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A method of inspecting a workpiece comprising: introducing ultrasonic signals into the workpiece along a predefined axis of propagation oriented at an acute non-zero offset angle relative to a predefined reference direction oriented normal to the workpiece; receiving backscattered signals from the workpiece responsive to the ultrasonic signals; determining a measure representative of the cumulative energy of the backscattered signals received over a predefined time interval by integrating the energy of the backscattered signals received over the predefined time interval, wherein the predefined time interval is generally set to equal or slightly exceed the time required for ultrasonic signals to propagate through the workpiece or at least that portion of the workpiece that is to be inspected and to then return to the ultrasonic receiver; and determining whether or not there is an anomalous response from the workpiece based upon the measure representative of the cumulative energy of the backscattered signals in comparison to a predefined threshold. introducing ultrasonic signals into the workpiece along a predefined axis of propagation oriented at an acute non-zero offset angle relative to a predefined reference direction oriented normal to the workpiece; receiving backscattered signals from the workpiece responsive to the ultrasonic signals; determining a measure representative of the cumulative energy of the backscattered signals received over a predefined time interval by integrating the energy of the backscattered signals received over the predefined time interval, wherein the predefined time interval is generally set to equal or slightly exceed the time required for ultrasonic signals to propagate through the workpiece or at least that portion of the workpiece that is to be inspected and to then return to the ultrasonic receiver; and determining whether or not there is an anomalous response from the workpiece based upon the measure representative of the cumulative energy of the backscattered signals in comparison to a predefined threshold.
A roof rack load carrying bar, comprising, - a cross sectional profile having a front bar portion and a rear bar portion with respect to a travel direction of said load carrying bar during use, said front bar portion having a front edge, said rear bar portion having a profile tapering rearwards with respect to said travel direction and towards a rear edge of said rear bar portion, said front edge comprising a first curved-shaped profile extending from an upper portion to a lower portion of said front bar portion, wherein the upper portion is an utmost portion of the load carrying bar 100 with respect to a height direction (h), and the lower portion is a lowest portion of the load carrying bar with respect to the height direction (h), wherein, said first curved-shaped profile having a first distinct angular shift, wherein a distinct angular shift is defined as an interruption of the outer profile of the load carrying bar such that an edge appears on the outer profile, characterized in that the first distinct angular shift is angled inwardly towards a center point of the load carrying bar's profile, and wherein said first curved-shaped profile has the first distinct angular shift at a very front portion of said front edge, wherein the very front portion is defined as the portion of the load carrying bar being located furthest to the front of the load carrying bar with respect to a width direction and the travel direction during use of the load carrying bar. - a cross sectional profile having a front bar portion and a rear bar portion with respect to a travel direction of said load carrying bar during use, said front bar portion having a front edge, said rear bar portion having a profile tapering rearwards with respect to said travel direction and towards a rear edge of said rear bar portion, said front edge comprising a first curved-shaped profile extending from an upper portion to a lower portion of said front bar portion, wherein the upper portion is an utmost portion of the load carrying bar 100 with respect to a height direction (h), and the lower portion is a lowest portion of the load carrying bar with respect to the height direction (h), wherein,
Bearing device for rail vehicles with a carriage, optionally a bogie, serving for supporting a vehicle body and comprising a carriage frame that is connected via a primary suspension and preferably via at least a primary guide bar with a related wheel set and via a secondary suspension and preferably via at least a secondary guide bar with the vehicle body and with a vehicle computer and actuators (121, 122) that are controllable by the vehicle computer in order to change parameters of the bearing device, characterised in that the bearing device is controllable by means of the vehicle computer depending on gathered status data of the rails such, that forces acting on the wheel set and forces depending on the status changes of the rails are reducible, whereby by controlling the bearing device a horizontal and/or vertical displacement of the carriage frame relative to the at least one wheel set or a horizontal and/or vertical relative movement of the vehicle body relative to the carriage frame is adjustable such, that in view of status changes of the rails expected displacements of the carriage frame and/or of the vehicle body are forestalled before the status change of the rails occurs.
A method for determining the biological activity of defibrotide, which comprises the steps of: a) bringing into contact defibrotide, mammalian euglobulin and a substrate specific for the plasmin which, by reaction with the plasmin, provides a measurable product; and b) measuring the amount of product formed at successive times, to thereby determine the biological activity of the defibrotide. a) bringing into contact defibrotide, mammalian euglobulin and a substrate specific for the plasmin which, by reaction with the plasmin, provides a measurable product; and b) measuring the amount of product formed at successive times, to thereby determine the biological activity of the defibrotide.
A Composition made from raw materials consisting of: a) Ganoderma, b) Radix Panacis Quinquefolii or Radix Et Rhizoma Ginseng and c) fermented Cordyceps sinensis powder and/or Cordyceps and optionally d) one or more of Flos Rosae Rugosae, Ganoderma spore powder, Ganoderma spore oil, Radix Pseudostellariae, Folium Ginseng, Radix Codonopsis, and Radix Astragali, for use in preventing and treating leucopenia induced by radiotherapy or chemotherapy. a) Ganoderma, b) Radix Panacis Quinquefolii or Radix Et Rhizoma Ginseng and c) fermented Cordyceps sinensis powder and/or Cordyceps and optionally d) one or more of Flos Rosae Rugosae, Ganoderma spore powder, Ganoderma spore oil, Radix Pseudostellariae, Folium Ginseng, Radix Codonopsis, and Radix Astragali,
A stock bedding system for a firearm comprising; a receiver having a front end configured for coupling to a firearm barrel, the receiver defining a longitudinal axis and including a wedge-shaped bearing portion at an axial location comprising a first bearing surface and a second bearing surface; a stock having a wedge-shaped bearing portion comprising a third bearing surface and a fourth bearing surface, the third bearing surface being positioned to engage the first bearing surface when the receiver is mounted in the stock, and the fourth bearing surface being positioned to engage the second bearing surface when the receiver is mounted in the stock; wherein the engagement between the first and third bearing surfaces is one of a convex to flat interface; the system being characterized in that the engagement between the second and fourth bearing surfaces is one of flat to flat interface.
A method of processing chrominance of screen content, the method comprising: down-converting chrominance of screen content at a computing device from a first format to a second format, the second format acceptable as input for a video codec; compressing the down-converted screen content in the second format using the video codec to generate compressed down-converted screen content; transmitting the compressed down-converted screen content to a second computing device, wherein down-converting chrominance of screen content comprises converting the screen content to a hue, saturation, and lightness, HSL, format, and wherein down-converting chrominance of the screen content comprises applying a bilateral filter to the converted screen content in the HSL format to generate the down-converted screen content. down-converting chrominance of screen content at a computing device from a first format to a second format, the second format acceptable as input for a video codec; compressing the down-converted screen content in the second format using the video codec to generate compressed down-converted screen content; transmitting the compressed down-converted screen content to a second computing device, wherein down-converting chrominance of screen content comprises converting the screen content to a hue, saturation, and lightness, HSL, format, and wherein down-converting chrominance of the screen content comprises applying a bilateral filter to the converted screen content in the HSL format to generate the down-converted screen content.
A compound of the Formula la, or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein X 1 is selected from the group consisting of O, CH 2, and NH; A is selected from the group consisting of group A 3: X 1a is -(CH 2) g -X 1b -, wherein g is an integer from 1 to 5 and X 1b is a bond, O or NR 1a, wherein R 1a is H or alkyl; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl; R 5, and R 8 -R 12 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl; R 6 and R 7, together, form a double bond or a cycloalkyl group; and R 13 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, and -C R 16, wherein R 16 is selected from the group consisting of H, -OH, alkyl, alkyl-O-, and -NR 17 R 18, wherein R 17 and R 18 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl or R 17 and R 18 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound, form a 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring; wherein alkyl refers to substituted or unsubstituted straight chain and branched alkyl groups and cycloalkyl groups having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms. X 1 is selected from the group consisting of O, CH 2, and NH; A is selected from the group consisting of group A 3: X 1a is -(CH 2) g -X 1b -, wherein g is an integer from 1 to 5 and X 1b is a bond, O or NR 1a, wherein R 1a is H or alkyl; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl; R 5, and R 8 -R 12 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl; R 6 and R 7, together, form a double bond or a cycloalkyl group; and R 13 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, and -C R 16, wherein R 16 is selected from the group consisting of H, -OH, alkyl, alkyl-O-, and -NR 17 R 18, wherein R 17 and R 18 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H and alkyl or R 17 and R 18 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound, form a 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring; wherein alkyl refers to substituted or unsubstituted straight chain and branched alkyl groups and cycloalkyl groups having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms.
A method for the optical detection of objects in a monitored zone in which - focused or collimated light is transmitted by a transmission element into the monitored zone; - light (34, 36) reflected from the monitored zone diffusely and/or reflectively by an object is detected by a light receiver (26, 26') which has a plurality of reception elements (60, 60'), wherein the position of a light spot produced on the light receiver (26, 26') by the reflected light (34, 36) results in dependence on the distance of the object, and wherein a background detection zone of the light receiver (26, 26') is determined by a previous teaching process and at least comprises those reception elements (60, 60') that receive light reflected from a background zone bounding the monitored zone, characterized in that, - during regular operation, for the detection of an object, the reception elements (26, 26') which belong to the background detection zone are not taken into account in the detection of the light reflected by an object located in a sensing zone. - focused or collimated light is transmitted by a transmission element into the monitored zone; - light (34, 36) reflected from the monitored zone diffusely and/or reflectively by an object is detected by a light receiver (26, 26') which has a plurality of reception elements (60, 60'), - during regular operation, for the detection of an object, the reception elements (26, 26') which belong to the background detection zone are not taken into account in the detection of the light reflected by an object located in a sensing zone.
A determination program for causing a computer to execute a process comprising: acquiring a captured image obtained by capturing an image of an object existing in a space and an image capturing position and orientation where the image was captured and the internal parameters of the camera used to acquire said captured image; determining a virtual-image capturing position relative to a model generated based on structure data of the object and said internal parameters such that a virtually captured image of the model, captured from the virtual-image capturing position, satisfies a specified correspondence relationship with the captured image having been acquired, wherein the specified correspondence relationship is a positional relationship that makes degree of agreement between the virtually captured image viewed from the virtual-image capturing position and an image of the object included in the acquired captured image satisfy a criterion; and estimating the position and orientation of the model in space based on the acquired image capturing position and orientation and positional relationship between the model and the virtual-image capturing position, wherein the position and orientation of the model in the space is determined such that the positional relationship between the model and the virtual-image capturing position and orientation corresponds to positional relationship between the object and the image capturing position and orientation; rendering said model at the determined position and orientation in space; acquiring a captured image obtained by capturing an image of an object existing in a space and an image capturing position and orientation where the image was captured and the internal parameters of the camera used to acquire said captured image; determining a virtual-image capturing position relative to a model generated based on structure data of the object and said internal parameters such that a virtually captured image of the model, captured from the virtual-image capturing position, satisfies a specified correspondence relationship with the captured image having been acquired, wherein the specified correspondence relationship is a positional relationship that makes degree of agreement between the virtually captured image viewed from the virtual-image capturing position and an image of the object included in the acquired captured image satisfy a criterion; and estimating the position and orientation of the model in space based on the acquired image capturing position and orientation and positional relationship between the model and the virtual-image capturing position, wherein the position and orientation of the model in the space is determined such that the positional relationship between the model and the virtual-image capturing position and orientation corresponds to positional relationship between the object and the image capturing position and orientation; rendering said model at the determined position and orientation in space;
Use of a powder which comprises microparticles having a particle size of more than 5 μm, nanoparticles having a particle size of less than 1 μm and coupling molecules and in which nanoparticles are bonded to a microparticle by means of at least one coupling molecule, for cold spraying processes.
A drug delivery device comprising: a housing; a plurality of sensors (212a to 212g); a cylindrical member supported within the housing and configured to be rotated relative to the housing and the sensors along a helical path between a plurality of discrete positions; wherein: the outer surface of the cylindrical member is provided with a single helical track, the helical track forming an encoder and having a plurality of first track segments and a plurality of second track segments arranged along the length of the helical track which are respectively capable of inducing first and second responses in the sensors; in each said discrete position of the cylindrical member, the sensors are respectively capable of having induced therein a said first or second response by one said first or second track segment; and in each said discrete position of the cylindrical member, a unique combination of said first and second responses is capable of being induced across the plurality of sensors, thereby enabling the absolute rotational position of the cylindrical member relative to the housing to be determined. a housing; a plurality of sensors (212a to 212g); a cylindrical member supported within the housing and configured to be rotated relative to the housing and the sensors along a helical path between a plurality of discrete positions; the outer surface of the cylindrical member is provided with a single helical track, the helical track forming an encoder and having a plurality of first track segments and a plurality of second track segments arranged along the length of the helical track which are respectively capable of inducing first and second responses in the sensors; in each said discrete position of the cylindrical member, the sensors are respectively capable of having induced therein a said first or second response by one said first or second track segment; and in each said discrete position of the cylindrical member, a unique combination of said first and second responses is capable of being induced across the plurality of sensors, thereby enabling the absolute rotational position of the cylindrical member relative to the housing to be determined.
An electrode configured for placement in contact with a surface of a patient's body, the electrode comprising: a flexible support; and a plurality of parallel electrode elements (45; 55, 55') which are supported by the flexible support to permit the electrode to conform to the surface of the patient's body and separated by open spaces (48; 58), wherein the electrode elements (45; 55, 55') are made of conductive wire surrounded by a dielectric coating to insulate the conductive wire from the patient's body when the electrode is placed in contact with the patient's body, wherein the open spaces (48; 58) are distributed and sized to permit moisture on the surface of the patient's body to escape via the open spaces (48; 58) when the electrode is placed in contact with the patient's body. a flexible support; and a plurality of parallel electrode elements (45; 55, 55') which are supported by the flexible support to permit the electrode to conform to the surface of the patient's body and separated by open spaces (48; 58), wherein the electrode elements (45; 55, 55') are made of conductive wire surrounded by a dielectric coating to insulate the conductive wire from the patient's body when the electrode is placed in contact with the patient's body, wherein the open spaces (48; 58) are distributed and sized to permit moisture on the surface of the patient's body to escape via the open spaces (48; 58) when the electrode is placed in contact with the patient's body.
An insulated tube comprising a main body and an end piece, the end piece being attached to the main body, the main body comprising an inner tube and an outer tube, the inner tube and the outer tube being separated by a radial gap, one between the outer tube and the inner tube being a cold hardened steel alloy tube, said cold hardened steel alloy tube having a first threaded portion and the end piece having a second threaded portion, the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion being screwed together such that the end piece is attached to the cold hardened steel tube in a sealed manner thanks to the cooperation between said first threaded portion and second threaded portion.
A fire resistant closing in the form of a curtain which comprises - at least two layers of material (7, 8) that are connected to each other, forming an interior (9, 10, 18), - the interior (9, 10, 18) being partially filled with a thermally expanding material, characterized by the fact that the thermally expanding material is arranged in little rib-shaped bags that form lines or rows of sausages and are connected in a longitudinal direction, - at least two layers of material (7, 8) that are connected to each other, forming an interior (9, 10, 18), - the interior (9, 10, 18) being partially filled with a thermally expanding material,
A skin cleansing composition, comprising the following components and: an alkyl ether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof represented by formula: R 1 -O-(CH 2 CH 2 O) n -CH 2 -COOM wherein, R 1 represents an alkyl group having 10 to 16 carbon atoms, n represents a number of from 0 to 20, and M represents a hydrogen atom, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium, or organic ammonium, wherein, R 1 has an average carbon number of from 10.8 to 12.8, wherein, the alkyl ether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof contains a component in which n = 0 in an amount of 9.8 to 27% by mass, and a component in which n = 1 and a component in which n = 2 in a total amount of 21% by mass or more and less than 40% by mass, and an average value of n is from 2.8 to 3.4, and a polyoxyethylene alkyl sulfate represented by formula: R 2 -O-(CH 2 CH 2 O) m -SO 3 Y wherein, R 2 represents an alkyl group or an alkenyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, m represents a number of from 0 to 20 and an average of m is 2 or more and less than 4, and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a cation selected from alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium, alkyl ammonium, alkanol ammonium, and glucammonium. an alkyl ether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof represented by formula: R 1 -O-(CH 2 CH 2 O) n -CH 2 -COOM wherein, R 1 represents an alkyl group having 10 to 16 carbon atoms, n represents a number of from 0 to 20, and M represents a hydrogen atom, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium, or organic ammonium, wherein, R 1 has an average carbon number of from 10.8 to 12.8, wherein, the alkyl ether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof contains a component in which n = 0 in an amount of 9.8 to 27% by mass, and a component in which n = 1 and a component in which n = 2 in a total amount of 21% by mass or more and less than 40% by mass, and an average value of n is from 2.8 to 3.4, and wherein, R 1 represents an alkyl group having 10 to 16 carbon atoms, n represents a number of from 0 to 20, and M represents a hydrogen atom, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium, or organic ammonium, wherein, R 1 has an average carbon number of from 10.8 to 12.8, wherein, the alkyl ether carboxylic acid or a salt thereof contains a component in which n = 0 in an amount of 9.8 to 27% by mass, and a component in which n = 1 and a component in which n = 2 in a total amount of 21% by mass or more and less than 40% by mass, and an average value of n is from 2.8 to 3.4, and a polyoxyethylene alkyl sulfate represented by formula: R 2 -O-(CH 2 CH 2 O) m -SO 3 Y wherein, R 2 represents an alkyl group or an alkenyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, m represents a number of from 0 to 20 and an average of m is 2 or more and less than 4, and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a cation selected from alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium, alkyl ammonium, alkanol ammonium, and glucammonium.