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A method for assaying pharmaceutical compounds in a liquid blood sample, the method comprising: providing a material for absorbing the liquid blood sample, the material being a cellulose free glass fiber paper configured for uniform absorption of a blood droplet sample into a homogeneous circular spot by preventing wicking away of blood from a point of application; applying the liquid blood sample to the material; allowing the liquid blood sample to dry into a dried sample; punching a portion of the dried sample into a separate dried specimen; and assaying the separate dried specimen for pharmaceutical compounds by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry, wherein assaying the separate dried specimen assays for a pharmaceutical compound selected from a group consisting of METOPROLOL, PROPRANOLOL, AMITRIPTYLINE, and CLOZAPINE. providing a material for absorbing the liquid blood sample, the material being a cellulose free glass fiber paper configured for uniform absorption of a blood droplet sample into a homogeneous circular spot by preventing wicking away of blood from a point of application; applying the liquid blood sample to the material; allowing the liquid blood sample to dry into a dried sample; punching a portion of the dried sample into a separate dried specimen; and assaying the separate dried specimen for pharmaceutical compounds by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry, wherein assaying the separate dried specimen assays for a pharmaceutical compound selected from a group consisting of METOPROLOL, PROPRANOLOL, AMITRIPTYLINE, and CLOZAPINE.
A computer-implemented method for positioning a subject in medical imaging, comprising: receiving a first image of a region of interest (14, 16) of the subject; determining first positioning data based on the first image, wherein the first positioning data indicates an alignment of the region of interest (14, 16) relative to a first image acquisition unit used to acquire the first image; determining guidance data based on the first positioning data, wherein the guidance data comprises a guidance for an alignment of the region of interest (14, 16) relative to a second image acquisition unit of the same type as the first image acquisition unit used to acquire a second image from a current alignment of the region of interest to the second image acquisition unit to a target alignment of the region of interest to the second image acquisition unit, wherein the target alignment is to correspond to an alignment of the region interest relative to the first image acquisition unit derived from the first positioning data; providing the guidance data for acquiring the second image. receiving a first image of a region of interest (14, 16) of the subject; determining first positioning data based on the first image, wherein the first positioning data indicates an alignment of the region of interest (14, 16) relative to a first image acquisition unit used to acquire the first image; determining guidance data based on the first positioning data, wherein the guidance data comprises a guidance for an alignment of the region of interest (14, 16) relative to a second image acquisition unit of the same type as the first image acquisition unit used to acquire a second image from a current alignment of the region of interest to the second image acquisition unit to a target alignment of the region of interest to the second image acquisition unit, wherein the target alignment is to correspond to an alignment of the region interest relative to the first image acquisition unit derived from the first positioning data; providing the guidance data for acquiring the second image.
A device for generating waves for the practice of sports or water sledging activities, the device comprising at least one sledging zone including an inlet, an outlet, a top part and a bottom part, the sledging zone being supplied with water by means of water injection means capable of generating a water jet or a water blade, the device being designed to direct a user from the inlet to the outlet of the sledging zone and alternately from the top zone to the bottom zone of the sledging zone, in particular by means of the water jet or the water blade, the device including means for determining position of the user and means for controlling the water injection means capable of generating a water jet or a water blade when the user is in a lowering phase towards the bottom part of the sledging zone, so as to redirect said user to the top part of the sledging zone.
Method for gripping and holding dispensing elements, having a flange and a screw cap, for subsequent application onto packages, in particular cardboard/plastic composite packages for dispensable products, wherein the dispensing elements are linearly supplied to the apparatus in an aligned position and wherein each dispensing element is gripped individually by gripper jaws (26A, 26B) of a gripping device and is applied by means of its flange onto a package characterised by the following steps: - Raising each gripping device into a start position above the supplied dispensing elements, - Lowering each gripping device with opened gripper jaws (26A, 26B) from their highest position to a dispensing element provided therebelow, wherein the transport speed of the gripping device and the transport belt are synchronised, - Pulling a dispensing element with opened gripper jaws (26A, 26B) from the transport belt to a flat delivery region, adjacing to the transport belt, - Gripping a dispensing element by closing the gripper jaws (26A, 26B), - Lowering each gripping device with gripped dispensing element to a package transported therebelow in an application position, - Pressing the dispensing element onto the package for a predefined time and - Releasing the applied dispensing element and raising each gripping device to receive a newly-supplied dispensing element. - Raising each gripping device into a start position above the supplied dispensing elements, - Lowering each gripping device with opened gripper jaws (26A, 26B) from their highest position to a dispensing element provided therebelow, wherein the transport speed of the gripping device and the transport belt are synchronised, - Pulling a dispensing element with opened gripper jaws (26A, 26B) from the transport belt to a flat delivery region, adjacing to the transport belt, - Gripping a dispensing element by closing the gripper jaws (26A, 26B), - Lowering each gripping device with gripped dispensing element to a package transported therebelow in an application position, - Pressing the dispensing element onto the package for a predefined time and - Releasing the applied dispensing element and raising each gripping device to receive a newly-supplied dispensing element.
A liquid transfer apparatus, comprising: rollers configured to transfer supplied liquid to a blanket cylinder; a frame; a roller holding device which is rotatably supported by the frame and configured to detachably hold the rollers and perform a rotating operation to move any one of the rollers to a predetermined position facing the blanket cylinder; a contact-separation unit configured to bring the roller held by the roller holding device and disposed at the predetermined position into and out of contact with the blanket cylinder; and a position fixation unit configured to fix a position of the roller held by the roller holding device and disposed at the predetermined position; characterized in that the position fixation unit includes: alignment rollers each being fixed to the roller holding device; a roller engagement member capable of engaging with the alignment rollers; and an alignment cylinder configured to move the roller engagement member toward and away from the alignment rollers; wherein the alignment cylinder of the position fixation unit is fixed to a sub-frame pin-connected to the frame via a pin member. rollers configured to transfer supplied liquid to a blanket cylinder; a frame; a roller holding device which is rotatably supported by the frame and configured to detachably hold the rollers and perform a rotating operation to move any one of the rollers to a predetermined position facing the blanket cylinder; a contact-separation unit configured to bring the roller held by the roller holding device and disposed at the predetermined position into and out of contact with the blanket cylinder; and a position fixation unit configured to fix a position of the roller held by the roller holding device and disposed at the predetermined position; characterized in that the position fixation unit includes: alignment rollers each being fixed to the roller holding device; a roller engagement member capable of engaging with the alignment rollers; and an alignment cylinder configured to move the roller engagement member toward and away from the alignment rollers; wherein the alignment cylinder of the position fixation unit is fixed to a sub-frame pin-connected to the frame via a pin member.
A method of assuring thread rendezvous for a plurality of threads executing in a computer system, wherein said method comprises: generating an instruction at a plurality of points in one or more code portions which can each be executed by one or more threads, wherein said instruction is a light-weight instruction and does not cause a trap when executed, wherein said light-weight instruction is a read-from-memory-address instruction that operates to read the content of a memory address location identified in a register; causing each instance of said light-weight instruction to become a trapping instruction by assigning an invalid address to the register, wherein when said trapping instruction is executed by a thread, a trap is caused and the execution of said thread is suspended; and determining whether execution of all threads have been suspended after causing each instance of said light-weight instruction to become a trapping instruction. generating an instruction at a plurality of points in one or more code portions which can each be executed by one or more threads, wherein said instruction is a light-weight instruction and does not cause a trap when executed, wherein said light-weight instruction is a read-from-memory-address instruction that operates to read the content of a memory address location identified in a register; causing each instance of said light-weight instruction to become a trapping instruction by assigning an invalid address to the register, wherein when said trapping instruction is executed by a thread, a trap is caused and the execution of said thread is suspended; and determining whether execution of all threads have been suspended after causing each instance of said light-weight instruction to become a trapping instruction.
A four wheel drive all-terrain vehicle comprising a frame including longitudinally spaced-apart ends (52, 56) defining a first longitudinal axis, a plurality of wheels (12, 16) operably coupled to the frame, front and rear differentials for driving the wheels, a lower steering linkage assembly operatively coupled between an operator input steering portion and at least one of the plurality of wheels, and a power steering assembly operatively coupled to the steering linkage, the power steering assembly comprising an electric motor and a gear box, the gear box comprising an upper spline and a lower spline, the upper spline being operatively coupled to the operator input steering portion, and the lower spline being operatively coupled to the steering linkage, the lower steering linkage assembly being rigidified by way of attachment to both the front differential and frame tubes, characterized in that the lower steering linkage assembly has an upper splined coupler attached to a stub shaft, and the stub shaft includes a bearing profiled to be received within an aperture at the top of the front differential, and the stub shaft rotates with the bearing.
A method for implementing combination of multiple channels of digital images, applied in a video conferencing system, wherein the multiple channels of digital images are combined into a combined image, the combined image comprises multiple sub-images respectively corresponding to the multiple channels of digital images, characterized in that, image data of each sub-image is stored in a First In First Out, FIFO, memory and is output from the FIFO memory to one or n sets of video data buses through a sub-image channel corresponding to the sub-image to form the combined image, the method comprises: computing a corresponding sub-image channel number for every pixel of one field or one frame of the combined image as a pixel address; storing said computed one field or one frame of pixel addresses in a memory according to an image scanning sequence to form a pixel address table; reading pixel data of the sub-images from FIFO memories according to the pixel addresses in said pixel address table; outputting the pixel data of the sub-images read to one of n sets of video data buses to form the combined image. computing a corresponding sub-image channel number for every pixel of one field or one frame of the combined image as a pixel address; storing said computed one field or one frame of pixel addresses in a memory according to an image scanning sequence to form a pixel address table; reading pixel data of the sub-images from FIFO memories according to the pixel addresses in said pixel address table; outputting the pixel data of the sub-images read to one of n sets of video data buses to form the combined image.
Method for strapping objects using a strapping machine, comprising the following steps: • conveying an object to a strapping station, • forming at least one loop from a strapping tape around the object using a strapping device, • connecting the ends of the loop with one another, wherein via at least one plug connection having several pole pairs (21 - 32, 21' - 32'), signals are transmitted from an external device to the strapping device and/or from the strapping device to an external device, characterized by the following steps: • coupling in each case one of the pole pairs (21 - 32, 21' - 32') with one signal channel of a programmable, multi-channel digital control unit of the strapping machine, • programming the digital control unit for allocating the input and output signals to the signal channels, wherein a random input signal or output signal is allocated to a specific signal channel. • conveying an object to a strapping station, • forming at least one loop from a strapping tape around the object using a strapping device, • connecting the ends of the loop with one another, • coupling in each case one of the pole pairs (21 - 32, 21' - 32') with one signal channel of a programmable, multi-channel digital control unit of the strapping machine, • programming the digital control unit for allocating the input and output signals to the signal channels, wherein a random input signal or output signal is allocated to a specific signal channel.
A method comprising: controlling, by a computing device, based on a target height of a layer to be deposited on a component by directed energy deposition, an energy source directed at the component to advance an energy beam along a first path to form an advancing molten pool on the component; controlling by the computing device, based on the target height of the layer, a material delivery device to deliver a material to the advancing molten pool, wherein the material combines with the advancing molten pool to form a first raised track having an actual height, wherein the layer comprises the first raised track, wherein a deposited region of the component comprises the layer, and wherein the actual height affects a resultant microstructure within the deposited region; characterized by: controlling, by the computing device, a cooling rate within the deposited region by controlling the material delivery device and the energy source, wherein the cooling rate regulates the resultant microstructure, wherein controlling the cooling rate further comprises: controlling a hatch spacing between the first raised track and a second raised track, wherein the layer comprises the second raised track, wherein controlling the hatch spacing affects at least one of a molten pool temperature, a subsurface temperature of a subsurface region of the component within the deposited region, or a surface temperature of a surface region of the component within the deposited region. controlling, by a computing device, based on a target height of a layer to be deposited on a component by directed energy deposition, an energy source directed at the component to advance an energy beam along a first path to form an advancing molten pool on the component; controlling by the computing device, based on the target height of the layer, a material delivery device to deliver a material to the advancing molten pool, wherein the material combines with the advancing molten pool to form a first raised track having an actual height, wherein the layer comprises the first raised track, wherein a deposited region of the component comprises the layer, and wherein the actual height affects a resultant microstructure within the deposited region; characterized by: controlling, by the computing device, a cooling rate within the deposited region by controlling the material delivery device and the energy source, wherein the cooling rate regulates the resultant microstructure, wherein controlling the cooling rate further comprises: controlling a hatch spacing between the first raised track and a second raised track, wherein the layer comprises the second raised track, wherein controlling the hatch spacing affects at least one of a molten pool temperature, a subsurface temperature of a subsurface region of the component within the deposited region, or a surface temperature of a surface region of the component within the deposited region.
A packet filtering apparatus comprising: a rule set containing a rule in which a condition and an action are associated with each other, and a Zero-Suppressed Binary Decision Diagram, ZDD, that represents a logical expression in which the condition of the rule is described using a logical variable; a packet analyzing unit to analyze a packet received from a network and extract collation information being a character string to be collated; and a filtering unit to collate the collation information extracted by the packet analyzing unit with the ZDD, execute the action associated with the condition that the collation information matches, and permit or deny communication of the packet, characterized in that the filtering unit, in collation of the collation information with the ZDD, overwrites a value of the logical variable for which collation has been completed with 0, and determines whether or not a value of the logical expression including the logical variable overwritten with 0 is 0 when collation on the entire ZDD has been completed. a rule set containing a rule in which a condition and an action are associated with each other, and a Zero-Suppressed Binary Decision Diagram, ZDD, that represents a logical expression in which the condition of the rule is described using a logical variable; a packet analyzing unit to analyze a packet received from a network and extract collation information being a character string to be collated; and a filtering unit to collate the collation information extracted by the packet analyzing unit with the ZDD, execute the action associated with the condition that the collation information matches, and permit or deny communication of the packet, characterized in that the filtering unit, in collation of the collation information with the ZDD, overwrites a value of the logical variable for which collation has been completed with 0, and determines whether or not a value of the logical expression including the logical variable overwritten with 0 is 0 when collation on the entire ZDD has been completed.
A system, comprising: a stylus, comprising a body having an elongated portion, a tapered portion coupled to the elongated portion, and a conductive layer covering a surface of the tapered portion and the elongated portion of the body, and the conductive layer forming a predetermined shape at one side of the elongated portion; a portable hand-held electronic device, comprising a touch sensor configured to generate a sensing signal when the touch sensor senses the predetermined shape of the conductive layer of the stylus; a touch controller, coupled to the touch sensor, receiving the sensing signal from the touch sensor and generating a first signal based on the received sensing signal; and a processing unit, coupled to the touch controller, receiving the first signal and triggering a function of the electronic device based on the first signal. a stylus, comprising a body having an elongated portion, a tapered portion coupled to the elongated portion, and a conductive layer covering a surface of the tapered portion and the elongated portion of the body, and the conductive layer forming a predetermined shape at one side of the elongated portion; a portable hand-held electronic device, comprising a touch sensor configured to generate a sensing signal when the touch sensor senses the predetermined shape of the conductive layer of the stylus; a touch controller, coupled to the touch sensor, receiving the sensing signal from the touch sensor and generating a first signal based on the received sensing signal; and a processing unit, coupled to the touch controller, receiving the first signal and triggering a function of the electronic device based on the first signal.
A power semiconductor module, comprising: one or more power semiconductor dies attached to a first main face of a substrate; a plastic housing attached to the substrate, the plastic housing and the substrate together enclosing the one or more power semiconductor dies; a plurality of power terminals attached to the first main face of the substrate at a first end, and extending through the plastic housing at a second end to provide a point of external electrical connection for the one or more power semiconductor dies; a potting compound filling the plastic housing to a fill level, thereby embedding the one or more power semiconductor dies, the first main face of the substrate and at least part of the first end of the plurality of power terminals; and an insulative coating applied only to parts of the plurality of power terminals inside the plastic housing disposed between the fill level and a line below which the plastic housing does not contact the plurality of power terminals, the coated parts of the plurality of power terminals being in contact with just air. one or more power semiconductor dies attached to a first main face of a substrate; a plastic housing attached to the substrate, the plastic housing and the substrate together enclosing the one or more power semiconductor dies; a plurality of power terminals attached to the first main face of the substrate at a first end, and extending through the plastic housing at a second end to provide a point of external electrical connection for the one or more power semiconductor dies; a potting compound filling the plastic housing to a fill level, thereby embedding the one or more power semiconductor dies, the first main face of the substrate and at least part of the first end of the plurality of power terminals; and an insulative coating applied only to parts of the plurality of power terminals inside the plastic housing disposed between the fill level and a line below which the plastic housing does not contact the plurality of power terminals, the coated parts of the plurality of power terminals being in contact with just air.