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A device for receiving blood or other fluids from a subject, the device comprising: a flexible concave member moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration; a needle mechanically coupled to the flexible concave member such that the needle is in a first position when the flexible concave member is in the first configuration and the needle is in a second position when the flexible concave member is in the second configuration; an applicator region containing the needle at least when the needle is in the second position; a vacuum chamber having a pressure less than atmospheric pressure, wherein movement of the flexible concave member from the first configuration to the second configuration creates a fluid communication pathway between the vacuum chamber and the applicator region; and an actuator able to move the flexible concave member from the first configuration to the second configuration. a flexible concave member moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration; a needle mechanically coupled to the flexible concave member such that the needle is in a first position when the flexible concave member is in the first configuration and the needle is in a second position when the flexible concave member is in the second configuration; an applicator region containing the needle at least when the needle is in the second position; a vacuum chamber having a pressure less than atmospheric pressure, wherein movement of the flexible concave member from the first configuration to the second configuration creates a fluid communication pathway between the vacuum chamber and the applicator region; and an actuator able to move the flexible concave member from the first configuration to the second configuration.
A composite metal ingot, comprising at least two layers of differing alloy composition, wherein pairs of adjacent layers consisting of a first alloy and second alloy are formed by contacting the second alloy to the self-supporting surface of the first alloy such that when the second alloy first contacts the self-supporting surface of the first alloy, the self-supporting surface of the first alloy is at a temperature between its liquidus and solidus temperature and the temperature of the second alloy is above its liquidus temperature, wherein alloy components of the second alloy are present between the grain boundaries of the first alloy for a distance of 50 μm from the interface between the layers.
Method of applying a release agent to reduce build-up within a filled container wherein the container comprises a vessel with a closure cap a liquid to pasty or gelatinous content in the vessel wherein a release agent is used which is more readily runnable than the contents in the vessel characterised in that the application of the release agent is effected by means of ultra-low volume metering by means of a rotating surface to which the release agent is fed and from which the release agent is centrifuged, and, the application to the interface of the contents of the vessel and the inner surface of the vessel not covered by the contents of the vessel. wherein the container comprises a vessel with a closure cap a liquid to pasty or gelatinous content in the vessel wherein a release agent is used which is more readily runnable than the contents in the vessel characterised in that the application of the release agent is effected by means of ultra-low volume metering by means of a rotating surface to which the release agent is fed and from which the release agent is centrifuged, and, the application to the interface of the contents of the vessel and the inner surface of the vessel not covered by the contents of the vessel.
A loudness modification method based upon a target loudness and a measured loudness, the method comprising: continuously identifying a content type and a context type of an audio signal by an audio classifier, determining one or more dynamic gain parameters based upon a confidence value of the content type and a confidence value of the context type, wherein the content type includes low-level audio elements of the audio signal, wherein the low-level audio elements represent the fundamental components in the audio signal and the context type includes high-level audio genres of the audio signal, wherein the high-level audio genres represent the most popular audio contents in real-life user entertainment applications, wherein the confidence value of the content type represents a probability that the audio signal is of the respective content type and wherein the confidence value of the context type represents a probability that the audio signal is of the respective context type; and modifying a loudness of the audio signal by employing the determined one or more dynamic gain parameters. continuously identifying a content type and a context type of an audio signal by an audio classifier, determining one or more dynamic gain parameters based upon a confidence value of the content type and a confidence value of the context type, wherein the content type includes low-level audio elements of the audio signal, wherein the low-level audio elements represent the fundamental components in the audio signal and the context type includes high-level audio genres of the audio signal, wherein the high-level audio genres represent the most popular audio contents in real-life user entertainment applications, wherein the confidence value of the content type represents a probability that the audio signal is of the respective content type and wherein the confidence value of the context type represents a probability that the audio signal is of the respective context type; and modifying a loudness of the audio signal by employing the determined one or more dynamic gain parameters.
Method for preparing a feed additive comprising a butyrate salt comprising the steps of: a) extruding a composition comprising of said butyrate salt in a matrix of a fatty substance; b) coating the granules formed in step a. a) extruding a composition comprising of said butyrate salt in a matrix of a fatty substance; b) coating the granules formed in step a.
A velocity mapping system comprising: a sensor system configured to generate data about a velocity of airflow for a location in a duct system; and an airflow mapper configured to receive the data from the sensor system and generate a profile of the velocity of the airflow at the location in the duct system, and characterized by an air source configured to be connected to an input end of the duct system and generate the airflow in the duct system; wherein the airflow generated by the air source has a known flow rate; wherein the profile comprises data points in which a data point in the data points is a percentage of a maximum air velocity; a duct velocity profile database, wherein the duct velocity profile database is a database of profiles of different duct systems, and wherein the profile may be saved in the duct velocity database; and wherein the sensor system comprises: a sensor array configured to measure the velocity of the airflow and generate the data from measuring the velocity of the airflow, wherein the sensor array comprises sensors and a frame having a shape that corresponds to a shape of a cross-section in the duct system, wherein the sensors are arranged in a grid on the frame. a sensor system configured to generate data about a velocity of airflow for a location in a duct system; and an airflow mapper configured to receive the data from the sensor system and generate a profile of the velocity of the airflow at the location in the duct system, and characterized by an air source configured to be connected to an input end of the duct system and generate the airflow in the duct system; wherein the airflow generated by the air source has a known flow rate; wherein the profile comprises data points in which a data point in the data points is a percentage of a maximum air velocity; a duct velocity profile database, wherein the duct velocity profile database is a database of profiles of different duct systems, and wherein the profile may be saved in the duct velocity database; and wherein the sensor system comprises: a sensor array configured to measure the velocity of the airflow and generate the data from measuring the velocity of the airflow, wherein the sensor array comprises sensors and a frame having a shape that corresponds to a shape of a cross-section in the duct system, wherein the sensors are arranged in a grid on the frame.
A method for operating a heating system, in which heating medium is guided and discharged to heating circuits at least via a central supply and discharge line, and in which the differential pressure between feed and return line of the heating circuit (2, 3) is measured in each heating circuit (2, 3), the measured pressure value is compared with a stored set-point value and the differential pressure in the heating circuit (2, 3) is adjusted to the set-point value using a speed change of a pump used in the heating circuit (2, 3), characterized in that the volumetric flow in the heating circuit (2, 3) is additionally detected and the differential-pressure set-point value is adapted as a function of the volumetric flow in accordance with a functional relationship, particularly in accordance with a linear relationship with positive gradient.
A method of wireless communication, comprising: identifying (710, 720, 810), by a user equipment, UE, a payload size, associated with performing a search for a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, from among a plurality of payload sizes, wherein the payload size is identified based at least in part on a mapping scheme, an aggregation level, associated with performing the search for the PDCCH, and an offset associated with performing the search for the PDCCH, wherein the mapping scheme indicates an association between the plurality of payload sizes, a plurality of aggregation levels including the aggregation level, and a plurality of offsets including the offset, and wherein the offset indicates at least one of: a location relative to a start of a subframe carrying a PDCCH search space, or a location in reordered resource elements of the PDCCH search space relative to a starting resource element associated with the aggregation level and a search space type; and performing (715, 725, 820), by the UE, the search for the PDCCH based at least in part on the payload size. identifying (710, 720, 810), by a user equipment, UE, a payload size, associated with performing a search for a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, from among a plurality of payload sizes, wherein the payload size is identified based at least in part on a mapping scheme, an aggregation level, associated with performing the search for the PDCCH, and an offset associated with performing the search for the PDCCH, wherein the mapping scheme indicates an association between the plurality of payload sizes, a plurality of aggregation levels including the aggregation level, and a plurality of offsets including the offset, and wherein the offset indicates at least one of: a location relative to a start of a subframe carrying a PDCCH search space, or a location in reordered resource elements of the PDCCH search space relative to a starting resource element associated with the aggregation level and a search space type; and wherein the payload size is identified based at least in part on a mapping scheme, an aggregation level, associated with performing the search for the PDCCH, and an offset associated with performing the search for the PDCCH, wherein the mapping scheme indicates an association between the plurality of payload sizes, a plurality of aggregation levels including the aggregation level, and a plurality of offsets including the offset, and wherein the offset indicates at least one of: a location relative to a start of a subframe carrying a PDCCH search space, or a location in reordered resource elements of the PDCCH search space relative to a starting resource element associated with the aggregation level a location relative to a start of a subframe carrying a PDCCH search space, or a location in reordered resource elements of the PDCCH search space relative to a starting resource element associated with the aggregation level and a search space type; and performing (715, 725, 820), by the UE, the search for the PDCCH based at least in part on the payload size.
A force-feedback mechanism for a mini stick for driving an aircraft, this mechanism including: - a fixed mount which is intended to be secured to a frame of the aircraft, - two springs (60, 61) which are opposed to the displacement of the mini stick relative to the mount, and - mechanical movement transmission means (20, 30, 40, 41, 50, 51), which are carried by the mount in a movable manner and which are adapted to transmit a rotational movement, about a first axis of rotation, between the mini stick and said springs (60, 61), by applying a force law according to which the resistance force, opposed by said springs, via the transmission means, to the rotary displacement of the mini stick about the first axis of rotation, is dependent on the angular position of the mini stick about the first axis of rotation, this force law comprising at least one portion including at least one force jump which corresponds to a discontinuity in the intensity of the resistance force without changing the direction of this resistance force, the transmission means (20, 30, 40, 41, 50, 51) comprising a cam, which is adapted to be linked to the mini stick in rotation about the first axis of rotation and which is provided with two profiled surfaces (32, 33) which are shaped so as to define said at least one portion of the force law, the two profiled surfaces (32 and 33) being respectively associated to said two springs (60, 61), said profiled surfaces (32, 33) being symmetrical to each other and said two springs (60, 61) being arranged symmetrically to each other relative to a median geometrical plane, defined by the mount and containing the first axis of rotation. - a fixed mount which is intended to be secured to a frame of the aircraft, - two springs (60, 61) which are opposed to the displacement of the mini stick relative to the mount, and - mechanical movement transmission means (20, 30, 40, 41, 50, 51), which are carried by the mount in a movable manner and which are adapted to transmit a rotational movement, about a first axis of rotation, between the mini stick and said springs (60, 61), by applying a force law according to which the resistance force, opposed by said springs, via the transmission means, to the rotary displacement of the mini stick about the first axis of rotation, is dependent on the angular position of the mini stick about the first axis of rotation, this force law comprising at least one portion including at least one force jump which corresponds to a discontinuity in the intensity of the resistance force without changing the direction of this resistance force,
An optical display system, comprising: a polarizing filter configured to filter light from real-world objects into a first polarization state; a tunable liquid crystal lens that is configured to impart variable focus on light that has a second polarization state, the second polarization state being orthogonal to the first polarization state; and a waveguide including an out-coupling element for out-coupling light to the tunable LC lens wherein the out-coupling element is configured for sensitivity to the second polarization state so that only light in the second polarization state is out-coupled to the tunable LC lens and subject to variable focus. a polarizing filter configured to filter light from real-world objects into a first polarization state; a tunable liquid crystal lens that is configured to impart variable focus on light that has a second polarization state, the second polarization state being orthogonal to the first polarization state; and a waveguide including an out-coupling element for out-coupling light to the tunable LC lens wherein the out-coupling element is configured for sensitivity to the second polarization state so that only light in the second polarization state is out-coupled to the tunable LC lens and subject to variable focus.
Hinge for a micromechanical and/or nanomechanical structure comprising a support, at least one movable part in an out-of-plane direction with respect to the support, said hinge being intended to suspend the movable part (m) from the support allowing for the out-of-plane displacement of the movable part, the hinge comprising at least one torsion element comprising at least one beam aligned with or parallel to the axis of rotation of the hinge, and intended to be deformed in torsion, at least one bending element intended to be deformed in bending, said bending element being intended to mechanically connect the movable part and the support and comprising at least one first bending beam (12.1) and at least one second bending beam (12.2) extending perpendicularly to the axis of rotation of the hinge, the first bending beam (12.1) being intended to be mechanically connected directly to the support by a first end (12.11) and to the movable part by a second end (12.12), and the second bending beam (12.2) being intended to be mechanically connected directly to the support by a first end (12.21) and to the movable part by a second end (12.21), the first end (12.11) and the second end (12.12) of the first bending beam (12.1) and the first end (12.21) and the second end (12.22) of the second bending beam (12.2) being disposed with respect to one another in such a way that the orientation of the first end (12.21) towards the second end (12.22) of the first bending beam (12.1) is opposed to the orientation of the first end (12.21) towards the second end (12.22) of the second bending beam (12.2), characterised in that the first end (12.11) and the second end (12.12) of the first bending beam (12.1) are located on each side of the axis of rotation and the first end (12.21) and the second end (12.22) of the second bending beam (12.2) are located on each side of the axis of rotation.
A lyophilized formulation comprising a therapeutic agent and a surfactant sealed in a glass container, wherein an inner surface of the glass container is sulfur-treated or VIST-treated, and wherein the therapeutic agent is any one of a humanized anti-interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor antibody, a Bi-specific humanized antibody of factor IX and factor X, and an anti-IL-31 receptor A humanized monoclonal antibody.
A cooking assembly comprising: a. a cookware vessel having a bottom, substantially upright sidewalls extending upward there from to terminate at a rim, the sidewall encircling said bottom portion to form an interior portion capable of retaining a fluid, b. a sealing means to form a vacuum within the vessel, wherein the sealing means is a gasket and lid and the gasket is adapted to engage a portion of the vessel rim, c. a heating means for providing thermal communication with said cookware vessel, d. a programmable controller to modulate the output of the heating means, e. a thermal probe adapted to measure a temperature of at least a portion of the vessel or the environment thereof, f. a transmitter device adapted to receive the output of the thermal probe and transmit values thereof to the programmable controller, g. wherein the programmable controller is operative to energize and de-energize one or more coils to maintain a pre-determined temperature entered into the controller in response to the temperature measured by the transmitter device, wherein the cooking assembly includes a means to reduce the partial pressure of air in the vacuum sealed vessel to 0.3 Bar and less, the cooking assembly being characterized in that the one or more coils are induction coils, and in that the gasket is operative to be urged downward by the lid when the vessel is evacuated so that a visible portion thereof above the vessel rim is disposed below the vessel rim after evacuation. a. a cookware vessel having a bottom, substantially upright sidewalls extending upward there from to terminate at a rim, the sidewall encircling said bottom portion to form an interior portion capable of retaining a fluid, b. a sealing means to form a vacuum within the vessel, wherein the sealing means is a gasket and lid and the gasket is adapted to engage a portion of the vessel rim, c. a heating means for providing thermal communication with said cookware vessel, d. a programmable controller to modulate the output of the heating means, e. a thermal probe adapted to measure a temperature of at least a portion of the vessel or the environment thereof, f. a transmitter device adapted to receive the output of the thermal probe and transmit values thereof to the programmable controller, g. wherein the programmable controller is operative to energize and de-energize one or more coils to maintain a pre-determined temperature entered into the controller in response to the temperature measured by the transmitter device,
A feature engineering orchestration method applied to a radio access network or a core network, comprising: receiving, by a first network device, first indication information from a second network device, wherein the first indication information comprises first method indication information and first data type indication information; performing, by the first network device by using a method indicated by the first method indication information, feature extraction on data indicated by the first data type indication information, to obtain feature data; and sending, by the first network device, the feature data to the second network device. receiving, by a first network device, first indication information from a second network device, wherein the first indication information comprises first method indication information and first data type indication information; performing, by the first network device by using a method indicated by the first method indication information, feature extraction on data indicated by the first data type indication information, to obtain feature data; and sending, by the first network device, the feature data to the second network device.
Method for identifying workpieces, consisting at least in part of wood, wood-based materials or the like, in a machining process with machine tools and/or coating machines, said method comprising the steps of: detecting workpiece properties before a machining step by means of a detection system having different sensors, uniquely assigning the workpiece to a workpiece category based on the detected workpiece properties, and machining the workpiece in the machining step, which is determined by the assigned workpiece category of the workpiece, characterised in that the workpiece category is defined by the detected workpiece properties, namely a surface pattern in combination with an indication of weight. detecting workpiece properties before a machining step by means of a detection system having different sensors, uniquely assigning the workpiece to a workpiece category based on the detected workpiece properties, and machining the workpiece in the machining step, which is determined by the assigned workpiece category of the workpiece, characterised in that the workpiece category is defined by the detected workpiece properties, namely a surface pattern in combination with an indication of weight.
Wind turbine having a tower which rests on a foundation, and having a power module, wherein the power module has at least one transformer and/or converter, by means of which the electrical energy which is provided by the generator of the wind turbine is converted to a medium voltage or high voltage, wherein the power module further contains other units by means of which the electrical energy which is provided by the generator of the wind turbine is controlled and/or directed and/or converted, wherein the power module has a carrier which is placed on the foundation of the wind turbine, characterised in that the power module is arranged in a container which houses the power module inside the tower, wherein the container has a wall which is located between the wall of the tower and the power module.