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Method for nondestructive material testing of an at least sectionally solid test object by the application of ultrasonic waves (20, 24) to the test object and the detection of the ultrasonic waves reflected inside the test object, the method having the following steps: a) computer-aided subdivision of the test object into a predetermined number of volume elements, b) application of ultrasound to the test object at a multiplicity of surface elements while scanning the surface or at least one surface section of the test object, c) detection of the sound waves reflected at the volume elements while scanning the multiplicity of surface elements on the surface or at least on the surface section of the test object, and d) in-phase addition of the sound waves reflected at the same volume elements and detected at various surface elements of the surface of the test object, characterized in that use is made of an angle-dependent amplitude distribution (H 0) in the sound field of the test head and the application of ultrasound to the test object is performed at various insonification angles (α) with reference to the surface element on the surface of the test object. a) computer-aided subdivision of the test object into a predetermined number of volume elements, b) application of ultrasound to the test object at a multiplicity of surface elements while scanning the surface or at least one surface section of the test object, c) detection of the sound waves reflected at the volume elements while scanning the multiplicity of surface elements on the surface or at least on the surface section of the test object, and d) in-phase addition of the sound waves reflected at the same volume elements and detected at various surface elements of the surface of the test object,
A method for operating an user equipment item within a radio access network, comprising: initiating, at the user equipment item, a reception inactivity timer; determining, at the user equipment item, whether a data packet intended for the user equipment item has been transmitted to the user equipment item before the reception inactivity timer reaches an inactivity threshold, wherein the connection state of the user equipment item and the network is not a dedicated channel connection state; if the data packet has been transmitted to the user equipment item before the reception inactivity threshold was reached, resetting, at the user equipment item, the reception inactivity timer; and if the data packet has not been transmitted to the user equipment item before the reception inactivity threshold was reached, resetting, at the user equipment item, a transmission sequence number counter, wherein the transmission sequence number counter provides a running sequence number for each data packet of a sequence of data packets transmitted to the user equipment item. initiating, at the user equipment item, a reception inactivity timer; determining, at the user equipment item, whether a data packet intended for the user equipment item has been transmitted to the user equipment item before the reception inactivity timer reaches an inactivity threshold, wherein the connection state of the user equipment item and the network is not a dedicated channel connection state; if the data packet has been transmitted to the user equipment item before the reception inactivity threshold was reached, resetting, at the user equipment item, the reception inactivity timer; and if the data packet has not been transmitted to the user equipment item before the reception inactivity threshold was reached, resetting, at the user equipment item, a transmission sequence number counter, wherein the transmission sequence number counter provides a running sequence number for each data packet of a sequence of data packets transmitted to the user equipment item.
Pot support for a gas burner, with a frame as a standing surface in or on a hob trough and a plurality of fingers protruding inwards from the frame, the upper sides of which forming a contact surface for a container for goods to be cooked, characterised in that a thermochromatic material is arranged in at least one area of the pot support on a vertical section of one of the fingers.
A fluid-distributing structure comprising: a flexible body having a plurality of fluid reservoirs defined therein, the fluid reservoirs being fluidly connected to one another by openings defined within the body; and a plurality of directional fluid barriers, each fluid barrier being associated with one of the openings defined in the body and configured to permit fluid flow through the opening in a downstream direction and inhibit fluid flow through the opening in an upstream direction. a flexible body having a plurality of fluid reservoirs defined therein, the fluid reservoirs being fluidly connected to one another by openings defined within the body; and a plurality of directional fluid barriers, each fluid barrier being associated with one of the openings defined in the body and configured to permit fluid flow through the opening in a downstream direction and inhibit fluid flow through the opening in an upstream direction.
An integrated package comprising: a first packaging element being a formed tray; an adhesive dressing comprising at least one area coated with an adhesive; a second packaging element coupled and sealed to a perimeter of the first packaging element so as to form a sealed volume with the adhesive dressing disposed within the sealed volume; and a flexible release sheet extending beyond the adhesive dressing, the flexible release sheet being captured and coupled between the first and second packaging elements (52, 54) at a portion of the perimeter of the packaging element, and a non-captured portion of the flexible release sheet being removably coupled to the adhesive of the adhesive dressing. a first packaging element being a formed tray; an adhesive dressing comprising at least one area coated with an adhesive; a second packaging element coupled and sealed to a perimeter of the first packaging element so as to form a sealed volume with the adhesive dressing disposed within the sealed volume; and a flexible release sheet extending beyond the adhesive dressing, the flexible release sheet being captured and coupled between the first and second packaging elements (52, 54) at a portion of the perimeter of the packaging element, and a non-captured portion of the flexible release sheet being removably coupled to the adhesive of the adhesive dressing.
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a media sharing system, a media request from a third-party platform (110A...110N) to incorporate a first media item within the third-party platform; determining, by the media sharing system, that the media request originated from a social network of the third-party platform (110A...110N) that is separate from the media sharing system; in response to the determination that the media request originated from the social network, identifying, by a processing device at the media sharing system, one or more additional media items based on the media request originating from the social network of the third party platform; and providing (260,270), by the media sharing system to the third-party platform (110A... 110N), one or more representations of the one or more additional media items in conjunction with the first media item for presentation of the first media item with the one or more representations of the one or more additional media items within the third-party platform (110A...110N). receiving, at a media sharing system, a media request from a third-party platform (110A...110N) to incorporate a first media item within the third-party platform; determining, by the media sharing system, that the media request originated from a social network of the third-party platform (110A...110N) that is separate from the media sharing system; in response to the determination that the media request originated from the social network, identifying, by a processing device at the media sharing system, one or more additional media items based on the media request originating from the social network of the third party platform; and providing (260,270), by the media sharing system to the third-party platform (110A... 110N), one or more representations of the one or more additional media items in conjunction with the first media item for presentation of the first media item with the one or more representations of the one or more additional media items within the third-party platform (110A...110N).
A composition comprising nanoparticles encapsulating and/or conjugated to a drug for use in the treatment of cancer in a subject, wherein said nanoparticles are i) non-PEGylated, and ii) neutral or nearly neutral in charge, and iii) less than 250 nm in hydrodynamic diameter on average, determined in water by dynamic light scattering with NICOMP 380 ZLS (Particle Sizing Systems, Santa Barbara, CA), wherein said subject has cancer cells in at least one bone, wherein said drug is an anti-cancer agent, wherein said treatment kills at least some of said cancer cells in said at least one bone, and wherein said nanoparticles comprise poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) and a surface polymer, wherein said surface polymer comprises poly (vinyl alcohol). wherein said nanoparticles are i) non-PEGylated, and ii) neutral or nearly neutral in charge, and iii) less than 250 nm in hydrodynamic diameter on average, determined in water by dynamic light scattering with NICOMP 380 ZLS (Particle Sizing Systems, Santa Barbara, CA), i) non-PEGylated, and ii) neutral or nearly neutral in charge, and iii) less than 250 nm in hydrodynamic diameter on average, determined in water by dynamic light scattering with NICOMP 380 ZLS (Particle Sizing Systems, Santa Barbara, CA), wherein said subject has cancer cells in at least one bone, wherein said drug is an anti-cancer agent, wherein said treatment kills at least some of said cancer cells in said at least one bone, and wherein said nanoparticles comprise poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) and a surface polymer, wherein said surface polymer comprises poly (vinyl alcohol).
A method, performed by a user equipment, UE, comprising: receiving, by the UE, an LTE-WLAN aggregation, LWA, assistance configuration in a wireless network, wherein the UE is connected with a first radio access network, RAN; characterized by selecting, by the UE, a second RAN based on the LWA assistance configuration; and aggregating data traffic at least between the first RAN and the second RAN, by the UE, wherein the first RAN is LTE, the second RAN is WLAN, and wherein the LWA assistance configuration includes one information element comprising: a list of WLAN access points, APs, a list of WLAN APs with the type of LWA access supported, and a list of prioritized WLAN APs; wherein the type of LWA access supported comprises only downlink LWA access supported or only uplink LWA access supported. receiving, by the UE, an LTE-WLAN aggregation, LWA, assistance configuration in a wireless network, wherein the UE is connected with a first radio access network, RAN; characterized by selecting, by the UE, a second RAN based on the LWA assistance configuration; and aggregating data traffic at least between the first RAN and the second RAN, by the UE, wherein the first RAN is LTE, the second RAN is WLAN, and wherein the LWA assistance configuration includes one information element comprising: a list of WLAN access points, APs, a list of WLAN APs with the type of LWA access supported, and a list of prioritized WLAN APs; wherein the type of LWA access supported comprises only downlink LWA access supported or only uplink LWA access supported.
A personal authentication method using biological information, the method using a biological feature database storing feature information of a plurality of types of biological features and information on the relationship between the combination of biological features used for authentication and authentication precision, for persons including at least a person to be authenticated, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring feature information of at least one type of biological feature among the plurality of types for the person to be authenticated; performing authentication using the acquired feature information and the feature information of the corresponding biological feature stored in the biological feature database; determining authentication precision for the authentication expected for a combination of biological features related to the acquired feature information by referring to said biological feature database using the combination of biological features; and wherein once the person to be authenticated is identified as the identical person as a result of the authentication, determining an authentication level for the authentication based on the determined authentication precision. acquiring feature information of at least one type of biological feature among the plurality of types for the person to be authenticated; performing authentication using the acquired feature information and the feature information of the corresponding biological feature stored in the biological feature database; determining authentication precision for the authentication expected for a combination of biological features related to the acquired feature information by referring to said biological feature database using the combination of biological features; and wherein once the person to be authenticated is identified as the identical person as a result of the authentication, determining an authentication level for the authentication based on the determined authentication precision.
A method for cellular analysis by mass cytometry comprising: providing a group of cells labeled with more than one distinct elemental tag (Tn); selecting a candidate cell in the group of cells by identifying the location of the candidate cell, the candidate cell having a property of interest; recording the location of the candidate cell according to its position within the group of cells; directing at least one laser pulse onto the candidate cell at the recorded location and generating a discrete plume for each of the at least one laser pulse, each of the discrete plume comprises the more than one distinct elemental tag (Tn); introducing each of the discrete plume into an inductively coupled plasma and generating groups of elemental ions corresponding with each of the more than one distinct elemental tag (Tn); detecting each of the groups of elemental ions simultaneously for each of the discrete plume by mass cytometry; and correlating the detected elemental ions with the property of interest. providing a group of cells labeled with more than one distinct elemental tag (Tn); selecting a candidate cell in the group of cells by identifying the location of the candidate cell, the candidate cell having a property of interest; recording the location of the candidate cell according to its position within the group of cells; directing at least one laser pulse onto the candidate cell at the recorded location and generating a discrete plume for each of the at least one laser pulse, each of the discrete plume comprises the more than one distinct elemental tag (Tn); introducing each of the discrete plume into an inductively coupled plasma and generating groups of elemental ions corresponding with each of the more than one distinct elemental tag (Tn); detecting each of the groups of elemental ions simultaneously for each of the discrete plume by mass cytometry; and correlating the detected elemental ions with the property of interest.
A medical viewing system, comprising: - an X-ray image acquisition device for providing live X-ray images from a variable viewing angle, - an echocardiography imaging device having an ultrasonic probe for providing live ultrasound images, and - a processing unit connected to the X-ray image acquisition device and the echocardiography imaging device, wherein the medical viewing system is adapted for acquiring a first set of X-ray fluoroscopy images of the ultrasonic probe at two different viewing angles, wherein the processing unit is adapted for - registering live echocardiography and live X-ray images based on the first set of X-ray fluoroscopy images, - localizing positions of a set of characteristic features (42, 44, 46) in X-ray subsequent live images acquired by the X-ray image acquisition device, - establishing a set of markers to match the localized positions of the characteristic features (42, 44, 46), and - determining an optimal viewing angle of the X-ray image acquisition device, in which the markers of the set of markers comprise a predetermined relationship in the X-ray field of view. - an X-ray image acquisition device for providing live X-ray images from a variable viewing angle, - an echocardiography imaging device having an ultrasonic probe for providing live ultrasound images, and - a processing unit connected to the X-ray image acquisition device and the echocardiography imaging device, - registering live echocardiography and live X-ray images based on the first set of X-ray fluoroscopy images, - localizing positions of a set of characteristic features (42, 44, 46) in X-ray subsequent live images acquired by the X-ray image acquisition device, - establishing a set of markers to match the localized positions of the characteristic features (42, 44, 46), and - determining an optimal viewing angle of the X-ray image acquisition device, in which the markers of the set of markers comprise a predetermined relationship in the X-ray field of view.
A knock determination device for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a crank angle detector adapted to detect said internal combustion engine's crank angle; a waveform detector adapted to detect a waveform of vibration of said internal combustion engine for a predetermined crank angle range; and a storage previously adapted to store a knock waveform model prepared as a waveform of vibration caused when said internal combustion engine knocks for said predetermined crank angle range; characterized by further comprising a corrector adapted to correct said knock waveform model, as based on a waveform detected by said waveform detector that corresponds to a vibration excluding that caused as said internal combustion engine knocks; and a determiner adapted to determine whether said internal combustion engine knocks, as based on a result of comparing the waveform detect by said waveform detector with said knock waveform model corrected. a crank angle detector adapted to detect said internal combustion engine's crank angle; a waveform detector adapted to detect a waveform of vibration of said internal combustion engine for a predetermined crank angle range; and a storage previously adapted to store a knock waveform model prepared as a waveform of vibration caused when said internal combustion engine knocks for said predetermined crank angle range;
An installation comprising a channel in which water flows and a device for filtering the stream of water in the channel, the water level in the channel being situated between a lowest water level and a highest water level, the device comprising: - a frame-forming wall mounted in the channel and which comprises a through-opening, - a drum with a filter member mounted on the frame-forming wall opposite the through-opening and which comprises a filter surface projecting relative to the wall in the upstream direction, the filter surface being a surface of revolution of which the axis of revolution is disposed perpendicularly to said through-opening and having a larger area than would have a flat filter surface fitted in the through-opening, the filter member comprising retaining members provided face to face with the filter surface upstream thereof, in order to retain the solid bodies that do not pass through the filter surface, - at least one suction device (30, 40) which is disposed opposite the retaining members upstream thereof, - means (17, 18, 19) for driving the filter member and/or said at least one suction device in a relative movement between them such that said at least one suction device is successively brought face to face with each retaining member in order to locally generate, through the filter member, a counter-flow of water successively opposite each retaining member, the installation being configured such that the upper level of the drum is situated at a maximum at the lowest level of the water - a frame-forming wall mounted in the channel and which comprises a through-opening, - a drum with a filter member mounted on the frame-forming wall opposite the through-opening and which comprises a filter surface projecting relative to the wall in the upstream direction, the filter surface being a surface of revolution of which the axis of revolution is disposed perpendicularly to said through-opening and having a larger area than would have a flat filter surface fitted in the through-opening, the filter member comprising retaining members provided face to face with the filter surface upstream thereof, in order to retain the solid bodies that do not pass through the filter surface, - at least one suction device (30, 40) which is disposed opposite the retaining members upstream thereof, - means (17, 18, 19) for driving the filter member and/or said at least one suction device in a relative movement between them such that said at least one suction device is successively brought face to face with each retaining member in order to locally generate, through the filter member, a counter-flow of water successively opposite each retaining member,
A system for locating an ostium, the system comprising: an elongated device configured for advancement within a vasculature; and a plurality of filaments (112, 312) coupled to and extending from a distal end (110, 510) of the elongated device, wherein the filaments are flexible to be moved by blood flowing through the vasculature and wherein at least one of the plurality of filaments has at least a portion that is radiopaque. an elongated device configured for advancement within a vasculature; and a plurality of filaments (112, 312) coupled to and extending from a distal end (110, 510) of the elongated device, wherein the filaments are flexible to be moved by blood flowing through the vasculature and wherein at least one of the plurality of filaments has at least a portion that is radiopaque.
Tunnel boring machine having a drive shaft for a cutting wheel, said drive shaft being enclosed through formation of an annular gap of a sealing ring and a seal carrier assembly arranged at a radial distance from the seal ball race, and having a plurality of seal units, being arranged behind each other sealingly in the annular gap in the axial direction, wherein seal units with a seal ring retainer of a rigid material, such seal ring retainer being formed at least in one receiving area in a U-shape with two opposing side walls (303, 306; 703, 706; 903, 906) and with a radially external top wall (309; 709; 803, 806; 909) extending between radially external ends of the side walls (303, 306; 703, 706; 903, 906), and having a seal ring of a flexible material, said seal ring having a fastening area and at least one seal lip, wherein the fastening area is enclosed by the side walls (303, 306; 703, 706; 903, 906) and by the top wall (309; 709; 803, 806; 909) of the seal ring retainer, such that each of these seal units can be inserted into the annular gap without risk of the seal ring tilting, wherein the flow of forces takes place through the seal ring retainers juxtaposed in the axial direction, such that an equal distribution of the prestress forces takes place through the seal ring retainers due to the resulting and largely free of friction losses relocatability of the seal ring retainers in the axial direction and each seal ring retainer absorbs the loads exerted on the seal ring retained therein, such that the seal rings are put under relatively less load in their fastening area.