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A biological fluid collection device for receiving a multi-component blood sample having a cellular portion and a plasma portion, comprising: a housing having an inlet port, a serpentine flow channel in fluid communication with the inlet port, a first reservoir in fluid communication with a first end of the serpentine flow channel, and a second reservoir in fluid communication with an opposing second end of the serpentine flow channel, and a puncturing element disposed within the housing and adapted for movement between a pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through the inlet port of the housing and establishes flow communication with the serpentine flow channel, characterized in that the serpentine flow channel is configured to separate the plasma portion from the cellular portion when a rotational force is applied to the biological fluid collection device and to direct the plasma portion to the second reservoir. a housing having an inlet port, a serpentine flow channel in fluid communication with the inlet port, a first reservoir in fluid communication with a first end of the serpentine flow channel, and a second reservoir in fluid communication with an opposing second end of the serpentine flow channel, and a puncturing element disposed within the housing and adapted for movement between a pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through the inlet port of the housing and establishes flow communication with the serpentine flow channel, characterized in that the serpentine flow channel is configured to separate the plasma portion from the cellular portion when a rotational force is applied to the biological fluid collection device and to direct the plasma portion to the second reservoir.
A circular tire frame comprising a resinous material including a polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer and a caprolactam, wherein the content of the polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer with respect to the total amount of the resinous material is 50% by mass or more.
A user equipment, UE, operating in soft handover and configured to control power transmitted by the UE in an uplink of a High-speed downlink packet access, HSDPA, communication system, the UE comprising: a device that recovers control symbols intended for the UE, wherein the control symbols include transmit power control, TPC, commands directed to the UE from at least two transmitting nodes (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26; 204, 206), one of the transmitting nodes being a HSDPA serving node for a predetermined communication service, a TPC command filter configured to generate a ratio signal from TPC commands directed to the UE from the HSDPA serving node, determined by a ratio of up/down commands during a plurality of time slots; and a TPC combiner that is responsive to the ratio signal and is configured to receive the TPC commands directed to the UE from the at least two transmitting nodes from the device and, based on the received TPC commands and the ratio signal, to generate a TPC control signal that is used for controlling power transmitted by the UE; the UE being characterized by wherein, if the ratio signal crosses a first threshold, the TPC control signal is based on only TPC commands directed to the UE from the HSDPA serving node, and if the ratio signal does not cross the first threshold, the TPC control signal is based on a combination of the TPC commands directed to the UE from the at least two transmitting nodes. a device that recovers control symbols intended for the UE, wherein the control symbols include transmit power control, TPC, commands directed to the UE from at least two transmitting nodes (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26; 204, 206), one of the transmitting nodes being a HSDPA serving node for a predetermined communication service, a TPC command filter configured to generate a ratio signal from TPC commands directed to the UE from the HSDPA serving node, determined by a ratio of up/down commands during a plurality of time slots; and a TPC combiner that is responsive to the ratio signal and is configured to receive the TPC commands directed to the UE from the at least two transmitting nodes from the device and, based on the received TPC commands and the ratio signal, to generate a TPC control signal that is used for controlling power transmitted by the UE; the UE being characterized by wherein, if the ratio signal crosses a first threshold, the TPC control signal is based on only TPC commands directed to the UE from the HSDPA serving node, and if the ratio signal does not cross the first threshold, the TPC control signal is based on a combination of the TPC commands directed to the UE from the at least two transmitting nodes.
A release liner, formed of a polypropylene-based resin sheet, which is obtained by forming a polypropylene-based resin composition containing a nucleating agent into a sheet having a thickness of 50 μm to 300 μm, wherein on at least one surface of the release liner, ridge-like projections having a height of 5 μm to 50 μm are formed in parallel to each other at a pitch of 100 μm to 1000 μm.
Tread profile of a pneumatic vehicle tyre having at least one profile block row which is formed in the region of extent of a tyre shoulder and which extends in a circumferential direction U of the pneumatic vehicle tyre and which is delimited in an axial direction A toward the tyre equatorial plane (Ä-Ä) by a circumferential channel and which is formed from profile block elements which are arranged one behind the other in the circumferential direction U and which are spaced apart from one another by transverse channels which open into the circumferential channel, which profile block elements are delimited in a radially outward direction by a radially outwardly pointing surface which forms the road contact surface, wherein, at least in several - in particular in all - of said transverse channels, in each case one web is formed in each case within the middle third, in the axial direction A, of the axial region of extent of the transverse channel formed within the ground contact patch width T A of the pneumatic vehicle tyre, which web extends through the transverse channel transversely with respect thereto and connects together the two profile block elements that are separated from one another by the transverse channel, wherein, proceeding from the channel base which delimits the transverse channel in a radially inward direction, the web extends radially outward, with a continuous narrowing of the web width, as far as the radial position of the shell surface formed by the surfaces which delimit the two profile block elements in a radially outward direction, and ends there, characterized in that the web width b 1 is, at the radial position of the shell surface formed by the surfaces which delimit the two profile block elements in a radially outward direction, dimensioned such that b 1 ≤ 0.8 B, wherein B is the width of the transverse channel to both sides of the web at the radial position of the surface which delimits the two profile block elements in a radially outward direction.
A method comprising: (a) contacting lime with an extract comprising an S1 solvent carrying a contaminant load to form a lime treated extract; and (b) reducing said contaminant load by removing solids; wherein said S1 solvent is an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ketones, and aldehydes having at least 5 carbon atoms, and further wherein said contaminant load comprises one or more impurities selected from the group consisting of mineral acids, organic acids, anionic chloride complexes of heavy metals, alkyl chlorides, alkyl acetates, phenolic compounds, aldehydes, furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural, tall oils, wood extractives and products of their reaction. (a) contacting lime with an extract comprising an S1 solvent carrying a contaminant load to form a lime treated extract; and (b) reducing said contaminant load by removing solids;
A method for analyzing digital holographic microscopy, DHM, data for hematology applications, the method comprising: receiving a DHM image, u, acquired using a digital holographic microscopy system; identifying one or more erythrocytes in the DHM image; characterized in that the method comprises: for each respective erythrocyte included in the one or more erythrocytes, estimating a cell thickness value, z, for the respective erythrocyte using a parametric model, wherein the parametric model is a biconcave model for the erythrocyte surface representation, wherein the biconcave model is the Evans-Fung Model given by the following equation z ρ = ± 1 − ρ R 2 c 0 + c 1 ρ R 2 + c 2 ρ R 4 wherein R is the radius of the cell, ρ is the horizontal distance from the center of the cell, parameters c0, c1 and c2 used in the parametric model are determined by minimizing a sum squared error, SSE thickness, between a depth map estimated from the parametric model and a depth observed from the DHM image, wherein SSE thickness is given by the following equation SSE thickness = ∑ p z ρ − u ρ 2 2 and calculating a cell volume value for the respective erythrocyte using the cell thickness value. receiving a DHM image, u, acquired using a digital holographic microscopy system; identifying one or more erythrocytes in the DHM image; characterized in that the method comprises: for each respective erythrocyte included in the one or more erythrocytes, estimating a cell thickness value, z, for the respective erythrocyte using a parametric model, wherein the parametric model is a biconcave model for the erythrocyte surface representation, wherein the biconcave model is the Evans-Fung Model given by the following equation z ρ = ± 1 − ρ R 2 c 0 + c 1 ρ R 2 + c 2 ρ R 4 wherein R is the radius of the cell, ρ is the horizontal distance from the center of the cell, parameters c0, c1 and c2 used in the parametric model are determined by minimizing a sum squared error, SSE thickness, between a depth map estimated from the parametric model and a depth observed from the DHM image, wherein SSE thickness is given by the following equation SSE thickness = ∑ p z ρ − u ρ 2 2 and calculating a cell volume value for the respective erythrocyte using the cell thickness value.
A content processing device comprising a client for controlling reception of segmented content transmitted from at least one delivery node, said first delivery node being associated with a first control channel server function, said client being configured for: transmitting to said at least one delivery node a request for delivering segmented content; receiving a manifest file comprising one or more segment identifiers and location information for locating one or more content delivery nodes configured to transmit one or more segments associated with said segment identifiers to said at least one client; being provided with channel set-up information; and, establishing a streaming control channel between said at least one client and said first control channel server function on the basis of said channel set-up information; receiving at least one manifest file update message from said first control channel server function via said streaming control channel, wherein said delivering of segmented content is based on an HTTP-based streaming protocol or derivatives thereof; and/or, wherein said establishing of said streaming control channel is based on a WebSocket protocol, a SIP protocol, an XMPP protocol and/or combinations thereof. transmitting to said at least one delivery node a request for delivering segmented content; receiving a manifest file comprising one or more segment identifiers and location information for locating one or more content delivery nodes configured to transmit one or more segments associated with said segment identifiers to said at least one client; being provided with channel set-up information; and, establishing a streaming control channel between said at least one client and said first control channel server function on the basis of said channel set-up information; receiving at least one manifest file update message from said first control channel server function via said streaming control channel, wherein said delivering of segmented content is based on an HTTP-based streaming protocol or derivatives thereof; and/or, wherein said establishing of said streaming control channel is based on a WebSocket protocol, a SIP protocol, an XMPP protocol and/or combinations thereof.
A fire alarm, comprising: an alarm for providing fire warning; a receiver for receiving a wireless signal; and a controller configured to control the alarm and the receiver, wherein: the controller is configured to, upon acknowledging that the wireless signal received via the receiver is a warning signal, provide the fire warning by use of the alarm; and the controller is configured to: upon determining that the wireless signal received via the receiver is a prior notice signal, calculate a cooperation waiting period including a sending time at which the warning signal is sent; and deactivate the receiver until the cooperation waiting period starts and activate the receiver throughout the cooperation waiting period; wherein: the prior notice signal is a wireless signal which is sent when it is determined based on a predetermined physical amount that a fire occurrence probability is not less than a first probability; and the warning signal is a wireless signal which is sent when it is determined based on the predetermined physical amount that the fire occurrence probability is not less than a second probability higher than the first probability; and wherein the controller is configured to calculate the sending time based on a time when the controller has received the prior notice signal. an alarm for providing fire warning; a receiver for receiving a wireless signal; and a controller configured to control the alarm and the receiver, the controller is configured to, upon acknowledging that the wireless signal received via the receiver is a warning signal, provide the fire warning by use of the alarm; and the controller is configured to: upon determining that the wireless signal received via the receiver is a prior notice signal, calculate a cooperation waiting period including a sending time at which the warning signal is sent; and deactivate the receiver until the cooperation waiting period starts and activate the receiver throughout the cooperation waiting period; the prior notice signal is a wireless signal which is sent when it is determined based on a predetermined physical amount that a fire occurrence probability is not less than a first probability; and the warning signal is a wireless signal which is sent when it is determined based on the predetermined physical amount that the fire occurrence probability is not less than a second probability higher than the first probability; and wherein the controller is configured to calculate the sending time based on a time when the controller has received the prior notice signal.
A powered device having an ON-OFF mechanism comprising: a housing having a mounting surface; a trigger associated with said mounting surface and having an OFF position, an ON-UNLOCKED position, and an ON-LOCKED position, wherein said trigger is coupled with a switch that is used to switch the device between an ON and an OFF state; means for biasing the trigger into the OFF position from the ON-UNLOCKED position; said trigger comprising a first pressing surface for manual movement of the trigger from the OFF position against said biasing means to the ON-UNLOCKED position, and a second pressing surface for manual movement of the trigger from the ON-UNLOCKED position to the ON-LOCKED position, wherein this can only be accomplished through pressure on second pressing surface once the trigger is in the ON-UNLOCKED position; wherein the first pressing surface and the second pressing surface are generally adjacent to each other and form a reflex angle. a housing having a mounting surface; a trigger associated with said mounting surface and having an OFF position, an ON-UNLOCKED position, and an ON-LOCKED position, wherein said trigger is coupled with a switch that is used to switch the device between an ON and an OFF state; means for biasing the trigger into the OFF position from the ON-UNLOCKED position; said trigger comprising a first pressing surface for manual movement of the trigger from the OFF position against said biasing means to the ON-UNLOCKED position, and a second pressing surface for manual movement of the trigger from the ON-UNLOCKED position to the ON-LOCKED position, wherein this can only be accomplished through pressure on second pressing surface once the trigger is in the ON-UNLOCKED position; wherein the first pressing surface and the second pressing surface are generally adjacent to each other and form a reflex angle.
A method of manufacturing a turbine blade or vane, comprising: (a) pouring a liquid metal into a ceramic casting mold to form a cast component upon solidification of the liquid metal, wherein the ceramic casting mold comprises a ceramic core that comprises a witness feature and wherein the ceramic core fills an inner cavity of the cast component; (b) removing a portion of the ceramic casting mold and the cast component until the witness feature is revealed to create a surface portion of the cast component and a surface portion of the ceramic core; (c) depositing a layer of metallic powder onto the surface portions; (d) irradiating at least a portion of the metallic powder to form a fused layer; and (e) repeating steps (c)-(d) until the blade or vane is formed. (a) pouring a liquid metal into a ceramic casting mold to form a cast component upon solidification of the liquid metal, wherein the ceramic casting mold comprises a ceramic core that comprises a witness feature and wherein the ceramic core fills an inner cavity of the cast component; (b) removing a portion of the ceramic casting mold and the cast component until the witness feature is revealed to create a surface portion of the cast component and a surface portion of the ceramic core; (c) depositing a layer of metallic powder onto the surface portions; (d) irradiating at least a portion of the metallic powder to form a fused layer; and (e) repeating steps (c)-(d) until the blade or vane is formed.
A method for the implementation of a component for a braking system, in which - a first granular material is provided, which comprises granules and is adapted to the sinterization, capable of high structural performance; - a second binder material is provided, constituting a volumetric filler capable of partially separating the granules of the first sinterization granular material one from the other; - a predefined amount of the first sinterization granular material adapted to constitute the core of an insert is placed in a mold (5; 14); - the first sinterization material is mixed in pre-established parts to the second volumetric filling material, thus forming a mixture; - a predefined amount of the mixture of the first and second materials is placed in a mold (7; 14) for said insert; - the first sinterization material is constipated with a predefined pressure; - the mixture of the first and second materials is constipated with a predefined pressure; - the second volumetric filling material is volatilized, thus generating porosities where the second material was; - the insert is sinterized; - said insert is introduced in a die for the implementation of the braking system component; - a predefined amount of a third material is injected at a pre-established temperature and rate in said die to form the body of the braking system component by embedding said insert in the body; - said third material is compacted so that the third material infiltrates in said porosity of the insert, thus firmly anchoring said insert to said body, without noticeably altering the properties of the sinterized material. - a first granular material is provided, which comprises granules and is adapted to the sinterization, capable of high structural performance; - a second binder material is provided, constituting a volumetric filler capable of partially separating the granules of the first sinterization granular material one from the other; - a predefined amount of the first sinterization granular material adapted to constitute the core of an insert is placed in a mold (5; 14); - the first sinterization material is mixed in pre-established parts to the second volumetric filling material, thus forming a mixture; - a predefined amount of the mixture of the first and second materials is placed in a mold (7; 14) for said insert; - the first sinterization material is constipated with a predefined pressure; - the mixture of the first and second materials is constipated with a predefined pressure; - the second volumetric filling material is volatilized, thus generating porosities where the second material was; - the insert is sinterized; - said insert is introduced in a die for the implementation of the braking system component; - a predefined amount of a third material is injected at a pre-established temperature and rate in said die to form the body of the braking system component by embedding said insert in the body; - said third material is compacted so that the third material infiltrates in said porosity of the insert, thus firmly anchoring said insert to said body, without noticeably altering the properties of the sinterized material.
A medical device (400; 500; 700), comprising: an elongate member (402; 502; 702) having a proximal end and a distal end; a lumen (410; 510) disposed through the elongate member; an opening disposed at the distal end of the elongate member in communication with the lumen; a pushing element (408; 508; 708) disposed within the lumen; a plurality of fiducials (412; 512; 712) disposed within the lumen and distal to the pushing element, wherein the fiducials are shaped to be retained in the lumen absent a compressing force applied to them, characterized in that the fiducials include protrusions that are compressible to facilitate deployment of the fiducials. an elongate member (402; 502; 702) having a proximal end and a distal end; a lumen (410; 510) disposed through the elongate member; an opening disposed at the distal end of the elongate member in communication with the lumen; a pushing element (408; 508; 708) disposed within the lumen; a plurality of fiducials (412; 512; 712) disposed within the lumen and distal to the pushing element, wherein the fiducials are shaped to be retained in the lumen absent a compressing force applied to them, characterized in that the fiducials include protrusions that are compressible to facilitate deployment of the fiducials.