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A device for determining an excretion flow rate of a body fluid of a person or an animal comprising: - an element absorbing the body fluid, and having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to said first main surface, a part of said second main surface being exposed by an inlet opening, - separating means supporting said absorbent element, designed to be placed in contact with a source of excretion of the body fluid and arranged between said source and said absorbent element, said separating means comprising an inlet opening of the body fluid exposing a part of the absorbent element so as to create a diffusion path of the body fluid through said absorbent element, characterized in that the absorbent element is equipped with at least one pair of electrodes C i electrically connected to measuring means for measuring at least one electric parameter X i of the part of said absorbent element situated between said pair of electrodes C i and, in that the absorbent element comprises at least three electrodes spaced apart from one another and connected to the measuring means so as to be electrically coupled two by two and to form at least two pairs of electrodes C i and in that at least two of the electrodes are first electrodes E 1 i placed in sequential manner along the diffusion path so that each of said first electrodes E 1 i is at a distance from the inlet opening representative of a volume V i of body fluid absorbed by the absorbent element, in that the specific shape of the absorbent element and the position of the inlet opening, relatively to the position of absorbent element, define a diffusion path of the body fluid through said absorbent element, and in that at least one of the electrodes is a second electrode E 2 arranged between the separating means and the second main surface of the absorbent element, in direct contact with the second main surface of the absorbent element so that the diffusion path of the body fluid passes between the second electrode E 2 and the first electrodes E 1 i, said second electrode E 2 being electrically coupled with at least one of said first electrodes E 1 i. - an element absorbing the body fluid, and having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to said first main surface, a part of said second main surface being exposed by an inlet opening, - separating means supporting said absorbent element, designed to be placed in contact with a source of excretion of the body fluid and arranged between said source and said absorbent element, said separating means comprising an inlet opening of the body fluid exposing a part of the absorbent element so as to create a diffusion path of the body fluid through said absorbent element,
Method for manufacturing a concrete foundation for a wind power tower pre-stressed with tendons, especially an externally pre-stressed wind power tower made of precast concrete parts, in which a formwork for the concrete foundation is erected, in which core elements for making passage openings in the concrete foundation for the tendons are positioned and fixed in place on the formwork, and in which the concrete foundation is subsequently cast, characterized in that, for positioning the tendons, at least a first positioning aid is supplied on the formwork with an adapter device for a core element and with at least one reference segment, especially a seat for a measuring reflector so that the first positioning aid is positioned and fixed in place in the exact spot of the formwork by means of the reference segment, and that the respective core element to be positioned is arranged on the adapter device of the positioning aid.
A method of generating a digital signature of a message m in a public key encryption scheme, said method comprising, at a smart card computing for said signature: a first component r = x mod q, with q being a preselected publicly known divisor of an order e of an elliptic curve, P being a starting point on the elliptic curve, k being a secret session key, kP being a point on the elliptic curve, x being a digital data string representing the x-coordinate of the point kP; a second component s' = c (h(m) + a r) mod q, with c being an integer, h(m) being a hash over the message m, and a being a private key of a signatory; and a third component u = c k; and wherein the first, second and third components are forwarded to a terminal; and wherein the method comprises, at a recipient device, receiving the message m, the first component r, the second component s' and the third component u; obtaining a signature component s by computing s'u -1; and using the first component r and the signature component s to verify the origin of the message m.. a first component r = x mod q, with q being a preselected publicly known divisor of an order e of an elliptic curve, P being a starting point on the elliptic curve, k being a secret session key, kP being a point on the elliptic curve, x being a digital data string representing the x-coordinate of the point kP; a second component s' = c (h(m) + a r) mod q, with c being an integer, h(m) being a hash over the message m, and a being a private key of a signatory; and a third component u = c k; and wherein the first, second and third components are forwarded to a terminal; and wherein the method comprises, at a recipient device, receiving the message m, the first component r, the second component s' and the third component u; obtaining a signature component s by computing s'u -1; and using the first component r and the signature component s to verify the origin of the message m..
A single-chain fusion polypeptide comprising: (i) a first soluble TNF family cytokine domain, (ii) a first peptide linker, (iii) a second soluble TNF family cytokine domain, (iv) a second peptide linker, and (v) a third soluble TNF family cytokine domain, wherein the fusion polypeptide is substantially non-aggregating, wherein the soluble TNF family cytokine domain is selected from soluble TRAIL domains. (i) a first soluble TNF family cytokine domain, (ii) a first peptide linker, (iii) a second soluble TNF family cytokine domain, (iv) a second peptide linker, and (v) a third soluble TNF family cytokine domain,
A method for forming a square-wire conductor, comprising: step 1: providing a circular conductor with a diameter d; step 2: passing the conductor through a gap of a longitudinal calendering roller to longitudinally calender the conductor up and down to form a conductor with flat upper and lower surfaces, wherein the gap L1 of the longitudinal calendering roller is 0.886 d to 0.911 d; step 3: longitudinally and transversely straightening the conductor; step 4: passing the conductor through a gap of a transverse calendering roller to transversely calender the conductor left and right to form a conductor with flat left and right surfaces, wherein the gap L2 of the transverse calendering roller is 0.886 d to 0.911 d; and step 5: longitudinally and transversely straightening the conductor; step 6: repeating the step 2 to the step 5 at least once; wherein in the step 3 and the step 5, the conductor is wound on a tensioning wheel. step 1: providing a circular conductor with a diameter d; step 2: passing the conductor through a gap of a longitudinal calendering roller to longitudinally calender the conductor up and down to form a conductor with flat upper and lower surfaces, wherein the gap L1 of the longitudinal calendering roller is 0.886 d to 0.911 d; step 3: longitudinally and transversely straightening the conductor; step 4: passing the conductor through a gap of a transverse calendering roller to transversely calender the conductor left and right to form a conductor with flat left and right surfaces, wherein the gap L2 of the transverse calendering roller is 0.886 d to 0.911 d; and step 5: longitudinally and transversely straightening the conductor; step 6: repeating the step 2 to the step 5 at least once; wherein in the step 3 and the step 5, the conductor is wound on a tensioning wheel.
A magnetic field sensor (110; 1506; 1516; 3000; 3100; 3200; 3300; 3400; 7110; 2606) for sensing a position of a rotatable structure, the rotatable structure operable to rotate about a rotation axis and to move in a relative movement along a line relative to a base structure and in a direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the rotatable structure, the magnetic field sensor (110; 1506; 1516; 3000; 3100; 3200; 3300; 3400; 7110; 2606) comprising: at least one magnetic field sensing element disposed proximate to the rotatable structure and the base structure, the at least one magnetic field sensing element for generating at least one sensing element signal responsive to first and second magnetic fields at a position of the at least one magnetic field sensing element, wherein: the first magnetic field is generated by a first magnet coupled to the base structure and having north and south poles aligned along a first line stationary with respect to the base structure; the second magnetic field is generated by a second magnet coupled to the rotatable structure and having north and south poles aligned along a second line rotatable with the rotatable structure; and the at least one sensing element signal is indicative of at least one predetermined combination of both the relative movement along the line orthogonal to the rotation axis and the rotation about the rotation axis. the first magnetic field is generated by a first magnet coupled to the base structure and having north and south poles aligned along a first line stationary with respect to the base structure; the second magnetic field is generated by a second magnet coupled to the rotatable structure and having north and south poles aligned along a second line rotatable with the rotatable structure; and the at least one sensing element signal is indicative of at least one predetermined combination of both the relative movement along the line orthogonal to the rotation axis and the rotation about the rotation axis.
A dielectric waveguide connector (100, 200) for guiding electromagnetic radiation between a high frequency radiating device and a dielectric waveguide (105, 205) comprising: a cone or pyramid structure (102, 202) provided from a dielectric material having a first relative dielectric permittivity ε r1; an integrated circuit insert (103, 203) at the wide side of the cone or pyramid structure (102, 202) configured to house an integrated circuit (106, 206) having an antenna; a waveguide inset (101, 201) at the narrow side of the cone or pyramid structure (102, 202) configured to house a dielectric waveguide (105, 205); a dielectric lens (104, 204) provided from a dielectric material having a second relative dielectric permittivity ε r2 and wherein ε r1 < ε r2; wherein the dielectric lens (104, 204) is arranged in the center of the cone or pyramid structure (102, 202) above the integrated circuit insert (103, 203). a cone or pyramid structure (102, 202) provided from a dielectric material having a first relative dielectric permittivity ε r1; an integrated circuit insert (103, 203) at the wide side of the cone or pyramid structure (102, 202) configured to house an integrated circuit (106, 206) having an antenna; a waveguide inset (101, 201) at the narrow side of the cone or pyramid structure (102, 202) configured to house a dielectric waveguide (105, 205); a dielectric lens (104, 204) provided from a dielectric material having a second relative dielectric permittivity ε r2 and wherein ε r1 < ε r2; wherein the dielectric lens (104, 204) is arranged in the center of the cone or pyramid structure (102, 202) above the integrated circuit insert (103, 203).
A polyurethane dispersant comprising a polyurethane backbone and laterally attached solvent-solubilizing: a) polyether chains of poly(C 2-4 -alkylene oxide), b) polyester chains, c) polyacrylic chains, or d) polyolefin chains, or mixtures thereof; and optionally one or more chain terminators, wherein on average each dispersant molecule has at least one reactive carbon to carbon double bond in either the backbone, the solvent solubilizing chains, the chain terminators, or combinations thereof, wherein the dispersant further comprises a nitrogen in a non-reactive amine (non-reactive with respect to isocyanates) laterally attached to the polyurethane backbone, wherein the amine is derived from N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)isonicotinamide, 1,1'-{[3-(dimethylamino)-propyl]imino}bis-2-propanol, or the compound formed from the Michael addition of dimethylaminopropylamine and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, wherein said amine is a tertiary amine, a quaternary ammonium salt, or combinations thereof.
A method performed by a localization controller for handling control of a vehicle operating in a mining environment, the vehicle being a member of a fleet of vehicles, the method comprising: obtaining a location of the vehicle and/or a location of another vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, the method being characterised in that: when determined that the obtained location is unreliable, obtaining at least one operational rule from a set of predetermined operational rules, which at least one operational rule is selected from the set of predetermined operational rules based on whether one or more conditions are fulfilled or not, wherein the one or more conditions comprises one or more out of: - a type of operation being performed by the vehicle, - a type of operation being performed by another vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, - a type of vehicle, and - a type of vehicle of another vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, and operating the vehicle and/or another vehicle in the fleet of vehicles in accordance with the at least one operational rule. when determined that the obtained location is unreliable, obtaining at least one operational rule from a set of predetermined operational rules, which at least one operational rule is selected from the set of predetermined operational rules based on whether one or more conditions are fulfilled or not, wherein the one or more conditions comprises one or more out of: - a type of operation being performed by the vehicle, - a type of operation being performed by another vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, - a type of vehicle, and - a type of vehicle of another vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, and - a type of operation being performed by the vehicle, - a type of operation being performed by another vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, - a type of vehicle, and - a type of vehicle of another vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, and operating the vehicle and/or another vehicle in the fleet of vehicles in accordance with the at least one operational rule.
A computer-implemented method for binocular stereo vision comprising: acquiring a pair of images including a first image and a second image, the pair of images being captured by one or more cameras; determining a plurality of feature images according to the first image; determining one or more features of an object in the first image according to a training model and the plurality of feature images; determining a first area in the first image, the first area including at least one of the determined one or more features; obtaining depth information of the determined first area based on the first and second images; and determining a second area in the first image based on the determined first area and the depth information, the second area including at least one of the determined first area, the method characterized in that acquiring the pair of images including the first image and the second image comprises: identifying the object in view of a first camera; adjusting a parameter of a second camera so that the object appears in view of the second camera; and acquiring the pair of images captured by the first camera and the second camera when the object appears in view of both the first and second cameras. acquiring a pair of images including a first image and a second image, the pair of images being captured by one or more cameras; determining a plurality of feature images according to the first image; determining one or more features of an object in the first image according to a training model and the plurality of feature images; determining a first area in the first image, the first area including at least one of the determined one or more features; obtaining depth information of the determined first area based on the first and second images; and determining a second area in the first image based on the determined first area and the depth information, the second area including at least one of the determined first area, the method characterized in that acquiring the pair of images including the first image and the second image comprises: identifying the object in view of a first camera; adjusting a parameter of a second camera so that the object appears in view of the second camera; and acquiring the pair of images captured by the first camera and the second camera when the object appears in view of both the first and second cameras. identifying the object in view of a first camera; adjusting a parameter of a second camera so that the object appears in view of the second camera; and acquiring the pair of images captured by the first camera and the second camera when the object appears in view of both the first and second cameras.
Method for producing anchor rods from a fiber composite material, wherein, in a solidifying step, a strand made of a curable matrix material, in which fibers are embedded, is conveyed to an irradiation device and solidified by an irradiation with light, and wherein the solidified strand is further conveyed into an annealing device and, in a subsequent curing step, is cured by heating to a annealing temperature, wherein a portion of the cured strand forms an anchor rod, characterized in that the strand, in the solidifying step, is conveyed into or past the irradiation device on a circulating conveyor belt in a depression of the conveyor belt continuous in a conveying direction.
A method for obtaining data for an Electrocardiogram, ECG, using a portable sensor device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first switch provided between the first electrode and the third electrode, and a second switch provided between the second electrode and the third electrode, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a trigger to obtain measurements for the ECG; setting the first switch in a conducting state to close a connection between the first electrode and the third electrode, and setting the second switch in a conducting state to close a connection between the second electrode and the third electrode; setting the first switch in a blocking state to conductively separate the first electrode and the third electrode, and setting the second switch in a blocking state to conductively separate the second electrode and the third electrode; and capturing measurements for the ECG using the three electrodes (10a, 10b, 10c). receiving a trigger to obtain measurements for the ECG; setting the first switch in a conducting state to close a connection between the first electrode and the third electrode, and setting the second switch in a conducting state to close a connection between the second electrode and the third electrode; setting the first switch in a blocking state to conductively separate the first electrode and the third electrode, and setting the second switch in a blocking state to conductively separate the second electrode and the third electrode; and capturing measurements for the ECG using the three electrodes (10a, 10b, 10c).
Use of a reagent for measuring a degree of oxidative stress in a biological sample which comprises blood by determining the concentration of hydroperoxide in said sample, said reagent comprising a compound represented by the following general formula or a salt thereof: wherein, in the general formula, R 1, R 2, R 3 and R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an ethyl group, an isopropyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group, and at least one of R 1, R 2, R 3 or R 4 represents a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, and wherein, in the case where at least one of R 1, R 2, R 3 or R 4 represents a phenyl group, the degree of oxidative stress is measured by measuring absorbance of the compound or salt thereof at a wavelength of 600 nm or more.
A method of controlling information using an electronic device, the method comprising: recognizing generation of notification information of one or more processes activated in a first operation mode among a plurality of operation modes including the first operation mode and a second operation mode; and notifying a user of only a part of the notification information when a current operation mode is the second operation mode, characterised in that the part of the notification information provides less information than the notification information, and the notification information includes at least a number of times that the notification information has been generated to the user. recognizing generation of notification information of one or more processes activated in a first operation mode among a plurality of operation modes including the first operation mode and a second operation mode; and notifying a user of only a part of the notification information when a current operation mode is the second operation mode, characterised in that the part of the notification information provides less information than the notification information, and the notification information includes at least a number of times that the notification information has been generated to the user.
A hot-water supply apparatus comprising: a hot-water supply tank; a heat-pump type refrigeration cycle which comprises a compressor configured to compress and discharge refrigerant, and in which the compressor, a four-way valve, a water heat exchanger, an open/close valve, a pressure reducing unit and an outdoor heat exchanger are connected in this order; a bypass connected between the open/close valve and the pressure reducing unit and between the four-way valve and the water heat exchanger; a circulating pump configured to circulate water in the supply-water tank after making the water pass through the water heat exchanger; a refrigerant temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the refrigerant when the refrigerant flows between the water heat exchanger and the open/close valve; and a control section configured to perform a defrosting operation of defrosting the outdoor heat exchanger by activating a defrosting circuit in which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor flows through the four-way valve, the outdoor heat exchanger, the pressure reducing unit, the bypass and the four-way valve and returns to the compressor, and also configured to operate the circulating pump in a case where the temperature detected by the refrigerant temperature sensor lowers to be less than a set value during the defrosting operation. a hot-water supply tank; a heat-pump type refrigeration cycle which comprises a compressor configured to compress and discharge refrigerant, and in which the compressor, a four-way valve, a water heat exchanger, an open/close valve, a pressure reducing unit and an outdoor heat exchanger are connected in this order; a bypass connected between the open/close valve and the pressure reducing unit and between the four-way valve and the water heat exchanger; a circulating pump configured to circulate water in the supply-water tank after making the water pass through the water heat exchanger; a refrigerant temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the refrigerant when the refrigerant flows between the water heat exchanger and the open/close valve; and a control section configured to perform a defrosting operation of defrosting the outdoor heat exchanger by activating a defrosting circuit in which the refrigerant discharged from the compressor flows through the four-way valve, the outdoor heat exchanger, the pressure reducing unit, the bypass and the four-way valve and returns to the compressor, and also configured to operate the circulating pump in a case where the temperature detected by the refrigerant temperature sensor lowers to be less than a set value during the defrosting operation.