbols have amplitude values smaller than a first amplitude value, the second threshold value relating to a plurality of second symbols within the received symbols, wherein the second symbols have amplitude values larger than a second amplitude value, wherein the second amplitude value is larger than the first amplitude value; adapting the first amplitude value based on the number of first symbols and the number of received symbols; adapting the second amplitude value based on the number of second symbols and the number of received symbols; adapting a scaling factor for the first symbols depending on the first and second threshold value; scaling the first symbols with the adapted scaling factor; and determining a frequency offset for the received symbols based on the scaled first symbols and the second symbols. obtaining a first and a second threshold value depending on a probability distribution of the probabilistically shaped symbols, the first threshold value relating to a plurality of first symbols within the received symbols, wherein the first symbols have amplitude values smaller than a first amplitude value, the second threshold value relating to a plurality of second symbols within the received symbols, wherein the second symbols have amplitude values larger than a second amplitude value, wherein the second amplitude value is larger than the first amplitude value; adapting the first amplitude value based on the number of first symbols and the number of received symbols; adapting the second amplitude value based on the number of second symbols and the number of received symbols; adapting a scaling factor for the first symbols depending on the first and second threshold value; scaling the first symbols with the adapted scaling factor; and determining a frequency offset for the received symbols based on the scaled first symbols and the second symbols.
A device for implantation of a biosensor into a bone segment comprising: a hollow trocar for accessing a subject's bone, the trocar having a sharp tip for piercing tissue such that a distal tip segment of the trocar can be positioned adjacent to a target bone location, a drill cartridge for forming a cavity in a bone, the drill cartridge configured to facilitate passage of a drill through a lumen of the trocar to form a cavity in the bone segment at the target location, characterized in that the device further comprises a biosensor cartridge configured for passage of the biosensor through the lumen of the trocar to implant the biosensor within the cavity formed by the drill, and a revolver barrel housing the drill cartridge and the biosensor cartridge, the revolver barrel being rotatable about a longitudinal axis to alternately align the drill cartridge or the biosensor cartridge with the lumen of the trocar. a hollow trocar for accessing a subject's bone, the trocar having a sharp tip for piercing tissue such that a distal tip segment of the trocar can be positioned adjacent to a target bone location, a drill cartridge for forming a cavity in a bone, the drill cartridge configured to facilitate passage of a drill through a lumen of the trocar to form a cavity in the bone segment at the target location, characterized in that the device further comprises a biosensor cartridge configured for passage of the biosensor through the lumen of the trocar to implant the biosensor within the cavity formed by the drill, and a revolver barrel housing the drill cartridge and the biosensor cartridge, the revolver barrel being rotatable about a longitudinal axis to alternately align the drill cartridge or the biosensor cartridge with the lumen of the trocar.
A medical article resembling a soother, the article comprising a teat portion for insertion into a baby's mouth and a mouth shield portion adapted to fit over the baby's face around the mouth and serving in use to limit the extent of insertion of the teat portion into the baby's mouth; the teat portion being of sufficient length and extending from the mouth shield at an angle towards the hard palate in the roof of the mouth when the shield is so fitted whereby a distal end portion of the teat portion is adapted in use to bear against the hard palate in the roof of the mouth; and the teat portion being formed without voids with a relatively soft surface layer and a relatively harder inner core.