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Wound treatment arrangement having a drainage device designed for draining fluids from a human or animal body, in particular from a wound, wherein the drainage device has a multilayer composite structure having two boundary surfaces which are opposite one another, are at least partially fluid-permeable, in particular run approximately parallel to one another, of which one is formed at least partially by a first outer boundary surface, facing away from a boundary layer between two adjacent drainage layers, of a first drainage layer having a first surface finish, and the other is formed at least partially by a second outer boundary surface, facing away from a boundary layer between two adjacent drainage layers, of a second drainage layer having a second surface finish which differs from the first surface finish, wherein the drainage layers are preferably connected to one another in a fluid-conducting manner, the first drainage layer has an open-pore foam, in particular polyurethane foam, and the second drainage layer has a single-layer or multilayer drainage film, wherein the second outer boundary surface is formed by a film layer which is penetrated by a plurality of perforation openings, characterized in that the second drainage layer is penetrated by at least one perforation hole through which the adjacent drainage layer, in particular the first drainage layer, is accessible, and at least one perforation hole has an opening area in a plane extending parallel to the second boundary surface of 10 mm 2 or more, in particular 25 mm 2 or more and/or 1000 mm 2 or less, in particular 400 mm 2 or less.
In vitro use of chemokine CCL5 and CCL3 as a biomarker for the identification of whether or not a test subject is at increased risk of a future acute cardiovascular syndrome or event.
An antimicrobial composition comprising: a) a modified clay particle comprising an antimicrobial compound, the modified clay particle comprising: (i) an asymmetric 1:1 or 2:1:1 clay particle comprising alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at one external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at another external surface plane, and (ii) at least one orally acceptable antimicrobial compound selected from a quaternary ammonium material, wherein the at least one antimicrobial compound is attached to the coordinating cation on an external surface plane of the clay particle; and b) at least one biphenol compound. wherein the at least one antimicrobial compound is cetylpyridinium chloride. a) a modified clay particle comprising an antimicrobial compound, the modified clay particle comprising: (i) an asymmetric 1:1 or 2:1:1 clay particle comprising alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at one external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at another external surface plane, and (ii) at least one orally acceptable antimicrobial compound selected from a quaternary ammonium material, wherein the at least one antimicrobial compound is attached to the coordinating cation on an external surface plane of the clay particle; and (i) an asymmetric 1:1 or 2:1:1 clay particle comprising alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at one external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at another external surface plane, and (ii) at least one orally acceptable antimicrobial compound selected from a quaternary ammonium material, wherein the at least one antimicrobial compound is attached to the coordinating cation on an external surface plane of the clay particle; and b) at least one biphenol compound.
A method for reporting location change of user equipment, UE, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by a session management function entity, a presence reporting area, PRA, subscription request from a subscription entity, wherein the PRA subscription request carries an identity of a PRA set; sending (S304a; S304b), by the session management function entity, a PRA location change notification request to a mobility management entity, where the PRA location change notification request carries the identity of the PRA set and is used to instruct the mobility management entity to perform PRA location change reporting when the UE enters or leaves any PRA in the PRA set corresponding to the identity of the PRA set; receiving from the mobility management entity, by the session management function entity, location change information of the UE in a first PRA, an identity of the first PRA, and the identity of the PRA set, wherein the first PRA is in the PRA set, the location change information comprises information about entering or leaving the first PRA by the UE, wherein the session management function entity has stored thereon PRA subscription information comprising a correspondence between the identity of the first PRA set and an identity of the subscription entity; and sending to the subscription entity, by the session management function entity, the identity of the first PRA and the location change information according to the PRA subscription information. receiving, by a session management function entity, a presence reporting area, PRA, subscription request from a subscription entity, wherein the PRA subscription request carries an identity of a PRA set; sending (S304a; S304b), by the session management function entity, a PRA location change notification request to a mobility management entity, where the PRA location change notification request carries the identity of the PRA set and is used to instruct the mobility management entity to perform PRA location change reporting when the UE enters or leaves any PRA in the PRA set corresponding to the identity of the PRA set; receiving from the mobility management entity, by the session management function entity, location change information of the UE in a first PRA, an identity of the first PRA, and the identity of the PRA set, wherein the first PRA is in the PRA set, the location change information comprises information about entering or leaving the first PRA by the UE, wherein the session management function entity has stored thereon PRA subscription information comprising a correspondence between the identity of the first PRA set and an identity of the subscription entity; and sending to the subscription entity, by the session management function entity, the identity of the first PRA and the location change information according to the PRA subscription information.
A system for determining the position of a medical device, comprising: an electronic control unit; a computer-readable memory coupled to said ECU; and logic stored in said memory configured to be executed by said ECU, said logic configured to establish an interpolation function and apply said interpolation function to a first coordinate in a first non-orthonormal coordinate system to determine a corresponding second coordinate in a second orthonormal coordinate system, wherein said logic is configured to determine said interpolation function by applying a thin-plate spline algorithm to a plurality of fiducial pairs to yield said interpolation function, each fiducial pair including a first coordinate in said first coordinate system measured by a first positioning system and a second coordinate in said second coordinate system measured by a second positioning system, each fiducial pair corresponding to a physical point in three-dimensional space, the thin-plate spline algorithm being characterized in that it includes a smoothing parameter corresponding to an amount by which a second coordinate determined in accordance with said interpolation function corresponding to an obtained first coordinate can differ from a measured second coordinate in a fiducial pair with a measured first coordinate that is equivalent to said obtained first coordinate, wherein said smoothing parameter has a value relative to the number of fiducial pairs. an electronic control unit; a computer-readable memory coupled to said ECU; and logic stored in said memory configured to be executed by said ECU, said logic configured to establish an interpolation function and apply said interpolation function to a first coordinate in a first non-orthonormal coordinate system to determine a corresponding second coordinate in a second orthonormal coordinate system, wherein said logic is configured to determine said interpolation function by applying a thin-plate spline algorithm to a plurality of fiducial pairs to yield said interpolation function, each fiducial pair including a first coordinate in said first coordinate system measured by a first positioning system and a second coordinate in said second coordinate system measured by a second positioning system, each fiducial pair corresponding to a physical point in three-dimensional space, the thin-plate spline algorithm being characterized in that it includes a smoothing parameter corresponding to an amount by which a second coordinate determined in accordance with said interpolation function corresponding to an obtained first coordinate can differ from a measured second coordinate in a fiducial pair with a measured first coordinate that is equivalent to said obtained first coordinate, wherein said smoothing parameter has a value relative to the number of fiducial pairs.
A method for identifying a therapeutic agent for treating a Germinal Center Kinase -Like Kinase -mediated disease selected from the group consisting of an autoimmune disease, an inflammatory disease, cancer and cancer metastasis, comprising: (a) culturing GLK-expressing cells in the presence of a test agent; (b) measuring the activity of NF-κB or the amount of IL-17A produced; (c) comparing the measurement from the measuring step in the presence of the test agent with a control to detect an inhibition of GLK-mediated signal transduction or GLK activity by the test agent when there is a reduction of the activity of NF-κB or the amount of IL-17A produced; and (d) identifying the test agent as the therapeutic agent for treating the GLK-mediated disease selected from the group consisting of an autoimmune disease, an inflammatory disease, cancer and cancer metastasis when there is an inhibition of the GLK-mediated signal transduction or GLK activity in the presence of the test agent as detected in step (c). (a) culturing GLK-expressing cells in the presence of a test agent; (b) measuring the activity of NF-κB or the amount of IL-17A produced; (c) comparing the measurement from the measuring step in the presence of the test agent with a control to detect an inhibition of GLK-mediated signal transduction or GLK activity by the test agent when there is a reduction of the activity of NF-κB or the amount of IL-17A produced; and (d) identifying the test agent as the therapeutic agent for treating the GLK-mediated disease selected from the group consisting of an autoimmune disease, an inflammatory disease, cancer and cancer metastasis when there is an inhibition of the GLK-mediated signal transduction or GLK activity in the presence of the test agent as detected in step (c).
A method for providing a communication service for mobile terminals located within a femto cell area and registered with a mobile network, the method comprising: - receiving a first wired network service data generation message including an identification number of a wired network service to which a first mobile terminal subscribes, a first wired network service data and a called party number as a destination of the first wired network service data from the first mobile terminal; - acquiring an identifier of a first femto access point and a wired network phone number mapped to the identification number of the wired network service from a wired network service database; and - setting the wired network phone number as a calling number of the first mobile terminal, and sending, a first initial address message, IAM, including the wired network phone number and the called party number to a wired communication network. - receiving a first wired network service data generation message including an identification number of a wired network service to which a first mobile terminal subscribes, a first wired network service data and a called party number as a destination of the first wired network service data from the first mobile terminal; - acquiring an identifier of a first femto access point and a wired network phone number mapped to the identification number of the wired network service from a wired network service database; and - setting the wired network phone number as a calling number of the first mobile terminal, and sending, a first initial address message, IAM, including the wired network phone number and the called party number to a wired communication network.
Device for heating at least one axial portion of a rotationally symmetrical surface area of a workpiece, comprising the following features: - rotation means, by which the workpiece can be set in rotation about its axis of rotation, and - an inductor, - the axial extent of which, at least in a region intended to lie opposite the portion, is smaller than an axial extent of the portion, - which has a location which is intended to lie opposite the portion with a defined clearance, - which is designed to be movable in such a way that the said location can be displaced with the defined clearance along a longitudinal profile of the portion, and - which can be moved in such a way that the movement is composed of any component in the direction of the axis of rotation and of component standing perpendicularly thereto. - rotation means, by which the workpiece can be set in rotation about its axis of rotation, and - an inductor, - the axial extent of which, at least in a region intended to lie opposite the portion, is smaller than an axial extent of the portion, - which has a location which is intended to lie opposite the portion with a defined clearance, - which is designed to be movable in such a way that the said location can be displaced with the defined clearance along a longitudinal profile of the portion, and - which can be moved in such a way that the movement is composed of any component in the direction of the axis of rotation and of component standing perpendicularly thereto. - the axial extent of which, at least in a region intended to lie opposite the portion, is smaller than an axial extent of the portion, - which has a location which is intended to lie opposite the portion with a defined clearance, - which is designed to be movable in such a way that the said location can be displaced with the defined clearance along a longitudinal profile of the portion, and - which can be moved in such a way that the movement is composed of any component in the direction of the axis of rotation and of component standing perpendicularly thereto.
A method of extruding a material, comprising: providing the material into an extrusion chamber of an extrusion apparatus, wherein the extrusion chamber comprises an extrusion orifice and the extrusion apparatus comprises a first compression element and a second compression element in communication with the interior of the extrusion chamber, the first and second compression elements being independently movable relative to the extrusion chamber; moving the first and second compression elements to compress the material within the extrusion chamber and cause a velocity gradient in the extrusion material across the extrusion orifice; and extruding the material through the extrusion orifice such that the velocity gradient forms an extrudate with a curved profile; characterized in that moving the first compression element and the second compression element comprises moving the first compression element and the second compression element at different speeds along a common axis, wherein moving the first compression element and the second compression element at different speeds along the common axis comprises moving the first compression element and the second compression element towards each other in opposite directions along the common axis providing the material into an extrusion chamber of an extrusion apparatus, wherein the extrusion chamber comprises an extrusion orifice and the extrusion apparatus comprises a first compression element and a second compression element in communication with the interior of the extrusion chamber, the first and second compression elements being independently movable relative to the extrusion chamber; moving the first and second compression elements to compress the material within the extrusion chamber and cause a velocity gradient in the extrusion material across the extrusion orifice; and extruding the material through the extrusion orifice such that the velocity gradient forms an extrudate with a curved profile; characterized in that moving the first compression element and the second compression element comprises moving the first compression element and the second compression element at different speeds along a common axis, wherein moving the first compression element and the second compression element at different speeds along the common axis comprises moving the first compression element and the second compression element towards each other in opposite directions along the common axis
A stent (60, 70) having an outer abluminal surface and an inner luminal surface, comprising a. A plurality of generally sinusoidal circumferential ring members having peaks and valleys, wherein each generally sinusoidal circumferential ring member is configured to nest with an adjacent generally sinusoidal circumferential ring member when the stent is in its diametrically unexpanded state; b. A plurality of bridge members interconnecting adjacent pairs of sinusoidal circumferential ring members; c. A plurality of volume-enhancing features formed in or on the outer abluminal surface of the stent, wherein the volume-enhancing features are configured to add between about 20% to about 80% more surface volume to the outer abluminal surface of the stent as compared to a stent without the plurality of volume-enhancing features; and d. A drug eluting layer covering the entire outer abluminal surface of the stent and fully filling the plurality of volume-enhancing features. a. A plurality of generally sinusoidal circumferential ring members having peaks and valleys, wherein each generally sinusoidal circumferential ring member is configured to nest with an adjacent generally sinusoidal circumferential ring member when the stent is in its diametrically unexpanded state; b. A plurality of bridge members interconnecting adjacent pairs of sinusoidal circumferential ring members; c. A plurality of volume-enhancing features formed in or on the outer abluminal surface of the stent, wherein the volume-enhancing features are configured to add between about 20% to about 80% more surface volume to the outer abluminal surface of the stent as compared to a stent without the plurality of volume-enhancing features; and d. A drug eluting layer covering the entire outer abluminal surface of the stent and fully filling the plurality of volume-enhancing features.
An operating method of a nonvolatile memory device for programming multi-page data, the operating method comprising: receiving the multi-page data from a memory controller; programming first page data among the multi-page data to first memory cells; reading previous page data (PDp) previously stored in second memory cells using a first sensing value and a second sensing value after programming the first page data; calculating a first fail bit number by comparing first bits of the previous page data (PDp) read using the first sensing value to second bits of the previous page data (PDp) read using the second sensing value; and programming the previous page data (PDp) read from the second memory cells and second page data among the multi-page data to the second memory cells based on the first fail bit number, wherein the nonvolatile memory device is a multilevel NAND memory device, and wherein the second memory cells are connected to a selected word line and the first memory cells are connected to an unselected word line. receiving the multi-page data from a memory controller; programming first page data among the multi-page data to first memory cells; reading previous page data (PDp) previously stored in second memory cells using a first sensing value and a second sensing value after programming the first page data; calculating a first fail bit number by comparing first bits of the previous page data (PDp) read using the first sensing value to second bits of the previous page data (PDp) read using the second sensing value; and programming the previous page data (PDp) read from the second memory cells and second page data among the multi-page data to the second memory cells based on the first fail bit number, wherein the nonvolatile memory device is a multilevel NAND memory device, and wherein the second memory cells are connected to a selected word line and the first memory cells are connected to an unselected word line.
Installation of sanitary hot water that has a water heating device, a first hot water collection branch extending from the water heating device to a tap, a second hot water circulation branch branching off from the first hot water collection branch and leading back to the water heating device, a water flow forcing device in said second hot water circulation branch, a control switch that reacts to a flow of liquid, the control switch being installed on a cold water branch that feeds the heating device and a temperature sensor characterized in that said control switch comprises an element in the form of a turbine that is activated under the influence of water flow, the turbine being coupled by a second sensor with a control system, which is connected with the water flow forcing device set in the second hot water circulation branch and the temperature sensor is installed in the second hot water circulation branch between the water flow forcing device and the first hot water collection branch.
Transport bag (4, 10), also for installation in a vehicle, with two-sided access (8, 9) for an object to be transported, comprising access closures (2, 2'), in the form of a tube with a two-sided access option (5, 6) at the top and bottom, which access option can be closed in each case via said access closures (2, 2'), wherein at at least one of the access options (5, 6), the access closure (2, 2') permits adaptation to the shape, size and/or volume of the object to be transported with the transport bag (4, 10) in such a manner that the transport bag (4, 10) is configured to be adjustable at least in one of its longitudinal direction, characterized in that • said access closures (2, 2') are winding or rolling closures, and • the transport bag (4, 10) comprises cross straps, by means of which the transport bag (4, 10) can be adapted in depth and width to the object, and therefore the transport bag (4, 10) can be changed in size in all directions. • said access closures (2, 2') are winding or rolling closures, and • the transport bag (4, 10) comprises cross straps, by means of which the transport bag (4, 10) can be adapted in depth and width to the object, and therefore the transport bag (4, 10) can be changed in size in all directions.