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A method of controlling a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a rotor having one or more blades and an electrical generator, the rotor being connected to the electrical generator by a drivetrain (21, 22, 23), the method comprising: receiving a signal indicative of a speed of the electrical generator and receiving a signal indicative of a requested output power; filtering the signal indicative of the speed to isolate frequencies in a selected disturbance frequency band to generate a disturbance signal; phase shifting the disturbance signal phase to match a phase of torque variations of the rotor at the frequencies of the selected disturbance frequency band to generate a phase shifted signal; generate a modification signal being a combination of the phase shifted signal and the requested output power; setting the modification signal as a control signal for the wind turbine, characterized in that the selected disturbance frequency band is a frequency band around a rotor frequency order. receiving a signal indicative of a speed of the electrical generator and receiving a signal indicative of a requested output power; filtering the signal indicative of the speed to isolate frequencies in a selected disturbance frequency band to generate a disturbance signal; phase shifting the disturbance signal phase to match a phase of torque variations of the rotor at the frequencies of the selected disturbance frequency band to generate a phase shifted signal; generate a modification signal being a combination of the phase shifted signal and the requested output power; setting the modification signal as a control signal for the wind turbine, characterized in that the selected disturbance frequency band is a frequency band around a rotor frequency order.
A safety needle, in particular a dialysis needle, comprising: a puncture needle having a needle lumen and a tip, a holding device which is suitable, during use, for bearing in a defined position on the skin of a patient and for holding the puncture needle and a safety mechanism with a protection element which can adopt a first, opened state and a second, closed state; wherein the safety mechanism is suitable to move the protection element from a first position, in which the tip of the needle is exposed, to a second position, in which the tip of the needle is covered, as a result of which the protection element at the same time transfers from the first, opened state to the second, closed state, characterized in that the protection element comprises gaps and/or openings in the second state and wherein the flow resistance of human blood through all gaps and/or openings is larger than the flow resistance through the needle lumen. a puncture needle having a needle lumen and a tip, a holding device which is suitable, during use, for bearing in a defined position on the skin of a patient and for holding the puncture needle and a safety mechanism with a protection element which can adopt a first, opened state and a second, closed state; wherein the safety mechanism is suitable to move the protection element from a first position, in which the tip of the needle is exposed, to a second position, in which the tip of the needle is covered, as a result of which the protection element at the same time transfers from the first, opened state to the second, closed state, characterized in that the protection element comprises gaps and/or openings in the second state and wherein the flow resistance of human blood through all gaps and/or openings is larger than the flow resistance through the needle lumen.
A method comprising: receiving a first path message at a tail-end node of a bidirectional tunnel, the first path message transmitted by a head-end node over a forward direction path of the bidirectional tunnel, the first path message including one or more objects used to set up and signal a reverse direction path of the bi-directional tunnel; examining the one or more objects of the first path message to determine whether an explicit route object, ERO, is present in the first path message; in response to the ERO being present in the first path message, signalling the reverse direction path specified by the ERO; and in response to the ERO not being present in the first path message, examining an Extended Association object of the message to determine whether an Association Type of the paths is co-routed or non co-routed; and in response to the Association Type being non co-routed, computing and signalling the reverse direction path. receiving a first path message at a tail-end node of a bidirectional tunnel, the first path message transmitted by a head-end node over a forward direction path of the bidirectional tunnel, the first path message including one or more objects used to set up and signal a reverse direction path of the bi-directional tunnel; examining the one or more objects of the first path message to determine whether an explicit route object, ERO, is present in the first path message; in response to the ERO being present in the first path message, signalling the reverse direction path specified by the ERO; and in response to the ERO not being present in the first path message, examining an Extended Association object of the message to determine whether an Association Type of the paths is co-routed or non co-routed; and in response to the Association Type being non co-routed, computing and signalling the reverse direction path.
An animal feed additive having an antimicrobial, growth-promoting and appetite-promoting effect, characterised in that it contains an alkaloid-containing extract or material from plants of the Macleaya genus in combination with an extract or material from plants of the Magnolia genus.
A bioprinting system for printing tissue into a tissue enclosure comprising: a multi-dimensional printer; a delivery device operably coupled to the multi-dimensional printer, the delivery device comprising a tool having a tip for printing the tissue; a motion controller commanding the delivery device to print the tissue; and a delivery device locating subsystem returning the tip to a selected position within the printed tissue, wherein the delivery device locating subsystem comprises: a mounting plate including kinematic positioning features; a tissue enclosure being a repository for the printed tissue, the tissue enclosure including kinematic mounting features matably couplable with the kinematic positioning features, the mounting features and the positioning features ensuring consistent positioning of the tissue enclosure between mounting and remounting of the tissue enclosure; and at least one sensor enabling determining the position of the delivery device within the tissue enclosure. a multi-dimensional printer; a delivery device operably coupled to the multi-dimensional printer, the delivery device comprising a tool having a tip for printing the tissue; a motion controller commanding the delivery device to print the tissue; and a delivery device locating subsystem returning the tip to a selected position within the printed tissue, wherein the delivery device locating subsystem comprises: a mounting plate including kinematic positioning features; a tissue enclosure being a repository for the printed tissue, the tissue enclosure including kinematic mounting features matably couplable with the kinematic positioning features, the mounting features and the positioning features ensuring consistent positioning of the tissue enclosure between mounting and remounting of the tissue enclosure; and at least one sensor enabling determining the position of the delivery device within the tissue enclosure. a mounting plate including kinematic positioning features; a tissue enclosure being a repository for the printed tissue, the tissue enclosure including kinematic mounting features matably couplable with the kinematic positioning features, the mounting features and the positioning features ensuring consistent positioning of the tissue enclosure between mounting and remounting of the tissue enclosure; and at least one sensor enabling determining the position of the delivery device within the tissue enclosure.
A cladding tube for a fuel rod for a nuclear reactor, the cladding tube comprising a tubular base component having an outer surface and an inner surface defining an inner space of the cladding tube housing a pile of fuel pellets, wherein the tubular base component is made of a Zr-based alloy, and a coating applied onto the outer surface of the tubular base component and configured to protect the tubular base component from mechanical wear, oxidation and hydriding, wherein the Zr-based alloy has the following composition: Zr = balance, Al = 0-2 wt%, Ti = 0-20 wt%, Sn = 0-6 wt%, Fe = 0-0.4 wt%, Nb = 0-0.4 wt%, O = 200-1800 wtppm, C = 0-200 wtppm, Si = 0-200 wtppm, and S = 0-200 wtppm, wherein 2.5 wt% < Al+Ti+Sn ≤ 28 wt%. a tubular base component having an outer surface and an inner surface defining an inner space of the cladding tube housing a pile of fuel pellets, wherein the tubular base component is made of a Zr-based alloy, and a coating applied onto the outer surface of the tubular base component and configured to protect the tubular base component from mechanical wear, oxidation and hydriding, wherein the Zr-based alloy has the following composition: Zr = balance, Al = 0-2 wt%, Ti = 0-20 wt%, Sn = 0-6 wt%, Fe = 0-0.4 wt%, Nb = 0-0.4 wt%, O = 200-1800 wtppm, C = 0-200 wtppm, Si = 0-200 wtppm, and S = 0-200 wtppm, wherein 2.5 wt% < Al+Ti+Sn ≤ 28 wt%. Zr = balance, Al = 0-2 wt%, Ti = 0-20 wt%, Sn = 0-6 wt%, Fe = 0-0.4 wt%, Nb = 0-0.4 wt%, O = 200-1800 wtppm, C = 0-200 wtppm, Si = 0-200 wtppm, and S = 0-200 wtppm, wherein 2.5 wt% < Al+Ti+Sn ≤ 28 wt%.
A door-opening device, comprising an actuator device and a counterbearing device, the actuator device being arrangeable on a door frame, and the counterbearing device being arrangeable on the edge of a door leaf mounted pivotably in the door frame, or vice versa, the actuator device having a linear drive (1.1), and the latter being operatively connected to an operating element (1.2) which is mounted on the actuator device and interacts with the counterbearing device when required, in particular in the event of fire, the operating element (1.2) being designed on the one hand to be mounted on the actuator device rotatably about a first rotational axis and on the other hand to be articulated to the linear drive (1.1) via a second rotational axis at a distance from the first rotational axis, there being between the first and second rotational axes (3, 4) a first lever arm which remains the same length in all the positions of the operating element (1.2), there being a second lever arm between the first rotational axis and a contact region between the operating element (1.2) and the counterbearing device, the second lever arm being designed to become steadily longer during the opening process, characterised in that the second lever arm is shorter than the first lever arm in the closed position, and the operating element (1.2) has a contact face which slides along the counterbearing device when required and comprises the contact region, wherein the contact face is multiple times longer than it is high and is curved.
A dual mode imaging system, comprising: a sample platform configured to hold a sample, the sample platform being movable relative to a bi-telecentric optical imaging system between a first location and a second location; and a light source subsystem including an illumination source configured to generate an illumination beam, the light source subsystem comprising beam-shaping optics configured to project the illumination beam onto a part of a focal plane; relay optics configured to receive and redirect the illumination beam through an objective lens when the sample platform is in the second location; a detector subsystem for detecting light from the sample platform, and comprising a light detector having an array of sensing locations; and the bi-telecentric optical imaging system, comprising optical elements configured to receive light from the sample platform and to pass or to direct the received light to the light detector; wherein when the sample platform is in the first location, the sample platform coincides with the focal plane, the illumination beam impinges on at least a portion of the sample platform, and the bi-telecentric optical imaging system receives light directly from the portion of the sample platform; and wherein when the sample platform is in the second location the illumination beam interacts with the relay optics and impinges on at least a portion of the sample platform through the objective lens and the light from the portion of the sample platform is directed back through the objective lens and the relay optics and to the bi-telecentric optical imaging system. a sample platform configured to hold a sample, the sample platform being movable relative to a bi-telecentric optical imaging system between a first location and a second location; and a light source subsystem including an illumination source configured to generate an illumination beam, the light source subsystem comprising beam-shaping optics configured to project the illumination beam onto a part of a focal plane; relay optics configured to receive and redirect the illumination beam through an objective lens when the sample platform is in the second location; a detector subsystem for detecting light from the sample platform, and comprising a light detector having an array of sensing locations; and the bi-telecentric optical imaging system, comprising optical elements configured to receive light from the sample platform and to pass or to direct the received light to the light detector; wherein when the sample platform is in the first location, the sample platform coincides with the focal plane, the illumination beam impinges on at least a portion of the sample platform, and the bi-telecentric optical imaging system receives light directly from the portion of the sample platform; and wherein when the sample platform is in the second location the illumination beam interacts with the relay optics and impinges on at least a portion of the sample platform through the objective lens and the light from the portion of the sample platform is directed back through the objective lens and the relay optics and to the bi-telecentric optical imaging system.
A communication device (100, 200) comprising: a first radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a first communication method; and a second radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a second communication method using a higher frequency band than the first communication method, wherein the first radio communication unit is arranged to, upon receiving an instruction signal instructing to learn a beam directionality, determine a reception start time point of a beam reference signal based on the instruction signal, and the second radio communication unit is arranged to start reception of the beam reference signal from the reception start time point determined by the first radio communication unit and to determine a parameter value for specifying an optimum beam pattern based on the received beam reference signal; characterized in that the instruction signal, transmitted in accordance with the first communication method, comprises a header portion and a data portion; and the beam reference signal, transmitted in accordance with the second communication method, comprises a beam training field transmitted in synchronization with the transmission of the data portion of the instruction signal. a first radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a first communication method; and a second radio communication unit capable of radio communication in accordance with a second communication method using a higher frequency band than the first communication method, wherein the first radio communication unit is arranged to, upon receiving an instruction signal instructing to learn a beam directionality, determine a reception start time point of a beam reference signal based on the instruction signal, and the second radio communication unit is arranged to start reception of the beam reference signal from the reception start time point determined by the first radio communication unit and to determine a parameter value for specifying an optimum beam pattern based on the received beam reference signal; characterized in that the instruction signal, transmitted in accordance with the first communication method, comprises a header portion and a data portion; and the beam reference signal, transmitted in accordance with the second communication method, comprises a beam training field transmitted in synchronization with the transmission of the data portion of the instruction signal.
Apparatus for storing objects that have remotely readable individual RFID tags and can be removed and used by authorized, identified users, wherein an enclosed space is present that is sealed by means of at least one lockable door, and wherein the at least one lockable door has a door lock that can be opened using a code or a coded element that requires the identification of the user, and wherein the enclosed space contains at least one reading antenna of an ID reader for polling for the presence of objects provided with RFID tags and wherein the ID reader and the door lock are connected to a data processing installation for recording user identities and objects provided with RFID tags and for releasing the door lock, wherein the RFID tags, the reading antennas and the at least one ID reader are designed for a frequency range in the UHF or SHF band, namely above 300 MHz, wherein at least two lateral walls (14, 18) and the door of the enclosed space are made from metal or comprise metal components that extend flat over the respective walls (14, 18) and the door and wherein a door sensor for detecting an open position of the door is likewise connected to the data processing installation, and the ID reader is controlled by the door sensor and the data processing installation such that polling for the presence of objects provided with RFID tags is triggered when the door is open, and wherein the door sensor can be used to detect different opening angles of a revolving door or open positions of a sliding door and wherein polling for the presence of objects provided with RFID tags is triggered repeatedly for different opening angles or open positions of the door, wherein a door closer is coupled to the door, which door closer temporarily interrupts an automatic closing movement at least once in a door position with an opening angle or with an open position of the door in which polling for the objects provided with RFID tags is triggered.
An insertion instrument for expandable spinal implants, comprising: an elongate member including a handle portion on a proximal end thereof and an end effector on a distal end thereof, the end effector configured to be releasably engaged to an expandable spinal implant; a shuttle slidably disposed within a cavity defined in the end effector, the shuttle including a wedged shaped distal end configured to engage an expandable spinal implant; and a worm gear rotatably disposed within the cavity defined in the end effector, the worm gear in mechanical communication with the shuttle such that rotation of the worm gear effectuates movement of the shuttle, wherein distal movement of the shuttle effectuates articulation of an expandable spinal implant. an elongate member including a handle portion on a proximal end thereof and an end effector on a distal end thereof, the end effector configured to be releasably engaged to an expandable spinal implant; a shuttle slidably disposed within a cavity defined in the end effector, the shuttle including a wedged shaped distal end configured to engage an expandable spinal implant; and a worm gear rotatably disposed within the cavity defined in the end effector, the worm gear in mechanical communication with the shuttle such that rotation of the worm gear effectuates movement of the shuttle, wherein distal movement of the shuttle effectuates articulation of an expandable spinal implant.
An apparatus for an optical communications network, the apparatus comprising: - a plurality of demultiplexers (102, 114, 116), each one having the same number of output ports; - a first plurality of drop optical switches, for dropping wavelength channels, arranged in a first matrix with a number of rows equal to a product of the number of demultiplexers (102, 114, 116) and the number of output ports in one of the demultiplexers (102, 114, 116), the first matrix also having a number of columns corresponding to a number of transponders, wherein each drop optical switch has an express input port associated with a single output port of one of the demultiplexers (102, 114, 116), a drop output port associated with an individual transponder, and an express output port, and wherein control of a drop optical switch, of the first plurality of drop optical switches, is activated when a wavelength received at an express input port of the drop optical switch is associated with the drop optical switch and when the wavelength is to be switched to a drop output port, of the drop optical switch, towards the individual transponder designated to the drop optical switch; and - a second plurality of add optical switches arranged in a second matrix for adding wavelength channels, wherein each add optical switch has an express input port adapted to receive a comb of wavelengths, an add input port adapted to receive a single wavelength to be added to the comb of wavelengths, and an output port, and wherein the second matrix comprises a number of columns corresponding to the number of transponders. - a plurality of demultiplexers (102, 114, 116), each one having the same number of output ports; - a first plurality of drop optical switches, for dropping wavelength channels, arranged in a first matrix with a number of rows equal to a product of the number of demultiplexers (102, 114, 116) and the number of output ports in one of the demultiplexers (102, 114, 116), the first matrix also having a number of columns corresponding to a number of transponders, wherein each drop optical switch has an express input port associated with a single output port of one of the demultiplexers (102, 114, 116), a drop output port associated with an individual transponder, and an express output port, and wherein control of a drop optical switch, of the first plurality of drop optical switches, is activated when a wavelength received at an express input port of the drop optical switch is associated with the drop optical switch and when the wavelength is to be switched to a drop output port, of the drop optical switch, towards the individual transponder designated to the drop optical switch; and - a second plurality of add optical switches arranged in a second matrix for adding wavelength channels, wherein each add optical switch has an express input port adapted to receive a comb of wavelengths, an add input port adapted to receive a single wavelength to be added to the comb of wavelengths, and an output port, and wherein the second matrix comprises a number of columns corresponding to the number of transponders.