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An in vitro method for identifying a subject as having an acute otitis media infection comprising the steps of (a) measuring the level of S100A12 in a subject sample; (b) comparing the amount of S100A12 in the sample to a control; (c) determining whether the sample has an increased level of S100A12 compared to the control, producing an S100A12 assay output, wherein the subject is identified as having an acute otitis media infection.
A UWB tag reader comprising: - a memory (513, 528) storing a quantity representative of the distance between the UWB tag reader and a master UWB reader, and a master UWB reader unique identifier of said master UWB reader, - a clock (503, 505) providing a reference clock signal that drives a UWB communication activity, the activity being based on a periodic transmission of a plurality of UWB pulses encoding an information, having a predetermined pulse period (Tp), characterized by further comprising: - a clock adjuster that adjusts the reference clock signal until the UWB tag reader receives from the master UWB reader each UWB pulse of a sequence of UWB pulses having the predetermined pulse period (Tp) and encoding the master UWB reader unique identifier at an expected time slot within each predetermined pulse period (Tp), the expected time slot being related to the distance between the UWB tag reader and the master UWB reader. - a memory (513, 528) storing a quantity representative of the distance between the UWB tag reader and a master UWB reader, and a master UWB reader unique identifier of said master UWB reader, - a clock (503, 505) providing a reference clock signal that drives a UWB communication activity, the activity being based on a periodic transmission of a plurality of UWB pulses encoding an information, having a predetermined pulse period (Tp), - a clock adjuster that adjusts the reference clock signal until the UWB tag reader receives from the master UWB reader each UWB pulse of a sequence of UWB pulses having the predetermined pulse period (Tp) and encoding the master UWB reader unique identifier at an expected time slot within each predetermined pulse period (Tp), the expected time slot being related to the distance between the UWB tag reader and the master UWB reader.
Cladding element for constituent device parts of incinerators, wherein the cladding element consists of a lower plate made of steel and an upper plate made of steel, which are positioned one on top of the other and are connected in sealing manner at least in edge areas thereof, and wherein a serpentine channel is formed between the lower plate and the upper plate for guiding a cooling medium through the cladding element, and wherein each of the upper plate or the lower plate is designed as a single sheet in which a serpentine recess has been creating by milling to form the channel, characterized in that the side of the upper plate facing away from the lower plate comprises an abrasion-resistant weld plating, and the cladding element in its entirety can be manufactured as a flat object and subsequently bent into a shape.
A thermoplastic film comprising: a base film wherein the base film comprises a stretchable polyolefin material comprising one or more layers; and a plurality of extruded fibre elements; wherein the extruded fibre elements are located on at least one surface of the base film; wherein the extruded fibres form one or more protrusions relative to the plane of the base film; wherein at the location where the fibre elements are provided on the base film, a domain of a material mixture comprising the base film material and the fibre material is present between a domain of pure base film material and a domain of pure fibre material, such that at least a portion of each fibre element forms an interfacial mixture with the base film and wherein the average thickness of the base film is less than the average thickness of the protrusion; wherein the fibres cover less than 51 % of the surface area of the film. a base film wherein the base film comprises a stretchable polyolefin material comprising one or more layers; and a plurality of extruded fibre elements; wherein the extruded fibre elements are located on at least one surface of the base film; wherein the extruded fibres form one or more protrusions relative to the plane of the base film; wherein at the location where the fibre elements are provided on the base film, a domain of a material mixture comprising the base film material and the fibre material is present between a domain of pure base film material and a domain of pure fibre material, such that at least a portion of each fibre element forms an interfacial mixture with the base film and wherein the average thickness of the base film is less than the average thickness of the protrusion; wherein the fibres cover less than 51 % of the surface area of the film.
A bead feeding unit in a production machine in the tobacco industry, provided with a unit of vertical supply channels feeding streams of beads from a store to holding pockets situated at the outlets of the supply channels and limited from below by a disc, and on the sides by a disc and the circumferential edge of a cam a transferring unit comprising at least one guiding disc (5, 6) and a movable feeding means adapted to direct the beads to receiving pockets of the transferring unit, characterised in that the transferring unit has at least one cleaning element adapted to clean the holding pockets situated at the outlets of the vertical supply channels and limited from below by the disc, and on the sides by the disc and the circumferential edge of the cam. a transferring unit comprising at least one guiding disc (5, 6) and a movable feeding means adapted to direct the beads to receiving pockets of the transferring unit, characterised in that the transferring unit has at least one cleaning element adapted to clean the holding pockets situated at the outlets of the vertical supply channels and limited from below by the disc, and on the sides by the disc and the circumferential edge of the cam.
A wearable non-invasive apparatus for enhancing lower limb venous return of a subject, the apparatus comprising: a controller unit comprising: a monitoring device comprising a photoplethysmography sensor configured to determine a venous state indicated by a flow of red blood cells in a subject; and a neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) device configured to generate an electrical stimulus in response to the determined venous state and concurrently stimulate the triceps surae and the deep posterior calf muscle of the subject with the generated electrical stimulus to enhance lower limb venous return; and an electrode pad coupled to the controller unit and configured to be placed in contact with a skin surface around an ankle of the subject; wherein the electrode pad comprises a hole so that the photoplethysmography sensor passes through the hole. a controller unit comprising: a monitoring device comprising a photoplethysmography sensor configured to determine a venous state indicated by a flow of red blood cells in a subject; and a neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) device configured to generate an electrical stimulus in response to the determined venous state and concurrently stimulate the triceps surae and the deep posterior calf muscle of the subject with the generated electrical stimulus to enhance lower limb venous return; and a monitoring device comprising a photoplethysmography sensor configured to determine a venous state indicated by a flow of red blood cells in a subject; and a neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) device configured to generate an electrical stimulus in response to the determined venous state and concurrently stimulate the triceps surae and the deep posterior calf muscle of the subject with the generated electrical stimulus to enhance lower limb venous return; and an electrode pad coupled to the controller unit and configured to be placed in contact with a skin surface around an ankle of the subject; wherein the electrode pad comprises a hole so that the photoplethysmography sensor passes through the hole.
A counting device for counting elements (W, X, Y, Z) during an analysis consisting in recognizing and counting at least one determined type (3w, 3x, 3y, 3z) of material element in a determined material medium, the counting of the elements of the determined type resulting from observations by a human operator in a predefined field of observation of the material medium liable to contain said elements (W, X, Y, Z), said observations consisting, for the operator, in visually recognizing the elements of the determined type(s) and the counting consisting, for the operator, in incrementing (5, 5') by 1 a counter (10, 10') of elements of the corresponding type of the counting device at each recognition of an element not yet counted of said determined type, said counting device including a counter of elements and a means of incrementation (5, 5') per type of element, characterized in that the counting device further includes a time measurement means and means for associating at least one temporal data item coming from the time measurement means with the incrementations and in that the counting device is an electronic counting device that includes electronic circuits having a programmed microprocessor with a memory for the storage of counting data and temporal data, and in that it includes means for recording the incrementations as counting data in the storage memory and it includes means for recording a temporal data item at each incrementation (5, 5') in the storage memory, said temporal data item being produced by the time measurement means, and said temporal data item is associated with said counting data item of the corresponding incrementation.
An assistance module for assisted steering system of motor vehicle, the module comprising, at least partially housed inside a casing, an inlet shaft and an outlet member such as an outlet shaft or a pinion, rotatably mounted substantially along a common axis and connected by means of a torsion bar disposed along said axis, the inlet shaft being guided in rotation in the casing by an external bearing, and being also guided in rotation relatively to the outlet member by an internal bearing, elastic damping means being associated to the internal bearing, characterized in that said elastic damping means are integrated to the internal bearing.
A method of manufacturing a cetane-boosting fuel additive, the method comprising reacting formaldehyde and 2-ethylhexanol at a mole ratio of 10:1 to 1:1, or 5:1 to 1.5:1, or 4:1 to 2:1, or 3.5:1 to 2.5:1 in the presence of a heterogeneous acid catalyst at a temperature of 300 to 375 °K to obtain a cetane-boosting product mixture comprising H 3 C(CH 2) 3 CH(CH 2 CH 3)CH 2 (OCH 2) n OH, H 3 C(CH 2) 3 CH(CH 2 CH 3)CH 2 (OCH 2) n OCH 2 CH(CH 2 CH 3)(CH 2) 3 CH 3, or a combination thereof, wherein n has an average value of 2.8 to 3.2, preferably an average value of 3.
An energy management system in at least one railway vehicle traveling on a railway transport network comprising a plurality of recharging stations for recharging the energy of the railway vehicle, the recharging stations being distributed discreetly over the railway transport network, the system including: - means for analyzing the status of each recharging station, able to provide status information for each recharging station, indicating whether this recharging station is defective or in good working order, - means for transferring, to the railway vehicle, status information at least for the closest subsequent recharging station (14 n+1) in a direction of travel of this vehicle, - means for adapting the energy management in the railway vehicle, based on the status of said closest following recharging station (14 n+1), able to reduce the energy consumption of the railway vehicle when the following recharging station (14 n+1) is defective vehicle in order to reach the recharging station next to the defective recharging station. - means for analyzing the status of each recharging station, able to provide status information for each recharging station, indicating whether this recharging station is defective or in good working order, - means for transferring, to the railway vehicle, status information at least for the closest subsequent recharging station (14 n+1) in a direction of travel of this vehicle, - means for adapting the energy management in the railway vehicle, based on the status of said closest following recharging station (14 n+1), able to reduce the energy consumption of the railway vehicle when the following recharging station (14 n+1) is defective vehicle in order to reach the recharging station next to the defective recharging station.
A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a terminal, information on a primary cell operating in a frequency division duplexing, FDD, mode and a secondary cell operating in a time division duplexing, TDD, mode; transmitting, to the terminal, configuration information configuring a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, format 1b with channel selection; transmitting, to the terminal, downlink scheduling information for downlink data; transmitting, to the terminal, the downlink data in a subframe n according to the downlink scheduling information; and receiving (304, 305), from the terminal, control information corresponding to the downlink data on the primary cell, wherein the control information is received based on the PUCCH format 1b with channel selection, in case that the subframe n of the secondary cell is a downlink subframe, and wherein the control information is received based on a PUCCH format 1a or a PUCCH format 1b, in case that the subframe n of the secondary cell is an uplink subframe. transmitting, to a terminal, information on a primary cell operating in a frequency division duplexing, FDD, mode and a secondary cell operating in a time division duplexing, TDD, mode; transmitting, to the terminal, configuration information configuring a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, format 1b with channel selection; transmitting, to the terminal, downlink scheduling information for downlink data; transmitting, to the terminal, the downlink data in a subframe n according to the downlink scheduling information; and receiving (304, 305), from the terminal, control information corresponding to the downlink data on the primary cell, wherein the control information is received based on the PUCCH format 1b with channel selection, in case that the subframe n of the secondary cell is a downlink subframe, and wherein the control information is received based on a PUCCH format 1a or a PUCCH format 1b, in case that the subframe n of the secondary cell is an uplink subframe.
A clamping device comprising a clamping member which is movably mounted in a main body, a linearly movable actuator which is operatively connected to the clamping member, a spring element which is operatively connected to the actuator and a rotatably mounted actuating element which is operatively connected to the spring element, wherein the spring element is designed as a compression spring which can be compressed when tensioned by means of the actuating element, wherein an abutment element for the spring element is arranged at the end of the actuator remote from the clamping member, wherein the spring element is designed to be supported, on the one hand, on the actuator and, on the other hand, on an abutment which is operatively connected to the actuating element, wherein the abutment is arranged at one end of a housing and the actuating element is designed to be operatively connected to the other end of the housing, characterised in that the abutment element is designed to be mounted in the manner of a piston in the housing in order to form a damper.
Breathing mask for artificially respirating a patient, said breathing mask having: a nose receiving space for receiving at least in sections the nose of the patient; and a pre-chamber that is connected by means of a gas exchange opening to the nose receiving space and said pre-chamber comprises a first articulated element and a second articulated element that is operatively connected to the first articulated element and that may pivot relative to the first articulated element, said pre-chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet for respectively connecting to a gas flushing device; wherein one of the articulated elements (7, 8) is received and inserted in a movable manner in sections in the other articulated element (7, 8), as a result of which the articulated elements (7, 8) are in operative engagement with one another in such a manner that said articulated elements provide a moving joint of the breathing mask; wherein the articulated elements (7, 8) encompass the pre-chamber at least in sections; wherein the pre-chamber and the nose receiving space in each case directly adjoin the gas exchange opening; wherein one of the articulated elements (7, 8) is connected in a single piece manner to the nose receiving space; wherein a diameter of the gas exchange opening is smaller than a diameter of the pre-chamber, wherein the pre-chamber tapers towards the gas exchange opening, and wherein the pre-chamber comprises a volume that is separated from the nose receiving space. a nose receiving space for receiving at least in sections the nose of the patient; and a pre-chamber that is connected by means of a gas exchange opening to the nose receiving space and said pre-chamber comprises a first articulated element and a second articulated element that is operatively connected to the first articulated element and that may pivot relative to the first articulated element, said pre-chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet for respectively connecting to a gas flushing device; wherein one of the articulated elements (7, 8) is received and inserted in a movable manner in sections in the other articulated element (7, 8), as a result of which the articulated elements (7, 8) are in operative engagement with one another in such a manner that said articulated elements provide a moving joint of the breathing mask; wherein the articulated elements (7, 8) encompass the pre-chamber at least in sections; wherein the pre-chamber and the nose receiving space in each case directly adjoin the gas exchange opening; wherein one of the articulated elements (7, 8) is connected in a single piece manner to the nose receiving space; wherein a diameter of the gas exchange opening is smaller than a diameter of the pre-chamber, wherein the pre-chamber tapers towards the gas exchange opening, and wherein the pre-chamber comprises a volume that is separated from the nose receiving space.
A method for removing selenate from an aqueous fluid, the method comprising: providing a fluidized bed reactor comprising a reactive solid in the form of a plurality of particles and a secondary reagent; contacting the reactive solid and the secondary reagent with the aqueous fluid, thereby reducing the selenate to an insoluble selenium species; wherein the reactive solid particles comprise: a core including primarily zero valent iron; and a shell including primarily magnetite; wherein the reactive solid is made by a method comprising: oxidising a portion of zero valent iron so as to produce an iron corrosion product; and exposing the iron corrosion product to the secondary reagent so as to produce the reactive solid comprising the remaining zero valent iron and magnetite; wherein the secondary reagent is ferrous iron, which is added as dissolved ferrous iron, and appropriate aqueous chemical conditions are maintained so as to facilitate the formation and maintenance of the magnetite, so that the reactivity of the zero valent iron can be sustained. providing a fluidized bed reactor comprising a reactive solid in the form of a plurality of particles and a secondary reagent; contacting the reactive solid and the secondary reagent with the aqueous fluid, thereby reducing the selenate to an insoluble selenium species; wherein the reactive solid particles comprise: a core including primarily zero valent iron; and a shell including primarily magnetite; a core including primarily zero valent iron; and a shell including primarily magnetite; wherein the reactive solid is made by a method comprising: oxidising a portion of zero valent iron so as to produce an iron corrosion product; and exposing the iron corrosion product to the secondary reagent so as to produce the reactive solid comprising the remaining zero valent iron and magnetite; oxidising a portion of zero valent iron so as to produce an iron corrosion product; and exposing the iron corrosion product to the secondary reagent so as to produce the reactive solid comprising the remaining zero valent iron and magnetite; wherein the secondary reagent is ferrous iron, which is added as dissolved ferrous iron, and appropriate aqueous chemical conditions are maintained so as to facilitate the formation and maintenance of the magnetite, so that the reactivity of the zero valent iron can be sustained.
A control arm for a robotic surgical system, the control arm comprising: a base; a swivel member rotatably supported on the base about a first axis of rotation (A 1); a vertical member pivotally supported on the swivel member about a second axis of rotation (A 2); a horizontal member pivotally supported by the vertical member about a third axis of rotation (A 3); and a drive mechanism disposed on the base to independently rotate the swivel member about the first axis of rotation, pivot the vertical member about the second axis of rotation, and pivot the horizontal member about the third axis of rotation, wherein the drive mechanism includes: a first drive motor; a rotation shaft disposed about the first axis of rotation and rotatably fixed to the swivel member; and a rotation flange including a cylindrical member disposed about the first axis of rotation and rotatably fixed to the rotation shaft, the cylindrical member operably coupled to the first drive motor to affect rotation of the swivel member about the first axis of rotation; characterised in that the rotation of the rotation flange is limited by stops (146, 148) that extend from a lower surface of the base. a base; a swivel member rotatably supported on the base about a first axis of rotation (A 1); a vertical member pivotally supported on the swivel member about a second axis of rotation (A 2); a horizontal member pivotally supported by the vertical member about a third axis of rotation (A 3); and a drive mechanism disposed on the base to independently rotate the swivel member about the first axis of rotation, pivot the vertical member about the second axis of rotation, and pivot the horizontal member about the third axis of rotation, wherein the drive mechanism includes: a first drive motor; a rotation shaft disposed about the first axis of rotation and rotatably fixed to the swivel member; and a rotation flange including a cylindrical member disposed about the first axis of rotation and rotatably fixed to the rotation shaft, the cylindrical member operably coupled to the first drive motor to affect rotation of the swivel member about the first axis of rotation; characterised in that the rotation of the rotation flange is limited by stops (146, 148) that extend from a lower surface of the base. a first drive motor; a rotation shaft disposed about the first axis of rotation and rotatably fixed to the swivel member; and a rotation flange including a cylindrical member disposed about the first axis of rotation and rotatably fixed to the rotation shaft, the cylindrical member operably coupled to the first drive motor to affect rotation of the swivel member about the first axis of rotation; characterised in that the rotation of the rotation flange is limited by stops (146, 148) that extend from a lower surface of the base.